My best friend asked me if I was still doing system tasks.

Qi Huixian fell silent upon hearing this. The forbidden books in the Nahai Tower of the Shiren Sect did not contain any books related to Gu worms. The only thing he could think of regarding Gu worms was to ask Cangya Zi for help. If that path was blocked, there was nothing he could do to help.

Leaving aside the matter of the Gu worms, they currently have no way to resolve this issue.

Jiang Shiren spoke solemnly: "Le Shu is dead. Her fellow disciples must know that their plans have been exposed. I wonder what they will do next."

Xu Fengyu held onto a sliver of hope: "No matter what kind of schemes they have, since we already know of their existence, we should be prepared and nothing should happen."

Jiang Shiren shook his head: "Even the most meticulous plans can have flaws. If they want to target our Shiren Sect, they will always find ways we can't think of."

Li Shuhe added, "Moreover, cultivators from the Canghai Realm are now scattered throughout various regions of the Canglan Realm, constantly killing cultivators and mortals to obtain spiritual energy through blood and flesh sacrifices."

Our Shiren Sect cannot stand idly by in this matter.

In the first half of the year, I contacted the sects I was familiar with, including Sect Leader Hua. They were generally skeptical of our claims about a mysterious force massacring mortals and cultivators.

Not every sect values ​​the survival rate of its disciples as much as our Shiren Sect does. Some sects don't even know how their disciples perished.

Li Shuhe sighed: "Some sects even suspect that the Shiren Sect is intentionally creating panic. They assume that what happened in the Yaoxiang Secret Realm was done by the demons and demon cultivators of the Demon Realm."

At first, Sect Leader Hua and I hesitated, after all, in recent decades, the demon race and demonic cultivators have gradually become more active in the north and south.

Now, Sect Leader Hua and I suspect that some cultivators from the Canghai Realm are deliberately misleading us, diverting our attention, and making us attribute these anomalies to the Demon Realm.”

Upon hearing this, Fu Yuanzheng brought up another matter: "Do you still remember the matter of opening the Heavenly Gate? If it weren't for Fellow Daoist Ruan and Fellow Daoist Luo informing us, we wouldn't have had this extra clue."

I received a message from my senior sister yesterday. She and her disciples were conducting investigations in towns near the Opening Heaven Gate. They heard that there were two surviving female cultivators from the Opening Heaven Gate, but they didn't know where they were now.

They probably know far more than we do; our senior sister and the others are also searching for them.

Ruan Chayan and Luo Hanying exchanged a guilty glance upon hearing this. Luo Hanying didn't dare to say anything, while Ruan Chayan said as if nothing had happened, "Speaking of which, I just remembered the massacre of the Kaitianmen sect. The demonic cultivator who killed the Kaitianmen cultivators came from the Canghai Realm."

The expressions on everyone's faces were quite varied when they heard Ruan Chayan's words.

Li Shuhe and Qi Huixian discussed in hushed tones that if what Ruan Chayan said was true, then many questions would be answered.

Tao Man asked curiously, "How did you know? Where did you get this information from?"

Ruan Chayan's hands kept moving as she nervously adjusted her cuffs, and she blurted out, "I bought the information from Taibai Pavilion."

As Fu Yuanzheng recalled the events, he asked, "Why didn't you say so back then?"

I remember you mentioned this to Lin Zhuzui and the others, and then reported it to the elders on the spirit boat. You never once mentioned that the demonic cultivator came from the Canghai Realm.”

Xu Fengyu remembered Lin Zhuzui and Sheng Meixu's notes and raised his voice to express his guess: "You two wouldn't happen to be the two cultivators who survived the Opening Heaven Gate, would you?"

The rogue cultivators we met in the crystal cave said you were survivors!

Ruan Chayan and Luo Hanying put on fake smiles and denied it repeatedly, insisting that they bought the information at Taibai Pavilion.

They lied to conceal their identities before, and if they are exposed now, wouldn't they leave people with the impression that they are all liars?

Even though people are starting to have doubts now, let's just deceive ourselves and pretend nothing happened.

Everyone knew what was going on. Since they denied it, they didn't bother to investigate whether the two were survivors of the Opening Heaven Gate or not, since they were now legitimate disciples of the Demon Blade Sect.

After another discussion, Li Shuhe said that she would gather everyone that evening to discuss how to solve the current problems.

As she arranged the tasks one by one, Li Shuhe looked at Ruan Luo and Ruan Luo, who were snuggling together, and said that they were also victims of this incident. Now that the truth has come out and they have provided a lot of clues, she wanted to give them the reward of being exempted from the competition and directly entering the Lanxi Secret Realm.

Luo Hanying couldn't help but ask, "If Sect Leader Li exempts us from the competition, is it an extra favor to exclude the two of us from the entry quota, or does it mean that the two of us will take up two quota spots?"

Li Shuhe didn't know why Luo Hanying suddenly asked this question. She explained that she wanted the two of them to take up two spots.

Lanxi Secret Realm is a small to medium-sized secret realm, and too many cultivators cannot enter at once. One reason is to prevent a large number of cultivators from competing for the unique treasures within the secret realm, and another is to prevent this group of disciples from exhausting the resources, which would mean that the next group of disciples would not be able to enter for several decades.

Luo Hanying said, "Then let's forget about it."

Li Shuhe and the others didn't understand what she meant by "let it go" for a moment.

Luo Hanying stood up and bowed, then expressed her thoughts: "Since the number of people who can enter the Lanxi Secret Realm is fixed, it would be unfair to those who participate if I don't participate in the competition."

"Just give me a chance to register; I'd like to exchange this favor for healing elixirs or ritual implements."

Ruan Chayan learned of Luo Hanying's idea. Although she did not quite agree with it, she felt that it was only right for Luo Hanying to have things to recuperate.

She had been controlled by Le Shu for so long, her body must be depleted. The two of them couldn't afford to squander their spirit stones, and they didn't have many sect contribution points either, so it would be more appropriate to ask them for more.

Tao Man laughed and said, "If you can enter the Lanxi Secret Realm, the rare and precious materials inside, or the magical artifacts that we elders put in, will be more than what Sect Leader Li gave you."

Luo Hanying said apologetically, "That's different. The method I found myself might not be suitable for my situation. I still need to ask the sect leader to prescribe the right medicine and take good care of my body."

The thought of a worm having lived inside her body sent shivers down her spine. Who knew if that worm had eaten or defecated indiscriminately, or what if it had gnawed at her dantian or meridians?

Everyone nodded in understanding. It was understandable that Luo Hanying had such a request. After all, no matter how many or how good the things in the secret realm were, one still needed a chance to obtain them. Entering the secret realm was just a stepping stone.

Li Shuhe then inquired about Ruan Chayan's opinion.

With Luo Hanying as an example, Ruan Chayan bowed and said with reason and evidence: "This disciple agrees with Luo Hanying's thoughts. Although we two disciples are victims, which cultivator in the entire Shiren Sect is not a victim?"

I am unworthy to receive such grace.

Moreover, neither of us has had the opportunity to spar with cultivators before, so we don't know where we are lacking. This competition is a good opportunity for us to identify and address our shortcomings.

"We were the first two people to come into contact with Yue Shu, and we don't know if she has any other methods we're unaware of that could harm our bodies when the disciples are off guard. Therefore, we still need spiritual herbs and elixirs to nourish ourselves."

Ruan Chayan thought that even if she couldn't use it, Luo Hanying could.

Everyone admired the two's character. As expected of disciples who had stepped out of the Dao Inquiry Stage and triggered the phoenix phantom, they were truly two treasures that Daoist Yu Chen had picked up for the Shi Ren Sect.

Li Shuhe nodded in agreement and ordered the two elders of Xinglin Peak to take Ruan Luo and the other person to Xinglin Peak for examination and treatment. There was no need to rush the competition. There were many disciples in each realm, and it was estimated that it would take more than a month to determine the winner.