The female lead thought she had a "proud and arrogant" character script.

Luo Qingcheng talked at length about his experience begging.

Wanqing gently stroked the jade bottle in her hand.

The four people's motives were unclear, and they happened to run into Luo Qingcheng, who was suspected of being involved in the Sea Clan's Blood Array.

However, the demonic energy obtained from the sea chieftain was too little and too domineering. In order to control the demonic energy without causing harm while ensuring that the demonic energy hidden in the human body was drawn out, a lot of rare and precious materials and energy were consumed.

Therefore, she wouldn't easily try it unless she was 80% sure.

At least we've now confirmed that these people are indeed connected to the Mu family, which was wiped out twenty years ago. Let's observe for a while before making a decision.

Wan clearly put the jade bottle back.

With a charming smile, she suggested, "Let's leave here first and rejoin the others as soon as possible?"

Luo Qingcheng had no objections. She had obtained the competition spot through back channels at the last minute, and she didn't know which members of the Sword Inquiry Sect would participate in the competition this time. It would be quite difficult to gather them all together, so it was fine for her to go with Wan Qingchu.

On the contrary, Mu Zien and the other three hesitated.

I had just agreed to cooperate with Wan and the other two, but after all, they were both smuggled in.

The group that split up never gave up searching for them, and in order to protect themselves, the four of them always avoided the sect disciples.

They worried that the sects and cultivation families were colluding, and that if their location was exposed, it would attract members of the branch families.

Wanqing squinted, "What's wrong?"

Mu Zi'en and Mu Xianruo exchanged a glance. Mu Xianruo nodded slightly, and Mu Zi'en made up her mind, smiling as she said, "Then let's listen to Fairy Wan."

Wan's initial suspicions subsided somewhat, but she couldn't let her guard down completely.

The demonic energy was incredibly domineering. If these people were just putting on a show and actually wanted to infect others, it wouldn't be impossible for them to wipe out all the elite disciples of this sect.

The Mu family was wiped out silently twenty years ago, and to this day, no one knows what methods they used.

Have to guard against it.

Oh, and I also need to keep an eye on that dim-witted Junior Sister Luo.

Wan glanced at Luo Qingcheng, who was still smugly pleased with himself, with obvious concern.

With her carefree and unsuspecting demeanor, if Mu Zien and the other three really have a problem, she will be the first to suffer.

To minimize the loss of spiritual energy, the group chose to walk.

The trees stood tall, blocking out the sunlight completely, leaving no glimmer of light. The ground was covered with layers of dead leaves, the lower layers gradually rotting and being covered by other dead leaves. Stepping on them was very soft, as if one were about to sink in.

Luo Qingcheng made conversation: "Senior Sister Wan, were the previous Immortal Sect Competitions always this peaceful?"

Apart from encountering a giant lizard at the beginning and then a shadow snake, there seemed to be no danger.

Luo Qingcheng was being hypocritical after getting the benefit, little did she know that if others had encountered the giant lizard in the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm that she mentioned, as well as the Shadow Serpent that was good at hiding and difficult for even Golden Core cultivators to detect, they would have been eliminated long ago.

Wanqing smiled and said, "Junior Sister Luo is truly skilled and daring. She came to participate in the competition without asking any questions."

The last Immortal Sect Competition was fifty years ago. Wanqing was not born then and had never participated, but she could talk about the procedures of previous Immortal Sect Competitions in great detail.

"Before this competition, the Immortal Sect Competition used a ring point system, which was divided into individual competitions and team competitions. Whoever won more matches would accumulate more points, and the final ranking would be based on the points."

Luo Qingcheng suddenly realized.

"To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that your Wenjian Sect is basically good at individual combat and doesn't get many points in team competitions, you wouldn't always be ranked second."

Wan knew that she genuinely felt sorry for the Wenjian Sect.

Luo Qingcheng asked, puzzled, "Senior Sister Wan, why do you sound so regretful? Isn't it good that the Seeking Immortals Sect has always been number one?"

Wanqing said, "Alas, Junior Sister Luo, you may not know this, but holding the Immortal Sect Competition every time costs the sect a lot of spirit stones and energy."

The first couple of times were alright, as they were considered contributions to the sect's honor. But after a while, it felt rather pointless.

Luo Qingcheng: ...

In that case, it's actually quite good that Wenjian Sect didn't get first place. If they had, given that everyone in Wenjian Sect, from that remote and impoverished place, was obsessed with making spirit stones, they would have been a disgrace to the entire cultivation world.

Mu Zi'en was quite interested in their conversation and was about to come closer to ask more questions when she suddenly lost her footing and fell into a hole in the ground.

In an attempt to conserve his spiritual energy, he didn't have time to react and was instantly swallowed up by the cave without any resistance.

A series of screams erupted, "Ah—!"

But the sound stopped abruptly in an instant.

"Old Mu!"

It was Mu Xianlian, who had the lowest cultivation level, who reacted first, but she had no choice but to rush towards the cave and grab Mu Zien's hand.

But he pulled nothing.

She angrily slammed her hand on the ground, stood up, and was about to jump into the cave when Mu Xianruo, who knew her well, grabbed her tightly and scolded, "What are you doing?"

Once she calmed down and realized she had made a mistake, the young girl didn't dare say a word.

Wan Qingchu and Luo Qingcheng stood in front of the cave and examined it for a while, but they couldn't see anything unusual about it.

But everyone knows this cave is definitely not simple, otherwise Mu Zi'en, being a cultivator, would have flown up to it long ago if it were an ordinary cave.

But everyone had obviously forgotten about the depletion of spiritual energy. After so much time had passed, Mu Zi'en might not have any spiritual energy left.

Mu Xianlian had already started sobbing.

The interrupted scream from Mu Zi'en just now made this little girl who loved reading storybooks have many bad thoughts in her mind. However, she also knew that her cultivation level was low and she couldn't help. At least she shouldn't cause trouble for her brother. She could only hope that Mu Xianruo could come up with a good solution.

Luo Qingcheng thought for a moment, and before anyone could react, he jumped into the cave.

Wan was surprised and called out "Junior Sister Luo", but it was clear that there was some kind of restriction below, and she did not hear Luo Qingcheng's response at all.

After some consideration, she decided to leave it at that for the time being.

She feared this was a plan the four of them had devised to escape, and she couldn't let the remaining three out of her sight until she was sure the four of them were safe.

However, when Wan looked back at Mu Xianlian, who was crying, and Mu Xianruo, who was quietly comforting her, she realized that Uncle Ma, who hadn't said a word since they started traveling together, wasn't there!

Wan's expression hardened, and she strode towards the brother and sister, demanding in a harsh tone, "Where did the other person go?!"

Mu Xianlian was startled by her tone and forgot to cry for a moment. She looked around and, indeed, did not see Uncle Ma. She stammered, "No, I don't know."

Wan knew she hadn't placed her hopes on her either. Her usually gentle and melodious eyes were now sharp. "Do you know that?"

Mu Xianruo didn't care about her attitude.

After the Mu family's incident, they endured countless scornful looks and cold treatment in order to escape the pursuit. However, the serious tone of the words had no deterrent effect on him.

However, offending the chief disciple of the Seeking Immortals Sect on their territory was obviously not worthwhile. After thinking it over carefully, he honestly replied, "I don't know either."

Wan clearly didn't believe it. "Weren't you together? How could you not know?"

Mu Xianruo then looked at Wan Qingchu properly, "Who said we were with Uncle Ma?"