Watch out! Something's wrong with this guard.

Taking advantage of the effects of the Divine Herb, Lu Yunshi and Lu Yunxi secretly evaded the alien spirits. Despite their insufficient strength, they arrived at the gate of the Iron Mountain Sect using normal stealth techniques, where they finally met the rather disheveled Lin Min and the others.

"Hey, so much time has passed, and it seems only Junior Brother Lin is completely unharmed." Seeing Lu Yunxi's pale face and Lu Yunshi's unscathed appearance, Li Hu felt both happy and conflicted.

These Nascent Soul cultivators are barely clinging to life with pills, while Lu Yunshi, a Body Tempering cultivator, is completely at ease.

How can a cultivator at the pinnacle of cultivation have such incredible luck?

"Alright, enough talk. Let's get out of here. I have a bad feeling about you staying here." Lin Min glanced at Li Hu, then looked towards the door.

"Now I can go out, this is wonderful!" Tang Busan was overjoyed. He vowed that he would stay in bed for a few months after he got out.

Zhao Han nodded. "If nothing unexpected happens, we're out of danger this time."

Without further hesitation, the group prepared to head towards the gate. However, Lu Yunshi suddenly stepped forward and stopped them. Under their questioning gazes, he took out a Divine Opening Grass, swallowed it, and looked towards the gate. His expression immediately changed.

"As expected, the same runes are present at the gate as well?"

"what?"

Everyone was shocked, for they knew the function of the runes.

"So that means that when we go through the gate, we may not be leaving, but rather we don't know where we're going? And the real exit, according to the previous pattern, should be nearby."

As they spoke, Li Hu also swallowed a Divine Opening Grass. The two of them looked around for a long time, but saw nothing.

At this moment, Tang Busan's expression suddenly turned much grim. "Have you all felt that the influence of the alien spirit on us is becoming increasingly severe, and increasingly difficult to suppress?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Min and the others' expressions darkened; they naturally shared the same feeling.

Lin Min suddenly took out the detector, and the red gem on it shone brighter than ever before, flashing faster.

"The spiritual energy here is much stronger than before, so we are more affected. If we could have lasted for half a month here with the help of pills and our own bodies, now if we don't leave, we will probably only last seven or eight days. We don't know what changes might happen along the way."

As she spoke, Lin Min walked forward to the edge of the gate. Instead of crossing it, she swallowed the Divine Opening Grass and stared at the runes in front of her for a long time.

"Although I am not familiar with formations, the flickering of these runes is clearly abnormal; perhaps the energy is insufficient."

"By the way, that old man mentioned repairing the formation before. Could it be that there's something wrong with the Iron Mountain Sect's formation? If so, then as long as we hold out until the formation can't be maintained anymore, and everything returns to normal, we can get out, right?" Tang Busan suddenly had a brilliant idea.

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent. Tang Busan, seeing this, was somewhat puzzled, but he felt that this was feasible.

Lu Yunshi shook his head and gave a wry smile. "Senior Brother Tang, it's not that simple. We don't know how long this formation will last. It might last for the next second, or it might last for a month."

Lin Min nodded upon hearing this, and then said, "Although this formation is preventing the high-level alien spirits inside from leaving, its core is not like that. Judging from the old man in Li Family Village's behavior, there must be something even more terrifying being suppressed. Although I also want to leave, I don't want the formation to fail."

"Everyone, calm down. Let's search the neighborhood and see if there's a way out nearby." Lu Yunshi sighed inwardly; he knew it wouldn't be that easy.

Everyone nodded slightly; it seemed that this was the only option given the current situation.

As before, the six people were divided into three groups. Lu Yunshi and Lu Yunxi were naturally in one group, but after several hours, they still hadn't found any other exits.

The main gate was blocked, and the remaining mountain paths on the edge of the Iron Mountain Sect were also isolated by transparent barriers; it seemed that the entire Iron Mountain Sect was like this.

While remaining alert to all movements around her, Lu Yunxi suddenly spoke. "Teacher once said that anything involving alien spirits, whether big or small, is never simple. Now it seems that this is indeed true. Even inferior alien spirits and superior alien spirits, whose strength is not higher than mine, can drive me to a dead end."

"Haha, don't worry, Miss, you won't die," Lu Yunshi said with a smile.

"You're so calm. As a guard whose strength is far inferior to mine, are you not afraid of death, or are you confident that you can survive?" Lu Yunxi asked.

"No, that's not true. It's just that I really can't bring myself to say something as depressing as saying we're definitely going to die. If I had to tell you the truth, all I can guarantee is that I'll try my best to keep you alive before I die. Although when you chose me as your bodyguard, you probably didn't really expect me to protect you, but isn't that what a bodyguard's duty is?" Lu Yunshi said calmly.

"...Heh, you're certainly doing your job well." Lu Yunxi sneered with a hint of sarcasm.

Lu Yunshi blinked, a faint smile playing on his lips. In his current state, what else could he do but go with the flow and dutifully fulfill his duties?

"Lu Yunshi, remember this: if I don't let you die, you won't even have the right to die. You... still owe me."

Before Lu Yunxi could finish speaking and before Lu Yunshi could say anything, a loud roar reached their ears. The two of them quickly looked in the direction of the noise and saw several huge runes suspended in the air above the Iron Mountain Sect. The runes were flashing with a bloody light, as if they were being impacted by something.

"It's one problem after another." Lu Yunshi frowned, his mood completely ruined by these events.

At this moment, Li Hu and his three companions suddenly arrived. Upon seeing Lu Yunshi and his companion, Lin Min immediately spoke with an anxious expression.

"Something's wrong. The Iron Mountain Sect's formation seems to have malfunctioned. The runes that were supposed to randomly teleport the alien spirits are showing signs of failure, and those alien spirits are starting to become restless. We're probably not so safe anymore."

"Damn it, what terrible luck! I must have forgotten to check the almanac before leaving home." Li Hu cursed angrily and punched a nearby tree, snapping it in half.

"Look, those alien spirits are coming out." Zhao Han suddenly pointed to a certain spot, and more than a dozen high-level alien spirits slowly walked towards them.

"The Iron Mountain Sect doesn't seem to be very large, so it probably doesn't have many disciples, right?" Lu Yunshi asked, licking his lips as he watched the approaching alien spirit.

"It's not a large operation, but it should have at least a hundred people," Li Hu replied nervously.

"Then what?"

"Run!"