Shen Yuan Ring

Ji Hai and Yao Xinghe gazed at the secret passage, but no one from the Ji or Yao families emerged for a long time.

Those who came out first didn't know why Ji Daoyi and the others hadn't come out yet.

However, they didn't mention that there were other people in the secret realm, because they came from different factions and they didn't need to care whether others came out.

The elders or heads of various factions were all deeply saddened to see that only twenty-odd people had returned from the secret realm!

You should know that 140 people went in six months ago, but only 20-odd people came out today, which is less than a fraction of the number that went in.

Yao Xinghe was in a daze, as if he had lost all his strength. "How could this be? How could not a single member of my Yao family have returned? The patriarch's granddaughter has not returned either. This is like the sky has fallen!"

Yao Xinghe was no longer as passionate as before. As the leader of the Yao family team, he knew that all the younger generations of the family were buried in the secret realm. Even if he was an elder, he would be marginalized after returning to the family.

This is because Yao Yuyao is too important to the Yao family. She is not only a once-in-a-century genius of the Yao family, but more importantly, she is also the personal disciple of the Minister of the Pill Hall.

Besides Yao Xinghe, Ji Hai was the most distressed. The Ji family's team that entered the secret realm this time consisted of the best among their peers. His son's fate was already uncertain, and now the entire team had been wiped out in the secret realm.

This result is a double blow for him.

Even though he tried to suppress his grief, many people around him could still feel the coldness emanating from him.

Suddenly, Ji Hai flashed to a Yan family youth who had just returned from the secret realm and asked, "Speak! What happened in the secret realm? Why haven't any of our clan's geniuses come out!"

Upon hearing Ji Hai inquire about the situation in the secret realm, Yao Xinghe, as if grasping at a lifeline, rushed to the young man and hurriedly asked, "And my Yao family!"

The inexplicable pressure from the two Divine Realm experts almost made this Body Refinement Realm cultivator faint. He never dreamed that he would be interrogated by two powerful figures after just coming out of the secret realm, thinking that he would be safe once he returned to the outside world.

"Enough!" Yan Yi also flashed in front of the boy, shielding him from the overwhelming pressure.

"I forgive and understand your unintentional actions just now because your juniors haven't come out. But if you continue to treat my people like criminals, don't blame me for being impolite!"

Yan Yi was very dissatisfied with Ji Hai and Yao Xinghe's attitude just now. After all, they dared to bully his juniors in front of him while he was still there.

Hearing Yan Yi's words, Ji Hai also came to his senses from his previous outburst. He then took out a bottle of Meridian Opening Pills from his storage ring and handed it to the Yan family junior: "I apologize for my previous recklessness. This is a bottle of Meridian Opening Pills as an apology for my previous mistake. May I ask if you have seen any members of my Ji family? Have they all been murdered?"

Yan Yan swallowed hard as he looked at the bottle of pills Ji Hai handed him, but he didn't dare to reach out and take it. Instead, he glanced at Yan Yi beside him, his eyes seeming to ask, "Should I take it or not?"

Seeing that Ji Hai had already given him a way out, Yan Yi couldn't refuse, otherwise he would really disrupt the peace between the top powers.

"Yan Yan, just take it. It's a kind gesture from Patriarch Ji. Just tell me what you know, there's no need to be nervous."

With the elder's approval, Yan Yan finally suppressed his excitement and accepted the pill from Ji Hai.

He then said, "They're at the exit of the secret realm; we were just waiting there for the passage to open."

Upon hearing this, Ji Hai and Yao Xinghe breathed a sigh of relief. At least their descendants had not been completely wiped out; they just hadn't come out yet.

"Do you know why they didn't come out?"

"This... I don't know. We have no connection, and I left first, so I don't know why they haven't returned yet."

"Oh, do you know who they are?"

"I do know a little about this. The Yao family and the Ji family are both together. The Yao family is led by Yao Yuyao, and the Ji family is led by Ji Daoyi. However, for some reason, Yao Yuyao and the others are very obedient to Ji Daoyi's orders."

"What did you say? You're saying my son is in there too? Are you sure you're not mistaken?" Upon hearing news of his son, and that he was still in the secret realm, Ji Hai was instantly energized.

"Haha, good! Yuyao is alright too, that's great." When Yao Xinghe heard Yao Yuyao's name, his heart finally settled down. As for the rest of the conversation, he didn't hear a word of it.

Yan Yan said with certainty, "I'm sure. Although I've never met Ji Daoyi in person, Ji Xiaohu and the others call him Brother Dao, and others call him Daoyi. I think he might be your son, Ji Daoyi."

"Good, good, Ji Xiaohu and the others are alright. I knew that no man of the Ji family could possibly be defeated in this secret realm. Thank you, I am very satisfied with your news."

Ji Hai was also very happy, not only to learn about his son's whereabouts, but also to know that everyone else was safe and sound.

Then he looked at Xinghe and said, "Elder Xinghe, young friend Yanyan has brought us such good news, aren't you going to do something for us?"

Yao Xinghe was taken aback when he heard Ji Hai's words, then suddenly realized and said, "Yes, yes, I'll give it to you right away!"

It's unclear whether he was cursing Ji Hai in his heart, since Ji Hai did all the good work but he was the one who had to pay the price.

When the other members of the Yan family saw that Yan Yan had only answered a few questions and yet received rewards from the two big shots, they had previously thought that Yan Yan was really unlucky and had almost been accidentally injured. Now, things had turned around for him.

"Look, someone else is coming out!" A voice rang out, instantly drawing everyone's attention back to the exit of the secret realm.

"Haha, it's a junior from my clan! You little brat, come here now, what are you standing there for!" Yao Xinghe was overjoyed to see that it was a junior from his own clan.

Perhaps he hadn't adjusted yet. He was surrounded by a group of big shots as soon as he left the secret realm, which made him very nervous. When he heard Yao Xinghe's reprimand, he quickly ran to his side.

Then, many members of the Yao family came out one after another, including Yao Yuyao.

"Yuyao, you're finally out! I was so worried about you. If anything had happened to you, your grandfather would have skinned me alive." Yao Xinghe looked at Yao Yuyao with eyes full of doting affection. Even if he lost the bet, he wouldn't feel bad at all.

Yao Xinghe then asked, "Why have you been inside for so long? I heard from them that you arrived at the exit quite early and were waiting."

"Grandpa Xinghe, we're sorry to have worried you. We originally planned to come out after everyone else, but something came up at the last minute, so we were a little late!"

"What's going on? Why are you all so late? By the way, didn't I hear the younger generation of the Ji family were with you? Why haven't they come out yet?"