Oh no, I accidentally cultivated three spiritual roots and became an empress!

While counting her spoils, Xiao Huanhuan handed Zhong Lingxin a small tower.

The tower is simple and unadorned, yet it always gives people a sense of solemnity.

Zhong Lingxin and Xiao Huanhuan looked at the small tower for a long time but still couldn't understand it, so they put it in their storage ring and planned to study it again when they returned to the sect.

Xiao Huanhuan chanted the Illusionary Heavenly Fire, urging Zhong Lingxin to hurry forward.

For some reason, Zhong Lingxin suddenly sensed that the little tower seemed a bit dissatisfied, as if it had let out a cold snort.

This is interesting.

However, she didn't have time to care about Xiaota's emotions for the moment, and brandished the Soul-Slaying Sword at the Xuanbing Crocodile watching her from not far away.

She recognized it long ago; it was the Xuanbing Crocodile, only slightly smaller than the Xuanbing Crocodile King and his wife, and perhaps the next Xuanbing Crocodile King.

The second Xuanbing Crocodile originally planned to break into the cave of the Xuanbing Crocodile King and his wife after the cultivators left, and take everything for itself. It would soon become the next Xuanbing Crocodile King.

But now, this young male cultivator has opened the cave of the Ice Crocodile King and his wife first, and all the good things inside are probably gone.

It knew perfectly well that every time cultivators entered the secret realm, the Ice Crocodile King would kill several of them and obtain many magical treasures. Furthermore, there was a seventh-grade Black Jade Lotus near the Ice Crocodile King's cave, which the Ice Crocodile King planned to use when attempting to advance to the seventh rank.

Now, all these things have fallen into the hands of that young male cultivator.

The second Xuanbing Crocodile knew that Zhong Lingxin's swordsmanship was strange. As a Xuanbing Crocodile that was about to become a king, it really didn't need to confront the young male cultivator at this time. Whether it was injured or killed, it wouldn't be worth it.

The second Ice Crocodile angrily exhaled a breath into the swamp, which shot straight into the distance like a black ice arrow. Its body quickly disappeared into the depths of the swamp.

If you can't afford to mess with it, can't you at least avoid it?

Zhong Lingxin saw that the second Xuanbing Crocodile had gone far away, so she ignored it and got up to meet her companions.

Several companions who were in charge of counting the spoils handed Zhong Lingxin the largest portion.

Zhong Lingxin took the storage bag, threw it into her storage ring without even looking at it, and left with the others while chatting and laughing.

If you keep going forward, you'll reach the center of the secret realm.

It was a high mountain. On its south side, the temperature was extremely high. Red lava flowed into a river, its color changing from crimson to dark red, and then to black, as it rose up. The river merged with a large river at the foot of the mountain and flowed into the distance.

On the north side of the high mountain, ice and snow cover the mountain, the mountaintop is covered in white snow, and vegetation begins to appear halfway up the mountain. At the foot of the mountain is a huge forest that stretches into the distance and connects with a grassland.

The three great demons are the Red Sable, the Black Tiger, and the Yellow Lion.

The red sable occupies the southern side alone.

Black Tiger occupied the high mountain to the north.

The yellow lion claimed the grassland as its territory.

When cultivators enter the central area, most of them gather in the south, firstly to find a flame they can form a contract with, and secondly because the south has the most spiritual herbs.

Sables generally live in the upper and middle parts of the high mountains to the south and rarely come down to the foot of the mountains.

As long as the cultivators don't make too much noise, it doesn't bother with them.

When Zhong Lingxin and her group reached the riverbank at the foot of the mountain, people from the five major sects had already spotted them.

When they saw that Zhong Lingxin and the others were not as disheveled as they had imagined, and that their numbers had not decreased, they couldn't help but take another look.

Ye Mingyang pushed through the crowd, smiled, and cupped his hands in greeting to Xiao Yizi: "Brother Xiao, you've arrived."

As he spoke, he smiled and nodded to everyone.

He is truly a person who is thorough in all aspects.

Xiao Yizi also cupped his hands in greeting to Ye Mingyang and said with a smile, "Brother Ye, you arrived so quickly."

Behind Ye Mingyang, Hua Qinglian, wearing a bamboo hat, couldn't help but jump out: "You, how did you get here so fast!"

Xiao Yizi's smile turned cold. Ignoring Hua Qinglian, he looked at Ye Mingyang and said, "It seems we arrived quickly, disappointing you."

Ye Mingyang cursed Hua Qinglian inwardly for being too stupid, but quickly laughed it off, saying, "Not at all, it's just that in previous years, those who came via your route were six or seven days later than you. Brother Xiao is really amazing for bringing so many people out safely."

Xiao Yizi smiled and said, "There are quite a few of you here too."

Several people flew over from a distance; they were Huang Xiuyuan, Jin Sanbao, and others.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit cold, Huang Xiuyuan and Jin Sanbao tried to liven things up by inviting Xiao Yizi and the others to search for the flame together.

With less than six months left, Ye Mingyang was unwilling to waste any more time and accepted Huang Xiuyuan and Jin Sanbao's invitation with a smile.

Ye Mingyang glanced at Hua Qinglian and said gently, "Junior Sister Hua, time is of the essence. Let's hurry and find a different kind of fire."

Hua Qinglian answered "okay," took a deep breath, and turned to follow Ye Mingyang and the others to search for the strange fire.

Xiao Yizi turned his head and invited Zhong Lingxin and the others to search for the strange fire together.

Zhong Lingxin smiled and nodded, then followed the others along the dark gray path toward the mountaintop.

After walking for half a month, the temperature rose significantly, and wisps of black smoke could occasionally be seen rising from the ground.

Many cultivators began to sweat slightly and started taking spirit-replenishing pills.

The pace of the group's movement also began to widen.

Those walking in front were mostly Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Ye Mingyang, Huang Xiuyuan, Jin Sanbao, and others walked at the front.

The injuries on Hua Qinglian's face were excruciatingly painful under the high temperature, and more dark blood dripped down, forcing her to slow her pace. In her heart, she hated Qu Xin so much that she wanted to tear her to pieces.

She hated Liu Yang, who raised blood-eating ants, the people of the Qingyun Sect, and Zhong Lingxin, who stopped her from causing trouble for the Qingyun Sect, with a vengeance.

She had always wanted to find Qu Xin and kill her in the secret realm.

She knew that Qu Xin had powerful backers. As long as she left the secret realm, her poison would be cured, and she wouldn't be able to do anything to Qu Xin. At most, she would just have to pay some spirit stones to settle the matter.

She didn't want to suffer for nothing over the past six months, so she had to find a way to find Qu Xin.

These days, she has been keeping an eye on Qu Zhihao, hoping to discover the connection between Qu Zhihao and Qu Xin.

To everyone's surprise, Qu Zhihao was extremely clever. Not only did he not contact Qu Xin, he also tried his best to please her.

She had a very low opinion of people like Qu Zhihao.

But now her public image has collapsed, and fewer and fewer people are willing to be at her beck and call, even though she is someone who enjoys being praised by others.

As time went by, she and Qu Zhihao grew closer and closer. Qu Zhihao took care of many things for her, and even the spiritual herbs and fruits he picked were given priority for her mission.

She is becoming more and more inseparable from Qu Zhihao.

Qu Zhihao was extremely annoyed by Hua Qinglian, but he dared not disobey Qu Xin's orders. He could only endure the nausea and the stench emanating from Hua Qinglian, flattering her again and again, and even offering her his mission items against his will.

The thought that Qu Xin had ordered him to get his hands on Hua Qinglian made him so disgusted that he couldn't even take any pills.

How could he do that to such a foul-smelling body!