Meng Xian unexpectedly found his blood-related ancestor. After verifying their identities, he agreed to help the ancestor leave this place, on the condition that all the treasures here would belong to him.
After the man and soul reached an agreement, Yu Yuan took Meng Xian to the place where they kept their treasures.
But upon opening the room door, it was empty, as if it had been robbed, completely cleared out.
Meng Xian: "???"
Yu Yuan: "..."
Yu Yuan felt a pang of guilt. Could it be that those two old things guessed his intentions and moved the treasures beforehand?
"Ahem... Xian'er, please wait a moment, Ancestor. I'll go discuss this with those old things..."
He had acted unilaterally without consulting the other demonic cultivator souls, which was indeed wrong. Yu Yuan planned to have a good talk with everyone.
Not only was this descendant a natural Demonic Body, but his cultivation talent was also exceptional. Coupled with the Yu Family's legacy cultivation techniques, although this child is young now, Yu Yuan firmly believed that as long as his kin were willing to follow Meng Xian and work together to break the formation, they would surely see the light of day again!
This was an opportunity they had been waiting for for a thousand years!
But he searched countless places, not even leaving out the nooks and crannies, yet he found not a single demonic cultivator soul?
No... Where did everyone go?
???
Outside the Grand Hall, only the corpse of Zhuang Jiu remained, who had died at some point...
Meng Xian also noticed the anomaly in the entire Grand Hall. He reached out to touch the barrier that should have been present in the formation, and Yu Yuan was startled by his action: "Xian'er!"
However, Meng Xian's hand did not touch any obstacle, but simply reached outside.
Meng Xian raised an eyebrow: "The formation here has been broken. Those demonic cultivator souls you mentioned have probably all left."
Yu Yuan: "???"
No, he only spent some time teaching his great-grandson. This group of old things ran away without even notifying him?!
A group of souls lived together for a thousand years, and now only he remained. Yu Yuan inexplicably felt a sense of desolation.
But what exactly happened?
The formation that had trapped them for a thousand years was actually broken!
"You said there should have been an army of tens of millions of demonic cultivator souls here?" Meng Xian frowned slightly, glanced at Zhuang Jiu on the ground, and had a bad feeling in his heart.
He remembered this person. He was a cultivator who, after being saved by a Lingyun Sect disciple, not only showed no gratitude but also, in order to enter the Immortal Island Secret Realm, turned around to curry favor with the Tai Chu Sect, and only then obtained a quota to enter the Immortal Island Secret Realm from the Tai Chu Sect.
Although this person is dead, the demonic qi emanating from his corpse cannot be faked.
Yu Yuan's soul floated to Zhuang Jiu's corpse and, noticing the fatal wound and the remaining injury on his right arm, said to Meng Xian: "This person should have sealed the demonic qi in his body using a Blood Demon Crystal, thus blending in and entering the Immortal Island Secret Realm. His coming down here was probably to help the souls of our demonic cultivator army..."
But why did this person die here?
Those old things had no reason to attack a demonic cultivator and then completely disappear.
Meng Xian asked: "Was there internal strife among your demonic cultivators? Did you kill each other?"
"Impossible," Yu Yuan said, "His fatal wound was inflicted by the Lingyun Sect swordsmanship. There are traces of thunderbolt on the sword scar... it's that Lingyun Sect disciple who was possessed by Elder Liu for ten years!"
But how could that person possibly escape Elder Liu's possession, break the formation, and cause the demonic cultivator soul army to vanish into thin air as if they had evaporated?
Too many mysteries were before them, and Meng Xian and Yu Yuan were both puzzled.
"Since the formation has been broken, let's go up and take a look," Meng Xian said, "If someone deliberately let them out, then outside..."
It's already in chaos!
Unbeknownst to them, outside the rift, all was peaceful.
Tian Ning was comfortably lying down reading a storybook, while Pang Yi and the others were talking to their little junior uncle whom they hadn't seen for ten years.
Speaking of which, whether it was because of Lan Siran or because of subduing the demonic cultivator souls, Tian Ning suddenly had signs of a breakthrough. In a short period of time, she successfully broke through from Foundation Establishment First Stage to Foundation Establishment Second Stage.
This trip to the Central Continent was quite fruitful.
The time flow rate below the rift was faster than above. In two more days, the one-month period will arrive, and the Immortal Island Secret Realm will soon open.
Pang Yi's little junior uncle's name was Pang Jiang.
Because Pang Yi's master was keen on taking in pitiful children from all over the place and bringing them into the sect, but he only brought them back and didn't raise them, so Pang Yi's generation of disciples were basically raised by Pang Jiang.
When Pang Yi was brought back to the Lingyun Sect, she was a nameless orphan, so Pang Jiang gave her his surname, and even Pang Yi's name was given by Pang Jiang.
Because they were raised by Pang Jiang, Pang Yi and the others were particularly close to this little junior uncle.
Ten years ago, after Pang Jiang disappeared in the Immortal Island Secret Realm, they, who were still children, were determined to enter the Immortal Island Secret Realm to find their little junior uncle!
Lei Tianzhi had already woken up by now. The scene of the five of them happily gathered around the bonfire was particularly heartwarming. Hearing their greetings to each other, even Tian Ning couldn't help but gently put down the storybook in her hands.
She looked up at the moon in the sky. It was quite far away, quite scenic.
For some reason, she missed her old man, her senior martial brothers and sisters...
Counting the days, she had been away from the Eastern Continent for a long time, and it was time to go back.
In the remaining two days, the group of five became a group of six. They searched for heavenly materials and earthly treasures within the secret realm. They didn't even need Tian Ning to make a move, Pang Yi and the others stuffed the good things into Tian Ning's hands.
This was originally agreed upon before entering the Immortal Island Secret Realm, and moreover, thanks to Tian Ning this time, they were able to find their little junior uncle so smoothly.
If it weren't for Tian Ning, they would have probably collapsed in the long years and eventually been possessed by demonic cultivator souls.
Tian Ning's harvest in the Central Continent this time was plentiful. When leaving the Immortal Island Secret Realm, Pang Yi and the others enthusiastically invited Tian Ning to visit the Lingyun Sect.
Tian Ning said she would definitely visit next time.
She had to rush back to the Beast Taming Sect to find her third senior sister and fourth senior brother, and then return to the Wanjian Sect to participate in the upcoming Six Sects Grand Competition.
Although the Demon Sword's spatial rift was useful, she could not yet guarantee the exact landing location. In order to arrive on time for the Six Sects Grand Competition, Tian Ning should go back.
Because they waited at the exit of the Immortal Island Secret Realm early on and left almost as soon as the secret realm opened, they did not know what happened afterward.
Yu Yuan's soul, residing in the jade pendant that Meng Xian carried with him, left the Immortal Island Secret Realm.
The Tai Chu Sect Sect Leader waited for a long time but did not see his granddaughter come out.
Lan Siran and her group were still trapped below the rift. Until the Immortal Island Secret Realm closed, including Lan Siran, half of the Tai Chu Sect disciples who entered the Immortal Island Secret Realm this time did not come out, their lives and deaths unknown.
But none of this had anything to do with Tian Ning.
After bidding farewell to Pang Yi and the others, Tian Ning went to the coffin shop to collect the remaining coffins, then found a deserted place, set up restrictions around it before taking out the Demon Sword.
After twice failing to open her ring pouch, Tian Ning had learned her lesson. She kept her small cloth bag with her at all times, putting pills and other things inside. She'd use it when her spiritual energy was depleted.
But as soon as she entered the spatial rift, her divine sense suddenly felt a 'crack', as if something had broken?
A baby's cry came from her mind, whimpering and searching for its mother.
Tian Ning: "..."
She suddenly remembered the dragon egg she had forgotten in the corner.
That little guy actually hatched at this time?
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