Truly Shocked

He Lingxiu felt that this was indeed something no one could say for sure.

Wang Li's mind was already broad enough, and as for his senior sister Lü Shenliang… who could predict the next move of a crazy woman?

However, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "It's fine, even if she wanted to follow, she shouldn't be able to keep up."

Wang Li soon understood what she meant.

The Jizhi Azure Bird quickly swooped down.

This was a wasteland.

In the Cultivation World, areas that did not belong to any Sect, and had little spiritual energy, were called wastelands.

However, the world of ordinary mortals was different.

The areas with less spiritual energy produced fewer spiritual items and were less likely to attract demonic beasts. These areas were actually safer to live in.

So, there were a few villages with wisps of cooking smoke in this wasteland, and large stretches of farmland scattered across the rolling hills.

By the side of a large river not far away, there seemed to be a bustling market town.

The Jizhi Azure Bird landed in a hill not far from a village.

The surroundings of this hill were all paddy fields, and there were a few oxen in the fields.

This was truly a place that cultivators would normally pay no attention to.

But as the Azure Bird landed, on the sun-facing side of this low hill, Wang Li immediately saw a flickering spiritual light.

More than ten crystal pillars, half a person's height, stood on the ground. On a formation disk the size of a millstone in the middle, more than ten spirit sources were embedded.

The spiritual energy from these spirit sources had already begun to flow out slowly. The substantial spiritual energy was guided by the crystal pillars, winding around the space of more than ten zhang like transparent ropes.

In this space, strips of profound and brilliant light would occasionally flash, as if peeking through from another world.

This was undoubtedly a temporarily set up teleportation array.

Wang Li had never seen such a temporarily set up teleportation array before, but these unique crystal pillars and the unique halo of this teleportation array allowed him to identify it at a glance.

This was quite a feat.

The spiritual energy consumed by this temporarily set up teleportation array far exceeded that of a normal teleportation array. For the matter of going to the Seven Treasures Ancient Domain, setting up a temporary teleportation array here seemed to have the sole purpose of covering their tracks.

Seven cultivators had already gathered around this temporary teleportation array. Including Wang Li and He Lingxiu, there were now nine of them.

As the Jizhi Azure Bird landed, the gazes of these seven cultivators immediately sharpened. But upon seeing Wang Li's bare feet, their gazes instantly filled with confusion.

There seemed to be few cultivators who liked walking barefoot.

In their understanding, bare feet were often associated with certain special divine abilities.

In the short time the Azure Bird had landed, Wang Li had also seized the opportunity to observe these people.

Among these seven cultivators, three clearly stood together, while the other four maintained a certain distance from the three, as if on guard.

These were likely two different groups.

The three cultivators standing together were all male cultivators, appearing to be in their mid-twenties. It was unclear if they had deliberately altered their physiques or appearances with spells or magic tools, but in Wang Li's eyes, their builds were average, and their features were all quite handsome.

The methods these three young cultivators used to conceal their auras were quite good; there were no obvious spiritual energy fluctuations, and Wang Li had no special qi-sensing techniques to ascertain their cultivation.

But at this moment, He Lingxiu's voice sounded in his ear, "Two of these three are at the Ninth Level of Qi Refining, and one is at the first level of Foundation Establishment."

Wang Li's expression remained unchanged, but he was somewhat surprised inwardly.

His gaze then fell upon the other four cultivators.

The oldest among these four cultivators was a woman who looked over fifty. She was a bit short, about half a head shorter than a girl of average height.

She wore a garment with gold embroidery, which was slightly loose. Paired with her round face, it made her look somewhat cheerful.

Her expression was the most amiable among everyone present.

"This woman has the cultivation of the second level of Golden Core, and the other three also have the cultivation of the third level of Foundation Establishment." As Wang Li's gaze moved away from the woman, He Lingxiu's voice sounded in his ear again.

At this moment, he didn't have any particular feelings. In his subconscious, since this woman was a Golden Core True Person, she should be the one who set up this temporary teleportation array.

But then, the woman in the red and gold garment nodded at them and said something that made him freeze, "Since everyone is here, activate the array and send us over."

"Yes!"

Among the three cultivators beside the woman, whom Wang Li hadn't had time to examine closely, a male cultivator and a female cultivator bowed slightly, then their spiritual energy surged, directly activating the teleportation array.

The woman was the first to step into the newly activated teleportation array, disappearing into the misty spiritual light of the array.

Then, a tall and thin middle-aged male cultivator who had been standing beside the woman also stepped into the teleportation array and disappeared.

Wang Li and He Lingxiu exchanged glances. Although they were both puzzled, they remained silent. After the three young cultivators had entered the teleportation array, the two of them entered it together.

The moment the misty light before their eyes disappeared, Wang Li and He Lingxiu found themselves in a rocky forest with strange, jagged rocks.

The surrounding rocks were blue-black, twisted like monsters.

The gentle breeze blowing nearby carried a damp, and slightly foul, smell.

Not far from this stone forest, there seemed to be vast swamps.

Besides the woman and the tall, thin middle-aged man, and the three young cultivators, there were six more cultivators waiting in this stone forest, and beside these six cultivators, there was another temporarily set up teleportation array.

Wang Li looked at the six cultivators who had just appeared in his field of vision.

The six cultivators were all dressed in plain hemp clothes, but beneath the hemp, they were clearly wearing some kind of unique garment. He couldn't sense any spiritual energy emanating from them at all, and if he closed his eyes, he doubted his spiritual sense would even be able to detect them.

These six cultivators were all of medium build, but he couldn't see their actual appearances.

This was because all six cultivators wore the same green wood mask.

The green wood mask looked very crude, with only holes carved out for the eyes and mouth and nose. There were no runes visible, but it emitted a faint green glow that prevented his spiritual sense from penetrating.

At this moment, he felt that He Lingxiu, standing beside him, would tell him their specific cultivation levels as she had before. However, to his surprise, He Lingxiu's voice did not sound in his ear.

From among these six cultivators, one person's voice rang out at this moment.

"Fellow cultivators, we have now reached the Evil Water Continent. After this teleportation array sends us over, we will be in the White Bone Continent. However, we will go ahead first. We will teleport directly to the western edge of the White Bone Continent, while you will arrive afterwards at the southern edge of the White Bone Continent."

Because the garments and masks worn by these six cultivators were very distinctive, it was difficult to tell who was speaking after this voice rang out.

"Fellow cultivators, our objective is exactly the same as yours: to rescue those three cultivators. We are simply entering from different locations. The employer wants to increase the chances of success. If we meet in the Seven Treasures Ancient Domain, please remember that we are on the same side and do not start any conflicts amongst yourselves. You should understand that as long as we can rescue those three, whether it is us or you who find them, the employer's request will be considered perfectly fulfilled."

These six cultivators wasted no time. After one of them finished speaking, someone immediately activated the teleportation array beside them.

"Wait a moment."

The woman in the red garment with gold speckles suddenly called out, stopping the six cultivators from their next move. Then, she looked kindly at Wang Li and He Lingxiu and said, "Since you two fellow cultivators are familiar with the White Bone Continent, do you have any objections to the locations where their teleportation array will send us?"

Wang Li's heart stirred. He knew this woman was cautious and was asking for the opinion of the guide for their group. However, judging by her words, it seemed she was accompanying them as a guide as well.

He supposed it made sense. For such a clandestine operation against a Saint's disciple, the fewer people involved, the better. If she were to maintain her identity as an intermediary, it would be difficult for her to participate directly.

He understood this point in an instant and remained silent with a half-smile.

But what he never expected was that He Lingxiu would not communicate with him telepathically at all. She simply opened her mouth and said, "No problem. The difference between entering from the western edge and the southern edge is not much."

Wang Li turned his head to look at He Lingxiu in disbelief.

He Lingxiu flashed him a playful smile.

At the same time, her telepathic voice finally reached his ears, "I know what you're thinking right now. You're definitely wondering if I know anything about the White Bone Continent or if I'm just talking nonsense without any knowledge. Actually, your guess is correct. I've never even been to the White Bone Continent before, so how would I know if it's good or bad to enter from the western or southern edge? I was indeed just talking nonsense. Anyway, if you try to trick me later, I'll just talk nonsense too. We'll be in trouble together."

So ruthless?

Wang Li was truly shocked.