Seeing that Bai Lan remained calm and composed, Elder Fu took a deep breath, steadied himself, and said, "You should lay your cards on the table and tell me what other cards you have up your sleeve! Otherwise, given your personality, how could you be so composed as you are now?"
"I did some quick calculations and the divination results for today are very auspicious, so I'm not flustered." Bai Lan smiled calmly, but in reality, she saved a file every minute.
Elder Fu didn't believe it and immediately started calculating with his fingers, since he was somewhat knowledgeable in divination. After a while, he suddenly became anxious.
"Nonsense! The hexagram I calculated is Kan, which is an ominous sign. You should run for your life quickly and don't act rashly!" He thought that after boarding a ship named Bai Lan, he knew all of Bai Lan's secrets, but he still didn't know what her trump card was that allowed her to remain calm in the face of danger.
"Your calculations are inaccurate." Bai Lan waved his hand, and then, to Elder Fu's incredulous gaze, leaped up, turned and jumped into the vortex without the slightest hesitation.
After being transported into the secret realm by the teleportation array as before, Bai Lan carefully saved the game before speaking in a deep voice, " Elder Fu, drink another bottle of Soul Nourishing Elixir and get ready."
When facing a Nascent Soul cultivator, any defensive measures taken by Tribulation Crossing stage Soul cultivator are futile. A single glance, a casual wave of the sleeve, or even just a sweep of Divine Sense from a Nascent Soul cultivator can instantly annihilate her. No matter how many layers of spiritual energy shield she stacks, they are as fragile as paper.
It would have been more useful if Elder Fu had sacrificed himself to block it.
Elder Fu gulped down a bottle of Soul Nourishing Elixir, then snorted coldly, "You'd better get out of here alive. Otherwise, I'll go find Long Aotian. Let's see if you're still angry then."
Bai Lan couldn't help but laugh, "Why am I angry? I'm just afraid that after Elder Fu returns to Long Aotian's side, he will once again live a life of poverty where he can't even afford to eat Soul Nourishing Elixir."
The truth always hurts Elder Fu's heart the most.
Even if Elder Fu couldn't stop him and there wasn't enough time to reload the save, Bai Lan had a backup plan.
The reason she so highly values Divine Sense cultivation, vigorously develops the mass cultivation technology of Soul Nourishing Elixir and its refining materials, and is committed to using Soul Nourishing Elixir as medicine, is not only for the soul within the Void Stone, but also for the Spiritual Sense Cultivation Method she is practicing, the Formless Cultivation Method.
Bai Lan had been diligently cultivating this technique since her Divine Sense broke through to the Nascent Soul stage. When the Formless Cultivation Method is cultivated to its peak, one can condense two Divine Sense, which is equivalent to having an extra life. Therefore, before leaving the Azure Origin Sect, this person had cultivated the Formless Cultivation Method to ten levels and successfully condensed a second Divine Sense.
If the two Divine Sense were combined into one, Bai Lan's Divine Sense would have the strength of Mid Nascent Soul cultivator, making her invincible below the Tribulation Crossing stage. Once her Divine Sense was released, she could control the entire field.
If the Divine Sense is divided into two sides, then each side of the Divine Sense will only have the strength of the late stage of the Qi Refining Realm. It seems that the strength is weakened, but in reality, it is an extra life.
In battle, it's natural to concentrate Nascent Soul stage's Divine Sense and use it to crush the enemy faster.
In this critical moment, since the Nascent Soul stage Divine Sense is of little use against the Spirit Transformation stage anyway, it is naturally more important to have an extra trump card to save one's life than to increase one's strength.
Therefore, before entering the secret realm, Bai Lan had placed one of her Divine Sense into the Void Stone as a backup plan. Even if her Divine Sense outside was instantly destroyed by the Divine Cultivator, the other Divine Sense inside the Void Stone would quickly reload and return to the state before entering the Nine Yin Secret Realm, thus saving her life and instantly returning her to her peak condition.
With three trump cards up his sleeve, Bai Lan was confident he could survive even against a high-level cultivator. That's why he could now confidently charge forward and take a gamble, hoping to turn a bicycle into a motorcycle!
"Fellow Daoist... Fellow Daoist... Save me, save me."
Just as Bai Lan and Elder Fu were cautiously making their way towards the Soul Nurturing Wood Hall in the secret realm, a cultivator's cry for help came from a cave in the distance.
Bai Lan paused, made a quick save, and slowly looked towards the cave beside her with a strange expression.
Each time this secret realm opens, it requires the four major sects to jointly break the vortex with their tokens, and each opening lasts only for one month. After that, it will be completely sealed off, and no one will be able to set foot in it for several years.
The last time the secret realm was opened was several years ago. The possibility of anyone still being there is low, but it's not entirely impossible. In previous years, there have been cases of cultivators who didn't make it out and stayed in the secret realm for several years...
The sudden appearance of a person at this moment was rather strange, like a frail woman suddenly appearing on the journey to the West, or an innocent child in a haunted house, arousing suspicion. Therefore, Bai Lan did not step forward, but merely extended her Divine Sense to scan briefly. With a cultivation level of the seventh stage of Qi Refining stage, her Divine Sense showed no abnormalities, and it did not seem to be fake.
"Fellow Daoist! I am a cultivator from one of the Five Sects who entered the Nine Yin Secret Realm for training last time. I was injured and fell unconscious here, which is why I was unable to leave the secret realm with everyone else. I have been trapped here for several years. I hope you will have pity on me and rescue me. Once I get out, I will definitely repay you with the utmost courtesy!" Seeing that Bai Lan did not move, the voice pleaded again.
"Oh? Judging from your clothes, you must be a junior brother of the Azure Origin Sect. What a coincidence, I am also from the Azure Origin Sect. You wait here, I will come to rescue you right away." Bai Lan's expression flashed, and he said with a smile.
If they don't speak, it's fine, but once they start talking, they'll give themselves away.
The Joyous Union Sect betrayed the Demonic Path many years ago, and the Five Righteous Sects have long since become the Four Sects of the Righteous Path. Last time, only cultivators from the Four Sects entered this secret realm. Now, most of the cultivators from the Four Sects hate the Joyous Union Sect because of its Joyous Union Sect, so they would never call themselves cultivators from the Five Sects again.
This person is most likely the disguise of the hermit god inside, unaware of the events that have occurred in the Mist Cloud Continent in recent years...
Interesting. A mighty and powerful deity would never have the time to play along with a mere cultivator like her. There must be some trickery involved.
" Elder Fu, what do you think?"
"Is that even a question? There's definitely something wrong with him." Elder Fu sneered. "This guy has an aura of death about him. His bones look like they're about to rot and mold, yet he's pretending to be a sage to bewitch you. He's definitely up to no good. I suggest you ignore him and go move that Soul Nurturing Wood Hall now. We'll leave as soon as we're done."
Bai Lan nodded and stepped into the cave.
Elder Fu: "... Hehe, I knew it. When have you ever listened to me?"
The Joyous Union Sect cultivator inside the cave was lying on the ground, suffering serious injuries all over his body.
Upon seeing Bai Lan enter, the young man was overjoyed. "Fellow Daoist..."