Lu Feng and Tang Yuan listened intently to Qu Jiaojiao's account, and both had already formed some guesses in their hearts.
Not long after the Lunar Eclipse phenomenon occurred, there had indeed been a brief Red Moon phase before it subsided. Qu Jiaojiao must have awakened during that window.
The secret realm entrance above Azure Lake had not opened early or late, but at precisely this critical juncture. It was highly likely connected to the Lunar Eclipse phenomenon. Perhaps it could only be summoned under conditions where the spiritual energy pressure was exceptionally turbid and low.
Combined with the illusion array used to conceal it, this entrance had certainly not opened on its own. It had been activated by someone.
That also meant the person who opened it must have calculated the possible timing of the Lunar Eclipse phenomenon, infiltrated this place in advance, and laid down an array to hide themselves.
Had it not been stumbled upon by chance, once the entrance vanished at dawn, the intruders might have silently claimed this secret realm for themselves.
And those capable of accomplishing all this...
The figures of those Saint Sect members surfaced in Lu Feng and Tang Yuan's minds at the same time.
Yue Yan, Li Taiyuan, and the younger brother they had mentioned had most likely come to the Profound Domain for this very purpose.
On the surface, they had come to participate in the Array Duel Competition. In truth, they had come for the Azure Lake Secret Realm.
As for why people like Si Ma Ye had been the first to rush in without another word...
Considering the Crimson Nan Flowers on the lake's surface, along with the fact that Si Ma Ye's family had belonged to Crimson Nan City for generations, he might have inherited some information