Jiang Lu exhaled a breath of stale air, and the spiritual power within her settled.
She withdrew the formation and stood up. Seeing the stains along the bottom of her skirt, she let spiritual light flash in her hand, and a Cleansing Technique swept around her body.
The stains left by the battle vanished instantly.
She stamped her feet and looked in another direction, feeling refreshed. An exit had appeared where the vines had coiled, surrounded by unfamiliar grasses.
She walked toward it. The grasses before her stood a little over two meters tall, with branches from small trees crisscrossing through the weeds, their foliage piled layer upon layer.
Only a narrow, winding path remained between the grasses. Years of foot traffic had worn it perfectly smooth, without a single weed or loose stone. Clearly, this was a regular route that disciples of the Hundred Blossoms Sacred Ground took during their training.
Senior Sister Shen had said that this secret realm contained few large demonic beasts; most of its creatures were demonic plants.
Places thick with demonic plants often harbored all kinds of precious spiritual plants and rare poisonous herbs. Such treasures could only be encountered by chance, not sought at will, and were the greatest opportunities the realm offered. Disciples could search for and harvest them themselves, then refine them for cultivation.
The vines from earlier were one such type of demonic plant. However, since they grew near the entrance, any spiritual plants around them would have long since been harvested by the disciples.
"Master, the aura here is richer than around those vines." Lingxi's voice rang out as it poked out its head, gently sniffing the surroundings.
Jiang Lu nodded thoughtfully and extended her Divine Sense. The aura was richer than in the vine forest, so this had