After passing through the pitch-black sea passage, they were greeted by lush green grass and rows of trees.
Everyone felt as though they had entered another world, and cries of surprise escaped their lips.
"There's no seawater here! We can breathe freely!"
"The Water Spirit Pearl I prepared is useless now. Who would've thought the ruins were on dry land!"
The group chattered away. Only after marveling at the scenery did they suddenly realize that some people seemed to be missing.
There were disciples from both the Southern Spirit Sect and the North Ridge Sacred Ground, but more than half the people who had entered were no longer standing there, as though they had vanished into thin air.
Everyone present was alarmed.
"Lan Yue is missing!" a Southern Spirit Sect disciple cried out.
All the Southern Spirit Sect disciples were terrified. Even Lan Yue, who possessed an Immortal Artifact, had disappeared right at the beginning. Could they still make it out successfully?
"Lan Yue?" Baili Xingzhou frowned. He remembered that the girl he had met earlier was called Lan Yue.
"Everyone, be careful. These ruins deliberately separated us. The others might be elsewhere, so don't throw yourselves into disarray."
He gave this warning to the North Ridge Sacred Ground disciples behind him.
"Silence!" A familiar voice rang out among the Southern Spirit Sect disciples.
"Senior Sister Qing Zhu!" someone exclaimed.
"Shh." Qing Zhu was not carrying her signature oil-paper umbrella. Instead, she held a longsword.
At the sight of this senior sister, who had long since made a name for herself, all the Southern Spirit Sect disciples breathed a sigh of relief.
Their senior sister had reportedly reached the golden core stage. Surely she had come to protect them.
Although they did not know how she had managed to enter,