Li Yan was now inside the secret realm himself. Naturally, this felt entirely different from talking with Wei Zhongran or obtaining information through Soul Search.
Before long, based on the conversation between those two, he determined the directions in which the other two sects lay.
He began secretly scanning one direction, trying to sense the auras of the Yin-Yang Chaos Sect cultivators there. Only when a fellow disciple beside him occasionally spoke to him did he offer a reply, which suited Zhuang Muhua's personality quite well.
As they flew onward, the cultivators aboard the jade ruyi gradually fell silent, their attention turning to their surroundings.
The gray mire here seemed boundless. Dead trees continued to appear, along with occasional islands, though these were generally small, ranging from a few li to a dozen or so across.
Apart from having more of those dead trees, the islands also had some dark vegetation growing on the ground. Almost all of it hugged the earth, looking more like a layer of moss.
Li Yan knew that these islands were the most common places for cultivators to rest and meditate along their journey, and were also relatively safe locations within the secret realm.
Reportedly, six or seven kinds of Demon Beasts had been discovered here, all living in the mire. The most dangerous among them were the Demon Beasts called "Radiant Gold Bloodworms."
The name had come from the Yin-Yang Chaos Sect, whose ancient records contained some accounts of these Demon Beasts. Neither the Wangliang Sect nor the Life Extinction Sect had known much about them at first, which could only mean that their foundations were not as deep as those of the Yin-Yang Chaos Sect.
These Demon Beasts resembled maggots. Their adult bodies could grow to roughly a foot long, and they favored