Foundation Establishment Knockout

It's likely that those uncontrolled secret realms outside that everyone can freely enter and exit are either unclaimed or have had their Key to the Secret Realm left unclaimed!

Yes, he's made up his mind. Once inside the secret realm, he won't dawdle or look at anything else; he'll focus solely on finding the Key to the Secret Realm!

Resources are plentiful, but Key to the Secret Realm are rare.

Now that the Key to the Secret Realm has been found, rescuing people has become much simpler.

The only thing Lin Xiao needed to pay attention to was how to quietly open an exit for everyone without revealing himself, and also how to let everyone know that there was an exit.

Since he planned to go out and visit other recently opened secret realms to see if he could find more Key to the Secret Realm, Lin Xiao didn't intend to stay in this Icefield Mystic Realm any longer. He started to travel quickly, trying to release the people in the gray dot areas as soon as possible so that he could quickly go to the next secret realm.

When he returned to the vicinity of the entrance to the ice cave where he had followed the Soul-Chasing Magpie, he found that the owner of the tent not far away had returned.

Fortunately, the person seemed to be meditating and wasn't watching them, and since they were using Concealment Technique, they weren't discovered.

Fearing being discovered, Lin Xiao dared not be careless. He quietly approached the entrance and then quietly stepped inside.

Practice makes perfect, and the second time he entered, he was clearly much more skilled. As soon as he entered the ice cave, he used the Air-Stepping Technique to stabilize himself and did not fall down like the first time.

Looking down at the entire ice cave from high above, Lin Xiao could vaguely see some small black dots moving around, which were obviously the cultivators trapped inside searching for a way out.

While pretending to be a cultivator searching for a way out, he leisurely strolled through the air using the Air-Stepping Technique, secretly observing the general distribution of the crowd below.

On his way back, he considered several methods to ensure that he would not be exposed while also rescuing everyone in the ice cave, but he ultimately rejected them all because they were too complicated to implement.

After much deliberation, he decided to use the simplest and most direct method.

Take them all down, open the exit, and then throw them all out.

This way, he doesn't need to act or pretend, nor does he need to go through the trouble of roundabout methods.

Therefore, his first priority is to take down all these cultivators.

Then...

It's not that he didn't want to simply open an exit, hide, and wait for everyone to leave.

Rather, it's because using the Key to the Secret Realm to open the exit, while not a huge commotion, is still significant enough to be noticed by the group of cultivators who are already on edge, searching for any unusual signs that might indicate an exit.

Moreover, after the Key to the Secret Realm opens the entrance and exit, he still needs to retrieve it after everyone has left. To be on the safe side and eliminate any unforeseen circumstances, it's most convenient to drug the person.

While pondering, Lin Xiao landed in the very center of the ice cave.

He ran to a secluded corner and took out the sleeping pills he had bought earlier from the mall.

According to the mall's precise recommendation, this sleeping potion called ' Foundation Establishment Knockout ' is just right to knock out people with cultivation Foundation Establishment of Foundation Establishment or below. Moreover, it is a smoke-type potion, the kind that can knock out a whole group of people after burning a handful. And it takes effect after just one inhalation, so there is no difference between inhaling a few more or a few less inhalations.

Most importantly, this smoke is colorless and odorless, making it the perfect choice for a date rape drug!

Fortunately, this kind of drug is only available from the store; otherwise, Lin Xiao felt it would be too dangerous.

However, the amount of smoke produced by this drug is not very large; based on the dosage, one dose is probably enough to incapacitate about ten people.

And it's a bit expensive; there's only a small handful, yet the shop charges him two hundred Spirit Stone!

Because there were dozens of people in this ice cave, one sword wasn't enough, so he gritted his teeth and bought five swords, spending a total of one thousand Spirit Stone!

Lin Xiao clutched the Spirit Stone stones, now missing another thousand spirit Spirit Stone, feeling a pang of heartache.

I'll definitely have to collect a fee from those cultivators later.

However, this is still much cheaper than sending them out four at a time using a teleportation array.

He first lit a fire on the ground, then wrapped the ' Foundation Establishment Knockout ' in his Spiritual Power and put it into the fire.

That way he can wait until everyone arrives before setting it on fire.

After doing all that, he immediately ran to a corner to hide himself, then started shouting in a strange, high-pitched voice, using his Spiritual Power to amplify his voice so that everyone in the ice cave could hear him.

"Ah--I think I've found something here! Everyone come quick!"

Instantly, everyone in the ice cave heard the shout.

Some people were surprised and doubtful, but more than that, they were overjoyed at the sudden good news after being trapped for many days and gradually being swallowed by despair!

So, without having time to think, everyone rushed towards the direction from which the sound had come as fast as they could.

Lin Xiao took this opportunity to blend into the crowd, pretending that he had also rushed over upon hearing the commotion.

Before long, all the cultivators in the ice cave had gathered here.

Lin Xiao also spotted three people he recognized in the crowd: Hu Guanyu, Jiang Cheng, and Yuan Zhiyun.

When the group arrived, they found nothing there, not even the person who had shouted earlier. There was only a fire burning in the middle. Somewhat puzzled and nervous, they looked around the area.

After all, this might be their only hope of getting out.

Lin Xiao, who was following in the crowd, scanned the area with his Divine Sense to confirm that there were no more people rushing over within a few hundred meters. He first took the antidote and then immediately removed the Spiritual Power of the ' Foundation Establishment Knockout ' from the fire.

The herbs immediately burst into flames in the fire.

However, since the campfire had been there from the beginning, everyone assumed it was the campfire that some fellow cultivator had used before, and didn't notice it at all.

Soon enough, a large number of the monks gathered there were poisoned.

Lin Xiao was about to pretend to faint along with everyone else when he suddenly noticed a figure standing upright among the fallen crowd!

"Everyone be careful! It's poisonous here!" Yuan Zhiyun saw her fellow Daoists around her suddenly close their eyes and fall down, and immediately realized that there might be poison here. She immediately covered her mouth and nose and tried to back away.

Fortunately, she had a high-quality anti-poison Law Artifact given to her by her father, which saved her from harm.

However, what she didn't expect was that she retreated in the direction Lin Xiao was.

Seeing her rapidly approaching him with her back to him, Lin Xiao raised his hand without thinking and struck her hard on the back of her neck.

Yuan Zhiyun, who was retreating, rolled her eyes and collapsed to the ground unconscious along with the others who had been drugged.

Seeing Yuan Zhiyun fall to the ground, Lin Xiao shook his hand to release the Spiritual Power concentrated in his hand and let out a long breath.