Chapter 153 - A Terrifying Enemy Attacks, Ye Xuan's Crisis

Compared to the shock and panic of the Tai Qing Sect, Shen Changling was confused. He asked, “What are you talking about?”

Although Ye Xuan didn’t want to look for trouble, trouble would always come to him. He couldn’t tell Shen Changling the reason directly, but he probably had to go back to the underground palace.

“Don’t you think that this group of people from the Misty Illusory Manor is very strange? Previously, they couldn’t wait to get rid of me. But now, they suddenly gave up. Something must have happened. Let’s follow them and take a look.”

Shen Changling felt that this made sense.

However, the people from the Tai Qing Sect wanted to say something but stopped. They lowered their voices and said, “Elder Ye, do we really have to go back to that damned place? If it’s really as we’ve guessed, then we’ll be finished.”

If the recent strange events and the people who disappeared for no reason were all caused by that man, they would be walking right into a trap if they went back.

The man’s thousand-year-old plan had been destroyed, and the first thing he wanted to do was to settle the score with them. Moreover, this person had lived for so long, who knew how deep his cultivation was?

Ye Xuan, however, had his own plans. He replied, “Rather than being passive, it’s better to take the initiative so that we can have a better idea of the situation.”

Seeing that he had already made up his mind, no one could say anything. They could only silently pray that everything was just a coincidence.

The people from the Tai Qing Sect were extremely familiar with this place. They followed behind the people from the Misty Illusory Manor from a distance and did not attract their attention, as if they had been here before.

As they got closer and closer to the underground palace, Ye Xuan could finally confirm that it was Bai Haoyu’s group’s destination.

They saw that the originally flat ground had a huge deep pit. The pupils of the people of the Tai Qing Sect shrank and they could not help but exclaim, “There was no such thing before.”

Shen Changling was confused. He asked, “You’ve been here before?”

The Tai Qing Sect disciples all had secretive expressions on their faces, which made the Sword Sect people even more curious. Because they were far away, they could not detect anything.

Shen Changling wanted to step forward but was pulled back by Ye Xuan. His expression was unprecedentedly serious. Ye Xuan said, “Don’t alert the enemy. There’s something strange here.”

If this deep pit, as well as the things that happened in the secret realm, were really made by that man from a thousand years ago, they were not his match at all. If they rashly approached, they would only be discovered by him.

After Bai Haoyu and the others entered the pit, there was no more sound. Ye Xuan’s uneasiness grew.

Logically speaking, no matter what happened, there should be some movement, but they couldn’t detect anything at all. It was as if these people had disappeared into thin air.

“We can’t stay here for long, let’s leave first.”

“But…” Shen Changling hesitated. He wanted to go up and check the situation. He didn’t see anything strange at the bottom of the pit, nor did he sense any strong aura.

Ye Xuan motioned for him to look around.

Shen Changling looked down and found that there were human footprints all over the ground. It was obvious that more than one group of people had been here before. He was shocked.

Realizing that things weren’t as simple as they seemed, the people of the Sword Sect didn’t stay and quickly left the place with Ye Xuan.

“If these people all went to the bottom of the pit, why didn’t we hear any movement?”

Hearing Ye Xuan’s words, the people present were not fools. They were simply terrified.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the strange happenings in the secret realm were definitely related to this place. Perhaps the mastermind from a thousand years ago had really come.

Ye Xuan had originally wanted to wait for the secret realm to open, but now that the secret realm was not a place to stay for long, they had to leave as soon as possible.

“Do you have any way to contact the outside of the secret realm as soon as possible and ask them to open the exit for us to leave?”

This time, it was Shen Changling’s turn to be surprised. He asked, “Things aren’t that serious, are they?”

Although he had some guesses that something big was going to happen in the secret realm, it was definitely still within their control.

Ye Xuan was extremely serious as he said clearly, “Trust me, this matter is not something you or I can interfere in. I’m afraid only the grand elders can do it.”

This was only a conservative estimate. He was afraid that even one or two grand elders wouldn’t be able to deal with that man.

Shen Changling opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but when he looked into those dark eyes, he couldn’t help but believe what Ye Xuan said.

He originally wanted to think about it again, but the words changed when he opened his mouth. He said, “Alright, I’ll contact Master immediately.”

At the bottom of the pit, Bai Haoyu and the others, who had been attracted by the so-called secret treasure, looked at the black Qi in horror. Their faces were twisted with fear.

“What the h*ll are you?!”

The golden light that they had seen earlier had turned into a pile of black soil in the blink of an eye. Only then did they realize that they had been tricked.

There were no rare treasures here!

However, it was too late!

This place was like hell. They couldn’t even see their fingers in front of them. All they could see was the unknown behemoth in front of them, who burst out with strange laughter that made people shiver.

Sensing the immense pressure, Bai Haoyu and the others wanted to escape, but it was too late. The black fog surged toward them, and no spell technique or magic weapon had any effect on it.

Soon, they were enveloped by the black fog, forming a huge human-shaped black cocoon. There were countless existences around this human-shaped black cocoon. They were densely packed, and it was a shocking sight.

More than half of the people in the secret realm were here.

They did not dare to imagine what the black fog had done in the past few days.

As the black fog enveloped Bai Haoyu, he was able to sense his memories, and he quickly realized that something was amiss.

“Eh? This man has Penglai immortal stones. Could it be him?!”