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The other three immediately expressed their loyalty. "Don't worry Miss, we will definitely protect her."

Shen Bi'er took out the small bag that Mu Xiaoling had used to store the treasures. "There won't be much time left for her to live. All of these naturally belong to us."

With that, he divided the items among the crowd.

The next day, everyone carried Mu Xiaoling to the shrine.

On the way, he would occasionally run into people from other clans. However, as the local tyrant of the Shen family, few people dared to touch him. At most, he would just ask and they would all be sent away by him.

However, not everyone was afraid of the Shen family, and the Meng family was an exception.

The Meng family was not much worse off than the Shen family. However, recently, a Martial Spirit had passed away.

The temple was located at the border of the secret Realm, and there was only one path they could take. At the temple's entrance, they ran into the young master of the Meng Clan, Meng Yifan.

Meng Yifan was only about fifteen to sixteen years old. He was wearing a fiery red robe and had a few freckles on his face. He was currently taking five or six people to rest on a rock outside the shrine.

Meng Yifan lazily lay down on the rock, "Oh, I was wondering who it was. So it was Miss Shen. Why, what are you doing in this crappy place?"

When Shen Zhiruo saw Meng Yifan, her face turned dark, "What are you doing here now?"

It was not only Shen Zhiruo, but the other members of the Shen Family also had unpleasant expressions on their faces. It was obvious that they had suffered at the hands of Meng Yifan.

Meng Yifan rolled his eyes, "Of course it's what you do. We are prepared to do it."

Shen Zhiruo had never thought of this before. Hearing Meng Yifan's words, she thought that he had already exposed himself. She immediately said angrily: "Your Meng family doesn't have any talented beast driving talents. Why fight with us, the Shen family …"

Shen Bao was the first to understand and interrupted Shen Zhiruo's words. "Miss, be careful with what you say!"

"So your Shen family is still after Gu Xiu Hu." Meng Yifan was well aware of what was going on. The Meng Clan had naturally received news of the Ancient Cultivator Fox. However, his family did not have any talented beast driving experts, so they naturally let him go.

But even so, Gu Xiu Hu couldn't let the Shen family have it, or the Meng family wouldn't even have a way out.

Meng Yifan suddenly thought of something, smiled and said, "Although our Meng Clan doesn't have the talent to drive beasts, we have a part in it, right?"

Shen Xiaodie sneered, "You think you can stop us?"

"Even if I can't stop them, I can still find something for you to eat, no?" "I, Meng Yifan, don't want anything, but I'm very curious about this Ancient Cultivator Fox's ceremony. How about this, you let us watch from the back, guard the temple door for you, and wait for your Shen Family to subdue Ancient Cultivator Fox. Our Meng Family will be the first to surrender."

Shen Bao and the others looked at each other in dismay. They couldn't figure out what Meng Yifan was planning to do.

If I saw with my own eyes that you contracted with an ancient spirit beast like Gu Xiu Hu, then wouldn't I have an explanation for going back to the Meng Family to talk about surrender? Moreover, we don't have the talent to drive beasts, so wouldn't you be afraid that our Meng Family will fight with your Shen Family? Meng Yifan tried to persuade him again.

Shen Zhiruo thought for a moment and felt that Meng Yifan was right, "Alright, as you say, since the Meng Family is the first clan to go to our Shen Family, when we go back, I will definitely tell my brother and let him heavily reward you."

Meng Yifan laughed. "You're still the best, Miss Shen."

With that, the two groups of thirteen people entered the shrine.

The shrine here was extremely dilapidated. Apart from the main body, most of the other side halls had already collapsed.

The main body of the shrine was nine stories high. The first floor was a desolate, dilapidated hall, with a fox sculpture to the east.

The second floor was a training ground. However, the praying mat on the ground was almost completely rotted.

On the third floor, as soon as everyone entered, they were cut off by a giant beast.

The huge beast had a lion's head and a long nose, which could roll a person up and throw him to the ground, and could even smash a person to death.

"Be careful!" Although Meng Yifan and the people from the Meng Clan seemed to be fighting hard, they were actually fighting for their own lives. Shen Zhiruo could not help but grit her teeth and spat out some blood from her fingertip.

Shen Zhiruo ordered, "Kill it."

The huge wolf roared and rushed forward to fight with the huge beast. The scene was extremely bloody.

With the giant wolf supporting it, the others would go up to harass it. Soon, the beast was strangled.

On the fourth floor, there was still a giant beast. This time, Shen Zhiruo summoned a mixed fur lion.

Next was the fifth, the sixth … Only until they reached the ninth floor did everyone stop.

At this moment, only Shen Zhiruo, Shen Die'er, and Shen Bao remained in the Shen family. Although two people from the Meng family had been injured, they hadn't suffered any casualties under Meng Yifan's leadership.

Two large black stone doors were placed in front of them, and on the stone doors, a giant fox was carved.

The fox's entire body was as white as snow, with only a small red mark on its forehead. It had two tails, one for Yin and the other for Yang.

Shen Zhiruo quietly looked at the relief sculpture and felt as if the fox's eyes were about to move. It was extremely terrifying, causing people's hearts to palpitate and unconsciously wanting to get a closer look. However, just as she was about to move, a voice woke her up.

Meng Yifan asked, "Miss Shen, how do we open this door?"

"The blood of a person with beast driving talent." Shen Zhiruo's face was pale. Summoning several spirit beasts to fight along the way had already exhausted most of her true essence. However, now that they were already here, how could she give up?

She turned her head to look at Mu Xiaoling before she took her sabre and cut Mu Xiaoling's wrist to get some blood. Then, she smeared it on the fox's mouth and retreated.

Everyone only heard a rumbling sound as the stone door slowly opened.

The scene behind the stone door appeared before his eyes. What made him surprised was that it did not seem like a room. Instead, it was a vast and boundless grassland.

Formation!

"Don't worry, we have come prepared." Shen Zhiruo signaled Shen Bao and Tang'er to carry Mu Xiaoling into the grass.

Meng Yifan gritted his teeth, turned around and said, "Wait here. If I die, send a message to my father, telling him to give in temporarily." After he finished speaking, he stepped onto the grass.

These people of the Meng Clan had been following Meng Yifan since childhood. When they heard this, they couldn't help but shed tears. However, none of them dared to disobey Meng Yifan's orders.

After they entered the prairie, when they turned back, the door behind them had already disappeared. No matter where they looked, all they could see was an endless expanse of green grass, and the surrounding fog slowly floated up, becoming more and more dense. In a short while, the few people were only able to see about five meters in front of them.