The people from the Five Great Forces shot into the Taiyi Secret Realm like arrows piercing through clouds.

Upon entering the Taiyi Secret Realm, the Spiritual Energy between heaven and earth became abundant.

The Five Great Forces that entered the Taiyi Secret Realm all rushed into the mist, one after the other.

The fog was not right.

This was Ye Lingyue's first impression after stepping into the fog.

All around, there was an expanse of white, where one couldn't see their own fingers and couldn't penetrate any deeper.

Boss He and others who had entered the Taiyi Secret Realm with Ye Lingyue earlier had also disappeared without a trace.

Cloud Mist swirled in from all directions, enveloping her layer by layer.

The mist, originally light and insubstantial, suddenly felt oppressively heavy.

Ye Lingyue felt her steps becoming heavy. This sensation was somewhat similar to the Spiritual Suppression once used by Chief Chou, as if hidden within the depths of the fog was a spiritual power master.

Impossible, the Taiyi Sect had long been destroyed, there can't possibly be a spiritual power master guarding the mountains.

At this moment, Ye Lingyue noticed Little Zhiyo and Little Wuya on her shoulders.

Compared to Ye Lingyue's heavy steps and difficulty breathing, Little Zhiyo and Little Wuya appeared completely unaffected by the fog, even seeming quite fond of it. To them, the Taiyi Secret Realm seemed to share some unspoken similarity with Hong Meng Heaven.

A thought struck Ye Lingyue, why was the Spiritual Suppression formed by the fog completely ineffective against Little Zhiyo and Little Wuya?

If the fog truly had the effect of Spiritual Suppression, it should have been applied equally to everyone.

Or perhaps, the Spiritual Suppression didn't exist at all, and everything was an illusion?

Having understood this, Ye Lingyue gritted her teeth and took steps towards the depths of the fog. The more she discarded the random thoughts in her mind, the weaker the effect of the Spiritual Suppression became.

Ye Lingyue's guess was not wrong. This layer of fog was merely a Prohibition created by the Taiyi Sect, not something that would cause actual harm, but it could induce illusions.

In the past, the Taiyi Sect, to prevent foreign invasions, had specifically laid down a "Water Mist Forbidden Barrier" outside their gates.

The purpose of this barrier was to prevent the invasion of enemies and to also prevent disciples of insufficient cultivation within the Taiyi Sect from leaving the mountains without permission.

Depending on the person, the Water Mist Forbidden Barrier would produce different effects. Ye Lingyue was both an Alchemist and a Martial Artist, so the barrier induced a more harmful Spiritual Suppression.

As for other Martial Artists who entered the fog, the illusions they experienced were various Martial Arts attacks.

Among those with weaker cultivation, they would be affected by the fog, panic-stricken within the barrier, and might inadvertently hurt their peers and themselves.

Most of the people who entered the Taiyi Secret Realm were not of weak cultivation, so aside from a few guards from Kaijiang Prince Manor and Crown Prince Hong's guards, the rest passed through this cloud of prohibition and entered the Taiyi Secret Realm separately.

However, due to the fog, the groups that were originally together were now scattered.

"Who's there?"

Just as the fog became thinner and Ye Lingyue reached the edge of the Cloud Mist Barrier, she suddenly heard the crisp sound of a bell. Following that, a verdant green bell danced out of the fog like a snake.

"Is it you?"

The bell's owner had already recognized Ye Lingyue and the bell shrunk back.

Ye Lingyue saw a fiery red figure.

Jueqing Sect's Bo Qing also floated over.

"Thank heaven and earth, I finally encountered someone. This strange mist almost made me lose my way," Bo Qing, seeing it was Ye Lingyue, immediately beamed with joy.

Upon questioning by Ye Lingyue, she learned that Bo Qing had gotten lost as soon as she entered the mist.

She aimlessly wandered until she saw a figure and approached, which unexpectedly turned out to be Ye Lingyue.

"Didn't you feel any abnormalities, like spiritual power attacks or other kinds of attacks?" Ye Lingyue, seeing Bo Qing's composed manner, who appeared more relaxed than herself, asked.

"Not at all. I just felt that this area had a richer concentration of spiritual energy, so I walked this way," Bo Qing blinked.

Unlike Ye Lingyue, who had to eliminate heart demons and break through the first barrier of the Taiyi Secret Realm, Bo Qing had completely followed her instincts.

She seemed to have a natural intuition for various spiritual treasures, or perhaps she was just naturally lucky, or it could be that such Cloud Mist Barriers had less deterrent effect on simpler minds, like Little Zhiyo and Little Wuya, for example.

Ye Lingyue couldn't help but secretly ponder about Bo Qing's origins; sometimes she seemed naive and innocent, even frolicking with Little Zhiyo, yet at other times, she was as crafty as a fox.

While deep in thought, Ye Lingyue and Bo Qing had already reached the edge of the mist.

Suddenly, their view opened up to a lush forest that appeared untouched by humans for thousands of years.

The ground was covered with yellow fallen leaves that, untraveled by people over the years, had decomposed into a layer of nutrient-rich humus.

At the entrance of the forest, there was a small path, where wafts of rich medicinal grass fragrance hit them.

So many Spirit Grasses and Spirit Fruits!

"Thousand-year-old Red Sun Ginseng."

"Red Fruit that detoxifies all poisons."

Those Spirit Grasses and Spirit Fruits, which had long since vanished from various countries, were abundant in the Taiyi Secret Realm, growing everywhere like wild weeds.

Compared to the astonished Ye Lingyue, Bo Qing seemed much more indifferent.

She looked at those medicinal herbs and Spiritual Medicines with little interest.

In her eyes, the ground full of Spiritual Fruits and Medicines was less appealing than finding some peach or apple trees; at least those fruits were edible, unlike these herbs which tasted both astringent and strange, and digging them up was messy.

Lazy by nature, Bo Qing's biggest hobby aside from being a carefree food lover, was collecting various Spiritual Artifacts; her purpose for coming to the Taiyi Secret Realm was very simple: for Spiritual Artifacts.

As for these spiritual grasses, they were nothing more than ingredients for refining elixir, which, when consumed, merely enhanced cultivation results.

For someone like her who couldn't be bothered with cultivation, what use did she have for Spirit Grasses and Elixirs? It was as unnecessary as taking off one's pants to fart.

If it were previously, Ye Lingyue would have been overjoyed, briskly collecting all these Spirit Grasses into her Hong Meng Heaven, but now Hong Meng Heaven was special and not suitable for transplanting so many herbs.

Moreover, with people from the Five Great Forces having entered the Cloud Mist Barrier, and all with strong cultivation, they would likely emerge soon; there wasn't much time to dig up these herbs.

However, Ye Lingyue was reluctant to stand by and watch these precious herbs fall into the hands of Crown Prince Hong or those from Kaijiang Prince Manor.

After pondering for a moment, Ye Lingyue's eyes quickly scanned the array of Spirit Grasses and an idea suddenly emerged in her mind.