Wu Zhong hooked his lips, his face full of smugness, which irritated Ye Lingyue to no end.

Having filled his stomach, Wu Zhong's mood improved a lot, and he no longer cared about the different treatment Ye Lingyue had shown towards Feng Xun and himself.

"This must be inside the seal of the Taiyi Secret Realm; we must find a way to locate an exit."

"This place is a bit strange, I've looked all around; there's no landmark or exit." Ye Lingyue shook her head, she had already briefly surveyed the terrain while searching for food.

Although she had Hong Meng Heaven, which could temporarily ensure she didn't need to worry about food and water, in the long term, she couldn't keep it a secret from the astute Wu Zhong. They had to find a way to leave soon.

Heavenly Que had already been refined by Wu Zhong. At the moment, Ye Lingyue's only hope was to find the Sky Bright Crystal as soon as possible.

"Take out the map and have a look." Wu Zhong suggested.

The six pieces of the map of the Taiyi Secret Realm were all with Ye Lingyue.

However, Ye Lingyue clearly remembered that this area did not exist on that map.

But when Ye Lingyue took out the map again, she was shocked to find that the original map of the Taiyi Secret Realm had changed.

The map that was originally marked with the Taiyi Sect's areas had now become a desolate plain.

"Yinzhongtian?"

At the bottom of the map, Ye Lingyue found a small line of text.

The line indicated that Yinzhongtian was a special area created by the Taiyi Sect using a large amount of Sky Bright Crystals.

This area was sealed with the Taiyi Sect's "ferocious" weapon.

Seeing the Sky Bright Crystals, Ye Lingyue was overjoyed.

Unexpectedly, the Taiyi Sect really had Sky Bright Crystals, and this vast plain was refined from them.

"Sect's ferocious weapon?" Wu Zhong's gaze, however, fell on another line of text.

Not the sect's divine artifact, but a sect's ferocious weapon?

What exactly was going on?

"According to the map, there seems to be a cave about ten miles away; there might be clues about Yinzhongtian's exit there." As Wu Zhong's legs were injured, Ye Lingyue went up to him and helped him move forward.

Despite having directions from the map, it still took the two of them two days and nights.

While Ye Lingyue and Wu Zhong were searching for the cave, Elder Huo Yan and others who remained in the Taiyi Secret Realm were also extremely anxious.

Bo Qing, who had been knocked out by Elder Huo Yan, also woke up.

"Thirteen!"

The first thing Bo Qing did upon waking up was to inquire about Hong Shisan's life and death.

"Young Sect Master, Hong Thirteen's fate is still uncertain."

Elder Huo Yan said uneasily.

"Why drag me? I need to find Thirteen. If he is harmed in any way, I will obliterate your Fire Control Sect, sparing neither chick nor puppy." Bo Qing was agitated, pushing Elder Huo Yan away.

Bo Qing's domineering attitude made Elder Huo Yan very helpless.

But Bo Qing was determined; if indeed something happened to Hong Thirteen, it could spell the end for the Fire Control Sect.

"Young Sect Master, please don't be angry. Thirteenth Young Master is not dead yet." Boss He and Third Brother He couldn't stand by any longer and hurriedly came forward to mediate.

Upon hearing this, Bo Qing's expression slightly changed.

It seemed that Elder Huo Yan had taken the initiative to divulge his identity to everyone.

"Get away, you and that old woman are all the same, despite Thirteen helping you along the way, you just watch him die." In Bo Qing's eyes, Boss He, Elder Huo Yan, and others were all hateful, the culprits that harmed Hong Thirteen.

"Young Sect Master, Thirteenth Young Master is our partner; we care about her life and death just as you do. Although she fell into the Nirvana Cauldron, she indeed did not die. This was 'told' to us by her little beasts." Boss He, helpless, pointed to Little Zhiyo who was lying on the Nirvana Cauldron trying to figure out how to pry open the cauldron lid, and Little Wuya who was circling above.

Ever since Ye Lingyue fell into the Nirvana Cauldron, Little Zhiyo and Little Wuya had been hovering non-stop by the Nirvana Cauldron.

Little Zhiyo and Ye Lingyue were bound by a Spirit Contract.

Although unsure exactly where their master was, Little Zhiyo was absolutely certain that their master was still alive.

"Is that true?" Bo Qing quickly stepped forward and grabbed Little Zhiyo down.

"Zhiyo (dead demon)!"

Little Zhiyo saw Bo Qing and stuck out its tongue, then with a hop, jumped onto the Nirvana Cauldron.

Damn dead demon, don't touch it with your male claws.

It turned out, Little Zhiyo had always been put off by Bo Qing because it had long felt that Bo Qing was a man.

Since the first encounter with Feng Xun, after a mistaken glance, Little Zhiyo had now put forth a hundred thousand spirits and its Eyes of Golden Flame.

Besides, although Bo Qing looked like a woman, the scent on him was undeniably that of a man.

"Come here!"

Bo Qing, who slayed both genders, had met his match in Little Zhiyo, and he just couldn't cope with it.

It's not that he particularly liked Little Zhiyo, but for the sake of finding out about Thirteen, he had no choice but to coax and persuade Little Zhiyo.

"Zhiyo! (I'm not coming over)"

"Is Thirteen really not dead?"

"Zhiyo (even if your boss dies, he won't)"

"Damn dog, did you even understand what I said!"

Bo Qing was freaking out, it was like talking to a brick wall, and he went up to hit Little Zhiyo.

He seriously suspected that Boss He and the others were deceiving him; this dead dog, how could it know whether Thirteen was dead or not.

"Zhiyo! (Dead demon, come over again, believe it or not, I'll transform and bite you to death)"

"Young Sect Master, please calm your anger, let the old man communicate with it."

Boss He looked at the frantic man and dog duo with a headache.

He had traveled with Ye Lingyue for a while and had a rough idea about Little Zhiyo's preferences; a handful of sunflower seeds in the left, a roasted beast leg in the right, and walked forward with a pleasing expression.

After much cajoling, Little Zhiyo finally rolled its eyes.

It shakily walked up to Bo Qing, waved its hand, and Boss He quickly stepped forward.

Little Zhiyo grabbed the sunflower seeds from Boss He's hand and arranged a few words.

Using sunflower seeds to spell words was a skill that Ye Lingyue had spent quite some time teaching Little Zhiyo.

"Boss is fine, just trapped in Yinzhongtian with that scary man, Wu Zhong."

When Wu Zhong was mentioned, Little Zhiyo chickened out.

That scary man, who knows what methods he used to even hide his aura.

If it had known it was Wu Zhong, it would have warned the boss to stay as far away as possible.

Poor boss, falling into Wu Zhong's hands was like a lamb entering the tiger's mouth.

Thinking of this, Little Zhiyo climbed back onto the Nirvana Cauldron, attempting to move the cauldron lid.

It was the loyal Little Zhiyo, definitely going to rescue the boss.

"Thank goodness." Bo Qing saw the line of words and a long-lost smile appeared on his face.

But then, his smile froze at the corner of his lips.

A man?

Bo Qing rubbed his eyes and looked at the words on the ground again.

He almost forgot, that annoying disciple from the Fire Control Sect, also fell into the Nirvana Cauldron with Thirteen.

And, he fell in while holding Thirteen.

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