Almost the moment Shen Qing and Qing Qing regained consciousness, the villagers returned to normal.
The villagers who had surrounded Shen Qing and Qing Qing gradually dispersed. They gave the two a meaningful look, then turned back and continued shouting for He Yu to pay with his life.
Qing Qing nervously grabbed Shen Qing's arm, her face full of unease.
"Shen Qing, when did we get tricked and fall into the illusion?"
Shen Qing patted Qing Qing's hand and watched You Lang and Luo Ling standing in front. Her mind was working at top speed.
This village must be unusual. The villagers had no spiritual power at all, yet they could make two Golden Core cultivators unknowingly and defenselessly fall into an illusion. This ability should not be underestimated.
This secret realm was full of strange things everywhere. There was the little girl with the same name as the great power, the pig - shaped villagers, and the villagers' abilities...
"Big sister, what are you thinking about?"
Luo Ling's voice suddenly came. Shen Qing lowered her head and saw Luo Ling raising her smiling face high. Her innocent eyes were curiously looking at Shen Qing.
Although it was still that innocent face, after experiencing the illusion, Shen Qing and Qing Qing could no longer treat Luo Ling as an ordinary child.
Shen Qing squatted down and looked directly into Luo Ling's eyes seriously. "Luo Ling, what do you want us to do?"
Luo Ling's smiling face froze for a moment, as if she was not used to someone being so straightforward.
But the next second, she controlled her emotions again and blinked. "Big sister, what are you talking about? I don't understand. By the way, You Lang is calling you over."
Shen Qing watched Luo Ling bouncing away with her little braids swaying.
"This Luo Ling is definitely not a child."
Qing Qing also agreed with Shen Qing's conclusion. She didn't miss the brief glint of darkness in Luo Ling's eyes just now.
"Shen Qing, how about we leave this village? This village is too strange. If we stay here any longer, we might just be wasting our time."
Shen Qing thought for a while and hesitated.
Reborn after her death in her previous life, she knew all the plots of this novel. However, there was only one place that was very vaguely described in the text.
It was about this secret realm.
The text only wrote that the female protagonist, Lin Yibai, with the help of the system, successfully obtained half of the cultivation method left by the great power.
As for how she found it and what she did, the text skipped over it.
Even Shen Qing didn't know what exactly Lin Yibai had experienced after entering.
Thinking of Li Xian and Lin Yibai still in the secret realm, Shen Qing felt deeply uneasy.
"Then let's leave first."
After making up her mind, Shen Qing decided to leave regardless of He Yu.
He Yu had been pelted with stinky eggs and rotten cabbages. His inner collapse had reached its peak.
As the young master of the He family, everyone had always flattered him since childhood. He had seen too many flattering and obsequious expressions.
However, since Lin Yibai fell into a coma and Shen Qing's personality changed greatly, he had suffered setbacks again and again.
This even gave him an intuition that he might have been abandoned by the Heavenly Dao. Was he still the favored son of heaven, He Yu?
Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he saw Shen Qing's back as she turned to leave.
That figure gradually overlapped with Lin Yibai's...
Since childhood, he had known that with his status, he would surely be a sought - after inner - sect disciple of various sects.
But he didn't expect that the He family had used half of their resources to get True Lord Heng Ling to accept him as a direct disciple.
Whether he learned anything or not was not important to He Yu. What was important was the identity of True Lord Heng Ling's direct disciple, which was like icing on the cake for him and doubled his value.
Until one day, True Lord Heng Ling brought back a charming little junior sister. Her smiling and charming appearance was different from all the women he had seen before.
At first, she was cold to him and always said that he had only entered the Qingyun Sword Sect by relying on his family's power.
From then on, He Yu began to care about this little junior sister.
Slowly, the little junior sister's cultivation caught up, and she often served as the team leader in missions. Her valiant and heroic figure made He Yu never forget her.
He Yu knew that he was doomed.
That little junior sister was Lin Yibai.
With Lin Yibai's brilliance in front, Shen Qing, who came later, was much more annoying.
That humble look of constantly pleasing others and the overjoyed look when getting a little kindness from others...
All of this was no match for Lin Yibai.
However, what he saw in the Law Enforcement Hall had somewhat overturned He Yu's perception.
The person he had always thought was his savior was Shen Qing, not Lin Yibai. But he had greatly misunderstood Shen Qing and even scratched her face with his sword.
If True Lord Heng Ling hadn't been ordered by the sect master to stop him and brought over spiritual medicine, Shen Qing would have been disfigured by him.
Even so, Shen Qing quickly forgave him afterwards.
Originally, he felt guilty towards Shen Qing. But somehow, after seeing Lin Yibai, his guilt towards Shen Qing disappeared.
He Yu was very flustered and subconsciously shouted, "Little junior sister, save me!"
Shen Qing heard what He Yu shouted but didn't look back. Her figure gradually faded away.
Irrelevant people were no longer worth her concern.
The villagers didn't notice that Shen Qing and Qing Qing had quietly left the village. Only Luo Ling and You Lang turned back and silently watched them leave.
Luo Ling stroked You Lang's furry head, and a look unbefitting a child appeared on her face. "You Lang, do you think how long it will take for them to come back this time?"
You Lang rubbed against Luo Ling's hand and whispered affectionately, "Luo Ling, they will come back. No one can escape the Cycle Illusion."
After Shen Qing and Qing Qing left the clearing, they continued along the road.
But the scenery around them never changed. It seemed that no matter how long they walked, they couldn't get out of the village's area.
The two looked at each other, and the familiar feeling of powerlessness and helplessness rose again in their hearts.
"Don't tell me we've fallen into an illusion again?"
There was exhaustion in Qing Qing's voice. Now her thought was no longer to gain an opportunity in the secret realm, but to leave as soon as possible.
Shen Qing observed the surroundings. There was a vast expanse of grassland, seemingly endless.
"Bi Luo!"
Bi Luo appeared in Shen Qing's hand in response.
"Qing Qing, I'll take you flying on the sword."
Qing Qing nodded excitedly. After flying onto the sword, she hesitated for a moment and still reached out to hug Shen Qing's waist.
"Qing Qing, hold on tight. Don't fall off," Shen Qing turned back and reminded.
Her face was blushing, and there was shyness in her eyes.
"This is my first time being so close to a girl..."
"What?" Shen Qing was only concentrating on controlling the sword and didn't notice what Qing Qing was saying.
Qing Qing shook her head. "It's nothing. Shen Qing, you smell so nice."
This time Shen Qing heard clearly and smiled. "Qing Qing, you smell nice too. The smell of herbs is very fresh, just like you."
After getting Shen Qing's praise, Qing Qing's face turned even redder, and the tips of her ears seemed to be dripping blood.