Shen Qing grasped He Zhaoxue's hand in return. "Those spirits were created by the secret realm. After their souls return to the earth, they will forget the sad memories here and eventually exist in the world in another form."
When Li Xian saw Shen Qing saying this tenderly, he paused in his action.
It turned out that Shen Qing remembered all the words he had said.
Hearing this consolation, He Zhaoxue felt much better.
Seeing that everyone was ready, Yu Xuzǐ took the lead and entered the secret realm.
Li Xian, Shen Qing, and He Zhaoxue, as those who had entered the secret realm before, stood in the front row.
But just as Shen Qing had thought, even though they had mentally prepared themselves, when they saw the scene again, she still felt uneasy and sad.
He Zhaoxue bit her lower lip tightly, trying hard to hold back the discomfort surging in her chest.
Some people in the team with poor adaptability had already started to retch with their hands covering their mouths.
Nan Zhijin's expression was a bit better, but it was still ashen.
"These spiritual beasts were maliciously tortured and killed. Please search around to see if there are any remaining traces."
There was no hint of emotion on Yu Xuzǐ's face, but Li Xian could still tell from his tightened lips that he was in a very bad mood.
At first, several cultivators in the team could still force themselves to take a few steps, but later they were so dizzy from the thick smell of blood.
Although Li Xian had described the scene inside the secret realm in detail before they entered, they hadn't seen it with their own eyes at that time and still held a glimmer of hope. Now, the visual impact directly shattered their mental defenses.
For a moment, the sound of vomiting echoed one after another.
He Zhaoxue originally thought she was quite timid, but compared with others, she seemed rather brave.
Yu Xuzǐ sighed helplessly, feeling that the younger generation's endurance was far inferior to that of their generation.
Maybe it was because the previous generation had experienced the great war with the demons and seen too many such bloody scenes.
Li Xian and Shen Qing were afraid of destroying the scene last time they entered, so they didn't investigate much. Now was a good opportunity to collect more information.
But after searching the whole secret realm, they didn't find any useful information.
Yu Xuzǐ took out the Kunlun Disk and walked around the secret realm several times, but still found nothing.
"It's really strange. After the Kunlun Disk entered here, it seems to be blinded by something. It can't calculate anything."
"To be able to achieve such a feat in this world, one must have unfathomable cultivation."
But Shen Qing didn't think so. She suspected that Lin Yibai had obtained another system. After all, those strange systems seemed to be all - powerful and all - knowing.
She had received too much information recently and hadn't had time to sort it out. Now that she thought about it, she seemed to have missed a lot.
Just like the difference between Longyuan and Moyuan was only one character, but it was like an insurmountable chasm.
The system's goal seemed to be to help Lin Yibai ascend, but it also seemed to be deliberately disrupting the cultivation world. This way of doing things was a bit like taking revenge.
Could it be that... this system was not some extraterrestrial object, but something deliberately created by someone?
But after all, this was just her speculation. Shen Qing had a hunch that as she went on, she would eventually find out the truth.
After finding nothing, Yu Xuzǐ led the team, who were almost vomited out, out of the Spiritual Spring Secret Realm.
Yu Xuzǐ told Shen Qing regretfully that they had to find another way to remove the demonic qi from the spiritual bones.
When they parted, the old man stuffed a lot of protective magic tools into Li Xian and Shen Qing's storage bags.
After this incident, they understood that the cultivation world would not be peaceful in the future.
When they were leaving, Nan Zhijin blocked Shen Qing's way and pretended to persuade her earnestly.
"Shen Qing, I advise you to submit to the Main God's Temple as soon as possible and go with me to prove that the female cultivators from Qingyin Valley are suspects."
Shen Qing rolled her eyes, didn't want to talk to him, and walked around him directly.
But when she passed by Nan Zhijin, he reached out and grabbed her.
"I've watched you grow up. Why have you become like this? The senior brother said you were heart - broken by us, but I think I've done nothing wrong. If I hurt you before, it was just a friendly match between fellow disciples. You were not as capable as me. How can you blame me for your injury?"
Shen Qing took a deep breath, a cold smile curled up on her lips, and she turned to look at Nan Zhijin.
"You never repent!"
Nan Zhijin widened his eyes. Before he could react, he was slapped away by Shen Qing.
Even though Shen Qing hadn't formed her Nascent Soul yet, her cultivation at the mid - Nascent Soul stage was enough to completely crush Nan Zhijin.
Shen Qing put all her strength into this palm, and a big pit was formed under Nan Zhijin.
"Pfft!"
He covered his chest and spat out a mouthful of blood.
The others in the team watched coldly and didn't think Shen Qing's action was inappropriate.
On this journey, Nan Zhijin boasted about being from the Main God's Temple and bossed them around. Without any evidence, he also slandered Qingyin Valley.
Most of the cultivators had endured Nan Zhijin for a long time.
Now that someone was teaching him a lesson, they naturally wouldn't stop it.
Hearing the noise, Yu Xuzǐ ran over from a distance. When he saw that it was Shen Qing who had made the move, he pretended nothing had happened and flew away as fast as he could.
And He Zhaoxue even clapped her hands secretly.
"Shen Qing... you..."
Shen Qing walked over and stepped on Nan Zhijin's chest. Her eyes were full of coldness.
Nan Zhijin only felt a sharp pain in his chest. Several of his ribs were probably broken.
Shen Qing still felt unsatisfied and crushed with her toe a few more times.
"Didn't you just say I'm still your junior sister? This is just a normal friendly match between fellow disciples. You're not as capable as me. You can't blame me for your injury."
Nan Zhijin held his breath, muttered a few words, and summoned his natal magic sword. With a turn of his wrist, he swiped at Shen Qing's ankle.
This move was a sneak - attack technique that Nan Zhijin had experimented on Shen Qing hundreds of times.
Almost instantly, Shen Qing dodged it using muscle memory, and then kicked Nan Zhijin's sword - holding arm.
Nan Zhijin winced in pain. His wrist went limp, and his natal magic sword flew out.
For a sword cultivator, this was undoubtedly a great humiliation.
"Nan Zhijin, even if you train every day, you're still no match for me. Think about it. Have you really worked hard?"
"What I'm giving back to you now is not even a fraction of what you've done to me."
After saying that, Shen Qing turned around and left.
When there was no one in sight behind her, Shen Qing finally relaxed her tense nerves. Her legs went weak, and she almost fell to the ground.
Fortunately, Li Xian was there to hold her steadily.
Tears welled up in Shen Qing's eyes unconsciously. She felt so aggrieved that her heart ached.
She deliberately stabbed Nan Zhijin in the heart.
If she didn't vent this anger, Shen Qing would feel as nauseous as if she had eaten something disgusting.
"Sister, brother - in - law! Great, you're okay."
Shen Qing looked up in surprise and saw Xian Shiyu running over with the wolf and the wolf cub in her arms, tears still on her face.
"Why are you here?"
Xian Shiyu said aggrievedly, "Everyone in the city knows that something happened in the Spiritual Spring Secret Realm. I was worried about you, so I came."
Shen Qing and Li Xian looked at each other. They both felt that something big was going to happen.