I imitate others' cultivation, and I will never reason with you.

Chapter 154 Bulbasaur
"Before I receive my monthly salary, whether I succeed in finding the key or not, I will find a way to leave here," said Ruan Xing.

True Lord Qinghong did not ask how to leave, but nodded, "Okay, if you can leave before the monthly salary is issued, I will help you cover up the fact that the two sect jade tablets have the same origin."

If not, with the stolen jade sign, the fake identity, and the corpses in the storage bag... I'm afraid she won't be able to leave Xuanbing Sect alive.

It's not a big deal, it's just a simulation.

After a moment of silence, she continued, "Although Xizhou is his hometown, but... you can tell him when you go back that I didn't let him bear the reputation of betraying the sect, and Yaoguang Peak welcomes him back at any time."

"the same as you."

Ruan Xing was stunned. She didn't expect that True Lord Qinghong would be willing to help her so much.

Presumably, the matter of executing first and reporting later in the gap in time and space has been dealt with later, and True Lord Qinghong helped the two of them to maintain their identities as disciples of the Xuanbing Sect.

Otherwise, her previous sect jade token would not have remained in the formation and would have been picked out and thrown away on the day of her expulsion.

If that's the case, she could just come back with her own identity. After all, she was just a new disciple who had been in the sect for less than a year, and not many people paid attention to her.

"Disciple thanks Peak Master." Ruan Xing said with his eyes lowered.

"Well, you'd better hurry up. Before the new leader of the Law Enforcement Hall comes, they dare not do anything to you." After saying this, True Lord Qinghong wanted to leave.

Ruan Xing hurriedly asked: "Peak Master, do you know who the new hall master is?"

"If nothing unexpected happens, Taoist Qingyuan should be the leader and Liang Yue should be the deputy." True Lord Qinghong said slowly.

Taoist Qingyuan no longer has any disciples.

He meets the requirement of being a peak master without disciples, but his temperament... Let's not talk about whether he is suitable for managing the Law Enforcement Hall, he is already in the Spirit Transformation Stage, would he be willing to take care of the trivial matters in the sect?

"Qingyuan Daojun is only taking over for a few years, using his cultivation to hold the fort for Liang Yue. The sect master doesn't want the Law Enforcement Hall to fall into the hands of the nobles, so he uses Huashen Daojun to intimidate others. After Liang Yue successfully breaks through to the Nascent Soul stage, he will let Liang Yue take charge of the Law Enforcement Hall alone."

Seeing that Ruan Xing was puzzled, True Lord Qinghong continued.

"You know that Daojun Qingyuan doesn't like you very much, right? You are the only survivor in the Jintai Secret Realm."

"The only one? Isn't there another disciple from Nanzhou?" Ruan Xing asked in surprise.

True Lord Qinghong replied, "He was out hunting monsters and unfortunately died."

Now she is really alone.

Taoist Qing Yuan was narrow-minded by nature, and he even wanted all the people from the Xuanbing Sect in Nanzhou to be buried with his disciples.

"I will be careful." Ruan Xing said solemnly. She would never appear in front of Qing Yuan Daojun again. "Peak Master, can I ask about the two islands in the sky?"

After a moment's silence, True Lord Qinghong said, "Those two islands... To be honest, I don't know much about them either, but they didn't suddenly appear over Xianyuan City. They existed many years ago, at least six thousand years ago. They just suddenly disappeared one day and suddenly appeared again. There is almost no record of these two islands in the sect, so I don't know what the two islands will bring to Xuanbing Sect."

Ruan Xing lowered his head in thought.

True Lord Qinghong's words revealed a piece of information, that even before the Nascent Soul stage, the two islands could not be seen.

They didn't suddenly disappear, but suddenly became invisible.

Considering the 300-day dormant period, the only time a simulated event affected reality, Ruan Xing could almost conclude that she was able to see the island before because of the simulator!

But why is this? The simulator is just a cheat code for getting rewards on a Sims route, and it is a must for time travelers. She has never thought about why it exists.

Could it be that the simulator has some mysterious background?
True Lord Qinghong left.

Zhu Lihua and Xu Sirui respectfully sent the person away, but they were cursing in their hearts.

The secret realm will be open tonight, and the sect leader has already given the compensation. It's their own fault that they are incapable of keeping the jade sign.

True Lord Qinghong did not allow the female disciple to be interrogated. Are they just going to suffer this loss in silence?
Xu Sirui looked at Zhu Lihua helplessly, "Mom, what should we do?"

"There's nothing we can do." Zhu Lihua sighed, "From what Master Qinghong said just now, the candidate for the new hall master has been decided, but it has not been made public for some reason."

Once the new hall master arrived, the mother and daughter had no place to stay.

The two of them remained silent.

Suddenly, a disciple from the Law Enforcement Hall came over in a hurry to report, "Madam, that female disciple suddenly disappeared!"

"What!?" Zhu Lihua was shocked and angry, and glanced at the sky.

The hour has arrived.

Xu Sirui's face was gloomy, "It's her indeed."

Zhu Lihua made a prompt decision, "Let's go find Yue Mingqi, now!"

……

At this time, Ruan Xing was already soaked in the cold pool water.

It was also night in the secret realm. The freezing water made her shiver. She wiped the water droplets off her face and regretted not putting a water-repellent talisman on herself before coming in.

When his spiritual sense spread out, he didn't see anyone within a hundred meters. There were only some small fish swimming slowly underwater, and they didn't look dangerous.

She paddled through the water, swam to a large lotus leaf, and climbed up.

There was a faint fluctuation of spiritual energy on the lotus leaf. It should be some kind of spiritual plant. The leaf was very tough and could bear her weight. Ruan Xing lay on it and cast a few spells to blow away the water droplets on her body. Her wet hair became dry again.

There was a drooping lotus pod next to it, its petals had already withered. Ruan Xing pulled it over, picked it, dug out a lotus seed, peeled it and put it in his mouth.

The fragrance is slightly bitter, a little sweet, and crispy.

The little bit of spiritual energy in the lotus seeds entered her stomach as she swallowed them and was refined in an instant.

This lotus seed is the main ingredient for the Yangshen Pill and Shuizhi Pill. If you put it outside, one lotus seed can be sold for three or four low-grade spirit stones. If you are lucky, this lotus pod can be sold for hundreds of spirit stones.

Tsk, it’s worthy of being the Guixu land of Guixu Immortal Lord. The first batch of disciples coming in are like picking up money.

Ruan Xing took out the Shuttle Spirit Boat from his storage bag, enlarged it, placed it in the water, and stood on it.

Standing at the bow and looking around, the endless water is covered with floating lotus leaves and large pieces of duckweed, with a few lotus pods dotted among them occasionally.

I don’t know if there is lotus root to eat.

The pointed bow broke through the water and moved slowly. In the dark pool of water, the shuttle boat moved in one direction.

Ruan Xing didn't know where the key was, but she heard from them that the Lotus Pond Secret Realm was only two thousand miles wide and the place was not big. If she tried hard and carefully searched for it, it shouldn't take more than a few days.

But she still has to hide from other people in the secret realm.

Because of the farce that happened in the evening, Ruan Xing used his illusion technique an hour earlier, and estimated that it would be ineffective by dawn.

Recalling the time and space marking technique he learned from Immortal Lord Guangyou, Ruan Xing casually picked up another lotus seed, marked it and threw it on the lotus leaf. In an instant, a blue-green light flashed by, and the lotus seed disappeared. The lotus leaf was shrouded in a faint halo that only Ruan Xing could see.

"Not bad, it works pretty well." Ruan Xing clapped his hands in satisfaction and prepared to control the shuttle boat to leave.

This mark can sense the location from a distance of thousands of miles, so she won't get lost in this lotus pond with no special changes. Moreover, this time and space mark is like a small teleportation array, which can be teleported back and forth, just like the function of the key, but Ruan Xing's received memory is not yet able to comprehend such a profound level, so she can only use it as a mark for the time being.

The next second, the aperture suddenly trembled slightly, as if it was resonating with something.

Alas?
Ruan Xing looked at the aperture in surprise and stopped the boat.

Could it be that Immortal Lord Guangyou would guide his disciple into the secret realm?

However, she had never heard that any of his disciples was good at time and space magic. Each disciple learned different things. Taoist Qingmeng was even more rebellious and learned the Tianyan magic which was completely unrelated to the orthodox technique. Only Fairy Qingping was good at water magic and got some true teachings from Immortal Guangyou.

The aperture rippled out again and again, fell down, and reappeared.

After repeating this several times, the aperture calmed down.

Ruan Xing watched quietly, thoughtfully.

If you really want to guide her, then the meaning of the aperture should be very obvious.

Going underwater.

Indeed, her cognition was still limited.

Since this place is all water, then all the monsters, spiritual plants, minerals and other resources should be aquatic. No matter how long she searches on the water surface, she probably won't find them.

After putting on a water-repellent talisman, Ruan Xing took a deep breath, put away the shuttle boat and jumped into the pool.

There was a small splash of water.

After falling faster with the help of magic, Ruan Xing sank to the bottom of the water in just an incense stick of time.

The underwater environment is even darker than the surface. Even though Ruan Xing has cultivated night vision, his field of vision is not as large as on the surface. What's more, there are many newborn monsters underwater.

Even these monsters were born in secret realms and had never seen outsiders. They were very brave. Even a small crab in the Qi training period dared to come over and pinch her with its pincers.

Ruan Xing waved his hand casually, and a small whirlpool was created underwater, which instantly rolled the little crab dozens of meters away.

The Five Directions Water Movement Technique consumes almost no spiritual energy underwater.

A small fish swam leisurely to Ruan Xing's side. Its colorful scales sparkled and looked pretty. Ruan Xing caught it easily. The small fish was stunned for a moment, then began to struggle hard, but it couldn't escape from Ruan Xing's palm.

She couldn't confirm the direction underwater, so she cast a time and space marking spell on the fish's scales, and the blue halo appeared again.

When she let go, the little fish swam quickly in one direction as if it was escaping for its life. Ruan Xing quickly followed, constantly creating water whirlpools around herself to block other monsters from approaching and to speed herself up.

The little fish got tired after swimming for a while and hid in some water plants and refused to show up. Ruan Xing then caught another lucky one and marked it.

After several times, Ruan Xing's vision was no longer filled with the same old fish, shrimp, water plants, caves and rocks, but a sunken ship.

Most of the monsters along the way were in the Qi training stage and the foundation building stage. Ruan Xing could easily deal with them. He had never seen a single one in the Golden Core stage.

However, when Ruan Xing explored the interior of the shipwreck with his spiritual sense, he discovered the aura of the Jindan stage.

Could it be that one of my fellow students got there first?

Ruan Xing swam closer and found that the shipwreck was very large. The middle part was broken and damaged, and most of the bottom warehouse was sunk into the mud and sand. He crawled in through the hole on the top of the bottom warehouse. Inside was like a small apartment, divided into three floors, with rooms of various sizes and uses scattered around.

The outside of the ship and the edges of the hole were covered with sediments. Judging from the degree of decay of the wooden structure and the attachment of various algae and shellfish on it, Ruan Xing felt that the ship had been covered with sediments for at least a hundred years.

However, this secret realm was created not long ago, and this shipwreck should be the obsession in the memory of Immortal Lord Guangyou, not that someone really had a shipwreck in the non-existent secret realm a hundred years ago.

but……

Is there an ocean in Xianyuan Continent?
She searched her memory but found no relevant information.

She had been to the border of Xizhou in the simulation. It was a very dangerous no-man's land, full of natural dangers that even monks could hardly deal with.

It is not known whether the borders of the other three states are connected by the sea.

Never mind, the most important thing at the moment is the unknown golden elixir in the shipwreck.

Ruan Xing released his sword and put a water-repellent talisman on him, asking him to go in and take a look invisibly.

After waiting for a while, the sword came out, but the aura of the Jindan period also came out.

Ruan Xing was stunned and saw the box in Jianlai's hand.

The lid has been opened, and inside is a green seed.

Her eyes almost popped out of her head.

Jindan stage...seeds! ?

It is a thousand times harder for plants to become monsters than for animals to become monsters, but how come you, a seed, have already reached the Golden Core Stage before it even sprouted? Are you trying too hard?

Ruan Xing carefully examined it and confirmed that it was a seed, not some other creature that looked like a seed.

However, the Jindan stage should already have some independent consciousness and intelligence, but when Ruan Xing's spiritual sense probed into it, the other party did not react at all.

Like a living body without a soul.

A more appropriate description is that he is in a vegetative state.

Ruan Xing didn't understand what was going on, so he could only accept the seed temporarily and continue exploring other rooms in the shipwreck.

Most of the items stored in the warehouse of the sunken ship were soaked in water, losing their original spirituality and becoming nutrients for underwater creatures. Apart from the seed, there was almost no harvest.

Is this seed important to Immortal Guangyou? Why does the space-time marking guide point to this place?
Ruan Xing was puzzled as there was no instruction manual for this seed.

She had no choice but to catch another lucky one and use the time and space marking technique.

This time, the blue-green circle of light no longer resonated, but instead focused on performing its duty as a mark.

Ruan Xing suddenly had a strange feeling in his heart.

This resonance...may not be the guidance of Immortal Lord Guangyou, but the self-rescue behavior of this seed.

But Ruan Xing checked and found that it clearly had no consciousness!

I took out the seed and squeezed it, but its skin was very hard and there was no reaction.

Never mind, the most urgent thing is to find the key first.

Ruan Xing abandoned the sunken ship and continued to wander under the water.

Perhaps because it was the first day and there was no inland sea in Xianyuan Continent, everyone's thinking was limited by past experience. Ruan Xing searched for hundreds of kilometers underwater but did not encounter a single cultivator.

On the second and third day, when the other cultivators discovered that they could only find spiritual plants of low value on the water surface, they realized that they had to go into the water.

Keys...where can I find the keys?
(End of this chapter)