I didn't expect that I was the heartthrob.

The two groups did not get along, but they could not fight each other, so they could only take a step back and go their separate ways.

Not long after they walked, Gu Lan still felt it was a pity for that group of people. With the idea that every possible person could be saved, Gu Lan asked if there was anyone in the team who knew that group of people. If so, please persuade a few of them to come over.

Everyone who followed Gu Lan in the team had benefited, and they had become friends with him for life, so naturally they believed in Gu Lan. If Gu Lan said that the place they were going to was very dangerous, then it was very dangerous.

A few monks left the team, so Gu Lan asked them to wait for him on an ancient tree and asked them to persuade a few of them to come over.

Those people left and came back after a while.

There are only three or four new faces, and the rest are unwilling to come.

The few who came were not very willing either.

Following the direct disciples of Xuantian Sword Sect and Tianyan Sect is definitely better than following Qianji Sect, which has been at the bottom of the list for thousands of years. What’s more, Ling Yebai from Xuantian Sword Sect has already reached the Jindan stage.

Can’t a Jindan stage cultivator protect them?

You know what, even if the Jindan stage can protect you, it still requires others to be willing to protect you. It's a pity that these people don't understand.

Gu Lan naturally knew that these newcomers were full of doubts, but she had no way to explain.

Following her memory, Gu Lan walked all the way west. She remembered that the male and female protagonists walked east and were ambushed by spiritual beasts along the way. They suffered heavy casualties before they finally found the nest of the black phoenix and stole the black phoenix's eggs. After that, they turned west and reached the westernmost end along the mountains of the secret realm.

Gu Lan remembered that there was an altar there, and that he could get out early by breaking the secret realm key on the altar.

Gu Lan selfishly does not want the male and female protagonists to get the Black Phoenix Egg, because after Ling Yebai gave the Black Phoenix Egg to Lingyao, Lingyao returned to Tianyan Sect with the Black Phoenix Egg and was recognized by the Sect Master, who gave the Black Phoenix Egg to Lingyao.

After Lingyao refined the black phoenix egg, her cultivation increased greatly, and she successfully survived the thunder tribulation and broke through the golden elixir stage, and she shined in the sect competition. During the sect competition, young men in the cultivation world fell in love with her like a demon, and shed their blood for her.

One by one, they all became love-brained, and few of them practiced seriously. When the demons invaded, they were defeated miserably, and many small sects were wiped out. As a result, the world of immortal cultivation faced an unprecedented survival crisis.

So when Gu Lan was reading the book, he felt that the black phoenix eggs were actually a very critical turning point, and they must be cut off at this critical turning point.

Now there are still two days until the end of the secret realm. They have pulled out all the spiritual herbs that can be pulled out. Gu Lan's mustard bag is also filled with spiritual herbs and spiritual beast bones that they picked up. It is already a great profit. It is always better to stop while you are ahead to avoid more trouble.

Gu Lan and his friends had smooth sailing along the way and soon saw the altar.

Gu Lan landed first, followed by the others.

A lone sword hangs on the altar.

It was a translucent green sword, emitting a cold light in the sun, and the blade was faintly blood-red. The sword was densely interwoven with strange runes that floated like dragons, and at this moment, those patterns were constantly flashing a green light.

Is this the key to the secret realm?

This is not written in the original book, so how can we crack it?

Everyone wanted to take a closer look, but found that they could not get close to the sword. Someone had set up a barrier on the altar.

Now everyone can only watch from across the altar.

There was no way to get close to observe, so everyone had to find a good position and stare at the sword. After looking for a long time, the monks with a wide range of knowledge had already seen that it was a sword of a demon cultivator.

"Those are the runes of the devil cultivators!" After his reminder, several people who had seen the runes of the devil cultivators recognized them immediately.

Several of his monks said dejectedly, "Let's not waste our energy trying to crack the key to the secret realm. This should be the sword of a demon cultivator, and the sword of a demon cultivator is very dangerous. Even if we are not afraid of danger and can get close to the sword, we cannot touch the sword of a demon cultivator, because if we are contaminated by demonic energy and develop demons in our hearts, our Taoism may be damaged. Moreover, the sword of this demon cultivator is restricted, so even if monks of our level want to get close to it, we cannot."

He was telling the truth, and everyone calmed down.

I originally wanted to leave this damn place as soon as possible, so I followed Gu Lan to find this place.

But looking at the situation now, they have to wait until the secret realm closes itself before they can go out.

Gu Lan was silent. It seemed inevitable that the hero and heroine would get the black phoenix egg.

such a pity.

"Look!" Suddenly someone exclaimed, pointing at the sky.

When they heard the sound, they looked up and saw dark clouds covering the sun in the distance, with sand blowing in all directions. Among the sand, there were two black shadows flying rapidly.

what is that?

Everyone was shocked by their speed and momentum, and their nerves were tense.

On the other hand, Ling Yebai and Ling Yao finally reached the Black Phoenix's nest after surviving many dangers. Unfortunately, they were both dumbfounded to see the empty nest.

They met each other at the very beginning, and then the two of them traveled together. Seeing their powerful abilities, the other monks gradually became attached to them and gained a lot of benefits from them.

But soon they encountered a crisis.

This is mainly because Ling Yebai and Ling Yao saw that there were more people, so they specifically went to areas where the spiritual energy was surging, which were the favorite places for middle and high-level spiritual beasts.

Their main purpose is naturally the black phoenix eggs.

Some other monks also came here specially after hearing the news, but some monks were completely kept in the dark.

The fate of these monks was extremely tragic.

After sacrificing so many people, they finally reached the nest of Xuan Feng, but the old man Xuan Feng was not in the nest.

Not in the nest?!

Lingyao was so angry that she was shaking all over, while Ling Yebai wielded his magic sword and cut off half of the hillside with one blow.

What kind of joke is this?

Ling Yebai did not give up. He jumped into the black phoenix's nest and searched carefully, but still found nothing and only got a feather.

He crushed the feather with a cold face. Lingyao's tears flowed and her nose turned red.

She stamped her feet and grabbed Ling Yebai's sleeve without saying a word.

Ling Yebai comforted her. They walked eastward and did not see any trace of Xuan Feng. Maybe Xuan Feng went out to look for food? It couldn't just disappear for no reason, right?

Everyone was very disappointed not to see Xuan Feng. At this moment, everyone was wondering what was happening with Gu Lan's team.

In this secret realm filled with murderous intent, they certainly wouldn't be able to go far, and they might even be wiped out.

There were already some people silently mourning for the friends who followed Gu Lan's team.

Faced with this situation, Ling Yebai had no choice but to rebuild morale and lead everyone to search for Xuan Feng's whereabouts in the secret realm.

Because no one wanted to take the original route, everyone tried to avoid the east road and took the west road.

All I saw along the way were patches of bare land, mottled and lush, looking very much like the sparse hair on the head of a middle-aged man.

There were a few damaged spiritual herbs left scattered on the land.

Questions flashed through everyone's minds: Who did this? How could the spiritual herbs be looted? Not only that, some of the poor trees were now only bare stumps, standing pitifully on the hillside.

Everyone was quite confused. Who was such a bad guy?

When they reached the westernmost part, they found several black spots approaching rapidly. After suffering such a devastation, this group of people had become frightened birds, and immediately got ready to fight, but they found out that it was Gu Lan's team.

It turned out that not long ago, two black phoenixes flew in the sky above the altar.

The two black phoenixes, a male and a female, seemed extremely angry. When they saw the crowd, they flew down angrily and stretched out their sharp claws to grab everyone.

Gu Lan was quick-witted and quick-handed, throwing out a defensive talisman. The talisman grew larger when it encountered the wind, forming a semicircular protective shield. However, this low-level defensive talisman was simply unable to withstand the strong wind and sharp claws of the Black Phoenix, and it shattered in just a few hits.

The strong wind made everyone dizzy and before they could recover, the black phoenix swooped down again. Gu Lan yelled and everyone scattered. They rolled and crawled and finally found shelter.

Gu Lan also found a huge rock to block herself, but unfortunately no matter where she hid, Xuan Feng could find her accurately.

It’s really strange, Xuan Feng seems to have recognized me?