After collecting the spoils from that group of people, Pei Yun went to find Wang Xueer, and the two continued on their way, exploring according to the instructions on the secret map...

However, the terrain of Yaowang Valley is complex, and the entire valley seems to have changed. They followed the routes to many marked locations but did not find any opportunities and even encountered waves of ambushes. Of course, Pei Yun could basically deal with these cultivators on the periphery.

There was only one time when it was relatively dangerous. Fortunately, Pei Yun's soul was strong and his spiritual sense could detect far. He discovered the cultivator with a strong aura in the distance. Without saying a word, he pulled Wang Xueer and turned to flee. She even took out the Suzaku puppet and consumed a top-grade spirit stone to get rid of the man.

According to her observation, this person was at least at the Spirit Transformation Stage. In fact, if Wang Xueer was not there, she could have just used the Seven Steps of Instant Shadow or simply hidden in space.

"What an interesting girl..." The cultivator in the Spiritual Transformation Stage looked at Pei Yun's eagerly escaping back, smiled gently, and said to himself, "She is only in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, but she can detect my whereabouts from such a long distance. Her spiritual sense detection is beyond that of ordinary cultivators in the early stage of the Spiritual Transformation Stage..."

Half a month later, after Pei Yun had killed a wave of monks who had come to him on their own accord, he and Wang Xueer came to a lake. There was a small boat docked on the shore, with six people already standing in front of the boat.

"You've come at the right time. This boat needs eight people to row the oars. How about we work together to explore the depths of the lake?" A young man who looked elegant stepped forward and invited Pei Yun and the others.

"Is this boat yours?" Pei Yun did not agree, but asked tentatively.

"Of course not. This wooden boat already existed before we came. My sister Yanran and I were the first to arrive here, but we tried but failed to row the boat. Even using spiritual power didn't work..."

The young man explained the situation with a smile, hoping that Pei Yun would let down his guard. "As for these four fellow Taoists, they all came here later, and we don't know each other... There are eight oars on this boat, so it should take eight people to row it..." The man looked kind, but the woman next to him raised her chin with an arrogant look.

"He's right!" said a woman wearing a veil and black clothes coldly.

"Don't worry, fellow Daoist, we have no ill intentions. We just invite you two with a cooperative mentality..." the gray-haired old man said with a smile.

In addition to these two people, there was also a middle-aged couple who tried their best to invite Pei Yun and Wang Xueer. This place is remote and sparsely populated. They waited for three days before they saw Pei Yun and Wang Xueer. If they missed it, they didn’t know when they would have to wait!

Besides, although Pei Yun is in the middle stage of Nascent Soul and her cultivation seems good, Wang Xueer beside her is only in the Foundation Establishment stage. Even if they fight for interests in the future, she will be able to handle it. Therefore, the six of them are now trying their best to lobby Pei Yun.

Wang Xueer was naturally very excited, but she knew that Pei Yun was the one who made the decision, so she looked at Pei Yun with an air of following his lead.

Pei Yun nodded in agreement. Although these six people were all Nascent Soul cultivators, she could not see through the cultivation level of the young man. The others were either at the same level as her or lower than her. Moreover, the aura of the young man was far inferior to that of the Jindan cultivator she had met before, or even inferior to that of Mr. Zhou whom she met in Yaotian, so she was not too worried.

Seeing Pei Yun joining, the six people breathed a sigh of relief and walked towards the small boat happily. The six people had tried it before, but they still couldn't row the boat with just six people.

Now eight people got into the boat, took the oars and used their spiritual power to start rowing. Sure enough, the boat, which had been motionless, slowly began to move. The young man directed everyone to row towards the depths of the lake...

The surface of the lake sparkled under the sunlight, reflecting the golden light. The group did not dare to relax at all and kept looking at the lake anxiously, fearing that a water monster would rush out of the lake.

However, the monster had not appeared yet, and the people rowing could no longer hold on. The first to fall was naturally Wang Xueer, who had the lowest cultivation level. Rowing not only consumed spiritual power, but also divine consciousness. She had already taken the Kunling Pill to replenish her spiritual power, but she had reached the critical point of overdraft mentally.

"Give me the paddle, sit aside and rest, and take the spiritual liquid that Luo Qi gave you before..." Pei Yun sent a message to her, indicating that she should give him the paddle.

Wang Xueer was so happy that someone was helping her share the burden that she didn't even have time to be polite and quickly gave her the oar.

The six people noticed this scene. The young man hesitated to speak. He wanted to say that seven people were unable to row and it would be better to take a break. Anyway, everyone present was a little tired.

But who would have thought that after Pei Yun took over the oars, he could control two oars by himself and succeeded. The boat still slowly sailed to the center of the lake...

The faces of the six people all changed. Just from Pei Yunlu's move, several of them had already vaguely sensed that this person's strength was definitely not low!

By late at night, the woman called "Sister Yanran" could no longer hold on, so the young man suggested stopping to rest. As soon as the spiritual power was withdrawn, the boat stopped and remained motionless. Several people sat on the boat and chatted -

"We've been rowing for a whole day, but there's no end in sight. There's neither water monsters nor opportunities in the lake. Could it be just an ordinary lake?" The woman in the middle-aged couple spoke first.

"Impossible! Brother Hao and I were the first to find this boat by the lake. How could a small boat suddenly appear there for no reason? We must go and look for it!" Zhu Yanran retorted, hugging the young man's arm.

"If we still haven't found anything tomorrow, we'll row back. Otherwise, we'll be too far from the shore and might get lost..." The woman in black still had a cold tone.

"I agree." The old man nodded in agreement.

Pei Yun sat aside without saying a word. He seemed to be listening to what they were saying, but in fact he had already released his spiritual sense to explore the situation under the lake.

"Here it comes!" Pei Yun said this inexplicably, and suddenly stood up.

The others were startled by her sudden action, and then stood up and looked around. Seeing that there was nothing unusual, they frowned and asked, "Friend Pei, what are you talking about?"

"The opportunity has come!" Pei Yun had just finished speaking when the dark surface of the lake suddenly lit up with dots of light. Plants of water grass appeared on the water surface at some point, emitting a faint purple light.

"It's Shadow Water Grass!" The middle-aged couple shouted in surprise, "Shadow Water Grass is the main ingredient for refining Magic Water Pills..."

Pei Yun glanced at the two of them and unconsciously guessed their identities. This secret realm was so close to Tiandan City, and these two people were familiar with the effects of Shadow Water Grass, so they must be alchemists.

"Let's row the boat over and pick the fruits!" Zhu Yanran was the most anxious and urged everyone to act.

But just as she finished speaking, countless purple butterflies appeared on the lake, some real and some illusory. Some flew around the boat, casting dots of light wherever they passed; some landed on the water plants and flapped their wings. Such a beautiful scene made everyone look solemn...

Seeing that no one else dared to try first, Pei Yun took the initiative to step forward and said, "I'll try first."

After she finished speaking, she did not even let them row the boat, but used the Sky Realm to fly out and picked a nearby Shadow Water Grass. The moment she started, two butterflies flew onto the back of her hand and then disappeared in mid-air...

At the same time, Luo Rufeng's figure appeared in front of Pei Yun, and he swung a sword towards her!

Pei Yun knew that this was an illusion created by the butterflies, so he ignored it and flew back to the boat steadily as if nothing had happened, without touching the lake surface during the entire process.

"How is it, Fellow Daoist Pei?" The others were relieved to see that she was calm and composed, as if nothing had happened. They were not worried about her, but felt that picking the shadow water grass should not be difficult.

Pei Yun truthfully recounted what he had encountered: "...It's just an illusion. Just treat it as if it doesn't exist and it won't affect you. But you must not touch the lake. I vaguely feel that there is evil energy surging below..."

The others were startled and looked solemn.

Everyone began to imitate Pei Yun's previous actions, flying out in their own ways to pick the shadow water grass...

Only then did they realize that it was easy for Pei Yun to say it, but it was very difficult to truly achieve the same ease as Pei Yun did.

The illusions created by these phantom butterflies are too real. If you are not affected at all, these illusions will not pose any threat. However, as long as you have a little hesitation in your heart, these illusions will seem to become real, and you can even feel the damage caused by the attack...

Among the eight people, Pei Yun picked the most shadow water grass. Although the others did not fall into the lake, they were more or less affected by the hallucination and suffered minor injuries. It was Wang Xueer who impressed her again. Wang Xueer had a low level of cultivation and did not dare to fly too far, but she seemed to be less affected by the hallucination, so she picked quite a lot of shadow water grass.

"Ah!" As more and more illusion butterflies appeared around, the illusion became more and more realistic, and the attacks in the illusion became more and more powerful. Zhu Yanran was the most unstable among the eight people. She accidentally stepped on the lake surface, and the next moment a bloody mouth appeared in front of everyone...

"Be careful!" the young man screamed, but he stood on the boat without moving. The water monster was huge, with most of its body hidden underwater. The men could only see its sharp teeth and open mouth, and they did not dare to step forward to rescue it.

Besides, the young man who was close to Zhu Yanran was not saved, so no one else would be kind enough to save her.

Zhu Yanran was affected by the hallucination and lost consciousness for a moment, which caused her feet to get wet. She quickly woke up and wanted to get out of the water and fly towards the boat, but somehow, she only got wet by the lake water. Her feet became heavy in an instant and her body kept sinking.

Seeing the water monster's bloody mouth approaching, Zhu Yanran showed fear and anxiety. She desperately flew towards the boat and asked the young man for help: "Brother Hao, save me!"

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