Lingxu, Sword Coffin, Blind Swordsman

Li Guanqi's heart suddenly tensed up, becoming more vigilant.

He carefully examined the corpse of the Tianhua Sword Sect disciple and discovered that his death was not due to an external attack.

It was more like… being instantly killed by something, from the inside out, with both body and soul destroyed.

His entire flesh and blood had disappeared, and his jade bones were devoid of spiritual light.

Li Guanqi frowned, reaching out to scoop up a handful of sludge from the poisonous swamp.

He realized that these poisonous swamps alone couldn't corrode a Xuanxian realm cultivator to such an extent.

Suppressing the chaotic thoughts in his mind, Li Guanqi concealed his aura and cautiously moved forward.

Soon, he discovered a second corpse, then a third.

Without exception, their deaths were identical to the previous disciple.

Moreover, they were all disciples wearing the Tianhua Sword Sect's robes.

Which meant…

The previous two times the secret realm opened, it was the disciples of the Tianhua Sword Sect who entered.

Li Guanqi didn't hesitate at all, closing his eyes to sense the location of the disciple he had placed the talisman on earlier.

Opening his eyes, he moved through the poisonous swamp like a shadow.

Along the way, he saw Tianhua Sword Sect disciples besieging other loose cultivators.

Their attacks were decisive and ruthless, without the slightest hint of mercy.

After killing them, regardless of whether the victims were dead or not, they were all imprisoned.

Li Guanqi hid behind a lotus leaf in the poisonous swamp, his eyes narrowed and his brow furrowed.

This secret realm, from beginning to end, was filled with a sense of conspiracy.

"Why are they killing so many people?"

"And… what exactly is this secret realm?"

It's no wonder Li Guanqi would think this way, because since entering this secret realm, he had found basically nothing of value.

Moreover, the miasma here couldn't be absorbed too much; once absorbed too much, even a Xuanxian's immortal essence would gradually be imprisoned.

Fortunately, Li Guanqi had the Devouring Holy Flame protecting him, and the toxins that entered his body were all purified.

Soon, Li Guanqi followed a team of Tianhua Sword Sect disciples through the miasma and poisonous swamp.

The ruins of a dilapidated sect appeared before Li Guanqi's eyes.

Towering, ruined mountain gates, and continuous pavilions surrounded by mountains.

In a daze, Li Guanqi seemed to see the illusion of an incredibly powerful sect from the ancient times.

Everything about that sect exuded brilliance and prosperity.

But now it was covered in yellow earth, and dark green moss and vines crawled all over the buildings.

That team of disciples didn't stop at all, heading straight for the ruins.

Li Guanqi also followed directly behind them.

After entering the area of the sect ruins, Li Guanqi quietly spread out his divine sense.

He discovered that the places where the sect stored pills and various magical artifacts had already been searched.

But just then, Li Guanqi frowned, glanced at the Tianhua Sect disciples flying by, and flashed away.

Soon, Li Guanqi, not following the others, stepped into a ruin of broken walls.

The once towering and magnificent hall had long since collapsed, and the ground was covered in dust.

Li Guanqi slightly spread his divine sense to a radius of a hundred feet, and soon he pushed open a dilapidated door.

Creak!

After pushing open the door, Li Guanqi saw that the room was filled with objects similar to stoves.

Li Guanqi was slightly stunned; he had seen a lot of these things with Meng Jiangchu.

Although there were differences in shape and size, he still recognized what they were.

Furnaces for refining artifacts!

Li Guanqi bent down and touched one gently, and the huge furnace immediately turned into dust.

"Is this the sect's artifact refining place?"

Without thinking too much, Li Guanqi glanced around and prepared to leave.

However, at that moment, he discovered a pile of white ash in the corner of the room.

Flashing to the side of the white ash, he brushed it aside and discovered a storage ring and identity jade slip that were about to shatter.

Slightly touching the storage ring with his divine sense, the storage ring immediately shattered.

"So that's how it is…"

With the passage of time, nothing remained.

But as he got up, he noticed that the black jade slip hadn't shattered.

"Hmm?"

Li Guanqi waved his sleeve to disperse the ashes, and the words on the jade slip gradually became clear.

"Xuanming Sect, is that the name of this sect?"

But this jade slip had no spirituality at all, and nothing was discovered except for the name of the sect.

After Li Guanqi got up and left, he looked at the ruins of several other halls.

Without exception, they were all the same as before, with no clues.

From the speculation, Li Guanqi only knew that this was once an incredibly powerful artifact refining sect.

But he didn't find anything valuable.

Clicking his tongue, Li Guanqi was about to turn around and leave.

Suddenly!

A black shadow flashed past outside the corridor!!

Li Guanqi immediately held his breath and concentrated; the other party hadn't discovered him.

Li Guanqi's eyes flickered, and he disappeared silently from the spot.

A moment later, Li Guanqi followed the black shadow's aura to a very hidden ruin!

The black-clothed man was holding half a broken jade slip in his hand, but the jade slip still had some spiritual light.

The man's aura fluctuated very strongly, obviously his heart was very uneasy.

Soon, a secret stone door appeared in front of him, and the man stuck the jade slip in his hand to it.

Rumble!!!

The earth trembled, and Li Guanqi's eyes narrowed slightly.

"This commotion is quite big…"

The black-clothed man obviously realized this, and the moment the stone door opened, his whole body turned into an afterimage and rushed in.

Li Guanqi followed closely behind, and as soon as he entered the door, a sword light came straight for his face!!!

Li Guanqi took a step back, and the black-clothed man was right in front of him!!

Clang!!!

Red Lotus was unsheathed, and the sword in his hand slashed out with lightning speed!!!

Clang clang clang!!!

Li Guanqi forcibly stopped his retreat, and the immortal essence in his hand surged, extremely powerful.

The black-clothed man had come in by snatching the Daotai quota, and was at the fourth level of the Xuanxian realm, with considerable strength.

Although he was suppressed by Li Guanqi, he still fought back vigorously.

Li Guanqi frowned, knowing that he couldn't delay for too long.

The commotion here would definitely attract many people.

Gritting his teeth, the immortal essence in his body roared, his blood surged, and his strength increased greatly for a time, and his aura climbed.

Clang clang clang!!!

The moment Li Guanqi knocked the opponent away with his sword, he advanced instead of retreating, pressing forward.

He punched the opponent's elbow, and endless thunder flames turned into thunder pythons, tightly缠住 him.

The terrifying space suppression force formed a cage barrier, and the sword in his hand slashed out!

Boom!!!

The sky full of thunder flames crashed down like waves.

The cold light was like electricity, flashing past!

"Red Lotus · World Extinction!"

Boom!!!!

The sword light flew out, slashing a gully tens of feet in size into the stone wall behind.

The head rolled down, Li Guanqi stripped off the storage ring on the opponent's hand, and burned the corpse.

His eyes swept around, and his breathing stopped…

All around, various rare minerals were densely stacked.

The light of immortal spirits flickered non-stop, illuminating the entire secret room like daylight.

The various colors of the ore flowed, like golden threads wandering in the stone.

Li Guanqi swallowed.

"How much is this worth!!"

There were no less than a hundred pieces of ore of various sizes.

The largest piece of fiery red ore was more than a person tall.

There were also many dark gold ores that were only the size of a palm.

Without exception, these ores contained extremely powerful auras.

Li Guanqi didn't have time to think, and under the shock of the immortal essence, many ores were shattered.

Those shattered immortal ores were discarded by him.

The rest were all collected by him!

Putting away the remaining ore, Li Guanqi turned around and ran without hesitation.

Rumble!!!

The ruins shook.

Rolling stones fell and almost filled the tunnel.

In Li Guanqi's perception, several auras were approaching rapidly.

But he found that the aura of the Tianhua Sword Sect disciples was about to disappear, and he immediately accelerated.