Lingxu, Sword Coffin, Blind Swordsman

The roars of beasts rose and fell, filling everyone's ears.

Li Guanqi quickly held out his hand, signaling everyone to stop.

By now, they had reached the edge of the forest, beyond which lay a lush grassland and towering mountains.

A nearly transparent light screen appeared before Li Guanqi.

Around the massive volcano, disciples of the Myriad Immortals Sword Sect and the Purple Cloud Pavilion were scattering in all directions.

Zhao Xuanzhu held a spirit herb of a very peculiar shape in his hand.

Its leaves were like horseshoes, its roots pitch black, and it emitted a faint pink glow.

Other disciples of the Purple Cloud Pavilion also held several spirit herbs in their hands.

“Flower Rain Ghost Root, Purple Profound Ganoderma!”

Li Guanqi was somewhat surprised by the appearance of these spirit herbs, all of which were top-tier, rank-two treasures of heaven and earth.

But what concerned him the most were the two enormous demonic beasts.

One was a dark bat with a wingspan of six zhang, and the other was a red-eyed demon ape over ten feet tall!

Li Guanqi wasn't planning to confront these two demonic beasts head-on at this time.

Judging by their size, they were at least Foundation Establishment stage beasts, and he didn't want any conflict with them.

However, he was also curious about what this strange place was.

The two demonic beasts chased after the two groups, causing the ground to tremble slightly.

Ye Feng nudged Li Guanqi and whispered, “What do we do now?”

Li Guanqi pondered for a moment, just as he was about to speak, the voice of the Sword Spirit suddenly echoed in his mind.

“There's something good in the cave a hundred zhang away.”

Li Guanqi swallowed back what he was about to say and asked in his mind, “What is it?”

“Taiyi Treasure Silver!”

Li Guanqi's eyes widened instantly, and he said in a deep voice, “Really?”

“Believe it or not.”

Looking at the huge cave a hundred zhang away, Li Guanqi hesitated.

He didn't know whether to risk taking everyone with him.

After a moment of silence, Li Guanqi finally spoke, “I want to go into that cave and take a look, do you want to come with me?”

Zhong Lin rubbed his hands excitedly and said, “Yes! They've already got spirit herbs, we have to find some other benefits too!”

Seeing that everyone was eager to try, Li Guanqi said in a deep voice, “Alright! While those two demonic beasts haven't returned, let's hurry in and take a look.”

“If there's any danger, run quickly.”

Suddenly, Li Guanqi turned around and saw Ke Qin standing behind them with swollen red eyes and a blank expression.

“I want to go too.”

Her voice was devoid of joy or sorrow, as if she were a different person.

Li Guanqi looked at Ke Qin and said softly, “Since you've decided to change, endure it silently, don't wear that face.”

“If you don't want to change, no one is forcing you to.”

Ke Qin rubbed her cheeks, and her complexion improved a lot.

Seeing that the woman's mood had calmed down a bit, Li Guanqi began to instruct, “Ke Qin, guard the entrance. If those two demonic beasts return, notify us immediately!”

“The rest of you, come in with me.”

After speaking, they prepared to leave the forest.

Ye Feng suddenly turned back to Ke Qin and said, “Don't blame him, it's all for your own good.”

“Asking you to guard the entrance is like entrusting our lives to you!”

“Don't let us down.”

Li Guanqi said in a deep voice, “Let's go!”

Whoosh!!

The five-person team dashed forward in a rhombus formation.

They moved extremely fast, covering a hundred zhang in just a few breaths.

By this time, the two demonic beasts had chased several hundred zhang away, completely unaware of the situation behind them.

Ke Qin suddenly took out a brown zither from her storage bag, and her figure instantly concealed itself behind the protruding boulders at the edge of the cave entrance.

The others quickly rushed into the cave.

The cave was about three zhang in both length and width, and the ground was extremely damp, feeling like rotten mud underfoot.

The air was filled with a fishy and foul odor, like a fish that had been dead for a long time.

Li Guanqi frowned, fully opening his Mind's Eye and Divine Sense, allowing him to see the situation inside the cave clearly.

But they had already ventured nearly a hundred zhang deep, and the deeper they went, the more his heart pounded.

The deeper they went, the longer it would take them to run out later!

Gradually, the surrounding temperature also became lower and lower.

Finally, some light appeared ahead, and the space in front of them suddenly opened up!

The massive interior was about ten zhang in size, and two huge grass nests appeared before them.

The others quickly searched for treasures.

Zhong Lin's surprised voice rang out.

“Damn! There's a large patch of Bi Valley Grass here!! This is excellent material for refining Foundation Establishment Pills!”

“These are at least a hundred years old!!”

He immediately began to harvest them in large quantities.

Li Guanqi asked, “Where's your good stuff?”

He asked this because he knew that with the Sword Spirit's pride, she wouldn't be interested in just these things.

The Sword Spirit said softly, “Do you see the pool in the corner? It's underneath that.”

Li Guanqi quickly ran to the corner and found a pool about three feet in size.

However, this was just the entrance to the pool, and the space below was much larger.

Li Guanqi instructed, “If there's any situation, call me immediately!”

After speaking, he jumped directly into the pool in the surprised gazes of the others.

The weight of the sword box caused him to descend rapidly, and he couldn't see anything with his Mind's Eye in this place.

After his Divine Sense surged out, Li Guanqi's expression remained unchanged. He found that his Divine Sense was consumed extremely quickly in the water, and he could only last for half an incense stick's time at most.

With the guidance of the Sword Spirit, he quickly arrived at a wall deep in the pool.

A large piece of stone wall was emitting a faint silver light!

“What is this?”

The Sword Spirit said softly, “Taiyi Treasure Silver! A basic material used by Core Formation cultivators to refine magical artifacts, and even spiritual weapons will use some.”

Without saying a word, Li Guanqi took out his long sword and started to chip away!

But after chipping for a long time, the thing didn't budge at all.

Li Guanqi's time for holding his breath was running out, so he decisively adopted a posture at the bottom of the water, and with a surge of vital energy, he instantly unleashed a sword strike!

Bang!!

The entire piece of Taiyi Treasure Silver was actually cut off by this sword strike.

With a slight movement of his Divine Sense, Li Guanqi quickly put away the Taiyi Treasure Silver.

Just as he was about to leave, he heard the Sword Spirit's surprised voice.

“Huh? Wait!! There seems to be Profound Treasure Spirit Sand below!!”

Li Guanqi had just turned around when he heard the shouts of the others above!

After hesitating for a moment, he quickly struck back with his sword, only to hear a cracking sound from the long sword in his hand, as if it couldn't bear the weight.

A golden stone block the size of a human head fell from the depths of the wall.

After obtaining the item, Li Guanqi instantly swam upwards!

Immediately after, Li Guanqi heard Ke Qin's anxious shouts from the jade slip.

“Hurry up! Those two demonic beasts are already on their way back, and they're only a hundred zhang away!!”

Li Guanqi's heart sank. It had only been a few breaths, and the other party was already less than a hundred zhang away!

With the strength of those two demonic beasts, unless he could break through to the Foundation Establishment stage now, everyone would die!!

But… once he broke through, he would be instantly teleported out of the secret realm, and the remaining people would also die.

At their speed, even if they ran back now, they would run right into those two demonic beasts!!

“What to do… what to do!!”

A little cold sweat could not help but seep out of Li Guanqi's forehead.