148: Murder from Yang Yi? Be the first to attack!

A majestic city appeared before the two of them.

"Junior Brother, we’ve arrived. That’s the main city!"

Gu Shuiyue clutched her chest, her mind a whirlwind of thoughts.

This journey had been far too unpleasant!

They said the secret realm was safe, a benefit for talented disciples to gain opportunities?

She had almost died here!

Of course, a large part of the reason was Yang Yi.

Thinking of Yang Yi, Gu Shuiyue’s expression was complex.

"Senior Sister, let’s go." Seeing Gu Shuiyue standing still, Mo Fan called out to her.

Hearing this, Gu Shuiyue snapped back to reality, shaking her head to clear her thoughts.

"Junior Brother, let’s go, into the city to seize opportunities!"

However, just as they reached the city gate, Gu Shuiyue froze, biting her lip as she looked ahead, lost in thought.

At this moment, Mo Fan’s face had already darkened.

He had run into an acquaintance.

Yang Yi!

Earlier, he had used the Golden Body Art, barely unleashing extraordinary power, and a single punch had scared Yang Yi away, ruining her plans.

At the same time, Yang Yi also looked over towards Mo Fan and Gu Shuiyue.

Seeing the two appear, a flicker of surprise crossed Yang Yi’s eyes.

She hadn’t expected Mo Fan and Gu Shuiyue to escape from that incredibly fierce spirit body.

In fact, the beast-shaped spirit body that looked like a Tyrannosaurus Rex was also something she had manipulated, luring it out of its nest with the intention of using it to kill them.

For this, she had almost been swatted to death by the enraged spirit body.

But she had successfully made it run onto the only path leading to the main city.

She had thought her plan would be foolproof.

Yet, she had failed again.

"How did they survive?"

Yang Yi’s gaze was sinister, a cold glint flashing across her eyes.

After a moment of hesitation, she greeted her companions beside her, and together they walked towards Mo Fan and Gu Shuiyue.

As they drew closer, upon seeing Mo Fan, the killing intent in Yang Yi’s eyes almost couldn’t be hidden.

She wished she could tear this scoundrel apart!

Gu Shuiyue had been in a certain death situation, but this scoundrel had messed it up!

At that time, she had been scared away by Mo Fan’s attack.

It wasn’t that she feared Mo Fan’s strength.

Rather, she couldn’t ascertain whether Gu Shuiyue had reached her limit.

If Gu Shuiyue hadn’t reached her limit at that time and still had the strength to fight, coupled with Mo Fan, who possessed extraordinary combat power, she would have been in danger.

To be safe, she could only retreat and look for another opportunity.

Walking up to Gu Shuiyue and Mo Fan, Yang Yi deliberated for a moment, biting her red lips, and said sincerely:

"Shuiyue, I’m sorry. I was temporarily blinded by jealousy, which led me to do what I did..." I already regret it. Our many years of friendship shouldn’t have come to this.

"I don’t expect your forgiveness, but I still want to tell you my thoughts, so I’ll feel better.

"If possible, I hope we can still be good friends."

After speaking, Yang Yi closed her eyes, raised her fair neck, and slowly said:

"If you still feel angry, you can stab me a few times. I, Yang Yi, promise not to even frown."

Seeing this, Gu Shuiyue clenched and unclenched her fists, her face filled with struggle.

Mo Fan, however, was direct. His fist glowed golden, and he was about to step forward.

Gu Shuiyue was startled and quickly pulled him back.

At the same time, a tall, rugged-faced man beside Yang Yi frowned and said:

"What are you doing? We are all fellow disciples. Even if Junior Sister Yang made a mistake, she has already admitted it and apologized. Shouldn’t you forgive her?

"Hmph, as a man, you’re not magnanimous at all. I’m truly ashamed of you."

Mo Fan frowned, looking at him with an expression that said, "Are you an idiot?": "Did you leave your brain at home?"

"You!" Jiang Liu’s expression darkened, and he snorted coldly, "Junior Brother Mo, I know you’re a core disciple and look down on us ordinary disciples.

"But you should be very clear that in terms of strength, you don’t rank at all in the secret realm.

"Listen to your Senior Brother’s advice: it’s better to be a bit more low-key as a person. It will benefit you."

Hearing this, Mo Fan laughed: "Are you threatening me?"

Jiang Liu glanced at Mo Fan indifferently: "If you think so, then so be it."

As a talented disciple who was already at Transcendent Third Realm at only twenty-five years old, he, Jiang Liu, truly wasn’t afraid of Mo Fan.

He felt that he would soon be promoted to a core disciple as well.

A mere newly promoted core disciple was not enough to make him feel fear.

At the same time, another handsome and elegant man beside Yang Yi said:

"As fellow disciples, we should unite. Regardless of what conflicts happened before, since Junior Sister Yang has admitted her mistake, neither of you should be so aggressive.

"This Junior Brother, what are you trying to do with your clenched fist? Hit a woman?

"You wouldn’t be that tasteless, would you?"

As he spoke the last sentence, Luo Chuan’s eyes grew slightly cold, and a terrifying aura erupted from him, directed towards Mo Fan.

He and Jiang Liu were talents of the same caliber.

Naturally, they weren’t afraid of Mo Fan and Gu Shuiyue, who had just become core disciples.

Mo Fan wasn’t intimidated at all. He rolled up his sleeves, ready to fight.

What kind of monsters and demons were these? Beat them to death with a flurry of punches!

Although Gu Shuiyue only had a Transcendent Third Realm cultivation, her strength had recovered quite a bit now.

Relying on the inherited secret art of Flowing Light Peak, she could completely suppress Yang Yi, who was at Transcendent Fourth Realm, and even resolve her within a short time.

The remaining two were only at Transcendent Third Realm and Transcendent Second Realm; their strength was limited no matter how strong they were.

Mo Fan, with the full activation of his Golden Body Art, could completely hold his own.

As long as he stalled until Gu Shuiyue dealt with Yang Yi, they would have a chance of winning.

Of course, Mo Fan was also unwilling to take risks and attack.

But even though Yang Yi hid it well, he still sensed the strong killing intent beneath her bright eyes.

This woman was determined to kill him and Gu Shuiyue.

Her coming over now was most likely to test their strength. If he acted tough, it would make the other party wary and not dare to act rashly.

Of course, even if they really fought now, it wouldn’t be a loss.

The regrettable thing was that Gu Shuiyue was holding his arm tightly.

"Senior Brother Luo, Senior Brother Jiang, you don’t need to stand up for me.

"After all, it was my fault." Yang Yi turned around, looking at Luo Chuan and Jiang Liu with a gentle expression, her eyes slightly red, appearing delicate and pitiful, inviting sympathy.

Seeing this, Luo Chuan and Jiang Liu immediately got carried away.

"Your grandfather sells tea, doesn’t he?" Mo Fan couldn’t help but retort.

"You!" Luo Chuan and Jiang Liu immediately became furious.

"Why are you so aggressive and vengeful? Junior Sister Yang is already like this? Are you still unwilling to let her go? Do you have to beat her to death to be satisfied?"

As they spoke, without waiting for Mo Fan to argue, Luo Chuan and Jiang Liu’s auras surged, and extraordinary secret power emerged. They subtly moved closer to Mo Fan, clearly intending to make a move.

With no one else present, it was a suitable time for some "accidents" to occur.

Seeing this, Gu Shuiyue quickly said:

"I forgive you. After so many years of friendship, since you sincerely regret it, I have no reason not to forgive you. You should go. I want some peace and quiet and don’t want to see you for now."

Hearing this, Yang Yi smiled, glanced at Gu Shuiyue apologetically, bit her red lips, curtsied, and turned to leave.

"Let’s go, Senior Brother Luo, Senior Brother Jiang. Junior Sister Gu is my good friend. This matter is a misunderstanding."

Hearing this, Luo Chuan and Jiang Liu glared at Mo Fan with some reluctance, then turned and left.

Of course, at the last moment, they also felt a bit nervous.

After all, both Mo Fan and Gu Shuiyue were core disciples.

If something really happened to them, and the academy found out, the consequences would be unimaginable.

They had been eager to show off in front of Yang Yi earlier and had gotten carried away for a moment.

After the three had walked away, Mo Fan turned to Gu Shuiyue and transmitted his thoughts: "The two of us together, we have a chance. Do you want to catch them off guard and rush over to kill them?"

Gu Shuiyue shook her head: "That woman dared to come over, so she must be confident.

"Luo Chuan and Jiang Liu are both formidable, top-tier talents of the inner sect, not easy to deal with."

At this point, Gu Shuiyue shook her head:

"Junior Brother, I know your strength is not weak, but my injuries haven’t fully recovered, and my strength is very unstable. One mistake could lead to eternal damnation..." However, you don’t need to worry. Yang Yi is cautious. She won’t be able to figure out your strength for a while and won’t act rashly. Once other disciples arrive, we will be safe."

Hearing this, Mo Fan nodded and said no more.

However, no matter what, he felt that resolving Yang Yi as soon as possible was the right course of action.

As if guessing Mo Fan’s thoughts, Gu Shuiyue smiled brightly and said:

"Don’t worry, this secret realm is strange, and it will definitely be full of dangers. Once we enter the city, there will be other opportunities."

"Hmm." Mo Fan nodded.

While pondering, the two walked towards the city gate.

The main city’s wall was very high, estimated to be a hundred meters, with complex inscriptions carved on it, flowing with dark black light, appearing ancient and mysterious.

Having withstood the test of time, the city wall remained intact, showing its extraordinary nature.

Below the city gate, the three of Yang Yi were whispering.

Mo Fan ignored them and concentrated on casting an appraisal spell on the city wall and city gate respectively.

Soon, he frowned slightly.

There was danger.

In fact, even without casting the appraisal spell, Mo Fan had sensed the danger.

The runes on the city wall were still active. Forcibly breaking through would result in an attack. Let alone Transcendent, even Mandate realm cultivators probably couldn’t withstand it.

Of course, from the appraisal information, he, possessing the Po Jun token, could pass through the city gate without hindrance.

As for others... there was no way.

"This is a bit troublesome. The formation on the city wall seems to have been activated..." "The secret realm really has a problem. This situation has never occurred before. It must be that some mysterious power has revived..."

Gu Shuiyue furrowed her brow into a knot.

However, very quickly, she smiled again:

"But this isn’t necessarily all bad. The secret realm has revived a bit, and the good things inside have also emerged.

"Before, I never heard of anyone finding a top-tier cultivation technique outside the city. Now, I just picked one up in a random broken cave..."

Hearing this, Mo Fan rolled his eyes.

You call that a broken cave?

"Let’s wait a bit longer. After all, only a small part of the array patterns on the city wall has been activated. There must be a way to break it.

"Other inner sect disciples must have studied formations. When they come over, maybe they can discover something—"

Mid-sentence, Gu Shuiyue seemed to remember something. She first froze, then her face lit up with joy:

"Junior Brother, you are a disciple of Scarlet Cloud Peak, an expert in the field of formations! Quickly, see if there’s any way to break it?"

Hearing this, Mo Fan nodded.

In fact, he was already studying it.

A moment later, he exhaled and said: "It’s a bit complex, it will take some time."

"No rush, no rush, take your time. We have two months. When others who understand formations arrive, they can also help," Gu Shuiyue said with a smile.

Mo Fan just shook his head and smiled at this.

His attainments in formations were already quite profound; he had already touched the threshold of the Sect Master realm.

Even so, he couldn’t unravel this thing in a short while.

If others came, they probably wouldn’t even understand the runes on the wall, let alone break them.

Just then, a disheveled figure, covered in blood, appeared.

Seeing Mo Fan and Gu Shuiyue, the person's expression brightened, and they quickly walked over.

"Junior Brother Mo, Junior Sister Gu, it's great that you're alright!"

Hearing the familiar voice, Mo Fan and Gu Shuiyue were slightly startled. They turned around and saw Wang Yang.

"Senior Brother Wang, did you also encounter an Intermediate Spirit Body?" Gu Shuiyue asked, surprised.

"Yes, it seems there's a big problem with the mystic realm. Spirit bodies with such absurd combat power have appeared outside the city. This time, I'm afraid..."

Wang Yang clutched his chest, still shaken, as if he had encountered something terrifying.

"Senior Brother Wang, what exactly did you encounter?" Gu Shuiyue sensed that Wang Yang's aura was somewhat weak.

"I encountered a beast-shaped spirit body with a cultivation of Transcendent Seventh Layer. If I hadn't run fast and had enough elixirs, I'm afraid I wouldn't have made it here..."

Wang Yang briefly recounted his experience.

"This..." Mo Fan and Gu Shuiyue were both dumbfounded.

It must be said, Wang Yang was quite unlucky.

He even encountered a spirit body with a cultivation of Transcendent Seventh Layer!

Wang Yang let out a heavy sigh, thought for a moment, and suggested:

"There's a problem with the mystic realm, and it's so dangerous outside the city. We shouldn't go in. Let's just stay here for two months, and we'll be teleported out when the time comes."

Gu Shuiyue spread her hands: "The array runes on the city wall have revived. You can't get in even if you wanted to now..."

Wang Yang: "Uh—"

Mo Fan shook his head, no longer paying attention to them. Instead, he turned and focused his gaze on the array runes on the wall, seriously contemplating how to break them.

Of course, while thinking about how to break them, he also multi-tasked, circulating his cultivation technique and absorbing the elemental energy in the air.

The elemental energy in this area was richer than anywhere else he had been, enough for him to absorb for several hours.

Moreover, after absorbing a portion of the elemental energy, more would surge out from within the city.

Although it couldn't keep up with his absorption speed, it provided some replenishment.

With this, he felt that even if he didn't enter the city, it would be acceptable.

As long as he cultivated here for two months.

Even without relying on adding points, it wouldn't be a problem for his cultivation to advance by two or three layers. It wouldn't be a loss no matter what.

Of course, his goal was still the main city, and he still wanted to go in and see... Time passed by the minute.

Other inner sect disciples also slowly appeared.

By evening, including Mo Fan and the others, only twenty-nine people had gathered below the city gate.

When they entered, there were thirty-three people.

The last person to arrive, perhaps having just dealt with a formidable spirit body, was a bit overconfident. He glanced at the city gate and cursed:

"Heh heh, it's just a broken wall. Did it scare all of you like this?"

"You don't dare to enter the city and stay outside to cultivate?"

"Ridiculous, you're all elite inner sect disciples, can you not be so absurd?"

"If you don't enter the city, where will you find opportunities?"

"A bunch of cowards!"

After speaking, he strode towards the city gate.

As he neared the city gate, he leaped up, soaring like a cannonball, instantly reaching over a hundred meters, rushing towards the inside of the city wall.

"I, Liao, am going into the city to seek opportunities. You all can continue to be—"

However, before he could finish speaking, another dark, bright light surged from the high wall, striking out like lightning.

Then—

With a muffled bang, the person who had leaped over the wall instantly exploded into pieces, turning into a cloud of blood mist that splattered on the city wall.

In his final moments, the person's eyes widened, and only one thought remained in his mind: I shouldn't have shown off like this!

"What the @#!" Watching this scene, everyone was startled.

"This is Liao Haibo, a top-tier genius disciple of the inner sect, with a cultivation of Transcendent Third Layer... he actually died like this?"

"The array on the city wall is too terrifying. I thought that Senior Brother Liao, being a Transcendent, even if he were blocked, wouldn't be instantly killed..."

"Sigh—"

Everyone sighed, their expressions complex, and they unconsciously moved further away from the city wall.

"Sure enough—" Wang Yang's face paled a bit. He turned to Mo Fan and Gu Shuiyue, "Let's not think about entering the city. It's too dangerous. Staying alive is more important than anything."

Gu Shuiyue was also a little scared, her face growing paler, and she instinctively nodded.

Hearing the commotion, Mo Fan snapped out of his cultivation, looking utterly bewildered.

This was truly absurd, utterly preposterous!

As a Transcendent, he started to throw his life away without even understanding the situation?

Indeed, a large forest has all sorts of birds... As if thinking of something, Mo Fan frowned and looked up at the slowly disappearing bloodstains on the city wall.

After a brief perception, his frown deepened even more.

"After absorbing those bloodstains, the core runes on the city wall became slightly stronger..."

The elemental energy in this area was temporarily drained, forcing Mo Fan to stop cultivating.

He stood up, looked at Wang Yang, and asked: "Senior Brother Wang, don't you have elemental stones?"

Wang Yang was stunned. Although he didn't know what Mo Fan wanted to do, he still nodded and said: "I do."

"I want to exchange spirit stones for your elemental stones," Mo Fan said directly.

Wang Yang froze, and after a while, he said: "These things aren't worth much. If you like them, just take them!"

With that, Wang Yang took out two elemental stones and placed them in Mo Fan's hand.

Mo Fan tried to give him spirit stones, but he was sternly refused.

For Wang Yang, exchanging two elemental stones for Mo Fan's goodwill was far more worthwhile than exchanging them for spirit stones.

Since Wang Yang wouldn't accept spirit stones, Mo Fan had no choice. He put away the elemental stones Wang Yang gave him and turned to look for others.

After a round, including Wang Yang's two, Mo Fan now had twenty-five elemental stones in his hand.

After all, he was a core disciple, and others were still willing to make connections, each offering elemental stones for free.

Of course, Mo Fan knew that what was free was often the most expensive, so he ultimately bought their elemental stones at a unified price of one elemental stone for two spirit stones.

He didn't want to owe anyone favors for no reason.

It's worth mentioning that five of them were given by Yang Yi.

Those were her, Luo Chuan, and Jiang Liu's elemental stones.

The woman, with a sweet voice, tried to butter up Mo Fan:

"Junior Brother Mo Fan, I was confused at the time. Please don't take it to heart. I don't have any ill intentions towards you~"

She thought she had hidden it well, and Mo Fan shouldn't have any reason to target her.

After all, her target at that time was Gu Shuiyue.

Strictly speaking, Mo Fan was the one who ruined her plans.

Seeing Yang Yi like this, Mo Fan almost threw up his overnight meal. He casually dealt with her, took the five elemental stones, and turned to leave.

As for this portion of elemental stones, Mo Fan didn't stand on ceremony and simply took them for free... The sky grew darker and darker.

After witnessing Liao Haibo being instantly killed by the city wall, everyone no longer expected to enter the city.

At this moment, they only wanted to stick together and survive for two months.

The last ray of twilight faded, and the sky instantly darkened.

Suddenly, the city lit up with myriad lights, a blaze of illumination that shot into the sky, like a city that never sleeps.

Watching this scene, everyone was only stunned for a few seconds before reacting.

"Quick, quick, quick! Spirit bodies become abnormally active after dark. They're afraid of the rune fire array. Everyone, quickly gather together, light up the rune fire array, and look out for each other!"

Before long, runes intertwined, fire elements quickly gathered, and a huge fire array was ignited.

After all, they had done their homework before coming in and knew how to deal with spirit bodies.

Spirit bodies might not fear sunlight much, but they definitely feared scorching flames.

Even those who didn't understand array formations would spend a large sum to buy some disposable simple array patterns.

Ordinary flames might deter spirit bodies, but over time, once they couldn't endure it, they would take risks.

Only a rune array that could gather the purest fire elements between heaven and earth could make them truly feel fear.

"Hoo—"

As the fire array rose and fire elements diffused, everyone let out a sigh of relief, feeling much more at ease.

"Sigh, we were supposed to come for opportunities, but we didn't expect to encounter something like this..."

"Yeah, it's too damn miserable. We can't even cultivate in this ghostly place. How are we going to get through these two months..."

"Damn it, are we the most miserable elite inner sect disciples in history?"

A group of people, resigned to their fate, stared blankly at the dark night sky.

In a corner, Mo Fan quietly put the elemental stones into the system space and cast an appraisal spell on them.

["Discovered 25 low-grade elemental stones. Can be absorbed and converted into attribute points. Absorb?"]

Mo Fan silently willed to absorb them.

The azure virtual panel flashed.

Mo Fan's attribute panel automatically popped up.

["Name: Mo Fan"]

["Cultivation: Foundation Establishment Second Layer (+)"]

["... (Click to expand/collapse)"]

["Available Attribute Points: 3700"]

Adding the previous 1200 points, Mo Fan's available attribute points accumulated to 3700.

Seeing this, Mo Fan's eyes lit up slightly.

He didn't choose to add points immediately.

Firstly, Foundation Establishment Third Layer was only marginally stronger than Foundation Establishment Second Layer.

Secondly, after his cultivation broke through, the red-clothed female ghost would become stronger. Even if the increase was limited, Mo Fan would still be severely tormented for the first two days, and mental exhaustion would be inevitable.

Given how dangerous the mystic realm was now, and with Yang Yi as a hidden threat, it was important to maintain peak mental state and clearly perceive the outside world at all times.

Any oversight could lead to irreparable losses.

After absorbing the elemental stones, Mo Fan turned to continue studying the array patterns on the wall.

He was only a little bit away from deciphering them.

Although the fire array could deter spirit bodies.

He still didn't relax his vigilance.

The reason was simple.

His mental strength far surpassed those of the same level, and even significantly exceeded all the Transcendents present.

Others might not be able to sense it.

But he could sense some things.

Even with the fire array present, there were still several cold gazes watching them.

Clearly, with more people, the target was larger, and they had been targeted by strange and powerful spirit bodies.

At this moment, Mo Fan instinctively felt that inside the city was safer than in the wilderness.

If he encountered danger, he could directly enter the city with the Po Jun Token.

But what about the others... "It's better to break the array properly. There's strength in numbers."

Thinking this, Mo Fan's mind raced, striving to break the array.

Sure enough, not long after, astonished voices rang out among the crowd.

"Spirit bodies, spirit bodies are coming over!"

"It actually isn't afraid of the fire array?!"

"This aura... so terrifying!"

"What level of spirit body is this?"

"No, it's not just one!"

"What's going on with these spirit bodies? Why are they different from what the guide said?"