136: Secret Realm of the East China Sea

“Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!”

A desperate cry echoed in a dense forest somewhere in the East Sea Secret Realm.

Lin Yan moved through the dense forest in an extremely dishevelled state, constantly looking back as if some terrifying creature was chasing him.

“Mo Lao, stop playing dead! This isn’t how you temper someone! I really can’t handle those ancient remnant Souls! Come out now!”

Lin Yan looked terrified, only focused on rushing forward.

This old man, Mo Yun Ghost Emperor, who resided in his ring, was a complete scammer. Bringing him to this strange Secret Realm was one thing.

But as soon as they arrived, he was ambushed.

Even using Ghost Possession, temporarily boosting his strength to the Martial Venerable Realm, he was still pressed to the ground and rubbed.

If he hadn't alarmed the ancient remnant Souls in the Secret Realm, triggering a Soul Tide, he might have been beaten to death already.

But even so, his situation was not optimistic, because a group of ancient remnant Souls was still following him.

The weakest of them were Martial Emperor Realm Cultivators, and he, a mere Martial Master, couldn't defeat them at all.

【Lin Yan: @All Members, Help me!】

【Lin Yan: @Chu Mo, @Ning Haocheng, two big shots, come save me! I’m going to die, I’m really going to die!】

Knowing that Mo Yun Ghost Emperor was unreliable, Lin Yan simply gave up calling the old man and instead used his strongest external support.

【Qi Xuan: What's wrong? Is your old man preparing to make a move on you?】

【Gao Yao: If that's truly the case, then only the two big shots can resolve it. We, I'm afraid, don't have the ability to help you!】

【Li Tian Ce: I don't know about anything else, but Chu Ge has been quite busy recently, so he probably won't be able to spare any time for a while.】

【Qi Xuan: You're in Chu Ge's world recently. If things have been busy recently, could it be that you, kid, caused some trouble for Chu Ge?】

Upon seeing this message, Li Tian Ce was displeased.

What do you mean I caused Chu Ge trouble?

Am I the one who caused trouble?

At most, I just took a ‘He Chenguang’s Gun’ and was a spectator once. What do other incidents have to do with me?

【Li Tian Ce: @Qi Xuan, you are slandering me. I'm going to sue you for slander, sue you for slander, do you understand?】

【Lin Yan: Now is not the time to talk about this. My current situation is extremely bad. My accompanying old man has been crippled and is now in a deep sleep. Is anyone coming to rescue me?】

As soon as this message was sent, the Chat Group's System prompt sounded.

【System Prompt: Administrator Chu Mo has initiated a Transmigration application to group member Lin Yan. Do you agree?】

“Agree, of course I agree!”

Lin Yan himself hadn't expected the support to arrive so promptly, so he immediately stopped moving forward.

He turned around to wait for the ancient remnant Souls behind him.

Now the offense and defense have switched.

It's not yet certain who the prey is.

The transmission process was exceptionally fast; with just a flash of white light, Chu Mo's figure appeared there.

As soon as he transmitted over, before he could even figure out his surroundings, Lin Yan rushed over to him, looking at him with a wronged expression.

“Chu Ge, you're finally here!”

“Don't act like that. I'm just here to temporarily avoid the limelight. You don't have to worry about me!”

Chu Mo hadn't even entered the Chat Group to check everyone's messages; he just wanted to avoid Shen Qingqiu's blame, so he deliberately ran out to lay low.

Once Huo Tianyi had taken most of the blame, he would return to Xuanxiao Sect. At that time, Shen Qingqiu would at most scold him a bit and certainly wouldn't do anything to him.

As for Huo Tianyi, who was left to take the fall.

His father was the Lingjian Peak Master. Even if he caused a minor issue, could the other party just sit back and watch him be killed by Shen Jian Sect?

Peak Lord Huo Weixian cared deeply about his son, who had the potential to be a Sword Immortal. And Huo Tianyi regaining his Sword Heart and directly defeating Xie Xuan meant he had the potential of a Sword Immortal.

So, for such an excellent son.

How could Peak Lord Huo Weixian sit idly by? And as long as he, the Lingjian Peak Master, stepped forward, the Sect Master of Xuanxiao Sect would certainly intervene as well.

Saving Huo Tianyi would not be a problem.

Thinking of this, Chu Mo waved his hand at Lin Yan, “There’s no need to entertain me. I'll just walk around here for a few days and then go back. I won't trouble you.”

Upon hearing this, Lin Yan became anxious.

“Chu Ge, it's fine if you don't trouble me, but I need to trouble you!”

“What? Trouble me?” Chu Mo's gaze unconsciously fell on Lin Yan's storage ring. In his opinion, the most threatening thing was the old man in the storage ring.

What's inside is no ordinary old man.

This is the Master of the Ghost Hall!

“It's good that you can see that point. Come on, I'll help you deal with him. I'm best at dealing with Soul bodies. Even if he was once a Martial God, now, a Dragon must coil for me, and a Tiger must lie down for me.”

Chu Mo extended his hand, asking Lin Yan for the storage ring, so he could extract the Soul body inside and transfer it to another space more suitable for Soul bodies to exist.

However, Lin Yan did not hand it over. He simply raised his hand and pointed into the dense forest, saying, “Chu Ge, the trouble I want you to help me with is inside the dense forest, not Mo Lao in the ring.”

“Then can't you let him solve the trouble?”

“An accident occurred midway. Several people from other forces ganged up on me. Mo Lao and I worked together to break through, and now he's in a deep sleep due to excessive consumption!”

Other forces ganging up? Causing a Martial God Realm Soul to fall into a deep sleep is quite interesting!

It's just that he doesn't know what Realm this Mo Yun Ghost Emperor can boost Lin Yan to after Ghost Possession.

It probably won't be much.

After all, in his perception, the Soul fluctuations from the storage ring on Lin Yan's finger were quite weak, clearly indicating weakness.

Taking a deep breath, Chu Mo slightly tilted his head and looked into the depths of the dense forest. The most urgent task now was to resolve the trouble Lin Yan spoke of.

His Divine Sense spread out, but due to the Secret Realm's unique nature, the range of his perception was limited.

However, he could still clearly sense that this space was filled with dense Yin Qi and Corpse Qi.

If he wasn't mistaken, it must be a battlefield.

And not just an ordinary battlefield, but one where Cultivators engaged in a massive free-for-all. The Cultivators who died here would not have been weak.

Otherwise, such a high concentration of Yin Qi could not have condensed.

“Boom, boom, boom—!!!”

Just then, a huge commotion erupted in the dense forest. Ancient trees thousands of feet tall fell forward, clearly indicating that some creature was heading their way.

Chu Mo took a deep breath. The dense Yin Qi entered his abdomen through his nostrils, then was forcefully decomposed and transformed by the domineering Spiritual Qi: “Ghost creatures? Interesting. It's been a long time since I've encountered Ghost creatures with this quality of Yin Qi!”

“Chu Ge, these aren't ordinary Ghost creatures.” Lin Yan spoke up to remind him, “This is a Secret Realm in the East Sea. It used to be an ancient battlefield. A great battle once broke out here between countless Human Race experts and high-level Demonic Beasts. The remnant Souls left behind, after countless years of erosion, now only possess their most primal killing instincts.”

East Sea Secret Realm!

Ancient battlefield!

Is this a protagonist's dungeon?

Chu Mo gave Lin Yan a meaningful look, then his gaze quickly swept over his storage ring.

“A Secret Realm... I just wonder if this Secret Realm has been tampered with...”