A few Sect Disciples who feared death, and a desperate Evil Cultivator.
Their objectives were different, so naturally, the combat power they displayed also differed.
The Sect Disciples were almost completely routed.
But seeing them getting closer and closer to the big tree where she was hiding, Su Bai grew anxious, continuously cursing under her breath.
"Get away, don't come near me!"
However, the more Su Bai thought this, the less things went her way.
The two groups eventually fought their way, retreating, to the tree where Su Bai was hiding.
With a loud boom, the big tree was cut down by the Evil Cultivator with the Hundred Soul Banner in his hand.
Su Bai could only helplessly reveal herself.
Suddenly, a person appeared.
The Sect Disciples immediately cried out for help.
"Fellow Daoist! This is an Evil Cultivator, let us join forces to slay this person!"
Meanwhile, the Evil Cultivator had a gloomy expression.
He had temporarily gained cultivation close to the Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator through a secret technique, and his fighting style was to exchange injuries for lives.
He was clearly about to wipe out all those useless Shenfu Sect Disciples.
He didn't expect there to be another one hiding here.
Fortunately, her cultivation was only at Qi Refining seventh layer, nothing to worry about.
"Hmph! You're all going to die here anyway!"
The Evil Cultivator shrieked.
He waved the Hundred Soul Banner in his hand, and vengeful spirits and ghostly figures were summoned, then attacked Su Bai and the others.
Seeing this, the Shenfu Sect Disciples immediately took out various Talismans from their Storage Pouches and threw them all out.
Su Bai suddenly realized that because her cultivation was only at the seventh layer of Qi Refining, the Evil Cultivator's primary target was not herself, but still those Sect Disciples.
Didn't this give her an opportunity?
So Su Bai, taking advantage of the fewer attacks directed at her, stuck a Divine Speed Talisman on herself and started running.
She forcefully broke through the Hundred Soul Banner's attack and slipped away.
"!"
Both sides, who were in the midst of a fierce battle, were stunned for a moment when they saw Su Bai, who had just vanished.
This wasn't what was agreed upon.
Shouldn't they have united to face the enemy together? How could there be someone who would take advantage of others drawing fire to run away themselves?
The Shenfu Sect Disciples, watching Su Bai's figure completely disappear into the forest, began to curse.
"How shameless! He actually used us as bait and ran away himself!"
"Don't let me meet this person again, or I'll definitely break his legs!"
But they wouldn't have the chance.
Because the Evil Cultivator had already charged at them.
And with Su Bai, an unexpected variable who escaped right under his nose, he became even more cautious.
He would absolutely not let even one of these Sect Disciples escape again!
On the other side, after Su Bai slipped away, she did not change her destination.
It was still Yangxin Mountain.
But this Zhenyi Secret Realm was clearly no longer safe.
"I just don't know how many Evil Cultivators have infiltrated."
"What are the Six Upper Sects doing? Can't they even tell if someone is an Evil Cultivator?"
Su Bai could only pray there weren't many.
These Evil Cultivators were clearly the group that had been annihilated by the combined attack of the Six Upper Sects before.
It's just that they held a strong desire for revenge.
They actually infiltrated this Secret Realm trip.
They probably wanted to get some Foundation Establishment Spirit Medicine and kill a few Sect Disciples to vent their anger because their own country was destroyed.
But Su Bai still didn't understand how these Evil Cultivators dared to do this right under the nose of a Core Formation True Person.
Could it be that they had helpers…
Although she had many conjectures internally, she had too little information.
Su Bai could only assume that among the Disciples who entered, there were traitors.
Or, they were Evil Cultivators from the beginning, just lurking within the Six Major Sects.
Regardless of which it was, if this matter got out today, the peaceful days within the Six Major Sects would come to an end.
After Su Bai arrived at Yangxin Mountain, she heard another sound of fighting.
"Is there no peaceful place left?"
However, Su Bai had to go and see this fight, because she heard Xu Changge's voice.
"What in the world is that woman doing? Couldn't she just take the Jade Marrow Mushroom and leave? Why is she fighting with someone?"
Su Bai felt a bit of disappointment.
She summoned her Cloud-Patterned Boat and flew towards the direction of the fighting sound.
Standing in the air, Su Bai saw two people ganging up on Xu Changge.
However, Xu Changge was not at a disadvantage.
As a Formation Master, she naturally had a Formation Plate on her.
And the two people attacking Xu Changge, by their aura, were clearly Evil Cultivators.
Their Magical Artifacts were also evil things like the Hundred Soul Banner, which devoured living souls.
As soon as Su Bai appeared, she threw Talismans at the two Evil Cultivators.
Fire Talismans and Lightning Talismans transformed into flames and lightning in the air.
The two Evil Cultivators, seeing the new helper, exchanged glances, stopped attacking Xu Changge, and instead turned to attack the Formation.
It seemed they wanted to forcefully break the Formation and escape.
But how could Su Bai let them have their way?
She swept her palm across her Storage Pouch, and a Formation Plate appeared in her hand.
Then, under Su Bai's control, the Formation Flags flew out.
It was precisely the Formation Plate that Xu Changge had given her back then, the Maze Wind Sand Formation.
This Formation's killing power was not great, but it was excellent at trapping people.
Su Bai's Maze Wind Sand Formation enveloped Xu Changge's Formation within it.
When Xu Changge saw the Formation, she already understood the identity of the newcomer, and she began to control her Formation to cooperate with Su Bai.
The two were extremely coordinated at this moment.
After the Evil Cultivators were trapped by the Formation, Su Bai took out her Meteorite Iron Heavy Sword.
The True Qi within her body completely erupted.
Stepping onto the Cloud-Patterned Boat, she heavily slashed at the two trapped Evil Cultivators!
The Evil Cultivators trapped by the Formation were like lambs to the slaughter.
After Su Bai got close, she beheaded them one by one, then conveniently took their Storage Pouches.
After dealing with the Evil Cultivators, Su Bai pulled Xu Changge onto her Cloud-Patterned Boat, piloted the flying Magical Artifact, and left the area.
Then she found a hidden spot and hid.
Only then did Su Bai let out a sigh of relief and question Xu Changge.
"We agreed to meet at Yangxin Mountain, take the Jade Marrow Mushroom, and leave. Why did you end up fighting with those two Evil Cultivators?"
Xu Changge also felt a bit helpless when she heard Su Bai's words.
Her luck was good; after being teleported into the Secret Realm, she landed near Yangxin Mountain.
Therefore, the only obstacle to her obtaining the Jade Marrow Mushroom was the Yao Beast entrenched on Yangxin Mountain.
It took her two days to reach Yangxin Mountain.
She then spent another two days setting up a Formation to lure the Yao Beast out and trap it within the Formation.
She then went in to retrieve the Jade Marrow Mushroom.
Everything went smoothly, but when she came out, she encountered two Sect Disciples.
Xu Changge didn't want to cause conflict, so she thought about handing over a portion of the Jade Marrow Mushroom to settle the matter.
But at that moment, an unexpected change occurred.
The two Sect Disciples suddenly had their Devilish Qi surge, and they intended to kill Xu Changge on the spot.
Being suddenly attacked by two people, Xu Changge was entangled and couldn't break free and escape for a while.
"According to you, those two Evil Cultivators were actually Sect Disciples?"
"Yes."
In the bushes, Su Bai and Xu Changge faced each other, their expressions turning serious.
Su Bai took out the Storage Pouches she had obtained from the two Evil Cultivators.
After cautiously probing them a few times, she opened them.
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