"Did you finally react? What a pity, it's too late!"
Just as Yu Hun was about to use his spiritual power to seal off the spread of the poison, Su Bai naturally wouldn't give him that chance.
The Heavenly Calamity Illusionary Thunder Body Tempering Method was unleashed.
White lightning flickered around Su Bai's body.
Her strength and speed increased another level!
"Blood Burning Spell!"
She then used the Demonic Path secret art, burning the Qi and blood within her body.
At this moment, Su Bai's Realm directly rose from Qi Refining Stage Level Seven to Qi Refining Stage Level Nine!
She slashed her sword upwards from below, splitting Yu Hun vertically into two halves!
Although she held a heavy sword, her swordsmanship was ethereal; a flash of sword light passed by, and Yu Hun was completely cut into eighteen pieces.
Su Bai didn't even leave a head that could be soul-searched; instead, she directly destroyed it!
Since these evil Cultivators dared to sneak into the Secret Realm, it naturally meant they weren't afraid of death or exposing any secrets.
Their Divine Sense was likely protected by a Restriction.
Rashly searching their souls would only result in injury from the Restriction.
After completely eliminating Yu Hun, Su Bai continued her movements, quickly arriving in front of Xu Changge.
Xu Changge looked at Su Bai's figure, her beautiful eyes shimmering with a strange light.
Just as she was about to say something, Su Bai wrapped an arm around her slender waist and fled to another location.
While the Formation here still provided cover, they needed to leave quickly and not expose themselves.
Ever since Su Bai entered the Secret Realm, she had been in disguise.
Even when she teamed up with Xu Changge to kill the evil Cultivator, it was only because of the Formation Plate she had been given that Xu Changge recognized her.
Naturally, when Su Bai ambushed Yu Hun, she wasn't recognized by those Sect Disciples.
At this moment, Su Bai certainly didn't want to show off.
Since the Tianling Fruit was already in hand, there was no need to take any more risks.
She would first take Xu Changge away, find a safe place to hide, and wait for the Secret Realm to reopen.
Su Bai's speed was very fast.
With the Blood Burning Spell forcefully elevating her Realm, and the added boost of the Shadow Talisman, Su Bai's speed was already close to the Foundation Establishment Stage, even without flying at full power.
By the time the secret art's effect wore off, the two had already left the Juyuan Valley far behind.
At this point, Su Bai opened the Hidden Luo Umbrella, her face somewhat pale.
Her cultivation also began to drop, falling back from Qi Refining Stage Level Nine to Qi Refining Stage Level Seven.
Seeing Su Bai's condition, Xu Changge understood that she had used a secret art to forcefully boost her combat power.
She quickly helped Su Bai, asking with concern, "How are you?"
Supported by Xu Changge, Su Bai didn't speak, only shaking her head slightly.
The slight loss of Qi and blood was nothing to Su Bai.
When she attacked Yu Hun, she had used all her methods.
Now, she needed to appear weaker, making Xu Changge believe she had paid a great price.
Seeing Su Bai's appearance, Xu Changge helped her slowly sit down.
She rummaged through her Storage Pouch, found a healing Medicinal Pill, and fed it into Su Bai's mouth.
Su Bai tremblingly opened her small mouth, bit the Medicinal Pill, swallowed it, and then began to meditate and recover.
Watching Su Bai recover from her injuries, Xu Changge looked at Su Bai's delicate figure, and the moment those soft, tender lips brushed her palm.
A flicker of emotion actually appeared in her heart.
She initially thought this was a Sister's concern for her younger Sister.
But looking at Su Bai's tightly closed eyes and furrowed brows, it seemed not to be the case.
However, Su Bai was currently healing, so Xu Changge had no time to think about anything else; she could only act as a Protector for now.
Five days later, Su Bai finally finished her cultivation.
The side effects of her earlier use of the Blood Burning Spell had long been healed by the liquid she had stored in advance using the Jade Liquid Storing Qi Inscription.
She only woke up now because she didn't want Xu Changge to continue worrying, and she couldn't pretend to be too seriously injured.
Seeing Su Bai open her eyes, Xu Changge immediately moved closer.
She intimately grasped one of Su Bai's small hands with both of hers, asking with concern, "How are you? Are you better now?"
After Su Bai nodded, Xu Changge let out a long sigh of relief.
It was good that she was fine.
Then, Su Bai took out five Tianling Fruits from her Storage Pouch and handed them to Xu Changge.
"Sister Xu, these are Tianling Fruits."
Xu Changge didn't immediately take the Tianling Fruits that Su Bai offered.
Instead, she pulled Su Bai into her embrace and gave her a heavy hug.
She whispered in Su Bai's ear, "Thank you."
Only then did she take the Tianling Fruits.
Then she handed back three of them.
Seeing Su Bai's puzzled look, Xu Changge smiled.
"You obtained these; naturally, you should take the larger share."
Su Bai directly shook her head and refused.
"No need, I still have some here. There are many Tianling Fruits in Juyuan Valley; it's just that I had limited time, otherwise I could have picked more."
Hearing that Su Bai had still left some for her, Xu Changge didn't decline and accepted all five Tianling Fruits.
These Tianling Fruits were enough for a skilled Alchemist to refine five furnaces of Foundation Establishment Pills.
Even if the Qingzhu Sword Sect took back a portion, she should still be able to get half a furnace.
At that time, she would naturally be able to repay Su Bai with Foundation Establishment Pills.
Xu Changge thought for a moment.
She took out two Jade Marrow Mushrooms she had obtained and placed them in Su Bai's hand.
"Take this. When we leave the Secret Realm, the Elders of the Qingzhu Sword Sect should only take one, and the rest will be your reward."
"This could also sell for two thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones at an auction outside."
Su Bai was not Xu Changge.
She would naturally accept something freely given.
After taking the Jade Marrow Mushroom, Su Bai sweetly called out "Sister Xu" again, making Xu Changge's heart blossom with joy.
She couldn't help but pat Su Bai's head.
Su Bai didn't resist either.
Both sides were secretly pleased.
Their objective for this Secret Realm trip had been accomplished.
There was no need to go out and take more risks.
Naturally, they would stay here honestly, waiting for the Secret Realm to be opened by the Elders outside.
Thus, they peacefully Cultivated for five months without disturbance.
Five months later, a huge vortex appeared in the sky above the Secret Realm.
The other Cultivators in the Secret Realm, seeing the vortex appear, all had light in their eyes.
In these few months, besides Juyuan Valley, there were naturally other evil Cultivators.
It was just that none of them were as powerful as Yu Hun.
Both sides suffered casualties.
After the evil Cultivators were all killed, out of nearly six hundred Cultivators in the Secret Realm, only about two hundred remained.
The casualties were heavy.
Now, the Secret Realm was finally reopened.
They all cheered, flying towards the exit.
Su Bai and Xu Changge looked at the vortex exit that had opened in the sky, and after exchanging glances, Su Bai conjured the Cloud Kerchief with Embroidered Birds.
The embroidered pouch expanded with the wind, instantly becoming as large as a bed board.
After both of them stepped onto the embroidered pouch, Su Bai then controlled the Magical Artifact beneath her feet and flew towards the exit.
The process of exiting the Secret Realm was very smooth.
Su Bai had originally thought that there must still be hidden evil Cultivators, just waiting for everyone to relax their guard at this moment for one last sneak attack.
Unexpectedly, there were none.
The two flew out of the Secret Realm, heading in the direction of the Qingzhu Sword Sect.
The Qingzhu Sword Sect's leading Elder, Chai Song, had a solemn expression.
He looked at his own Sect Disciples.
Why were there so few?!
Excluding the Family Cultivators, there were over thirty Disciples from their Sect who entered!
Now, why had only three or four returned?!
Where were the others?!
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