Don't mess with the little apprentice sister! She is greedy and immoral

Jing Xing thought for a moment and said, "Do you remember what Xiao Yan said before?"

"Which sentence?"

"Other people in the village have very bad memories and often talk to themselves and forget about his existence."

Qin Zhen understood immediately after Jing Xing said this.

"So, the people in the village will continue to celebrate the same day. Naturally, today is not the day for the sacrificial ceremony."

Jingxing nodded.

"If there is no sacrificial ceremony, what should we do now?"

After all, they didn't even know how to find the villagers.

Jing Xing quickly came up with a plan: "We still have to find Xiao Yan first."

Whether it is to find the villagers or have them help plan the sacrificial ceremony, Xiao Yan's help is needed.

"What about the secret passage?"

"Ah."

The two men walked towards the secret passage again, but when they returned to the secret passage again, they did not see Xiao Yan.

"The mechanisms of the secret passage have all been cracked. Someone has been here before us."

After all, no matter how secretive this mechanism is, it is still a mechanism after all. It should not be difficult for someone who is skilled in it or someone who is lucky like Mingzhe to find it.

"They took Xiao Yan away?"

Jing Xing shook his head: "The house is not messy, either Xiao Yan didn't come today, or there was no conflict between Xiao Yan and the visitor."

"There must be some clue we've overlooked."

Qin Zhen began to recall everything she had encountered since entering this secret realm, trying to find something from it.

Jingxing was also thinking, but he was not thinking about this, but rather——

"The East China Sea Secret Realm is open ahead of schedule."

"Hmm?" Qin Zhen turned her head to look at Jing Xing, but Jing Xing did not look at her. Instead, he narrowed his eyes slightly and immersed himself in his own thoughts.

"The East China Sea Secret Realm opens once every fifty years, and it has been opened eight times in total. The time of each opening was fixed before, but this time it was advanced."

Qin Zhen did not disturb Jing Xing. She just listened and thought quietly.

"The first eight trials were all about gathering and fighting, which is completely different from this time. But again, Fairy Li Yun's most precious mental method has been missing."

"This time the secret realm was opened ahead of schedule, and everyone is speculating whether it is related to the release of the 'Collection of Spirit Talismans'. That's why so many people came to the secret realm to find out what's going on."

"But this secret realm is completely different from the previous ones. Apart from Xiao Yan mentioning the existence of Fairy Li Yun, we can't find any clues related to her."

Jingxing spoke so quickly that Qin Zhen could hardly keep up with his pace.

"Let me make a bold inference." Jing Xing suddenly raised his head, as if he had finally figured something out.

"Yeah." Qin Zhen suddenly felt a surge of anticipation.

"First, this secret realm is about to collapse, so it is opened early this time. This will be the last chance to obtain Fairy Li Yun's inheritance and the "Collection of Spirit Talismans"."

Qin Zhen had no objection to this.

"Secondly, the contradictions that exist everywhere in this secret realm may be a hint."

"For example: the secret realm is in the sea, but the secret realm is actually a water-scarce wasteland?" This was Qin Zhen's first reaction.

Jing Xing nodded: "Xiao Yan's time is inconsistent with the villagers' time. Xiao Yan lives in a trap-ridden underground, but the villagers are somewhere else. There is nothing outside the white fog, but strange things appear in the white fog."

"Brother, do you have any ideas?"

These questions are also what Qin Zhen finds strange, but she has not yet come up with a particularly reasonable explanation.

"Remember what I said before, there's a guess?"

"Remember, now can you tell me your guess, brother?"

"What Xiaoyan sees is different from what we see. What we see is a room full of traps and difficult to reach. What he sees may just be an ordinary house, without traps or secret passages."

"So why is there such a difference?"

Jing Xing looked at Qin Zhen and said affirmatively: "You should have guessed it."

Qin Zhen did have a fleeting thought, but she thought the idea was too ridiculous, so she never took the initiative to bring it up.

"It's to protect Xiao Yan."

No matter whether it is a mechanism, an underground secret passage, or many dangers, they are all to protect Xiao Yan, making it impossible for people to see him easily.

The reason why we can see that all this is not directed at Xiaoyan, but at others is actually very simple, that is, Xiaoyan can easily enter and exit the workshop.

"Then, from what hand can we protect Xiaoyan?" Jing Xing still did not give a direct answer this time, but asked Qin Zhen a question.

"!"

It was clearly a simple question, but Qin Zhen suddenly got goose bumps all over her body. Her pupils suddenly shrank, and it was obvious that she had already thought of the answer to this question!

If this secret place has existed before we came, if days like this have been repeated for hundreds of years.

Then the ones who can cause harm to Xiao Yan are not outsiders like them, but——

"That thing in the fog, or... those villagers."

Jingxing nodded again, but this time the nod sounded much heavier.

"Second senior brother."

"I'm here."

"If all the mechanisms of this secret realm are for the protection of Xiao Yan, then what happened to the sacrificial ceremony that will never come?"

Jingxing fell silent after hearing this.

Qin Zhen did not urge them, and the two of them just remained silent.

Because both of them knew very well that no matter what happened on the day of the sacrificial ceremony, it must have been a very bad thing.

"Return to the altar."

"it is good!"

The moment Qin Zhen walked out of the secret passage, her heart suddenly tightened and a bad premonition suddenly came over her.

"Brother, let's hurry up. I have a bad feeling about this."

Almost the moment Qin Zhen finished speaking.

"Woo——"

A shrill horn sound suddenly pierced the sky.

It seemed to foreshadow the beginning of something.

"It's in the direction of the altar!"

"Give me your hand." Jing Xing's face changed, and he quickly grabbed Qin Zhen, then put her on his long sword and immediately flew towards the altar.

This secret realm severely weakens this method of rapid movement. Not only is the speed less than one percent of that outside, but the consumption of spiritual energy is a hundred times that of the outside world.

Therefore, unless necessary, Qin Zhen and his team never chose such a means of transportation.

"I saw it!"

From a distance, Qin Zhen saw the oddly shaped stone arch on the altar.

Unlike yesterday, there were quite a few people gathered around the altar today.

The leader was none other than a disciple from Miaoyin Pavilion who was familiar with them.

"The candles are lit." Jing Xing also saw the situation on the altar, "I didn't see Xiao Yan."