Mortals ask the immortals

At this time, he suddenly saw two female disciples of the Jade Sect who had been stunned before, floating in the water without anyone to help them.

Duan Qing hesitated for a moment, then swam towards the two. The people of the Jade Sect gave him a good feeling, so he would help them if he could.

Even with the two of them, he still felt that he had enough strength, but the speed was a little slower.

As he swam further up, the pressure around him gradually decreased. When he was close to the water surface, Duan Qing could hardly feel any pressure.

At this time, he gently pushed the two Jade Sect members up, and he remained underwater.

From being chased by the monster and falling into the water to the inexplicable whirlpool that brought everyone here, all of this seemed very strange. He would never believe that it was all coincidence.

No matter what was behind all this, since it had gone to great lengths to force everyone here, it must have its purpose, and Duan Qing did not want to surrender obediently.

At this time, except for Duan Qing, everyone else had surfaced and swam in one direction.

Duan Qing secretly observed everyone underwater and did not find anything unusual. Seeing that everyone seemed to be swimming towards the shore, he quietly followed them underwater.

On the shore not far from the people in the water, Lu Si secretly watched everyone and was very excited. He thought that the mission had failed, but he didn't expect that there would be a turnaround!

As the grandson of the head of the Shayue Sect, he did not need to enter the Yongling Valley this time. Even his cultivation should have broken through to the Transcendental several years ago.

But a few years ago, the ancestor who was thought to have died in the war a hundred years ago suddenly returned to the sect and claimed to have learned a secret from the Middle Earth.

It turns out that the Yongling Valley has more than three layers. In addition to the Mitian Great Array set up in the Middle Earth, the Yongling Valley has a fourth layer.

And there is an object growing in the fourth layer, the Wanhua Pure Lotus. This object seizes the fortune of heaven and earth and has a miraculous effect in helping to break through the realm. It is also very rare in the Middle Earth.

When the Middle Earth pushed back the Xiaonan Realm, controlled the Yongling Valley, and set up the Mitian Great Array, it discovered the Wanhua Pure Lotus in the fourth layer.

In order not to affect the growth of the Wanhua Pure Lotus, the people of the Middle Earth did not include the fourth floor in the Mitian Formation, but instead laid a Qi Gathering Formation on the fourth floor, accelerating the Wanhua Pure Lotus, which originally took 300 years to mature, to 100 years.

And at the only entrance to the fourth floor, a strange tree was arranged to guard it to prevent people or monsters from the Xiaonan Realm from accidentally entering the fourth floor.

After that, every 100 years, the envoys from the Middle Earth would secretly go to the fourth floor to pick the Wanhua Pure Lotus.

The ancestor learned about this from somewhere and calculated that it would take 30 years for the Wanhua Pure Lotus to mature after the opening of the Yongling Valley, and the people of the Middle Earth would not enter the fourth floor.

So he personally instructed Lu Si and taught him a set of ripening methods and a method to deal with the guarding strange trees, asking him to lead the team into the Yongling Valley to get the Wanhua Pure Lotus.

The Wanhua Pure Lotus cannot be picked before it is mature. Although the ancestor's ripening method can ripen it in a short time, it will cut off its roots and stop growing.

Lu Si didn't care about this. Anyway, the Wanhua Pure Lotus has been controlled by the people of the Middle Earth. It would be better if it was eradicated.

But the key is the ancestor's method of ripening, which requires at least three people's blood essence to be used.

Before, he gave up half of his fellow disciples and took the remaining five people into the pool to the fourth floor. The purpose was to sacrifice the five junior brothers to ripen the Wanhua Pure Lotus. However, he didn't expect that there were countless black fruits under the water. Among the people who went into the water, except for him who survived with the life-saving magic weapon given by the ancestor, all the others died under the black fruits.

In this way, the original plan was declared a failure. No one sacrificed the Wanhua Pure Lotus with blood. His trip was in vain!

After arriving at the fourth floor, he was not restricted by the Mitian Formation. He even communicated with the ancestor with the sound transmission jade slip. The ancestor was also in trouble and regretful.

But when there is no way out, there is another village. Just when he decided to return without success, someone came to the fourth floor!

Seeing everyone climb up the shore one by one, Lu Si made up his mind and stopped hiding. He smiled and walked forward to introduce himself.

"I am Lu Si from the Shayue Sect. I am honored to meet you all."

Yan Ruyu and others who had just landed were a little nervous when they saw such a person suddenly appear. They were relieved after hearing Lu Si introduce himself, but they looked at him with some vigilance, especially the people from the Jinxuan Sect. The Jinxuan and Shayue Sects had a deep grudge and were enemies for generations. Now that Lu Si suddenly appeared, it was impossible not to doubt his motives.

Yan Ruyu stroked her wet hair, stared at Lu Si for a moment, and looked around again, her face grim.

"Why is Senior Brother Lu here?"

Lu Si smiled faintly.

"It's just a coincidence. Is this Junior Sister Yan from the Jade Sect?"

Yan Ruyu looked around at everyone and found that two junior sisters were still floating in the water, so she first asked the two people behind her to go into the water to rescue them, and then looked at Lu Si and nodded.

"Yes, it is me. I am sorry to make you laugh, Senior Brother Lu!"

Lu Si smiled, but he was thinking in his heart that the fourth floor space was not big, and it was not easy to attack secretly. It was better to build a good relationship with this group of people first and wait for an opportunity.

"Junior Sister Yan, have you seen my fellow disciples from the Shayue Sect?"

He asked knowingly. Underwater, he witnessed nine junior brothers being blown to death by the black fruit one after another. The remaining two would not be able to escape the monster's mouth, but his question showed that he was alone here, which could also reduce everyone's vigilance.

Sure enough, everyone looked at Lu Si with a relaxed look after hearing this. Lu Si couldn't do anything alone, and Yan Ruyu's tense face also eased. She looked at Lu Si and asked back.

"Brother Lu didn't go with the people from your sect?"

Lu Si shook his head slightly, looking worried.

"To be honest, I was besieged by monsters not long after I came to the third floor with my fellow disciples. I was separated from my fellow disciples in a panic, so I accidentally entered the pool and came here by chance!"

In the water not far from the crowd, Duan Qing, who was sticking to the bank and only showed his head, frowned slightly at this time.

He did not go ashore with the crowd, but only emerged from the water not far away after seeing everyone go ashore, and hid his body by sticking to the bank with the difference of half a person's height between the water surface and the shore.

After hearing Lu Si's words, his first reaction was that this person was lying. Lu Si emphasized twice that he came here by chance, but Duan Qing didn't think so.

He clearly remembered that there were six incense sticks half-surrounding the tree mountain in the pool, and except for the people from the Shayue Sect, all the remaining people who came to Yongling Valley this time were forced to the pool by monsters with him.

So who made those incense sticks is self-evident.

So this Shayue Sect's Lu Si obviously came here for some purpose, and Duan Qing even suspected that the strange vortex before was also caused by him!

However, this is just his guess, but no matter what, this Lu Si came here in front of everyone and lied to everyone, so Duan Qing couldn't help but be wary of him.