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Chapter 854 - 854 68 The Meeting of Zhou and Li

Chapter 854: Chapter 68: The Meeting of Zhou and Li Chapter 854: Chapter 68: The Meeting of Zhou and Li The broken cliff was lifted off by the shockwave, and right below were Zhao Yuanzhen and others, who were engaged in Breathing and Energy Refining exercises.

During the process of Circulating Qi through Breathing Exercises, it is challenging to move freely. As previously mentioned, when the Demonic Sect Enchantress first arrived on Earth, she was always wary of Dual Cultivation, fearing that her Daoist couple might take the opportunity to plot against her while she was cultivating.

Fortunately, Yan Yu, with his foresight, had arranged for the team to split into groups in advance, so Chen Lingyun and Xie Ruoxi were available to lend a hand.

Xie Ruoxi saw the giant rock plummeting down, her mind went blank subconsciously at first, and then she snapped back to reality.

The Tide Pushing Flute!

She hurriedly reached for the flute at her waist, but it was already too late—the moment of initial hesitation cost her dearly, and now, even if she could retrieve the Magic Treasure at top speed and activate it, it wouldn’t be fast enough to prevent the boulder from smashing the girls below into pieces!

However, two enormous figures suddenly appeared behind Lin Ning.

Bull Head, Horse Face!

These two ghostly creatures, Yinchai, known for their immense strength, suddenly appeared from invisibility and, using their sturdy arms, stopped the descending boulder and fiercely pushed it aside.

“Lingyun sis!” Xie Ruoxi exclaimed in delight, showing a relieved expression, “You reacted so quickly!”

Chen Lingyun also felt somewhat embarrassed, as her reaction was even slower than Ruoxi’s. She hadn’t been able to command any action in time; she had merely placed the invisible ghostly creatures around the girls in advance as a precaution.

“Do you need my help?” Anna asked.

She had just finished writing the last stroke of a rune and couldn’t interrupt it; now, having completed the rune, she quickly ceased her cultivation to speak.

Zhao Yuanzhen and the others finally broke off their Circulating the Heavens and all stood up, looking towards the shattered rock face in mutual understanding.

“Not for now,” Chen Lingyun replied, “He’s back.”

Yan Yu descended from the sky on his controlled sword and asked:

“Why has everyone stopped? Have you finished your Breathing Exercises?”

“Not yet!” Lin Ning quickly recounted the recent events.

Yan Yu frowned deeply as he listened. It would be somewhat comical, he thought, if he fought fiercely at the frontline only for the girls at the back to be injured by a mere stone—even though cultivators could heal such injuries, it would still seem absurd.

Fortunately, Chen Lingyun had rescued everyone. Although this woman might be slow in reaction, she was fortunately cautious and meticulous in her actions, which was a stroke of luck.

Commanding everyone to move away from the edge of the cliff platform along with Anna, Yan Yu shared some intelligence about the large formation with Chen Lingyun.

“Interesting,” Chen Lingyun pondered, “Just by going about 200 meters deep, the intensity of the formation’s attacks escalates by a rank. Attempts to break away also face pursuit, obviously indicating that the core area of the formation must hold some secrets, so important that the master of the Mysterious Realm wouldn’t hesitate to use all means to kill anyone entering the formation.”

“Don’t get too curious,” Yan Yu quickly said, “My probing result is not to probe. You see, even the residual waves of the attacks can split the mountain, facing the main tricks directly, none of you could really withstand it.”

“I didn’t say I was going to probe, you’re just caring about me again,” Chen Lingyun chuckled, “I’m just curious.”

Yan Yu didn’t believe a word she said. He was 120% sure that this cunning woman had already sent out invisible ghostly creatures to explore towards the mountain peak—essentially the core direction of the formation.

Taking advantage of the temporary absence of pursuit from the formation, he confirmed Chen Lingyun’s cultivation status.

Thanks to the extremely high concentration of Spiritual Energy here, the efficiency of their Joint Cultivation was about three times higher than outside. Of course, it wasn’t that this place’s Spiritual Energy concentration was only three times that of the outside world, but rather that everyone’s Cultivation Levels were too low to fully utilize the Spiritual Energy of the Mysterious Realm.

“Three times is already quite good,” Chen Lingyun summarized, “The Science Institute initially estimated it to be 2.5 times, otherwise, it wouldn’t be worth the risk to come here to cultivate.”

“Three times is under the premise that we are doing Joint Cultivation,” Yan Yu corrected, “If it was other teams, depending on individual talent, the efficiency of cultivation could vary greatly. Those with slightly poorer talent might not even reach 2.5 times.”

“Then we have to thank you,” Chen Lingyun smiled, “for giving us the chance to leech off your talent during Joint Cultivation.”

“No need, thank Ruoxi instead,” Yan Yu said, “Later on, we’ll still need to leech off her.”

“Ah? Hehe…” Xie Ruoxi immediately showed a flattered expression, “You don’t have to thank me. If it weren’t for the captain picking me out from the vast crowd back then, I’d probably still be working as a photographer for someone.”

“Then let’s consider what’s between me and Ruoxi settled, think about how you want to thank Ruoxi yourself,” Yan Yu concluded.

“There’s no need to thank…” Xie Ruoxi said proudly.

“How about I treat you to a French meal, Ruoxi?” Chen Lingyun smiled, “There’s a famous restaurant in Jianghai Prefecture…”

“Sure, sure!” Xie Ruoxi immediately lit up.

The three of them hadn’t chatted for long when suddenly there was a thunderous explosion in the distance, as if something had triggered the mechanism of the True Martial Demon-Cleansing Formation.

Without changing his expression, Yan Yu shot a glance at Chen Lingyun, didn’t say a word, and rode away on his sword light.

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As the Zhenhai Team was the first to enter, the rest of the people waited outside. Base personnel brought many chairs, but the cultivators all refused to sit, standing and chatting with each other, exchanging information.

“I heard that the Kyoto Yin Yang Institute is conducting some kind of major experiment recently?” Li Minghu casually asked, “Seems like a lot of people died.”

“They’ve had a lot of major experiments,” Ye Jun said, “There’s a joke that says a catastrophic accident occurred in Chongying, with heavy casualties and public uproar. The Prime Minister sent the Chief Cabinet Secretary to inquire about the cause of the accident from the Yin Yang Bureau, and the Bureau blankly replied, ‘We’ve had so many experiments recently, honestly, we don’t know which one triggered the accident. We’ll make a confidential report to society at the end of the year.'”

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