Chapter 227 Getting there first
After Li Yungong took the flying sword and circled around the valley, and after confirming that several other surrounding sects had not entered the valley, he returned to the pool again and shook his head at everyone.
"The people from Xingchen Sect and Lingyin Sect haven't come in yet, so they probably didn't do anything."
The old man surnamed Chen looked at the empty pool, lowered his head and pondered for a while, and then slowly said: "According to the records in the door in the past, this pure heart lotus will appear about once every hundred years. I didn't see it the last time I came here. Yes, it stands to reason that it will happen this time, this is really strange. "
"Looking at the surrounding places, there do seem to be fewer spiritual objects compared to the last time we came here. Senior Brother Chen, do you think there might be something wrong when the secret realm was opened this time that caused the objects not to appear on time this time? it's here."
Just when Li Yungong and the others were still wondering, on the other side of the valley, a dozen Xingchen Sect monks wearing white clothes also arrived at the deepest part of the valley.
After they entered here, they soon discovered the disciples of Xiaoyao Sect who had entered the inner valley before them. Seeing that they had collected a lot of spiritual objects in the valley, the disciples of Xingchen Sect hurriedly rushed forward to pick the spiritual objects close to them. Yao, although they and Xiaoyao Sect disciples looked at each other, they had some tacit understanding with each other and did not compete for the spiritual objects in each other's position.
Seeing that the people from Xiaoyao Sect were one step ahead of them, Liu Zongping couldn't help but sigh secretly.
This time, although it was their Xingchen Sect who first passed through the barrier and entered the inner valley, their luck was still a bit worse later on. They encountered a demon king who was very restrained in their skills. After a big battle, several of their fellow sects died. Said that it also delayed them a lot of time. If it weren't for this reason, they wouldn't have been able to take a step back to Xiaoyao Zong.
Fortunately, this time I successfully passed the last level and got here. As long as I can get the thing that the elder of the sect told me, this mission will be successfully completed. Compared with that thing, even if these low-level spiritual objects in front of me are No matter how large the number is, it cannot be compared. I thought of this.
Looking at the various spiritual objects that could be seen everywhere here, Liu Zongping didn't pay too much attention. After looking at each other with several higher-level disciples around him, he went directly to an inconspicuous cave at the foot of the mountain.
Like the Xiaoyao Sect, among the Xiaoyao Sect members who entered the secret realm this time, only Liu Zongping and several core disciples of the sect knew the most important thing they wanted to get when they entered the inner valley this time.
After entering the cave and turning forward a few times, the group of people quickly reached the end of the cave.
A red fireball appeared with a movement of magic in Liu Zongping's hand, which instantly illuminated the entire cave. On a vine climbing on the rock wall, several people found three black fruits the size of a fist.
"Hey! When I came here last time, I clearly remembered that a fruit was almost ripe. What's going on?"
Seeing that these three fruits were all immature spiritual fruits, Liu Zongping's eyes widened immediately. Something big had really happened this time.
"Senior Brother Liu, there is a newly broken section of the vine. Someone must have taken away a fruit not long ago."
Hearing this reminder from a fellow student next to him, Liu Zongping hurried forward to check it carefully and found that it was indeed as he said, someone should have been here not long ago.
"Xiaoyao Sect is really brave this time, and they dare to touch our Xingchen Sect's things."
The secret realm of Taiyue Lake is jointly owned by the nearby sects. Although the Xiaoyao Sect, which manages the secret realm, has opened the entire secret realm to all nearby monks, only those who know the location of the inner valley in the secret realm and have the ability to enter are those with thousands of years of inheritance from the surrounding areas. Just the seven or eight sects mentioned above.
Below Mutian Canyon, there are many magic formations that enter the inner valley. When each sect enters the inner valley, they basically take different paths. Who can reach the final place first depends on their own abilities.
Since the opening of the secret realm for thousands of years, it has the strength to defeat many monsters outside. The first ones to enter here are usually the Yuanying Sect. By the time those monks from the Jindan Sect arrive here, the spiritual objects here have basically been destroyed by these first Those who arrived would divide up the fortune, which inevitably caused some shock.
In the past thousand years or so, monks from the Xiaoyao Sect, Lingyin Sect, and Xingchen Sect have joined forces to carve up the spiritual objects here, and to avoid internal fighting and loss of strength. Other Jindan sects have taken advantage of this loophole. They each carved out a small piece of their own territory in a tacit understanding.
No matter which cultivator family arrives here first, they are not allowed to touch the things in the location designated by the other two families. It stands to reason that even if the people from Xiaoyao Sect enter here first, this location belongs to the Xingchen Sect. They can't just break into the cave and take away the spiritual objects.
Seeing that the things that the sect wanted to pick up this time had disappeared, Liu Zongping naturally thought of the Xiaoyao Sect first. When he angrily led the sect disciples to where the Xiaoyao Sect disciples were, he found that Not only them, people from Lingyin Sect have also arrived here.
"Brother Wu Xian, we have already said that we did not go to your Lingyin Sect's place. The things that our Xiaoyao Sect wanted to pick up suddenly disappeared this time. There is something strange in the inner valley this time. I don't know if it is... Someone else got here first."
"Hmph! You just admitted that you were the first ones to come in. How dare you do it and not admit it? Even if you didn't do it yourself, isn't it possible that it was done by other members of your Xiaoyao Sect?"
Facing the desperate explanation of the old man named Chen from Xiaoyao Sect, many monks from Lingyin Sect were also angry. No one was willing to believe what he said. In their hearts, just like the people from Xingchen Sect, they had already defaulted to being the first to come in. The Xiaoyao Sect monks took action before they arrived.
Before everyone came in, the elders of the sect carefully warned them that it would be okay to have more or less low-level spiritual objects. However, if these most important spiritual objects were not taken out, it would be difficult to explain them after returning to the sect. of this matter.
"Does it mean that we took your things if we came in first? If your Lingyin Sect's things are lost, what does it have to do with us? Why do you keep coming to compete with us? You really think that our Xiaoyao Sect is easy to bully." On the Xiaoyao Sect side, Li Yungong, who had a hot temper, gradually became impatient when he saw that the people of the Lingyin Sect were always recalcitrant.
"Li Yungong, what do you mean by this? Do you want to ask us for advice here?" The leader of Lingyin Sect walked out first after speaking.
Li Yungong laughed loudly, took a step forward and said boldly: "No matter who wants to come and give advice, I, Mr. Li, will definitely not refuse."
"Fellow Taoists, please wait a moment and listen to me first."