Boarding Life

Hearing this, the Celestial Joyful Witch showed a satisfied smile.

She chuckled softly and said, "With you saying that, I’m much more at ease. However, Xuan Yi Sect is definitely not an ordinary force. Since you’ve crossed this Mo Qianyi this time, you’d better be more careful in the future!"

Qin Qi spoke thoughtfully, "Does this Xuan Yi Sect have some special trait? It seems even Ming Xueying is particularly wary of them!"

The Celestial Joyful Witch drawled lazily, "’Special’ doesn’t even begin to cover it. Xuan Yi Sect is the king of the entire Northwest Region. And the Sect’s inheritance has already lasted for a thousand years. In terms of foundation, no one in the Northwest Region can compare to it!"

"Even compared to some of the great sects and major factions in Central State, Xuan Yi Sect isn’t much weaker."

"And within the Northwest Region, it is without a doubt the sovereign. Even the Four Great Families don’t dare offend them!"

Qin Qi’s mouth twitched at her words.

If he’d known Xuan Yi Sect was that domineering, why did he provoke this Mo Qianyi?

Still, since he’d already provoked them, and Xuan Yi Sect is the Celestial Joyful Witch’s mortal enemy to begin with, there was nothing for him to regret.

He said, "Once this Land of Overflowing Spirits expedition is over, I have to figure out a way to step into the Core Formation Stage as soon as possible!"

This trip had thoroughly made him realize that the world of Secret Realms was still extremely vast.

With his current cultivation at the Peak of Foundation Establishment Stage, he was still far from enough.

Just like that.

While talking with the Celestial Joyful Witch, several hours passed in the blink of an eye.

Only when a booming sound of the ship docking suddenly rang out did Qin Qi and every cultivator aboard snap out of their thoughts.

"This is...?"

Qin Qi looked around and realized that at some unknown point, they had arrived above a forest where the atmosphere was exceedingly oppressive, and even sunlight seemed unable to penetrate.

The entire area within a hundred li was suffused with an indescribably eerie aura.

"Could this be the legendary Netherwood Forest?"

"Looks like we’ve arrived!"

Everyone looked at each other.

Qin Qi also reacted, "So this is the Netherwood Forest!"

The Land of Overflowing Spirits was being mined within the Netherwood Forest.

And above this Netherwood Forest, it was obvious that the Ming Family’s expedition party was not the only force present.

Looking out, he could see three other forces with a scale and formation similar to the Ming Family’s.

Just a glance was enough to tell they were the remaining three of the Four Great Families.

"Ming Tianhong, you’re a bit late!"

Along with a deafening voice, a figure that looked extremely aged, with an especially skinny frame and a wooden crown on his head, flew over to stand before Ming Tianhong.

"Murong Lang, I’m only late by the span of a quarter-hour. What? You couldn’t wait?"

"Enough. Since I’m here, let’s not waste time. Old Ghost Duan and Old Monster Wei are still waiting!"

Ming Tianhong’s voice rolled out in waves.

Immediately after, two figures turned into streaks of light and appeared before Ming Tianhong.

These two both looked as aged as Murong Lang, their bodies radiating a powerful aura and a mysterious, indescribable qi.

They were precisely the two Family Heads of the Duan Family and Wei Family!

Old Ghost Duan’s eyes opened and closed, as if his right eye had suffered some kind of injury.

He spoke as soon as he opened his mouth, "Since everyone is here, let’s call back the people our families stationed to guard the Land of Overflowing Spirits!"

"Next, it’ll depend on these little brats’ abilities. When the time comes, whichever family obtains more resources, I ask the three of you to just accept it cheerfully!"

At these words, Old Monster Wei, whose face was marked by several hideous scars, sneered, "Old Ghost Duan, the way you’re talking, it sounds like your Duan Family is certain to gain some advantage in the Land of Overflowing Spirits this time?"

"What, you have that much confidence in your brats?"

Old Ghost Duan grinned, "Heh heh, we’ll see about that!"

From a distance, Qin Qi watched and noticed that the four of them all wore faint, ambiguous smiles—clearly each harboring ulterior motives.

It wasn’t hard to guess that, for this Land of Overflowing Spirits outing, the Four Great Families definitely had prepared plenty of backup plans.

"All right, don’t waste time. Call back the people guarding the place!" Ming Tianhong changed the subject.

However, just as his words fell—

Suddenly, several figures shot up from below the Netherwood Forest, quickly arriving in front of Ming Tianhong and the others.

Judging by their garb, these few were members from all Four Great Families.

When they arrived, their faces were all pale and filled with fear.

"What’s going on? Weren’t you in charge of guarding the Land of Overflowing Spirits? We haven’t called you back yet, so why did you come running back?" The several Family Heads questioned one after another.

The guards exchanged looks, then moved their lips slightly, sending secret voice transmissions to the four Family Heads.

Qin Qi took in every change of the Four Family Heads’ expressions!

He could keenly sense that after hearing the transmissions, the corners of their eyes all twitched, clearly indicating that some accident or unforeseen change had occurred!

Next, after the four exchanged glances, their lips all moved, as if they were communicating via sound transmission.

In the end, Ming Tianhong turned around, seemingly sending a sound transmission deliberately to some specific individuals.

And every person who received his transmission had their expression turn unsightly to the extreme.

After quite a while, Ming Tianhong finally said, "All right, nothing serious. Since you’ve returned, go rest for now. The Land of Overflowing Spirits expedition will proceed as planned!"

"Everyone, make your preparations and arrange for your brats to enter!"

The Family Heads moved quickly.

"Qin Qi, you feel it too, right? Something’s off," the Celestial Joyful Witch said.

Qin Qi narrowed his eyes to slits. "Yeah, something definitely changed inside the Land of Overflowing Spirits. But the Family Heads of the various forces are deliberately hiding it from the majority!"

"It seems they only told a few core members of their families."

The Celestial Joyful Witch chuckled lightly, "Looks like that female companion of yours didn’t receive any warning transmission from Ming Tianhong either."

Qin Qi shook his head. "Given her background and status in the Ming Family, it’s not exactly surprising she didn’t. But now that things have reached this point, even if there’s been some change, it doesn’t seem like anyone has any reason to back out!"

Still, it really made one curious what exactly had happened in the meantime.

After all, anything that could make several Nascent Soul Stage experts change color definitely wouldn’t be something simple.

Just like that, the ships of the various forces gradually descended to the ground.

Afterwards, a large number of geniuses leapt down. A quick count showed a grand lineup of nearly a thousand people.

Qin Qi couldn’t help but extend his Divine Soul, and among them, he found a few familiar faces!

"He really came!" Qin Qi’s eyes narrowed to slits.

He was referring to Baiqing Residence.

And interestingly enough, the person Baiqing Residence had teamed up with was actually Murong Chan!

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