Despair

On the other side, near the Spirit-cleansing Pond.

Qiao'er's petite figure flew quickly through the forest, changing directions from time to time.

Behind her, a large group of spiritual beasts was already chasing after her. They were all chasing after her because Qiao'er had invaded their territory.

Normally, these spiritual beasts would fall into a deep sleep. As long as one was careful not to wake them up, one would not be chased.

In order to find Zhou Yun as soon as possible, Qiao'er had barged into their territory without considering the consequences. She had even shouted Zhou Yun's name loudly. This action had not only awakened the spiritual beasts, but also made them feel provoked.

The spiritual beast roared angrily behind Qiao'er, scaring a large number of birds into flying around. This also attracted the attention of other spiritual beasts, who then joined the ranks of the pursuit.

"Brother Zhou Yun, where are you?" Qiao'er said worriedly as she dodged the attack of a spiritual beast.

Qiao'er did not care about the increasing number of spiritual beasts chasing after her. Her heart was filled with worry for Zhou Yun.

"Why is it that after searching for so long, Brother Zhou Yun is still nowhere to be seen?" Qiao'er was so anxious that she was on the verge of tears.

Ever since she entered the secret realm, she had been searching for Zhou Yun.

Because she knew that all the inner sect disciples who were participating in the inner sect trial test had their eyes on her Brother Zhou Yun, she was worried that Zhou Yun would be attacked by these inner sect disciples. Therefore, she had disregarded the consequences and searched for Zhou Yun everywhere.

She couldn't help but think of how Zhou Yun had to deal with the spiritual beast in the secret realm and how he had to be ambushed by this group of inner sect disciples. Just the thought of it made her very worried.

At this moment, Qiao'er's body was already in a somewhat sorry state. Her hair was disheveled, and it was no longer as smooth as when she first came in. Her face was also covered in dust, and she looked dirty.

The dress she was wearing was already torn in a few places, revealing her pink skin. There were too many spiritual beasts chasing her, and she couldn't dodge in time.

Compared to Zhou Yun, Qiao'er's situation was obviously more dangerous, but she didn't care at all. She only wanted to find Zhou Yun as soon as possible.

Qiao'er flew at a low altitude through the dense forest and arrived near the Spirit-cleansing Pond. In order to find Zhou Yun's figure, she flew without caring about the losses. At this time, she had already used up more than half of the spiritual Qi in her body.

At this moment, she suddenly discovered that a large group of inner sect disciples had gathered at the side of the purifying spirit pond, as if they were dealing with something.

Qiao'er immediately thought that they might be attacking Brother Zhou Yun, and she flew out in a hurry.

"Don't hurt my Brother Zhou Yun!"

Qiao'er's shout stunned the group of inner disciples.

They were not attacking Zhou Yun at this time. Instead, they were attacking the base of the spiritual beasts.

This was because their big senior brother needed to enter the center of the Spirit-cleansing Pond. Right now, the Spirit-cleansing Pond was heavily surrounded by a large group of spiritual beasts. Only by breaking through this encirclement would he be able to enter.

Right now, all of their attention was focused on attacking the purifying spirit pond. How could they have the time to attack Zhou Yun?

Only when their big senior brother entered the center of the cleansing spirit pool would he have the chance to break through to the legendary tenth layer of Qi cultivation and step into a higher level.

How could Zhou Yun be more important than big senior brother?

Finally, Meng Fei'ang came back to his senses. He looked at Qiao'er's body and sneered.

"Go and capture her. Use her to lure Zhou Yun over."

He was currently commanding the inner sect disciples to attack the Spirit-cleansing Pond, and he didn't expect to run into Qiao'er. Since that was the case, he might as well use her to lure Zhou Yun over. After he broke through to the tenth layer of Qi cultivation, he would have some fun with them.

Meng Fei'ang squinted his eyes and the corners of his mouth lifted. He really got what he wanted.

After Qiao'er heard Meng Fei'ang's words and combined it with the reactions of the inner sect disciples, she immediately understood that they were not attacking Zhou Yun.

Thinking of this, she quickly turned around and flew back. Although there were many foundation establishment stage spirit beasts behind her, compared to this group of foundation establishment stage inner sect disciples, she was actually safer.

After the inner sect disciples heard Meng Fei'ang's orders, they split into two groups. One group continued to attack the Spirit-cleansing Pond, while the other group went after Qiao'er.

Qiao'er turned around and fled. A large group of spiritual beasts and inner sect disciples followed behind her. She would change directions from time to time in an attempt to shake off this group of people. Without realizing it, she had returned to the Spirit-cleansing Pond and even went deeper.

As Qiao'er went deeper into the purifying spirit pond, she encountered more and more spiritual beasts that were blocking her way. Her strength was also getting stronger and stronger. Because there were too many spiritual beasts in front of her, her speed was slowed down, and in the end, she was still caught up and surrounded by the inner sect disciples.

The group of inner sect disciples looked at Qiao'er's embarrassed figure with cold smiles on their faces.

"Senior Brother, since we're already in the depths of the secret realm, why don't we bring her to senior brother after we're done playing with her?" an inner sect disciple asked with an evil smile.

Everyone heard the inner sect disciple's words and couldn't help but look at Qiao'er, who was surrounded, with a hint of fire in their eyes.

Qiao'er looked even more disheveled than before. Her hair accessories had long been knocked away, and her hair was disheveled. Her face was also covered in dust, and there were even traces of her tears on the dust.

On her body, due to the attacks of the spiritual beast, her clothes had long since been torn apart. Her tender skin was exposed on her calves, arms, and collarbones.

The crowd looked at the pitiful and embarrassed Qiao'er and licked their lips. They were clearly moved by the words of the inner sect disciple.

At this time, the person with the highest cultivation among the crowd frowned and cursed in a low voice when he saw everyone's performance.

"Are you guys crazy? Junior Sister Qiao'er is the most beloved disciple of the sect leader and the elders. If you dare to treat her so badly, once the sect leader and the elders find out, they will skin you alive!"

Everyone shivered when they heard the senior brother's words.

Indeed, Qiao'er was the treasure of the sect leader and the elders of the Spirit Valley. If they found out, they would probably be better off dead.

"And it's best if we don't do anything to Junior Sister. Otherwise, when we get out, the sect leader and the others will still be able to see traces from her body conditions."

"Now that Junior Sister Qiao'er has been surrounded by us, none of us should move. We only need to put in some spiritual beasts. This way, even if Junior Sister Qiao'er dies, it will have nothing to do with us."

The senior brother was more cautious. He wanted to help the eldest brother catch Qiao'er, but he didn't want to be discovered by the elders.

Everyone expressed their agreement after hearing this. They immediately opened up a gap and then led in a group of spiritual beasts into the encirclement.

Qiao'er naturally heard their conversation and felt a wave of despair.

Looking at the spiritual beasts that had been lured in, every one of them was at the foundation establishment stage, and all of them were extremely ferocious, Qiao'er could only shout in despair towards the sky.

"Brother Zhou Yun!"