Chapter 160

Tian Feirong had an attitude of either fight or get out of the way and stop nagging, which made the cultivators who surrounded him furious, but with Chi Changye there, they hesitated to make a move, and the situation seemed to be at a stalemate.

"Chi Changye, we just want to know where you went and what happened to that painting." Someone shouted from behind the others, and the rest of them showed agreement on their faces.

Chi Changye stepped forward, coldly sweeping his eyes over them. "Either get out of the way, or… I'll do it myself!" He threatened to kill his way out.

"You…" Someone wanted to say that Chi Changye was too arrogant and overbearing, but the cultivator next to him immediately covered his mouth and pulled him down. The person who shouted before obviously wanted to use the other cultivators to pressure Chi Changye, but if Chi Changye compromised, that would be fine, but now Chi Changye clearly wasn't so easy to talk to, and if they continued to provoke him, he would really draw his sword.

The people who were stared at by Chi Changye subconsciously moved aside, and when they realized what they had done, they felt even more ashamed and simply turned around and left.

Tian Feirong followed Chi Changye, making a face at the direction where the shouting came from. "You have such a big face, why don't you share the benefits you got with everyone?" He said sarcastically.

This was of course reasonable, but no one spoke up to agree with Tian Feirong, because everyone had the same idea, especially when some people noticed the changes in Gu Yao and Tian Feirong's cultivation, they knew that they had gained a lot of benefits in other places, and they were very jealous, but someone had already chickened out, and the momentum that had built up collapsed in an instant, and could not be gathered again.

After leaving the side hall, they saw a bunch of people still gathered behind them, many of them resentful. Gu Yao smiled and said loudly, "We really don't know where the painting is. After being transported to an underground space by the painting, we never saw it again. Instead of asking us about the painting, you might as well look elsewhere. Maybe it will appear in some other place in the palace. Of course, if you don't believe me, just ignore my meddling words."

Gu Yao finished speaking and turned to walk to Chi Changye's side, walking out with him side by side.

After they left, there was a lot of discussion among the crowd. Some people expressed doubts, but soon they noticed that there were fewer people in the crowd, and they were all heading out, apparently taking Gu Yao's words to heart and going to look for the painting elsewhere. Those people cursed inwardly, stomped their feet and hurriedly followed, afraid that they would be late and miss the opportunity again.

Seeing those people being coaxed away by Gu Yao's words, Tian Feirong secretly gave Gu Yao a thumbs up. "Do you think they can really find that painting?"

In fact, Gu Yao didn't lie to those people. When they were swept in by the vortex, they really didn't see the painting again, so Gu Yao's words that the painting might appear somewhere else were not impossible.

Chi Changye glanced at Gu Yao and Tian Feirong and said, "I suspect that only those with special bloodlines of the lost clans will react to that painting, and only you who went in will get the benefits from it."

He and Xiao Pangzi were definitely pure humans, and apart from seeing the scenes in the bas-reliefs, they had no gains. Of course, he didn't feel regretful, he had already chosen his own path, which was sword cultivation.

Humans were not the most talented cultivators in this world, but they had the strongest potential and plasticity. They started from humble beginnings and could reach the peak.

Gu Yao scratched his chin. "That seems to be the case."

Xiao Pangzi felt no more regret when he heard this. "Then let's go. We've already gained a lot for now, so why don't we find a place to close up and practice for the rest of the time?"

Tian Feirong immediately agreed. "Let's do that! There are places in this palace specially for cultivation and seclusion. We'll find one of those places and settle down for a while."

Chi Changye and Gu Yao didn't object either, so they walked in the opposite direction of the others. Before that, Gu Yao found Tao Yue and Du Lingdai and told them about their decision. Tao Yue told them to go ahead and do their own thing.

Watching Gu Yao and the others walk away, Tao Yue wiped the sweat from his forehead. "That was close. I thought those people would force Chi Senior Brother and them to give an answer."

Du Lingdai pouted and said, "Those guys are really unreasonable. This is Chi Senior Brother and their chance. So many people have seen that painting before, but no one got it."

Not to mention the others, they had also glanced at it, and then moved on without a pause, treating the painting as something insignificant. They were envious, but not jealous.

Some cultivators also noticed Gu Yao and the others' whereabouts, and found that they really found a palace and focused on cultivating. They regretted leaving, but they couldn't waste time on them. They had to take advantage of the remaining time and search more places.

Actually, if they weren't so impatient, they would find that everywhere here was worth staying. Gu Yao and the others found the place where the original cultivators used to seclude themselves, and discovered that there was a large-scale spirit gathering array there, much more exquisite than the one set up by Chi Changye.

The others closed up and cultivated, but Chi Changye felt that it was not effective to just meditate and cultivate at this point, so he went to study these ancient arrays. He felt that as long as he understood one or two of them, he could improve his array level by a notch.

After consolidating his cultivation at the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, Gu Yao also hung up a sign outside the palace, taking orders to refine pills, and marked his upper limit. He also specified that the range of rewards he accepted was very wide, besides spirit herbs and spirit stones, anything that was harvested in the secret realm, such as books and jade slips, were also within his scope of acceptance. Gu Yao felt that this was more rewarding than running around by himself.

When Tian Feirong consolidated his cultivation, he took over these trivial tasks, and the only one who was still in seclusion was Xiao Pangzi. The kitten and the crystal snake stopped fighting each other, and occasionally the two little guys would disappear for a while. With the crystal snake leading the way, Gu Yao didn't worry that they would run around. Anyway, after a few times, he clearly felt that the aura of the two little guys had increased a bit, so he let them go even more.

Some people followed Gu Yao's example and instead of risking their lives at any time, they decided to calm down and take advantage of the conditions here to cultivate for a while. As long as they weren't too greedy, they had actually gained a lot after entering the secret realm, and some things were not worth fighting for.

For example, the Infant Condensation Pill in the main hall, the two sides of the fight finally decided the winner, and then the winning side went to break the prohibition and take the pills inside. They found that the prohibition was more solid than other places, and it took a lot of effort to break it and take it out. As a result, the losing side took advantage of their exhaustion and snatched the Infant Condensation Pill away. The robbed side was unwilling, so they chased and fought all the way out of the main hall, and even out of the Cangkun Hall. What the situation was now, no one knew except the cultivators who followed them.

The better the item, the stronger the prohibition, and even when breaking it, they had to be careful of the backlash of the prohibition. So according to the situation that Gu Yao got from the cultivators who came to ask for pills, there were still several treasures in the main hall that had no owner.

Some people came to recruit Chi Changye, even if the cultivators of Changxian Sect were reluctant, they had to admit that Chi Changye was the strongest in the secret realm now, so they wanted to pull him in, promising to pay him a certain amount of reward after breaking the prohibition, and even offered the same condition of inviting him to join Changxian Sect. But they were all rejected by Chi Changye, who didn't want to get involved in these fights anymore.

There were a few alchemists from Cuiyan Valley who knew that Gu Yao was here, and they came to join him specially. So Gu Yao also exchanged some ideas with them when he was refining pills, and the team that came to join him grew bigger and bigger.

Some people came for his alchemy skills, and some people came because the closer it was to the closing of the secret realm, the more intense the conflicts and fights in the secret realm. Some cultivators took advantage of this time to snatch the results of others and make a fortune. To avoid dying in vain and making wedding dresses for others, they moved to the vicinity of the palace where Chi Changye and the others were.

For the cultivators of Tianlin Continent, Chi Changye and Gu Yao were still willing to help, of course, on their own territory. Once they left here, they couldn't do anything.

Chi Changye was still immersed in the study of ancient arrays. Jiang Yan and Lu Qiusheng walked in from outside. After a while, Chi Changye raised his head and saw that they were a bit disheveled, but not too bad. He nodded at them. "You're here too."

"Yeah, we know you have a good place here, so we'll stay here for a while. There are only ten more days left before the secret realm closes." By then, no matter where people were, they would be immediately thrown out of the secret realm. The closer it was to the end, the more dangerous it was outside.

As they were talking, Lou Huaijing came again, of course, led by Tian Feirong. Unlike Jiang Yan and the others, he couldn't come in directly.

After bringing him in, Tian Feirong secretly told Lu Qiusheng. "This guy has been here more than once. He wants to recruit Brother Chi to their Changxian Sect every time. It's so annoying. Brother Chi has clearly refused, but he won't give up. By the way, they also want to take Gu Yao with them."

Probably because they knew Chi Changye's importance to Gu Yao, and wouldn't leave him alone. Plus, Gu Yao's talent in alchemy also won the recognition of these Changxian Sect cultivators, even if they didn't express it verbally. So Lou Huaijing made this decision.

Lu Qiusheng crossed his arms and sneered. "Hmph, wishful thinking. Is Senior Brother Chi so easily swayed? "

Although he said so, he and Jiang Yan were still nervously watching Chi Changye and Lou Huaijing, afraid that Chi Changye would really agree, but they didn't dare to stop him, otherwise they would be the ones who hindered Chi Changye's pursuit of the Dao. So this matter could only be decided by Chi Changye and Gu Yao themselves.

"Lou Daoist, you don't have to persuade me anymore. My decision won't change." Before Lou Huaijing could speak, Chi Changye gave his answer.

Lou Huaijing sat in front of Chi Changye, looking at him puzzledly. "Why? Why do you refuse such a great opportunity? You should know that if you refuse this opportunity, you may never find a way to leave this Tianlin Continent again."

He was really confused and really wanted an answer. Could anyone refuse the way to climb higher? If he were in Chi Changye's position, he would never make such a choice. He was puzzled, so he came to find Chi Changye again.