Qiao Yi and his group stared warily at the man and woman.
They had traveled for so long in this Vast Secret Realm without seeing anyone, yet these two appeared as if out of thin air, radiating vitality.
Especially the female cultivator, whose alluring face seemed to be specially illuminated in the dim secret realm, making her incredibly dazzling.
Just as Qiao Yi thought this, the male cultivator beside the female cultivator suddenly glanced over.
Though the male cultivator hadn't spoken a word, Qiao Yi subconsciously swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
Qiao Yi frowned tightly, his expression darkening. "Fellow Daoists, I don't understand what you mean by me chasing your companion. Is this White Tiger perhaps your spirit beast?"
"It was clearly your White Tiger that stole our White Moon Spirit!" Cai Zhi roared even more agitatedly.
Seeing that their hope of survival had appeared, only to be told that this hope was destroyed by a beast?
The more Cai Zhi thought about it, the angrier he became. "What's wrong with you people? I, this Young Master, don't care. Either you make it return the White Moon Spirit, or you compensate us with the White Tiger to atone for your crime, and give us five ninth-tier Bi Luo Pills as compensation!"
Bi Luo Pills were rumored to be pills consumed by deities, possessing effects of cleansing impurities, extending lifespan, strengthening the spirit, and aiding in breakthrough advancement. It was originally a divine-tier pill recipe, but what was circulated among ninth-tier alchemists was an incomplete formula. Through the research of some ninth-tier alchemists, they had refined ninth-tier Bi Luo Pills using this incomplete formula, possessing eighty percent of the original Bi Luo Pill's efficacy.
Cai Zhi’s thoughts were very ambitious. If he couldn't get the White Moon Spirit, having pills that could directly increase his cultivation would allow him to live for a while longer.
He refused to believe that there wasn't a second divine-tier spiritual plant in this Vast Secret Realm!
Upon hearing Cai Zhi's audacious words, the White Tiger, which had run far away, turned back and ran towards them again.
Yue Miaomiao squatted beside Bai Shengyi and swallowed the White Moon Spirit in one gulp, then rolled her eyes at Cai Zhi, "Shameless!"
"You—my White Moon Spirit!"
Cai Zhi was furious at Yue Miaomiao's attitude, but seeing the White Tiger directly swallow the spiritual plant made him even more enraged, almost to the point of a heart attack.
"Presumptuous! Presumptuous! You are utterly going too far! This is the White Moon Spirit we found, how can you do this!" Cai Zhi threatened fiercely, "If you don't hand over this White Tiger to us and compensate us today, then don't expect to leave here alive!"
Qiao Yi didn't stop Cai Zhi from making grand pronouncements. He looked at the two people thoughtfully, his gaze seemingly fixed on the flames blocking their path in mid-air.
"Fellow Daoists, as you can see, it was your White Tiger that attacked first. I implore you to do as my companion has said, otherwise, we will have to be impolite."
Qiao Yi waved his hand at the others, and they took a step forward as if preparing to attack.
"A'si, are we being underestimated?" Bai Shengyi, the woman in red, said with a smile, then her gaze suddenly turned cold, and she spoke sternly, "Who do you think you are!"
"Boom!"
The flames, which had been blocking the group like red ribbons, suddenly expanded two to three times their size, transforming into a fierce long dragon that lunged towards the four of them!
"A mere Spirit Light realm cultivator dares to spout such nonsense, aren't you afraid of the wind blowing your tongue away!" Cai Zhi's face darkened. He didn't dodge but charged towards the fire dragon. Li San and Zhang Wu couldn't stop him and could only follow suit.
They had initially thought the flames were at most divine fire. Li San had Yin Water of the Mountain that could restrain divine fire, and Zhang Wu also had the Mysterious Tortoise Ice that could restrain divine fire. However, the moment the two took out the Yin Water of the Mountain and Mysterious Tortoise Ice, they saw the flames simply bypass them!
It wasn't divine fire!
"Cai Zhi, retreat first!"
However, it was already too late.
Cai Zhi was completely engulfed by the flames and unable to break free. He frantically scrambled within the flames, his attacks failing to disperse the fire and even setting him ablaze.
"Cackling... cackling..."
Cai Zhi, reverting to his original form, ran around within the circle of fire, screaming in panic and helpless rage.
"So it's a wild chicken demon." Qin Si stated.
"No wonder it's so unreasonable." Yue Miaomiao sneered, "These naturally born spiritual treasures belong to the capable. Moreover, you claim it's your White Moon Spirit, but I say I was the one guarding the White Moon Spirit nearby! After I finally drove away the sacred beast guarding the White Moon Spirit, and the White Moon Spirit was almost ripe, you all came to snatch the fruits of my labor. Shameless!"
Yue Miaomiao tensed her front paws, her tiger eyes locked onto Cai Zhi. "Little Uncle-Master, may I go play with him?"
After following Bai Shengyi in ascension, Yue Miaomiao had fully awakened her divine beast bloodline. Although she retained her human memories, she now preferred to live in her White Tiger form, and her thought process had become more beast-like.
As it was at this moment, Yue Miaomiao desperately wanted to tear this wild chicken demon apart.
Bai Shengyi naturally wouldn't stop her. With a flick of her finger, the ring of flames parted to let the White Tiger pass.
Qin Si narrowed his eyes and glanced at Yue Miaomiao. "A'yi, you truly like tigers. You are far too indulgent towards this White Tiger."
If her contracted spiritual plant wanted to go play, Bai Shengyi would absolutely not agree.
Bai Shengyi immediately understood what Qin Si was thinking and couldn't help but roll her eyes. "How can that be the same! If the Qiong Meng Vine were to go in, it wouldn't be 'playing' with the wild chicken demon, but 'playing' with her spiritual fire!"
She didn't know what was going on, but this good vine was becoming more and more fond of fire.
"It must be influenced by you."
Qin Si gave this answer and looked up at the three people in the distance who were still trying to charge into the flames. "What do you plan to do with these three?"
"No need for me to act." Bai Shengyi said calmly, "They've been poisoned by Master. If they don't quickly detoxify themselves but continue to explore the secret realm, they will eventually meet their end."
"Poisoned?" Qin Si looked again in surprise. He could only discern that two of the four had their cultivation damaged, but he couldn't detect any poison. However, after a brief moment of surprise, he quickly reacted. "Could it be Senior Uncle Qing Lan's mist..."
He didn't finish his sentence, but Bai Shengyi understood his meaning and nodded.
Her master, Daojun Qing Lan's mist was no ordinary mist.
However, while Bai Shengyi and Qin Si didn't intend to pursue the matter, the opposing party was unwilling to let it go.
"Damn it! You forced me to do this, I will kill you all!"
Cai Zhi, at the center of the flames, suddenly let out an angry roar and fiercely struck his own chest, spitting out a large, oval-shaped golden core.
"Great Ancestor, help me! Kill them!"
As the golden core emerged, the surrounding darkness seemed to disperse, and the entire sky brightened.
Bai Shengyi and Qin Si exchanged a glance, seeing the same hint of suspicion in each other's eyes.
"This aura, I've felt it on Reverend Huiling and Tang Qiao."
"Me too, but I felt it when I was mending spatial rifts."