“The fact that you two could actually make it here suggests you have some ability. No, more accurately, it means you have some secrets.” The speaker was the young woman.

As she spoke, the young woman suddenly stretched out her hand. The surrounding space seemed to stir up a violent tornado, and the two people confronting her hastily deployed their defensive magic treasures.

The tornado quickly dissipated, and the appearances of the other two underwent some changes. The black-clad man with the blurred face now revealed his true appearance, a slightly pale young man. The other one also looked like a young man, but he had a long face and two hawk-like eyes.

Seeing that the young woman merely stretched out her hand and restored their original appearances, both men were startled. They were both figures who dominated the Immortal Realm, yet they couldn't discern the young woman's cultivation level.

“This fellow daoist is indeed extraordinary, but wanting to kill us won't be easy, right? If we fight desperately, the rule runes on your body will likely crack.” The pale-faced black-clad youth spoke.

In his heart, he was secretly shocked. In fact, he never expected Lei Hongji to be here. Now that Lei Hongji's disguise was destroyed by the young woman, he naturally recognized him.

Lei Hongji also didn't expect that the most mysterious guy under Zi Changluo would also appear here. He only knew this guy was called Hu Chisheng, and nothing else.

The young woman smiled faintly, seemingly not taking the pale-faced youth's words to heart, and still said calmly, “If you don't have the Four Heavenly Secrets, then get out. If you don't believe it, then try attacking together and see if I can kill you.”

Lei Hongji suddenly said, “I am Lei Hongji, and I just don't believe it. If this senior sister wants to make a move, I, Lei Hongji, will accompany you to the end.”

As soon as Lei Hongji spoke, Hu Chisheng immediately reacted. This young woman might be stronger than them, but the claim that she could easily crush them both was a load of nonsense. He felt a little ashamed because he had been too cautious and hadn't seen through this woman's deception. The reason she could remove their masks earlier was because she had a unique magical ability, not because her strength overwhelmed them.

Sure enough, after Lei Hongji spoke, the young woman paused slightly and didn't issue any further threats.

With the young woman no longer issuing threats, Lei Hongji instead grabbed a sword and said, “This should be one of the Four Heavenly Secrets you mentioned, right?”

This sword looked very ordinary, yet also somewhat strange. It was a sword without a guard or blade, and the tip was as thick as the face.

“Heavenly Secret Sword!” Seeing the sword in Lei Hongji's hand, the young woman's eyes narrowed, and she exclaimed in surprise.

“I wonder if this sword can be considered one of the Four Heavenly Secrets?” Lei Hongji said calmly.

The young woman nodded, “Indeed, this is the Heavenly Secret Sword Rule, one of the Four Heavenly Secrets.”

After speaking, her gaze fell on Hu Chisheng. Lei Hongji had taken out the Heavenly Secret Sword. If Hu Chisheng had nothing, she and Lei Hongji might join forces to deal with Hu Chisheng.

Hu Chisheng stretched out his hand, and a palm-sized black token appeared in his hand.

Seeing the black token in Hu Chisheng's hand, a trace of joy flashed in the young woman's eyes. As expected, only those who possessed the Four Heavenly Secrets could come this far.

“I wonder if this can be considered one of the Four Heavenly Secrets?” Hu Chisheng said in a low voice.

The young woman replied, “Yours is correct as well. This is the Yin Rule of the Yin-Yang Rule, one of the Four Heavenly Secrets.”

Lei Hongji casually put away the Heavenly Secret Sword and said, “Fellow daoist, Hu Chisheng and I have both taken out one of our Four Heavenly Secrets. Are you going to take out your Four Heavenly Secrets as well?”

The young woman didn't take out anything, but said calmly, “I don't have one of the Four Heavenly Secrets, but who among you knows how to use the Four Heavenly Secrets to open the Heavenly Secret? Only I do, so I have my own means. Of course, since we're cooperating, I'll also tell you both my name. I'm called Yu Zhenna.”

“Then can we go open the Heavenly Secret now?” Hu Chisheng wanted to leave here as soon as possible. Unlike Lei Hongji, he was sent by Dao Emperor Zi Changluo to destroy the Peaceful Brahma Immortal Sect. Because the Heavenly Secret Land was discovered, he didn't go to deal with Mo Wuji, but came directly here.

So he didn't know that the experts sent by the Supreme Heaven to the Peaceful Brahma Immortal Sect had been wiped out by Mo Wuji, nor did he know that Lei Hongji had killed Zi Changluo.

“No, you must have the Four Heavenly Secrets to open the Heavenly Secret,” Yu Zhenna said without hesitation.

Hu Chisheng and Lei Hongji exchanged glances. Now that two of the rules were missing, what kind of cooperation was this?

Yu Zhenna said faintly, “It seems you still don't know what the Four Heavenly Secrets are. Since they're called the Four Heavenly Secrets, it means that the person who possesses them will definitely receive news of this place being opened. As long as they receive news of this place being opened, they will come. This is originally one of the Heavenly Secrets.”

“Then what should we do if they come in but can't make it here?” Lei Hongji said with some concern.

Yu Zhenna smiled slightly, “As long as they come in, the Four Heavenly Secrets will come here. If the person who possesses the Four Heavenly Secrets falls, the Four Heavenly Secrets will automatically fly in. However, do you think anyone can obtain the Four Heavenly Secrets?”

Yu Zhenna didn't continue, but Hu Chisheng and Lei Hongji understood what she meant. That was, you must have a certain amount of Heavenly Secret luck to obtain the items among the Four Heavenly Secrets.

“In that case, we'll wait here.” After Hu Chisheng finished speaking, he retreated dozens of steps, sat down, and closed his eyes in silence.

After Hu Chisheng sat down, Yu Zhenna and Lei Hongji retreated as well, found a place to sit, and cultivated on their own.

……

As Mo Wuji continued to advance, his body refinement progress was getting faster and faster here. But no matter how fast he walked, the stone with Heavenly Secrets was always ahead.

Five days later, Mo Wuji stopped. He had reached the end of this swamp.

At the end of this swamp, the towering boulder was still in the distance, now looking even taller.

Mo Wuji didn't pay attention to the boulder anymore. He looked at a dark, gaping gate at the end of this swamp. This gate was just like a spatial teleportation gate, appearing abruptly at the end of the dried-up swamp.

Mo Wuji's array skills had already surpassed immortal grade level nine. He knew very well that this wasn't a teleportation gate. This gate was just an ordinary gate. Dao rhythm flowed within this gate, carrying an unspeakable aura within it.

Mo Wuji didn't immediately step into the gate. After arriving here, he became even more calm.

He didn't expect that this swamp would take him five days to cross. So many days had passed. If Lei Hongji had obtained the treasures inside, then it would be useless for him to rush in. He should be careful and kill Lei Hongji inside. That was the real business.

If Lei Hongji hadn't obtained anything yet, then he didn't need to rush even more.

Mo Wuji gathered his spiritual eyes and carefully observed the inside of the gate while standing at the entrance.

Inside the gate was actually a boundless palace. He couldn't see where the walls of the palace were. Inside this palace, there were three people sitting in a triangle formation, seemingly guarding against each other.

A few days ago, the Free Immortal Emperor said that two people had entered first. Now he clearly saw three people, including a woman.

Yu Zhenna seemed to sense Mo Wuji's gaze and actually opened her eyes.

Mo Wuji instantly closed his spiritual eyes, and with a flash of his body, retreated dozens of miles, falling back into the dried-up swamp.

If he wasn't mistaken, the two youths among those three people should be Hu Chisheng and Lei Hongji. He had never met Hu Chisheng, but he had fought with Lei Hongji once.

But that woman, he had a vaguely familiar feeling about her. The threat that woman gave him was so great that Mo Wuji felt that if he dared to go in, he would die immediately.

Raising his hand, he inscribed hundreds of array patterns around himself. Mo Wuji wondered who this woman was.

In just a few breaths, Mo Wuji's expression became a little ugly. He remembered that before he returned to the Immortal Realm, he had killed a mysterious brown-haired youth.

That brown-haired youth's cultivation was far stronger than his. If that brown-haired man hadn't been locked by rule runes and had his body cracked by the rule runes, he wouldn't have been able to kill him. He wouldn't even have been able to withstand a single divine ability in front of that brown-haired man.

This woman actually had some resemblance to that brown-haired man.

At this time, if Mo Wuji didn't know where the deathly aura he had felt earlier came from, he would be too stupid.

It was obvious that the brown-haired youth he had killed had a big relationship with this young woman. If he went in, that young woman would kill him to avenge the brown-haired man…

This was still not right, Mo Wuji frowned. Only the people around him knew that he had killed the brown-haired man. No one would have spread the news. Who would tell the woman inside?

Mo Wuji shivered. He understood that after he killed the brown-haired youth, there was definitely some kind of mark on his body.

Thinking of this, Mo Wuji became even more certain. This divine thought mark wouldn't be discovered unless he met the family of the brown-haired youth. Now that he had met this young woman, who was likely a family member of the brown-haired youth, as long as he appeared in front of her, the other party would be able to discover him.

Mo Wuji's face was a little ugly. He stood up and retreated hundreds of miles again before stopping. Because he had been marked with divine thought marks more than once or twice, he had checked his body after killing the brown-haired man, but he hadn't found any marks.

It seemed that he had been careless. The mark was still there, but he hadn't found it.

As for the fact that this young woman posed a life threat to him, Mo Wuji didn't doubt it at all. That brown-haired man was in the cultivation realm, and the suppression of the rule runes was more than twice as strong as the suppression here. When he looked at that young woman just now, at least that young woman didn't have bloodstains on her body from the rule runes like the brown-haired man. With this kind of strength, what difficulty would she have in killing him, Mo Wuji?

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