Chapter 96: Shelter
Chen Ziya explained, "Senior Brother Gao's full name is Gao Deshuai, he is not a disciple of Qingyun Sect, but a master that grandma specially invited from outside to protect Ziya.

This trip to the secret realm involves disciples from the six major sects, so it is not convenient to disclose other information about Senior Brother Gao.

After Junior Sister Hu has finished dealing with the magic tools, just give the spirit stones to me, and then I can ask Grandmother to pass them on to Senior Brother Gao."

Lin Changqing also spoke up: "Because those killed this time were all disciples of the six major sects, in order not to bring the troubles in the secret realm outside.

Please don't disclose any of my information to outsiders."

After listening to this, Hu Yunna felt much better. She thought the situation was not what she thought.

She quickly said, "I promise not to tell anyone. If I leak any information about you, I will be killed on the spot!"

Zhao Mingxia also spoke up and promised: "The same goes for me. If I leak any information about you, I will die on the spot!"

This made Lin Changqing feel more at ease. After all, there was no harm in being cautious, especially when the Lin family was still so weak.

Zhao Mingxia continued, "Brother, if you need to refine any elixir in the future, you can come to me. I guarantee that you will be satisfied."

After listening to this, Lin Changqing said happily: "Thank you very much, Junior Sister Zhao. I will definitely ask you for help if I need it in the future!"

Chen Ziya then asked, "Two junior sisters, didn't we just separate yesterday? Why did you come to Wanzhu Forest?"

Hu Yunna said embarrassedly: "Senior sister said to meet up with others here, and we didn't have any suitable place to go, so I thought that the person who met you here should also be from Qingyun Sect, so I followed you here, hoping to take care of each other!"

After hearing this, Chen Ziya nodded and said, "So what are your plans for the future?"

Zhao Mingxia asked with a smile: "Senior sister, can you let us stay with you? I promise to be obedient and follow your arrangements!"

Hu Yunna also looked at Chen Ziya expectantly and said, "Yes, Senior Sister, take us with you! It will be safer with more people!"

Chen Ziya said helplessly: "This is not something I can decide!" Then she looked at Lin Changqing.

Zhao Mingxia and Hu Yunna also turned to look at Lin Changqing.

Lin Changqing was also very helpless, and decided to make it clear, and said: "I accepted Senior Chen Jieyi's invitation this time to protect Junior Sister Chen to find the Ziyang Pool and soak in the Purple Spirit Liquid.

Tomorrow we plan to head towards the center of the secret realm. By then we will definitely encounter cultivators who are also looking for the Zi Yang Pool, and a fierce battle is inevitable.

Furthermore, those who dare to look for the Zi Yang Pool and the Purple Spirit Liquid must be elite disciples from various sects, and their fighting power must be strong.

You might even run into the core disciples of various sects. In that case, I won't be able to guarantee your safety at all.

So it is too dangerous to follow us. It is much more dangerous than being outside the secret realm by yourselves!"

After listening to what Lin Changqing said, Hu Yunna said without hesitation: "I am willing to follow Senior Brother Gao. It is not dangerous in the secret realm now. At least I can get some protection by following Senior Brother Gao. It is much safer than staying on the periphery by ourselves."

Zhao Mingxia also said: "Yes, there are groups of people in the secret realm now. It is safer for us to follow Senior Brother Gao. Senior Brothers and Sisters, please take us in!"

Hearing what they said, Lin Changqing and Chen Ziya looked at each other. Chen Ziya nodded slightly, and Lin Changqing understood what she meant. He said to Hu Yunna and Zhao Mingxia: "Okay, I can promise to let you come with us, and I will try my best to protect you, but if we find Ziyang Pool..."

Before Lin Changqing finished speaking, Hu Yunna rushed to say, "Then let Senior Sister and Senior Brother soak first, and let us soak the extra ones."

Zhao Mingxia also nodded and said, "That's right, let's make the extra ones. If we follow our senior brother, maybe we can really make some purple spirit liquid!"

Well, since they said so, Lin Changqing couldn't say no anymore and could only agree to their request to follow them.

The next morning, Lin Changqing completed his training and began to summon back the group of purple crystal scorpions. He put them into the spirit insect bag and threw some monster meat and spirit stones into it for them to chew slowly.

Chuyi was summoned back and fed some monster meat. The three female cultivators were ready and could set off at any time.

Today is already the sixth day, and we will immediately set off for the center of the secret realm. If we encounter any place producing the main medicine or other spiritual medicines, we will not go there and will go straight to our destination.

It was Chuyi who was cruising in the sky to provide early warnings, adhering to the principle of not actively causing trouble and avoiding cultivators and monsters as much as possible.

The day's journey went quite smoothly, and the several waves of monks and monsters we encountered were perfectly avoided thanks to Chuyi's advance warning.

By the time we stopped to rest at night, we had already covered 70% of the distance. According to the markings on the map, I estimated that we should reach the center around noon tomorrow.

On the seventh day in the secret realm, we met more monks today than yesterday. Basically, we would encounter a group of monks every hundred or so miles, with the least being two and the most being seven or eight.

It seems that there are quite a few people who are eyeing the Purple Spirit Liquid, which makes Lin Changqing feel very nervous. If he hadn't promised his great-grandmother, Lin Changqing would have wanted to back out!
However, at this point, we can only bite the bullet and hurry to the place, find a favorable position, and let Chen Ziya set up a defensive formation.

They quickened their pace and finally arrived in front of a huge and unparalleled formation around noon.

This formation should be in the shape of a circle, and its area is many times larger than the family's Nine-Curved Cloud River Formation. Anyway, once you get close to it, you will appear very small.

I reached out my hand and tried it with a little force. I felt an invisible barrier. It was a bit soft but felt very tough. This barrier should not disappear until after midnight tonight.

After discussing with several junior sisters, it was decided that Chen Ziya would choose a relatively secluded place and set up a first-level defensive formation, the Thick Earth Mountain Guarding Formation.

Then a few people stayed inside to rest and waited until tomorrow morning to go in and look for the Zi Yang Pool.

After the discussion, they took action immediately. After wandering around for more than an hour, the four of them finally found a suitable location.

Lin Changqing released the purple crystal scorpions first, letting them form a three-layer defense and warning circle. Then Chen Ziya began to arrange the thick earth mountain defense formation. After completion, she filled it with spirit stones. When needed, a spell could activate the formation.

Hu Yunna and Zhao Mingxia cleaned up the surroundings and made a place for four people to rest at night. After Lin Changqing released the group of amethyst scorpions, there was nothing else to do.

However, considering that there are still several hours between now and entering the central area tomorrow morning, we cannot waste it and should use it to practice!
The Thunder Sutra must not be practiced here as it makes too much noise. Besides, we are now in a secret realm and we definitely cannot use up all our energy. We can only practice the Five Elements Return to Origin Sutra.

Seeing how hard and diligent Lin Changqing was, making use of even the little bit of time, the three people were deeply impressed. After looking at each other in silence, they also began to practice in his likeness.

(End of this chapter)