Inside the Xuanming Sect.

Several elders in the meeting hall of the main peak were still calmly drinking tea from their cups. The focus of their discussion was still on the missing sect leader and how to deal with the two tribes of demons lurking secretly at the foot of the mountain.

Not long after, an inner sect disciple came hurriedly to report.

"Senior Brother Li is back."

The Great Elder waved his sleeves casually and said, "Those disciples are back?" He thought that the group of ignorant little guys who clamored to help had finally witnessed the power of the Demon Lord and came back obediently.

He didn't take it too seriously. "It's good to come back after a little hardship, so that I don't have to pick on this and that every day under the instigation of those troublemakers in Taiyi Sect."

Do you really think that they are invincible just because they are his direct disciples?

By now, the news that the Demon Lord appeared outside Taiyi Sect has already been spread by those who are well-informed. Who in the entire cultivation world would not know about it?

The five sects were also quite puzzled about this matter. They didn't understand why the Demon Lord, who was supposed to deal with the sect leaders, suddenly showed up.

It's so strange.

The inner sect member who came to report the news heard his words and sighed, "No, only Senior Brother Li is back, the other senior brothers are nowhere to be seen."

"kindness???"

Hearing this, the Great Elder looked at him in confusion, with a rising tone that revealed his undisguised doubt.

What do you mean?

Li Tingyun left the other fellow disciples outside and came back alone?

It shouldn't be.

Tingyun grew up in their care. Although he has a cold personality and is a bit stubborn, he still has a strong sense of responsibility as a senior brother when it comes to dealing with his fellow disciples.

The elder wondered, "Are you sure? Is he really the only one back?"

"That's not the case." The inner sect disciple was stared at by a circle of elders, and cold sweat ran down his forehead. He moved his lips and said, "And Gu Xia from Taiyi Sect."

"They came back together."

"???"

The Great Elder was puzzled and greatly shocked, "What? Why is he hanging out with that troublemaker Gu Xia again?"

The trouble she caused was not as great as that caused by the other members of Taiyi Sect combined.

Although she is a god-transforming being, and arguably the fastest among the younger generation in the world of cultivation, that cannot conceal the fact that she is the most capable god-transforming being in the past hundred years.

Under normal circumstances, he would have turned a blind eye if he saw his disciple had a good relationship with the other party, but at this delicate moment, he couldn't help but suspect that this was a new strategy of Taiyi Sect.

The purpose is to tie the two cases together on one boat.

They knew a little about Taiyi Sect's current situation, and had previously sent people to help. However, there were still people from two other tribes outside eyeing them covetously, so they couldn't do anything no matter how many more they sent.

He couldn't just ignore the safety of so many disciples in his sect.

As an inner sect member, it was difficult for him to respond to this, so he had to lower his head and act like a quail.

The Great Elder did not expect him to answer him. His reaction just now was just a reflex after hearing Gu Xia's name. He was only concerned about one question now, "Since they are back, where are they now?"

They didn't see any trace of these two disciples here.

An elder nearby couldn't figure it out either, "Aren't they coming back to get help?" No matter what they wanted to do, it would be reasonable to at least inform them first.

"Oh."

The inner disciple swallowed, remembering what Gu Xia and the others said before they left, and then explained, "Senior Brother Li said that they are not coming back to look for you."

"As for where they are now...we don't know either."

The Great Elder: "???"

This is outrageous.

What on earth do these two bastards want to do?

He narrowed his eyes slightly and was about to say something, but the next second his consciousness seemed to sense something unusual and he stood up straight in an instant.

"The library..."

The elders looked at each other and felt the same fact very clearly.

——Someone climbed to the top floor of the library and broke the outer layer of restrictions.

well.

The Great Elder thought expressionlessly.

There is no need to ask where those two little devils Gu Xia and Li Tingyun went after returning to the sect. The answer is now clear.

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the other side.

After passing through the floating stones all the way, Gu Xia and Li Tingyun finally reached the end and looked at the door in front of them that seemed to appear out of thin air.

The two of them had the same confused expression.

"What is this?" Li Tingyun couldn't help but ask.

Gu Xia glanced at him and said, "It's very simple. This is the door. Don't you know it?"

Li Tingyun's eyelids twitched. "Of course I know this is a door. What I want to ask is, why did a door suddenly appear here?!"

Apart from the two intruders, a door suddenly appeared in the originally unusually quiet space, which looked weird no matter how you looked at it.

Especially after they had just experienced a series of deadly forbidden battles, it was hard to tell whether this was their destination or just another trap.

Gu Xia sighed: "You ask me? I want to ask you."

This is not her home.

For a moment, neither of them acted rashly.

They were afraid that some strange creature would suddenly jump out from inside and chase them, shouting and killing them.

But there was no point in staying in this stalemate. Even if it really was a trap, now that they were here, they had to go in and take a look.

Li Tingyun frowned and looked at it, guessing: "Could there be some hidden restrictions or something like that?"

"It's possible."

Gu Xia seemed to have thought of something. She was brave and immediately took action, trying to find out if there was any mechanism or restriction.

But no matter how they look at it, it's just an ordinary and plain door, right?

This made Gu Xia miss the various doors that she and her second senior brother had looked at in the past. At least they were inlaid with various spirit stones.

Before leaving, they can even grab a few pieces to take away.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but sigh sincerely, "I didn't expect your sect to be so low-key in private."

It was somewhat unexpected.

Li Tingyun was also confused at first, but when he heard her words, he looked at her calmly, with the corners of his lips slightly raised, "Can I take this as a compliment?"

"of course."

"..."

Haha, only a ghost would believe that.

Maybe she was regretting that she couldn't get something to bring back as a souvenir?

They have known each other for so long, how could he not know what kind of person Gu Xia is?

After Gu Xia finished speaking, she buried her head in her research again. She knocked on the door several times, and finally tried to summon it in an abnormal way.

"Open Sesame~"

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