Insufficient balance

  Although Tang Huan was not yet in the foundation-building period, his strength far exceeded that of a foundation-building cultivator, allowing him to control the Cloudy Sky Immortal Dress and fly with it. However, defensive-type spiritual artifacts were rare, and clothing-type spiritual artifacts were even more so. Furthermore, the Cloudy Sky Immortal Dress had extremely strong hiding abilities, so no one would discover that Tang Huan's spiritual artifact was actually the long dress on her body.

  Tang Hao's intention was to lure others into attacking him, only to counterattack and kill them. However, other cultivators saw that Tang Hao had no spirit tool under his feet yet could still fly in the air, so they thought he was a concealed Nascent Soul stage cultivator who had hidden his true cultivation level, and thus kept their distance from him out of respect.

  Helpless, Tang Hao had no choice but to head deeper in. Unexpectedly, before he could even move, he discovered a few familiar faces among the fleeing figures.

  It turned out that Guo Jing had also entered this space with Ai Ke, Xu Renxia and Ru Ran, but for some reason they had offended a certain cultivator and were forced to the boundary between the Foundation Establishment stage and the Qi Refining stage.

  Guo Jing had the Lingguo that Tang Hao gave him before he left to cultivate, and his foundation was already better than Tang Hao's. He actually had a hint of building his foundation, but his three younger brothers seemed a bit weak. Except for Ai Ke who was at the 9th level of Qi training, the other two were only at the 6th level which seemed a bit inadequate.

  Four people saw Tang Hao flying towards them and were startled, Guo Jing blocked them behind him and vigilantly asked: "What brings the seniors here?"

  Tang Hao secretly laughed in his heart. This Guo Jing actually called himself a senior. Since that's the case, Tang Hao didn't mind playing with them for a bit.

  "I'll go save her." Tang Hao said with a playful tone.

  Kuo Jing's eyes widened like a light bulb, but soon turned into a joyful expression. "I'm not just anyone."

  This Guo Jing is really a master who shines with just a bit of color, Tang Hao didn't bother to pay attention to him, and directly hugged Aike, who had a shocked face, saying to Xu Renxia: "You won't mind, will you?"

  Xu Renxia started with a somewhat inexplicable expression, but soon asked: "How did you know we are..."

  Tang Hao hadn't even responded when the pursuers, including Guo Jing, caught up. Guo Jing hastily pushed Tang Hao forward and said: "Helping out in a crisis, you seem so formidable, can you take care of these few people? Later, you can choose whoever's beauty to abduct as you please." At this moment, Guo Jing had no other way out and could only place his hopes on this absolutely stunning yet unfamiliar woman.

  Tang Hao took a look and found that there were five people, including one foundation-building cultivator and four Qi-refining cultivators around the tenth level. In terms of formation, Guo Jing was utterly defeated, no wonder he and his companions escaped in such disarray. However, it's surprising that Guo Jing could bring three burdens with him to run so far, which also shows that Guo Jing is not as simple as he appears on the surface, after all, he has received Huang Xia's legacy.

  "Senior Brother!" Hong Yan suddenly exclaimed in Tang Hao's Hand Chain Space.

  Tang Hao took a closer look and they were indeed cultivators of the Ling Lian Sect. In fact, one of them was a Qi Refining stage cultivator who had stopped Hong Yan from killing people indiscriminately.

  "You've actually called for reinforcements, but the peak of the Qi Refining stage seems to be somewhat lacking. I suggest you hand over your things early, or we won't be polite." One of the Foundation Building cultivators said disdainfully.

  However, the blue-robed girl next to Zhu Ji Xiū shì furrowed her brow and pulled on Zhu Ji Xiū shì's sleeve. This blue-robed girl looked like she was fourteen or fifteen years old, with a pure and innocent appearance, looking at her was like feeling the cool breeze on the grass by the river, refreshing but not humid. Although this girl was only in the Qi Refining stage, her spiritual awareness was extremely strong, even Tang Huāng, who had cultivated the Spirit Refining technique, felt somewhat inferior to her. Clearly, her status was not low either, she simply pulled on Zhu Ji Xiū shì's sleeve and he stopped speaking.

  "She is the daughter of the Ling Lian Sect's leader, named Qing Shi Qi. Although her spiritual root is only a Xuan-level spiritual root, which greatly disappointed the leader who has a Di-level spiritual root, she was born with an extremely strong divine sense. In just the tenth layer of the Qi Refining stage, she already had a divine sense comparable to that of a mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator. Moreover, her ability to refine equipment is extremely powerful, and she has even created her own set of five-elemental artifacts. Although their quality is far inferior to those of her master, she can be considered a genius as she was able to do so without any guidance. The five-elemental artifacts she refined have already been given to four people with whom she has a good relationship. When combined and used together, their power can even surpass that of many spiritual artifacts, and can even kill mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators." Hong Yan communicated this to Tang Huang through the divine species.

  "Is it just the five of them?" Tang Hao asked.

  Hong Zhen's face revealed a hint of pride as she said, "That Foundation Establishment cultivator is just her bodyguard, and the other one is me."

  Qing Shi Qi seemed to feel that Hong Yan was somewhat passive, and said in a gentle tone: "If the fairy is willing, we can explore that space together." The foundation-building cultivator seemed unwilling, but Qing Shi Qi had already spoken out, and the foundation-building cultivator had no choice.

  Tang Hao looked at Guo Jing for a moment without saying anything.

  But Guo Jing also read from Tang Hao's eyes that this woman seemed to want him to tell the truth.

  Guo Jing said, "We found a strange key near here with the coordinates of a secret realm on it, but only half of it. The other half is in their hands." Guo Jing took out half of the jade pendant with half of the map on it.

  The deeper you go into this space, the better the quality of things, but the difficulty of obtaining them also increases. It's no longer realistic to think that you can get good stuff just by digging in the outer periphery. This jade pendant is the key to a secret realm, and as for what trials lie within, nobody knows. So Tang Hao isn't in a hurry to get his hands on the other half of the key either. He nodded and said, "Alright, but whatever you get after going in will depend on your own luck."

  Tang Hao wasn't afraid that they would stab him in the back, after all, they lacked fire among the five elements, while Tang Hao had all five elements. Tang Hao suddenly came up with a plan to hand over Hong Zhen, but now there were many people and prying eyes, so he needed to wait for an opportunity.

  "Who is eavesdropping?" Tang Hao suddenly shouted

  Qingshi Qi also used her spiritual sense to investigate and found that apart from these few people, there was no one else.

  Tang Huo flew towards one of the hidden thickets, extremely fast, taking advantage of everyone's divine sense not having caught up yet, he released the Red Sickle, and at the same time, he didn't forget to grab it back out.

  "What's your purpose in eavesdropping here?" Tang Hao and Hong Zhi asked in unison.

  Hong Zhen also tacitly said: "I'm also here by accident, seeing it's so messy here, I had to hide, I really didn't have any intentions."

  Qing Shi Qi's face changed, she indeed didn't sense anyone's presence, but Tang Hao had actually caught someone out. Habit made her have a misconception, Hong Yan used a special method to hide herself, while Tang Hao could break through it, which made her look up to Tang Hao's strength even more.

  However, after all, Hong Zhen is their person, and her joining will bring about a qualitative change in their strength. So Qing Shi Qi hurriedly said: "Spare the fairy's life, she is our lost fellow disciple."

  Tang Hao saw that his treacherous plan had succeeded, but his expression didn't change. He calmly said: "Since it's like this, I won't bother about it either. Let's set off."

  Hong Zhen joined them under Tang Huang's instigation, and the man who was called "Shixiong" by Hong Zhen asked him: "Weren't you captured? How did your cultivation improve instead, and you're almost at the foundation-building stage?"

  Hong Zhen seemed no longer a divine servant, but rather pretended to be mysterious and said: "No way, just better luck than you guys."

  Although Qing Shi Qi had a bad premonition, Hong Zhen was indeed the real deal, so she could only say: "It's good that you're back, let's go too."