The more the young man in white robes thought, the more he felt his speculation was correct.
Or rather, he was willing to believe his speculation.
Thinking of this, the young man in white robes immediately revealed a cold expression in his eyes.
"Little thief, don’t let me find you, or I will grind your bones to dust, extract your divine soul, use it as a lamp wick, and burn it with poison fire for over a hundred years, making you unable to live or die!"
His murderous intent was so fierce that it made the surrounding air condense with a layer of ice.
In the next moment, the young man in white robes once again turned into a stream of light, flying towards the entrance of the secret realm.
He had to find that little thief as fast as possible.
Otherwise, if that little thief wasted the treasure, it would be troublesome.
During his journey to the entrance, the young man in white robes also encountered some other Innate Realm Martial Artists who were still lingering in the secret realm.
Already in a bad mood, he casually waved his hand, sending out traces of stream light, exterminating them all.
By the time the young man in white reached the exit of the secret realm, more than eighty percent of the martial arts experts lingering inside the secret realm had been killed by him.
Only a few people at the edge who escaped his divine soul sensing managed to avoid catastrophe by chance.
After exiting the secret realm, the young man in white immediately maximized his heart and spirit sensing, then began searching outward with the entrance of the secret realm as the center.
While the young man in white was searching outward, several figures were hiding in a cave dozens of miles away from the entrance.
Among them, a middle-aged man looked grimly at a broken jade token in his hand.
"The third one is dead."
"Third brother is dead, who killed him?!" A woman beside him exclaimed.
"I don’t know, but there is a very high possibility that it was the monster from Central State who killed him," the middle-aged man said in a deep voice.
"I advised third brother earlier to leave with us, but he couldn’t part with that spirit grass that hadn’t matured yet.
Those two monsters are extremely violent. They have destroyed several sects in Central State. How can we hold onto any luck?"
"Things have come to this point and cannot be salvaged. I think we should continue moving outward and completely leave this place!"
The middle-aged man said firmly.
"Leave now? That monster is in the secret realm; it shouldn’t come out so soon, right, big brother? Why don’t we rest for a while before leaving?" the woman said.
They had been overworking their movement technique to escape the secret realm quickly, and their True Qi was greatly depleted, without a chance to recover yet.
"We must not be optimistic! That monster is so ferocious and unpredictable; who knows if it might suddenly come out!
It’s better to be a little tired now than to lose our lives!"
The middle-aged man insisted.
For some reason, he felt a premonition like his heart was pounding, as if something extremely dangerous was about to happen.
So he didn’t want to stay here a moment longer.
Anyway, this exploration of the secret realm had brought them considerable gains; it wasn’t a wasted trip.
"Alright, let’s follow your lead, big brother!" said another man immediately.
The remaining two also had no objections.
They all knew that their big brother had a remarkable ability to have a highly acute premonition of danger.
When they were weaker, they had evaded fatal threats more than once under their big brother’s guidance.
Now that their big brother was so adamant, he must have sensed another danger.
Unfortunately, ever since they achieved the Innate Realm and joined forces, they had hardly encountered any danger again.
It was this that caused the third brother to lose his old wariness and not follow them out, perishing in the secret realm.
Without time to rest, they immediately emerged from the cave and continued heading outward.
Along the way, they couldn’t even bother to hide their tracks, prioritizing speed instead.
Because they knew that in the face of something with such monstrous power, concealing their presence was useless.
Under divine soul sensing, nothing can be hidden.
In this manner, through their desperate rush, they finally escaped the Ten Thousand Great Mountains.
"Big brother, where do we go next?"
Looking at the vast sky ahead, they felt a wave of joy.
"Keep moving, then find a small town to hide in. As long as we’re far enough away, the chance of running into that monster will be smaller."
The middle-aged man, however, looked serious.
He felt the oppressive force in his heart not only failed to diminish but became even heavier.
Even his heart and spirit felt like they couldn’t function.
This oppression felt far heavier than any crisis he had faced before.
It gave him an extremely ominous premonition.
If they didn’t escape further, the brothers and sister might face an unimaginable catastrophe!
Suppressing the oppression in his heart, the middle-aged man commanded.
Although the other three were quite exhausted already, their trust in their big brother made them muster the strength to keep pressing on.
They continued for a while longer, suddenly feeling a great sense of relief.
Suddenly, the surrounding spiritual energy became much richer, refreshing their weary hearts and spirits.
"What’s going on, is there a treasure nearby?"
"Big brother, look, there’s a village up ahead!"
At this moment, they stood on a hillside looking down, and saw a village enveloped in mist at the mountain’s base.
The surrounding spiritual energy was slowly converging there, making the spiritual energy on the hill where they stood much denser.
"There’s actually such a mysterious village at the edge of the Ten Thousand Great Mountains?"
"Is there some great expert living in seclusion here?"
With one glance, they could tell the extraordinary nature of the village, causing them all to exclaim in wonder.
However, just as they were exclaiming, the face of the middle-aged man suddenly changed dramatically.
He suddenly shouted, "Run!"
At the same time, at that instant, he pushed his movement technique to the extreme, rushing forward.
The other three were momentarily stunned, but their years of tacit understanding allowed them to react almost instantaneously.
They also employed their movement techniques, following in their big brother’s footsteps as they dashed down the mountain.
However, it was already too late.
Just as they hadn’t run more than a few dozen feet, an incredibly dangerous aura came from behind them.
Simultaneously, an overwhelming force of suppression descended upon them, making them feel like frozen fish in ice, completely unable to move.
Despair filled the middle-aged man’s eyes.
In the next moment, he felt a tightness in his body, an overwhelming pressure emanating from all directions that made him spit blood uncontrollably.
Shortly after, darkness engulfed his vision, and he was lost to everything.
The last thing he sensed in his fading consciousness was a cold voice ringing in his ears: "Hmph, a bunch of ants."
Within Jiuli Village, as Lu Qing was in seclusion honing his divine soul and physical body, he suddenly sensed an extremely dangerous energy, abruptly pulling him from his meditation.