This time, there was definitely no transmigration, because Chu Xinghe found that all his junior brothers and sisters appeared behind him, and he concluded that such a large-scale group transmigration was too difficult.

But shouldn’t he have just walked out of the spirit cave? Why was he in this place?

"This is the second level! Senior Brother Xinghe, you're amazing! How did you discover that the entrance to this level can be triggered by stepping back just before it closes, allowing us to reach the second level effortlessly?"

Wan Lin was so excited that she jumped three meters high, swaying and making everyone dizzy.

But Chu Xinghe was almost cursing. Damn it, he knew nothing about any spatial dislocation. He just wanted to trick them... He had thought of so many reasons.

"I get it now. The reason Senior Brother Xinghe didn’t want to walk in front wasn’t because he was worried about safety, but because he knew there would be such a mechanism, so he had to walk at the back to trigger it, right?" Ma Liang automatically filled in the gaps in Senior Brother Xinghe’s previous strange behavior.

Hearing Ma Liang's words, all the junior brothers and sisters nodded, finally understanding that Senior Brother Xinghe was playing a game with the world, calculating every step clearly!

The few who had a bit of doubt earlier even came to apologize to Senior Brother Xinghe, saying they shouldn’t have doubted his strategy.

At this moment, Chu Xinghe, standing on the second level, felt very upset, extremely upset!

He just wanted to trick everyone, but ended up bringing them to the second level. What was that about?

The three sects entered early, but they had to explore bit by bit to reach the second level, while they appeared directly on the second level, occupying all the advantages of time, place, and people.

"This time, all the spiritual liquid is ours!" Ma Liang displayed a confident demeanor.

"Yes! All the spiritual liquid is ours!" Wan Lin and the other junior brothers and sisters echoed.

Chu Xinghe felt even worse...

Before, there were still opponents, but now there were none... How could they lose when they could return to the city at any time... Now he knew, returning to the city by mistake landed them in a gold mine.

"Everyone, don’t rush to explore. Let’s first check the surroundings." At this point, Chu Xinghe could only think of ways to delay time.

Three sects, you better be strong!

I’m here single-handedly resisting the entire Grand Sky Sect for you, don’t let me down!

Soon, following Chu Xinghe’s instructions, many disciples were sent out in groups of three or five to scout the surroundings. Chu Xinghe instructed them to be as thorough as possible, not to worry about wasting time, as safety came first. As long as one junior brother or sister didn’t return, they wouldn’t leave!

With many junior brothers and sisters dispatched, Chu Xinghe also led Ma Liang, Wan Lin, and others to explore in one direction.

The spirit cave was originally a rather grand city, buried underground for unknown reasons. The green ghostly lights flying around were the petrifying poisonous insects mentioned earlier.

These things swarmed like mosquitoes and couldn’t be cleaned up. They could only be resisted with the Stone Breaking Pill’s detoxifying ability, which was why the three sects needed so many Stone Breaking Pills.

Chu Xinghe distributed a sufficient amount of Stone Breaking Pills to each junior brother and sister, one every ten minutes, enough for ten days or more without any pressure.

Passing through the swarm of poisonous insects, Chu Xinghe approached the edge of the abandoned ancient city, where two roads appeared ahead. One seemed to lead to the left side of the city, and the other to the city center.

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Without thinking, Chu Xinghe chose the road leading to the city center, as it looked more complicated and could delay more time, right?

And indeed, as Chu Xinghe thought, the road to the city was like a maze. Although everyone passed through smoothly using various means, a large number of strange statues suddenly appeared ahead, standing densely at the city entrance like soldiers guarding the city.

"Senior Brother Xinghe, passing through here should lead us into the city, where the spiritual liquid should be!"

"Don’t act rashly. I feel something’s not right... Let’s go back and discuss it first."

"Ah... okay... okay then..." Although feeling that Senior Brother was being overly cautious, Wan Lin nodded in agreement, and the others followed suit, returning to the previous area.

Meanwhile, on the first level, the people from the three sects were steadily advancing.

"Why haven’t the people from Grand Sky Sect caught up yet?" Fan Sheng was puzzled. They were clearing the way ahead, so Grand Sky Sect should have caught up easily by now.

"Hmph! I guess they don’t want to spend any effort, just waiting for us to clear the path to the lower level." Sun Xueheng looked displeased.

"What’s this Chu Xinghe! Such a despicable person can become a personal disciple; I think Grand Sky Sect is doomed!"

"Fan Junior Brother, watch your words!" Guo Qizhen quickly reminded him.

Although Fan Sheng looked displeased, he didn’t say more. The three sects continued to fight and advance, clearing various insect mechanisms and poison fog on the first level.

They had no idea that the despicable person they spoke of, Chu Xinghe, was single-handedly resisting the entire Grand Sky Sect to buy them time.

So, as they say, good people don’t get good rewards!

Chu Xinghe was drawing maps, leaving marks, and even deliberately leading the team down wrong paths, using every possible method to delay time.

But eventually, they returned to the starting point.

"Is everyone here...?" Chu Xinghe sighed helplessly.

"It seems that Sister Mi Xue’s group hasn’t returned yet!"

"Ah! That’s great... too much... Are you all just going to wait here? Hurry up and follow me to find Sister Mi Xue!" Chu Xinghe was so excited he almost cried. Sister Mi Xue was a good person, finally creating some opportunities to delay time.

Under Chu Xinghe’s lead, everyone split up to search for Sister Mi Xue, remembering Senior Brother Xinghe’s words: I brought you out of Grand Sky Sect, and I’ll take you all back, not one less.

The search for Sister Mi Xue lasted for half a day, and they finally found her trapped by some poisonous creatures in a hidden place. With everyone’s joint effort, they successfully rescued her.

When they returned to the starting point, they found that the people from the three sects had already come down from the first level.

Seeing this, the people from Grand Sky Sect sighed, but there was no choice; they couldn’t leave Sister Mi Xue behind.

But this rescue ultimately lost them the initiative.

The people from Grand Sky Sect sighed, while the three sects were confused.

What was this? Why were the people from Grand Sky Sect on the second level? They had been fighting hard on the first level for so long, and Grand Sky Sect was resting on the second level?

However, Fan Sheng couldn’t understand why Chu Xinghe was leading the team to rest here instead of exploring the second level. Was there some conspiracy?

"Senior Brother Xinghe seems to know a secret path we don’t." Guo Qizhen approached with a smile.

"Hehe... just luck, just luck."

"I wonder if Senior Brother Xinghe has discovered anything after being down here for so long?" Guo Qizhen tried to probe Chu Xinghe.

He didn’t have much hope, but just when Guo Qizhen thought Chu Xinghe would say he didn’t know anything, Chu Xinghe handed over the map he had drawn earlier to Guo Qizhen, and amidst everyone’s confusion, he spoke: "Fan Junior Brother, Sun Junior Brother, not remembering your names earlier was indeed a mistake, I was momentarily distracted."

"You two were too emotional at the time, so I couldn’t explain anything. This is the map of the area we explored earlier, with a path to the city. It can save you a lot of effort, consider it my apology to everyone."

At this moment, the scene fell silent.

The people from the three sects were at a loss with the map in hand.

Especially Fan Sheng and Sun Xueheng, who had been cursing Chu Xinghe as a despicable person all the way in, only to be greeted with a big gift upon entry, leaving them ashamed.

"The top ten sects should support each other and help one another. Please forgive my previous indiscretions." Chu Xinghe said, bowing humbly to the three sects.

Meanwhile, he thought to himself... I’ve written all the scripts for you! Don’t let me down!

The people from the three sects were puzzled, especially Fan Sheng and Sun Xueheng, wondering if Chu Xinghe had a conspiracy or was genuinely apologizing.

But the map was real, evident from the surprised expressions on the faces of the Grand Sky Sect disciples when Chu Xinghe handed it over.

"Alright, let’s continue!" Chu Xinghe waved his hand, and everyone gathered together, with the Grand Sky Sect disciples and the people from the three sects setting off according to the map, further confusing the three sects, who initially suspected the map might be problematic, but now it seemed fine.

They quickly reached the fork in the road on the map, with one path leading to the city, filled with strange statues, and the other leading to the left side of the city.

"The path to the city should be the correct one!" Fan Sheng made a judgment.

Sun Xueheng and Guo Qizhen nodded in agreement.

As the saying goes, where treasures are, dangers exist. Only by overcoming various dangers can one obtain the final treasure, which is almost a rule.

So in the spirit cave, to find the treasure quickly, just look for the most dangerous place.

Between the two paths, the one leading to the city was filled with statues that didn’t look easy to deal with, while the other path to the left side of the city was empty, not even a poisonous insect in sight, definitely a trap.

After discussing, Guo Qizhen spoke: "Senior Brother Xinghe, let’s venture down this path together. This should be the correct path!"

But amidst everyone’s expectant gazes, Chu Xinghe shook his head: "No, no... I think the other side is the correct path!"

"Ah? You mean that side? Why?"

"Instinct!"

"Senior Brother Xinghe, your instinct might not be accurate."

"I trust my instinct. If you choose this path, then I’ll choose the other one, or we can go together? After all, the path to the city is very dangerous, one careless move..."

"Hehe... Senior Brother Xinghe is overthinking. There’s no place in the spirit cave that isn’t dangerous. If treasures were easily obtainable without danger, would they still be called treasures? I choose the city!"

"We also choose the city..."

The three sects all made their choice, and Chu Xinghe didn’t say more, nodding to everyone, then leading the Grand Sky Sect towards the other path.

No one in the Grand Sky Sect doubted Senior Brother Xinghe’s instinct, after all, his instinct had brought them directly to the second level!

But it was different for the three sects. Once the Grand Sky Sect was far away, Fan Sheng sneered.

"Hehe... I thought he was sincerely apologizing, but he’s just a coward, afraid we’ll report the incident to the sect and get him punished, so he gave us the map. Now he’s backing down at the slightest danger, such a coward is a disgrace to Grand Sky Sect, a disgrace to the top ten sects!"

Although the others from the three sects didn’t speak, they nodded silently, clearly agreeing with Fan Sheng’s label of Chu Xinghe as a disgrace to Grand Sky Sect...