Qian Duoduo took a deep breath, rose into the air, and flew into the passage.
In the passage, more than twenty cracks spewed out black Qi, making it much colder than outside.
Qian Duoduo landed on the ground and slowly walked towards one of the cracks.
Dugu Yunshan was already out of sight.
A figure flashed before Qian Duoduo's eyes, and Nangong Nizi also disappeared; faintly, it seemed that Zhao Haonan was following her.
Turning his head, Qian Duoduo saw more than twenty Refining Spirit Sect Disciples, including Deng Feihong and Wang Longyu, following behind him.
"You?" Qian Duoduo was somewhat surprised at how calm they were.
"We follow Senior Brother Bu Huan's lead," Deng Feihong, Wang Longyu, Chu Tianqi, and the other Disciples replied with smiles.
Qian Duoduo smiled.
It seemed his reputation for being helpful had spread because of the Sect's Heroic Talent Battle.
This was good; the struggle would begin as soon as they entered the crack. The more Disciples from their Sect who entered the Secret Realm, the more strength their Sect would have.
In front of a crack, two Ba Ling Sect Disciples were about to enter.
Qian Duoduo pointed his hand, "Junior Sister Deng, please take nine fellow Disciples inside."
The two Ba Ling Sect Disciples were about to change their expressions when they saw more than twenty people surrounding them from behind, and they immediately retreated to the side.
If they forced their way in, they would face the siege of eight Refining Spirit Sect Disciples.
Giving up directly was indeed a wise choice.
"Alright!" Deng Feihong happily led her people into the crack.
She had been waiting for Qian Duoduo's words.
Before going in, she also waved to Liang Liying, who was not far away, and threw two broken green ropes onto the ground.
In front of the next crack, three Shengling Sect Disciples saw Qian Duoduo and his group approach, their faces changing greatly. Without waiting for them to speak, they voluntarily gave up the crack.
"Senior Brother Wang, I trouble you," Qian Duoduo said with a smile to Wang Longyu.
Qian Duoduo hadn't expected Wang Longyu to participate in this Earthly Path competition.
According to his strength, he couldn't possibly rank among the top one hundred in the entire Sect.
But thinking of the Wang Family, he understood.
This travel quota of his must have cost the Wang Family a lot of effort and many gold coins.
However, this Ghost Head Secret Realm was ten times more dangerous than the Chifeng Mountain Range.
"Thank you, Senior Brother Bu Huan," Wang Longyu cupped his hands towards Qian Duoduo.
As he passed by Qian Duoduo, Qian Duoduo slipped a Storage Pouch into his hand, containing ten bottles of Spirit Liquid, ten Wolf Fang Black Iron Hammers, and ten Yin Yang Spring Breeze Scissors.
Wang Longyu was stunned. After sensing the contents of the Storage Pouch, he reached out, put his arm around Qian Duoduo's shoulder, patted it twice, and whispered, "Be careful."
Watching him disappear into the crack, Qian Duoduo sighed in his heart.
This was all he could do.
Looking at the six Disciples, including Chu Tianqi, still behind him, Qian Duoduo motioned with his head, "Let's all enter the next crack together."
It was only then, after leaving Chu Wannian's side, that Chu Tianqi dared to let his face fall into a mournful expression.
He leaned closer, "Zhendian, I'll just follow you and not go anywhere else."
Seeing his appearance, there was no need to ask; he must have been forced to come by the Chu Family, just like Wang Longyu.
Qian Duoduo sighed softly in his heart.
Opportunities that others struggled to obtain were seen as a chore by these Family Disciples.
Chu Tianqi enjoyed business, and if he focused on the Dao of commerce, he could still achieve something.
But to force him to compete for this The Righteous Foundation Establishment was truly difficult for him.
"Cheer up. Believe in yourself, go back alive, and make Shang Jiajin and Zhu Junliang jealous of you."
Qian Duoduo also slipped a Storage Pouch into his hand, which also contained ten bottles of Spirit Liquid, ten Wolf Fang Black Iron Hammers, and ten Yin Yang Spring Breeze Scissors.
Although Qian Duoduo disagreed with Chu Tianqi coming, since he was already here, who was he to deny his friend?
Chu Tianqi's spirits lifted, a hint of determination appearing on his face, and he took the lead, rushing towards the next crack.
In front of this crack, six Shengling Sect Disciples were in a standoff with six Ba Ling Sect Disciples, neither willing to yield.
"Get out of the way!" Chu Tianqi roared.
His shout startled the other few Refining Spirit Sect Disciples first.
In their opinion, the Refining Spirit Sect had never been so arrogant.
But in Chu Tianqi's view, with Qian Duoduo present, they should be this arrogant.
In Kongfang City, the Refining Spirit Sect was much more arrogant than this.
Not directly telling them to 'scram' was already very polite and civilized.
The Disciples of the Ba Ling Sect and Shengling Sect were stunned for a moment, then immediately took up stances, ready to fight.
"Attack!" Qian Duoduo channeled his Spiritual Qi, took out his Golden Rooster Sword, and immediately launched a fierce bombardment at the crowd.
Chu Tianqi and the others immediately followed, unleashing a barrage of attacks on the Disciples from other Sects who were blocking the crack.
"A bunch of lunatics!"
The Disciples of the Ba Ling Sect and Shengling Sect did not expect them to be so decisive and fierce even before entering the Secret Realm, and they scrambled and rolled away from the crack.
Qian Duoduo and his seven companions did not entangle with them, rushing straight in, leaving only a burst of hearty laughter behind for them.
Following the crack inward, Qian Duoduo and his group saw a gap in the blade body.
According to the Jade Slip's description, inside the gap was the Ghost Head Secret Realm.
However, there was more than one gap on the blade body.
The further down they went, the colder the gaps became.
And the colder it was, the more Sha Souls there were, potentially condensing more soul liquid.
Qian Duoduo thought for a moment, then patted Chu Tianqi, "You all go in and be extra careful. I'll go further down."
A hint of fear appeared in Chu Tianqi's eyes, but he immediately straightened his body, "I'll accompany you."
"No need. You can go down from above and still reach the bottom."
Regardless, Chu Tianqi's willingness to accompany him was already very meaningful.
Qian Duoduo knew his combat power. At the Ninth Level of Qi Condensation, he was crushed by Qian Duoduo, who was at Qi Condensation Level Six.
Now that he was at Qi Condensation Great Perfection, his combat power couldn't be much stronger.
Of course, he also knew his own combat power.
Knowing his own combat power, yet still daring to risk his life to accompany him, what more could Qian Duoduo ask of him?
To do what one knows cannot be done is also a kind of courage, a kind of loyalty.
Seeing that Qian Duoduo was determined not to let him, Chu Tianqi knew that the further down they went, the more dangerous it would be, and he no longer insisted.
Cupping his fist, he said, "Zhendian, be careful, and I await your good news."
Bidding farewell to Chu Tianqi and the others, Qian Duoduo followed the blade body downwards.
The ghost head dark blade left a huge slope on the mountain.
After passing through several more gaps, they saw the world within the Secret Realm through the openings.
It was icy cold, dim, and filled with flickering, glowing lights.
The further down they went, the more numerous those lights became.
Those lights were the Sha Souls.
The Sha Souls in the Secret Realm took the forms of Spirit Beasts and Spirit Birds, wandering everywhere.
Although Sha Souls had no Spiritual Awareness, they possessed cultivation.
They not only devoured each other but also automatically attacked anyone who entered the Secret Realm.
Low-level Sha Souls had cultivation at the seventh or eighth level of Qi Condensation. Advanced ones were at the mid-stage or even Advanced stage of Foundation Establishment.
According to records, some Cultivators had even encountered Sha Souls at the Golden Core Realm. The higher the cultivation of a Sha Soul, the more Earthly Path Power it carried.
Suddenly, Qian Duoduo felt danger ahead.
In his Spiritual Awareness, it showed a dangerous creature hidden in a hollow of a large rock about twenty feet ahead.
Qian Duoduo stopped, heightening his vigilance. He now saw that it was a Cultivator.
Who was it? Who could stealthily get ahead of him?
"Bang!"
Qian Duoduo waved lightly, and a burst of Spiritual Qi struck a rock.
The rock shattered, falling from above and into the hollow of that large rock.
"Hehe." The Cultivator hidden in the hollow sneered twice, stood up, and met Qian Duoduo's gaze.
With his disguise removed, Evil Qi surged around the Cultivator, and a pair of eyes as cold as ice scrutinized Qian Duoduo from head to toe.
This person was Zeng Ruohai.
The person Qian Duoduo found most troublesome!