The harvest this time is already quite substantial.
For Qin Xuan, the most important thing now is to properly digest and absorb his gains from this trip.
Whether it's the Double Pupils, the Thunder Body, or the Dao scripture filled with tadpole-like script he obtained earlier.
These are all things Qin Xuan needs to study next.
"First, I'll find a place to collect and organize these gains."
Qin Xuan pondered, then hurriedly left the area.
Just like that, Qin Xuan accelerated and departed.
It wasn't until several hours after Qin Xuan left, long after the sun had risen, that someone finally discovered the anomaly here.
"Oh my god, the lake water here has turned blood red!"
Upon seeing the situation, several Disciples of Qixia Sect immediately reported the matter to the Sect Elder.
Subsequently, this news quickly spread throughout Qixia Sect, intentionally or unintentionally, by the Sect Elders of Qixia Sect.
"What, Qixia Sect really has good stuff!"
Soon, many of the spies who had been lurking there excitedly rushed to the location.
These individuals exchanged glances, all filled with hostility.
After a fierce battle, the ultimate victor among these people staggered into the blood lake, hoping to find the entrance to the ruins.
At the same time, within Qixia Sect, several Elders and the Sect Master were all gathered, discussing how to deal with this matter.
"In my opinion, we absolutely cannot let these people off; how dare they treat our Qixia Sect like this? This is intolerable!"
Hearing this, the Qixia Sect Master gave a bitter smile.
"Cannot let them off? Do you think we can be a match for the forces behind these people?"
Another Elder stood up, intending to speak, but the Qixia Sect Master waved his hand, looking helplessly at the people below.
"Alright, let's be frank. Everyone, some of you have been with Qixia Sect for over ten years, and some for decades. You've endured for so long, wasn't it all to wait for the entrance to the ruins to appear? Why aren't you going there now, wasting time here with me?"
The Qixia Sect Master said, looking around.
Upon hearing this, the numerous Elders present all changed color and stood up, staring at each other with vigilance.
"What kind of talk is this, Sect Master? We are willing to die for the Sect; there's no such thing."
Hearing this, the Qixia Sect Master sneered.
"Alright, each of your cultivations has long since reached the Yuqing Realm, and you usually suppress your true cultivation below the Tianxuan Realm to conceal yourselves. It must be very tiring."
The Qixia Sect Master had no intention of giving them Face; his gaze swept over everyone, his expression not good.
"To be honest, if it weren't for you, Qixia Sect would have fallen long ago. If it weren't for your mutual apprehension, each of you treating the other as a true member of Qixia Sect, Qixia Sect wouldn't have lasted until now."
The Qixia Sect Master said, looking around mockingly.
Hearing this, the Elders who were originally vigilant immediately looked at each other in dismay.
"So, we're all spies, huh? Well, that puts my mind at ease."
The Qixia Sect Grand Elder sneered, looking at the others.
"I've been holding back for so many years; it was really hard. On the surface, your cultivations are only at the Profound Earth Realm, but in reality, you are all in the Yuqing Realm. I thought Qixia Sect suspected me, so I didn't dare to act rashly."
"So, you are also from other Sects."
As soon as the Grand Elder finished speaking, the Third Elder also shook his head.
"Heh, it's precisely because of the Grand Elder that I acted discreetly, usually following the arrangements of this useless Sect Master. I always thought you all were true members of Qixia Sect, which is why I also acted discreetly."
With these two leading the way, the others also relaxed.
In front of everyone, they all displayed their true cultivations.
Except for the Qixia Sect Master, the legitimate Sect Master, who was only at the Tianxuan Realm, all the other Elders' cultivations had reached the Yuqing Realm.
"So, usually, we, this group of spies, were just wary of each other. It seems everyone overestimated Qixia Sect."
Once they confirmed that Qixia Sect's strength was very weak, these people immediately revealed their true colors.
"Hehe, I was so careful before, but it turns out to be just this. Everyone, now that the blood lake has appeared, the entrance to the ruins is right there. Do you want to go take a look?"
Hearing this, the others nodded.
"Good, let's go take a look then."
"Let's all rely on our own abilities!"
The numerous Elders all rubbed their fists together.
"By the way, why didn't I see that Alchemy Ma Elder today? Those awful Medicinal Pills he refines, if it weren't for keeping up appearances, I would have slapped him to death long ago."
"I don't know, but in my opinion, that person is probably also a spy from some Sect here!"
These people glanced at the Qixia Sect Master, who was calm at this moment, and all showed expressions of disdain.
"How useless; the once powerful Qixia Sect has fallen to such a state."
"Let's go, let's go to the ruins and see what the entrance to the ruins is like."
These individuals now completely disregarded the Qixia Sect Master.
Of course, they had no intention of killing the Qixia Sect Master.
Nothing else; in their opinion, the Sect Master's strength was simply too weak, too weak to be worthy of their attention.
Previously, they had been hesitant due to scruples and uncertainty about who truly belonged to Qixia Sect, which was why they didn't dare to turn on the Qixia Sect Master.
Now, of course, they held the Qixia Sect Master in no regard.
"Let's go out and see if it works!"
With that, this group left the main hall and rushed towards the blood lake.
Seeing the now empty main hall, the Qixia Sect Master couldn't help but sigh.
"Old Sect Leader, if only you hadn't passed Qixia Sect on to me, I could have left like these people."
This Qixia Sect Master was once also a spy who infiltrated here, but he was chosen by the Old Sect Leader and became the Sect Master of Qixia Sect.
The Old Sect Leader's kindness to him was immense, so he could only take on this mess.
"I just didn't expect that all the Elders of our Qixia Sect would be spies!"
While these spy Elders of Qixia Sect were competing against each other, Qin Xuan had already found a cave several thousand miles away and began to digest the gains after leaving the Sect.
He hadn't finished refining those Soul Cores, and there were other things as well.
However, just as Qin Xuan was halfway through refining the Soul Cores, a token in his qiankun ring lit up.
"Hmm? What's wrong?"
Qin Xuan frowned, took out the token, and glanced at it.
This was the mission token he had received at the Mission Hall.
"This token is only issued when the Sect urgently summons Disciples. I wonder what happened."
Qin Xuan frowned in thought.
A line of text appeared on the token.
Looking at this line of text, Qin Xuan's brows immediately furrowed tightly.
"Kun Peng Nest of the East Sea has appeared, return quickly!"
