After leaving the entrance to the secret realm, Xu Chunniang's heart moved as she looked at Hunyuan City not far ahead, but she did not enter the city.
She changed direction and headed towards Fengcrying Mountain.
She deliberately chose a highway, met many monks along the way, and then entered the area of Fengwei Mountain without a care in the world.
After entering the depths of Fengcrying Mountain, Xu Chunniang released her spiritual consciousness and after confirming that no one was around, she restored her original appearance and destroyed all her clothes.
After doing all this, she used her spiritual consciousness to lock onto the two Wujin apes in the early stages of foundation building, and started hunting them leisurely.
After killing the monster for five days in Fengcrying Mountain, Xu Chunniang left this place and embarked on her return journey.
Before we arrived at Hunyuan City, we saw a lot of garrison troops outside the city from a distance, and they were heavily guarded.
It seems that the Tianyuan Secret Realm was closed three days ago, but Xie Changyuan failed to leave as scheduled, which has alarmed the City Lord's Mansion.
Xu Chunniang lowered her eyes and walked towards the city gate pretending not to know.
The city gates were heavily guarded, and every monk entering and leaving the city was subject to strict questioning.
Several foundation-building monks held magic weapons to ensure that the monks who came and went did not disguise themselves or hide their cultivation. There was also a golden elixir monk sitting nearby.
When it was Xu Chunniang's turn, she took out her identity jade token, then took the initiative to reach out and place it on the magic weapon used for detection.
"pass."
After hearing these words, she felt a little relieved. Just as she was about to step into the city, she saw the golden elixir monk suddenly opened his eyes and his eyes fell on her.
"Wait a minute!"
Xu Chunniang's heart tightened, but there was a trace of confusion on her face, as if she didn't know why she was stopped.
The Jindan cultivator could naturally tell that the cultivation level of the female cultivator in front of him was only the fourth level of foundation building.
The Lord of the City has specifically told you to pay more attention to the monks on the fourth floor of the foundation building.
He said coldly, "Release your spiritual consciousness."
Xu Chunniang looked puzzled. After all, she had just explained that she had stayed in Fengcrying Mountain for a month and only rushed back to the city today.
The two late-stage foundation-building monks responsible for the inspection both looked impatient.
There are so many people waiting to be tested and they don't bother to explain.
"I ask you to release your spiritual consciousness, just do it, there is no need to ask so many questions."
Xu Chunniang took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down.
When she came out of the Tianyuan Secret Realm that day, she had changed her aura, and her contact with those Jindan monks was extremely brief. She should not be recognized if she releases her spiritual consciousness at this moment, right?
While she was thinking about it, she made a cooperative appearance, and was about to release her spiritual consciousness when she caught a glimpse of the Golden Core cultivator beside her, whose expression changed slightly after opening a transmission note.
"I have something urgent. I'll come back as soon as I go. You two will be here to check carefully."
After saying that, the golden elixir monk left directly in the air.
Xu Chunniang blinked and quietly released her consciousness.
After this invisible spiritual consciousness touched the spiritual consciousness of the two late-stage foundation-building monks, it seemed to have encountered some huge obstacle and was violently bounced back.
As if she couldn't bear it, her body swayed and she almost fell.
"Okay, let's go."
Xu Chunniang withdrew her consciousness and entered the city "weakly".
Until he entered Xiangyun Inn, he still maintained this weakness.
When the innkeeper saw her come back alive, his face showed surprise. He had not seen her come back for so long, and he thought that the female nun had died in Fengwei Mountain.
However, he quickly put away the surprise on his face and replaced it with a smile.
"Fellow Taoist is finally back. During these days, several of your companions have been coming to me to inquire about news. They even thought about going to Fengwei Mountain to look for you. Fortunately, you are finally back, otherwise it would have been a few days later.
I really can’t persuade you anymore.”
Xu Chunniang smiled back, and at the same time took out a small bag of spiritual stones and put it on the counter, "Thank you, shopkeeper, for passing the message to me."
Before leaving, she told Huo Chunyan and others where to go, but just in case the three of them went to Fengcrying Mountain to look for her on impulse, she specially asked the shopkeeper to help take care of her.
The shopkeeper touched the bag of spiritual stones with a smile, weighed it without leaving any trace, and showed a satisfied look.
"Fellow Taoist is too polite, I can't help you much."
After Xu Chunniang thanked the shopkeeper again, she walked to the door of the room she had lived in before and knocked on the door.
"who?"
"it's me."
In less than half a breath, the door was suddenly opened. Huo Chunyan stared at Xu Chunniang with wide eyes, her eye circles slowly turning red.
"Chun Niang, you're back... great, great!"
She was a little excited and wanted to say something, but she only repeated this sentence.
After waking up, Senior Brother Zhuge left a message saying that he had gone to the secret realm, and Chun Niang left a message saying that he had gone to Fengcrying Mountain.
The three of them were worried to death. God knows how they got here these days.
I prepared to go to Fengcrying Mountain several times, but after thinking about Chun Niang’s words, I finally endured it.
"It's all because we are so useless that you risked your life alone to earn spiritual stones..."
Seeing Huo Chunyan looking like she was about to cry, Xu Chunniang coughed lightly to hide her guilty conscience.
The rent at Xiangyun Inn is expensive, and after a few people stayed there for half a year, their meager wealth had already been emptied out.
At that time, she wanted to find a reasonable reason for her departure, so that she could hunt monsters and go out to make money.
"It's okay, I'm back in good health. And although this trip was a bit hard, the harvest is not bad at all."
Huo Chunyan wiped the corners of her eyes and said, "Senior brother came back three days ago. I will tell him the good news, as well as Zhang Yu and the others."
A quarter of an hour later, the five people gathered again in Zhuge Yun's room named Xuan.
Looking at the tea cup in front of her, Huo Chunyan glanced at Zhuge Yun who was sitting on top, and her tone was not very polite.
"This time, senior brother didn't add any ingredients to it, right?"
Zhuge Yun showed a hint of apology on his face, "It was just a helpless move at the time. I hope the junior brothers and sisters will not take it seriously."
Xu Chunniang lowered her head to drink tea, but she was extremely sure in her heart that she had not seen Zhuge Yun in the entire Tianyuan Secret Realm or even in the Tiandao Palace.
Or...he didn't go to Tiandao Palace at all.
Or, he also used the method of disguising himself and she failed to recognize him.
Xu Chunniang felt that it was more likely to be the latter. After all, Zhuge Yun even drugged him in order to get rid of the four of them and enter the secret realm. It was unlikely that he would miss the opportunity to go to Tiandao Palace.
She can learn Bone Shrinking Qigong, and Zhuge Yun's cultivation level is higher than hers, so it's not surprising that he can master such techniques.
"Senior Brother finally returned safely, and so did Senior Sister Xu. I have really been counting the days over the past month."
Zhang Yuchang breathed a sigh of relief, with a look of joy on his face.
Zhuge Yun's eyes flashed with contemplation. It was only after he returned from the secret realm that he learned about Xu Chunniang's trip to Fengcrying Mountain alone.
It's just that the timing was too coincidental. As soon as he left, she left alone.
Could it be that...this junior sister said she went to Fengcrying Mountain, but in fact she went into the secret realm just like him?