"Is that where the Southern Emperor’s remains are?"
Gu Sheng felt a stir within his heart, intending to swim over and investigate, but suddenly a sharp pain came from his left arm.
"Hmm?"
Gu Sheng looked down and saw that the Heavenly Demon Vine wrapped around his left arm had awoken without his knowledge, the slender tendrils trembling slightly, transmitting a strong sense of yearning.
"You want to devour those Daoist Rhythm energies?"
Gu Sheng frowned deeply, asking through their spiritual connection.
The Heavenly Demon Vine responded affirmatively, the spikes on the tendrils slightly raised, appearing exceptionally excited.
Gu Sheng weighed the pros and cons in his mind.
If the Heavenly Demon Vine could devour the Southern Emperor’s Daoist Rhythm, its power would undoubtedly increase greatly, but...
"No way!"
Gu Sheng decisively suppressed the Heavenly Demon Vine’s agitation.
"If I disturb the Southern Emperor’s remains now, the Southern Emperor Lineage and all the Divine Sects will immediately turn against me. Besides, who knows what dangers lie beneath that seal?"
The Heavenly Demon Vine twisted a few times with reluctance, but under Gu Sheng’s strong suppression, it eventually settled down.
Just as Gu Sheng was preparing to continue his investigation, a sudden rumbling sound came from afar.
"Someone is coming!"
Gu Sheng swiftly broke the surface, wiping the water from his face, and looked cautiously towards the source of the sound.
Dust rose in the distance, a white-clothed girl riding a large white demon beast was charging towards them.
The beast resembled a white tiger but had six legs, running with a wind underfoot and at an astonishing speed.
And behind them, no less than twenty martial artists were in hot pursuit.
Their clothing was varied, but each emitted a powerful aura without exception.
"All are in the Sect Realm!"
Gu Sheng’s pupils contracted sharply.
"And at least mid-Sect Realm!"
He immediately restrained his aura, his body slightly sinking, exposing only the part above the eyes above the water surface.
Faced with so many Sect Realm powerhouses, even he dared not make any rash moves.
The white-clothed girl seemed to have noticed Gu Sheng’s presence, turned her head to glance in his direction.
Just that one glance made Gu Sheng’s heart tremble.
"It’s not Miao Muqing!"
Although the appearance was seventy to eighty percent similar, the girl’s eyes were sharper, her brows lacking a gentle touch, with more of a fierce killing aura.
"Mu Xue?"
Gu Sheng recalled Miao Muqing had mentioned another "her," and suddenly understood.
"It seems Miao Muqing’s situation is more serious than imagined, allowing Mu Xue to take control of the body."
The white-clothed girl suddenly raised her hand and cast a spell in Gu Sheng’s direction, transmitting a message simultaneously.
"Hide in the Immortal Pool! They dare not enter!"
The voice was clear but carried a commanding tone of unquestionable authority, starkly contrasting with Miao Muqing’s gentleness.
Gu Sheng hesitated slightly but saw the pursuers drawing nearer, deciding to trust the girl’s words.
He dove back underwater.
At the moment he entered the water, the white-clothed girl suddenly slapped the demon beast beneath her, the six-legged white tiger let out a thunderous roar, and its speed soared once more.
The girl then leapt up from the beast’s back, rapidly forming seals with her hands.
"Southern Emperor’s Immortal Art · Soul-Devouring Bone Corrosion Array!"
With a clear shout, the ground suddenly shook violently.
Countless dark cracks spread outwards from her center, dense black smoke gushed from the cracks, engulfing a hundred meters in an instant.
"Seal this area! Do not easily enter the smoke’s range!"
The white-robed elder’s stern command echoed in the valley, and the dozens of Sect Realm powerhouses stopped in unison, looking gravely at the valley below enveloped in swirling black smoke.
The smoke rolled like a living being, with faint flashes of purple light, chilling to behold.
"The Southern Emperor Lineage’s Poison Array truly lives up to its name."
A middle-aged man carrying a longsword spoke in a deep voice, his Protective True Qi cautiously probing the edge of the smoke, immediately emitting a hissing corrosion sound.
The white-robed elder coldly snorted.
"Below King Realm, touching it means death. This Poison Array has been prepared at least a year in advance, the Southern Emperor Lineage’s arrangement is earlier than we imagined."
"What should we do? Just wait?"
A burly man with a face full of muscle impatiently waved the giant axe in his hand.
"That little girl jumped with the Southern Emperor’s inheritance!"
"Why so anxious!"
The white-robed elder flicked his sleeve, a white light forced the burly man back several steps.
"The Southern Emperor’s Daughter’s soul is too weak to break the seal. As long as we wait for the King Realm patriarchs to deal with the remnants of the Southern Emperor Lineage, the things in this valley will be ours sooner or later!"
The crowd heard, though unwilling, they could only hold back.

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