After Zhao Min sensed something, Li Yan also quickly swept his Divine Sense towards the white light. To his disappointment, the moment his Divine Sense entered the white light, it was pushed back by an invisible force within it.
Let alone seeing the situation behind it.
This made Li Yan think of the situation before when Zhao Min had instantly sensed the existence of the Little Purple Divine Dragon-Elephant.
'Is it that 'Ice Soul Blue Jade Body' at work?'
Li Yan was somewhat suspicious, wondering if Zhao Min was just having some hallucinations due to excessive consumption.
"I'll ask, you just nod, shake your head, or gesture. Can you sense the level of those demonic beasts? If you can, is the highest level of demonic beast a fourth-rank?"
Li Yan held Zhao Min's arm, which was covered in cold sweat, and continued to move forward with difficulty.
This time, Zhao Min did not refuse. With the help of Li Yan's strength, she was recovering her stamina a little.
She raised her other hand, extended two slender, jade-like fingers like green onions, shook them once, and then immediately let her hand drop, as if even shaking her fingers had exhausted all her strength.
Li Yan immediately began to think quickly in his mind.
'The highest level is a second-rank demonic beast, and there are a large number of them. That means that behind the white light should be a place where low-level demonic beasts roam. This kind of place is generally very far from the nests of high-level demonic beasts, and the level of cultivators who appear there will usually not be very high.'
He quickly made a judgment in his mind. Demonic beasts had a strong concept of territory. In the vicinity of a high-level demonic beast's nest, for a thousand li, or even ten thousand li, they would not allow too many low-level demonic beasts to appear.
Even if there were, there would be very few, and they would generally be the clansmen or trusted confidants of the high-level demonic beast.
The fact that there were quite a few of them also meant that the probability of cultivators appearing here was not high. Even the lowest-level demonic beasts could be exchanged for some Spirit Stones, and cultivators at the Foundation Establishment and Qi Condensation stages still liked to hunt them.
"Can you tell what specific types of demonic beasts there are?"
This time, Zhao Min directly shook her head. She could only vaguely sense many demonic beast auras from the white light and roughly distinguish their strength. As for what specific types they were, she couldn't do that.
Looking at the white light a few li away, Zhao Min thought for a moment, and then she forcefully shook the arm that Li Yan was holding and spoke with difficulty.
"You... you go... go first... I'll... follow... later."
By the last few words, she was extremely weak. If she hadn't cultivated the Qiongqi Purgatory Art, she would have probably been torn to shreds by those strange tearing forces and collapsed long ago.
Even now, her clothes were damaged in many places, but her skin and bones were still intact, with only a few bloodstains in some places.
But under the increasing resistance from the front, Zhao Min had reached the point where her Spirit Power was exhausted. The pills she had taken were not very effective, and she needed to sit down and refine them.
Moreover, she only had about ten pills left that could quickly restore Spirit Power.
They were now about two li away from the white light in front of them, and the resistance had reached a terrifying level where it had materialized.
If the two of them were not body cultivators, it would have been possible for a layer of their skin to be directly torn off, or for their flesh to be separated from their bones.
At this time, Li Yan also thought of what Wei Zhongran had once said. Even with the existence of the Devil's Cliff Crevice, for demonic cultivators to cross the two-realm passage, out of dozens of them, maybe only one would make it through, or even less than one in a hundred.
The two of them had been caught in the Devil's Cliff Crevice and had almost perished several times. The living conditions here were extremely harsh.
Li Yan also stopped and looked at the faint, flickering protective spirit light around Zhao Min, a gleam in his eyes.
Now, let alone Zhao Min, he wasn't much better off himself. He had to use thirty percent of his strength to protect Zhao Min at all times, which greatly increased the consumption of his Spirit Power.
Zhao Min could also clearly see that if it were just Li Yan himself, he should have already reached the white light. Not only was Li Yan's Spirit Power long-lasting, but his Qiongqi Purgatory Art also seemed to be several points more powerful than hers.
But from her perspective, having cultivated the Qiongqi Purgatory Art since she was a child, Li Yan's Qiongqi Purgatory Art had definitely not broken through to the third layer. But the number of surprises Li Yan had brought her today was too many, and there was simply no time to ask.
Li Yan was already considering whether to put Zhao Min into the "Earthen Patch." After all, the effect of Zhao Min swallowing a drop of "Rongsun" was very different from him swallowing it himself.
At this rate of consumption, it was possible that they would use up more than half of their "Rongsun" by the time they reached the white light.
To say that Li Yan didn't feel the pain of using up such a heavenly material and earthly treasure would be a lie. It wasn't that he was reluctant to use it, but that this thing was finite. It was a life-saving item, and it was best used at the most critical moments.
Seeing Li Yan suddenly stop and look at her with a flickering gaze, although she was the one who told him to leave, seeing this, a trace of disappointment suddenly rose in Zhao Min's heart.
Her personality was already stubborn, and even more so, somewhat extreme. What she said was often completely different from what she thought.
This was not much different from how Zhao Min felt as a child, watching her parents come and go in a hurry, only to turn around and leave again just as she was filled with anticipation.
But that was all. Thinking about how Li Yan had been able to turn back to save her in the Devil's Cliff Crevice, she couldn't be too selfish now. Zhao Min constantly tried to convince herself in her heart that Li Yan leaving was the right thing to do.
Due to her childhood experiences, whenever she encountered emotional matters, she would constantly weigh and judge, but she was unwilling to show it on her face.
Suddenly, Li Yan's grip on her arm tightened, and his voice once again entered her mind.
"Don't be afraid later. It's absolutely safe there. You can come out after we're out of danger!"
Zhao Min was stunned. She didn't understand what Li Yan meant by this inexplicable sentence. She raised her beautiful eyes and looked at Li Yan in a daze, a bad feeling rising in her heart.
This was an instinctive reaction. And just as she was in a daze, the Spirit Power in Li Yan's hand flashed violently, and in the next moment, Zhao Min had vanished without a trace.
Li Yan looked at the white light in front of him, and a smile tugged at the corner of his mouth.
'I hope you won't be too surprised!' The secrets of the Five Immortal Sects were the biggest secrets on Li Yan. They were the foundation of his cultivation.
The essence blood of the "Undead Nether Phoenix" would only take his strength to the next level, but the Five Immortal Sects involved a huge secret of the Immortal Spirit Realm.
It was an ancient sect that drove people in the Immortal Spirit Realm mad, constantly searching for it. If anyone knew that he was an un-matured successor of the Five Immortal Sects, soul-searching would be his inevitable end.
Li Yan had finally violated Ping Tu's warning. He had revealed a corner of the Five Immortal Sects' secret for the first time. This alone could get him killed countless times over.
Zhao Min was different from the Snow Mosquito King and the Little Purple Divine Dragon-Elephant. The two demonic beasts had a master-servant contract with Li Yan. If Li Yan died, they would die. They prospered together and suffered together.
After doing all this, Li Yan suddenly felt a sense of relief, as if a heavy burden had been lifted. Perhaps carrying a secret for a long time was too heavy.
After making a decision that concerned his own life today, Li Yan actually felt a sense of heart-to-heart connection with Zhao Min because of it.
However, he knew that this was as far as it went. As for the existence of the "Earthen Patch," he would find some reason of a fortuitous encounter to tell Zhao Min in the future. After all, no one could say for sure when one might obtain a spatial magical treasure.
Whether she believed it or not, the matter would end there. Otherwise, it would bring endless disaster to Zhao Min as well.
He absolutely could not reveal any other information about the Five Immortal Sects.
In that instant, Li Yan thought of many things, perhaps as a way to comfort himself and find a reason for revealing the secret of the "Earthen Patch" space.
Li Yan's robes billowed. He took a deep breath, and Spirit Power rolled out from his body. He stepped towards the white light, one step at a time...
Zhao Min only felt her vision blur, and then all the pressure around her vanished. Then she discovered with surprise that she was standing at the foot of a large mountain.
Beneath her feet were patches of vibrant green vegetation, stretching out endlessly. Not far away, a clear little river meandered into the distance.
Under the blue sky and white clouds, the surrounding area was filled with a rich, almost tangible Spirit Qi, and everywhere was a scene of vibrant life.
"Supreme-grade Earth Spirit Qi?"
Zhao Min immediately identified it. This made her mind feel a little dizzy before she could even react to where she was.
Even a behemoth as famous as the Malevolent Spirit Sect could not possess such rich Earth Spirit Qi.
After a moment, Zhao Min gradually came to her senses from her trance. She looked at the colorful wildflowers swaying in the breeze at her feet.
Feeling the tranquility and peace in this world, she scanned her surroundings before muttering to herself.
"A Spirit-Storing Pouch? No, I've never heard of a Spirit-Storing Pouch that could contain such a large world, and one with supreme-grade Earth Spirit Qi at that. I don't think even the Spirit-Storing Pouches of a Nascent Soul Ancestor could do this. Is this... a Secret Realm space?"
...
Outside, after nearly an hour, Li Yan finally reached the white light.
He didn't know that Zhao Min, in her wild thoughts, had actually thought of the connection between the "Earthen Patch" and a secret realm. Although this "Secret Realm" was not the same as that "Secret Realm," there was some connection.
But at this time, Li Yan had no time to think about Zhao Min in the "Earthen Patch." He stood ten zhang away from the white light, his chest heaving violently.
His clothes, even under the protection of Spirit Power, were still making rustling sounds in the wind.
This short two-li journey, which would normally have been a matter of an instant for him, had taken him nearly an hour to walk today.
And at this moment, not only had the Spirit Power on his body not relaxed in the slightest, but it was also circulating to its limit. If he were to relax for even a moment, he didn't know where he would be pushed to by the immense force from the white light in the next moment.
Li Yan only felt an incredible soreness all over his body. Even with his physical body, resisting the immense force from the white light was extremely difficult.
Now, with only ten zhang left, Li Yan had already tried to advance several times, but he had been stuck in place.
Every time he lifted his leg with all his might, it would be blocked and pressed down by the immense force from the white light, forcing him to step heavily on the ground again.
Li Yan was now enduring the terrifying pressure, barely regulating his breath. In the next moment, a drop of "Rongsun" appeared in his mouth again.
He didn't dare to stay here for long. Even if he stood still now, every breath would consume a large amount of Spirit Power and physical strength.
The moment the "Rongsun" entered his mouth, the black qi around Li Yan's body let out a "wuwu" whistling sound, and his aura suddenly rose.
The "Five Elements Return to Primordial Genesis" cultivation method erupted, and for a moment, the fluctuation of Li Yan's aura faintly reached that of a Golden Core cultivator.
With a loud shout, he powerfully lifted one leg, and then swiftly and heavily stepped forward.
After a long tearing sound of silk, the robe and inner trousers on Li Yan's outstretched leg were instantly torn to shreds.
The spirit-treasure-grade clothes, when Li Yan was going all out and no longer protecting them, were as thin as a cicada's wing and instantly disintegrated into ash, vanishing without a trace.
After taking one step, Li Yan no longer cared about the clothes on his body, and his other foot quickly lifted and fell.
Another crisp tearing sound, and the hem of his robe and the clothes on his other leg were once again torn and disappeared.
Li Yan, however, stared expressionlessly at the vast white expanse in front of him and slowly walked forward, one step at a time...