At this time, the Yaowang Sect looked dilapidated, empty, silent and lifeless, and even looked a little deserted, as if no one had lived there for decades.

In fact, the Yaowang Sect suffered a disaster just a few months ago.

This is caused by the strong aura of the Traveling World, like vines and weeds that will grow wildly if left unattended for a period of time.

Climb up to the roof, squeeze through the brick walls, and quickly erase the traces of human beings...

And on the ruins, a man, a woman and an old ghost were walking (floating) together.

Hong Butian and the Great Elder walked in front, followed behind by Zhao Zhuji who looked wary, following step by step.

"Go forward and turn right..."

The great elder turned to look at Hong Butian, pointed to one place, and commanded.

"Boy, go and move the stone there, then take six steps to the right and put the stone down!"

"If you know it, you will be able to order people."

Hong Butian sighed and followed the steps mentioned by the great elder and moved the stone to its position.

"..."

Nothing happened.

Hong Butian: "?"

Zhao Zhuji: "?"

"..."

The great elder's face turned dark. Either he had been away for too long and the sect's arrangements had changed, or the sect's institutions were also damaged in the crisis...

Taking a deep breath, the elder pointed to a broken old tree, his eyes moved between Zhao Zhuji and Hong Buyian a few times, and finally looked at Zhao Zhuji, who was in the foundation building stage, and said: "Go and break that broken tree."

Pull out the whole tree!"

"Huh?"

Zhao Zhuji glanced at the Great Elder warily, and the latter gave her a stern look: "Don't worry, it's not a trap. Don't you don't believe in our identities? Now I'll give you a chance to verify it."

"..."

After hesitating for a moment, Zhao Zhuji nodded, but still did not relax his vigilance. He even took a few steps back to a distance that he thought was safer, and drew out his long sword.

"Broken!"

With a slight shout, in Hong Butian's shocked eyes, there seemed to be countless invisible sword lights intertwined and spreading, as if any one of them could easily take his life...

Is it true that the gap between monks is so big?

Hong Buyian was secretly frightened, but also a little longing and yearning, and his obsession with practice became a little firmer.

"Wow!"

Countless debris flew with the smoke and dust, and the earth and wood exploded into pieces, revealing a dark hole below.

"Huh?!"

Zhao Zhuji was surprised: "Is this... a secret passage?"

"Almost all the buildings on the surface have been destroyed, but I guess this secret passage is still there, and now it seems that it is indeed the case..."

The great elder looked at Zhao Zhuji: "How is it? Now do you believe that I am the new great elder of Yaowang Sect?"

"It depends on what's inside..."

Zhao Zhuji hesitated for a moment, took out a lighting spirit stone, injected spiritual energy into it to emit light, and handed it to Hong Butian who was standing aside: "You should walk in front, and I'll follow behind. Don't play any tricks!"

"Yes yes yes."

Hong Butian glanced at the lighting spirit stone in his hand with some curiosity, shook his head helplessly, walked towards the entrance of the cave, and after illuminating the bottom, he found that there were still steps to go down.

However, the road ahead is very narrow and can only accommodate one person passing through at a time.

"Let me be at the front."

The great elder glanced at Hong Butian: "I'll spare you the trouble of saying that this elder is not loyal enough."

"Ah this..."

Hong Butian took a step back and stretched out his hand: "As you wish."

"Humph."

With a slight snort, the great elder walked at the front, followed by Hong Buyian, and then Zhao Zhuji.

"There is just a small space at the end, densely packed with information recorded by generations of sect leaders..."

Seeing that there were no traces of blood or fighting on both sides of the passage and on the road, the great elder showed a helpless expression.

"Sure enough, those guys failed to discover this secret passage..."

After a pause, the great elder sighed and said: "If this secret passage can be designed to be larger, maybe many sect disciples can hide here.

However, materials that can shield the perception of monks at the highest Nascent Soul stage are very rare, so only such a small space can be built.

But then again, even so, there shouldn’t be no trace of people here, and there is no problem hiding a dozen or so people, unless..."

"Unless what?"*2

Zhao Zhuji and Hong Butian said in unison. They were stunned for a moment, but didn't say much.

"Unless the sect was captured before they could react, or the situation was urgent..."

The great elder shook his head and said no more. Regarding this kind of thing, just mention a few words. He was not at the scene and did not know the specific situation.

Moreover, saying this always makes him feel a little uncomfortable: "It has been hundreds of years, and the Yaowang Sect has not suffered such a heavy blow..."

"Senior, don't be too sad. After all, what happened cannot be changed..."

Zhao Zhuji suddenly spoke and softly comforted the elder. According to her observations, the soul in front of her should be the elder of the Medicine King Sect as the other party said...

Of course, we don’t rule out the possibility that the other party will tell lies...

But she still chooses to believe the other party for the time being.

In fact, there was one more thing that dispelled her doubts, and that was Hong Butian's cultivation level. He was at the first level of a Qi refining stage. He seemed to be just a newbie who had just entered Taoism, and it didn't seem like he could be related to the Yaowang Sect incident.

.

Thinking of this, she decided to confess some not-so-secret information.

"There are also some Yaowang Sect disciples who escaped to our Wujie Sword Sect area and were rescued by us.

According to what they said, they were still practicing as usual at that time, but suddenly countless demons and monsters emerged from the sect, and various beasts that became spirits broke in, catching them off guard.

For some unknown reason, the sect's formation failed to be triggered, and they attacked them. Before everyone had time to react, they were beaten back steadily and suffered heavy losses.

In the end, the sect leader and the elders decisively chose to abandon the sect and led them out together. However, because there were several very powerful monsters that kept chasing them, they became separated from the sect leader and elders...

My mentor is one of the people in charge of investigating this incident. He went to trace the traces of other members of the Yaowang Sect, and asked me to come to the already empty Yaowang Sect to see if I can find anything..."

Speaking of this, Zhao Zhuji shook his head and sighed: "Anyway, there are still some disciples here. As long as they are here, there will always be hope of reviving the Yaowang Sect, right?"

"Well, thank you for telling me this..."

The great elder nodded slightly and did not mention this topic any more, because they had already reached the end of the passage.

As the Great Elder said, the space here is very small, and at the end is a secret room with a door half closed. I carefully opened the door and walked in, and saw that each of the bookcases was filled with books.

"This is the place where the sect masters of the past generations record important events of the sect. Although the elders are also insiders, under normal circumstances, only the sect masters are allowed to enter here..."

The Great Elder said: "In a certain year and a certain month, someone developed a new drug, tried something, and what happened after that...

In a certain month of a certain year, for some reason, a certain disciple did something big that alarmed the sect...

Or what happened in the spiritual world at that time is selectively recorded here."

After a pause, the great elder turned around and looked at the two of them: "If you want to know what happened in the months before the sect was destroyed, this place is the first place I think of."

"The original purpose of this place was just to worry that some prescription would be lost, so I also recorded the derivation steps so that I could find it again..."

The Great Elder sighed: "I didn't expect that it would be used here because of the investigation of the Miemen..."

"By the way, this should be the latest, or the last record, right?"

Hong Butian walked to a desk, looked at the unclosed books above, and said thoughtfully: "It seems that the sect leader is leaving in a hurry, let me take a look..."

"Don't move!"

Zhao Zhuji suddenly shouted, startling Hong Butian, and his outstretched hand froze in the air: "Huh?"

"Let me come. I'm not at ease with your words!"

After glancing at Hong Butian, Zhao Zhuji walked to the desk, squeezed the former away, and turned the book to the first page, her eyes shining brightly.

"Let me see what is recorded here..."

"You're showing your back to me now?"

Hong Butian looked at Zhao Zhuji in front of him speechlessly, gesturing with his hands in front of his eyes, and complained: "Aren't you afraid that I will suddenly stab you in the back?"

"You're a little rookie, so let's talk about it if you can break my defense!"
To be continued...