"This secret realm contains all five elements, and the space is so vast. There must be a lot of spiritual essence within it, and it may even nurture high-level treasures and spiritual objects!"
After sensing the situation in the secret realm, the young man in white robes was overjoyed.
He immediately began searching the secret realm.
He quickly determined the direction in which the spiritual energy of this secret realm was most concentrated, based on the terrain and the flow of spiritual energy within the realm.
He immediately used his escape technique and flew in that direction.
In his haste, he didn't even have time to pay attention to the ants exploring the secret realm.
Such a conspicuous escape light could not escape the notice of the powerful figures within the secret realm.
Upon sensing the power of the escaping light, everyone's expression changed drastically.
"What is that?!"
"Anyone capable of flying in the sky must be at least a Foundation Establishment cultivator!"
"That streaking light! Are those two monsters from Zhongzhou here?"
"Quick, hide!"
"Run!"
...
Upon seeing the streaking light, the powerful figures in the secret realm were shocked, and their reactions varied.
Those who are knowledgeable and well-informed immediately connected the sight of the escaping light with certain news they had heard not long ago.
He was immediately terrified and, disregarding any further exploration of the secret realm, desperately fled towards its entrance.
However, some people, unable to recognize the origin of the elusive light, continued to search for spiritual objects, clinging to a glimmer of hope.
Some even had the quick wit to think they had encountered some senior master, so they used their movement techniques to chase after him, hoping to get to know him better and see if they could gain any opportunities.
The white-robed youth moved with incredible speed, and soon he arrived at the location he had deduced where the spiritual energy of this secret realm was most concentrated.
However, upon landing on the ground and seeing the mess before him, his face immediately showed extreme shock and anger.
"Which insignificant ant dares to touch my things?!"
Looking at the sacred land, now utterly ruined with stones and soil dug up, the white-robed youth felt a burning rage within him.
Judging from the remaining spiritual energy here, he was certain that a considerable amount of the five elements' spiritual essence must have been gathered here before, and it might even have nurtured some kind of extremely high-grade spiritual medicine!
"Who is it?!"
The enraged white-robed youth immediately flew away, arriving in mid-air. His powerful spiritual energy surged forth from the acupoint between his eyebrows, sweeping outwards in all directions.
In an instant, it covered a space of dozens of miles in radius.
Within this range, nothing escapes his senses.
Soon, his gaze sharpened as he sensed several figures hiding in the dense forest nearby.
His body immediately transformed into a stream of light and flew in that direction.
A few breaths later, they arrived at the hiding place of those figures.
In their terrified gaze, a magical palm materialized, grabbing down and squeezing the people, along with the flowers, grass, and trees, into its grasp.
"ah!"
"Your Excellency, Your Excellency, spare my life!"
"We had no intention of offending Your Excellency, please forgive us!"
The moment they were squeezed by the magical palm, all of them immediately coughed up blood and were seriously injured.
The innate body, forged through countless trials, was as fragile as an egg at this moment, utterly useless.
The group was terrified and began to plead.
"Shut up, you ant!"
With a slight contraction of the magical palm, the group was squeezed so tightly that they could barely breathe and could no longer speak.
The white-robed youth's gaze was icy. These ants were so noisy; if he hadn't wanted to ask them questions, he would have crushed them all long ago.
"Insects, I ask you, who took the things from the Land of Spiritual Essence?"
"A land of spiritual energy?"
The group of people were taken aback, some of them not understanding what the young man in white robes was saying.
But the next moment, one of them suddenly exploded, splattering blood all over the people next to him.
“Answer me, you ant.”
The sudden death of their companion left the others completely blank.
They hadn't expected the white-robed man to be so violent; after only a moment's hesitation, he immediately began killing.
Seeing the stunned expressions on their faces, the young man in white robes looked disgusted and prepared to crush them all to death.
Anyway, there are still plenty of ants in this secret realm. It's the same to crush them first and then catch the others.
Those held in the palm of magic felt an overwhelming sense of impending death rising in their hearts upon seeing the white-robed youth's expression.
Driven by a strong survival instinct, one of them immediately shouted, "Your Excellency, spare our lives! I know who took what you said you were talking about!"
The young man in white robes paused, looking coldly at the other man: "Is what you're saying true?"
"It's absolutely true. The treasure that Your Excellency is referring to must be the one on that mountain fifty miles to the east, right?"
The young man in white didn't say whether it was right or wrong, but simply said coldly, "Continue."
But the man knew he had guessed correctly and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
“Your Excellency, we have also been to that mountain, but when we arrived, someone had already gotten there first and taken the treasure.”
"How dare you mock me?" the white-robed youth roared in anger.
"Please calm down, Your Excellency! That's not what I meant!" the man hurriedly shouted. "What I meant was that we were among the first to enter this secret realm."
But even when we arrived at that mountain, all the treasures had already been taken.
Then the only person who could have taken the treasure is that person!
"Who is it?" the white-robed youth asked patiently.
"It is a mysterious person wearing a ghost mask and piloting a golden flying boat!"
When we first entered the secret realm that day, we saw him piloting a golden flying boat towards the entrance.
He came from the mountain that the Venerable One had mentioned.
Therefore, the treasure on that mountain could only have been taken by that person!
"So, you don't know that person's identity or background either?"
“We dare not deceive Your Majesty, we truly do not know that person’s exact identity or origin.”
All that is known is that he has a grudge against the Suspended Mountain Secret Realm, and recently in Xizhou, he killed many disciples of the Suspended Mountain.
He single-handedly suppressed the entire Suspended Mountain, forcing it to cower in its secret realm, too afraid to emerge.
"If that's the case, then what use are you all?" the white-robed youth said coldly.
Then, to the horror of those people, the palm of magic suddenly closed.
After casually crushing a few ants, the white-robed youth's expression didn't improve; instead, it became even more gloomy.
His mind had been focused on those few creatures, so he knew they weren't lying.
But that's precisely why he was even angrier.
According to what the ant said, the little thief who took the treasure had already left the secret realm and must have already fled to the ends of the earth.
In this vast world, where could he possibly find that little thief?
Thinking of this, the white-robed youth's anger grew even stronger.
The residual spiritual energy of that precious land was already extremely rich, so one can imagine how extraordinary the treasures it nurtured must have been.
But it was taken by some unknown ant, which made him want to kill.
The few ants he had previously killed not only failed to vent his killing intent, but instead intensified it.
"wrong!"
Just as the white-robed youth was contemplating whether to unleash a massacre, a sudden realization struck him, and he calmed down.
"According to what that ant said, they were among the first to enter the secret realm, yet they were still behind that little thief."
This means that the little thief entered the secret realm earlier than them, and it is even very likely that he was the first person to enter the secret realm!
The fact that he was able to enter the secret realm so early means that the little thief had already sensed it as soon as it appeared.
In other words, it's highly likely that he was already living in seclusion near the secret realm!
The more the young man in the white robe thought about it, the brighter his eyes became.
