Elder Pan Cheng took some time before swearing to heaven, followed by his Tyrant Lion Sect's disciple.
"See, it wasn't so hard to swear to heaven," Elder Jing exclaimed once she made sure everyone swore to heaven without leaving a single person.
"Hmph, now that you are satisfied, I wish to be left alone," Elder Pan Cheng shouted as he took a seat at the corner and closed his eyes.
"Also, make sure to group up near the entrance in about 10 minutes." Elder Jing added, disregarding if they are paying attention or not.
Afterward, Elder Jing left the area now that she made sure no one would retaliate against their sect.
"Elder Jing, you are indeed impressive and meticulous," Elder Pao Huang praised Elder Jing once they were out of their sight.
"It's nothing special. After all, we must always be cautious in the cultivation world," Elder Jing shrugged.
She didn't think her action before was anything worthy of mentioning but Elder Pao Huang's respect for her only increased to another level.
'Not only was Elder Jing not power-hungry in the sect. She also doesn't boast about her achievements when compared to others,' Elder Pao Huang exclaimed inwardly as he glanced at her back.
Clenching his fist, Elder Pao Huang wanted to be someone like Elder Jing as well so he quickly headed toward the area where their disciples were resting.
Since Elder Jing asked for Elder Fang Yunru and Elder Pan Cheng to group up near the entrance, Elder Pao Huang needed to inform their own disciples as well.
Meanwhile, Elder Jing went back to Yang Wei's side who had his eyes closed.
"The merging process at the final moment became unstable. Could it be that I didn't extract the impurities correctly and caused the essence to be unable to merge properly?" Yang Wei mumbled softly without realizing Elder Jing came back.
He was focused on imaging different scenarios on what the problem could be and hadn't noticed his surroundings.
"Seems like you figured out the problem at last." Elder Jing suddenly intervened and gave Yang Wei the answer he was searching for.
Yang Wei was dumbfounded to hear a voice before recognizing it was Elder Jing.
Opening his eyes, Yang Wei smiled happily, "You've returned from the task you needed to do?"
"Mhmm, it was pretty straightforward and simple if someone didn't stall the time."
Although albeit confused, Yang Wei nodded his head as he began to arrange the ingredients to start another refinement.
However, Elder Jing quickly stopped him and said, "Now it's not the time to do some refinement."
And she continued, "The mysterious realm is about to close and we'll have to be on guard for the next 30 minutes or so."
"On guard?"
"Mhmm, the Concealing Pill is starting to lose its effect and it's too risky to head outside now that the demons are searching everywhere for the aura left behind from those two pathetic elders."
Elder Jing was irritated at the amateur mistakes they committed and she could only conceal their aura around 50km because any further would be extremely risky.
She wasn't confident enough to face the demons at all and there was no reason for her to fight them when she would leave this mysterious realm soon.
The demons are stuck here forever and it wasn't their concern anymore once they left.
Meanwhile, Yang Wei was solemn as he knew they would be discovered right away when the Concealing Pill lost its effect.
"Can't we scatter them at the entrance like before to prevent the demons from sniffing us out?" Yang Wei suggested.
"We could do that but considering the number of people here and the fact that I can no longer head out to cover the surroundings, it wouldn't be effective at all." Elder Jing shook her head as she had already given this method a thought.
Yang Wei was a bit disappointed but not surprised that his suggestions were helpless in this situation.
"Then what are we going to do now?" Yang Wei asked.
"We will group up together near the entrance and everyone will use their true qi to cast a spatial barrier to hold on until we get kicked out." Elder Jing said and prepared to leave to gather the rest.
Yang Wei quickly followed behind Elder Jing.
Sometime later, everyone within the cave grouped up near the entrance.
Elder Jing smirked when she saw Elder Pan Cheng standing in the side with a reluctant expression, clearly unwilling to become a mere puppet in listening to her orders.
"Since everyone is now gathered, there is some information I must tell you so that you can be prepared," Elder Jing then said when everyone was lined up.
"First and foremost, the Concealing Pill that was surrounding the cave is going to lose its effect in the next 10 minutes while the mysterious realm ends in about 40 minutes, meaning we must defend till then."
Elder Jing's announcement caused the other disciples to turn pale as 30 minutes was enough for the demons to massacre everyone here.
"Y-You- didn't you say this place is safe and even made us pay to be here." Elder Pan Cheng was the first one to shout angrily and pointed his finger at Elder Jing.
He used his precious treasures to stay here to protect his life and the disciples yet Elder Jing was saying that he may die.
Elder Jing glanced at him with a calm expression and said, "And whose fault did you think it was that the demons would locate us?"
Elder Pan Cheng flinched as his mouth stayed open without a single sound emitting from it.
Lian Xinyue and the other disciples were confused since they weren't informed about how Elder Fang Yunru and Elder Pan Cheng committed an amateur mistake.
"Since you have nothing to say then please do me a favor, keep your stinky mouth shut and listen to my instruction before you start barking like a dog."
Elder Jing scoffed as she continued to explain her plan, ignoring the humiliated Elder Pan Cheng.
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