The air outside the cave seems to be stagnant due to the noise inside the cave.
Elder Ling Xuzi’s gray beard trembled slightly, and the happy smile on his face had long since disappeared, replaced by an almost livid color.
He maintained the posture of raising his hand to touch the forbidden area. His arm was frozen in mid-air, as if he had been immobilized.
Beside him, Bo Shun'an's mouth was wide enough to hold a red fruit.
The rich spiritual energy is still surrounding you, but at this moment, this refreshing spiritual energy is like a silent slap in the face...
Practice hard?
In the cave, the noise continued.
"Senior Brother Ye is mighty! Let’s do it again!"
"Hiccup...I can't do it anymore...I really can't do it anymore..."
Ye Feng's voice was filled with laughter and a sense of indifference and pride.
"Where is this!"
Ling Xuzi took a deep breath, his chest rising and falling slightly.
He slowly lowered his stiff arms, his face so gloomy that it almost dripped water.
Beside him, Bai Shun'an didn't dare to express his anger, and quietly moved back half a step, for fear that the master's anger would affect him.
Ling Xuzi formed the formula with his fingers, and a ray of light condensed from his fingertips, and he lightly touched the restriction of the cave.
Buzz——
A slight energy fluctuation spread out, and the restriction rippled like water waves.
The noise in the cave suddenly stopped.
After three full breaths, the door of the cave slowly opened.
A strong smell of alcohol mixed with the aroma of various foods came to my face.
Behind the door, Ye Feng's figure appeared.
His face was still flushed with a bit of drunkenness, but his eyes were unusually clear and showed no sign of drunkenness.
When he saw Ling Xuzi and Bai Shun'an standing outside the door, the smile on Ye Feng's face froze slightly, but it immediately returned to his natural state.
He stepped forward quickly, bowed and saluted, with standard movements and a respectful attitude.
"Disciple Ye Feng, I paid homage to the master and met senior brother Bai."
His voice was calm, and there was no hint of the noisy and indulgent tone from before.
Ling Xuzi had a cold face, his eyes sharply swept over Ye Feng, and then looked past him into the cave.
I saw cups and plates in a mess inside, and several empty wine jars lying staggered on the ground.
Lin Chen and Ni Qingshui were trying to stand upright in a hurry, with panic on their faces.
Ni Qingshui was so frightened that he almost collapsed. Fortunately, he was supported by Lin Chen next to him.
When the two of them saw Ling Xuzi's dark face, they were sober. They quickly lowered their heads, not daring to breathe, and stood respectfully aside, just like two disciples who had been caught doing something wrong.
Ye Feng didn't seem to notice Ling Xuzi's ugly face. He straightened up with his usual relaxed smile on his face.
He stepped aside and made a gesture of invitation.
"Master is here, and it is really a sin for the disciple to miss the welcome." He paused, "No, I just had a few drinks with my two junior brothers to celebrate. Master, if you don't mind, why don't you come in and have a drink together?"
As he said that, he really made a move to grab the unopened wine jar next to him.
Ling Xuzi snorted coldly.
"Humph! Drinking?"
His voice was not loud, but it carried an unquestionable majesty.
Lin Chen and Ni Qingshui were so frightened that they shrank their necks again.
The smile on Ye Feng's face did not change, and he put down his hand calmly.
"Master taught me a lesson, disciple Meng Lang."
His attitude is sincere and he admits his mistakes quickly, making it impossible for people to find fault at all.
Ling Xuzi stared at Ye Feng for a long time with complicated eyes.
This boy has indeed changed.
If I had been caught acting like this before, I would have been so frightened that I could speak incoherently.
Now he is coping with it with ease and without leaking anything. This kind of mentality is really not like that of a teenager.
The anger in his heart dissipated a little unconsciously, and was replaced by deeper exploration.
"Is your cultivation a little better?"
Ling Xuzi softened his tone and looked at Ye Feng.
Foundation building...seven floors?
No, the aura seems to be more solid, and there are faint signs of breakthrough.
Ling Xuzi's heart was filled with ups and downs, but his face remained calm.
Ye Feng seemed to be aware of Ling Xuzi's inspection, and smiled slightly, with a restrained breath.
"I broke through to the seventh level of foundation building. I was just trying to stabilize my realm, but unexpectedly the master came."
Ling Xuzi slowly walked into the cave.
Ignoring the mess on the ground, he went straight to the main seat and sat down.
Bai Shun'an quickly followed and stood behind the master.
Ye Feng signaled Lin Chen and Ni Qingshui to clean up the mess, while he walked to Ling Xuzi.
His expression straightened, and he was no longer the cynical look he had just now.
"Master, you are here today, disciple, do you have anything to ask?"
Ling Xuzi picked up the stone table next to him, and at some point, Lin Chen hurriedly brewed a cup of spiritual tea, and blew it gently.
The heat was thick, blurring his expression.
"Well, what's the matter."
Ye Feng said seriously: "I wonder if Master knows about the sect's forbidden area?"
Ling Xuzi put down his teacup and raised his eyes to look at Ye Feng.
"The sect's forbidden area?"
His voice deepened.
He naturally knows about the sect’s forbidden area.
That is the most mysterious place of Tianji Sect. It is said that extremely dangerous existences are sealed inside. It is shrouded by a powerful formation all year round and no disciples are strictly prohibited from approaching it.
"That forbidden area has existed for hundreds of years and has always been peaceful."
Ling Xuzi tapped his fingers unconsciously on the stone table, making a slight clicking sound.
"But recently, the formation guarding the forbidden area has shown signs of loosening for some unknown reason."
He frowned slightly and looked solemn.
"Not only that, there is also some...demon energy faintly coming from inside the forbidden area."
Devil energy?
Ye Feng’s eyes flashed.
The Tianji Sect is a famous and upright sect. How can there be demonic energy in the hinterland of the sect?
"Is the situation serious?" Ye Feng asked.
"It's very serious." Ling Xuzi said in a serious tone.
"The sect has issued the highest level purple mission and summoned elite disciples to investigate."
He sighed.
"I heard that girl Su Li and several inner disciples from the ninth floor of the foundation have accepted the mission and entered the forbidden area."
"So far...have not returned."
Su Li?
A cold and beautiful figure flashed in Ye Feng's mind.
No wonder I haven’t seen her recently. It turns out she went to a forbidden place.
"It's just that even she and several senior brothers and sisters from the ninth floor of the foundation are trapped inside. The situation in the forbidden area may be more dangerous than imagined."
Ye Feng frowned and pondered for a moment.
"Master, since the situation is so critical, why don't you send elders who are at the Golden Core level or even higher level?"
"With their strength, it should be easier to solve the trouble in the forbidden area, right?"
This is indeed the doubt in his heart.
Ling Xuzi shook his head, with helplessness on his face.
"Do you think the sect doesn't want to?"
He picked up the tea cup and took another sip.
"The formation that protects the forbidden area is extraordinary. It can not only seal the evil spirits inside, but also limit the external power."
"This time the formation was loose, only a very small gap appeared. With the help of this gap, the sect barely opened a temporary teleportation formation."
Ling Xuzi paused, his voice a little heavy.
"This teleportation array is extremely unstable, and the energy it can withstand is limited."
"After repeated testing, at most... only disciples with cultivation levels in the foundation building period can be teleported in."
"No matter how high the cultivation level is, it will cause a backlash in the formation, and the teleportation array will collapse immediately."
That's it.
Ye Feng suddenly realized.
It’s not that the sect doesn’t want to send experts, but the objective conditions don’t allow it.
This forbidden area formation is quite strange.
"So, only foundation-building stage disciples are allowed to venture in?"
Ye Feng asked.
"Exactly."
Ling Xuzi nodded, his eyes falling on Ye Feng again, with a hint of scrutiny.