Chapter 27
It seemed like the entire space was enveloped in a barrier. This was probably the method used by the secret realm to trap people. Song Weizhi said to Song Zhixia behind her, "Xia Xia, it looks like we have to take action."
"Okay, Senior Sister." Song Zhixia had already summoned her sword and charged towards the monkeys. She executed the Burning Sword technique, and flames roared around Song Zhixia.
Song Weizhi released the Two-Winged Frost Tiger. A tiger, even larger than an elephant, danced in place, creating a fierce wind. Song Weizhi used her Li Shuo Sword to perform the Frost Essence technique. For a moment, ice and fire coexisted around Song Weizhi and Song Zhixia, along with a giant tiger. The monkey-like creatures seemed afraid to approach.
Fortune favors the prepared mind. Song Weizhi and Song Zhixia had their situation under control, but it was a different story for Tian Junjie and the others. The monkeys swarmed towards them. Among them, Tian Junjie had only cultivated to the Initial-Enlightenment realm. He alone couldn't withstand so many monkeys, and even Tian Yanyan, protected in the middle, suffered injuries.
While swinging her sword and crying, Tian Yanyan said to Tian Junjie, "Brother, think of a solution quickly. I'm exhausted. It's all your fault. If you hadn't married Song Zhixia, we wouldn't be in this mess. I might be killed because of you."
"Shut up. What's the use of saying this now?" Tian Junjie was also frustrated. He hadn't expected the secret realm to be so dangerous. He regretted it now. Even if Song Zhixia were beautiful, his life was more precious. He wanted to move towards Song Weizhi and the others, but the surging monkeys blocked him.
After Song Weizhi and Song Zhixia cleared the monkeys around them, the ground was littered with monkey corpses, which was somewhat nauseating.
After clearing the surrounding monkeys, Song Weizhi and Song Zhixia went to the edge of the forest and used their spiritual qi, but they still couldn't break through the barrier here.
"Senior Sister, should we go help them? If the people from the Tian family are no longer there, these creatures will only target us." Song Zhixia looked at Tian Junjie and the others who were besieged in the distance. She didn't want to help; it was simply because if the Tian family couldn't hold on, these monkeys would come after her and Senior Sister.
After thinking for a moment, Song Weizhi agreed. She realized that there were indeed many monkeys, and even with just the two of them, it might be challenging. They decided to fly over and help.
Seeing that it was Song Weizhi and Song Zhixia coming over, Tian Junjie immediately smiled and said to Song Zhixia, "Senior Sister Song, I knew you wouldn't ignore me. It's great that you're here. Let's kill all these monkeys together."
Song Zhixia didn't even spare Tian Junjie a glance and simply joined the battle.
Song Weizhi had more than enough strength to deal with these monkeys. However, she was concerned that Song Zhixia might run out of spiritual qi, so she had the large tiger stay close to Song Zhixia for protection.
Tian Yanyan, with tearful eyes, shouted at Song Zhixia, "What took you so long? Look at me; I'm in such a state. If you don't come earlier, I'll make you pay after we leave. My mother will definitely punish you."
As she spoke, Song Weizhi coldly swept her gaze over and said, "If you don't want to die, shut your mouth." The imposing aura of the Golden Core realm pressed towards Tian Yanyan and the others. Tian Yanyan, who had already exhausted her spiritual qi, knelt on the ground and spat out blood.
She hurriedly cried to Tian Junjie, "Brother, look at her. She wants to kill me. Quickly help me teach her a lesson. I've never suffered such humiliation in my life."
Tian Junjie didn't care about her. He was still recovering from the pressure imposed by Song Weizhi. He shouted at Tian Yanyan, "Shut up. If you want to survive, stop talking nonsense."
Tian Yanyan had never been scolded like this by Tian Junjie before. Sitting on the ground, she cried even more miserably. As she cried, some monkeys took advantage of the situation and scratched her, leaving two more blood marks.
In the Martial Arts Field, Tian Yuelan couldn't sit still, especially after seeing Song Weizhi causing her daughter to vomit blood. She stood up and said to Song Ruohai, "Head Song, what does your Senior disciple mean? There has never been any grudge between our family. Why did your disciple injure my daughter?"
Song Ruohai was also a little anxious. Originally, he wanted to improve relations between the two families, but now it had turned into such a situation. Moreover, there had never been such danger in the secret realm in previous years. There wasn't even a precedent for disciples getting injured. Now so many incidents have occurred.
"We don't know the situation inside the secret realm. We can't see clearly from just watching the scenes. If it's indeed a mistake on my disciple's part, I will explain it to Head Tian. However, the most important thing now is to send someone to investigate the situation in the secret realm. The secret realms were usually very safe, with no such dangers. We need to see if we can get our disciples out early." Song Ruohai said with a furrowed brow.
These were all inner disciples of the Song family. Most of Song Ruohai's efforts were invested in these disciples. If these disciples were in danger, the Song family would be in trouble due to the Qin family.
Recognizing the urgency of the situation, Song Ruohai quickly instructed Tianming to seek out several Elders and explore any possible methods to allow the disciples to exit the secret realm earlier. Meanwhile, Tian Yuelan and Zhao Fei also dispatched individuals to their respective families, hoping to discover a solution to unravel the mysteries of the secret realm.
With the addition of Song Weizhi and her group, the situation instantly reversed. The monkeys seemed hesitant to approach recklessly. In just a short time, they had already killed about half of the monkeys in the secret realm. The bodies of the monkeys and demonic beasts around them piled up like a small mountain. The monkeys that were once wary of Song Weizhi now seemed crazed, rushing towards them as if possessed.
The clothes of Song Weizhi and her group were dyed a vivid red. After fighting for a while, even Song Zhixia felt a bit exhausted. Song Weizhi continuously swung her sword with her left hand, gradually blocking in front of Song Zhixia. She used her left hand to take out some recovery pills from her storage ring and handed them to Song Zhixia.
"Xia Xia, take a few pills to replenish yourself. I'll hold them off for a while," Song Weizhi said.
Feeling the depletion of her spiritual qi, Song Zhixia obediently took the pills.
Song Weizhi moved to protect Song Zhixia, increasing the pressure on Tian's group. The monkeys seemed to sense the opportunity, and two disciples from Tian's group, already exhausted, fell. As they collapsed, the monkeys became even more frenzied, rushing forward. It was clear that these two disciples were beyond rescue. With their fall, Tian's group was reduced to eight people. Even wielding their swords felt strenuous at this point.
Soon, more disciples from Tian's group fell, and only three remained around Tian Yanyan and Tian Junjie. Despite the chaos, Tian Junjie urgently reminded Tian Yanyan to take some qi replenishing pills. Tian Yanyan, who had been frightened earlier, finally remembered to consume the pills to restore her strength.
On the other side, Song Zhixia had recovered some spiritual qi and resumed her attack on the monkeys. Song Weizhi no longer needed to protect her.
Continuing like this was not a solution. It seemed that they needed to eliminate all the monkeys to safely leave this area. At this point, about a quarter of the monkeys had been killed. Song Weizhi decided to charge into the group of monkeys, and the air was filled with the scent of blood.
The sword qi of the Li Shuo Sword swept through everything. Song Weizhi's white clothes were completely stained red. Seeing this, Tian Junjie was afraid, realizing that he wouldn't be a match for Song Weizhi even if his mother, Tian Yuelan, came.
At this moment, Tian Yanyan had also recovered most of her spiritual qi and re-entered the battle. The number of monkeys in the forest decreased, and the clothes of everyone became increasingly stained with red. Finally, after the last few monkeys were killed by Song Weizhi, the forest became strangely quiet.
Without much thought, Song Weizhi recalled the tiger back into her Soul. The tiger had also expended a considerable amount of spiritual qi this time. Song Weizhi ingested several pills to restore her spiritual qi. Additionally, she had Song Zhixia take a few pills as well. Seizing the current moment of safety, the top priority was to recover their strength as soon as possible. Although Song Weizhi appeared calm on the surface, in reality, she felt her entire body drenched in cold sweat due to exhaustion.
Tian Yanyan looked at the five fellow disciples lying at her feet and cried out, "Brother, so many of us have died, all because of the Song family! Brother, those two heartless women, clearly could save people. Brother, please help me kill them to avenge our Junior Brothers."
Gritting her teeth, Song Weizhi used the remaining bits of her spiritual qi to change into clean clothes for herself and Song Zhixia. Then, she found a clean spot to sit down and began recovering her strength alongside Song Zhixia.
Hearing Tian Yanyan's words, Song Weizhi coldly stared at her and sarcastically remarked, "If you have the guts, you should have fought with that group of monkeys earlier. It was those monkeys who killed your Junior Brothers, not us. Blame it on your low cultivation. You couldn't save the ones you wanted to save, and it's not something you can blame us for. If it weren't for me and Xia Xia, none of you would have survived today."
"You're still trying to argue…," Tian Yanyan wanted to say more, but she was interrupted by Tian Junjie.
Having just observed Song Weizhi's strength, he felt that even if her mother came, she might not be a match for Song Weizhi. Therefore, he didn't dare to provoke Song Weizhi any further. With a forced smile, he said, "Senior Sister Song, I apologize. My sister has been spoiled by our family, and she doesn't know how to speak. Please forgive her, Senior Sister."
Song Weizhi didn't even bother to glance at him, focusing all her attention on restoring her spiritual qi. Tian Junjie could only grit his teeth and endure it.
On the Martial Arts Field, seeing her children safe, Tian Yuelan finally let go of her anxious heart. However, her face remained dark and terrifying. After all, five of her inner disciples had just died.
"Head Song, regarding the matter of the secret realm, I hope you can give me a satisfactory explanation," Tian Yuelan forcefully suppressed her anger. She had just discerned Song Weizhi's high cultivation level, realizing that if she had a confrontation with the Song family, it might not end well for her.
Inside the secret realm, Tian Junjie, while blocking his sister, took out pills to administer to several fellow disciples. They had all suffered injuries of varying degrees.
When everyone was meditating and recovering, all the mysteriously vanished monkeys in the forest were nowhere to be seen. Even the blood spilled on the ground had disappeared, leaving only the corpses of the five Tian family disciples.
Song Weizhi couldn't shake off the feeling of something being amiss. She activated the Li Shuo Sword, intending to check whether the barrier around the forest had opened. However, the Li Shuo Sword, upon reaching the forest's edge, remained motionless. Meanwhile, from the southwest direction, it seemed like someone was approaching–it was Zhao Xuankun and two other Zhao family disciples entering the woods.