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Mu Xiaoling felt a little strange. The normal lake water should be transparent. Even if it was reflected in the sky, it shouldn't be such a deep blue color.

She walked up in confusion and looked around. The lake was completely barren without any plants or animals. At that moment, a gust of wind blew a leaf into the lake.

Mu Xiaoling heard a tearing sound as the leaf was surrounded by a blue flame. In the blink of an eye, it was burnt to ashes.

How was this a lake? It was clearly a fire pit!

Gu Xiu had been keeping a close eye on the lake ever since they entered. At this moment, he was extremely shocked, "There's actually a 'Heavenly Flame' in this lake?"

"Heavenly Flame?" Mu Xiaoling knew this concept. After all, her Spiritual Abyss was born from Xiao Yu's sacred demon fire.

"Rumor has it that there is a flame that was born in the deep sea. The water might be the nemesis of other flames, but it's able to burn even more vigorously. This is because it was born in the sea and is naturally nurtured."

Mu Xiaoling said, "You're saying this is Skysea Flame?"

Gu Xiu nodded.

However, the fire was in the water. The water's temperature was so high, so how could she obtain it? Moreover, she would not be able to subdue the fire.

"Master, while others might not be able to do it, you definitely can." Gu Xiu said, "Master has broken the rules and can even absorb people into space, so how hard can a ball of fire be? Now, this fire is filled with water, as long as Master drips his blood into the water and establishes a connection with the fire, we can subdue it. However, it will be very dangerous on this trip and you will need Jiang Feng and I to protect you."

Mu Xiaoling released Jiang Feng and Gu Xiu and bit her finger tip to drop the blood into the lake. Even though she was standing so close to the lake, she could still feel the heat of the flame and felt a chill down her spine.

She sat cross-legged and recited the incantation word by word. Suddenly, a divine intent emerged from the water and connected with her sea of consciousness.

At this moment, her eyes turned black. When she came back to her senses, she was already underwater.

She extended her hand and could feel the flow of water flowing through her fingertips, but she did not encounter any obstructions. She had experienced it many times before, so she knew that what appeared now was only her spiritual sense and not her real body.

Mu Xiaoling looked around and found that there was a cave not far away. It seemed as if all the blue light was flowing out from the cave.

She slowly walked into the cave and saw a high platform in the middle of the cave. There was a formation array around the platform, surrounding a palm sized dark blue flame.

It turned out that the Sky Sea Flame didn't want to stay here, but was locked in place by someone else.

Mu Xiaoling was unable to pass through the array, but she could feel this little fellow begging for help. His pitiful appearance was like a newborn puppy, causing her heart to ache.

"Don't be afraid. If you want to follow me, I'll save you." She comforted him softly.

Tian Hai Flame moved a little, but Mu Xiaoling could feel its obedience. It seemed that as long as he could get the little qilin to leave this place, it would be fine.

Mu Xiaoling chanted the mnemonic chant again. This time, he had no way of resisting it. The Sky Sea Flame turned into a blue light and entered Mu Xiaoling's Sea of Consciousness.

Just as she was about to leave, the ground beneath her feet suddenly shook. When she came back to her senses, she had already returned to the shore. When she opened her eyes, she saw a tense atmosphere.

Gu Xiu Hu and Jiang Feng stood in front of her. Opposite them was a bunch of the Zhong Family disciples.

There were more than a dozen of these people, and the person leading them was a young man. His aura was extraordinary, and he was definitely not an ordinary nameless individual.

At this moment, he heard someone cry out behind the young man, "Young Lord, the color of the lake water has faded! It must have been taken away by that girl!"

Young Lord?

Could it be the young master of the Zhong family, Zhong Yunfei?

Before Mu Xiaoling entered the secret realm, Xu Yi was afraid that the four of them would be separated, so he specially scolded the other three families' more important individuals and their personalities. Zhong Yunfei was not a good person.

Xu Yi told her that if she met this person, it would be best to stay away from him. However, in this situation, it seemed unlikely that she would have to run away.

Zhong Yunfei looked at the three of them with an evil smile, "I advise you to be sensible, otherwise you won't even be able to find a place to cry."

At this time, a pockmarked face smiled and pleaded: "Young master, although I don't think that woman looks like much, she's still young and tender. Why don't you reward her to this subordinate for some fun?"

Mu Xiaoling had been wearing a disguise the entire time, so her outer appearance could only be considered ordinary. Naturally, she wasn't able to enter Zhong Yunfei's eyes. Zhong Yunfei only glanced at her and replied, "Okay, I'll reward you."

Gu Xiu frowned deeply. His huge fox tail instantly appeared behind him and swept across. With just a single sweep, there were only three people left standing. One of them carried Zhong Yunfei; he was clearly Zhong Yunfei's bodyguard.

Zhong Yunfei had never been so humiliated before. He angrily shouted, "Kill! Kill them!"

The three of them agreed and immediately formed a strange formation as they charged towards Mu Xiaoling and the other two.

Jiang Feng and Gu Xiuhu moved in unison and fought with each other. Because of the secret realm's suppression, both Jiang Feng and Gu Xiuhu's strength were greatly restricted, and they were only able to fight to a draw for the time being.

He grabbed a handful of poison powder and threw it at Mu Xiaoling. "My poison powder is a special product of the Alchemist Association. If you touch it just a little, it will be enough to take your life. Die, die! How dare you fight with me!"

However, what he expected didn't happen. A ghostly blue flame surrounded Mu Xiaoling. All of the poison powder turned into ashes the moment it touched the flame. Following that, the flame rushed out and engulfed Zhong Yunfei.

However, the two of them were treated differently when they were in the flame. Mu Xiaoling felt as comfortable as if he was in water. He didn't feel uncomfortable at all.

Zhong Yunfei, on the other hand, felt a monstrous chill tightly wrap around him. He watched helplessly as his body turned into ash and completely disappeared.

Zhong Yunfei was dead.

The remaining members of the Zhong Family didn't dare to fight, including the three people who were fighting with Jiang Feng and Gu Xiuhu. They immediately turned around and ran.

At this time, outside the secret realm, Zhong Wudi's jade pendant suddenly broke into pieces.

With trembling hands, he picked up the fragment of the jade pendant, his eyes gradually filling with blood. This jade pendant was connected to his son Zhong Yunfei's life, and now that it was broken, did that mean his son … Dead?

Zhong Wusheng suddenly howled towards the sky, "Who killed my son? I, Zhong Wudi, will definitely make that person die a horrible death!"