"Why are you looking at me like that?" Li Jinzhi's serious expression froze. He squinted and raised his eyebrows as he asked.

Ye Cheng shook his head lightly and suppressed the doubts in his heart. He said with a serious expression, "If it's really as you say, the two of us do have to be on guard. However, we can't be sure that the two Du Si are the same person. We have to be on guard and act according to the circumstances in the future. After all, they are hiding their cultivation level, but our cultivation level can also be fake."

Li Jinzhi glanced at him indifferently. He sipped the spirit tea in his hand and said unhurriedly, "Wrong. My cultivation level is indeed fake, but your cultivation level is now genuine."

Ye Cheng stopped drinking his tea and immediately looked around. There was a hint of grievance on his face. "It's already a great fortune to be able to maintain a human form. Jingzhi, don't mention it again."

Li Jinzhi smiled and released a wisp of spirit energy slightly. It turned into an invisible palm and gently stroked Ye Cheng's head. "There shouldn't be any bottlenecks in your cultivation level when you re-cultivate your cultivation level. I just don't know if it's going smoothly."

He paused, then looked at Ye Cheng's gloomy eyes and said slowly, "You have to recover quickly. At this time, I can still protect you a little. If my cultivation level also reaches a bottleneck, who knows what will happen. At that time, I will have to rely on you to protect me."

Ye Cheng heard this and his expression became serious. He said solemnly, "Of course. Not to mention that the two of us are already Dao companions, we have accompanied each other for so many years. It's natural for us to support each other."

Then Ye Cheng's eyebrows drooped. He leaned over and whispered, "How about we hold the dual cultivation ceremony after our cultivation level stabilizes?"

Li Jinzhi thought for a moment and nodded slowly. There was a problem with the cultivation method and there was a potential crisis in their cultivation level. The ceremony naturally had to wait until everything was stable.

As for Du Si and Cultivator Bai, as long as they were on their guard, they would just have to deal with whatever came their way.

At this moment, the expressions of the old man and the young girl in the small bamboo house had eased a lot. Du Si held a circular formation plate in her hand and looked at it with a normal expression. She muttered to herself, "The Ten Thousand Year Stalactite is controlled by the three sects, but the Thousand Sunset Sect and the Fallen Phoenix Sect have never allowed our Blood Demon Sect to obtain information about the forbidden area. It is obvious that they are guarding against our Demon Sect. However, our sect's strength has always been suppressed by the two sects. If your plan fails this time, we will have to wait for who knows how many years."

Elder Bai frowned. Just as he was about to complain, he was interrupted.

"But why don't you just find a Core Formation cultivator and accept him into your sect? With just two Foundation Establishment cultivators, wouldn't you be able to enter the top ten?"

It wasn't that Du Si didn't have any doubts in her heart, but seeing the other party's confident look, she could only half-believe it.

Elder Bai sighed and said slowly, "Hehe, Fellow Daoist naturally doesn't know that these two people's minds aren't weak. It's not like you don't know that after Core Formation cultivators enter the forbidden area, they will be searched by the Yuanying late stage old monster who is guarding there. However, this Foundation Establishment cultivator only has a rough scan, so there won't be any problems."

Du Si nodded thoughtfully and didn't ask anymore. Obviously, she also knew about this matter. "Then the magic tools you gave them shouldn't be noticed by them, right?"

"Hehehe, Fellow Daoist, you worry too much. My Divine Sense mark is extremely hidden. It is naturally impossible for it to be discovered by two mere Foundation Establishment cultivators." Elder Bai stroked his long beard and said with a face full of confidence.

Du Si raised her eyebrows and didn't say anything. It was unknown what this woman was thinking.

At this moment, the two magic tools that the two of them had mentioned, which were absolutely impossible to discover, had been thrown onto the table by Li Jinzhi.

Ye Cheng's finger tapped the table and he muttered, "I just scanned these two magic tools with my Divine Sense, but I didn't find anything unusual."

Li Jinzhi stared at the two items and said without raising his head, "A restriction placed by a Yuanying cultivator naturally can't be discovered by a Foundation Establishment cultivator. Carefully scan this place again."

His slender finger tapped the long handle of the magic tool. This was a horsetail whisk magic tool. The long handle was white and had a jade color. Ye Cheng scanned it with his Divine Sense and didn't find anything unusual. However, since Jingzhi said so, he naturally knew that something was wrong. He scanned it again with his Divine Sense and found a layer of extremely faint spiritual Qi fluctuations. It clearly didn't belong to the magic tool itself.

"There really is."

Ye Cheng frowned and suddenly raised his head to look at the other party. "If that's the case, the possibility of what you said is very high. But what are they plotting?"

Li Jinzhi shook his head. "I don't know. Why don't we beat them at their own game and see what they're up to?"

Ye Cheng nodded gravely. He naturally knew the severity of this matter. After putting the magic tools on the table into his storage bag, he suddenly poured the tea into his mouth. Just as he was about to say something, he was interrupted by a female voice.

"Eh?

I'm surprised to see you two Fellow Daoists here. "A light female voice came from behind the two of them. Her voice was full of surprise.

The two of them turned around and saw a woman in a light yellow dress looking at them with a face full of surprise.

"I haven't seen the two of you since the last internal selection. The matter of the two celestial spirit roots didn't cause any waves in the sect."

The voice was full of confusion. "Logically speaking, the rare celestial spirit root cultivators should have caused a stir in the sect."

Li Jinzhi stared at the woman and recalled that she was the female cultivator he met once in the hall. He chuckled and replied, "The two of us don't want to attract attention. Cultivating peacefully is what the two of us pursue."

The woman was slightly stunned. After nodding, most of the confusion on her face disappeared. Then she said, "Then I guess the two of you are also here today to participate in the sect's auction?"

"Auction?" Ye Cheng asked curiously, "Is it today?"

"Yes, I also heard the news and rushed here. There's still half a day before it starts. I planned to come here for a cup of spirit tea, but I didn't expect to see the two of you here."

The woman said with a smile, "It seems that fate is not shallow. My name is Mu Yanji. May I know the two of you?"

When Li Jinzhi heard the other party's name, the hand holding the cup trembled slightly. Then, he said with a normal expression, "I'm Li Jinzhi. This is mine."

"It's his Daoist companion. I'm Ye Cheng."

Ye Cheng's expression was normal as he quickly answered. His eyes inadvertently glanced at Li Jinzhi's shaking hand.

The confusion in her heart increased a little. She had known Li Jinzhi for many years. The other party was not a person who would casually show his emotions. Could it be?

What's wrong with this woman?

Mu Yanji trembled and looked at the two sitting people. However, she saw that the two of them were looking at her with a slightly strange gaze. She couldn't help but feel bewildered.