Immortal Gate
[Soon, you learned from Shen Wuyou why you hadn't found anything wrong in the previous simulation.]
[Shen Wuyou looked at you, pointed to the distant mountain range, and told you that it was the headquarters of the Xianlin Sect.]
[He said that although the mountain range didn't seem far away, it was just a reflection in the mirror. It was impossible to reach there by flying. Instead, you had to go through the ancient teleportation array in this oasis.]
[You looked in the direction Shen Wuyou pointed.]
[You were stunned. It was the mountain range you had almost forgotten!]
[You suddenly remembered that in a simulation, you had fallen into the Death Desert while chasing bandits. After getting lost, you headed towards that mountain range.]
[At first, you thought it was the Changqing Mountains, so you went further and further away.]
[In later simulations, you only focused on improving your strength and leaving the South Region, never paying attention to this mountain range. Unexpectedly, it was the headquarters of the Xianlin Sect.]
[While you were lost in thought, Shen Wuyou had already led you to a hidden place in the oasis.]
[As an eighth-grade array master, you quickly recognized that there was a teleportation array here.]
[You couldn't fully comprehend this teleportation array at first glance.]
[After observing for a long time, you roughly determined that this teleportation array had surpassed the ordinary ninth-grade and reached the fairy-grade level.]
[No wonder you couldn't find it in your previous simulations. When you simulated several times, you weren't even an array master, so how could you have found such a high-level array?]
[At this time, your suspicions were confirmed.]
[This Xianlin Sect, which had been established for nearly a million years, was indeed not as simple as it appeared on the surface.]
[With this fairy-level teleportation array, could Shen Wuyou, who was only at the fifth level of tribulation, really be the sect leader?]
[You thought perhaps he was just a puppet sect leader!]
[While you were lost in thought, Shen Wuyou had already activated the fairy-level teleportation array.]
[He called you over and stepped into it.]
[You took a deep breath, feeling that you had to be more cautious on this trip.]
[After all, if even Shen Wuyou was only a puppet leader, then Qiu Kuang's influence would definitely not carry weight in the Xianlin Sect headquarters!]
[However, once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back. No matter what, you had to make this journey.]
[The more mysterious and powerful the Xianlin Sect was, the more likely it was to possess deeper information.]
[You didn't hesitate and followed Shen Wuyou into the fairy-level teleportation array.]
[This teleportation took a long time. Based on your understanding of arrays, this meant the distance was quite far.]
[You began to suspect that this might have teleported you outside the South Region!]
[Half a day later, you and Shen Wuyou appeared in a building that looked very old.]
[As soon as you appeared, you were stopped by several guards.]
[After checking with the Eye of Insight, you found that each of these guards had the strength of the fifth level of Tribulation.]
[You were amazed. Didn't this mean that Shen Wuyou, the nominal leader of the sect, was no stronger than a guard at the Xianlin Sect headquarters?]
[Before you could think further, Shen Wuyou revealed his identity, and you passed through smoothly.]
[Walking out of the building, you saw a dense jungle. You followed Shen Wuyou all the way.]
[This mountain range was very large. After half a day, you and Shen Wuyou finally walked out of the mountain range.]
[Shen Wuyou pointed to the towering gate and said to you, "This is the real Xianlin Sect."]
[You looked up and saw the three characters "Xianlin Gate" written on the towering gate, which looked particularly extraordinary.]
[At this time, you were already shocked.]
[You had thought that the headquarters of the Xianlin Sect would be extraordinary, but the reality was even more shocking than you had imagined.]
[Not to mention the extraordinary gate, everything you saw along the way surprised you constantly.]
[Along the way, you met many immortal cultivators.]
[Each of them wore the black clothing of the Xianlin Sect, and they were obviously immortal cultivators of the Xianlin Sect.]
[Of course, this wasn't the key point. The key point was that you knew through the Eye of Insight that most of the immortal cultivators here had cultivation levels above the fifth level of Tribulation.]
[Even those who had crossed the eighth and ninth levels of Tribulation were not uncommon.]
[However, the more you observed this, the more confused you became.]
[Despite being so powerful, why hadn't they killed all the local immortal cultivators in the South Region?]
[If the headquarters sent just a few experts, how could Li Lao, who only had the strength of the seventh level of Tribulation, protect the local cultivators in the Southern Region?]
[Was the Xianlin Sect doing this intentionally?]
[Wasn't their goal to kill all the cultivators in the Southern Region?]
[You couldn't help but think cynically: "Could it be that the truth is the Xianlin Sect wants to maintain appearances?"]
[Soon, you shook your head and dismissed these wild thoughts.]
[Many past events had proved that the Xianlin Sect was ruthlessly killing the local cultivators in the Southern Region and preventing local people from cultivating to become immortals.]
[They even used the blood of ordinary people to sacrifice to the immortals and provoke them into taking action!]
[Obviously, they weren't deliberately letting the local cultivators in the Southern Region survive. You thought there must be some other restrictions.]
[Or perhaps the great powers in the immortal world were deliberately restricting them.]
[Soon, you were brought to a side hall of the Xianlin headquarters by Shen Wuyou.]
[He motioned for you to go in and said that someone was already inside waiting to assess you.]
[You were suspicious but still entered honestly.]
[After all, having come this far, even if you wanted to avoid the assessment now, you couldn't.]
[Walking into the side hall, you didn't see anyone.]
[Suddenly, a sense of foreboding arose; you thought to yourself: Is something about to go wrong?]
[However, when you remembered that you still had one chance to die, you became much bolder.]
[You looked around, and there was nothing in the dim side hall.]
[But you saw many murals carved on the wall.]
[You walked over curiously to observe, and the first mural caught your attention.]
[The mural depicted: a transparent light shield covering a continent, and countless cultivators in the continent were being bombarded by thunder. Many people were still attacking the light shield, trying to break it and escape.]
[The more you looked, the more familiar it seemed. You thought it was too similar to the situation in the South Region.]
[The Southern Region was also shrouded in a forbidden formation, and the immortal cultivators there were also attacked by heavenly thunder every few decades. They also wanted to break the forbidden formation and escape.]
[A thought suddenly popped into your mind: Could these murals be depicting past events of the Southern Region?]
[So, without thinking about anything else, you quickly looked at other murals, hoping to find some clues in them!]