"Why is Elder Xiao looking at me in such surprise?"
After a brief pause, Gao Yuan couldn't help but asked.
He did not look at Feng Zeyuan and others who also had strange expressions on the side, but looked directly at Xiao Huaizhi, who was the first to show strange expressions, with a dull gaze.
As one of the deacons and elders of Qingliang City, Xiao Huaizhi is an antique who has lived for hundreds of years after all.
Therefore, although he was still extremely shocked by the fact that Gao Yuan had unknowingly bypassed his spiritual perception and suddenly appeared not far away from him.
But the moment his eyes met Gao Yuan's gaze, he reacted quickly.
"Ahem..."
He covered his lips with his hand and coughed twice to hide his embarrassment.
Thinking of the question asked by the man opposite him, Xiao Huaizhi quietly took a deep breath and suppressed the shock in his heart.
At the same time, he pretended not to care much and said with a smile in a self-deprecating tone:
"Xiao recently acquired a new secret skill, but it was not going well during the practice. This has been bothering me for many days."
"So much so that when fellow Taoist Gao came in just now, Xiao was so concerned about this secret technique that he didn't notice it because he was distracted."
"Therefore, when I came back to my senses, I was a little surprised to see fellow Taoist Gao still approaching!"
"Haha, my gaffe made all fellow Taoists laugh."
Having said this, Xiao Huaizhi's tone paused, and a slightly sarcastic expression appeared on his face.
The performance is remarkable, just like the real thing.
However, Gao Yuan on the opposite side couldn't help being speechless after hearing the latter's words.
"A momentary distraction?"
"Brother, your excuse is too far-fetched!"
As soon as he thought about this, Gao Yuan complained helplessly in his heart.
Everyone is a monk in the Hunyuan Realm, okay?
Not to mention that as the cultivation realm breaks through again and again, one's own spiritual awareness becomes more and more acute.
Just the commonly used power of divine consciousness, even if it is deliberately restrained, can at least cover an area of several feet around the body, right?
Within the scope of the power of divine consciousness, how can you not sense a living person like me?
I am not a transparent person!
"Um?"
Thinking of this, Gao Yuan's thoughts suddenly stagnated, and he vaguely grasped something.
"Didn't Xiao Huaizhi's spiritual power sense my existence just now?"
"If that's the case, everything would make sense!"
"If we get along with each other by changing positions, if I don't notice anything through the power of my spiritual consciousness, suddenly and silently, there will be another person beside me."
"Then my reaction, compared to the Xiao Huaizhi in front of me, is probably not much better!"
As his mind turned, although Gao Yuan did not look at it with his eyes, he was aware of it with the power of his spiritual consciousness that naturally spread out.
The shocked expressions on the faces of Feng Zeyuan and several others at the side were also displayed in his mind without any omission.
"Even what Xiao Huaizhi said just now is all true."
"It's really because I was worried about the new secret magic power, and I was so distracted that I didn't notice my appearance at all."
"But how many people are Feng Zeyuan on the side?"
"Could it be that at the same time, all of them, without exception, got distracted?"
"Are you talking nonsense?"
As his mind turned, Gao Yuan instantly eliminated this possibility.
"In other words, when I came in from outside just now."
"None of these colleagues, including Xiao Huaizhi, sensed my existence?"
After some analysis, combined with his own observations, Gao Yuan gradually came to this conclusion.
"But why is this?"
"Didn't everything look normal when we attended the grand ceremony at the Grand Campus in front of Fuzhou eight days ago?"
Faced with this newly drawn conclusion, Gao Yuan said with some confusion.
But for a while, he could no longer deduce any more conclusions from the situation in front of him.
At the same time, while his thoughts were turning in the dark, he also sensed the subtle atmosphere on the field through his keen spiritual sense.
Although just when Xiao Huaizhi made fun of himself, Feng Zeyuan and others on the side also took this opportunity to manage their expressions and returned to normal.
But that subtle feeling mixed with a hint of embarrassment spread invisibly.
The somewhat abnormal performance of everyone on the field also confirmed the authenticity of Gao Yuan's speculation to a certain extent.
"Sure enough, when I came in from the outside just now, except for Xiao Huaizhi, none of my colleagues present noticed my presence!"
"Even at this moment, I am invisible to their consciousness!"
As soon as I thought of this, my lofty thoughts suddenly changed.
Under his guidance and control, the power of his spiritual consciousness that was spreading outside immediately separated part of it and wrapped it around his physical body.
In an instant, his own extremely strong body emerged in his mind.
Under the perception of his own spiritual power, compared with before, there was no difference at all!
"This is really weird!"
After some fruitless observations, Gao Yuan couldn't hide his confusion and muttered something in his heart.
At the same time, through his extremely keen spiritual sense, he could clearly sense that the eyes of everyone present were constantly stealing glances at him because they were somewhat doubtful about life.
During this period, the atmosphere on the field became more and more calm.
In desperation, Gao Yuan had no choice but to suppress the doubts that were constantly surging in his heart, and in line with Xiao Huaizhi's performance, he continued:
"What Elder Xiao said, being able to obtain the secret magic power that you like is a happy event worthy of celebration."
"It's human nature for Elder Xiao to be immersed in it. It's not too late for Mr. Gao to congratulate him, so why would he make fun of him."
After listening to his words, Xiao Huaizhi on the other side waved his hands with a look on his face and said continuously:
"Eh--"
"What the hell, it's just an inferior middle-grade magical power. It doesn't deserve to be held up so high by Elder Gao!"
But secretly, Xiao Huaizhi became even more shocked:
"It was not an illusion before. If I relied purely on the power of divine consciousness, I would not be able to perceive this lofty existence at all!"
In addition to being shocked, Xiao Huaizhi's mood also became heavier:
"With the power of divine consciousness unable to detect it in advance, once this Gao Yuan wants to harm me, I won't even have a chance to resist!"
After all, it is extremely dangerous for a monk of any level to be stalked by a being of the same level silently!
"However, judging from the methods this person has shown several times before, even if I don't use this sneak attack method, if I were to fight against him, I still have no chance of winning!"
After thinking about this, Xiao Huaizhi became more and more helpless, but at the same time he felt a little relieved.
At the same time, Feng Zeyuan, Qi Tianyuan and others on the side also had similar thoughts in their minds.
Under this situation, the atmosphere in this pavilion became even more weird.
Seeing this, Gao Yuan became even more helpless.
"After this incident, these elders of Qingliang City will probably be more in awe of me, right?"
"Hey! We used to have a good relationship as colleagues, but it has turned into this horrible situation. There is no one left!"
Although he thought so in his heart, Gao Yuan didn't express much on the surface.
In order to completely reverse the current embarrassing situation, he decided to change the topic first.
Therefore, after a brief pause.
Gao Yuan ignored Xiao Huaizhi who was still laughing, and turned to Qi Tianyuan who was talking when he came in and said:
"Elder Qi, when I came in just now, I faintly heard fellow Taoist saying that another fellow Taoist in the joint exploration team has died?"
"Haha, I'm not afraid of jokes from fellow Taoists. Gao has been busy practicing in seclusion recently, and he really doesn't know much about things related to the 'Lanying Ruins'."
"Has it been nearly nine days since this joint exploration team entered the 'Lanying Ruins'?"
"After such a long time, has this team not completed their exploration?"
"So that even today, there are still casualties?"
In order to prevent Qi Tianyuan from continuing to remain silent after finishing his simple sentence or two, Gao Yuan opened his mouth by throwing out several topics in a rapid succession.
So after hearing his first words, Qi Tianyuan, who was about to respond, froze on the spot with his mouth slightly open.
And as he continued to speak more and more, Qi Tianyuan's beard-covered mouth also grew bigger and bigger.
So after Gao Yuan finished speaking, Qi Tianyuan paused for a moment, then remembered and said:
"What Elder Gao said is true. At three quarters today, another person of the same level as the Hunyuan Realm in Hailan City in the Eastern Region fell into this 'Lanying Ruins'."
"As for the reason why the joint exploration team has not come out after entering the 'Lanying Ruins' for so long..."
"First of all, the scale of this ruins is indeed huge, far beyond the comparison of ordinary ancient ruins."
"In addition, according to the latest news."
"Yesterday, according to the agreed time, the alliance sent predetermined personnel to enter the 'Lanying Ruins' to contact the exploration team."
"Unexpectedly, I discovered that the flow rate of time within this 'Lanying Ruins' is not the same as that in the outside world. There is a difference of about ten times."
"Therefore, nearly nine days have passed in the outside world."
"But for the joint exploration team that entered the 'Lanying Ruins', less than a day has passed in total..."
"Huh?"
Hearing this, Gao Yuan couldn't help but let out a 'huh' sound in his heart.
"Is the flow of time inside this 'Lanying Ruins' out of sync with the outside world?"
"This is quite a rare situation!"
As his mind turned, Gao Yuan suddenly thought of another question:
"In other words, after the joint exploration team entered the 'Lanying Ruins', nine members of the Hunyuan Realm died in less than a day?"
"I go!"
"This ruins is much more dangerous than I thought before!"