ATPnovel Chapter 248 Secret Realm
Chapter 248 Secret Realm
Chapter 248 The Secret Realm (Bonus Chapter, Please Vote!)
Qi Refining Channel.
The cultivation world of the East Sea.
Fang Qing, who was flying away, remained expressionless, but a thought flashed through his mind: "Xin Yi Zhenren, a peak Purple Mansion cultivator—died just like that, seeking gold?"
"Does she not know the power of supernatural transformations, making it difficult to obtain gold?"
Or will this be the last chance if we miss this opportunity? Is it a case of having no choice but to take a risk?
Borrowing from the mysterious to seek the origin? What kind of method of seeking gold is this?
Many questions arose in his mind, but he could not find the answers. He could only continue to pay attention to the situation on the other side of Fuqidao.
"We've arrived. This is the place."
Ahead, Zhan Hongxiu paused her escape light: "There is a demon king entrenched ahead. If we disturb one, a whole group will gather—after all, this area belongs to the outer sea, and if the commotion is too great, it may attract fourth-tier demon beasts—"
"From this point onward, we must conceal our tracks—fellow Daoist, please."
With a wave of her hand, Zhan Hongxiu released a blue bead-shaped magic weapon.
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It is indeed the "Jingfeng Pearl"!
This bead contains eight kinds of spiritual winds, which can transform into eight wind spirits at their peak, each of which is no less powerful than a Nascent Soul stage monster.
However, it had already fallen from the fourth-tier high-grade level. After Zhan Hongxiu formed her core, she refined it, and now she could only summon a wind spirit that was equivalent to the early stage of core formation!
However, this Wind Spirit possesses a kind of "illusionary wind," which is quite mysterious in concealing its tracks.
Whoosh!
A gentle breeze blew by, and Zhan Hongxiu's figure vanished instantly.
"Hmm? Could this magical bead be Zhan Hongxiu's acquisition on Tianquan Island? Is that why she's been targeted by the Nascent Soul stage monster?"
It seems like they're destined to be with me, but there are so many things destined to be with me, am I supposed to get my hands on them all?
Fang Qing smiled slightly, took out the "Sky-Covering Curtain," draped it over his body, and his aura instantly vanished without a trace.
This fellow Daoist Bai also possesses quite a few treasures.
Zhan Hongxiu's heart stirred upon seeing this, and she noticed a natural affinity between the "illusory wind spirit" and Fang Qing. She couldn't help but wonder: "I am the master of the Jingfeng Pearl, why does the wind spirit act this way? Could this fellow Daoist Bai have some connection with that Jingfeng Venerable from back then? Is he a descendant, or perhaps a disciple of his lineage?"
The two remained silent, concealing their escape lights, and ventured deeper into the outer sea.
hoohoo!
The sea was boiling, and an enormous whale-like monster emerged, its body the size of a small island, leaping out of the water and crashing down.
Splash!
The spray of water was like a torrential downpour, the sea surface churned, and a tsunami hundreds of meters high surged outwards.
Is it a King Whale? A Tier 3 High-Grade One — its demon core power must be exceptionally potent —
At the edge of a splash of water, Fang Qing glanced around and transmitted his thoughts telepathically: "It's not that I've discovered you or me—let's go."
Zhan Hongxiu nodded, and the two of them ventured deep into the sea together.
The ocean is incredibly deep, with a huge crack that resembles a canyon.
Within the canyon, numerous light sources illuminate the surroundings, creating a dazzling and beautiful spectacle.
Fang Qing glanced at it and felt a chill run down his spine for the first time.
The source of those light sources was none other than a group of soul-devouring jellyfish.
Although most of these monsters are of low rank, only around first or second rank, their numbers are astonishing.
"No wonder you dare not make a sound, fellow Daoist. The innate supernatural abilities of such demonic beasts are quite peculiar. If they were to launch a combined attack on the soul, even a Nascent Soul stage monster would have a headache."
Fang Qing transmitted his voice.
"Not only that, the entrance to the secret realm is occupied by a third-tier stone ape." Once this beast is startled, it will cause a huge commotion—which will inevitably alert the Soul-Devouring Jellyfish swarm.
Zhan Hongxiu added.
"So, it must be a fatal blow?"
Fang Qing knew that even though Zhan Hongxiu's spirit pets had now condensed demon cores and could fight against someone in the mid-stage of Core Formation.
However, it is still too difficult to kill a third-tier demon beast in an instant.
"Leave it to me."
He followed Zhan Hongxiu to the area where Shi Qing was located. A flash of inspiration appeared in his eyes, and he immediately saw a huge demonic beast.
It was three zhang long, resembling a giant shrimp, covered in bluish-black armor, and had four large pincers that gleamed coldly.
"This is the beast!"
Zhan Hongxiu lowered her voice to communicate.
Fang Qing nodded, using the "sky-covering curtain" to conceal his figure, and continued to approach.
This item was once a treasure of the Azure Sea Sect, capable of deceiving cultivators' divine senses.
The demon beasts' spiritual sense is weak, which is a weakness compared to cultivators of the same level, making it even more difficult for them to detect anything amiss.
That's about it!
When they were only a few feet away from the enormous creature, Fang Qing's heart stirred, and his cultivation technique instantly changed.
A jet-black elixir appeared, and the "Tide-Rising Pearl" provided magical power.
However, this external elixir that helped him so much is now gradually becoming outdated.
Especially after advancing to the mid-stage of Core Formation, the mana provided by this pill can only make Fang Qing's mana more abundant, approaching the peak of the mid-stage of Core Formation, but it has lost the power to push him to the late-stage of Core Formation!
After all, it is essentially just a high-grade third-tier dragon pearl, and it has its limits.
My strongest form right now is the Devouring Sea Technique, combined with the Tide-Rising Pearl external elixir—and the blessing of the Du Zi rank.
With a thought, two magical treasures appeared out of thin air.
Just as Shi Qing was about to react, he saw a pitch-black jade bottle emitting a hazy light, which momentarily confused his senses.
Then, the Xuanming Mirror emitted a beam of light, freezing the beast in place.
Before its four giant pincers could swing, a human swordsman appeared before it.
With the power of Fang Qing's blood and qi, the Killing Wolf transformed into an incomparably sharp sword thread, easily piercing through Shi Qingxia's dark blue armor and stabbing into that demon core!
In an instant, the demonic beast's spirit shattered, and it perished!
The enormous body remained motionless, making not a sound.
"Fellow Daoist—you are truly remarkable."
Zhan Hongxiu approached, her eyes filled with amazement.
"They only benefited from the surprise attack."
Fang Qing waved his hand.
In fact, if Old Turtle were here, he would definitely recognize that something was wrong with him, and that he was suspected of practicing the Devouring Sea Demon Art.
But for Zhan Hongxiu, how many magical treasures and secret techniques are there in the world of cultivation?
There are countless magical artifacts such as bottles and mirrors, so it's impossible to tell the difference between them.
"Let's go."
Fang Qing only took Shi Qingxia's demon core and followed Zhan Hongxiu into Shi Qingxia's cave.
Inside a natural stone cave, three tiers of water veins stretched out.
Countless white bones covered the ground, layer upon layer, countless lives lost at the hands of that stone-blue hand.
"Found it!"
With an excited voice, Zhan Hongxiu approached a wall.
Push aside the thick layer of grime and seaweed, and you'll see a simple star map on top.
Zhan Hongxiu's eyes were bright. She took out a piece of fourth-grade high-quality tortoise shell, muttered incantations, and cast one spell after another on the tortoise shell.
Countless ancient runes appeared on the surface of the tortoise shell, rotating the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams, corresponding to the star map.
A ray of silver light flashed across the otherwise unremarkable star map.
"Huh? There really is a hidden realm?"
Everything had been normal before, with no unusual activity in the void, except when the tortoise shell and the incantation appeared.
"This advanced cultivator in the Qi Refining Path is quite something too—"
Or is it truly a relic from the Zhou Tian Xing Palace?
Fang Qing admired it in his heart.
But Zhan Hongxiu's expression grew increasingly grim.
As she cast incantations, the wall suddenly glowed with silver light, revealing glimpses of mountains, rivers, and palaces behind it, but the void passage remained closed.
"Fellow Daoist—"
After a moment, Zhan Hongxiu turned around and said with a forced smile, "This passage seems to have been in disrepair for many years—it can't be opened. How about we wait and come back another time?"
In his heart, he cursed the old turtle countless times: How could this happen? He'd already driven halfway and still stopped! What a disgrace!
Fang Qing's expression remained unchanged as he approached the wall: "To be honest—I possess a Void Treasure. Why don't I give it a try?"
He could already sense that the void of that secret realm was opening up and intersecting with the vast emptiness here.
For the Purple Mansion True Man, as long as there is even a slight interaction with the Great Void, nothing else is difficult.
It's like two parallel sheets of paper that are partially joined together; there are just too many ways to play with them.
"Huh? Fellow Daoist actually possesses a Void Treasure? Even Nascent Soul stage monsters don't have such a treasure—"
Zhan Hongxiu exclaimed in surprise.
However, she kept encountering these unexpected turns of events, and gradually got used to it.
"Fellow Daoist, let's go."
Fang Qing grasped Zhan Hongxiu's hand, using his spatial perception to sense the vast emptiness, and instantly pierced through the void along that point—
Zhan Hongxiu felt her body lighten, and then she arrived in a grand hall.
Inside the main hall, ancient teleportation arrays stood silently, most of them already damaged.
"The Palace of Stars?"
Fang Qing scanned the area with his divine sense and saw a magnificent plaque outside the silver-white hall.
He briefly sensed the spiritual energy and was immediately surprised: "Fourth-tier spiritual energy? Could there be a fourth-tier spiritual vein here?"
"good!"
As Zhan Hongxiu and Fang Qing walked out of the Star Palace, they saw that the sky outside was dark, with a few specks of starlight falling.
Each of the four directions has strangely shaped peaks rising abruptly, with specks of light falling down, clearly all protected by restrictions.
Not far away are animal pens and a medicinal herb garden.
Zhan Hongxiu took a deep breath and looked at Fang Qing: "Fellow Daoist—although there are many treasures around here, most of them are third-tier items. The truly valuable treasures, such as Nascent Soul spiritual objects and the Azure Emperor Wood that I need," should all be in the core area—I have a favor to ask: if you come across anything that can nourish the soul, could you please give it to me first?"
"I see. Fellow Daoist, did you perhaps injure your soul during the Core Formation and the tribulation protection of your spirit pet?"
Fang Qing feigned a look of sudden realization: "Since you need it, then naturally I'll give it to you."
"Thank you, fellow Daoist!"
Zhan Hongxiu was overjoyed, thinking to herself, "Elder Gui once mentioned that next to the Azure Emperor Wood at the core, there is also a Nine Illusion Heart Orchid—this substance greatly benefits the soul; after Elder Gui consumes it, he should be able to regain his senses."
The two streaks of light traveled side by side, occasionally passing through areas along their route where treasures were located.
Although the good items on the outskirts are not of high quality, Fang Qing and Zhan Hongxiu would certainly not mind grabbing a handful if they came across them.
Even if one deviates slightly from the route, if one can pick a thousand-year-old spiritual herb, then delaying it for a few hours is nothing at all.
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