eurekapd Chapter 427 Leaving the Secret Realm
Chapter 427 Leaving the Secret Realm
Chapter 427 Leaving the Secret Realm
"Unless a Nascent Soul cultivator of the same level infiltrates the secret realm and is fully familiar with my methods, allowing them to precisely interfere."
But how is that possible?
"In the entire Great Azure Realm, there are only a handful of old monsters at the Nascent Soul stage, and they all know each other's backgrounds."
Several aged faces flashed through his mind, but he rejected them one by one.
"Who would sacrifice their cultivation and force their true body inside for a junior member of the Ji family? How is that different from destroying their own path to immortality?"
"Even sending a Nascent Soul clone inside comes at a considerable price."
The monk Kudu's eyes grew increasingly doubtful. He tried to deduce the truth with his fingers, but felt that the secrets of heaven were in chaos, as if shrouded in thick fog, and he could not discern the truth within them for the time being.
But he was not impetuous.
It neither forcibly broke through the void to investigate, nor did it leave. Its true form remained hidden in the void, like an ancient, unyielding rock, quietly guarding this place.
After all, the Black Mountain Secret Realm is isolated by its own spatial laws, and there are many interferences.
Once all of them have come out, he will have his own methods to obtain all the information he needs from them.
Within the Black Mountain Secret Realm, on the battlefield after the catastrophe.
Ji Wuchen exhaled a long breath of stale air, his whole body felt as if it were immersed in cold water, and his back was completely soaked with cold sweat.
Having escaped death, the huge weight that had been hanging over us finally lifted.
Even though Ji Yinglong had restrained his killing intent and stopped making a move, the chilling killing intent from before was still deeply etched into his soul.
He dared not linger in the Ji family's ranks any longer—at this moment, every clansman's gaze seemed to hold something strange about him.
He silently broke away from the group and quietly walked to the side of the Mysterious Yin Fairy.
He first paid his respects to Fairy Xuanyin, and then walked straight toward the blue-robed man who remained calm and composed not far away.
Standing a few feet to Chen Yi's side, Ji Wuchen solemnly cupped his hands and then transmitted a secret message: "Brother Chen, thank you."
He didn't say anything about thanking him, but he knew that Brother Chen would understand.
"Just now I clearly sensed that, for a moment, Ancestor Yinglong did indeed have the thought of completely annihilating me. It was not a warning, but a genuine desire to kill."
His voice still carried a hint of lingering fear.
"I don't know why, but at the last moment, he seemed to be affected by something and suddenly stopped. I feel that the Ji family will not be able to return for a while. Otherwise, they may not be able to protect themselves."
Chen Yi nodded slightly, his gaze calm as he indicated that he understood.
He naturally understood the reason—it was because he had secretly warned Ji Yinglong by using the power of Hu Mingyue's Immortal Jade and his own spatial and soul thunder divine abilities.
However, the details were too shocking to be explained to Ji Wuchen.
He simply transmitted his voice in the same way, saying slowly, "It's alright. Since we can't go back right now, we won't return for the time being."
"One day, you will be able to return with honor. If he makes a move again then, you can defeat him with your own strength and take his place."
These words were not empty words of comfort, but rather like a spark that instantly ignited the seed called "ambition" in Ji Wuchen's heart.
The words "replace him" struck him like a thunderbolt, sending a jolt through his body.
Yes, rather than waiting to die in fear, why can't I take his place?
Once this thought arises, it is difficult to suppress.
The slight dejection after surviving the ordeal vanished in an instant, replaced by an unprecedented and intense confidence.
"Brother Chen is absolutely right! One day, I will surely take his place!" Ji Wuchen's eyes were burning with determination, as firm as a rock.
Seeing that he had regained his spirits, Chen Yi asked again via telepathy, "Brother Ji, what are your plans for the future? If you need a safe place to cultivate, you can come to my Qingyun Cave Heaven."
Ji Wuchen shook his head, his eyes burning with resolute determination.
"Thank you for your kind offer, Brother Chen. However, a peaceful and stable path of cultivation is too slow for me."
He said in a deep voice, "I intend to find an opportunity to break through to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm in the next few decades. Therefore, I am determined to travel to all the secret realms and perilous places in the Great Azure Realm in the next few decades, seeking opportunities between life and death."
"Otherwise, if the rumors are true and a great war breaks out between realms decades from now, those without the cultivation of the late Nascent Soul stage will likely find it difficult to protect themselves. At that time, the current disputes within the Great Azure Realm will be insignificant."
Chen Yi nodded again, knowing that Ji Wuchen's choice was the right one.
After a moment's thought, he transmitted his voice again: "In that case, if you need anything during this time, feel free to come find me. Also, regarding the fourth-grade mid-level [Thunder Brew Spirit Essence] you mentioned earlier, I have gained some understanding of it."
"If you need it, we can work together for a while, and perhaps—we can refine it."
With Chen Yi's current supernatural abilities and cultivation level, appropriately revealing some of his skills in refining mid-grade fourth-order thunder brew is no longer a fatal crisis.
Upon hearing this, Ji Wuchen's eyes lit up, and his breathing quickened.
Thunder-infused Spirit Essence! This is the key to his breakthrough to the late Nascent Soul stage!
"Is this true? Brother Chen, that's excellent!"
He excitedly transmitted his voice, which could not hide his excitement.
"Brother Chen, rest assured! After I return, I will find a way to bring out the entire treasure trove of the Ji family's Lei Brewing heritage, leaving not a single piece behind! At that time, I hope you will definitely master this method and lend me a hand!"
Ji Wuchen once said that the Ji family's inheritance of Thunder Brewing was engraved on an ancient stone in the Ji family, and normally only by approaching it in person could one learn and comprehend it.
"That's easy. However, this matter must be handled discreetly."
"I understand!" Ji Wuchen nodded emphatically, his eyes reflecting a mixture of the flames of revenge and the light of hope.
After the turmoil involving the Ji family, the atmosphere in the Black Mountain Secret Realm finally eased somewhat.
The tense atmosphere, where tensions seemed to be on the verge of exploding, had dissipated, but a new, oppressive silence enveloped the area.
At least, those old monsters in the late Nascent Soul stage can no longer openly stare at Chen Yi, Ji Wuchen, Hu Mingyue, or the early and mid-Nascent Soul juniors like Liu Qingqing and forcibly demand spoils of war.
However, they still needed to get to the bottom of the crucial information within the secret realm.
The first to speak was an old patriarch who came from a rogue cultivator background. His voice was dry as he asked Ji Wuchen, "Young man of the Ji family, what kind of opportunity did you obtain inside? Is that fifth-order energy source real?"
Ji Wuchen glanced at it indifferently and did not reply.
It was the Mountain-Shaking True Lord who intervened and said, "Alright, the younger generation barely escaped with their lives. It's already a miracle they came out alive. Let them tell us what happened inside themselves."
Through open and covert questioning and indirect probing, the matter was finally roughly clarified:
The younger generation's gains are ultimately limited. Even Ji Wuchen, who had the greatest opportunity, only obtained a fifth-order Dao essence, which strengthened his spiritual treasure.
The one who truly reaps the greatest benefits is still the avatar of the Master of Bitter Salvation.
"Did Master Kudu really enter the final Five-Colored Spiritual Land alone?" The Stubborn Stone True Lord stroked his stone jaw, his tone filled with disbelief and undisguised jealousy.
"Absolutely true." Liu Qingqing added with lingering fear, "He single-handedly confronted the Nascent Soul avatar that descended from the outside world, slapping it away with a single palm strike. He also single-handedly withstood a spell-breaking arrow from an unknown powerful cultivator before calmly stepping into the spiritual land."
We don't even have the strength to get close.
"A Nascent Soul level spiritual treasure—tsk tsk."
The crowd discussed animatedly, imagining the scene in that legendary land and the incredible treasures that might be hidden within.
He single-handedly fought against the Nascent Soul stage avatars outside and broke into the final Five-Colored Spiritual Land. He probably obtained more than one Nascent Soul level spiritual treasure there.
Unfortunately, Master Kudu's clone did not retrieve the treasure.
This made the Nascent Soul cultivators present feel restless and helpless, as if being scratched by a cat.
Furthermore, with the entire Great Azure Realm currently shrouded in the shadow of potential invasion and siege from surrounding realms decades from now, everyone's interest in the rewards of this secret realm has waned considerably. After all, no matter how many personal treasures one possesses, where can one escape to if the entire Great Azure Realm collapses?
What exactly happened inside? What became of Master Kudu's avatar? Only a true Nascent Soul level being could possibly know.
After some discussion, the group decided to leave the Black Mountain Secret Realm and return to the Great Green Realm to prepare for the inter-realm war decades later.
What everyone was unaware of was that there was a low-key cultivator in a green robe who had obtained almost 90% of the spoils from all the cultivators in the Great Green Realm who entered the secret realm!