Chapter 324: Entering the Secret Realm
Chapter 324 – Entering the Secret Realm
“Good deal, help each other after entering the Secret Realm.”
Shi Zhong said with a smile.
“This Taoist friend is a bit unfamiliar, it should be the first day you came over outside the Secret Realm, right? I don’t know how to address him?”
Just when Lu Xuan wanted to join up with Shi Zhong and the two of them, a rough voice came out of nowhere.
Turning his head to look, he only saw a burly middle-aged cultivator walk out from the crowd, looking Lu Xuan up and down.
The middle-aged cultivator was in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, and a fierce aura was faintly coming from his body.
“My name is Lu Xuan, I am an inner disciple of the Heavenly Sword Sect stationed at the Empty Underworld Island, I don’t know what your friend has to teach me.”
Lu Xuan replied back without being overbearing.
“So you are a disciple of a great sect, no wonder you act like this.”
The middle-aged cultivator snorted.
“I’m just a nameless loose cultivator, a world away from Fellow Daoist Lu’s status as a Great Sect disciple.”
“However, it’s unorthodox for Fellow Daoist Lu to want to enter the Secret Realm directly.
All of us have been working hard to crack the formation prohibitions for most of the month, but Fellow Daoist Lu is just sitting back and enjoying the benefits, acting a bit too domineering.”
As soon as the middle-aged cultivator’s words fell, Lu Xuan detected some hidden hostility in the crowd’s line of sight as they looked at him.
He was about to retort when Shi Zhong flew over instantly, looking coldly at the burly middle-aged man.
“When the secret realm first appeared, we had already notified him and made an appointment to explore it together, only it coincided with the fact that Fellow Daoist Lu was in seclusion, and it wasn’t until today that he had broken the barrier to come here.”
“Among the people present, there are quite a few Foundation Establishment cultivators who have contributed to the work, and have not played much of a role at all in cracking the formation prohibitions, so what’s the difference between coming early and coming late.”
Shi Zhong slightly tilted his head, with a hint of the pride in his eyes that a large sect cultivator would have when facing a casual cultivator.
“The two of us, Fellow Daoist Zhou and I, played a role in breaking the formation that was worth ten of you, Fellow Daoist Lu’s share is naturally included, who of you has an opinion?”
There was a moment of silence from the crowd.
The cultivators on the archipelago all knew the origins of Shi Zhong and Lu Xuan, and the forces they were in had to deal with Lu Xuan and the others as well as the clans behind them on a regular basis, so naturally, they would not come out to refute Shi Zhong at this time.
During this time, Ning Deshan’s eyes flickered as if he was going to come out and oppose, but in the end, he still held back and acquiesced to Shi Zhong’s statement.
He had a lot of grudges with Lu Xuan, but he didn’t dare to do anything to make a grudge in the open, and being able to raise the price in the auction to disgust Lu Xuan was already the limit.
“Fellow Daoist Han, the sect disciples are arrogant, why don’t we take a step back for now and wait until we enter the Mysterious Realm before we make an end with them.”
“Right now, there are many people, it’s not good to have a fight, and you won’t get anything by showing off your tongue, after entering the secret realm then we have to look at our own real skills.”
“I learned from the island cultivators, this Heavenly Sword Sect disciple although the identity of the prominent, but weekdays basically in the cultivation of spiritual plants, I think the cultivation techniques, the body treasures and so on are just general, joining Shi Zhong two people also have little impact.”
Suddenly, a voice as thin as a mosquito nag came into the ears of the stout middle-aged man, who nodded imperceptibly, indicating his understanding.
A small storm subsided.
Lu Xuan and Shi Zhong converged.
“Many thanks to Fellow Daoist Shi for his righteousness, and many thanks to Fellow Daoist Zhou for his support and help.”
He wore a look of gratitude.
“It’s nothing, that mid Foundation Establishment loose cultivator is just a bully, if he was really reasonable, he wouldn’t have suppressed those small family cultivators who were the first to arrive at the secret realm.”
Shi Zhong said disdainfully.
When he first learned about Lu Xuan, he had some contempt for his passion for spiritual plants, but after all, he had a similar status and gradually became agreeable after contact.
After inviting Lu Xuan to sea fishing, he even reached the peak, and hated that he hadn’t encountered him earlier, and acquired fishing experience from him.
More importantly, Lu Xuan’s usual behavior, coupled with his efforts to create a persona of a spiritual planter, made him firmly believe that Lu Xuan’s cultivation and treasures are only average.
“Fellow Daoist Lu, let’s deal with the Jiao Dragon Beast Void on the water wall of the Secret Realm together.” “There are cultivators who specialize in the Dao of Formation inside who have studied and cracked the formation prohibitions, so we don’t need to be distracted elsewhere.”
Zhou Bingyu, who had stern features, said indifferently.
“Good.”
Lu Xuan readily agreed.
He operated his spiritual energy to pour into his own eyes, and a layer of watery mist-like things appeared on the surface of his pupils.
The spiritual energy flowing on the wall of water was unobstructed under the gaze of his pupils, the formation aura nodes were clearly visible, and he could even vaguely sense the existence of the formation eye.
“The Delusion Breaking Pupil Technique is indeed extraordinary, I only have the most rudimentary understanding of formation, but under the effect of the pupil technique, I am able to directly see through the formation aura veins, if I were to cultivate some Formation Breaking Techniques, I might be able to become a Formation Master in a short period of time.”
He withdrew his sight and secretly sighed.
……
A dragon roar sounded, and a huge scaly dragon silhouette attacked out of the water wall in lightning.
Lu Xuan stood firm, and the Purple Electricity Sword in his hand shot out with a roar, carrying a furious sword intent as it struck the Jiao Dragon’s head.
On the side, in front of Shi Zhong, a silver ruler shone brightly, instantly becoming dozens of times bigger, with runes flowing, following Lu Xuan’s Purple Electricity Sword.
Zhou Bingyu didn’t say a word, holding a pure white spear with a cold and chilling intent, his figure flashed and appeared in front of the Jiao Dragon’s shadow out of thin air.
With the three of them joining forces, the Jiao Dragon Shadow was easily disposed of in a single glance.
“I never imagined that Fellow Daoist Lu’s swordsmanship was so exquisite, worthy of being from the Heavenly Sword Sect.”
Shi Zhong retrieved the Silver Ruler and sighed.
“My level of swordsmanship is considered average in the sect, and I don’t know how much I’m far from those swordsmanship geniuses.”
Lu Xuan humbled himself.
“The water wall prohibition is going to break.”
Zhou Bingyu said softly as she looked at the huge wall of water whose spiritual energy had become stagnant.
As soon as the words fell, a thick pillar of light was seen rising from not far away, landing directly at the center of the formation, and a clattering sound rang out as a huge hole appeared in the water wall.
Through the hole, a corner of the mysterious palace inside could be seen.
“The prohibition is broken!”
There was a stirring in the crowd.
“Fellow Daoist Lu, Fellow Daoist Zhou, after entering the secret realm I hope that the three of us can make a concerted effort to help each other, and if a situation arises where we have to fight for the treasure, then we’ll each have to rely on our own abilities, and remember not to fight to the death.”
“Good.” Lu Xuan and Zhou Bingyu nodded in unison.
The three of them exchanged glances and flew into the middle of the secret realm along with a group of Foundation Establishment cultivators.
Passing through the water wall, the many cultivators scattered in all directions, on guard against each other.
Lu Xuan followed behind Shi Zhong and had the Tsunami Sword Talisman and Great Sun Sword Talisman in his sleeves, ready to be activated at any time.
In his line of sight was a deep black water with undulating waves, not knowing what was hidden inside.
In the center of the water was a deserted island, and there were no traces of cultivators’ activities on the island.
There was a huge palace on the island, looking at its architectural style it seemed to have a lot of years.
Lu Xuan seldom had the experience of exploring the secret realm, but it was also clear that although there were many treasures and opportunities inside the secret realm, it was often accompanied by the traces of powerful demonic beasts and evil spirits, so it was important not to be careless.
Just as he was advancing cautiously, there was a loose cultivator of the early Foundation Establishment stage who was driving a sword light and couldn’t wait to rush straight to the deserted island.
(End of chapter)