Chapter 274

Yu Su: "It's a secret realm."

Xiong Hui didn't know much, so Yu Su briefly explained what a secret realm was.

The secret realm was so vast that it wasn't just them who would enter.

Xiong Hui's eyes lit up, "So, can we go in and take a look?"

Yu Su: "Yes, but we don't know what the situation inside the secret realm is."

Xiong Hui also hesitated.

Yu Su turned to Qing Ze and said, "Lord Mountain God, I'll be leaving for a while."

The others didn't understand why Yu Su had to leave at this time, and they only saw him entering a nearby forest.

After entering the forest, Yu Su found a tree, hung up Bai Ze's image, respectfully lit incense, and began to divine fortune.

He had learned basic divination from the entire elf clan, so it was no problem to do a simple divination.

The divination tool was two shells.

When they landed, one was facing up, and the other down.

Yu Su's eyes lit up. After respectfully bowing to the image, he collected the shells and carefully rolled up the image, putting it into his space.

When he reappeared, he was already smiling.

"Auspicious sign. I propose going in directly."

Chi Nan and the others raised their eyebrows, already knowing what he had just done.

Qing Ze's ethereal voice sounded again, "In that case, let's go in, but be extra careful."

Yu Su: "Lord Mountain God, aren't you coming with us?"

Qing Ze shook his head, "I feel suppressed. My cultivation is too high to enter."

Chi Nan also felt the same way, saying, "This secret realm should be a low-level one."Yu Su nodded, "Then I'll go in with Lu Yan, Father, and Priest Xiong Hui."

After the four were ready, Lu Yan took the lead and flew into the vortex.

Because Yu Su had warned them that they might be scattered after entering, all four were mentally prepared.

When the dizziness passed, they found themselves alone without panic.

Yu Su looked around and found himself by a lake.

The lake water was clear and calm, with a pale lotus in the center surrounded by azure lotus leaves. The blue sky and white clouds, along with the rich spiritual energy, made one feel refreshed and comfortable.

Taking a deep breath, Yu Su started walking along the lakeshore.

Not knowing where Lu Yan and Jian Yunchuan had landed in the secret realm, Yu Su felt that his current location was peaceful and didn't seem dangerous.

Yu Su didn't dare to let his guard down and had the entire elf clan open scanning, remaining vigilant at all times.

"Master, the spiritual energy quality in this secret realm is very high. If you cultivate here, your speed will be twice as fast as outside," the entire elf clan exclaimed.

Yu Su also felt this, but unfortunately, they didn't know when the secret realm would close. They couldn't waste all their time on cultivation.

"Scan and see what kind of lotus is in the center of the lake," Yu Su said. He remembered the light pink lotus in the pond in the forest on the Donghe Plain, whose seeds had the effect of cleansing the marrow and breaking through meridians.

This was the first time the secret realm had opened, and the things inside should be very ancient. Perhaps that lotus also had some special effects."Master, it's the Heart-Cleansing Lotus."

The voice of the entire elf clan sounded excited. The Heart-Cleansing Lotus was a very rare spiritual object. When consumed by ordinary cultivators, it had the effect of stabilizing the Dao heart and advancing one's realm. For cultivators who fell into demonic ways, it could cleanse the heart demons and purify the spiritual platform.

Yu Su: "So powerful? It can even save those who fall into demonic ways?"

"The Heart-Cleansing Lotus is very rare, and its efficacy varies with age. Heart-Cleansing Lotus that is over ten thousand years old can even save cultivators in the Mahayana stage who have fallen into demonic ways. However, the one in front of us is only a thousand years old at most, so it is only useful for cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage or below."

Even so, it was still very powerful and a valuable treasure.

Yu Su released the Teng Man vine and prepared to pick the seeds of the Heart-Cleansing Lotus.

"Master, be careful. There is a spirit fish sleeping at the bottom of the lake, with a cultivation equivalent to the early Golden Core stage."

Yu Su: "..."

This fellow should have said that earlier!

Since the spirit fish was guarding here, as soon as he picked the lotus seeds, it would definitely be alerted.

Yu Su: "Can the spirit fish come ashore?"

"No, it can only move in the water."

Yu Su breathed a sigh of relief.

Without further hesitation, he immediately commanded the vine to pick the lotus seeds.

At the same time, the spirit fish sleeping at the bottom of the lake opened its eyes and a majestic pressure rushed towards Yu Su.

With a muffled groan, Yu Su controlled the vine to quickly retrieve the lotus seeds.

At that moment, the spirit fish suddenly surged out of the water, and an ice blade pounced towards the vine.

Yu Su's eyes widened, feeling doomed.

At that critical moment, Yu Su threw a dagger.

A cold light flashed as the ice blade was shattered by the dagger, and Yu Su retracted the vine.

Without hesitation, he turned and ran.

Behind him, the spirit fish roared in anger, and a barrage of ice blades came at him.

"Come back!" Yu Su summoned back the Merfolk Dagger and used its power to create a barrier, blocking the ice blades before escaping again.

The spirit fish couldn't come ashore, and the ice blades couldn't harm Yu Su anymore, infuriatingly raging in the lake.

Yu Su jumped onto a giant tree, standing on top of it and looking at the raging spirit fish by the lake in the distance, wiping away a cold sweat.

That spirit fish was something else; it could even spit out ice blades. If it weren't for the Merfolk Dagger, he would have been in trouble.

Yu Su retracted the Merfolk Dagger into his water attribute dantian and stored the Heart-Cleansing Lotus in his spatial storage before standing on top of the tree and looking around in all directions.This was an incredible sight. Several auras, very close to the Golden Core stage, were rushing towards the lake from a distance. It was estimated that they were the demonic beasts from the secret realm, sensing the enraged spirit fish guarding the Heart-Cleansing Lotus and coming to investigate.

Yu Su definitely didn't want to confront those demonic beasts at this time. He quickly restrained his aura and swiftly moved away. While distancing himself, he said to the entire elf clan, "Can you please remind me earlier next time!"

"Sorry, I will definitely do so next time," the entire elf clan also felt a little scared.

Yu Su: "The demonic beasts in this secret realm have very high cultivations. A spirit fish is equivalent to the Golden Core stage, and several demonic beasts are also very close to the Golden Core stage. We have to be extremely careful, or we might end up in big trouble!"

This secret realm was likely a medium-sized one, usually accessible by cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage or below.

Yu Su hoped they wouldn't be so unlucky to encounter a Nascent Soul stage monster. He definitely wasn't a match for them now.

However, this also indirectly indicated that Chi Nan's cultivation was definitely above the Nascent Soul stage, otherwise, he wouldn't have been unable to enter.

"What cultivation level is that guy at?"

"At least Nascent Divinity stage. He is injured, and there is a treasure concealing his cultivation, so I can't accurately scan him," the entire elf clan said.

"What kind of treasure can even conceal you from scanning?"

"It's a treasure that conceals fate. At least it's at the Heavenly grade level. This kind of treasure is very rare. Even though my grade is higher than it, my power has not yet recovered to its peak, so I would still be restricted by it."

Yu Su was convinced this time. A treasure that could conceal fate was an extraordinary thing. It wasn't surprising that the entire elf clan couldn't detect it, given that its power hadn't fully recovered.

Yu Su hastily left the area around the lake. It was only when he completely couldn't sense the auras of those demonic beasts that he gradually stopped.

He was now hovering over a mountain forest, looking no different from outside.

"This secret realm is really huge. We flew all the way from that lake to here, but it seems like we've only traveled a small area inside the secret realm."

He couldn't sense Lu Yan, Jian Yunchuan, and Xiong Hui's auras at all.

"Master, there are many high-aged spirit herbs nearby. Do you want to pick them?"

Yu Su hesitated for a moment and then replied, "Pick them!"Yu Su had some surprises and dangers, while Lu Yan encountered a demonic beast equivalent to the middle stage of the Foundation Building realm as soon as he entered.

Lu Yan's cultivation was also approaching the middle stage of the Foundation Building realm. Although he was slightly inferior to the demonic beast in terms of realm, Lu Yan did not back down and directly confronted it.

The opponent was an eagle-like beast with a face very similar to a human's, a large body, and very sharp claws. Lu Yan's magical instruments were almost torn apart by its claws.

When its wings flapped, it could release gusts of wind and tornadoes.

Under the influence of the tornado, Lu Yan's flames couldn't perform well, so he had to find opportunities to confront it head-on. Fortunately, his spell cultivation and swordsmanship were both good.

When he first started practicing swordsmanship, Lu Yan chose the most powerful technique.

Infusing spiritual power into the sword, the blade burned with fierce flames.

Although the eagle-beast's eyes were very sharp, its weakness was its overly large size, making it less agile than Lu Yan.

Intentionally engaging in close combat with it, its gusts of wind and tornadoes were ineffective, and it could only fight Lu Yan with its claws. Due to its lack of agility, Lu Yan managed to inflict several wounds on it.

Lu Yan also suffered wounds from the gusts of wind, but as long as it didn't affect his movement, his speed wouldn't slow down at all.

He fought with the eagle-beast for a full hour before finally slaying it with his sword.

He also sustained a large wound on his side.

Lu Yan took out a bottle from his bosom, took a pill, and then bandaged himself to stop the bleeding. Afterward, he took the demonic beast's demon core and quickly left before other demonic beasts were attracted by the scent of blood.

He didn't know where Yu Su was. Before entering, Yu Su gave him, Jian Yunchuan, and Xiong Hui several sound transmission symbols.

During the battle just now, Yu Su had sent him a sound transmission asking about his location.

Because he didn't respond during the battle just now, he now replied to Yu Su with his location.

After replying, he found a nearby place to stay and began observing the surroundings.

Surprisingly, the place he entered was near a cliff. The eagle-beast's nest was in a cave below the cliff, making it difficult for anyone other than those who could fly to enter.

After leaving his location for Yu Su, Lu Yan flew down on his sword and observed the entrance of the eagle-beast's cave. After confirming that there were no other auras inside, he entered.

The entrance to the cave was quite large, with dried grass everywhere and traces of the eagle-beast's footsteps.