Changes at the Periphery

Wang Xuan silently experienced the significant increase in his physique. With a light leap, he vanished from his spot in a whoosh, much faster than before.

He accelerated several times, causing the air in the in the Deadly Peril to explode, easily breaking the sound barrier.

At the edge of the perilous place stood a stone wall tens of meters high. Without throwing a punch, his body emitted a faint golden light as he suddenly crashed into it.

The rock wall collapsed, and a human-shaped crater appeared in the center of the impact, radiating outwards in dense, black cracks.

Wang Xuan withdrew from the damaged part of the human form and fully assessed his strength. The Golden Body Art was quite terrifying, and his speed and strength increased dramatically.

He felt that he was much more powerful than the average Great Grandmaster!

At this moment, Wang Xuan was still naked. The main reason was that after being swallowed by the snake, his tattered clothes had a strong smell, and he didn't want to put them back on after taking them off.

He shook his head, deciding to put the matter aside for the time being.

He now has a strong urge to practice Zhang Daoling's physical techniques and see if he can also make a breakthrough.

This is because his flesh and bones exuded a strong vitality, his body was as if reborn, and all his indicators improved significantly.

Most importantly, after completing the secret path of the lost land, the physical body's vitality is still in an amazing state. Isn't this the perfect time to practice the five pages of Golden Book?

Wang Xuan took a deep breath, assumed the posture of the fourth move, and began to regulate his body. Then, following the secret rhythm, his blood, bones, and internal organs resonated softly.

The physical techniques inscribed in the Golden Book require the coordination of the whole body and vibration at a special frequency; if not done properly, one can injure oneself.

Some organs are very fragile, but a large part of the secret power is nurtured in these places, which is both contradictory and mysterious.

Wang Xuan was very careful; if he felt even slightly uncomfortable, he would stop immediately.

After a long time, he exhaled a breath of stale air. He could barely perform the fourth move, but he dared not continue practicing. He was already satisfied with having reached this point.

He examined himself through the spiritual realm and found his body brimming with vitality, his organs glowing slightly, exuding the aura of dawn, or like tender buds sprouting from the earth in spring, representing new life.

This is a characteristic and manifestation of his body function being at its best; the fourth form in his alchemy book was not damaged.

Wang Xuan walked over, looked at the peeled skin on the ground, and decided to dispose of it as a precaution.

It must be said that the active substance he shed after mastering the Golden Body Art was quite sturdy. He had to use a short sword to cut it and then release Great Grandmaster- level True Fire to finally get rid of it.

After a slight hesitation, Wang Xuan burned the tattered clothes that were emitting a foul odor; he would rather go outside and wrap himself in tree bark!

This time, the mysterious power of the deceased did not stop him from leaving, allowing him to depart.

When Wang Xuan emerged from the mist, he was somewhat lost in thought. Outside, the sun blazed fiercely, and various Energy Substance were abundant, rising and swirling among the mountains, with colorful rays of light flowing around them.

Behind them, in the in the Deadly Peril, the night was deep, and a bright moon hung high, a completely different celestial phenomenon.

Wang Xuan was full of ambition. Now that he had discovered the secret path to the Lost Land, he was determined to rise to power here!

However, reality soon taught him a lesson: the jungle law in the wilderness is bloody, and a moment of carelessness can cost you your life.

He walked out, discerning his location and studying the terrain; this was no longer the area he had entered from.

Suddenly, he noticed a mountain tortoise the size of a tabletop on the opposite cliff. Its shell was covered with intricate patterns and had a brass color. It was sunbathing.

"I've been starving all day, I'll eat a mountain turtle to replenish my energy..."

Soon, Wang Xuan realized something was wrong. The way the turtle was looking at him was as if it was swallowing its saliva.

In an instant, he sensed something in his mental realm: he had just emerged and already encountered a Supernatural Being? This might be one of the eight supernatural monsters that nest around the Misty Realm!

Wang Xuan turned and fled. Even as Great Grandmaster, he dared not fight this monster to the death. If he dared to recklessly confront it, he would probably become food for turtles immediately.

The bronze-colored mountain tortoise is not clumsy at all; it is as agile as a swallow, leaping down from the cliff and running swiftly along the treetops on all four limbs.

It was as if it were flying over the grass, leaping across the grass and trees, covering more than ten meters in a single bound, and finally landing less than ten meters away from Wang Xuan.

It opened its mouth and unleashed a burst of fire, nearly engulfing Wang Xuan. He dodged at lightning speed, golden rays bursting from every pore of his body, and finally managed to hide in the Misty Realm.

Behind them, the flames fell, turning the ground red and melting it, with lava flowing everywhere.

Wang Xuan gasped for breath. In such a short distance, he had actually narrowly escaped death. If he had been a step slower, he would have been eaten by a turtle!

Reality taught him that in the secret realm, it's never too low-key, because a Supernatural Being might just appear out of nowhere.

The brass tortoise glanced this way and slowly crawled away.

Wang Xuan adjusted his mindset and reflected deeply on his actions.

Don't be fooled by his ability to confront the Transcendent Immortals directly and speak his mind in front of the curtain; that's only because they don't come out. Otherwise, they would have reduced him to ashes in no time.

"The real world is a dog-eat-dog world, bloody and brutal. Even the Old Zhong, which has cultivated for over a hundred years, is being chased by rats in the secret realm. What reason do I have to be overconfident?"

Wang Xuan faced reality and became serious again.

At this moment, Zhong Yong and Old Song were so exhausted they felt like vomiting. Their hair was disheveled, and they were panting heavily on the ground, covered in the blood of the extraordinary monster.

After a fierce battle, the two finally killed the male and female rats. The forest was destroyed and left in ruins, and all the ferocious birds and beasts had fled.

"Old Zhong, that last move of yours, with five-colored divine light flashing between your five fingers, was it a unique skill that you comprehended and mastered from your family's Five-Colored Jade Book?"

The old man from the Song Family stared intently, his gaze intensely eager.

"No, I can't understand that book, I can't figure it out. It's Chen Tuan's secret technique." Zhong Yong shook his head.

Who is Chen Tuan? He is an unparalleled master in the field of internal alchemy, following Zhongli Quan and Lu Dongbin, who carried forward the Golden Elixir Dao.

The old man of the Song Family was shocked. Was Zhong Yong preparing to take the Golden Core route in the realm of Old Arts?

"Was that the Five-Colored Golden Elixir Qi mentioned in Chen Tuan's Golden Elixir Dao?" Song Family said bitterly. This cowardly old fellow had been cultivating for over a hundred years. Could it be that he was finally about to see the light at the end of the tunnel?

"What are you thinking? The Five-Colored Golden Elixir is just a legend. Even in ancient times, very few people could cultivate it. Besides, what level are we at now? Let's not think about something as far-fetched as the Golden Elixir."

Old Zhong sighed, then his expression turned serious. He said, "Little Song, you sensed it just now, didn't you? An extremely powerful extraordinary auspicious Auspicious Beast used its spiritual power to warn us that we must either leave or go deeper into the secret realm and not stay in this area."

Upon hearing this, the over ninety-year-old Mr. Song Family's face immediately turned ugly; he had indeed heard it.

"What's going on? That extraordinary Auspicious Beast can actually communicate with people. How powerful is it? Why are extraordinary humanoid creatures not allowed to stay in the outer area?" Old Song had many questions.

Zhong Yong's expression was quite solemn. He said, "During the escape just now, I saw two groups of young people confronting each other from afar. Judging from their clothes, neither of them seemed to be from our New Star."

"Deep within the secret place... someone has emerged now!" Old Man Song Family was terrified.

Zhong Yong said, "We have been warned, and we cannot leave this planet now, so we can only temporarily move to a deeper area."

Then he added, "I need to find my two descendants. I have a feeling something bad is going to happen in this area, so I should take them with me."

In another area, Old Chen hid in a dense forest, sitting astride a Crooked Neck Tree, and ate the last silver bamboo shoot.

Earlier, he had only picked one silver bamboo shoot when he was chased for hundreds of miles by two monsters with dark circles under their eyes that looked like national treasures. His back was even scratched and covered in blood.

In a fit of rage, Old Chen abandoned the "national treasure" and stole the other three silver bamboo shoots, eating them all.

His deep wounds have now scabbed over and are almost healed; the medicinal effects of the silver bamboo shoots are amazing!

"That's satisfying!" He let out a burp, finally getting his revenge after being chased so far.

"When I return to my Old Earth of Shu, I will feed your distant relatives more bamboo shoots!" He felt a strange energy flowing through his body, which was quite beneficial to him.

Suddenly, Old Chen felt a chill run down his spine. He looked up abruptly and saw a White Peacock with a hazy halo, which had somehow landed on the tree trunk above and was staring at him.

This was definitely a terrifyingly powerful being among Supernatural Being; even Old Chen felt a tremor in his heart, sensing that it would be difficult to fight against.

"Human, your strength has exceeded its limit. Please proceed into the depths of the secret realm." The White Peacock's spirit fluctuated violently as it issued a warning.

Old Chen was surprised. Before coming to the secret place, he had reviewed a lot of information, but none of it mentioned these things. He had a premonition that something had happened.

After leaving the Misty Realm, Wang Xuan stealthily observed the Eight Great Supernatural Lairs, ready to rush in and harvest the rare herbs at any time.

He only stared at some extraordinary nests for a while before giving up, because he couldn't afford to mess with them. For example, on a certain cliff, there lived a strange golden bird.

Once you get involved with this flying supernatural monster, there's no escaping it.

"Could it have a diluted Golden Roc bloodline? Maybe its ancestors were human, and it only became a demon after entering the Land of the Dead and walking the Path of True Form."

Wang Xuan moved on to the next extraordinary nest to study it carefully.

He had also seen the burrow of the Silkworm Snake; neither of the two young snakes had died, and the male snake had returned to live there!

"Never mind, seeing that your family is harmonious, Ancestor Wang is magnanimous and can't bear to ruin your happy family atmosphere."

Finally, Wang Xuan focused his attention on the nest of the Brass Mountain Turtle, where there was a small tree that looked like it was cast in brass, with a few yellowish fruits hanging on it.

Although it wasn't fully mature yet, Wang Xuan felt that its medicinal effects wouldn't be too different.

Of course, this is only one of the goals; there are also two other extraordinary nests that are quite ideal.

One of the dens was inhabited by a Silver Bear, which was round and plump, and Wang Xuan felt that it couldn't run fast.

However, given that the mountain tortoise could run in the trees and was incredibly fierce, he dared not be careless about the Silver Bear that was almost round.

For this reason, Wang Xuan observed for a long time and found that when the Silver Bear went hunting, it was not very fast. It should be the slowest monster among the eight Supernatural Being.

"I'm sorry, Brother Silver Bear, since you don't have any cubs to nurse right now, and you're probably tired of that cluster of white extraordinary herbs, I'll lend it to you for now. Don't worry, I definitely won't pull it up by the roots. I'll leave the roots and let it grow for a while, so you can continue eating it!"

Wang Xuan had chosen his target and was ready to make his move.

Before that, he looked in the direction of the place of death, where it was still shrouded in mist, and the sunlight could not penetrate it.

He hadn't forgotten the Ferryman's words: the Land of the Dead could move away at any time. If he successfully gathered the herbs and consumed them, but the Land of the Dead disappeared, he would be in deep trouble.

"After picking the rare medicine, you can't eat it directly. To be on the safe side, you should go into the Land of the Dead first."

Wang Xuan had enough patience and finally waited for the Silver Bear to go hunting again. He estimated that if it was just fleeing to the Misty Realm, it would have plenty of time.

The Ferryman said that after this parting, the two would never meet again in this life, but Wang Xuan thought that he would soon be given a surprise.

"See you later, I haven't had enough of the beautiful scenery by the lake yet!" Wang Xuan said with a big smile.