Phoenix Tree Card and Mysterious Reward

If it weren't for the limited time allowed after winning the Secret Realm, Zhang Zhi would have liked to have a good chat with this person.

He found that the Human Race from other Realms seemed to know more information than he and the other World Masters did.

Since there wasn't enough time this time, he would look for others the next time he entered the Trial Tower.

He smiled and took the book from Cheng Ziran, flipping through it. It was filled with dense annotations.

After looking through it, Zhang Zhi said to Cheng Ziran, "This book is indeed very useful to us. I'll gladly accept it."

Before the countdown to return, he looked around at everyone, cupped his fists, and said, "Everyone, take care. We'll meet again."

Then, he silently willed himself to return. His vision blurred, and he was back in the Trial Hall.

Immediately after, the Secret Realm Settlement Interface appeared in his mind.

At first glance, there was a hint of Purple Rank light among the rewards.

Looking closer, a drop of Purple Rank fresh blood appeared in his sight.

That Purple Rank item wasn't a Card, but an item. As he looked at it, the information about that drop of Purple Rank fresh blood appeared in his mind:

"Flood Dragon Essence Blood, the heart essence blood of a Flood Dragon. There seem to be traces of it being used. Effect unknown."

The corresponding rank for the Purple Rank item was Demigod Realm at the highest. In terms of Immortal Cultivation, the corresponding cultivation level was Nascent Soul Stage. The heart essence blood of a Nascent Soul Stage Flood Dragon was a very good gain for the current Zhang Zhi, even if it wasn't a Card.

Needless to say, this Flood Dragon Essence Blood was naturally obtained after killing that Yuan Race Extraordinary. And that Yuan Race Extraordinary had relied on this Flood Dragon Essence Blood to advance to Extraordinary. However, there might have been the will of that Flood Dragon within the essence blood, which was why the side effects were so severe.

This item wasn't very useful to World Masters. Very few World Masters would borrow the essence blood of other creatures to enhance their strength.

However, for any creature other than World Masters, especially the Monster Race, it was a good item they would be willing to pay a high price to obtain.

Zhang Zhi hadn't decided what to do with this item for now, so he put it aside.

The next item was a Blue Rank Card, one that both pleasantly surprised him and left him a bit helpless.

The surprise was that it was a Blue Card worth tens of thousands of Points.

The helplessness was that it was another Monster Race Card.

The Blue Rank Phoenix Tree Card, like the Green Rank Dragon Gate Card he obtained before, were both key Cards for the Monster Race path.

The Dragon Gate allowed one to obtain the Dragon Gate Bloodline by leaping over it, while the Phoenix Tree meant the longer one stayed on the tree, the higher the possibility of obtaining the Phoenix Bloodline.

The Blue Rank Phoenix Tree also had another function, which was to purify bloodlines. Birds with the Phoenix Bloodline that stayed on the tree would have their bloodline become purer over time.

Of course, this Phoenix Tree wasn't so easy to stay on.

This kind of Phoenix Tree was a Fire Phoenix Tree. The entire tree was wrapped in raging flames. An ordinary bird trying to land on it would likely be roasted before even getting close.

The reason Zhang Zhi felt a bit helpless was that he had previously obtained the Dragon Gate Card, and now he had obtained the Phoenix Tree Card. These two Cards were completely for the Monster Race, and he had no use for them!

After the Phoenix Tree Card, he glanced at the dozen or so Green Rank bird Cards next to it. They all relied on quantity for victory.

Seeing so many Cards, Zhang Zhi suddenly felt something was off.

Looking closer, he realized that these Cards weren't Secret Realm settlement rewards, but spoils of war!

In that case, everything made sense.

These Cards were very likely from the Human Race World Master who died in the Secret Realm.

That person should have been on the Monster Race path. After his death, these Cards were obtained by that Yuan Race Extraordinary.

That Yuan Race Extraordinary very likely used a scheme to kill that World Master and then used that drop of Purple Rank True Dragon Essence Blood obtained from the Monster Race World Master to advance to Extraordinary.

Everything that happened in the Secret Realm was connected.

He looked at the spoils of war he had obtained and let out a slight sigh of relief in his heart.

That Monster Race World Master was already in the Mortal Transformation Realm and even had Purple Rank items, yet he still failed in a Secret Realm that didn't have the Extraordinary Realm!

He needed to learn from this lesson!

At this moment, Zhang Zhi suddenly realized that his mindset recently seemed a bit arrogant.

It was somewhat similar to the state of a small person becoming arrogant after achieving a little success.

His mindset recently was very wrong!!!

He lightly exhaled. He felt that after he left the Trial Tower, he needed to seriously reflect on himself.

His gaze moved back. There weren't many remaining spoils of war, all were miscellaneous items. These should have been obtained from the Yuan Race members killed by the projections.

Looking further down, these were the Secret Realm settlement rewards.

First, the Points rewards:

One Blue Rank token, redeemable for 700 Points.

Seven Green Rank tokens, redeemable for varying amounts of Points, totaling 252 Points. These tokens should be the ones given by the Mortal Transformation Realm Yuan Race members killed by Fang Yun.

Fifty-three White Rank tokens, totaling 123 Points.

Six hundred seventy-five Gray Rank tokens, totaling 106 Points.

Breaking through the opponent's Trial Tower, rewarded 1000 Points.

The total reward Points were 2181 Points.

These Points seem like a lot, but this is the Secret Realm Point reward for killing an Extraordinary and successfully capturing the tower.

He shook his head slightly and looked at the rewarded Cards.

Looking at the rewarded Cards, Zhang Zhi's brow furrowed deeply.

Inside, there was only one Cultivation Technique Card, a gray and white Nameless Cultivation Technique Fragment Card.

That's it?

That's it?

This is the reward for successfully capturing the Secret Realm tower?

Something must be wrong!

The effort and reward in the Trial Secret Realm are too unbalanced.

Just looking at the Points, the number of Trial Secret Realm Points is far less than in the Arena for Zhang Zhi, but it's much more dangerous. The effort and reward are extremely imbalanced.

He originally thought the Secret Realm settlement reward would give him a surprise, but he didn't expect it to just be a gray and white Nameless Cultivation Technique Fragment.

If he hadn't killed that Extraordinary Realm Yuan Race Cultivator and obtained enough spoils of war, he basically wouldn't have gained anything from this Secret Realm trip!

He frowned and glanced at that Card, thinking there must be something wrong with it. He would study it carefully later. Then his gaze shifted to the last box.

Inside was a book, the Beginner's Guide to Array Formations that Cheng Ziran had given him. Zhang Zhi looked at the book thoughtfully.

With a thought, the book Beginner's Guide to Array Formations slowly appeared in his hand.

For books that don't appear as Cards, Zhang Zhi can currently only try to understand them himself first, and then teach them to the people in the Small World through projection.

Or, he could just swallow everything whole, memorize all the content, and then relay it to the people in the Small World.

Most World Masters in the early stages could only teach certain Skills within their Small Worlds through this method.

After putting the book away and tallying all his spoils, Zhang Zhi, feeling a bit disheartened, walked towards the exit of the Trial Tower.