Slaying the Top-grade Little Fairy! Zhang Xuanbing's Vigilance!

Zhang Xuanchen watched the Gold-devouring Python charge straight at his face and snorted coldly.

A vicious glint flashed in his eyes.

"Do you really think I'm afraid of you? Since you want so badly to join your son, I'll grant your wish!"

As he spoke, spiritual power burst from his body.

A fierce aura erupted from the sword's edge as it hacked viciously down at the creature's head.

With a bang.

The blade scraped across its hard skull, throwing off dazzling sparks.

The immense force sent Zhang Xuanchen flying several meters away.

The Gold-devouring Python itself was not venomous, but its strength and defense ranked among the best of countless monster beasts.

Seeing that it had gained the upper hand, the Gold-devouring Python let out a hiss.

It surged forward and tightly coiled around Zhang Xuanchen.

Just as before, it wanted to crush the human who had killed its child alive!

Yet Zhang Xuanchen's eyes held not the slightest trace of fear.

There was only a sinister smile of triumph.

He had done it deliberately.

All so he could end this battle quickly.

Feeling the Gold-devouring Python suddenly tighten its coils, Zhang Xuanchen silently recited an incantation.

"Repelling Fire Ring! Rise!"

In an instant, a circular ring of fire erupted around him. The shockwave it released blasted the Gold-devouring Python away, and crimson-gold flames immediately surrounded the monster beast.

The Gold-devouring Python hissed and rolled frantically across the ground.

It even fled toward a nearby mud pool, trying to extinguish the flames.

But this was Earth Vein Profound Sun Fire.

So long as Zhang Xuanchen willed it, even a second-tier mid-stage monster beast could forget about extinguishing it.

In less than three seconds, the Gold-devouring Python had been burned to its last breath.

The scent of charred meat drifted on the wind.

Zhang Xuanchen stepped forward and finished it off with a strike. After digging out its Monster Core, snake gallbladder, and the Golden Crystal Lingzhi, he was about to leave!

"Zhang Xuanchen! Why didn't you save me first?!"

"You clearly had the strength to save me, so why didn't you? Why did you go dig up that Golden Crystal Lingzhi instead?!"

"Do you know I nearly died just now? I am a disciple of the Bihai Immortal Sect!

Now hand over that Golden Crystal Lingzhi and that beast's Monster Core!

Then I won't make trouble for you. Otherwise..."

Hearing such shameless words, Zhang Xuanchen was so furious he laughed. What kind of top-grade little fairy was this, to actually say something like that?

He immediately turned, crouched down, and gave the rather pretty female cultivator leaning against the rock before him a wicked smile.

"What is your name?" he asked.

Seeing Zhang Xuanchen smile at her, the female cultivator thought he had been captivated by her beauty.

He was the son of the Zhang Clan Patriarch, possessed Two Spiritual Roots, and was fairly strong.

He was indeed qualified to be one of her admirers.

She immediately raised her chin and said arrogantly, "Listen well. I am Zhou Jiaxin, a Personal Disciple of the Bihai Immortal Sect."

"Zhou Jiaxin, right? Fuck your mother!

You've got two eggs hanging beneath your eyebrows—you can blink, but you can't see!

If it weren't for me today, you'd have fucking died already! Would you still have the chance to yap at me here?

What, did an electric mattress short out at home and fry your brains into this shitty state?

And you're still going on about 'this fairy'? Who the fuck are you trying to impress?

You think cultivating immortality makes you a fairy?"

Zhou Jiaxin stared at Zhang Xuanchen in disbelief.

Though she did not understand all of it, she could tell he was cursing her.

She immediately snapped, "Zhang Xuanchen! Don't think you can humiliate me just because you're the Zhang Clan Patriarch's son! I am also the disciple of an Inner Sect Elder!

Just wait! Once we leave the Secret Realm, I will report this to my master! He'll kill you, you bastard!"

"I'm seriously speechless! You really can't read the situation, can you? You still dare threaten me!"

"W-what do you mean..."

Only then did Zhou Jiaxin notice that something was wrong.

But it was already too late.

Because her head had already flown away.

Zhang Xuanchen had originally intended to let her fend for herself here, but it seemed that would no longer be necessary.

If she somehow survived, she would still be trouble.

He would reluctantly send her on her way.

It would save some honest male cultivator from suffering at her hands.

It counted as doing a good deed.

Hmm?

Not good.

A monster beast that had caught the scent of blood was coming.

He took Zhou Jiaxin's Storage Bag, activated the Breath Concealment Technique, and headed east, leaping through the dense forest like a monkey.

Meanwhile, inside a Cave Mansion.

Zhang Xuanbing cautiously made his way inward.

The moment he entered the Secret Realm, he had found himself inside a Cave Mansion. Calling it fortunate would not be wrong—if he lacked strength, he would already have died at the hands of the Qi Refining Peak Vajra Ape guarding the Cave Mansion.

But calling it unfortunate would not be wrong either, because he truly possessed the strength to explore this Cave Mansion.

As Zhang Xuanbing ventured deeper, the mechanisms inside the Cave Mansion grew ever more powerful.

Just as he entered a Bluestone Tunnel, a bluestone brick beneath his feet suddenly sank.

Countless arrow holes instantly appeared around him.

Then a hail of arrows fired at once, all aimed directly at Zhang Xuanbing's forehead.

Every arrow carried power comparable to a full-force strike from a Qi Refining Peak cultivator.

Yet attacks of this level were no different from scratching an itch to Zhang Xuanbing.

His face remained icy, his eyes utterly calm.

He formed a hand seal with his right hand, and four Ice Walls enclosed his body.

Enduring the barrage of arrows, he reached the end of the Cave Mansion.

There was only a stone platform. Upon it rested a Pill Bottle, a dust-covered Second-tier Top-grade Artifact spear wrapped in faint arcs of lightning, a Jade Slip, and a Token.

The moment Zhang Xuanbing touched the Pill Bottle, it turned into a cloud of dust and scattered into the air.

So much time had passed that such a sight was hardly strange.

He then placed the Artifact spear beside it into his Storage Ring.

Then he opened the Jade Slip.

"Primordial Spirit Returning Divine Art. It's actually a third-tier Cultivation Method for cultivating Spiritual Sense, something unattainable even if sought in the outside world!

Perfect. I'll give it to Little Brother. I remember he has wanted a high-grade cultivation method for Spiritual Sense for a long time."

A faint smile appeared on Zhang Xuanbing's face. After storing it in his Storage Ring, he finally looked toward the last Token.

There was nothing unusual about the Token. It bore only several words.

"Secret Realm Center, Dragon God Cave Mansion, land where fortune lies!"

Just those few words made Zhang Xuanbing immensely wary!

Because he sensed that the Token was actually guiding him toward the so-called Dragon God Cave Mansion!

If not for Zhang Xuanchen's guidance, he would certainly have believed it to be the place where fortune lay!

And then gone there.

But now, he instead believed it to be the most dangerous place!

At that moment, he felt that this Secret Realm was nothing but a conspiracy!

Stay away! He had to stay away! He would head east!

He did not know how many such Tokens existed, but his abilities were limited. He could only protect himself.

There was no need to concern himself with anyone else.

After letting out a long breath, Zhang Xuanbing reappeared outside the Cave Mansion.

His icy gaze fell upon three identical-looking bald-headed youths sneaking around before him.

The three were instantly frightened limp by the sudden, terrifying pressure.

Fortunately, Zhang Xuanbing had no intention of taking their lives. After watching them for a moment, he vanished before their eyes.

"B-Big Brother, that guy came out of the cave. Should we follow him and rob him?"

"Idiot! That's Foundation Establishment! The three of us can't beat even one of his fingers! What are we supposed to rob him with?"

"S-Second Brother, should we still go into the cave to look for fortune?"

"Idiot! That's Foundation Establishment! He's already taken what he could take! What he couldn't take, we can't take either! What are we going into the cave for?"

"Oh."