All Kinds of Intelligence

"I don't know anything about any Secret Realm."

Having just arrived, aside from a scant few bits of information, he could be said to know virtually nothing about this Peerless Continent.

This was different from when he had entered the Myriad Beast Domain and the Dragon Ascent World.

Those two realms existed within the greater sphere of the Nine Provinces. When cultivators entered them, through the workings of the Heavenly Mechanism, they could obtain some basic intelligence about those realms and even receive an identity suited to blending in.

But now, Lu Ye and the others had lost contact with the Heavenly Mechanism of the Nine Provinces. How could they possibly obtain any intelligence from it?

However, from the man's words, this Secret Realm did not seem to be the kind of Secret Realm Lu Ye understood. It was more like a power unique to the Peerless Continent.

"Little brother, you aren't from a Secret Realm?" the man asked in surprise.

Lu Ye shook his head.

His identity and origins would ultimately be a problem. He could conceal them as much as possible, but since he wanted to ask around for intelligence, some flaws would inevitably be exposed. Thus, Lu Ye gave the explanation he had long prepared.

"I don't know where I came from. I've lived there since I was little. This is my first time leaving."

The man came to a realization. "So that's how it is!"

It was not particularly strange. Though after the apocalyptic Heavenly Change, the major sects of the Cultivation World had discarded their sectarian prejudices and banded together for warmth, people's hearts were complicated. There were always some powerful cultivators who, for one reason or another, lived in seclusion. Taking in a homeless orphan for companionship and teaching them with great care was