In the blink of an eye, four days passed.
Over the past few days, Su Yun hadn't ventured any deeper into the Secret Realm. He had stayed around the valley the entire time.
He hadn't been idle, either. He had thoroughly scoured the entire valley and the surrounding ten-mile area for resources.
Every medicinal herb and every ore suitable for forging had been collected.
His storage bag had long since been packed to the brim, filled with countless low- and mid-tier resources.
But he had never strayed far from the valley.
The reason was simple: it was all for the Century Vermilion Fruit that was about to ripen.
In his view, all the resources he had gathered nearby were worth less than that single Vermilion Fruit.
The Century Vermilion Fruit was a treasure one could only hope to encounter by chance.
If he left the valley and wandered too far, another sect's genius might blunder in and pluck the fruit. That would be a colossal loss, one he'd have nowhere to go to cry about.
He would never do something so foolish.
So for these four days, he had patiently stayed put and kept watch.
At the same time.
In the outer region of the Secret Realm's middle ring.
Liao Jun led a hundred Ghost Fire Sect death warriors and two Foundation Establishment Perfection guardians through the dense forest, searching back and forth.
The entire group kept their auras concealed, avoiding the training parties from the various sects.
Over the past four days, they had searched every popular treasure-hunting site and resource area in the outer region of the Secret Realm.
Along the way, they had run into plenty of disciples from the five major sects and had encountered members of the Azure Cloud Sect training in groups several