Opportunity, Exploring the Secret Realm!

[You summoned all the Elders to Muye Hall for a meeting.]

[You brought up the issue of the family disciples being overly focused on missions, leading to superficial cultivation and a general lack of motivation.]

[The Elders had all noticed this, especially the First Elder, Mu Shengquan, who was in charge of the Elder Hall.]

[You pointed out with sharp insight that the problem lay in the mismatch between missions and rewards.]

[Because the family needed to vigorously develop its industries previously, the rewards for missions related to serving the family's industries were set very high.]

[After discussing with the Elders, you immediately proposed the following: 1. Lower the rewards for family industry missions and balance the reward mechanisms for all types of missions. 2. Have disciples gather in the Elder Hall to cultivate for two hours daily. 3. Establish a monthly martial arts assessment with generous rewards to motivate disciples' cultivation. 4. Establish rewards for improvement, giving awards based on the degree of improvement in both cultivation and sorcery techniques.]

[You knew that the family's development could not solely focus on industries; it also needed to focus on the disciples' cultivation. In this world, strength was the ultimate principle.]

[One month later, in September of the second year, with the advancement of the family's systems, the cultivation atmosphere within the family improved.]

[In the same month, you attempted to refine Yellow Grade Low Rank Qi Gathering Pills.]

[You maintained complete focus, first using spiritual energy to process the Qi Gathering Grass. After mixing the Qi Gathering Grass with the other spirit herbs, you controlled your spiritual energy again to send them into the alchemy furnace for tempering.]

[Sweat dripped from your forehead, and your nervousness was evident.]

[Beside you, your Mother and Mu Xinger held their breath for you.]

[Time flew by, but for you, it felt like an eternity.]

[Finally, you felt that the pill refining was almost complete. You slowed down your spiritual energy and used your own spiritual energy to retrieve the pill.]

[Three pills were successfully refined!]

[Your Mother and Mu Xinger rushed to your side. Seeing that you had refined three pills on your first attempt, they were both shocked.]

[You must understand that even Mu Xinger only refined four pills on her first attempt at Yellow Grade Low Rank Qi Gathering Pills. With a maximum of ten pills per refinement, being able to guarantee at least two pills was enough to be considered a qualified Alchemist.]

[You must understand that Mu Xinger's alchemy talent was the most outstanding in the Mu Family's history. Even your Mother felt inferior to her, and your displayed alchemy talent was only slightly less than Mu Xinger's.]

[The key point is that you are so young and already at the Foundation Establishment Realm, possessing extraordinary cultivation talent. You also have astonishing talent in the Way of Alchemy. This is simply monstrous!]

[This was what your Mother and Mu Xinger were thinking at that moment.]

[You successfully became a Yellow Grade Low Rank Alchemist!]

[In October of the second year, you continued to refine Qi Gathering Pills to improve your alchemy experience. You could now guarantee four pills per refinement, and your alchemy level was growing rapidly.]

[In the same month, your Mother successfully broke through to the ninth level of Qi Cultivation.]

[You steadily improved your cultivation and alchemy experience. Your alchemy experience clearly increased, but your cultivation showed no improvement at all.]

[You specifically went to ask your Grandfather about cultivation issues in the Foundation Establishment Realm.]

[Your Grandfather told you, "The Foundation Establishment Realm is divided into four stages: Early Stage, Mid Stage, Late Stage, and Perfection." Your Grandfather had been stuck in the Foundation Establishment Late Stage for nearly ten years. For cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Realm, breaking through a minor realm could take decades. The reason he was able to reach the Foundation Establishment Late Stage at the young age of sixty-something was thanks to some minor opportunities he encountered during his travels when he was young.]

[The Spirit Replenishing Pill he gave you earlier was also obtained from that opportunity. As he spoke of his past travels, a look of reminiscence appeared on your Grandfather's face.]

[Finally, your Grandfather comforted you, saying that cultivation in the Foundation Establishment Realm was not as fast as in Qi Cultivation; it required taking things step by step and being grounded.]

[You left satisfied after receiving his teachings.]

[In October of the second year, the Old Ancestor of the Wang Family came to request that you or your Grandfather go to a Secret Realm. He said that the Secret Realm was within Jinzhou County and only Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators could enter.]

[In your nightmares, you vaguely remembered that the old man, the Fire Cloud Evil God, seemed to be healing in this Secret Realm. His injuries were likely not yet healed, and there might be an opportunity.]

[You told your Grandfather that there might be a Golden Core Stage Demonic Cultivator in the Secret Realm, but he was currently injured. You asked if you should follow the Wang Family's Old Ancestor and take the opportunity to ambush him, because this Golden Core Demonic Cultivator would also attack your Muye Mountain after his injuries healed four years later!]

[Your Grandfather asked you how you knew this.]

[You confessed that you had a nightmare two years ago and truthfully recounted some of the events from the nightmare.]

[Your Grandfather was speechless for a long time after hearing this, seemingly lost in thought.]

[A moment later, your Grandfather made his decision: "Let's do it!"]

"!"

"Grandfather is awesome!" His grandfather's decisive and domineering reply startled Mu Xingqi.

He knew his grandfather was daring and bold, but he never expected him to be so decisive!

This simulation had once again presented a new turning point. He was eager to see if this could bring a turning point for himself and the family...

[Your Grandfather stated directly that since the Golden Core Demonic Cultivator in the Secret Realm intended to destroy their Mu Family, they had to take the opportunity while he was injured to eliminate this future threat!]

[You and your Grandfather agreed to the Wang Family's Old Ancestor's request and planned to explore the Secret Realm.]

[In November of the second year, you brought the Spirit Stones earned by the family over the years to the Myriad Treasure Tower, following the memories from your dream.]

[Because you knew that with just you and your Grandfather, two Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators, you wouldn't be a match for the injured Fire Cloud Evil God, you had to rely on external forces.]

[You immediately thought of the Thunder Pearls from your past life.]

[However, this time you did not promote the unethical Mi San and Half Mi San as you did in your dream. Furthermore, the Spirit Stones earned by the family's industries were not as much as in your dream, so even if you sold everything you owned, you would only have just enough Spirit Stones to purchase two Thunder Pearls.]

[A month passed in the blink of an eye, and it was the end of the year, approaching the New Year.]

[You still hosted a banquet for your family, a beautiful reunion.]

[You did not tell your family that you were about to go to the Secret Realm and that your life was uncertain. You did not want them to worry about you.]

In the first month of the third year, after you and Grandfather were ready, you decided to head to the Secret Realm the Wang Family Ancestor mentioned, accompanied by the Zhang Family Ancestor.

You and Grandfather brought most of the usable Spirit Tier Spirit Artifacts from the family. Both of you were fully equipped with Spirit Tier Spirit Artifacts from head to toe. Although you knew Spirit Tier Spirit Treasures weren't of much use to Golden Core True Persons, every second they could block was a second gained.

The Wang Family Ancestor led the three of you to a Secret Realm entrance, which was a stone door located on a cliff face.

The Wang Family Ancestor stated frankly that the condition for opening this stone door was not difficult; it only required the injection of spiritual energy. However, there was a formation behind the stone door, and only those with Foundation Establishment Realm cultivation could pass through smoothly. Qi Refining Realm cultivators would be forcibly annihilated.

"Huh? How is this..."