"Such a divine elixir—I'd give anything just to see one—"
Fang Qing calculated how many Water-Origin Pills he had spent to cultivate to the peak of Foundation Establishment Early Stage, and longing immediately rose in his heart.
"Haha—back when the Azure Sea Ancestor came here, it was said he had come in pursuit of news of a secret realm. After searching everywhere without finding it, he established his sect on Jade Island—"
Elder Tianding said, "Yet the sect's records state that in his later years, the Patriarch discovered a clue to the secret realm and left, never to return—"
So he might have died inside the secret realm?
Fang Qing formed a few guesses in his heart.
"The Patriarch's disciples originally believed that he had fallen within the secret realm—but many years later, Core Formation powers such as the Heavenly Heart Chain Islands and the Zhong Family rose to prominence. Although their inheritances should also have originated from the East Sea, one cannot rule out the possibility that they obtained relics left behind by a Core Formation cultivator."
Elder Tianding said.
"So—the sect suspects that these two Core Formation powers possess clues to the secret realm?"
Fang Qing blinked, finally understanding the deeper reason the Azure Sea Sect had insisted on destroying the Heavenly Heart Chain Islands and the Zhong Family.
"Correct—even if those two great Core Formation powers never obtained the Patriarch's relics, over all these years, our Azure Sea Sect has practically turned the Lesser Vast Sea Cultivation Realm upside down without finding the slightest clue concerning the secret realm—"
Elder Tianding sighed. "Therefore, the secret realm may lie at the foundations of those two powers—that was also territory we had previously been unable to investigate."
"This deduction does seem quite reasonable."
Fang Qing stroked his chin. "If