Scout Rat
On the Beast Taming Sect's spaceship.
Tu Lian stood there indifferently.
Before her stood fourteen Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Beast Taming Sect, bowing respectfully.
"The Azure Tide Secret Realm will only be open for one month. That means you must leave the secret realm within one month. Otherwise, you will be trapped inside until fifty years later. Of course, with your cultivation levels, it will be difficult for you to survive in the secret realm for fifty years."
"All treasures obtained in the secret realm, except for the Yin-Yang Blood-Weeping Branch, belong to you personally."
"The Yin-Yang Blood-Weeping Branch needs to be handed over to the sect, where a third-tier Alchemist will be assigned to refine it. Of the Golden Core Pill, you will receive 40%."
It must be said that the Beast Taming Sect has a good reputation for its Foundation Establishment cultivators.
Refining the Golden Core Pill requires a great many spirit medicine. All the auxiliary herbs are provided by the sect, which is responsible for Alchemy and also gives 40% of the pills to the cultivators. This can be considered a very generous condition.
A single batch of Golden Core Pill typically yields two to three pills.
In other words, whichever of the fourteen people on the spaceship obtains a Yin-Yang Blood-Weeping Branch will definitely obtain a Golden Core Pill if they successfully Alchemy.
This invigorated all fourteen people, filling them with enthusiasm.
Upon seeing this, a cold smile flashed in Tu Lian's eyes.
These Foundation Establishment Realm stage disciples may make a lot of money, but the sect will never lose out.
If someone can bring out a Yin-Yang Blood-Weeping Branch, the sect will surely gain a Golden Core Pill.
As soon as Tu Lian finished speaking, the surface of the lake below changed.
The once calm lake surface gradually began to ripple.
The ripples gradually became turbulent, turning into waves.
Huge waves surged, and the lake water overflowed.
The entire lake looked as if someone was constantly stirring it with a giant stick.
The floodwaters are devastating!
Slowly, a huge eddy current formed in the center of the lake.
"The entrance to the secret realm has opened; if we don't enter now, when will we?"
A loud shout rang out in mid-air.
The Foundation Establishment cultivators from the five major forces stepped out of the spaceship and descended into the vortex below.
After a period of dizzying weightlessness, Song Wen found himself alone in a dense forest.
The trees are towering, blocking out the sun.
This made the light in the dense forest quite dim.
Upon arriving in an unfamiliar place, Song Wen subconsciously extended his Divine Sense.
The results showed that Divine Sense could only extend a distance of 100 meters before it could not be extended further.
It should be noted that Song Wen's Divine Sense awareness had already reached the limit for Foundation Establishment cultivator.
In other words, everyone who enters this secret realm can only detect things up to a distance of 100 meters with their Divine Sense.
For a cultivator to control Spirit Artifact remotely, they need to attach their Divine Sense to the Spirit Artifact.
In the current situation, Song Wen can only control the Spirit Artifact at will within a range of 100 meters.
Beyond this range, the Spirit Artifact can only rely on inertia to attack in one direction.
Song Wen released six Sacred Beetle Gu.
With the aid of the Sacred Beetle Gu, Song Wen was able to barely detect a range of about four hundred meters around him.
The area was still not large, so he simply let the Sacred Beetle Gu roam freely. If it discovered anything unusual, the Sacred Beetle Gu would return and report immediately.
After Sacred Beetle Gu that there was nothing unusual in the surroundings, Song Wen took to the air and arrived above the dense forest.
What comes into view is an endless jungle.
The jungle was quite flat, resembling a vast forest plain.
To the right of Song Wen, one can faintly see the silhouette of a majestic mountain.
This mountain is the only high mountain in the Azure Tide Secret Realm, and it is also a place where spirit medicine gather.
It's not that there are no spirit medicine in the forest plains, but most of them are low-grade spirit medicine, Foundation Establishment cultivators generally don't value.
Moreover, these low-level spirit medicine are extremely scattered, making them very difficult to find when Divine Sense is limited.
Song Wen stepped onto his flying sword and flew towards the high mountain.
"Looking at the mountain makes your horse run itself to death."
After flying on his sword for more than two hours and covering two or three thousand miles, Song Wen could still only see the blurry shadows of the mountains.
At this moment, the sky began to darken.
Mist gradually rose from the dense forest.
Moreover, the fog is showing a trend of getting thicker and thicker.
From the information he had obtained about the secret realm beforehand, Song Wen knew that night was approaching in the Azure Tide Secret Realm.
Like the outside world, the Azure Tide Secret Realm also has a day and night cycle, and at night a thick fog will shroud the entire secret realm.
Nighttime in this hidden realm is not a good time to travel.
If you're unlucky, you might run into a predatory Demon Beast or another cultivator.
Song Wen lowered his sword light, landing in the lush canopy of a tree.
Gather your breath and begin meditating to regulate your breathing.
Darkness gradually descended.
The thick fog and the darkness of night completely shrouded the dense forest.
Looking around, there was only endless darkness and mist; even a few feet away, the scenery was not clearly visible.
Fortunately, the fog did not interfere with Divine Sense, Divine Sense could still perceive everything within a hundred meters.
Suddenly.
A violent fluctuation of Spiritual Qi emanated from in front of Song Wen.
Occasionally, a tremendous roar could be heard.
There's a magical duel ahead!
And it won't be too far, at most a distance of twenty or thirty li.
Song Wen let the Sacred Beetle Gu scout ahead, and he followed behind, stealthily heading towards the battleground.
They had only walked about a few miles.
Suddenly, a Sacred Beetle Gu had been scouting ahead flew back.
It was also dragging a rodent-like Demon Beast along with it.
The rat-like creature was very small, about half a foot long, and was already dead.
The rat-beast retained a strong Human Race aura, clearly indicating that it was a spirit beast raised by a cultivator and was probably released to scout ahead.
He happened to run into the Sacred Beetle Gu and was killed by it.
This indicates that the battle ahead has also attracted other cultivators.
The corpse of this rat-beast eventually ended up inside the belly of the Sacred Beetle Gu.
Song Wen recalled the other Sacred Beetle Gu scouts, instructing them to keep watch over the surroundings within their Divine Sense perception range. Then, they slowly moved towards the direction of the battle.
They walked several more miles.
The Sacred Beetle Gu has discovered another rat-like beast.
The rat-like creature was hiding in a tree hole.
To avoid alerting the prey, Song Wen did not choose to kill the rat-beast.
The rat beast's cultivation level was very low, only around the Qi Refining Level One.
"It seems this person keeps quite a few rat-like beasts. Could he be from the Beast Taming Sect?"
Song Wen thought to himself.
The rat beast's cultivation level is so low that it offers no help in improving combat power; it can only be used for scouting.
It's no secret that Divine Sense is restricted within the Azure Tide Secret Realm.
Most cultivators would try to improve their detection methods.
Therefore, it is impossible to determine which sect its master belongs to based solely on the spirit beast.
Song Wen stopped and did not continue forward.
The owner of the rat beasts clearly possessed quite a few rat-like spirit beasts.
Continuing forward rashly would likely allow them to discover our presence.
Although Song Wen was confident that he could fight alone and was not afraid of anyone in the secret realm.
However, the methods in the cultivation world are endless, including formations, restrictions, poisons, and secret treasures, all of which are diverse.
If one is not careful, one could easily fall into a trap set by the other party.
Song Wen concealed his presence, climbed up a large tree, and hid in the canopy.