"What's a Secret Realm?"
Fang Xing's interest was piqued. He knew this was the result of his earlier habit of watching trouble without fearing it.
"A Secret Realm? Fellow Daoist, you don't know what a Secret Realm is?" Ding Hongxiu studied Fang Xing curiously.
"Ahem... This fellow Daoist is clearly devoted to martial arts and never concerns himself with outside affairs. That is how he attained his current achievements. What is so strange about not knowing of Secret Realms? To low-level cultivators like us, Secret Realms are legends. It is perfectly normal for Fellow Daoist not to know..."
Ding Bushan put away his wine gourd. Watching Fang Xing search the corpses one by one, he spoke with a solemn expression.
"Please enlighten me, Fellow Daoist."
Fang Xing rose to his feet and asked sincerely.
"A Secret Realm is a small world created by high-level Cultivators... It normally remains hidden within the void. Even if one passed by it hundreds or thousands of times, one might never discover it. It only emerges at specific times, or through special tokens and secret arts..."
Ding Bushan sighed. "It is said that some Secret Realms contain only a few rooms, while others are unimaginably vast and may even be inhabited by Demon Beasts... To low-level cultivators like us, a Secret Realm is a tremendous opportunity. If one can obtain the powerful cultivation techniques, treasures, or even pills left behind by predecessors, advancing by leaps and bounds in cultivation would be nothing extraordinary..."
"I see. Then how did this Secret Realm appear?" Fang Xing asked curiously.
"About two months ago, rumors suddenly spread through the market. They said an old Qi Refining Middle Stage cultivator had clashed with the Black Tiger Gang over a Secret Realm in Five Scorpion Valley... There was a great opportunity