This old man still hoped you could go out and see the world. But your strength is low; whether you go or not is up to you.
"Really? Thank you, Master Wen. I'll go!"
Small Secret Realms were not so easy to come by. Moreover, her constitution required a great deal of heavenly treasures and rare materials. Perhaps she might gain something within the Secret Realm.
She vaguely felt that she would have a fine harvest this time.
Her sixth sense had been accurate when she was on Blue Star, and now its accuracy seemed to have doubled!
The next day...
Jiang Lu followed the others to the outside of the Secret Realm. Ahead of the dense forest was a vast ring of radiance, glowing white, with intense fluctuations of aura rolling across it.
She found an inconspicuous corner close to the entrance of the Secret Realm and squatted down.
She said to Chi Li and Cangchen inside the cloth pouch at her waist, "You two endure a little longer. Once we enter the Secret Realm, you'll be able to move around!"
She secretly sighed. These past few months had truly wronged the two Spirit Beasts. Though they could move about in the courtyard, they were still far too small.
There was another reason she had come: to see whether she could find an opportunity to conceal her strength. Rumor had it that a spiritual herb called Silvermoon Grass could hide one's cultivation after being consumed, but people had only ever seen it within Secret Realms.
During the test that day, He Xiao was only twenty years old and had merely reached the Qi Refinement, Fourth Level. Yet here, she was already considered one of the stronger disciples.
Senior Sister Yue Ying was thirty years old and at the Qi Refinement, Sixth Level.
Master Wen was sixty years old and at the Seventh Level of Qi Refinement.
At their ages, they had only reached the middle stages of Qi Refinement. Yet in just a few months, she had gone straight from sensing qi to entering the Qi Refinement Second Layer. If someone with ulterior motives discovered this, she did not dare imagine what kind of uproar it would cause.
This only made her increasingly certain that her constitution was extraordinary.
She watched the forces continually making their way toward the entrance of the Secret Realm. Quite a few Foundation Establishment Lineages had sent people over, several groups belonged to the City Lord's Manor, and there were also many Rogue Cultivators.
Many disciples of the Medicine King Pavilion, like her, had chosen to enter on their own. After all, if they acted together, they could only keep a small portion of the resources they obtained; most would have to be handed over to the pavilion.
By evening, the afterglow of the setting sun cast the white light over the entrance of the Secret Realm in dazzling colors. A burst of startled cries rang out, and the crowd around them surged.
Jiang Lu looked up to see the white light flickering. A white door gradually appeared and slowly opened, followed by a clear, ringing cry.
The people before the entrance of the Secret Realm immediately rushed inside in a frantic scramble.
Jiang Lu also sprang up from the ground and squeezed in from her corner.
"Hold on! Hold on!"
Chi Li cried out with reddened eyes, gripping the cloth pouch tightly with Cangchen. Their two tiny bodies were squeezed into a ball.
Then Jiang Lu felt a powerful suction force and vanished from where she stood in an instant.
When Jiang Lu opened her eyes, she discovered that she was rapidly falling through the air. She let out a startled cry.
"Wait! No!"
Bang—
She crashed into a tree, as if she could feel the sound of her bones shattering against the trunk.
She had said no!
Even falling into water would have been better!
She continued tumbling down along the branches before finally getting caught on a thick limb. The two little fellows in the cloth pouch fell out, then hopped a few times and landed steadily on the ground.
They stared up at Jiang Lu with two pairs of wide eyes. Her expression stiffened awkwardly. Spiritual energy flashed in her hand, cutting through the branch, and she lightly tapped her toes against the trunk before landing steadily below.
There were no cultivators nearby. It seemed the Secret Realm had randomly scattered them across different places, and when it ended, it would send them all out together.
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This way, they could avoid having their resources snatched by other cultivators at the entrance of the Secret Realm. If they were robbed again after leaving, they could only count themselves unlucky.
"Master, let's head that way."
Cangchen said to Jiang Lu. As a dragon, he possessed an innate sense for treasures.
Seeing Cangchen beat her to it, Chi Li gave a soft snort and flapped her wings as she flew onto Jiang Lu's shoulder.
As Jiang Lu walked, she observed her surroundings. Suddenly, she noticed droppings on the ground. There must be demon beasts nearby.
Her steps grew lighter. The farther forward she went, the more droppings there were. The demon beasts were likely ahead.
Pushing aside the two leaves before her, Jiang Lu saw several demon beasts not far away. They were Littlefoot Beasts.
Littlefoot Beasts were first-rank demon beasts, named for their small feet and swift speed. Their meat was delicious, making them the spiritual beast meat most favored by cultivators. One could sell for one hundred to two hundred low-grade spirit stones.
"You two go left and right. I'll stay behind. The three of us will surround it!"
"Yes, Master!"
Chi Li and Cangchen nodded, leaping to either side. Hmph, such tiny demon beasts would not even have caught their attention in the past!
Once they recovered their true forms, a burst of pressure alone would make these creatures kneel and beg for mercy.
But now—
Better not mention it.
A streak of green spiritual energy shot from Jiang Lu toward the Littlefoot Beast, with Chi Li and Cangchen swiftly following after it.
Chi Li opened her mouth and spat a blaze of fire in front of the Littlefoot Beast. Its ears twitched. Sensing danger, it tried to flee by retreating backward.
After running a few steps, it came face-to-face with Jiang Lu.
The spiritual energy in Jiang Lu's hand continually lashed toward it. It dodged left and right, trying to break through the encirclement, only to be blocked by a column of water before it.
Jiang Lu then sent another streak of spiritual energy at it, knocking it to the ground. She immediately killed it. The Littlefoot Beast's legs twitched a few times before it died completely.
Jiang Lu was about to store the Littlefoot Beast in her space when she suddenly looked at Cangchen and Chi Li. What if they discovered her space? If she grew strong enough in the future, she might not necessarily keep their contracts. They could not be allowed to know her secret.
But she would eventually need to use the space. Since they spent every day together, there would always be moments of carelessness. Her brows furrowed tightly.
Just as she was struggling with this, a voice suddenly appeared in her mind.
"Master, bring them in. It'll be fine!"
Jiang Lu looked bewildered. What was speaking?
Bring them in?
Could it be the space?
After hesitating for a moment, she willed it into motion and brought all three of them into the space.
The instant they entered, Cangchen and Chi Li immediately fainted to the ground.
"Who are you?"
Jiang Lu did not sense any other presence, so she called out around her. Then she saw a small orb of light fly out from the spiritual plant from before. It drifted lightly over and circled Jiang Lu twice.
"Master~"
The voice was soft and carried a trace of childishness.
"Are you the spirit of this space?"
Jiang Lu suddenly realized that aside from the two Spirit Beasts, she had only contracted this space. The only thing within it that had remained undiscovered by her would be the space spirit, whose aura had merged with that of the space itself.
"Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm!"
A joyful voice rang out. Master had recognized it. So embarrassing~
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