The Cang Ridge Secret Realm.
Xiao Yan stood atop a small mountain, the scene before entering the secret realm flashing through his mind.
The white-robed youth was none other than the person who had brushed past them in the testing hall. According to Xiao Siyu Siyu's guess, that person might be a member of the Bai Clan, and judging from the killing intent revealed in the other party's eyes just now, Xiao Siyu's guess was probably pretty close to true.
As soon as this thought crossed his mind, Xiao Yan's eyes flickered slightly, a cold light gathering within them.
Since the other party has come with ill intentions, there is no need for me to be polite. I just hope that I will not meet him again in this secret realm. Otherwise, with Xiao Yan's current combat power, even an ordinary Yuan Zun would not be able to leave alive!
A few minutes later, Xiao Yan finally focused his mind and, with a flicker of his eyes, began to examine the world before him.
The place where they were standing seemed to be a rather desolate hilly area. Looking behind them, a hundred miles away, in a white mist, a series of rather steep cliffs stood majestically, and the sound of surging waves could be faintly heard. At the end of their line of sight in front of them, the boundless forest stretched inward, its extent unknown.
Xiao Yan surveyed the surrounding scenery for a long time, his eyes flickering slightly. Under the coverage of his Spiritual Strength, within a thousand miles, apart from magical beasts, it seemed that only a human aura could be detected.
"It seems the teleportation location for the entrance to the secret realm is random. That's good; it avoids running into those Yuan Zun experts as soon as we enter."
Xiao Yan pondered to himself, then with a thought, his immense Spiritual Strength swiftly locked onto a certain spot on the hills below. He smiled slightly, then extended a finger and gently pointed at that spot.
"Bang!"
With a muffled explosion, the hill was suddenly overturned, soil flying everywhere. Then, a streak of light shot out from it and rushed towards a nearby hill, seemingly about to burrow into the earth.
"Hmph, you think you can escape?"
Seeing this, Xiao Yan gave a cold laugh, his body trembled slightly, and after a few breaths, his figure on the spot turned into afterimages and gradually dissipated. In a ravine in the hills below, Xiao Yan was looking at an old man with a hunched back, a pointed mouth and erect ears with a cold smile. What was most surprising was that there was a long tail behind this old man.
This creature was actually a transformed magical beast, but according to Xiao Yan's investigation, its cultivation level was only at the Origin King Realm, making it extremely weak in this secret realm.
Under the immense pressure of Xiao Yan, the old man was pinned to the spot, unable to move. Half of his body was even forced into the mud. However, his dark, aged face ignored his discomfort and kept begging Xiao Yan for mercy in terror. Even though he couldn't see through the cultivation level of the human in front of him, he could tell that if the other party wanted to kill him, he probably wouldn't even have a chance to struggle.
"Alright, I have no interest in killing you. Just answer my questions honestly, and I'll let you go."
Xiao Yan spoke coldly, his words carrying a soul-powerful pressure that instantly silenced the trembling, wailing old man. After regaining his composure, the old man nodded with reverence. Seeing this, Xiao Yan then inquired about the Cang Ridge Secret Realm.
A moment later.
Xiao Yan's figure was flying over the vast and boundless mountains and forests. In the void beside him, a map stood leisurely, and a look of caution appeared on his face.
This map was naturally drawn by the old man at Xiao Yan's command, showing the general terrain of the Cang Ridge Secret Realm. Based on Xiao Yan's observations along the way, the map should be accurate. However, the three locations marked with special patterns on it made him feel somewhat solemn.
According to the old man, those locations were the dwelling places of several Yuan Zun- level magical beasts in the Cang Ridge Secret Realm, and the entire Cang Ridge Secret Realm was divided into three different areas by these three magical beasts.
As for the Fragrance-Nurturing Pill, it was instructed by the Pill Tower to be distributed to their respective subordinates by the three great demonic beasts, who would then guard it. If the Fragrance-Nurturing Pill remained untouched after this trial ended, it would be redistributed by the three beasts. Therefore, any demonic beast that was able to obtain the Fragrance-Nurturing Pill at this time would treat it as if it were their own life, since the existence of the Fragrance-Nurturing Pill could save them a lot of cultivation time.
As for the matter of privately absorbing and refining it, how much courage would those magical beasts have to do such a thing? Even if the Pill Tower doesn't investigate, the wrath of the three great magical beasts is something they can't withstand.
After memorizing the map's contents, Xiao Yan put it away and looked towards the right front. According to the map, the end of that direction should be where one of the three great magical beasts closest to him was located.
Xiao Yan naturally wouldn't provoke a Yuan Zun whose background was unknown, so he simply changed direction and flew rapidly towards that place.
Two days later.
In a valley, three figures of different shapes were trapping a beautiful woman in a ravine. No matter how the woman tried to mobilize the little remaining Origin Qi in her body, the energy bolts she shot out were easily broken and dissipated. Two of them even let out bursts of lewd laughter.
"You little slut, save your energy, or you won't even have a proper moan anymore. What's the point then? Hehehehe!"
Among the three, a sorceress with a human head and a snake's body snorted coldly upon hearing this, seemingly disdainful. She then extended a palm, and a sudden surge of suction force erupted from it. The Storage Ring on the beautiful woman's hand, who was leaning against the mountain wall, flashed and uncontrollably fell into the former's hand. Even amidst the beautiful woman's pained expression, the former forcibly broke the Soul Imprint on the Storage Ring with her Spiritual Strength. After searching it, a flash of red light appeared, and a pill emitting a pinkish glow appeared in her palm—a Fragrance-Nurturing Pill.
"Hmph, it seems you're not entirely useless after all. It wasn't for nothing that we've been waiting here for so long."
Upon seeing the Fragrance-Nurturing Pill, the enchanting woman's alluring face broke into a somewhat terrifying and eerie smile. The other two people beside her were overjoyed at the sight, and their gazes immediately fell upon the beautiful woman before them once more.
"Whoosh!"
Several sharp palms unleashed a series of energy beams, imprisoning the beautiful woman's body against the mountain wall. Then, the two slowly approached, their mouths wide open, and their several-foot-long scarlet tongues approached the woman's delicate body, beginning to roam freely over it.
Afterwards, the sorceress leisurely put away the Fragrance-Nurturing Pill, put the stolen Storage Ring on her hand, admired it a few times in the sunlight, and then spoke in a sinister tone with a meaningful undertone.
"You in the tree, why haven't you shown yourself yet? Are you waiting until they're both exhausted before making your move against me?"
As soon as the demoness finished speaking, her slender neck twisted at a terrifying angle, turning her head behind her. Her bloodthirsty gaze immediately fell upon the forest not far away, her eyes fixed on a seemingly deserted grove of trees. At the same time, the other two strangely shaped half-human figures also followed her gaze with murderous intent.
"Oh..."
A cold laugh suddenly rang out from the previously deserted bushes, and then the void quietly materialized, revealing the figure of a young man dressed in a black robe.