"Hm? Why was the secret realm gone?"
At once, Li Yan felt that he had run into a huge problem. He had originally had some confidence in saving Bai Rou.
After asking Senior Ping Tu, given his relationship with him, as long as Ping Tu still had True Essence Pills in hand, Li Yan should have been able to obtain one.
But Li Yan had never imagined that he would be unable to contact the secret realm.
"This is bad. Even if I immediately ascend to the upper realm now, what could I accomplish in a single year?"
Li Yan immediately furrowed his brow. Even if he successfully ascended to the North Pasture Realm, finding Elder Hao and the others and getting them to act within such a short time was nothing more than an idiot's dream.
Li Yan thought it over and over. He found that he no longer had any options in the lower realm, yet in a very short time, he came up with several possible methods.
"There are three methods I can try now.
"First, find a way to locate Fellow Daoist Gu and have him ask whether any other Spirit Transformation cultivators possess pills capable of treating the sea of consciousness.
"Then ask through Gu Jiuqi what conditions they would accept in exchange. This possibility exists as well; the opportunities possessed by every old Spirit Transformation monster cannot be underestimated.
"Second, perhaps I can only make another trip to Return and Come Again and see whether they have such pills or methods.
"Third, if neither of the above offers any hope, I can only throw caution to the wind and visit every continent I can reach within a year. Once there, I will directly release the aura of Spirit Transformation.
"After the Spirit Transformation cultivators