A Bumper Harvest of Ice Stone Grass

The people at the front of the group were mostly from the major Lineage and ten sects of Yuanling City who had come out for training. After the entrance to the secret realm opened, Yuan Zhiyun, who was at the head of the group, led five people into the first group.

Lin Xiao observed the people around him. The vast majority were Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators, but there were also some at the eighth or ninth level of Qi Refining mixed in.

Those Qi Refining Stage cultivators were either from powerful backgrounds, accompanied by many Foundation Establishment cultivators, or they were people who saw no hope for their cultivation and wanted to try their luck.

Regardless of their backgrounds or origins, these Qi Refining cultivators all began to put on various types of clothing with cold-proof functions in unison.

The queuing process is quite efficient.

It wasn't long before it was Lin Xiao's turn.

Seeing the entrance to the secret realm so close at hand, he followed the group and stepped inside.

The next instant, he felt the scene before him shift and change completely.

What followed was a chill that swept in from all directions, a stark contrast to the comfortable morning temperature outside the secret realm.

The temperature difference even gave Lin Xiao, who was already in the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, goosebumps, let alone those Qi Refining Stage cultivators.

He immediately channeled his Spiritual Power, and the chill on his skin vanished instantly.

No wonder those Qi Refining cultivators were fully armed before.

Lin Xiao looked around and saw nothing but a vast expanse of white. Nearby was a solid, thick ice field, and in the distance were glaciers of various shapes and sizes.

A few people were walking in different directions not far away, but there weren't many of them, which was completely different from the long queue that had formed outside the entrance to the secret realm earlier.

Lin Xiao estimated that everyone who entered must have randomly fallen into different locations.

Fortunately, this secret realm opens every year and has a history of over a hundred years. Therefore, most of the area within this secret realm has long been mapped out by those with ulterior motives and sold in Yuanling City.

Those who formed teams also relied on these maps to reunite after being separated upon entering the secret realm, as long as they went to the pre-arranged location.

Lin Xiao also bought a copy of the map.

He purchased it from Myriad Connections, which is said to be the most authoritative information channel in the Southern Spirit Domain.

This was also his first time going to the so-called 'black market'.

Unfortunately, time and money were limited, so he didn't dare to explore too much, fearing he wouldn't be able to get out. He just bought a map and left. But he still had a strong desire to explore this black market, so he planned to go in and explore properly after resolving Senior Liao's soul matter.

As for this map, he bought the intermediate version for ten Spirit Stone. It was a scroll, and when unfolded, it showed a rather three-dimensional image.

If there's an intermediate version, there are naturally advanced and basic versions. The basic version is a map marked with terrain and routes, and it costs only one Spirit Stone.

The more expensive item was a jade pendant, the contents of which Lin Xiao did not know. It was too expensive for him to buy, and it cost fifty Spirit Stone.

When he bought the intermediate map, he discovered that although it had been calibrated and drawn over a hundred years, there were still some gray areas that had not been recorded or drawn.

However, these places are extremely rare, only three or four in number, and they are not large in area. Moreover, it is estimated that few people would have landed in these areas when they entered them, otherwise no one would have mapped out the terrain of these gray, unexplored areas over the past hundred years.

This was explained to him by the staff at Myriad Connections.

Having previously inquired about Myriad Connections's authority in information, Lin Xiao had no doubt about the quality of their maps.

Moreover, he later compared it with other maps on the market, and this was indeed the most detailed map of the Icefield Mystic Realm.

The cultivators who had appeared in the same open space as him had all left in a hurry, leaving Lin Xiao alone in the vicinity.

Not long after, a flash of white light appeared, and another newly arrived cultivator appeared nearby.

Seeing this, Lin Xiao didn't linger and quickly left.

Before he could take two steps, Liao Pantu, who had been silent in his arms, suddenly spoke:

"I feel it! Turn a little to the left quickly."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiao obediently turned left, deviating from the direction he had originally chosen randomly.

"Don't move, don't move! Yes, yes, this is the direction. Keep going straight, that's where my soul is!"

Liao Pantu, inside the Soul-Nourishing Pendant, was extremely excited, causing the Soul-Nourishing Pendant to sway and rise and fall in Lin Xiao's arms.

If his soul were to emerge from the Soul-Nourishing Pendant now, Lin Xiao estimated he could see him jumping up and down on the ground.

So Lin Xiao walked in the direction Liao Pantu pointed out.

Before long, Lin Xiao saw a vast expanse of white ahead, swaying in the cold wind.

Upon closer inspection, he discovered that the large expanse of white was actually formed by a snow-white plant.

This plant is entirely white, with narrow, elongated leaves and inconspicuous rhizomes. Each plant has at least seven or eight leaves, each about forty or fifty centimeters long.

Its shape is very similar to a plant called Ice Stone Grass, which is recorded in the Icefield Mystic Realm Guide he bought in Yuanling City.

In Yuanling City, this Ice Stone Grass sells for one Spirit Stone per plant, but here there's a huge patch of it, covering more than five acres...

Lin Xiao first took out a map and glanced at it, then looked around at the terrain and confirmed that this should be an edge area of the secret realm. Moreover, the map seemed to only mark scattered Ice Stone Grass in this area, rather than the large area in front of him.

However, when they bought the maps, Myriad Connections also mentioned that each new secret realm would be slightly different from the previous one each year, which is an uncontrollable factor.

Lin Xiao could understand such errors. After all, this was the Immortal Cultivation Realm, where anything was possible. Myriad Connections simply had more comprehensive information, but he wasn't a true god who could have everything under control.

None of that matters. What's important right now is this patch of Ice Stone Grass!

"Senior, would you mind if I harvested the Ice Stone Grass here first?"

Liao Pantu, nestled in his arms, let out a soft hum. Just as Lin Xiao thought he would continue urging him to hurry on his way, he heard him say:

"Take it. We'll be staying in this secret realm for fifteen days anyway, so there's no rush."

In fact, given Liao Pantu's mindset after having his soul divided for decades, he really wanted to find his own soul body as soon as possible, but for some reason, he ultimately did not choose to urge Lin Xiao.

Upon receiving the reply, Lin Xiao immediately spread out his Divine Sense to scan the surroundings. After confirming that there were no other cultivators within a radius of several hundred meters, he excitedly took out the spirit scythe he had previously synthesized from his private treasury and walked toward the large patch of lovely, pure white Ice Stone Grass with shining eyes.