The Heart of the Icefield Mystic Realm

Yuan Zhiyun and the others knew about it. After all, as one of Myriad Connections's intelligence agents, when Myriad Connections first arrived in Yuanling City, they had to conduct a detailed investigation of the local bigwigs in Yuanling City.

The Yuan Household was a key group they needed to cultivate good relations with in Yuanling City. So when they heard Yuan Zhiyun introduce herself as the young master of the Yuan Household, they decided to help as much as possible, as long as the request wasn't too unreasonable.

So Yuan Zhiyun told them that the ice cave would trap the people inside, and that they would be unable to teleport out after fifteen days. She also explained that the ice coffin she had accidentally discovered might be related to the way out, but she couldn't open it by herself, so she needed their help.

Upon hearing this, Liang Zhonghuai immediately took out their Transposition Formation, wanting to see if they could swap positions with the Transposition Formation they had previously set up outside.

However, he discovered that after he injected Spiritual Power, the Transposition Formation only lit up briefly before dimming, and they remained standing within the array, not having been swapped out.

This is the first time their Transposition Formation, distributed by Myriad Connections, has failed!

So the two of them immediately agreed to Yuan Zhiyun's request, and the three of them rushed to the suspicious cave.

However, when Yuan Zhiyun returned to the cave with two staff members from Myriad Connections, they discovered that the ice coffin that had been there was gone.

By this time, Lin Xiao and Liao Pantu had already left the cave.

Lin Xiao took out the origami crane that Hu Guanyu had given him earlier, and after infusing it with a little Spiritual Power, the origami crane mechanically flapped its wings and flew up, slowly heading in one direction.

Now that he has finished digging out Cold-Concentrating Jade and Senior Liao's soul has been unsealed, he plans to go find Hu Guanyu as previously agreed.

Even after their souls merged, Liao Pantu remained nestled in the Soul-Nourishing Pendant, hidden in Lin Xiao's arms.

Seeing that he was about to go find that Heavenly Profound Sect disciple, he casually said:

"You're really going to go find him?"

Lin Xiao nodded and answered while leisurely following the origami crane that was leading the way:

"Well, Hu Guanyu is a disciple of the Heavenly Profound Sect, and so far he seems like a decent person. Anyway, I'm here to expand my network, so I'll just go for it if I see someone suitable."

Although the task was for him to befriend five Foundation Establishment cultivators or Lineage with three or more Foundation Establishment cultivators, Hu Guanyu did not meet either requirement.

However, Lin Xiao did not intend to limit himself to the mission's content.

For him, the task was just to point him in a direction. He didn't necessarily have to follow it exactly. Making more friends with decent character wouldn't be a bad thing.

Moreover, he suddenly realized that he had taken the Heart of the Secret Realm the Green Field Mystic Realm before, and he didn't know how the Spirit Transformation cultivators of the Heavenly Profound Sect, who were in charge of opening the gate, would react a year later when they found that they couldn't open the secret realm. If he could befriend the disciples of the Heavenly Profound Sect, he might be able to get some information later...

Upon hearing this, Liao Pantu didn't say much, only stating:

"As long as you have a plan, that's fine."

He never objected to Lin Xiao's plans, because he also wanted to see what kind of development this overly young sect leader could achieve.

Of course, this excludes Lin Xiao's request for the Soul-Nourishing Giant Wood.

Lin Xiao, who had just thought of the Heart of the Secret Realm, was now mentally asking the system:

"System, why haven't you issued any quests for me to obtain the Heart of the Secret Realm this secret realm?"

system:...

[The Icefield Mystic Realm is currently marked as an owned Secret Realm. This system can only acquire unowned Heart of the Secret Realm for the host.]

Lin Xiao was somewhat surprised to hear the system's reply.

Who would have thought that this secret realm, which had been open in Yuanling City for over a hundred years, actually had an owner?

However, judging from the current situation, this secret realm doesn't seem to belong to any sects or Lineage. Otherwise, who would be willing to open it up to the public and allow so many cultivators to enter and obtain its resources?

It would be much more convenient to simply move the entrance to one's own sect or Lineage.

Lin Xiao then sent a telepathic message to Liao Pantu:

"Senior, if you were to become the master of a secret realm, would you open it to outsiders?"

Liao Pantu replied without hesitation:

"If I had a secret realm, I wouldn't let anyone in; I'd just open the entrance in my own home. But truly possessing a secret realm isn't that simple. Let's not even talk about anything else, just consider refining the Heart of the Secret Realm. Unless you have a unique refining method, even someone with Nascent Soul cultivation couldn't refine it! And I've only heard of this refining method; I've never seen anyone actually possess it... except you."

"Oh--Senior, how do you know that Nascent Soul Realm is no good?" Lin Xiao asked, somewhat cheekily.

Liao Pantu, seeing that he was asking a question he already knew the answer to, said impatiently:

"What do you think? You really deserve a beating!"

He knew that the Nascent Soul Realm wouldn't work, of course, because he had tried it himself.

He had encountered the Heart of the Secret Realm in some unclaimed secret realms before, but he had tried several times and was unable to refine it.

After receiving Liao Pantu's answer, Lin Xiao guessed that this secret realm might belong to a highly skilled senior, but because it was too low-level, they didn't pay much attention to it and released it for everyone to play with?

Or perhaps the owner of this secret realm has some other, unknown purpose...

However, none of this was relevant to him at the moment. He put aside his chaotic thoughts and asked Liao Pantu:

"Senior, you've been in this ice cave for decades. Do you know how to get out?"

Upon hearing this, Liao Pantu sighed and said:

"Before, because of that seal, my activity was limited to the vicinity of the cave, and I could only peek above the surface at most, so I actually knew very little about the surrounding environment. But there is one thing I can tell you: in addition to the ice cave cooling down after it closes every fifteen days, it will also unleash a huge blizzard on the twentieth day."

At that time, the frozen corpses of cultivators on the ground, turned into human stumps, will be reduced to bones after this blizzard, with no flesh or blood remaining.

"I see." Lin Xiao nodded.

No wonder that even though some of the people may have died in this ice cave in recent years, there are bones everywhere in the ice cave, but not a trace of flesh or blood.

"Does this blizzard eat flesh and suck blood?"

Liao Pantu replied:

"That's right. What's called a blizzard is actually a massive number of Snow Worm. Snow Worm are usually found in extremely cold places, and their numbers are not large. But here, there are Snow Worm that can form a blizzard formation, which is very strange."

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While Lin Xiao and Liao Pantu were still discussing in the Icefield Mystic Realm, far away in a place with a heavy Yin Qi.

In the dark cave abode, Yin Xuanzi, who had been meditating intently, suddenly opened his eyes.