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It seems that if they don't leave this secret realm, they won't be able to shake off the Realm Spirit's pursuit.

Shan Heyuan gritted his teeth, just about to tell Shen Duheng to leave this secret realm.

Shen Duheng suddenly stopped and said to the Realm Spirit behind him, "Is the West Jing Secret Realm unstable now?"

Realm Spirit paused for a moment, then did not answer.

Shen Duheng looked up towards the northwest. "The space over there is collapsing, and even the spaces that aren't collapsing are showing cracks."

Shan Heyuan hadn't noticed anything at first, but after hearing his words, he looked up in the direction he was pointing.

Due to his limited cultivation level, Shan Heyuan still couldn't see anything, but he could sense through his spiritual perception that the space there was indeed unstable and fragile.

As a Core Formation Cultivator, Shan Heyuan is still unable to define space, especially man-made space.

However, he is very experienced.

The instability of the West Jing Secret Realm is most likely due to the disharmony of Spiritual Power within it.

A mature space contains the power of the five elements.

If the space is relatively stable, it doesn't matter if one force is slightly stronger or weaker than another.

However, the imbalance cannot be too great.

Once the balance is lost, the space may be torn apart.

In the West Jing Secret Realm, the water element Spiritual Power is clearly the most abundant, followed by the wood element.

The elements of metal, fire, and earth are severely deficient.

The most lacking elemental power is fire Spiritual Power.

This problem is actually quite difficult to solve; simply burying fire Spirit Stone to release fire Spiritual Power will definitely not work.

No matter how much it's released, it remains on the surface and cannot penetrate deep inside to become a fundamental element in constructing the secret realm.

Moreover, an excess of external fire Spiritual Power will inevitably disrupt the wood and water elemental Spiritual Power, exacerbating the imbalance in the space.

To make changes, the very foundation of the secret realm might need to be altered.

Shan Heyuan withdrew his gaze.

Unexpectedly, the West Jing Secret Realm, though teeming with flowers and countless spiritual objects, is threatened by collapse within.

Realm Spirit was surprised that the two of them had actually figured it out, and pursed her lips. "You are not ordinary cultivators."

Shen Duheng pointed at Shan Heyuan: "He is a teacher at the Sword Reverence Academy."

As the most famous academy on the Guangping Continent, Realm Spirit had also heard of the Sword Reverence Academy.

Realm Spirit: "And what about you?"

"Me?" Shen Duheng said, "I'm his family member."

Shan Heyuan was surprised to hear this answer, and his ears immediately burned.

Shen Duheng then said to Realm Spirit, "Our identities were registered when we entered. If you don't believe me, you can have the people from the Spirit Jade Palace check. We're not bad people."

Shan Heyuan glanced at Shen Duheng discreetly.

Brother Shen seemed to be Realm Spirit gentle with the little girl-like Jingling.

Realm Spirit completely defied expectations; upon hearing them say to investigate, she immediately sent a message in front of them, ordering someone to investigate.

Shan Heyuan stood in front of Realm Spirit, cold sweat almost pouring down his face.

Fortunately, their identities were genuine and not fabricated, otherwise things would have been very difficult to handle today.

The people from the Spirit Jade Palace quickly sent back a message saying that Shan Heyuan and his group's identities were not in question. However, the people from the Spirit Jade Palace mentioned another point— Shan Heyuan's Spiritual Power once carried the aura of the Breathing Earth.

Realm Spirit sized up Shan Heyuan: "Breathing Earth?"

Shan Heyuan was helpless; he never expected that his secrets would be exposed even from such a distance.

He touched his nose. "I am a Chaos cultivator, and my Spiritual Power does indeed have a very faint trace of the aura of the Breathing Earth, but it's useless."

Realm Spirit looked at him in surprise. "How could something as good as Breathing Earth be useless? I read in the information that as a plant master, the fertilizer you refine using the essence of Breathing Earth is extremely useful for Spirit Plant, is that true?"

Shan Heyuan: "... Yes, that's why we only harvest a portion of the Spirit Plant when we dig them up."

Realm Spirit raised her chin. "Let me see."

Shan Heyuan looked at Shen Duheng.

Shen Duheng shook his head almost imperceptibly, meaning: It's best not to fight.

Since we can't fight, we can only cooperate.

Shan Heyuan said to Realm Spirit, "It's possible, but you have to offer something in exchange."

Realm Spirit hadn't expected the difference in their cultivation levels to be so great, yet he still dared to make such an audacious request.

Not to mention Realm Spirit, even Shen Duheng glanced at him twice.

Shan Heyuan smiled shyly, "I'm a planter, so when I make a sale, the other party has to offer something in return. The main thing is not to break the rules. If I break the rules, it will be more troublesome for me to trade with others in the future."

Realm Spirit snorted coldly, "What do you want?"

Shan Heyuan did indeed want something. "Senior, do you have any spirit spring water? As long as Core Formation stage or higher, I'll give you as much as you want."

Realm Spirit frowned, then reached out and took out another ceramic bowl, letting half a bowl of spiritual spring water flow from her fingertips into it. "Spiritual spring water at the Nascent Soul level, is that enough?"

Shan Heyuan made this request, it was somewhat of a test of Realm Spirit's personality.

Realm Spirit's straightforwardness shows that she is honest and upright, not the kind of cultivator who completely disregards the rules.

Shan Heyuan was overjoyed and carefully put away the bowl of spiritual spring water. "That's enough, I'll demonstrate now."

The other party has already found out, Shan Heyuan has nothing to hide anymore.

He immediately withdrew the Pu Core Fire and released his original Spiritual Power.

After Core Formation, his Spiritual Power became more restrained, with all kinds of Spiritual Power energy firmly contained within his Spirit Root, and the aura of the Breathing Earth was no longer prominent.

If you look into his Dantian Small World), it's a completely different feeling.

His Dantian Small World was permeated with Spiritual Power day and night, and various elements within it were particularly prominent, especially the aura of the Breathing Earth.

The Spirit Stone powder now spread on the ground has acquired a faint scent of the Breathing Earth, so it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it ungraded Breathing Earth.

However, after transforming into a small world, the Dantian became extremely concealed, making it impossible for ordinary people to detect its state.

The Realm Spirit observed his Spiritual Power for a moment and then said, "It is indeed the aura of the Breathing Earth, but there is also a faint trace of spatial energy."

Shan Heyuan hadn't expected her to remember this. "I brought it with me when I time-traveled."

Realm Spirit took out a gourd. "Pour your Spiritual Power into it."

Upon seeing that the Realm Spirit wanted to collect his Spiritual Power for research, Shan Heyuan immediately backed down, forcing a smile, "Isn't that a bit inappropriate?"

Realm Spirit: "A bucket of Nascent Soul grade spiritual spring water, and a gourd of Spiritual Power."

"It's not a problem with the spirit spring water, it's mainly that this isn't in accordance with the rules." Shan Heyuan took a step back. "I'm from the Sword Reverence Academy."

Realm Spirit remained unmoved. "We will send a letter later."

Shen Duheng drew his sword and said calmly, "This is bullying the weak. Who would willingly let their Spiritual Power be taken and studied like this?"

Realm Spirit stood firm. "His Spiritual Power is very special."

"We all know his Spiritual Power is very special. There are many people in this world with special Spiritual Power; it's impossible for the Spirit Jade Palace to study them all," Shen Duheng said, holding his sword. "Besides, even if his Spiritual Power is special, there's no reason for the people of the Spirit Jade Palace to study it."

Shan Heyuan solemnly added from the side, "What Brother Shen said is exactly what I wanted to say. It's too unsafe for Spiritual Power to be so thoroughly understood. I disagree."

Realm Spirit: "What do you want in return? We can make a deal."

Shan Heyuan: "No matter what, they all disagree."

Realm Spirit looked at them, her brow furrowing slightly. "Then you can stay here as guests for a while."

Upon hearing this, Shen Duheng didn't say a word. He immediately put one arm around Shan Heyuan's waist and unleashed a sword strike.

This wasn't the first time Shan Heyuan had seen him use a sword, but it was the first time he had seen him use a sword properly.

The moment the sword was unleashed, the heavens and earth changed color, the sun and moon lost their light, and the entire secret realm shimmered.

Realm Spirit's expression changed drastically.

Shen Duheng stood with his sword drawn, and his entire demeanor changed.

Not to mention Shan Heyuan, even Realm Spirit was overwhelmed by Shen Duheng's aura.

Shen Duheng said calmly to Realm Spirit, "We respect and honor you only because we respect Spirit Jade Palace's attempts over the years, not because we are willing to be bullied by the Spirit Jade Palace."