The next day, Shu Lan escorted Qin An to the foot of Tinglan Peak.

Since Qin An had already reached the Foundation Establishment stage, he was able to fly on a sword. Therefore, this time he flew to the meeting place on his own.

Once Qin An's figure disappeared from sight, Shu Lan quickly returned to her room and changed into the inner disciple's robes she had prepared beforehand. Then she cast a disguise spell on herself.

Suddenly, a rather ordinary-looking boy with round eyes appeared in the room. This was none other than Shu Lan in disguise.

After disguising herself, Shu Lan hurriedly headed towards the meeting point.

On Shu Lan's way to the assembly point, many other disciples were also heading this way. Shu Lan mingled in this large group of disciples and landed on the assembly platform.

Because of Shu Lan's profound cultivation and extremely powerful divine sense, he quickly found Qin An, who was dressed in black.

Qin An stood proudly among the front row of disciples, his face cold, and no one approached him.

Shu Lan found this somewhat amusing. She thought to herself, "My apprentice, don't always have such a cold face. How can any girl like you like that? You're usually so nice to me. Why are you acting like this outside?"

Could it be social anxiety? Thinking of this, Shu Lan wanted to laugh even more.

The elder in charge of maintaining order was already waiting on the side. Once all the disciples had arrived, the elder began to explain the important points.

After explaining most of the precautions, the elder concluded by saying, "The secret realm will be open for three days. After three days, no matter where you are in the secret realm or what you are doing, you will be automatically popped out of the secret realm."

"Alright, that concludes the explanations. The secret realm is now officially open!"

Several elders in charge of the secret realm simultaneously channeled their spiritual power into the gate connecting to the secret realm, and the gate opened, revealing a vortex within.

Once you enter this vortex, you will be teleported to a secret realm. Of course, the teleportation location for each person is random.

After the elder announced that they could enter the secret realm, all the disciples eagerly stepped into it.

Qin An followed the other disciples into the secret realm.

After Qin An's figure disappeared into the vortex, Shu Lan slowly walked into the secret realm.

After Qin An stepped into the vortex, everything suddenly went black. He felt a dizzying sensation before his feet landed firmly on the ground. He opened his eyes and found himself standing in a wide-open meadow. The meadow was empty and completely silent.

Qin An secretly increased his vigilance, gripping the Bloodthirsty Sword tightly in his hand, and walked forward step by step.

Just then, a series of rustling sounds were heard. At the same time, several dark figures darted out of the bushes, their target Qin An.

Qin An had been on guard in secret for a long time. The moment the shadow rushed over, Qin An raised the Bloodthirsty Sword and slashed at the shadow.

A series of screams rang out, and the dark figures that had been slashed by the sword fell to the ground, their blood staining a small patch of grass red.

Upon seeing this, the other shadowy figures quickly retreated. Only after the shadowy figures stopped moving were Qin An able to see their full appearance.

Those were actually saber-toothed rabbits. Their teeth are extremely sharp; even a slight brush against them can tear off a large layer of skin and flesh.

The saber-toothed rabbit is extremely fast, and cultivators generally find it difficult to track its movements.

But this didn't stump Qin An; don't forget, he was on the grass.

Qin An made a hand seal and summoned a wall of fire. Then, with a wave of his hand, the fire wall quickly spread out, forming a large circle. Qin An surrounded all the saber-toothed rabbits within this circle of fire.

The saber-toothed rabbit feared fire, and the grass only fueled the flames. Amidst screams of agony, the saber-toothed rabbits were all reduced to ashes, leaving only their cores behind.

The core of the saber-toothed rabbit can be used for alchemy. Therefore, Qin An collected all the cores on the ground, intending to exchange them for resources.

Qin An continued onward, killing many more demonic beasts along the way, and his storage bag filled with more and more beast cores.

Just as Qin An walked into a grove of trees, a voice called out to him.

"Hey you, don't go!"

Qin An stopped and turned around. Behind him stood a young man in a green shirt with triangular eyes that gave off a chilling aura. The young man was accompanied by a group of followers.

Qin An recognized the young man; he was Cao Quan, the son of the Third Elder.

The person who stopped Qin An was one of his henchmen.

Seeing this, Qin An only wanted to leave.

The henchman blocked Qin An's way, "Qin An, right? Do you want to team up with our boss?"

"Not interested," Qin An said coldly, turning to leave.

"Hey! What are you so arrogant about? Don't push your luck! Do you know who our boss is? Our boss is the Third Elder's son. Teaming up with our boss is the greatest blessing you can have!"

Qin An stopped and raised an eyebrow slightly. "If I remember correctly, according to my seniority, you should call me 'Uncle-Master'."

"Pah! What kind of bullshit senior uncle is he?! He's just relying on having a powerful backer!" the lackey scoffed.

"That's right, that's right."

"Isn't he just relying on that grandmaster uncle?"

"Without his grandmaster uncle, he's nothing!"

...

The followers were all filled with righteous indignation and strongly criticized Qin An.

Qin An remained unmoved and turned to leave.

Just then, one of the henchmen said, "We still don't know if his grandmaster's cultivation level is real or not. Maybe he improved it so much through some crooked methods."

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