After three days of trekking through mountains and rivers.

Lu Yuan and Mu Ruxing finally entered the Black Forest territory.

Following the location of the secret realm sent back by Yang Baiming, the two continued to venture deeper into the Black Forest.

Three hours later.

We finally found the entrance to the secret realm, where quite a few people had already gathered.

Mu Ruxing glanced around.

He discovered that among them were well-known local organizations, and even some of his old acquaintances.

"It seems that news about the secret realm has already spread."

"If our team can find it, other teams can naturally find it too."

Lu Yuan remained calm, showing no surprise whatsoever.

The Black Forest is a famous training ground, attracting hundreds, if not thousands, of teams every day to explore and search for treasure. It's normal for some lucky teams to discover secret realms, and it would be strange if the news didn't leak out!

Mu Ruxing was naturally aware of this, and then asked, "So, are we just going to wait for the secret realm to open tomorrow?"

Lu Yuan shook his head. "Yang Baiming's team has already gathered good news and is waiting for us. Let's contact them first."

As he spoke.

Lu Yuan took out his phone from his pocket, about to make a call, when a group of people who looked quite powerful suddenly walked towards them.

"Mu Ruxing, I didn't expect to run into you here. You also heard the news and want to explore the secret realm, right?" The leading man bypassed Lu Yuan and spoke directly to Mu Ruxing.

"Zhang Qiang, I knew you were here too." Mu Ruxing frowned slightly, clearly she already knew this person.

Zhang Qiang grinned, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth.

"As a treasure hunter, how could I possibly miss out on a new hidden realm appearing? How about joining my team?"

As he spoke.

He proudly gestured towards the others behind him.

"These are all top-notch individuals I specially recruited. Once you join, our strength will rival that of a top-tier family, and we're sure to find some great items! We'll split the spoils 30/70!"

With the emergence of a secret realm, any family that receives the news will surely send out a powerful team to search for the treasure.

In this environment, if these unaffiliated beast tamers want to get a share of the spoils, they can only unite, form teams, and then enter the secret realm.

"No need."

Mu Ruxing refused the invitation without hesitation and turned to leave with Lu Yuan.

But Zhang Qiang was not giving up and actually chased after him.

"Hey bro, don't rush off! If you're not satisfied with 37%, how about 46%?"

Mu Ruxing was extremely annoyed by the constant pestering.

If they weren't evenly matched, he would have loved to slap Zhang Qiang away!

Seeing Mu Ruxing's impatient expression, Lu Yuan spoke up at the right moment: "Sorry, Brother Mu has already agreed to travel with me. This gentleman should find another companion."

Upon hearing this...

Zhang Qiang seemed to only just notice Lu Yuan, looking him up and down before letting out a cold laugh.

"Where did this brat come from? Exploring secret realms is too dangerous for you. I suggest you go home and get some milk from your mother!"

Zhang Qiang didn't take Lu Yuan seriously at all.

According to his guess, this kid must be a rich man's son who paid Mu Ruxing to go into the secret realm to broaden his horizons.

In reality, it's completely useless!

They might even be so terrified by the numerous monsters inside that they cry and beg to go home as soon as they enter.

"Zhang Qiang, show some respect when you speak!" Mu Ruxing's tone turned completely cold.

"Looks like he gave quite a lot!" Zhang Qiang sighed and compromised, "How about this, I can let you bring him into my team, but you'll have to take 20% less of the treasures we get in the secret realm!"

Zhang Qiang valued Mu Ruxing highly.

Heavenly Evolution level Beast Tamers are rare, and even in the ranks of large families, Mu Ruxing's strength would make her a key member.

And don't listen to his flowery words; in reality, he's the only Celestial-level Beast Tamer in the team, while the others are at most Earth-level.

After all, his teammates were too strong, which made it difficult for him to allocate resources.

But he didn't expect to find that the teams that came were all quite strong. With the team's current strength, they probably wouldn't be able to get anything good. That's why he was so eager for Mu Ruxing to join.

Otherwise, why would he have shamelessly tried to force Mu Ruxing to join his team?

"Are you deaf? I've already said I won't team up with you, Brother Zhang, you should find someone else!"

Mu Ruxing has a short temper; otherwise, she wouldn't have almost clashed with Lu Yuan back then.

Now that Zhang Qiang is constantly pestering him, it's clear that he's reached his limit.

If Lu Yuan hadn't told him not to attract too much attention, he would have summoned the monstrous python long ago and attacked!

Mu Ruxing's expression of disgust was so obvious that Zhang Qiang's face froze for a moment.

After a long pause, he took a deep breath and said, "Are you sure you want to reject me and choose this burden instead?"

"I warned you to watch your language!"

Mu Ruxing narrowed her eyes slightly, her tone cold and hard.

After spending these past few days together, he has completely accepted Lu Yuan as the Pavilion Master, so he will not allow anyone to insult him!

"Alright." Zhang Qiang chuckled. "Then I'd like to see how far you can go in the secret realm with this piece of trash. You'll definitely regret your decision today!"

After saying that, Zhang Qiang glared fiercely at Lu Yuan, then turned and left with his men.

Seeing this, Lu Yuan touched his nose.

He hadn't done anything wrong, and was even very polite, yet he was inexplicably scolded, which was quite baffling.

"I'm sorry, I didn't handle this well!" Mu Ruxing said apologetically.

"Who is this person? Do we know each other?" Lu Yuan asked, puzzled.

“I once formed a team with him in my spare time. His strength was about the same as mine, but he was a scoundrel who only cared about profit.” After explaining, Mu Ruxing said with some concern, “We have to be careful after entering the secret realm. This person is vindictive and will seek revenge.”

"Ha! Let him try to find it if he dares!" Lu Yuan sneered.

He actually hoped Zhang Qiang would bring his men over, so he would have a reason to teach the other man a lesson!

Dare to cause him trouble?

That's pure suicide!

...

After finding a secluded spot with few people, Lu Yuan called Yang Baiming.

It was answered after only two rings.

"Yang Baiming? Where are you now?"

"Sect Master..."

When Yang Baiming's weak voice came through the phone, Lu Yuan immediately sensed something was wrong.

"What happened? Send me your location, and I'll bring people to find you right away!"

Yang Baiming had just escaped from the enemy and was still injured. He didn't have much strength to explain to Lu Yuan, so he obediently sent his location.

Lu Yuan glanced at the location and found that it was not far from him, so he immediately took Mu Ruxing there.

When he saw the situation of Yang Baiming and the others, his overwhelming killing intent was revealed instantly!