Chapter 168 The Myriad-Mile Escape Talisman

Yun Xi thought she was about to be teleported to another scene, but it wasn't. As the valley shook, she felt the entire valley rising.

Then, the valley filled with top-grade spiritual herbs suddenly vanished. Seeing this, Yun Xi thought to herself, "Will I ever be able to find this again? If I had known this would happen, I would have gathered more."

But then, a green ring flew towards her and instantly slipped onto her finger.

Yunxi shook her fingers, then tried to pull it off, but found she couldn't. She couldn't help but say to the ring, "What's wrong with all of you? You all sneak onto me without a word! Xiaoli too, and you too! What's going on with you?"

The ring didn't make a sound, but a voice, sometimes deep and sometimes ethereal, came from above Yunxi: "Girl, don't ask. This ring hasn't developed a spirit yet, so it can't speak. This is a Sumeru space I left in the cultivation world before my ascension. It can be a world of its own, with mountains and water, and life can continue within it. Because I loved planting during my cultivation, this Sumeru space is filled with various spiritual herbs.

The valley you discovered is just one part of it; you'll have to explore the rest yourself."

Yunxi was still quite shaken upon hearing about the Sumeru space. She knew that in the various continents, she hadn't heard of any powerful figure who could refine a Sumeru space that could be a world of its own; at most, they had portable cave dwellings, and their size certainly couldn't compare to the one she was currently wearing.

But she was still puzzled. "Was this given to me? Why me?"

"It was given to you. This is your destiny with it. To gain the recognition of this Sumeru Space, both fortune and temperament are indispensable. Little girl, I hope to see you in the Immortal Realm one day!" After saying this, the voice fell silent. Yunxi was certain the other party was no longer paying attention to her, so she quickly used her consciousness to check the ring on her hand.

Inside, she could see the entire valley, and beyond the place where she had gathered the spirit herbs, there was an even larger area.

Just as Yunxi was about to take another look, a thunderclap rang in her ears. Then she found herself surrounded by rapidly gathering white mist that quickly dissipated. She was then back in the spot where she had stepped on the spirit herbs and stepped into the air.

As soon as she stood still, she saw many cultivators rushing towards her, saying, "Quick, this is it! A secret treasure must have appeared!"

Cultivators quickly gathered around Yunxi. Some who had arrived earlier saw that Yunxi was already there, but judging from her expression, they didn't think the secret treasure had anything to do with her.

Yun Xi understood the situation and quickly pretended to be a newcomer, mingling in the crowd to discuss the secret treasure.

A male cultivator at the Golden Core stage exclaimed, his eyes gleaming, "The Green Mountain Secret Realm is an open secret realm! Over the years, every inch of its land has been trampled flat by cultivators. For such an ordinary secret realm to still harbor a secret treasure shows that it must be extraordinary!"

"That's absolutely right! I just don't know what kind of treasure it is. This commotion...it must be at least five lightning tribulations!"

"At least six!"

Everyone assumed this was the same situation as before, that the lightning tribulations yet to descend were a sign that the secret treasure was about to be revealed, and they all speculated on how many lightning tribulations there would be.

In the cultivation world, top-grade pills, magic weapons, and even the ripening and flowering of top-grade spiritual herbs would attract celestial lightning tribulations. The more lightning tribulations, the higher the value of the treasure. Currently, the highest configuration for a secret treasure's lightning tribulation is nine lightning tribulations.

Whether on the Cloud Ripple Continent or the Azure Ripple Continent, a secret treasure with nine lightning tribulations hasn't been encountered for over a hundred years.

Yunxi listened to the crowd's discussions and gained much more knowledge about the Canglan Continent.

However, as the thunder grew louder, Yunxi realized that the so-called secret treasure must be the ring containing the Sumeru Space in her hand. With a thought, she tried to hide the ring, and surprisingly, she succeeded.

Then, taking advantage of the discussion, she quietly retreated and used a Ten Thousand Mile Escape Talisman on herself.

The cultivator who initially noticed Yunxi's sudden disappearance assumed she had left because she couldn't win the fight, but as Yunxi vanished and the thunder stopped, the cultivator realized something was amiss.

"That female cultivator, the tribulation lightning followed her as soon as she left! She must have stolen the treasure and run away!"

"Ah, no wonder we saw her here when we arrived!"

"Idiots, why didn't you ask her?"

"She's only at the early Nascent Soul stage..."

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But it was too late for everyone to realize. Yun Xi was worried that ten thousand miles was still too close, so she used three Ten Thousand Mile Escape Talismans to stop. Fortunately, this time she successfully dozed off into the desolate wilderness where no one could see her, where she could now receive the tribulation lightning of the treasure's birth.

Sure enough, the tribulation lightning was targeting the ring on Yun Xi's hand. Even though Yun Xi concealed the ring, the Heavenly Dao still sensed its aura and quickly locked onto Yun Xi wearing it.

Perhaps Yun Xi's constant running around had made the Heavenly Dao impatient. As soon as Yun Xi stood still, the tribulation lightning struck down swiftly.

Fortunately, the tribulation lightning associated with the birth of the secret treasure was not as severe as the nine-nine tribulation lightning that Yunxi endured when breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage. This time, there were only nine lightning strikes, but even that was the highest level of treatment among tribulations for secret treasures.

The ring was on Yunxi's body and couldn't be removed, so while it appeared the lightning struck the ring precisely, Yunxi actually bore the brunt of it all.

Having successfully survived the nine lightning strikes, Yunxi didn't dare rest on the spot, worried that someone might see the tribulation and come looking for her again. She quickly cast another invisibility talisman on herself, but this time she only used a Thousand-Mile Invisibility Talisman.

After all, she couldn't draw a Ten-Thousand-Mile Invisibility Talisman yet. She had bought both Thousand-Mile and Ten-Thousand-Mile Invisibility Talismans, but there weren't many Ten-Thousand-Mile Invisibility Talismans on the market. Only a ninth-grade talisman master could draw one, and Yunxi currently only had about a hundred, all accumulated over many years. Using three at once this time made her quite reluctant to part with them.

There were simply too many cultivators there. Although most were ostensibly at the Nascent Soul stage, Yunxi sensed several auras that belonged to the Deity Transformation stage.

This was the unfamiliar Canglan Continent, so she had no choice but to flee.

As it turned out, Yunxi's choice was correct. The cultivators of the Canglan Continent were even more warlike than those of the Yunlan Continent, and the practice of killing and robbing was far more prevalent there. Unlike the Yunlan Continent, where the eight major sects restrained cultivators from openly killing and robbing each other.

No sooner had Yunxi left than cultivators arrived, including some skilled trackers who, after lingering for a moment, began to pursue her in the direction she had fled.