"Alright, so what's your cultivation level now, Fourth Senior Brother?"

Ye Shubai probably felt he should establish a respectable image as a senior brother, so he tried hard to control himself and said, "I just broke through to the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm!"

Ye Sisi looked at him with admiration: "Fourth Senior Brother is amazing!"

This wasn't just flattery; she genuinely believed it. If she remembered correctly, Ye Shubai had only formed his core two years ago, so breaking through a minor realm so quickly... It seems his talent is quite remarkable!

The two students were talking when someone suddenly exclaimed.

The secret realm has opened!

Ye Sisi looked in the direction of the voice and saw that it was a rogue cultivator who was pointing excitedly at a circle of light that had appeared out of nowhere. Ye Shubai said softly, "Fifth Junior Brother, Junior Sister, we should go in!"

Ye Sisi nodded, then asked, "Fourth Senior Brother, is there any random teleportation in this secret realm?"

Ye Shubai smiled and said, "There shouldn't be any. This is my first time here too!"

"What if we get separated?"

Bai Luochen excitedly took out a long red thread from his spatial ring and said proudly, "Junior Sister, watch this!"

Ye Sisi saw him cut the long red thread into three sections, giving one section to each of them. He said, "Junior Sister, as long as you tie this to your wrist, even if there's a random teleportation, we can still be teleported to the same place!"

Ye Sisi took it and asked curiously, "Fifth Senior Brother, what is this?"

"Hehe, this is what you mortals call the marriage line!"

Ye Sisi...

She immediately changed her mind!

"Fifth Senior Brother, although I'm not grown up yet, isn't it a bit inappropriate for you to give me a marriage thread?"

Ye Shubai glared at Bai Luochen, then explained, "Junior Sister, don't listen to his nonsense. Although this is also called the marriage thread, it's not the red thread in the mortal world!"

Ye Sisi looked at him curiously.

"This is silk spun by a spirit beast called the Marriage Silkworm. The Marriage Silkworm is different from other spirit silkworms. The silk it spins is red, and each strand of silk has a sensory ability. For example, Fifth Junior Brother divided this strand of silk into three sections, so each section can sense the aura of the other two sections."

"Of course, this marriage thread was crafted by Fifth Junior Brother himself, which is why it can interfere with teleportation."

Ye Sisi tied the marriage thread to her wrist, thinking that things in the cultivation world were truly amazing. But how could Bai Luochen actually refine weapons?

"Alright, junior sister, let's go!"

Ye Sisi followed Ye Shubai and Bai Luochen into the slowly rotating light gate. Just before she stepped in, two large hands grasped hers, instantly giving her a strong sense of security.

It felt like my head was spinning and everything in front of me changed.

Breathing in the rich spiritual energy of the secret realm, no wonder it's called a secret realm. The spiritual energy here is much richer than outside, comparable to the stone bed she carved in the Spirit Gathering Town. If she were a rogue cultivator, even if she didn't gain anything, coming here for a month of seclusion would still be a huge profit.

Of course, you can't come in empty-handed. In such a place with such abundant spiritual energy, just taking a few of those hundred-year-old spiritual flowers and herbs out would be worth a fortune of spirit stones. That's why the secret realm is so attractive.

"Junior Sister, are you alright?" Ye Shubai's voice pulled her back to reality.

"It's okay, where do we go next?"

Ye Shubai took out a somewhat tattered sheepskin map from his spatial ring, pointed to a red dot on it, and said, "There's a very likely treasure here!"

Ye Sisi took the map and examined it carefully, only to find that she couldn't understand it. Was this mess of lines really a map?

She strongly suspected that this naive and innocent senior brother had been deceived!

After hesitating for a moment, she asked, "Fourth Senior Brother, where did you get this map from?"

Ye Shubai smiled somewhat embarrassedly and said, "I bought it from a street vendor!"

Ye Sisi was speechless...

Looking at the boy beside her who blushed easily, she couldn't help but ask, "Fourth Senior Brother, how much did you spend on this?"

Ye Shubai met her pained gaze, and his face flushed again: "Don't worry, Junior Sister, this map is absolutely real!"

Ye Sisi...

Okay, if the naive and innocent senior brother doesn't mind wasting money, then she won't feel sorry for him.

The three of them headed east towards the secret realm according to the map. They weren't in a hurry to get there. The Thousand Mountains Secret Realm would be open for a month, and there were plenty of spiritual flowers and herbs along the way. It would be a shame to miss out on them. Besides, they were there to train, and it would be a disservice to the word "training" if they didn't fight some monsters.

Ye Shubai usually doesn't take action. Even when encountering a third-tier demon beast, he will let Bai Luochen and Ye Sisi fight together for a while before he makes his move. He is just the leader, and his job is to keep an eye on his junior brothers and sisters.

Three days passed slowly like this. Bai Luochen and Ye Sisi's cooperation became more and more tacit. They even almost killed a third-tier Crimson Flame Tiger together once. Moreover, with Ye Shubai along the way, they could eat all kinds of delicious food every day. If every training trip was like this, Ye Sisi thought she probably would never want to return to the sect for the rest of her life.

That day, the three disciples squatted neatly behind a boulder, their three pairs of eyes shining as they looked at a giant tree not far away, or more precisely, a bird's nest in the tree.

Ye Sisi swallowed hard, then whispered, "Fourth Senior Brother, I think that bird egg must be delicious!"

Ye Shubai nodded: "The eggs of the phoenix-tailed bird are rich in fire spirit energy, so they should taste good!"

Unfortunately, they are guarded by two peak-level third-tier phoenix-tailed birds, so it won't be easy to steal them.

Ye Sisi turned to look at Ye Shubai: "Fourth Senior Brother, I believe in you!"

Ye Shubai...

Alright, since Junior Sister has said so, he has no choice but to comply.

However, before leaving, he pulled Bai Luochen along, who was ready to watch the show.

"Fourth Senior Brother, I'm only a Foundation Establishment cultivator! Going there would be suicide!"

"Don't panic, you'll be able to run fast with this!"

Bai Luochen felt utterly hopeless. Was her fourth senior brother, that heartless bastard, finally going to reveal his true colors in front of her junior sister?

Ye Sisi watched as her two senior brothers leaped off the boulder, but only Ye Shubai rushed toward the giant tree.

With a leap, his longsword drew a blinding white light in mid-air, and a faint trace of sharp sword energy lingered within it.

The phoenixes that had been guarding the nest sensed the danger. One of the larger birds flapped its wings, and a stream of heat shot out, striking the oncoming sword energy.

Ye Shubai frowned slightly. This phoenix was stronger than he had imagined, but it wasn't a big problem!

Before long, Ye Shubai was suppressing the phoenix. After all, he was the disciple of Meng Tianyuan, that sword madman. Fighting beyond one's level was basic for him. The remaining phoenix couldn't sit still when it saw its husband being beaten like this. It flapped its wings and was about to go and help.

Ye Shubai's lips curled into a smile; this was exactly the effect he wanted!