Chapter 111 Leaving the Secret Realm 1 The ten days are almost over. ...

The ten days are almost over.

Although each group enters the Azure Kite Secret Realm at a different time, they all come out at the same time, around noon. The Azure Kite Secret Realm then spits everyone out of it, like spitting out beans.

Therefore, the scene was completely different from ten days ago. The heads of the Heaven and Earth Departments of various cities gathered here, and all the bigwigs of the various families were present.

Even Xie Lingliu arrived, trailing behind at a distance to join in the fun.

At this point, the powerful figures of the aristocratic families became ordinary people, their cultivation and status inferior to those of the Heaven and Earth Division. They could only stand obediently at the back, anxiously looking ahead, hoping for the appearance of their children.

Some clever ones had already perked up their ears, listening intently to the idle chatter of the directors of the Heaven and Earth Bureau.

After all, it wouldn't be easy to see so many directors next time. Even in the Azure Iris Secret Realm, not everyone would be there. I don't know why, but this time, all the directors from the four major cities in the Southwest Region actually showed up.

The four major cities are Jinling City, Yi City, Xidi City, and Daoqian City.

The two directors of Jinling City and Daoqian City are from the same family, surnamed Baili. The director of Yicheng City is surnamed Wan, while the director of Xidi City is surnamed Jue.

The Heaven and Earth Bureau is composed of only four Heavenly-level aristocratic families in the entire region, each sending disciples to manage affairs in their respective areas. However, three of them are very active, while the third is almost unheard of, and even his surname is rarely known.

Because the quality of cultivators in Jinling City is relatively low, the Jinling City Director usually doesn't speak much in such situations. But this time is different. They have promising talents like Xie Jiaoyue and Chu Xingjin, and Gong Shi Moyu was also persuaded to join them. As long as these people perform normally, Jinling City will definitely be able to hold their heads high this time.

Therefore, Director Jinlingcheng, unusually, stood in a prominent position, happily waiting for his children to return.

The Director of Yicheng couldn't stand the smug look on the Director of Jinlingcheng's face, so he stepped forward and pushed the man back: "We had the most people from Yicheng, so naturally I should stand at the front. That way, the disciples of Yicheng can see me as soon as they return, and they can feel at ease."

Director Jin Lingcheng said unhappily, "We have several Qi Refining stage cultivators at the Great Perfection stage this time. They might even break through to the Foundation Establishment stage. Shouldn't I bring them back immediately to properly recuperate them?"

The head of the Western City was a female alchemist. She moved a chair to the nearest seat and then sat down leisurely.

"If you want to take it, I, a weak woman, cannot refuse." She coughed twice. "It's just that I'm not in good health. If you push me, I'm afraid I'll get sick. I don't have enough spirit stones to spend. If any of you get injured and need my medical treatment, the cost will inevitably increase."

Both the directors of Yicheng and Jinlingcheng kept quiet.

You guys are really good at treating illnesses.

Daoqian City's cultivator was a weapon cultivator. Their city had many weapon cultivators; their cultivation levels weren't particularly high, but they were quite wealthy. She wasn't in a hurry to secure a good position for herself. Instead, she preferred to mingle with the elders and patriarchs of the powerful families behind her, especially enjoying hanging around the Xie family, looking for ways to earn spirit stones.

Although she, as the Director of the Heaven and Earth Bureau, cannot personally "go into business," the rules of the Heaven and Earth Bureau stipulate that she can only open three shops in each city: one inn, one restaurant, and one auction house; nothing else is allowed.

But that's not a problem at all. She can contact the powerful families in Daoqian City. As long as the powerful families prosper, Daoqian City will also prosper. Why should she worry about those three shops not making money?

After the positions were arranged, the eldest Yicheng Director said, "The All-Region Grand Competition is coming soon. Because there are some developments over there, the Eastern Region has really gone all out for this competition, trying to quickly recruit a group of young combatants. Our Southwest Region has always been at the bottom, and we don't know if we will have this opportunity this time."

The Director of the Western Division was pale and covered his lips with a handkerchief: "I don't know if this opportunity is good or bad. If there is a real riot over there, I don't know how many of these young people will die."

Director Daoqiancheng, whom we had just made friends with, flew over like a butterfly: "It's a good thing overall. If they perform well, our status will rise accordingly, and the Eastern Region's main family might give us more resources."

Director Jin Lingcheng looked indifferent: "Worrying about them is less important than worrying about ourselves. If there really is a war, do you think any of us can escape? Let's think about the present. Don't forget the bet we made. Each of us will contribute a top-tier magic weapon, and the family whose disciple gets the most will receive it."

He was confident that his disciple would win!

The Director of Jinling City and the Director of Yi City exchanged a glance, their expressions extremely tense. They each let out a cold snort and turned their heads away simultaneously. The Director of Jinling City's gaze was fixed directly on the exit of the Azure Kite Secret Realm.

A ripple spread out in mid-air.

Director Jin Lingcheng took a small step forward and quickly called out to the others, "Almost there, almost there, people will be coming out soon!" After saying that, he felt that his behavior was not steady enough, so he covered his mouth with his fist and said to the people behind him, "You should also get ready, the children will inevitably come out injured."

Director Daoqiancheng pulled out a bunch of pills: "Daoqiancheng pills, one bottle per person for free today." She wouldn't miss such a great publicity opportunity; maybe she could even manage to shave off a piece of the pie from Xidi City.

Amidst the commotion, the first person landed.

Director Daoqiancheng immediately recognized him as a disciple of his own city. He personally helped the man up, gave him a bottle of pills, arranged for the deputy director to record his gains, and then sent him back to his family.

Everyone who sees this will have to say that he's a great director in the cultivation world.

The next one to come out was a disciple from the Western City.

Although not everyone in Xidi City practices alchemy, before they set off, the Xidi City Director personally paid for top-grade healing pills for each disciple. The disciples who came out all looked completely unharmed, with their arms and legs intact, and they walked back on their own without the Xidi City Director having to worry about them.

Director Xidicheng sat in his chair and glanced smugly at Director Daoqiancheng. Wasn't this the best form of publicity? Much better than Daoqiancheng's laborious methods.

After about ten disciples, Director Jinling City finally got his turn.

His eyes were sore from staring, but he refused to let his guard down for a moment. This was his chance to turn the tide!

He stood directly below the exit, so that even if his disciple was seriously injured, he could catch him immediately and prevent him from getting into even bigger trouble.

Then, he saw two people appear at the same time.

One belongs to Yicheng, and the other belongs to Jinlingcheng.

It was Chu Xingjin and Gongshi Yu!

The appearance of these two people was completely different from that of the disciples who came out before them. Although their clothes were tattered, their spirits were as full as summer peaches and autumn rice, exuding the fragrance of harvest.

Even the aura emanating from him has changed!

From the aristocratic families behind, exclamations arose: "I remember this Young Master Chu was only at the Great Perfection of Qi Refining before, and in the blink of an eye he's already at the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment?"

"And he was just one step away from reaching the late Foundation Establishment stage! My god, he advanced too fast."

This immediately awakened everyone around.

Over the years, there have been many people who have advanced in the Azure Kite Secret Realm, but being able to advance even a small step is already considered a stroke of good luck. Some people have even managed to make two leaps, directly jumping to the middle stage of the Foundation Establishment stage!

What an incredible opportunity that must have been!

Some people were envious: "Maybe he didn't gain anything at all, but instead found a place with abundant spiritual energy and cultivated happily for ten days to achieve such a level of cultivation."

The implication is that he's neglecting one thing for another, a foolish young man who only knows how to cultivate and nothing else.

Jinling City isn't deserted; Commander Guo is still here. Upon hearing this, he immediately retorted, "Yes, it's indeed very satisfying that Chu Xingjin was able to cultivate from the Qi Refining stage to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage within ten days. If others could do it, why wouldn't they? Is it because they don't like it?"

Although Chu Xingjin had left the Jinling City Clan School on his own, and it wasn't a pleasant affair, he was still a former member of Jinling City, so she had to say a few words of help.

Commander Guo felt a little uneasy watching Chu Xingjin being warmly welcomed by Director Jinlingcheng and taken to register the gains of this trip.

They hadn't reported Chu Xingjin's departure to the Heaven and Earth Division. Although the Heaven and Earth Division and the Clan Academy had a close relationship, they would only inform each other of major events. The Director probably didn't know about it yet.

She knew perfectly well that the director only cared about cultivation and nothing else. She hoped that in the end she wouldn't be forced to apologize to Chu Xingjin and bring him back.

It's one thing to force her, but please don't force that girl, Jiaoyue, to apologize. She doesn't want to see such a well-behaved, cute (and rich) girl suffer like that.

As she thought about it, her gaze followed Chu Xingjin and Director Jin Lingcheng, and she walked in that direction as well.

She wasn't walking fast, and she thought that Chu Xingjin would have finished registering by the time she arrived, but to her surprise, Chu Xingjin hadn't stopped writing even after she had stopped.

Commander Guo raised his hand to tuck away the side of his hair that was blocking his view and looked intently.

Two Earth-grade spirit swords?

Is it possible to get two of these at once?

Wholesale?

This is very disrespectful to other people's gains. How could a secret realm like Qingyuan Secret Realm, which is meant for newcomers, possibly produce such a high-grade spirit sword?

Even the heads of the Heaven and Earth Bureau only brought out magic treasures of this grade when they made the bet.

As a result, Chu Xingjin actually got two at once!

She looked down another line.

There are two Heaven-grade spirit swords?

Little brother, what are you joking about? She's never seen a Heaven-level magic weapon before, and yet this guy just pulled out two of them all at once.

Chu Xingjin explained with a smile, "I met the Sword Master Qingyuan in the secret realm. We hit it off immediately, and he guided me to a secluded place where I survived countless near-death experiences to gain this reward."

In order to further solidify his position and make himself the first and only among the new disciples, Chu Xingjin dropped a bombshell.

"The Sword Master Qingyuan has agreed to take me as his disciple."

Anyway, the Azure Kite Sword Master isn't going to show up, so what's wrong with letting him bluff his way out of trouble?

With this identity and his remarkable talent in swordsmanship, he is sure to become a guest of honor in various aristocratic families.

Chu Xingjin glared at Commander Guo and the Xie family with hostility. He didn't believe in the idea that revenge is a dish best served cold. Those who had humiliated him would pay the price immediately!