Chapter 24: Journey to the Secret Realm

Ye Zhao said calmly: "If she is willing, I will naturally not stop her."

Then she sent a message to call Su Luoxue.

A moment later, Su Luoxue, dressed in a plain blue disciple uniform with cloud patterns, walked over quickly. Seeing Xie Youran, she quickly saluted and said, "Greetings, Sect Master."

Xie Youran smiled gently, his eyes brimming with admiration. "Don't be so reserved. Su Luoxue, your cultivation has advanced so rapidly. You are truly a rare talent. If you wish, you can become my disciple today. Afterwards, you will enjoy the finest spiritual fields and caves, a hundred times more magnificent than you have now."

He said earnestly: "This is a better choice for you."

Su Luoxue suddenly knelt down and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Sect Master, but I don't want to do it."

Xie Youran was stunned and turned to look at Ye Zhao, but saw that she looked neither surprised nor happy.

I had to put away my smile and sighed: "Since that's the case, I won't force it."

He changed the subject and said, "If you ever want to change your mind, you can always come to me."

After saying that, Xie Youran stood up and left with his hands behind his back, feeling regretful.

Ye Zhao nodded towards Su Luoxue and told her to prepare to enter the secret realm.

The Tianyan Secret Realm is located in Xuanbing Ridge, a hundred miles away from the Wenjian Sect. The mountain is covered with ice and snow all year round. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth is rich, but it is also full of dangers.

It is said that the area was originally the site left behind by ancient monks. When the secret realm was opened, the sky changed strangely and auspicious clouds appeared.

This place opens once every hundred years. It contains countless spiritual treasures and opportunities, as well as fragments of inheritance left by ancient sects. It is a treasure land that countless cultivators dream of.

As soon as day broke, the various peak masters of the Sword-Asking Sect gathered in the sect square.

The leader was the sect leader Xie Youran, followed by the heads of each peak.

The disciples of Qingyue Peak were led by Ye Zhao, while Chen Yubai, Pei Yan and Yun Yao stood at the end of the Xialing Peak team. Although the three tried their best to hide their emotions, they could not hide the excitement in their eyes.

Especially Chen Yubai and Pei Yan. In their previous life, they followed Ye Zhao, but got nothing in the end. They could only watch Xia Lingfeng reap great rewards under the leadership of Ye Wange.

And now, the positions have finally been reversed. How can they not be excited?

The journey to the Tianyan Secret Realm was extremely long. The teams from the main peaks moved forward separately. As night fell, Ye Wange led his disciples to a spiritual inn.

This is a high-end inn exclusively for cultivators. It is equipped with a spirit gathering array to ward off monsters and beasts. The spiritual energy in the guest rooms is as rich as that in the training halls of ordinary sects. Each room is even equipped with a spiritual spring bath and a quiet room, which are specially designed for cultivators to regulate their breathing and heal their injuries. The fee is very high.

Ye Wange had already arranged the guest rooms in advance. As soon as they entered the inn, a deacon disciple came up to greet them and respectfully presented them with room cards. The disciples were then arranged to stay inside.

Pei Yan suddenly felt refreshed and smiled at Chen Yubai:

"I've already told you that Master is the best to his disciples. He even made such a perfect arrangement for us to rest here. If it were Ye Zhao... well, I'm afraid he would just have to lay a mat on the grass for us."

Chen Yubai also laughed out loud: "Those disciples of Qingyue Peak are probably still eating sand outside. Unlike us, we can rest comfortably here."

As soon as the two entered the bedroom, disciples from the inn presented them with spiritual fruits and spiritual wine. Seeing this, the two became more determined. Entering Xia Ling Peak was the best decision they had ever made!

The two of them enjoyed themselves comfortably for a while and planned to go see how Ye Zhao was doing.

Pei Yan and Shen Yubai walked out of the Fanxing Inn and walked for a few miles before they saw the disciples of Qingyue Peak.

Ye Zhao ordered his disciples to use trees to build a simple wooden house, and some disciples even set up tents at the edge of the woods.

Pei Yan looked at the swaying bonfire in the distance and couldn't help but sneer.

"Look, Ye Zhao is still that shabby guy. He's even reluctant to enter the Lingzhan and is setting up tents outside with his disciples. Oh, those disciples at Qingyue Peak are so unlucky."

Chen Yubai shook his head and sighed, "Ye Zhao just couldn't bear to spend the spirit stones on his disciples. It seems that leaving was the right decision."

The two nodded secretly, and were glad that they had left Qingyue Peak, otherwise they would be the ones suffering here now!

It seems that they were right. The reason why the accommodation arranged by the master for them at Xia Ling Peak was so simple was because he wanted to train them.

It’s different now. Before entering the maze, disciples must conserve their physical strength to the maximum extent possible so that they can seize the greatest opportunity after entering the secret realm.

If you can't even get enough rest, how can you compete with others after entering the secret realm?

Ye Zhao sat cross-legged on one side of the camp. Even with his eyes closed, he could sense two familiar auras suddenly appearing nearby.

She opened her eyes, and a hint of coldness flashed across them.

In her previous life, she led her disciples here and chose to stay in this valley because she had seen from the traces left around that a group of low-level spiritual beasts called spirit-hoofed badgers would pass by soon.

Although the Spirit-hoofed Badger has low combat power and can be easily dealt with even by Foundation Establishment cultivators, it is extremely agile and has a very keen sense of smell. It loves to steal elixirs and rice from storage bags. If caught off guard, it can empty a base in a very short time.

More importantly, the internal organs of this spiritual beast can be used as medicine, and its claws and teeth can be used to refine weapons. Its bones, fur, and tendons are also important materials for making talismans, which can provide great help to the disciples of Qingyue Peak in their battles after entering the Tianyan Secret Realm.

In order to prepare these materials for her disciples in advance, she set up a formation, taught everyone how to set traps to catch animals, and asked everyone to take turns to keep watch.

But her eldest disciple was still in seclusion, and only five disciples came in with her. She especially reminded Pei Yan and Shen Yubai to take turns guarding the position.

But they disliked the harsh environment here and thought she was too stingy to take her disciples to Lingzhan to rest.

So that night, the two of them left the team secretly and ran to Xia Ling Peak to join Ye Wange.

The spirit-hoofed badgers arrived as expected, but because no one was watching, a gap was torn at the entrance of the formation, and dozens of spirit beasts took advantage of the opportunity to sneak in.

The Qingyue Peak camp was turned into a mess, and most of the disciples' elixirs were stolen, resulting in heavy losses.

The next day, Pei Yan and Shen Yubai came back in high spirits. They boasted about how they enjoyed themselves in the spiritual inn arranged by Ye Wange, while at the same time ridiculing Qingyue Peak for being too shabby.

She questioned them why they left the camp and did not return, but they replied confidently that it was her own fault for not being considerate of their disciples and that she could only blame herself if something went wrong.

They didn't believe her at all. After returning to the sect, they even complained to the sect leader, saying that it was because of her poor arrangements that Qingyue Peak lost so many disciples...

Thinking of this, Ye Zhao closed his eyes slightly.

Driving away these traitors was the best decision she had ever made.

She glanced around again.

The disciples of Qingyue Peak stood guard in order, and a circle of defensive barriers made of talismans and animal bones stood beside the tent. Everything was ready.