Then, Martin put the stone statue of the elven royal family back into the space ring and turned to look at Eric and Betan.

The two had followed Martin for a long time and instantly understood what he was thinking. They shook their heads and said that they also found this matter strange.

Martin also felt that there was something fishy going on, but he couldn't pinpoint the exact problem.

After all, everything went too smoothly. The two parties only reached a verbal agreement and did not sign a binding contract. Martin even suspected that the lie detector might not be able to beat the other party.

However, now that I know the exact location of the secret realm, I am unwilling to give up.

After thinking for a moment, Martin decided to go and find out what was going on.

Afterwards, Martin asked Hefna to carry him on his back, with the dragon knight Eric following closely behind. He also ordered the dragon knight Betan to stay in the Dragon City.

After everything was arranged, Martin and the others opened a crack in space and flew in.

Since they had never been there before, they could only use military maps to locate the area.

After several attempts at positioning, we finally arrived at Lake Hestia in the Middle Realm.

The scenery before him was breathtakingly beautiful. Martin couldn't help but exclaim, "These elves really know how to choose a place."

The group went straight to the center of the lake, and Martin gave Eric the method of opening the lake that he learned from the stone statue of the elven royal family.

Eric stepped forward and tried to open the secret realm according to the method taught by Martin.

A light door slowly emerged. However, Martin pushed it hard, but found that the light door did not move at all. He asked Eric to try again, but it also failed to open.

At this time, a string of ancient elven characters appeared on the light gate. Martin naturally didn't recognize a single word, so he said to Eric, "Please go to the castle library and bring that bald scholar here."

After hearing this, Eric turned around and gave Shuang Ning a few brief instructions, then he directly opened a space crack and left.

Ten minutes later, Eric returned with the bald scholar. When the bald scholar saw Martin, he was about to greet him, but Martin quickly waved his hand, signaling him to come forward and examine the ancient elven text.

The bald scholar looked at Eric and indicated with his eyes that he couldn't fly and needed his help to take him over.

Eric understood what he meant, and with a flash, he brought the bald scholar to the light gate.

As soon as the bald scholar saw the light gate, his eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had discovered a rare treasure. His whole body trembled with excitement, and then he couldn't wait to start translating on the spot, and from time to time he took out a notebook from the space ring for comparison.

Half an hour later, the bald scholar finally finished translating and hurriedly said to Martin, "Young Master, this is actually a large secret realm. It can only be opened by sacrificing twelve domain masters. If a certain number of legendary masters are sacrificed, you can also enter."

Having said this, the bald scholar suddenly paused, looking embarrassed.

Martin saw his hesitation and said directly: "Go on."

The bald scholar then continued, "I'm not sure if the translation of the following text is accurate. It's about 'sacrifice,' 'secret realm,' 'divine fire,' 'ignition,' and 'rules.' I can't connect them at all. It doesn't make sense."

After hearing this, Martin also racked his brains, but couldn't figure it out.

This place was clearly called a medium-sized secret realm by the stone statue of the elven royal family, but in fact it is a large secret realm. Coupled with the word "sacrifice", it exudes a dangerous atmosphere no matter how you look at it, and it is very likely a trap.

However, the huge temptation contained in the large secret realm is really hard to give up.

Martin pondered the matter, weighing the pros and cons, and decided it was not advisable to rush into the secret realm at this time. He then turned to the bald scholar and instructed, "From today on, you will focus all your energy on studying the ancient elven writing."

The bald scholar quickly responded, "Don't worry, my lord. I will get started on it as soon as I get back."

Martin asked again, "By the way, how is the ancient data Eric brought out from the secret realm being sorted out?"

The bald scholar looked embarrassed and said, "My Lord, we are currently seriously short of manpower. We are constantly recruiting new personnel."

"However, scholars proficient in the study of ancient elven writing are so rare, almost rare. Even if you want to recruit an apprentice, this language is obscure and difficult to understand, and it will take a while to teach."

After hearing this, Martin nodded to show his understanding and signaled him to keep trying.

After saying this, Martin's thoughts involuntarily drifted towards the space ring containing the elf stone statue.

It seems that we must find a way to reach a contract with some ancient elves. Only in this way can we obtain more complete information.

Afterwards, Martin dispelled the light gate, and the group created a space crack together and left instantly.

In the blink of an eye, they appeared in the castle of Yulong City.

Martin once again urged the bald scholar to continue his research without stopping and to prepare a report as soon as he had any news.

The bald scholar bowed respectfully and said, "Understood, Lord."

After that, Martin asked the bald scholar to leave.

Martin let Eric and Frost go about their own business.

He went to the bathroom, and after a quick wash, Martin moved to the study.

As the territory continued to expand, affairs became more and more complicated. Although they had been simplified, there were still many matters waiting for Martin's review every day, and now there were documents piled up on his desk for several days.

Martin felt a headache when he saw the table full of documents, but he still sat down and started to correct them.

The maid waited quietly by the side so that Martin could go and handle anything he needed at any time.

Just like that, two hours passed. Martin rubbed his brow and put down the pen in his hand.

At this time, the attentive maid brought a cup of black tea. Martin looked at the maid's appearance, took the black tea and drank it all, and asked casually: "Why didn't your sister come?"

The third of the quintuplets replied, "Master, your mother, Madam Ellie, has something to ask your two sisters. She called them over early this morning."

After hearing this, Martin nodded slightly, and without thinking any more, he continued to revise the documents.

Time passed by unnoticed, and the sky gradually darkened. Fortunately, the affairs that had accumulated over the past few days were finally dealt with.

Most of these are documents that need to be reviewed for a long time, while short-term or upcoming matters have basically been handled in advance, and the processing process is presented to Martin in the form of documents.