Zhong Guangqiang told Chen Jin to keep an eye on the three ordinary people, and he himself entered the light curtain with two people. These two people were Qiu Liping and Deng Kang.
Generally, those who enter the secret realm from the opening will be teleported to the outer perimeter of the secret realm, and a few will be teleported to the middle or inner perimeter.
The periphery of the secret realm is basically filled with some low-level monsters and spiritual plants, which are of lower level and correspondingly less dangerous.
Zhong Guangqiang and his friends were lucky. The place they were teleported to was a normal spiritual plant garden. Others had to go through some hardships to get to this place, but they got there directly without any effort.
An old man with white hair and wearing ancient clothes was working on the ground with a hoe.
Are they entering someone else's back garden?
Zhong Guangqiang said, "Excuse me, old man, but where is this place?"
The white-haired old man turned around, and the next second his eyes widened in surprise, looking at the three men in front of him.
It was strange that an outsider had come, and a mortal without any cultivation. You have to know that this was a secret place, fraught with danger. Wouldn't a mortal come here just to get killed?
"This is the spiritual plant garden. It is fate that you can come here. Each of you can pick three spiritual herbs/fruits in the yard." Even though he is a mortal, the white-haired old man still follows the rules.
Deng Kang's hobby when he was in school was reading novels. The word "spiritual plant" was very familiar to him as a novel fan. He asked curiously, "Spiritual plant garden? Grandpa, what are these things used for?"
The flowers, grasses and fruits here are all strange and unique. Some look very beautiful, some are very ugly, and some fruits even emit a faint light.
The other two people also didn't know these spiritual plants.
The white-haired old man stroked his beard and said, "Longevity and good health are probably what most mortals desire. You can go to the second piece of land on the left and choose."
“Thank you, old man!”
Zhong Guangqiang and his companions came to the second piece of land, where there were hundreds of spiritual plants planted, and each type of spiritual plant had 3-7 identical plants.
Each person can only choose 3 types, so they can choose 9 different types. They came here on orders, and everything they got in the secret realm must be handed over.
The white-haired old man was a little curious and asked, "How did you get in?"
Deng Kang was rather naive, "We walked in through a glowing door."
"Oh, there are no monks from the sect guarding the entrance to the secret realm?"
"Guards? No, sect monks are legendary figures. Do you also like to read novels, old man?"
…
Deng Kang answered almost every question the white-haired old man asked.
Deng Kang quickly picked out three spiritual plants that looked good to him. Before the other two had finished choosing, he helped the white-haired old man pull weeds in the field.
Deng Kang was an honest man. The white-haired old man hadn't chatted with anyone for many years. He was bored, so he told him the simple situation of the secret realm.
Deng Kang was stunned to accept the fact that he had arrived in a different world. He said, "Grandpa Bai, the monster you're talking about isn't a snake monster or a fox monster, right? One that can speak human language and transform into a human form?"
The white-haired old man said, "They're all similar. Monsters that can transform are called demon cultivators. They have a relatively high level of cultivation. Demon cultivators are generally found in the middle and inner areas of the secret realm. The outer areas are generally composed of monsters that haven't transformed. Most monsters are irritable, unreasonable, and rely on brute force."
"Will they get out?" Deng Kang's question was also the question that Zhong Guangqiang wanted to know the answer to. If the so-called monsters/demon cultivators could get out, it would be a devastating disaster for their human society.
"No, none of them can get out." Including him, the spiritual creatures and demon beasts/demon cultivators in the secret realm cannot leave the secret realm. They can only live, cultivate, grow old, get sick and die in the secret realm, unless they have great luck.
The white-haired old man sighed and said, "Before, only cultivators with the cultivation base of the middle stage of Qi Refining or above came in. Ordinary people were not qualified to come in. Now, all of you ordinary people are coming in."
Deng Kang asked curiously, "Grandpa Bai, how long ago was that?"
The white-haired old man fell into reminiscence, "A long, long time, probably about ten thousand years."
Deng Kang was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped to the ground. He jumped up on the spot, "Huh? Ten thousand years? Then Grandpa Bai, you have lived for ten thousand years too? This is too amazing!"
"Haha," the white-haired old man grabbed a handful of seeds and put them into the pit. "What a fuss! Ten thousand years is nothing. If you can become an immortal, a god, or a saint, that's the real longevity."
"Grandpa Bai, do you think I can practice?"
The white-haired old man immediately grabbed his hand and placed it on his wrist to check his physical condition.
Two minutes later, the white-haired old man looked him over, shook his head, and said, "His physique is average, and he's too old."
Although he shook his head, he reached out and picked a red spiritual fruit and put it into Deng Kang's mouth.
The spiritual fruit melted in his mouth. Deng Kang swallowed his saliva and swallowed all the juice.
"Grandpa Bai, what did you give me to eat?"
"nice one."
…
From the conversation with the white-haired old man, they also knew that this was a secret place.
Although Zhong Guangqiang and the others didn't know what Deng Kang had eaten, they were envious.
The word "secret realm" isn't exactly familiar, but it's certainly familiar. It frequently appears in mythological TV dramas and novels about cultivating immortality. It's a small, boundless space, a paradise filled with treasures.
The white-haired old man also learned a little about the situation in the outside world from chatting with him. The secret realm of the Five-Colored Pond is usually open once every fifty years. When it was not opened on time, he guessed that something had happened in the outside world.
Now, the secret realm has been opened again after ten thousand years. His guess was correct, but he did not expect that the world of immortal cultivation has declined.
He said, "The secret realm is full of dangers, you'd better get out quickly." He was a kind-hearted spirit, and was friendly to outsiders who abided by the rules of his spirit garden. His reminder was also well-intentioned. He couldn't bear to see Deng Kang, a down-to-earth young man, die in the secret realm.
Deng Kang said, "I understand. Thank you, Grandpa Bai."
Zhong Guangqiang said: "Thank you for the reminder, old man. Where is the exit?"
At the gate of the Spiritual Plant Garden, the white-haired old man said, "Go out of this gate and keep going straight. Stop in front of the Five-Colored Pond. There is a door there, which is the exit."
The secret realm is open for one month. If you don't go through the door, you will be thrown out of the secret realm when the time is up.
There is still more than half a month before the secret realm closes. The white-haired old man feels that they do not have the ability to wait until the closing day of the secret realm, so it is safer to leave early.
Then, he handed three black pills to Deng Kang. "Once you leave this door, take the Eye-Clearing Pills. Otherwise, the scenery along the way won't be beautiful. Also, if you don't reach the middle stage of Qi Refining, don't come back. If you're lucky, you'll be sent to my Spirit Plant Garden. If you're unlucky, you'll be sent to the Flame Forest or the Endless Desert. That'll be miserable."
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