A week has passed quietly.
During this week, Xia Muge spent most of his time familiarizing himself with the secret realm and gathering intelligence.
This week, he and Xu Feng also became famous.
Of course, Xu Feng became famous, while he only received infamy.
The news of Qingcheng Mountain and the Tang family breaking off their engagement was originally only circulating among the two families, but some busybody spread the word.
After that, news of Tang Ranran seducing a disciple of the Holy Land and dumping Xia Muge spread throughout the entire Canghai City.
For the disciples of Qingcheng Mountain, this was naturally a humiliation.
Fortunately, Xia Muge had previously stated that no one was allowed to interfere in this matter.
The disciples of Qingcheng Mountain only felt that this was their senior brother's deep love for Tang Ranran.
If it were them, they would have slapped him already.
The disciples of Qingcheng Mountain harbored resentment, but this was ultimately Xia Muge's private matter, and it was indeed inconvenient for them to interfere.
Thinking of this, the disciples of Qingcheng Mountain became even angrier.
And the corresponding one is Xu Feng.
It's not a big deal that Xu Feng stole someone else's love; there are too many people like that in this world.
However, to their surprise, Xia Muge remained completely unmoved by this.
Everyone in Canghai City knows how much the senior disciple of Qingcheng Mountain likes Tang Ranran.
It is said that this senior brother was reluctant to use his elixirs or spend his spirit stones, and was preparing them all for Tang Ranran.
Otherwise, with Tang Ranran's aptitude of only reaching the Foundation Establishment stage at the age of seventeen, how could she possibly have successfully formed the Golden Core?
Don't be fooled by the fact that many people in this world are at the Golden Core stage or Nascent Soul stage at a young age.
However, the vast majority of people don't even meet the Foundation Establishment stage. Those who can successfully reach the Golden Core stage are already more than 99% ahead of their peers.
It can be said that Xia Muge had already done Tang Ranran a second life.
However, Tang Ranran disregarded the debt of gratitude and started associating with Xu Feng.
However, Xu Feng is a disciple of the Yunhuan Holy Land, and the Yunhuan Holy Land's 100,000-year-old foundation is not something that people from this small place can casually discuss.
Therefore, the people of Canghai City felt frustrated.
The Tang family was equally frustrated.
Xu Feng's kindness was only directed at Tang Ranran.
However, he was treated like a lord in the Tang family.
Previously, Xia Muge had some dealings with the Tang family, but because Xia Muge loved the Tang family, he would bring some rare and precious medicines with him every time he visited the Tang family.
In addition, he would also guide the younger generation of the Tang family on cultivation matters, so that they could avoid detours.
Therefore, the Tang family was actually quite satisfied with Xia Muge.
Tang Ranran's younger sister, Tang Yueyue, was extremely jealous of her sister having such a husband.
However, everything changed after Xu Feng moved in and Tang Ranran took the initiative to break off her engagement with Xia Muge.
Xu Feng wouldn't have the time to guide the younger generation of the Tang family in their cultivation, nor would he bring them anything of value.
He acts like a lord, needing to be taken care of.
In fact, whatever Xu Feng wanted to do or desired, he had to be provided by the Tang family.
The Tang family members were furious but dared not speak out.
If attaching oneself to the disciples of the holy land means becoming a dog, then they would never agree to that.
However, it's too late to regret it now.
The engagement at Qingcheng Mountain has fallen through, and the Tang family still has to figure out how to deal with the retaliation from Qingcheng Mountain after Xu Feng's departure.
They have no choice but to go down this path to the bitter end, and it would be best to get Tang Ranran involved with the Yunhuan Holy Land.
Otherwise, why would the Yunhuan Holy Land protect the Tang family for merely being a disciple's lover?
The Tang family clearly understood this principle as well.
However, the Tang family was reluctant to relocate outside Canghai City.
The Tang family has a history of three hundred years, which is longer than some dynasties. How could they just leave like that?
They can only hope that Qingcheng Mountain will be more magnanimous.
However, Xia Muge had no interest in the Tang family at this moment.
He had already reached the entrance to the secret realm.
For Xia Muge, improving his strength is the most important thing.
He didn't care much about the troubles involving the Tang family, him, and Xu Feng.
Besides Xia Muge, many other people gathered here.
Although Xia Muge is the number one genius in the entire region, it does not mean that he is the strongest among his peers.
Besides Xia Muge and Xu Feng, there are actually quite a few people who achieve Golden Core formation in their twenties. Many elixirs can achieve this, not to mention the methods passed down by ancient sages.
The Golden Core realm cannot differentiate between geniuses and mediocre talents.
Only at the Nascent Soul stage can this difference be truly observed.
Under Xia Muge's reverie, the secret realm soon opened.
He also met Xu Feng as he had hoped.
Xu Feng had also concealed his appearance, but he still recognized him.
Many people formed teams in front of the secret realm, but Xu Feng wore a black robe and a bamboo hat, looking very indifferent.
Some people wanted to team up with him, but he refused them all.
The secret realm means the unknown, so teaming up can share the risks.
However, human nature is unpredictable, so forming a team may not necessarily share the risks, but could also increase them.
In short, there are many people forming teams, but there are also quite a few lone wolves.
Xia Muge was naturally a lone wolf.
The opening of the secret realm was not particularly grand; Xia Muge found a rather inconspicuous place to enter it.
Although he knew it was a simulated world, he was still amazed by the secret realm.
This secret realm is filled with rich ice-attribute spiritual energy, and the temperature alone may reach minus seventy or eighty degrees Celsius.
Even cultivators find it difficult to endure such a low temperature.
Even though a cultivator's physical body is far superior to that of an ordinary person, the extremely low temperature is still unbearable.
However, such an environment often breeds rare and precious natural treasures with the same properties.
Many cultivators had fervent looks in their eyes.
Rare and precious materials usually grow in areas inaccessible to ordinary people, and secret realms are the most likely places to find them.
Even if you don't need it, bartering is still a good option.
It wasn't as risky as I'd imagined; Xia Muge walked silently at the back.
The secret realm was vast, and the people there quickly dispersed.
Everyone was exploring cautiously, wary of any strange beasts that might appear, and also of anyone who might make a move at any moment.
Xia Muge had memories and found the location of the Ten-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus in advance.
In the story, the entrance to this location is very difficult to find; even Xu Feng found it by accident.
The Nascent Soul Realm spirit monkey guarding the ten-thousand-year-old snow lotus is now living here.
Xia Muge, who was only at the Golden Core stage, naturally wouldn't confront him head-on.
However, don't forget that he has spatial abilities.
As he infiltrated, the monkey awoke.
It roared at Xia Muge, and as its Nascent Soul Realm divine sense spread out, almost everyone who came into the secret realm was terrified.
Xia Muge, however, pointed slightly at the space, and a huge barrier appeared.
Then, he casually picked the ancient snow lotus.
The beast has gone berserk.
It kept attacking Xia Muge.
However, given his spatial abilities, the monkey was destined to only bring shame upon himself.
In the blink of an eye, Xia Muge came up with a solution.
Shifting the blame eastward.
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