Chapter 58: The Power of Dan (asking for monthly ticket)
"Secret realm? What is a secret realm?"
Fang Xing became interested, knowing that this was the result of his previous willingness to watch the fun and not be afraid of trouble.
"Secret realm? Fellow Daoist, you don't even know about the secret realm?" Ding Hongxiu looked at Fang Xing curiously.
"Hey... This Taoist friend is obviously devoted to martial arts and never cares about external affairs. That's why he has achieved what he has today. He doesn't know about the secret realm. This secret realm is just a legend to low-level cultivators like me. It's normal that Taoist friend doesn't know about it..."
Ding Bushan put away his wine gourd and watched Fang Xing touching the corpses one by one, but said with a serious face.
"Please teach me, fellow Taoist."
Fang Xing stood up and asked sincerely.
"The so-called secret realm is a small world opened up by high-level immortal cultivators... It is usually hidden in the void, and you may not be able to find it even if you walk through it thousands of times. It only appears at a specific time or with the help of a token secret technique..."
Ding Bushan said with emotion: "It is said that some secret realms only have a few houses, while others are extremely vast and may even have monsters living in them... For low-level cultivators like us, secret realms are a great opportunity. If we can obtain powerful techniques, treasures, or even elixirs from our predecessors, it will be easy for us to improve our cultivation by leaps and bounds..."
"So that's how it is. Then how did this secret realm come into being?" Fang Xing asked curiously.
"About two months ago, rumors suddenly spread in the market that a certain old cultivator in the middle stage of Qi training had a conflict with the Black Tiger Gang because of a secret realm in the Five Scorpion Valley... There was a great opportunity in that secret realm, and the old cultivator even broke through the bottleneck and advanced to the Great Perfection of Qi training..."
When Ding Bushan said this, his rosacea seemed to turn even redder with envy.
"Perfect Qi training? This is obviously a fabrication... Well, it's a normal phenomenon when rumors spread..."
Fang Xing rolled his eyes secretly: "And then?"
"There are several rumors like this in the market every month. We didn't take it seriously at first, but we didn't expect that the foundation-building elders of Qingxuan Sect would immediately dispatch a flying boat. Only then did I know that this time it might be true... The market was immediately in chaos, and many cultivators rushed to the Five Scorpion Valley frantically. It is said that many melees broke out and many masters died. It was so tragic..."
Ding Bushan shook his head and said, "In the end, it was Qingxuan Sect that occupied the Five Scorpion Valley and drove out all the independent cultivators, wanting to monopolize the secret realm... But a few days later, it was said that something went wrong when the entrance to the secret realm was opened, resulting in heavy casualties in Qingxuan Sect, and even two flying boats were destroyed..."
"Is it so miserable?" Fang Xing continued acting.
"Yes..." Ding Bushan showed a gloating look: "The reason for this is that the Black Tiger Gang is said to have concealed some key tips for opening the secret realm... How could the Qingxuan Sect afford this loss? The foundation-building elder came back and found the Black Tiger Gang, ready to wipe out the entire Black Tiger Gang... But at this time, the leader of the Black Tiger Gang suddenly appeared. It turned out that this leader had been hiding in secret and had successfully built his foundation. Our Qinglin Market now has one more foundation-building cultivator, forming a three-legged tripod..."
"Even so, Qingxuan Sect is a Jindan Sect after all, and it still suppresses the Black Tiger Gang and the Zheng family... and notified the sect, and sent many core disciples to explore the secret realm. It is said that they have gained a lot, including foundation-building opportunities, powerful skills, and incomplete magic weapons..."
Ding Bushan said, "Just recently, for some unknown reason, the sect announced that the secret realm was open to independent cultivators like us, so many cultivators were ready to give it a try... I was blinded by my own greed and wanted to take my granddaughter to try my luck, but I ended up running into the Three Black Tigers..."
"Open to independent practitioners?"
Fang Xing stroked his chin and said, "If there are benefits, why open it to us? This is obviously looking for cannon fodder and scapegoats! It seems that the secret realm is really dangerous!"
"yes……"
Ding Bushan had actually thought of this a long time ago, but on the one hand, people are tempted by profit, and secondly, as independent cultivators, wouldn’t they risk their lives whenever they get the chance?
Therefore, this danger can be considered as his own fault.
Fang Xing began to count the spoils, whether it was Erhu's copper hammer magic weapon or Sanhu's fan, he put them all in his pocket.
"Sanhu's 'Qingfeng Fan' is a low-grade magic weapon, not worth many spirit stones, but Erhu's pair of copper hammers is a complete set of mid-grade magic weapons, and a top-notch one at that..."
Ding Hongxiu spoke softly, appraising Fang Xing: "The most valuable thing is the boxing gloves on Dahu's hands. They are definitely top-grade magic tools, but unfortunately they are only suitable for physical cultivation... As for the white bone banner, it is a magic weapon. Although it is extremely powerful, it is best not to show it off..."
"It's a pity that I don't have Da Hu's body-building technique..."
Fang Xing sighed.
Storage bags are hard to come by, and it is difficult for cultivators to carry too many things when they go out.
Fortunately, these three people are robbery cultivators who have never had a fixed place to live, so their pockets are relatively full.
In addition to the magic weapon, he actually contributed hundreds of low-grade spirit stones to him in one go.
As for the technique?
Of course it is impossible to carry it with you.
"Even if it is a physical cultivation technique, if you don't have spiritual roots, you can't get started..."
Ding Hongxiu said weakly.
"Hongxiu!" Ding Bushan glared at his granddaughter, and said with a smile on his old face: "Hongxiu is still young and ignorant, please don't blame me, Taoist friend!"
"It's all right."
Fang Xing waved his hands, seeming to be hesitant to speak.
Indeed! He is not a cultivator, has no magic power and spiritual awareness, and cannot do many things.
But the grandparents in front of him are right! Fang Xing can completely hand over his most valuable trophy - the storage bag, and let them take out the treasures inside! However, there are many difficulties in this matter, the first of which is to conceal the private collection!
However, it is possible to let several low-level cultivators check it to prevent any concealment.
What’s more important is... the storage bag is too precious, which is enough reason to kill someone!
Fang Xing felt that even if he was honest, Ding Bushan would not believe a word he said and would only try every possible means to stay alive!
Besides, he had no spiritual awareness after all, so he couldn't see what was in the storage bag.
If Chen Yi had any high-level talismans or powerful treasures in his storage bag, and Ding Bushan took them out to deal with him, that would be a lot of fun! This is not impossible!
After all, Chen Yi was one of the first to discover the secret place. He might have gained a lot of benefits and would definitely store some life-saving items! Thinking of this, I felt a little disappointed.
"Forget it. Even if there are treasures in the storage bag, they are most likely for cultivators to use. I can't use them even if you give them to me..."
Fang Xing waved his hand: "In that case, we'll say goodbye and see you later..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the person disappeared like a white cloud.
"Alas, this is what a master is like."
Ding Bushan couldn't help but sigh when he saw this scene.
"Grandpa, you said before that..."
Ding Hongxiu wanted to say something, but Ding Bushan covered her mouth. Then the grandfather and grandson continued on their way back to Qinglinfang City without saying a word.
Ding Bushan didn't breathe a sigh of relief until he entered the shantytown. "We don't even know if they've gone far yet, you're just talking nonsense, girl. Do you want to kill your grandfather?!"
"You looked down on him in the beginning, and yet you always compared him with others!" Ding Hongxiu snorted.
She had long wanted to say something to this somewhat snobbish grandfather.
"Ahem... that's all in the past. Your grandfather didn't know he was so powerful." Ding Bushan sighed: "The world is in chaos now. Compared to the handsome young man who often comes to buy spiritual rice, this kind of strong man is more suitable for you..."
Ding Hongxiu rolled her eyes.
The grandfather and grandson quarreled and walked into the market.
This place is still as lively as usual, with people coming and going. It does not seem deserted at all because of the opening of the secret realm. Instead, there are more new faces.
Many casual cultivators died in the secret realm, but many more casual cultivators from the outside world brought their own dry food and paid high prices for boat tickets to try their luck here! Occasionally, among the many casual cultivators, there were one or two young men and women in green robes passing by.
The robes they wore were all sky blue in color, with the symbol of Qingxuan Sect. Each of them had a high level of cultivation and were obviously disciples of Qingxuan Sect.
"This shabby place is still unacceptable..."
Old man Ding Bushan felt a toothache when he saw all these scenes.
At this moment, the formation above the sky suddenly activated, and a stream of light rushed into the market at an astonishing speed.
Along with the flowing light, there came a terrifying majesty!
In the market town, the legs of the Qigong practitioners became weak and they almost collapsed to the ground.
"What...happened?"
Ding Hongxiu grabbed her grandfather's arm and felt like crying.
If I had known the city was so dangerous, I would not have come back.
“It’s a Jindan… a Jindan master!”
Ding Bushan's voice was bitter as he stared at a white-haired old woman in the air.
This Jindan Zhenren of Qingxuan Sect is a woman with silver hair, a face as rosy as a peach, and deep spiritual energy in her body, like the sea.
"Greetings to the Grand Elder!"
Many Qingxuan Sect disciples saluted one after another. From the top of Qinglin Mountain and the Zheng family's ancestral home, several streams of light flew out and transformed into spirited foundation-building monks who saluted in mid-air.
"The Black Tiger Gang has violated my taboo, and their leader has been executed... You guys better take care of yourselves!"
The silver-haired old woman with a peach-like face spoke hoarsely, took out a corpse from the storage bag and hung it on the archway of the market. It was the leader of the Black Tiger Gang who had already established his foundation! His eyes were wide open with anger, and he died unwillingly...
"Is he really the leader of the Black Tiger Gang?"
“Hiss… This is the foundation-building major cultivation!”
"So what if I'm building a foundation? Once the golden elixir gets angry, millions of people will die and blood will flow for thousands of miles..."
"Alas... It's a pity that Jiang Heihu had just established his foundation and was full of vigor and vitality, but ended up like this..."
"The power of a Jindan Zhenren is truly unparalleled. I heard that the Black Tiger Gang leader had escaped a long time ago... but he was captured and brought back..."
Many Qigong cultivators were horrified when they saw this scene! The Qingxuan Sect's Grand Elder personally took action to destroy the Black Tiger Gang, which was undoubtedly a warning to everyone present! This was not killing the chicken to scare the monkey, but killing the monkey to scare the chicken! After the Jindan Zhenren left, the atmosphere in the market became strangely enthusiastic again.
"broken!"
Ding Bushan's old face turned pale. "What kind of opportunity is there in that secret realm? Even Master Jiedan has condescended to come here... The water is too deep, and we two can't grasp it..."
When he thought about how he wanted to sign up for the expedition, Ding Bushan wanted to slap himself hard...
(End of this chapter)
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