Lin Qianqian frowned slightly, her face filled with worry. "I feel something is amiss!"
"Don't forget, the individual champion of this competition must cultivate with the Ice Spirit Fairy!"
"So, I'm a little worried that if I cheat and get first place, it will anger Fairy Ice Spirit!"
Qin Feng curled his lip. "It's not that bad!"
"Someone of their stature would never concern themselves with such a trivial matter."
"Besides, she has no requirements for the person she is looking for for dual cultivation!"
"She can just pick anyone then!"
Lin Qianqian still felt something was amiss, but she ultimately gave up trying to persuade her.
"Oh, right!" Qin Feng said, looking at Lin Qianqian. "Later, I'll take you to a secluded place where you can stay in seclusion and convert your immortal spiritual power into divine power!"
"When you leave, if anyone questions you, you can say that you obtained the opportunity in the secret realm."
Lin Qianqian nodded. "I'll listen to you!"
Qin Feng immediately grabbed Lin Qianqian's hand and fled in the northwest direction.
A dozen minutes later, after passing over a forest, Qin Feng pulled Lin Qianqian down.
They landed at the foot of a green mountain.
Before them lay the entrance to a cave, hidden by a dense thicket of trees.
Qin Feng led Lin Qianqian into the cave, and then he set up a concealment array at the entrance to hide it.
Meanwhile, he also set up a defensive array after going into hiding.
Although the formations he set up weren't particularly sophisticated, there was no danger nearby, which was enough.
Moreover, this place is very close to the exit of the secret realm, so generally no one dares to attack people from other sects here.
However, just to be on the safe side, Qin Feng left the Immortal Execution Sword behind to secretly protect Lin Qianqian.
Of course, it can also be used to monitor Lin Qianqian.
After all, he still needed to use Lin Qianqian to get Nangong Town to help him find Liu Ruyan and her son.
Therefore, Lin Qianqian absolutely cannot get into trouble, nor can she be allowed to escape.
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In the ancient secret realm, there are many powerful savage beasts.
In addition, there are some naturally occurring formations, and they are all very powerful.
However, it could not pose a threat to Qin Feng.
Qin Feng's journey was remarkably successful; in just ten days, he found over a hundred medicinal herbs that were over ten thousand years old.
Moreover, most of them are medicinal herbs that are over 50,000 years old.
These medicinal herbs are all protected by ancient beasts of the Primordial Saint Emperor level.
But against Qin Feng, one punch would easily kill him.
As for those formations, they were as fragile as paper and utterly vulnerable in the face of Qin Feng's Law of Power.
Therefore, the ancient secret realm was like Qin Feng's own backyard, and he could pick any spiritual herbs he found whenever he wanted.
On the fifteenth day, Qin Feng had almost completed a tour of the entire ancient secret realm.
He obtained more than 50,000 medicinal herbs!
He stored 30,000 plants in his own storage ring, and the rest in the storage rings that were distributed to him.
Moreover, the 30,000 plants in his storage ring were all over 50,000 years old.
He estimated that 20,000 plants would be enough for Xuanming Immortal Sect to win first place, and also to ensure that Lin Qianqian would win first place individually.
Although there were still half a month left, Qin Feng had already lost interest in continuing to search for spiritual herbs.
On the twentieth day, Qin Feng returned to the place where Lin Qianqian was in seclusion.
However, he did not enter the cave, but instead sat cross-legged outside the cave to cultivate.
Soon, the last day of the competition arrived.
Lin Qianqian transformed all the immortal spiritual power into divine power and walked out of the cave.
When she saw Qin Feng sitting cross-legged not far away, she was taken aback. "When did you get back?"
Upon hearing this, Qin Feng opened his eyes, stood up, and smiled. "About ten days ago!"
Lin Qianqian asked curiously, "How many spiritual herbs did you get your hands on?"
"You'll find out soon enough!" Qin Feng said. "Give me your storage ring!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Qianqian immediately handed the storage ring that had been distributed to everyone to Qin Feng.
Qin Feng took out 19,000 spiritual herbs and put them into Lin Qianqian's storage ring, leaving only a little over 1,000 herbs in his own storage ring.
Lin Qianqian immediately accepted the storage ring that Qin Feng handed her.
She released her divine sense to examine the storage ring, and was immediately dumbfounded. "This...so much?"
"You didn't rob people from other sects, did you?"
Qin Feng blinked, asking curiously, "They can even rob other sects?"
Hearing this, Lin Qianqian was shocked. "So many spiritual herbs, and you actually found them all by yourself?"
"This is too much. We don't need that many at all. A hundred or so would be enough to get first place!"
"I remember, in the previous tri-state competition, the first place only had seventy or eighty plants!"
Qin Feng blinked. "So few? What's the point of such a competition then?"
Lin Qianqian said, "It definitely has meaning!"
"During each major competition, the various sects will allocate resources to reward the top-ranked individuals!"
"These are the resources that the major sects truly desire!"
"Moreover, I heard that the major sects will also put up a lot of resources for the bet!"
"Therefore, entering the ancient secret realm to gather spiritual herbs is merely for the purpose of obtaining those rewards!"
"And win the bet!"
"Oh, and another thing is that the major sects will fight each other to seize resources!"
"After each competition, out of the three hundred people who enter, less than half may leave alive!"
Qin Feng was stunned for a moment, then said speechlessly, "Why didn't you say something so important sooner?"
"Your fellow disciples are probably in grave danger!"
He didn't have the Xuanming Immortal Sect's internal communication magic item, so even if Lu Zicheng and the others asked him for help, they couldn't contact him.
Lin Qianqian's expression turned somewhat unpleasant, and she quickly took out her communication magic item to contact Lu Zicheng and the others.
She contacted them all, but could only reach five people.
The remaining three cannot be contacted; they may have already perished.
Lu Zicheng and his group of five were in dire straits, being hunted down by members of other sects.
At this moment, Lu Zicheng and the other four were not together; they were all quite far apart.
"Sigh, I was careless. It's all my fault for not telling you!"
Lin Qianqian said with a look of self-reproach, "If I had told you and given you the communication magic item, perhaps none of them would have been in trouble."
Qin Feng smiled slightly. "No need to blame yourself, it's their fate!"
"Moreover, they couldn't possibly be unaware of the dangers of entering the ancient secret realm, yet they still chose to come."
"Adults must bear the consequences of their choices!"
Lin Qianqian sighed softly. "That's true, but I still feel a little sorry for them!"
"Stop talking nonsense, let's go save those who are still alive!" Qin Feng grabbed Lin Qianqian's hand and disappeared.
Lu Zicheng was the closest to them at the moment, arriving in less than half an hour.
Lu Zicheng was hiding about 5,000 meters underground, while on the surface, six people were searching for his whereabouts.
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