Chapter 379: Spirit Turtle Girl

Stepping into the secret realm.

A strange law enveloped Lin Chuan.

Accompanied by a whirling vortex, his vision cleared again, and he found himself on a desert.

"Hmm?"

Lin Chuan frowned, "Shikong law?"

At Lin Chuan's current realm, he cannot directly sense the Shikong law, but his perfect spirit can still pick up faint traces when the law's fluctuations are extremely intense.

Just now, he sensed the aura of the Shikong law.

"A secret realm with such a dense Shikong law—there must truly be an extraordinary treasure."

Lin Chuan looked around; yellow sand stretched across the sky.

The Cloud Kingdom cultivators who entered with him were scattered everywhere, nowhere to be seen.

Lin Chuan took out the compass stored in his Space Ring.

It was given by the Cloud Kingdom; after entering the secret realm, within a certain range it can detect the positions of other Cloud Kingdom cultivators.

Including the Cloud Kingdom cultivators who entered earlier.

Lin Chuan was not afraid of being discovered.

The highest-level cultivators who could enter this place are at most Mortal Dust Supreme Beings; even though he is only in the Divine Soul Realm, erasing a Mortal Dust Supreme Being with soul power would be a piece of cake.

"According to the national protection rites, the treasures in the secret realm constantly shift positions; finding them depends on luck."

"The entire secret realm is divided into four major zones."

"Besides the desert I'm in, there are the Extreme Cold Land, the Beast Ancient Forest, and the Deep Azure Waters."

Unable to locate any treasure and without a clear guide, Lin Chuan could only wander aimlessly.

He walked for a while.

In the desert, a figure appeared.

It turned out to be a girl carrying a turtle shell on her back, looking extremely weak, likely trapped in the desert too long without nourishment.

Lin Chuan also sensed something abnormal.

The spiritual energy here, when inhaled, creates a burning sensation; for the Spirit Clan, whose bloodline merges with the mystic turtle, it is indeed unfriendly.

"A Cloud Kingdom cultivator?!"

Seeing Lin Chuan, the Spirit Turtle girl regarded him as a formidable foe.

In this secret realm, cultivators of the two factions are easy to distinguish; Spirit Clan cultivators usually bear animal traits, sometimes fully beastified.

The aura of Cloud Kingdom cultivators is worlds apart.

"Still a little brat?"

"Just in the Divine Soul Realm?"

Regaining composure, the Spirit Turtle girl let out a sigh of relief; the Divine Soul Realm has only just touched the path of divine consciousness, making it the lowest tier in this secret realm.

The Cloud Kingdom actually sent cultivators of this level inside?

Wasn't it to send them to their deaths?

Or were they forced?

"You! Stop!"

The Spirit Turtle girl gathered courage, darted to the youth's side, "You're a Cloud Kingdom cultivator, aren't you?"

"Hmm."

Lin Chuan nodded, "Are you a Spirit Clan cultivator?"

Lin Chuan naturally feels fondness toward the Spirit Clan; in a sense, he is also the founding patriarch of the clan.

He certainly contributed to the establishment of the Spirit Clan.

"Why aren't you afraid of me?"

The Spirit Turtle girl snarled.

"Why should I be afraid of you?" Lin Chuan found it somewhat amusing.

"We are rivals!" the Spirit Turtle girl brandished claws, "Aren't you afraid I'd kill you?"

"Not afraid."

Lin Chuan laughed, "You would never kill me."

"Why?" the Spirit Turtle girl glared, feeling the youth was unusual.

Being able to enter the secret realm at such a young age surely means he harbors a secret.

"Because I know Ye Xue."

Lin Chuan said solemnly.

"You know Sister Xue'er?" the Spirit Turtle girl was shocked.

Although young, Sister Xue'er is an invincible presence in the Mortal Dust realm; the Spirit Clan high command sent her into the secret realm to seize the ultimate treasure in one stroke.

The prodigies before her were merely pathfinders, providing information for Ye Xue and ensuring the secret realm's safety.

"You're lying to me."

The Spirit Turtle girl doubted, "Sister Xue'er rarely interacts with the Human Race, how could she know you."

Lin Chuan smiled, "Perhaps I'm the one who rarely interacts."

"Really?"

The Spirit Turtle girl wavered again, "Fine, I'll take you to meet Sister Xue'er; if you're lying, you'll be dead."

In truth, she thought the desert was too vast for one to leave alone and wanted a companion.

The Cloud Kingdom cultivator before her seemed quite simple, harmless, with low cultivation and no threat.

It completely meets her requirements.

"The first thing we need to do isn't go find Sister Xue'er, but leave this desert; I've been trapped here for many days."

"I'm going crazy."

The spirit turtle girl said bitterly, "This desert seems endless; no matter how we walk, we can't get out, it's like an illusion."

Lin Chuan can be certain that this is not an illusion.

It must be due to the influence of the Shikong law; no matter how the spirit turtle girl walks, she remains trapped within this area.

To get out, there's probably only one way: break the Shikong seal here.

Perhaps this seal is also a protection of the secret‑realm treasure for itself.

If the treasure were that easy to find, it would lose its value and not deserve to be called a treasure.

Lin Chuan walked a circuit of the desert with the spirit turtle girl.

Just as he expected, they couldn't get out at all, and from time to time they could sense fluctuations in the Shikong law.

Each time the Shikong law manifests, it's actually the Deity, unnoticed by anyone, swapping their positions.

"Looks like we'll die here."

The spirit turtle girl began to cry, "I don't want to die! This is my first mission; how could I be so unlucky?"

"I'm still young and don't have a Dao Companion yet."

"Wuwuwu~"

Lin Chuan was speechless.

At the same age, the maturity of their minds differed by tens of thousands of miles.

Like the Sixth Prince Yunxing, with hundreds of vicious scheming thoughts all over his body.

In contrast, the spirit turtle girl clearly has a smooth brain, untouched by worldly affairs, having grown up in a harmonious and beautiful environment.

This also proves that the Spirit Clan is indeed doing quite well nowadays.

In the past, members of the Spirit Clan were mostly bullied as children.

Now they have also stood up.

If there hadn't been the ancient decisive battle, the Spirit Clan would have prospered unceasingly for a long time.

They walked for a long time in the desert.

"I can't go on."

The spirit turtle girl plopped onto the scorching sand, "Young man, we can't possibly get out."

"Then let's just wait here to die."

"It's good that you're with me to die; if I were to die here alone, I'd go to the netherworld and surely turn into a vengeful ghost."

"By the way, I haven't asked what your name is yet."

"We're about to die, so I'll tell you my name: I'm Gui Zi, a bloodline born of the Mystic Turtle Clan and your humans."

"I'm Lin Chuan," Lin Chuan said with a smile, announcing his name.

"Oh, what a good name… Wait! What did you say your name was?"

The spirit turtle girl was startled, "Lin Chuan? Are you the legendary Calamity Star that descended upon the world?"