Chapter 2406: Secret Realm Beacon

At this moment, three avian demons were shot down from the sky at the same time. Neither friend nor foe paid any attention to the flight path of this blue-feathered eagle, nor did anyone care about the direction it fell—actually, it was heading toward a clear green pond below!

Beneath the lake surface lies the Secret Realm of the Shieldskin Fish!

The Shieldskin Fish originally lived in the ocean, but after its traces were moved to Jade Capital City, it could only manifest as a lake.

With a "plop," the blue-feathered eagle fell into the lake.

It landed on the calm lake surface, raising only a small splash, then sank smoothly downward.

The lake water was crystal clear, the lakebed very clean, not a thousand gullies and myriad ravines. After swimming for a dozen breaths, the blue-feathered eagle saw before it a deep, long trench, into which no light from the surface could penetrate.

It immediately dove downward into it.

He Lingchuan had instructed before acting that the entrance to the Secret Realm was most likely located in pits, caves, doors, and similar places.

He did not know how deep he had descended, but ahead, light began to appear instead.

The blue-feathered eagle strained to swim forward; before its eyes, a blue light flashed, and instantly the pressure it felt changed!

This place was still underwater, but the surrounding scenery had changed—everywhere were coral reefs, with seaweed attached swaying rhythmically with the incoming and outgoing waves.

Small, brightly colored fish darted to and fro in the seaweed, some with exceptionally vivid bodies and stripes. Upon seeing an intruder, they immediately hid.

This is not a lake.

Where would tides come from in a lake?

Knowing he had arrived at the right place, the blue-feathered eagle immediately released the crystal die it had been gripping in its claws.

Its six faces were transparent, though something seemed to be flowing inside.

When the blue-feathered eagle shook it, seven or eight people appeared in the surrounding seawater.

They were precisely the Immortals of the Spirit Mountain and He Lingchuan, Zhu Xiuer.

"This is the Secret Realm of the Shieldskin Fish." Before anyone could look left and right, Shangzun Mingyao said to He Lingchuan, "It's up to you— the faster, the better."

No one knew how much time the Panlong Secret Realm could buy them; once the Shieldskin Fish returned, they would be in serious trouble.

He Lingchuan nodded, dove into the seabed, and began searching.

To onlookers, the seabed situation was complex and intricate, especially this reef, staggered and layered, truly resembling an underwater palace. With only the naked eye, who could discern reality from illusion and truth from falsehood?

Speaking of which, if this seabed Secret Realm of the Shieldskin Fish had no distinctive features, how could it be worthy of collection by the Earth Mother?

He Lingchuan reached out and lightly tapped his chest—he was touching the Divine Bone Necklace.

For a long time, this had been his cheating artifact. The object-finding ability of the Divine Bone Necklace had never failed.

Moreover, the Great Direction Vessel had gained much from the Overturned Sea, deeply penetrating the "Illusion" of Qianzhuan True Person and the "Truth" of Miaozhantian, enabling it to find "physical objects" in the Shieldskin Fish's Secret Realm with little difficulty.

This is what gave He Lingchuan the confidence to boldly guarantee success.

After activating the Divine Bone Necklace, he patrolled the seabed and would occasionally see red light flickering between the reef rocks and seaweed.

He moved the obstacles aside and found that the flashing light could be a shell, could be coral reef rock, could be porous volcanic stone blocks, or even possibly a crystal sand.

He Lingchuan also discovered a two-finger-long thin needle in the rock cave, also flashing red light.

He pulled it out and examined it.

Previously, when the Divine Bone Necklace searched for things, it emitted light and vibration to help He Lingchuan narrow the search range, but he still had to make his own judgment—unlike now, when the necklace actually gave the target a direct halo of light.

He Lingchuan thus had no trouble—he got it in one step.

Of course, this was not a benefit given by the Divine Bone Necklace, but rather his relationship with the Great Direction Vessel had deepened further, so its hints could be more direct and straightforward; furthermore, he had inherited Zhong Shengguang's Secret Realm, and his understanding of the rules of virtual and real had also advanced to a higher level.

After searching for ten items, he turned and swam toward the immortals, handing one to each.

Chongyao True Person stared at the thin needle in his hand, "This, this is what?"

"Most likely a fish spine."

"... Are you sure?" Earlier, everyone had seen him scratching around on the seabed, flipping and picking, then just bringing back a pile of junk.

These things, frankly speaking, they saw nothing special about.

He Lingchuan also did not explain: "Let's go out and run a test."

Mingyao Shangzun somehow produced a dried lizard, limp, but after soaking in water it swelled up quickly, and after a dozen breaths became a normal small lizard, still able to flick its tongue.

Mingyao Shangzun then tied the small shell given by He Lingchuan onto the lizard and released it into the Secret Realm.

"Let's see how far it can go."

If the small lizard left the Secret Realm and was discovered, they would have to change their next plan.

Everyone waited in silence, hearts in their throats.

After a short while, Mingyao Shangzun barely opened his eyes: "It's still there, not caught."

After another dozen breaths, the small lizard returned smoothly to the Secret Realm.

"It seems Immortal Mingke's hypothesis is correct—objects stained with the Secret Realm's aura can indeed conceal our movements."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Now, split up and act."

Thus everyone grouped according to the prior arrangement.

Immortal Mingke, Ling Jinbao, He Lingchuan, and Zhu Xiuer formed one group, heading for Duzhi Mountain;

The others formed another group, heading to find the white house in the underground city.

The crowd left the underwater Secret Realm of the Shieldskin Fish, about to set out, when unexpectedly the ground began to tremble, and the buildings before them started to shift!

Everyone's first reaction was that they had been exposed.

However, Immortal Mingke pointed to the high tower thirty zhang away and said in a low voice, "Don't panic—it's just Jade Capital City adjusting its architectural layout. If the Earth Mother had discovered us, she would have already come after us!"

Every so often, the Earth Mother adjusts the terrain and architecture of Jade Capital City to prevent opponents from mapping it.

The mystery and unknown of Jade Capital City are its greatest trump card.

But this kind of temporary adjustment is troublesome for He Lingchuan and the others.

Duzhi Mountain and the entrance to the underground city—where have they been moved to now?

Mingyao Zunzun wanted to use the sound transmission tube to contact the True Person of Sihai, so he could see clearly. After all, our side is inside the city, while the True Person of Sihai can observe the entire city from a high place.

But Xianren Moke immediately stopped him: "Do not! Unexpected magic power fluctuations in the city may very well attract the attention of the Earth Mother."

Can't we use divine powers on the road either? Then what should we do?

He Lingchuan immediately patted the blue-feathered eagle on his shoulder: "You fly up to the sky to look for us, but you don't need to come back."

Two takeoffs and landings are likely to arouse the Earth Mother's suspicion.

Zhu Xiuer stuffed something into its mouth, and thus the blue-feathered eagle that Xiao An had transformed into shook its wings and soared into the heavens.

Only after leaving the Earth Mother's barrier did it open its mouth.

A tiny eyeball spider crawled out of its mouth and jumped onto the blue-feathered eagle's head, looking down upon Yujing City below.

The city layout had indeed changed greatly, completely different from when He Lingchuan and the others set out, with various buildings presenting a random arrangement and combination.

This scene was also synchronously transmitted to He Lingchuan and Zhu Xiuer's eyes in real time.

This is not a magical art or divine ability, but an innate talent of the Earth Cavern Spider Queen, producing no magic power fluctuations.