Chapter 215

"'Luotian Gourd Vine' and 'Luotian Secret Realm'?"

If the token in his hand is indeed the "Luotian Token," then the vines extending from it represent the opening time of the "Luotian Secret Realm."

According to the description of the demonic script left behind, the "Luotian Gourd Vine" bears five different gourds every five hundred years, each with a different function: some directly increase cultivation base, some can resurrect the dead and flesh white bones, some contain deadly poison, some can assist in breaking through cultivation base, etc.

Moreover, the gourds produced each time may differ from the previous ones.

Only when the fruit of the "Luotian Gourd Vine" is about to mature and it wildly absorbs heavenly and earthly spiritual energy, inwardly condensing its essence, does the restriction of the "Luotian Secret Realm" become weak, allowing those who possess the "Luotian Token" to enter.

Besides that, the secret realm is not only the "Luotian Gourd Vine"; there are also many other heavenly treasures and earthly riches, even including Nascent Soul supreme treasures!

Just from this information, Yunhe can basically conclude that once the secret realm opens, anyone who knows of it and possesses the "Luotian Token" will inevitably go.

Whether Jie Dan cultivator or Yuan Ying cultivator!

The secret realm does not limit the cultivator's cultivation base upper limit; the only restriction is the "Luotian Token."

But what should a Jie Dan cultivator like Yunhe, who possesses the "Luotian Token," do if he encounters a Yuan Ying cultivator inside the secret realm?

Therefore, this is definitely an extremely dangerous secret realm, especially for Jie Dan cultivators.

To be frank.

When Yunhe thought that Yuan Ying cultivators would also enter the secret realm to seize treasures, he instinctively wanted to give up on it.

After all, no matter how powerful a Jie Dan cultivator is, no matter how mighty his treasures or how strong his methods, the suppression from an absolute Yuan Ying old monster cannot be erased by these means.

But if he just gives up like that.

He is also a bit unwilling.

It opens only once every five hundred years, not only bearing the gourds from the "Luotian Gourd Vine," but also Nascent Soul supreme treasures!

Now he is also at mid‑Jie Dan stage, confident about breaking through to Late Jie Dan Stage, but regarding Nascent Soul

To be frank, Yunhe has no confidence at heart.

Moreover, this secret realm has existed for so long that even the He family, a thousand‑year‑old Jie Dan clan, has gotten no news, showing that the many forces of the Cloud‑Above Realm have sealed off information about it very well; those "Luotian Tokens" may well be held by these big and small powers.

By then, the opposition might not only be Yuan Ying cultivators but possibly a group of them banding together.

"The risk is too great."

Yunhe let out a silent sigh.

If he cannot obtain more accurate information about the "Luotian Secret Realm" and cannot determine its danger level, Yunhe will likely choose to give up, to turn a blind eye.

Although the treasures in the secret realm are tempting, one also needs the life to obtain them.

He glanced again at the token in his hand that glowed with a faint light.

Yunhe put it away.

"There should still be some time; let's try to gather more information about the 'Luotian Secret Realm.'"

Families like the He clan may not know, but some major powers likely do.

In Yunhe's mind appeared a graceful figure adorned with a little bell.

"She might know something."

"Whether or not we go to the 'Luotian Secret Realm,' increasing our own means and refining our cultivation base is never wrong."

With that thought, Yunhe silently recalled the plan he had set when leaving the He family for this outing.

First, naturally, gather materials and refine the shell of the Fourth Level Land Mountain Turtle into the magic treasure "Qinyao Jia."

At that time he will have defense from that treasure, offense from the Five‑Element Heavenly Thunder Sword cultivated for decades, escape with the "Cloud Escape Talisman" and "Golden Shadow Talisman," plus beast‑soul banners, thick‑earth cauldrons and other auxiliary treasures, as well as the Red‑Shadow Golden‑Winged Bees and Corpse‑Soul Gu insects; against cultivators of the same stage he will have a great chance to overcome them.

Even against Late Jie Dan Stage cultivators, he is confident he has the strength for one battle.

Second, he will seek treasures that can break the shackles of the flesh.

If he can temper his flesh to the level of an early Third Stage demonic beast, his self‑preservation ability in danger will greatly increase.

Lastly, and also something he is not urgently seeking but deeply longs for, is a Nascent Soul supreme treasure.

Although it hasn't been long since he broke through to mid‑Jie Dan, preparing ahead is never wrong.

If he encounters a Nascent Soul supreme treasure, he would not hesitate even to lose all his wealth or resort to murder and plunder.

However, Nascent Soul supreme treasures are to be hoped for but unattainable.

Afterwards, Yunhe searched back and forth in the cave several times but found no hidden chambers or compartments.

However, beneath a rock in the cave he found a palm‑sized formation device containing, to his astonishment, a high‑grade Spirit Stone whose spiritual energy had already been mostly depleted.

He probed, injecting his divine sense, and a short message appeared in his mind.

"Third Stage Upper‑Grade Formation, Sumeru Thousand Illusions Formation!"

This is precisely the formation that envelops this cave.

This illusion formation can prevent cultivators below the Yuan Ying stage from breaking through; even when facing a Yuan Ying cultivator, there is a certain probability of evading his divine sense search.

This formation requires no overseer; after Yunhe merely infused it with mana, he saw its surface flash with splendid light, whereupon dozens of small flags flew out from every corner of the cave, swirled for a moment, and then turned into myriad colorful ribbons that sank back into the formation flags.

Although he failed to find the formation device that could shroud the entire Yun Island, aside from its coverage being smaller than that of the formation that could envelop the whole island, in terms of shielding and confusing ability it is actually superior.

However, this formation device also contains some unknown mana traces and markings, clearly indicating it had been previously refined by someone.

But for Yunhe, who is already a Second Stage Upper‑Grade Formation Master, erasing these traces is not difficult; at most it would take a little extra time.

Finally, he casually wiped away the inscription on the jade pillar.

This jade pillar may look extraordinary, but it actually has little value, so he didn't bother to deal with it.

Having done these, Yunhe flew away.

Two days later.

Leaving the Yun Island shrouded by the illusion formation, Yunhe did not pause for a moment and flew straight toward Yun Palace City.

Wanting to gather rare materials in the Cloud‑Above Realm, Yunhe's first thought was Yun Palace City; if it didn't have them, he would have to find another way to seek them himself.

"Actually, if there's a chance, it's best to refine a flying magic treasure."

Although after reaching Jie Dan stage a cultivator can fly for long periods without a flying magic treasure relying solely on his evasion technique, flight speed still depends on one's art of escape; if he also had a suitable flying magic treasure, it would undoubtedly increase his evasion speed.

The faster you run, the safer you are.

As for this, Yunhe actually already had some ideas.

A flying-type flying sword magic treasure would be his preferred choice.

Actually, the Five Elements Thunder Sword can also serve as a flying magic treasure; by unleashing its thunder power, it can still greatly boost flying speed in a short time.

But this method cannot be sustained long, and it greatly consumes the thunder power stored in the Five Elements Thunder Sword; using it purely for flight, unless escaping, is indeed somewhat wasteful.

A wing-type auxiliary flying magic treasure is his second choice.

Because whether it's a flying sword or wings, they won't interfere with his own evasion technique; they will only stack atop the base.

Moreover, wing-type magic treasures are rare, and Yunhe has little clue about refining such treasures.

Lastly, it's the flying boat-type flying magic treasure he has used the most.

Using a flying boat will inevitably affect his own evasion technique; the two cannot stack. However, its advantage is low mana consumption, only needing to allocate part of his attention to control the flying boat, and he can also do other things while flying.

"'One by one, first refine the tortoise shell of the Land Mountain Tortoise.'"

In the evasion light.

Yunhe suddenly frowned, hurriedly stopped his form, and concealed himself in the cloud sea.

Only then did he look behind.

He saw.

Not far from him, four or five streaks of light were entangled and fighting; in the blink of an eye they had covered a considerable distance.

This let Yunhe slightly relax.

He initially thought someone was coming for him, but now it seems these few are busy fighting each other, and didn't notice his existence at all.

But then Yunhe's expression became somewhat strange.

Because just now his gaze swept over, he discovered that among those streaks of light were actually people he knew.

And there were not a few.

"'Liu Clan's Liu Two, Wang Clan's Wang Fengsong, Wang Clan's Wang Lou.'"

Yunhe recalled that Wang Lou had recently invited him to explore a certain secret realm together.

Now it seems they should have finished exploring the secret realm.

As for the one being pursued by them, it is a female cultivator with mid Golden Core cultivation base, holding a conspicuous white heavy sword, her expression stern and her eyes sharp.

Facing the pursuit of four mid Golden Core cultivators, she was not panicked but rather appeared at ease, escaping while responding.

He didn't know this woman's appearance, but that sword gave him a sense of familiarity.

This made Yunhe think of a person.

"'Descendant of the Woodcutter of Hanging Mirror Lake.'"

Mu Haitang!

"'Now this is getting interesting.'"

Yunhe, hiding in the cloud layer, quietly formed a hand seal and followed up, with a faint light flickering in his eyes.

Although he knew this woman, and had done decent deals with Mu Haitang, he had little interest in saving her.

But regarding Liu Two, Wang Fengsong, and Wang Lou, he indeed had some thoughts.

Especially toward Liu Two and Wang Fengsong.

These two are the only remaining Golden Core cultivators of the Liu and Wang clans; if they could be eliminated, the He clan would have greater development space on Nan Su Island.

Moreover, even if he doesn't actively seek trouble with them, they will surely seek trouble for the He clan and 'He Wen' if they get the chance.

If Yunhe later still wants to use the identity of the He clan's ancestor He Wen, then his conflict with these two will inevitably be irreconcilable.

If there is an opportunity to eliminate them, Yunhe will naturally not hesitate.

However, he is not foolish enough to directly charge up and face the four mid Golden Core cultivators, becoming someone else's scapegoat.

"'Daoist Mu, hand over the token; we'll pardon past grievances and let it go now.'"

Wang Lou no longer had the 'peaceful and amiable' old good person demeanor he had when facing Yunhe.

And he seems to be the leader among the four pursuers.

"'Hmph.'"

Facing his words, Mu Haitang kept a cold face, merely gave a cold snort, and didn't say much more.

But when she turned her head, she seemed to sense something, her peripheral vision glancing toward a certain part of the cloud sea.

That glance made Yunhe secretly startled, and he abruptly stopped his action.

Been discovered?

How did you do that?

It's not that Yunhe is arrogant; he still has some confidence in his concealment technique, and the fact that Wang Lou and the four didn't notice him is the best proof, yet Mu Haitang could detect him?

At this moment, Yunhe suddenly lowered his gaze.

He saw that on his palm, several grayish-white, thread-like creatures were wriggling beneath the skin, seeming somewhat active.

This made Yunhe involuntarily furrow his brows.

Corpse soul gu?

At the same time, a divine sense swept over him, and a woman's voice sounded in his mind.

"'Daoist, if you're waiting for an opportunity to act, why not strike now?'"

Indeed, he had been discovered.

This made Yunhe's brows lock even tighter.

He didn't know how Mu Haitang discovered him, but he already had a vague suspicion.

Yunhe flipped his palm, calming the active corpse soul gu.

Coldly echoing, he said: "Why not let fellow Daoist give me a chance to act?"

He wanted to kill the Golden Core cultivators of the Liu and Wang families, but he wouldn't let that put himself in danger.

If Mu Haitang didn't take the lead to show something, he would definitely turn and leave.

And Mu Haitang, just as her first impression on Yunhe, acted extremely decisively; at first, without hesitation, she spread the Corpse Slaughter Hall's techniques to secure her own survival; this time, upon hearing Yunhe's words, she again without hesitation halted her flight, swiftly injecting two spell seals into her heavy sword.

With a hum, her heavy sword trembled slightly, then burst forth a terrifying blade light; she turned and swung the sword at the four behind her!

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