Chapter 1882: High‑Price Ticket

"Can you still make money?" Ye Liuyun became curious.

The Martial Cultivator told Ye Liuyun: "This Body Refining Hall is actually a Secret Realm. After a Martial Cultivator enters, they cannot use Divine Soul Power, nor need to mobilize the True Essence inside the core pill, cannot wear armor, and must fight solely with Physical Body strength."

Moreover, inside the Storage Ring and Space World cannot be opened, and one cannot use one's own weapons. Healing pills and combat weapons must be searched for and seized inside.

"Can't use True Essence, can't open the Storage Ring, how do you recover injuries?" Ye Liuyun grew even more curious after hearing him.

The Martial Cultivator explained further: "So you have to rely on the pills the Secret Realm dispenses! For each person you kill inside, the Secret Realm rewards you with a pill, a Seventh Tier Body Refining Pill. Outside it sells for five million Crystal Stones each! Now you see how those people make money, right?"

"What if you die inside?" Ye Liuyun asked again.

"Dead is dead! People who come here are already here to risk their lives!" the Martial Cultivator said indifferently: "Take a gamble—either you grab some resources or you just die, the place of death is what differs."

Ye Liuyun thought for a moment and asked: "Since you can't use True Essence, no matter how high their cultivation, if their Physical Body isn't strong enough, isn't it still very dangerous?"

The Martial Cultivator nodded and said: "Of course! That's why, as you see, the people who come here don't have very high cultivations!

Those with higher cultivations can go out to kill Foreign Tribe members for resources. They don't dare venture here lightly. If they're killed inside the Secret Realm, they'd be considered wrongfully dead!"

"There are such Secret Realms?" Ye Liuyun found it somewhat unbelievable.

He casually asked: "How much money does one have to pay to enter this Secret Realm?"

The Martial Cultivator gave Ye Liuyun a cheeky grin, waved a palm, deliberately said nothing, letting Ye Liuyun guess.

"Five million Crystal Stones?" Ye Liuyun asked.

The Martial Cultivator shook his head, sneering at Ye Liuyun: "Five million Crystal Stones—if you get one pill you'll earn it back! Do you think the owner of this Body Refining Hall is a fool?"

"Is it fifty million?" Ye Liuyun asked again.

The Martial Cultivator shook his head again.

"Could it be five hundred million Crystal Stones?" Ye Liuyun asked, somewhat surprised.

Only then did the Martial Cultivator nod: "I've been saving for a long time to accumulate this many Crystal Stones."

He glanced at the stunned Ye Liuyun, assuming he didn't have that much money, and said: "If you don't have Crystal Stones, you can place bets at the combat arena. There are battles every day; win a bet and you can earn a sum."

"Five hundred million Crystal Stones—that would require killing at least a hundred people just to break even!" Ye Liuyun sighed.

The Martial Cultivator, hearing that, reminded Ye Liuyun: "Some people have more than one pill in hand! Also, the Storage Ring can't be opened inside, but what about after you take it out?"

Ye Liuyun suddenly realized!

"In that case, those five hundred million Crystal Stones would be earned back quite quickly!"

The Martial Cultivator, however, curled his lip and warned: "Don't think it's that easy. Inside the Secret Realm there are people who have been lurking there for years, making fortunes. They are not only familiar with the Secret Realm and have strong Physical Bodies, but also wield weapons.

If your luck is bad, you'll be teleported to their side as soon as you enter, and that would be disastrous."

Then he deliberately emphasized to Ye Liuyun: "Moreover, unless you win three consecutive matches on the arena, you can't get out of that Secret Realm!"

"What does that mean?" Ye Liuyun asked again.

"In the central area of the Secret Realm there's a huge arena where Martial Cultivators can fight. After you enter the Secret Realm, your position is random. If you want to leave, you must rush to that arena and win three matches in a row; only then can you exit the Secret Realm at any time." the Martial Cultivator explained to Ye Liuyun.

"If it takes too long to get out, won't you starve to death inside? You can't use True Essence there either." Ye Liuyun was still puzzled.

"That won't happen. There are ferocious beasts inside; if you're hungry you can kill them!" the Martial Cultivator laughed.

"There are also ferocious beasts? They can't use True Essence either?" Ye Liuyun pressed.

"Of course, otherwise people wouldn't go in looking for death!" the Martial Cultivator said.

"Even the Martial Cultivators who go in are in great danger! The owner of this Body Refining Hall must be raking in profits!" Ye Liuyun calculated that the survival chance for Martial Cultivators inside is lower than that of the Alien Battlefield.

The Martial Cultivator admitted: "Indeed! So everyone who comes here is prepared for danger. But besides Body Refining, there are also profits! I just couldn't resist the temptation and wanted to try."

Ye Liuyun thought for a while, then turned and left.

The Martial Cultivator assumed Ye Liuyun didn't dare to go in, or lacked money, and didn't pay much attention.

In fact, Ye Liuyun returned to the inn and discussed with Lei Ming and others, asking if anyone wanted to go.

The several women were all eager to go.

Lei Ming and Long Nv were already physically stronger, Ye Tiandao also had strong will, so Ye Liuyun wasn't worried. Only Man Shu had a weak Physical Body and lacked any survival skills.

Ye Liuyun finally thought it over and didn't let her go, instead keeping her at the inn to train. Fearing accidents, Ye Liuyun left many resources for Man Shu.

Barbarian Ox was also kept by Ye Liuyun to guard Man Shu.

Afterward, Ye Liuyun led the other three women, rushing to the Body Refining Hall. Upon entering the Secret Realm, the Space World wouldn't open, and Ye Liuyun couldn't cheat; he had to take them in directly and honestly paid twenty billion Crystal Stones.

"It's so expensive; once inside, I'll definitely earn this cost back!" Lei Ming muttered softly.

【5​5】 "Don't talk nonsense! We're not short of these crystals now. After you go in, the main thing is to survive, then to improve strength. As for whether you earn pills or crystal stones, it doesn't matter!"

"Don't spout nonsense! We aren't lacking this bit of Crystal Stone now. After you go in, the main thing is to preserve your lives, and then to increase your strength. As for whether you earn pills and Crystal Stone stones, that doesn't matter at all!"

Ye Liuyun immediately reminded the group not to think about making money. The others all nodded in agreement, and Ye Liuyun led them to the Secret Realm entrance, entering one by one.

After a bout of dizziness, Ye Liuyun entered the Secret Realm and found that Lei Ming and the others had been transported to an unknown location, and he himself didn't know where he was.

He checked himself: Divine Soul Power was unusable, he couldn't sense the surroundings, but his Golden Pupil still worked.

There was not a trace of spiritual energy in the air; Ye Liuyun's core pill was sealed, and the Mysterious Origin inside could not be mobilized at all. The Primordial Spirit Secret Technique thus lost all effect.

The Space World and Storage Ring indeed could not be opened, likely because Divine Soul Power was unusable.

Bloodline, Spatial Power, flame, ice, and Buddha Demon Power were all unusable.

He tried Heaven and Earth Power and indeed could still use it.

"Great, with just this one ability I can survive."

Then he picked up a piece of wood by the road, used it as a knife and slashed.

"Knife intent can still be used."

Ye Liuyun was quite satisfied with the result.