Chapter 212: Watching the Battle

After entering the teleportation array, with a surge of spiritual power, Song Qingming immediately felt a familiar dizziness. A moment later, they appeared on a flat stone platform.

Looking around, Song Qingming discovered that this stone platform seemed to be in a mountain hollow of a small hill. Judging from the time spent teleporting, Song Qingming felt that the distance from here to the Taiyue Lake Market should not be too far. However, the surroundings here and the sky were already covered by a mass of white fog, as if completely isolated by a mountain-protecting formation, making it truly impossible to see what the scenery outside looked like.

Just after teleporting over, some people in the crowd were clearly still a bit unaccustomed. The Xiaoyao Sect cultivators guarding this end of the teleportation array led them to the other side of the hill after everyone had recovered on the platform.

Before they even arrived there, Song Qingming saw a circular black hole in the mid-air of the hillside, with bursts of black spiritual light appearing from time to time around it. It seemed that that was the true entrance to the secret realm.

After arriving under the black hole, Song Qingming finally saw that it was more than ten feet wide, looking like an abyss, bottomless, with bursts of fierce hurricanes blowing out from inside from time to time.

After arriving here, some cultivators who were more familiar with this place soon flew directly toward the black hole. Song Qingming and Huang Shengxin and the others were not willing to fall behind and all rushed to the front of the team.

The entrance to this secret realm looked very different from the secret realm entrance Song Qingming had entered in the Fuyun Mountain Range back then.

The secret realm entrance in the Fuyun Mountain Range opened by Fire Phoenix was very unstable and would have interface true fire leaking out from inside. Even a Foundation Establishment cultivator would certainly injure their physical body if they touched it.

In comparison, this black hole in the sky was much more stable, and the entrance only had some hurricanes, which would not have much impact on Foundation Establishment cultivators.

After entering the black hole in the sky, Song Qingming soon fell into a piece of darkness. As he went deeper, Song Qingming's spiritual sense could gradually no longer sense the surrounding cultivators.

After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, feeling a roll of black fog around him, Song Qingming's eyes lit up, and he fell directly from the high sky.

Fortunately, there was a sand dune below, and there was no danger. Song Qingming turned in the air and landed steadily on the ground.

The secret realm was extremely dangerous, not only with demon beasts and traps but also with cultivators lurking in the dark. Song Qingming did not dare to walk around casually in this place alone, so he hurriedly left the sand dune and found a natural stone cave to hide in first.

Taking out a small silver mirror to look, Song Qingming discovered that his position was not too far from Huang Shengxin, and he gradually felt at ease. As long as he reunited with this ninth-layer Foundation Establishment cultivator, he should not have to worry about his own safety for the time being.

Before entering the secret realm, Huang Shengxin had long since informed them that even if they went in together, their positions after arriving inside would be automatically separated. This was similar to the situation in the Fuyun Mountain Range secret realm. When Song Qingming entered it twice back then, the positions where he landed were also different.

In order to facilitate a quick reunion inside, the Huang family specifically took out a magic tool, the "Green Jade Mother-Child Mirror". As long as two cultivators holding the child-mother copper mirrors were within three thousand miles of each other, they could feel the other's position.

Song Qingming held the child mirror, while the mother mirror was in Huang Shengxin's hands. As long as Song Qingming followed the direction shown in the mirror, he estimated that it would take at most a few days to find the other party. If Huang Shengxin also moved toward his location, the time for the two to reunite would be greatly shortened.

However, Huang Shengxin should normally not move his position casually. After all, the mother mirror was in his hands, and the other three could only move toward his position. Once he moved his position casually and went out of range, it would be very difficult for others to find him.

After determining Huang Shengxin's orientation, Song Qingming walked directly out of the stone cave and started running wildly using his light-body technique.

It was not that one could not fly in the secret realm, but flying on a sword inside was too eye-catching and easily became a target for cultivators lurking in the surroundings. It was far less safe than walking on the ground. Using the light-body technique to travel like this was indeed a bit slower, but Song Qingming was not in such a rush. To him, safety was naturally the most important thing.

However, not everyone who entered here was as cautious as Song Qingming. Song Qingming had only walked for less than an hour before he had already seen several sword lights flying in the sky.

Song Qingming observed carefully and discovered that cultivators who dared to appear in the sky like this were basically late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators with relatively high cultivation. For people with lower cultivation like him, it was still better to be cautious.

After walking another stretch of road, Song Qingming suddenly heard a sound from ahead. After getting closer, Song Qingming discovered that a second-tier low-quality crocodile on the road ahead was preying on a first-tier wild boar demon beast.

Although Song Qingming saw a few first-tier top-quality spirit herbs that had already matured beside the two demon beasts, he did not choose to be greedy and instead prepared to bypass this place and rush forward.

Now that everyone had just entered the secret realm, most people were like Song Qingming now, rushing to find their teammates. Traveling now should still be considered the safest time. As long as he was not entangled by demon beasts on the road, he should be able to successfully reunite with Huang Shengxin quickly.

Just as he was about to stand up, a thunderbolt suddenly struck down directly at the second-tier crocodile demon beast. After a burst of crackling sounds, blue smoke rose from the second-tier crocodile demon beast, and it rolled to the side, abandoning the half-dead wild boar under its feet.

Seeing the thunderbolt fall, Song Qingming instantly froze in place, not daring to move anymore. It seemed that there were other cultivators present here. How fortunate that he was not greedy and appeared just now, otherwise he feared he would have been the fisherman caught by others.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 213 =====

Although Song Qingming saw several mature first-grade top-quality spiritual herbs beside the two demonic beasts, he did not choose to be greedy; instead, he prepared to bypass this area and continue his journey forward.

Everyone had just entered the secret realm, and like Song Qingming, most people were in a hurry to find their teammates. Traveling now should still be the safest time; as long as he was not entangled by demonic beasts on the road, he should be able to successfully and quickly rendezvous with Huang Shengxin.

Just as he was about to get up, a sudden bolt of thunder struck directly at the second-tier crocodile demonic beast. After a series of crackling sounds, blue smoke rose from the second-tier crocodile demonic beast, and it directly abandoned the half-dead wild boar under its feet, rolled over, and moved to the side.

Upon seeing the thunder fall, Song Qingming froze in place instantly, not daring to move again. It seemed there were other cultivators present here; it was fortunate that he hadn't been greedy and revealed himself just now, otherwise, he feared he would have been the one caught by someone else acting as the fisherman.

(End of chapter)