Chapter 703: Opening the Secret Realm, Mysterious Valley (Seeking Subscriptions)

Seeing that Song Qingming had made the matter sound so serious, Huang Siyuan and the others didn't say anything more, all nodding at him with calm expressions and giving him a look of trust.

Since Song Qingming had served as the Song family head for over a hundred years, the entire family had flourished under his leadership and had almost never stopped its upward momentum.

Therefore, for so many years, everyone in the Song family from top to bottom had great faith in him as their family head, and few people would question the words or decisions Song Qingming made. —— Over half a month later, above an unnamed small island in the Tianyuan Sea area of the outer sea, a streak of white spiritual light flew over and landed directly on top of a huge reef in the southeast of the island.

After the spiritual light dissipated, a flying boat about a zhang long slowly appeared in mid-air.

After confirming the familiar small island in front of him, Song Qingming calmly led everyone to jump down from the flying boat, and then put the "Phantom Boat" in mid-air into his storage magic tool.

"You rest here for a moment and wait for me, I'll go see if there are any beasts hiding nearby." After exhorting Huang Siyuan and the others, Song Qingming stepped into the air and turned into a streak of light, disappearing into mid-air.

This small island was exactly the place where the "Tianyuan Sect" secret realm was located, which Song Qingming had discovered alone when he was traveling in the East Sea years ago and went hunting for demons nearby with Li Xianyun and the others.

Back then, Song Qingming had accidentally broken into an underground karst cave on the island to avoid the demon wind and beast tide, and as a result, he discovered Zhao Jibai's remains and that ancient secret realm of the Tianyuan Sect below.

It was a pity that at that time, the secret realm was not yet ready to be opened. Song Qingming tried it but couldn't enter the secret realm, so he could only leave with some regret.

Now, decades later, according to Song Qingming's estimation, the barrier at the entrance of the secret realm should have reached a weak point, and it was about time to open the secret realm and enter it.

Coming to the East Sea this time, besides selling beast materials and purchasing spiritual items the family needed, the most important thing in Song Qingming's heart was to open this secret realm located in the outer sea.

Such a secret realm left behind by an ancient major sect would be coveted even by Nascent Soul sects. Once the news leaked, Song Qingming and his group would absolutely not have the ability to protect this place.

Therefore, for so many years, Song Qingming had never mentioned this matter to anyone around him. Even on the way here, facing the inquiries of Huang Siyuan and the others, he still chose not to explain it.

The Tianyuan Sea area, because it was located in the outer sea, not only had many beasts, but occasionally cultivators would come here to hunt demons, so it was not a safe place. Whatever one did here, one needed to be careful and cautious.

On the way here, the group had already encountered several Jin Dan-level Demon Kings. Fortunately, Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan both had strong divine abilities, so they quickly repelled the Demon Kings' attacks and did not encounter too much danger.

After patrolling around the island, Song Qingming only found a few low-tier beasts and did not see those dangerous Demon Kings, so he felt relieved and returned to the reef where Huang Siyuan and the others were.

Subsequently, Song Qingming found a relatively safe place on the island, waved his hand, took out four formation flags, and set up a concealment formation.

"Siyuan and I are going down to get something. Yuanqian, Xuanfeng, you stay here. If any outsiders or powerful Demon Kings come to the island, send us a message immediately."

"Remember, this is the outer sea, there is danger everywhere. Do not walk out of the formation to expose your position. If you really encounter an emergency, use this talisman to lead the way down to find us."

The formation Song Qingming set up was second-grade top-quality, which could perfectly hide their figures and auras. As long as they weren't unlucky enough to encounter those powerful Demon Kings approaching the formation, under normal circumstances, it was unlikely they would be discovered.

After leaving Song Yuanqian and Song Xuanfeng on the island to keep watch, Song Qingming took Huang Siyuan and fell into the sea below, finding the entrance to the cave that had been submerged in the depths of the sea according to the clues he had remembered years ago.

After sneaking all the way, the two soon surfaced and arrived at the karst cave in the middle of the island.

"I didn't expect there to be another world down here. Husband, how did you find this place?"

After taking out a night-luminescent pearl to illuminate the surroundings, Huang Siyuan soon discovered some abnormalities in the karst cave and asked Song Qingming, who was walking in front.

"I discovered this place by accident when I was traveling nearby years ago. There is a secret realm left by an ancient sect hidden below. I brought you here this time because I wanted to go in and see if we could find anything good."

Since he had already brought them here, Song Qingming had nothing to hide, so he walked and talked, directly telling Huang Siyuan the whole story of how he discovered the "Tianyuan Sect" ruins.

"There is actually an ancient secret realm here? This is something even Nascent Soul sects would fight over. Husband actually has such an opportunity, this is truly hard for us to believe."

After hearing Song Qingming's explanation, Huang Siyuan couldn't help but exclaim, feeling a bit incredulous that Song Qingming could get such a big opportunity.

Seeing this, Song Qingming smiled and explained to her: "When I first came here, I couldn't believe it either, but what I said is indeed true."

"It's just that the secret realm wasn't ready to be opened at that time, so I couldn't get in. I don't know if there is anything good inside, so you don't need to be too excited now."

"A secret realm left by an ancient sect, even if there aren't many good things, it can't be empty, right!"

"Hehe! Thousands of years have passed, who knows what the situation is inside. I'm afraid you'll be disappointed if you don't find any treasures later." Song Qingming smiled and shook his head.

As the two were talking, they had already passed through the karst cave group and arrived in front of a mountain wall.

When Song Qingming left years ago, he had specially set up a sealing formation at the entrance of the secret realm to cover the cave entrance.

Seeing that the formation on the mountain wall in front of him had not been destroyed, Song Qingming felt a little relieved. He stepped forward and directly removed the formation above, and soon a cave entrance over a person's height appeared in front of the two.

After walking into the cave, Song Qingming hurriedly stepped forward to turn off the "Golden Yang Five Thunder Formation" that was running above his head, and then took Huang Siyuan into the stone room where he had discovered Zhao Jibai's remains.

"This is it!"

After scanning the empty stone room, Song Qingming came to a stone platform in the middle of the stone room and confirmed the location to enter the secret realm.

"Siyuan! After I open the secret realm later, don't rush in. I will notify you after confirming it is safe."

Hearing Song Qingming's kind exhortation, Huang Siyuan nodded calmly: "Don't worry, I know what to do. Husband, you must also pay attention to safety. If it is too dangerous, we won't force our way in this time, we can come back when our cultivation is higher."

"As long as you can break through to the Nascent Soul realm in the future, such secret realms should be accessible at any time, we don't need to be in a hurry."

"Yes! I have a sense of proportion and won't act recklessly."

After hearing Song Qingming's response, Huang Siyuan immediately turned and walked to the entrance to the side, to avoid disturbing Song Qingming in opening the secret realm.

After Huang Siyuan walked away, Song Qingming didn't rush to open the secret realm immediately, but sat cross-legged, took out a mid-grade spirit stone, and began to quickly restore his magic power state.

Until half a stick of incense later, Song Qingming, who had adjusted his state to perfection, stood up.

Immediately after, spiritual light flashed on Song Qingming's body, and he solemnly took out a jade plate magic tool that had been prepared long ago, which was pure white all over.

This item was the special magic tool he had obtained from Zhao Jibai years ago to open the secret realm. After so many years, it was still as new as ever.

Before long, Song Qingming, holding the white jade plate, performed a series of spells. The jade plate soon emitted a burst of spiritual light, automatically flew into mid-air, and began to frantically absorb the heaven and earth spiritual energy around it.

After another long while, the white jade plate finally absorbed enough spiritual energy and began to rotate rapidly in mid-air, forming a huge spiritual energy vortex over a zhang in diameter.

After this spiritual energy vortex rotated for a long time, the spiritual energy above became heavier and heavier, soon turning into a spiritual energy spring, and before long, the spiritual energy in the entire stone room became very rich.

Huang Siyuan, standing not far away, saw this astonishing scene, also opened her curious eyes wide, and a look of expectation appeared on her face.

"Hehe! The notes recorded on that manual were indeed correct. The secret realm barrier has become more than half weaker than last time. Now is the right time, it should be accessible."

After Song Qingming thought to himself, he performed spells again and took out a magic treasure, the "Golden Radiance Treasure Light Ring."

Subsequently, under the urging of Song Qingming's spells, this magic treasure grew several times larger and crashed into the spiritual energy vortex in mid-air with a fierce force.

After a loud "Bang!", what surprised Song Qingming was that the "Golden Radiance Treasure Light Ring" was directly bounced back by the spiritual energy vortex, and did not open the barrier at the entrance of the secret realm as he had wished.

Seeing this, a burst of green spiritual energy immediately appeared on Song Qingming's body, directly wrapping the "Golden Radiance Treasure Light Ring," and he accumulated power again to crash into the spiritual energy vortex.

This time, although the entrance barrier was still not opened, the "Golden Radiance Treasure Light Ring," which had been strengthened, had much greater power than before, and had already caused a crack in the barrier above the spiritual energy vortex.

Seeing that the attack just now had worked, Song Qingming was overjoyed. He injected his magic power into the "Golden Radiance Treasure Light Ring" again and commanded this magic treasure to continue attacking the barrier at the entrance of the secret realm.

Huang Siyuan, who was to the side, saw this and immediately flew over, taking out her own flying sword magic treasure to help Song Qingming attack the barrier.

Just like that, bursts of violent crashing sounds continued to ring out. After half an hour of continuous effort by the two, the barrier in the middle of the spiritual energy vortex finally emitted a sound of shattering. Immediately after, a very strange spiritual energy came out from inside, causing the expressions of both Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan to change.

"Has the secret realm barrier been broken through?"

Hearing Huang Siyuan's inquiry, Song Qingming, who had put away the magic treasure "Golden Radiance Treasure Light Ring" in front of him, smiled and nodded: "This barrier is indeed a bit troublesome for us Jin Dan cultivators, but fortunately it has finally been opened smoothly!"

"Seeing that the spiritual energy emitted from inside is so rich, there should still be things inside. We shouldn't return empty-handed this time." After feeling the spiritual energy emitted from the entrance, a trace of joy slowly appeared on Huang Siyuan's face.

"I hope it's as you said!"

After opening the entrance to the secret realm, Song Qingming didn't rush to test entering the secret realm, but took out a few spirit stones and began to sit in place to restore his magic power.

After about another quarter of an hour, feeling that the spiritual energy at the entrance of the secret realm had slowly stabilized, Song Qingming opened his eyes and stood up.

Under Huang Siyuan's gaze, Song Qingming first took off the spirit beast bag at his waist, released a few colorful "Golden Illusion Butterflies," and then began to perform spells to control them to fly toward the entrance of the secret realm.

After these few "Golden Illusion Butterflies" circled the spiritual energy vortex a dozen times, they suddenly plunged into the vortex and soon disappeared.

A moment later, Song Qingming, who was closing his eyes and using his spiritual sense to maintain contact with the "Golden Illusion Butterflies," suddenly felt the information they sent back after a silence.

Learning the news that these "Golden Illusion Butterflies" were still safe and sound after entering the vortex, a trace of excitement immediately appeared on Song Qingming's face, and he turned to look at Huang Siyuan to the side.

"This is a twin spiritual talisman. After I go in, if you see the spiritual talisman self-destruct, it means I have confirmed that there is no danger inside. You can come in directly."

"If the spiritual talisman is safe, then don't rush in! If I still have no news within three days, you must take Yuanqian and the others and leave here immediately, and go back to the Floating Cloud Mountain Range to ask Senior Sister Bai and Senior Uncle Li for help."

When Song Qingming was speaking, he already had two identical white spiritual talismans in his hand, and he handed one of them to Huang Siyuan.

This twin spiritual talisman was a second-grade spiritual talisman Song Qingming had purchased in "Heavenly Pill City" some time ago. This item didn't have any major effects, but it had some wonderful uses in transmitting messages, and it was also specially prepared by Song Qingming for entering the secret realm.

Although Song Qingming had followed Fire Phoenix into secret realms several times before and roughly knew the situation inside, he hadn't seen any danger in the notes Zhao Jibai left about the secret realm.

However, this was the first time Song Qingming had entered this "Tianyuan Sect" secret realm, so he didn't dare to be too careless and prepared sufficiently before bringing Huang Siyuan and the others here.

"Yes! I've noted it, Husband, be careful!"

Facing Song Qingming's exhortation, Huang Siyuan immediately responded after taking the spiritual talisman, her gaze always firm and full of confidence in his trip.

Song Qingming nodded with gratification, turned, and flew to the entrance of the secret realm in mid-air.

For the sake of insurance, he still summoned his natal magic treasure, the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror," from his body, protecting himself in front and all around before turning into a streak of light and plunging into the spiritual energy vortex in front of him.

A moment later, Song Qingming, who had experienced a bout of dizziness he was already somewhat familiar with, suddenly appeared above a vibrant valley.

Having just passed through the barrier, his mind was still a bit blurry, and it took a while for him to slowly stabilize his falling figure in the air.

"The spatial barrier around is not abnormal. It seems that the situation in this secret realm is relatively stable. I didn't expect the spiritual energy here to be so rich, it's already catching up to the Taiyue Lake secret realm I've been to."

Song Qingming, who stopped in mid-air, felt the heaven and earth spiritual energy around him and couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

The few "Golden Illusion Butterflies" that Song Qingming had put into the secret realm in advance sensed their master and flew up from the valley below, circling around Song Qingming.

"Hehe! Thank you for your hard work."

After Song Qingming happily stroked the "Golden Illusion Butterflies" that landed on his hand, he put them back into the spirit beast bag at his waist.

These "Golden Illusion Butterflies" had followed Song Qingming for so many years. Although their help in combat was limited, they had helped him a lot in searching for things and exploring the way.

Song Qingming had not forgotten to carefully cultivate these spirit insects whether he was cultivating at home or traveling outside over the years, and now his control over them was becoming more and more proficient.

Just after putting away the "Golden Illusion Butterflies," Song Qingming was about to explore the surroundings to see where he was, when a cry suddenly came from the sky not far away, interrupting Song Qingming's train of thought.

Turning to look, he found that it was a giant white eagle with a wingspan of two or three zhang. Song Qingming also frowned slightly.

Sure enough, this secret realm was the same as recorded in Zhao Jibai's notes, there were many beasts appearing, and it was not that safe.

When the giant white eagle flew to a few dozen zhang away from Song Qingming, it suddenly spread its wings and fired a dozen feathers with golden spiritual light at Song Qingming aggressively.

Watching these golden-glowing feathers arrive in front of him, Song Qingming didn't panic, directly waved his hand to release a protective light, and easily blocked them all.

This giant white eagle was a second-grade top-quality beast with cultivation at the peak of Foundation Establishment. Seeing the thin and inconspicuous Song Qingming in front of him, it was surprised that he could so easily block its attack.

Just as it wanted to continue its attack, Song Qingming in front of it suddenly flashed and quickly arrived in front of it.

After a gray sword light flew by, the giant white eagle, which hadn't reacted from the shock, had one of its wings cut in half by Song Qingming with one sword, immediately emitting a very painful wail.

"Hmph! Thinking of running now, isn't it a bit too late."

Watching the giant white eagle in front of him retreating in panic toward the back, wanting to escape from in front of him, Song Qingming's "Mo Bai Sword" slashed out a more violent sword light without hesitation, directly killing this regretful beast in mid-air.

After killing this second-grade beast, Song Qingming didn't bother with its corpse first, but took out the "Phantom Boat" to circle around the surroundings, and after confirming his location in the secret realm, he returned to the original place.

He didn't expect that in just this quarter of an hour, the white eagle's corpse had already attracted four or five low-tier beasts nearby, who were fighting over this "prey fallen from the sky" beside its corpse.

Until Song Qingming approached, the beasts that felt this powerful aura hurriedly dropped the prey in front of them and scattered away.

"There are so many beasts nearby. It seems that no one has come in for thousands of years, and the number of beasts in this secret realm is no longer what it used to be."

Song Qingming's location was in the northeast corner of the entire "Tianyuan Sect" secret realm. According to the notes about the secret realm on Zhao Jibai's body, very few beasts appeared nearby.

However, Song Qingming had only been in for a quarter of an hour and saw so many beasts appear. After so many years, the situation in the secret realm had indeed changed compared to before.

Confirming that the situation in this secret realm was very stable and there was no major danger, Song Qingming immediately activated the twin spiritual talisman in his hand to inform Huang Siyuan outside, and then turned to deal with the beast corpse in front of him.

After Song Qingming took down the useful beast materials from the giant white eagle, a streak of white light also came from the distant sky and landed in front of Song Qingming.

"I also ran into a few low-tier beasts near where I came in, and was delayed for a while!" Looking at the beast corpse not far away, Huang Siyuan smiled and said to Song Qingming.

Song Qingming nodded slightly: "No one has come in here for thousands of years, the number of beasts is much higher than before, and I'm afraid there will be Demon Kings of the third grade and above. We must be careful in our actions next."

"With the two of us joining forces, even if a late-stage Jin Dan Demon King comes, we don't need to fear it. Husband, don't worry too much."

Song Qingming's combat power was now no weaker than an average seventh-layer Jin Dan cultivator, and he didn't fall behind when facing the late-stage Jin Dan "Giant Elephant Demon King" in the "Guiyun Workshop" battle last time.

It was precisely because she knew Song Qingming's strength that Huang Siyuan had the confidence to say this while deep in the secret realm.

"Yes! But since it's our first time in, being careful is always right." Song Qingming smiled and nodded, took out the manual he had obtained back then, looked at it carefully, and continued: "There is a spiritual medicine garden a hundred miles away from here. According to the records, there are precious spiritual medicines that the Tianyuan Sect has cultivated and planted for many years. I don't know how many mature spiritual medicines can still be picked now, let's go take a look first!"

After choosing the place to go, Song Qingming took out the "Phantom Boat," jumped on it, and took Huang Siyuan away in a streak of light.

After flying eastward for a quarter of an hour, the two soon arrived outside a valley filled with white mist.

After confirming that the valley in front of them was their destination, Song Qingming controlled the flying boat to land and stopped outside the valley.

"Husband, is the spiritual medicine garden recorded in the manual inside the valley?" Looking at the mysterious valley shrouded in white mist, Huang Siyuan couldn't help but ask. (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 704 =====