Chapter 209: Taiyue Lake Secret Realm

Hearing Song Qingming asking her about the opening time of the secret realm, Xu Ziyan was stunned for a moment, then shook her head slightly.

"The specific opening time of the Taiyue Lake Secret Realm is only known to the sect uncle who leads the team this time, and I don't know it either. I heard from a fellow sect sister who came together that the cultivators of the Lingyin Sect of Lu Kingdom and the Star Gate of Wu Kingdom have not arrived yet. It is estimated that it will take a few days."

"So that's how it is. I know very little about the secret realm. Thank you, Fellow Daoist Xu, for the reminder."

Next, Song Qingming and Xu Ziyan chatted for a while about the secret realm in the restaurant. Until Xu Ziyan received a sound transmission from her fellow sect, the two parted ways.

After sending Xu Ziyan away, Song Qingming saw that the sky was still early, so he planned to take advantage of this opportunity to go out and walk around in the market. He had been in Taiyue Lake Market for several days, and Song Qingming had been staying with the Huang family and had not come out to walk around.

Taiyue Lake Market is located in the southeast of Wei Kingdom. Although it is not as big as Yangshan Market, its daily prosperity is not much different from Guiyun Market in the north.

Recently, because the secret realm is about to open, many Foundation Establishment cultivators have moved into the market, which has increased the popularity here. The merchants in the market also seized this opportunity to take out all the second-level spiritual items that had been piled up in their shops for decades.

This market is located on the edge of Taiyue Lake, and Taiyue Lake is a large lake stretching for thousands of miles, producing water-attribute demon beasts and spiritual items. Therefore, most of the things in the markets nearby are water-attribute.

Song Qingming wandered in the market for a long time and saw many spiritual items he had never seen before. Although these things are not considered precious here, they are very rare in the northern region of Wei Kingdom.

It is rare to come here once, so Song Qingming also took the initiative to purchase some. These water-attribute spiritual items are very beneficial to cultivators in the clan who practice water-attribute techniques. After returning, he will directly put them in the Golden Treasury Pavilion for them to exchange freely. It is beneficial to them, and he can earn some errand fees, which can be considered killing two birds with one stone.

Ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators might disdain to do this for the sake of face, but Song Qingming is happy to do so. It is not easy to come out once, and he does not want to go back so soon.

While wandering, Song Qingming also unexpectedly saw a second-level water-attribute technique classic being sold in a shop. Although this technique was priced at 1, 00 spirit stones, which is not cheap, Song Qingming happily included it in his bag.

Technique classics above the second level are rarely seen for sale even in larger markets, not to mention the relatively rare water-attribute techniques. Song Qingming had seen several auctions of ordinary second-level techniques at the Tian Dan Alliance auction before, but several times they were raised to a price he could not accept, so he did not bother to compete.

This technique is called "Wave-Breaking Technique" and can be cultivated to the ninth level of Foundation Establishment. It is considered relatively good among second-level techniques. If Qingyu can successfully establish the foundation in the future, she can just transfer to this technique.

After the sun set, Song Qingming returned to the inn with satisfaction. Seeing that the Huang family cultivators were still in their respective rooms, he did not take the initiative to disturb them and returned to his room alone.

According to Xu Ziyan, whenever the secret realm opens, the sects around Wei Kingdom will also send cultivators to come. Although this secret realm is located within the territory of the Xiaoyao Sect, many years ago, in order to obtain the control of this secret realm, the cultivators of Wei Kingdom and the surrounding countries had several fierce battles. After nearly a hundred years of mixed fighting among several parties, the Xiaoyao Sect finally had to make some concessions. When the secret realm opens, cultivators from surrounding countries are allowed to enter and share this secret realm.

In addition to Wei Kingdom, there are Wu Kingdom in the east, Lu Kingdom and Shangyang Kingdom in the south, all of which have Nascent Soul sects. They will also send elite sect cultivators into the secret realm. As the host, the Xiaoyao Sect controls the teleportation array at the main entrance of the secret realm. Every time the secret realm opens, besides the Xiaoyao Sect cultivators, others who want to enter the secret realm must pay some spirit stones to the Xiaoyao Sect. Relying on this alone, every time the secret realm opens, the Xiaoyao Sect can earn at least tens of thousands of spirit stones.

On a barren island in the lake a hundred miles away from Taiyue Lake Market, Huo Feng, dressed in red, sat motionless on a large stone half-submerged in the water with her eyes closed.

Not far away, there were a few first-level yellow fish demon beasts swimming slowly in the water, greedily looking at her who was motionless on the stone. But as soon as these little demons approached the giant stone, they felt a strange force in the nearby space pushing them away, and they were never able to get too close to the giant stone, so they could only circle around here.

Suddenly, these fish demons felt a powerful force approaching here quickly, and they all plunged into the deep water in horror and fled the place quickly.

Not long after, bubbles began to bulge on the water surface in front of the giant stone. After the water surface rolled, a black strange fish more than ten zhang high slowly emerged from the water. The strange fish took a look at the small figure of Huo Feng sitting on the stone by the water, moved its huge head, and said softly: "Our Iron Wall King said that place can be lent to you one more time, but only this time. Next time you want to enter, please find another way yourself and don't come to us."

The sound made by the strange fish was very slender, like a woman, and combined with its huge size, it looked very strange.

"I know. After going back, please thank your king for me." Huo Feng heard this, quickly opened her eyes and nodded. After speaking, she threw a golden spiritual fruit to the strange fish that had spoken to her before.

The strange fish took the golden spiritual fruit, wagged its tail happily, and slowly sank into the water again. Not long after, the water surface returned to the previous calm.

If there were nearby cultivators who saw the strange fish talking to Huo Feng, their jaws would definitely drop. This strangely shaped demon beast is a famous Golden Core late-stage demon king in Taiyue Lake. A demon king who does not appear easily on weekdays would appear so close to the market, which is enough to shock the Xiaoyao Sect.

In Taiyue Lake, there are two Nascent Soul-level demon emperors. The Iron Wall Demon Emperor on the side near Wei Kingdom has a relatively gentle temperament and basically stays in his water mansion to cultivate. His subordinates, the demon kings, rarely have conflicts with human cultivators. This is also the reason why the southeast border of Wei Kingdom has been stable for thousands of years.

The Xiaoyao Sect's development on the Taiyue Lake side is also very conservative. It forbids cultivators below from going deep into the lake to hunt high-grade demon beasts, so as not to anger the demon kings in the lake. Even in such an important place as Taiyue Lake Market, no Golden Core cultivator was arranged to guard it.

After the strange fish disappeared, a red light suddenly lit up on Huo Feng's body. As flames continuously emerged from her body, the surrounding lake water also boiled. Huo Feng's eyes, which were already burning with red flames, looked at the distance, and then turned into a red flame and left the barren island.