Zhuge Yun discovered that since Xu Chunniang had talked with him, his fellow junior brothers and sisters seemed to have forgotten about him.
Sometimes they disappear for several days.
But he was happy and comfortable, so he didn't think much about it.
As the day of the secret realm's opening drew closer and there was more and more talk about the matter in Hunyuan City, he found an opportunity and called several people to his room.
Huo Chunyan coughed lightly and made small talk, "Brother, you look pretty good today."
"Ahem, still the same as always."
Zhuge Yun coughed weakly, a look of guilt flashing across his face, "I have been a burden to you all during this period of time."
"Brother, don't think too much. It's better to get well soon."
As an alchemist, Zhao Xingsan could see the crux of Zhuge Yun's problem at a glance, but he didn't say much, "Brother, why did you ask us to come here? Is there something important?"
Zhuge Yun hesitated for a moment before finally speaking, "I'm sure you've all heard about the upcoming opening of the Tianyuan Secret Realm, right?"
The four of them looked at each other knowingly and nodded in unison.
Zhuge Yun looked more cautious. "Tianyuan Secret Realm is not like Xiaoze Realm. Most of the cultivators who enter it are independent cultivators. Don't be fooled by the independent cultivators in Hunyuan City who look honest. If they really enter the secret realm without supervision, they will not have any scruples in their actions."
"Brother, do you mean that you don't want us to go to the secret realm?"
"Even with my level of cultivation, entering the secret realm is full of dangers. With your level of cultivation, if you enter the Tianyuan Secret Realm, you are very likely to lose your lives there. I'm not trying to scare you, but the probability of your survival is probably... less than 10%."
Several people knew how dangerous the Tianyuan Secret Realm was, but they were still shocked when they heard this probability.
"Less than 10%, isn't that too exaggerated?"
"Could it be that Senior Brother made up the number on purpose to scare us?"
There was no change on Zhuge Yun's face, he just spoke calmly.
"The last time the Tianyuan Secret Realm was opened, more than 3,000 foundation-building cultivators entered, but in the end, less than 400 cultivators came out. Most of these cultivators were in the late foundation-building stage, and there were not many in the middle foundation-building stage."
Several people looked at each other and all heard the hidden meaning in Zhuge Yun's words.
Those with low cultivation bases all died in the secret realm...
Huo Chunyan forced a smile and said, "Brother, the secret realm is of course dangerous, but it's not as scary as you say, right?"
"On the surface, the Tianyuan Secret Realm only allows cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage to enter, but in fact, many cultivators in the Golden Core Stage will even use secret methods to suppress their cultivation to enter. So the degree of danger inside is far beyond your imagination."
The faces of several people suddenly turned ugly. If it was really as Zhuge Yun said, with their cultivation level, going in would be tantamount to seeking death.
But when those people from the City Lord's Mansion sold the Key to Tianyuan, they clearly said that the secret realm was not dangerous.
Zhuge Yun glanced at the expressions of several people, roughly understood their thoughts, and a sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"The so-called Tianyuan Key is nothing more than a refined product made from a unique ore found in the Tianyuan Secret Realm. A little bit of ore can be sold for tens of thousands of spirit stones, so they naturally wish they could sell more."
When several people learned this, they all looked a little unnatural.
Zhuge Yun closed his eyes, looking unwilling to say more.
"That's all I have to say. I brought you out of the sect, so I naturally hope to bring you back intact. I will be in seclusion for a while. If you have nothing to do, just stay in this inn."
After they left the room, there was no change in their expressions, but they continued to communicate privately.
Zhang Yu seemed worried. "If the secret realm is really as dangerous as Senior Brother Zhuge said, what should we do?"
Huo Chunyan was also a little hesitant. In order to enter the secret realm, they had made a lot of preparations. Naturally, she was unwilling to withdraw at this time.
But looking at Zhuge Yun's expression just now, she knew that he was telling the truth.
No matter how good the things in the secret realm are, you have to be alive to enjoy them. After all, their cultivation is too low.
Zhao Xingsan sighed lightly and was about to say something when Xu Chunniang, who had not spoken a word, suddenly spoke.
"I think what Senior Brother Zhuge said is right. It just so happens that we haven't bought the Tianyuan Key yet, so let's just not go. We didn't know much about the secret realm before, but now that we know how dangerous it is, why bother to go and die in vain."
Among the few people, only Xu Chunniang's cultivation reached the middle stage of foundation building.
Therefore, after she expressed her attitude, the other three, although somewhat depressed and unwilling, finally accepted this fact.
Zhuge Yun breathed a sigh of relief when he learned that the four had given up their plan to go to the Tianyuan Secret Realm.
He was nominally in seclusion, but in reality he was keeping an eye on these fellow disciples, fearing that they had not given up and would sneak into the secret realm.
Fortunately, they finally listened to what he said that day.
But to be on the safe side, he called the four people into the room and had a drink with them on the day the secret realm was opened.
"I'm so grateful to you for this period of time. As your senior brother, I feel ashamed. Let me offer you a toast first."
"Brother, what are you talking about? We are from the same sect and are one."
Cup after cup of liquor with added ingredients was poured down his throat, and Zhang Yu was the first to be knocked down.
Zhao Xingsan felt dizzy and was the second one to fall down after Zhang Yu.
Zhuge Yun quietly used his internal energy to drive out the alcohol, then turned to look at his two junior sisters, only to find that they had gotten themselves drunk without him noticing, and were now lying on the table unconscious.
He smiled slightly. The wine was actually not strong, but he added a "three-day drunkenness" pill into it. After taking it, the person would fall asleep for three days.
When the junior brothers and sisters woke up three days later, the Tianyuan Secret Realm had already been closed.
Zhuge Yun stood up, and after a slight hesitation, he took out the formation plate and set up a formation. He left a sound transmission note to inform his whereabouts, and then pushed the door and left.
About half an incense stick of time after Zhuge Yun left, Xu Chunniang, who had been sleeping on the table, slowly got up, her eyes clear without any sign of drunkenness.
"Interesting, Senior Brother Zhuge did everything he could to keep us here, but he secretly ran off to the secret realm. It seems that Senior Brother's Dao heart has been restored."
But no one knew what he was trying to achieve by going through so much trouble to pretend to be sick and leaving them behind to go to the secret realm.
Xu Chunniang's spiritual consciousness fell on the formation in the room. This was a sword formation hastily set up by Zhuge Yun before he left. It could both protect the people in the formation and prevent them from leaving.
However, this mere second-level sword formation is not a problem for her.
Xu Chunniang smiled slightly, and her spiritual sense easily found the weak point of the formation, and she walked out of the sword formation in a few moves.
At the same time, her body began to crackle, and soon she became three inches shorter and her facial features became ordinary.
She has the kind of appearance that no one would pay attention to if she were thrown into a crowd.
After changing her appearance and making sure there were no flaws on her body, she hurried towards the place where the secret realm was opened.