The magic sword shuttled between heaven and earth, passing through the lingering clouds, and in just a moment, it landed not far from the entrance to the Yunxi Secret Realm.
At this moment, there were only a few scattered cultivators at the entrance of the Yunxi Secret Realm. Except for the Tianxuan Sect, the rest of the four major immortal sects were still on their way.
Chu Qi came down from Yan Jiuge's Longyin Sword and heard other fellow disciples talking about the Great Immortal Sect. He couldn't help but wonder, "Senior Brother Liu, there are five Great Immortal Sects in Yunhua Realm. Why did you only mention four?"
"Buddhists of the Bodhi Sect never participate in these secret realms. Their practice is different from ours. They cultivate their minds and bodies, but rarely kill to seize opportunities. It is said that they have a reincarnation mirror that collects all kinds of things in the world. Buddhists only need to practice from there to save sentient beings from suffering and cultivate a delicate Buddha heart."
Liu Weiming answered him.
“So that’s how it is.” Chu Qi suddenly realized.
No wonder he had only seen the Bodhi Sect once during the selection of the Immortal Sect in his previous life. In other secret realms or when he was traveling in the Yunhua Realm, he had never seen any Buddhist practitioners from the Bodhi Sect.
While chatting, everyone from the Tianxuan Sect put away their spiritual swords and walked towards the entrance of the Yunxi Secret Realm.
There were only twenty-one people in their group, and because they came flying on swords, they did not have the "presence" that a great immortal sect should have, and looked a little thin.
"Which sect are you from? Do you want to form an alliance with us? We have three medical practitioners and two magic practitioners."
As the people from Tianxuan Sect approached, several monks came towards them and invited them to form an alliance.
Even though cultivators below the Jindan stage could not see the sect emblems on their bodies, they could roughly tell from their appearance that all of them were sword cultivators.
Sword cultivation is good, sword cultivation is wonderful, sword cultivation can fight and resist, and consumes less healing magic.
The independent cultivators or cultivators from small sects especially like to form alliances with sword cultivators to train together. Now that they can see so many famous sword cultivators, they naturally want to come up and ask questions.
Liu Weiming happened to be standing nearby, and two steps ahead of him was the cultivator who came to ask about the alliance. He politely refused, "Sorry, we don't form alliances with outside sects."
"Ah? But you don't seem to have any medical practitioners..."
Each of them wore a magic sword on their waist, and had a sharp aura, obviously they were all sword practitioners.
"We brought our own elixir."
After Liu Weiming said this, the medical practitioners widened their eyes, as if they had heard something incredible.
—Can elixirs be better than the healing skills of a doctor?!
*
Just as the atmosphere solidified, a large spiritual power fluctuation came from midair. Three large flying spiritual weapons were seen heading in this direction.
Even though the flying spiritual weapon has not yet landed, the imposing aura that is coming towards them, as well as the high-grade light that the spiritual weapon carries, all reveal their identities.
"Ah, the people from the five major immortal sects are here!"
"That sect emblem should be the Qingling Sect. I wonder if they are willing to form an alliance with us independent cultivators this time."
"The Qingling Sect has a balanced number of cultivators, the Beast Taming Sect is full of beast masters, and some of their pets can fight, resist, and heal. If you ask me, Fuyao Palace and Tianxuan Sect have a better chance..."
"But no one from the Tianxuan Sect has come..."
"… "
The people from the Tianxuan Sect were listening to their sect's gossip and were speechless for a moment.
Although the flying spiritual weapon can bring face, it is not only too slow, but also consumes a lot of spiritual stones when used once.
This is not cost-effective, so their Tianxuan Sect will not use their flying spiritual weapon unless it is absolutely necessary.
Taking advantage of this gap, Tianxuan Zong and others have already stood in front of the entrance of the Yunxi Secret Realm, waiting for the secret realm teleportation array to open.
Generally, when a secret realm appears in the Yunhua Realm, one can sense different fluctuations of spiritual energy near the secret realm for about three months first. To determine the specific location of the secret realm, one must see where the rays of light from the sky fall. Finally, to enter the secret realm, one must wait for the spatial fluctuations to stabilize and the secret realm teleportation array to be opened to the public.
It takes about half an hour for this teleportation array to be open.
Amid the lively discussions among the surrounding cultivators, the other three major sects disembarked from their flying spiritual instruments one after another.
The Qingling Sect arrived first, followed by the Beast Taming Sect, and finally the Fuyao Palace.
Ling Wu walked in from the periphery with many disciples of Qingling Sect. When other independent cultivators saw that they were from the Great Immortal Sect, they consciously made way for them.
In the world of cultivation, the strong are respected. The overall strength of the cultivators from the great sects is much higher than theirs, so naturally they cannot conflict with them.
"Brother Ling, the Taoist friends from Tianxuan Sect left later than us, but they arrived earlier than us!"
A surprised voice was heard from the Qingling Sect's team.
Chu Qi didn't need to turn his head to tell the person's identity from this sentence: Luo Xin, a young disciple of the Qingling Sect.
Thanks to Luo Xin, the people around them who were originally standing peacefully behind their Tianxuan Sect or queuing in front of them now all retreated dozens of feet.
The wandering cultivators retreated in a circle, each staring with wide eyes at the twenty-one sword cultivators in the middle.
A cultivator from the Tianxuan Sect? !
Was he standing right beside them just now? And had he been standing in line with them for half a quarter of an hour
Have they ever talked about him in front of him
Just going through these points in their minds, the casual practitioners felt like they were suffocating.
"Wow, what happened to them? Why did they suddenly retreat so far?" Luo Xin looked at the behavior of the cultivators around him with a puzzled look on his face.
"Junior Brother Luo, you'd better say less." Ling Wu held his forehead with his hand. He could roughly guess the reason for the casual cultivator's behavior, but it didn't look good when Luo Xin said it like this.
"But Senior Brother Ling, I only said five sentences today." Luo Xin felt aggrieved and defended himself in a low voice.
Ling Wu: “…”
Indeed, counting the three sentences at Menghua Inn and the two sentences just now, there are five sentences in total. Maybe the problem is not that Junior Brother Luo talks too much, but that the content of his words always touches people's hearts.
"Since the fellow Taoists from Tianxuan Sect have arrived first, let's line up at the back." Ling Wu said faintly.
Upon hearing this, the disciples of Qingling Sect followed the words of their chief senior brother and lined up one after another.
They have the reserve and baggage of young masters from aristocratic families, and they walk slowly but elegantly.
So, before the people from the Qingling Sect had finished lining up, the disciples from the Beast Taming Sect had already arrived right after them.
The eldest disciple leading the Beast Taming Sect this time is Yun Jiangmiao. He has the highest talent and his cultivation has been promoted to the Golden Core Stage in just eight years. The spirit pet he contracted is the most powerful among the people in the Beast Taming Sect, so he is the one who leads his fellow disciples in training.
"Fellow Daoist Ling." Yun Jiangmiao greeted Ling Wu from the Qingling Sect, and then asked, "Is this training going to be based on the order of first come, first served to decide who gets to use the teleportation array first?"
If we follow the convention of the Yunhua Realm, the cultivator who uses the teleportation array first should be the strongest.
"This... our two major sects can discuss the order of taking turns to transmit." Ling Wu gave this answer after careful consideration.
"Why us..." Two doors
Before Yun Jiangmiao could ask his question, he saw Ling Wu's finger pointing forward.
As far as the eye could see, all of the Tianxuan Sect's sword-cultivating disciples were standing in the front, followed by the Qingling Sect's disciples.
“…” No wonder.
Yun Jiangmiao put away his doubts, took a deep breath and said, "Okay, then we will discuss the order of transmission in turn."
The sword cultivators who came from Tianxuan Sect this time were all in the Jindan stage. Not to mention that they arrived first, even if they arrived later, others would have to make room for them.
The Qingling Sect and the Beast Taming Sect both maintained peace tacitly and had their disciples line up in order.
Until the belated arrival of Fuyao Palace.
The disciples of Fuyao Palace were very recognizable. Whether they were medical practitioners or magic practitioners, they all wore light yellow clothes. The clothes of medical practitioners were embroidered with delicate flowers, while those of magic practitioners were embroidered with ink-colored landscapes. At first glance, it looked like a scroll being spread out, extremely beautiful.
Although it looks good, to be honest, the strength of the disciples of Fuyao Palace is a little weak. There are only five Jindan stage cultivators, and the rest are all foundation building stage. There are even a few Qi refining stage cultivators, but they are not brought here for any purpose.
You know, people in the Qi Refining Stage cannot enter the Yunxi Secret Realm.
Chu Qi glanced over there, but didn't see any familiar faces. It seemed that the senior sister from Fuyao Palace who was in charge of admissions at the top of the Immortal Mountain did not come with them.
“This time, the people who came to Fuyao Palace are disciples from the third lineage. There is too much competition among them internally, so disciples from the second and first lineages did not come.” Liu Weiming sighed slightly.
"Hmm?" Chu Qi looked back at Liu Weiming, "Senior Brother Liu, aren't the disciples of Fuyao Palace divided according to the mind method like us?"
In the Tianxuan Sect, the disciples who practice swordsmanship are one lineage, and the disciples who practice medicine are another lineage.
"No. Fuyao Palace has the largest number of people among the five major immortal sects, so over the years, it has divided the disciples into the first, second, and third branches, and each branch recruits students in turn. For example, the last time the immortal sect selected disciples, the disciples of the first branch went, and the disciples of that branch will have fewer resources in the next thirty years. So they didn't come to the Yunxi Secret Realm this time."
“Isn’t it distributed according to strength?” Everyone’s cultivation is different. Are we going to miss out on the Yunxi Secret Realm that comes once every hundred years
“No, there are too many people in Fuyao Palace. They can’t afford not to do this.”
"… "
Chu Qi still didn't understand why cutting off his disciples' opportunities for training became something he couldn't afford.
Seeing that Chu Qi still didn't understand, Yan Jiuge, who was standing beside him, added, "Not all cultivators practice like sword cultivators. Do you remember how many medicinal fields on Zhongling Peak you used to practice alone?"
“… a lot of pieces.” Chu Qi suddenly realized.
"Although the medical practitioners of other sects are not as talented as you, they are numerous and the resources for their cultivation are tight. Most of the people in Fuyao Palace are medical practitioners, and they can't protect themselves when they go out for training. There are only so many magic practitioners left to choose from. If the number of people is not controlled, it will be useless no matter how many people come to Fuyao Palace."
"Fortunately, we joined the Tianxuan Sect at that time." Chu Qi felt inexplicably emotional.
If he went to Fuyao Palace to practice, he might also take away the resources of other medical disciples. Although resources belong to the strong, there will be conflicts when there is competition for interests, and it is inevitable to encounter unpleasant things.
While they were talking, several Fuyao Palace disciples approached the direction of Tianxuan Sect and others.
The leader was the senior disciple of Fuyao Palace, Su Qiuzhi. The two people following behind her were a female disciple of magic and a male disciple of medicine, both of whom were at the foundation-building stage.
"Friend Liu from the Tianxuan Sect, it's been a long time since we last met. For this training in the Yunxi Secret Realm, why don't our two sects form an alliance and travel together? This way, we can both be protected."
Su Qiuzhi remembered the first disciple of Tianxuan Sect. They had met by chance during their training ten years ago. At that time, Liu Weiming left quite an impression on her.
This sword-cultivating disciple of the Tianxuan Sect dared to go to the third-level Nether Spider Cave alone with only a few bottles of spiritual medicine.
"Our Tianxuan Sect will not form an alliance with any other sect during this training session." Liu Weiming shook his head.
"Why? Fellow Daoist Liu, don't you trust me? If you had come with me in the third-level Nether Spider Cave ten years ago, it would have been a lot easier." Su Qiuzhi brought up the past.
This made Liu Weiming very embarrassed. Ten years ago, he went down the mountain alone to practice, but now he was with his fellow disciples. The past was suddenly brought up in front of everyone, and he only met this fellow Su once, so it was a bit embarrassing.
"Friend Su, I am no longer the chief disciple of the Tianxuan Sect. If you have anything else to say, why not talk to our chief disciple?"
Liu Weiming stretched out his hand and pointed forward, pointing at Yan Jiuge who was watching with Chu Qi.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the young man in black sword training clothes did not even raise his eyelids, "No need to come to me again, our Tianxuan Sect does not want to form an alliance."
"My fellow Daoist, all of you in the Tianxuan Sect are sword practitioners, and no one is a medical practitioner. Is it really possible that you can survive the entire secret realm with just a few bottles of elixirs?" Su Qiuzhi's words were filled with a hint of disbelief.
"But!"
"Big sister, why don't you ask other great sects? The Tianxuan Sect always sticks to its word and doesn't understand the ways of the world. The disciples of the Qingling Sect and the Beast Taming Sect seem more approachable."
Just when Su Qiuzhi was about to say something, the medical fellow standing behind her suddenly spoke.
Chu Qi then noticed the medical disciple. He looked humble and unassuming with a face that even seemed a little innocent.
But how did he say such words just now
This made the Tianxuan Sect refuse to form an alliance, as if they had done something wrong.
"… "
"Okay, let's go. There's no need to treat these sword cultivators if they come across them. They have their own spiritual medicines and look down on us."
Hearing the words of her junior brother, the hesitation in Su Qiuzhi's eyes faded, and her words became sharper. There was a momentum of never talking to each other again.
"… "
The Qingling Sect and the Beast Taming Sect, who witnessed this dispute, looked at each other in bewilderment. They were usually very harmonious and had never quarreled. That was why they could select disciples together on the top of the Immortal Mountain.
Now, in front of the Yunxi Secret Realm, the Fuyao Palace and the Tianxuan Sect started quarreling.
"Fellow Daoist Ling, fellow Daoist from the Beast Taming Sect, how about our three major sects forming an alliance?"
Su Qiuzhi turned around and walked towards the Qingling Sect and the Beast Taming Sect.
Ling Wu considered his words and said, "… Although we are also very tempted, but Fellow Daoist Su, if our three sects form an alliance, I am afraid it will be difficult to distribute the natural resources and treasures along the way. Besides, there are too many people and it will be difficult to manage."
There are sixty people from the Qingling Sect, fifty people from the Beast Taming Sect, and one hundred and twenty people from the Fuyao Palace, not counting the few people in the Qi Refining Stage.
If this alliance is formed, the secret realm training will be like a spring outing, with a large group of people bustling around to share one or two rare treasures... It's not very practical just thinking about it.
"We in the Beast Taming Sect also think so." Yun Jiangmiao also said this.
Su Qiuzhi's face was not looking good after hitting a wall in both places. But what Ling Wu said was true, so at the beginning, she targeted the Tianxuan Sect with the least number of people. In this way, even if they split it in half, their Fuyao Palace would not lose.
Now that the alliance plan has failed, what should they do at Fuyao Palace
Su Qiuzhi didn't know why, but she always felt that her mind was a little empty.
“Senior Sister, since they are unwilling to form an alliance, we in Fuyao Palace will not be far behind on our own.” The medical junior brother began to persuade again.
"Ah, yes. We in Fuyao Palace can gain experience without asking for help from others." Su Qiuzhi continued speaking as if she suddenly understood something.
"… "
There was silence all around, and everyone looked in their direction with strange eyes. If they knew this, why did Fuyao Palace go up to find people to form alliances in the beginning, and only said such words after hitting a wall
"My habit of feeling embarrassed for others is coming back again." Luo Xin couldn't help but speak.
"Stop talking now." Ling Wu warned him with his eyes and words to shut up.
"… "
After the failed alliance with Fuyao Palace, the Yunxi Secret Realm teleportation array was finally ready. The space barrier disappeared spontaneously, revealing the white teleportation array inside.
"Let's go in first." Yan Jiuge said to everyone from Tianxuan Sect.
"However, First Senior Brother, the teleportation array in the Yunxi Secret Realm can only teleport twenty people at a time. We have a total of twenty-one disciples in the Tianxuan Sect." When Liu Weiming walked forward, he saw the boundary stone standing next to the teleportation array, which stated that it could only teleport twenty people at a time.
As a result, one disciple of Tianxuan Sect would be left alone.
When entering a secret realm, the teleportation point is random, and no one knows where they will be teleported to. It could be a cave of a spirit beast, next to a treasure, or just an ordinary place.
The Yunxi Secret Realm is not small. If the disciples cannot be teleported in at the same time, it may take a long time for the lone disciples to find the main force.
Everyone in Tianxuan Sect looked at Yan Jiuge inquiringly.
"How about I teleport later?" Before Yan Jiuge became the first senior brother, Liu Weiming had already gotten used to being the one who took care of others, and now he took the responsibility for this matter.
“No need.”
Yan Jiuge opened his mouth, his eyes fell on the teleportation array, and then said, "Junior Brother Liu, you take the eighteen fellow disciples to teleport together."
"Huh?" Liu Weiming was slightly stunned. He teleported with eighteen fellow disciples, which made a total of nineteen people. And then in their Tianxuan Sect - there were still two left
"Aqi and I will be teleported together later, and it will be much faster for us to come find you then." Yan Jiuge said.
"It seems to make sense, and it's safe this way." Liu Weiming fell into deep thought. The strength of the chief senior brother is the strongest among them, and there is no problem in protecting Junior Brother Chu. More importantly, the chief senior brother is willing to fly with Junior Brother Chu on a sword, which will not delay the journey.
As for the remaining 19 sword cultivators, there was no problem at all.
So, Liu Weiming brought the remaining 18 sword disciples into the teleportation array and was the first to be teleported in.
"Aqi, let's go in too." Yan Jiuge said to the person beside him.
"Okay." Chu Qi nodded and followed Yan Jiuge into the teleportation array.
The people standing behind them happened to be cultivators from the Qingling Sect.
Luo Xin was about to take a step forward, but his body was quickly pulled back by his Senior Brother Ling, "Senior Brother Luo, stand still and don't move."
"I'm not moving around. Brother, look, there are still eighteen empty slots for teleportation." Luo Xin raised his head and met Ling Wu's gaze with his sharp eyes.
“…” Sometimes, I can’t tell whether you are a smart guy or a little fool.
Ling Wu sighed faintly, "We, the disciples of Qingling Sect, will wait a little longer and let the Taoist friends from Tianxuan Sect go in first."
"Okay then." Luo Xin could only stare at the teleportation array and resist the urge to go in quickly.
A beam of white light lit up from the teleportation array, and then quickly engulfed the two figures. When the white light disappeared, the two people in the teleportation array had already entered the Cloud Breath Secret Realm.
*
Chu Qi felt dizzy at first, but when he regained his senses, the scene around him had changed.
As far as the eye can see, there is a lush green jungle with tall trees all around. Sunlight shines through the gaps between the leaves and falls at their feet.
The spiritual energy in the air was very rich, coupled with the fragrance of grass and trees, there was a refreshing feeling that made Chu Qi feel very comfortable.
“I feel that even if I do nothing, practicing in the Yunxi Secret Realm for a few days will be beneficial.” Chu Qi sighed.
"Well, our luck is pretty good. The spiritual energy here is quite rich. There should be some rare treasures nearby." Yan Jiuge nodded.
"Let's contact Senior Brother Liu and the others first to see how far they are from us." Chu Qi took off his identity token from his waist and injected a stream of spiritual power into it.
The call was quickly connected.
"Junior Brother Chu, how are things over there? We have been teleported to a piece of barren rock. It looks like there will be a lot of spirit beasts around. We can practice our sword skills well." Liu Weiming spoke first.
"We are in a jungle full of spiritual energy, and there seems to be no breath of high-level spiritual beasts. A Yan said there might be rare treasures." Chu Qi answered truthfully.
It’s a pity that Junior Brother Chu and Senior Brother Shouzuo didn’t have the opportunity to verify the way of the sword.
Liu Weiming sighed slightly, "Then wait until you have found all the natural treasures there before coming over. I observed the direction and this should be on the west side."
"OK."
At this point, the brief hearing ended.
Chu Qi hung up the identity token again, looked up and asked Yan Jiuge, "Ayan, where are we going?"
"This place is more suitable for cultivators with wood spiritual roots. Just sense where the spiritual energy is the most concentrated, and we will go there."
“…” Yes, he is now a medical practitioner. Medical practitioners are especially familiar with the spirits of plants and trees, and can find some rare herbs more quickly.
Chu Qi calmed down, closed his eyes, and began to sense the flow of spiritual energy around him.
After his cultivation reached the Golden Core Stage, his perception could spread to a maximum of a hundred miles in radius, but he would feel tired if he sensed places that were too far away, but it was still okay if he sensed places that were closer.
Not long after, Chu Qi discovered that not far away from them, there was a place that was continuously emitting spiritual energy from the outside world.
"Found it. Go east for about ten miles. There is a natural treasure that can emit spiritual energy."
After Chu Qi opened his eyes, he shared the news with Yan Jiuge.
The next moment, the Long Yin sword was unsheathed, and the sword body spontaneously expanded and stopped at the feet of the two people. Yan Jiuge's gaze at Chu Qi was self-evident.
"I'll take you there to have a look," he said.
"good."
Chu Qi nodded, then raised his foot and stood on the Long Yin sword, and skillfully let Yan Jiuge fly the sword to carry him over.
When the two of them were flying on swords, Yan Jiuge controlled the speed, so there was no need to set up a layer of isolation barrier outside.
The breeze in the forest blows on my face, which is very refreshing.
Now that there was no complicated atmosphere around him, the breathing of the person beside him became particularly clear, causing Chu Qi to divert some of his attention.
Ever since the day when Yan Jiuge went berserk at Menghua Inn, Chu Qi would occasionally feel a little different when the two of them were alone.
For example, now, Yan Jiuge's hand is still on his shoulder, preventing him from losing balance and falling off the spirit sword.
Normally, flying with a sword wouldn't be a big deal, but now that there were only two of them, Chu Qi felt that he couldn't ignore Yan Jiuge's hand.
The palms should be warm and the pressure should be moderate.
"Aqi."
Just when Chu Qi was distracted, Yan Jiuge suddenly called him.
Chu Qi suddenly came back to his senses, turned his head reflexively as if feeling guilty, and asked subconsciously, "What's wrong?"
However, at the moment Chu Qi turned his head, Yan Jiuge had not yet stopped looking down at him.
A hot breath quickly brushed against the tip of Chu Qi's ear, followed by an unusually soft touch - instantly making the two of them freeze in place.
It was as if all the thoughts in my mind were taken away, leaving only a blank.
Chu Qi stood blankly on the Long Yin sword. His whole body seemed to be touched by boiling magma, which then burned from the tips of his ears to his neck. His fair skin turned a layer of crimson.
Just now, just now...
(End of this chapter)