The mortal world has been very lively recently, because the mortal world, which rarely gets back to the secret realm once in a thousand years, actually came out of the secret realm once this year.
The monks from all over the world rushed here, whether they were retreating or preparing to enter the realm. The destination: the edge of the sea, Yecheng, Tongzhou.
The people of Yecheng were all urgently notified by the government to leave this place. Although the secret realm has not appeared in the mortal world for thousands of years, there have been records throughout the history. Secret realms like this are usually created when the mortal world and the cultivation world were not divided into two. Those left before the fall or ascension, after being discovered, the cultivator enters and triggers the prohibition inside. Five days after the cultivator enters, no matter whether these cultivators have gained any benefits from it, everyone will be excluded and sealed again.
The subsequent opening time will be fixed, it may be once every few decades, or it may be hundreds of years or thousands of years. Usually, the royal family of such a secret realm will not intervene. At most, the practitioners of the royal family will enter together with other practitioners. For the record, wait until the next time it is opened before sending someone in.
The local people will let the royal family inform them to leave, so as to avoid accidents caused by too many cultivators and ordinary people who are unable to resist will be accidentally injured.
Of course, there will still be some compensation.
Therefore, when the cultivators arrived, they faced an empty city.
The older cultivators with news channels were not surprised, and the other cultivators who didn't understand why didn't understand, and didn't talk too much.
There is still a difference between the mortal world and the realm of comprehension. Most of the cultivators in the mortal world will still have their own forces and families because their cultivation is not very high. In the foundation building period, practitioners can start from scratch and become a big family in one leap.
And the sects in the cultivation world don't exist in the mortal world, and they are replaced by families.
Because of the lack of resources, most of the cultivators also know each other, and they will have some contacts from time to time.
Everyone looked around and saw many familiar faces, and they simply gathered together in twos and threes to talk.
"I don't know if this is a big secret realm or a small secret realm."
"It must be a small secret realm. I just met Prince Cheng. Among the secret realms recorded by the royal family, there has never been a big secret realm for tens of thousands of years."
"A small secret realm is a small secret realm. It's better than nothing. I also met Prince Cheng. Judging from his meaning, it should be that he is about to form a pill and go to the upper realm."
Speaking of this, the faces of those who talked about it couldn't help but look a little more envious: "I don't know when I will be able to practice to the Golden Core Stage."
Although it is better to be a chicken head than a phoenix tail, once you start practicing, as long as you can see the way ahead, how can you be willing to stop.
Those who stopped, such as the Patriarch of the Gu family, who didn't come at all, were just helpless choices because they could only repair to the foundation building stage because they were invincible.
Because they talked about the upper realm, the expressions of the few cultivators who were usually in charge of the wind and rain in the human world became depressed.
Their spiritual roots are not good. After all, if they are good, they should have been selected when the upper realm came to select disciples. The cultivation base they have today is all due to their unwillingness to give up and hard work day after day , Although I don't regret embarking on this road, but speaking of it, I still have some regrets.
"I heard that the eldest prince of the royal family has gone to the Chengxiao Sect. That is a great sect, and the royal family may rise up again."
"Get up and get up. It's just that I have met the eldest prince once. Maybe it's because he is not a direct descendant. His personality is a little..." It was an old man who spoke, and when he said this, the expression on his face was a bit strange, "Don't say Not to mention, today is the third day, the day we agreed to enter the secret realm together, we should make preparations earlier."
The others didn't ask in detail, whether the eldest prince is good or not has nothing to do with them.
When the sun was just right, all the cultivators waited in front of the secret realm. It was originally a valley, but it was sunken because of the sudden appearance of the secret realm. The cultivators who seemed to be superior in the eyes of ordinary people were all excited. color.
It wasn't until a light flashed at the entrance of the secret realm that the door opened, and everyone rushed in.
"Huh??"
"What about my cultivation!"
"what happened!"
The crowd came out again in a panic, but found that the cultivation was still there.
This is actually a secret realm that temporarily causes the cultivator to lose his cultivation.
If they go in, they may encounter danger. If they lose their cultivation base, they may lose their lives. If they don't go in, they will lose their chance.
When the cultivators present hesitated again and again, Wei Mingyan had just arrived with Gu Xingxue.
He was still dressed in white, and although he didn't come with Yujian this time, he was accompanied by Gu Xingxue, who could tell at a glance that he hadn't encountered any major ordeal, which still attracted everyone's attention.
Without him, these two people are too conspicuous.
After seeing them, the cultivators quieted down unconsciously. It wasn't until Wei Mingyan led people in that some people frowned suspiciously.
"who is this?"
"I haven't seen it, and I don't look like a junior."
"Old Ye, do you perceive their cultivation level?"
The man called Ye Lao turned serious and shook his head: "The one in black is the third level of Qi training, and the one in white... I can't perceive it."
Can't perceive it, that is to say, his cultivation base is higher than Ye Lao.
Several people looked at each other in blank dismay, all a little shocked, Ye Lao, but it is difficult for them in the lower realm to get a cultivator who has not left the Golden Core Stage, that is to say, the man in white has at least a Golden Core stage or above
When did such a big man appear in the mortal world
People outside had a lot of speculation, but Wei Mingyan and Gu Xingxue were not affected at all. They were walking on this dark road, and while walking, he told them in a faint voice: "In this secret realm, what you found It's yours, don't give it to me."
Gu Xingxue clenched the sword in his hand, "Yes."
"You're being nice."
Wei Mingyan laughed a few times: "Such an attitude is very good. In the future, as long as I am your master, you will treat me like this forever."
In the darkness, Gu Xingxue, who was still dressed in men's clothing, paused, "Now that neither of us has any cultivation, I can definitely kill you."
"You can try."
Wei Mingyan's voice was filled with a smile: "If you can kill me here, I have no objection."
His teasing tone made Gu Xingxue feel aggrieved, but this person in front of him did teach her swordsmanship a few times in the name of a master along the way. I have to say that even without her cultivation, her Swordsmanship is definitely not comparable to Wei Mingyan.
For the rest of the journey, Gu Xingxue didn't speak any more. There was a light in front of him, and the secret realm was completely revealed in front of the two of them.
She kept a close distance from Wei Mingyan, and checked each other separately. Although Gu Xingxue had never been to the secret realm, she was always vigilant along the way. Sure enough, a few strange beasts would come out every once in a while.
After killing these strange beasts, some spiritual herbs will be found around them. She gradually discovered this pattern and began to take the initiative to find the strange beasts.
Although Gu Xingxue practiced martial arts since she was a child, she has no experience after all. The strange beasts were easy to deal with at first, but later on, every time she killed one, she was exhausted and out of breath.
After walking for less than three hours, she was already covered in blood. If there were strange beasts, there would naturally be Gu Xingxue himself.
Wei Mingyan followed behind unhurriedly all the time, and killed any strange beasts who took the initiative to attack, but did not pick up those spirit herbs.
Gu Xingxue was already exhausted, but in a blink of an eye, seeing the idle attitude on the face of the man following him, he gritted his teeth and continued walking forward with a sword full of blood.
She could feel that the realm in her body was already loosening.
Sure enough, rather than cultivating spiritual power, proving the way with a sword is more suitable for her.
***
Gu Xingxue gradually found his place in the secret realm, and also honed his swordsmanship little by little in various actual combats. The first time he saw a strange beast, he would immediately take a defensive stance while thinking Think quickly how to fight it in the easiest way possible.
During these five days, although Wei Mingyan had been following her all the time, he never helped her, and just watched her come all the way.
On the fifth day, he said, "Even without me, you can find your own way here."
Gu Xingxue kept silent, she knew that if Wei Mingyan hadn't been following along along the way, she would never have been able to fight like this without worrying about the outside world.
The two of them went all the way to the innermost point, and there was no way ahead. What they should do now is to wait for the five-day deadline to expire before the secret realm throws them all out.
Wei Mingyan, who hadn't shown any lack of interest in the things in the secret realm, took the sword at this moment, and walked up to Gu Xingxue, who was covered in blood and was leaning against the stone, panting slightly, step by step.
She froze for a moment, and subconsciously assumed a defensive posture.
"Xingxue, have you heard of the Qingling Snake?"
Gu Xingxue leaned against the stone and shook his head slightly: "No."
"The Qingling Snake can be regarded as an ancient spiritual creature. The reason why it is called the Qingling Snake is because it likes spirit stones the most. It is usually born near the spirit stone mine. Once it gets close to it, as long as it moves slightly, it will be killed immediately. attack."
Gu Xingxue nodded and took notes seriously.
Although she still repulses the man in front of her in her heart, she has to admit that he does know a lot and taught her a lot along the way, if not for that...
His mind was in a mess, Gu Xingxue forced himself to stop thinking about it, and continued to ask: "What will happen after being attacked by the Qingling Snake?"
"The Qingling Snake is very fast. Generally, cultivators will be attacked if they can't react. It has a strong poison in its body. After being attacked, the wounded person can't move. Someone must use a knife to cut the wound immediately. , the black blood flowed out, and after about a quarter of an hour, it will be counted as interpretation."
After Wei Mingyan finished speaking quietly, seeing Gu Xingxue's serious eyes, he suddenly said, "You are relying on the Qingling Snake."
"what!!"
Before she could react, she was violently torn apart. The second after she was torn apart, the giant python, which was quietly disguised as a light yellow stone, stretched out and spit out a message to attack quickly.
And Wei Mingyan who pulled her away, even if he dodged in time, was still bitten by his calf. When he was bitten, his sword was inserted between the seven inches of the python.
The next second, the immortal in white who was standing just now collapsed stiffly, lying on his back on the ground, black blood was still oozing from the bitten calf.
In less than two seconds, the battle was over.
Gu Xingxue's heart was beating fast, she took out the dagger at her waist with shaking hands, and quickly stepped forward to cut the fabric on the legs of the man lying on the ground, and after the skin was exposed, she took a few breaths to calm her trembling hands After coming down, he gritted his teeth and scratched the wound, draining the black blood.
Different from her panic, the injured Wei Mingyan remained calm, "I can't move now, why don't you kill me."
Gu Xingxue paused for a moment with the hand holding the dagger: "Warrior, naturally you have to be upright, even if it's killing, I won't take advantage of others."
not to mention…
She lowered her head slightly, her face still cold: "What's more, you are here to save me."
"That's difficult."
Wei Mingyan sneered, "Do you know how many years it takes to reach the Mahayana stage?"
"No matter how many years, I will wait until that day."
"Your heart is better than mine." Wei Mingyan said calmly, "It can be seen at a glance that even in the future when it comes to the period of crossing the catastrophe, you will not give birth to demons."
"Xing Xue, do you know Xu Lingzong?"
Gu Xingxue didn't understand, so he asked, "Didn't you make up Xu Lingzong?"
The corners of the lips of the man lying on the ground slightly raised: "In less than a year, I want the name of Xu Lingzong to resound throughout the cultivation world."
Gu Xingxue: "Didn't you say that you were wanted?"
Having said that, she looked at the mask still on the man's face: "Hiding the face?"
"No."
"Now in the entire cultivation world, our Xu Lingzong should have the most confidence."
"Who told you, we have a spirit stone mine."
Wei Mingyan denied it: "I want to be aboveboard and go back as a traitor to the sect."