Chapter 1029 I Can’t Go with You
"As a former great world, the Questioning Heaven Realm is not only connected to our Chuyun Realm. When you enter, in addition to finding opportunities, there is a high probability that you will encounter mysterious races from other realms. Fortunately, after the collapse of the Questioning Heaven Realm, the Mahayana existences were unable to enter through the barrier of the realm due to their huge mana. You don't have to worry about Mahayana monks from other realms intervening in the secret realm." Mu Daoren said again.
"Do people from other realms also enter the Questioning Heaven Secret Realm at the same time as us?" Qingping Swordsman asked.
"The barrier of the Questioning Heaven Realm is sometimes strong and sometimes weak. It cycles every three thousand years. Only when the barrier is weak can the passage be opened smoothly, allowing you to enter. This is also true for other realms." Mu Daoren said so.
"Are there still people from the Questioning Heaven Realm in the Questioning Heaven Secret Realm?" Sima Changqin asked.
"According to the ancient Mahayana exploration, when the Asking Heaven Realm collapsed, all the intelligent life in the realm perished, and Mahayana was not spared. However, the unintelligent monsters survived, and after years of cultivation, there are many who have broken through to the seventh level. This may be the biggest challenge you may encounter on this trip." Mu Daoren looked solemn and said in a deep voice.
Everyone's expression changed when they heard this.
"You don't need to worry too much. The Asking Heaven Secret Realm used to be a complete interface with boundless space. The number of seventh-level monsters is rare, and the chance of encountering them should not be high." Mu Daoren saw this and comforted him again.
Everyone felt a little relieved when they heard this, but there was still a little tension on their faces.
"It is extremely difficult to shuttle between interfaces. Although we can ensure that you will be sent to the Asking Heaven Secret Realm, the specific arrival location is not fixed. Whether you can find treasures depends entirely on chance and luck. These are the regional maps that the monks of the Izumo Realm have explored so far. There are a total of 37 areas, of which only two maps are adjacent to each other, and the rest are independent." Mu Daoren continued.
After saying that, he waved his hand, and a number of jade slips floating in the air appeared in front of everyone.
Yuan Ming took the jade slips and explored with his spiritual sense. He saw that the range marked on each map was extremely wide, and the smallest one was larger than the size of the Wan Yao Mountains. The vastness of the Wentian Secret Realm can be seen from this.
"The duration of the entrance to the secret realm this time is shorter than usual, only one year. You'd better not explore too far, so as not to miss the time and be unable to return." Mu Daoren reminded again.
Then, he ordered everyone to stand on the stone platform, and he jumped onto a jade pillar.
In an instant, the emerald green spiritual light on the jade pillar burst out and surged all the way to the high platform along the chain.
At the same time, the ancestor Binglan also pinched his fingers and cast a spell, and the frosty white spiritual light on the jade pillar emerged and merged into the high platform.
The two spiritual lights met, and under the feet of everyone, small runes rose into the air like fireflies, circling and intersecting, forming a trumpet-shaped vortex.
Suddenly, the surrounding space twisted and tore, and a thumb-sized black ball appeared in the rune vortex. With a loud "bang", the black ball instantly expanded, swallowing up all the runes, forming a swirling black hole above everyone's head.
Emerald green and frosty white spiritual light climbed up the bodies of everyone along the platform, paused for a moment, and suddenly exploded, illuminating the entire underground hall, but was swallowed by the black hole again.
When everything returned to darkness, Yuan Ming and others were no longer on the platform.
Patriarch Binglan stared at the black hole in the air, a trace of worry appeared on his face, and said: "The demon world is provoking a war at this time. Could it be that they want to use the Questioning Heaven Secret Realm as a transit point to bypass the Guixu defense and catch us off guard? After all, they have the Three Realms Immortal Boat in their hands, which can easily penetrate the barriers of the realm and send troops."
"Don't worry, although the Three Realms Immortal Boat can penetrate the barriers of the realm, each breakthrough consumes a lot of energy and needs to be stored for decades before it can be used again. What's more, the Three Realms Immortal Boat obtained by the demon world does not have the World Tree. Even if the demons can restore their strength, it is not as good as before. The opening period of the Questioning Heaven Secret Realm is very short, not enough for them to break through the realm continuously." Mu Daoren shook his head and said.
"The battle in the Ten Thousand Demons Mountain Range in the past was treacherous. Although Changqin failed to seize the Three Realms Immortal Boat, fortunately Yuan Ming turned the tide and seized the World Tree. Otherwise, the situation today would be even more dangerous." Patriarch Binglan flashed a trace of reminiscence in his eyes and said slowly.
"Indeed, the failure of the Three Realms Immortal Boat to stay is a hidden danger. I am worried that the Demon Realm will use this to break through the boundary barrier of Guixu. Although we have made some arrangements, it is still unknown whether it will work." Mu Dao Ren frowned and said worriedly.
"Compared with the Demon Realm, our strength is still weak, and the means we can use are ultimately limited." Ancestor Binglan sighed and said faintly.
Mu Dao Ren remained silent, but raised his head slightly, his eyes penetrated the inky black hole above the stone platform, as if he could pass through the endless space and reach the depths of the secret realm.
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As the light came on, everyone felt as if they were in the daytime. After a dizzy moment, they appeared in a white world.
Yuan Ming narrowed his eyes slightly and looked around.
Between heaven and earth, the wind and snow were like cotton wool, covering the sky and the earth, shrouding everything in a hazy state.
The mountains in the distance were looming, tall and mysterious, standing like ice and snow giants.
The snow underfoot was thick and hard, and it made a "crunching" sound when stepped on.
Despite the harsh environment, this piece of ice and snow contained an extremely rich spiritual energy, nearly ten times richer than Changqingdao.
Yuan Ming took a deep breath and felt a cold breath rushing into his lungs, but with an indescribable sense of comfort.
"Oh my God, there is a dry blue ice lotus here!" A cry broke the silence, and everyone looked in the direction of the sound.
Not far away, a dark blue ice lake came into view.
On the lake, lotus-shaped blue ice crystals swayed and burned with ice-blue flames, like elves in the ice and snow.
When everyone saw this, a hint of joy flashed in their eyes.
This dry blue ice lotus is a sixth-level spiritual material, which is extremely precious for cultivators who practice ice magic.
They moved and rushed towards the ice lake, ready to pick these spiritual objects.
However, Yuan Ming did not join them.
He leaped into the air, looked around, and carefully explored the surrounding terrain.
Comparing with the current environment, he flipped through the map in his hand, but did not find the markings of this area.
After a moment of silence, Yuan Ming's main soul escaped into the space of the Heaven Stealing Cauldron and asked Kong: "Senior Kong, do you know where the fire origin spiritual object needed to refine the Dao Pill is?"
"How should I know?" Kong shook his head.
Yuan Ming shook his head helplessly, but he was not too disappointed.
He originally just wanted to try his luck. After all, if Kong knew, he could save a sum of wish pills.
He sighed and could only come to the golden hall to ask the gray statue for the location of the fire origin spirit.
"Five hundred wish pills." The gray statue's voice was cold and mechanical, and it put forward the conditions.
Yuan Ming was well prepared. He immediately took out the wish pill and handed it to the statue.
In dealing with this statue over the years, Yuan Ming has gradually figured out the standard of the gray statue asking for wish pills. Generally, it is divided into three levels: simple, medium and difficult according to the difficulty level of the matter being asked, the cause and effect relationship involved, etc.
Among them, the wish pills required for simple level problems are dozens, the wish pills required for medium level problems are hundreds, and the wish pills required for difficult level problems are thousands.
Yuan Ming has been accumulating wish pills intentionally over the years. Now he has more than 30,000 in his hand, which is enough for casual use.
After a moment, a gray light lit up in the palm of the statue, turning into a gray talisman floating towards Yuan Ming.
Yuan Ming turned his wrist, and the talisman appeared in his palm.
He raised his wrist to take a closer look, and saw a faint red light on the talisman, condensing into a small arrow, pointing in a direction.
At this moment, a subtle flapping sound suddenly sounded, from far to near.
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound, and saw a group of blue light spots flying from the other side of the lake. They shuttled over the frozen lake, rushing towards this side with a layer of white cold air.
Seeing this, everyone offered up their body protection magic treasures to prevent accidents.
Yuan Ming's eyes were like torches, staring at the blue light spots in the wind and snow. As they gradually enlarged, fat figures shaped like silkworms appeared.
These insects were light blue and emitted a faint light. They had two pairs of almost transparent membrane wings on their bodies, and their flying speed was extremely fast.
Before the blue silkworms approached, they spit out blue silk threads from their mouths, winding towards everyone like spinning yarn.
The moment the silk thread touched, everyone felt something was wrong. A breath of extreme coldness instantly penetrated in and permeated the light shield formed by the protective spiritual treasure.
Among the crowd, the spiritual treasure light covering several people's bodies "crackled" and began to condense hexagonal snowflake ice crystals, and the ice crystals continued to expand, and the cold air was pressing.
Seeing that the white jade ring on his waist was gradually covered with frost, Mr. Queyue's face suddenly sank. He immediately raised his hand and waved it, and a bright light swept across like a sharp blade.
There was a "crackling" sound in the air, the blue silk thread was cut off, and hundreds of blue silkworms fell in response.
However, as the silkworms exploded, the blue blood in their bodies splashed out, was blown by the strong wind, stained on the snowflakes, turned into ice blue, and swept towards everyone.
These snowflakes have become as sharp as knives at this moment. They can penetrate deeply into the body of everyone, and the extremely cold breath contained in them also penetrates into everyone's body, making people feel cold.
"Don't act recklessly. It's meaningless to argue with these insects here." At this time, the voice of Guixian sounded.
"Yes, it's better to leave quickly instead of wasting time here." Sima Changqin said.
"That's what I mean, but we disciples of Mingyue Palace are used to acting together, so I won't go with you." Xi Zhuangyuan said with a smile.
"Then let's go our separate ways." Qingping Swordsman nodded in agreement.
Everyone saw this and had no objection, and the whole team quickly split into six teams.
The three major sects of Tiansheng Academy formed their own teams, and Changqingdao monks also formed their own teams. Only Guixian and Yuan Ming were quite special. They each brought their entourage and formed independent teams.
Seeing more and more blue silkworms coming, everyone immediately took action and prepared to leave.
At this moment, Yuan Ming suddenly stopped the disciples of Mingyue Palace and said, "Xiying can't go with you."