Chapter 546 The Secret Realm Emerges
Six years later, in a small market on the border of Liang State to the west of the Floating Cloud Mountains.
This small market is similar to Jinshanfang in Wei State, and is also located on the southern edge of the Floating Cloud Mountains. There are not many monks coming and going, and most of them go to the Floating Cloud Mountains to hunt monsters and collect herbs.
One day, a man wearing a gray robe that covered most of his face carefully avoided the law enforcement monks on the street and came to a courtyard where mortals lived in the north of the market.
After arriving at the door, the gray-robed man looked around carefully again, and knocked on the door when he saw that there was no movement nearby.
After a while, there was a sound of opening the door from inside, and a thin middle-aged man opened the door, poked his head out, and when he saw the figure of the gray-robed man, he quickly opened the door and let him in.
"Brother Yu, how is it, did you find out any news?" Just after closing the door, the middle-aged man asked the gray-robed man directly.
The gray-robed man nodded nervously and said, "The enforcement team has significantly increased its patrols in the past two days. I'm afraid they have already discovered something wrong. Today, another Jindan cultivator came to the market. It's getting more and more dangerous for us here. I think I should persuade Master to leave here quickly."
"Well! Junior Brother Liu and the others have gone out to look for prey. Master is in the back hall. Let's go over and talk about it. Although hiding here is safe for the time being, it's inevitable that we will reveal our flaws after a long time!" The middle-aged man nodded immediately after hearing this and agreed to the other party's proposal.
After the two walked a few dozen steps in and passed through two doors, they came to the extremely quiet backyard.
As soon as they walked into the backyard gate, a very strong bloody smell came out. Facing the pungent and permeating bloody smell, the two were not affected at all, but showed a bit of joy on their faces.
In a hall at the back, hundreds of monks' bodies with different appearances were piled up on both sides. Although these people died miserably and the blood on their bodies had drained away, they had a strange smile on their faces, as if they did not feel any pain before dying.
In the middle of the hall sat a man with a red blood mist wrapped all over his body. The thick blood mist had covered his face. Only when the blood mist quickly flowed, could he occasionally see a pair of more eye-catching red pupils on his face.
"Master!" The gray-robed man and the middle-aged man came to the red blood mist and immediately bowed respectfully.
"Yu Feng, why are you so nervous today? What happened again?" After a moment, a man's heavy voice slowly came out of the blood mist.
"Reporting to Master, recently due to the rumors of the emergence of the secret realm, many casual cultivators have come here again. Today, another Jindan cultivator came to the market to take charge. Now this market is a little overcrowded. Even the law enforcement team that manages the market has now added people to patrol.
Disciple is a little worried. We are not safe enough here. They will track us down and cause some trouble for Master."
"Oh! Isn't that good? The more these low-level casual cultivators gather, the less people will be noticed. It's just right for me to refine this magic weapon in my hand here at once." The voice in the blood mist was still a little excited.
"Don't worry, it will take at most four or five days. I should be able to complete it here. With this magic weapon, even if one or two ordinary Jindan cultivators come, it is impossible to easily take me down. Hehe! Who will cause trouble to whom at that time is still uncertain."
As the voice in the blood mist fell, a blood-red jade plate suddenly appeared in the air, emitting a terrifying pressure that made people a little scared.
When the gray-robed man and the middle-aged man saw this thing, they looked at each other for a moment, then nodded and said, "Haha! Congratulations to Master for refining the magic weapon and achieving great success in his magical power as soon as possible."
After the few people finished speaking, a burst of wild laughter rang out in the hall.
At the same time, on a high mountain on the other side of the market, a man in a yellow robe with an ugly face came to a cave on the top of the mountain.
After paying a slight salute to a white-haired old man sitting on a cushion in front of him, the man spoke directly, "Uncle Luo, the law enforcement team has discovered that cultivators have frequently disappeared in the market for no reason in the past few days. It doesn't seem to be done by the surrounding bandits. I'm afraid that some demon cubs have sneaked in. Should we thoroughly investigate the market?"
Liangguo is a small country in the Floating Cloud Mountains, controlled by the Jindan Sect "Leiyun Sect". The white-haired old man is a Jindan-stage supreme elder in the "Leiyun Sect".
The white-haired old man seemed not to care much about the worry in the words of the foundation-building cultivator in front of him. He slowly opened his eyes and said calmly:
"Recently, because we deliberately spread the rumor about the secret realm, so many foreign cultivators came to the market. It's not a big deal that a few demon cultivators sneaked in. There's no need to panic.
It's just a few low-level cultivators missing. There's no need to mobilize a large force to affect the normal operation of the market. I'll send a message to the sect and ask them to send more people to support the market. Now is also a rare opportunity for us to earn spirit stones. You just need to keep an eye on the market and don't let anything go wrong."
Hearing the old man's reply, the yellow-robed man nodded and smiled: "Uncle Luo is right. Since we released the news a year ago, the business of the market has almost doubled in the past year. If there were no similar rumors in several neighboring countries, our market business would probably be even better.
I just don't know when this secret realm will appear. It would be great if it really appeared in our Liang country. In this way, we might be able to make more money!"
"Hmph! Do you think this ancient secret realm is really open to anyone? We spread the news just to attract them to the market. When the secret realm is opened, these ignorant low-level cultivators may not even be able to get close to take a look, let alone dream of ascending to heaven in broad daylight." After the white-haired old man finished speaking, he chuckled with disdain.
The yellow-robed man was also slightly surprised when he heard this. At the beginning, when the sect asked them to spread the rumors of the secret realm among those low-level casual cultivators, he thought it was just an ordinary secret realm. Anyone who met it had the opportunity to enter it. Even he himself was looking forward to it.
Now, after hearing what the white-haired old man said, this secret realm is probably only qualified for high-level cultivators in the Jindan stage. The yellow-robed man is only at the fourth level of the foundation-building stage. He was immediately disappointed and could not help but sigh slightly.
The disappointment in the yellow-robed man's eyes naturally did not hide from the white-haired old man's eyes, but as the supreme elder of the sect, he was too lazy to care about the thoughts of an ordinary foundation-building disciple in the sect, and waved his hand directly to the yellow-robed man.
"Okay, you go down first. I still need to practice in seclusion recently. Don't disturb me if there is nothing important!"
"Yes, then the disciple will go down first." After receiving the instructions, the yellow-robed man nodded immediately, bowed and slowly retreated.
Seeing that the yellow-robed man had retreated, the white-haired old man immediately waved his hand to activate the formation restriction at the entrance of the cave, closed his eyes and prepared to continue meditating and practicing.
Unexpectedly, just after a moment, the restriction at the entrance of the cave suddenly shook again. The white-haired old man frowned slightly and opened the restriction again. He found that the yellow-robed man who had just entered ran in again in a hurry.
"Why is it you again? How can you be so flustered all day?"
Hearing the white-haired old man's angry rebuke, the yellow-robed man explained excitedly: "Uncle Luo, the secret realm, it seems that the secret realm has really appeared!"
The white-haired old man's face changed when he heard this. He ignored the yellow-robed man in front of him and flashed directly to the outside of the cave.
At some point, an extremely gorgeous colorful glow suddenly appeared in the sky north of the market. Even if it was thousands of miles away, it could still be seen clearly at a glance. On the surface, it really looked like a sign before the appearance of a secret realm.
Seeing this scene, the white-haired old man was immediately surprised. He didn't expect that the unintentional words of the yellow-robed man just now would become a reality in an instant.
"I'll go over and check the situation first. You immediately send a message to the sect and tell Brother He and the others about this. Also, activate the formation to block the entire market and don't let the news spread."
After the white-haired old man gave an order to the yellow-robed man who had just followed him, he turned into a ray of spiritual light and flew out of the market. Suddenly, a group of red clouds appeared on the west side of the market. Like him, they went directly to the north. Their speed of escape was no worse than that of the white-haired old man who set out first.
"Golden Core Demon Cultivator!" Seeing the red clouds not far away from him, the white-haired old man's face changed immediately. He didn't expect that there was a Golden Core-level Demon Cultivator hidden in the market where he was sitting.
However, the white-haired old man didn't care about the matter at this moment. He didn't care about the Demon Cultivator next to him. He took out a second-level talisman and stuck it on his feet, which increased his speed of escape.
When the white-haired old man and the red cloud arrived thousands of miles away, they suddenly saw two figures standing in silent confrontation in the sky directly below the colorful rays of light.
Although the two did not take action, the powerful pressure from their bodies had already caused the spiritual energy within dozens of miles to move without wind. They were obviously two powerful people above the Nascent Soul level.
After getting close and feeling the powerful pressure from the two people, the white-haired old man and the red cloud stopped their bodies and dared not move forward. Then they found a hill not far away and landed, hiding their bodies.
"It actually alarmed the Nascent Soul cultivators so quickly. It seems that the secret realm has really come out. There is no mistake!" The white-haired old man looked at the two Nascent Soul cultivators in the air and muttered to himself with some excitement.