Chapter 519 - 519 525 Secret

Chapter 519: Chapter 525: Secret Chapter 519: Chapter 525: Secret “Speaking of which, Jiu seems to be lacking high-rank vine Spirit Seeds, it’s a good opportunity to take some back for Jiu,” Li Zhixuan muttered to herself.

Actually, after Li Zhirui’s breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage, he rarely used vines as an attack method, simply because he lacked high-rank vines!

The Spirit Seeds he had been using were all cultivated from first-order vines, reaching the third order was already the limit, and mutating to break through to the fourth order was nearly impossible.

For opponents of the same realm, low-order vines weren’t very useful, easily countered, and for lower-ranked cultivators, Li Zhirui had simpler and more convenient methods, so the various vine spells he previously deployed became tasteless but too good to discard.

However, these third-order Vine Devils in the Ancient Vine Forest, if their Spirit Seeds were used for cultivation, there was a significant possibility of getting fourth-order vine Spirit Seeds through thousands of selections!

With the goal of harvesting Spiritual Objects and acquiring Vine Devil Spirit Seeds, Li Zhixuan started to move through the dense forest.

Apart from the rustling of the leaves in the wind, there was no other sound in the entire forest, just dead silence; merely walking through it was terrifying.

Li Zhixuan, however, didn’t feel this way, but was very cautious and careful.

She had completely set aside her contempt and understood why this place was listed as one of the most dangerous in the Secret Realm.

Those vines really were unpredictable and stealthy, one moment carrying deadly poison and the next potentially exploding.

Li Zhixuan encountered an extremely dangerous situation where dozens of vines attacked simultaneously, each carrying different abilities.

If it were just this, with her strength, escaping wouldn’t have been difficult, but what she hadn’t anticipated was that one of the vines could silently release a type of poison gas!

A very potent gas that ordinary Detoxification Pills could not counteract, capable of making cultivators weak and their heads dizzy!

If it weren’t for Li Zhixuan’s keen senses, detecting the changes in her body right away, moving out of the gas’s range in time, and taking a Detoxification Pill refined by Li Zhirui, she might have fallen then and there.

It was this harsh lesson that made Li Zhixuan put away her contempt and no longer underestimate those Vine Devils that ruled the area.

But strangely enough, the territorial awareness of the Devil Race is quite strong, especially for plant-based devil clans, which usually kill off all nearby beings contesting for nutrients and Spiritual Energy to secure enough nourishment for themselves.

In the Ancient Vine Forest, those third-order Vine Devils should, in theory, be even more fiercely competitive, fighting each other to the death, making it near impossible for so many third-order Vine Devils to exist.

Yet in reality, not only is there no conflict between them, they even join forces to attack outsiders!

“Let’s see what secrets are hidden deep in this dense forest!”

On her journey, Li Zhixuan, despite encountering many ambushes, also found quite a few Spiritual Objects, taking the bad with the good.

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“Should we go look for the others now, or should we explore this desert first?” Li Chenglin asked curiously.

Li Chenghuo shook his head and said, “This should be the Quicksand Desert, and there aren’t many Spiritual Objects here, no need to waste time on this.”

“We’re heading for the Three Immortal Mountains now, and we’ll look for the other clan members along the way.”

The Three Immortal Mountains are quite famous in the Secret Realm due to their abundant resources of spiritual trees; legend has it that a fifth-order Gold-threaded Jade Marrow Spiritual Tree once appeared there.

The reason Li Chenghuo chose to head for the Three Immortal Mountains was that he had heard that there might be Spiritual Fire—fire within wood—present there.

If he could obtain the fire within the wood, the power of the Nine Flames Burning Heaven Pagoda would advance further. By then, Li Chenghuo could possibly, with the power of his Life-bound Magic Treasure, contend with a cultivator at the Middle Golden Core Stage.

“Hiss—”

Suddenly, a slender third-order Devil Snake shot out in the desert with the speed of lightning, plunging straight toward Li Chenglin.

“Be careful!” Li Chenghuo hadn’t expected they would encounter a third-order Devil Beast so soon, but it was too late for him to act, and Li Chenglin would have to rely on himself.

Bang!

A wall of stone that appeared in time shielded Li Chenglin, blocking the Devil Snake’s assault,

Li Chenghuo sighed in relief, then immediately summoned the pagoda; bursts of Earth Core Poison Flame flew out, instantly roasting the Devil Snake into a carcass emitting a faint scent of cooked meat.

“Are you alright?”

Li Chenglin shook his head and said enviously, “Once this Secret Realm adventure is over, regardless of whether we find any fourth-order Spiritual Objects, I must start refining my Life-bound Magic Treasure!”

“If you have any issues with Artifact Refining, you can come to me any time,” Li Chenghuo said with a smile.

He was already quite pleased with the Nine Flames Burning Heaven Pagoda that he had refined, and receiving the envy of others naturally made him even happier.

“Be a bit more cautious. Although there are not many Spiritual Objects in the desert, there are quite a few Devil Beasts, and they all hide underground,” Li Chenghuo warned seriously.

“Cheng Huo, are you saying that it’s not that there are no Spiritual Objects in the desert, but rather they aren’t on the surface—they’re underground? Otherwise, why would there be so many Devil Beasts gathered here?” Li Chenglin suddenly said.

Li Chenghuo frowned in thought. This hypothesis could indeed be possible, but Li Chenglin wasn’t the only smart person. Yet for so many years, no one had discovered the secrets of the desert, which definitely meant it wasn’t as simple as something being underground.

He shared his concerns, saying, “To be safe, let’s head to the Three Immortal Mountains first. If we don’t find anything, we can come back and take a gamble. How about that? After all, the Secret Realm is open for two months.”

Moreover, they needed to find the other clan members quickly. How could they do that if they only stayed in the desert?

As for Li Chengwu and Li Darong, they were not so lucky. The place where they landed lacked noteworthy Spiritual Objects, so they had to leave in a hurry, searching for Spiritual Objects and trying to meet up with other clan members along the way.

But shortly after they left, they found a third-order Spirit Seed. However, to obtain it, they must defeat the guardian Devil Beast.

Li Chengwu was doing relatively well; his strength was built punch by punch. After breaking through to Golden Core, his way of fighting also improved significantly.

But Li Darong was different; before his breakthrough, he was an Elder with very little combat experience. Probably only the meager experience he got from long ago when he followed the family hunting party was all he had.

Therefore, when facing the third-order Devil Beast, he was clearly outmatched and struggled greatly. It took several third-order Talismans for him to barely injure the Devil Beast severely, and in the end, it still managed to escape, showcasing a very poor performance.

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Outside the Secret Realm.

After the portal closed, Zhirui turned around and entered the Spirit Boat. A thick fog then emerged, enveloping the Spirit Boat within it, shielding it from the prying eyes of others.

He then flashed into the space and began cultivating.