Suddenly, a gentle force spread out and everyone felt the pressure that had been crushing them disappear.
Long Chen hastily turned to see that at some point, a white-haired elder had appeared in the plaza.
That elder looked like an ordinary mortal, without the slightest spiritual qi fluctuation or pressure.
And yet, just by standing there, he seemed like a vast ocean, and no one dared to disrespect him.
âGreetings assistant monastery head.â The sect leaders all quickly bowed towards that white-haired elder respectfully.
That elder simply waved his hand slightly, and the sect leaders got up from their bows. However, they didnât dare continue sitting.
âAs sect leaders, you are examples of virtue and character. For you to fight in front of this many disciples, are you not afraid of your disciples laughing at you?â That white-haired elder shook his head.
âReporting to assistant monastery head, it was Ling Yun-zi whoâ Luo Feng hastily went to explain.
âLet it be. I canât be bothered with your trivial matters. If you want to fight, thatâs your own matter. For an old man like myself, as long as I donât see it, I wonât care. As long as it doesnât break the supermonasteryâs rules, thatâs fine.â That white-haired elder impatiently cut him off.
Turning to look at the many disciples present, his drowsy eyes suddenly brightened.
âNot bad. After being in seclusion for a hundred years, there are so many good sprouts now- oh?â
That white-haired elder let out a sound of surprise when he saw Long Chen. He stared closely at him.
Long Chen immediately felt as if all his secrets were exposed to this elder, and he couldnât help feeling a burst of uneasiness.
âSenior, if you look at junior like that, junior will become shy.â Long Chen couldnât help feeling awkward.
That elderâs cultivation base definitely surpassed Long Chenâs knowledge. But no matter how powerful a person was, they shouldnât just randomly pry into other peopleâs secrets.
âCough, you should all return to your groups.â The white-haired man awkwardly coughed. Just now he had been too curious and activated his spiritual eye to examine Long Chenâs meridians.
It was true that Long Chen was not a woman, but doing so was still impolite. That white-haired man had truly been shocked.
That was because Long Chen didnât have a Dantian. All his energy was concealed in his left foot. If that was all, he wouldnât be so shocked. After all, there were all kinds of curious cultivation techniques in this world.
But he was most shocked that Long Chenâs energy actually rejected his prying. He had only just gotten a glance when his spiritual eye felt a burst of pain.
With that white-haired elderâs cultivation base, even using his spiritual eye on a sect leader wouldnât cause such a reaction.
âThis little fellow is pretty strange. And that big fellow is also extremely strange. Huh, when did the monasteries get so many oddities?â he muttered inside. However, he still put on a calm expression for everyone.
âThe Jiuli secret realm only opens once a century. Each time, it only stays open for a year. I suppose you should all already know the basics, so I wonât continue about that.
âThere are a couple things I want to warn you about. First of all, the Jiuli secret realm is completely unfathomable. No one knows what is going on with it. Although there are countless treasures inside it, there are also countless dangers. The slightest carelessness can cause you to forfeit your life. Iâd advise you not to treat this lightly.
âSecond, those dangers are all split into different levels. Some of the dangers are even able to instantly obliterate Xiantian experts.
âOf course, such dangers are easy to avoid. The greatest danger, that cannot be avoided, is the Corrupt path.
âThe Jiuli secret realmâs openings spread throughout several prefectures. Both the Righteous and Corrupt paths each control a portion. The opening our supermonastery controls is just one of Su Prefectureâs openings.
âDonât fight and kill each other because of treasures. Donât fight with other members of the Righteous path, and most definitely do not fight with fellow disciples of the monasteries. That is absolutely not permitted, or you will be punished by the supermonasteryâs rules.â
Long Chen smiled mockingly. Who was he trying to scare?
Ling Yun-zi had long since told everyone the truth. Each time the Jiuli secret realm opened, just how many people were really killed by the Corrupt path? Wasnât it more like that the majority were all killed by their own people?
To say these things now, this elder was just trying to scare the cowards. If you really thought his words would prevent the monasteryâs disciples from killing each other, then you would probably die without knowing what had happened.
In any case, Long Chen had already warned Tang Wan-er and the other core disciples that other than members from the 108th monastery, they were not to trust anyone else.
As for whether other people really believed this elderâs words, it was easy to tell just by looking at everyoneâs expressions. Probably his nonsense would only be able to trick a ghost. The various sect leaders werenât all idiots.
But this did mean one thing. If you were to take action against someone from the same sect, you would have to kill them in one blow. And if you werenât able to kill them, you had to at least remove any proof. Otherwise, once you left the secret realm, if there was proof that you sneak attacked your fellow disciples in the secret realm, then you would be heavily punished. They would either cripple your cultivation base or directly kill you.
So unless it was truly an especially precious treasure or unless you had an extremely great assurance, you couldnât take action against your fellow sect members. That did at least reduce the probability of fellow disciples killing each other.
âIf other members of the Righteous path attack you, then you donât need to have that many misgivings. After all, you canât let people just steal your treasures.
âBut everyone should always remember, your one enemy is the Corrupt path. At critical times, you must always work together against them.â
Long Chen almost vomited. What kind of reasoning was that? Had his head rotted? Everyone fought against everyone for treasures, but he wanted them to work together at critical moments? Did they think they were all good little friends?
âFinally, Iâll say one last thing. There are countless treasures in the Jiuli secret realm, and if you canât tell what something is, do your best to bring it back with you. The Elders from the monasteries can help you appraise it. Even if you canât use it, the monastery will still give you a large reward in accordance to whatever treasure you wish to trade.â
Each century when the Jiuli secret realm opened, it was not just beneficial to the disciples, but it was also beneficial to the supermonastery.
It was said that this world had experienced a huge change in the past. Many of historyâs miraculous cultivation techniques and treasures had been lost now.
There were many treasures in the secret realm that could make up for that loss, but unfortunately, many disciples were unable to even tell what those things were.
That had caused those old fellows to become a bit crazy, and even want to personally barge in to see what treasures lay in the secret realm.
It was a crazy thought, but there were still many crazies who had tried it out. As a result, a Xiantian expert had only just stepped into the secret realm when he was obliterated, blown to pieces by a bizarre energy.
And yet, that still didnât stop the crazies. In the past millennia, there were countless experts who had been unconvinced and thought they could cause a miracle, only to be killed by the secret realm.
Those people seemed to have been infected by a disease. After hundreds of Xiantian experts had been killed, that crazy disease seemed to have also died out.
So each major power now treated the opening of the Jiuli secret realm extremely importantly. Many of their disciples had brought back heaven-defying treasures out of the secret realm.
There were all kinds of treasures. Some were broken armors of the ancient era. And yet, although they were broken, Xiantian experts were unable to harm them.
There were also vicious beasts from the ancient era that were extinct in the outside world. They had continued to proliferate in the secret realm.
However, those beasts were under some kind of restriction within the Jiuli secret realm. Magical Beasts were unable to grow past the fifth rank inside.
The Jiuli secret realm was extremely large. Those fifth rank Magical Beasts were all in different regions. If you were slightly careless and walked into their territory, then it might not even be possible to flee.
It was said the entire bodies of those beasts were treasures, whether it was their blood, flesh, bones, or especially their crystal cores or Neidans. Those were all extremely valuable and could be sold for high prices, perhaps to be used as medicines or weapons.
It was said there were also immortal medicines inside. Once someone consumed one, they could possess immortal life without ever losing their youth.
Furthermore, it was said someone from the supermonastery had managed to obtain one of those immortal medicines before. However, whether that was true or not, no one knew.
In any case, everyone treated the Jiuli secret realm as a world of treasures. Of course, there were also plenty of dangers. Dead people wouldnât get to enjoy those treasures.
That elder once more warned everyone about a couple things to take note of before suddenly clapping his hands. Heaven and earth began to shake intensely.
Countless runes appeared over the ground, and at the same time, everyone realized they were somehow unable to move anymore.
âConveyance Art!â
That elder shouted, and heaven and earth suddenly changed. The scene before them disappeared, and everyone appeared in front of a huge abyss.
People were horrified to see that this abyss was endlessly deep and wide. They couldnât see the bottom, and it looked like a huge mouth that wished to devour the sky.
In front of that huge abyss, everyone felt themselves to just be insignificant ants.
Heaven and earth trembled, and a terrifying pressure descended, a pressure so strong that everyone felt as if their bones were about to break apart.
The sect leaders all took the majority of that pressure for themselves, helping their disciples face off against it.
That berserk pressure devastated them for over a full day and night before gradually stopping. Even the sect leaders were covered in sweat after blocking it for so long.
BUZZ!
Suddenly, a huge crack gradually tore open within the dark abyss. People were shocked to see another world on the other side of that crack.
Endless mountain ranges, ancient trees soaring into the sky, huge vines that coiled like dragons, and mountains that looked to climb as high as the heavens. However, people felt as if they were disconnected, and they were unable to sense that worldâs aura. It looked like a lively painting of a landscape.
That crack spread for hundreds of miles, and it was also a hundred miles wide. It was extremely bizarre to them.
When that crack first appeared, that white-haired elder had immediately started forming hand seals. Following his hand seals, an enormous rune appeared behind him.
But if someone were to look at it closely, they would be able to tell that this rune was actually made of tens of thousands of smaller runes. That rune lit up this entire space.
âTen Thousand Runic Space Expansion!â
Under the urging of that elderâs hand seals, the huge rune flew over to the enormous spatial crack.
When it reached the center of that crack, the rune instantly exploded into countless smaller runes.
Those runes formed a circular door in the center of the crack. After finishing that, the white-haired elder turned slightly pale.
âI wish you all luck!â
That elderâs hands suddenly crossed, and Long Chen and the others all felt their bodies shake as they involuntarily flew towards that door.
BOOM!
When Long Chen passed through the door, he saw he was on top of a mountain.
âJiuli secret realm, I, Long Chen, have finally arrived!â