Chapter 116 A Relaxed and Joyful Adventure into the Secret Realm
Myriad Beasts Secret Realm.
In the vast desert, Yu Qingtan flew on her sword, casting the Blue Clear Spiritual Pupil Technique continuously, observing her surroundings.
"Ah~ Ah~"
In the distance, a Foundation Establishment early-stage Cultivator also flying on his sword was suddenly struck by a Bone-Corrosive Tornado. Though he tried to accelerate immediately, the tornado's suction was too strong, and he was swept into it.
Twisting and spiraling into the sky, he let out a cry of despair.
An hour had passed since entering the Myriad Beasts Secret Realm, and this was already the third unfortunate soul Qing Tan had seen.
The appearance of the Bone Erosion Storms was completely unpredictable; not even the Blue Clear Spiritual Pupil could detect any signs of them.
She could only pray that she wouldn't be so unlucky. Although she was just a clone entering for a formal appearance, she didn't want to lose this clone needlessly.
Fortunately, her luck held. After another hour of flight, Qing Tan finally left the desert and came upon a Gobi.
Other Foundation Establishment Cultivators were arriving one after another; those who had agreed to team up in advance waited here for their companions.
Qing Tan also saw a few familiar faces. When she laid eyes on one of them, her eyes suddenly narrowed.
After observing for a while, Qing Tan released Xiao Tao and began to walk into the Gobi.
Beyond the desert, it was practically impossible to fly on swords because of the large numbers of flying Demonic Beasts, such as the fierce Huwu Vultures in this Gobi.
As for Xiao Tao, no outsider had yet seen it.
It was permissible for Cultivators to bring Spiritual Beasts into the Myriad Beasts Secret Realm. In fact, in the first part of the journey, Cultivators without Spiritual Beasts had to tame at least one Demonic Beast as their Spiritual Beast, because the later stages required both personnel and Spiritual Beasts to tackle together.
"Ao ao... ao ao ao ao..."
Xiao Tao, perhaps having not been out in the wild for a long time, was excitedly running around in a frenzy.
Qing Tan didn't bother to manage it; there were no uncontrollable dangers like Bone Erosion Storms in this Gobi.
A woman and a wolf walking through the Gobi; it brought back a sense of pleasure like that of traveling in her previous life.
But this pleasant feeling disappeared quickly.
As they passed a small rise, a worm as thick as a man's thigh suddenly burst from the ground, its sharp fangs aiming for Xiao Tao.
"A Second Stage Death Worm!"
Qing Tan's expression changed abruptly; she had been scouting ahead with her Divine Sense, and Xiao Tao with its keen sense of smell, but neither had detected this lurking danger.
The Death Worm was a natural master of concealment, indistinguishable from the surrounding soil to her Divine Sense.
Faced with the sudden attack, Xiao Tao was startled and quickly ran towards Qing Tan.
Although it had advanced to the Second Stage, it didn't know any spells and still relied solely on its sharp teeth and claws for attack. Confronted by the hideous and terrifying Death Worm, it decisively chickened out.
As useless as this wolf cub was, Qing Tan loved to dote on it.
"So disgusting!" said Qing Tan with distaste, looking at the Death Worm, her mood was no longer as beautiful.
As Spiritual Power coursed within her, a thick earthen wall appeared between Xiao Tao and the Death Worm, and then the ground underneath the Death Worm sprouted countless Earth Spikes, skewering the creature.
Earth Wall Technique, Earth Spike Technique.
Qing Tan raised her right hand in a shooting pose and soon, balls of fire appeared at her fingertips, shooting towards the Death Worm that was not yet dead.
Fire Bullet Technique.
It didn't take long to reduce it to ash.
"This feeling of overkill against a weakling is so satisfying!" Qing Tan said, blowing non-existent smoke from her fingertips and chuckling.
Although they were only first-level spells, with her proficiency at the complete level and using mid-stage Foundation Establishment Spiritual Power, a low-level Second Stage Death Worm couldn't withstand it.
After nearly another half hour of progressing, Xiao Tao barked a few times.
Qing Tan carefully examined with her Divine Sense and, sure enough, there was a commotion of battling in the distance.
Without hesitation, Yu Qingtan headed towards the direction of the spell battle.
Soon, she saw that on a small hillside, over twenty Foundation Establishment Cultivators were besieging a group of brown Demonic Beasts.
"Gobi Bears!"
Yu Qingtan recognized these Demonic Beasts and among the besieging cultivators, she also spotted two people she knew.
Lu Dehua and Chen Ziyu.
There were over a dozen Gobi Bears, but only six were Second Stage Demonic Beasts, and they were being pushed back by the crowd's assault.
Lu Dehua and the others clearly intended to capture them alive, as they weren't using lethal force.
On another side, there was a large cave emitting tri-colored glows, and two late-stage Second Stage Gobi Bears were desperately defending at the entrance.
Some opportunities in the Myriad Beasts Secret Realm were very hidden and required seeking out, while others would directly emit a glow.
The more colors the glow had, the more precious the opportunity.
Seeing Qingtan, dressed as a Loose Cultivator, appear, a late-stage Foundation Establishment burly man shouted at her, "The Secret Exploration Alliance is handling this, please stand back!"
Lu Dehua and Chen Ziyu also saw Qingtan, but they had no reaction.
"What's in the cave, I'm taking it!" Yu Qingtan declared outright.
"Where did this madman come from, looking for death!" The burly man who shouted at her was furious upon hearing her words and directly commanded his spiritual sword to stab at Yu Qingtan.
Yu Qingtan did not speak, and behind her appeared numerous Water Blades, more than a thousand in a blink of an eye, and with a wave of her hand, twenty Water Blades shot out, colliding with the burly man's spiritual sword.
"Ding ding dong dong~"
The burly man's spiritual sword flew back to him, with more than a dozen notches added to it.
"I'm taking whatever is inside the cave. Does anyone object?"
Yu Qingtan spoke again.
Everyone internally cursed, and the cultivators attacking the Gobi Bears stopped their assault, looking at each other in dismay.
"Who does this prodigy belong to, to compete with us Loose Cultivators over such trifling rewards?"
"And these thousands of Water Blade Techniques, which mid-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator can condense so many Water Blades at once, especially in the Gobi?"
"Fellow Qingtan, please help yourself! Once we capture this group of Gobi Bears, you can take whatever is inside the cave at your leisure!"
The atmosphere grew tense, and a late-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator leading the group exchanged divine senses with Lu Dehua for a moment before speaking out.
"There's no need for such trouble!" Yu Qingtan said, then with a sweep of her hand, the thousands of Water Blades flew towards the cave.
The two Gobi Bears by the entrance and the cultivators attacking them scrambled frantically to the sides to avoid them.
"Bang bang bang bang~"
In the midst of the dense sounds, dust flew everywhere.
After the dust settled, the top of the cave had disappeared.
Yu Qingtan strolled leisurely to the cave, employing the Object Controlling Technique to pull a box emitting the glow from fifty yards away into her hand.
She then departed directly.
The people and bears present didn't dare to breathe loudly.
Once Yu Qingtan's figure had vanished, the leading late-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator asked Lu Dehua, "Do you know her?"
"I saw her before entering the Secret Realm, and had thoughts of inviting her to join the alliance, but she refused!" Lu Dehua said with some embarrassment.
"A perfected Second Stage Water Blade Technique and Object Controlling Technique, I wonder which sect she belongs to?" Chen Ziyu was also somewhat afraid after the fact, as she had cursed the person earlier.
"A thousand Water Blades, that's not something that can be done with just a perfected Second Stage Spell. In any case, this person is not to be provoked!" the leading late-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator said.
Everyone agreed fervently and then continued their attack on the Gobi Bears.
After this event, the defensive resolve of the Gobi Bears weakened significantly, and soon they were all captured.