The Female CEO's Personal Bodyguard

Chapter 693 Living Up to One's Inner Aspirations
"What about the secret realm?"

Lin Chen couldn't help but ask, "What is the relationship between secret realms, blessed lands, and the desolate wilderness?"

Knowing that Lin Chen was new to the world of cultivation and knew nothing about it, Su Mubai was not impatient at all and replied with a smile, "The secret realm is part of the Wilderness Realm."

Lin Chen blinked, looking somewhat confused: "A part?"

Su Mubai smiled and said, "Let me give you an analogy. There is a highway in the mountains that leads down to the modern city at the foot of the mountain. At the end of the highway is a manor where many people live. Behind the manor is a dense primeval forest with wolves, tigers, and many other wild animals, as well as various mineral resources, food, and medicines."

"The forest was very unsafe, but the people in the manor needed all kinds of resources. So the people in the manor came up with a solution: using the narrow terrain, they built a barrier in a suitable place in the primeval forest, dividing the forest into two parts."

"After the forest was isolated, the people in the manor began to hunt the ferocious beasts in this isolated area. Over time, there were no more particularly ferocious and irresistible beasts in the isolated area, so this isolated area became the manor's resource production area."

Su Mubai's analogy was very vivid, and Lin Chen understood it immediately after hearing it.

The highway is the world's passageway; the modern city below the highway is the human world; the manor at the end of the highway is a blessed land; the isolated area behind it is a secret realm; and the primeval forest beyond that is the cultivation world, which is the desolate world that Su Mubai just mentioned.

"Entering the secret realm, and then passing through a certain barrier within it, allows you to enter the true Wilderness Realm, is that what you mean?"

"Yes."

Su Mubai nodded: "Most of the monsters in the secret realm were gradually formed by the Spirit Rhinoceros Storm generation after generation. The truly ferocious monsters have long been killed. The secret realm is not that dangerous. It is just a training ground left by the cave heaven for young cultivators."

Lin Chen nodded: "Then what is the world of the Wilderness Realm like?"

Su Mubai smiled and said, "The Savage Realm is rich in spiritual energy and teems with demonic beasts. Humans do not have an advantage on this land. In order to defend against the attacks of demonic beasts, the residents of the entire Savage Realm live in cities. Each city is guarded by cultivators of different levels. The larger the city, the more and more powerful the cultivators stationed there are."

"Some of these cultivators belong to blessed lands and grotto-heavens. They send people to guard the cities, which is equivalent to expanding their territory. The wider the area they occupy and the more people they govern, the more cultivation resources they can occupy." "Besides the cultivators from blessed lands and grotto-heavens, there are also many local sects in the Wilderness Realm. After all, there are countless cultivation sects in the Wilderness Realm, but there are only so many world passages. How can there be enough for each sect to occupy one? Therefore, many sects that do not have enough strength to occupy a passage can only continue to struggle in the Wilderness Realm."

Lin Chen couldn't help but ask, "Can I understand that these sects in the blessed lands are among the strongest in the Wilderness Realm?"

Su Mubai replied, "That's basically how it's understood, but there are some exceptions. Some sects believe that cultivators are defying the heavens, and hiding in the passage is a cowardly act that is detrimental to cultivation. They disdain hiding, and these sects are often equally powerful."

Upon hearing this, Lin Chen had already grasped the concept of the entire Wilderness Realm.

Unexpectedly, the legendary blessed lands in the human realm were actually just refuges chosen by sects in the desolate world. Fortunately, the sects in these blessed lands were indeed very powerful, being top-tier existences in the cultivation world, fully worthy of the longing in my heart. Otherwise, I don't know how I would feel at this moment.
Although Lin Chen longed for the Wilderness Realm, he was not in a hurry.

Without the strength, venturing alone into the Wilderness Realm is simply suicide.

My immediate priority is to take medicine and cultivate, improve my realm and strength, cultivate the Three-Foot Sword Curtain, cultivate the Sword Bone, plant spiritual herbs, and wait for Plum Maiden's strength to recover...

Thinking about it, I realize I'm actually quite busy right now.

Lin Chen was now concerned about one question: "Since the blessed lands are connected to the Wilderness Realm, does that mean that entering the Wilderness Realm allows one to reach any blessed land?"

Su Mubai nodded: "That's natural. Although the blessed lands are passageways, they were originally one with the Wilderness Realm, so of course we can reach them. However, the blessed lands are not close to each other, often spanning tens of thousands of miles. Even if you take an airship to a distant sect, it's normal for it to take three to five months to fly there. Moreover, you often have to pass through many wilderness areas, where you are easily attacked by monsters and accidents can happen."

Lin Chen didn't care at all. Instead, he smiled slightly, his eyes filled with excitement: "It's good that we can get there!"

Su Mubai said softly, "Are you planning to go to Kunlun Mountain to find your parents?"

(End of this chapter)