Born with immortal seed

Chapter 63 Secret Realm
Bai Zichen picked up his teacup, indicating that he was about to see his guest off.

Even if Lu Song sincerely offered him an opportunity, he wasn't very interested.

How much opportunity can a down-on-his-luck, low-level rogue cultivator, who stumbles and falls his way into becoming a menial disciple of the Qingfeng Sect, possibly encounter?

Moreover, the cave dwellings left by our predecessors are not all treasures. Some of these were wicked cultivators who went mad before their deaths, thinking that if they failed to achieve the Great Dao, their descendants would also suffer. They deliberately set up killing formations in their cave dwellings and even made treasure maps of their cave dwellings to leak out the information.

When those rogue cultivators found what they thought was a treasure full of anticipation, they all died tragically in the cave.

Seeing that Bai Zichen showed no interest, Lu Song immediately became anxious.

He received this opportunity in his childhood, and after embarking on the path to immortality, he always wanted to unlock its secrets and retrieve the treasures within.

However, there are many restrictions on entering that place, and even with Lu Song's strength, he can't reach the entrance.

As for finding partners, those with poor skills are useless, while those with higher skills might be devoured alive, leaving not even a trace.

If it weren't for the shock I experienced in the market last time, and the realization that with my current cultivation progress, I wouldn't have the chance to take the treasure by myself for decades, I would have made up my mind to find a helper.

Lu Song searched through all the people he knew, and Bai Zichen was already considered to have a high level of cultivation. More importantly, after spending several time with him, he felt that this person was quite reliable.

As for offering the opportunity directly to the sect, that was the last resort when there was no other way.

By collaborating with Bai Zichen, Lu Song could share in the substantial gains, but by offering his services to the sect, he would only receive a meager reward afterward.

Lu Song knew that if he wanted to achieve anything on the path of Tao, he had no choice but to take a risk.

The gamble is that Bai Zichen is a person of upright character and won't be tempted by the treasure.

Bai Zichen's current lack of interest in opportunities seems to confirm the speculation, but it has dashed Lu Song's last hope.

“Senior Brother Bai, this opportunity of mine is definitely not just some hearsay circulating in the marketplace; there must be a real treasure inside. I know you don’t believe me, thinking that a down-and-out rogue cultivator like me could have any knowledge, and that it might just be a treasure left behind by some random Qi Refining cultivator… But take a look at this and you’ll see.”

Lu Song's expression shifted, as if he had made a tremendous decision. He bit his tongue and spat a mouthful of blood onto the black ring on his hand.

"This black jade ring is the key to unlocking the treasure trove; only my lifeblood can open it."

Stimulated by the essence blood, the black jade ring generated a light screen that projected the phantom of a small cave.

"No, it's an independent secret realm!"

Bai Zichen glanced at it twice, leaned forward, and his expression became serious.

Secret realms refer to those self-contained worlds that generate their own spiritual energy.

The secret realms of the cultivation world are often passed down from ancient times, opened up by powerful cultivators, and discovered by later generations.

In most of these secret realms, only desolation remains, and the space itself is even shaking, with the risk of collapse at any moment.
A few secret realms contain immense opportunities, the most famous of which is the secret realm discovered by the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, which can produce the Core Formation spiritual item, Pure Spirit Jade Marrow.

It was thanks to this secret realm that the Myriad Beasts Sect quietly developed for hundreds of years, leaping from an ordinary sect to become the number one sect in Mizhou.

According to the Nascent Soul True Monarch's conjecture, opening up a secret realm is a skill that only a Nascent Soul stage cultivator can possess.

Therefore, the discovery of each secret realm causes a great uproar.

Even though, due to the passage of time, most of the ancient secret realms that have survived to this day are in ruins, and even after being deciphered, not many treasures can be found.

The secret realm projected by the black jade ring on Lu Song's hand didn't look very large, at most ten zhang in diameter, and its beginning and end could be seen at a glance.

It belongs to the smallest category of secret realms.

At the very center of the secret realm stands a desolate tomb, all alone.

Around the edges, dozens of tattered weapons were stuck, many of them already broken into pieces.

Bai Zichen looked up and gazed deeply at Lu Song, it seemed that this opportunity was probably real.

I really don't know whether to say Lu Song was incredibly lucky or just unlucky.

To obtain the key to a secret realm is certainly a stroke of good fortune, but unfortunately, the level is too high for him to handle.

If it were an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator's cave dwelling, Lu Song's strength would have greatly improved, and he wouldn't still be a menial disciple at the fourth level of Qi Refining.

“After I found this black jade ring when I was a child, I often had dreams. The scenes in my dreams were very similar to this one, but the scope was much larger. There were at least a thousand weapons on the ground.”

With a dazed look in his eyes, Lu Song recounted the story of how he obtained the black jade ring.

"After I was found to have spiritual roots and embarked on the path of immortality, I thought that I could be like the protagonists in biographies and novels, receiving treasures and becoming an extraordinary figure in the cultivation world! I never expected that it would take me two years just to find the treasure location with vague directions... Moreover, a pack of blood wolves has already settled there, and I can't even get close to it!"

“I didn’t give up. I spent a whole year living in the open on the outskirts of the blood wolf pack. I found an opportunity when the pack went out to hunt and rushed in. As a result, I couldn’t even handle a few juvenile blood wolves. I also attracted two old wolves left in the den and almost lost my life there.”

"Senior Brother Bai, with your strength, as long as the two of us plan carefully, we have a chance to break through the defenses! We can find the Blood Wolf's weakness and enter the secret realm you mentioned!"

Lu Song's eyes were slightly red. From the confidence he had when he embarked on the path of immortality to the destitute rogue cultivator in his thirties, the memories still made him unable to contain his emotions.

"First of all, I would like to thank Junior Brother Lu for his trust in me. If it is as shown in the projection, this opportunity is indeed remarkable."

Bai Zichen pondered for a long time; the allure of the ancient secret realm was simply too great.

Let alone him, even a Foundation Establishment cultivator or a Core Formation cultivator would find it difficult to control themselves here.

Even though this sudden opportunity was completely contrary to his previous plan and there were many risks involved, it made him hesitate.

"But with our combined strength, we're too weak to seek out the secret realm... You have the key, so entering the secret realm isn't difficult, but who knows if there are other dangers inside? Take the blood wolves blocking our way, for example; these pack-living monsters are not to be trifled with."

Blood wolves are first-tier high-grade demonic beasts, equivalent to late-stage Qi Refining cultivators. What's frightening is that these types of demonic beasts are accustomed to living in groups.

The number of individuals in the group ranges from a dozen to forty or fifty.

Bai Zichen didn't think he could move freely among the blood wolf pack with his current strength.

As for Lu Song, it would be good enough if he could protect himself and not cause trouble.

"How about this, let's wait a few more years... until I advance to the True Disciple level and my strength improves further, then I'll accompany you to investigate the situation."

"We've waited all these years, what's a few more years?"

Bai Zichen stared intently at Lu Song. If he wasn't afraid that Lu Song would lose hope due to the long wait and give up on cooperating with him, he would have actually said to wait until after he reached the Foundation Establishment stage.

Anyway, he only said that he would explore it first, and if he felt there was any danger, he could postpone the actual exploration of the secret realm.

“Alright, I believe Senior Brother Bai is a man of his word. Let’s wait a few more years and then we can go together to seize this opportunity.”

Lu Song calmed down and felt that this plan was more prudent, so he nodded in agreement.

(End of this chapter)