The immortals of the two worlds started from farming and refining pills.

Chapter 319: Yellow Sand Secret Realm, Subduing the Thorns (First Update)
However, plans cannot keep up with changes.

The ancient secret realm has not yet appeared, but the only second-level secret realm around Xuefeng Lake, the Yellow Sand Secret Realm, has appeared ahead of time.

The Huangsha Secret Realm opens once every forty years, and it has been less than thirty-seven years since the last time, which caught many Jindan sects off guard.

This secret realm only allows cultivators in the Foundation Establishment stage to enter. No matter if they are practicing Qi or forming a pill or above, they will be rejected by the secret realm.

After the secret realm portal is opened, it will be temporarily closed after half an hour. The secret realm will disappear after a month, and the monks who entered can come out.

Most of the Jindan sects had just received the news of the secret realm's opening, and before they had time to dispatch personnel, the secret realm was closed.

Li Qing had been building his foundation for less than ten years, so naturally he had never entered the Yellow Sand Secret Realm.

Because of the ancient secret realm, he had not originally planned to go in for exploration.

Unexpectedly, the "Gate of Heaven" in Dantian trembled slightly, as if something was attracting it.

After weighing the pros and cons for a while, Li Qing finally decided to go in and find out what was going on.

He entrusted Qinghe Valley to Li Yu, and rushed in together with Sang Yuwan and Niu Xinjing just when the gate to the secret realm was about to close.

There was a sudden spin.

When the three of them stood still, they found themselves in a vast desert.

There was no sun in the sky, but the sunlight was still scorching. Even if one's true essence protected one's body, it couldn't completely block it out.

A strong wind blew, and sand was blown into the air, brewing into a terrifying sandstorm, and the entire sky and earth were dim.

The sand, carried by the strong wind, rubbed against the three people's true energy shields at a high speed, and actually produced electric sparks.

The three of them looked at each other, and together they used the earth escape technique to hide under the sand to escape this unpredictable natural disaster.

"My two Taoist brothers, this is my first time to come to the Yellow Sand Secret Realm. I wonder what it is about?" Li Qing asked frankly.

Sang Yuwan couldn't help but smile bitterly: "It seems that our luck this time is not very good. We actually encountered the deadly dust storm."

"The wind in this desert is a bone-slicing wind. The sand also carries the power of magnetism, which is most effective in draining away a cultivator's true essence."

"If you can't use the earth escape method to avoid disasters, and are exposed to this dust for a long time, no matter how talented you are, you will die."

Li Qing was stunned: "Then I wonder how long this dust storm will last?"

Niu Xinjing shook his head: "It may stop soon, or it may continue until it disappears into the secret realm. There is no certainty."

Li Qing asked again: "Then can we use the earth escape technique to explore under the desert?"

Niu Xinjing sighed: "There are also many dangers under this desert. This sand has the power of magnetic field, which not only consumes the true essence, but also confuses the consciousness and reverses the cognition."

"If we rush around in it, we may easily run into dangerous places such as quicksand, or predators hiding in the sand."

Before he finished speaking, a huge scorpion with a black body and a shiny blue tail hook quietly approached behind him. It had the might of a second-level spiritual beast.

Fortunately, all three of them were alert.

Niu Xinjing slapped his forehead, and a Yin-Yang scroll rose above his head, protecting his whole body.

The big scorpion's tail hook stabbed down fiercely, but was interfered by the yin and yang energies, causing the attack to be paused.

It reacted extremely quickly, pounced forward with its entire body, and used its pair of large pincers to cut at the ox's neck.

"You evil beast!" Niu Xinjing scolded, and the Yin-Yang scroll turned into a big mill, covering the big scorpion, constantly grinding and refining it.

But the scorpion's shell is quite hard. Although it is pressed by the Yin-Yang Mill and cannot move, there is no sign of damage at all.

The two sides were in a stalemate for a while.

While Niu Xinjing was confronting the big scorpion, another fiery red scorpion came to Sang Yuwan.

Li Qing was entangled by a living thorn.

The thorns were dark red in color, and faintly emitted a foul smell, as if they lived by strangling and sucking the flesh and blood of living things. Li Qing instinctively disliked this, and he brushed down the Three Treasures Wonderful Tree fiercely, and the Nirvana Fire engulfed the thorns.

However, perhaps because thorns grow in the desert and are exposed to the sun all year round, they are more resistant to fire.

Under the cover of the Nirvana Fire, it kept rolling, waving its branches wantonly, and swept towards Li Qing as if it had wisdom.

Li Qing snorted coldly, and taking advantage of the gap in the burning of the Nirvana Fire, he turned the sweet rain into icy rain and poured it directly on it.

"Zi la la..."

The thorns rolled in pain, cracking from the alternating cold and heat, and scarlet juice oozed out.

On the other side, Sang Yuwan took out a golden bowl, hung it above the red scorpion, and continuously poured out Longquan water.

The Longquan carries the power of the dragon and is particularly intimidating to snakes, insects, rats and ants.

The red scorpion was on fire all over, but the fire was extinguished by the dragon spring. Intimidated by the dragon's might, it could only curl up obediently, looking somewhat pitiful.

In the current situation on the field, Li Qing's side is undoubtedly in an advantageous position, but the three of them dare not be careless at all.

As soon as we entered the secret realm, three spiritual beasts and alien plants that were equivalent to the foundation-building stage came to cause trouble. The water in this yellow sand secret realm was indeed quite deep.

Suddenly, a sharp explosion was heard from deep in the yellow sand.

The two scorpions seemed to have received an order. Their energetic energy surged and they broke free from the shackles of the Yin-Yang Grinder and the Longquan Golden Bowl.

Sang Yuwan frowned and was about to activate the golden bowl to suppress the red scorpion.

Then they saw two scorpions, one black and one red, suddenly shrinking. In the blink of an eye, they were only the size of soybeans, and their momentum disappeared.

Two little scorpions were running around in the sand like crazy.

For a moment, Niu Xinjing and Sang Yuwan were unable to lock onto their tracks, and it was difficult to chase them, so they could only watch them slip away.

On Li Qing's side, the thorns seemed to go crazy, and suddenly shot out several times more twigs.

Each thorn thorn was as powerful as a foundation-building spell, and this "chaotic cloak"-like attack made Li Qing overwhelmed.

He took a deep breath, and the Taihao Palace glowed faintly in his spiritual altar, casting magical powers on the Xuanhuang Seal.

"Buzz buzz buzz..." A solemn small seal flew out and suppressed the core fragment of the thorn.

The thorn still refused to give in. It twisted its body and rushed towards the Xuanhuang Seal, causing the small seal to bounce up and down.

Li Qing's mind moved, and he connected with the blessed land sand table. The power of the Qinghe Valley's earthly immortal world was transmitted, driving the Xuanhuang Seal to suppress it fiercely.

"Boom..." a muffled sound.

The bramble was firmly suppressed by the Xuanhuang Seal and could no longer perform any new tricks.

Sang Yuwan couldn't help but smile and said, "It's you who got off to a good start."

Li Qing bowed slightly: "I am lucky. This thorn has a very stubborn temper, unlike those two scorpions who are cunning..."

He clasped his hands together and imposed suppressive restrictions on the thorns.

Soon, Qingmu Zhenyuan penetrated into the thorns along the restraining restrictions and completely sealed it off.

"This thing is very solid. It's a good material for refining spiritual weapons." Niu Xinjing commented.

The thorns seemed to understand human words, as if they were enraged, and began to struggle within the restrictions again.

"Behave yourself!" Li Qing shot out a ray of fire, burning it fiercely and greatly dampening its arrogance.

Sang Yuwan stared at it for a while, and reminded Li Qing in a gentle voice: "This thing has already shown signs of becoming a monster. I'm afraid it's not easy to raise..."

Li Qing nodded, sealed it with a jade box, and put it into the storage bag.

(End of this chapter)