Mortal: Fishing the Heavenly Dao to Become the Ancestor of the Five Elements

Chapter 86 Entering the Secret Realm, an Eerie Silence (Thank you for your support!)

Five days later!
With the extreme speed of the top-grade magical artifact, the three finally arrived at the border region between Cheqi Kingdom and Jiang Kingdom.

Then, Ma Yuan rode the Wind-Dark Leaf to lead the way, while Song Meng followed in the Wind-Following Boat.

Another hour passed.

Ma Yuan slowed down and stopped.

Qin Tian approached Ma Yuan and, looking down at the mountains and endless jungle, asked, "Have we arrived?"

Ma Yuan nodded slowly and pointed to a spot below, saying, "Right there, I clearly remember that when I was being chased there, I accidentally entered the secret realm."

Song Meng extended his divine sense and clearly saw the things in the jungle below, but unfortunately, he didn't know exactly where they were: "Let's go, let's go down, lest we be discovered by the demonic path."

Ma Yuan nodded and fell downwards.

Qin Tian followed closely behind.

below.

The three landed on the ground, and Ma Yuan and Qin Tian put Feng Mingye and Sui Feng Zhou into their storage bags.

In the mountains and forests.

The three walked forward.

“We’re here, it’s just ahead.” Ma Yuan pointed to a mountain stream about a hundred meters ahead: “That’s it. I was flying about a hundred meters in the air when I accidentally entered the secret realm while passing by the mountain stream.”

"If we can get in this time, it will obviously be a spatial node that leads to the outside world of the secret realm."

"So, are you all ready?"

"Hey, since we're already here, I'll scout ahead!" Song Meng used his Wind Riding Technique to fly towards the mountain stream ahead.

Before Qin Tian and Ma Yuan could stop him, Song Meng flew into the air and disappeared.

Qin Tian and Ma Yuan exchanged a delighted glance, then both rode the wind and followed.

The space swayed.

The three of them then appeared on a plain.

"Wow, this is amazing! It's huge!" Song Meng exclaimed in surprise as he looked at the vast plain before him.

"Yes, yes, this is it, this is it. I don't know why, but I was teleported away as soon as I stepped out of the plain. Fortunately, I spent a lot of time here, and by the time I got out, the witch was long gone." Ma Yuan looked around and confirmed.

Qin Tian released his divine sense and looked around.

Upon noticing the golden runes floating in mid-air, he instantly understood: "I know why you were teleported out back then."

"why?"

"why?"

Ma Yuan and Song Meng asked in unison.

Qin Tian pointed to the golden inscription in mid-air: "Didn't you notice this thing back then?"

The two looked up into the air.

Ma Yuan frowned and said, "I found it. I thought it was something from a secret realm, or something to stabilize a spatial node. What's wrong? What is it?"

Qin Tian smiled and shook his head. That's right. Not everyone is a mid-to-high-level array master like him. In particular, Qin Tian has seen many ancient arrays. "What you said is also correct. That restriction is indeed for stabilizing the spatial node, but it is not innate. It was added by humans later."

"This restriction has another effect, which is to prevent flight. Weren't you teleported away because you could fly?"

Ma Yuan nodded repeatedly: "That's right. I was teleported out as soon as I took flight, and I never dared to come back in after that."

Song Meng looked up and asked, "So, does that mean this secret realm already has an owner?"

The three looked at each other.

We're all old teammates, and we all have a great understanding. Our eyes are all saying the same thing: we're already here, so even if there's danger, we can't just run away before we even encounter it. Let's take a look first.

"Hahahaha!" The three looked at each other and burst into laughter.

"go!"

The three used their lightness technique to explore their surroundings.

Although the Lightness Technique is only a basic spell, and even those in the late Qi Refining stage rarely use it, even the most basic spell depends on the user.

When three Foundation Establishment stage cultivators use the Lightness Technique, their speed is not slow at all; the afterimages all around them speak for themselves!
Soon, the three of them passed through the plains and arrived at a mountain range.

As soon as Qin Tian and his two companions stepped onto the ground, they noticed that they had left a footprint.

Song Meng and Ma Yuan didn't find anything strange, but Qin Tian immediately frowned and stopped.

The three of them hadn't even exerted any force; they were just walking normally when they left a deep footprint on the ground.

The earth isn't wet yet!

"what happened?"

"The ground is indeed a bit soft. Are there any other problems?"

Song Meng and Ma Yuan asked questions separately.

Qin Tian stepped on it a few times but didn't find anything else unusual. He shook his head and said, "There's a problem, but we haven't found it yet."

"Let's go, everyone be careful."

Song Meng took out the top-grade defensive magic artifact, the Four Directions Cauldron, which he upgraded from his previous treasure cauldron.

Merit points can not only be exchanged for magical artifacts, but also used to hire alchemists, artifact refiners, and formation masters within the sect to help refine pills, magical artifacts, and formations.

Ma Yuan also took out a top-grade defensive magic weapon, the Golden Shield, which was one of the three top-grade magic weapons he had obtained from his ancestor's storage bag.

The remaining two items are Song Meng's Han Hai Spear and Qin Tian's Sky-Covering Mask.

Qin Tian originally did not plan to take out any magical artifacts, because his current physical body was comparable to a top-grade defensive magical artifact. However, adhering to the principles of caution, prudence, and longevity, Qin Tian took out the Dragon Pattern Bell and floated it above his head.

An hour later.

The three of them walked out of the jungle.

Nothing dangerous happened, as if it were just the three of them's imagination.

Instantly, the three became even more cautious.

Passing by a waterfall, the three arrived at a medicinal herb garden.

The herb garden was very large, and it seemed to have once been filled with precious medicinal herbs, but it was all deserted, as if it had been completely eaten away by something.

Looking at the herb garden, the three of them recognized many precious medicinal herbs by examining some of the roots and stems.

"There were actually Jade Marrow Fungus, Purple Monkey Flower, and Heavenly Spirit Fruit, the main ingredients for refining Foundation Establishment Pills, here. What a pity, they're all gone. It seems they were eaten by some kind of demonic beast. Otherwise, we would have struck it rich." Ma Yuan had been to the Crimson Forbidden Land and recognized these three spiritual herbs, looking distressed.

"Yes, look at that, the root of the Blood Spirit Ginseng. What a pity, it's a rare spiritual herb that can increase magical power. Even if it's not refined into pills, it would still be beneficial to eat it."

"Hey, do you think there's any hope for these medicinal herbs, since their roots and stems are still intact?"

Song Meng asked hopefully.

Qin Tian immediately shattered their illusions: "Stop thinking about it, it's hopeless. These spiritual herbs weren't recently damaged. Judging from their condition, they're at least a hundred years old."

"Be careful, there must be a powerful monster in this secret realm."

"If you do the math, there are thirty-six acres of medicinal herb fields here. It's such a waste that such a large quantity of medicinal herbs, and all of them are top-grade medicinal herbs."

Ma Yuan added, "This means that this secret realm must have a spiritual vein, at least a medium-sized spiritual vein, or even a large spiritual vein. Otherwise, it would be impossible to nurture so many high-grade spiritual herb fields. It seems that the owner of this place has not returned for a long time, or something must have happened to him. Otherwise, it would be impossible to abandon so many precious spiritual herbs."

"Good heavens, this herb garden alone is worth as much as a small-scale Crimson Forbidden Zone!"

(End of this chapter)