I established the Eternal Immortal Clan by taming beasts.

"Third Uncle, what should we say? Should we split up or act together?"

"Yes, Uncle, you make the decision!"

Two figures followed behind Liu Zhenghao, one on the left and one on the right.

Both men appeared to be middle-aged, with ordinary faces and restrained auras. They were dressed in drab, unassuming cultivator attire, indistinguishable from the Foundation Establishment cultivators who were traversing the secret realm.

Like Liu Zhenghao, they also concealed their cultivation levels, disguised themselves as Foundation Establishment cultivators, and infiltrated the area by purchasing tokens at an auction.

As for why each family agreed to send one person, while the Liu family secretly sent in two more people.

The answer is simple.

The second level of this secret realm was being developed for the first time, and the resources within it were definitely at their peak and at their best.

Third-tier spiritual items, rare mineral veins, and even possible ancient inheritances—whoever gets them first gets them!

The Cheng family?

Only a fool would keep their promise to them!

Liu Zhenghao stroked his beard and pondered for a moment.

A glint of light flashed in his cloudy old eyes.

"Let's work together." He spoke slowly, his voice hoarse but steady. "This place hasn't been scouted beforehand, and there might be danger. It'll be good to have someone to look after us."

He paused, his gaze sweeping over his two nephews, his tone becoming more cautious: "Let's prioritize stability."

"Okay, I'll follow Uncle's instructions."

The two responded in unison, following behind Liu Zhenghao on the left and right, heading deeper into the secret realm.

……

The second level of the secret realm is located in a cave to the left of the entrance.

The same thing is happening.

Cheng Qingyang stood with his hands behind his back, his brows slightly furrowed, his gaze occasionally drifting towards the deep passage behind him.

He had been waiting for quite a while, but those two guys were nowhere to be seen.

His fingers tapped lightly on the hilt of his sword, producing a faint metallic sound—a small gesture he made when he grew impatient.

Finally, two figures rushed over.

"Second brother, we're here."

The two people who came were one tall and one short.

Tall and thin as bamboo, with sunken cheeks and high cheekbones, he looked like a piece of firewood that had been dried for a long time.

It was short and stocky, with a round face, big ears, and a slightly protruding belly. When it walked, it swayed like a winter melon walking upright.

Both of them were at the early stage of the Golden Core realm, but Cheng Qingyang's aura was slightly weaker.

There is no doubt that the two companies are thinking the same thing.

Cheng Qingyang suppressed his displeasure, looked at the two of them with his eyes, and nodded slightly without showing any emotion.

"Let's go, let's set off." He took the lead and walked forward quickly: "This time we must get as many spiritual items as possible."

Thinking of something, he spoke again, his tone now carrying an air of unquestionable authority: "It's a deal, I get to pick the good stuff first, okay?"

The short, stout man narrowed his eyes, a barely perceptible glint of shrewdness flashing within them, but his face remained impassive as he readily agreed, "No problem, this was arranged beforehand."

The tall cultivator chuckled, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth: "I'll do whatever Second Brother says."

And so, the Cheng and Liu families began exploring the interior of the second level of the secret realm.

……

"Six people? But they didn't come together... Hehe, we can take advantage of the chaos!"

Qin Yulin sensed the fluctuations emanating from the array jade tablet, and a sly smile appeared on his lips.

The jade tablet was specially modified by her and connected to the concealment array at the entrance. Anyone who passes through that entrance will leave a mark on the jade tablet.

Number of people, cultivation level, and even general direction.

The jade tablet now shows that a total of six people from the Cheng and Liu families have entered.

They split into two groups, each fighting their own battles, and the distance between them continued to widen.

In this way, as long as she doesn't run into the other person, she won't be discovered.

Even if they encounter traces of their own, the other party will only assume they belong to another family.

The two families were suspicious of each other; who would have thought there was a "third party" involved?

She can now confidently make a fortune!

As for how she was so prescient?

Is it really that difficult to temporarily tamper with the formation and modify the formation jade tablet?

It was just a small thing!

Qin Yulin put the jade pendant into his sleeve and walked briskly toward a large cave in front of him.

The glowing crystals cast a soft light beside her, making her shadow appear longer and shorter.

She was in a great mood, so great that she started humming an unknown tune.

……

"Is this the place?"

Lin Che stopped at the end of a narrow cave passage, with a bare rock wall in front of him.

The rock face was no different from the surrounding rocks, its grayish-brown surface covered with tiny cracks, and a few clumps of unknown moss clung to it, damp and gleaming with a dark green light.

A few drops of water dripped from the dome, hitting the ground with a crisp "drip, drip" sound that echoed through the narrow passage.

His gaze fell on the ground.

There was an inconspicuous little puddle there.

The puddle was small, only about the size of a palm, and the water was murky with a few wisps of unknown flocculent matter floating on the surface. It looked no different from the puddles that could be found anywhere in the cave.

What Xiao Huan found was not behind the wall, but under her feet.

It was this small puddle right in front of us.

Without the guidance of the Crystal Seeker, he would never have stayed here.

They would simply assume it was water seeping from the rock wall or dripping from the dome, glance at it and walk past without lingering for even a second.

The Crystal Seeker perched on Lin Che's shoulder, the light in its purple eyes not yet completely faded, and the lingering glow of that huge halo still remained deep in its pupils.

Its little paws clung tightly to Lin Che's collar, its furry body leaned slightly forward, its eyes fixed on the seemingly insignificant puddle, its voice full of certainty:

"That's it! That ball of light is right here, so close! I can feel it, it's down there, right under the water!"

Lin Che narrowed his eyes slightly.

The eye of the storm breaks, and the attack begins quietly.

The perspective suddenly changed.

The surrounding rock walls, the ground below—every crack, every depression, every flow of spiritual energy—became crystal clear in his eyes.

There was nothing unusual.

That little puddle looked the same.

The water's essence was no different from its surroundings, faint and unremarkable, with nothing noteworthy about it.

There were no traces of formations, no abnormal fluctuations in spiritual energy, and no hidden passages. At least, there was nothing there, according to divine sense and the perception of the Wind Eye Breaker.

Lin Che frowned slightly, bent down to pick up a small pebble from the ground, and casually tossed it into the water.

"Gulp."

A pebble falls into the water, creating tiny ripples that spread outwards in concentric circles before gradually returning to calm.

However, something unexpected happened.

The pebble disappeared.

The small puddle didn't look deep; the water was only an inch from the bottom rocks, and it was so clear that you could see the tiny grains of sand and moss fragments at the bottom.

Once a pebble is dropped in, it should be clearly visible that it has sunk to the bottom and is lying there quietly.

Ke Linche stared at the water for a moment.

The bottom of the water was empty; there was nothing there.

There were no pebbles, no gravel, and nothing that sank into the water.

The puddle was still clear, and you could still see the rocks at the bottom, but the pebbles had vanished into thin air, as if they had never existed.

Lin Che's eyes narrowed slightly.