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Chapter 111 The Secret Realm, Where Strength Reigns Supreme [Please Subscribe!]

One hour later.

In the secluded valley, Yao Qi slowly woke up, her first instinct being to reach for her waist—the storage bag was still there.

She breathed a sigh of relief, then put on another talisman and cautiously scanned her surroundings.

The moonlight was cold and clear, and the chirping of insects filled the air; we were no longer in the secret realm.

Yao Qi looked down and saw that she was wearing a light blue long gown that was two sizes too big.

Yao Qi was startled and quickly checked her chest. The wound had scabbed over, had been carefully treated, and bandaged with clean strips of cloth. A slight unease gripped her, and she then checked her lower body—

Fortunately.

There was nothing unusual.

Yao Qi breathed a sigh of relief again, then blushed slightly, a strange thought popping into her mind: "They really didn't do anything to me—is it because my face is too ordinary? But my figure is not bad."

She knew her own figure well; although it didn't show when she wore the Taoist robe, she was quite well-endowed when she took off her clothes.

That fellow Daoist Chen treated her wounds, he must have seen it, yet he didn't react at all?

"Could it be that he's not interested in women?"

Yao Qi muttered something to herself, then shook her head, banishing the absurd thought from her mind.

She checked the storage bag again, probing it with her spiritual sense. The two Ice Heart Lotuses lay quietly in the jade box, along with the Ice Soul Pearl, spirit stones, and talismans.

"This guy—"

Yao Qi stared blankly at the storage bag in her hand, her heart filled with mixed feelings.

This fellow Daoist Chen, if you say he's greedy, he keeps talking about Foundation Establishment spiritual items; but even though he could have robbed her of everything, he didn't take anything, and even helped her treat her wounds and set up defenses.

"What a strange person."

Yao Qi looked at the blue long gown she was wearing again, hesitated for a moment, and did not take it off.

She then stood up, activated the "Hidden Spirit Technique" to suppress her aura to the fifth level of Qi Refining, determined her direction, and transformed into a streak of silver light, heading towards the Blood Spirit Abyss secret passage in the northwest.

Chen Qing traveled at a rapid pace, reaching Half Moon Lake in less than the time it takes for two incense sticks to burn, covering a distance of 100 li.

now.

Half Moon Lake, second floor, clean room.

Chen Qing took out a calming incense stick from his storage bag, lit it with his spiritual power, and wisps of green smoke rose up, filling the quiet room with a faint, refreshing fragrance.

Chen Qing took a deep breath and felt his mind gradually calm down.

He sat cross-legged on the futon, raised his hand and patted the spirit beast pouch at his waist. Three beams of spiritual light flew out and landed on the ground, transforming into a crane, a monkey, and a wolf.

As soon as Qingtian came out, he sprawled out on the futon, squeaking. He had activated his Ancient Ape True Form twice and fought against a cultivator at the ninth level of Qi Refining, so he was indeed quite exhausted. Danyu gracefully shook her feathers and walked to the corner. Yinyue quietly squatted at Chen Qing's feet, her eyes clear as water, looking up at Chen Qing and gently wagging her tail.

Chen Qing's lips curled slightly as he took out a bunch of storage bags from his pocket. They were colorful and varied in size, totaling eleven.

Four of these storage bags came from the burly Blood Spirit Abyss cultivator they first encountered, while the remaining seven were taken from Sun Lin and Li Yan.

Chen Qing picked up a storage bag and probed it with his spiritual sense. Sure enough, there was a faint restriction at the opening of the bag, which was the spiritual imprint left by the original owner.

This kind of mark is actually not difficult to erase. As long as the original owner is alive, the mark will be connected to the owner's consciousness, and forcibly erasing it will be detected by the other party. However, once the original owner dies, the mark becomes like a tree without roots or water without a source, and it can be easily erased with some time.

The original owners of these storage bags were all dead beyond any doubt.

Three hours later.

Chen Qing let out a long breath, his forehead already slightly sweaty.

"alright."

He opened all eleven storage bags, channeled his spiritual energy, and poured out all the contents at once.

"Splash!"

Eleven piles of items poured out of the bag, forming eleven small mountains on the floor of the meditation room. Spirit stones, pills, magical artifacts, jade slips, talismans, ores, and spiritual herbs—a dazzling array of items, illuminating the entire meditation room.

Chen Qing began to count them one by one—

First, there are spirit stones.

1362 low-grade spirit stones; 10 mid-grade spirit stones.

Four of the mid-grade spirit stones were taken from Sun Lin's bag, who was at the ninth level of Qi Refining; the remaining six were scattered elsewhere.

In several storage bags.

Chen Qing picked up a mid-grade spirit stone and examined it in his hand.

This spirit stone is the same size as a low-grade spirit stone, but it is crystal clear and rich in spiritual energy. When held in the hand, one can feel a pure spiritual power slowly flowing out of the spirit stone and into the dantian through the meridians.

"nice one."

Chen Qing carefully stored the ten mid-grade spirit stones away.

Although this thing is sold for 1 for 100 on the market, no one would actually trade a low-grade spirit stone for a mid-grade spirit stone.

Mid-grade spirit stones are far more efficient than low-grade spirit stones for cultivation or restoring spiritual power; they are truly valuable.

Next up are the elixirs.

There are seven bottles of pills suitable for the later stages of Qi Refining: three bottles of "Azure Spirit Pills", which are first-grade high-quality pills and cost 140 spirit stones per bottle. They are mild and can slowly improve cultivation. The other four bottles of "Spirit Breaking Pills" are also first-grade high-quality pills and cost 160 spirit stones per bottle. However, they are much more potent than Azure Spirit Pills and are mainly used to break through bottlenecks.

There are also four bottles of "Gathering Profound Pills" that Chen Qing has consumed quite a bit of, which are mid-grade first-level pills suitable for mid-stage Qi Refining.

Chen Qing guessed that these four bottles of "Gathering Profound Pills" probably belonged to some unlucky mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator who was robbed before he could even use them.

"Not bad. I've already consumed more than ten bottles of Gathering Profound Pills, so it's time to exchange them for these Jade Spirit Pills. And the Spirit Breaking Pill is perfect for breaking through the late-stage bottleneck." Chen Qing nodded in satisfaction and carefully put away the bottles of pills separately.

As for the rest—

Chen Qing frowned slightly as he looked at the dozen or so bottles of pills that emitted a faint aura of blood and malevolence.

These pills are all unique to Blood Spirit Abyss, including "Blood Essence Pill", "Fiend Qi Powder", "Blood Coagulation Pill", etc. Although they are all of high quality, all of them are first-grade high-quality, the blood qi and fiend qi they contain are too heavy, obviously intended to be used in conjunction with the cultivation techniques of Blood Spirit Abyss.

If a proper disciple of the Lingyun Sect were to consume such a pill, he would be lucky if he didn't improve his cultivation level or even have his mind corrupted by the evil energy.

Chen Qing shook his head: "Keep these things and sell them on the black market later."

The ritual implements are the main attraction.

Chen Qing picked out the magical artifacts from the eleven small mountains one by one and laid them out in a row on the ground.

A white bone banner, embroidered with skull patterns, sealed with hundreds of fierce spirits, is nearly a top-tier first-order item, with a market value of at least six or seven hundred spirit stones.

A set of mother and child blades, seven blades in total, all dark red, first-tier superior quality.

A heavy, dark hammer, of superior grade one.

In addition, there are three first-grade high-quality magic weapons, one sword and one saber, as well as nine first-grade mid-quality magic weapons, including knives, spears, swords, halberds, and umbrellas.

"These things together are worth at least two thousand spirit stones. No wonder so many people flock to the secret realm. If you have the strength, what belongs to others is yours." Chen Qing clicked his tongue in amazement.

Finally, there were miscellaneous items such as jade slips, talismans, and secret manuals.

Chen Qing looked at them one by one. "Blood Fiend True Explanation" and "Soul Devouring Technique" were both demonic cultivation techniques. Practicing them would eventually lead to the mind being corrupted by the evil energy.

His eyes lit up when he saw the eleventh jade slip.

The jade slip contains the cultivation technique of Sun Lin, a cultivator at the ninth level of Qi Refining—the "Heavenly Demon Blood Fiend Technique".

Although this technique is also a demonic technique that can be cultivated up to the Foundation Establishment stage, and requires the absorption of evil energy during cultivation, a part of it is about how to purify magical power.

Chen Qing read it carefully and found that this part was somewhat similar to the "Condensing Yuan Technique". Although it was not as exquisite as the "Condensing Yuan Technique", some of its qi circulation methods were worth learning from.

"Keep it, I'll study it later."

Chen Qing put the jade slip into his pocket and then looked through the remaining jade slips.

Unfortunately, he couldn't find any more body-refining techniques, which Chen Qing found quite regrettable.

He had been looking for a good body-refining technique to practice in conjunction with the body-refining method he had extracted from the Blood Fiend Technique, but unfortunately, despite the rich harvest this time, there was nothing of that kind.

As for talismans, most of them were mid-grade first-tier talismans, with very few high-grade ones. I only obtained two Golden Gang Talismans and one Mountain Suppressing Talisman, which were obviously used in the secret realm.

A rough estimate suggests that the contents of these eleven storage bags alone—over 1,300 spirit stones plus ten mid-grade ones, more than twenty bottles of pills, fifteen magical artifacts, plus bone jade, jade marrow fungus, and various spiritual herbs—are worth at least four or five thousand spirit stones in total.

As for the Ice Heart Lotus and the Condensing Yuan Technique, they are priceless and unavailable. Adding them together would probably cost close to ten thousand!

"No wonder so many people are desperate to get into the secret realm. I only went once and it was worth as much as the fish I raised for five years."

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Chen Qing shook his head, his heart filled with mixed emotions.

However, despite his feelings of regret, he also secretly became wary.

In this hidden realm, strength reigns supreme.

This time he was lucky and didn't encounter any real powerhouses. Gao Fu and his two sword cultivators disdained killing and robbing. If he had encountered a wicked Qi Refining Level 10 cultivator, he, Chen, would probably be nothing but bone fragments by now.

If you ever enter a secret realm again, be sure to make thorough preparations.

Otherwise, the more you gain now, the more likely you are to benefit others in the future.