Having cultivated myself into an immortal, all I want to do is raise female disciples.

Directly in front of them was a semi-transparent, curved barrier. Upon closer inspection, one could see a few ancient runes from the era of the Human Emperor floating on it.

The barrier connects to an extremely small magic array on the distant horizon. From their location, it is at least twenty miles away. If viewed from above, it would be a semi-circular barrier, like a pot lid covering this spiritual vein.

Yunping only glanced at it briefly before he could roughly figure out what it was used for.

Just as Huang Xiaoliu had said before, this was the restriction set up by the Immortal Capital, prohibiting all cultivators who did not carry the Immortal Capital's ban from entering this place. This practice was simply so that he could monopolize all the resources within this spiritual vein.

However, this thing also has a few other uses.

He could tell that there was another restriction hidden within this restriction.

That restriction was not simply a matter of "prohibiting passage." The core of the restriction even subtly echoed the Heavenly Dao, the foremost of the three thousand Great Daos of Heaven and Earth.

Even a saint-level cultivator couldn't possibly set up such a restriction. To align with the Dao within it would require the intervention of a demigod, or perhaps...

It was a cultivator who had received the direct lineage of the Heavenly Dao who made the move.

This restriction... effectively separated its interior from the Extreme Heaven Domain, treating it as an entirely independent space.

Yes, it's like a secret realm.

Although it appears to be right in front of an outsider, its actual spatial location is probably completely outside the three celestial domains... It's just that when passing through this barrier, people will also be teleported to the area where this spiritual vein is located.

"I see……"

Yunping immediately understood how they had imprisoned the ever-moving entrance to the Azure Secret Realm.

The answer is simple.

Because they weren't restricted at all.

Instead, the entire spiritual vein is "tied" together with the entrance to the Azure Secret Realm, and the space where the spiritual vein is located is separated. In this way, the entire spiritual vein will move along with the entrance to the Azure Secret Realm.

This barrier only serves the purpose of teleportation.

Since you can't capture the other party, become a part of them—a fairly simple principle.

This restriction is not only a sieve for screening the people of the Immortal Capital, but also a rope that binds its internal space to the entrance of the Azure Secret Realm.

If it were breached, the entire spiritual vein would probably be thrown out and shattered, like someone jumping off a high-speed train.

But if that's the case, another problem will follow.

How did they initially manage to capture the Azure Secret Realm?

Could it be that immortal emperor from the Immortal Capital?

No, it shouldn't be just him.

The Heavenly Dao can indeed effectively bind the spiritual veins to the entrance, but it doesn't have the ability to seize the Azure Secret Realm, even though it is the God of Heaven.

It is possible to do this...

I'm afraid only those two old ancestors remain.

"Alright, everyone..."

Just as Yunping was pondering, Huang Xiaoliu had already arranged everything.

He handed over the Immortal Capital Decree that he had prepared in advance to everyone—it was a rather plain-looking square-shaped wooden plaque, but its back was engraved with extremely complex and fine patterns, and on these patterns were runes that could not be detected by the naked eye without circulating spiritual energy.

"Just bring this Immortal Capital Forbidden Pass to enter. Remember to keep it with you at all times, as you'll need it when you come out."

"Luo'er." Huang Xiaoliu took two steps back, stood in the middle of the road, and looked at Huang Luo with worry: "Are you sure you want to go too? The place ahead is not a good place."

"I……"

Huang Luo hesitated, clutching the Immortal Capital Forbidden Document in his hand, the image of a beautiful woman's back appearing in his mind.

He gave a wry smile, and then said in a not-so-firm voice, "I heard that there are Plain Face Fruit and Heart-Cleansing Grass in the Azure Secret Realm, which are both excellent things for Senior Sister Qin."

"I want to get her some."

"Senior Sister Qin...?"

Huang Xiaoliu was taken aback upon hearing this, then seemed to understand something and shook his head helplessly.

He pondered for a few seconds, then shook his hand and said, "Alright, it's not my place to say much about the affairs of young people. Just let it be."

Huang Luo smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, Grandpa, I will come back safely."

At this moment, Ye Yuchan raised an eyebrow: "Has he set a flag? I feel like he's in some kind of danger..."

"It is quite dangerous."

Yun Ping smiled meaningfully, then glanced back at Huang Luo and narrowed his eyes.

When Huang Luo, the Heavenly Dog, turned around, he saw Yun Ping and the others looking at him with complicated expressions. He immediately felt a little flustered: "Wh...what's wrong?"

"It's nothing~"

Yun Ping smiled and waved his hand, then turned his head and reached out towards the semi-transparent barrier in front of him, saying, "I just wanted to remind you of something—"

"The road ahead is not going to be easy."

As soon as he finished speaking...

Yunping stepped into the barrier and then vanished without a trace.

Gu Xingzhuo followed closely behind, then Lu Yingqiu and Ning Xuchen, and finally the two "plastic sisters" who kept arguing about who should go in first to test the water, and our little Huang Luo.

And the facts have proven that Huang Xiaoliu's skills in forging and producing fake documents are indeed extraordinary.

The well-constructed barrier failed to detect the false identities of the group, and after a dizzying spin, the world before their eyes suddenly changed.

From the once lush and verdant forest, in the blink of an eye...

It has become a desolate and lifeless place.

The withered, dry wood creaked and groaned beside me in the eerie wind, and several dark shadows seemed to dart about in the rustling gray grass. Withered, broken leaves danced in the air, and the soil beneath my feet was as soft as mud, as if I would sink into it if I stayed still.

A cold wind swept over her, and Ye Yuchan felt a cold hand stroking her neck, making it difficult for her to breathe.

The atmosphere was oppressive; the air here seemed heavier than anywhere else.

When everyone arrived at this place, they almost simultaneously held their breath and focused their attention. Ye Yuchan, who was terrified and whose hair stood on end, was so frightened by the creaking of the withered wood that she began to circulate her internal energy.

"No way... we've only just entered, and we've already stepped into the area inhabited by vengeful spirits?"

Ye Yuchan couldn't help but shiver twice; her back was now feeling cold.

This scene reminded her of the demon amusement park she had visited once before... She still couldn't shake off the horrible memory of catching goldfish.

to be honest.

She was actually a little afraid of these kinds of demons and monsters.

She herself couldn't believe it—she, a cultivator, a Void Transformation stage cultivator, was actually afraid of ghosts?!

"That is..."

Gu Xingzhuo seemed oblivious to this, but as if sensing something amiss, he pointed forward.

Following the direction Gu Xingzhuo pointed, everyone suddenly saw a well made of gray bricks on a desolate patch of yellow earth.

Leaves fluttered down, and the cold wind howled.

On the vast expanse of yellow earth, only that well stood out so out of place.

Just as Ye Yuchan's gaze shifted to the well.

A pale and thin hand, wrapped in white clothes, suddenly stretched out from the well!

Ye Yuchan's face suddenly turned deathly pale...

Isn't this the infamous scene from Sadako?!

You time-traveled too?!

30. Even ghosts have basic rules.

When the fellow sees the fellow, tears well up.

But the tears welling up in Yu Chan's eyes were probably not tears of emotion, but rather tears of horror.

She felt that meeting a fellow villager who was an old rogue in this world was enough. Even if he was from the same hometown, he had to be within acceptable limits! At least he should look like a decent human being, right?

Why would Sadako, a model horror film star, have to transmigrate to this wretched world of cultivation? Transmigration should follow some basic rules!

To be honest, if it were just demons causing trouble and evil spirits in power, Ye Yuchan wouldn't be afraid at all; on the contrary, she would feel somewhat at ease—because demons can be influenced, and when in doubt, a set of Rising Dragon Fist might even shatter the demon's jaw.

But ghosts are different.

This thing symbolizes the unknown, fear, and the untouchable and elusive mystery.

Moreover, horror movies were already deeply ingrained in Ye Yuchan's mind. When she realized that this was a famous scene from Sadako, she almost subconsciously forgot that she was a cultivator.

"Yu Chan, what's wrong... your body is shaking."

Zhang Ruoxue turned to look at the silver-haired girl hiding behind her, her hands clinging to her shoulders, and tilted her head: "Besides, you've been acting strangely from the very beginning."

"No, that...that..." Ye Yuchan pointed tremblingly at the well in front of her, her face pale as she watched a second blood-stained hand emerge from the well. She shuddered in terror: "That thing...that thing..."

"What?" Zhang Ruoxue frowned, looking quite puzzled. She pursed her lips and said, "Never mind, I'll go take a look."

"Hey, wait a minute, Ruoxue!!"

Ignoring Ye Yuchan's hurried shouts, Zhang Ruoxue strode towards the well on the open ground covered with fallen leaves in the cold wind.

Ye Yuchan looked around and finally grabbed Yunping's clothes accurately. In a flash, she slipped behind the old rogue, only peeking out half her head so that her slightly trembling eyes could pass over the old rogue's shoulder and look ahead.

at the same time--

The shivers emanating from the hem of her clothes were particularly clear. Yun Ping rolled her eyes and said to Ye Yuchan behind her, "I'm not saying this to be mean, but can't you have some self-respect? You're a cultivator, and a powerful Void Realm expert at that, on the verge of becoming a Saint—"

"N-no way!" Ye Yuchan blushed, slightly concealing the paleness of her face with a blush, and her tone was a little weak: "In the past, when our dormitory organized the viewing of horror movies, I was always tied up and forced to watch them. I have a deep trauma from it!"

"And this looks like... you know... right? Doesn't it look like... you know... right? Don't you have any trauma?!"

"No." Yunping shook his head: "I've always thought that ghosts and the like are strange and don't make much sense."

"What...you've never seen a horror movie?!"

"I've seen it. But then I thought about it, if a ghost kills you, and you become a ghost after you die, wouldn't it be very awkward if you two bumped into each other on the street?"

Ye Yuchan: "..."