Myriad Beasts Secret Realm, somewhere underground.


    Yu Qingtan woke from his meditative rest.


    After a brief nap, he had finally regained his spirits.


    He used a Purification Spell on himself, but the Blood Tether inside his body had hardly weakened.


    Only with continuous use of the Purification Spell did it show signs of diminishing.


    "It will probably take about seven days topletely cleanse it, luckily I''m in the Myriad Beasts Secret Realm. Those disciples from the big sects really aren''t easy to kill."


    The Myriad Beasts Secret Realm would be open for a whole month, during which he would definitely be able to cleanse the Blood Tether.


    He took out Ru Yao''s body, stripped off her clothes and essories, especially that damaged Spiritual Armor, which could still be exchanged for some Spirit Stones—it would be a waste not to.


    Looking at her hot figure and delicate face, a fireball appeared and fell onto the corpse.


    "me your fate for joining the wrong sect, for pledging to the wrong master."


    After a moment of reflection, Yu Qingtan took Ru Yao''s ne.


    It was an exquisite Hard tinum Ne. The ne had a double ring structure, and at the bottom of each loop was a pendant made of two crystals,rge and small, surrounded by a circle of sparkling, transparent Spirit Diamonds.


    Therger crystal was blue, a Space Stone, while the smaller one was green, a Life Space Stone.


    This was Ru Yao''s storage equipment, equivalent to a Storage Bag and a Spirit Beast Pouch.


    Engraved with tiny characters on the ne, "Connecting Beads to Bi," it was likely its name.


    This was much more expensive than ordinary Storage Bags and Spirit Beast Pouches; many Golden Core Cultivators wouldn''t use it.


    Because other than being attractive, it did not offer more functions than Storage Bags and Spirit Beast Pouches, but its price was hundreds of times greater.


    Yu Qingtan liked it very much—who doesn''t like beautiful things?


    After removing the Spiritual Power marks with the Purification Spell, Yu Qingtan counted the gains from this battle.


    A Second Stage Medium Grade Gobi Fire Fox, and a Second Stage Lower Grade Spirit Crane.


    Since he had a master-servant contract with Ru Yao, both Spiritual Beasts had died when she did.


    A whole pile of clothes and essories, mainly Magic Artifacts, including three Spiritual Artifacts.


    Some of the fabrics were very rare, bearing the ir of attire from previous worldly trends.


    Yu Qingtan even considered whether to introduce such products at the Sky Wolf Gang through Han Daniu, butter thought better of it.


    Han Daniu might be alright selling Golden Spear Pills, but this kind of product would probably be too much for him.


    As for Zhi Lan Pavilion, he still wanted to maintain a good reputation.


    One Second Stage Medium Grade Spirit Boat.


    One hundred and thirty thousand Lower Grade Spirit Stones, three hundred Medium Grade Spirit Stones, and two High Grade Spirit Stones.


    One Second Stage High Grade Escape Talisman.


    One top-notch Spiritual Artifact, the White Desire Lute.


    Three drops of Second Stage Spirit Dew, one Second Stage Purple Spirit Pill.


    One Golden Core.


    "What a haul, this Ru Yao must have really been involved with that Cmity Crossing Old Scoundrel. She''s not even at the peak of thete Foundation Establishment stage yet, and she already had a Golden Core prepared."


    Yu Qingtan had been thinking of getting a Golden Core for himself and unexpectedly got one now.


    One Uninscribed Token.


    "What exactly is this token for? Why did Ru Yao have one too?"


    Gazing at the token in his hand, identical to the two in his System Space, Yu Qingtan murmured, s, still clueless.


    Two sets of Second Stage Formations.


    Then there was that box emitting a glorious, multicolored light; inside were ten Wastnd Crystals and a Jade Slip.


    The Myriad Beasts Secret Realm was also made from fragments of thend from the Deste Era; it was normal for Wastnd Crystals to be found there, though the Deste Beasts within had been exterminated by the Myriad Beasts Sect.


    Wastnd Crystals were a secondary objective for Yu Qingtan''s journey in the Myriad Beasts Secret Realm, as her cultivation of the Ice Skin Jade Bone Art required arge quantity of them for assistance.


    The Jade Slip contained information about spiritual beasts and a manual for their cultivation, even involving Fourth Stage spiritual beasts, making it quite a valuable resource.


    Among the other items that Yu Qingtan had no use for were several dozen story and illustration books.


    The rather adult kind.


    Having taken stock of the spoils of war, Yu Qingtan, as usual, used the Purification Spell to cleanse everything before putting the useful and important items into the System Space.


    The rest were ced back into the Hard tinum Ne, which she then tucked away close to her chest.


    Satisfied, Yu Qingtan left the underground cavern and continued on her journey.


    Before long, she had traversed the Gobi and entered the grasnd region.


    On the grasnds, there were many demonic beasts, but the key point was the presence of a Third Stage Heavenly Demon.


    In the past, some peerless talents had entered the secret realm and in the Heavenly Demon against the odds.


    Yet, when the secret realm was essible again, another Heavenly Demon would appear on the grasnd.


    Ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivators who encountered one could only consider themselves unlucky.


    Yu Qingtan did not release Xiao Tao but instead used the Breath-Concealing Technique and Purification Spell to continue her journey at a slow pace.


    She carefully used her Divine Sense and the Clear Green Spiritual Eye to scout the path, trying her best to avoid demonic beasts and human race cultivators.


    Two dayster, Yu Qingtan, with considerable interest, concealed herself underground, watching a good show ying out not far away.


    By a smallke, ten beautiful female cultivators were confronting more than twenty male cultivators.


    Among the women, one wore a goose-yellow dress; Yu Qingtan recognized her. It was Yan Xi, which meant they must be from Tianxiang Valley.


    It was just unclear why Yan Xi, a direct descendant of a Golden Core family, would venture into the Myriad Beasts Secret Realm.


    Moreover, there was also a man in ck robes among their group.


    The ones confronting them were a bunch of Loose Cultivators.


    Behind the Loose Cultivators were the bodies of more than a dozen grasnd crocodiles.


    "Do the friends from Tianxiang Valley really want to fight us over this?" the leader of the Loose Cultivators, ate-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator, asked in a deep voice.


    "As long as you hand over the Prairie Golden Lotus, we can live in peace," Yan Xi said, although she was only at the early stage of Foundation Establishment but was apparently the leader of the Tianxiang Valley cultivators.


    "That''s right, a treasure like the Prairie Golden Lotus should only belong to a beauty like Xi''er!" the man in ck beside Yan Xi roared, exuding the peak spiritual power fluctuations of ate-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator.


    Upon hearing his words, Yan Xi''s face blushed slightly, but her beautiful eyes still fixedly stared at the leading Loose Cultivator.


    The Prairie Golden Lotus was a Second Stage deste nt, an excellent main ingredient for concocting Eternal Youth Pills. Just moments earlier, there had been one here, but unfortunately, she arrived a step toote.


    This man in ck had met Yan Xi and the others after they entered the grasnds, iming to be the scion of a cultivator family, who fell in love with Yan Xi at first sight and shamelessly insisted on following her.


    Yan Xi also found him quite attractive and half-heartedly agreed to let him apany her.


    Her venture into the Myriad Beasts Secret Realm was because her family wanted to arrange another political marriage for her, much to her displeasure, so she ran away. It happened that the Myriad Beasts Secret Realm had emerged, so she entered.


    She deeply understood that only with great strength could she control her own fate, and the Myriad Beasts Secret Realm was the opportunity she was determined to seize.


    As for the dangers, although she was the rightful daughter of a Golden Core family, from the moment she started on the path of cultivation, she had been prepared to devote her life to it.


    After entering the secret realm, she contacted her sect mates, and leveraging her identity and trump cards, she gained a say in the group''s decisions.


    "Hmph, is this how scions of great sects act, by bullying others to get what they want?" the leading Loose Cultivator said with a sullen face.


    "Treasures naturally belong to those with virtue. Moreover, opportunities in the secret realm are to be contested for, not given based on who came first," Yan Xi retorted.


    "Xi''er, why bother with words? If they don''t want to hand it over, then I''ll fetch it for Xi''er!" the man in ck said softly, and then charged towards the Loose Cultivators.