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The two twins grew curious after Xue Bai's explanation.
"Young Master, this Secret Realm, can we also enter?" Big Wang asked excitedly.
Little Wang on the side also looked hopeful.
Looking at the duo's appearance, Xue Bai laughed. Secret realms were synonymous with opportunities and skyrocketing cultivation. They could turn a trash into a genius, yet they could also do the opposite, destroying someone's future cultivation or even causing death.
However, the twins looked excited, ignoring the peril. Most likely, they were confident in their abilities. Sadly they wouldn't be able to enter this secret realm.
"No, you two can't. The limit is the Muscle Nourishing realm and below. If you two would enter the secret realm, it would collapse almost instantly." Xue Bai said, crushing their hopes.
Downcasted, the two lowered their eyes while they waited for their next orders.
"Alright, take me to the second set of coordinates I gave you. The secret realm's entrance is over there." Xue Bai ordered.
Nodding, the two started to guide Xue Bai toward the second set of coordinates. Though Xue Bai knew the coordinates to important locations from the game, he didn't know how to get there with just that, so he had the twins lead him there.
Along the way, Xue Bai would also fight the beasts that were arrogant enough to challenge the twins. Through that, he further verified his guess on his strength.
He was as strong as someone in the 2nd of the Blood Exchange realm. But with his space element, he could potentially kill anything in his cultivation realm if they didn't protect their body with Spiritual Qi.
Moreover, even if his opponent was in a higher realm, with a well-landed sneak attack, Xue Bai could inflict severe damage if not kill them outright.
This brought a smile to his face, as in this manner, he wasn't far from the protagonists.
While he was thinking of his future, the group of three made it to the secret realm's entrance, the foot of a cliff.
"Young Master, these are the coordinates you gave me. Are you sure this is the place?" Big Wang asked as he looked around.
Most secret realm entrances were lone-standing portals that, when entered, would take you to the alternate dimension the secret realm was in.
There was nothing in front of them, though. So where was the secret realm?
"Yes, now stand back. I have to open the sealing array that's hiding it." Xue Bai ordered.
The base of the cliff that they were staring at looked ordinary in every manner except one. It had a huge paw print imprinted in the center of it. But what made it so unique was the size of the paw print. Just the diameter of the paw was easily almost 50 meters wide, while the height was even more terrifying, being more than double the width at almost 100 meters.
Looking at the paw print gave the twins a huge scare as they tried to imagine which massive beast made it. Just the paw print alone dwarfed the mounts they were so proud of. They couldn't even imagine how big the beast was.
"Young Master, maybe you shouldn't enter this secret realm. What if the beast that made this imprint is in there?" Little Wang asked tentatively.
A demonic beast with a paw print the size of a small village was a scary thing to imagine. Little Wang was rightfully scared that the secret realm would contain that behemoth.
And since he was supposed to be protecting Xue Bai, how could he willingly let his Young Master enter the jaws of such a monster?
Xue Bai, however, just waved his hand nonchalantly at his question.
"I already told you two that the limit of the secret realm is the Muscle Nourishing realm. So how could such a behemoth be able to stay there?" Xue Bai said while rolling his eyes.
Though they were still apprehensive, hearing what Xue Bai had to say, their worries lessened.
"But, Young Master, how are you going to open this secret realm?" Big Wang asked.
"One second. I need to find the hole." Xue Bai interrupted while trying to concentrate.
The way to open the Secret Realm was simple. A small millimeter-wide hole was in the center of the paw print. To open the secret realm's entrance, all one needed to do was infuse some Spiritual Qi into the hole.
But the only problem was with the size of the paw print. Locating such a small thing was difficult. And Xue Bai would only find it after another five minutes of searching.
Pointing his finger at the hole, Xue Bai infused a strand of Spiritual Qi into it and jumped back, waiting for the entrance to open, which happened very quickly.
After about half a minute, the paw print started to vibrate, making more and more noise as time went on until it came to the point where rocks from the cliff above began falling, threatening Xue Bai's safety.
"Young Master, start next to us. We'll protect you!" Big Wang shouted as he created a shield of Spiritual Qi around the three of them to protect themselves from any falling debris.
He and his little brother were strong enough that these rocks wouldn't injure them, but Xue Bai wasn't. With the velocity they were falling, each of the rocks could crush Xue Bai into a meat paste.
Not wanting to die an early death, Xue Bai went in between the two and waited for the secret realm to open fully.
After vibrating for another five minutes, the Secret Realm finally opened, showing the inside.
However, before Xue Bai could even look inside, a tidal wave of Spiritual Qi hit the three of them.
Realizing what the phenomenon was, Xue Bai's face gained a wide smile.
"Quickly cultivate. This is the blessing for discovering it first!" Xue Bai yelled out.
After giving out his order, Xue Bai dropped to the ground, quickly assumed the lotus position, and immediately began to cultivate. In the Baishen Plane, opening secret realms unleashed a tidal wave of Spiritual Qi when it first opened.
It was a feature often created by the secret realm's creator to give the people entering a small taste of what was to come.
Entering the secret realm was going to be a dangerous encounter, giving the brave cultivators planning to enter the secret realm a taste of what was to come. Effectively the carrot and the stick.
Cultivating now with an almost infinite supply of pure Spiritual Qi Xue Bai started to path out his sixth vein.
The sixth vein Xue Bai was planning to path out was his kidney. The kidney vein was one of the most useful veins to cultivators of all the veins in the Vein Transformation realm.
Its abilities weren't very versatile and were rather straightforward, but they were extremely useful.
The kidney vein's purpose was to remove toxins and impurities from the body. So through this, one could potentially become extremely resistant to many different types of poison.
However, that was only one thing the kidney vein could do.
Its most heaven-dyeing ability was to remove impurities from a cultivator's dantian and flesh!
By using it during a standard Spiritual Qi circulation, a cultivator could slowly remove the impurities from a cultivator's body.
If such an ability was known to the public, every cultivator and their fathers would start cultivating the true Vein Transformation realm.
Being able to remove impurities? Such an ability was almost impossible to do.
Any pill that could potentially remove impurities from a cultivator's dantian, even by 10%, was immediately bought by a noble clan.
Every cultivator in the Baishen Plane had at least a small amount of impurities within them. Maybe they used a Qi Replenishing Pill to replenish their Spiritual Qi during a fight, or perhaps an Essence Qi Pill to speed up their cultivation time, but it was an ironclad rule that no cultivator could avoid.
So the fact that Xue Bai had a permanent tool inside of him that could purify his Spiritual Qi and flesh was heaven-defying!
Xue Bai knew this. But he would continue to stay mum about it.
Why should he be a hero and reveal the information? He gained nothing and, if anything, would only endanger himself should he reveal the news.
While Xue Bai was trying to reach the sixth stage of the Vein Transformation realm, the twins struggled with their two available options.
They could drop and start cultivating and potentially reach the Law Manifestation realm or continue to protect Xue Bai, who was currently defenseless.
Big Wang and Little Wang knew that they were supposed to be Xue Bai's life above their own, but the temptation of the Law Manifestation realm was too alluring!
Thankfully as they were hesitating, Xue Bai sensed their indecisiveness.
"You two can take this chance to cultivate. However, breakthrough quickly, this wave of Spiritual Qi doesn't last very long." Xue Bai said before he continued with his own cultivation session.
"Thank you, Young Master!" The twins shouted out excitedly.
The twins had been stuck at the peak of the Law Engraving realm for almost five years and had begun to doubt their potential. But with this opportunity, they were almost guaranteed to break through their bottleneck.
So they also followed what Xue Bai did and started to break through.
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While Xue Bai was waiting for the twins to finish their breakthrough, his father was about to welcome three groups of prestigious guests.
Currently, in the air above the estate were three airships, each with a different symbol branded on the side.
The Emperor and the two Dukes had arrived.
However, the airship in the center was almost twice the size of the other two showing that whoever owned it was a tycoon.
Branded with a 5-clawed dragon and entirely gold plated, it announced that it was the personal airship of the Emperor himself.
And at the bow of the airship, peering down from above, a man adorned in a set of 5 clawed Dragon Imperial Robes and an Imperial Crown looked at Xue Feng.
"Your Majesty, you've arrived!" Xue Feng yelled out respectfully as he cupped his fists.
As a citizen born in the Empire, Xue Feng was naturally loyal to the Emperor. And as a usual greeting, Xue Feng would usually kneel in greeting, but after eating the Yggdrasil fruit and gaining a chance to enter the Xiantian Great Realm, Xue Feng didn't see himself as inferior to the Emperor anymore.
So rather than a kneeling greeting, Xue Feng only cupped his fists respectfully at the man, showing an attitude of being neither humble nor subservient.
Duan Zhen saw this, and while he raised an eyebrow at the sudden change, the secret realm was more important in his mind than the inner ramblings of Xue Feng.
"Duke Xue, you know I'm a man for no pleasantries. Have you found where the secret realm is?" Duan Zhen waved off Xue Feng's attempt to waste time.
After the Emperor spoke, the man who stood at the bow airship on the left also spoke up.
"Xue Feng, stop stalling for time! You already know why the three of us came over here." A loud and arrogant man shouted impatiently.
The man who shouted wore a set of blood-red robes branded with a devil claw on the back and breast areas.
And like his devilish clothing, the man's hair was unkempt and uncared for, wildly flowing in the wind.
Looking at the crazy man, if one didn't know who he was, anyone would assume him to be a rugged demonic cultivator. But amazingly, he wasn't a demonic cultivator. Instead, he was the God of War of the Great Xuan Empire, Wang Yichen!
Of course, this identity was only known by the outside world, as the man was indeed a demonic cultivator. However, his clan only knew that, and Xue Feng's family.
Xue Feng knew his true identity, and once he heard the man speak to him, his face went cold.
If it were a few weeks ago, before Xue Bai told him about Wang Yichen's true colors, Xue Feng would have laughed it off. Wang Yichen was known to be arrogant, but such a personality wasn't rare in the Baishen Plane. Xue Feng knew how to interact with such people.
But that was in the past. And now, after learning that this man ordered his son to be a cripple, Xue Feng wanted this man to die.
In fact, more than anything, Xue Feng wanted to fly up and make his wishes a reality, yet he knew it wasn't time yet.
Xue Feng right now was at the 7th stage of the Domain Lord realm, while Wang Yichen was at the peak of the Domain Lord realm. Of course, Xue Feng didn't think that he was any weaker than the demon, especially since he ate a Yggdrasil fruit, but if Xue Feng wanted to fight, it wouldn't be a one-on-one fight.
Duan Zhen wouldn't sit still and let two of his Dukes fight to the death in front of him, and he would certainly stop it.
Pushing down his building anger, Xue Feng continued to speak.
"Duke Wang, I have already sent two of my most trusted subordinates to investigate the secret realm. You all may come in and wait alongside me. I am awaiting their message as we speak." Xue Feng said with a smile.
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