Heavenly Secret Basin Realm's entrance was located deep within the northern section of the Heavenly Sword Mountain Range.
No one knows where the Heaven Basin Secret Realm came from, aside from the various rumors that said it was a solitary domain opened by a super-strong practitioner who had reached at least the Sovereign Profound Realm, who brought it to the Blue Wind Empire for unknown reasons.
And while it was filled with immeasurable resources and treasures, one could also find immeasurable dangers within; no one has ever been able to reach the end of this secret realm since its finding! Not only that, every time the secret realm opened, it would have a different environment; sometimes summer, then autumn, or winter. This ever-changing environment made the secret realm not only dangerous but unpredictable!
Right now, in front of the gate, the top ten teams stood; all of them were waiting for the arrival of Yun Che.
"The people from Profound Palace are really bold! Just because they got first position, they become so arrogant, making us wait," the leader of Heavenly Spear Thunderfire Fortress spoke in a dissatisfied tone.
"Sect Master Mu Tianbei is right. People from Profound Palace are really looking down on us, people from the four major sects, to make us wait for them," Fen Moli, seeing that this was the perfect time to add oil to the fire, added.
"Indeed. They are already looking down on us, it won't be surprising if they didn't put us in their eyes in the future," Sect Master of Xiao Sect also added.
One glance and people could tell that these three sects were scheming something against the people from the Profound Palace, or more precisely, towards Yun Che!
After all, the fact that Yun Che made Cang Yue so strong in just half a year and also provided her with a Tyrant Profound Realm weapon; no one could contain their greed hidden anymore!
All of them had the same thought: Yun Che must have some heavenly treasure to make Cang Yue so strong!
Ling Kun was no exception to this! But unlike others, he didn't plot against Yun Che. Why? Because, according to him, Yun Che would join his sacred ground in the future anyway. As such, whatever he had would be used for the betterment of the sacred ground.
He had no need to plot against Yun Che when he would get what he wanted anyway.
Yuefeng, on the other hand, has different plans than Ling Kun.
His anger for being forced to wear a green hat has still not calmed down. And his jealousy for Yun Che was greater than ever! If not that he cannot defeat Yun Che, it is estimated that he would have killed him by now already!
The only thing stopping him was Yun Che's personal strength and Ling Kun protecting him.
'But there is no protection inside the secret realm! Let's see how long you can stay within your turtle shell!'
While such thoughts were going through Yuefeng's head, the main character of today's show finally arrived.
Walking beside Wushang, he looked at everyone with a soft smile, despite everyone looking at him with clear hostility.
"Hello everyone. I am sorry we were a little late. I sometimes forget the time when I am with my wives."
"..." Everyone wanted to spit on his face but they decided to ignore him and turned their heads away. They rather save their energy for the battle inside rather than wasting it on him.
"Is Princess Cang Yue not joining?"
Wushang shook his head at Yuefeng's inquiry.
"Princess said she is not interested in the secret realm, hence she won't be joining it."
Yuefeng nodded and didn't ask further. He looked at the people in front of him and explained: "Everyone, before we enter the secret realm, allow me to give you all a brief introduction to it. Even though most of you know about it, let those who don't know it learn now! The entrance to the secret realm will remain open for seven and a half minutes. Once inside, you can only stay within the secret realm for a maximum of two days. After that, as long as you are alive, the secret realm will forcefully eject you out!"
Everyone nodded their heads seriously.
"Therefore, make sure to explore as much as you can within the two days' worth of time!"
As his voice trailed off, light began to gather behind him before a portal formed. The moment the portal was created, Yuefeng loudly said: "Hurry, enter it!"
Without wasting any time, everyone hastily jumped into the portal.
The moment they appeared inside, they were struck by cold winds and heavy weather.
They opened their eyes and found themselves in a field of endless snow! For as far as they could see, there was nothing but snow in their view.
"The weather inside the secret realm keeps changing all the time. So it is no surprise that it is winter this time." Yuefeng explained. "Then, please take care everyone!"
He gave Yuechan a glance before disappearing. He had wanted to ask Yuechan if she wanted to explore the secret realm with him, but then he remembered Yun Che's presence and doubted that she would agree with him.
This once again made him realize he needed to eliminate Yun Che at all costs! Only by doing so could he pursue what he wanted!
Soon, everyone dispersed in different directions, and only Yun Che and the people from Asgard remained.
With a smiling face, Yun Che looked towards Qingyue and said: "Wife, do you want to explore the realm with me? It's cold and lonely. I am afraid I might get lost and die of coldness."
"..." Qingyue, Yuechan, and Yueli wanted to roll their eyes.
As if someone of his level would die of cold!
"Alright." But much to Yueli's surprise, Qingyue agreed to Yun Che's quest.
This made her face scrunch, and a frown appeared over her face.
"Qingyue, you are a disciple of Asgard. Don't forget it."
Unlike Yuechan and Qingyue, who were starting to doubt their allegiance to Asgard, Yueli was different. She still held Asgard's rules quite strictly.
So seeing Qingyue easily agreeing to Yun Che's request made her dissatisfied.
Saying her part, Yueli also didn't say anything else. She knew how dangerous the secret realm was, so having Yun Che by Qingyue's side would indeed make her relax. But she made sure to remind her about being part of Asgard to make sure she didn't do anything stupid with him.
After lecturing every disciple, Yueli vanished in a random direction with other disciples also vanished after her.
Yuechan looked at Yun Che and Qingyue, a slight dissatisfaction showing in her eyes, but she didn't say anything and also vanished.
Seeing that it was only them left alone, Yun Che smiled and said.
"It's only us now, wife. I am weak, so make sure to protect me, okay?"
"..."
Ignoring her speechless face, Yun Che softly reached for her soft hand and gently grabbed it.
"I get lost easily."
Listening to his lousy excuse, Qingyue felt funny. But she didn't break his hold on her hand.
Her mindset has changed a lot during this tournament, and she didn't reject Yun Che's advances as vehemently as she used to. In fact, she seemed to even enjoy these small physical contacts.
But, of course, she would never say it to his face! She was too embarrassed to say it!
"Then, come! I can smell treasure in this direction!" Pulling Qingyue behind, both of them soon vanished in a random direction.
The moment they were gone, people appeared back at the entrance, looking at the direction where Yun Che and Qingyue had moved. Their eyes shone with vicious light as Fen Moli muttered.
"The plan is the same. Capture him and take everything valuable from him and then kill him. We will distribute the reward's letter!"
Astonishingly, people around him belonged to four major sects except for Asgard, even the sect master of Xiao Sect and Heavenly Sword Villa were present!
Yuefeng had no other choice, so he could only join hands with other sects to deal with Yun Che. Even though everyone was confused as to why he joined their squad, with a little bit of use of words, Yuefeng was able to make them let him join them.
After all, he was a "righteous leader." He cannot act like a hooligan so he had to prepare a solid reason beforehand.
Thankfully, these people were dumb and didn't ask too many questions, which made things easier for Yuefeng!
"Then let's go. And remember, no playing around this time. We kill and we run! We cannot let other people know about this, especially other sects!"
Everyone nodded seriously before vanishing.
No one would have imagined that this would be the last time they would be seeing each other!
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