"Is this the Yuanhuang Secret Realm?"
A big black mountain.
Li Xun stood atop the mountain, surveying his surroundings with deep-set eyes.
The Yuanhuang Secret Realm was larger than he had imagined, with no visible edges in sight. In every direction, all he could see was a deathly blackness.
The entire world seemed enveloped in blackness, with only a few stars faintly shining in the sky.
Unfortunately, these lights couldn't dispel the darkness that shrouded the entire world.
With a single step forward, Li Xun's figure landed on the ground. The gust of wind he stirred up blew away the skeleton of a monstrous beast nearby, turning it into powder.
It wasn't intentional; the monster's body had been weathered away after lying there for who knows how many years.
With a gentle breeze, it vanished completely.
"As Elder Xie said, this place was once an ancient battlefield of the monster clan. Monster bones are scattered everywhere. It's no wonder that the blood essence of mythical beasts exists."
Li Xun mumbled to himself.
Before entering, Elder Xie had already briefed him on everything about the Yuanhuang Secret Realm, including its history.
In ancient times, there had been a great battle among the demon clan. It was said that various mythical beasts, fierce creatures, and demonic beasts had participated in the battle, and even a true phoenix and celestial phoenix had fallen.
Their blood had been spilled across the land. Countless years had passed, and most of the blood had lost its vitality, becoming waste blood and drying up.
However, there were still some essence and blood of mythical beasts preserved in this secret realm to this day.
With a stroke of luck, one might find true dragon essence and blood. Even if not, even a drop of ordinary blood containing some vitality could greatly benefit people.
Of course.
Most of the treasures in this secret realm had already been taken by the Zhou royal family. Occasionally, some were overlooked, depending on personal luck.
Fortunately, the secret realm was abundant in spiritual energy, and due to its unique environment, one could sometimes come across rare elixirs such as Dragon Blood Grass or Phoenix Blood Fairy Grass.
These elixirs were incredibly rare and required watering with dragon or phoenix blood. Finding just one could elevate a person to new heights.
"I wonder where the others have landed."
The Yuanhuang Secret Realm was peculiar in that everyone who entered would randomly land in a different location. The Xuanyang Sect disciples who had come in with Li Xun had already disappeared.
Li Xun had no idea where they had landed.
He continued to venture forward into the darkness, searching for his fellow Xuanyang Sect disciples on one hand, and on the other hand, hoping to discover some opportunities in this mysterious place.
After finally reaching this place, returning empty-handed was not an option, right?
"Huh?" Suddenly, Li Xun came to a halt. The darkness in front of him began to ripple. Two blood-red lanterns appeared about 100 meters ahead.
Simultaneously, a heart-stopping aura swept over him.
A chilling hiss escaped his lips.
The two lanterns descended rapidly, growing closer. Finally, Li Xun could clearly see the two lanterns.
t was a large snake, hundreds of meters long, completely black, and seamlessly blending into the darkness. Its cold eyes stared at Li Xun without any emotion. "As soon as I came in, I met a demonic beast in the Mysterious Core Realm. Should I say I'm lucky, or should I say you're unlucky?" Li Xun raised his head, displaying interest in his eyes.
He had just finished speaking when "Boom!"
The big snake moved without warning.
Its tail swept in all directions, causing a nearby hill to shatter, and the mountain's peak collapsed. A hill that had been dozens of meters high was reduced to powder beneath the tail.
A powerful gust of wind roared in, and even before the snake's tail arrived, people felt an overwhelming pressure. "You court death."
Li Xun remained motionless and, with a buzzing sound, clenched his fist with one hand, delivering it forward at an incredible speed, as if it were made of golden magic iron. It emitted a harsh trembling sound.
This was a burst of divine power, and the golden brilliance dispelled the darkness within a kilometer radius, casting a brilliant glow, as though a blazing sun had fallen to the ground. "Bang!"
His powerful and weighty punch struck the big snake's tail forcefully. The several-hundred-meter-long body seemed as if it had been struck by a meteor from the sky, instantly exploding into a mist of blood.
Within the blood mist, Li Xun swiftly reached out his palm, and when he pulled it back, there was already a fist-sized demon pill in his grasp. "The demon elixir from a Mysterious Core Realm monster isn't cheap. You might fetch a good price for it once you're out." Li Xun weighed it, stashed it away, and continued into the depths of the darkness.
Meanwhile,
On a dark plain,
Qin Xueyi radiated a divine light, her hair danced lightly, her skin was flawless, and her jade flute gleamed under her red lips. Her ethereal and melodious music flowed softly, spreading in all directions like the sound of nature.
It felt as though the entire Yuanhuang Secret Realm was resonating with her music.
Under the lingering sound of the flute, the long-extinct monster beast skeletons were covered in a soft, hazy light, as if they might fully revive in the next moment.
A quarter of an hour later,
The flute's music faded.
Qin Xueyi raised her head and gazed in a specific direction, her eyes as clear as black gems, as if they could pierce the void. "Finally found it!"
A hint of joy crossed her beautiful, jade-like face.
She had entered the Yuanhuang Secret Realm in search of a drop of Suzaku's blood. In her past life, she knew that Suzaku's blood originated from this secret realm, but she didn't know who had found it or whose hands it had ended up in.
Ultimately,
In her previous life, she had been too weak at this point, and many things were just rumors. In this life, she had used some means.
The result did not disappoint her; she had already sensed the location of Suzaku's blood.
The location wasn't far from her, about a thousand miles away.
An hour later,
Qin Xueyi used a flying magic tool to reach her destination, thousands of miles away. She looked down and saw a majestic mountain, completely black and towering thousands of feet high.
The entire mountain was covered in monster bones.
On the mountain's peak, a red grass, no more than a palm's height, swayed in the breeze, emitting an incredibly rich fragrance. If one listened closely, they could even hear the faint call of the Suzaku.
Next to this red grass, a dozen tall monsters stood guard, eyeing each other warily.
The strongest among them had reached the peak of the Mysterious Core Realm, while the weakest was in the early stages of the Mysterious Core Realm. At this moment, their auras merged together, forming an immense pressure that radiated in all directions.
"When ordinary people come here, they would be afraid and wouldn't dare to snatch food from the tiger's mouth," Qin Xueyi murmured as she looked down at the red grass below. "Lingguang Immortal Grass often grows in places with the blood of Suzaku."
At the moment, the presence of the Lingguang Immortal Grass indicated that beneath this spiritual grass lay the Suzaku blood she sought. However, the problem was that more than a dozen Mysterious Dan realm monster beasts guarded the Immortal Grass.
Given her current strength at the peak of the Spiritual Yun Realm, it would be difficult to take it from their hands. "I'll have to set up a killing formation first!"
Qin Xueyi's face grew serious as she descended from the sky to the mountain's base.
If the creatures vying for the fairy grass at the mountain's peak were all human, she wouldn't be able to calmly set up the formation. But if they were monsters, then it wouldn't be a significant problem.
Once she established the formation, it would eliminate the monsters first and allow her to obtain the Suzaku's blood and refine it without interruption. It was like killing two birds with one stone.