Barring any surprises, entering a secret realm without a special token results in being randomly scattered to different locations.
After entering the secret realm, Zhu Lan didn’t see another soul for several days.
Eventually, she simply found a hilltop and began practicing the Seven Kill Technique.
Seven Kill Technique, First Form: Life Snatcher.
This was the introductory move of the Seven Kill Technique and its first form.
Following it were Starfall, Moon Breaker, Sun Drop, Mountain and River Crusher, God and Demon Slayer, and World Suppressor.
Well, for a young person from the twenty-first century, it felt a bit edgy.
But for the cultivators of this primordial world, the level of dominance was just right.
However, after several days of cultivation, Zhu Lan had to face the clear reality that her talent was extremely mediocre.
Dammit!
Her progress with the first form of the Seven Kill Technique was agonizingly slow.
In the original story, the male lead mastered the first form only three days after obtaining the technique, using it to silently eliminate those who had kicked him while he was down.
“Life Snatcher.”
When the technique was activated, the opponent would briefly lose all their senses, while the user’s speed and strength received an explosive boost.
However, when activating “Life Snatcher,” the user would also lose their own vision.
Since the orthodox way wasn’t working, Zhu Lan thought of an “evil cultivation” method.
This “evil cultivation” wasn’t the traditional kind.
Zhu Lan used a cloth to blindfold herself, and after several days and nights of relentless effort, she finally achieved minor mastery of the Seven Kill Technique.
Her cultivation level also successfully broke through to the third level of Qi Condensation.
Feeling the abundant spiritual energy within her body, Zhu Lan felt full of confidence.
The male lead had failed his Foundation Establishment breakthrough.
At this point in time, he was only at the first level of Qi Condensation—and a damaged version at that, with meridians injured by spiritual energy backlash.
Level three Qi Condensation against a less-than-full-strength level one Qi Condensation.
The advantage was hers.
Once she thought it through, Zhu Lan wasn’t in such a rush anymore.
He was the male lead, after all; it would be hard for him not to cause some kind of commotion.
Just as Zhu Lan was about to leave the cave to find some food, she heard a heated argument coming from outside.
“Ye Feng, do you think you’re still that high-and-mighty Young Master of the Ye Family?!”
A man named Lu Renjia, accompanied by several lackeys, surrounded Ye Feng.
“Now you’ve been reduced to nothing but gossip for people to mock over drinks. A genius one day, trash the next. If you’re smart enough to hand over that spiritual herb in your hand with both hands, maybe I’ll be happy enough to spare you a broken leg!”
Ma Zai, following behind Lu Renjia, piped up, “Boss, Ye Feng was once the Young Master of the Ye Family, after all. He definitely has some good stuff on him! You’re already at the fourth level of Qi Condensation; if you get what’s in his hands, you’ll surely reach the fifth level soon!”
Lu Renjia’s heart raced at the suggestion.
He gave a cold laugh and, without another word, erupted with the aura of the fourth level of Qi Condensation, charging straight at Ye Feng.
Surrounded by several people, Ye Feng’s expression turned grim.
With his current strength at the first level of Qi Condensation, killing someone at the third level across realms was no issue, but the fourth level was a bit troublesome.
Every three levels of Qi Condensation served as a watershed.
Below the third level, it was merely about physical strengthening; at the fourth level and above, one could learn simple cultivation techniques.
That Lu Renjia also had two subordinates at the third level and three lackeys at the second level of Qi Condensation.
A fierce battle was unavoidable.
Ye Feng struck with thunderous momentum, quickly engaging the group in battle.
Observing from the shadows, Zhu Lan marveled.
As expected, if one brought a special treasure into the secret realm, it could ensure they weren’t randomly teleported away from each other.
Clearly, Lu Renjia wasn’t an ordinary cultivator either.
To have so many lackeys, his family’s influence must be significant.
Moreover, the male lead lived up to his title; even at the first level against a fourth level, he wasn’t being suppressed.
Seeing he couldn’t win after a long time, Lu Renjia’s face changed.
He turned to the lackeys behind him and roared, “Get him!”
The lackeys snapped out of their daze and hurriedly joined the fray.
Lu Renjia wiped away non-existent sweat from his forehead, his heart tightening.
A starved camel was still bigger than a horse.
He truly hadn’t expected that even after falling to the first level, Ye Feng could still hold his own against someone at the fourth level.
With the help of the lackeys, the pressure on Ye Feng increased significantly.
He gradually became overwhelmed, and wounds began to appear on his body.
Ye Feng’s expression turned cold.
He knew things wouldn’t end well if this continued.
At his current first level of Qi Condensation, facing several cultivators with higher cultivation bases was just too much.
“Old man! Transfer your spiritual power to me! I’ll cut down these weaklings with one sword!”
As Ye Feng dodged yet another perilous attack, he didn’t want to endure any longer.
“Kid, how did you know…”
“Stop wasting time! If you don’t transfer the power now, I’m going to die here!”
Ye Feng caught Lu Renjia’s sword head-on and almost roared the words.
Hearing this, the old man no longer hesitated and directly transferred the spiritual power he had cultivated over the past few days.
The moment Ye Feng received the spiritual energy, his presence shifted dramatically, and his aura surged upward step by step.
Lu Renjia and his men were terrified by the sudden change, watching helplessly as Ye Feng’s aura soared at a terrifying speed.
But when they felt his aura stop rising at the second level of Qi Condensation, they breathed a sigh of relief.
“I thought you had some trump card, but you’re just a cornered dog acting out of desperation! How can a mere second level stop our combined attack?”
Upon feeling himself reach the second level instantly, Ye Feng immediately calmed down.
“You weaklings. The second level is more than enough to kill you!”
Though he couldn’t maintain this state for long, the time it takes for an incense stick to burn would be enough to slaughter these clowns.
“Hmph, I’d like to see… Pfft!”
Lu Renjia had just met Ye Feng’s sword when he was sent flying backward, leaving a bright red streak of blood in the air like a kite with a severed string.
“Boss!”
The lackeys began to panic.
A fourth-level cultivator had been defeated instantly by a second-level one, his fate unknown.
These second and third-level lackeys had no idea what to do.
“None of you are getting away!”
Ye Feng killed the scattering men one by one, finally ending Lu Renjia’s life with a final sword stroke.
Seeing the battle was won and Ye Feng was mostly unharmed, the old man inside him finally voiced the question lingering in his mind.
“Kid, how did you know…”
“Pfft!”
Unexpectedly, however, Ye Feng suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.
His aura withered instantly, and his cultivation level plummeted frantically until eventually, he didn’t even have the strength of the first level left.
He had completely turned into a mortal.