Ten days passed in the blink of an eye.
During these days, Chen Yuyang’s schedule was packed to the brim, leaving him almost no time to rest.
During the day, he would go to the Xuan family’s villa to spar with Xuan Ke and Yan Luo.
Xuan Ke remained enthusiastic, always testing and trying to get close.
Meanwhile, Yan Luo stuck to his side like glue, leaving Xuan Ke helpless.
But when he returned to his inn room after sparring, waiting for him was Yun Lian.
As soon as he got back, Yun Lian would come scurrying over for dual cultivation.
It would only end when the girl’s spiritual power was depleted, and she lay limp on the bed, eyes dazed, her body flushed.
After the exhausting dual cultivation, Yun Lian still wanted to be clingy and stay in Chen Yuyang’s room for a while, anticipating the next step.
But Chen Yuyang didn’t indulge her.
He grabbed her by the collar and tossed her out of the room, leaving the remaining time for himself.
On normal days, Chen Yuyang wouldn’t be so heartless, but during this period, he truly had a lot to handle.
The inverse Bagua formation still needed details to be perfected.
For the trip to the secret realm, he also needed to prepare protective items for Yun Lian.
That day, Chen Yuyang brought Yun Lian to the Xuan family.
This time, they did not go to the villa’s martial arena.
Chen Yuyang and Yun Lian were directly led by a Xuan family elder through layers of courtyard walls to the secret realm entrance deep in the back mountain.
This secret realm was jointly created by several Xuan family ancestors, specially used to train the younger generation.
The fiend beasts, spirit plants, mechanisms, and trials inside the secret realm were all meticulously arranged and designed by the Xuan family ancestors, where danger and opportunity coexisted.
At this moment, in the open space at the entrance of the secret realm, all the cultivators who had obtained entry qualifications had already gathered, nearly two hundred people.
Among the crowd, the most numerous were naturally the Xuan family disciples, as many as a hundred.
They wore uniform cyan outfits, and the two at the front were Xuan Tian and Xuan Ke.
The rest were young talents sent by various major families and sects, also over a hundred, with the lowest cultivation at the seventh level of the Golden Core stage, all worthy of being called prodigies.
In addition, there were fifty spots for rogue cultivators or disciples from small forces who had stood out in the outer elimination matches.
Xuan Tian stood before the Xuan family disciples, flanked not only by Xuan Ke but also several core disciples of the Xuan family.
Seeing Chen Yuyang from afar, Xuan Tian’s gaze was somewhat complicated, but in the end, he cupped his hands in greeting from a distance.
Chen Yuyang returned the gesture.
“Isn’t that Xuan Tian? And the one next to him is Xuan Ke, right?”
In the crowd, cultivators noticed the Xuan siblings and began whispering among themselves.
“Weren’t they defeated in the outer elimination matches?”
“At that time, didn’t they say they would rely on this to prove their strength? And what happened? They were still beaten down. Now they still have the nerve to enter the secret realm directly using their Xuan family status?”
“Exactly, a loss is a loss. Getting special treatment is really contemptible.”
Although the others’ murmurs were quiet, they still reached Chen Yuyang and Yun Lian’s ears intermittently.
Upon hearing this, Yun Lian couldn’t help but mutter softly, “Yeah, they lost… Isn’t that a bit shameless?”
Chen Yuyang raised his hand and tapped her forehead, saying sternly, “Don’t say more.”
Yun Lian pouted, but quickly recovered and raised her face with a grin, “That’s true, they lost to you, Senior Brother. There’s no helping that. Losing to you isn’t shameful!”
This left Chen Yuyang feeling both amused and exasperated.
Shaking his head, he continued to Yun Lian, “After all, it’s the Xuan family’s secret realm, meant to train their own disciples. Besides, among this generation of young ones, Xuan Tian and Xuan Ke are already among the best of the Xuan family. If even they couldn’t get in, the Xuan family would probably be completely upstaged by outsiders this time.”
Hearing this, Yun Lian suddenly understood.
She hadn’t considered that aspect.
Just then, an elder of the Xuan family stepped forward, cleared his throat, and announced in a booming voice, “Everyone, the secret realm is about to open! I remind you here and now: inside the secret realm, anyone may freely fight, but you must exercise restraint with one another. If anyone harbors murderous intent, they will be severely punished!”
“The secret realm will be open for one month. After one month, no matter where you are, you will be automatically teleported out. Now, prepare to enter in order!”
With that, the elder formed hand seals, chanted incantations, and struck a profound technique into the stone wall ahead.
The stone wall then trembled violently, its surface flashing with golden light.
Then the stone wall shimmered and transformed into a dazzling light gate.
Nothing could be seen inside the light gate, but one could feel the rich spiritual power fluctuations within.
The crowd began to move.
The Xuan family disciples moved first, walking toward the light gate in batches according to the prearranged order.
Chen Yuyang glanced sideways at Yun Lian beside him.
The girl was also staring intently at the light gate.
“Junior Sister, take these things.”
Before Yun Lian could react, Chen Yuyang had already spoken and handed her a ring.
Chen Yuyang secretly transmitted to Yun Lian, [Inside this, there are 120 fourth-grade thunder talismans, 60 fourth-grade protective talismans, 20 fifth-grade invisibility talismans, and 20 fifth-grade teleportation talismans.]
[Additionally, there are around 100 third- and fourth-grade pills. Just take them when needed, don’t be reluctant.]
Yun Lian was stunned, her eyes wide.
[Senior Brother, where did you get so many treasures?]
[Ahem, Shizun gave them to me for protection before departure.]
Chen Yuyang coughed once, making up an excuse.
A look of realization flashed in Yun Lian’s eyes, and she quickly asked.
[You gave them all to me, then you, Senior Brother…]
[I have better ones, don’t worry.]
Chen Yuyang replied.
Yun Lian nodded, but didn’t quite believe him.
Didn’t she know how poor the Hehuan Sect was?
These things were probably all the savings Shizun had given to Senior Brother.
Thinking this, Yun Lian couldn’t help but worry about Chen Yuyang.
But then she thought of his strength…
Well, Senior Brother’s strength was unmatched in one-on-one fights among his peers.
There was no need for her to worry.
Yun Lian hurriedly nodded vigorously.
[I understand, Senior Brother. I will make good use of them.]
Chen Yuyang nodded.
Of course, what he didn’t mention was that besides the things he listed, there was also another life-saving item.
However, those things didn’t require Yun Lian to use them; they would activate on their own if she encountered danger.
Ahead, the Xuan family members had all entered.
Yan Luo also followed her own family members, walking toward the secret realm.
The girl turned back and immediately locked onto Chen Yuyang’s figure in the crowd.
In her heart, Yan Luo couldn’t help but secretly hope to meet him after entering the secret realm.
If she could travel with him, be alone with him for a month, and share a common enemy… maybe she and he could develop a closer relationship.
But at this moment, separated by distance and the crowd, the girl ultimately felt too shy to call out to him.
Yan Luo bit her lip, then turned and stepped into the light gate, her figure disappearing within.
The rogue cultivators entered last.
The moment Chen Yuyang stepped into the light gate, he could clearly feel the embrace of spatial laws.
The next instant, the scene changed and his feet touched solid ground.
Chen Yuyang opened his eyes and found himself on a desolate plain.
The sky was gray, and the air was filled with a dry, scorching heat.
The spiritual energy between heaven and earth was extremely thin, and the environment could be described as extremely harsh.
However, Chen Yuyang was not surprised.
Since this secret realm was a training ground, the environments naturally varied from good to bad.
Looking up, he could vaguely see a range of undulating mountains in the far distance, with snow covering the peaks.
Obviously, the interior of the secret realm was divided into many different areas, each with carefully designed environments and terrain.
‘Junior Sister, this is all I can help you with. From now on, you’ll have to rely on yourself.’
The teleportation landing points in the secret realm were random.
Even if he wanted to find her, there was no clue.
Chen Yuyang just hoped that the talismans and pills he gave her wouldn’t need to be used.
Pushing aside his thoughts, Chen Yuyang’s spiritual sense instantly expanded outward, carefully probing the surroundings.
Within the range of his spiritual sense, he quickly made a discovery.
About three li ahead to his left, behind a slope, there was a somewhat familiar spiritual energy fluctuation.
Chen Yuyang’s heart stirred.
He concealed his aura, rose into the air, and quickly headed in that direction.
After getting closer, He didn’t make a sound, just looked at the figure’s back.
It was Xuan Ke.
She was actually here.
Chen Yuyang was somewhat surprised.
The teleportation landing points in this secret realm were so random, yet the two were teleported so close to each other.
Was it a coincidence?
It could only be a coincidence.
After all, this secret realm was a self-contained small world with relatively complete internal laws.
Trying to manipulate this would be too troublesome, and it wouldn’t have much significance anyway.
At this moment, Xuan Ke was also observing the surroundings.
Having confirmed it was her, Chen Yuyang no longer hid and landed directly.
Hearing the noise, Xuan Ke abruptly turned around, her twin swords instantly drawn, the tips pointing toward Chen Yuyang’s landing direction, her face alert: “Who is it!”
But when she saw the face of the person, That alertness instantly turned into surprise, followed by a hint of surprise and delight.
The hand holding the sword also dropped naturally.
Xuan Ke hurried forward: “Yuyang? How is it you?”
Chen Yuyang said frankly: “I sensed a familiar presence nearby as soon as I entered, so I came to check. I didn’t expect it to really be you.”
Xuan Ke nodded: “So we were teleported together?”
“It seems so.”
Chen Yuyang nodded lightly. Seeing the girl walking toward him without any guard, he shook his head helplessly.
“Aren’t you afraid that I might be here to attack you?”
“Just now, if I had the intention, you would have already lost.”
Hearing this, Xuan Ke paused her steps, then smiled with relief.
“If you had the intention, what difference would it make whether I was on guard or not?”
Chen Yuyang gave a wry smile.
Well, that was true.
“So… team up?”
Chen Yuyang raised an eyebrow and asked.
Compared to traveling alone, Chen Yuyang actually preferred teaming up.
First, he wasn’t here for any treasures; he didn’t have much interest in anything in this training secret realm.
Second, traveling alone could easily attract trouble.
It wasn’t that he feared being surrounded, but after being surrounded, he might reveal some abilities, and if the opponents were from major families, it would also attract hostility.
But teaming up with others could avoid such problems to a certain extent.
“Sure.”
Hearing this, Xuan Ke agreed readily.
She had previously thought that with Yan Luo around, there was no chance to deepen her relationship with him.
Now, wasn’t this opportunity presenting itself?
“This plain has thin spiritual energy. If we encounter a fight, it won’t be easy to recover after consumption. We need to leave this area quickly and then make other plans.”
Xuan Ke immediately nodded: “Mm, you’re in charge.”
Although he looked younger and more immature than herself,His composure was quite convincing, and she unconsciously trusted him.