Even though he had initially ventured into the outside world to accumulate experience and surpass his bottlenecks, he wasn’t such a battle maniac who would only breakthrough after battles. So there was no need to get into useless conflict.
Despite being one of the strongest in the secret realm, he still wasn’t sure if he could really defeat everyone present all alone. That’s why he chose to cultivate here in the first place.
He was on the verge of breaking through to the Third Stage of Acquired Realm before entering the secret realm, and after cultivating here in the secret realm for quite a while, he had already reached somewhere around the mid level of the Third Stage, about to touch its peak.
He speculated that he would at least breakthrough to the Fourth Stage of Acquired Realm before exiting the secret realm.
A few days later.
Lu Qingfeng had almost completely recovered his Spiritual Energy, but at this moment, he suddenly sensed a familiar presence within the range of his Divine Sense.
He didn’t move, and just waited at the spot as the presence drew nearer and nearer wandering around the forest. But since Lu Qingfeng had concealed his own presence, he was practically undetectable to anyone weaker than him.
It was only when he was sure that there weren’t any other presences besides this familiar one did he decide to send a voice transmission over.
"What happened, Elder Luo?"
This familiar presence belonged to Elder Luo, one of the strongest Great Elders of the Treading Clouds Sect, a cultivator of the Third Stage of Acquired Realm who had come here along with him and Fang Jian.
No one should’ve known about his location, so he couldn’t help but wonder how Elder Luo found him.
Was he just passing by here? It could be possible.
But it was better to remain vigilant and not reveal himself just yet.
Lu Qingfeng was different from Tian Yongheng.
Tian Yongheng was someone who would rather take insults if he was not sure that he could take on the nine generations of the opposite party’s bloodline, or would only take action when he was forced into an inescapable corner. Lu Qingfeng, on the other hand, wouldn’t take it lying flat by any means and would retaliate.
Despite being like this, he still had the basic conscious of an Immortal Cultivator living in a dangerous world of Immortal Cultivation. A single mistake could lead to certain death.
He had absolute confidence in his own strength, but he didn’t trust his enemies and had no idea how low they could fall, how vicious the tricks they used could be.
That’s why he had to be vigilant.
At this point, Elder Luo finally replied to him by sending a voice transmission.
"Fellow daoist Lu, we’ve encountered a great adversary a few ten thousand miles from here, in the dark volcano mountains to the south! I was told by the young master to escape and find you, please come with me, I’ll tell you the whole story on the way!"
Elder Luo’s voice seemed desperate and somewhat fearful, as if he was worried about something.
Listening to him, Lu Qingfeng was a little taken aback.
Fang Jian and the others have encountered trouble?
It seems they all met with each other and were acting together. But with all of them together, their shouldn’t be many in the secret realm capable of posing a threat to them.
What could have happened?
Thinking like this, Lu Qingfeng immediately got up and disappeared from the small crack, instantly appearing before Elder Luo in a few seconds, no longer hiding his presence.
Seeing Lu Qingfeng, Elder Luo felt a sense of relief washing over him, as if quite a lot of his worries were lifted off him.
He hastily said, "Fellow daoist Lu, we don’t have much time. Let’s depart quickly."
Lu Qingfeng nodded, "Yes, lead the way please, Elder Luo."
Then, the two of them started flying towards the south almost immediately, with Elder Luo leading the way on his flying sword.
Along the way, Elder Luo briefly explained the situation to Lu Qingfeng.
It turns out that the area where the secret realm opened didn’t just belong to the Treading Clouds Sect, but also a few other powerful factions that dominated the nearby thousands of miles.
It was a joint operation by all these powers to hire the Acquired Realm cultivators to exterminate all those Demon Beasts.
A few months ago, Fang Jian and Elder Luo accidentally came across the other 10 or so Acquired Realm cultivators hired by the Treading Clouds Sect and some other Great Elders who had entered the secret realm along with them.
They had come across a map leading to the volcano mountains of the south which recorded that there was supposedly a supreme opportunity related to a great cultivator hidden in those mountains.
From that day, they had been searching for the opportunity there. However, a few weeks ago, a group of people from another faction arrived there, claiming that they had also gotten the same map about the opportunity.
The group of Fang Jian had a total of 14 cultivators, 3 at the Third Stage of Acquired Realm, 4 at the Second Stage, and 7 at the First Stage.
That other group also had people similar in strength to them, and thus, an agreement was made that whoever gets the opportunity first, keeps it.
Fang Jian and the others might have suspected that it was only a superficial promise, but the opposite party were the elite disciples of the Splendid Swan Sect, known for its prominence across the land as their Sect Master was in the later stages of Acquired Realm. So, at the end, they chose to believe it and continued searching for the opportunity.
They had no other choice anyways.
Everything was going smoothly, the people from the Splendid Swan Sect were actually very approachable and friendly, sometimes even working together with them to overcome some difficulties and helping each other.
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It was until another party arrived there a couple of days ago with the map, which seemed to be scattered throughout the entire secret realm. And the group that arrived this time belonged to the strongest power of this area, the Crimson Sky Pavillion.
And the person who was leading the group was none other than the eldest young master of the Crimson Sky Pavillion, the genius who had reached the Sixth Stage of Acquired Realm just at the age of around 800 years old.
He was the most expected to be the first cultivator of this area in the last 5,000 years to enter the Innate Realm.
The people with him were also the Great Elders and elite disciples of the Crimson Sky Pavillion, nearly 10 people in the later stages of Acquired Realm, more than 15 in the mid stages, and around 20 in the early stages.
He was the most cherished treasure of the Crimson Sky Pavillion and must be protected at all costs, after all!
Talks broke, and yesterday, things quickly escalated into a fight. The Splendid Swan Sect was initially fighting by Fang Jian’s side, however, the Crimson Sky Pavillion’s young master secretly made a deal with them, ensuring their survival if they could kill Fang Jian and the others. But they’ll have to serve under the Crimson Sky Pavillion after that.
As for why he ordered them that? He later on revealed while mocking them that he only did so because he wanted to check the decisiveness of his new subordinates.
And why exactly was he so fixated on getting the people from the Splendid Swan Sect to become his subordinates? It was because a few disciples of their had caught his eye due to their exceptional abilities.
The moment the Splendid Swan Sect’s people switched sides, Fang Jian told Elder Luo to search for Lu Qingfeng as he was the only one who could get them out of this predicament.
Fang Jian didn’t pressure him, and only said that it was up to Lu Qingfeng to decide whether he’ll come or not.
It then took Elder Luo many hours just finding Lu Qingfeng, which brought them here.
Listening to all of this, Lu Qingfeng frowned deeply.
Truth be told, he wasn’t sure he could fight against more than ten cultivators at the later stages of Acquired Realm all at once. Specially since there were also other cultivators at the mid stages.
However, now he had come this far, he surely won’t back down!
And he didn’t need to be afraid of anyone below the Innate Realm, he had the special Dharma Artifacts given to him by his master, after all!
Thinking of this, his confidence soared as he clutched the hilt of the flying sword at his waist, the Mystical Flame Bow at his back glowing with fiery light, his Purple Silk Robe activating instantly while his Black Tortoise Shell in his robe turned into a tortoise shell made of Spiritual Energy.
I cannot afford to lose!