Chapter 294: Situation in the Nine Treasures Secret Realm
"How is it?" Zhu Bing asked and looked at a woman beside him.
"Everyone is almost recovered." She answered and sighed before she continued.
"It’s difficult to recover from the loss of blood essence. Some of the weaker ones will take longer."
When he heard that, Zhu Bing frowned.
His group from the Great Zhu empire had set up a camp and settled down to recover.
In that time, several parties had gone out to look for treasures but their harvest wasn’t great.
Fortunately, everyone else was in the same situation and the things in the Nine Treasures secret realm had not been taken.
"We have rested long enough. It’s time for us to move on." He said and the woman nodded.
"I will get everyone ready."
Since most of the group had recovered, she also thought they should move on.
Otherwise, they would fall behind other groups and miss the best treasures in the secret realm.
The next morning, they dismantled the camp and the Great Zhu empire officially began its exploration of the secret realm.
However, Zhu Bing did not lead his group towards the thunder forest.
Instead, he went in another direction and planned to make his way to some of the ice areas in the secret realm.
"The closest area is the snow valley." The fifth princess said as she looked at the map.
Although ice origin and snow origin were a little different, they originated from the same source.
In that case, ice-origin cultivators would still benefit from cultivating in and exploring the snow valley.
"Let’s head there first." Zhu Bing agreed with the fifth princess.
.....
In another area, Bing Mei stood in front of a group of Ice Palace sect disciples.
All the disciples looked at her for guidance but Bing Mei was just annoyed.
In the beginning, the Ice Palace sect elders knew that Shui Qingqing planned to seize Bing Mei’s body.
Because of that, Bing Mei pretended to be Shui Qingqing when she left seclusion.
This identity brought her a lot of benefits but it also came with a lot of inconveniences.
One of the inconveniences was that she had to perform the duties of a palace master.
At the moment, those duties included leading the group of Ice Palace sect disciples in the secret realm.
’How annoying.’
’I need to get rid of them as soon as possible.’ She thought and sighed.
"Young palace master, where should we go?" One of the disciples asked.
’Why should I know where you should go?’ She thought angrily.
However, she didn’t say what was on her mind.
Instead, he glanced at the map in front of her and noticed the snow valley.
"Most of us have an ice origin and need ice-related treasures. Let’s go to the snow valley." She said.
After a short pause, she continued.
"The environment of the snow valley is quite suitable for our cultivation. Those who haven’t recovered should heal quickly when we get there."
"We will listen to the young palace master." The disciples said in unison and Bing Mei sighed.
’How annoying.’ She thought.
.....
At yet another region of the Nine Treasures secret realm, Meng Zihua led a group of subordinates into a flower valley.
The flower valley was relatively far from the entrance of the Nine Treasures secret realm and the group had not encountered other cultivators along the way.
"We should be the first group to get here." Bei Chengling said.
"Mmmm." Meng Zihua said and nodded.
Although they were also affected by the essence-stealing array, the BlueStar Treasure pavilion was rich.
Before the group entered the secret realm, their elders equipped them with a lot of pills and heaven and earth treasures.
Because of this, they were able to recover faster than most others.
More importantly, the BlueStar Treasure pavilion had collected many map fragments.
This meant that the map in their hand was more complete than most others.
"Young miss, you don’t have to worry. We will surely find the queen of flowers." Bei Chengling said and Meng Zihua nodded.
She didn’t doubt they would get the queen of flowers, what she worried about was the interference of others.
From the information she got, the queen of flowers could be found in the flower valley.
However, the queen of flowers had long developed spirituality.
Because of this, many cultivators had tried to subdue it but all had failed in their attempts.
This time, Meng Zihua was determined to refine the queen of flowers which would be very beneficial to her cultivation.
"Is there any news about her?" She asked and her hands clenched subconsciously.
"There is no news but..." Bei Chengling said and sighed.
"She will likely appear where I go." Meng Zihua said through gritted teeth.
In the Thousand Herbs Garden, Meng Zihua fought an enemy from the Death Flower Ascension Front.
At that time, their fight wasn’t decided and the opponent was forced to escape.
However, Meng Zihua didn’t know that this was just the beginning.
Since then, that person had appeared in most places Meng Zihua went.
They had fought more than one hundred battles but their fight was still undecided.
’I must defeat her this time round.’ Meng Zihua thought and her eyes hardened.
She was tired of being entangled and her frequent failures were beginning to affect her dao heart.
If things continued in this way, she would develop a heart demon and her cultivation would surely stagnate.
"Don’t worry about her, young miss. She won’t be your opponent when you refine the queen of flowers." Bei Chengling said.
"I hope so." Meng Zihua muttered and resolutely walked towards the depths of the flower valley.
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Far away from Meng Zihua’s group, two groups faced each other at a fire field.
One group was led by Mo Tianxing and the other by Shen Ru.
Before the release of the bounty list, Mo Tianxing and She Ru were both proud disciples of the Divine Fist sect.
However, after the release, they became bitter enemies who couldn’t stand the sight of each other.
"Senior brother Mo, it’s been a long time." Shen Ru said with a seductive smile on her face.
"Shen Ru..." Mo Tianxing shouted and anger filled her eyes.
When the list came out, Mo Tianxing could not believe it.
He couldn’t accept that his junior sister had become his enemy but the evidence was right in front of him.
"Tell me why." He suddenly asked and glared at Shen Ru.
At the question, Shen Ru’s eyes became ferocious and her features distorted with hatred.
"Senior brother was born with talent. How can he understand those who weren’t?" She asked
"What about the person whose talent you stole?"
"What does he have to deal with me? Senior brother, even stealing requires skill." She roared and a pair of gloves appeared on her hands.
"I see." Mo Tianxing said and a resolute entered his eyes.
"Since you have chosen this path, you no longer need to call me your senior brother."
As he spoke, his red hair brightened and he seemed to be on fire.
At the same time, a pair of gloves also appeared on his hands.
"You have chosen to become the enemy of my Cangxing world and the Divine Fist sect. I will kill you today to eliminate harm for the people."
When she heard that, Shen Ru laughed and then sneered.
"Senior brother is always so righteous."
"Don’t call me that." Mo Tianxing roared and a fire fist rushed toward Shen Ru.
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In the thunder forest, Bing Lan and Yang Xu examined the area around the thunder pool with growing trepidation.
Yang Xu detected a trace of Yu Nianzhen’s aura but couldn’t find the person which made him frightened.
"Jiang Yue’s and Xuan Ke’s auras are also here." Bing Lan said with a gloomy face.
"Let’s search around."
"Good."
With that, the two continued to look around and finally found a group of three.
One of the three was at the seventh level of the origin tempering realm while the other two were at the fourth level.
However, the three were heavily injured and unconscious.
"They should know what happened here." Bing Lan said and Yang Xu nodded.
Without a second thought, Bing Lan fed them rejuvenation pills while Yang Xu helped them refine the pills.
Soon after, the cultivator at the seventh level woke up.
When he saw two strangers staring at him, he immediately became vigilant but his body was in no condition to move around.
"You..., what do you want?" He asked as he tried to think of an escape route.
"Do you know what happened here?" Yang Xu asked.
His voice was a little impatient but he couldn’t control it.
Because of the master-disciple contract, he knew Yu Nianzhen was not dead.
However, he didn’t know where the brat was and if he was injured.
"Someone detonated themselves."
"Did you see a group of three boys? One swordsman, one who uses a sanxian and a monk?"
"They are dead." The person said angrily.
