Entering the Secret Realm, the Drunken Sword Immortal

Sect Master Song Yuanji stepped forward, standing at the summit of Bailing Mountain. He took out a dark purple compass with his right hand, and a stream of Spiritual Qi surged from his hand into it.

Suddenly, the compass rose to an altitude of ten thousand meters, grew hundreds of times in size, and instantly enveloped the entire Bailing Mountain.

Chen Yuan looked up at the dark purple compass above his head, his heart trembling uncontrollably.

"Rumble!"

The earth shook, and fine cracks began to spread across the mountain path.

On the purple compass, as the star-vein patterns flowed, a purple divine rainbow transformed into a sharp blade and shot out from the compass, slashing toward the vast earth!

Bailing Mountain was split into two and tilted to both sides; some Disciples with low cultivation could not hold their footing and fell directly to the ground.

In an instant, the dark purple compass was retrieved by Sect Master Song Yuanji, and then thrown into the rift.

One breath, two breaths, three breaths.

After three breaths, a blinding divine rainbow erupted from the rift; the Xuanhuang Secret Realm had been opened, and one could enter the Secret Realm through the rift.

"Remember, if your life is threatened, crush your teleportation talisman immediately, and you will be teleported out at the first opportunity."

From time to time, words of instruction came from the Elders on both sides of the cliff.

"Disciple understands!"

From within the vast black mist below, beams of rainbow light flashed by from time to time, rushing into the cliff.

Chen Yuan flew down and entered the Xuanhuang Secret Realm.

His surroundings seemed to spin, and when Chen Yuan's gaze steadied, he saw a dense mountain forest.

Ancient trees towered into the sky, the scent of rotting grass and fishiness assailed his nostrils, vines were intertwined, and there was a small stream to one side.

In the stream, a Dragon surged into the air, locking its gaze onto Chen Yuan.

The Dragon's head resembled a tiger, with a broad forehead covered in a layer of hard scales.

Its eyes were sunken but shone like two bright lamps, and its winding body moved through the water like a giant black silk ribbon.

Chen Yuan's eyes flickered; a Nascent Soul Stage Dragon? It seemed he had been teleported to the core area.

"Human, you are courting death by intruding on my territory." The Dragon spoke in human language, roaring, and the pressure of a Middle Stage Nascent Soul pressed down on Chen Yuan like a vast sea.

The Dragon's roar carried a Divine Soul attack that struck directly into Chen Yuan's mind.

Chen Yuan's expression remained calm; the moment the Divine Soul attack entered his mind, it was instantly extinguished into nothingness.

He made a grasping motion with his right hand, and an ancient zither appeared before him.

As his fingertips brushed across the strings, the heavenly feather zither vibrated wildly, and three thousand Spiritual Qi sword blades, like a rain of swords, killed toward the Dragon.

Seeing this, the Dragon twisted its massive body to defend.

"Clang, clang, clang..." The defense of a Nascent Soul Dragon was comparable to that of a Soul Transformation expert; the Spiritual Qi sword blades could not even leave a mark on its body.

At this moment, a man walked over from the side. The man had sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes, with a long sword tucked at his waist. With a flick of his right hand, a wine gourd suddenly appeared.

"What luck, to actually run into a Middle Stage Nascent Soul Yao Beast." The man chuckled, and as he opened the wine gourd, a rich aroma of wine drifted into Chen Yuan's nose.

Chen Yuan turned his head to look, his eyes moving; he knew this person, having learned his identity information from the Jade Slip.

Su Han, Middle Stage Nascent Soul, Direct Disciple of Tianqing Peak, whose sword Dao had reached the Perfection of the third Realm; the entire Sect called him the Wine Sword Immortal.

Su Han drained the wine in the gourd in one gulp, looking completely drunk. He summoned the Cangming Sword from his waist with his right hand, and as if stepping on clouds and mist, his figure became ethereal, reaching the Dragon in an instant.

Blazing Sword Intent ignited from his sword, and with one strike, he pierced the Dragon's skull.

The Dragon died!

Just as Su Han was about to take the Dragon's inner core, a figure flashed by, and the inner core was already in Chen Yuan's hand.

Su Han turned his head to look and hiccuped, saying: "Hic, Junior Brother, this is a Yao Beast that I killed, so I should be the one to take this Yao Beast inner core."

"Senior Brother Su, that is not right." Chen Yuan retorted, his tone still polite: "I discovered this Dragon first, so I should be the one to get this inner core."

"No, Junior Brother?" Su Han's drunkenness faded by more than half, and his voice turned cold: "With your Golden Core Ninth Level strength, if it weren't for me, you would have already died tragically at the hands of the Dragon."

"Hehe, then why doesn't Senior Brother Su try to see if I have the strength to kill this Dragon?" Chen Yuan raised his eyebrows, his tone still polite.

"Junior Brother, arrogant! Then Senior Brother will teach you a good lesson!"

After saying this, Su Han shot out like an arrow from a bow, the golden Nascent Soul in his body burning seven inches, and the Cangming Sword in his hand surged with raging fire as he struck toward Chen Yuan's face.

Chen Yuan's expression remained unchanged, holding the heavenly feather zither in front of him to block.

"Clang!" A crisp sound rang out, and ripples spread from the point of impact.

In this move, the two were merely purely comparing the profound Spiritual Qi within their bodies.

Chen Yuan's nine-grade Golden Core burned eight inches, and the power of Grandmist surged into the heavenly feather zither like a flood.

Su Han's expression changed as a mountain-like momentum pressed down on him.

"Boom!"

Su Han retreated violently, and the lingering power of that mountain-like momentum spilled onto him, making him almost unable to steady his footing in the air.

"How about it, Senior Brother Su? Do I have the strength to slay the Dragon?" Chen Yuan asked calmly.

Su Han steadied his figure, his eyes filled with shock.

The Golden Core Spiritual Qi in this Junior Brother's body was actually more profound than his own Nascent Soul Spiritual Qi; how could this be possible?

Eighth grade? Impossible, could it be the legendary nine-grade Golden Core?

Hearing Chen Yuan's question, Su Han finally came to his senses and gave a wry smile: "Junior Brother's strength is truly unexpected; that Yao Beast inner core should indeed belong to Junior Brother."

Chen Yuan landed on the ground and sighed: "Senior Brother Su is truly a man of character; if it were anyone else, they would not have easily yielded it to me like this."

There was one more thing Chen Yuan didn't say: losing to a Golden Core would likely make him the subject of ridicule inside and outside the Sect, and he might have become so angry and embarrassed that he would have used his Divine Sense pressure.

"Cultivators of our generation should act according to their nature; if you lose, you lose." Su Han stepped forward and cupped his hands, asking: "I wonder which peak you are a Direct Disciple of, Junior Brother?"

"Ziqing Peak!" Chen Yuan replied with a salute.

"I heard that the Newcomer Grand Competition was won by Chen Yuan of Ziqing Peak; could it be you, Junior Brother?"

Chen Yuan nodded.

"Then that is indeed well-deserved." Su Han sighed, then invited: "Why not travel with me and hunt Yao Beasts together?"

"Thank you for your kind offer, Senior Brother, but I have a Dao Companion who is missing, and I plan to go find her first." Chen Yuan refused with a salute.

"I didn't expect Junior Brother Chen to be such a devoted lover; then we shall meet again if fate allows."

Su Han took out a new wine gourd and took a big gulp, then turned the gourd upside down, not leaving a single drop: "Hic, Junior Brother Chen, farewell."

After speaking, Su Han dragged his swaying body and walked toward the depths of the mountain forest.

Seeing this, Chen Yuan felt he might fall to the ground at any moment.

Without looking further, he turned and walked toward the outside of the dense forest.

The sound transmission Jade Slip was completely ineffective in the Secret Realm, and a look of worry could not help but appear on his face.

After traveling a hundred miles, on the way, Chen Yuan casually killed three Early Stage Nascent Soul Yao Beasts.

Suddenly, intense fighting sounds came from ahead. Chen Yuan changed into a black robe, leaped onto a branch, and looked forward.

He saw a man and a woman working together to surround and kill a wolf king.

The man was named Lin Heng, and the woman was named Lin Xue; the two were siblings who had entered Zhuqing Peak together, both with strength at the Early Nascent Soul Stage.

"Name: Lin Xue."

"Gender: Female."

"Appearance: 90."

"Favorability: 0."

"Realm: Early Nascent Soul Stage."

"Current status cannot be bound."