92: Chapter 92 Oasis

"What are you saying, Senior Sister? Fellow Daoist Lin and I merely appreciate each other's talents. Why would I rashly make an enemy of him?"

Xiao Xuance smiled, hiding the Battle Intent he felt toward Lin Shen deep within his heart.

He had reached a Breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Realm two years earlier than Lin Shen, and believed his strength should be comparable to Lin Shen's now. In truth, he wanted to defeat Lin Shen in a head-on battle to wash away the humiliation of that day.

Hearing Qin Ruyan say this, he had no choice but to let the matter drop.

After all, for him, defeating Lin Shen was merely to resolve his past resentment.

His true goal was to win Qin Ruyan's favor, arrange a marriage alliance between the Xiao Family and the Qin Family, and together build the grandest Family in Yunzhou.

As for his personal wishes, what did they matter when compared to the long-term interests of the Family?

Sensing multiple gazes secretly sizing him up, Lin Shen merely smiled and nodded in response.

He had not expected that among this group of Prodigies, he would actually be the one receiving the most attention.

This was mainly because of the battle during the Qin Family Ancestor's birthday banquet, combined with his own perfect Foundation Establishment, and the fact that Xiao Xuance had also made quite a name for himself over the past two years.

However, Lin Shen did not care about this.

On the contrary, he would prefer it if everyone felt some wariness and fear toward him.

This way, after entering the Secret Realm, he could avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble and focus on searching for his own opportunities and legacies, as well as hunting down Qin Mang, who possessed dense Luck.

At the same time, Lin Shen was also secretly sizing up the Prodigies who were documented to be highly powerful, committing their faces to memory to avoid being caught off guard and ending up at a disadvantage should a conflict arise later.

Time flew by quickly.

After those from Chiyun Valley and the others finished setting things up, Valley Master Gongsun Buxiu, Sect Master Li Yan, and the others flew up into the high sky.

Bright streaks of light flashed by.

Spiritual Qi erupted from their bodies, and waves of terrifying pressure spread in all directions.

At the same time, the leaders of the Five Great Sects and other forces each offered up their respective sects' tokens.

The five tokens floated high in the air. As dense Spiritual Qi was poured into them, they burst into pillars of multicolored light that shot straight into the clouds.

Boom!

A massive rumble shook the area.

Under the multicolored light, the earth shook violently, clouds surged in the high sky, and a massive vortex formed in mid-air.

"The time has come! What are you all waiting for?"

Seeing the massive vortex appear, the leaders of the Five Great Sects shouted in unison.

Spiritual Qi poured wildly from their bodies to sustain the operation of the massive vortex.

Hearing this, no one dared to delay, and they quickly flew into the vortex.

"Hold on to me tightly! Don't let the spatial turbulence separate us!"

As they flew into the vortex, Mo Xiaoyu grabbed Lin Shen's hand. Spiritual Qi surged within her body, forming a protective shield that enveloped both of them.

After entering the vortex, the location everyone was teleported to was random. Some might be sent directly to a Legacy site, while others might land right in the middle of a dense pack of Yao Beasts.

This was a method Mo Shenggu had taught her.

It ensured that she and Lin Shen would not be separated by the spatial teleportation.

Otherwise, without utilizing such a method, they would likely be separated upon entering the vortex and randomly teleported to different places.

Gathering together again by then would be extremely difficult, and Lin Shen might not necessarily be willing to make a special effort to find her.

Inside the vortex,

Lin Shen released his Spiritual Qi but did not resist Mo Xiaoyu's shield. He simply allowed himself to be teleported by the spatial forces as the vortex spun.

...

After a bout of world-spinning dizziness,

the scenery before them shifted, and in the next instant, Mo Xiaoyu, still tightly gripping Lin Shen's hand, materialized within the Shahai Secret Realm.

This was a desolate, uninhabited desert.

The scorching sun beat down from high above, and the surrounding area stretched endlessly. Aside from the newly arrived Mo Xiaoyu and Lin Shen, there was no sign of anyone else.

"Fortunately, our Luck is neither good nor bad. We seem to have appeared in the central region of the Shahai Secret Realm."

Looking at their surroundings, Mo Xiaoyu let go of Lin Shen's hand and let out a soft sigh of relief.

According to her grandfather, some unlucky Cultivators might be teleported directly into a pack of Yao Beasts and get torn to shreds before they could even react.

Although she and Lin Shen had appeared in an endless desert where there were likely no opportunities or legacies nearby, at least they were safe from danger and Yao Beast attacks.

"Which way should we go now? It's just a sea of sand all around, and there's no way to tell our bearings!"

Looking at their surroundings, Lin Shen frowned slightly. Every direction looked identical, making it impossible to tell which way to go.

However, Lin Shen had his own trump card. If Mo Xiaoyu weren't by his side, he could have used his treasure-seeking compass to head straight toward any nearby opportunities and legacies.

But with Mo Xiaoyu here, he naturally would not expose such a treasure.

"No need to rush. My grandfather anticipated this situation long ago!"

Looking at the surrounding desert and the endless sea of sand, Mo Xiaoyu smiled faintly.

She tapped her Storage Pouch, and a token instantly floated into the air before flying off toward the southeast.

"Let's go, follow the token! That's a marker my grandfather left behind two hundred years ago, precisely to prevent his descendants from getting lost after entering the Shahai Secret Realm."

Mo Xiaoyu quickly flew after the token.

Hearing Mo Xiaoyu's words, Lin Shen also hastily caught up.

He had not expected Mo Shenggu to be so thorough, leaving behind such a tracking method for his descendants after they entered the Shahai Secret Realm.

This way, he could first follow Mo Xiaoyu to search for opportunities, and only take out his treasure-seeking compass when necessary.

After all, his treasure-seeking compass had only accumulated about five years' worth of moon essence; the less he consumed, the better.

The two of them traveled swiftly through the sky.

They followed closely behind the token.

About three to four hours later,

following the token's movement, Lin Shen and Mo Xiaoyu finally left the endless desert behind and arrived at an oasis.

"This is the place!"

Seeing the token stop at the entrance of the oasis and hover, Mo Xiaoyu smiled.

"Junior Brother Lin, my grandfather once told me that there is a sealed medicine garden within this oasis. Every ten days, some Spirit Medicines of various ages will fly out of it, and they fly at different speeds."

"As long as one is fast enough, they can snatch these flying Spirit Medicines. Back then, relying on his quick reflexes, my grandfather managed to obtain a three-thousand-year-old Spirit Medicine."

"If I can obtain an even older Spirit Medicine, as long as I absorb and refine it, my cultivation will surely advance further, perhaps even breaking through to the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment."

An Opportunity in a medicine garden?

Lin Shen nodded slightly upon hearing this.

Back then, even Mo Shenggu could obtain a three-thousand-year-old Spirit Medicine. With Lin Shen's own strength, as long as his Luck wasn't too bad, the age of the Spirit Medicine he could get would surely be even higher.

For him, this was indeed a decent Opportunity.

Perhaps even...

Lin Shen looked into the oasis.

About a dozen people had already gathered there.

They were currently lingering around the entrance of a medicine garden shrouded in mist.