224: Chapter 224 The Token Is Hot

Half an hour later.

Chen Hu and his group rode out of Linjiang Prefecture City.

The number of people traveling together was small.

On Chen Hu's side, it was just him.

He had left Dian Wei and General Zhao Zilong in the Prefecture City.

Who knew how much time this trip to Daqing Mountain would take.

In case a powerful enemy attacked, Dian Wei and General Zhao Zilong could hold them off for a while.

As for Princess Anping, she didn't bring many people either.

There was only Guard Huang, a Blood Refining expert, and two other guards at the Late-stage Refining Viscera.

The reason Chen Hu agreed to go to Daqing Mountain wasn't because he wanted to flirt with the princess.

It was because the Qingshan Sect was both a martial arts Sect and a Spirit Refining Sect.

Since the Heavenly Monarch was the highest Realm of Spirit Refining, he reckoned that among the treasures they left behind, there should be spiritual items.

After all, without spiritual items, even if he were to Cultivate his Primordial Spirit to Perfection, he would be unable to make a Breakthrough to the Dharma Form Realm.

The horses the five of them were riding were all top-tier steeds, so they were fast, and everyone could infuse Qi or True Qi into the horses to relieve their fatigue.

Especially Chen Hu; the horse he was riding was a spirit horse obtained from a Spirit Pet Card.

Just because of this spirit horse, Princess Anping frequently cast glances his way.

It didn't take long for Chen Hu and the group of five to arrive at the foot of Daqing Mountain.

"You two, go and test it out. If you feel any discomfort, retreat immediately!" Princess Anping ordered the two Organ Refining guards.

"Yes!" The two Organ Refining guards immediately stepped into the range of Daqing Mountain.

And they were affected by the magnetic field.

Frightened, the two of them quickly retreated.

"How is it?" Princess Anping asked.

Guard A replied, "Reporting to Your Highness, the moment I stepped into the range of Daqing Mountain, I felt dizzy and saw numerous illusions."

Guard B followed up, "It's the same on my end!"

"Guard Huang, you go and test it!" Princess Anping ordered again.

Swish! A figure flashed; Guard Huang vanished from his horse and appeared within the range of Daqing Mountain.

He stayed in place for over thirty seconds before retreating.

"How is it? Is the impact significant?" Princess Anping asked hurriedly.

Guard Huang said with some shock, "This place is indeed quite strange. Even with my cultivation, I feel restless inside. A short stay is fine, but if I stay for a long time, I fear I will run into problems myself!"

The Divine Soul of a Blood Refining Martial Artist is much stronger than that of an Organ Refining Martial Artist, so Guard Huang was less affected.

However, if he stayed for too long, it would likely damage his Divine Soul, leading to a mental breakdown.

"It seems Guard Huang cannot go in with us!" Princess Anping said regretfully.

"Your Highness, this place is too strange. It would be better not to take risks!" Guard Huang immediately advised.

"Rest assured, Young Master Chen will protect me!" Princess Anping comforted him.

"No!" Guard Huang shook his head. "My orders are to protect you; how can I let Your Highness put yourself in danger!"

"That's enough, Guard Huang. I have my own plans regarding this matter!" Princess Anping's face darkened.

Then she looked at Chen Hu, "Young Master Chen, please take me to test it out!"

"Very well!" The two floated together to the front of Daqing Mountain. Then, Chen Hu released his Soul Power, enveloping Princess Anping.

"You can take a step now!" Chen Hu reminded her.

The next moment, Princess Anping stepped into the range of Daqing Mountain.

Guard Huang and the other Organ Refining guard widened their eyes, ready to rush out to bring the princess back the moment she showed signs of distress.

In the blink of an eye, a minute passed.

Princess Anping stood where she was and smiled, "Young Master Chen is truly impressive; I didn't feel anything unusual at all!"

Hearing this, Guard Huang and the other two Organ Refining guards breathed a sigh of relief.

However, the way they looked at Chen Hu was a bit different.

"Then do you want to try the power of this magnetic field?" Chen Hu teased with a smile.

"That won't be necessary!" Princess Anping immediately waved her hand. "I don't want to suffer unnecessarily!"

"Since that's the case, let's go in now. Let's go early and return early!" Chen Hu suggested.

"Okay!" Princess Anping nodded gently, then looked at Guard Huang, "You all wait here patiently; I will return as soon as possible!"

"Your Highness, please take care!" Guard Huang said with a grave expression.

"I know!" Princess Anping said somewhat impatiently.

"Young Master Chen, please do your best to protect Your Highness. I would be most grateful!" Turning his head, Guard Huang said to Chen Hu again.

Chen Hu nodded.

Then he followed and stepped into the range of Daqing Mountain.

Very quickly, their figures disappeared from the sight of Guard Huang and the other two.

The forest on the outskirts of Daqing Mountain was still relatively sparse.

Traveling through it wasn't difficult.

"Princess, the range of this Daqing Mountain is not small. Do you have a specific target? If there is no specific target, wanting to search the entire Daqing Mountain would be quite difficult!" Chen Hu reminded her.

"Of course I do!" Princess Anping smiled proudly and took out an extremely ancient-looking token.

The front of the token had the characters "Qingshan," and the back had intricate inscriptions.

Princess Anping said, "This is the Qingshan Token. Before the Qingshan Sect perished, they sent away a group of disciples, telling them to return after a thousand years to open the Qingshan Secret Realm. Some of them didn't believe it and came back to open the Qingshan Secret Realm after just a few years or decades, and none of them ever returned. Therefore, out of several tokens, only one remains."

"The Qingshan Sect disciple who possessed this token founded a Family and passed the token down as an heirloom."

"But how could a Family easily be passed down for thousands of years? After just a few hundred years, that Family completely declined."

"They didn't even know what the token was for."

"Later, the only descendant of that Family wanted to investigate the purpose of the token, so he entered the palace and became a eunuch. Because the palace had many books, he wanted to use the palace's collection to understand the origin of this token."

"Unfortunately, the palace is a place that eats people. That man spent decades in the palace as a low-ranking eunuch and had no qualifications to enter the royal library."

"Later, he fell gravely ill, and I felt a sense of compassion, so I ordered the imperial physician to treat him. Unfortunately, his body was too weak; even if the illness was cured, he wouldn't live much longer. To show his gratitude, he gave me this token."

"It just so happened that when I was bored, I had flipped through quite a few ancient books and happened to see records about the Qingshan Sect. After seeing this token, I got interested and gathered quite a bit of information about the Qingshan Sect."

"Princess, you are quite lucky!" Chen Hu praised.

"That's right, my luck has always been very good!" Princess Anping said haughtily. "By the way, holding this token, as long as we are within fifty miles of the Secret Realm, the token will heat up and then guide us to find the Secret Realm!"

"Then shall we speed up our search?" Chen Hu said. "Your cultivation is too low. How about I carry you for a stretch?"

"Very well!" Princess Anping nodded.

The next moment, Chen Hu grabbed Princess Anping's arm, and his speed suddenly increased several times. At the same time, he reminded her, "If the token heats up, remind me immediately!"

"Okay!" Princess Anping said.

Unknowingly, the two of them had already explored quite a large area.

But the token still hadn't heated up.

Therefore, the two headed into the depths of Daqing Mountain.

After another hour, Princess Anping shouted excitedly, "Young Master Chen, the token is heating up."