230: The thief is still alive

"Brother Feng?"

Lu Chen was startled. What was the origin of that Secret Realm deep within the Jiyuan Sea?

Feng Jie, who had only taken a glance, actually suffered such a backlash. What would happen if he entered it?!

After a long time, Shen Gun Feng Jie finally waved his hand, indicating he was fine, but at some point, blood began to seep from his pupils, and his face was as pale as paper.

"It's alright!" He casually wiped away the blood seeping from his eyes, slowly closed them, and didn't open them again. However, his body couldn't stop trembling, as if he had seen something terrifying!

Pang Feifeng, who was standing beside him, could no longer suppress his curiosity and couldn't help but ask, "Fellow Daoist Feng, what did you see just now?"

Feng Jie closed his eyes and shook his head, "Can't see clearly! Can't see through it!"

He paused, "But, I saw Opportunity, and I also saw danger!"

And...

The terror he dared not speak of, dared not even think of!

'Danger? Opportunity?!' Lu Chen looked at Shen Gun Feng Jie, who had closed his eyes and didn't open them again, his body still trembling slightly, and fell silent for a moment.

Danger accompanying Opportunity was not actually something difficult to understand. Moreover, even an existence like the Sect Leader had specifically instructed him to go to that Secret Realm, so there must be something extraordinary within this Secret Realm!

Otherwise, with the Sect Leader's personality, he wouldn't have spoken this time!

But, Feng Jie's appearance was truly somewhat unusual. Just taking a glance resulted in such a backlash. The key point was that this guy clearly still hid something, something he hadn't revealed, seemingly fearing something!

This made Lu Chen temporarily unsure of what exactly this Secret Realm was!

After thinking for a long time, Lu Chen finally spoke, "Brother Feng, how are your injuries?"

Feng Jie took a deep breath and shook his head, "It's alright, I'll be fine in a day or two."

Lu Chen felt much relieved, "That Secret Realm, will you go?"

Feng Jie nodded heavily, "Naturally, I will go."

Lu Chen immediately felt at ease. 'Then there's no problem!'

The fact that Shen Gun Feng Jie, despite being backlash to such an extent, still intended to go to the Secret Realm, naturally meant there were benefits he couldn't resist. This was beyond doubt.

It was just that no one knew when this Secret Realm would open. By the time Lu Chen and others arrived outside the Secret Realm, the Heavenly Pride from the previous Qing Ming Great Cleansing were already waiting here.

"It's just the right time to take this Opportunity to nurture all the Dao Soldier seeds I've just obtained." Lu Chen no longer paid too much attention to the matter of the Secret Realm and began cultivating within Feng Jie's Divine Hall.

With the companion Spirit Treasure as the seed, it would still take some time to nurture Dao Soldiers.

During this period, Lu Chen also wasn't idle. He began cultivating using spiritual stones, preparing to break through to the Middle Stage of the Dao Embryo Realm.

As early as on the way to the Jiyuan Sea, he had already shown signs of breaking through, but he had been unable to calm down and cultivate. Now, within Feng Jie's Divine Hall, it was quiet.

Furthermore, speaking of spiritual stones, one must mention Lu Chen's gains this time!

Not to mention the cultivation resources and territory in the Northeast region centered around Great Qian, which were exchanged by the Martial God Palace, giving Lu Chen a full ten million high-grade spiritual stones.

Just the over a thousand Heavenly Pride he obtained, after the Dao Soldiers carefully searched their corpses, contributed countless spiritual stones to Lu Chen, and the lowest grade was middle-grade spiritual stones.

Countless, simply countless!

In addition to this, there were countless elixirs, as well as many cultivation items. He couldn't actually use these and could hand them over to the Sect later.

After just two days, Lu Chen successfully stepped into the Middle Stage of the Dao Embryo Realm.

However, this Qi Refinement Realm was nothing compared to his formidable Body Refinement cultivation, not even emitting the slightest fluctuation.

On the other hand, the number of soldiers nurtured by the Nurturing Soldier Immortal Coffin increased by another eighty.

Without thinking, Lu Chen directly selected eighty powerful Yin Spirit Realm Monster Corpses from the many Deep Sea Giant Demons, used them as Dao Soldier seeds, and began nurturing soldiers.

During this time, Lu Chen glanced outside the Divine Hall and found that on the Jiyuan Sea, there were many, many cultivators from various forces. The weak ones were even in the Xuan Fa Realm, while the strong ones were already peak Yang God Great Cultivators.

Beside Gu Qingtian, who had originally been reduced to a bare commander, thousands of cultivators had gathered again.

Especially on the side of the Great Qian Dynasty, where even the Crown Prince was struck down and perished by Lu Chen, tens of thousands, even several tens of thousands of cultivators had gathered at this time. There were quite a few Yang Spirit Realm Great Cultivators, and even several peak Yang God Great Cultivators.

Among them, the most striking was a middle-aged man wearing a dragon-patterned robe, surrounded by many Great Qian cultivators in the center. He possessed profound authority, and his gaze was sharp and predatory, extremely aggressive wherever it fell.

As Lu Chen's gaze fell upon this person, the man seemed to sense it and suddenly looked towards the Divine Hall.

In an instant, their eyes met. Lu Chen clearly detected a chill in that sharp and predatory gaze.

"Great Qian, it seems their wicked intentions haven't died!" Lu Chen secretly kept a wary eye.

Once these guys enter the Secret Realm, they probably won't let him off easily.

However, it doesn't matter. He has nine peak Yang Spirit Great Demons exchanged from the Martial God Palace, and this Secret Realm doesn't seem like it will open anytime soon. Once all his Dao Soldiers are nurtured, if the people from the Great Qian Dynasty truly dare to make a move on him, he will slaughter them all!

He withdrew his gaze and stopped looking.

On the other side, within the Great Qian Dynasty's ranks, the middle-aged man in the dragon-patterned robe, with profound authority and a sharp, predatory gaze, slightly furrowed his brow. 'That gaze from within the Divine Hall...'

That Divine Hall was Feng Jie's companion Spirit Treasure, blocking his gaze, but he had a strange feeling. The person who met his gaze just now should be Lu Chen of the Dongming Sect, the one who killed Qian Changsheng.

"It's coming soon, very soon!"

Once the Secret Realm opens, it will be Lu Chen's death date.

Don't mention that the Dongming Sect has Great Powers; behind his Great Qian Dynasty, there is also a Divine Dynasty.

Lu Chen killed his nephew Qian Changsheng, cutting off his hope of advancing further in Great Qian. Centuries of hard work were all destroyed by Lu Chen's hand. He would absolutely not let this matter rest!

Furthermore, there will be many, many people entering the Secret Realm, and even the Demon Clan from the Jiyuan Sea. What does it matter if one Lu Chen dies?

Within the Divine Hall, Lu Chen silently closed his eyes and began cultivating in seclusion again.

There was still some 'Earth Dragon Liquid' left from what he obtained in the Lingguang cultivation world previously, but not much.

"I wonder if this last bowl of Earth Dragon Liquid can help me break through another Realm?" He silently opened his mouth, swallowed the Earth Dragon Liquid, and circulated his magic power to refine it.

Time quietly passed.

The news of the Secret Realm's appearance had already spread. Above the Jiyuan Sea, more and more cultivators gathered, with cultivators appearing and arriving here every single day.

From time to time, peak Yang Gods would descend, drawing the attention of many cultivators.

"So there are actually so many peak Yang Gods existing above the Azure Underworld. They are rarely seen normally!" A cultivator couldn't help but exclaim.

"Even this group of Demonic Path rats are here. I just wonder why the peak Yang God Great Cultivators from those behemoths aren't making a move!"

"They are all preserving their strength, waiting for the Secret Realm to open! Who has the time to look for trouble with the Demonic Path!"

From the Martial God Palace side, Wang Wanli couldn't help but tug at Gai Qingfeng, who was cultivating with his eyes closed, "Should we go pick a fight with those Demonic Path guys?"

Gai Qingfeng chuckled, "Don't get beaten to death."

Wang Wanli was furious, "Who are you looking down on?"

Gai Qingfeng, "Then you go fight."

Wang Wanli's neck veins bulged, choked speechless. After a long while, he finally let out a cold snort, but his mouth couldn't stay idle. He pointed towards the middle-aged man with profound authority on the Great Qian Dynasty's side and said, "That guy seems to be Qian Changsheng's uncle, Pingnan Marquis. Tsk tsk, originally, if his nephew Qian Changsheng had ascended to become the next Qian Emperor, he would have had hope of advancing further and being directly granted a princedom. But his nephew was directly beaten to death by Lu Chen here in the Jiyuan Sea!"

He tugged at Gai Qingfeng again, "Do you think this guy will secretly attack Lu Chen in the Secret Realm?"

Gai Qingfeng didn't even lift his eyelids, "Then he is courting death!"