227: Entering the Taixuan Secret Realm

It has the Heavenly Eye ability, so it naturally detected that one of them was a human devil, and the other person's Soul felt somewhat off, likely due to Possession.

Just at this moment.

The people from Golden Serpent Valley also couldn't help but step forward. Confronting Chu Jiang head-on was certainly out of the question, so they could only hope that the Secret Realm's treacherous terrain would trap him inside.

Besides, since they were already here.

They couldn't possibly return empty-handed.

"Lord Chu, here are eight hundred Spirit Stones, for a total of thirty-five people!" Jin She Lan, Valley Master said in a deep voice.

"No, no, no, rounding up to a whole number, one thousand Spirit Stones!" Chu Jiang revealed a sly smile.

"Lord Chu, what do you mean by this? Why should we pay two hundred more Spirit Stones? This is too unreasonable, you yourself set the rules!" An Elder from Golden Serpent Valley trembled, his eyes spitting fire. What the hell was this 'rounding up'? Eight hundred to one thousand wasn't just an extra one or two pieces.

It was a full two hundred pieces!

Did he really think Spirit Stones were like candy, so easy to obtain?

"Rules? My words are the rules!" Chu Jiang said disdainfully. Golden Serpent Valley was one of the Zhennan Royal Family's investors, and it would be destroyed sooner or later. Keeping them alive now was naturally for the purpose of using them as sandbags.

"You..."

"Shut up!"

"Lord Chu, here are two hundred Spirit Stones!" Jin She Lan, Valley Master paid another two hundred, feeling a pang of heartache. She understood that now was not the time to conflict with Chu Jiang; everything could be discussed after entering the Secret Realm.

After the people from Golden Serpent Valley left.

The ground suddenly trembled slightly.

Ma Han and Zhao Hu's eyes widened as they looked into the distance.

Two round, stout women walked over, seven feet tall, like two moving small mountains.

"May I ask the ladies' names?" Chu Jiang's eyes flashed with a peculiar look. For a person to grow like this, it required the right time, place, and human harmony to achieve.

"I'm Qing Guo, and this skinny one is my sister Qing Cheng!" Qing Guo said, pointing to the person beside her who wasn't much thinner than her.

Everyone had a million question marks above their heads.

You call this skinny?

Qing Guo weighed five hundred catties, Qing Cheng three hundred catties.

From Qing Guo's perspective, Qing Cheng indeed counted as skinny.

"Good names!" Chu Jiang's eyes flickered slightly. These two names reminded him of two old acquaintances, but one was fat and one was thin.

The difference was huge.

"You have good taste. Here are two hundred Spirit Stones!" Qing Guo took out two hundred Spirit Stones, then swung her two short ponytails and left.

And at this moment.

Tuo Ba Ye, who had been embedded in the mountain, finally scrambled out, covered in blood.

He looked at Chu Jiang with some fear.

Damn it.

He had been planning to seize his Opportunity.

But he couldn't even win.

Rumble!

Tuo Ba Ye didn't even think, he just turned and ran. Saving his life was paramount. Chu Jiang keeping him alive definitely didn't bode well.

"Tuo Ba Ye ran away!"

Everyone couldn't help but sneer. Just now, he was still preparing to teach Chu Jiang a lesson.

To show him: what a true expert was.

As a result.

He was slapped in the face in the second second.

Only to see.

Chu Jiang looked up at the sky, clenching his hand, and ice walls rose around Tuo Ba Ye.

Cold Qi spread, and the air froze.

"Break for me!" Tuo Ba Ye roared, his large iron fists striking the ice wall.

Bang, bang, bang, bang!

However, all resistance was futile.

All in vain.

Whoosh!

Chu Jiang pulled Tuo Ba Ye into his hand, not bothering with pleasantries, and directly imprinted a Divine Power mark into his body.

"You..."

Tuo Ba Ye was about to curse, but he found his head exploding, as if he had gone mad.

As long as he harbored any thought detrimental to Chu Jiang.

He would immediately be in extreme pain.

Was this a Soul control method of an evil cultivator?

He, Tuo Ba Ye, had been a figure of renown, and he never expected that one day he would become another's Puppet.

He felt as if the sky had fallen.

Alas.

He could only blame himself for being greedy, for coveting the great Opportunity on Chu Jiang.

He had capsized in a ditch.

Tuo Ba Ye, with the Divine Power mark imprinted, immediately became obedient.

Everyone was stunned.

Another instant defeat.

"Sister, this person is so powerful. I'm afraid even if you and I team up, we won't be able to defeat him."

Qing Cheng said.

Qing Guo said carelessly, "What are you afraid of? We're not provoking him anyway."

"What if he provokes us?"

"Are you stupid? Don't you know how to run?"

"What if we can't outrun him?"

"Wait for death... Sister, why are you talking so much today?"

To the side.

In Zhao Ritian's mind, the voice of Yanmo Dajun resounded again.

"With Chu Jiang as a strong backing on this trip, you can also gain some Opportunities. Otherwise, with your strength, it would be too difficult to compete with these people who have entered the Transcendent Realm."

Zhao Ritian nodded.

"That's true."

...

Time flew by like a white colt passing a crevice.

Night quietly fell.

Chu Jiang carefully tallied his gains. Out of five hundred slots, only four hundred thirty-eight were sold, yielding a total of six thousand seven hundred, with a considerable portion still unsold.

After all, Spirit Stones, this rare commodity, were not something everyone could possess.

Back then in Myriad Sound Valley, there was only one Mid-Grade Spirit Stone, and its Spiritual Qi was mostly depleted, which translated to about fifty Spirit Stones.

If it were a complete Mid-Grade Spirit Stone, it could be exchanged for one hundred Low Grade ones.

The higher the grade of the Spirit Stone, the purer the Spiritual Qi, and the more exaggerated it became further on.

So, basically very few people would exchange High-Grade Spirit Stones for Low-Grade Spirit Stones, it was simply not cost-effective.

Chu Jiang gave one thousand to the Demon Suppression Division next door, and distributed two thousand to Fu Yunxuan and others, keeping the remaining three thousand seven hundred for himself.

However, the energy concentration of these Low-Grade Spirit Stones was a notch lower compared to demon liquid. Especially the high-purity demon-refining liquid refined by Brahma True Demon, the difference was even greater.

Ever since Fu Yunxuan consumed the few bottles of high-purity demon-refining liquid he gave her, her cultivation soared like a rocket, reaching the realm of Peerless Grandmaster.

Even Wang Chao broke through to the Peak of Peerless Grandmaster, and Zhao Hu and Ma Han also successfully broke through, entering the ranks of Great Grandmaster.

What a pity.

There were only a meager dozen bottles of the demon-refining liquid extracted by Brahma True Demon.

He only had two or three bottles left in his hand.

He even somewhat looked forward to Brahma True Demon descending again; this guy was simply his money-sending boy.

...

The next day at noon, the scorching sun blazed.

On the stone wall of Tianjue Ridge, rays of light suddenly erupted, followed by a cyan vortex appearing, spinning wildly.

Above.

Chu Jiang formed a hand seal, and a dazzling light entered the vortex. The vortex, which had been spinning wildly just moments ago, gradually calmed down.

"Tai Xuan Secret Realm, the first layer is for Vajra Realm exploration, the second layer for Great Grandmaster, and the third layer, even those who enter the Transcendent Realm, might perish."

"The Secret Realm will only open for seven days. If it exceeds seven days, you'll have to wait another twenty years."

These were all basic common knowledge. Some High-Grade Secret Realms had strict restrictions; not only did they open only once every few hundred years, but their window period was also short.

Some even opened for only one day.

If you missed it, you would be trapped and die inside.

But at the moment, everyone's eyes were burning with fervor.

Almost no one listened to Chu Jiang's advice.

Their minds were filled with barrier-breaking immortal fruit, or other Heaven And Earth Treasure.

Chu Jiang's gaze fell on the people from Golden Serpent Valley and he said, "You go first!"

Jin She Lan, Valley Master also didn't waste words and directly led the people from the valley into the vortex.

He actually let them go in first, wasn't this giving them the advantage?

However, Chu Jiang didn't care at all.

Anyway, the Opportunities they desperately snatched would all be his in the end.

Because: he had no intention of exploring it himself, but rather letting these people take the risks first, collect the treasures, and then he would rob them.

As wave after wave of people entered the Secret Realm.

Chu Jiang and the others' figures also disappeared into the vortex.