230: Secret Realm

Ji Yi and Ji Ziyan plunged into the lake, directly entering the Void Realm vortex.

Their vision shifted, and dense Water Law surrounded them, making Ji Yi and Ji Ziyan's Primordial Spirits leap with joy.

"Putting everything else aside, just comprehending the Water Law here is a great fortune. When we go out, we'll report this to our families, and this place will belong to our two families from now on," Ji Yi said.

"Mhm, mhm," Ji Ziyan agreed, showing no objection.

Of course, for a Secret Realm that likely hasn't been explored, comprehending Law is the least important thing. Secret Realms always have accompanying treasures, and those are the greatest fortunes.

The Secret Realm was vast. Ji Yi's Divine Thought, which could cover a radius of five thousand li in the Heaven Realm, couldn't reach its end. This Secret Realm was also a lake, a clear, bottom-visible lake.

Divine objects are naturally obscure. Exploring with a large-scale Divine Thought can easily miss many treasures. Therefore, Ji Yi and Ji Ziyan entered the lake and used their divine eyes to observe everything within it.

They dove all the way to the bottom of the lake, where many plants grew. A patch of red coral caught Ji Yi's attention, and the two of them swam towards it.

"Blood coral, not bad. Such a large piece of Saint-Grade medicine, and its ornamental value is so high. It would be very pleasing to the eye to take it home and keep it in a fish tank in the living room," Ji Yi said with satisfaction, then put it away.

As expected, undeveloped Secret Realms have many treasures. This coral alone was worth thirty Saint-Grade medicines.

As they swam towards the center of the lake, they collected many Saint-Grade medicines and Saint-Grade spiritual materials. Then, something different appeared in Ji Yi's Divine Thought.

"Oh, the local residents have arrived," Ji Yi shrugged, saying. In his Divine Thought, several octopus-like creatures were swimming towards them. The only difference was that these octopuses were very large, each of their claws being a hundred meters long. Let's call them Ferocious Claw Fish for now.

"Hiss..." Four Sword Qi shot from Ji Yi's fingertips, piercing through the lake water and into the bodies of the Ferocious Claw Fish. The Sword Qi erupted, and the four Ferocious Claw Fish were directly riddled with holes by the Sword Qi. Ferocious Claw Fish that were only at the Saint Realm had no power to resist Ji Yi.

Ji Yi ignored this small interlude and continued to search for treasures in the lake, not fearing that the scent of blood would attract other Vicious Beasts. Anyway, he was going to explore this entire Secret Realm, and he would confront other Vicious Beasts sooner or later. It was even better if they came to him.

Some flashing lights caught Ji Yi and Ji Ziyan's attention. Looking closely, Ji Yi recognized them as Spirit Stones, but these were different from the Spirit Stones in the Desolate region. These Spirit Stones were a level higher than Top-Grade Spirit Stones and were called Heaven-Grade Spirit Stones.

The Spirit Stones from the Desolate region were not very useful once one reached the Celestial Altar Realm. However, these Heaven-Grade Spirit Stones were imprinted with Heavenly Dao Law. Although these particular ones were only Low Grade Heaven-Grade Spirit Stones, with very little Heavenly Dao Law imprinted, accumulating them could greatly benefit Cultivators above the Saint Realm who frequently used them for Cultivation.

"There might be a big harvest," Ji Yi said happily. If his guess was correct, this would be a great contribution to the Family.

Ji Yi and Ji Ziyan swam over, first picking up a Spirit Stone whose corner was exposed from the mud at the bottom of the lake. Ji Yi gently pushed it, and the mud was pushed away by the lake water, revealing a sparkling lakebed.

"It's really a Spirit Stone mine! I just don't know if it's small or medium-sized. It would be great if the core had Medium Grade or higher Heaven-Grade Spirit Stones," Ji Yi said excitedly. Medium Grade or higher Heaven-Grade Spirit Stones contained even more Heavenly Dao Law, which would be greatly beneficial for Ji Yi and Ji Ziyan, who were already at the Saint King Realm, to Cultivate.

Ji Yi gestured with his hand, and those Spirit Stones were collected into his Na Ring. Ji Ziyan was responsible for peeling away the mud, and Ji Yi was responsible for collecting the Spirit Stones into the Na Ring. With a man and a woman working together, the work was not tiring.

"Actually, I'm very lucky to have been born into the Ji Family. In the past, our Family lacked nothing. Aside from Cultivation, we didn't need to worry about any other resources," Ji Yi said with a sense of realization.

"Mhm, mhm. But Brother Ji, even if you had nothing, I would still accompany you all the way. I believe we can create a beautiful life together," Ji Ziyan said with a determined expression.

"Generally speaking, if the man's Family has no influence, the resistance from the woman's Family will be very great. Caught between love and Family, no matter how you choose, it's wrong," Ji Yi had seen too many couples in his previous life who were forced to break up by their parents due to betrothal gifts, cars, and houses.

"I don't know about others, but my life is controlled by me. I love what I love, and I hate what I hate," the domineering aura Ji Ziyan displayed at this moment made Ji Yi look sideways.

"Domineering!" Ji Yi praised. But how many Ji Ziyans are there in this world? Strong women can certainly control their own destiny, but many ordinary people can only be dominated by life. This is the melodramatic life.

"Why did Brother Ji suddenly think of this?" Ji Ziyan asked curiously.

"I just felt something after seeing so much wealth. Have you heard the story of Cang Wuya?" Ji Yi had already collected hundreds of thousands of Heaven-Grade Spirit Stones, which was a huge harvest.

The Family's shortage of Spirit Stones could also be slightly alleviated. The Ji Family had never thought that one day they would be troubled by Spirit Stones. It should be said that forces above the Quasi-Emperor level had never thought about it, but there was no choice. After arriving in the Heaven Realm, the operation of those Formations all required Heaven-Grade Spirit Stones.

Therefore, the Spirit Stones brought from the Desolate region became useless, which immediately caused a Spirit Stone shortage for all forces. Nowadays, the younger generation of various forces came out, on one hand, to search for the Spirit Race, and also bore the important responsibility of searching for Spirit Stone mines.

The Ji Family's Second Ancestor had planned to set up an Immortal Rank grand Formation, but unfortunately, due to the lack of Spirit Stones, it had not yet been successfully set up.

"I've heard of it. He fell in love with a direct descendant of a Family, but was obstructed by that Family. Finally, during their elopement, the girl blocked a Divine Ability from her father for him and perished," Ji Ziyan sighed when she spoke of this.

"Yes, he was Sealed until this great era to be born. His Congenital Holy Body Dao Embryo was Sealed by his parents, and could only be unsealed when he advanced to the Celestial Altar Realm. At that time, he was still just an ordinary Dragon Transformation Realm Loose Cultivator. How could he be accepted by that arrogant Family?" Ji Yi shook his head and sighed.

As a Congenital Holy Body Dao Embryo, Cang Wuya possessed the Bloodline of a Congenital Dao Embryo and an Ancient Holy Body. How could his background be ordinary?

But his parents either Ascended or perished, and he was Sealed until this era to be born, and it was the kind of Seal that left him with nothing. He didn't know what his parents were thinking.

"We've reached the core. Medium Grade Heaven-Grade Spirit Stones. Although it's only a small Spirit Stone mine, it's still very good," Ji Yi said with satisfaction.

According to Ji Yi's exploration, there were about thirty thousand Medium Grade Heaven-Grade Spirit Stones. Of course, he wouldn't take them all, leaving half of them here so that the Spirit Stone mine could regenerate quickly. This was the Dao of sustainable development.

"It really doesn't let one rest easy," Ji Yi was still thinking of quietly continuing to be a small miner, but numerous figures gathered towards them in his Divine Thought. Those Ferocious Claw Fish had come to protect their territory.