244: Chapter 244 Fourth-Order Vermilion Fruit

Ye Yisong was completely bewildered. Act according to the plan? What plan? No one told him anything!

At this moment, Ye Yisong felt deeply like an abandoned ugly duckling—lonely and powerless.

Just get in first; there was only this one chance.

Just as he touched the entrance of the Secret Realm, a massive suction force came from within. It didn't give Ye Yisong any time to react, and his entire body was sucked into the Secret Realm.

After a bout of dizziness, Ye Yisong fell from the sky like a kite with a broken string, crashing into a lake.

Ye Yisong burst out of the water, walked across the surface, and arrived at the nearest small island. Using Spiritual Qi, he instantly dried his soaked clothes.

Looking around and comparing it with the half-map provided by the Zhao Family, Ye Yisong discovered he had been teleported to a lake in the eastern outskirts of the Secret Realm.

Before entering, Zhao Zuoxiang had secretly transmitted his voice to roughly inform Ye Yisong about the backgrounds of the Martial Artists from various factions entering the Secret Realm this time.

Each faction had one or two figures who were only a step away from the Martial King Realm.

These people were someone Ye Yisong absolutely could not afford to provoke. If he were unfortunate enough to encounter one in the Secret Realm, he would have to hide his figure with all his might, or even abandon everything before him and flee directly.

As for the remaining Martial Ancestor Late Stage powerhouses, no matter how strong they were, Ye Yisong was confident he had the strength to fight them.

As for those few Martial Ancestor Middle Stage powerhouses, Ye Yisong had no interest in looking for trouble with them either.

All of them had heaven-reaching backgrounds; none were easy to deal with.

Ye Yisong was very clear about his purpose for this trip. First, to broaden his horizons and see how well these top factions from Donghai Province lived.

Second, to develop stealthily, use the 798 Navigation System to gradually understand the entire Secret Realm, and incidentally, "fleece" some of the Secret Realm's resources.

After all, Ye Yisong himself was not far from the Martial King Realm; one more Grade 5 precious herb meant one more chance for a Breakthrough.

Finally, it was to explore the ethereal Legacy of the Wangchuan Martial God. What if? Perhaps a blind cat might stumble upon a dead mouse, and he, Ye Yisong, might just discover it.

Ye Yisong stomped to death the half-meter-long centipede beneath his feet, and a tiny piece of the map regarding the Wangchuan Secret Realm in his mind lit up.

There's a chance!

Wangchuan Secret Realm, right? Martial God Legacy, right? Hehe, it is only fitting that I, Ye, carry it forward.

Putting the most valuable Grade 3 Three-Leaf Ganoderma on the island into his Storage Pouch, Ye Yisong began his first great sweep of the outskirts.

Others might miss things, but wherever Ye Yisong passed, he would leave not a single treasure behind.

As for the inner layer, he would let others scout the way first and consume a wave of the Yao Beasts that had grown in the last hundred years.

Anyway, he could stay in the Secret Realm for three months; Ye Yisong was in no hurry at all.

Just as Ye Yisong was frantically sweeping up treasures in the outskirts, a heaven-shaking battle had already broken out between the Hu Family and the Wu Family in the inner layer.

Hu Yuanzhao of the Hu Family had inadvertently discovered a Grade 5 Vermilion Fruit in the inner layer. Just as he finished off the Grade 4 Demonic Beast, the Rock-Skin Scorpion, that was guarding it, he was intercepted by Wu Zhisong, who had been hiding in the shadows, and had the fruits of his victory snatched away.

Enraged, Hu Yuanzhao fired a signal flare, summoning nearby Hu Family Martial Artists to surround and suppress Wu Zhisong. Not to be outdone, Wu Zhisong secretly gathered Wu Family Martial Artists and ambushed the Hu Family in a forest.

The Hu Family lost three men in that battle before they managed to escape the encirclement.

However, the Wu Family's actions completely angered the Hu Family, leading to a fierce conflict between Hu Yunxiao, the leader of the Hu Family's trip, and Wu Muchuan of the Wu Family, less than three days after entering the Secret Realm.

It ended with Hu Yunxiao's victory, reclaiming the Grade 5 Vermilion Fruit and temporarily ending the large-scale fighting between the two families.

"Muchuan, your injuries?" Wu Zhicheng looked at Wu Muchuan with a worried face and asked with concern.

"It's nothing, just some superficial wounds." Wu Muchuan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and looked at the departing Hu Family members with a solemn expression.

What a Heart Sword; it truly lives up to its reputation.

In the clash just now, the two had been evenly matched, but once Hu Yunxiao's Heart Sword ultimate technique was unleashed, it instantly broke the balance and wounded Wu Muchuan.

But Wu Muchuan was no pushover. After suffering a few secret losses, he halted his decline and blocked Hu Yunxiao's Heart Sword attack, though he had indeed lost by half a move.

According to the agreement between the two sides, he gave the Grade 5 Vermilion Fruit to the other party to avoid further escalation of the situation, which would have allowed other factions to take advantage.

"This kid wouldn't go off to find a place to break through with that Grade 5 Vermilion Fruit, would he?" Wu Zhisong said worriedly.

The cultivation of Martial Artists entering the Secret Realm cannot exceed the Martial Ancestor Realm, but after entering the Secret Realm, there is no such restriction.

The Spiritual Qi within the Wangchuan Secret Realm is far superior to that of the outside world, which is actually conducive to Martial Artists breaking through their cultivation.

The Prodigy Disciples from major factions who entered the Secret Realm were all aiming for a Breakthrough in their Realm.

Moreover, whoever broke through first would hold the greatest say, potentially gaining temporary leadership to plunder the treasures discovered by other factions in the Secret Realm.

"He won't. Given his Foundation, a single Grade 5 Vermilion Fruit would increase the success rate by at most ten percent; Hu Yunxiao won't take that risk," Wu Muchuan analyzed calmly.

"Send a message to our clansmen and have them find the Bodhi Mind-Clearing Leaf, the red sun pulse-melting flower, the Purple Mansion Spirit-Nurturing Ganoderma, or similar treasures as soon as possible to assist my Breakthrough."

"I will make the Hu Family pay back today's humiliation a hundredfold."

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Ye Yisong was unaware of the strife in the inner layer. He was currently stuck at a towering cliff, competing with a pangolin for a soon-to-ripen Grade 4 Vermilion Fruit.

"You beast, stop!" Ye Yisong shouted, throwing a Golden Armor Talisman from his hand to protect the Vermilion Fruit and prevent the pangolin from swallowing it.

He grabbed the pangolin's tail with his right hand, making a move to swing it away from the Vermilion Fruit. However, even though his face turned red from the effort, he couldn't budge the pangolin an inch; its four limbs were firmly nailed to the ground, and it was still inching forward.

"Squeak."

The pangolin turned its head to look at Ye Yisong behind it, emitting a silent mockery, and continued to move forward arduously, only one step away from the Grade 4 Vermilion Fruit.

Seeing the duck that was almost in his mouth about to fly away, Ye Yisong no longer cared about hiding his strength. Seven green lotuses instantly burst out from his body, condensing into a crimson fire sword, which he thrust into the pangolin's vulnerable eye.

Caught off guard, the pangolin took the hit and rolled on the ground in pain, dragging Ye Yisong along, causing him to get a mouthful of dirt.

"Ptui."

Ye Yisong spat out the dirt mixed with weeds from his mouth, pulled out the Green Lotus Fire Sword stuck in the pangolin's belly, stepped forward, plucked the ripe Vermilion Fruit, and sealed it in a jade box to ensure its medicinal potency would not be lost in the short term.

The pangolin's back was covered in sharp spines and was incredibly hard; ordinary methods could not break its defense at all.

Ye Yisong took a different approach; while the pangolin was rolling in pain, he did not let go, getting dragged along and eating a mouthful of dirt.

In the process of eating dirt, Ye Yisong found the gap in the pangolin's defense and thrust his sword into its most vulnerable belly, killing it in one blow.

"Friend, you've watched enough of the show, right?" After putting away the jade box, Ye Yisong looked toward a large rock in the distance and said vigilantly.