197: Master the Secret Realm of Tianyuan

Yang Yi continued to shake his head.

He replied firmly, 'We really don't have any water.'

The Disciple glared viciously at Yang Yi.

Suddenly, he grinned bitterly.

'I know you.'

'You are Yang Yi.'

'You definitely have water.'

'Just give me a sip.'

'I haven't had any water for over ten days.'

'Everyone else is already dead.'

'I absolutely will not harm you.'

'Please, save me.'

'As long as you save me,'

'when I return to the Sect, I will definitely have the Sect Master reward you.'

Star Moon Elder interjected from the side, asking,

'Everyone in your group is dead?'

The man nodded.

He wanted to squeeze out a few tears,

but because he was too thirsty,

he was too thirsty to even squeeze out any tears.

If he could squeeze out tears,

he would have loved to drink his own tears.

Yue Lingxin quietly tugged on Yang Yi from behind.

She couldn't bear it.

Since the other party was just one person,

it wouldn't be a problem to give him some water to drink.

Anyway, he couldn't pose a threat to them.

But Yang Yi insisted on refusing.

He just said that he had no water left.

Since Yang Yi said so,

the others naturally wouldn't go against Yang Yi.

Just as they were preparing to leave,

the man suddenly grabbed Yang Yi's ankle.

He begged bitterly,

'Give me a sip of water.'

'Give me a sip of water,'

'and I, I will tell you a secret.'

'Sorry.'

'I have no interest whatsoever.'

Yang Yi didn't want to hear any secrets.

Hearing a secret would just be another troublesome matter.

He shook off the man's hand

and continued walking forward.

The man looked at their backs

and said through gritted teeth,

'I will tell you a monumental secret.'

'I know how to master the entire Tian Yuan Secret Realm.'

As soon as those words were spoken,

Yang Yi and his group finally stopped in their tracks.

Star Moon Elder looked at this Disciple with curiosity.

How could a mere Disciple know such a secret?

They had been exploring for so many years,

yet they had never been able to obtain many clues.

Now, a Disciple was actually saying that he knew.

It was truly inconceivable to him.

The man licked his cracked lips

and begged bitterly,

'Can you give me a sip of water?'

'Give me a sip of water,'

'and I will tell you.'

Star Moon Elder and Yang Yi exchanged glances.

Yang Yi didn't say anything.

Star Moon Elder looked at the Disciples and asked, 'Whose water gourd has little water left?'

One of the Disciples said,

'I have no water here.'

'There are only a few drops left.'

A few drops were perfect.

Star Moon Elder shook the water gourd

and discovered that there was indeed no water inside.

He went up to the man and told him to open his mouth.

After the man opened his mouth,

Star Moon Elder aimed the mouth of the gourd at his mouth.

A few drops of water fell into the man's mouth.

Only two drops fell.

Star Moon Elder immediately put the water gourd away.

'Speak.'

'What exactly do you know?'

'Tell us something useful.'

'I will give you a full gourd of water.'

'If you deceive us,'

'then you only get to drink those two drops.'

The man nodded.

He said everything he knew.

The method to master the Tian Yuan Secret Realm was to collect seven beads.

As for what kind of beads,

the man described them.

The beads he described were of seven different colors,

exactly the same as the beads Yang Yi and his group had discovered not long ago.

The best proof was that each bead was carved with nine Divine Dragons.

Yang Yi and Star Moon Elder exchanged glances.

They didn't know if what the man said was true or false.

In order to express his sincerity,

the man swore to the heavens.

However, his oath didn't really have any effect.

Just as Star Moon Elder was pondering whether his words were true or false,

the man revealed another earth-shattering secret.

'I have two beads in my tent.'

'I will give you these two beads as well.'

'Can you give me a sip of water?'

'Can you take me away from this godforsaken place?'

Star Moon Elder nodded silently.

Afterwards,

the group followed the man to his tent.

The man didn't hide anything

and brought out two boxes directly.

These two boxes were exactly the same as the ones Yang Yi and his group had obtained.

After accepting the two boxes,

Star Moon Elder gave him two gourds of water,

and then prepared to leave.

But the man wasn't willing.

'You cannot abandon me.'

Star Moon Elder said helplessly,

'We can't get out either.'

'Then can I follow you?'

Star Moon Elder looked at him and shook his head.

'It's better if you don't follow us.'

'You'll probably be in more danger if you follow us.'

'How about this.'

'I'll give you some more water.'

He had the Disciples give all their water to the man.

This time, the man didn't follow them anymore.

Because all the water had been given to him,

they had no water left.

Walking in the desert,

Yue Lingxin kicked the sand under her feet and muttered to herself,

'Is what that man said true?'

'We already have three.'

'If we find four more,'

'wouldn't we be able to own the entire Tian Yuan Secret Realm?'

Star Moon Elder smiled noncommittally,

feeling that the Disciple probably wouldn't deceive them.

The group had been trapped in the desert for seven or eight days.

On this day,

they met the Heavenly Tiger Family Head and his group of five.

After the two sides met,

the Heavenly Tiger Family Head saw that they didn't look like they were lacking water at all.

He asked with some confusion,

'Why are you all so full of energy?'

'And so strong?'

'Could it be that you still have water?'

Star Moon Elder smiled

and didn't say anything.

The Heavenly Tiger Family Head licked his lips.

'If you have water, can you give us some to drink?'

Although they were experts,

even experts couldn't survive without water.

They could last a few days without eating food,

but without drinking water,

they really couldn't last long.

Star Moon Elder used Yang Yi's previous excuse,

and smilingly told the Heavenly Tiger Family Head that he didn't have any water either.

No matter how much the Heavenly Tiger Family Head begged,

there simply was no water.

The Heavenly Tiger Family Head pursed his lips and said through gritted teeth,

'Don't pretend in front of me.'

'I know you have water.'

'Tell me,'

'what exactly do you want in exchange for giving it to me?'

Star Moon Elder looked at his finger

and said with a smile,

'Your ring is quite pretty.'

The Heavenly Tiger Family Head was stunned for a moment,

and understood Star Moon Elder's meaning.

He said through gritted teeth,

'Star Moon Elder, aren't you being too ruthless?'

'I just want a sip of water from you,'

'and you actually want my ring.'

Star Moon Elder smiled slightly.

'Water is a good thing.'

'Inexhaustible,'

'and endless.'

'But now we have come to a place where we cannot get it, and once used, it's gone.'

'Tell me,'

'hasn't this water become precious?'

'If you don't have this water,'

'will you not die of thirst?'

'If you die of thirst,'

'it wouldn't be impossible for us to just take the ring off your hand.'

'But we are honorable people,'

'and we don't want to do that.'

'Besides,'

'we helped you before,'

'have you forgotten?'

The Heavenly Tiger Family Head frowned

and looked at the few people beside him.

This spatial ring was too important to him.

Without the spatial ring, how would they take back the things they obtained here?