120: Chapter 121 Ruins Exploration

Lu Chen stood up.

With a determined gaze, he spoke.

"Then, Mr. Chairman, may I go to that Secret Realm you mentioned earlier? I want to see what exactly lies behind that Seal barrier."

Li Cang and Xiao Wanlong stood up along with him.

They said,

"Then come with us."

Following that,

the three of them walked toward the lowest level of the Alliance headquarters building.

They opened a sealed metal door leading underground.

After descending seven or eight meters,

they entered a spacious, brightly lit room.

In the center stood a mysterious, glowing gate.

Xiao Wanlong explained,

"This is the gate to the Secret Realm entrance. The Secret Realm entrances we've discovered all over the world have similar gates."

Lu Chen nodded.

He followed them over.

The moment he stepped into the glowing gate,

a wave of discomfort immediately swept through his entire body.

Xiao Wanlong smiled and comforted him,

"Don't worry. Every Secret Realm has a different environment; our bodies will feel a bit of discomfort at first, but it'll pass after a while."

Lu Chen looked around.

This Secret Realm looked surprisingly... normal.

It was like an ordinary, peaceful, and quiet small town.

Light shone down from the sky,

casting soft shadows across the land.

"Is this Secret Realm an independent space?"

Lu Chen asked curiously.

"Correct," Xiao Wanlong replied, "Every Secret Realm has its own unique environment. The light you see isn't light from the outside world either."

"Understood."

Lu Chen noticed the trees here.

They were all strange species,

full of exotic flavor,

yet very beautiful.

In the center of the town stood a massive palace,

silent and majestic.

Li Cang pointed ahead.

"Let's go inside."

As they stepped into the palace,

Lu Chen couldn't help but widen his eyes.

Rows of towering mecha warriors stood in grand formation along both sides of the magnificent corridor.

Like royal knights, they eternally guarded their own glory.

Li Cang spoke up,

"We were inspired by these statues to carry out mecha warrior research in the real world."

The interior of the entire Great Hall was like a future world,

filled with various sci-fi elements,

dreamlike and majestic.

Then they walked up to an energy gate.

It was ten zhang high and three zhang wide.

The entire gate was sealed by a layer of shimmering plasma energy.

Lu Chen reached out, wanting to touch it.

Xiao Wanlong hurriedly grabbed his wrist.

"Don't. It will burn you."

"That dangerous?"

"Of course. It might not look like it's emitting heat, but its actual temperature is 7,000 degrees Celsius."

Lu Chen couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

"That already exceeds the surface temperature of a star."

"So this is that unbreakable barrier, right?"

Without hesitation, Lu Chen took out the Token.

Holding it in his hand, he stepped forward.

He walked calmly through that scorching wall of energy.

Li Cang and Xiao Wanlong stood behind him, speechless.

"This child..." Li Cang murmured to himself, "is too confident. But then again, he has every reason to be."

Then they sat cross-legged by the door,

waiting quietly.

Gu Family Manor.

Two uninvited guests arrived today.

Receiving them was the son of the Gu Family's B-Class Tenth Level patriarch, Gu Fuyang.

Gu Liwu.

He himself was a B-Class Third Level expert,

and the grandfather of Gu Tianyang and Gu Tianjun.

"I wonder what business the Pei Family elder and the Family Head have that brings them to visit our Gu Family together?"

Gu Liwu asked curiously.

Pei Zhaoyuan indifferently uttered a name.

"Lu Chen."

Gu Liwu's eyes instantly turned cold.

"Did you come here just to make fun of my Family?"

Pei Zhaoyuan shook his head quickly.

Then he explained the grievances between them and Lu Chen in detail.

Gu Liwu immediately let out a cold laugh.

"Aren't you afraid I'll tell the Lu Family? Or do you think you can survive under the Lu Family's hands?"

Pei Zhaoyuan said with composure,

"If your Gu Family can help us get revenge, our Pei Family will give up half of the Family's assets..."

Gu Liwu was shocked upon hearing this.

Half of the Pei Family's assets?

That was no small amount.

Pei Renxun stepped forward with a tense expression.

He gave a respectful bow,

and said through gritted teeth,

"That little beast not only humiliated my son but also cruelly ruined him. This is a blood feud. If you can give me the chance to avenge this hatred, our Pei Family is willing to pay any price, and I personally will owe you a favor forever."

Gu Liwu's expression shifted slightly.

"This is a significant matter; I cannot make the decision. My father is currently in secluded cultivation. Once he emerges, I will discuss it with him. If the old gentleman agrees, our Gu Family will naturally lend a hand."

Pei Renxun looked at Gu Liwu,

his voice cold.

"Lu Chen has awakened a healing-type Soul Skill."

Gu Liwu's eyes instantly widened.

"How do you know?"

Pei Renxun's eyes were filled with malice as he said,

"After he tortured my son's body, he immediately healed him, blocking every way we had to treat him."

"How can you be sure that wasn't a healing-type Elemental Skill? After all, he awakened the Light Element."

Gu Liwu asked with a serious expression.

"He only took one second," Pei Renxun whispered. "After cutting off his hands, legs, tongue, and vital parts... gouging out his eyes... in just one second, he immediately stopped the bleeding and completely healed him. Now you tell me, what kind of healing Elemental Skill has that kind of power?"

Gu Liwu's expression turned ugly,

but he said nothing.

When the Pei Family members left,

Gu Liwu's gaze suddenly became colder than the ice of the Nine Netherworlds.

"Lu Chen... an unprecedented peerless Genius, is he?"

"A dead Genius is no different from a dead dog."

"Just wait for the Ruin Exploration in over a month. I know you'll definitely go. That will be your burial ground."