112: Chapter 112 Secret Realm Patrol

Tens of thousands of participating Prodigies stepped into the light gate, and the noisy square gradually returned to silence.

After the last Disciple's figure disappeared into the light curtain, Lin Qing finally led the Chuyun Immortal Sect Disciples into the Secret Realm.

Light and shadow swirled, his vision blurred for a moment, and a faint sense of dizziness passed in an instant. When his vision cleared, Lin Qing was already standing beside a vast lake.

The fellow Disciples who had entered the Secret Realm with him had all disappeared. Lin Qing was not surprised by this; after entering the Secret Realm, everyone's location was randomly teleported.

Lin Qing did not explore the surrounding environment; as early as the preparation stage for the assessment, he had already mastered all the information about this Secret Realm.

The entire Secret Realm was vast, covering a radius of a full million li, about the same size as the Hundred Thousand Mountains.

However, unlike the singular terrain of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, the Secret Realm contained not only dense forests but also vast plains, boundless lakes, deep swamps, and various other natural environments.

With the assessment lasting one month, those contestants who had reached the Fifth Order and possessed the ability to fly could only barely cross the entire Secret Realm even if they flew at full speed.

As for the vast majority of Fourth-Order participating Disciples, their range of activity was much smaller.

Therefore, most of the Disciples participating in the assessment relied on gathering Heaven And Earth Treasure or hunting Yao Beasts to obtain points; cases of competing for points among each other were not frequent.

Besides that, Yao Beasts had been breeding in the Secret Realm for generations. Without external intervention, it was very easy for individuals with excessively strong power to be born, threatening the lives of all participating Disciples.

Therefore, during each assessment, the Chuyun Immortal Sect Disciples who entered the Secret Realm would also clear out high-level Yao Beasts. For many years, there had never been an incident of a Sixth-Order Monster Beast attacking candidates in the Secret Realm.

With Lin Qing's Seventh-Order Spirit Pill Stage cultivation, even if a Sixth-Order Monster Beast appeared in the Secret Realm, it could not pose the slightest threat to him. Therefore, after entering, he did not cautiously look around but instead flew directly into the sky above the Secret Realm.

He raised his hand and took a silver sphere engraved with complex patterns from his Storage Ring. He channeled a wisp of Spiritual Qi with his fingertips, and the sphere was instantly activated, bursting with lustrous Spiritual Qi light.

Subsequently, Lin Qing pushed it to hover high in the sky. At the same time, on the square outside, an Elder also took out a silver, ancient, water-patterned precious mirror.

The precious mirror left his palm and slowly grew larger. Before long, it expanded to the size of several li, hovering above Chuyun City. Soon, parts of the scenes within the Secret Realm appeared on the mirror's surface.

This was a monitoring Divine Artifact specifically refined by the Chuyun Immortal Sect for the entrance assessment. The Prodigies coming to participate in the assessment naturally could not come alone; most were accompanied by Elders from their Sect or Family. With the help of this precious mirror, people outside could view the assessment performance of their juniors in the Secret Realm.

Previously on the square, upon seeing the man whose face resembled Fang Chao, Lin Qing had felt a trace of doubt in his heart, vaguely sensing that the situation was not right.

After properly setting up the Divine Artifact, Lin Qing immediately mobilized his own Divine Thought to spread out in all directions. After such a long time of cultivation, Lin Qing's current Divine Thought coverage had reached a radius of ten thousand li, and even the ground could be penetrated to a depth of a thousand li.

However, a coverage of ten thousand li still seemed a bit small compared to the million-li radius of the Secret Realm. In order to find the man who looked like Fang Chao as soon as possible, Lin Qing transformed into a stream of pure white light, shuttling rapidly above the sea of clouds, patrolling the entire Secret Realm.

During the patrol, the Secret Realm's uniquely rich resources were all in his view. On the steep and dangerous cliffs grew rare spiritual plants; in the deep and dark caves, precious spiritual milk was condensed. Compared to the outside world, the density of Heaven And Earth Treasure in the Secret Realm was indeed much higher.

There were also quite a few Prodigies whose initial landing points were close and had already begun to clash. Regarding this kind of normal competition, even if someone fell, Lin Qing would not intervene; this was a contest allowed by the assessment.

While patrolling at high speed, Lin Qing also saw Gu Yunjing from the Qingsong Valley of Great Qi. Under the Dynasty's all-out cultivation for more than half a year, Gu Yunjing's cultivation had already reached the Fourth-Order Peak.

In fact, it was not just Gu Yunjing; the rest of the Great Qi people had also made Breakthroughs. Even Sun Shaoping, who had only broken through to the Fourth-Order Late Stage before the Heavenly Pride Competition, had now made another Breakthrough to reach the Fourth-Order Peak.

The advantage of talent was fully demonstrated. Following this trend, Sun Shaoping would inevitably knock on the door of the Fifth Order earlier than the others.

Third Prince Duan Chengyu's cultivation had also successfully broken through, arriving at the Fifth Order. This was already quite good among the Dynasties participating in the assessment; many Dynasties or even Imperial Dynasties might not necessarily be able to send a Fifth-Order to participate in the selection.

However, the current Duan Chengyu no longer had the high spirits he had when he first arrived in Chuyun City.

Now, he didn't even want to cause trouble for Sixth Princess Duan Qingwan; he only wanted to survive until the assessment ended and leave this place of right and wrong.

Even the Chuyun Immortal Sect, which he had longed for, had lost its appeal to him at this moment. This Sect had already become Lin Qing's home turf; continuing to stay was just courting death.

After patrolling for the time it takes to burn an incense stick, an abnormal fight in the mountain forest below caught Lin Qing's attention.

A Fifth-Order Early Stage participating Disciple encountered a seemingly ordinary opponent. This Fifth-Order Early Stage Disciple had impressive strength himself and was full of confidence in this assessment. After encountering the enemy, he did not hesitate in the slightest and immediately took the initiative to attack.

However, in just one encounter, the Fifth-Order Early Stage Disciple flew backward, breaking several large trees in a row before stopping, blood spraying wildly from his mouth, his aura instantly withering.

Clutching his chest, he shouted with a face full of terror: "No, impossible! How could there be such a strong contestant?"

Suddenly remembering something, he endured the pain and sternly questioned: "Are you a Disciple of the Chuyun Immortal Sect? Why do you violate the rules and ruthlessly kill the participants?"

The person opposite him curled his lips into a curve, and a hoarse voice rang out with chilling coldness: "Hehehe, Chuyun Immortal Sect? No need to rush; it won't be long before those Disciples of the Immortal Sect will come down to keep you company."

"Not just them, all the Disciples who came to participate in the assessment will come down to keep you company!"

This person was wearing a concealment treasure specially made by the Demon Court. Lin Qing could not judge his identity at first, but this unscrupulous and arrogant remark had completely exposed him.

As Lin Qing was in the last batch of personnel to enter the Secret Realm, these Demon Court Disciples knew nothing about this. They really could not imagine that the person in charge of the assessment would be under thirty years old.

The Demon Court Disciple was filled with killing intent, his footsteps slowly approaching the fallen opponent.

Watching the approaching figure, the defeated Disciple felt the fear of death sweep over his entire body. He closed his eyes in despair and let out an unwilling roar: "No!"

The shrill cry continued to echo in the quiet mountain forest, but the expected fatal attack did not fall.

A clear voice rang in his ear: "Stop howling!"

The defeated Disciple nervously opened one eye and looked in the direction of the voice.

A figure in white stood above the Demon Court Disciple, his posture handsome and elegant, with an extraordinary bearing.

After seeing the person's appearance clearly, the defeated Disciple was overjoyed. Great, the chief referee has entered the field; we are saved!