251: Chapter 251 Entering the Secret Realm Again

After memorizing the map, Lin Qing rolled up the animal skin and put it back in its original place, then tossed a Storage Ring to the priest.

Although he had previously saved the priest's life, Lin Qing still generously gave out some Spirit Stones because, in his view, the priest's life was not as valuable as the news about the Lanwen Tapir.

To a tribe that rarely dealt with the outside world, Spirit Stones were considered an extremely precious resource.

The priest was already quite old; if there were any exceptionally talented clansmen in the tribe, he could use this batch of Spirit Stones to cultivate a successor.

"My Lord, this..."

"It's fine, accept it."

Lin Qing walked out of the priest's home and flew toward the location marked on the map, while transmitting his voice to Zhang Wang and Hua You, who were meditating in the stone house.

"It's time to set off."

The two hurriedly walked out of the room, then soared into the air and followed behind Lin Qing.

"Fellow Daoist Yun, are there no clues?"

"Hmm? Am I not taking you right over there?"

"Ah? Fellow Daoist Yun is heading in the same direction where we previously encountered the Qingyan Beast. I thought..."

Lin Qing raised an eyebrow.

They had already been traveling across the Southern Region for several days.

According to the two, they were supposed to be almost there, but because the tribe's situation was indeed critical at the time, Lin Qing had temporarily changed route.

He hadn't expected that after going in circles, they would end up back on the right path.

"How much further is it to that Qingyan Beast?"

"About eighty million miles, I suppose."

Hearing Zhang Wang's words, Lin Qing's heart sank.

Wasn't eighty million miles away precisely the nest of the Lanwen Tapir?

It was practically impossible for two Level 11 Yao Beast nests to exist in the same place.

The tribal priest said that the Lanwen Tapir had already fallen, so it was very likely that the Qingyan Beast had later occupied the Lanwen Tapir's nest.

If that were the case, the Lanwen Tapir's original nest might now be completely unrecognizable, and the probability of Lin Qing finding the Lanwen Tapir's shed skin there would drop drastically.

A distance of eighty million miles would take quite a bit of time to cover even at a Level 11 flight speed.

Fortunately, Lin Qing's Divine Thought had a sufficiently large coverage range; not long after the three set off, Lin Qing extended his Divine Thought over.

Soon, a huge sinkhole flashed into Lin Qing's mind.

This was the only possibility in this area, and both the Lanwen Tapir and the Qingyan Beast happened to be Yao Beasts that lived underground year-round.

However, this sinkhole actually had the effect of blocking Divine Thought, and Lin Qing was unable to locate the Qingyan Beast right away.

This sort of matter wasn't particularly strange.

After all, even the Central Continent had a place like the Cangyun Mountains that suppressed Divine Thought, let alone the Southern Region with its even more complex terrain.

With the White Giant Wolf and the Qingyan Beast present, there was virtually no other Level 11 Yao Beast in this region.

The three arrived above the sinkhole without any obstruction.

Overlooking from high above, the sinkhole reached a diameter of five to six hundred miles.

Inside was pitch black, and without Divine Thought, its depth could not be probed.

"Are you two coming down with me?"

Zhang Wang and his companion immediately nodded.

Before encountering the tribe, they had been leading the way all along.

Now that they had reached the destination, the two naturally wanted to go down in person to witness it.

Moreover, the Qingyan Beast only had a Level 11 Middle Stage cultivation base.

Although the two of them couldn't beat it, they wouldn't hold Lin Qing back either.

The three slowly descended into the sinkhole.

Soon, the five-hundred-mile exit above their heads was reduced to just a small dot, and the surrounding darkness grew purer and purer, preventing even spiritual light from diffusing outward.

Even Lin Qing could only see the pit walls a few hundred miles away.

Zhang Wang and Hua You held hands.

Such an environment made these two Level 11 cultivators a bit nervous.

Previously, they had only seen the Qingyan Beast come out of this sinkhole; they had never entered it themselves.

During the descent, the three also encountered attacks from some flying Yao Beasts.

This sinkhole was too large and too deep; the Qingyan Beast was not its only resident.

These flying Yao Beasts were not of high ranks, and the strongest among them was only of the eighth rank.

Their Divine Thought should have been blocked as well, so they couldn't sense the powerful aura radiating from Lin Qing and the others.

With only a small white dot above their heads and endless darkness beneath their feet, the three descended steadily in this manner.

Until at a certain moment, their vision seemed to blur for a flash, and then blue skies and white clouds came into view.

"Did we inadvertently enter some Secret Realm?"

Zhang Wang said softly, as if talking to himself.

Lin Qing and Hua You did not answer; the answer was already self-evident.

Lin Qing had previously given that small world core to the Old Turtle, and now he urgently needed to find another one to forge his Lifebound Treasure.

However, seeing that Zhang Wang and Hua You had also entered the Secret Realm, Lin Qing shook his head in disappointment.

Secret Realms were divided into independent Secret Realms and affiliated Secret Realms.

Those Secret Realms Lin Qing had previously entered were all independent of the Tianlan Continent, which was why they had world cores.

Moreover, independent Secret Realms needed to be responsible for their own safety.

To prevent beings exceeding their carrying capacity from entering, they often imposed restrictions on entry conditions.

For instance, the Cloud Origin Immortal Sect's initiation assessment Secret Realm restricted age, and the Kunxu Secret Realm restricted cultivation.

Now, Zhang Wang and Hua You were not young, and their cultivation bases were not low; yet even the two of them could enter without any obstruction, making the possibility of this Secret Realm being an independent one extremely low.

Of course, it wasn't completely impossible for it to be an independent Secret Realm.

If it truly were one, it would mean that this Secret Realm was sufficient to bear Zhang Wang and his companion.

In that case, this Secret Realm could not possibly be small, and the difficulty for Lin Qing to obtain the world origin would likewise be immense.

Simply figuring out how to find the world origin would be a major problem.

"Let's look around first."

Lin Qing said to the two.

The Secret Realm also had a certain suppressing effect on Divine Thought, but it wasn't very strong.

Lin Qing's Divine Thought could still cover a range of about twenty million miles, yet he did not find the Qingyan Beast within this area.

The three flew in the air, searching slowly.

The more they searched, the more alarmed they became.

This Secret Realm was unimaginably large, and at the same time, this Secret Realm was crawling with Yao Beasts everywhere.

Their ranks were not low either, and the three even encountered quite a few Level 11 presences.

"This Secret Realm is not right. Fellow Daoist Yun, perhaps we should leave."

Zhang Wang said with a heavy expression.

Although Lin Qing was somewhat reluctant, he knew Zhang Wang was right.

The density of Level 11 Yao Beasts in this Secret Realm was very high, far exceeding the average standard of the Southern Region.

Zhang Wang and the others might only have purely sensed that something was amiss, but Lin Qing knew that it was highly likely ruled by a Divine Venerable-level entity.

Although Lin Qing hadn't fought with all his trump cards exposed for a long time, and could even defeat Level 11 Peak beings while only using some basic methods, he still lacked the confidence to face a Divine Venerable-level powerhouse.