146: Chapter 146 Fourth-Order Elemental Magnetic Ore

"Could it be a Fourth-rank meta-magnetic ore?!" Chen Changqing was surprised.

He didn't expect that he had just casually come to some place to hide, only to run into a Fourth-rank meta-magnetic ore.

Moreover, the interior of this cave was a full tens of zhang in radius, and the meta-magnetic ore it possessed occupied a quarter of the space here. Judging by the looks of it, this must exceed one hundred thousand catties.

If it were refined into meta-magnet stone, at least over a thousand catties could be smelted out.

One thousand catties of meta-magnet stone, if entirely refined into Second-rank Low Grade Flying Swords, could forge fifty of them. If used to refine Second-rank High Grade Magical Artifacts, at least twenty could be forged, and this already took into account the part lost to wear and tear.

As for the other Third-rank meta-magnetic ore and the Fourth-rank meta-magnetic ore at the very innermost part, neither of them was something he could refine.

Chen Changqing took out a Second-rank Flying Sword and slowly cut off these meta-magnetic ores piece by piece.

After a while, all of the Second-rank meta-magnetic ore was collected into his Storage Pouch. As for the remaining Third-rank and Fourth-rank meta-magnetic ore, he could only take it slow.

An hour later, he finally put the Third-rank meta-magnetic ore into his Storage Pouch as well. As for that piece of meta-magnetic ore in the middle that was only the size of a fist, its color was like thick ink, and its suppression on him was also extraordinary. Not daring to get too close, he had to make the Storage Pouch float into the air before managing to put it away.

Now he definitely couldn't leave this place, so he had to first refine a set of Second-rank High Grade Flying Swords for himself.

Having made up his mind, he immediately began the refinement.

However, before refining, he first used a transmission talisman to inform Li Taixuan, telling them to leave first since he definitely couldn't leave now anyway.

After a while, he felt more at ease. If Li Taixuan and the other person went out, they would seek help from the Yuxu Sect for him. By then, a Purple Mansion Master would come, or perhaps even more than one, because so many things had happened in the Secret Realm this time.

He sat cross-legged, took out the Second-rank meta-magnetic ore from the Storage Pouch, and struck out a spell technique. These meta-magnetic ores floated into the air, and then under Chen Changqing's refinement, they began to remove Impurities.

For the one hundred thousand catties of meta-magnetic ore, judging by his refinement speed, it would take at least ten days. However, he didn't have that much time right now, so refining twenty thousand catties first would suffice.

By then, extracting two hundred catties of meta-magnet stone could be used to forge about ten meta-magnetic flying swords.

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Li Taixuan and Shen Bei received Chen Changqing's message and understood that the other party was currently blocked by that Abyss Demon Fish and had no way to escape. Thus, the two of them simply planned to leave first. Once they got out of the Secret Realm, not only would they inform the Yuxu Sect of today's events, but they would also ask the Yuxu Sect to help rescue people.

"Brother Li, be careful." Shen Bei reminded him. Not far from them, several Foundation Establishment Cultivators were passing by.

Seeing this scene, the two of them were both nervous and excited. Being able to see other people meant that they had already left the core area.

Next was to find the nearest Formation to head to the entrance of the Secret Realm.

Shen Bei took out the map and glanced at the nearest teleportation array. There were quite a few red circles on the map, which represented the locations of the teleportation arrays.

The teleportation array closest to them was about a little over a hundred miles away. At their speed, they could arrive in about an hour, provided that nothing happened on the road.

After that group of Cultivators walked far away, the two of them cautiously left and headed towards the nearest teleportation array.

However, the two of them did not dare to move too fast, because they didn't know how many people from the Anti-Immortal Alliance were in this Secret Realm, and there was also a Purple Mansion Master present.

The journey of an hour took the two of them a full day to reach this place. During this period, they encountered another group of Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

"Speaking of which, Brother Shen, I feel something is not quite right." Li Taixuan furrowed his brow tightly.

"You mean...?" Shen Bei upon hearing this looked thoughtful.

He understood Li Taixuan's worry, because it was impossible for no one to know about the Formations within the Secret Realm. After all, even if everyone was entering the Zifu Secret Realm for the first time, they would have already understood the general situation inside the Secret Realm long ago.

And it stood to reason that the Anti-Immortal Alliance would not fail to set up an ambush outside the teleportation array. Although they had already run into two groups of Foundation Establishment since leaving the core area, appearing heavily guarded, perhaps it was also to make them think there was no ambush at the teleportation array.

However, the two of them seemed to not have many choices left, at most continuing to wait until the Secret Realm was about to close. Now there were still three days until the Secret Realm closed, and this time would pass in the blink of an eye.

As long as these Cultivators of the Anti-Immortal Alliance still wanted to live, they had to find a chance to leave. Moreover, those two groups of Cultivators they encountered also seemed to be heading in a certain direction, which appeared to be right outside the valley where they had previously wiped out the Bloodthirsty Locust.

They were only five miles away from the Formation, and for these five miles, they stubbornly waited for a full two days. It was after these two days that the Yuxu Sect finally noticed something was wrong.

Their Foundation Establishment Cultivators outside actually hadn't found a single Foundation Establishment Cultivator coming out of the Secret Realm.

This was very wrong. No matter what happened in the past, they would appear successively within these few days, but currently, there wasn't even a shred of news, and the entire Secret Realm was exceptionally quiet.

There was another matter, which was that after every opening of the Secret Realm in the past, during the last few days, those Foundation Establishment Cultivators from Purple Mansion forces would come to the entrance of the Secret Realm to extort other Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

But this time they didn't see a trace of anyone, which was a bit thought-provoking.

Logically speaking, they should be very worried that the Yuxu Sect would close the Secret Realm, because once closed, the Yuxu Sect would not spend the cost to open the Secret Realm again just for one or two Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

Then they would have to wait another dozen or several decades before they could possibly come out again, but by then, a considerable portion of the Foundation Establishment Cultivators would probably have reached their limits.

This matter was immediately reported to the Sect. Upon hearing about it, Junior Brother Yang Zhan rushed over immediately. After waiting for some time longer, there was still no sign of a single person, so Junior Brother Yang Zhan ordered a group of Cultivators to head to the Secret Realm together with him to find out the situation.

By the way, they were to inform Senior Brother Han Chengye of the situation here, so that he could be responsible for presiding over all affairs here.

As soon as he entered the Secret Realm, Junior Brother Yang Zhan felt an abnormality. After spreading out his Divine Sense, within a radius of fifty miles, there was not a single Cultivator.

"What is going on?" Junior Brother Yang Zhan asked quizzically.

"Junior Martial Uncle, it seems that the nearest teleportation arrays have all been destroyed, and there are traces of magic battles." A Foundation Establishment Cultivator hurried over and reported to Junior Brother Yang Zhan.

Hearing this, Junior Brother Yang Zhan furrowed his brows. Having magic battles was very normal; in previous years in the Zifu Secret Realm, there were also people settling scores, but this wasn't the problem—the question was why destroy the teleportation arrays?

"Understood. Fellow junior nephews, each of you lead a team of Cultivators to investigate the situation of the Secret Realm and make clear to me what on earth happened here."

"Yes, Junior Martial Uncle." All the surrounding Foundation Establishment Cultivators respectfully bowed.

Watching them leave, Junior Brother Yang Zhan went to the core area alone to investigate. For the Zifu Secret Realm to undergo changes right under his nose was not a good thing for him.

The most urgent task now was to find the Foundation Establishment Cultivators who had entered here. Only by finding them could they understand what on earth had happened inside the Secret Realm.