59: One hundred thousand year old Jieyuan Snow Lotus!

Song Zhen walked along, picking things up, his face beaming with joy.

It turned out that treasures could just be picked up like this.

A day later, Song Zhen finally returned to the place where he first sensed the two Yao Beasts.

The area was in complete shambles, with broken trees covering the ground and fallen leaves fluttering everywhere in the wind.

There were also the corpses of several Spirit Beasts that had been caught in the crossfire, scattered in various directions.

Just as Song Zhen was about to search the area, a group of Cultivators from the Heaven Sword Sect suddenly appeared in the forest ahead.

Song Zhen felt a jolt in his heart.

"How did they find their way here? Could it be because of the Yao Beasts?"

Just as Song Zhen was pondering this, the leader of the group took the initiative to speak:

"Judging by your attire, are you from the Qingxuan Sect? I am Cang Chengping of the Heaven Sword Sect, here to hunt for treasures. Greetings, Fellow Daoist from the Qingxuan Sect."

Rong Yuanliang had warned them before they set out not to come into conflict with the people from the Qingxuan Sect, and they were naturally complying, which explained why they were being exceptionally polite.

Nascent Soul Stage! Song Zhen's eyes narrowed slightly, and he immediately cupped his hands in return:

"I am Song Zhen from the Qingxuan Sect. Greetings, Fellow Daoist Cang. I have been Cultivating in this vicinity since I entered this Secret Realm and have never seen any treasures here."

"No matter. We are just looking around."

Cang Chengping said this and glanced at the Magic Treasure in his hand.

This Magic Treasure was a detector lent to them by their Sect to help them locate treasures in various places.

"Eh? Why is there no response? It was showing that it was in this vicinity just a moment ago."

As he spoke, Cang Chengping shook the detector again, but there was still no response.

"Damn, this thing isn't broken, is it?"

"Senior Brother Cang, that's impossible. This is an Earth Rank Magic Treasure. Perhaps it is currently detecting and cannot display the result."

"That's right, Senior Brother Cang. I remember a place we passed by earlier that had a Spiritual Plant. Why don't we go and harvest that first?"

"Fine, then we'll wait until this thing works again. Even a mosquito is meat!"

Cang Chengping grumbled as he led his group away.

As soon as they left, Song Zhen began to search the area thoroughly.

After some searching, he actually found an incredibly hidden cave!

The cave was located behind a massive ancient tree that completely obscured it, the two fitting together perfectly.

Even if someone passed by, they would never notice the existence of a cave here.

The only reason those two big Yao Beasts had been able to detect it was because they had keen noses.

Song Zhen naturally couldn't detect it either, but he had been walking along when he tripped over a stone.

He bumped his head right into the spot where the ancient tree connected with the cave.

Only then did he discover that there was actually a cave here!

Song Zhen shattered some of the rocks and squeezed inside.

He hadn't walked far inside when he saw something that shocked him into a daze.

Inside the cave, a flawless, snow-white lotus was growing quietly.

"Pure Yuan Snow Lotus!!!"

"And it's a one-hundred-thousand-year-old one!!!"

Song Zhen almost cried out loud.

This was absolutely outrageous!

He had actually found this one-hundred-thousand-year-old peerless treasure of a Spiritual Plant?

One hundred thousand years! This thing could no longer be measured by Spirit Stones!

One must know that a one-thousand-year-old Pure Yuan Snow Lotus was already worth a fortune; it hadn't even appeared at the Xuan Tian Auction that Lu Hao had attended last time.

The rare times it did appear, it would fetch an astronomical price of millions of Spirit Stones!

As for a ten-thousand-year-old one?

The value started at fifty million Spirit Stones.

Let alone a one-hundred-thousand-year-old Pure Yuan Snow Lotus—Song Zhen had never even heard of such a thing.

He had only happened to read a brief mention of it in the ancient texts within his Sect.

Otherwise, even if he had encountered it, he wouldn't have recognized what it was.

The Pure Yuan Snow Lotus had only one use, but it was one that every Cultivator in the world craved.

Extending Lifespan!

Yes, its purpose was to increase the Lifespan of Cultivators or Yao Beasts.

Cultivators who have not achieved Immortal Ascension have limited Lifespan and will eventually vanish into thin air.

Therefore, any Spiritual Plant that could increase Lifespan was worth an astronomical price!

A one-thousand-year-old Pure Yuan Snow Lotus could extend one's Lifespan by ten years, while a ten-thousand-year-old one could extend it by three hundred years.

A one-hundred-thousand-year-old Pure Yuan Snow Lotus could extend one's Lifespan by nine thousand years!!!

One must know that a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator could only live for a thousand years at most.

It is not hard to see from this just how astonishing the value of this one-hundred-thousand-year-old Pure Yuan Snow Lotus was.

A storm surged through Song Zhen's mind, and blood rushed to his head, causing him to fall into a brief state of system failure.

After snapping back to reality, Song Zhen quickly sealed the treasure into a jade box and left rapidly.

He hadn't walked far before he ran into Cang Chengping and his group again.

"Yo, Brother Song, what a coincidence. We meet again."

Song Zhen stopped in his tracks and said, feigning composure:

"Indeed, we meet again. What a coincidence. May I ask why you have returned?"

"It's like this: shortly after we left, my detector started working again and guided us back here."

Hearing this, Song Zhen couldn't help but break into a cold sweat. If he had dallied for just a moment longer, he would have been exposed!

"I see. Then I wish Brother Cang great gains in advance."

"Haha, many thanks, Brother Song. We will be heading over now."

"Alright, until we meet again."

Song Zhen said with a smile, slowly turned around, and walked out of the forest.

Not until he could no longer see the figures of that group did Song Zhen instantly accelerate and flee the area.

...

There were three hundred and fifty Qingxuan Sect Disciples who entered the Secret Realm, and it wasn't only Song Zhen who had such opportunities.

Almost everyone was experiencing jaw-dropping encounters of all kinds.

Some had directly subdued the offspring of a Soul Transformation big Yao Beast; once it grew up, it would be a Soul Transformation big Yao Beast!

Some had just taken a step and stumbled into a treasure trove, their cultivation advancing by leaps and bounds!

Another person had been swallowed whole by a giant beast by the sea, only to find an Earth Rank Magic Treasure and a Top-Grade Spirit Stone inside its stomach!

In the end, the giant beast had inexplicably flown to the shore, beached itself, and died, and he had crawled out from inside...

If the outside world could know about all the outrageous operations of the Qingxuan Sect members.

The people outside would surely be jealous to the point of losing their minds!

With such Heaven-Defying luck, who could compete with you guys?

...

More than half a month had passed since the Tian Yuan Secret Realm opened.

Song Zhen's heart was already numb.

"Another common, worthless Spiritual Plant."

Song Zhen walked right past this Spiritual Plant worth fifty thousand Spirit Stones without a moment's hesitation.

It wasn't that he didn't value this Spiritual Plant; it was just that his Storage Pouch was already too full to fit anything else...

He had originally put two Soul Transformation big Yao Beasts inside, which had taken up a lot of space.

Later, he kept picking up all sorts of things, and now, if Song Zhen wanted to take something, he had to throw something else away first!

"Isn't it said that there are all kinds of crises and trials in this Tian Yuan Secret Realm? Why have I never encountered any..."

What Song Zhen found even stranger was that he had been in the Secret Realm for over half a month, and quite a long time had passed.

He had met Disciples from other Sects, yet he hadn't seen a single fellow Disciple from the Qingxuan Sect!