Chapter 73: Tian Ji玄Dragon Grass

Chu Jianqiu looked around and found that there were no other Xuanjian Sect disciples. It seemed that the entrance's teleportation was random, and those who passed through the entrance were scattered to various places within a thousand miles of the channel.

In previous sessions, those disciples who did not want to take too much risk would gather some spiritual herbs nearby and wait for the vortex to reappear, then leave through the channel.

According to past patterns, this vortex channel would disappear after being open for a day and would only reappear after three months.

Chu Jianqiu spread out his hand, and a scroll appeared in his palm. He unfolded the scroll, compared it with the surrounding terrain, and determined his current location.

This scroll was exchanged for fifty contribution points from the Scripture Pavilion. It was a map compiled by disciples who had entered the Xinze Secret Realm in previous sessions.

Although this map did not cover all areas of the Xinze Secret Realm, given its vastness and many dangerous places, even after a thousand years of exploration by Xuanjian Sect disciples, only one-third of the area had been thoroughly explored, leaving much of the Xinze Secret Realm unknown.

However, this was enough. Chu Jianqiu did not enter the Xinze Secret Realm to collect as many heavenly treasures as possible; his sole purpose was to find the Tian Ji玄Dragon Grass.

Of course, he would not let any encountered heavenly treasures go to waste.

Chu Jianqiu looked at the map and found that the place where the Tian Ji玄Dragon Grass grew was at least three thousand miles away. At his current speed, it would take him at least six days to get there.

Of course, this was without using any external aids. If he used the Wind Traveling Crane Talisman, he could arrive in two days.

However, Chu Jianqiu did not plan to use the Wind Traveling Crane Talisman. Flying in the air in an unfamiliar environment was much more dangerous than walking on the ground.

The place where the Tian Ji玄Dragon Grass grew was called Xuanlong Mountain, located three thousand miles west of Chu Jianqiu's current location.

Chu Jianqiu set off for Xuanlong Mountain. Along the way, the spiritual herbs he encountered made him a bit dazzled.

Although the spiritual herbs were not everywhere, their density was astonishing.

In just a hundred miles, Chu Jianqiu discovered no fewer than twenty second-grade spiritual herbs, including Water Butterfly Dew Grass, White Phoenix Heavenly芝, and Green Wave Divine Flower, and first-grade spiritual herbs were countless.

These abundant spiritual herbs allowed Chu Jianqiu to put his knowledge of plant identification to good use.

The abundance of spiritual herbs made Chu Jianqiu ecstatic. As he walked, he picked the herbs, initially collecting both first-grade and second-grade herbs whenever he saw them.

However, later on, he only picked second-grade and above herbs. If he collected all the first-grade herbs, he would never reach Xuanlong Mountain.

Chu Jianqiu now understood why the disciples were so excited about entering the Xinze Secret Realm. Those who entered in previous sessions and survived all returned with great gains, as the resources here were incredibly abundant.

...

On Anjiang Peak, watching the disciples enter the secret realm one by one, Qin Miaoyan looked at Zuoqiu Wen with some doubt when she saw Chu Jianqiu enter: "Patriarch, that seems to be the new disciple of the fourth senior sister, Chu Jianqiu. Why is he entering this time?"

Zuoqiu Wen was immediately startled and asked, "What did you say, Chu Jianqiu is entering?"

Qin Miaoyan, unsure, replied, "The figure I just saw looked a bit like him, but I might have been mistaken."

Zuoqiu Wen's face darkened. Chu Jianqiu entering the secret realm was far beyond his expectations. He had placed great hopes on Chu Jianqiu, entrusting the revival of the Xuanjian Sect to him.

With Chu Jianqiu's astonishing talent, as long as he could grow smoothly, he would surely become a great figure. At that time, the Xuanjian Sect would have no rivals within the Da Qian Dynasty, not even the Blood Fiend Sect.

The existence of a martial artist who could cultivate the Supreme Martial Body would become terrifying, as countless examples in history have shown.

However, no matter how outstanding a martial artist's talent, they were very fragile when their realm was low. Even a peerless genius with the potential to become a Tian Gang realm powerhouse could be easily killed by a mere True Qi realm martial artist when they were still in the Body Tempering realm.

The Xinze Secret Realm was inherently perilous. Even under normal circumstances, Zuoqiu Wen would not allow Chu Jianqiu to enter, let alone with the Blood Fiend Sect as a major threat.

Chu Jianqiu's current cultivation was low, and he had never considered that Chu Jianqiu would enter. After all, Chu Jianqiu had no reason to enter the Xinze Secret Realm.

Chu Jianqiu was already a personal disciple and did not need to worry about cultivation resources, unlike other inner disciples who had to work hard to earn contribution points.

Zuoqiu Wen suddenly remembered the conversation they had on the fourth peak with Zuoqiu Lianzhu, when Chu Jianqiu was also present. Could it be that he entered the Xinze Secret Realm to pick the Tian Ji玄Dragon Grass?

Zuoqiu Wen felt absurd. If Chu Jianqiu entered the Xinze Secret Realm to pick the Tian Ji玄Dragon Grass, it would be no different from seeking death.

The Tian Ji玄Dragon Grass was guarded by a Sea Transformation realm great demon on Xuanlong Mountain. With Chu Jianqiu's current cultivation, he would not even be enough to fill the demon's teeth.

Thinking of this, Zuoqiu Wen suddenly felt a sense of unease. He waved to summon a chief elder from the main peak to check if Zuoqiu Lianzhu was there.

The chief elder left on the order and returned after a short while, leading a white-robed youth.

Seeing the white-robed youth's listless appearance, Zuoqiu Wen immediately knew that what he feared had happened, but he still asked hopefully, "Gongdao, weren't you supposed to watch over your junior sister? Why did you come here?"

The white-robed youth lowered his head, not daring to look at Zuoqiu Wen, and said hesitantly, "Junior sister knocked me out and ran away."

Zuoqiu Wen was immediately furious, "With your cultivation, how could you be so easily defeated by your junior sister?"

The white-robed youth lowered his head even more, "Junior sister used the Xuan Qi Sword Talisman; I was no match!"

Zuoqiu Wen was stunned. The Xuan Qi Sword Talisman was a life-saving method he had given to Zuoqiu Lianzhu, and he never expected her to use it against her senior brother.

Although the white-robed youth's cultivation was strong, it was still a bit difficult for him to withstand the attack of the Xuan Qi Sword Talisman. It was probably because Zuoqiu Lianzhu did not use her full strength out of respect for their fellow disciples; otherwise, the white-robed youth would not be standing before him now.