The next day, Ah Chen set off with the sect disciples for the Secret Realm location.
The place was called Myriad Miles Peak, and the entrance to the Secret Realm was hidden within it.
Originally, Myriad Miles Peak wasn’t considered a treasure land, with spiritual energy being extremely sparse. Even so, a long time ago, cultivators had traversed it thoroughly, leaving it desolate.
That time, when Xie Jiuqing and a few others arrived here, it was purely by chance, as they passed by and were swept in when the Secret Realm opened.
Now, around Myriad Miles Peak, various forces were stationed.
In three months, a small town had even developed here. For cultivators, let alone three months to build a town, with enough people working hard, they could create a city in a day.
In fact, in these three months, quite a few people who had gone in to escape danger had already crushed their Transmission Jade Tokens and come out.
Ah Chen, along with the sect members, arrived at the Silver Moon Sect’s encampment.
"This place has really changed a lot," Ling Yu sighed, though he wasn’t too surprised.
The second batch entering consisted of Ling Yu and another Nascent Soul Stage disciple leading the team. After all, Ling Yu was not yet at the Nascent Soul Stage, currently at the Golden Core Middle Stage, and definitely needed a Nascent Soul Stage to stabilize the situation.
This time, the group going in still consisted of three hundred people: 150 Foundation Establishment Stage disciples, 100 Golden Core Stage disciples, and 50 Nascent Soul Stage disciples.
It’s not that they didn’t want to provide more opportunities to the stronger disciples, but only with this allocation would the risk be minimized. It’s impossible to arrange for all the strong disciples to go in at once. Moreover, the higher the cultivation, the fewer the numbers.
"When you enter the Secret Realm, according to the sect’s requirements, you must stay by my side for the first ten days. After ten days, once you’ve adapted, and with the knowledge gained from fellow disciples who had gone in before, you can then act independently. Remember, if you encounter a life-threatening situation, crush the Transmission Jade Token; preserving your life is the most important."
"If you’re not confident in your own strength, it’s best to travel with companions."
"As one of the leaders selected by the sect this time, if anyone fails to follow orders and leaves the group prematurely, they will be responsible for the consequences of any incident that occurs."
The female cultivator speaking was named Shi Kui, and the other leader this time was the direct disciple of the Star Luo Peak’s Peak Master, specializing in arrays. She was extremely talented in array formation, also famous for leading over thirty people to safety using an array once before.
At that time, she was only at the Golden Core Stage, facing fierce demon beasts; many people in the Secret Realm were in despair. She took temporary command to set up an
array that could both defend and attack, successfully holding out until rescue arrived.
Everyone present knew Shi Kui’s story and respected her.
After Shi Kui explained some key points, she ceased further speech and returned to her quarters.
The remaining people then formed groups of three and twos, making pacts to explore the Secret Realm together.
"Junior Sister Pei, then we have nothing more to say. According to our previous agreement, we’ll definitely be together," Jin Congshuang said, glancing at the people gathered around her. "Senior Brother Ling is with you, right? I think forming a five-person team is good; currently, we have four people here."
She looked around and saw Zhuo Hong not far away, her eyes lighting up: "Senior Sister Zhuo, let’s form a five-person team."
Zhuo Hong nodded, noticing Ah Chen’s gaze, her expression turning a bit unpleasant, but she dared not speak much to Ah Chen.
Having suffered twice, she understood that should this junior sister take offense, she could not gain any advantage.
The master was extremely fond of the junior sister, and she didn’t know how many good things had been given to her this time for the Secret Realm.
Forget it; they weren’t even enemies to begin with, so why argue with a useless person?
It’s also beneficial if the other party wisely does not provoke Junior Brother Jin, for with Junior Brother Jin’s current fervor, if they were truly together, it might not end well in the future.
In terms of talent alone, the junior sister was not a match for Junior Brother Jin.
She indeed had intentions towards Junior Brother Jin, but if the other party were disinterested, she wouldn’t cling too much. If in the future, the other party could find someone equally talented to become Dao companions, she would genuinely offer her blessings; only such a person would match Junior Brother Jin.
Thus, Ah Chen, Ling Yu, the Jin Family siblings, and Zhuo Hong formed a five-person team. Once inside the Secret Realm, after the ten-day adaptation period, the five of them would be able to leave the main group to explore the Secret Realm.
Early the next morning, Ah Chen took out a Beauty Fish Oil and consumed it, genuinely praising it.
Meanwhile, far away in the Silver Moon Sect, Yan Zui felt very satisfied as he received a hundred thousand experience points.
"I never thought she, who looks so gentle, would still be a lover of fish." Yan Zui remarked.
"Brother, given your cooking skills have already reached Kitchen God level, Pei Chen’s relatively calm reaction to your food is quite understated, but her ratings are always sincere, always the highest. What does that indicate? It indicates that your cooking is truly exceptional."
"People simply can’t resist your cooking."
Yan Zui thought about others’ reactions and strongly agreed.
Speaking of which, Pei Chen’s reaction was indeed quite calm. If not for earning experience points each time, he would have thought she had no appetite.
In fact, high rank cultivators are generally not fond of eating, not just due to impurity issues. If they couldn’t handle a bit of impurity with their abilities, they wouldn’t be considered high rank cultivators.
The main thing is that the higher the cultivation, the more sensitive they become in all aspects, including taste. It’s easy for them to detect the flaws in the taste of something. For things like Heavenly Materials and Spiritual Treasures, even if they don’t taste good, they just grit their teeth and bear it.
Ordinary food, unless made perfectly, just isn’t worth the effort for them to endure.
With culinary skills at the Kitchen God level like Yan Zui’s, the food he makes would naturally appeal to high rank cultivators.
"Actually, I don’t really like cooking," Yan Zui said. "Before crossing over, the most serious thing I cooked was cat food for Sang Biao, and I ate takeout myself."
Angler System: "Hahahahaha! People can eat whatever technology throws at them, but cats can’t, right?"
"Isn’t that the case?" Yan Zui retorted, which left the Angler System unable to argue.
So it just said, "Weren’t you very happy cooking fish before?"
"Every day hundred thousand..."
"Got it, I forgot again." The Angler System quickly interrupted.
"Brother, actually, I have a way to quickly gain experience points."
"You could capture those high rank cultivators and make them eat the fish you cook."
Yan Zui: "Your idea is too dangerous, would high rank cultivators really believe I just want to cook some fish for them? There would be major misunderstandings."
Before long, perhaps, rumors would spread in the Cultivation World about an evil cat in the Silver Moon Sect that specializes in capturing high rank cultivators to test medicines.
"Brother, you’re really not suited for immortal cultivation; you’re likely to die easily," Yan Zui teased unreservedly.
The Angler System couldn’t retort—it’s true.