Senior Sisters, I Don’t Want To Work Hard Anymore

Chapter 59: Desert

Upon entering the Illusory Mist Secret Realm for the first time, Qin Muling did not feel much nervousness because he had his most crucial reliance: the Innate Primordial Spirit Seed in his sea of consciousness, as well as the faint blue lotus leaf phantom derived from it.

Although it belonged to the desert region, the spiritual energy in the surrounding space did not seem to decrease significantly. The Innate Primordial Spirit Seed could still continuously absorb the essence of spiritual energy and faint traces of Dao rhyme, integrating them into the divine soul and silently enhancing his innate foundation.

Especially the armor and wooden sword that Qin Muling brought in had undergone some changes. The surface of the armor was covered with a layer of clear radiance, while the wooden sword was enveloped in a reddish glow, with faint luminous runes shimmering within the sword body.

According to Master Mu Yinghua, these two special Law Weapons possessed the power equivalent to that of a top-grade Treasure Weapon within the secret realm. Compared to Qin Muling's current cultivation at the sixth level of the Core Condensation Realm, they were far from being able to exert their full power.

Law Weapon, Spiritual Weapon, Treasure Weapon, Law Treasure, Postnatal Spiritual Treasure, Innate Spiritual Treasure, each stage further divided into Fourth Grade. This is the classification standard for treasures in the Extreme Void Starry Sky. For ordinary Core Condensation Realm cultivators, Spiritual Weapons are the most suitable for them.

Of course, Qin Muling's spiritual power far surpassed cultivators of the same level, so using these two special Law Weapons did not completely bury their potential. Once his cultivation reached a higher realm, this would no longer be a problem.

He carefully sensed his surroundings. Although only his divine soul entered the secret realm, the new body he obtained here seemed to have no difference from his original body, a perfect replica.

"The primary task is to survive..."

Qin Muling silently reminded himself. Master Mu Yinghua had provided him with all the information about the Illusory Mist Secret Realm, whether confidential or public, and had given him many additional pointers. Before she took over as the Supreme Sect's leader, she had entered the secret realm multiple times and made significant contributions, so she was very familiar with many areas here.

Regardless of what he wanted to do after entering the secret realm, the first priority was to survive. After all, the loss from dying once was too great, even with the immense heritage and costless treatment of a super sect, it was impossible to completely avoid this price.

Therefore, for the monstrous geniuses among the Supreme forces, they simply couldn't afford to die in the secret realm, nor did they dare to.

Under the premise of ensuring one's own safety, there were many precious resources available in the secret realm that could be utilized. Although most of them couldn't be brought back, they could be used within the secret realm.

For example, if a cultivator found a rare Supreme Grade divine medicine, directly consuming it would permanently increase their cultivation or provide some optimization and enhancement to their divine soul and physical body. As long as they survived until the end and returned normally, these enhancement effects could be brought back.

Some lucky cultivators who safely returned from the secret realm had obvious improvements in their cultivation. A few even directly crossed a major realm. This was the greatest significance of the Illusory Mist Secret Realm. It was a special Sacred Land that could rapidly enhance the strength of disciples.

Physical objects could hardly be brought back, but cultivation, combat experience, insights, and other things could be brought back.

There were also some old fellows whose lifespan was about to end and had no hope of breakthroughs. They would take the risk to enter the secret realm. If they had the opportunity to find life-saving immortal medicine and consumed it inside, then returned normally, they could also obtain the effect of prolonging their lives.

Qin Muling surveyed his surroundings. All he could see in his field of vision was sand, and even a single stone was nowhere to be seen. The environment was so monotonous that it left one speechless. When his divine sense extended in all directions, he discovered something different.

Beneath the thick layer of sand, there were hidden creatures, some of which were quite fierce and dangerous.

At this moment, two venomous sand snakes that were relatively close to Qin Muling sensed his presence and silently crept towards his standing position, their speed not slow.

Qin Muling calmly tightened his grip on the sword handle, waiting attentively.

After three breaths, the sand beneath his feet suddenly burst open, and two thick, sandy-yellow snakes shot out at high speed, their mouths wide open, fiercely biting towards Qin Muling's thighs.

A glimmering emerald sword light swept lightly, blood splattered, and two ugly and ferocious snake heads flew far away, leaving only headless snake bodies writhing and struggling in place.

The sound of "rustling" rang out as countless strange and peculiar insects crawled out of the sand, eagerly pouncing on the snake bodies, beginning to feast. Some of the ferocious species didn't even spare the two snake heads.

Qin Muling snorted, chose a direction, circulated his spiritual energy within his body, and his body slightly floated, hovering half a foot above the sand, moving with the wind.

As he traveled, under the effect of the Innate Primordial Spirit Seed, nothing within a hundred zhang radius could escape Qin Muling's perception, unless it was someone much stronger than him, such as a cultivator in the Immortal Transformation or Immortal Ascension realm, or a fierce beast capable of ambushing and attacking him.

Of course, this was impossible. According to the rules of the Illusory Mist Secret Realm, cultivators who entered for the first time usually appeared in areas with lower levels of danger, especially those with lower cultivation levels. They would rarely encounter creatures much stronger than themselves.

After more than an hour, Qin Muling estimated that he had flown over a thousand li, but before him was still an endless desert. Occasionally, unknown creatures would suddenly ambush from beneath the sand, but he killed them with a single sword strike.

Mu Yinghua had given Qin Muling a lot of information and secret files. Just the range of the low-risk areas alone accumulated to millions of li, while the range of the medium and high-risk areas was several times or even hundreds of times larger.

This was not an exaggeration. Over the millions of years of Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace's existence, the elder disciples had continuously explored and recorded maps of such a large scale after acquiring extensive knowledge and memorization.

As for how vast the unexplored areas were and how many opportunities and mysteries they held, no one could figure that out.

After another half an hour of rushing, Qin Muling finally encountered a creature recorded in the information: the Blood Kiss Ink Scale Sand Leopard. After beheading it with a single sword strike, he extracted four pieces of snow-white and crystal-clear bone marrow from its spine. The radiance was dazzling, and a fragrant aroma filled the air.

Qin Muling took a look and directly consumed it.

The taste of this thing was good, and it melted in his mouth. A surging hot stream rushed into his body, rapidly restoring more than half of his spiritual energy, making him feel refreshed and clear-headed. This was the first resource Qin Muling had found since entering the secret realm.

Then, Qin Muling directly peeled off the leopard skin, which was over a zhang long, hastily processed it, and tied it around his waist to avoid the awkwardness of running around naked.

Continuing on the journey, more than ten hours passed, and he had killed many creatures along the way. The number of animal skins he collected increased, and he sporadically discovered some resources. If they were edible, he would eat them directly; if not, he would pack them and take them with him.

In the Illusory Mist Secret Realm, there was also the alternation of day and night, and the flow of time was nearly three times faster than outside. For cultivators with long lifespans, it had little effect. After all, the maximum duration of the secret realm opening each time would not exceed one year.

After a day and a night, Qin Muling finally saw the edge of the desert.

(End of this chapter)