The cultivation of immortality by mortals begins with the abandoned children of the river

Inside the secret room.

Tong Dachuan looked at Zhan Nianchuan with a burning gaze, as if he wanted to see through him.

"This Five Elements Spiritual Pearl is really magical. It actually raised all your spiritual roots to a higher level. I believe your current strength has increased by at least 50% compared to before."

"Master's eyes are sharp, and I have indeed improved." Zhan Nianchuan replied respectfully.

"The competition ended some time ago. The ninety-four inner disciples have been decided. Most of them chose to enter the secret realm of Nanlu to try their luck. The few who withdrew were replaced by the old disciples who had reached the ninth level of perfection in each peak."

Speaking of this, Tong Dachuan looked at Zhan Nianchuan who was extremely focused. He knew that this disciple was a cultivation madman and probably didn't pay attention to the specific situation of the competition, so he patiently introduced:

"There are nine people from our Lindan Peak, including you, participating in this secret realm trip. Among them, six are old disciples. To be honest, they are also affected by me. They have cultivated to the peak of the ninth level of Condensation but have not been able to get the foundation-building pill for a long time. They can only take the risk to participate in this secret realm of Nanlu to try their luck." Tong Dachuan sighed, looking a little apologetic.

"I intend to let you be the leader of this secret realm trip, what do you think?"

Zhan Nianchuan was shocked and waved his hands to refuse, "Master, how can I be the leader? Let other brothers and sisters do it."

"I knew you didn't want to, anyway, you are so young and they may not obey you, forget it." Tong Dachuan didn't force it.

"The Nanlu Secret Realm is tens of thousands of miles in radius. After entering, the position is random. At that time, the sect will give you a positioning magic tool, which can determine the position of yourself and the surrounding fellow disciples, so that you can join forces to resist the enemy or snatch spiritual medicine."

Tong Dachuan paused and threw a jade talisman to Zhan Nianchuan, which was engraved with four cross-lined lines and an arrow on the top of the line.

"This is the positioning magic tool in our peak. Each of the nine of you has one, which is enough to sense each other's position within a thousand miles. There are many crises in the Nanlu Secret Realm. If you can join forces, join forces as much as possible. Don't show off your ability and don't be greedy. Do you understand?" Tong Dachuan warned earnestly.

"Okay, Master." Zhan Nianchuan took the jade talisman into his arms.

He had made up his mind to act alone. Of course, if he encountered a fellow disciple in danger, he would also help him.

At this moment, Tong Xi's voice, as sweet as a yellow oriole out of the valley, rang out, "Brother Zhan, you won't forget what I asked you to do, right?"

"How could that be? If I meet Senior Sister Leng, I will definitely help her as long as she needs me." Zhan Nianchuan answered without hesitation. Speaking of which, Leng Bingqing spared him at Qingling Peak that year. Besides, with Tong Xi's relationship, she would definitely help him if she could.

Tong Xi nodded with satisfaction.

"By the way, I have always had a doubt that I can't figure out. That is, this secret realm of Nanlu produces the spiritual herbs and medicines needed for the foundation-building pill, but it has appeared for tens of thousands of years and is opened once every five years. After so many times of opening, why haven't all the spiritual herbs in it been picked?"

Zhan Nianchuan raised the biggest doubt in his heart. He also looked for information in the Classics Pavilion, but did not get an answer.

Tong Dachuan nodded approvingly, "You are the only one who asked me this question after opening the secret realm so many times. Others think it is a natural thing and just go to pick it, but never think about why."

Tong Xi didn't know the answer to this question either. She was also aroused by curiosity. She looked at Tong Dachuan with a pair of bright eyes, waiting for his explanation.

"I don't know why either,"

This sentence directly shocked Zhan Nianchuan and Tong Xi. They looked at each other and felt a little dissatisfied with Tong Dachuan in their hearts.

"But I have a guess," Fortunately, Tong Dachuan didn't continue to keep it a secret, and then said:

"The concentration of spiritual energy in the secret realm is far higher than that in the outside world, and the place where spiritual herbs grow is more than a hundred times, which greatly shortens the time for spiritual herbs to mature. Although the five sects fought for life and death for spiritual herbs, they would leave seedlings for picking next time."

Zhan Nianchuan nodded silently, accepting this explanation, and then asked another question that Tong Dachuan didn't expect.

"Where does the spiritual energy in the secret realm, which is a hundred times greater than that in the outside world, come from?"

Tong Dachuan was speechless and could not answer. He saw Tong Xi pursing her lips and laughing, so he could only say stiffly:

"How does the teacher know? It is common sense that the spiritual energy in the secret realm is far greater than that in the outside world. Why don't you ask the person who created the secret realm."

Tong Xi could no longer hold back and laughed out loud, shaking her branches and trembling with spring light. Unfortunately, Zhan Nianchuan was concentrating on thinking and did not see it at all.

Seeing this kid thinking again, Tong Dachuan was amused and admired, and waited quietly with Tong Xi.

A quarter of an hour later, Zhan Nianchuan gently stroked his eyebrows and said something that made the two of them jump in their hearts.

"Disciple also has a guess, I don't know if it is right."

"Tell me." Tong Dachuan was also thinking about this question just now, and he had no answer for a while, so he was very curious.

"The concentration of spiritual energy in many secret realms is far higher than that in the outside world, and it has hardly subsided for thousands of years. In addition, there are many spiritual herbs and medicines in the secret realm that are hard to find in the outside world, and even in the places with the most concentrated spiritual energy in the outside world, there are no such spiritual herbs, so I boldly guessed,"

Zhan Nianchuan paused at this point, causing the father and daughter who were listening attentively to roar:

"Hurry up and say it!"

Zhan Nianchuan was startled, and after considering the words, he slowly said:

"The secret realm is an interface that connects to another interface."

There was a long silence as everyone digested this extremely shocking news.

I have to say that although this idea is unbelievable, it seems to make some sense.

In the end, Tong Dachuan came to a conclusion:

"Okay, no matter whether it is an interface connected to another interface, it is not something that little monks like us can detect. Now let's focus on the secret realm of Nanlu."

"Master, senior sister, this disciple has some doubts that cannot be resolved during his recent cultivation..." Finally got the opportunity to ask Tong Dachuan for advice, so Zhan Nianchuan naturally had to take advantage of it.

The three of them began to exchange their cultivation experiences, and time passed slowly.

...

After leaving Lindan Peak, Zhan Nianchuan immediately went to the Zongmen Contribution Hall.

The familiar deacon of the Contribution Hall saw Zhan Nianchuan and greeted him with a smile: "Senior Brother Zhan, are you here to buy supplies for the Nanlu Secret Realm?"

"Yes, it may be better to buy more things to protect yourself in the secret realm."

Zhan Nianchuan replied casually. At this time, he couldn't help but regret seeing the dense flow of people in the contribution hall. He came too late, and I was afraid that all the good goods had been replaced by others.

"Senior Brother Zhan, you are being humble. Your current strength is probably comparable to those senior brothers at the eighth level of Qi Condensation. There is no problem in protecting yourself." The deacon tried his best to flatter.

Zhan Nianchuan smiled noncommittally and asked:

"Is there any more Tianleizi?"

"Tianleizi has been selling very well recently. Let me see... there is only one left. Senior Brother Zhan is lucky." The deacon handed Tianleizi over with a smile.

"It's good if you can buy them. Give me some more Thunder Fire Talisman and Explosion Talisman, just low-level ones. No one should want these now."

The deacon handed hundreds of thunder fire talismans and explosive talismans to Zhan Nianchuan. He really didn't understand what role these low-level talismans could have. For disciples at the eighth or ninth level of Qi Condensation, they were just a little better than scratching an itch.

...

The next day, early morning.

"Dang Dang Dang..."

Early in the morning, a clear sound of bells rang throughout the Xuantian Sect.

"Should we start?"

Zhan Nianchuan slowly opened his eyes, rushed out of the cave and ran quickly towards Xuantian Peak.

The main hall of the sect.

By the time Zhan Nianchuan arrived, one hundred elite disciples from the inner and outer sects of Xuantian Sect had basically arrived. Looking around, they were all at the ninth level of Qi Condensation, and there was not a single weak one.

The only thing that makes people feel weird is the age span. Some are only in their twenties and are handsome, while some are already wrinkled and have a decayed spirit.

The people were divided into six groups based on peaks and gathered together to talk about the upcoming trip to the secret realm.

Zhan Nianchuan also walked towards the circle of the remaining eight people on Lindan Peak. Compared with other peaks, Lindan Peak had the largest number of old people, with a total of five people.

"Junior brother Zhan, you came just in time. We at Lindan Peak are the weakest. I think we should act together so that we can take care of each other." An old man in soap robes whom Zhan Nianchuan had never seen said with a smile. .

To be fair, what he said was not unreasonable, but Zhan Nianchuan did not intend to join forces with them, so he smiled and said:

"Senior brothers, your cultivation is superb, I won't hold you back together."

Hearing Zhan Nianchuan's rejection, several people showed a hint of disappointment in their eyes, and then started talking about how to join forces to snatch it.

Since Zhan Nianchuan didn't plan to join forces with them, it was naturally not convenient for Zhan Nianchuan to listen, so he consciously walked aside.

In this trip to the secret realm, his bottom line is to snatch sixty spiritual herbs and elixirs that can be used to refine the Foundation Building Pill. In this way, after deducting the share for Yunlan Sect, Zongmen and Lindan Peak, he can still keep five A piece of spiritual grass can be exchanged for five foundation-building pills.

After a cup of tea, the noisy hall suddenly became quiet.