Chương 81: Inheritance Secret Realm

With the last item sold, the auction concluded, but it's just where the fun really begins. The auction house lets those in the VIP room and those who have bought some items leave first through several different paths. Only a few minutes later can the remaining guests leave. This is done to help protect the buyer as much as possible.

But not all buyers wore a disguise while in the auction, and some of them offended people while bidding for the treasure, or the other party simply really needed the treasure they had bought. While Ren Qingquan and the others left holding the items they had bought at the auction, I watched the guests from the auction hall depart, some of them immediately chasing after the auction winner that wasn't wearing a disguise.

East Fortune City was always under the watchful eye of the cultivators hired by the Gui family, and safety within was pretty much guaranteed. But that didn't stop some people from marking their target first. Among them, many chased after that one child of destiny who could increase his cultivation by angering people. He didn't even buy many items, but he was targeted the most simply because many found him an eyesore.

But because everyone was still in the city, the most that those people could do was to create a scheme to make their target leave the city, or finish their target cleanly.

While watching the children of destiny being pursued by others, I also kept watch on Ren Qingquan. Right now, Peak Master Feng Yun's clone and the Miscellaneous Hall Master discussed some matters before leaving with senior Acorn Tree, leaving Ren Qingquan in the care of the two elders. Before Peak Master Feng Yun left, he reminded Ren Qingquan and Fatty Zhang, "I'll be helping the Miscellaneous Hall Master with some matters. All of you can do your own things or visit the sect's store on Lin An Avenue if you need."

He also spoke to the two elders, "Pan Tianyi and Zang QIngling, please accompany both of them." Ren Qingquan, Fatty Zhang, and the two elders nodded. The two elders asked, "What are both of you planning to do next?" Fatty Zhang replied, "I'll apply for a temporary sales permit and open a store in the city." Ren Qingquan also answered, "I'll be helping Fatty Zhang to unload his goods before buying some maps and exploring the surroundings."

"Do you want us to accompany you?" one of the elders asked. Ren Qingquan and Fatty Zhang looked at each other before both of them nodded. With the help of the two elders' show of strength, Fatty Zhang's sales permit was quickly issued. Ren Qingquan also quickly unloaded Fatty Zhang's goods before he went to buy the map of the surrounding areas alone, leaving the two elders with Fatty Zhang. When he left, the two elders seemed a bit concerned.

I heard them discussing through the secret voice transmission technique, "Old Pan, should we follow this Ren kid?" Elder Pan Tianyi replied, "Of course not. Did you forget what the Sect Master told us before we left?"

"But, Peak Master Feng Yun told us to accompany both of them," Elder Zang Qingling replied with concern.

"Indeed, but we aren't from the Spirit Beast Peak. So the Sect Master's command should take precedence. After all, our pay cheque comes from the Sect Master." I saw Elder Zang Qingling's face light up. With that, both elders went to accompany Fatty Zhang, while Ren Qingquan went to look for maps and necessities such as food with long expiry dates. Midway through his shopping, I saw Ren Xuan leave the city, keeping the Heaven Puncturing Needle Talisman he had bought in his pocket.

Seeing this, I notified Ren Qingquan. [Host, quickly finish your preparation and follow Ren Xuan. He just left the city while holding the Heaven Puncturing Needle Talisman. There's a chance he's planning to enter the inheritance space he mentioned before. Right now, obtaining more resources from your uncle will be pretty difficult. So, you need to start looking for cultivation resources on your own.] Ren Qingquan agreed with my words and quickly left the city, following Ren Xuan from a great distance.

Through my [Scan], we both saw Ren Xuan moving quickly while disguised. He occasionally closed his eyes and activated a cultivation technique to sense something before moving on. Three hours later, when Ren Qingquan was about to rest for a moment, Ren Xuan finally found something and used the Heaven Puncturing Needle Talisman he had bought at the auction. After being activated by Ren Xuan's spirit qi, the talisman flew through the air before it seemed to collide with something and pierced through it.

A wave-like ripple spread through the air as a spatial crack slowly opened. This story has been unlawfully obtained without the author's consent. Report any appearances on Amazon. The spatial crack is similar to the one Ren Xuan and the Azure Emperor previously opened in the Martial Arts world. There are only two things that differentiate this spatial crack. First, it's a bit rounder than the ones in the Martial Arts world. Second, there's some sort of barrier-like formation blocking this spatial crack.

Of course, thanks to Ren Xuan's Heaven Puncturing Needle, there's now a gap in the barrier, but both the barrier and the spatial crack are closing at a visible pace. Given how quickly it's healing, the barrier and the spatial crack will barely fit a person after five minutes and will fully heal after ten minutes. Ren Xuan looked around before he unhesitatingly jumped into the spatial crack.

Both Ren Qingquan and I watched through Ren Xuan's [Scan] as he landed in the middle of an ocean after jumping into the spatial crack. Before he hit the water, Ren Xuan immediately used a cultivation technique to let him step on the water's surface. Once he stood above the water's surface, Ren Xuan took out a fengshui compass and pinched his fingers to calculate something. Soon, he frowned slightly and muttered, "This place is quite a distance from the inheritance ground's core. This is quite troublesome."

Ren Xuan looked in a certain direction before using a cultivation technique to partially control the wave beneath him as he surfed. After a minute, Ren Xuan had surfed far from his original location. Meanwhile, I asked Ren Qingquan. [Host, do you plan to follow Ren Xuan? Based on System's calculation, in about four minutes the gap Ren Xuan opened will be too small for a human to pass through.] Ren Qingquan fell into a dilemma.

'Adventuring in a secret realm sounds so damn interesting, but it's definitely pretty dangerous. But there should be quite a lot of treasures inside the place, and the worth of those treasures is definitely more than the 8 mid-grade spirit stones Ren Xuan used to buy the Heaven Puncturing Needle Talisman.'

'Damn it, after I thought about it, I really need those resources, especially since I don't have many resources suitable to help me cultivate when I advance to the Nascent Soul realm.' At last, Ren Qingquan activated his Nine Elements Escape Technique and quickly travelled to the spatial crack Ren Xuan had opened.

Due to the sheer distance he had covered while tailing Ren Xuan, even after disregarding spirit qi consumption while using the Nine Elements Escape Technique, it took Ren Qingquan almost three minutes to reach the spatial crack. He immediately jumped into the spatial crack, and an expansive ocean came into view. Already prepared, Ren Qingquan used his Nine Elements Escape Technique to maintain low-altitude flight. He wanted to fly higher, but I stopped him.

[Host, Ren Xuan is still not too far from here, and he might see you if you flew too high. Let's maintain a low altitude while following him from a distance.]'Alright.' Ren Qingquan answered as he followed Ren Xuan. Meanwhile, I focused most of my attention on checking Ren Qingquan's surroundings through [Scan]. Although being surrounded by oceans makes the view seem empty, deep under the ocean I sensed many aquatic lives swimming.

The ocean has its own ecosystem, with most aquatic creatures being ordinary fish, and the strongest within Ren Qingquan's [Scan] range reaching the Nascent Soul realm. Occasionally, some aquatic animals swam to the ocean's surface and tried to attack Ren Xuan or Ren Qingquan. Ren Xuan merely made a slashing motion, releasing a spirit qi that split any aquatic animal stupid enough to come close to him. As for Ren Qingquan, he chose to ignore those fish and continue tailing Ren Xuan instead.

But after a brazen Foundation Building fish leaped from the ocean to attack him several times, Ren Qingquan finally had enough. He opened his portable storage and released the refined corpses within. Under Ren Qingquan's control, the fish corpses from varying cultivation realms ganged up on the pitiful Foundation Building realm fish. After it died, Ren Qingquan placed the fish in his portable storage before continuing to follow Ren Xuan.

Both of them travelled across the ocean for fifteen minutes before Ren Xuan slightly altered course after spotting an island. Ren Qingquan, who had been tailing Ren Xuan, also changed course. But unlike Ren Xuan, who went to the island, Ren Qingquan simply flew above the ocean, about a kilometre away from Ren Xuan. Thanks to the dense spirit qi granted by his cultivation method, Ren Qingquan could easily stay afloat for a whole day.

After he arrived on the island, Ren Xuan cautiously walked towards the island's centre until an opaque formation barrier appeared. When he saw the opaque formation barrier, Ren Xuan stepped back and instead formed several hand seals, letting spirit qi flow through his fingers. After using several hand seals, his hands were now surrounded by his spirit qi.

Ren Qingquan activated my [Calculate] function to increase his calculation speed and used his fingers like a pen, poking the formation here and there or drawing runes at several locations. To limit Ren Xuan from using too much of my calculation power, I have made it so he needs to either add points to increase the calculation speed, or spend a lot of points to borrow extra calculation power. This time, he chose to spend 2 points to borrow more calculation speed for a short time.

After poking the formation a few times, it silently burst like a giant bubble. As the barrier popped, it slowly turned into beautiful golden particles. Ren Xuan cautiously stepped inside the barrier, then smiled when he saw a plant.

"It seems I am pretty lucky. There's actually a Thousand Years old Golden Ganoderma that can be used to make a Tier 3 life-extending pill."

'Oh! So the island is filled with precious plants. Are there other islands, and do they also have precious plants growing on them?' Ren Qingquan thought as he watched Ren Xuan dismantle the formation on the island with ease before taking the precious plants growing there. After Ren Xuan collected many plants, he continued to control the ocean wave while surfing above it. Meanwhile, Ren Qingquan grew interested in treasure hunting.

'System, are there any islands nearby? I want to hunt for some treasures.' [There's one small island you passed by before. The System did sense a formation on that island, but the herbs within don't seem very precious, given their limited energy.]'It's alright. I am mainly curious about the formation and the plants.' [Alright. Please open the System map. The System has marked the island's location and Ren Xuan's location in case you want to continue following him.]'Good job.'

Ren Qingquan opened the System map and flew to the island I had marked. Compared with the island Ren Xuan found, which is more than 1 km square, the island Ren Qingquan visited is only about one twentieth the size. Even so, like the island Ren Xuan found, it also has a formation at its centre, albeit much weaker. Ren Qingquan descended onto the island and slowly walked towards the centre.

When he arrived in front of the formation, Ren Qingquan asked me, 'System, can you find a way to break this formation like Ren Xuan?' [Sure. Please wait a moment.]