After being universally criticized online, he cultivates immortality and farms to lead his motherlan

Chapter 167 The Lush and Verdant Secret Realm

The cave was pitch black on a night when there was no moonlight to begin with.

If an ordinary person were to come in, without any lights, it would be pitch black.

Fortunately, Jian Ning's eyesight is good, so there's nothing to be afraid of.

When she was in elementary school, she would get up very early in the morning. Winter mornings were gray and gloomy. Every day she would climb the mountain and pass countless graves before reaching the main road to go to school.

She wasn't particularly brave.

I just feel that people who cause harm in reality are more terrifying than ethereal ghosts.

Jian Ning walked straight into the cave entrance. The originally narrow entrance suddenly opened up into a spacious area.

A damp smell wafted over, and inside the cave, stalactites of various shapes cascaded down from the ceiling like solidified waterfalls. Stalagmites, on the other hand, seemed to rise abruptly from the ground, running vertically through the cave.

A very narrow underground river meanders through the caves.

Jian Ning thought it looked great and took out her phone to take a picture.

The system countdown popped up silently and automatically again, seemingly reminding us that this was task mode, not travel mode.

Jian Ning put her phone into her Qiankun Ring, then opened the thermos and splashed some onto her pants.

She has come to the trials in the deep mountains.

She had finally found a blessed land.

Take this hot liquid body quenching as an example. If she splashes some hot water on herself, that should count, right?
Jian Ning glanced at the system tentatively. Why was it still a countdown? Had the bug not been caught?
Did we not splash enough water?

Jian Ning tried splashing some more on herself.

Luckily, there's no one else here, otherwise she would really be considered crazy.

next second.

"Sizzle~" Look, another human has come to play, and it's an idiot!
"Zzzzz~" Hahahaha, this is hilarious!

"Buzz~" These humans are never going to stop. They come every day and it's so noisy.

"Sizzle~" You're crowding me, move over a bit.

The buzzing of bats rose and fell.

Jian Ning looked up and saw a large, dense swarm of bats hanging from the cave ceiling in the distance.

Seeing that the countdown was still going on, which meant the task was not yet complete, she continued walking inside.

"Hello you all."

Jian Ning took the initiative to look up and greet the bat.

"Buzz~" Confirmed. He's hopeless idiot, he's actually talking to us.

"Sizzle~" Don't crowd me, get lost.

"Sizzle~" This human smells so good.

"Sizzle~" Mmm, it smells so good, I really want to suck her blood.

Jian Ning was not afraid at all and said, "I understand what you mean. I just want to ask, how far is the end of this cave? Does any little bat know what it looks like inside? One, two, three, raise your hand if you know!"

Her words were soft and gentle at first, but then suddenly quickened in pace, as if carrying an invisible sense of pressure.

The bat instinctively did as she instructed, raising its tiny claws.

One by one, the bats hanging upside down from the cave ceiling stared at her with their big, round, black eyes, and one of their little claws was raised.

Jian Ning confirmed that they had all been there.

"Is there any little bat that can tell me what it looks like inside, and help me find my way? The reward is two cans of fish."

While her classmates liked birds and similar animals, Jianning's favorite animal was the bat.

I was initially drawn to bats by their adorably ugly appearance. Later, after learning more about bats, I discovered that they carry many viruses but have an incredible ability to fight disease and even have a long lifespan.

So she knew that some bats also eat fish.

In her storage ring, besides the snacks she bought last time, there were canned food for her cats and dogs.

Little White's canned fish came in handy.

A group of bats began to hiss and scramble for it, chattering amongst themselves.

"Buzz~" Hey, can you really understand what we mean, you human?

"Sizzle~" Oh my god, oh my god.

"Sizzle~" I'll say it again, you next to me, don't push me, or I'll bite you!
"Sizzle~" I want to eat fish, let me go, let me go.

The entire cave was filled with the buzzing of bats.

Jian Ning, in a moment of deliberation, randomly picked a bat. "Then you'll do."

The other bats were unhappy and started making noise, trying to stop this bat from going, and the scene became quite chaotic.

Jian Ning really didn't expect that this little bat would have such a bad temper.

"Those who want to help me, please lead the way, okay? I'll give you twenty cans of fish."

Jian Ning only had fifty cans of fish in her storage ring, so she couldn't give them all away, just in case she needed help later.

So the bats hanging upside down swarmed and flew into the cave.

"Sizzle~" Keep up, keep up, humans smell good.

"Sizzle~" Come with us, there's no danger.

A swarm of bats is like a directional arrow.

Jian Ning followed them all the way in.

Stepping across the extremely narrow river, passing through a small opening, and then through an even more spectacular karst cave.

The bats continued flying in without stopping.

"Sizzle~" Come on over, it's so much fun there.

Jian Ning followed the bat deeper and deeper into the cave, and even when she was crawling through the entrance, she was worried that she might get stuck.

Fortunately, she's quite thin.

I walked for an unknown distance, and in the pitch black before me, prejudice shone like a ray of light.

It was a moonless night, but compared to the pitch-black cave, it was still much brighter outside.

The lack of sunlight in the cave means that few plants can survive; at most, there are some ferns and mosses.

This place is the end of the path you've walked from the first cave entrance; there's no other way forward.

A hole appeared above, and sunlight suddenly shone through.

It was probably the occasional slant of sunlight that caused this place to be covered with greenery.

In the middle is a hot spring filled with steam!
Jian Ning suddenly remembered that she had failed to successfully use the bug to quench her body in the hot liquid during the mission!
Could it be...

Hot springs?
This natural hot spring is untouched by humans, and its water is crystal clear, about the size of a natural bathtub.

Jian Ning reached out and tentatively touched the water temperature, since some natural hot springs can even boil an egg.

The temperature of this hot spring is just right right now.

She settled the bat's payment first, and for the sake of the mission, she took off her clothes and put them into her Qiankun Ring before stepping into the natural hot spring.

All the capillaries in my body were dilating, and the fatigue from rushing around all night disappeared completely.

Who could have imagined it would happen on a winter night?

She was soaking in a hot spring in a secluded spot!

She muttered to herself, "Is the system giving me a task or creating a precise travel guide for me?"

Speaking of systems, here comes the system.

[Having just left the sect, you bravely and fearlessly completed this trial deep in the mountains.]

[Choose one: 1 Secret Realm Fragment or 1 Lucky Draw.]

【please choose! 】

Jian Ning still chose the fragment of the secret realm. After all, even if she won some spell in the lottery, she wouldn't have the time or the mood to practice it during the Chinese New Year holiday at her hometown.

She had to admit that if it weren't for the tasks assigned by the system, she would have been lazy in her cultivation.

She decided to turn over a new leaf.

I'm determined not to play games with Nan Nan tomorrow; I'll spend all my free time cultivating!

Suddenly, a massive aura surged into her consciousness.

The system then displayed the message: 【The Secret Realm Fragments have been collected.】

Jian Ning then saw that lush and verdant secret realm.

She instinctively tried to go inside, but her head bumped into an invisible barrier!

what's the situation?
You can't just say that the secret realm is there, but you won't be allowed to enter!

Jian Ning could vaguely sense that the spiritual energy inside was very strong.

She tried to go in again, but this time her entire body was bounced back by the barrier.

Instantly, the hot spring water splashed everywhere!
Jian Ning choked on her water, thrashed around, and stood up in the water. In her mind, she cursed the system's ancestors for eighteen generations, and gritted her teeth as she spat out, "Damn it!"