Cultivating immortality relies on spatial abilities; defying fate to become the protagonist.

Chapter 44 Mysterious Heaven Realm (Part Two)

While keeping an eye on the surroundings, look for any spirit-less herbs or minerals on the ground. Isn't it said that the Xuan Tian Secret Realm is full of treasures?
"Hanhan, look! There are several five-hundred-year-old Heavenly Star Grasses and a thousand-year-old Magnolia Flower. Come quick, there are also gold crystals, three, no, five!"

Xingbai's excitement infected Gu Shihan, and her eyes also adjusted to the colorful world, making her feel happy as well.

“Mist Orchid Grand Canyon!” Gu Shihan caught sight of the words carved on a rock and quickly took out her jade slip to record them. She also marked the Green Demon Land.

“Misty Orchid Grand Canyon! Hanhan, this place name seems familiar, I think I’ve heard it before! I remember now, Lost Valley, so this is the Lost Valley from the legends of the Immortal Realm.” Xingbai muttered.

"What Lost Valley?"

"Lost Valley is a general term for a strange place. It is said that there are people with energy in Lost Valley. The name 'people with energy' is self-explanatory."

You can obtain crystals by killing energy beings. Crystals come in different colors, including yellow, orange, red, and amethyst, with amethyst being the most precious and rare.

The Misty Orchid Grand Canyon is the lair of the energy people; you'd better be careful, as they are extremely sensitive to fluctuations in spiritual energy.

Gu Shihan was bewildered by Xing Bai's words and suppressed her aura to ask, "Xing Bai, are you sure you're not mistaken?! You said that Lost Valley is a different realm from the Immortal Realm, but we're in the Spirit Realm. How could it be Lost Valley? We haven't seen any of the energy people you mentioned!!"
Speaking of crystals, what about the green ones? But those aren't energy beings, they're plants!

Xingbai scratched her head with her little paws, trying hard to remember something.

Suddenly, two humanoid figures slowly approached. Xingbai exclaimed, "They really are energy beings! This is what I remember energy beings like. Their weak point is in their chest."

With a flick of his longsword, Gu Shihan unleashed two strikes, piercing through their chests and causing a yellow crystal to fall to the ground.

Gu Shihan used her footwork, her boots lightly touching the ground, and with a swift movement of her left hand, she grabbed a piece of yellow crystal. The other piece was put into the jade box by Xingbai.

"Hanhan, be careful! This is indeed an energy being. This is Lost Valley. I don't know what happened in the Immortal Realm, but such a strange realm has fallen to the mortal world," Xingbai muttered.

The battle began, and more energy beings rushed in, emitting shrieks as if calling to their friends.

Gu Shihan dared not be careless. She circulated her spiritual power and searched for lone energy beings to attack. She missed several times, but even after removing the energy being's head, it could still quickly grow back.

If it's not a dead spot, it can't be killed, and you can't get the crystal.

If you're slow, once they start yelling, hundreds or even thousands of energy beings will rush over, and if you get surrounded, your life will be in danger.

Gu Shihan sighed that she was well prepared, and that she had been wearing her Wind-Riding Boots the whole time, otherwise she definitely wouldn't have been able to pick up the speed.

Gu Shihan was almost surrounded several times. After fighting her way through, she found a large rock, quickly dug a hole in the rock, and crawled inside.

He casually placed a defensive array plate, thought for a moment, then affixed a concealment talisman to the outside before sitting down, panting heavily, and taking out two spirit-replenishing pills.

Despite his bad luck, he gained quite a lot, acquiring over a dozen yellow crystals, three red crystals, and seven orange crystals along the way.

You say you're lucky?! You were almost surrounded by powerful people several times, and your life was in danger.

Gu Shihan picked up the crystal to examine it. This crystal felt different from the green crystal from the Green Demon Land. The green crystal from the Green Demon Land did not show any energy fluctuations.

After resting, Gu Shihan left the cave, carefully concealing her spiritual power as she made her way forward. Before long, she found several Thousand Machine Grasses that were five hundred years old.

There were a few plants less than ten years old, which Gu Shih-han dug up and sent into her spatial dimension for the puppet to plant. Worried they wouldn't survive, she even shoveled some soil into the dimension. Just as the human and the fox were enjoying themselves, they heard a sharp shriek coming from afar. This sounded like someone was nearby.

Upon closer listening, the sounds of fighting could indeed be heard from several places; it turned out that the large number of people had attracted the energy beings there.

Gu Shihan stealthily crept over, but before she could make a move, she heard several screams, and the fighting stopped...

Gu Shihan knew the person was gone; all that remained were yellow, red, and orange stains scattered on the ground.

Gu Shihan's eyes gleamed, but she suppressed her desire to snag a bargain, focused her mind, and used an isolation talisman to shield herself from the fluctuations of human energy and spiritual power.

The thousands of energy beings gathered for a while and then dispersed. Gu Shihan quickly dodged, and Xing Bai cooperated perfectly, putting all the crystals on the ground that hadn't disappeared into their jade boxes.

The human and the fox exchanged a glance, then remained silent, following the messy footprints.

I saw many corpses, all with bizarre and varied deaths, but they all had one thing in common: they had lost too much blood, and their wounds were smooth and clean, clearly indicating that they had been killed by a powerful being's hand slash.

Xingbai collected many storage treasures, but found no crystals among them. Did they not know the benefits of energy beings? Did they not know the function of crystals?

Gu Shihan dared not burn the corpse, fearing that the flames would attract energy beings, and felt a deep sense of unease.

Gu Shihan crouched down again, pondering how to hunt down energy people faster and more accurately. Now that she had encountered them, she wanted to collect as many crystals as possible.

Xingbai entered the space and began searching through the pile of magical artifacts. When it came out again, it picked up two magical treasures with its little paws.

"Hanhan, which one do you like? This is a complete set of Seven Star Silk Sound Swords, with five attributes, which perfectly match your spiritual root attributes. They can be combined and separated, and can split into a maximum of forty-nine swords."

There's also this deadly nine-linked ring, each link interlocking, which can be separated or combined, and has no elemental attribute.

Gu Shihan took the items and sensed them for a moment, then said, "Xingbai, these are all spiritual artifacts, right?"

"That's for sure. The Silk Sound Sword has been refined with wind crystals, so its speed is unparalleled, and there's still room for improvement."

Since you're used to using a sword, this Seven Star Silk Sound Sword is quite good; you could even use it as your natal sword in the future. Besides, this Silk Sound Sword also has a sonic attack effect, although that requires specific techniques to execute.

"The Silk Sound Sword is indeed excellent, let's take it!" Gu Shihan immediately began the blood-binding ceremony and started refining it.

Three days passed in the refining process. At the moment of successful refining, the Siyin Sword jingled and chased each other in the narrow stone cave, transforming into a stream of light and entering Gu Shihan's dantian.

The seven swords obediently stayed in Gu Shihan's dantian according to the positions of the Seven Star Array.

"Xingbai, what a wonderful treasure! It can even form formations with swords—the Seven Star Sword Formation, the Five Directions Sword Formation, the Heavenly Net Formation! It's amazing!" Gu Shihan laughed heartily, in high spirits.

Upon exiting the cave, we were greeted by a dozen or so energetic people who came rushing towards us with a "whoosh."

With a thought, Gu Shihan unleashed the Seven Star Silk Sound Sword from her dantian, one sword in each hand, while the other five swords protected her within the sword formation.

(End of this chapter)