After cultivating immortality, she devoted herself to becoming an ancestor

Chapter 159 Fisherman
Shen Suiren also hesitated. The reason she mentioned searching for the secret mansion was because in the first month or two after entering the secret realm, the cultivators were only concerned with collecting spiritual herbs and mining spiritual minerals, and basically had no time to fight and seize treasures.

But this life-or-death struggle from the very beginning was extremely dangerous for them, who were only at the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment.

"At the beginning of the year, are you sure about the direction and distance of the secret palace?"
If it can be confirmed, everyone can still take the risk and give it a try. Nie Chengzhang was quite willing to revert to his Golden Core form as soon as possible.

The other teammates rarely reached a consensus, all expressing that they had a definite goal and direction, and that it was feasible.

Shen Suiren thought for a moment, then took out a map and displayed it in mid-air for everyone to see: "On the map of Ancestor Wu, only this snow mountain is approximately the same distance from the entrance to the snow mountain; there are no other places with the same distance."

She said that the valley where the Northern Mysterious Palace is located is surrounded by snow-capped mountains to the north, jungles to the south, deserts to the west, and rivers to the east.

Under normal circumstances, at the speed of a bird's feather, it would take an hour to arrive.

With our capabilities, we should be able to find the valley in three to five days without much difficulty.

"The situation is different now, firstly because the map has changed."

Secondly, the fighting outside is fierce, so why not ask my Uncle Si Yu to escort us? He can also recuperate there.

Of course, to be on the safe side, we can also ask Elder Huo Qilin to accompany us. Yun Chuan harbored some resentment towards Sui Chu. Why didn't you take out the map when Elder Wo Xiang was also present?

Shen Suiren understood the deeper meaning in his words and glanced at him indifferently, "This map was not drawn by Ancestor Wu."

I've only ever seen her draw maps from memory of the ancient array sects, depicting the grand arrays they deployed in several secret locations, using the power of heaven and earth, and then deducing them from memory.

Furthermore, during the process of establishing our transit cave, we traveled in and out of the snow-capped mountains several times before confirming that it was a snow-capped mountain north of the secret palace.

He paused, then added, "On the tenth day of our seclusion, Lord Siyu and the three demon kings have already left."

"Fellow Daoist Yun Chuan, do you think Sui Chu deliberately kept it from you?"

This diagram was drawn by her and her fellow Daoist Shen Tinglu, after recalling array diagrams they had seen for a long time.

Cheng Zhishun chuckled and said, "Also, those high-level cultivators aren't your guards, so naturally they'll also be searching for treasures once they enter the secret realm."

Otherwise, why would Elder Woxiang personally set up the defensive formation and then find an excuse to leave?

He could have easily declined to meet with the Sword Sect cultivators.

“They obviously find us a burden.” Juexing echoed him.

Yun Chuan sighed inwardly, suppressing his anger and waiting calmly, "In other words, even if we successfully fly ten thousand miles, we may not necessarily find the secret mansion."

The Northern Mysterious Palace itself may already be under the control of the Great Wilderness Demon Clan, so should we still go looking for it?
"At the beginning of the year, you're the team leader. You make the decisions, and I promise to follow your orders."

"It's a matter of life and death, I can't make a decision."

"Whether we go or not, everyone can consider it for two days. If more than half of you object, we'll continue to cultivate in the snowy mountains." Shen Suiren had barely finished speaking when the sounds of a magical battle came from outside the cave.

Everyone immediately released their divine senses to investigate and saw a female cultivator in green being besieged by two late-stage Core Formation cultivators.

Despite having multiple sword wounds, she could still hold her own against two opponents, her sword speed as fast as lightning, each strike fatal.

"Such a swift swordsmanship, even when injured." Luo Ning, Nie Chengzhang, and the other swordsmen stared intently, unable to look away.

Shen Suiren then distributed the array tokens to his teammates, and everyone moved to the entrance of the cave to watch.

After recognizing the female cultivator's face, she exclaimed, "It's her, Little Fox King. Will you come with me to help her?"

The Little Fox King nodded: "Alright, if you can't defeat a Core Formation cultivator, you don't need to go out."

Give them some fire talismans—no, bring them thunderbolts! I'll blast them until their faces are covered in peach blossoms.

While Shen Suiren was giving her a choice, three cultivators outside were already fighting in front of the cave entrance.

Although the three could not see the cave, most of their spells landed on the snow mountain.

Not long after, they spotted a flash of light below the snow-capped mountain.

The three of them flew away alertly at the same time. The pause in their battle not only made it easier for the Little Fox King to accurately launch the Heaven-Shattering Thunder, but also gave the female cultivator a chance to catch her breath.

She swallowed the pill and vanished into the distance, while the other two Core Formation cultivators, bewildered by the sudden appearance of the ancient cultivator's cave entrance, slowed down to examine it more closely.

Boom boom boom

Without hesitation, the Little Fox King threw out a thunderbolt, and fearing that the two might not be completely dead, he also threw out two sword balloons.

嘭嘭
As the two Core Formation cultivators fell to the ground, the female cultivator who had flown away flew back and swiftly beheaded them with two sword strikes.

Then, with lightning speed, she snatched the storage ring from the person closest to her and turned to run away again.

"Senior sister, are you only taking one loot? There are still four storage rings left."

"I have a cave dwelling here, where you can borrow it to heal your injuries, Senior Sister." Shen Suiren and Cheng Zhishun appeared outside the cave dwelling at this moment.

They quickly collected the two monks' storage tools and treasures, and then used fireball to dig a pit and fill it in – a one-stop service.

"It's you!" The female cultivator turned around and stopped in surprise. She suddenly noticed the change in the other party's cultivation level. "You, who knocked you back to the Foundation Establishment stage?"

"I'm just rebuilding my cultivation after my core was shattered, which is why I wanted to come here to find the Northern Mystic Mansion."

Senior sister, are you sure you want to leave with your injuries?
"Recently, cultivators have been fighting fiercely with humans and demons, and things are very unstable outside." Shen Suiren said half-truthfully, while the little fox king had already stealthily arrived beside the female cultivator.

With a quick twitch of her little paw, she snatched away the storage ring that the female cultivator had just acquired.

The female cultivator felt a chill run down her spine. She didn't know who had approached her or when, so she made the difficult decision to use her last escape talisman.

But she suddenly discovered that the talisman was not working and she could not escape, and she herself fell to the ground uncontrollably.

Unable to fly away, her eyes flashed with malice: "You set up an anti-air formation outside."

Unexpectedly, Shen Suiren said, "A-Luan, give it back to Senior Sister."

The Little Fox King flashed in front of the female cultivator and flicked the storage ring to her. "Why are you so afraid? If we wanted to kill you, we would wait until you and the two Core Formation cultivators were both severely injured before we made our move."

And just now, I was able to take your storage ring, and I can also kill you silently.

The female cultivator thought it made sense. She didn't know if the other party was truly at the Foundation Establishment stage or was deliberately suppressing their cultivation level, so she softened her tone a bit, "I am extremely grateful for your help. Please tell me what you want."

"Senior sister is straightforward. I want to know about the Northern Mystery Bureau."

"And we need a map of the secret realm." Shen Suiren helped her to test whether the cultivators of the Great Wilderness knew more.

One thing Yun Chuan said was absolutely right: tens of thousands of years had passed, and the Northern Mysterious Palace might have been completely controlled by someone, but she knew it couldn't be a demon.

As Master Wu said, apart from the North Sea No. 4, the central hubs of the other secret locations of the Array Sect are all people-oriented.

There is an identification array in place, which prevents demon cultivators from cultivating and controlling the central nervous system in the secret mansion. As soon as they enter the mansion, their dantian is instantly locked, and they cannot use their magic power.

"This is the reward." She channeled her spiritual power and threw a bottle of Great Rejuvenation Pills (one pill per bottle) at the female cultivator.

Of course, if there is no news from the other party, the pills must be compensated with spirit stones or spirit herbs.

"How generous!" In the Spirit Realm, it would take 120,000 spirit stones to buy just one pill. The female cultivator used her spiritual power to catch the bottle and open it. Upon smelling it, she found it to be of superior quality. The fragrance alone refreshed her soul.

After a moment's thought, she said, "I don't have a complete map of the secret realm. I only know from the ruins of a cultivator in the Great Wilderness that there is a place here specifically for cultivation."

A year of seclusion can increase the rate of Nascent Soul formation among late-stage Core Formation cultivators to 80%.

"So, how long ago was the Northern Profound Realm opened to the human race?" Cheng Zhishun had bought a local jade slip at the market, which only stated that this was the first time the secret realm had been opened to the human race.

The female cultivator said, "It could be ten thousand years ago, or it could be that the Demon Court has always sent a small number of cultivators from the Great Wilderness Realm here. Among the Great Wilderness cultivators who came this time, there must be someone with a map."

As she spoke, her gaze swept over the storage ring that Shen Suiren had taken out, "The two cultivators just now were the Core Formation cultivators from the Hehuan Sect, who were supported by the Demon Court."

"Such luck! To encounter someone who understands the secret realm right away." Wu Wan, who was watching from inside the cave, found it unbelievable.

Fellow Daoist Gu shook his head. "This situation only shows that among the Core Formation cultivators who have come in, many of them know about it."

"When I looked at it, there were 10,000 people who had just reached the Core Formation stage among the human race."

This doesn't even include the several thousand people who entered with green passes and the large number of eighth-order demon cultivators.

We're only calculating for 10,000 people. Do you think the so-called Secret Palace can support 10,000 people to achieve Nascent Soul stage?

"You should know that the Beihai No. 4 can only accommodate a thousand people in seclusion." Yun Chuan has now lost interest in the Secret Palace.

Shen Suiren looked at the female cultivator with suspicion: "Senior sister, my surname is Shen. I have always treated you with sincerity, and the rewards for both transactions were rare items."

"I hope Senior Sister can give me the truth: where is the secret realm located? Are there large numbers of cultivators gathered here, vying for a spot to enter?"

The female cultivator hesitated for a moment, "The secret palace is located in a narrow valley 13,000 miles south of here."

I don't know how many people have heard of this, and there aren't many cultivators heading in that direction right now.

Of the hundreds who reached the narrow valley, not a single one has yet found the secret chamber.

It seemed they couldn't go. Shen Suiren made a decision and, after secretly communicating with the Little Fox King, asked, "Why didn't Senior Sister continue searching for the secret chamber in the narrow valley? How many demon cultivators are there?"

"I wasted eight days without being able to see it. Instead of searching for that ethereal place, I'd rather gather more spiritual herbs."

Although the Great Wilderness Demon Court is domineering, it maintains the secret realm better than the human race, and there are many high-level spiritual plants and materials here.

As for the demon cultivators, I saw nearly a hundred of them searching there as well. In fact, if the female cultivator hadn't discovered the records of the deceased cultivators in the ruins, she would have doubted whether such a place even existed.

If such a thing were true, the Demon Court should have sent in many genuine seventh-tier cultivators, instead of eighth or ninth-tier cultivators whose cultivation was suppressed to the seventh tier.

However, if not, not many Core Formation cultivators would have entered the narrow valley in the past month.

Just as the female cultivator was about to ask if she could leave, she suddenly saw a blur before her eyes, and a large cave door opened wide.

The moment she swung her sword, a fox tail swept towards her back, and she was involuntarily sent flying into the cave.

Looking up, he saw more than a dozen Foundation Establishment cultivators take a step back and stand in formation, staring at him.

"Senior sister, please stay here to recover from your injuries." Shen Suiren and the other two then entered and closed the door.

The female cultivator frowned, realizing that she and the others were not in the same space when she drew her sword to defend herself: "You broke your promise. Everything I said was the truth."

"No, you said there are only a few hundred Core Formation cultivators in the narrow valley. You're clearly just trying to lure us there." Shen Suiren wouldn't risk his life for an experiment. It wouldn't be unreasonable for him to cultivate in the snow mountain for half a year and wait for the secret realm to reach the Taiyuan Realm.

She took the dark green jade slip from Cheng Zhishun. "This has a map showing the route to the secret palace. I believe there are more than just a few hundred people with this."

With that, Shen Tinglu waved her hand and controlled the array plate, moving the female cultivator to an empty cave.

She tried to fly out of the cave, but was trapped by the array of light that hummed and supported the cave entrance. She tried to break through with her sword, but to no avail.

"Give us back the Great Rejuvenation Pill. We won't disturb your healing." The Little Fox King immediately asked for the pill back.

The female cultivator immediately stopped attacking and quickly opened the bottle and swallowed the pill. "I ate it."

Shen Suiren: ...

Everyone:...

Instead, the little fox king looked at her with pity and said, "You don't think it's a Great Rejuvenation Pill, do you?"
You've been poisoned, do you know that?

After a slight pause, the female cultivator burst into laughter. She gave Shen Suiren a deep look and then stopped trying to break the formation. Instead, she cast a mist barrier around herself to refine the pills.

The little fox king asked, puzzled, "Why isn't she afraid?"

"Because very few people use expensive elixirs to poison others."

"That's not worth it at all." Niao Niao stepped forward and stroked her fur.

The Little Fox King turned to Shen Suiren and had her empty several storage bags, saying, "Let's make sure we have enough for her pills and enough for my lightning, so we don't lose out."

"That's enough." A single Great Rejuvenation Pill sells for 50,000 spirit stones in the Taiyuan Realm, and Shen Suiren and Cheng Zhishun collected a total of four or five storage rings.

Leaving aside the spiritual herbs and magical treasures, there are four or five hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones inside, and ten high-grade ones as well. The two cultivators must have robbed one or two people before.

She distributed the spirit stones, spirit fruits, and spirit talismans to the Little Fox King, and gave the remaining magic treasures to Cheng Zhishun and Shen Tinglu, who controlled the array, to choose one.

Jade slips, maps, and text items were all placed on the table so that teammates could find useful information.

"You have mine too? This magic weapon is too easy to make money from."

Since it's not convenient to go to the secret palace at the beginning of the year, how about we set up an array nearby to strike at the robber cultivators and help them out?

"I can be the bait." After a month of seclusion, Shen Tinglu wanted to get some exercise.

Young lady, what you're doing isn't helping others out of kindness, it's entrapment.

But Shen Suiren had this intention all along. She pondered and said, "Ancestor Wu said that there is a central array in the Northern Mysterious Palace, and all living beings within ten thousand miles of it are in the array."

The one who controls the central authority has the power of life and death, but the route and description on the jade slip of the cultivators in the Great Wilderness are not quite right.

How about you, Niao Niao, and Fellow Daoist Gu take charge of this array? If anyone tries to break in, deal with them.

The Little Fox King and I will go out to search for the secret realm.

The formations of the three of them were all excellent.

Cheng Zhishun, with his sharpest ears, said, "You two are really arrogant. The killing of two Core Formation cultivators this time was entirely done by the Little Fox King. The great formation was just an auxiliary tool."

However, I can do the trouble and go with you to look for it.

“I’ll go too.” Juexing immediately raised his hand, and then Niao Niao and a few others also indicated that they would go together.

But Shen Suiren refused: "It's fine with me and the Little Fox King. If we encounter danger, we can easily use illusion magic to escape."

Judging from the battle just now, it's clear that things are very chaotic outside. The suggestion that everyone go to the secret palace was hasty.

If this place is no longer safe, you may relocate immediately. Nie Chengzhang will temporarily serve as team leader, with Yun Chuan assisting.

Her teammates were quite surprised by her arrangement, but seeing that the two people involved didn't argue, they fell into thought.

However, the battle between the two cultivators outside quickly broke the silence of the hall, and everyone once again witnessed cultivators fighting each other.

"Lure them into the trap?" The little fox king, having already gained some benefits, wanted to pull off one last heist before leaving.

"Wait a moment, wait until one side is killed, then pick up the scraps." Shen Suiren nodded decisively. The cultivators in the secret realm might all be able to invade the Taiyuan Realm in the future.

Shen Tinglu excitedly ran back to the central array plate to control the array. As the Little Fox King saw one side defeated and killed, and the other side collecting the spoils of war, he suddenly appeared and threw a thunderbolt.

Shen Suiren led three or five people out of the formation to intercept the cultivator from other sides. Whichever side he retreated to, that side would throw sword balloons to destroy him.

It went as smoothly as drinking water, boosting everyone's confidence. They hoped more groups would come so they could fully enjoy the experience of fishing.

Holding his spoils, the little fox king happily followed Shen Suiren on his journey to find the secret mansion.