Wizards in the world of cultivation

Chapter 183 Hiding
An Ling'er is now armed to the extreme with all kinds of magical treasures.

Although she cannot subdue that ninth-tier magic weapon for the time being, in her current state, she can suppress and kill any expert below the Tribulation Transcending level.

Of course, this is on the premise that all these eighth-tier magic treasures are restored to their full potential.

An Ling'er left the Sea Emperor Conch directly, and the eight magical treasures floated in the void.

In an instant, the spiritual energy within millions of miles was completely swallowed up.

"Too little, too little. It's not even enough to fill you up halfway; it's barely enough to fill a gap between your teeth," a middle-aged man with a sharp, imposing demeanor said, shaking his head.

The spiritual energy that had just been swallowed was not much to begin with, and it was then divided equally among the eight magical treasures, so what they actually gained was even less.

“However, how did the True Dragon Secret Realm become like this? Could it be…” another artifact spirit murmured.

The True Dragon Realm back then was not like it is now. It was a famous holy land of the dragon race, inhabited by a large number of dragons, including a considerable number of celestial dragons.

Unfortunately, their master perished too suddenly, and even they didn't have time to react, remaining in the Reverse Scale Space.

After all, no one could have imagined that they would suddenly fall on their home turf.

"Are there any other treasures in this True Dragon Secret Realm?" Su You asked.

Although the True Dragon Secret Realm is now in ruins, a large number of treasures still remain. It is clear that the mastermind behind it did not plunder this place, or perhaps they did not even want it.

Otherwise, a ninth-order celestial dragon body wouldn't have been able to lie quietly in the blood lake for millions of years.

These magical artifacts must have been with that celestial dragon for a very long time, and they should be familiar with this True Dragon Secret Realm.

“Treasures?” A spirit pondered for a moment. “The most valuable thing in the True Dragon Secret Realm must be the true dragon, but it’s definitely not there now. However, there is a secret place in the True Dragon Secret Realm that helps the dragon’s bloodline to transform. I heard my former master say that the secret place seemed to be transformed from a celestial artifact. I don’t know if it’s still there now. In addition, if the other dragons in the True Dragon Secret Realm also perished in the same way as my former master, those left-behind treasures would also be very valuable.”

Indeed, the most valuable thing in the True Dragon Secret Realm is the true dragon itself, followed by the treasures left behind by the other party, and then the things left behind by various dragon clans.

Su You thought about it and was not tempted by the so-called immortal artifact.

Immortal artifacts are certainly excellent and extremely powerful, but they are beyond their control.

Moreover, unlike other magical artifacts, it is not sealed and therefore unable to unleash its true power.

If they really encountered it, even if An Ling'er possessed the Sea Emperor Conch, which was also a celestial artifact, she might not be able to withstand it.

Moreover, so many years have passed now, that immortal artifact may not even still be there.

Even if they hadn't been taken by the enemy, they could very well have escaped directly.

Su You was very clear about his own capabilities, knowing exactly what kind of things he could do based on his strength.

Moreover, the gains this time have already been substantial, so there's no need to take this risk.

Even if there are still immortal artifacts left there, we should wait until An Ling'er's strength has greatly improved, or even until she becomes an immortal, before we can come and explore. That would be the only way to be absolutely sure.

Next, guided by the artifact spirit, Su You and his group searched for treasures throughout the entire secret realm with practiced ease.

The True Spirit Realm itself doesn't have many treasures; the real treasures are the dragons and the items they left behind.

After all, aside from magical treasures, elixirs, and materials, the caves where the dragons reside also cultivate various high-quality spiritual herbs and roots, which are also quite valuable.

After all, the fact that it can be cultivated by these dragons means that it has very high value.

With an eighth-tier magic weapon clearing the way, most of the dangers encountered along the way were easily blocked.

They soon arrived at the nearest dragon cave.

"This place was once inhabited by an eighth-tier celestial dragon, which was considered quite powerful among celestial dragons. If that celestial dragon has perished, then it is most likely that it is inside," a spirit explained.

It is not very clear about the situation of the entire True Dragon Secret Realm. For example, its former master died quietly, and now the True Dragon Secret Realm is in ruins, and it is obvious that there are no dragons left.

A shield-shaped magical artifact cleared a path in front of them, and without any probing, it barged directly into the cave.

Crackling!

The restrictions inside the cave still exist, but unfortunately, too much time has passed. Even though there are spiritual veins below maintaining it, it's already quite good that it can still exert some power.

Moreover, an eighth-tier defensive magic weapon would hardly be able to harm it in the slightest, even if it were to break into a cave at its peak; at most, it would only trap it inside.

After exploring the area, Yu Kongdun shook his head with some regret. "There are no traces of the Heavenly Dragon inside, but the spiritual herbs and roots are still there, and they are still thriving."

When Su You went inside, he saw large patches of dragon-shaped spiritual herbs in the cave, each one emitting a rich and exotic fragrance. He even saw some spiritual herbs that were already vaguely resembling dragons, wandering around everywhere.

Upon seeing Su You, these medicinal herbs seemed terrified. After letting out a scream, they burrowed into the ground in an attempt to escape.

Unfortunately, he had already sealed off the entire cave again, and even if he burrowed underground, he could not escape this area.

This is the state of a spiritual herb taking on a spiritual form. This kind of spiritual herb cannot be accumulated simply by years; it also depends on the quality of the herb and a fortunate opportunity.

However, these dragon-shaped spirits are indeed fortunate to grow in this place where spiritual herbs abound and spiritual energy is abundant. They can absorb other spiritual herbs as nutrients for their growth.

After fully transforming into an elf, it can also provide auxiliary benefits to other spiritual medicines, so the two complement each other.

"What a treasure!" Su You beamed with joy as he looked at the spiritual herbs that had come to life.

The greatest use of these sentient herbs is not for refining pills, although refining pills is very effective.

Their greatest function is to cultivate medicinal herbs; they are natural-born herb farmers, complementing and growing together with the medicinal herbs.

"Yu Kong, help me catch them," Su You instructed.

As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of spirit herbs that resembled miniature dragons were captured and floated in the void.

"Only twenty-one? That's far too few." Su You shook his head slightly.

Each herb spirit can only manage a limited number of herbs, and he was still far from being able to fill his herb field with herb spirits. However, considering that this was only the first place he had explored, and he had already found more than twenty herb spirits, the treasure hunt to come was still something to look forward to.

Of course, apart from the rare medicinal spirits, the other spiritual herbs and roots here are also very valuable, especially the spiritual roots. Although it is only a sixth-order spiritual root, it has a high value as a spiritual root itself.

After all, spiritual fruits produced by spiritual roots are generally more valuable than spiritual herbs of the same grade, and they do not have the same long lifespan as spiritual herbs, so their value is naturally higher.

"Xuanyin, put all these spiritual herbs into your world and cultivate them properly," Su You instructed.

Among these eight magical treasures is An Ling'er's Sea Emperor Conch, which is a space with balanced five elements, making it a normal world.

Each of the others has its own specialization, and the worlds within them are not exactly balanced. After all, the goal is to unleash the maximum power of the magical artifacts, and the state of the worlds within them is completely irrelevant.

Moreover, Su You couldn't possibly harvest all of these spiritual herbs directly, since his current level was far from needing them.

Planting it now will preserve its medicinal properties to the greatest extent, and it can be harvested when needed in the future.

After transplanting the spiritual herbs, Su You searched the area again but didn't find anything of high value.

There are valuable items, but they're not very valuable. It would be troublesome and a waste of time to have him collect them now.

These things will be gradually collected after the twin avatars arrive.

Moreover, Su You already considered this True Dragon Secret Realm as his own.

In his eyes, the greatest value in the True Dragon Secret Realm, besides the various treasures, also lies in the spiritual veins.

Although he has not yet seen the legendary ninth-order spiritual vein, he has already seen quite a few sixth-order and seventh-order spiritual veins.

If we come to the Great World of the Vast Ocean in the future, this True Dragon Secret Realm will be a very suitable place for the twin clones to reside.

Su You's thirst for spiritual veins, or rather, spiritual energy, is immense.

Whether it's upgrading magical artifacts, nurturing the world, or cultivating the internal space's ecological environment and living beings, a large amount of spiritual energy is required.

Although only the wizard system is currently developing within the Wizard Tower, and its demand for spiritual energy is not too high, it is still necessary.

Moreover, Su You's requirement for the interior space is that it should have a complete ecological environment so that it can gradually break free from dependence on the outside world.

At that time, Su You will raise most of the creatures in the space in a free-range manner, just like raising Gu worms, and select the strongest and most suitable ones from them for meticulous training.

Of course, the Immortal Cultivation Academy and the Wizard Academy will not be shut down; these are his most important means of recruiting and cultivating talent.

However, the number of participants will definitely be controlled. It will not be possible to recruit all qualified individuals into the academy for training as before. In the future, only those with above-average qualifications will be selected to join the academy.

The two academies are, after all, money-devouring behemoths, and Su You cannot support tens or hundreds of millions of cultivators on his own.

Even now, supporting nearly hundreds of thousands of cultivators is already extremely difficult for him. This is even with the constant influx of two major sources of income: using war to sustain war, conquering resources from various worlds, and managing the cultivation assembly line factory.

However, after acquiring the treasure of the Heavenly Dragon, Su You's previously limited resources were no longer a problem.

With this batch of resources, even if the number of soldiers under his command is increased to tens of millions, it will be possible to support them.

If there were another spiritual vein in the True Dragon Secret Realm, the number of creatures that could be cultivated could increase several times over.

Unfortunately, no matter how many low-level cultivators there are, it's useless; they can only serve as cannon fodder in the brutal interdimensional wars.

This is also the Wizarding World. Later on, the main types of troops will no longer be based on bloodline magic, but on troops produced by bloodline nests. The production cost of each soldier is lower, and the cultivation level is also higher.

As for the lowest-ranking cannon fodder slaves, there's no need to train them yourself. Training them yourself would be too wasteful of resources and energy. They are simply captured from the interdimensional wars, and their souls are controlled. This is a simple and easy way to do it.

"In that case, those cultivators who came in can't stay." Su You thought to himself.

Since they intend to make this place their base in the Canghai World, this True Dragon Secret Realm must be kept absolutely secret.

Otherwise, a True Dragon Secret Realm that other cultivators can freely enter and exit would be far too dangerous.

After thinking for a moment, Su You immediately instructed An Ling'er to send out all six of her eighth-tier magic treasures to search for the traces of those cultivators.

Those intruders must be kept here, and we must find out if they have leaked information about the True Dragon Secret Realm.

After sending out the other magical artifacts to handle their tasks, Su You and his group did not rest. They continued their journey to other dragon caves.

They explored each cave one by one.

This was partly to collect the treasures from the various caves, and partly to conduct a more in-depth investigation into the True Dragon Realm.

What exactly happened back then that led to the decline of this True Dragon Secret Realm, and where did all the dragons here go?

Otherwise, Su You might not have dared to stay here with peace of mind.

If there is really no other way, he can only spend the cost to transfer these spiritual veins to other places one by one.

This way, at least in terms of safety, there is a guarantee, which is what Su You cares about most.

He couldn't allow himself to be exposed to even the slightest risk; he needed to be in at least one place where he was absolutely safe.

The subsequent exploration went very smoothly; they found almost every dragon's cave, discovering a vast quantity of spiritual herbs within.

This includes the medicinal spirit that Su You wanted most, which was also produced among those medicinal herbs. Although the quantity was not as large as the first discovery, it was still present. In this way, little by little, the number was still considerable.

Of course, the quantity is still far from enough to manage his incredibly vast medicinal herb fields.

Moreover, all of these medicinal spirits are dragon-shaped, which provides a boost to cultivating dragon-attribute medicinal herbs. The effects of other medicinal herbs are only average, which is a limitation.

It's impossible for Su You to cultivate so many dragon-attribute spirit domains. Most of these types of spiritual herbs are used to train blood and physical bodies.

"Master, I have discovered the whereabouts of that group of cultivators."

(End of this chapter)