Ordinary People: Starting with the Chen Clan

With a light step, Chen Xuanzhou leaped to the top of a tree and surveyed the surrounding area.

After crossing a low slope, there was a mudflat.

"This is Shuiyunze! Looks like we're pretty lucky, it's close to the core area."

Upon seeing the lake, Chen Xuanzhou's face lit up with joy. Then, his body transformed into a phantom and quickly headed towards the mudflats.

Along the way, he didn't encounter many people, or rather, he managed to avoid them all successfully in advance thanks to his divine sense.

He doesn't have time to waste with these people right now.

As he got closer to the mudflats, a fishy stench hit him, but Chen Xuanzhou did not slow down at all. When he arrived at the edge of the mudflats, he saw that the entire waters were only occasionally rippling.

Like a magic mirror, it can wash away the delusions in people's hearts.

However, under Chen Xuanzhou's divine sense, a giant crocodile three zhang long was hiding in the mud, slowly approaching him, only a dozen zhang away from him.

If he didn't possess a divine sense comparable to that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator, he wouldn't have been able to so easily detect the danger within.

With a pat on his storage bag, a black sword box appeared beside him. With a hiss, two flying swords met in mid-air, transforming into a giant guillotine, which then slashed down into the mud.

The guillotine had barely fallen halfway when a giant tail, laden with mud, slashed down at it. And this was just the beginning; suddenly, jets of water shot towards him from all directions.

"We've stirred up a crocodile's nest!"

Despite saying this, Chen Xuanzhou remained completely calm, as the Prison Suppression Stele had already been protecting him behind him.

Taking a beating was not his style. A giant ape puppet appeared beside him. With a flick of Chen Xuanzhou's finger, the puppet appeared next to the giant crocodile in a few steps.

Such speed is far beyond the reaction time of a first-tier demon beast. Since it cannot dodge, then it will not dodge.

A metal mouth met the fist head-on and bit down.

With a snap, a golden light appeared on the puppet's body. The giant crocodile's iron jaws only flickered at the golden light, before it could even unleash its signature death roll.

The light in his eyes suddenly dimmed, and blood flowed incessantly from his giant mouth.

The giant ape puppet didn't stop and continued rushing into the swamp. Soon, more than ten figures floated silently on the water's surface, and Chen Xuanzhou collected them one by one into his storage bag.

With the giant ape puppet by his side, he swept through the entire Shuiyun Marsh. Because this marsh had been unexplored for a long time, there were still some ancient medicinal herbs there.

Although they didn't linger or search extensively, they still collected more than twenty medicinal herbs that were over three hundred years old, though none of them were particularly rare.

After passing through Shuiyunze, they arrived at the wall surrounding the central area. When Chen Xuanzhou arrived, the giant gate was still tightly closed, indicating that no one had arrived yet.

Without Chen Xuanzhou needing to lift a finger, the giant ape puppet beside him stepped forward and slammed its two giant hands down hard on the surface.

With a thud, the giant gate shook, and then the giant ape, without stopping, easily pushed the gate open.

Chen Xuanzhou followed behind, walking in at a leisurely pace.

At the same time, a flash of spiritual light appeared between his brows, and a compass artifact appeared in front of him, but it was still missing a round core in the center.

"You'd better make me proud. So much incense has been put in. If I don't succeed, I'll be eating dirt for a while after I reach the Foundation Establishment stage."

Chen Xuanzhou looked at the compass and thought to himself.

Without his intervention, a corner of the compass began to gleam, and the inscription on it indicated the Kun position.

Chen Xuanzhou took out a stack of talismans and affixed them to the puppet. Then, carrying the sword box on his back and holding the Prison Suppression Stele in his hand, he headed towards the mist-shrouded mountains, guided by the compass.

He didn't even glance at the exotic flowers and plants along the way before a mist soon appeared before his eyes.

Chen Xuanzhou stopped and took out a dark black pearl from his storage bag, injecting a stream of magic power into it.

Suddenly, the jet-black pearl emitted a dazzling light, completely enveloping Chen Xuanzhou and quickly spreading over the mist.

The thick fog dissipated instantly, like snow meeting the blazing sun.

Upon seeing this, Chen Xuanzhou's face lit up with joy. It was worth it for him to use incense to enhance the spiritual materials and refine this replica of the Sun and Moon Pearl.

But before this joy could fully unfold, he couldn't help but furrow his brow slightly.

The dazzling light appeared powerful, but it only advanced less than ten feet before clashing with the mist.

"The materials are still too poor, especially the natal spirit pearl which lacks the core material, the Mirage Moon Shell. Even if the restrictions within are perfectly replicated, it cannot achieve the same effect."

Although Chen Xuanzhou was prepared, he was still very dissatisfied with the results.

With this beginning, Chen Xuanzhou turned his attention to the Bagua compass, and couldn't help but wonder.

"May our ancestors of both realms bless us! To relocate our ancestral land and improve the feng shui, our descendant Xuanzhou has spared no effort and exhausted every means. We must hope that this Bagua compass doesn't cause any trouble!"

With hands clasped together, I silently prayed with unprecedented devotion.

After finishing his prayer on the spot, Chen Xuanzhou stepped into the mist.

. . .

The first wave of cleanup operations only began when Chen Xuanzhou entered the core area.

In an unremarkable grove of trees, two young men dressed in the attire of Yellow Maple Valley were cleaning up the mess. One of them, the older one, spoke to the man beside him.

"Brother Chen, I noticed you've been paying extra attention to that young man in the Hidden Moon Sect this time!"

"Could it be that peerless genius from your side branch, the one taken as a disciple by Ancestor Qiong? To receive such high regard from Ancestor Qiong, why would you still come to this Crimson Secret Realm?"

Chen Xuanlin gave him a cold look: "Why don't you wait until you get out of here alive and then ask Senior Ni Chang? Maybe you can get the answer then!"

After saying this, he ignored the other person's reaction and walked forward first.

If it weren't for the fact that this clueless junior brother Wang still had some strength, we would never have chosen to join forces with him.

But there are advantages to being stupid.

Similar scenes are playing out in various parts of the secret realm, and those with the ability have already gathered in different places.

These people are either closely related or lack confidence in their own abilities, so they band together for mutual support first.

A burly man who commanded a swarm of flying mosquitoes arrived at the edge of Shuiyunze. Looking at the calm, clear water, a hint of hesitation flashed in his eyes.

"If you don't take what Heaven offers, you'll suffer the consequences!"

As if making a firm decision for himself, he then commanded the mosquitoes to disperse into the marshland after saying these words.

However, as he ventured deeper into the swamp, he discovered something surprising: the swamp was not teeming with demonic beasts as the sect had described.

He didn't encounter a single high-level demonic beast, in particular.