Immortality and cultivation: Heaven rewards diligence, and success is inevitable.

"Oh dear, it's only been a few days and you've already dared to push your master away! You unfilial disciple!" Hua Luoyu shouted angrily.

But she used a girlish tone, which made her seem very cute.

However, Jiang Shi maintained a stern face and was not moved by her girlish affectation.

These girlish gestures might all be feigned by Hua Luoyu.

As the master of Biluo Valley and a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, her true age is probably seven or eight hundred years old.

Once a cultivator breaks through the Foundation Establishment stage, their lifespan is five hundred years.

If one takes the Longevity Pill, a cultivator can live to be over nine hundred years old.

"Master, what important matter has brought you here?" Jiang Shi said respectfully, behaving like a disciple paying respects to his master.

"Boring, boring. Your disciple is getting more and more boring." Hua Luoyu looked disappointed.

Petals fell from the sky, accompanied by her somewhat melancholy gaze, as if the petals had fallen into the rain and been abandoned.

Jiang Shi ignored her, and soon after, Hua Luoyu came over again with a playful smile.

It was as if the previous events never happened.

"A secret realm has appeared in the Sturgeon River. It is a second-grade secret realm that only Foundation Establishment stage cultivators can enter. Both the Azure Cloud Sect and the Lingxu Sect will send people there."

Hua Luoyu then told Jiang Shi the important matter.

"Chen Sisi was supposed to be sent, but since you killed her, you can take her place and do your part for Biluo Valley."

Jiang Shi had already heard Elder Wan mention this matter before, so without hesitation, he immediately agreed.

Jiang Shi was also very curious about this secret realm and decided to explore it to broaden his horizons.

The path of cultivating immortality cannot be limited to seclusion.

After Jiang Shi agreed, he immediately prepared to turn around and leave, to get away from Hua Luoyu, that madwoman.

But he had only taken two steps when Hua Luoyu grabbed his hand.

"My dear disciple, have you forgotten what you were supposed to give your master?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Shi knew what Hua Luoyu wanted. He took out a stone slip from his storage bag, which contained the deciphered version of the third chapter of the "True Scripture of Universal Transformation of the Demonic Source".

Hua Luoyu took the stone tablet and smiled contentedly.

"Remember to go with Grandma Bamboo. If you dare to run away, you'll have to take a bath in the Insect-Eating Pool when you come back."

Hua Luoyu's calm voice rang out, and Jiang Shi's heart rang with alarm. Although he didn't know what the Insect Devouring Pool was, the name itself sounded extremely terrifying.

Jiang Shi had no choice but to go find Granny Zhu first. Granny Zhu had already received the news. When she saw Jiang Shi, she said, "Come on," and then led the way from the front.

The two headed towards the Xunlong River.

On the Xunlong River, two Foundation Establishment stage cultivators stood there, looking down into the riverbed.

A whirlpool at the bottom of the river stirred up an underwater tornado, creating a spectacular scene.

"Senior Brother Lu, it seems that the three of us will go to explore the secret realm today." Ouyang Yu said to Lu Chuanxing, holding a fan and hovering in the air.

"No, I heard that Fellow Daoist Chen of Biluo Valley passed away a few days ago," Lu Chuanxing said in a deep voice.

"What? Chen Sisi is dead? Her body was comparable to a high-grade magic weapon. Who could have killed her? Valley Master Hua?" Ouyang Yu said in disbelief.

Chen Sisi mastered the "Devouring Wood Divine Technique," and they entered the Misty Mansion multiple times to cooperate, gaining an understanding of each other's strengths.

Chen Sisi's body is so strong that she could probably protect herself even in the hands of a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.

"It is said that he is a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator, and his identity is the newly accepted personal disciple of the Flower Valley Master," Lu Chuanxing said.

"A personal disciple? Could it be him!" Ouyang Yu thought of one person: Jiang Wu.

The one who saved his life was a Qi Refining stage cultivator at the Lingxu Sect.

I heard that he later broke through to the Foundation Establishment stage in Biluo Valley.

"What? Junior Brother Ouyang knows him?" Lu Chuanxing asked curiously.

A powerful cultivator in the early Foundation Establishment stage was able to defeat Chen Sisi, who was in the middle Foundation Establishment stage.

Lu Chuanxing couldn't afford to offend someone like that.

"We met once." Ouyang Yu didn't elaborate; he certainly wouldn't tell the people of Qingyun Sect the truth.

Just as the two were talking, two figures approached from a distance.

Lu Chuanxing and Ouyang Yu sensed the approaching people and stopped their conversation, knowing that the people from Biluo Valley had arrived.

Soon, Jiang Shi and Granny Zhu flew over and hovered in front of them.

"Senior Brother Ouyang, it's been a long time." Jiang Shi greeted Ouyang Yu first.

He then turned to look at Lu Chuanxing and said:

"Greetings, senior brother. My name is Jiang Wu."

"Junior Brother Jiang, it's been a long time."

"Lu Chuanxing of Qingyun Sect greets Junior Brother Jiang."

After the three exchanged pleasantries, Lu Chuanxing glanced at Granny Zhu behind Jiang Shi and thought to himself:

"It seems this person is Hua Luoyu's personal disciple. With a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator following him, he must be highly valued by Biluo Valley."

Thinking of this, Lu Chuanxing pointed to the tornado downstream of the Xunlong River and asked:

"Junior Brother Jiang, what are your thoughts on this Sturgeon River Secret Realm?"

"Junior brother doesn't know, could Senior Brother Lu please explain?" Jiang Shi asked frankly.

Jiang Shi knew nothing about this secret realm, and he couldn't directly ask Granny Zhu. Granny Zhu's cultivation was much higher than Jiang Shi's, and she exuded a strange aura that put a lot of pressure on Jiang Shi. The two of them didn't exchange a single word the whole way.

"This Sturgeon River Secret Realm is a second-grade secret realm. It is considered mid-grade among second-grade realms, so it can only allow cultivators in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage to enter at most. If their cultivation level exceeds this, they will be expelled from the secret realm," Lu Chuanxing explained.

"Everything within its secret realm is unknown, but since it is a second-grade secret realm, there shouldn't be too much danger. If the three of us work together, we will be fine."

"Thank you for clearing up my doubts, Senior Brother Lu!" Jiang Shi said, clasping his hands in a fist salute.

"No need to thank us. Our three major sects have long ago established a pact to cooperate in exploring secret realms!"

"You must understand that the entrance to this secret realm is not fixed, nor is there only one. There might be cultivators from other regions in this second-grade secret realm. We must be extremely careful with each other."

After Lu Chuanxing finished speaking, Jiang Shi nodded in agreement.

After Lu Chuanxing finished explaining, he didn't waste any more time and took Jiang Shi with him into the Xunlong River.

The three Foundation Establishment stage cultivators rushed into the vortex together.

A bright light flashed, and Jiang Shi felt a familiar dizziness.

The world was turned upside down, and he was teleported to a secret realm.

"Watch out!" Just as they entered the secret realm, Ouyang Yu's voice came from the side.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Shi immediately became alert and activated the spell "Fire Generates Earth".

A large amount of earth-elemental spiritual energy transformed into rocks and blocked his way.

Boom! Boom!

A loud explosion rang out, and Jiang Shi was blasted away.

Jiang Shi then realized that five mid-Foundation Establishment stage cultivators had surrounded the three of them.

The five cultivators were covered in wounds, indicating that they had already been through a battle.

Regardless of who the other party is, since they've already made a move, they are the enemy!

Jiang Shi revealed his killing intent, and flames erupted from his body, sweeping towards the nearest cultivator.