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

As the flames swept in, the great cultivator's robes lit up, and a magical barrier was passively activated, blocking Jiang Shi's flames.

Jiang Shi made his move, and Lu Chuanxing and Ouyang Yu also took out their respective magical artifacts and joined the battle.

A small flag appeared out of thin air in Lu Chuanxing's hand. Under his magical power, the flag instantly grew larger and was held in his hand like a spear.

This item is none other than Lu Chuanxing's top-grade magic weapon—the Mountain and Sea Banner.

As the Mountain and Sea Banner moved, clouds and mist spread outwards, concealing the three of them.

The fan in Ouyang Yu's hand was no ordinary item either; it was a superior magical artifact called "Listening to the Wind."

Ouyang Yu was a disciple of Shangguan Shuo, the city lord of Canglin City, and naturally he had mastered the "True Explanation of Xunfeng".

A gust of wind rose up and collided with Jiang Shi's fire magic, resulting in a strange change.

The wind fanned the flames, and the fire carried the wind's might!

The great cultivator's protective robe was shattered in an instant, and flames blasted against his body.

"Ah! Stop! Fellow Daoists, it's all a misunderstanding! A misunderstanding!" He screamed in agony, hurriedly using various spells to try to extinguish the flames, but Jiang Shi and Ouyang Yu had no intention of letting him go, and kept increasing their output of magic power.

The other four Foundation Establishment stage cultivators wanted to make a move, but Shangguan Shuo's Mountain and Sea Banner disrupted their vision, making it impossible for them to see through the clouds.

"Even my spiritual sense can't see through this cloud of mist. Could this be a high-grade spiritual artifact, the Mountain and Sea Banner?"

"No, it's just a replica of the top-grade spiritual artifact, the Mountain and Sea Flag, but it still has the level of a top-grade magic artifact."

"This flame embodies the true meaning of the five elements' mutual generation, and this wind also contains the true meaning of the mutual generation of wind and fire!"

"This is bad, there's no need to fight them to the death, let's retreat!"

Seeing that the situation was not right, the four Foundation Establishment stage cultivators quickly retreated and flew away.

Only the one who was attacked by Jiang Shi and Ouyang Yu was left behind.

"The true meaning of 'wind and fire complement each other'? This Ouyang Yu actually has such methods." Jiang Shi was very interested in the "wind and fire complement each other" concept after hearing the conversation of those people.

The mutual generation of wind and fire is a perfect match for his wood generating fire.

The combined power of the two is doubled, making even a mid-Foundation Establishment stage cultivator no match for them.

If he could steal this secret, it would add another trump card to his deck.

Jiang Shi had been secretly observing Ouyang Yu for a long time, but he hadn't learned anything from him, and he didn't know why.

Jiang Shi was unaware that the true meaning of Ouyang Yu's "Wind and Fire Mutual Generation" was not his own ability.

Instead, it was only used after listening to the wind's intent with a superior magical artifact and receiving its blessing, which is why Jiang Shi was unable to learn it.

After the four Foundation Establishment stage cultivators escaped, Lu Chuan was about to disperse the clouds and mist.

Holding the Mountain and Sea Flag, he, along with Jiang Shi and Ouyang Yu, surrounded the enemy.

Three mid-Foundation Establishment stage cultivators stared at him intently.

This left the great cultivator, abandoned by his companions and with his body burned, in utter despair.

"Fellow Daoists, please spare my life. I am willing to give up all my possessions." After saying this, he handed over his storage bag.

Lu Chuanxing took a step forward and took the storage bag into his hand.

Then he said in a deep voice:

"Who are you? What region are you from? Which sect do you belong to?"

Lu Chuanxing skillfully asked three questions. This wasn't his first time entering a secret realm, so he was quite experienced in this kind of thing.

When encountering an enemy, the first thing to do is to gather information.

After questioning Lu Chuanxing, he obtained all the information.

This person's name is Wang Wu. He comes from Yuehua Island in the South China Sea. He is from the same region as the other four, but not from the same sect.

Like Jiang Shi and his two companions, they formed a temporary alliance.

This is precisely why, when the five encountered enemies, four of them didn't even make a move; they simply ran away.

If the three of them encounter a powerful enemy, they will probably all run away.

"He also only recently entered the secret realm and doesn't have any crucial information," Lu Chuanxing transmitted to Jiang Shi and Ouyang Yu.

"Since that's the case, let's kill them to prevent future troubles," Ouyang Yu said telepathically, gently waving his fan.

Jiang Shi was not a soft-hearted person. Since he had already offended him, he certainly couldn't let the tiger return to the mountain.

"You...!" The great cultivator was no fool. Seeing Lu Chuanxing and the other two exchanging whispers, he knew he was doomed.

He channeled his inner power, ready to fight to the death!

However, with Lu Chuanxing, Jiang Shi, and Ouyang Yu, three great cultivators, joining forces against the enemy, he, being only a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator, was powerless to stop them.

He was quickly killed by the combined attack of the three.

Afterwards, Lu Chuanxing took out the man's storage bag and began to divide the spoils.

The storage bag contained over three thousand spirit stones, some spirit herbs, pills, and a mid-grade magic artifact.

The spiritual herbs and pills were all of the second-grade lower level, useless to Jiang Shi, and were taken by Ouyang Yu.

Jiang Shi received two thousand spirit stones and a storage bag as the remaining items.

Lu Chuanxing received a thousand spirit stones and a mid-grade magic weapon.

The items received by the three were not of equal value; it was more a matter of each taking what they needed.

After dividing the spoils, the three set off to explore this second-grade secret realm.

This secret realm is a cluster of mountains and dense forests, just like being in the Qingyun Mountains.

"Senior Brother Ouyang, your [True Meaning of Wind and Fire] is so powerful, I admire you greatly." Jiang Shi said to Ouyang Yu while they were traveling.

His purpose in saying this was to test the waters and see if there was a chance to steal the knowledge later.

"It's just some minor skill, not worth mentioning. I haven't mastered the true meaning of 'Wood and Fire Generating Each Other' as well as Junior Brother Jiang."

Jiang Shi was testing Ouyang Yu, but Ouyang Yu wasn't stupid either. Since they weren't from the same sect, he naturally wouldn't reveal his trump card.

Instead, he spoke up to test Jiang Shi's magic technique, "Wood Generates Fire."

Although the True Meaning of the Five Elements Mutual Generation is not as good as the True Meaning of Wind and Fire, it is still helpful for Foundation Establishment stage cultivators.

Jiang Shi created his own Earth-level martial arts technique thanks to this.

"Not at all, not at all. I'm still far behind my senior brother." Jiang Shi knew he couldn't get anything out of him by talking, so he just gave a few perfunctory replies and stopped talking.

After the three had flown a considerable distance, a tall tower in the distant mountains came into view.

"Let's go take a look," Lu Chuanxing said, then led the three of them flying towards the tower.

During this time, some cultivators flew by, but no one made a move and they did not disturb each other.

As Jiang Shi approached the tower, he discovered that nearly a hundred Foundation Establishment stage cultivators had gathered at its base.

"Don't fly any further. There must be anti-flying runes ahead," Lu Chuanxing said to Jiang Shi, signaling the two to stop.

Of the three, only Jiang Shi was a newcomer who had just broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage, so he definitely didn't have any experience in secret realms.

Lu Chuanxing was afraid that the flying stones would disturb the magic runes and affect him, so he spoke up to warn him.

Jiang Shi nodded in agreement and followed Lu Chuanxing as they flew to the ground. Then, the three of them used their movement techniques to head down from the tower.