My path to immortality was smooth sailing.

As soon as the Seventh Elder finished speaking, Elder Hong Gu began to explain the origin and detailed rules of this Sui Xu Secret Realm.

"This Suixu Secret Realm was discovered and brought back from the outer sea by Master Liu of the Qingfu Sect a hundred years ago. Yesterday, the Qingfu Sect sent a message to my Wei family, confirming that the secret realm will reopen in two years."

Elder Honggu paused for a moment before speaking again: "In the past hundred years, the Suixu Secret Realm has been opened twice, and it will be opened for the third time in two years."

"Because so much time has passed, I will explain the rules of this Suixu Secret Realm to everyone in detail."

Wei Jing listened with great interest, his gaze fixed on Elder Hong Gu.

This Suixu Secret Realm has 120 places to enter, of which 60 places are occupied by the Qingfu Sect, and the other 60 places are distributed to 30 immortal cultivation families designated by the Qingfu Sect.

Some families received only one spot, while others received two. The five immortal cultivation families on Mount Wu each received four spots.

Upon entering the Secret Realm of the Year Void, one will be immersed in an extremely realistic dream, known as the Dream Trial.

Those undergoing the trial cannot distinguish between dreams and reality. A day in the outside world is a year in the dream. In dreams, one can cultivate and gain insights, and these insights are real and can be fed back into reality.

Wei Jing nodded, agreeing with what his uncle and clan elders had said.

"Another point to pay special attention to is that although the cultivation level in the dream cannot be brought into reality, the level of cultivation level in the dream will affect the score of the trial participants in the secret realm. The higher the score, the more valuable the rewards will be."

"So there's a rating system too. How thoughtful," Wei Jing thought to himself.

After Elder Hong Gu finished explaining the Secret Realm of Sui Xu, even Wei Tiezhu was tempted.

"Brother Jing, do you think I have the opportunity after reaching the first level of Qi Refining?"

Wei Jing retorted without hesitation, "Impossible."

"This is too much of a blow," Wei Tiezhu murmured.

After the matter of the Suixu Secret Realm came to an end, the clan leader turned his attention to the Chu family in Jiangbei.

"The Chu family of Jiangbei has gone too far; they have recently injured several members of my Wei family."

"So I decided to challenge them to a tournament, with the stakes being three hundred acres of spirit fields plus a first-order spirit vein next to Jade Lake."

These words caused another uproar in the ancestral hall.

This is a huge gamble; the spiritual fields and spiritual veins are their very foundation!

Even Wei Long stared wide-eyed at his grandfather in surprise.

In the past, the limit for the arena competition was a few dozen or a hundred acres of spirit fields, but this time it was a total of three hundred acres of spirit fields plus a spirit vein.

Is the clan leader drunk?

How much did you drink to dare to gamble so much?

Wei Jing and Wei Tiezhu didn't understand the market situation and didn't know if the bet was big enough.

But then the clan chief added a sentence, which completely enraged them.

"If the contestant wins this tournament, the Chu family will not take a single penny of the bet; the contestant can dispose of it as they see fit."

"Wow, that's awesome!!"

"You can play it like this?"

Wei Tiezhu was stunned, Wei Jing also took a deep breath, shocked by this grand gesture, while Wei Long's pupils dilated.

Even though Wei Long's family was well-off, they couldn't withstand the impact of these three hundred acres of spiritual fields plus a spiritual vein.

"Brother Jing, can I participate?"

"You're asking me? I still want to participate!" Wei Jing rolled his eyes at him, but there were many highly skilled cultivators in the clan, so it was no chance for him, a mere Qi Refining Level 3 nobodies.

But as soon as he finished speaking, the Seventh Elder stood up and glanced at Wei Jing.

Wei Dao stood up and announced: "This tournament will be a best-of-five series."

"The list of participating clansmen has been finalized. They are Wei Yun (level 5 Qi Refining), Wei Long (level 4 Qi Refining), Wei Qingyao (level 4 Qi Refining), Wei Jing (level 3 Qi Refining), and Wei Tieshan (level 3 Qi Refining)."

When the list was released, Wei Jing was somewhat taken aback, as he was even included in it.

Wait, Wei Long has already reached the fourth level of Qi Refining, that's fast.

"Brother Jing, it's amazing that you're here." Wei Tiezhu looked at Wei Jing with envy.

"Hmm, and judging from this list, they are all young cultivators from my Wei family. It seems that the clan is training for the Suixu Secret Realm two years from now!" Wei Jing said softly.

This is bad! There are only two spots available for the Suixu Secret Realm, and I'm practically the last one among these five.

However, if he can win against the Chu family this time, he will obtain sufficient cultivation resources. Since he has no bottlenecks in cultivation, as long as he has enough pills, Wei Jing is confident that he can catch up in cultivation within two years.

"With Wei Jun and Wei Long as our backers, we should be able to win!" Wei Jing blinked, though he wasn't entirely confident.

In recent years, he has focused on cultivating farming techniques, and he has almost perfected the Spring Rain Technique, the Nourishing Technique, and the Spirit Gathering and Qi Induction Technique.

However, his magical combat skills are truly lacking!

"One month from now, we will officially face off against the Chu family in a ring battle. All contestants, please prepare yourselves well." Clan Chief Wei Shuo stood up and gave his final summary.

Wei Jing looked up and found Wei Long looking at him. Their eyes met briefly in the air before they turned away.

"It seems I'll have to practice my combat skills diligently for the next month!" Wei Jing thought to himself.

……

After returning to his own courtyard, Wei Jing announced that he would go into seclusion to cultivate diligently, and specifically instructed Qiu Niang not to disturb him except for three meals a day.

Then, he hurriedly entered the secret chamber and went into seclusion.

"The Heavy Water Technique is only at the minor level of mastery, the Fireball Technique is progressing quite well, and the Gentle Wind Technique has been mastered but is still far from the Great Perfection." Wei Jing frowned.

With just one month to cram, he was confident he could master the Fireball Technique, but the Heavy Water Technique was still far from perfect. Wei Jing decided against practicing the Light Wind Technique, since it was still too far from being perfect.

"Just do your best!" Wei Jing sighed. Fortunately, he didn't have any bottlenecks in his spell cultivation. He just needed to increase his proficiency. For others, a month wouldn't be enough to accomplish anything.

Without further ado, Wei Jing first practiced the Fireball Technique, aiming to master it within ten days.

Although it is just a minor elemental spell that does not reach the highest level, the difference in power between its minor and major levels is quite significant.

Take the Fireball spell for example. A fireball created by a lesser mastery of the Fireball spell is only the size of a fist, while a fireball created by a mastery of the Fireball spell is the size of a basketball.

Moreover, the Great Perfection Fireball spell has no cast animation; it is instantaneous.

Wei Jing conjured up fist-sized fireballs, which exploded against the stone walls of the secret chamber as he used both hands.

It instantly raised the temperature inside the sealed room by several degrees.

And so, Wei Jing fell into a period of ascetic training, where he would consume Qi-nourishing pills to quickly restore his spiritual energy when it was depleted, and then resume his training once he had recovered.

To be honest, Wei Jing was surprised by his own hard work in cultivation.

"So I'm such a disciplined person," Wei Jing muttered, then cast a cleansing spell on his body.

One day, two days, three days...

To Wei Jing's surprise, on the ninth day, he had already mastered the Fireball Technique.

His hard work in building up proficiency over the past few days has not been in vain.

"Buzz! Buzz!" The scorching flames condensed into a fireball the size of a basketball, which instantly appeared in Wei Jing's hand, and he immediately threw it.

The fireball exploded instantly, like a powerful bomb, shaking the entire secret chamber three times.

"Wow, that's amazing! So impressive!"