Zombie World: Starting as an apprentice of the Thunder King

The ten guardian elders had been waiting for a long time. They were all powerful geomancers, dressed in gray Taoist robes, with aged faces and deep auras, sitting cross-legged on the stone platform at the entrance of the valley.

Upon seeing the sect leader, Master Qingwei, arrive with his entourage, the ten elders all stood up.

"Master, senior brother!" The leading elder bowed to True Person Qingwei.

Master Qingwei returned the greeting, saying, "My fellow disciples have worked hard to open the secret realm today. Thank you for your efforts!"

The ten elders nodded and returned to the stone platform, sitting cross-legged in a circle.

Their positions corresponded perfectly to the Bagua directions, leaving an empty space in the center. Master Qingwei walked to that empty space, sat down, made hand seals, and chanted incantations.

"Heaven and earth were dark and yellow, the universe was vast and boundless, the Three Mao True Lords opened up the grotto heavens!"

"Our ancestral masters have cultivated this place for a thousand years. Now, your disciple Lin Bei has entered to cultivate. I earnestly request that the secret realm be opened!"

The ten elders simultaneously formed hand seals, and ten streams of magical power shot out from their fingertips, converging on Qingwei Zhenren.

Master Qingwei pushed his hands forward, and a dazzling light shot out from his palms, striking the void directly in front of him.

The void twisted, like a stone being thrown into a calm lake, causing ripples to spread outwards.

Immediately afterwards, a huge stone gate appeared out of thin air at the entrance of the valley. The stone gate was bluish-gray in color and exuded an ancient and heavy aura.

Master Qingwei stood up. "Disciple Lin Bei, step forward immediately!"

Lin Bei strode to the stone gate, where a rich spiritual energy emanated from behind it!

"Once inside, cultivate diligently and be careful in everything you do." Master Qingwei looked at him. "There is no time limit in the secret realm. When you feel you have cultivated enough, you can crush this jade tablet to come out."

He handed Lin Bei a palm-sized white jade pendant, which was warm to the touch.

After receiving the jade token, Lin Bei said in a deep voice, "Rest assured, Grandmaster!"

He turned to look at Shi Jian again. Shi Jian was standing at the back of the crowd, his face still expressionless, but he nodded slightly at him.

Lin Bei took a deep breath, turned around, and stepped through the stone gate.

The void where the stone gate was located rippled, and the next second the stone gate shone brightly before slowly disappearing into the air!

The moment Lin Bei stepped through the stone gate, the scene before him suddenly changed, and a rich spiritual energy rushed towards him, a refreshing feeling that made every pore on his body open up.

The cultivation technique started operating on its own, and a large amount of spiritual energy flowed into the body through the pores of the skin. After circulating through the meridians, it converged into the dantian, and the magical power increased at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"My goodness!"

Lin Bei stood in a wide valley, looking up at the clear blue sky and the lush green mountains all around. He took a deep breath and felt the spiritual energy flowing into his lungs. The feeling was so comfortable that he almost groaned.

"The concentration of spiritual energy here is dozens of times stronger than outside."

He stood there for a while, and the magical power in his dantian rose rapidly, gaining dozens of strands of magical power in the short time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

If he were in the outside world, he would have to work hard for several days to achieve this level of progress.

Lin Bei didn't rush to wander around. He turned around in one place and surveyed the surrounding terrain.

The valley is not large, with steep cliffs on all sides, covered with vines and unknown plants, and occasionally the chirping of birds can be heard from afar!

"I'll find a place to cultivate in seclusion first, and break through to the late stage of Daoist cultivation before making any further moves." Lin Bei made up his mind. Who knows what he might encounter in the secret realm? The higher his cultivation, the better his chances of survival.

He walked around the valley and found a relatively secluded rock face.

Lin Bei drew his Demon-Slaying Sword and thrust it into the stone wall.

The superior magical artifact was indeed sharp; the blade pierced the stone wall as smoothly as cutting tofu, and in just a few strokes, it carved out a cave taller than a person.

"This sword is really good, much better than my Ghost-Slaying Sword!" Lin Bei muttered, then dug a few more feet in, smoothed out the cave walls, and then moved a few large stones from the outside to block the entrance, leaving a gap for ventilation.

Afterwards, he drew a few simple warning talismans around the cave entrance and pasted a few demon-suppressing talismans on the cave wall before sitting down cross-legged with peace of mind.

Once the talisman array was completed, the cave immediately fell silent, and most of the outside sounds were blocked out.

Lin Bei took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and focused his mind on his dantian.

As he fully activated his cultivation technique, the spiritual energy from the outside world was drawn towards him, forming a small vortex of spiritual energy at the cave entrance. This energy then flowed into his body, along his meridians, and into his dantian, where it was refined into strands of new magical power.

Five days passed in the blink of an eye. Lin Bei sat cross-legged in the cave, motionless, his whole body enveloped in a faint spiritual light. His breathing was long and steady, and his aura grew stronger day by day.

On the evening of the fifth day, a muffled rumble suddenly came from inside the cave.

Lin Bei suddenly opened his eyes, and two beams of light shot out from his pupils, hitting the opposite cave wall and leaving two shallow dents.

His aura suddenly surged, and an invisible force spread out from his body, causing the talismans on the cave wall to rattle loudly.

"Daoist Master, late stage, done!" Lin Bei chuckled, stretched his limbs, and his whole body crackled with a series of sounds.

He sensed the magical power within his dantian. The power had surged from over five hundred strands before entering the secret realm to seven hundred strands, and each strand was much thicker and more solid than before. It flowed slowly in his dantian, radiating a warm glow.

"At this rate of cultivation, it won't be long before I fill my dantian, and then I can break through to the mage realm." Lin Bei was very pleased with himself. He stood up, stretched his limbs, walked to the cave entrance, removed the talisman array, pushed aside the rocks blocking his way, and crawled out.

There seems to be no distinction between day and night in this secret realm; the sky is always that clear blue.

Lin Bei determined the direction, identified a mountain peak in the southeast, and strode over there.

After walking for about half an hour, passing through a dense thicket of bushes, Lin Bei's nose suddenly twitched as a faint medicinal fragrance wafted from ahead.

He followed the scent of herbs for a short distance, parted a clump of waist-high weeds, and his eyes lit up.

A black and shiny medicinal herb grows next to a blue stone. Its root is as thick as a baby's arm, and the leaves at the top are deep purple with a faint halo around the edge.

The medicinal fragrance emanated from this herb, and its aroma was invigorating.

"A two-hundred-year-old He Shou Wu!" Lin Bei squatted down and examined it carefully, his heart pounding faster.

Two-hundred-year-old He Shou Wu (Polygonum multiflorum) is something that all major sects would fight tooth and nail for in the outside world. It would be a treasured possession in any organization. I never expected to come across it so easily in the secret realm.

He reached out to pick it, but just as his fingertips touched the leaves of the Polygonum multiflorum, a sharp gust of wind suddenly swept in from the side, carrying a fishy, ​​foul smell.

Lin Bei's hair stood on end, and without thinking, he quickly retreated.

boom!

A thick, bluish-green snake tail lashed fiercely at the spot where he had just been squatting, shattering the bluestone into pieces and sending fragments flying. The he shou wu plant also had half of its leaves blown off by the strong wind, but fortunately, the damage was not serious.

"Holy crap!" Lin Bei retreated three zhang away, took a closer look, and felt a chill run down his spine.