From the Valkyrie to the Endless

"This woman has already cultivated the rudiments of sword intent, and is extremely sharp. Unless someone is a genius who has also cultivated to the realm of 'intention', no one in the same realm can withstand three of her sword strikes."

As he spoke, the old man's eyes were filled with surprise: "Where did Sikong Yuan find this freak from? Could it be another human demon..."

"woman?"

The young man next to the old man heard this, but he didn't grasp the point at all. He stared at Shen Qing with a look of surprise and excitement: "Grandpa, is this person a woman?"

Shen Qing's outfit was too low-key, with a black suit and a mask. It would be difficult for people with poor eyesight to tell whether he was a man or a woman.

It's no wonder that he was so excited. In Longquan Fairy Island, those who have reached the Manifestation Realm are extremely rare. Most of them have been married for many years, and women of the right age for marriage are even rarer. Now that one of them suddenly appears, it's inevitable that he would think too much.

The gaze from a distance was too unscrupulous. Shen Qing soon noticed the existence of the young man. Looking at the slightly strange excitement on his face, she became alert.

She was not very clear about the power structure on the Longquan Fairy Island. The Wen family and the Qin family might not be as harmonious as they seemed. There might be people with ulterior motives. After entering the secret realm, she might encounter trouble.

Before she could finish this thought, a striking crack appeared in the valley not far away, and a surge of spiritual energy from heaven and earth suddenly gushed out, making her breathe easier.

Wen Shaoqing, the head of the Wen family, walked up to the crowd, his face solemn, and said in a deep voice:

"The opening of this secret realm is no different from previous years. It also lasts for a month and has the same three prohibitions."

"First, when digging for spiritual herbs, you are not allowed to dig up their roots. If they are less than a hundred years old, they cannot be picked. Violators will be flogged fifty times and patrolled by the sea for three days."

"Second, you are not allowed to harm the spirit beasts. There are currently 27 spirit beasts recorded in the secret realm. If one is missing, all members will be punished, lashed 70 times, and patrol the sea for five days."

"Third, private fighting is not allowed. Anyone who deliberately seeks trouble will be lashed 100 times and patrolled the sea for seven days!"

Patrolling the sea is a very severe punishment on Longquan Fairy Island. It does not mean patrolling the sea as the name suggests, but being whipped until the skin is torn and the flesh is exposed, and then being deprived of food and water, hanging on the mast, patrolling the sea, being scorched by the sun, and having seabirds peck at the wounds and dead flesh, basically taking away half of the life.

The people on the island had obviously heard of these three prohibitions many times, but Shen Qing was hearing them for the first time and was inevitably surprised. She thought there would be fighting after entering the secret realm, but the result was completely different from what she imagined.

For the people on Longquan Fairy Island, these three prohibitions have become commonplace.

Those who can enter the secret realm are the backbone of the families and cannot be harmed. If they die in the secret realm, all the manpower and financial resources spent by the family over the years will be wasted. It is meaningless and a waste of resources.

The island's resources are already scarce, and meaningless internal friction is absolutely not allowed.

In today's increasingly difficult environment, practicing alone requires a huge amount of energy, not to mention that there are far more than one or two people on the overseas islands who have ideas about the Longquan Secret Realm.

It is extremely difficult to train a practitioner of ancient methods, let alone one who has achieved success. Under such circumstances, fighting in the secret realm has long been banned.

"There won't be any danger in the secret realm. Just follow the direction I gave you and avoid the habitats of several Condensation Realm spirit beasts. Just practice with peace of mind."

Sikong Yuan reminded Shen Qing that he had also been to the Longquan Secret Realm and was familiar with the terrain distribution there. He also prepared a map for Shen Qing.

In the Longquan Secret Realm, there is a spiritual spring that is about to dry up. For other people, this is an extremely secret news.

At the beginning, the only one who knew the location of the spiritual spring was Wen Tianfeng, then it was Sikong Yuan, and now there is also Shen Qing.

"Thank you, senior."

"No need to thank me, you don't owe me anything."

Sikong Yuan shook his head slightly, his eyes calm. In his opinion, there was no so-called favor between him and Shen Qing.

"This is a matter between your father and I. Bringing you to Longquan this time is also a way to repay his favor. I hope you will have the opportunity to kill Yang Zongxian in the future. This is my selfish desire."

Hearing these words, Shen Qing took a deep breath, said nothing more, and followed the crowd into the narrow valley entrance.

As Shen Qing stepped over the crack, he felt as if he had passed through an invisible barrier. The world changed in the blink of an eye. The salty sea breeze dissipated and turned into a refreshing breath that was refreshing to the heart. The sky was slightly blue, and there was no trace of the sun, but there was sunlight shining.

There is a grassland all around, which is just above the calf-deep. The endless green sea stretches as far as the eye can see, and in the distance, vague shadowy mountains and jungles can be seen.

This secret place is incredibly large, even looking much bigger than Longquan Fairy Island.

Obviously, this place and the outside world no longer belong to the same level of space. This is undoubtedly the method used by ancient practitioners. They use a large formation to lock the soul and divide the two worlds, like containing Mount Sumeru in a mustard seed.

This kind of means requires at least a great master who has reached the Return to Oneness realm to have the ability to do so.

The spiritual energy between heaven and earth is so abundant that it is dozens of times greater than that in the outside world. Here, Shen Qing can even survive directly on the spiritual energy without the need to eat.

If you don't eat, there will naturally be fewer impurities in your body, and even your lifespan will be extended. Those who eat air will be divine and live long. It's just like this.

As soon as they stepped into the secret realm, everyone scattered, preparing to try their luck within this month. If they could by chance come across one or two magical herbs, their trip would be worthwhile.

Shen Qing did not waste time. Killing was not allowed in the secret realm, and she did not know anything about pharmacology. Searching everywhere was just a waste of time.

Anyway, the location of the biggest treasure in the secret realm is already in her hands.

Shen Qing's speed was astonishing. He left the grassland far behind and quickly followed the map given by Sikong Yuan, heading towards a range of mountains.

In a blink of an eye, an hour passed and Shen Qing escaped into the mountains. The sky above did not change at all, as if there was no difference between day and night.

Along the way, she discovered the traces of a spiritual beast and avoided it from a distance.

Judging from the footprints alone, the size of this spirit beast is incredibly large, with its paws alone being almost half the size of a human.

Creatures of this size have been extinct in the outside world of Da Xia for thousands of years, and only in this isolated secret realm do they remain sporadically.

After running around for nearly half an hour, Shen Qing finally arrived near the location of the spiritual spring and began a careful search.

She was quite sensitive to the spiritual energy between heaven and earth, and could vaguely sense that the spiritual energy between heaven and earth had become slightly richer.

After searching carefully around the mountain and moving several huge rocks weighing tens of thousands of pounds, a dark cave entrance appeared in Shen Qing's eyes. The surging tide of spiritual energy rolled in, washing over her body, causing her eyes to show uncontrollable joy.

Before she stepped into the cave, a rustling sound suddenly came into her ears. It did not come from the outside world, but from inside the cave.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 65 Remarks on the launch

Available in the early morning.

After many setbacks, the new book is finally put on the shelves. It seems like the last time it was put on the shelves was four years ago (sad).

I don’t know how many old readers and new readers there are. Since you have read this far, I would like to bow to you all as usual.

The beginning I wrote before was rejected seven or eight times by several editors, and I almost lost confidence in writing a book. I would like to thank the editors for giving me the opportunity to sign the contract, and I would also like to kowtow to the editors.

The performance of this book...is indeed quite bad, but since it was a flop, I don’t feel like there’s anything wrong with it. I’m a little disappointed, but it’s still acceptable.

Let’s not talk about adding more chapters, let’s just try to get full attendance first. I’ve been writing books on Qidian for several years, and I’ve never gotten full attendance once. That’s really uncommon.

If you have the conditions, support your child with a first order. I love you, (`).

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 66: Shocking Changes (First Order Request)

Hearing the strange noise coming from deep in the cave, Shen Qing lightened his footsteps, tightened the long sword behind his waist, and walked slowly into the cave against the surging spiritual energy.

The cave was extremely quiet, as if the slight sound just now was just an illusion.

The narrow cave became wider and wider. After walking more than ten feet deep, we entered a karst cave. Stalactites hung all over the ceiling, stone pillars and stone curtains could be seen everywhere, and it was covered with potholes and traces of water droplets.

A huge pit with a diameter of more than three meters appeared in front of Shen Qing. It was more than two meters deep. There was only a small puddle at the bottom of the pit, which was only two feet square.

Just as Sikong Yuan said, this spiritual spring was almost dry. The last time the Longquan Secret Realm was opened, when he arrived here, there was not much spiritual spring left. Fearing that his cultivation would get out of control, he only took a small sip.

Even so, he almost stepped directly into the Gangsha realm.

The energy of the spiritual spring is too powerful. In this era, it is an extinct treasure. Ordinary people can prolong their lives by swallowing it. For practitioners, it is better than countless old medicines.

Shen Qing was not in a hurry to start practicing, but looked around carefully.

The cave is not big and can be seen in its entirety at a glance. After looking for a while, Shen Qing did not find anything wrong. Except for some vines growing near the big pit, there were no signs of any living activity.

After confirming it repeatedly for a moment, Shen Qing jumped down the big pit, came to the small puddle, and bent down.

The spiritual liquid shook slightly, creating wisps of spiritual mist that seeped into Shen Qing's mouth and nose, making her brain instantly clear. The Tao seed in her body completely awakened and began to spin at a high speed.

Shen Qing's eyes were filled with joy. Without wasting any time, he took a sip of the spiritual spring water, drank it, sat on the ground, and turned the sundial.

Suddenly, the true energy in her body surged and began to rapidly advance towards the middle stage of the Manifestation Realm.

The power of the spiritual liquid is not so easy to digest. It would take an ordinary practitioner at least several days or even half a month to refine this spiritual liquid, but Shen Qing only took a moment.

She didn't waste any time. After refining the spiritual fluid in her body, she opened her eyes.

sand--

Before she had time to take the spiritual spring again, Shen Qing heard a strange sound suddenly in her ears. Her expression froze slightly, and her eyes instantly locked onto the source of the sound.

The vines that coiled around the big pit moved without wind, like long snakes swimming, and the vine leaves slid across the rock wall, making a slightly harsh friction sound.

Shen Qing's scalp tingled slightly, and her invisible spiritual sense sensed the danger. Without any hesitation, she rushed to the spring and drank most of the remaining spiritual spring water in a blink of an eye.

The sundial spun rapidly, frantically refining the vast spiritual energy that was almost enough to stretch Shen Qing apart, rapidly advancing her cultivation.

hum-

In the blink of an eye, the illusory stars in Dantian suddenly expanded, and Shen Qing's cultivation level broke into the middle stage of the Manifestation Realm.

Two snaps of the fingers later, the Tao Seed expanded again, pushing Shen Qing's cultivation into the late stage of the Manifestation Realm.

In this short moment, the sundial has already turned several years. With the blessing of the spiritual liquid, her cultivation base has increased dozens of times faster than that of the outside world, which is terrifyingly fast.

Shen Qing's action of swallowing the spiritual liquid seemed to stimulate the vines. A sharp scream suddenly sounded in the cave, and countless vine shadows fell towards Shen Qing's head.

hum-

The long sword was unsheathed, and a thunderous sound exploded in the air, meeting the shadows of vines that were pressing down on the head.

clang!

The vines seemed to be made of molten gold and iron, and when they came into contact with the blade, dazzling sparks flew.

click-

After only two hits, the long sword was broken into pieces, with fragments flying everywhere. Shen Qing's metacarpal bones also felt numb, with a slight pain.

She didn't have time to take a closer look and quickly moved away, but she still couldn't dodge in time and was hit on the shoulder by a vine.

The blow was so powerful that it smashed Shen Qing into the pit half a foot deep. His shoulder blade was broken and his right arm was completely disabled.

The rapidly rotating sundial stopped for a moment and then reversed.

In an instant, the broken shoulder blade was intact as before, and half of the gun blade was thrown out from Shen Qing's sleeve, carrying an extremely sharp aura, drawing a dark arc in the air and hitting a vine.

The tip of the gun made of divine iron finally cut through the skin of the vine. The dark green juice splashed and stuck to Shen Qing's cheek. Lines of information suddenly jumped into her mind.