After transmigrating, I cultivated immortality by smelling the scent.

Chapter 41 Departure from the Secret Realm

Three days passed in the blink of an eye, and the day to set off for the secret realm arrived.

Ye Xiaobai quickly arrived at the meeting place and found that many of his fellow disciples had already arrived. Looking from afar, there were nearly a thousand people, most of whom were at or above the ninth level of Qi Refining, with only a few below the ninth level.

Soon it was time to depart, but Sect Master Han Chuanming suddenly said, "This time, the team will be led by Spirit Sword Peak Master Liu Changqing. Everyone must be careful of the Qingyun Sect when entering the secret realm. The relationship between our two sects is currently very tense. Everyone has a marking talisman that will last for a month. Try to stay together as much as possible. Life is more important than treasure, remember that?"

“Got it!” everyone replied.

"set off!"

After Han Chuanming finished speaking, Liu Changqing waved his hand, and a giant flying boat appeared before everyone. The group then followed Liu Changqing and boarded the flying boat. Once everyone was on board, Liu Changqing started the flying boat and headed towards the location of the secret realm.

Half a day later, Ye Xiaobai and his group arrived at the location of the secret realm.

Ye Xiaobai looked up and saw that the other three major sects had already arrived. The White Tiger Sect needs no introduction; Ye Xiaobai's sect consisted entirely of people wearing white robes, each embroidered with the character "tiger".

Everyone in the Qingyun Sect wore cyan robes, while the Zhuque Sect was mostly composed of female cultivators who mostly wore blue robes, and the Huanglong Sect wore yellow robes.

As soon as Ye Xiaobai and the others arrived, they heard a voice coming from the location of the Qingyun Sect: "Fellow Daoist Liu, it's such a pity that so many disciples from your White Tiger Sect went in."

The speaker was Song Yu, the leader of the Qingyun Sect.

Liu Changqing frowned and said, "What's the pity, Fellow Daoist Song?"

"Unfortunately, not many of them made it out!" Song Yu said jokingly.

"You!" Liu Changqing was speechless, looking at the nearly two thousand Qi Refining stage disciples of the Qingyun Sect, while the White Tiger Sect only had one thousand. The consequences of going in were indeed unpredictable. Liu Changqing also knew that the path of cultivation was inherently a matter of risking one's life, so he could only repeatedly warn the White Tiger Sect disciples to stay together for greater safety.

Huang Shengtian, the person in charge of Huanglongmen's team, quickly smoothed things over: "It's almost time, you two stop chatting and prepare the formation. It's time to let the disciples in!"

Liu Changqing and Song Yu didn't say anything more and quickly arrived at the edge of the secret realm to prepare the formation. The person in charge of the Vermilion Bird Sect also arrived soon after.

Like the other disciples of the White Tiger Sect, Ye Xiaobai watched intently as the four Core Formation cultivators set up the formation. Soon, the formation was complete, and the entrance to the secret realm stabilized.

"Disciples of the White Tiger Sect, hurry into the secret realm! Remember to return in three months!" Liu Changqing shouted. Other sect leaders gave the same order, urging their disciples to enter the secret realm and seek opportunities.

Immediately afterwards, a large number of cultivators flew into the secret realm, and Ye Xiaobai also followed the crowd into the secret realm.

Ye Xiaobai felt a flash of white light before his eyes, and he found himself in a grassland. There were no fellow disciples of the White Tiger Sect nearby, but he saw several cultivators from the Yellow Dragon Sect.

The relationship between the Yellow Dragon Sect and the White Tiger Sect was fairly good, so several Yellow Dragon Sect cultivators invited Ye Xiaobai to explore together, but Ye Xiaobai declined, saying he was going to find his fellow disciples.

Ye Xiaobai still prefers to go treasure hunting alone.

After the group separated, Ye Xiaobai sped off in the opposite direction. Ye Xiaobai had intended to search for spiritual herbs along the ground, but the grassland stretched as far as the eye could see, and there was hardly any scent of spiritual herbs. Ye Xiaobai immediately took out the flying artifact he had recently purchased—a leaf-shaped flying artifact.

Ye Xiaobai bought this after returning from Shizhong Mountain, specifically for use on his journey.

A day later, Ye Xiaobai finally discovered a forest ahead, with a spiritual energy concentration far exceeding that of the grassland where he was. Overjoyed, Ye Xiaobai slowly descended his flying artifact and began to explore the forest.

After walking only a few steps, Ye Xiaobai smelled the scent of a demonic beast, slowed his pace, and kept his flying sword ready at all times.

After walking a dozen or so steps, suddenly, a long-armed demon ape pounced from Ye Xiaobai's right side.

Ye Xiaobai quickly retreated a few steps, dodging the demon ape's attack. Looking up, he saw that the demon ape was over 2 meters tall, with its arms outstretched for about 4 meters. Its cultivation level was already at the second rank, equivalent to the tenth level of Qi Refining.

Ye Xiaobai dared not be careless and immediately controlled his flying sword to attack. The demon ape stretched out its arms and grabbed a tree branch in the distance to dodge. Ye Xiaobai then took out two more flying swords from his storage bag and launched three attacks, aiming straight for the demon ape's heart. This time, the demon ape did not dodge. Instead, it planted the front half of its feet into the ground and crossed its arms in front of its chest, as if it were using some special move.

With a "bang!", the three flying swords struck the demon ape's arm, only slightly breaking the skin and not penetrating it.

"Oh! Oh! Oh!"

The demonic ape roared and pushed outwards with both arms, causing Ye Xiaobai's flying sword to immediately lose control and fly wildly in all directions. At the same time, the demonic ape also launched itself towards Ye Xiaobai as if taking off.

Ye Xiaobai was startled and quickly took out a water shield talisman to protect himself. He then desperately dodged to the side, but the shockwave from the demonic ape still sent him flying several meters. Ye Xiaobai quickly flipped over and positioned himself, preparing to face the demonic ape's next attack.

A moment later, the demon ape locked onto Ye Xiaobai again, grabbed him with both arms, and ran to the tree branch above Ye Xiaobai, probably preparing to attack from above.

Ye Xiaobai discovered that his ordinary flying swords were not enough, so he took out his trump card, the top-grade flying sword, the Flying Crimson Flame Sword.

When the demonic ape attacked again, Ye Xiaobai dodged while controlling the Flying Crimson Flame Sword to stab at the demonic ape. This time, the demonic ape tried to block with its arm, but unexpectedly, its arm was pierced through, and most of the hair on its right arm was burned off.

Ye Xiaobai couldn't help but sigh, "A top-grade flying sword is truly amazing!"

Taking advantage of the injured ape, Ye Xiaobai immediately increased the intensity of his flying sword's attack. Soon, the ape was covered in wounds, and even its fur was burned off. Several patches of its skin were charred, and Ye Xiaobai could clearly smell the aroma of roasted meat.

At this moment, the demon ape suddenly stretched out its arms, trying to escape. How could Ye Xiaobai let it have its way? He immediately controlled his flying sword and killed the demon ape with a single sword strike to the throat. After all, he had been fighting for a long time and was exhausted, so his speed had naturally slowed down. At this point, it was definitely impossible for him to run away.

After dealing with the Thousand Demon Ape, Ye Xiaobai cleaned up the battlefield and collected the ape's corpse. After all, demon beasts are treasures from head to toe; their skin and bones can be used to refine magical artifacts, and their meat can be eaten. It was another fruitful day, Ye Xiaobai remarked.

After everything was taken care of, Ye Xiaobai quickly found a secluded place to recover his spiritual power. After all, in this dangerous environment, only by maintaining a sufficient amount of spiritual power at all times can one survive better.

Half an hour later, Ye Xiaobai had fully recovered, thanks to the high-grade Qi-restoring pill he possessed. After consuming one, his spiritual energy quickly returned.

After adjusting his mindset, Ye Xiaobai chose a direction and continued his new exploration.