Crafting an Immortal Race with Daily Hexagrams

Chapter 212: Chapter 177: Cloud Seal Jade Pivot Thunder-Invoking Minor Skill (Part 2)

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The Seven Sages Mountain Secret Realm attracted the attention of the entire Yangnao Land. Since its appearance, the most discussed topics among cultivators have been related to the secret realm.

Discussions included which disciples from certain Immortal Sects found what kind of treasures in the secret realm, which loose cultivators from noble families gained great opportunities within it, only to be besieged by other loose cultivators in the end.

Apart from these, there were also analyses of the peculiar opportunities found in various parts of the secret realm.

Shen Family of Black Water Pool.

The middle-aged Zhao Jinhua hurriedly got off the carriage and headed to the side room of the manor.

”Go report to the Patriarch, I’ve bought the items.”

Zhao Jinhua entered the courtyard-side room and asked a servant of the manor to fetch Shen Wenxing.

Moments later, Shen Wenxing and Wei Qiuling arrived at the side room.

”Patriarch.”

Zhao Jinhua cautiously took out a jade scroll from his bosom and handed it over.

”Just this broken piece, ten spirit crystals.”

Hearing this, Wei Qiuling faintly smiled: ”Tingfeng Valley has always relied on this for their livelihood. Every time a secret realm appears in Danzhou, they manage to produce such a guide and sell it vigorously at the earliest opportunity.”

”Besides this, they are also adept at various intelligence gathering, searching for people and items, and they claim that as long as the price is right, there is no information in Danzhou that they can’t obtain.”

Hearing this, Shen Wenxing was somewhat surprised: ”Is Tingfeng Valley really that formidable?”

”Aren’t they afraid of offending some powerful figures and provoking widespread anger by publicly revealing some secret information?”

Wei Qiuling slightly shook his head: ”Not to mention that Tingfeng Valley itself ranks among the top five of the various Immortal Sects of Qishan in strength.”

”Simply the information they hold in their hands is enough to make many people wary.”

”For an Immortal Sect, reputation sometimes is more important than anything.”

”To survive, which of the various Immortal Sects of Qishan hasn’t engaged in some unspeakable dirty deeds in secret?”

”Who among them doesn’t have blemishes on their record?”

”If anyone dares to make a move against Tingfeng Valley, driving them to expose all those dirty deeds, it could lead to a disgrace at the very least, or even the potential destruction of their order.”

”Therefore, privately, all Immortal Sects have agreements with Tingfeng Valley and tacitly allow them to conduct their business.”

”Tingfeng Valley is also very discerning, generally not selling secrets that concern the life and death of other Immortal Sects.”

Shen Wenxing nodded in realization, then sneered: ”This Tingfeng Valley indeed plays an extremely clever balance game.”

”I’m just afraid that when there’s enough profit at stake, they won’t adhere to the so-called agreements.”

Receiving the jade scroll from Zhao Jinhua, Shen Wenxing infused his divine sense into it for a while before handing it to Wei Qiuling: ”The content is scarce, it feels a bit of a loss for ten spirit crystals.”

Hearing this, Zhao Jinhua cupped his hands and said, ”A disciple from Tingfeng Valley said that the secret realm’s content is updated every three months. At that time, as long as this jade scroll is brought back, they will update it with the latest content at no extra charge.”

Wei Qiuling nodded: ”That’s Tingfeng Valley’s rule.”

”Patriarch, if there’s nothing else, I’ll head back first. My father’s health hasn’t been good these past days, I’m afraid...”

Zhao Jinhua said with a look of melancholy, cupping his hands.

”Uncle Zhao?”

Upon hearing this, Shen Wenxing was momentarily stunned: ”Is there anything wrong with his health?”

Zhao Jinhua smiled in relief and said, ”It’s nothing much, age has caught up, unlike those of us who are still young and strong.”

”Patriarch, I’ll leave first. If there’s anything else, just let me know.”

After slightly bowing, Zhao Jinhua left the manor.

Watching his departing figure, Shen Wenxing felt a bit desolate.

Zhao Shuan was originally a bit older than Shen Yuan, and unknowingly, he was already over seventy.

For ordinary mortals, the lifespan doesn’t usually exceed a hundred.

Like Father and Zhao Shuan’s generation, who were originally of mortal bodies in their youth, many years of toil have inevitably left some hidden ailments.

Seventy-something could already be considered old age.

”Sister-in-law, you should take this jade scroll back and study it carefully. When Chongming and the others return, compare it with them.”

”If there’s nothing else, you could take it back for the disciples of Luoxia Mountain to use, saving ten spirit crystals.”

Wei Qiuling nodded and left.

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Seven Sages Mountain Secret Realm.

In the dense forest, Shen Chongming and Chen Youran hid among a cluster of strange rocks, quietly watching several figures in a distant herbal field.

Those figures were the five-man team that had been tracking them earlier.

”Still a step too late.”

In the five-person cultivator team, the elder surnamed Chen, who was leading, looked at the messy herbal field in front of them with regret.

During this period, the fortune of the five was rather poor. Following the stream upwards, they found some spirit medicines and spirit fruits, but their quality was not high, to say the least, and the quantity was also very scarce.

According to the previously agreed distribution rules, after dividing, each person got very little.

So, seeing that it was nearing the time to leave the secret realm, they planned to search thoroughly in this area, hoping to recover some losses from the two of them.

After several days of searching, the five really found traces left by Shen Chongming and Chen Youran, and followed them here.

The herbal garden was what the two had just discovered. Unfortunately, they had only harvested half when Chen Youran’s Withered Wood Revival Skill sensed someone approaching.

The two couldn’t afford the luxury of attending to the harvesting of spirit medicines. Hastily, they plucked the remaining herbs and stuffed them into their storage bags before hiding.

”Brother, why won’t these five stop haunting us?”

Chen Youran furrowed her brows and spoke in a low voice.

Shen Chongming narrowed his eyes, his gaze fixed on the septuagenarian among the five.

In coming to this secret realm, he had always adhered to avoiding conflict with others whenever possible.