"Since you are also the master of this place, any prohibition set by another master naturally means nothing to you."
Bubu continued.
She did not know Wei Lanshu, so she merely explained the general reason and pointed to the immortal jade, implying that Yunze was the root of all this.
But if the reason the prohibition was ineffective against her was the immortal jade, then if she gave one piece to Bubu, wouldn't she also be able to ignore the prohibition?
Would that pack of spirit beasts still be a problem then?
Yunze turned to look at Wei Lanshu. After some thought, he did not ask her to step aside, nor did he reveal the existence of the immortal jade. Instead, he spoke in the same tone as Bubu had just used.
"But if that's the case, don't you also have a way to ignore the prohibition?"
"I cannot."
Bubu slowly shook her head. "That thing is useless to me."
"What master? What prohibition?"
Wei Lanshu looked up at Yunze, her face full of confusion. "Brother Yun, what are you two talking about?"
"Brother Yun?"
Bubu echoed, looking at Yunze with more curiosity. "Oh, who did you pick up here?"
"This is a long story..."
"Then there's no need to say it."
Before Yunze could speak, Bubu interrupted him and casually tossed a jade slip over. "Take this and study it. I'll call you in three hours."
"Okay!"
Yunze agreed, but he still looked at Xiao Shu and said, "Xiao Shu, Bubu can be trusted. Tell her how we met."
"Oh..."
Wei Lanshu responded, but her gaze at Bubu was a little strange.
Bubu didn't care about that and simply said calmly, "Watch your time!"
"Got it!"
Yunze sat down cross-legged on the spot and channeled his spiritual energy into the jade slip. An image of a cultivation technique immediately appeared before his eyes!
"Yu Dian"
Yu, meaning the universe, refers to the meaning of world and space.
When Mr. Zhang taught him to read, the first eight characters he taught were 'Heaven and Earth, profound and yellow; the universe, vast and primordial.'
This cultivation technique, named with the character 'Yu', could be seen to have immense ambition!
Yunze continued to read, and after only finishing the opening, he felt a chill run down his spine!
This cultivation technique... was actually a secret technique of the cultivators!
He hurriedly composed himself. The moment he opened his eyes, he found that Wei Lanshu and Bubu were no longer by his side.
The two of them had already walked to the side and were communicating in low voices. It seemed Xiao Shu was explaining how they met and how they became siblings.
Yunze frowned and looked down at the jade slip floating in the air.
Since this was given to him by Bubu, she should know what it represented.
Since she told him to learn it, no matter what he said, it would likely be useless.
Never mind!
In the current situation, survival was naturally the priority. He could steal and learn it, and if it didn't work out, he wouldn't use it again after leaving the secret realm!
Although he said that, Yunze still dared not leave the jade slip exposed.
He carefully put it away, then channeled spiritual energy into it again...
After an unknown amount of time.
Yunze read through the entire cultivation technique and circulated it through his body for a small cycle.
The moment he opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was Xiu Long, who was squatting in front of him and panting.
This guy had actually chased after him!
"There are two more hours."
Bubu's voice sounded from the side. "In these two hours, focus on expanding your sea of Qi and absorbing spiritual energy. Leave the rest to us."
"Us?" Yunze tilted his head, not understanding what Bubu was referring to.
"Yes!"
Wei Lanshu also nodded in agreement. "Brother Yun, sit on the flying sword and cultivate with focus. We can control the flying sword and take you along."
"What about me!?"
Xiu Long suddenly reacted. In their plan this time, he was not included!
The three of them exchanged glances, none of them answering Xiu Long's question, as if he simply didn't exist.
"Good!"
Yunze did not hesitate. He took out a Qi Condensing Pill, swallowed it, and then sat cross-legged on the flying sword.
He had not yet entered a state of cultivation, but he could feel himself gradually ascending and moving in a certain direction. He could even hear Xiu Long's roar behind him!
"Damn it! Don't you guys know to wait for me!"
...
...
Hundreds of miles away from the Heaven Building Secret Realm.
A patch of scarlet stained the jungle, and countless spirit beast corpses were discarded carelessly, piled up like small mountains.
All the spirit beasts here had one thing in common: their cores!
Their cores had been dug out, but the most bizarre thing was not that!
It was that these spirit beasts, whose cores had been removed, were constantly healing!
The perpetrators on the side were unfazed, even indifferent.
A black-robed figure retracted his bow and arrow, his face devoid of color, and turned to the person behind him. "How much Yuan Qi have you collected?"
"Including this time, a total of twenty-seven nine-stage Qi Refining spirit beasts and three Foundation Establishment stage spirit beasts. That's six strands in total."
The black-robed figure holding the bow and arrow was naturally Xiu Yun. The person answering him was Su Ling.
The two of them had been working together, attacking from the tail of the spirit beast group all day. This was their result!
"Mm, you go and meet up with them first."
"What about you?" Su Ling asked with a frown.
After a night of fighting and the previous breakout, both she and Xiu Yun were at their limits!
If they continued like this, they might not collect much Yuan Qi, and they would be the ones to perish first!
"I can continue!"
"You can continue your ass!"
Su Ling interrupted him, her tone extremely firm. "Now, you come with me to meet them and rest first! We'll continue hunting after you've rested!"
"Hm?"
Xiu Yun frowned and let out a cold snort. "Are you not obeying my orders?"
"The first order I received is to protect your life!"
Su Ling's attitude was even more forceful than Xiu Yun's. She let her hands drop, revealing two crimson daggers. "Don't force me to take you back."
Xiu Yun remained silent.
If they were still in the Qi Refining stage, if he were at his peak, if it weren't for the current situation, he might have retaliated with a palm strike, letting Su Ling know who was in charge here.
But now...
He couldn't defeat Su Ling, nor could he attack her.
"...Fine."
Xiu Yun replied, and could only silently follow Su Ling towards the agreed-upon location.
It was a tall mountain hundreds of meters away.
By the time the two of them returned, most of the others had already arrived.
When they arrived, Tan Chenyu was already sweating profusely, using her not-so-profound medical cultivation to heal some of the injured!
"Holy Son!"
Upon seeing Xiu Yun arrive, one person quickly stood up and rushed towards him. "Holy Son! Guo Nuo, he... he..."
Xiu Yun frowned and scanned the others, not seeing Guo Nuo anywhere.
Combined with the expression on the man's face, he had a rough idea of what had happened.
Someone had died.
And many were injured.
In fact, after he agreed to help Yunze, he knew that something like this would happen. But if he hadn't agreed, this would have happened anyway when the spirit beasts went berserk.
The reason he had been enduring it and trying to kill more spirit beasts was to advance the collection of Yuan Qi and leave the secret realm sooner.
The sooner they could leave the secret realm, the less this kind of situation would occur.
But he never expected...
It was only the first day!
A companion had died on the first day!
Guo Nuo.
He was just a nineteen-year-old boy. Xiu Yun was slightly older than him. In Xiu Yun's eyes, he was just a boy who hadn't grown up yet.
And now... he was dead?!
Xiu Yun suppressed his emotional fluctuations and asked, "How did he die?"
It wasn't that he was heartless, but that he had to be this way!
Everyone else's emotions could break down, but he couldn't!
"The second Core Formation stage spirit beast. We happened to be breaking through, and Guo Nuo wanted to kill it in advance, but..."
"Alright, I understand."
Xiu Yun interrupted him and said, "I will avenge him. Go and rest first, and we'll talk after you've recovered."
"Yes!"
The man responded, bowed to Xiu Yun, and retreated.
"What about you?"
Xiu Yun frowned and looked at the crowd. "Has anyone else encountered other Core Formation stage spirit beasts?"
If it were just one Core Formation stage spirit beast, it wouldn't have injured so many people scattered around!
There must be other spirit beasts that had advanced to Core Formation!
He had to know the current situation!
"Including the black tiger from the beginning, there are now four."
Tan Chenyu, after briefly treating an injured person, stood up and answered Xiu Yun's question. "Although these spirit beasts are all pursuing Yunze and the other two, as soon as they find us attacking, they will immediately counterattack.
Except for Gu Wudao and me, who were not counterattacked, most people were injured."
Counterattack?
Xiu Yun frowned.
He had not encountered any counterattacks either.
Tan Chenyu, Gu Wudao, and himself were considered top-tier among the group.
Could it be that those spirit beasts had learned to bully the weak and fear the strong?
This matter still needed to be verified. There was also another very important matter.
"What about the Yuan Qi? How much Yuan Qi have you collected?"
"A total of twenty-one strands," Tan Chenyu replied.
"I have six strands here."
Xiu Yun took out the collected Yuan Qi and handed it all to Tan Chenyu. "Give these to Yunze first, and then we'll continue collecting."
"Okay!"
Tan Chenyu accepted and then rode her flying sword towards Yunze's location.
Even without the communication jade slip, it was quite easy to find them. They just had to follow the direction of the spirit beasts' rampage.
Xiu Yun looked at the people in front of him and frowned. After thinking for a while, he finally took out a jade bottle from his spatial ring.
He opened the jade bottle, and inside was a Nine Revolutions Foundation Establishment Pill!
"Have you decided?" Su Ling asked as she watched.
If he were to establish his foundation now, it would only be a terrestrial foundation establishment!
Without the aid of Yuan Qi, his foundation establishment in this manner would not even be as good as Mu Siyue's back then!
Since Yunze said he had a method for heavenly foundation establishment, if he were to seize his opportunity...
Xiu Yun shook his head and dismissed the thought.
He looked at Su Ling, took a deep breath, and then uttered two words.
"Naturally."
Heavenly foundation establishment was inherently rare and not his initial choice. Since he couldn't achieve it, then so be it.
Moreover...
Even without this heavenly path, I, Xiu Yun, am still the strongest of this generation!
A look of determination flashed in Xiu Yun's eyes, and he raised his hand, swallowing the Foundation Establishment Pill!
Foundation establishment, begin!