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Chapter 520 - 26: Duke Chen’s Secret Realm, Many Helpers for the Enlightened

Chapter 520: Chapter 26: Duke Chen’s Secret Realm, Many Helpers for the Enlightened

The Qilin possessed the foundation of Six Layer Heaven and, with grand martial might, far surpassed the strength of most human Martial Artists. For the massive stones needed for the water control dam, it would take civilians months to quarry, but as soon as the Qilin revealed its true form, it was only a matter of clangs and bangs.

In just half an afternoon, the foundation was completed.

The reason why a Divine Beast that understands human nature and can cooperate with human plans is deemed a nation-steadying treasure...

Is exactly this.

The cost—three large pig trotters!

One roasted, one braised, and one stewed, all filled with a generous amount of tender soybeans.

The remaining construction and detailed water control strategies were personally overseen by Pang Shuiyun. Li Guanyi and Shaking Light briefly left for the secret realm, a mere hundred li away. The Qilin transformed into its true form, and Li Guanyi soared into the sky, landing on the Qilin’s back.

Then he reached out his hand.

The silver-haired girl looked up at the young man before her.

Sitting on the Qilin’s back, a sword at his waist, majestic and commanding, he could lead the masses with his bravery and calmness. Sometimes she wondered if the first generation Shaking Light who met the young Overlord saw someone like him?

She reached out, put on her hood, and then extended her hand again.

Her palm pressed against the young man’s palm.

Li Guanyi pulled with force.

The girl, light as a feather, immediately flew up and landed steadily in front of Li Guanyi, sitting sideways before him. Li Guanyi patted the Qilin, whose pupils turned to glowing gold. Stepping through the void, it exploded into layers of flames and soared into the distance.

The Qilin was not a flying Divine Beast like the Phoenix.

Soaring through the air on fire was a combat skill.

Especially since the Fire Qilin by Li Guanyi’s side was actually in a malnourished state during its youth.

Yet even so, the Fire Qilin, having consumed a significant amount of Primordial Qi, still carried Li Guanyi over a hundred li to the location of the secret realm. The direct distance was a hundred li, but realistically, if relying on one’s legs, running up and down, winding around, it would take many times that distance.

It was also thanks to swallowing many Exotic Beast Eggs in the mansion of Zhenbei City’s Lord.

Although these were mostly the accumulated wealth of the Divine Beast Manor.

It significantly enhanced the Qilin’s self-recovery ability.

At least techniques like Treading Fire and Running to Heaven did not excessively consume Primordial Qi.

In Duke Chen’s Book Collection Pavilion, Li Guanyi saw the map left by Chen Baxian, but after all, it had been five hundred years, not to the extent of seas turning into mulberry fields, but the vegetation had changed tremendously.

Plus, Chen Baxian had left some cover-up contingencies.

Even the Mystic Turtle had to search slowly for it.

After speaking with Shaking Light, the girl stretched out her palm, and soft starlight converged to form a three-dimensional map. Then she turned her gaze to Li Guanyi, her voice calm, "Is this right?"

Li Guanyi said, "The left side needs changing."

"Ah, now it’s correct."

Shaking Light held the star map with both hands. The map flowed and changed, then suddenly shrank, with two small bright spots twinkling, marking the positions of Li Guanyi and Shaking Light, and then another large bright spot that marked the location of the secret realm.

Shaking Light clapped her hands together, and the map turned into a stream of starlight, shooting out.

It landed in a distant area where trees intertwined, lighting up a beam of light.

Li Guanyi, attempting to locate the destination, said, "..."

The Mystic Turtle Dharma Form, searching for the entrance, "..."

The silver-haired girl tucked a strand of silver hair behind her ear, her voice still calm and devoid of ripples, "We’ve found it."

Li Guanyi, overjoyed, drew his sword and slashed out a great fissure, continuing forward. After just a few dozen paces, he faintly sensed a formation meant to confuse directions. His wrist shook, and the Fierce Tiger Sky Shouting Halberd appeared in his hand.

Li Guanyi asked Shaking Light to step back, and with the halberd, he deployed the Mountain Shattering, Breaking Mountains.

The force of the technique was robust and pure.

The secret realm’s formation slowly opened up.

The Qilin took the lead in entering, with Li Guanyi and Shaking Light closely following. Once the Jin Qi from Li Guanyi’s Mountain Shattering, Breaking Mountains had faded, the entrance of the secret realm slowly returned to its original state, disappearing again.

Before Li Guanyi and Shaking Light, the world had changed, a rich wave of Primordial Qi surged toward them. Li Guanyi took a deep breath, feeling spiritually refreshed; even his Inner Qi seemed somewhat invigorated. This was the medicinal power, the scent delivered by massive amounts of five-hundred-year-old Spiritual Medicine.

They could faintly hear the roaring of wild beasts, carrying more deterrence than the sound of fierce tigers.

The Mystic Turtle floated in the air, its mung bean-sized eyes bulged out, round and wide.

It turned its head, looked left, then right.

It first darted far to the left, then scrambled with its little claws back to the right.

But its eyes were dazzled, and it didn’t know where to go.

Li Guanyi was delighted,

"This is the place where Duke Chen, Chen Baxian, left behind various medicinal herbs five hundred years ago. Gathering these, relying on their medicinal power, is enough to artificially generate Inner Qi in their bodies. At least in terms of fundamental strength and stamina, they will reach the threshold of a second-tier battalion of this era."

"For those with decent Martial Arts skills, they might even reach Entering Realm."

"As for Fan Qing who has already reached Entering Realm and dares to kill an official, the benefits might be even greater. Shaking Light, help me gather them."

The silver-haired girl nodded.

The two of them started gathering the corresponding medicinal herbs. Not only those planted by Duke Chen back then, but over the centuries, these herbs had also propagated. Li Guanyi picked out those ranging from several decades to a hundred years old.