Shen Yuan smiled and nodded at her as well, “Then I won’t stand on ceremony. Who knows what we can find.”
He didn’t look for something in particular since at this point, he had most of the treasures he would need inside the Ancestral Pagoda. ‘I will just accompany Ling’er. She looks quite excited to explore this place.’ He thought with a tender smile and followed behind Wan Ling.
“Brother Yuan, what should I look for?” Wan Ling asked while looking around.
He chuckled, “Just buy whatever you want. You can even buy the entire market if you want.”
The cultivators around them gave them weird looks, but seeing the robes of a Divine Tier Sect they were wearing, none of them came forward to call him out on his absurd claim.
Shen Yuan naturally wouldn’t even spare a glance at these idiots. The only thing on his mind was to spend some time with his family.
Yuxin also encouraged Wan Ling to get whatever she wanted. Bing Rong also looked at the stuff, but at her level, treasures that could satisfy her could only be found in auction houses. So she only bought some accessories for herself.
Wan Ling, on the other hand, also bought a lot of different dresses and accessories while not forgetting to buy some Peak Earth Grade treasures that she could use.
This also reminded Shen Yuan that he should have made some treasures for her when he had the chance in the Dual Cultivation Chamber. But it slipped his mind while cultivating and enjoying his time there.
Even still, he didn’t stop her from purchasing the treasures, he would just make some more for her the next time. It’s not like there was too much danger this time.
“This reminds me,” He softly said while walking on the streets of the market, “How will the competition proceed? Will we fight one on one or group battles?”
Bing Rong took the initiative to explain, “There won’t be one on one battle happening here, but instead, all the participants will be sent inside the World Raiser Secret Realm once the competition starts.”
“World Raiser Secret Realm?” Shen Yuan raised an eyebrow, this was the first time he had heard of this term.
Bing Rong nodded, “Yes, it’s one of the innumerable secret realms of World Raiser Sect, but only this one was found by the cultivators who came later. The others were either destroyed or lost in the Space of this world. And after lots of bloody battles for the ownership of that secret realm, all the Divine Tier Sects of back then decided to explore the Secret Realm together.”
Shen Yuan listened intently, he was getting more and more curious about this hegemon sect of the past.
“No peak expert tried to enter the Secret Realm at first but instead sent down their core disciples to compete. But instead of treasures, what they found were countless traps, and they were powerful to the extreme.”
“A Divine Tier Sect even fell when the ancestor of that sect tried to forcefully enter the Secret Realm to save his disciples and died back then. It was at that time when everyone realized that there were restrictions on the cultivation base of those who can enter.”
She paused here, looking at Shen Yuan and Wan Ling who were listening intently, and continued, “But it was later completely explored, and all the treasures which were worthy of taking were already swept clean when wave after wave of cultivators entered the place to explore it. But the World Raiser Secret Realm was special in the end, and it produces special treasures of heaven and earth in abundance, so they began to hold this competition to harvest those resources as well as to compete against other sects.”
Shen Yuan finally had some understanding of this competition and why it was held here. But he could not help but marvel at the power of the World Raiser Sect. Just one realm out of innumerable realms of the sect was enough to cause a bloodbath among the other sects. No wonder it was a hegemon of its time.
‘Jiao Heng…what kind of entity are you?’ He silently mused to himself, wondering how strong someone has to be to destroy such a sect. Transcending Tribulation Realm? Mahayana Realm? Even he was not sure.
Wan Ling, on the other hand, was focused on something else. “So we will all enter the secret realm together? Does that mean I can stay with Brother Yuan while inside the Secret Realm?” Her eyes lit up as she thought up to this point.
Bing Rong’s lips twitched as she looked at her disciple’s eager expression. But her lips soon curled up into a mischievous smile. “Of course not. Everyone will be teleported to random locations when entering the Secret Realm. So you can only rely on yourself while trying to find each other.”
Wan Ling’s expression fell. How could she find her Brother Yuan in such a massive Secret Realm in such a little time? Just then, she felt Shen Yuan patting her head and smiled. “No need to feel down, we can sense the rough location of each other with the Harem Connect option. Just follow it and find me once inside. We can explore together.”
Wan Ling’s expression quickly changed as she became happy. Bing Rong also helplessly smiled looking at the changing expression of her disciple. Shen Yuxin giggled seeing their interaction.
They continued purchasing whatever they liked for some time more. And as he had expected, nothing in the market caught his eyes. After all, even if there was a hidden treasure, the others weren’t blind.
In fact, there were even some Nascent Soul Stage realm Elders roaming the market. If something could escape their sense, then it would only be harder for Shen Yuan to sense it.
…
Soon after buying things at the market and having lunch, they made their way back towards the abode of the Radiant Lotus Sacred Sect.
All sects had their separate courtyard at the mountaintop. The Secret Realm will open tomorrow to the calculations of the elders. By that time, all sects would be gathered at the gates of the secret realm.
“I wonder how many peak geniuses there will be?” Wan Ling asked aloud.
Shen Yuan nodded his head, “I also want to see how I compare against the Peak Geniuses.”
Bing Rong looked at him for a second before saying, “There won’t be many Peak Geniuses there. Except for the Head Disciples of the Divine Sect, there might be a few more hidden geniuses. But you should be careful of them, no peak genius can be underestimated.”
Shen Yuan nodded his head, he wouldn’t make the mistake of underestimating his enemies. In fact, the reason he wanted to learn the Fusion of two intents so badly was due to this.
He wasn’t confident in being able to suppress all the geniuses of other sects. And he was still waiting for an opportunity to break through. His accumulations were enough, and he had also reached the peak of his realm. But he was still a little short, just a little short of an opportunity to break through successfully.