"Didn't you say it would be a close call without danger?"

Jiang Wencha snorted coldly, turning to look at the only true man of the Celestial Secret Bureau present.

With similar feelings, Kong Guofeng also looked at Zhang Tingqiu, having placed quite high hopes on Lin Guang.

Since there are no true men above Seven-Star within the Great Xia system throughout Fenghai Province who are particularly adept at divination, Kong Guofeng had submitted the request to Zhang Tingqiu, who then forwarded it upwards.

At this moment, Zhang Tingqiu was also frowning: "Although I don't know who performed the divination, the response I received was indeed 'a close call without danger'."

Jiang Wencha squinted, revealing a trace of cold killing intent.

"Does that mean we're supposed to do nothing and just wait for the outcome? But what if something really goes wrong?"

"Is this how the Great Xia handles the matter after taking over the lead?"

The reason the term 'divination' includes the word 'guess' is that it's not 100% accurate. Whether the calculation above was wrong or the matter will eventually conclude with a happy ending, nobody knows.

Jiang Wencha's heart was already anxious to the extreme.

——The significance of Jiang Nalan to the Jiang Family is unimaginable to outsiders, after all, he is...

"Why argue at this time?"

A voice rang out again.

It was Lin Qingxuan.

"Regardless of the situation, we must prepare for the worst first."

At this moment, he no longer had an expression of leisure on his face, instead becoming serious, and spoke: "Based on my estimate, we must have a seven-star master or a Tier Seven Beast King specializing in 'space' arrive in person, or at least two Seven-Star Peak to possibly force open this secret realm's seal and save everyone."

The pupils of the true men shrank sharply, then looked toward the true men from Zhen Sheng City.

——This condition is not something unachievable by everyone.

To be honest, if it involves mobilizing people, the true men from powerful forces present could certainly call upon several seven stars or old Tier Seven Beast Kings with whom they have a good relationship.

As for those who excel in the path of space, ideas can be thought of.

But...

The key is time!

The nearest existence above Level 70 from Nanhai City and Li Hai City, at least, is over 100,000 kilometers away, with the farther ones already floating around the entire world or directly stationed in the Outer Battlefield.

Initially arriving within thirty minutes is already a serious problem, and whether the message can be received in time is a huge difficulty.

So we have to count on the people from Zhen Sheng City!

Jiang Wencha's face turned visibly uglier: "The Patriarch is exploring in the deep seas abroad, having ventured extremely far, and even if contacted, he cannot return!"

After speaking, he looked directly at Kong Guofeng, as if knowing some inside story.

So...

Everyone turned their attention to this true man.

And Kong Guofeng, without hesitation, took out an item.

It was a piece of yellow leaf with no abnormalities.

However, after his Spiritual Power was injected, it suddenly became as dazzling as true gold, transforming into a golden radiance that flew out.

Then... it merged into the base of the mountain.

That area should have been a forest, but now looked completely transformed due to the earthquake and storm.

After doing this, he took a deep breath and then exhaled:

"Elder Jin should be arriving soon."

Elder Jin.

This term seemed to contain some kind of mysterious power, calming down the originally a bit restless true men like magic.

A few true men from distant places seemed not to understand what this name represented, but with their extraordinary memory, after searching their minds for intelligence related to Zhen Sheng City, a flash of astonishment crossed their pupils.

Are the rumors true?

Only Lin Qingxuan's face showed a slight surprise, then a hint of regret seemed to flash in the depths of his gaze.

But not long after, Zhao Qin's voice suddenly echoed in everyone's ears.

"The suppression has loosened a bit, I can perceive it now!"

Following this were slightly blurred massive amounts of information and rapidly flashing images.

This nested secret realm for inheritance occupies a small land ratio, being extremely small even compared to small secret realms, with a central area indistinguishable from Celestial Ladder Mountain, but seemingly shrunk countless times.

Yet, its mass is quite the inverse, nearly reaching the critical limit of a Tier Three bounded secret realm.

At the outermost border enveloped by mist, the ether drawn from the external world was pouring in at a flood-like pace, under some sort of will's control, rapidly turned into the power source for the array within the secret realm.

Thirty or so talents from various places in Fenghai Province were sitting cross-legged halfway up the mountain, seemingly immersed in some illusion realm, hard to distinguish reality from illusion.

Among them, a trial taker had even perished, causing the corresponding true man's face to darken almost to the point of dripping.

But what concerned them the most was the thin figure at the mountain peak.

The seemingly unremarkable elderly stood on the platform at the peak, motionless, completely connected with the secret realm throughout his entire being.

It was vaguely perceptible that a highly complex grand array was operating within the secret realm.

And as Zhao Qin's will swept through, even without touching any point of this fragile secret realm, he clearly became aware of something, and "looked" directly over.

Even facing such a multitude of true men's insight, there was no fear, dread, or surprise in those profound eyes, but instead, a detached disinterest akin to scrutinizing the weak.

Without a doubt...

The anomaly of Celestial Ladder Mountain originated from his hand.

This old man was undoubtedly the Secret Realm Master they had sensed.

And in the next moment, Zhao Qin's domain transmitted the entire sequence of events.

Including the content of the illusion realm those trial takers were experiencing at the moment.

The true men immediately began to digest what exactly happened within.

"Such significant changes outside, yet the trial inside is still continuing?!"

And then... many were revealing looks of shock.

Especially those true men familiar with Lin Guang.

"Unbelievable!"

"This kid named Lin Guang could actually surpass Jiang Nalan in the first trial?"

Jiang Wencha's face changed repeatedly.

If not for the trial takers being in danger at this moment, who knows how many would start inquiring with Kong Guofeng about this young man.

Many true men were rising with immense interest in Lin Guang, wanting to see how far this civilian boy, who faced the Demon King, could go.

Even if Jiang Nalan ultimately wins, it's merely due to training time and background, not his own problem.

This performance is already remarkable enough, even astonishing, almost surpassing the performance of any true man present at the same age.

It could almost slightly compare to that existence.

——Is another Hua Bo truly about to emerge?!

But...

The situation is urgent now, and despite Lin Guang's performance, they still have more pressing matters to address.

The elder seemed to have seen through their probing.

"The opponent's full power definitely exceeds Tier Seven, and the finesse of his energy manipulation was surely among the best of the Seven-Star individuals I've ever encountered."

"What good is praising him; what is his ultimate goal?"

Someone coldly said: "Covering up so much and sealing the secret realm's entrance, he must have an essential true purpose."

Zhao Qin, whose body became ethereal like a dream, performing a mystical technique to observe the interior, presented a completely different opinion.

She spoke: "It's still about inheritance."

"What?!"

"Even now, I can confirm... this is undoubtedly a secret realm meant for inheritance."

Zhang Tingqiu, Deputy Director of Nanhai City's Celestial Secret Bureau, also spoke: "The Secret Realm Master's tier is far too distant from ours, ultimately unable to wholly block the heavenly secret and causality. They can only obscure some information, but the bulk of it must be real, otherwise deceiving so many true men's spiritual senses would be impossible."

"I can see that the rules within the secret realm are very strict, entirely designed for inheritance, containing extremely powerful inheritances awaiting trial takers to vie for."

"Regardless of any traps, at least this part is indisputable."

Upon hearing this, a peculiar gleam appeared on some true men's faces, mirroring that of the inheritors inside.

Is it a genuine inheritance?

Then doesn't this mean...

The Celestial Ladder Mountain inheritance is actually left by an existence comparable to the Seven-Star Peak?!

This is an entirely different concept than a Six-Star inheritance.

A complete Seven-Star inheritance can support a centennial noble family, a mid-sized sect; the ancestral Three Great Families of Zhen Sheng City did exactly this.

Even if they cannot use it themselves, exchanging it with organizations in need would certainly yield resources enough to make one's mouth water.

Some even experienced a surge in their aura, and a thought arose unwillingly — even if breaking the secret realm by force, extracting some benefits from inside is imperative.

A Tier Three bounded secret realm... there are truly few methods that can block several reckless Six-Stars.

This is the opportunity of the Great Dao!

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