Chu Nan stayed at the Cyan Mountain Sword Sect for three days.

During these three days, he left many martial skills and cultivation techniques as well as some Spirit Martial for the sect.

From middle grade to royal grade, there were no less than fifty items in total!

Various spirit plants and elixirs were countless as well.

Any of these treasures, casually placed in the Cyan Mountain Sword Sect, would be considered supreme treasures, yet now they were all given away by Chu Nan as if they were garbage.

Some of the treasures left for the Cyan Mountain Sword Sect came from the Shaoyang Palace in the Cyan Profound Secret Realm, while others were obtained by slaying enemies.

Most of the items were no longer useful to Chu Nan, so he handed them all over to the sect as a token of gratitude to Chen Kaiyang.

After doing all this, Chu Nan went to Zhi Qingge's residence and said, "Miss Zhi, are you ready?"

During these three days, he had expressed to Zhi Qingge his desire to go to Pingyuan County, hoping that Zhi Qingge could collaborate with him for mutual support.

Zhi Qingge did not refuse this request from Chu Nan.

After seeing Huo Ba come to the Cyan Mountain Sword Sect, she understood that her own strength was not qualified to fight against those strong races.

But with her identity and cultivation, most people would refuse to collaborate with her, either scorn or enslave her.

Therefore, collaborating with Chu Nan was her only option.

To prepare for going to Pingyuan County, Zhi Qingge took three days to break through from the Yang Wheel to the Divine Illumination Realm.

This was also another reason why Chu Nan stayed here for a full three days.

Zhi Qingge let out a long breath, and after breaking through the Yang Wheel, her appearance looked even more enchanting.

Slowly rising, Zhi Qingge smiled lightly and said, "I've kept you waiting, but I'm ready now."

Seeing Zhi Qingge ready, Chu Nan bid farewell to Chen Kaiyang, and then the two turned into a stream of light and left.

Chen Kaiyang watched as Chu Nan disappeared completely, a trace of melancholy appeared on his face.

Originally just a Martial Arts Realm kid, in just a few months, he had become a powerful figure capable of standing alone.

If he could overcome this crisis, Chu Nan would surely soar like a dragon!

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Qingxuan Province, Pingyuan County.

Pingyuan County is located in the north, extremely vast, and is the largest commandery city in Qingxuan Province after the provincial capital.

Outside the Pingyuan County City, a young man in white and a well-dressed young girl were riding side by side.

These two were none other than Chu Nan and Zhi Qingge.

However, to avoid attracting attention, Chu Nan had already disguised his appearance.

Zhi Qingge, on the other hand, did not disguise herself because not many people had actually seen her face.

Moreover, she was now wearing a veil just like when she first met Chu Nan, hiding her appearance.

As long as she didn't use the demon blood, no one could recognize Zhi Qingge's identity.

Seven days had passed since leaving the Cyan Mountain Sword Sect, and Chu Nan and Zhi Qingge hurriedly arrived without missing the secret realm's opening.

According to Zhi Qingge, the secret realm was named the Heaven-Shaking Secret Realm, which opens only once every fifty years during a lunar eclipse.

Now with a long time until the lunar eclipse, most martial artists exploring the Heaven-Shaking Secret Realm had gathered in this Pingyuan County to wait.

After Zhi's family used the demon blood to rise to a strong race, the Heaven-Shaking Secret Realm had always been explored by Zhi's family martial artists alone, not allowing anyone to interfere.

But decades ago, the Zhi family was annihilated, and the exploration rights to this secret realm were naturally shared by powerful forces in the Qin Kingdom.

And this was the first opening of the Heaven-Shaking Secret Realm since the Zhi family was wiped out.

Traveling from the Cyan Mountain Sword Sect to Pingyuan County, Chu Nan also gathered more information along the way.

Upon arriving in Pingyuan County, the forces intending to enter the Heaven-Shaking Secret Realm included not only the Huo family and Zhou family but also strong figures and geniuses from the imperial family and several of the Qin Kingdom's strongest major sects.

Most of them gathered in Pingyuan County, aiming for the demon blood!

Although the demon blood contained many drawbacks, who would want to miss the opportunity to cultivate a strong race?

Even if it meant great risk, the powerful demon blood was enough to make countless forces flock to it.

"Chu Nan, we are just one branch. After entering the Heaven-Shaking Secret Realm, we should act discreetly, avoid conflicts whenever possible."

"Wait until we find the place the demon blood is located before making any moves."

Zhi Qingge reminded Chu Nan.

Chu Nan nodded, but in his heart, he did not fully agree because there were many things he had not told Zhi Qingge.

He was now not only a core disciple of the Cyan Mountain Sword Sect but also the Young Sect Leader of the Spirit Corpse Sect!

As one of the Qin Kingdom's strongest major sects, the Spirit Corpse Sect could not miss such a major event as the Heaven-Shaking Secret Realm opening.

Once the Spirit Corpse Sect's relocation matters were settled, Chu Lingshan would bring strong figures from the sect to also compete for the opportunities of the Heaven-Shaking Secret Realm.

Moreover, most importantly, Lin Yian and Lin Haoyang were still in the hands of the Huo family's Cloud Sea Realm.

Even for their sake, Chu Nan could not avoid clashing with the strong races.

However, fortunately, the Spirit Corpse Sect would soon arrive, making things easier to manage with their support.

Now, even facing the strong races and the imperial family, as long as no one at the Cloud Sea Realm acted, Chu Nan was confident he could escape even against a ninth-level Divine Illumination Realm opponent.

After entering Pingyuan County City, Chu Nan and Zhi Qingge's first task was to find accommodations.

Soon after, they embarrassingly found out that due to the impending opening of the Heaven-Shaking Secret Realm, not only martial artists from the Imperial Capital but also those from other counties of Qingxuan Province had flocked to Pingyuan County.

This led to all major inns and restaurants being packed, making it incredibly difficult to find a room.

After visiting more than ten inns, Chu Nan and Zhi Qingge finally found one with an available room, but there was only one left.

With no other choice, Chu Nan and Zhi Qingge opted to share a room.

Even though they were staying together, Chu Nan had no thoughts other than cultivating, as he took out the Dragon Slaughter Tower and used its power for cultivation.

Wanting to increase his strength before the Heaven-Shaking Secret Realm opened.

Frantically circulating the Nine Desolate Profound Transformation, the power from the raw stones first surged into the Dragon Slaughter Tower, then transformed into purer power, integrating into Chu Nan's Dantian.

Chu Nan's body seemed to become a huge vortex, greedily absorbing everything around.

If he had let go of his absorption, perhaps he would have drained all the spiritual power from every room in the entire inn.

In the same room, Zhi Qingge was stunned by this scene, she had seen people cultivate with raw stones, but never had she seen such a violent approach.

While others absorbed raw stones slowly, Chu Nan did it as if he was drinking water, wasn't he afraid of exploding his own Dantian?

In a blink, seven days had passed, and Chu Nan's side was almost filled with exhausted raw stones.

These were all found on Huo Ba after he killed him; being from an Imperial Capital strong race, Huo Ba's supply of raw stones was indeed plentiful.

Otherwise, Chu Nan wouldn't have been able to absorb with such great gusto.

Zhi Qingge's small mouth opened slightly, she knew there had to be something peculiar about Chu Nan, but this scene still shocked her.

At this moment, she finally understood why Chu Nan's strength progressed so quickly.

Opportunities were one reason, but another important reason was that he was more dedicated to cultivation than anyone else!

Bang!

With a bang, Chu Nan's Dantian erupted, and his aura instantly ascended a level, successfully reaching the fourth level of the Divine Illumination Realm.

Zhi Qingge's pupils contracted, Chu Nan's advancement was too fast, but seeing the large amount of raw stones beside him, it also seemed only natural.

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