"In another year at most, we can leave this desert secret realm."
In the vast desert, there is a very inconspicuous cave, hidden under the sand, and Su Xiaofan and Lord Huo Tian are currently grilling scorpion meat in the cave.
The sand scorpion, a specialty product in the desert secret realm, doesn't look very good, with its whole body covered in dark hard armor, but it's said to be a treasure.
The hard armor on the surface of the sand scorpion can be used to refine weapons. Even though the sand scorpion is very fragile in front of Su Xiaofan and Lord Huo Tian, the armor made from the sand scorpion's hard armor cannot even be broken through by immortal-level cultivators.
The tail needle and poison sac of the sand scorpion are extremely valuable and are extremely precious materials. Those cultivators below the Golden Immortal level are all eager to use them. There are often cultivators organized by sects to come to hunt the sand scorpion.
As for the scorpion meat under the sand scorpion's hard armor, it is even more delicious. The rich vitality contained in the scorpion meat is of great benefit to even golden immortal cultivators.
In the past, Venerable Huo Tian used Yuan Stone to replenish his body's consumption. Later, after discovering that scorpion meat could help him restore energy, he had to have such a meal with Su Xiaofan almost every few days.
There are relatively few sand worms in the desert secret realm, but there are countless sand scorpions. Like locusts, every time they lure sand worms, they can easily kill a batch of sand scorpions.
There are at least hundreds of thousands of sand scorpions in the storage space of Su Xiaofan and Venerable Huo Tian, and they would not be able to eat them all even if they took several years to eat them.
"Yes, Brother Huotian, I feel like vomiting when I see this desert."
Su Xiaofan nodded, picked up a piece of sand scorpion meat that was still extremely white even after being grilled, put it in his mouth and took a bite, a look of satisfaction suddenly appeared on his face.
This sand scorpion meat melts in your mouth and is extremely delicious. The vitality contained in it can be directly absorbed by the physical body.
The sand scorpions in the desert secret realm are not as small as the scorpions on the earth. One of them is one or two meters in size. If several sand scorpions are eaten, the effect is comparable to that of Venerable Huo Tian absorbing a high-grade Yuan Stone.
"Hey, brother Su, searching for materials is so boring in the first place."
Hearing Su Xiaofan's words, Venerable Huo Tian couldn't help but laugh, "I was lucky enough to enter a great secret realm and find a vein of Yuanshi. Do you know that I dug there for more than 30,000 years...
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Speaking of this incident, Venerable Huo Tian was very proud. This was also the biggest opportunity he encountered after becoming a Golden Immortal.
That secret realm was reached by Venerable Huo Tian through the secret door of a fellow sect member. At that time, Venerable Huo Tian's secret door had not yet been refined.
Since the secret realm was very large, the cultivators who entered at that time dispersed and went to look for opportunities.
Venerable Huo Tian was not very lucky at the beginning. He was targeted by a powerful beast in a mountain. After a fight, Venerable Huo Tian was defeated and fled.
In order to avoid the strange beast, Venerable Huo Tian hurriedly entered a cave in the mountain.
But what Venerable Huo Tian didn't expect was that the seemingly inconspicuous cave from the entrance actually had a different kind of cave.
After entering the cave, Venerable Huo Tian discovered that the cave extends in all directions and goes thousands of meters underground, like a maze.
Finally, Venerable Huo Tian discovered traces of Yuanshi veins at the bottom of the cave. After some mining, Venerable Huo Tian was overjoyed.
The size of the Yuanshi vein was far beyond the imagination of Venerable Huo Tian. The veins were basically filled with middle-grade and high-grade Yuan stones, and occasionally a few top-grade Yuan stones could be found.
Venerable Huo Tian knew very well that it was very difficult for a new cultivator like himself to encounter such a source of Yuanshi. This was his chance.
Venerable Huo Tian turned back and completely sealed the cave, and concentrated on mining the Yuanshi vein.
Guarding such a vein of Yuan Stone, Venerable Huo Tian has no risk of consuming his cultivation. Anyway, he can use Yuan Stone to replenish it at any time, and he can also use Yuan Stone to practice.
When cultivators use Yuan Stone to practice, the effect is better than that of Fairy Spirit Stone. It can purify the energy in the cultivator's body. Venerable Huo Tian cultivated while mining Yuan Stone without any thought of returning to the universe.
In the end, Venerable Huo Tian stayed in that great secret realm for more than 30,000 years, forcibly raising his cultivation level from the early stage of the Golden Immortal to the middle stage of the Golden Immortal.
The biggest gain for Venerable Huo Tian was the mountains of Yuan Stones piled up in the cave within his body. There were countless middle-grade Yuan Stones and high-grade Yuan Stones. Even the top-grade Yuan Stones, Venerable Huo Tian, got thousands of them.
It wasn't until the Yuanshi vein was mined that Venerable Huo Tian returned to the ground, crushed the consciousness he had left in the secret door of the secret realm he came from, and communicated with the cultivator who owned the secret door to take him out.
Venerable Huo Tian was also very lucky that his fellow sect had not encountered any accidents for more than 30,000 years, otherwise he would have been left in that great secret realm.
It was precisely with the resources obtained in the Great Secret Realm that Venerable Huo Tian was able to trade everywhere and gather various materials for refining the secret door.
What makes Venerable Huo Tian regretful is that he failed to obtain the best ethereal stone, so he was unable to use too many top quality yuan stones and amethysts, making the secret door he refined mediocre.
Of course, no matter how mediocre the secret door is, it also means that Venerable Huo Tian can go to the Great Secret Realm alone to search for materials. This advantage is incomparable to the Golden Immortal cultivators who do not have secret doors.
It was also after refining the secret door that Venerable Huo Tian traveled in various secret realms and obtained a lot of precious materials and cultivation resources, so that he could successfully cultivate to the late stage of Golden Immortal.
Venerable Huo Tian always believed that the opportunity he had when he first entered the Golden Immortal realm was the most important reason why he could cultivate smoothly in the Golden Immortal realm to the late Golden Immortal stage.
It's just that the great road is hard to find. After cultivating to the late Golden Immortal stage, Venerable Huo Tian's cultivation resources and the materials he has searched for for millions of years have been exhausted.
But what Venerable Huo Tian didn't expect was that at this time, he would actually meet Su Xiaofan, which would bring him unimaginable opportunities.
Whether it is the core of the fire dragon beast or the thousands of pieces of top-quality placer gold stored in Su Xiaofan's place, it is enough for Venerable Huo Tian to successfully conclude the Daluo Dao Fruit.
As for the past few years in the desert secret realm, to Venerable Huo Tian, it was nothing at all.
At least there was someone around him who he could talk to. But when he was digging underground there, Venerable Huo Tian didn't even say a word for more than 30,000 years.
Later, after returning to the world of the universe, Venerable Huo Tian communicated with people using his spiritual consciousness for a hundred years, and he did not even open his mouth for a hundred years.
"Thirty thousand years, tsk tsk, brother Huo Tian, I really can't compare to you..."
Su Xiaofan was speechless when he heard the past events mentioned by Venerable Huo Tian. He really couldn't imagine what it would be like to be alone for tens of thousands of years. The feeling of loneliness alone could drive a person crazy.
"Everyone in the world admires the path to eternal life, but how many people know that it is difficult to walk on this path?"
Lord Huo Tian sighed and silently took a sip of the wine that Su Xiaofan brought out. The spicy feeling in the mouth was very suitable for his taste.
"When the remaining ambergris is used up, I will take you to a few more secret realms to collect the materials for you to refine the secret door."
In addition to collecting materials for Su Xiaofan to refine the secret door, Venerable Huo Tian also needs to find several extremely rare elixirs. With the core of the fire dragon beast, he will also start to prepare for the conclusion of the Daluo Dao Fruit.
Although those elixirs are very rare, Venerable Huo Tian knows which secret realms they are produced in. As long as there are enough yuan stones, they can still be traded.
"Okay, brother Huotie, let's continue!"
Su Xiaofan nodded. He had left the Milky Way for decades. He also wanted to refine the secret door as soon as possible and go to the original galaxy to find his father and the others.
Lord Huo Tian put away the cave, and the two figures appeared in the desert, repeating the same actions they had done in the past few years.
The desert secret realm is as big as all the galaxies in the universe. Thousands of sand worms are simply inconspicuous to the entire desert secret realm.
It's a pity that the amount of ambergris refined by Master Huo Tian is limited. Once the ambergris is used up, it will no longer be able to attract sand earthworms.
As the amount of ambergris on hand decreased, the amount of top-grade placer gold obtained by the two continued to increase.
"Brother Huotie, why do I have a bad feeling?"
Just after Su Xiaofan and Lord Huo Tian finished hunting a sand earthworm, Su Xiaofan suddenly frowned.
"What does it feel like? Why don't I?"
Venerable Huo Tian, who had just put away the set of formation flags, was stunned for a moment when he heard this.
The feelings of high-level cultivators, especially the telepathic feelings of Golden Immortal cultivators, are not something you can talk about casually. They are often predictions of certain things.
"There seems to be a sense of crisis."
Su Xiaofan hesitated for a moment and then said: "The sense of crisis comes from under the desert. I don't know exactly, but the feeling is very strong..."
Su Xiaofan didn't know why. After hunting this sand earthworm, he suddenly felt a thorn in his back. However, Su Xiaofan's spiritual thoughts couldn't penetrate under the sand. He didn't know what was targeting him.
"How about... let's leave here first?"
When Venerable Huo Tian said leaving, he did not mean to leave the desert secret realm. The two of them still had more than a hundred portions of ambergris left, and Venerable Huo Tian wanted to consume them all before leaving.
"Okay, brother Huo Tian, try to fly as high as possible."
Su Xiaofan nodded. At his level of cultivation, it was impossible for him to leave just because he sensed a slight threat. Moreover, Su Xiaofan was still not sure where the sense of crisis came from.
The two figures left the sand and flew high into the sky.
There is an invisible barrier high in the sky in the Great Secret Realm. After flying to a certain height, the cultivator can no longer go up.
"That feeling has diminished a lot."
When Su Xiaofan and Lord Huo Tian came to a place not far from the barrier, they couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief. The feeling of being stared at was much weakened.
"Brother Su, don't be careless. If it doesn't work, let's leave the Great Secret Realm first."
Venerable Huo Tian's face was very solemn. The spiritual perception of the Golden Immortal cultivators did not come out of thin air, especially in the Great Secret Realm. This feeling could often save their lives.
"Okay, if that feeling is still there, let's leave." Su Xiaofan knew what Lord Huo Tian meant.
This time the two of them flew a longer distance, flying more than 100,000 kilometers before landing.
"The feeling has faded a lot, but it's still there."
Su Xiaofan was a little irritable, and his spiritual thoughts spread around, but he didn't find anything.
Venerable Huo Tian thought for a moment and said, "Let's stay away this time, lest the ambergris might attract anything."
Although the desert secret realm has been around for who knows how many years, and there seems to be no very powerful strange beasts here, Lord Huo Tian still dare not be careless. After all, star beasts have appeared in the desert secret realm before.
However, Venerable Huo Tian felt that it was impossible for a star beast to appear. He had only seen star beasts a few times in his millions of years of life.
After lighting the ambergris and setting up the formation flag, Lord Huo Tian took Su Xiaofan and hid far away.
This time, the two of them hid a thousand meters away. This distance would not affect their attacks, but it could avoid some dangers.
"Huh? Didn't you attract the sandworms?"
But what surprised the two of them was that when the ambergris in the incense burner was burned out, the sand earthworm did not appear.
"I'll put in another ambergris."
Venerable Huo Tian said that this situation has actually happened several times, and it is not possible to attract sand earthworms every time. Occasionally, it is necessary to light two portions of ambergris to attract sand earthworms.
Su Xiaofan nodded and said nothing more, but felt that his heart was getting more and more agitated, as if an unknown danger was about to come.
After the second dose of ambergris was lit, Su Xiaofan's feeling seemed to be a little stronger, which made him feel a little restless.
"Brother Su, what's wrong? That feeling is coming again?"
Lord Huo Tian noticed that something was wrong with Su Xiaofan's state, and his expression became serious.
"Well, I can't sense where the danger is coming from, but it always feels like something isn't right."
Su Xiaofan glanced at Lord Huo Tian and said, "Brother Huo Tian, how about we leave here first and go back to Tianyang Star for some time to recuperate?"
"That's okay, there isn't much ambergris left anyway."
Lord Huo Tian hesitated for a moment and decided to trust Su Xiaofan's perception.
What's more, the harvest for the two of them has been huge. This much top-quality placer gold is enough for them to exchange for the materials they need.
"Hey, here we come."
Just when Venerable Huo Tian was about to get up to collect the formation flag and the incense burner, a wave of fluctuation came from the location of the incense burner.
Su Xiaofan and Venerable Huo Tian were very familiar with this kind of fluctuation, and they knew that sand worms would come out the next moment.
With almost a subconscious movement, Su Xiaofan's spiritual thoughts imprisoned the space where the array flag and incense burner were located, and Lord Huo Tian's long sword burning with real fire also slashed out.
But at the next moment, both of them couldn't help but change their expressions.
Especially Su Xiaofan, a mouthful of light golden blood spurted out from his mouth. His whole body seemed to have been hit on the head with a heavy hammer, and he was a little unsteady when standing.
And in the space where Su Xiaofan was imprisoned, a huge body emerged from under the sand.
The body only exposed a round head, which was a thousand meters in size. Su Xiaofan's spiritual thoughts were defeated by it almost instantly.
Moreover, the other party did not intend to attack Su Xiaofan's spiritual will, but it was too big. The impact of the force coming out of the sand caused the spiritual will placed there by Su Xiaofan to collapse.
When the whole body showed a golden luster and the round head and body were revealed, a coercion that shocked the world radiated in all directions.
"Is...is it a star beast?"
Venerable Huo Tian's reaction was extremely fast. Just as Su Xiaofan was spitting blood from his mouth and nose, he had already opened the secret door beside the two of them.
Su Xiaofan was kicked into the secret door. When Venerable Huo Tian was about to enter the secret door, his body suddenly stopped, and then a mouthful of blood spurted out. The whole person seemed to be exhausted at this moment.
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This was because Venerable Huo Tian failed to retract his long sword that was meant to slash at the star beast.
Just when the long sword was standing on the star beast, the star beast's body suddenly sank inward, and a big mouth seemed to appear on its body, swallowing the long sword of Lord Huo Tian.
Almost instantly, Venerable Huo Tian felt that his natal magic weapon was completely out of contact with him.
The natal magic weapon that had been stored for millions of years was destroyed, which immediately caused Venerable Huo Tian to be severely injured, and his whole aura was greatly weakened.
However, Venerable Huo Tian was still experienced. At this critical moment of life and death, he could not care about his natal magic weapon. He bit the tip of his tongue fiercely to wake himself up, and dived into the secret door without looking back.
With a burst of space fluctuations, the secret door disappeared into the desert. At this time, the star beast was only exposed for a hundred meters above the sand.
Seeing that its prey suddenly disappeared, the star beast seemed a little angry, and its body quickly emerged from the sand.
In just a few breaths, a giant sand earthworm with a length of 10,000 meters and a golden body completely revealed its shape.
As for the incense burner burning with ambergris, it had already been swallowed into the body by the giant earthworm. After noticing that the scent disappeared, the giant earthworm immediately became violent.
As the body swayed, yellow sand suddenly filled the sky in the desert secret realm, and the giant sand earthworm's body moved quickly in the sky.
The stable laws of space seem to have lost their effect in front of the giant sand earthworm. The 10,000-meter-long body disappears and appears, and each time it appears, it is hundreds of thousands of kilometers away.
"What is that? Why is there such a strong wind?"
In a secret place in the desert not far from the oasis, a group of five people were looking for placer gold in the desert.
Such teams are very common. In the desert secret realm, in addition to the cultivators who come to exchange materials, most of them come to collect placer gold.
These people are basically golden immortal level cultivators. In addition to collecting sand gold, they can also kill sand scorpions in exchange for some cultivation resources.
But for some reason, the secret desert land that had always been windless suddenly started to get windy, and it was such a strong wind that people couldn't open their eyes.
"No, then...there are creatures in the wind!"
When the strong wind came in front of him, a Golden Immortal cultivator suddenly shouted wildly, because his consciousness had already discovered the huge figure in the wind and sand.
When he saw that figure, the cultivator suddenly collapsed. His consciousness could travel thousands of meters in the great secret realm, but he couldn't even see the whole figure.
At this moment, a huge suction force came from the strong wind, and several Golden Immortal cultivators were directly involved, without any ability to fight back.
The strong wind continued to rage in the secret realm of the desert, and the teams searching for placer gold in the secret realm were all quietly wiped out by the strong wind.
The movement caused by the strong wind in the desert secret realm finally attracted the attention of the cultivators. The cultivators who were relatively close to the oasis returned to the oasis one after another.
But when the strong wind surrounded the oasis, all the cultivators realized that something was wrong.
With a loud "Bang!", the oasis's defense formation came under an inexplicable attack.
An invisible shock wave rippled through the air, and the shield of the formation was crumbling and shaking violently.
