Chapter 281: Second Stage Demon Dog

"We junior disciples pay our respects to Uncle-Master Wang, Senior Wang, and Senior Wang." The three dared not delay and quickly bowed.

"Ninth Brother, Ninth Sister-in-law, what do you think of my three disciples? Siwen is already at the eighth level of Qi Refinement; in a few more years, he might be able to advance to the Foundation Establishment stage."

Wang Changping said with a smile, a hint of pride showing in his eyes.

"Master, you flatter me. It's all thanks to your meticulous cultivation; otherwise, this disciple wouldn't be where I am today." Sun Siwen humbly replied.

"Excellent, truly worthy of being Fourteenth Brother's disciple. This is my nephew, Wang Qingshan."

Wang Qingshan stepped forward, cupped his fists, and said, "I am Wang Qingshan. Greetings, Fellow Daoist Sun, Fairy Liu, and Fellow Daoist Zhang."

Sun Siwen and the other two dared not delay and quickly returned the courtesy.

"Siwen, Qingshan is visiting Hundred Spirits Sect for the first time. Please take him back to my residence and treat him well."

"Yes, Master," Sun Siwen and the other two replied in unison. "Fellow Daoist Wang, please come this way." They then led Wang Qingshan away.

Wang Changsheng reiterated the purpose of his visit.

"Fourteenth Brother, Master is holding a grand competition to select individuals to enter the Heavenly Moon Secret Realm. Will you send your disciples to participate?"

"I just heard this news as well. I do want to send them in, but I don't know if they'll be selected. If they are chosen, I'll have them go with Qingshan to help acquire the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water."

Wang Changsheng was delighted, laughing, "That's wonderful, Fourteenth Brother! With your words, I'm much more at ease. By the way, you absolutely must not reveal the news about me searching for Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water, especially to Master. The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water is of great use to me."

"Ninth Brother, don't worry. I am a disciple of the Hundred Spirits Sect, but my surname is Wang. I know what to do."

Wang Changsheng and the other two stayed at the Hundred Spirits Sect. To foster closer ties, Wang Changping had Wang Qingshan live with two of his disciples, eating and sleeping together.

Three days later, the Hundred Spirits Sect held a grand competition to select individuals to enter the secret realm. Anyone who brought out spiritual herbs for refining Foundation Establishment Pills would be rewarded with a Foundation Establishment Pill.

As soon as the news spread, a large number of Qi Refinement cultivators signed up to participate.

Wang Changping sent Sun Siwen and Zhang Hongshi to participate. Before the competition, he bestowed a set of spiritual artifacts upon Sun Siwen, and Zhang Hongshi received a high-grade spiritual artifact.

Sun Siwen won six consecutive matches and was successfully selected. Zhang Hongshi, however, had only recently advanced to the seventh level of Qi Refinement and lacked extensive combat experience, so he was regrettably not selected.

After eleven Qi Refinement cultivators were selected, Guangdong Ren summoned Wang Changsheng and his wife.

Compared to a few days ago, Guangdong Ren's complexion was much rosier.

Guangdong Ren raised a hand, and a blue wooden box flew towards Wang Changsheng, landing steadily in his hand.

"This Foundation Establishment Pill is your reward for offering the Flood Dragon's essence blood and flesh. I will send them to the location of the Heavenly Moon Secret Realm. If there's nothing else, you two may return. If he can come out alive, I will send someone to escort him back."

"This disciple obeys. I'll leave Qingshan in Master's care." Wang Changsheng agreed without hesitation, and he and Wang Ruyan withdrew.

They found Wang Qingshan, gave him a few instructions, and then left the Hundred Spirits Sect.

Wang Qingshan was now incredibly wealthy, possessing one talisman treasure, ten second-tier talismans, two second-tier puppet beasts, and ten self-detonating spiritual artifacts. Coupled with a map of a small portion of the secret realm, as long as he was cautious, bringing out the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water would certainly be no problem.

More than a month later, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan returned to Wang Family Fort. Chen Hu also sent people to deliver the betrothal gifts.

A few days later, Li Yuehua was grandly married off. The Wang family provided three second-tier puppet beasts and a batch of cultivation resources as part of her dowry.

In the Heavenly Moon Mountain Range, hundreds of cultivators had gathered on top of a towering peak.

This time, the five sects of Wei State and the three sects of Medicine King Valley jointly opened the secret realm. Li Haifeng personally led the team from Wei State, showing the importance he placed on the matter, while Chen Hongtian led the three sects of Medicine King Valley.

There were a total of six Core Formation cultivators, over one hundred and twenty Qi Refinement cultivators, and several dozen Foundation Establishment cultivators.

"All right, it's about time, Fellow Daoist Li. Everyone is here. Let's jointly release our magic treasures and open the secret realm!" Chen Hongtian glanced at the sky and urged.

"Alright, let's open the secret realm then." Li Haifeng nodded and released a blue square token, which had a full moon pattern on its front.

Chen Hongtian, Li Shixian, and Zhao Yunxiao each released a small red cauldron, a white short ruler, and a purple flying sword, respectively. The four magic treasures quickly intertwined and struck a certain point in the void.

A dazzling blue spiritual light lit up. After three breaths, a blue light gate, about a zhang high and half a zhang wide, appeared in the void, with pure spiritual energy surging out from it.

"Quickly, in teams of ten! Remember, the secret realm only lasts for one month. After a month, if you crush your jade token, you will be teleported out. If you lose your jade token, you will be trapped in the secret realm forever. The next time the secret realm opens, nobody knows when that will be, so take care of yourselves." Chen Hongtian warned them with profound meaning.

Under the arrangement of the Foundation Establishment cultivators, the over one hundred and twenty Qi Refinement cultivators entered the blue light gate one after another.

After a slight dizziness, Wang Qingshan appeared on an endless grassland.

His first reaction was to cast a blue protective shield upon himself.

Wang Qingshan took out a yellow beast hide, which had a map of a small portion of the secret realm drawn on it.

He scanned the map, looked at the surrounding grasslands, and slightly frowned. His luck was not good, as he had appeared in an unknown area.

"I can only take it one step at a time," he murmured. "I hope to successfully obtain the spiritual water and bring it out." He put away the map, patted his spirit beast bag, and a Green-Scaled Horse flew out from it, landing before him.

The Wang family had domesticated over twenty Green-Scaled Horses. Before their departure, Wang Changsheng had Wang Qingshan bond with a high-grade first-tier Green-Scaled Horse.

He mounted the horse. The Green-Scaled Horse moved its four limbs, carrying him as it galloped into the distance.

Many demonic birds lived in the secret realm, so it was best not to fly in mid-air.

This grassland was vast. The Green-Scaled Horse ran for two days and two nights, yet was still on the grassland.

At noon on this day, Wang Qingshan was resting on a low mound. He was eating his dry rations while looking at the map.

Suddenly, a series of beast roars came from a towering mound ahead, interrupting his thoughts.

"Oh no, demonic beasts!" Wang Qingshan's expression changed. He quickly rushed to the mound ahead and clearly saw the situation behind it.

Over a hundred large black demonic hounds were attacking a dozen plump red demonic oxen. The leader of the black demonic hounds was a low-grade second-tier demonic beast.

The dozen red demonic oxen were charging towards Wang Qingshan's location. It was only a matter of time before they reached him.

"Damn it, how unlucky to encounter a second-tier demonic beast so soon!" Wang Qingshan cursed. He quickly put the Green-Scaled Horse back into his spirit beast bag, walked briskly to an open space, and took out a shimmering silver talisman.

It was a low-grade second-tier talisman: a Shadow Evasion Talisman. He slapped the Shadow Evasion Talisman onto himself. A silver light flashed, and he completely vanished. Even if someone used their divine sense to investigate, they wouldn't discover him hiding there.