Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains

Chapter 219: 136, Qinglong Association (4)

Yuan Gang Secret Realm.

It's actually the Yuan Gang Secret Realm!

At this moment, Hou Yuxiao's heart was screaming wildly—if someone were to remove the mask from his face, they would see an expression of greed that had nearly turned into madness.

Of course, it wasn't just him; one might even say that the frenzied look on his face was less intense than that of the others present. Everyone stared at the stone door as if they had forgotten how to breathe. It was only after a long suffocation that they came back to their senses, their breathing growing louder and heavier.

Secret Realms of the World, from low to high, could be classified into three kinds: First Yuan Gang, Second Absolute Land, and Third Holy Sky. The cultivation of martial artists could not escape the influence of these three kinds of Secret Realms.

A Martial Artist seeking to break through from the Open Body Realm to the Gang Qi Realm must rely on Yuan Gang Beads to comprehend Gang Qi, which, as the name suggests, come from the Yuan Gang Secret Realm.

To break through from the Full Completion of Yuandan to the Yin Yang Holy Realm, one must find an Absolute Land to comprehend life and death, the cycle of Yin and Yang—thus comes the Absolute Land Secret Realm.

The highest-order Holy Sky Secret Realm—up till now, only thirteen have been discovered in the World, corresponding to the ten great Holy Lands and three top-tier Earth Level powers. Even Hou Yuxiao didn't know much about them; however, based on the previous two kinds of Secret Realms, it could be inferred that their effects would be even more monstrous.

Moreover, cultivating within a Secret Realm would yield twice the results with half the effort.

In addition to this, Secret Realms would continuously produce spiritual medicine and some special metallic ores suitable for making weapons.

With such heaven-defying effects, Secret Realms were considered strategic-level resources to all powers within the World. Generally, only an Earth-level power would be eligible to possess a Yuan Gang Secret Realm. As for higher-level Absolute Land and Holy Sky Secret Realms, those could only be seen within Earth Level powers and Holy Lands.

Maiden Hong actually has a Yuan Gang Secret Realm in her hands!

Hou Yuxiao struggled to suppress the greed in his heart, constantly reminding himself in his mind that this was Maiden Hong's plot, that the Secret Realm must be fake, that it was all a ruse to lure these Martial Artists here.

But this... after all, is a Yuan Gang Secret Realm!

Just having this Secret Realm would make the cultivation of clan members twice as effective, breaking through to the Gang Qi Realm without relying on Yuan Gang Beads. Not only that, with the Yuan Gang Beads and various resources within the Secret Realm, the family would certainly experience an extremely rapid phase of development.

Currently, the Hou Clan's strength was not far away from the threshold of being Second-rate, only lacking some heritage and lower-tier Martial Artists. With this Secret Realm, even ascending to First-Class wouldn't be an issue anymore, let alone Earth Level...

As Hou Yuxiao's mind was caught in a brainstorm, among those spectators, someone finally couldn't resist anymore. It made sense; even with his superior mental fortitude and the knowledge that this was likely Maiden Hong's conspiracy, he could not suppress the greed in his heart. The reaction of others present today was even less bearable, which was to be expected.

"Yuan Gang Secret Realm... I want to enter the Yuan Gang Secret Realm!"

A Dan Embracing Phase Martial Artist from Beidou Association of Yinling County shouted fiercely, his eyes bloodshot as he leapt forward, charging toward the stone door, still yelling madly—obviously having lost his sanity.

A cold look flashed in Hou Yuxiao's eyes, and he instinctively wanted to stop the man.

Unexpectedly, at that moment, Yang Xin extended her hand to stop him, chuckling and shaking her head lightly.

Ah...

Hou Yuxiao's face had just shown a hint of confusion when he was jolted awake by the Beidou Association Martial Artist's scream of agony.

The man's body had just touched the stone door when a sharp red vine suddenly extended from within the door, piercing straight through his brow. It happened in less than a breath's time; he emitted only a single scream before falling dead.

Remembering the scene outside Zhaoyang City where he killed Gu Chenfeng and was threatened by Maiden Hong, Hou Yuxiao had also witnessed these red vines and his pupils suddenly constricted.

Maiden Hong is in the Secret Realm!

The thought flashed through his mind, and he instantly calmed down.

The death of the Dan Embracing Phase Martial Artist poured cold water over everyone's heads. Although the greed in many people's eyes still lingered, they were now noticeably more sober than before.

"Master of Hou Family, you can now sell that Copper Order to these people. The ten Silver Azure Dragon Tokens and the three Gold Azure Dragon Tokens are all inside the Secret Realm."

So that's it!

With that, Hou Yuxiao finally understood why Maiden Hong had the confidence to set such a high price for this batch of Azure Dragon Tokens.

What was originally just a Copper Order, a token for the assassination of Open Body Realm Martial Artists, had suddenly become a key to the Secret Realm and an admission ticket to vie for the Silver and Gold Azure Dragon Tokens. In this light, the price of ten thousand taels seemed quite reasonable.

Hou Yuxiao took a deep breath and did not speak immediately. Instead, he took out a Copper Order, held it in his hand, and walked directly to the entrance of the Secret Realm beside the stone door, with all eyes watching.

His actions immediately drew everyone's attention. Fan Longhe, Ding Buhai, Ding Dian, and Tong Wudi clearly wanted to step forward to stop him but held back, recalling the Dan Embracing Phase Martial Artist's miserable fate.

"This Secret Realm entrance is shaped from a stone embryo, proving it's still unclaimed."

"Doesn't that mean whoever refines the heart of the Secret Realm can become the master of the Secret Realm? We can't let this guy get in."

"Don't worry, even I, at the Master Four Realms level of cultivation, felt a tinge of fear from those red vines. With Fang Jinghong's cultivation at the Grandmaster Realm, there is no way he could withstand those vines!"

Compared to others, these four were clearly more knowledgeable about the Yuan Gang Secret Realm. Ding Dian, Fan Longhe, and Tong Wudi outlined the key points of competing for the Secret Realm in just a few words.