Chapter 163: Ch 163- Secret Realm (9)

The ape took a deep breath before slowly explaining.

"There isn’t much information about that bull. I have lived in this Secret Realm for more than three hundred years. Back then, when I had just reached the Peak Realm and was still considered weak among Peak Realm beasts, there were already many beasts stronger than me."

Flame Overlord’s eyes became distant as it recalled the past.

"That was truly the era of beasts. Almost every beast you encountered had reached the Peak Realm. Those who were only one step away from the Sovereign Realm each ruled their own territory."

"They were the apex of this Secret Realm."

Mo Yuan listened quietly.

Three hundred years was a long time for humans but not for beasts.

Beasts generally had much longer lifespans than humans. An ordinary human could live for around a hundred years, while some powerful beasts could live for nearly a thousand years.

However, once a human cultivator reached a high enough realm, their lifespan would also increase greatly. At the Sovereign Realm, cultivators could already break through the limits of an ordinary human lifespan.

Flame Overlord continued.

"Then, two hundred years ago, something happened that changed everything."

"The entire Secret Realm suddenly began to shake."

"A strange portal appeared in the sky."

When Mo Yuan heard this, his eyes narrowed slightly.

"At first, everyone thought that the way out had finally appeared. We were all excited. It was the first time we had seen something that could possibly allow us to leave this place."

"All the Peak Realm beasts formed alliances and surrounded the portal."

Flame Overlord’s voice became somewhat sad.

"It was our only hope of escaping this prison."

Mo Yuan remained silent.

He could understand why the beasts would feel that way.

They had been trapped inside this Secret Realm for countless years. They did not know who created this place, why they were trapped here or why they could not leave.

Even Mo Yuan did not know the answer.

The Secret Realms and mysterious portals that had appeared across Earth were still a complete mystery. Even Sovereign Realm cultivators knew very little about them.

Perhaps the people in the Holy Base knew more but that was only a possibility.

Flame Overlord continued.

"Everyone surrounded the portal and tried countless methods to open it but nothing worked."

"Then, one day, the portal suddenly began to shake."

"Everyone became excited. We thought the portal was finally going to open."

"But that day..."

Flame Overlord stopped for a moment and fear appeared in its eyes.

"Something came out of it."

"Instead of opening normally, a strange creature walked out of the portal."

Mo Yuan’s expression changed slightly.

"It looked like a human."

"But it had no face."

Mo Yuan’s eyes narrowed.

’A faceless human-like creature?’

He had never heard of a beast like that.

Flame Overlord’s voice trembled slightly as it continued.

"And it wasn’t alone."

"That bull was with it."

"The moment they appeared, the slaughter began."

"That creature did not spare anyone. It killed every living being it encountered. Peak Realm beasts, weaker beasts, everything."

"Nobody could stop it."

Flame Overlord clenched its remaining fist.

"Just like the others, I realized that I could not fight it. So I hid deep beneath the earth."

"That is how I survived."

Mo Yuan looked at the ape carefully.

"But why did it spare you?"

"And what happened to that creature afterward?"

Flame Overlord lowered its head.

"I don’t know."

"I have asked myself the same questions for hundreds of years but I still have no answer."

"As for that creature, I never saw it again."

"The bull, however, remained here."

"It established its territory in the area where the Primordial Qi Stones were gathered. I never dared to go there."

Flame Overlord paused before continuing.

"I only made one transaction with that bull."

"It came to me and asked for Earth Heart Nectar. I gave some to it and it exchanged Primordial Qi Stones with me."

"After that, I never had contact with him again."

At this moment, the Golden Mouse finally understood something.

"So that’s why!"

The little mouse looked at Flame Overlord.

"When all those Peak Realm beasts formed an alliance to attack the bull and take the Primordial Qi Stones, you didn’t participate."

Flame Overlord nodded.

"Yes."

"I still wasn’t sure whether that strange creature had truly left this Secret Realm or not."

"I wasn’t willing to take that risk."

The atmosphere became silent and Mo Yuan’s expression turned solemn.

If that mysterious creature was still inside the Secret Realm, then obtaining the Primordial Qi Stones might be far more troublesome than he had expected.

And if it really had disappeared...

Then why had the bull remained?

Mo Yuan looked toward the distant mountains, there was clearly something strange about that bull.

’Forget it. I’ll think about it after the cooldown of my Copy and Paste Talent is finished.’

Mo Yuan stopped thinking about the mysterious creature for now. There was no point worrying about something he knew almost nothing about.

He turned toward Flame Overlord and said, "Alright. Now I want all the Earth Heart Nectar you have. Give me everything, including the ones you have stored."

Hearing this, Flame Overlord nodded.

With a wave of its hand, a large container suddenly appeared on the ground which could store around 25 litres and it was filled with golden liquid.

Mo Yuan’s eyes immediately lit up.

Earth Heart Nectar!

He looked at the container for a moment before asking, "How much Earth Heart Nectar do you think is needed to upgrade an Inferior Cultivation Talent to an Ultimate Grade Cultivation Talent?"

Flame Overlord thought for a moment before answering, "If it is only a Cultivation Talent, then around two liters should be enough, as this is high-grade Earth Heart Nectar"

Mo Yuan smiled.

Then he asked, "What about special talents?"

A hint of sadness appeared in Flame Overlord’s eyes.

"I’m not exactly sure about humans but for beasts, it takes at least twenty liters to upgrade an Inferior Special Talent to an Ultimate Grade Talent."

Mo Yuan’s eyes flickered.

"Then what about an Exceptional Grade Talent? Can Earth Heart Nectar improve a talent to that level?"

There was a trace of expectation in his voice.

Flame Overlord shook its head.

"I’m not sure. I was actually planning to try it myself."

The ape looked at the Earth Heart Nectar with a complicated expression.

"That is why I saved so much of it. These are the Earth Heart Nectar I collected over hundreds of years. I already used some of it to upgrade all of my talents to the Ultimate Grade."

Mo Yuan nodded slowly.

He now understood why Flame Overlord had treasured this nectar so much.

However, at the same time, a plan had already formed in his mind.