Chapter 171: Ch 171- Secret Realm (17)

Mo Yuan and the others continued talking for some time.

They exchanged information about the treasures they had found and the places they had explored. However, after another while, Mo Yuan finally decided that it was time for him to leave.

Mu Qingying and the others naturally wanted to continue treasure hunting with him but Mo Yuan refused.

He was planning to deal with the Shadow Bull next. Wherever he went, there was a good chance he would encounter Peak Realm beasts.

With his current strength, fighting those beasts was not dangerous for him but taking care of four people while hunting was another matter.

It would only slow him down and more importantly, Mo Yuan had no interest in spending his time babysitting them.

Seeing Mu Qingying’s slightly unhappy expression, Mo Yuan smiled helplessly.

"Alright, stop making that sullen face."

He then looked at the four of them.

"I’ll meet you guys again when the Secret Realm is about to end."

Mu Qingying nodded.

"Alright. We’ll wait for you."

She then looked at him seriously.

"Take care."

Mo Yuan nodded.

"You too. Be careful and don’t put yourselves in unnecessary danger."

The four of them nodded.

Although they were all geniuses and had powerful life-saving treasures, the Secret Realm did not care about someone’s identity.

A moment of carelessness could still cost them their lives.

After saying goodbye, the four turned around and left.

Mo Yuan stood there and watched them disappear into the distance.

Only after they were completely gone did he turn toward the Golden Mouse.

"Let’s go."

The Golden Mouse immediately nodded.

"Follow me, Senior!"

The two soon disappeared into the forest and continued searching for treasures.

Four days passed.

Inside a small cave, Mo Yuan was sitting cross-legged.

The Golden Mouse stood outside the cave, keeping watch.

During these four days, Mo Yuan had continued hunting for treasures.

With the Golden Mouse’s Treasure Finder Talent, they had already collected most of the valuable treasures in the Secret Realm.

Only some ordinary treasures that were not very useful remained and Mo Yuan had deliberately left many of those behind.

After all, there were still other humans inside the Secret Realm.

He did not want to take everything for himself and leave nothing behind for the others.

Mo Yuan looked at the Talent Panel in front of him.

’Only two days remain before the Copy and Paste cooldown ends.’

His eyes flashed with anticipation, then he then looked toward his storage space.

It was filled with treasures.

Most of them could help increase cultivation or strengthen the body.

With so many resources, Mo Yuan was confident that reaching the Late Origin Soul Realm in two days would not be difficult.

’I’ll spend these two days breaking through.’

’With the treasures I’ve collected, reaching the Late Origin Soul Realm should be easy.’

Mo Yuan took out a small herb from his storage space.

The herb was only about the size of his fist but a faint spiritual glow surrounded it.

It was a hundred-year-old Primordial Herb.

Its greatest effect was simple.

It could help a cultivator in the Origin Soul Realm cross one minor realm without much difficulty.

This was one of the biggest benefits of entering the Secret Realm.

If he wanted to obtain treasures like this outside, he would have to search for them through auctions or other dangerous places.

Even if he had enough money, getting them would not be easy.

Then Mo Yuan took a deep breath and bit into the herb.

The moment he swallowed it, a massive amount of Primordial Qi exploded inside his body.

Boom!

The energy was so dense that it immediately rushed through his meridians.

Mo Yuan did not panic.

He had already opened one of his twelve primary meridians.

The remaining eleven still needed to be opened.

Normally, opening so many meridians would take him at least one or two months but this hundred-year-old herb was different.

Its energy seemed to have a special effect.

Instead of spreading randomly through his body, the Primordial Qi automatically gathered toward his unopened meridians.

One meridian.

Then another.

Then another.

They began opening one after another.

Mo Yuan’s expression became serious and he carefully controlled the energy and made sure nothing went wrong.

Time slowly passed.

One day later.

Inside the cave, Mo Yuan was still sitting cross-legged.

However, his aura was completely different from before.

A powerful pressure spread through the cave.

Mo Yuan had successfully reached the Late Origin Soul Realm but that was not all.

He had also opened two of the smaller meridians inside his body.

The Late stage of Origin Soul Realm was different from the previous stages.

After opening the eight Major meridians and twelve primary meridians, a cultivator had to temper the countless smaller meridians scattered throughout their body.

These minor meridians connected the muscles, bones, organs and other parts of the body into a complete network.

Once they were completely tempered, Primordial Qi could reach almost every part of the cultivator’s body.

At that point, the cultivator’s body would essentially become a complete Primordial Qi circulation network.

Most cultivators believed there were around sixty-four major minor meridians.

However, some cultivators were able to discover hidden meridians within their bodies.

Those hidden meridians were extremely difficult to find but opening them could provide an additional increase in strength.

Mo Yuan slowly clenched his fists and a powerful feeling spread through his body.

His eyes shone with excitement.

’Just how strong am I now?’

He could not wait to find out.

Mo Yuan stood up and took a deep breath and looked toward the empty space inside the cave.

’Here we go again’

Then he threw a simple punch, this time he did not activate any talent and did not use Primordial Qi.

It was purely the strength of his physical body.

Boom!

On the other side, Golden Mouse, who had been guarding the cave since yesterday, suddenly heard the commotion coming from inside.

The little mouse quickly turned its head toward the cave entrance.

’Senior must have completed his cultivation.’

It carefully spread its senses toward the cave. The moment it sensed Mo Yuan’s aura, its eyes widened slightly.

’Senior’s aura had become stronger again!’

Golden Mouse did not understand human cultivation realms but from the strength of Mo Yuan’s aura, it could roughly compare him to the High Beast Realm among beasts.

And now, it could clearly feel that Mo Yuan had crossed another minor stage.

’As expected of Senior.’

Golden Mouse was not surprised for long. After all, the two of them had collected countless treasures during their time in the Secret Realm. With so many precious treasures, breaking through a minor stage should not have been difficult for someone as monstrous as Senior.

It looked toward the cave with admiration in its eyes.

’Senior is going to become even stronger.’

Just thinking about it made Golden Mouse feel excited.

It had followed Mo Yuan for only a short time, yet every time it thought it had finally understood how terrifying he was, Mo Yuan would break through again and show an even greater level of strength.

Golden Mouse could only sigh in its heart.

’If this continues, who knows what kind of monster Senior will become in the future?’