Chapter 853: Chapter 853: The First Secret Realm

"Who are you, why are you here, were you attacked by a Secret Spirit? What does that Secret Spirit look like?" Ji Liuying lowered the Sword Spirit a bit and asked the person lying on the sand.

"I don’t know, was I attacked by a Secret Spirit?" Chen Guan slowly sat up, unaware that he was attacked by any Secret Spirit.

However, Chen Guan was in a good mood at the moment, and didn’t argue with Ji Liuying.

He had completed the Eight Sensations, awakening his own Secret Realm.

Unlike the Secret Realm of ordinary people, his Secret Realm did not originally exist, but was created by using the Secret Technique of One combined with Creation World and Secret Law.

The Secret Realm is akin to an independent rule space, like an artificially crafted ecological garden isolated from the outside world.

Once the connection with the Secret Realm is opened, one can obtain the Primordial Energy and rule blessings within the ecological garden.

Chen Guan could not find an ecological garden corresponding to him, so he created one himself.

Using the Secret Technique of One as the foundation, Secret Law as the framework, and the power of Creation World, he directly established an ecological garden uniquely his own.

However, the Secret Realm he created himself was not very stable, and unlike other Secret Realms, it was not immense, just a tiny Secret Realm.

When Chen Guan activated the channel, only a small Secret Realm halo appeared above his head, unlike others whose Secret Realm halo could encompass their entire body.

Moreover, the inside of that Secret Realm was empty, and the Primordial Energy was almost nonexistent, as thin as oxygen in high-altitude areas.

Aside from Primordial Energy, there was nothing else inside; to put it bluntly, it was simply a super small empty-shell Secret Realm.

Yet, the Secret Realm created by Chen Guan himself was not without benefits.

Other cultivators could only sense the existence of their Secret Realm and utilize the energy emanating from it.

Whereas Chen Guan could directly immerse his consciousness into the Secret Realm and even manipulate the entire Secret Realm.

Well, being an empty-shell Secret Realm of about one cubic meter, there didn’t seem to be much worth manipulating.

Chen Guan sensed the information of this Secret Realm, and in his own attributes information, indeed there was a Secret Realm column, but the name of this Secret Realm was blank.

Initially believing the Secret Realm’s name was "blank," similar to his Secret Law, he soon realized that this was not the name of the Secret Realm; it was blank because it awaited Chen Guan to name it.

Chen Guan named his Secret Realm "Secret Realm of One," and as he was about to leave the sand, a sand scorpion appeared out of nowhere, its stinger aiming at his head.

Chen Guan made no effort, yet as the scorpion’s tail approached him, it suddenly stopped.

The originally lively sand scorpion turned into a dry shell almost instantly, its energy absorbed entirely into Chen Guan’s Secret Realm.

"Secret Realm of One can actually plunder external energy?" Chen Guan was both surprised and delighted, as this was unprecedented.

Generally, Secret Realms only bless cultivators without plundering external energy.

Chen Guan sensed many sand scorpions nearby, as if this area were originally a sand scorpion nest.

He deliberately controlled the Secret Realm of One and managed to drain the nearby sand scorpions.

Not only the sand scorpions but even the free elemental energy in the air was absorbed into the Secret Realm, creating an energy vacuum in the vicinity.

Large numbers of sand scorpions, terrified, fled from their nests, escaping into the distance.

Chen Guan, upon sensing someone’s approach, then closed the Secret Realm of One.

After absorbing the energy from the sand scorpions, the space of the Secret Realm of One did not expand; only the Primordial Energy within grew much denser.

"With the Secret Realm of One, I can easily absorb all energies; this is a very useful ability." Chen Guan pondered on how to utilize this ability of the Secret Realm of One.

"Which family from the Ten Great Families are you?" Ji Liuying, assuming Chen Guan’s strength was weak and that he hadn’t noticed himself being harmed by a Secret Spirit, asked again.

"I’m not from the Ten Great Families," Chen Guan replied, shaking his head.

Upon hearing this, Ji Liuying’s expression improved. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

Apart from members of the Ten Great Families forcibly entering Ji Family’s Great Cave Heaven, others entering had paid fees.

For people like this, Ji Liuying naturally had no ill feelings.

Thinking about it, Ji Liuying landed, squatted beside Chen Guan, and examined him, saying: "Don’t move, let me see how your injuries are. As long as they’re not too severe, the medicine I brought should help."

"I’m not injured," Chen Guan promptly stood up.

Ji Liuying, seeing Chen Guan indeed uninjured, was somewhat surprised: "That evil Secret Spirit didn’t kill you; it just knocked you into the sand unconscious?"

"What evil Secret Spirit?" Chen Guan frowned and asked.

"Looks like you truly know nothing; your luck is astoundingly good." Ji Liuying pointed to a nearby sand scorpion corpse and said: "There’s an extremely evil Secret Spirit that even drained those sand scorpions to dry husks, crumbling to dust at a touch. You must have been attacked by it, yet it didn’t drain you; your luck is unparalleled."

Chen Guan was perplexed but didn’t admit to being the one who drained the sand scorpions.

"So it seems my luck is indeed quite good," Chen Guan coughed twice and said.

"It’s more than good; encountering such an evil Secret Spirit without a scratch means you should buy a lottery ticket," Ji Liuying remarked, surveying the surroundings: "Looks like that evil Secret Spirit has left. If you’re not planning to leave the Tear Luo Desert, you can temporarily follow me. I’ll be here for three months, and afterward, you can return with me to the Ji Family."

"You’re from the Ji Family?" Chen Guan asked with interest, looking at Ji Liuying.

"I suppose I’m a legitimate member of the Ji Family. I’m Ji Liuying, what’s your name?" Ji Liuying casually asked.

"Ming King." Chen Guan responded just as casually.

Since Ji Liuying didn’t recognize him, he saw no need to give his real name, avoiding unnecessary trouble.

"Ming is indeed a rare surname." Ji Liuying commented without delving further and waved to Chen Guan: "Let’s go. We can catch up to those sand scorpions and deal with them; the Secret Spirits in the Tear Luo Desert aren’t easy to find. We shouldn’t miss this chance."

Speaking thus, Ji Liuying had already flown towards them on the Sword Spirit.

Chen Guan initially intended to turn around and leave but reconsidered and pursued.

He planned to gather information from Ji Liuying about the current state of the Ji Family. He remembered King Ji leaving a ring in the Ji Family.

It seemed the ring was deliberately left for him to take; if the opportunity arose, it would be worthwhile to see what was inside that ring.