Pregnant Cultivator, Doted by Big Boss-Chapter 68 - 66: The Opportunities Here Are Mine, and No One Can Stop Me
At that moment, the earth began to shake.
Before her lay a field of rubble that stretched as far as the eye could see, and all the stones were now rolling and trembling.
Seeing this, Celeste Grant took two steps back. ’The Immortal Treasury Palace Secret Realm is opening,’ she thought. ’I wonder where we’ll all end up.’
It was, after all, an entirely different pocket dimension.
The ground was cracking open and then collapsing.
Celeste Grant turned her gaze to the Bloodfiend Den disciples who had followed her. "The Secret Realm is opening. Everyone, be careful."
As soon as she finished speaking, they all bowed their heads, placed their hands over their chests, and answered in unison. "Yes, Mrs. Sheffield."
Celeste Grant looked at them and continued, "Entering the Secret Realm this time will depend on your own luck. Any opportunities you find will belong to you. If you happen to gather any Spiritual Medicine, you can turn it in to the Hall of Apothecary in exchange for Spirit Stones."
"Excellent! Thank you, Mrs. Sheffield."
"We understand."
Generally, the appearance of any Secret Realm came with danger, but danger was often accompanied by opportunities. To seize these opportunities, the various powers and Loose Cultivators would never let such a chance slip by.
The Demon Cultivators following Celeste Grant were already champing at the bit, unable to wait.
At the same time, the world was suddenly filled with a blinding light. Runes emerged from beneath the ground, rising slowly before shooting straight into the heavens in an instant.
She looked up, the corner of her mouth twitching as she muttered to herself, ’It’s always like this!’
’As if they’re afraid people won’t know the Secret Realm is opening. Why make such a big show of it?’
With that in mind, she gave a reminder.
"After entering the Secret Realm, none of you are to split up. All the major powers will definitely be going in to fight for opportunities. If you’re separated and run into someone, you’ll be killed and robbed before you can even fight back. This time, you have only one objective: seize opportunities. As long as others don’t bother you, leave them alone. Even as Demon Cultivators, we don’t kill the innocent indiscriminately. We don’t attack unless we are attacked. But if someone comes looking for trouble, I want you all to jump them together. Take them down."
The disciples raised their hands.
"Yes, Mrs. Sheffield!"
One woman, holding a venomous snake, wrapped it around her wrist. "Mrs. Sheffield, don’t you worry," she said. "If any of those freaks dare to steal from us, we’ll twist their heads right off."
Another nodded in agreement.
"If some fearless idiot really comes looking for us, it’ll be a perfect chance to see if my Soul Refining Technique has improved recently. Heh heh heh..."
The others nodded along.
"We will follow all of Mrs. Sheffield’s arrangements."
Every single one of them looked truly vicious and menacing, the very image of villains.
Celeste Grant nodded, then smiled faintly. "Very good. When necessary, we can also be the bigger sharks in the water."
Her gaze swept over the group as she continued, "If others try to rob us, we’ll rob them right back. If they try to kill us, we’ll kill them first. We’re all Cultivators here; who’s going to coddle whom? Don’t think there’s any shame in ganging up on someone. There are plenty of people with high Cultivation in The Cultivation World, and there’s no shortage of geniuses. The only ones who truly win are the ones who survive to the very end."
She made a gesture with her hand.
"So... remember this: a shameless person is invincible. As long as I have no morals, morality can’t hold me hostage. You must maintain this mentality to survive to the end. And remember the most important point: opportunity favors the prepared. The fastest way to get treasure isn’t to go after it when you see it, but to take whatever you see. It doesn’t matter what it is; if you can take it, take it. ’Pluck the goose as it flies by, leave no blade of grass standing.’ Have you all got that?"
The Demon Cultivators present: "..."
’That makes a lot of sense.’
’We’ve really learned something today.’
’Mrs. Sheffield is truly worthy of her title. From now on, this is how we, the disciples of the Bloodfiend Den, will operate.’ Thinking this, they all nodded repeatedly.
"We’ll remember, Mrs. Sheffield!"
Celeste Grant: "Excellent."
Golden runes materialized in the sky, making the clouds shine even brighter. At that exact moment, the trembling and collapse of the earth and sky intensified.
The ground sank further, revealing the ruins of an ancient palace before them. They could see it, but they couldn’t touch it. A Barrier stood before them, separating the two worlds.
Looking at the Barrier that had appeared,
Celeste Grant knew that while they could see it, the Secret Realm’s space wasn’t actually here. This was merely the entrance. From here, they would be teleported to another location.
Celeste Grant raised her hand and gestured.
"Let’s go in."
As she spoke, she infused her hand with Spiritual Power and passed straight through. The Bloodfiend Den disciples behind her followed suit.
They felt their vision go black, and then they were in another space.
The place was vast. In the distance, lightning flashed and thunder rolled over a mountaintop where an ancient palace stood. The area was surrounded by Sovereign Mountains, and the Spiritual Energy was abundant.
Having arrived here, Celeste Grant, who held the "script," found a map of the area subconsciously materializing in her mind.
She let out a soft laugh.
’I guess you could call this a cheat code.’
She performed a Sealing with her hands, and a sheet of parchment appeared before her. She traced her finger across it, and soon, a complete topographical map materialized for all to see.
Celeste Grant directly drew a safe route on the map, added annotations, and then handed it to Marcus Mercer and the others.
"This is a map of the Secret Realm. The route I’ve drawn will be very safe. The places I’ve circled are where you’ll find opportunities. The other spots mark various kinds of Spiritual Medicine. Split into three groups and move out. Go."
"Time to get to work! All disciples of the Bloodfiend Den, follow me!" Marcus Mercer took the map without a shred of doubt and led his people away.
The treasures of the Secret Realm.
The opportunities. Here they come.
「On the first day.」
The disciples of the Bloodfiend Den plundered all the Spiritual Medicine inside.
On the second day, they worked together to find various Secret Technique Manuals and some Magic Artifacts. In short, they took whatever they could get their hands on. They encountered Demonic Beasts along the way, but thanks to the route Celeste Grant had drawn for them, they never ran into any real danger.
This was the first time they had reaped such a bountiful harvest after entering a Secret Realm. Following Celeste Grant’s instructions, they didn’t care what anything was; as long as it could be taken, it was all plundered into their Storage Rings and storage bags. As for what they had actually obtained, it could wait until they left the Secret Realm.
As for Celeste Grant, after parting ways with Marcus Mercer and the others, she headed for the depths of the Secret Realm’s Underpalace.
The greatest opportunity in the Immortal Treasury Palace Secret Realm was an Ancient Immortal Sword, one that had even birthed a Sword Spirit. According to the plot of the book, this sword was fated to become the female lead’s personal weapon.
She had been in the depths of this Underpalace for two days now, having arrived ahead of time. Celeste Grant had tried every method she could think of, but she still couldn’t activate the Array here in The Underpalace.
Still, she wasn’t ready to give up.
Celeste Grant looked down at the ancient patterns on the floor. She made a small cut on her finger and dripped a drop of blood onto it, just to see what would happen.
The Array reacted, flashing with light. Celeste Grant held her breath. ’Could my blood work too?’ But in the next moment, she was sent flying. Fortunately, at the critical instant, the Forbidden Spell on the Jade Pendant hanging from her waist activated, blocking the attack.
It was the Jade Pendant Nerida had given her.
She steadied herself.
Her hands clenched into fists.
’So you really can’t do without the female lead, huh?’
