This forest is not that big. Zhou Yang carefully walked through the forest for three days before a large mountain appeared in front of him. This mountain was even taller and more majestic than the one when he first entered the secret realm.

It was noon, and the weather was a bit hot. The mountain was full of spiritual energy, chirping birds, chirping cicadas, lush trees, and roaring beasts. It was a vibrant scene that was much better than Baizong Mountain. It was worthy of being regarded as a mountain in the ancient secret realm.

Zhou Yang stood at the edge of the forest, looked up at the mountain peak, and suddenly felt extremely small.

After a moment, he smiled slightly. No matter how high the mountain is, it can't stop the strong. Conquering the mountains and swamps and looking down on the world is what heroes do.

Without challenges, what's the point of living a mediocre life? Since we have embarked on the path of cultivating Taoism and immortality, we must move forward without hesitation and reach the top.

After sighing alone, Zhou Yang stepped up the mountain.

"Oh, there's also a wild boar!" On the hillside, a wild boar-like monster suddenly emerged from the dense forest.

The monster is smaller than the mountain boar in Daqingshan, but its four legs are longer. The pig's mouth is short, showing two long tusks. Its fur is red and black, and it looks pretty good.

However, judging from the aura revealed by it, it has actually reached the fourth level, which is much stronger than the wild boar in Daqing Mountain.

"Hey, the wild boar in the secret realm is very fierce!" Zhou Yang said straightly, staring at the fierce-looking wild boar in front of him.

He can't defeat level five monsters, but those below level five can be considered useless. If a mere level four wild boar wants to take advantage of him, he is simply throwing himself into a trap.

I happened to be hungry too, so I guess the taste of secret mountain pork is much better than the novice-level one.

In Zhou Yang's eyes, the ferocious wild boar was already the target of his barbecue.

The secret realm boar seemed to notice Zhou Yang's contempt, and rushed forward with a roar, its long fangs piercing Zhou Yang's chest.

Zhou Yang pulled away to avoid it, and at the same time, Red God had already landed on the wild boar's neck, much faster than the beast.

The secret realm boar was obviously stunned. How could this human being be so fast? He managed to easily dodge his own violent blow, and his counterattack was even faster.

While the wild boar was dazed, Red God had already slashed it on the neck.

However, the expected splash of blood did not appear, and the sharp Red God only left a shallow scar on his neck.

"Oh, this guy looks stupid, but his leather armor is actually very strong." Zhou Yang was a little surprised.

The wild boar was extremely angry. He lowered his head and bumped into it again, but Zhou Yang easily dodged it. This happened several times in a row. It turned out that this guy had nothing new to do with this move.

Zhou Yang was no longer playing with the stupid pig. His long sword struck out with several sword flowers. The blade of the sword penetrated the wild boar's huge mouth like lightning, and then emerged from the back of its head, and a stream of blood spattered out.

"Aww..." While screaming, the wild boar was still trying to fight to the death. It swung its head wildly from side to side, and its fangs almost hurt Zhou Yang's arm.

Zhou Yang put away his sword, pointed his fingers, and the two red lines disappeared into the wild boar's eyes respectively, and two blood arrows were shot out from the back of its head again.

The wild boar in the secret realm fell to the ground with a crash, twitched a few times and then lost its voice.

"The leather armor is so hard, it shouldn't be a problem to make a top-grade magic shield. It's just that the skin is too difficult to peel off, so it will take a lot of effort." Zhou Yang took out the Red God Sword from the boar's mouth and muttered.

But this can't help Zhou Yang, any monster has a weakness, and this wild boar's weakness is in its abdomen.

Zhou Yang turned it over, and Chi Shen stabbed it into the abdomen again, and it really opened a long gash easily.

This was done with ease. In a short time, Zhou Yang skinned the wild boar naked and removed its internal organs.

After collecting the wild boar skin armor, Zhou Yang set up a bonfire, sprinkled the condiments, and started to barbecue.

"Well, it's really good!" Zhou Yang took a bite of the sizzling and oily wild boar meat and couldn't help but praise it.

The fourth-grade high-grade wild boar meat is really delicious, even more fragrant than the meat of the giant toothed tiger.

After eating the meat of the giant toothed tiger, a trace of spiritual power will enter the body, but the taste is ordinary.

The secret mountain pork not only tastes good, but also has some spiritual energy entering the body after being eaten. It is really delicious and tonic. Yes, it is really good.

Zhou Yang felt very comfortable eating and drinking with a mouthful of wine and a mouthful of meat.

After drinking and eating, it was already sunset, so Zhou Yang made a simple cave on the hillside, took out materials and laid out a small magic array at the entrance of the cave. He did not meditate, but just found some dry dead branches and weeds and spread them on the ground.

Then he fell asleep beautifully.

When I woke up, I felt refreshed and very comfortable.

He pushed the boulder away and saw a small beast spinning in the mist of the illusory formation.

Zhou Yang chuckled and stared at it for a while before removing the formation. The little beast suddenly saw a large living person appearing in front of him and was immediately frightened and ran away.

Zhou Yang ignored him, straightened his clothes and began to climb towards the top of the mountain.

The mist in the depths of the mountain is thick and the spiritual energy is extremely rich. It is far from comparable to Dingbeicheng and Baizong Mountain. It is estimated that the mansions of the leaders of various sects are not comparable to this place.

No wonder the spirit energy content in the flesh and blood of the monsters here is so high. It is indeed a good place. If you live here for a long time, your progress will be very fast.

"Something is wrong. The spiritual energy in the secret realm is extremely rich, but there is not a single fifth-level intermediate monster or above. Is that supposed to be wrong? The spiritual energy in Cangshou Mountain west of Anping City is far less than here, but it is said that there are six-level monsters.

It's not uncommon for beasts to sit in command, and high-level five-level monsters are common, so why is this place different?" Zhou Yang realized the abnormality here, and many questions came to his mind.

After thinking hard to no avail, he stopped thinking about it and continued climbing up, while also paying attention to the materials on the list.

When he was almost at the top of the mountain, he really made a discovery.

Among the huge rocks wrapped in clouds and mist, there was a faint golden light.

Zhou Yang's eyes lit up, he took two quick steps and stepped into the clouds to investigate.

After a moment, his face looked a little ugly. In the gap between the boulders, there was indeed one of the materials listed on the list, golden thread grass.

This linear plant, which is about half a foot long, has no leaves and is golden in color. It grows among strange rocks at high places and is also something that is hard to find in the outside world.

However, the golden thread grass Zhou Yang found were all immature, or even far from mature. However, this was not what made him angry, but that all the mature golden thread grass had been picked away.

In the gaps between some boulders, there are obvious traces of being picked, and it seems that there are quite a few.

In other words, someone had already boarded the place first, and he arrived a step too late.

Moreover, he also discovered that there was a large amount of blood stains a little away from the golden thread grass, and there seemed to be traces of the use of the fire talisman.

There must have been a big battle here, and there were bloodstains on people and monsters.

"Could it be that someone killed the treasure-keeping monster and then picked all the golden thread grass?"

This situation is very common. Some materials are not only useful for cultivators, but are also of great benefit to monsters. Therefore, there are often powerful monsters guarding some precious spiritual herbs.

However, it cannot be ruled out that the cultivators would fight for the treasure.

I have no choice, I am unlucky, so I have to do this. Besides, people who kill monsters and obtain treasures may have paid a huge price.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yang was not too disappointed.

The immature golden thread grass is of no use at all. Not only is it useless, the golden thread grass that is not old enough is poisonous, and the refined elixir will naturally be poisonous, so the people who arrived first just took the mature thing.

Zhou Yang set out on the road again and reached the summit before it was time for a cup of tea.

He stood on the top of the mountain and looked down. Through the clouds and mist, he saw a vast expanse of white and blue, with no edges visible at a glance.

"A big river! No, much bigger than a river, like a river or the sea!"

Zhou Yang took a deep breath, focused his spiritual energy on his eyes, and looked far into the distance.

This time I saw it more clearly. The sea is majestic and boundless. I don’t know where it comes from and where it is going.

Nearby, the sea is sparkling and flowing quietly, but in the distance it is turbulent, with waves crashing and rising and falling.

Further away, the waves were turbulent, one after another, overlapping and rolling up a huge whirlpool.

There are also high mountains and countless islands in the sea, and the waves are surging between the mountains, which is extremely spectacular.

This secret place is really strange. The sea is right next to the mountains. It is very different from the outside world.

"There are mountains, forests, water, rain, and thunder. Could this be..." Zhou Yang looked at the sea in the distance, and an inexplicable thought came to his mind.

Since it is easy for people to understand the way of heaven and break through in the secret realm, then the above should be the source of enlightenment.

With endless forests, one can realize that wood belongs to heaven; with high mountains and boundless land, one can realize that earth belongs to heaven; with thunder, rain, rivers and seas, one can realize that thunder and water belong to heaven.

In this way, I have gained nothing from experiencing mountains, forests, thunder, etc. Naturally, I will not understand anything because my own attributes are not consistent with them.

In fact, it can't be said like this. After getting the Heavenly Thunder Stone in the Heavenly Thunder Field, he had some insights.

After the previous heavy rain, he also had some insights, but there was no breakthrough.

The above insights all point in the direction of fire.

So since the secret realm provides a source of enlightenment for practitioners, with mountains, forests, thunder, rain, and water, then there must be fire and other attributes.

I mainly understand the way of heaven through fire or metal, so it seems there is hope.

Not only that, if there is fire, you can also refine elixirs and weapons.

The ingredients for the God-Buffing Pill have been found, and the Four Directions Guard Formation can be refined separately. These all require fire. If there is a land with a fire attribute, that would be the best for him.

Read thousands of books, travel thousands of miles, practice infinite Dharma, seek unworldly achievements, and break the constraints of heaven and earth.

This is something that every cultivator has to experience. No matter whether there are dangerous mountains, bad water, or all kinds of dangers ahead, you must go forward and get through it.

However, Zhou Yang faced a hurdle: how to cross the sea?

He can walk and lurk in the water, but there is a limit. It can be done in a short time, but it is impossible to cross such a large area of ​​​​sea with his strength.
Chapter completed!