Chapter 76: Registration for the Hidden Realm

Wang Hong had just returned to the Sect for about an hour when Zhang Chunfeng came looking for him.

The Sect had already issued the task for the trial of the Hidden Realm, and registration had begun yesterday.

Zhang Chunfeng had known in advance that Wang Hong intended to participate in the Hidden Realm trial, so he came to find him.

Wang Hong had carefully considered the matter beforehand. Inside the Hidden Realm, the Spiritual Qi was rich, containing not only the Spiritual Medicine for refining Foundation Building pills but also rare treasures rarely seen outside.

Various reasons prompted him to decide to take the risk and participate in this trial.

Firstly, he aimed to refine the Medicinal Herbs for Foundation Building pills, as he was sure he would need more than one pill for his own Foundation Building.

Additionally, he wanted to cultivate several subordinates at the Foundation Building level. As his business expanded, having a Foundation Building cultivator overseeing things was necessary.

Recruiting new talent was not entirely trustworthy, and he couldn't always stay in the store himself.

Furthermore, he wanted to collect some second-tier and even third-tier Spiritual Objects. Once he reached the Foundation Building stage, it would be challenging to find the various Spiritual Objects he needed.

Since there was an opportunity now, he naturally wanted to venture into the Hidden Realm. These Spiritual Medicines also needed time to grow in the Space.

Second-tier Spiritual Medicine would take at least a hundred years, if not several hundred years, to mature. It was best to acquire them in advance and cultivate them.

As for the danger, he heard that the Hidden Realm would open in half a year, and during this time, he could make many preparations.

In terms of combat power, his greatest advantage was not in Magical Arts, Magical Weapons, Spirit Bees, or body refining techniques.

Wang Hong believed his greatest advantage was having Spirit Stones. If he couldn't defeat someone, it didn't matter; he could still use Spirit Stones to crush his opponent.

He was confident that among Qi Cultivation cultivators, there were very few who could match his wealth.

Zhang Chunfeng still chose to follow him, and of course, he would also register for the trial.

In truth, Wang Hong hadn't planned for him to go. He had various life-saving measures, and safety was guaranteed. But if Zhang Chunfeng went, it would still be very dangerous. Zhang Chunfeng was a stubborn person who believed everything he had was given by Wang Hong, and he should protect Wang Hong even if it meant death.

Registration was unified at the Heavenly Authority Peak. Outside the registration site, there was a large Wooden Plaque with the registration details for this Hidden Realm mission.

Firstly, participants must be at the late stage of Qi Cultivation to register, whether they were formal disciples or registered disciples.

Secondly, anyone participating in the Hidden Realm trial could receive a reward of fifty thousand contribution points upon returning from the Hidden Realm.

The gains in the Hidden Realm could be exchanged for contribution points at the Sect. With a hundred thousand contribution points, one could prioritize exchanging for a Foundation Building pill in the exchange hall.

Of course, if one didn't want a Foundation Building pill, they could exchange for other items. However, Foundation Building pills were rare, as indicated by the priority for exchange. Even if you had accumulated a hundred thousand contribution points, it wasn't certain you could exchange for one.

To accumulate ten thousand contribution points, an ordinary Qi Cultivation cultivator would have to work tirelessly on Sect tasks, taking at least fifty years or more to accumulate enough. How many fifty years could one have in a lifetime?

Lastly, Qingxu Sect had a total of one thousand slots for entering the Hidden Realm. Once this number was reached, they would no longer accept registrations.

Seeing the number one thousand, Wang Hong was also startled. Although the Sect had tens of thousands of Qi Cultivation disciples, only one-tenth reached the late stage of Qi Cultivation.

This was considering that many cultivators in the Sect entered at a later stage. If they were loose cultivators, it would be even more miserable, with many people remaining in the early stage of Qi Cultivation for their entire lives.

However, it's said that within the Hidden Realm, there are countless treasures. If the number of participants is too small, many places are likely to be overlooked, benefiting the Demonic Beasts that grow inside, and the full potential of the Hidden Realm cannot be realized.

When Wang Hong and Zhang Chunfeng registered, they found that there were already more than eight hundred people signed up.

Although it was said that entering could be a life-threatening experience, when the benefits were substantial, many people would harbor a sense of luck. After all, they had never died before; who would firmly believe that they would die?

Leaving the registration site, Wang Hong handed Zhang Chunfeng a large pile of Spirit Stones, asking him to buy some self-defense treasures. Zhang Chunfeng accepted it calmly; he felt that his life belonged to Wang Hong.

Back at his residence, Wang Hong entered the Space. The nine hundred thousand Spirit Stones he tossed into the Space had all been absorbed, adding nine more acres.

Now, the Space had a total of thirty-two acres. Time passed sixty-one times faster inside than outside, meaning one year outside was sixty-one years in the Space.

With the additional nine acres, Wang Hong planned to expand the cultivation of white crystal fruit and Green Spirit Peach. More of these good things could only be beneficial.

He was now certain that the one he had eaten before was definitely not ripe. He didn't know how powerful a mature Green Spirit Peach could be.

The Azure Spirit Peach Tree he planted had been around for three to four hundred years and was still a small tree less than a person's height.

Wang Hong cut some branches from the Azure Spirit Peach Tree, sliced them into two-inch sections, and densely planted them in one section of the land.

Green Spirit Peach grew slowly, so he would wait until it reached a foot in height before transplanting.

The first batch of white crystal fruit had matured, and he now ate two every day, constantly refining his Spiritual Energy.

However, this also resulted in his cultivation level stagnating recently. Nevertheless, he wasn't in a hurry. He still had three Green Spirit Peaches, enough to advance his cultivation level to the peak of Qi Cultivation.

Using the same method, Wang Hong cultivated seedlings for white crystal fruit, nurturing two thousand plants on an acre of land, preparing to sell them in the future for Spirit Stones. This was his two thousand money-making trees.

The remaining land was entirely planted with Medicinal Herbs for the Condensing Qi Pill. With half a year before the Hidden Realm opened, he could harvest a batch before going to the Hidden Realm.

The Poison Bees he cultivated with the Red Face Flower had adapted completely to the flower's poison over time, and their numbers were slowly increasing.

He also caught a Spirit Bee to test its toxicity, but it couldn't pierce his flesh. The toxicity seemed to have increased a bit.

Wang Hong had a sudden idea. He wanted to try feeding Body Refining Pills to these Spirit Bees to see if he could cultivate them to be as sturdy as him, with bodies as tough as iron.

If successful, coupled with their potent poison and innate ability to resist law techniques, who in the world could resist?

By then, he would have another powerful trump card.

In the "Controlling Spirits Manual" he obtained, there were only simple introductions to Spirit Bees, mainly used for collecting nectar to obtain Spirit Honey and Royal Jelly. There were no specific methods to enhance their strength; he had to figure it out on his own.

Wang Hong placed a Body Refining Pill in the hive. After a while, two worker bees responsible for cleaning the hive carried the Elixir out intact and threw it far away from the hive.

He then took another Body Refining Pill, ground it into powder, and mixed it into the Spirit Honey for the Spirit Bees to consume. However, the Elixir powder did not blend with the Spirit Bees.

After the Spirit Bees consumed the Spirit Honey, a layer of Elixir powder remained underneath.

There were two ways for an Elixir to dissolve. One easily dissolved in water and melted upon contact, while the other could only dissolve in Spiritual Energy. The latter type needed Spiritual Energy to refine and be absorbed.

Body Refining Pills belonged to the latter category, requiring Spiritual Energy to be absorbed.

Wang Hong thought for a moment; changing the nature of the Elixir seemed a bit difficult. However, with his current understanding of medicinal properties, trying a few more times should yield results.

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