Yet all he could do was whine in pain and beg for mercy again and again.
“Ahh, please spare me! I was wrong.”
But Shen Yuan didn’t listen to one of his pleas as he kicked him in the face, breaking his nose and sending him flying again.
He slowly came above Shan Bo again, “Hmm? Lost consciousness?” he muttered as he raised his leg and stomped down on his chest.
Pressing him down on the ground as he spat out a mouthful of blood and regained consciousness.
Yet his voice became weak, “Sp…are…me…”
“Ah? What did you say?” Shen Yuan asked loudly before stomping him again on the ground.
“Augh…” He lost consciousness again as blood began seeping out from his fresh wounds.
Shen Yuan shook his head and began heading back toward the other disciples.
[Vented enough?]
Yue Lan asked in a lazy voice.
“Cough, I wasn’t venting, I just taught them a little lesson.”
[Yeah, yeah, I know how much you ‘taught’ them.]
Yue Lan rolled her eyes at him, but Shen Yuan soon continued as his voice turned serious. “What was that Abyssal Entity? Why was I so powerless in front of him?”
[As you guessed, it was an entity from the Abyss. As for what it is? I can only tell you that the Abyss is a worse place than hell. As for your other question, it’s because that guy’s cultivation base was stronger than anyone you have faced till now.]
“Even stronger than Sect Leader Mei Hua?” Shen Yuan asked seriously as the implications of this were far too resounding.
[Yes. Much stronger than her.]
“Then I need to find a way to seal off the spatial crack inside that cave,” Shen Yuan thought worriedly as he didn’t want to face that monster just yet.
[You don’t need to worry about that for the time being. That being can’t send anyone higher than the maximum level allowed, and another thing is that the spatial crack will be in a period of cooldown as the spatial coordinates would have become chaotic after you used that treasure on it.]
Shen Yuan mulled over her words while walking as he asked after a while, “But it isn’t a solution to my problem. I still need to find a way to get rid of that crack permanently.”
[Then you need to refine the heart of this Mystique Realm to get full control over it.]
Shen Yuan’s eyes lit up. “That’s it! That’s what I wanted. So, how can I refine the heart of this Mystique Realm?”
[You just need to head to the center area of the Mystique Realm and find the densest area with Spiritual Qi, and then look through the layers of Space to locate the heart, or you can overfill the area with so much Spiritual Qi that the Heart of the Mystique Realm has no choice but to reveal itself to absorb it.]
Shen Yuan first felt disappointment due to the difficulty of the task, but his eyes lit up as the one thing he was least lacking in right now was Spirit Stones.
“Wait, I forgot about my Dantian due to that idiot Shan Bo.” He facepalmed himself as he asked, “Do you know what is happening with my third Dantian?”
[I don’t know, I didn’t do it. Hmph!]
Yue Lan hmphed as she refused to speak.
Shen Yuan’s eyes twitched as he realized something, “So, it was my bloodline’s doing, huh.”
He shook his head helplessly, “Do you know how I can control it at least?”
[You need the bloodline of those fiends to control that Abyssal Qi.]
Shen Yuan sighed as he knew getting that bloodline would be truly hard because of how his bloodline treated the Abyssal Qi.
He soon reached the other disciples, who looked in his direction in worry and excitement.
Their eyes lit up as they saw Shen Yuan coming out of the bushes. They ran towards him, “Senior Brother!!”
They shouted in unison. Shen Yuan could see the pure happiness on their faces as they saw him.
He smiled in return and walked towards them.
“You were so cool, Senior Brother!”
“Yes, you dominated all those idiots alone!”
“You are truly an unparalleled genius, Senior Brother!”
…
They continued shouting one praise after another as Shen Yuan smiled at each of them.
“Okay, okay, calm down now.” He raised his hand and took back the treasure which he gave to Wan Ling before for protecting herself and the other disciples.
“Can you tell us what you encountered inside that cave, Senior Brother?” Ling Mei came forward and asked in a serious tone.
“Yes, if whatever inside was able to injure you to that extent, then we will get killed without a doubt.” Chen Yue added as she herself felt dread just thinking about facing an entity which managed to injure Shen Yuan to this extent.
Shen Yuan looked at them for a second before deciding against telling them about the Abyssal Being.
Instead, he smiled gently, “You don’t need to worry about that for now, we need to clear out this Mystique Realm first before we can discuss other matters freely.”
The other disciples nodded their heads and heaved a sigh of relief as they also didn’t want to face that being.
“Now, let’s go and look for other inheritances inside here,” Shen Yuan said energetically to distract the disciples from the previous encounter.
The disciples’ faces lit up as they remembered how most of them had already gotten something suitable for themselves.
Shen Yuan looked in all directions before picking the route toward the center of the Mystique Realm.
The disciples followed behind him as they had only gained profit from the start of the Mystique Realm and had not lost a single one of their members.
…
“Look! That’s a comb of Golden Nectarbee!!” Chen Yue shouted excitedly.
“Wha- It’s real??” While Wan Ling opened her mouth wide in astonishment.
“I heard the Golden Nectarbee produces some of the tastiest honey, which also helps in refining the constitution of a cultivator and helps to improve it,” Ling Mei spoke up excitedly.
Shen Yuan’s eyes lit up as he saw the honeycomb as well. “I have heard about this as well. But I read somewhere that they have become extinct due to the extensive hunting for their honey.”
“Looks like we lucked out then.” One of the younger disciples chuckled as the honeycomb was large enough for hundreds of people, and they only had 10.
Just as the disciples were about to take a step forward, Shen Yuan raised his hand as he heard some noises.
“DAMN! We hit gold with this honeycomb.”
“Yes, now we can proudly leave the Mystique Realm and won’t shame our sect for returning empty-handed.”
…
Shen Yuan heard some voices as he realized that one of the voices seemed familiar to him.
“Oh? Azure Sky Sect also came here to join in on the fun?” Shen Yuan grinned as he realized it was the disciple who ran away in the beginning of the Mystique Realm from him.
Chen Yue tilted her head and asked in a low voice, “Is the Azure Sky Sect here as well, Senior Brother?”
