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Chapter 1145: Chapter 1041: Leaving_2
"Since those cultivators from the major powers have not arrived, I shall not hold back."
Li Zhirui cautiously approached the Medicine Garden, fending off several sneak attacks, before successfully entering.
Gazing upon the myriad of Spiritual Objects littering the Medicine Garden, Li Zhirui formed hand seals, and the ground before him trembled suddenly, separating the root systems of the plants from the soil. Then, with a sweeping gesture, all the dislodged Spiritual Objects were gathered into his space.
What followed was the repeated execution of this process.
After more than ten hours, Li Zhirui finally dug out all the Spiritual Objects. The ground was covered with loose soil, looking bare and rather unsightly.
The instigator was, however, overjoyed. In just over a day, Li Zhirui harvested tens of thousands of Spiritual Objects, a great majority of which were of the sixth and seventh rank, along with a small portion of even rarer eighth and ninth rank Spiritual Objects.
The day’s gains far exceeded what Li Zhirui had acquired from several months in the Secret Realm.
In the Secret Realm, there are no cultivators to take care of these Spiritual Objects, after all, once the Secret Realm closes, it would not open again until two or three hundred years later.
Although cultivators can improve their Cultivation in the Secret Realm, they cannot enhance their Realm, for the Secret Realm lacks the complete Heavenly Dao. This is intolerable for High-level Cultivators, and lower-level cultivators do not live long enough to afford such a waste of time.
Therefore, the Spiritual Objects they plant are mostly resilient ones that are not easily doomed to die, ensuring that not every single plant will grow, but generally, they don’t all perish.
"Let’s leave this place first."
Li Zhirui erased any traces of his own aura and related marks to ensure no clues pointing to him were left before exiting through the pit.
After returning to the bottom of the great lake, Li Zhirui did not give up on searching for Water Essence, and continued to roam the vast lakebed.
After spending several days, he finally found a Water Essence!
Li Zhirui approached the Water Essence stealthily, then trapped it with a layer of ice using his Divine Power and smoothly captured it.
"Now I just need to rid myself of the pollen from the Thousand Fragrance Flowers."
Once that was done, Li Zhirui could quietly await the opening of the Secret Realm.
With those tens of thousands of high-rank Spiritual Objects in his possession, he had lost interest in other common ones. As for the Essences of the Five Elements, Li Zhirui had already collected Fire Essence, Earth Essence, and Water Essence.
If he couldn’t find Wood Essence or Metal Essence it wouldn’t matter; at worst, he would spend more time and mana to compensate for the shortfall.
In an effort to eliminate the fragrance emanating from his body, Li Zhirui concocted several Precious Pills for detoxification and impurity removal.
However, taking them had no effect!
After all, if the fragrance could be removed so easily, it wouldn’t have remained undisclosed for so many years.
"What should I do now?" Li Zhirui frowned, recalling the Classics he had seen before, which might contain a solution.
Unfortunately, while they did mention methods, they were incomplete, offering only a hint before moving on to other Spiritual Objects.
Thankfully, it gave Li Zhirui a direction, greatly reducing the number of failures in his attempts.
Bear in mind, the Secret Realm was going to initiate teleportation in a month’s time, and if he delayed too long, Li Zhirui would either have to stay in the Secret Realm or fight his way out through the cultivators of the major powers!
Both outcomes were undesirable.
Therefore, Li Zhirui had to hurry to resolve the issue with the fragrant pollen.
Consequently, in the following days, Li Zhirui busied himself concocting various Precious Pills, but regretfully none solved the issue with the fragrance.
"Aren’t you practicing the Purification Principle? Why not give it a try? It might just work," said the Golden Eagle suddenly.
"Yes! How could I have not thought of such a simple solution?" Li Zhirui had a sudden realization and chided himself, "How foolish of me to forget the Principle I am cultivating!"
Quickly composing himself, he summoned a stream of Purification Spiritual Light and let it sweep over him from head to toe, dispelling the fragrance within his body.
"It actually works!"
It wasn’t possible to dispel all the fragrance in one go; he needed to unleash a few more streams of Purification Spiritual Light.
Having found a viable method, Li Zhirui acted repeatedly, and within a short span, the fragrance from the flowers was gone.
Through this event, Li Zhirui suddenly realized that he had not been giving the Purification Principle the attention it deserved!
It seemed as though Li Zhirui was always contemplating and attempting to comprehend the Heavenly Dao during each Cultivation session, yet he subconsciously neglected the Purification Principle.
The reason is quite simple. As his cultivation improved and he gained more powerful divine powers and trump cards, the killing power of the Purification Principle wasn’t strong enough.
"This kind of attitude won’t do!"
Li Zhirui reflected deeply. The laws that he cultivated were very important to him, not something to be neglected for such a long time as it was now.
Golden Eagle’s words brought Li Zhirui substantial benefit, so he gave him many Precious Pills to increase his cultivation.
"Then I won’t be polite."
Golden Eagle stored away the Precious Pills, flapped its large wings, and flew to its cave mansion that it had carved out in space.
"Next, just wait for the Secret Realm to open."
The crisis had been resolved, and Li Zhirui was not worried about being discovered visiting the secret base, so he headed to the Teleportation Array without concern.
Now, with only half a month left before the opening of the Secret Realm, by the time Li Zhirui arrived at his destination while treasure hunting, the Secret Realm was about to begin.
In fact, to say Li Zhirui was treasure hunting was an understatement; it was more like sightseeing and enjoying the scenery.
This trip to the Secret Realm earned him tens of thousands of high-level Spiritual Objects, three essences of the Five Elements, and even solved a cultivation problem of his own.
With such rich rewards, Li Zhirui no longer cared for other Spiritual Objects.
However, Li Zhirui did not become dissolute because of this, knowing that there were still many dangers in the Secret Realm, such as other cultivators, and various Demonic Insects.
Demonic Insects might appear weak, but when their numbers were many, they could be extremely terrifying.
On the way to the Teleportation Array, Li Zhirui encountered a terrifying battle between two large Demonic Insect tribes, with the forest constantly raining down the bodies of Demonic Insects, all dead, with even the ground covered in a layer of their corpses.
Originally, Li Zhirui thought he could take advantage of the battle between the two insect tribes and strike them both when they were weakened, gaining vast riches from the tribes.
But in reality, until the dust settled, anything was possible.
Just like right now!
There were not only Li Zhirui hoping to benefit from others’ misfortunes but other cultivators as well.
Somehow a cultivator made a move prematurely.
The human race and Devil Race were sworn enemies. Upon seeing that cultivator, the Demonic Insects changed their minds about their current objective and decided to eliminate him.
As for their battle’s outcome, it was not that important.
The cultivator, of course, was not a match for the two large Demonic Insects, and was soon killed by one of them, becoming a portion of the Demonic Insects’ feast.
And cultivators like Li Zhirui lurking around could only return disappointedly.
The two large Demonic Insect tribes seemed to sense something was wrong, ceased fighting, and withdrew from the area with their subordinates.
"Fools, truly deserved death!"
A curse came from a direction, followed by a quick departure.
Other directions also gradually showed signs of movement, with Li Zhirui being one of them.
With the Demonic Insect tribes having left and no spoils to reap, naturally, they would not stay.
A few days later, Li Zhirui arrived near the Teleportation Array without issue.
And on this day, only a few days remained until the Secret Realm opened.
Li Zhirui found a secluded spot, set up a Formation, then entered his space to wait for the Secret Realm to open.
Time flew, and soon the day the Secret Realm opened arrived.
Hum—
The vast Teleportation Array lit up with Spirit Light, and the cultivators responsible for guarding it announced loudly: "The Secret Realm is open, the Teleportation Array has been activated, and will close in five days."
Cultivators like Li Zhirui who chose to leave the Secret Realm on the first day were not many; most people wanted to stay for a few more days to search for more treasures.
