Meanwhile, the three great Sects also jointly issued an announcement.
In the construction of Nanshan Immortal City, those families or forces that contributed would be granted by the three Sects the privilege of early access to the Demon Race Secret Realm.
This announcement set the entire Fang Market abuzz.
As a resultâ¦
The various family factions began to stir into action.
Naturally, there was still a small portion of families that, perhaps due to financial constraints or a reluctance to contribute too much, did not participate in the construction of Nanshan Immortal City.
These familiesâ members would not have the qualifications to enter the Demon Race Secret Realm.
They could only wait until Nanshan Immortal City had been completely built and the entrance to the Demon Race Secret Realm was fully open to join the Loose Cultivators in entering.
Under the concerted efforts of the various families, the construction of Nanshan Immortal City progressed very swiftly.
In just eight months,
Nanshan Immortal City was almost completely constructed.
The newly built Nanshan Immortal City was ten times larger than the previous Nanshan Market.
Although many people came to Nanshan Immortal City thereafter, it was not as crowded as before.
Now Nanshan Immortal City was divided into an Inner City and Outer City.
In the Inner City resided the three Sects and those families with exceptional strength.
Lin Jing and his colleagues from Yuebaolou, as Offering Priests, moved from the previous Inner Fang Market area to reside in the Outer City area of Nanshan Immortal City.
Huang Qingling did the same, moving to the Outer City with Lin Jing.
She could have lived in the Inner City, but claiming it was too boring, she decided to move out with Lin Jing.
Outside Nanshan Immortal City, many members of smaller families, as well as Loose Cultivators, lived in encampments.
These people surrounded Immortal City, erecting dwellings around it and effectively encircling Nanshan Immortal City.
The reason for thisâ¦
Was because the news of the Demon Race Secret Realm had spread far and wide.
Other families, from farther away, or Loose Cultivators who heard the news, moved to this location.
All of them wanted to enter the Secret Realm to explore.
Perhaps, with some good fortune, they might find some rare treasures and obtain a great deal of resources for cultivation.
In that case, one wouldnât have to toil daily, searching everywhere for cultivation resources.
Moreover, according to information from the three Sects,
The Demon Race Secret Realm was immensely vast, and the Spiritual Energy inside was even more concentrated than that of an average Foundation Establishment Cultivatorâs cave residence.
This made other people even more envious.
The only pity was that the Nanshan Market had not yet been completely constructed, and the Demon Race Secret Realm was not open to ordinary Cultivators.
Howeverâ¦
Huang Qingling had managed to venture into it twice over the past half year.
Lin Jing, on the other hand, due to his low level of Cultivation and the limited number of slots for entering the Secret Realm,
Had not been able to enter even once until now.
Although Lin Jing hadnât managed to go inside, he hadnât forgotten that his Blood Red Vermilion Fruit still required the black soil from the Secret Realm to grow.
Thereforeâ¦
Lin Jing, on the pretext of studying the cultivation of Spirit Plants, asked Huang Qingling to bring some soil out of the Secret Realm for him.
While Huang Qingling didnât understand, she still nodded and agreed.
When she came out, she did bring some soil back.
But when Huang Qingling handed the soil over to Lin Jing, he had a bad feeling about it.
Because the soil was not black.
Despite this, he didnât act on his hunch, but instead took the soil into the System Space to experiment.
After the experiment, Lin Jing found that this kind of soil simply wouldnât work.
With no choice, Lin Jing had to remind Huang Qingling again to bring back some soil from the area where Spirit Plants grew, the next time she went in.
And nowâ¦
Huang Qinglingâs second exploration of the Demon Race Secret Realm had come to a prompt end.
That day, Lin Jing was resting and meditating in his new courtyard.
It was at that time when,
âThud, thud, thud,â
a series of knocks on the door echoed.
Startled by the knocking, Lin Jing opened his eyes.
In this period, he interacted with others as sparingly as he always had,
So it was rare for anyone to disturb him.
It was probably Huang Qingling who had returned.
Thinking this, Lin Jing got up and walked out of the house.
Lin Jingâs new courtyard was about the same size as his previous dwelling, consisting of two connected areas.
He crossed the yard to the door and then reached out to open it.
There at the entrance to the courtyard stood Huang Qingling.
Next to Huang Qingling was Li Qingqing.
As soon as Huang Qingling saw Lin Jing, she pulled out a package from her Storage Bag and handed it over.
âHere, the thing you wantedâ¦â
Huang Qingling said.
Li Qingqing was very curious upon seeing this package and hurriedly leaned in to ask,
âWhat is it, so mysterious?â
Clearly, Li Qingqing had no idea about the task Lin Jing had entrusted to Huang Qingling.
Huang Qingling looked at Li Qingqing with interest, chuckling with a âhehe,â saying,
âHeheâ¦â
âThis is some good stuff.â
âDo you want some? I could give you a little too.â
âAre you giving it to me?â
Li Qingqing pointed at herself, her face full of skepticism.
âOf course, this treasure came from inside the Demon Race Secret Realmâ¦â
Li Qingqingâs eyes crinkled with a smile, and then she said directly,
âWant it, of course I doâ¦â
âHow could I not accept something given by Qinglingâ¦â
âAlright, waitâ¦â
As she spoke, Huang Qingling once again opened her Storage Bag and reached inside.
It didnât take long before she pulled out another package.
âCome on, hand out, catch.â
Upon saying that, Huang Qingling hung the package on the hand that Li Qingqing had just stretched out.
However, the package was not light.
Completely unprepared, Li Qingqing let the package drop right down.
Li Qingqing was immediately startled.
She quickly extended her other hand and just managed to catch the falling package by the skin of her teeth.
Only after safely securing the package in her hand did she let out a long sigh of relief,
âThank goodness, it didnât fallâ¦â
Then, she turned her head and complained to Huang Qingling,
âQingling, really, you should have warned me. What if it had broken, what then?â
After saying that, Li Qingqing patted the package a few times.
From inside the package, a delicate sensation came through, and it also had a granular feeling to it.
âWhatâs inside here?â
As she spoke, Li Qingqing began to open the package.
âJust look and youâll seeâ¦â said Huang Qingling.
Soon, Li Qingqing had the package open.
The moment the package was opened, Li Qingqing was stunned and stood frozen.
A moment later, the reacting Li Qingqing, as if in disbelief, reached in and grabbed a handful.
Then she could not help but laugh and cry.
âIs this the treasure you mentioned?â
âIsnât this just soil? Itâs everywhereâ¦â
Li Qingqing looked at Huang Qingling speechlessly.
âYes, itâs soilâ¦â said Huang Qingling matter-of-factly.
âMoreover, this is soil from the Demon Race Secret Realm, which may not mean much to us.â
âBut for Lin Jing, itâs a treasureâ¦â
âBecause he canât get into the Secret Realmâ¦â
Hearing Huang Qinglingâs explanation, Li Qingqing was even more speechless.
Meanwhile, Lin Jing had also opened the package in his hands.
Inside it too, was soil that Huang Qingling had brought out from the Demon Race Secret Realm.
âYou have no idea, I almost got deemed a fool for trying to bring this soil outâ¦â
âEven Old Man Bai thought I had a nerve breakdown and showed concern for me for once in a blue moon.â
âMy face is completely lostâ¦â complained Huang Qingling with a dark face.
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âI can imagineâ¦â
Li Qingqing was laughing so hard at the side that she was bending over backwards.
âLin Jing, you better compensate me, cook me a few delicious meals,â said Huang Qingling with a pitiful look, to Lin Jing.
âDonât worry, I will definitely compensate youâ¦â
Lin Jing nodded in response.