56: Blue-level dungeon completed
“Doesn't that mean that the Cultivation Techniques and Spells of the Divine Breath Realm cannot be widely promoted, and Divine Breath Realm Beasts have become a valuable resource!” Lu Zhuo said, gently adjusting his glasses.
“That's right! Unfortunately, Huaxia currently only has one Blue-level Secret Realm. I will report this matter directly to the higher-ups. Perhaps we can go abroad.”
Hou Wu quickly recognized the seriousness of the situation. “Negotiations with all parties will be handled by the government and the military.”
Hou Wu was not only the Dean of War God Academy but also the Vice Principal of First Cultivation University. As for the Principal, he was a high-ranking military official whom Zhang Sheng and the others had yet to meet.
“Dean Hou, since only one Mountain Shaking Ape remains in the Secret Realm, why don't we launch a full-scale offensive and complete the Secret Realm subjugation!” Song Xian said.
“I will go to a meeting shortly. Most likely, we can take action tomorrow. Now, you must learn multiple foreign languages as quickly as possible. In fact, Myanmar and Cambodia have already requested our assistance. Perhaps you will need to operate abroad very soon.”
After speaking, the two deans quickly left. Huaxia's high-level officials soon convened a meeting to discuss the matter and simultaneously contacted foreign diplomats stationed in Huaxia.
“Brother Sheng, you've been hiding your strength! You're so amazing. You'll have to protect us well from now on.” Wang Yu, a boy, intentionally whined like a girl.
Zhang Sheng even suspected that he had spent so much time acting like a girl that his sexual orientation might have changed.
“Regardless, it's good that you're back!” Song Xian patted Zhang Sheng's shoulder.
However, Tie Fan, who was standing nearby, frowned and said:
“Student Zhang Sheng, you are not being sincere.”
Lin Jin quickly interjected, “Brother Sheng protected the two of us during the retreat. If Brother Sheng hadn't hidden his strength, wouldn't he have certainly died? Baldy, you've gone too far!”
Tie Fan angrily retorted, “I'm not bald! This little monk has only just returned to secular life, and my hair hasn't grown back yet!”
“Heh heh, you've already returned to secular life, yet you still call yourself 'little monk'!”
“I haven't managed to change the habit yet!”
...Although Tie Fan was a little angry, everyone wisely avoided mentioning the loot dropped by the two Divine Breath Realm Beasts. Zhang Sheng simply gave everyone the location of the two Yao Beast corpses.
The next day, the morning of July 27th.
Song Xian's true body led the team, and all ten Sequence Members were dispatched to begin the final subjugation of Huaxia's first Blue-level Secret Realm.
Previously, under the bombardment of the military's modern weapons—suicide drones, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and a series of other armaments—ninety percent of the Foundation Establishment Realm Beasts (Refining Essence into Qi) in the Secret Realm were killed, and sixty to seventy percent of the Qi Sea Realm Beasts were also eliminated.
Everyone flew directly toward the Mountain Shaking Ape's lair.
“Song Xian, we'll leave this Mountain Shaking Ape to you. The rest of the Qi Sea Realm Beasts are ours,” Zhang Sheng said.
Song Xian naturally understood Zhang Sheng's meaning: Zhang Sheng was voluntarily giving up the spoils from this Divine Breath Realm Beast.
“Thanks, brother!”
The other Sequence Members did not have the strength to kill a Divine Breath Realm Beast alone, so they naturally had no objections.
Before even seeing the Mountain Shaking Ape, Zhang Sheng saw the turbid spiritual energy reflecting in the distant sky, nearly twice that of the Azure Scaled Flood Dragon.
If the Azure Scaled Flood Dragon was at the first layer of the Divine Breath Realm, then this Mountain Shaking Ape was probably at the second layer of the Divine Breath Realm.
Upon arriving at the valley where the Mountain Shaking Ape tribe resided, they saw a behemoth seven zhang tall!
A great battle was imminent!
Zhang Sheng didn't know when Song Xian had recovered his massive sword, but Song Xian's true body, wielding the massive sword, charged directly toward the Mountain Shaking Ape.
He hadn't expected Song Xian to dare to confront it head-on.
Song Xian radiated immense heat, and his skin turned bronze. Was this a Body Refining technique?
Zhang Sheng remembered that Myriad Treasures Net had no Body Refining techniques at all. It seemed that the number of people hiding rare Cultivation Technique Jade Slips was certainly not small.
The Mountain Shaking Ape pounded its chest with both fists, generating metallic black armor that covered its entire body.
Zhang Sheng, meanwhile, controlled his flying dagger to harvest the other Qi Sea Realm apes.
“Brother Xian, do you need help?” asked Zhao Xue, who had long fiery red hair.
Although Song Xian was powerful, he couldn't immediately break through the armor formed by the giant ape's innate Spell.
“Come! Xue'er, use your Nine Revolutions True Flame to empower my strike!”
Zhao Xue pressed her two fingers together and pointed them at the Mountain-Shaking Giant Ape, and a massive red Dragon of fire flew out from her fingertip.
When the Mountain Shaking Ape's black armor met the red Nine Revolutions True Flame, it was like hot oil meeting fire, instantly beginning to melt.
Because Zhao Xue's SSS Talent, Nine Revolutions True Flame, was not just Alchemic Fire, but also True Fire capable of igniting spiritual energy.
“Xue'er, thanks!”
Song Xian took the opportunity to rapidly advance, driving his great sword straight toward the giant ape's heart... The great battle between Song Xian and the Mountain Shaking Ape lasted for a full quarter of an hour.
The corpse dropped a blue jade plaque, which Song Xian collected. Zhang Sheng and the others also cleared out the surrounding Qi Sea Realm Beasts.
“Brothers, divide the Mountain Shaking Ape's corpse among yourselves. I won't be taking my share,” Song Xian said excitedly.
The subsequent actions within the Secret Realm were simple. Besides Zhang Sheng and the others, other Cultivators also participated in the subjugation. In just half a day, all the Qi Sea Realm Beasts in the Secret Realm were eliminated.
Only a few Foundation Establishment Realm Beasts remained, and they were locked into cages.
The follow-up work was handed over to the logistics troops. Large numbers of excavators and transport vehicles drove into the Secret Realm to begin moving various supplies.
The Yao Beast corpses, various Spiritual Materials, spirit plants, and finally, even the soil within the Secret Realm had to be brought out as much as possible.
The estimated time for the Secret Realm to fully descend into the current world was 49 days. Although the Qi Sea Realm Beasts and Divine Breath Realm Beasts within the Secret Realm had been eliminated, even if scattered Foundation Establishment Beasts descended into the current world, it wouldn't be a major issue. However, the Secret Realm would disappear simultaneously, so the internal resources had to be moved to the current world as quickly as possible, or it would be a huge waste.
At this moment, only 12 days remained before this Huaxia Secret Realm disappeared. The logistics troops were operating at full capacity to extract as many resources as possible.
After finishing the Secret Realm subjugation, Zhang Sheng did not return to school but went directly to visit his parents.
Because Zhang Sheng had only been trapped in the Secret Realm for one day, the school had not informed his parents of his presumed demise.
Now, his parents had moved into the Military Family Compound. Under layers of protection, their safety was guaranteed, and they no longer needed to work.
This was considered one of the privileges of being a Sequence Member.
“Dad, I'm back!”
...“Sheng'er, you've grown up.” Mom intended to stroke Zhang Sheng's head but stopped herself.
“Mom and Dad, please use the Cultivation resources I gave you freely. You really don't need to save them.” Zhang Sheng was surprised that they were reluctant to use the supreme-grade qi gathering pills he had provided.
Perhaps due to their Physique, or maybe their Talent, even with the supreme-grade spirit food pills provided by Zhang Sheng, his parents' Heavenly Circulation Method had been unable to achieve a Breakthrough to the Transcendent state, only managing to refine 10 units of spiritual energy per session.
So, they began to Cultivate Primordial Chaos Qi Refining instead.
“Sheng'er, these Medicinal Pills are so precious. I don't want them to be exchanged for your danger. Your father and I don't need such precious supreme-grade Medicinal Pills.”
Zhang Sheng naturally understood his parents' worries. He took out a large bottle of Medicinal Pills. “Mom, look! I refined all these Medicinal Pills myself. I am a Top-tier Alchemist. I don't need to go to dangerous battlefields; I just need to focus on Alchemy. You two can use these Medicinal Pills without worry.”
“However, Mom and Dad, you absolutely cannot tell anyone about this. This is all state secret!” Zhang Sheng said seriously.
His parents quickly nodded. Since moving into the compound, they had received secrecy education almost every day, so they naturally understood the gravity of the situation.
Only after seeing that Zhang Sheng still had hundreds of supreme-grade qi gathering pills did the two elders feel relieved enough to take the supreme-grade qi gathering pills.