153: I'll treat you to a nice meal.

"That Secret Realm is located in the buffer zone between the Dark Spirit Clan, the Nightmare Insect Clan, the Great Qin First Legion, and the Second Legion. A small clan discovered it first and thought to come to my Soldier Soul Profound Realm to sell the information in exchange for resources. I don't know how, but the news leaked, which led to the Nightmare Insect Clan and Great Qin both sending people to seize it." The Heavy-Armored Specter said indifferently.

"So that's how it is..." Meng Yue thought for a moment, then asked, "So they are seizing it to provide their experts a place to Cultivate the Law of Time?"

"That Secret Realm has the effect of time acceleration, which is suitable for closed-door Cultivation. According to that small clan, after Cultivating inside for one hundred days, only one day passes on the Outer Heaven Battlefield. The Human Race is likely fighting over the Secret Realm to provide a place for people to Cultivate, while the Nightmare Insect Clan might be trying to comprehend the Law of Time. However, this Secret Realm is too small, and the power of time it contains is limited, so it isn't of much use to the Nightmare Insect Clan..."

Chu Yuan clicked his tongue inwardly. A hundredfold time difference? Isn't this a Cultivation spot tailor-made for him? Since he started Cultivating, he felt that what he lacked most wasn't resources, but time...

Meng Yue, not caring much about the Secret Realm, suddenly realized, "No wonder you already knew about this news, yet didn't take any action..."

Cultivating time is useless for Specters; their most important method is eating. And as for the Law of Time... you haven't delved into it either. Therefore, going to fight with those two clans is a very unprofitable endeavor. Furthermore, leaving the Profound Realm carries risks... If news leaked and a Ninth Realm expert from some clan launched a sneak attack, even you wouldn't be able to handle it...

Meng Yue even suspected that the news about the Secret Realm might have been leaked by you intentionally, just to attract more living beings to the Soldier Soul Profound Realm.

The Heavy-Armored Specter sighed, "If the Human Race obtains this Secret Realm, they will probably gain another Ninth Realm expert... Alright, you should rebuild the city as soon as possible. Since the Human Race destroyed Withered Eye City, for the next ten years, all cities in the Profound Realm will double the Mental Energy extraction for any humans who enter!" "Respectfully sending off the Master!"

...Hearing the Heavy-Armored Specter's last remark, Chu Yuan knew that the time acceleration Secret Realm had nothing to do with him. He asked himself if he really had that much nerve...

"Master!" Meng Yue descended, transforming into a silver-gray ribbon that wrapped around his waist. "The Master didn't notice anything unusual. Based on my understanding of it, it should have already returned to Cultivate. Master, you must leave the Profound Realm quickly!"

"Your Master is actually quite decent." Chu Yuan sighed sincerely. Putting everything else aside, just based on the point of cherishing its subordinates, it was a rare and good boss. If this were in an ancient Imperial Dynasty, it would at least be an enlightened ruler...

"The Master has always been quite considerate toward us," Meng Yue said. It wasn't afraid of what Chu Yuan might think upon hearing this. Under the binding of the Soul Law, its cognition had already changed from the very root! Forever loyal to Chu Yuan! Always considering Chu Yuan's interests first!

This binding was permanent, a force jointly applied by Chu Yuan's Divine Sense and Meng Yue's own Soul! It would not lose effect as Meng Yue grew stronger! That rune representing enslavement was like a malignant tumor; the stronger Meng Yue's power became, the stronger the power of enslavement became! Unless there was another person who had comprehended the Soul Law more deeply to remove that rune for Meng Yue... But even if their comprehension of the Soul Law was stronger than Chu Yuan's, there was still a prerequisite: it must understand the mysteries of Divine Sense...

Chu Yuan did not listen to Meng Yue and leave the Soldier Soul Profound Realm immediately; he silently felt the situation within his body. This was his second time using the Epiphyllum Lure, and the effect was still very significant. In just an instant, it had breached Meng Yue's Soul defenses and completely enslaved it!

But the consequences it brought... were actually far less severe than the first time. That made sense; he was now countless times stronger than he was at the time of the Blood Beast Secret Realm, and his endurance could not be mentioned in the same breath. It was nothing more than an extra crack on his Golden Core, a throbbing headache, and a temporary inability to use Divine Sense attacks... He would be fine after resting...

"Your Master said to go find other clansmen to ask for people to rebuild Withered Eye City?" "Yes." Chu Yuan urged, "Then what are we waiting for? Let's go."

Meng Yue was puzzled: "Ah? Master! You aren't leaving the Profound Realm?" "Since your Master has gone into closed-door Cultivation, is there any danger left in the Soldier Soul Profound Realm?" "That, there isn't..." "Since that's the case, do this and that..."

...Meng Yue felt that Chu Yuan was crazy, making it use the excuse of asking for people to contact other clansmen, preparing to take them out. But others would call for help! Just like it had previously called for help from the Master... Even if the Master was Cultivating, it would come over immediately, and by then, neither it nor the Master would be able to escape. But Chu Yuan insisted on doing so...

He had comprehended the Soul Law, but not deeply enough. Refining Specters helped him continue to comprehend it and increase his strength. And currently, the place he knew of with the most Specters and the highest quality was only the Soldier Soul Profound Realm! If he missed this village, there would be no such shop; where else could he find so many high-quality Specters?

The risk was a bit high, but the profits were very high. Plus, with Meng Yue as a double agent, the chance of success was great... There was no need to fight head-on! Fighting was so much effort; how could it be better than using one's brain...

..."Meng Yue, aren't you in a hurry to rebuild Withered Eye City? Aren't you afraid of the Master punishing you?" "I'm not even in a hurry, what are you in a hurry for? I said I have good things to show you all..." "Tch, what methods do you have that we don't know about? Playing mysterious..." "Whether I do or not, won't you know once you see it? Did you bring the living beings I asked you to bring?"

"Boring... It's agreed, just this batch! Even if the Master asks, I'll say I gave them to you; don't ask me for more later." A Specter that was only a head, with only a big mouth growing on its head, muttered. Immediately, it opened its giant mouth, which instantly expanded to several tens of meters. As if vomiting, thousands of living beings of various clans were spat out from it, piling up on the ground.

They each climbed up, their expressions terrified yet filled with bewilderment, not knowing what kind of fate awaited them. But no one cared about them, and the other Specters followed suit, tossing out their own shares...

The mist mass trembled, and Meng Yue laughed, "Hehe, perhaps in a while, you will beg to send me living beings..." "Cut the crap, whatever you want to do, just do it quickly."

Meng Yue stopped speaking, and the mist mass shook slightly. In an instant, a layer of blood-red light appeared and rose between heaven and earth! Roots of blood-colored chains wound like snakes, stabbing toward the ground below! Several Seventh Realm Specters trembled inwardly, sensing a crisis. Just as they were about to subconsciously move away, they heard Meng Yue say, "Don't panic, grab the chains... Today I'm treating you all to a good meal!"