Inside Ye Tian's immortal cave!
Ten Senior Sisters came to visit at the same time, a gathering of breathtaking beauties!
"Senior Sisters, how do you all have the time today? Did you all come to see your little brother together?"
Ye Tian cupped his hands and bowed to his Senior Sisters one by one.
They all took their seats as hosts and guests!
Liu Xin'er, acting as the Great Elder, served as the representative to speak with Ye Tian.
"Little Junior Brother, time flies. You have been at the Hundred Flowers Sect for four months now. Are you getting used to life here?"
"Senior Sister Liu, I am very comfortable here. You all care for me so much, just like my own flesh-and-blood sisters! But as a real man, I always feel like I'm being protected by you all, and at this rate, I'll never truly grow up! Hehe, esteemed Senior Sisters, I want to go out and experience the world!"
As a young man, Ye Tian yearned to venture out into the world, a sentiment the Senior Sisters present could fully understand.
They exchanged glances, bitter smiles appearing on their faces.
Perhaps they had simply been overprotective of Ye Tian!
"Very well, a man's ambition lies across the world. Since our Little Junior Brother wants to go out and see the world, we Senior Sisters must support you. There is an excellent opportunity for practical training coming up soon. I wonder if you might be interested?"
With that, Liu Xin'er gave Ye Tian a detailed introduction to the Qingshan Secret Realm, which would open in three months.
The Qingshan Secret Realm opened once every fifty years, and it contained countless precious cultivation resources.
As generations of cultivators consumed these cultivation resources, rare spirit herbs were becoming increasingly scarce!
In particular, the spirit herbs required to brew pills for breaking through bottlenecks were growing scarcer by the day.
There were Foundation Establishment Pills for breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Stage, Golden Core Breaking Pills for the Golden Core Stage, Nascent Breaking Pills for the Nascent Soul Stage...
The more precious the pill, the scarcer its primary ingredients.
Out of the countless millions of cultivators, only a tiny fraction of heaven-defying geniuses could break through major realms without relying on pills. The vast majority of cultivators had no choice but to depend on them.
Consequently, pills for breaking through major realms were in extremely high demand, and the materials used to refine them were of vital importance to every major faction.
The Qingshan Secret Realm was effectively an herb garden for the major factions of the Northern Region.
To maintain relative fairness, all the major factions were allocated entry quotas for the Qingshan Secret Realm:
The Hundred Flowers Sect, the Ice God Sect, the Black Demon Sect, the Hehuan Sect, Haoran Academy, the Xuandan Sect, the Heavenly Sword Gate, the Rogue Cultivators Alliance, the Treasure Pavilion, and the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce.
Each of the ten major factions in the Northern Region possessed a quota of entries into the secret realm.
The size of each faction's quota depended on its influence and overall strength.
Among the ten factions, the Rogue Cultivators Alliance possessed the weakest strength and ranked at the very bottom, holding 100 entry slots for the Qingshan Secret Realm.
To avoid exposing his identity, Liu Xin'er planned for Ye Tian to enter the Qingshan Secret Realm disguised as a rogue cultivator for this trial.
Upon hearing Liu Xin'er's explanation, Ye Tian's eyes lit up. He was extremely interested in entering the secret realm for trial by fire.
"Senior Sister Liu, is this Qingshan Secret Realm related in any way to Qingshan City, where I used to be?"
"Yes, the entrance to the Qingshan Secret Realm is located fifty kilometers outside the northern gate of Qingshan City. If you wish to participate under the guise of a rogue cultivator, you must head to Qingshan City ahead of time. The Rogue Cultivators Alliance will hold a Martial Arts Tournament. The top ten contestants in the tournament will each receive a token to enter the secret realm. Besides the token, there will also be rewards of spirit stones and pills! The higher your ranking, the greater the reward."
Hearing that there would be a Martial Arts Tournament made Ye Tian's blood boil.
"Senior Sister Liu, I have decided to participate in this secret realm trial. Please rest assured, Senior Sisters, I will definitely bring back many precious spirit herbs for the Hundred Flowers Sect."
Ye Tian was not yet seventeen years old, and the mere thought of participating in practical training and engaging in combat sent his spirits soaring. He radiated the youthful vigor and indomitable spirit of a young man.
Seeing Ye Tian's eager and impatient expression, the objections that the other Senior Sisters had wanted to voice died on their lips.
Originally, only Liu Xin'er had supported Ye Tian going out for practical training. Now that Ye Tian himself had made his choice, the other Senior Sisters had no choice but to acquiesce.
"Little Junior Brother, you must be careful of your own safety while training alone out there. I have an item here..."
Wang Xueqin, the Ninth Elder, felt uneasy about Ye Tian venturing out alone and was about to offer him a trump card to save his life.
Liu Xin'er quickly used her Divine Sense to send a telepathic warning to stop her!
"Junior Sister Wang, spoiling Little Junior Brother like this is only harming him. How can he ever grow up if he never faces the wind and rain?"
After transmitting her message to Wang Xueqin, Liu Xin'er explained the situation to the other Junior Sisters.
Originally, several of the Senior Sisters had intended to pull out various trump cards to give to Ye Tian for his protection. But Liu Xin'er's words put an end to their plans.
Great Elder Liu Xin'er was right! If every Senior Sister handed him a life-saving trump card, Ye Tian's practical training would completely lose its meaning.
The Senior Sisters exchanged meaningful glances, and Ye Tian saw it all.
Ever since arriving at the Hundred Flowers Sect, every single Senior Sister had cared for him meticulously, just like a real sister. Ye Tian kept all of this deeply in his heart.
Although he could not hear their telepathic conversation, he could guess most of it.
Ye Tian stood up and bowed deeply to the Senior Sisters.
"Respected Senior Sisters, I will always remember your desire to protect me. During this trial, you must not send anyone behind my back to protect me, nor should I be given any life-saving trump cards! For this trial, I want to rely on myself and carve out my own path in the world. As your Little Junior Brother, I certainly won't disgrace you. I ask that you trust in my abilities..."
Ye Tian spoke with great passion and eloquence, causing tears to well up in the eyes of several Senior Sisters. Most of them were much older than Ye Tian, and in their hearts, he was truly their little brother.
Seeing the tears falling from some of the Senior Sisters' eyes, Ye Tian stepped forward to embrace and comfort them.
"Senior Sister Bai, stop crying! You look the prettiest when you smile."
"Senior Sister Liu, seeing you cry breaks my heart..."
As the moment of parting drew near, a series of tender scenes played out within the immortal cave.
Ye Tian gave every single Senior Sister an embrace of farewell.
Finally, it was Li Ruoshui's turn.
Ye Tian whispered a declaration of ownership by the ear of the young beauty:
"Little Senior Sister, you can rest easy. I won't let you become a widow before you even marry me!"
"How vain, who wants to marry you..."
Blushing fiercely, Li Ruoshui quickly broke free from Ye Tian's embrace.
Once the embraces had concluded, Liu Xin'er patted Ye Tian on the shoulder.
The next second, a flash of spiritual light appeared, and a set of battle armor materialized in Liu Xin'er's hand.
She swept her gaze across the gathered beauties and smiled teasingly:
"Little Junior Brother, you are about to go experience life-and-death trials. If I don't prepare something for you, your Senior Sisters will blame me to death. Come, this is a defensive battle armor. It is called the Profound Light Armor, and it is a top-tier spirit artifact! Once you put it on, it can withstand a full-scale attack from a Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivator."
The grades of magical treasures in the world of cultivation were divided into:
Dharma artifacts, spirit artifacts, treasure tools, Dao Artifacts, immortal artifacts...
And each grade was further subdivided into low-grade, mid-grade, high-grade, and top-tier...
As soon as Liu Xin'er made her move, she produced a top-tier spirit artifact. Moreover, it was an extremely rare defensive spirit artifact armor!
This was enough to show how deeply she cared for Ye Tian.
Ye Tian accepted the Profound Light Armor and gave Liu Xin'er one more embrace.
Seeing that Ye Tian finally possessed an armor to protect his life, the other nine Senior Sisters wore expressions of joyful relief...