Iron Bucket Across All Realms

After instructing the two of them to quickly begin harvesting the medicinal field, Lin Xiao left Lingxin Valley.

He had just used the Heart of the Secret Realm to investigate the entire secret realm, and it seemed he now knew the use of the Ten Thousand Realms Iron Bucket!

To verify his thoughts, Lin Xiao opened the appraisal function and tapped on the Ten Thousand Realms Iron Bucket.

Ten Thousand Realms Iron Bucket: Although named an iron bucket, it is absolutely incomparable to ordinary mortal iron! It is an existence capable of holding items of all attributes!

Lin Xiao rushed to a boundary of the secret realm at top speed. This was exactly the place he had just scouted with the Heart of the Secret Realm.

Here lay a massive fissure in the ground.

Steam constantly billowed out from the fissure, the intense heat visually distorting the space above it.

Lin Xiao walked to the edge of the fissure and looked down.

About twenty meters below, he saw rolling, churning magma.

Without the slightest look of surprise, Lin Xiao took the Ten Thousand Realms Iron Bucket out from his private inventory.

It was a very ordinary-looking iron bucket, consisting of just a thin layer of iron and not even possessing a handle. In terms of size, it looked like it could barely fit two human heads.

Lin Xiao used his Void-Stepping Technique to walk all the way down until he was less than half a meter above the magma.

The scorching air felt as though it could melt space itself.

However, for Lin Xiao, who was already at the eighth level of Qi Refining and had long since activated a spiritual energy shield around his body, this level of heat was just the right temperature to enjoy a cold smoothie.

Now at the eighth level of Qi Refining, his use of the Void-Stepping Technique allowed him to hang in the air for about five seconds with every step.

Lin Xiao skillfully utilized this five-second hang time per step, swiftly scooping the Ten Thousand Realms Iron Bucket into the magma beneath his feet.

He filled the entire bucket with magma.

Miraculously, even though the magma inside the iron bucket was still boiling and churning, Lin Xiao did not feel the heat at all when holding the bucket in his hands.

Extremely satisfied, Lin Xiao stored the bucket full of magma into his private inventory.

Then, he left the fissure and returned to Lingxin Valley.

The reason he made a special trip here just to fetch a bucket of magma was naturally not because he was bored out of his mind.

Rather, it was because this magma was no ordinary magma.

The magma within this fissure was fully known as Red Lotus Lava.

In terms of preciousness, it could be said to be the most valuable existence in the entire Lush Wilds Secret Realm.

However, Lin Xiao was not after it for its value.

He figured, wouldn't this stuff be necessary for alchemy or artifact forging?

After all, the sect currently lacked an alchemy room and a forging room.

He was an excellent sect master who always kept the sect's development in mind.

Returning to Lingxin Valley, Sun Yigao and Venerable Pantu had also just about finished uprooting that large medicinal field.

The roots of those spiritual herbs were all wrapped in soil and stacked very neatly to the side.

The soil from the medicinal field had also been dug out, piled up into several small mounds.

Thus, after Lin Xiao collected all these things into his private inventory, he used the Heart of the Secret Realm to open the exit, leading Sun Yigao and Venerable Pantu out of the secret realm.

Because neither he nor Sun Yigao used the red strings on their wrists to exit the secret realm, the red strings automatically disappeared the moment they went out.

To be precise, they were reclaimed by the Key of the Secret Realm outside.

Just as the two people and one soul exited the secret realm, they heard the clucking sounds of a chicken nearby.

Turning their heads, they saw it was Little Luan.

Lin Xiao swept his gaze around the entire mid-mountain area.

There was nothing unusual.

His tense heart relaxed a little.

Sun Yigao had previously learned the Language of a Hundred Beasts, and right now he began conversing with Little Luan:

"Little Luan, have you all been well these past few days?"

Little Luan circled around Venerable Pantu in great amazement, inspecting him while answering:

"Good, good, Aunt Yang feeds me a few grains of spiritual rice every day! What is this?" It raised a wing and pointed at Venerable Pantu, who looked like the number six.

Sun Yigao looked at Venerable Pantu, not knowing the best way to answer for a moment.

And Venerable Pantu could clearly understand Little Luan's words as well. He gave a light snort and said:

"A lowly little chicken demon actually dares to point at me with its wing. Truly lacking in manners."

Hearing him say this, Little Luan became displeased. It walked over next to him, stuck out its rear, and dropped an indescribable lump right by his feet.

Venerable Pantu was so furious that the other pale half of his face almost turned black.

Lin Xiao finally came over to smooth things over, saying:

"Little Luan, this is our sect's guest elder for the next ten years, which means he's a guest temporarily staying in our sect. His name is Venerable Pantu."

Then he turned to introduce Little Luan to Venerable Pantu:

"This is our Lingxian Sect's disciple, Little Luan."

Venerable Pantu avoided the lump at his feet and somewhat reluctantly nodded at Little Luan:

"In the future, you can just call me Senior Liao."

It wasn't that he was keeping a low profile, but rather he feared the title of Venerable Pantu would reach the ears of his rival. After all, even though decades had passed and logically his mortal enemy shouldn't still be hung up on him, what if they were?

However, Liao Pantu couldn't help but complain inwardly: why did this sect take in a little demon chicken as a disciple? Could it be that this wasn't a very proper sect?

Then he examined his surroundings. Seeing that apart from two slightly crude houses, one large and one small, and a few small fields, everything nearby was practically a primal mountain range, and that they were currently situated halfway up a mountain, he asked Lin Xiao:

"Where is your sect?"

Lin Xiao widened his bright, piercing eyes and said innocently:

"It's right here. We are inside the sect right now."

Liao Pantu was a bit surprised. He carefully looked around the area once more.

Hmm, he hadn't missed anything just now.

Could it be that there was a hidden universe within these two crude houses?

It was no wonder Liao Pantu felt the Lingxian Sect's main hall and cultivation room were merely two crude houses. The truth was, ever since he began cultivating, the architecture of the various sects and clans he had seen, even those of minor factions, were far more magnificent than the two houses before him.

Liao Pantu hesitated and said:

"Let's go meet the elders of your sect first."

Lin Xiao blinked his eyes and agreed:

"Oh, okay, this way."

Lin Xiao led him toward the sect's main hall.

On the way, he looked up at the somewhat gloomy sky.

It was clearly only morning, a time when the sky should be perfectly bright.

Moreover, the strange aura he felt before entering the secret realm had returned the moment he stepped out.

But right now, he clearly wasn't on Graveyard Mountain; he was inside the sect!

Lin Xiao asked Liao Pantu beside him:

"Senior Liao, do you sense anything unusual?"

Hearing him say this, Liao Pantu cast his senses around.

Currently, this portion of his soul body only possessed the strength of the ninth level of Qi Refining, and it was heavily damaged to boot. Therefore, he hadn't noticed anything unusual the moment they came out.

But now that he sensed carefully, he realized something was wrong.

Frowning deeply, he said to Lin Xiao:

"This seems to be an extremely cold and sinister evil energy."

Sun Yigao, who was standing to the side, also felt it. He was not quite used to this bizarre sensation, as if that evil energy were wrapping around him from everywhere.