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Chapter 138 Back
"what is this?"
Could it be that she really is from the upper realm and was punished to be sent down to the mortal realm for making some mistake?
For some inexplicable reason, Liu Jun unconsciously wanted to reach out and touch the anklet, but just before he touched it, he suddenly pulled his hand back, and his consciousness gradually returned to normal.
"what happened?"
Liu Jun looked around warily, but found nothing. The surroundings remained calm and there was nothing unusual.
There are probably very few things in the lower realm that she can bewitch, which further confirms her conjecture.
She had not been able to ascend to immortality for thousands of years. Every time she felt that she was just a hair's breadth away from that step, she could not cross it even in death. It was as if something was always blocking her way.
It seems that she must be hiding a huge secret, and it might even be related to her time travel.
Having read novels for so many years, I have a general idea of the intricacies involved.
Looking back on her tragic first half of life, it was quite eventful.
Her parents were from the countryside, and she grew up there. Her life should have been ordinary and beautiful... Unfortunately, everything changed when she was eight years old.
Her parents divorced, and she stayed with her father.
She started traveling around with that man, and he treated her well, at least until his business failed.
But... later he changed, he became an alcoholic, and his temper got worse and worse. He would smash things and bottles at the drop of a hat. But reality was not dramatic. He never hit her, even when he was drunk and out of his mind.
Whenever she went out to do odd jobs pretending to be an adult, she often thought that her gentle and kind mother, whom she remembered so well, would suddenly appear in front of her one day and take her away to live a carefree and happy life. But it never happened.
However, after living like that for two years, she stopped thinking about it. She knew clearly that she couldn't let go of the man who was drunk every day.
That man was far worse than most fathers, but he wasn't completely hopeless either, so she couldn't let him go, nor could she simply walk away.
Fortunately, such days did not last for many years. When she received the news of his death, her heart ached, and this pain lasted for more than half a year before it subsided.
She thought she could finally live an ordinary life, and that it would remain ordinary forever. After all, a decade or so is enough for a person to live an ordinary life.
But who knew, whether it was God's mercy or a cruel joke, she ended up in another world as a different person.
She thought she was ordinary, but she never cherished her life like ordinary people. She would suddenly go crazy and go swimming at the beach in the dead of night, and she would do all kinds of extreme sports out of curiosity. She would even choose an empty peak, take a parachute she bought for only 9.9 yuan, and jump off.
But she was incredibly resilient; she rarely even suffered minor scratches. Yet, she could die while reading a novel on a soft bed, which made her a legendary figure living on the margins of society.
Liu Jun examined the woman's face in the coffin. After finishing things here, he would need to make another trip to Yunhai Bitian.
No one could give her an answer except that person.
With a casual gesture, Liu Jun lifted the coffin lid, which had been floating in mid-air, and it fell down, closing the ice coffin. Everything returned to normal.
Liu Jun flew out of the protective shield that was holding the ice coffin, then glanced at the spirit stones and scrolls in the corner that were of little use to her, and left without touching them.
As for the sea monsters outside, she hadn't expected things to turn out this way, but she couldn't bring them back to life, so she had no choice but to leave it as it was.
She didn't touch a single thing inside the ruins, only hoping that the immortal wouldn't blame her when he came back.
However, it would be difficult for him to blame anyone. Since he had already become an immortal, he could not stay in this world for too long. After all, every small world has its own Heavenly Dao, and a small world cannot contain power that exceeds the capacity of its own world.
As soon as he flew out of this sea area, Liu Jun could vaguely feel a force pressing down on him, as if something was urging him to leave.
Liu Jun didn't need to guess to know that the secret realm was about to close.
Indeed, not long ago, the puppet she made gave some feedback, so Lu Xihan must have received the Wuxiang Gong technique. Now that the main plot is over, the secret realm will naturally not keep anyone there.
Liu Jun quickly put a protective shield on himself, but the next second everything went black, followed by a wave of dizziness.
When she opened her eyes again, the familiar forest appeared before her, and she was still sitting cross-legged in the same spot. The sky was still just beginning to darken, and nothing had changed.
Liu Jun blinked a few times, then immediately reached for the bag hanging at his waist, untied it, and emptied out the black box inside. He scanned it with his divine sense and was relieved to find that the person inside was alright.
However, she didn't rush to put it out. Instead, she put the items back in the bag and hung them back on her waist. Then, she stretched out her legs and stood up.
A commotion arose in the distance, growing louder and louder, drawing the attention of people scattered throughout the woods.
Liu Jun stretched his body several times before slowly walking towards the group of people.
"A secret realm? What secret realm? You're not trying to scam me, are you?"
"How could that be! Many of them fell in along with them, and some of us even met. How could it be fake!"
"But we haven't seen anyone disappear at all! And we just stopped to rest. Are you perhaps delirious from a meditative state?"
"Go ask them if you don't believe me, humph!"
The man, pressed for an answer, pointed at someone not far from them and snorted.
The person being pointed at still looked bewildered, as if he had just come to his senses. It wasn't until he realized that everyone was looking at him that he came to his senses.
"It seems... that's the case. My storage ring does indeed contain more items obtained in the secret realm."
Another person stepped forward: "Me too. The change was so fast that we haven't even had time to process it yet. We thought we'd been possessed by some evil force. It seems it really is a secret realm."
At this moment, one of the team leaders who had come to check the situation also spoke up:
"There are countless secret realms in the world. It seems that you have been swallowed up by a moving immortal abode. This is truly a great opportunity. I never thought that there would be such a secret realm here."
The crowd immediately erupted in an uproar.
"Wow, you guys are incredibly lucky! There are so many of us, how come only a few people went in? Did anyone else actually enter the secret realm?"
"I think I went in too. I thought it was a dream."
"And me too, but although that secret realm wasn't very dangerous, there weren't many treasures either. I only managed to dig up two spirit herbs, what a pity."
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Seeing them gathered together, sharing their experiences in the secret realm without a care in the world, is quite a rare sight. These disciples of the immortal sects are truly naive.
However, once the first person says it, there will be a second; those who have met each other can't hide it no matter what.
However, as for those who hadn't met anyone in the secret realm... Liu Jun smiled as he looked at Lu Xihan, Wei Qiushuang, Mu Wenyu, and the others who hadn't uttered a word in the crowd opposite him, and then at those few silly people who were still talking non-stop.
People need to be a little shrewd.
Perhaps Liu Jun's gaze was too eager, because the first to look back at her was Lu Xihan, who was still hesitating whether to speak or not, after all, she had indeed been seen by someone in the secret realm.
However, the person who saw her did not appear in the crowd at this time, nor did he go to talk about the secret realm.
Moreover, she recognized the person; he came from a small sect and his name was something like Lu Ren. She remembered that he had won second place in the joint competition a year ago.
Why did such a person become obscure after the competition? Moreover, he was really not eye-catching in the crowd, and people would always forget that he existed.
Lu Xihan and he had only met once in the illusion of the Grand Competition. At that time, he said a lot of strange things to her, but Lu Xihan didn't pay much attention to it. After all, she thought that they probably wouldn't see each other again. Who knew that they would meet again in this secret realm?
Lu Xihan looked at Liu Xing, who was looking at her from across the room, and her hand inexplicably touched the bracelet on her wrist.
The misunderstanding was cleared up years ago, so what is she afraid of...?