A Millionfold Return: My Children Cultivate Immortality, I Become a God - Chapter 248

Chapter 248 Azure Thunder Secret Realm

Before arriving at the Azure Thunder Secret Realm, Wu Li inquired around and found out that the realm wouldn’t open for another full month. So, he and Zhang Tie looked for an inn to settle into.

Perhaps because the opening of the Azure Thunder Secret Realm was imminent, the inn’s prices were slightly higher than usual. Wu Li didn’t mind—after paying a certain amount of Immortal Crystals, he took Zhang Tie into a private room.

Zhang Tie now resembled more a puppet with a consciousness of its own. Every move he made mirrored how he was before, and thanks to Mo Juren’s nurturing, his cultivation had reached the peak Immortal King level.

He had dealt with many troubles for Wu Li along the way.

Once inside the private room, Wu Li began organizing his current situation.

“The Azure Thunder Secret Realm is a fifth-grade Immortal Realm, allowing entry to Immortals ranging from the Golden Immortal to Great Luo Golden Immortal levels. Inside, there are also terrifying demon beasts from the Golden Immortal up to Immortal King level. With my current cultivation, if I enter without Zhang Tie, I would surely die.”

“There’s also the Golden Thunder Wood I need, and in quite an abundant amount. If I manage to obtain ten thousand pieces, I can forge ten thousand Golden Thunder Flying Swords. With ten thousand Golden Thunder Flying Swords and the Golden Thunder Flying Sword array I know, I could even take on an Immortal Sovereign one-on-one!”

Thinking this, Wu Li’s heart couldn’t help but swell with excitement.

His visit to the Azure Thunder Secret Realm wasn’t random. A while ago, Wu Li had obtained a battle formation diagram from a group of people, which detailed the method for deploying the Golden Thunder Flying Sword array.

That was why he had come here—to forge the Golden Thunder Flying Swords.

Perhaps it was simply good timing, since the Azure Thunder Secret Realm, which opened once every ten thousand years, was set to open in just one month. As a fifth-grade Immortal Realm, even independent cultivators like Wu Li were allowed inside, explaining why he had come.

“I’ll spend the next month preparing—at least then I can operate more safely inside.”

Wu Li thought to himself and began readying everything he would need. None of the arrays, talismans, or pills were forgotten.

Although Zhang Tie was a formidable weapon at the peak Immortal King level, unless absolutely necessary, Wu Li would never allow Zhang Tie to take action; after all, Zhang Tie was one of his greatest trump cards.

Time passed quickly—one month later, Wu Li looked over his preparations and nodded in satisfaction.

“In this state, I’m confident I can even defeat a Great Luo Golden Immortal in their initial stage.”

After packing everything away, Wu Li looked at Zhang Tie beside him and stored him in his Storage Ring before heading outside.

Since Zhang Tie was a puppet—something without true life—it wasn’t a problem to keep him inside the Storage Ring.

Before long, Wu Li arrived at the entrance of the Azure Thunder Secret Realm. He saw that a large crowd of cultivators had already gathered there, packed densely together.

Wu Li took a quick glance and saw that there were only about three thousand Golden Immortals and a little over one hundred Great Luo Golden Immortals. Of course, Wu Li knew these were all independent cultivators; there were still many cultivators from other major factions above the Azure Thunder Secret Realm who hadn’t yet appeared.

Looking at the spatial gate of the Azure Thunder Secret Realm, he noticed the formation chains had not completely dissipated yet. They would take roughly another two and a half hours to disappear. Wu Li then found a quiet spot, sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and began to rest, conserving his energy.

But not long after Wu Li sat down, he heard footsteps. When he opened his eyes, he saw a girl with long pink hair standing right in front of him.

Seeing her, Wu Li furrowed his brow slightly, about to tell her to leave, but before he could speak, she addressed him.

“Fellow Daoist, I see you’re here alone. Would you be willing to team up with me?”

“Hm?”

Hearing this, Wu Li was dumbfounded. Raising an eyebrow, he asked in confusion, “Wait, I’m only at the initial stage of Golden Immortal, and you’re a Great Luo Golden Immortal. Do you really need to team up with someone like me?”

From Wu Li’s perception, her cultivation level was much higher than his—she was clearly a Great Luo Golden Immortal. Normally, someone of her level wouldn’t voluntarily team up with a mere initial stage Golden Immortal.

In this situation, Wu Li could only think of one possibility: she had ulterior motives.

With that in mind, he intended to decline directly, but she spoke again.

“I have a map of the Azure Thunder Secret Realm. If you agree to team up with me, I’m willing to share this map with you.”

“Hm? Really?”

Hearing her, Wu Li’s eyes filled with shock. The Azure Thunder Secret Realm was no ordinary secret realm—how could an ordinary person possibly have a map of it?

She nodded firmly.

“It’s true. I do have a map of the Azure Thunder Secret Realm. If you’re willing to travel with me, I’ll share it with you.”

Upon hearing this, Wu Li immediately fell into deep thought. If the map she claimed to have was real, it would help him quickly find the Golden Thunder Wood.

It was important to note that the entire Azure Thunder Secret Realm was roughly half the size of an Upper Realm. Trying to find the Golden Thunder Wood there was like searching for a needle in a haystack. Furthermore, the secret realm only remained open for five years; after that, all living beings inside would be forcibly ejected.

Even Wu Li himself wasn’t absolutely confident he could find the Golden Thunder Wood within five years, so learning that someone had a map of the Azure Thunder Secret Realm stirred his interest.

After a long moment, Wu Li finally grit his teeth and agreed. He looked at her and said, “In that case, let’s travel together, but we’ll take turns claiming whatever we find.”

“Taking turns? What do you mean by that?” she asked, a puzzled expression on her face.

Wu Li explained slowly, “I mean, if we come across something first, we decide who picks it up. Whoever takes the first item lets the other have the second one. Do you have any objections?”

Hearing this, she hesitated for a moment but then nodded firmly in agreement. This surprised Wu Li somewhat, but it only confirmed his suspicion that she had her own agenda.

At that moment, she spoke again.

“I haven’t introduced myself yet. My name is Nangong Wan. May I know your name, fellow Daoist?”

Nangong Wan looked at Wu Li with a very serious expression, her eyes shining as if they could see right through him.

This gave Wu Li the strange feeling that nothing about him could be hidden from her. But he quickly dismissed the thought—if even his great grandfather probably couldn’t see through him, how could a Great Luo Golden Immortal?

“Just call me Li Feiyu,” Wu Li replied.

Originally, he thought they were mere strangers who would part ways after leaving the Azure Thunder Secret Realm, so he planned to bluff by giving her the name Li Feiyu.

But to his surprise, she shook her head almost immediately.

“No, Li Feiyu is not your real name. You’d better tell me your true name.”