It's finally over! "
In the side room on the top of the ship, Zhou Yulong let out a long breath, and his expression was quite relieved.
The people struggling to survive in the stronghold only felt that these cultivators from the secret realm were very powerful and noble, but how could they understand their bitterness?
If they were not forced to, if it were not for the ancestral teachings, who would be willing to leave the safety of the secret realm and run out to be a guide?
In today's world, outside of the secret realm, there was no safe place.
Although they had the spirit ship to rely on, along the way, they had repeatedly encountered the provocation of the Corpse Clan. There were many battles, and there were several times when they were almost wiped out.
In history, there were precedents of the secret realm's spirit ship being destroyed by the Corpse Clan, and the entire party being wiped out.
For cultivators like them who came from the secret realm and had been pampered since young, leaving the secret realm was equivalent to gambling with their lives!
In the eyes of cultivators outside the secret realm, being a guide was a glorious job. No matter which stronghold they went to, the people in the stronghold would welcome them and warmly entertain them. However, for cultivators who came from the secret realm, no one was willing to easily touch them.
However, if they wanted to climb to a high position in the secret realm, they had to do this job at least once. This was because the first generation master of the secret realm had once set a rule that only by personally experiencing the difficulties of survival of the human race in the outside world could they understand how to cherish everything in the secret realm.
The Zhou Clan he came from had a high position and power in the secret realm. They jointly controlled the secret realm with several other clans. He himself had outstanding talent and had a powerful cultivation at a young age. He was the most promising new star of the Zhou Clan in the future.
Now that he had the experience of being a guide, he would definitely be able to find a good job after returning. In the next ten years, he even had the chance to compete for the position of the Zhou Clan's patriarch. When that time came, how glorious would it be?
The continent was shattered. Outside the Arcane Realm, the human race was struggling to survive. Inside the Arcane Realm, there was peace and prosperity. Even the cultivators, after reaching the limit of their cultivation, did not have the desire to continue cultivating. Their nature of fighting for power and profit was exposed.
The world didn't know what kind of filthy places were hidden in the so-called Holy Land. If they knew, perhaps many people wouldn't be so eager to enter the Holy Land.
Speaking of which, although Zhou Yulong was forced to go out and suffer because of the ancestral teachings, he still felt quite emotional after really making this trip.
The life of the people outside was too tough. There were a few times when he couldn't help but want to pack up the people in the stronghold and take them away.
The mystic realm was so big, it wasn't as if it couldn't accommodate those people.
However, he could only think about it. If he really did it, it would be taboo.
The secret realms were indeed huge and could accommodate many humans, but they couldn't accommodate all the remaining humans in the world, even if all three secret realms were opened.
Therefore, he could only take in more youths and children within the scope of his authority.
As for the fate of these people in the secret realm, it was not something that Zhou Yulong could worry about. At the very least, the environment in the secret realm was much better than the precarious outside. As long as they did not make too big of a mistake, staying alive was not a problem.
In today's world, living was more important than anything else.
As if thinking of something, Zhou Yulong suddenly called out, "Men!"
Immediately, someone pushed open the door and entered. It was a female cultivator with delicate features. She was also a servant of the Zhou Clan. She bowed and cupped her hands. "Sir."
"We're going back soon. Tell them to boil some hot water. Let the children bathe and bring them back clean. They can't stink like this."
"Yes!" The female cultivator replied, then turned and went to work.
After a short while, the door to the bottom of the cabin was pushed open. A group of youths and children watched as the cultivators bustled about. In a short while, ten wooden buckets filled with water were lined up in a row in the spacious area.
A man stepped out with his hands behind his back. "Sir Yulong has taken pity on you and specially ordered us to prepare these so that you can wash yourselves clean and enter the secret realm. You have one hour. Hurry up!"
With that, he impatiently turned and left.
For someone like him, if it wasn't for the fact that he needed to do something, he wouldn't want to stay a moment longer in such a smelly environment.
The cultivators also turned and left, leaving behind the group of youths and children looking at each other in dismay.
In the New Era, there was a shortage of survival materials, including clean water. From childhood to adulthood, these people had to be very careful with the water they drank, let alone bathing.
Many people might not even bathe once in two or three years.
Now, looking at these ten wooden buckets filled with clean water, many of them were not used to it.
After a long while, someone stepped forward and cupped a handful of water with both hands, drinking it in large mouthfuls. In another moment, the ten wooden buckets were surrounded by figures drinking water.
Zhou Yulong naturally didn't expect that more than half of the clean water he ordered for bathing would end up in the stomachs of these youths and children.
Only after everyone had drunk enough did they begin to bathe.
The water was cold water. Even though Zhou Yulong ordered his subordinates to boil some hot water, who would go through the trouble for the lowly lives of a group of strongholds? In any case, Zhou Yulong wouldn't personally come down to investigate.
No one fell into the wooden buckets. They all stood by the buckets and only took a small amount of water to wash their dirty bodies under their clothes.
Saving everything that could be saved had already become an instinct engraved in their bones.
"Big Brother, aren't you going to bathe?" The little girl who had been saved by Lu Ye came back with her hair dripping wet. Seeing Lu Ye and Ying Wu Ji sitting there indifferently, she couldn't help but say, "You should go bathe. They say that whoever can wash clean will leave a good impression on those important people when they enter the Hidden Territory. Maybe they will take you as a disciple."
"We don't need to." Ying Wu Ji smiled at the innocent little girl. "Besides, we're both so old. Those important people probably won't take a liking to us. You just have to do your best."
The little girl's expression immediately became hopeful.
More than an hour later, the cultivators from before appeared and took away the wooden buckets. The middle-aged man who had spoken earlier also came in and shouted, "Little Hairy Ones, hurry up and get moving. We're home!"
This one sentence caused the entire cabin to boil.
He shouted, "Don't make a ruckus, don't push. When you leave this place, behave yourselves. If anyone dares to break the rules, I'll teach them a lesson!"
Everyone immediately quieted down.
Under his deterrence, the youths and children in the cabin formed a somewhat scattered line and walked out one after another.
The little girl was about to call out to Lu Ye and Ying Wu Ji, but when she turned her head, the two of them were already gone. She couldn't help but jump in fright, almost wondering if she had seen a ghost.
The spirit ship had already docked on a bare mountain peak. Zhou Yulong was standing side by side with the woman who had acted with him before. He held a golden plate in his hand and looked down.
Before leaving the Hidden Territory, the Zhou Clan Patriarch had already told him that he had to arrive here at a specific time and wait here.
Because at this time, the Hidden Territory would drift to this place.
At this position, with the help of the special spirit weapon in Zhou Yulong's hand, he could open the door to the Hidden Territory.
If he missed this time, even if it was a cultivator from the Zhou Clan like Zhou Yulong, it would be extremely difficult for him to return to the Hidden Territory.
The golden plate in his hand was the spirit weapon that opened the door to the Hidden Territory. There were two golden plates, one yin and one yang. Zhou Yulong activated the power of the golden plate, and the person in the Hidden Territory who had the corresponding golden plate would be able to sense it and check the situation outside. After confirming that there was nothing wrong, he could open the door.
Such caution was naturally to prevent the golden plate from falling into the hands of the Corpse Clan.
If the door was opened without further investigation, it would be over if the Corpse Clan attacked.
On the mountain peak, Zhou Yulong waited impatiently. He looked at the golden plate in his hand and looked at the sky.
It wasn't until the sun was high in the sky that his expression shook and he let out a long breath. "The time has come!"
As he spoke, he channeled his spirit energy into the golden plate. In an instant, golden light shone brightly on the mountain peak. All the cultivators couldn't help but narrow their eyes.
The golden light flowed like a real object. There seemed to be a crack in the void, allowing the golden light to flow into it. The light continued to dim.
Zhou Yulong nervously and nervously stared at the place where the golden light flowed.
After a long while, the originally dim golden light suddenly became bright. Zhou Yulong's heart relaxed, knowing that someone was waiting for him in the Hidden Territory.
The golden light continued to surge, and then turned into a door, standing upright on the mountain peak. The door was not big, and could allow three or four people to enter side by side. Beside the door frame, golden light flowed, and it was magnificent.
"Everyone, thank you for your hard work. I'll go first!" Zhou Yulong said and led the woman beside him.
With one step, he stepped into the door.
The door was like the mouth of a ferocious beast. The moment the two of them stepped in, it disappeared.
In the Silver Snake Valley Hidden Territory, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was abundant. In front of the golden door, cultivators from several great clans stood guard. In addition to these cultivators on the surface, there were many people hiding in the dark. This place was also covered by a large formation.
Within the Hidden Territory, the security at the door was the tightest. Throughout the year, there were large numbers of cultivators standing guard, whether in the open or in the dark. Although there had never been any accidents in all these years, it was still necessary to be on guard.
A few hundred years ago, the number of cultivators guarding this place was more than five times more than now. However, as time passed, the security here eventually became lax.
"Yulong!"
Seeing Zhou Yulong's figure, a middle-aged man with a heroic figure greeted him. Seeing how he addressed Zhou Yulong, it was obvious that this person was also from the Zhou Clan.
"Third Uncle." Zhou Yulong bowed to the middle-aged man.
Third Uncle immediately reached out to help him up. He looked him up and down, patted his shoulder, and praised: "You've had a hard journey."
Zhou Yulong said: "It's my duty. Third Uncle is too serious."
While they were exchanging greetings, on the other side, the woman who came back with Zhou Yulong was also greeted by her clansmen. The woman's name was Ning Tongtong, and she came from the Ning Clan, one of the great clans in the Hidden Territory.
The Zhou Clan and the Ning Clan had been on good terms for generations, and there were many marriages between them. The elders of the two clans now had the intention of matchmaking the two of them, so this time, the two of them were in charge of receiving them.
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