The wind howled!
A massive paper crane swept across the Void Realm.
A Cultivator sat on the paper crane; it was He Pingsheng.
Previously, he had used the last shred of his Divine Thought to activate a Talisman, slaying Luoyu.
Then he fainted.
When he woke up again, several hours had passed, so He Pingsheng didn't dare to crush the teleportation Talisman and leave the Secret Realm.
Because, in all likelihood, Yu De was already waiting at the Secret Realm entrance.
He Pingsheng laboriously controlled the paper crane, his head aching as if it would split open, and large beads of sweat dripped from his forehead.
Whoosh...
The flying paper crane, unstable, suddenly tilted and fell from the Void Realm.
It almost crashed into a giant cliff rock on a nearby mountain.
"Ah..." He Pingsheng endured the explosive pain, forcibly controlling the paper crane to sweep past this cliff and land in the deep valley opposite.
The valley was deep, with a small river flowing through it.
Where the river washed and turned, there was a deep, secluded cave entrance that led directly into the mountain's belly.
He Pingsheng no longer had any desire to rush at this moment; his Divine Thought was almost exhausted, so he had no choice but to drag his weary body into the cave.
Once in the cave, he had only one thought: sleep!
To fall into a deep sleep.
However, he knew he couldn't sleep.
With his current Divine Thought, setting up a Formation was impossible; he could only temporarily move a few large rocks to block the cave entrance, then flop onto the ground and fall into a deep sleep.
That's right, He Pingsheng's Divine Thought was injured, and severely so.
If he hadn't Cultivated the Spirit Refining Cultivation Technique, Xuanmen Jingxin True Technique, which made his Divine Thought stronger than ordinary Qi Refinement Stage Cultivators, he would have collapsed under Luoyu's sneak attack with the golden bell.
That golden bell was simply too powerful.
The closer it was, the greater its destructive power, specifically designed to damage one's Divine Thought.
Fortunately, everything was over.
He Pingsheng lay in this dark, damp cave, sleeping for three days and three nights without knowing day from night, before finally waking up.
"Ah..." After waking up, his head still throbbed with a tearing pain.
But now, it felt a little better than when he was first attacked.
"Hoo..." He Pingsheng exhaled deeply, enduring the headache, and then turned his head to look at the cave where he was resting.
The cave entrance was very small, only a few feet in diameter, but inside it was very spacious, about several zhang, already the size of a large house.
And behind this cave, there was an even deeper small cave entrance, leading into the depths of the mountain.
However, this small cave entrance was truly too small, only about a foot wide, not enough to crawl through. So He Pingsheng didn't know how deep this cave was, but cold air currents continuously spewed out of it, turning into a chilling wind that blew across one's body, making one's hair stand on end.
He Pingsheng took out several fire-attribute Spirit Stones from his Storage Pouch and casually threw them onto the ground.
Immediately, fire-attribute Spiritual Qi surged out, blowing away the dampness in the cave.
He Pingsheng then took out a meditation cushion, water, some Medicinal Pills, and other items from his Storage Pouch.
Then, his brows furrowed.
With less than ten days left until the end of this Secret Realm exploration, trying to go out and search for Treasure Artifacts now was almost impossible.
He Pingsheng didn't even have the ability to control the paper crane, let alone the ability to control Spells and fight others, which meant he had lost the means to compete for any Treasure Artifacts.
Forget it, he would just wait here.
"At this time, that Old thing Yu De must already be waiting at the Secret Realm entrance and exit, right?" He Pingsheng muttered with a frown.
So it was impossible to crush the teleportation jade Talisman and get out now, otherwise, he would surely die.
What to do then?
If he didn't go out now, he would still have to go out when the Secret Realm ended!
Wouldn't he die then anyway?
As he pondered, He Pingsheng waved his hand again, taking out two items from his Storage Pouch.
One Talisman: a Disguise Talisman.
One book: Xuanmen Jingxin True Art.
He Pingsheng had already thought of a way to escape, which was to first Cultivate the Xuanmen Jingxin True Art to slightly restore his Divine Thought. Although it couldn't be fully restored, any recovery was better than none.
After he got out, he would then collect Materials and Spiritual Plants and try to refine the second-grade Medicinal Pill, Spirit Recovery Pill.
Before the Secret Realm closed, he would use the Disguise Talisman and then leave.
However, he didn't know if he could evade the search of a Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator like Yu De after disguising himself.
In a word, it depended on his fate!
If he couldn't escape, then he would fight for survival!
If he escaped, then he would escape to freedom.
He Pingsheng closed his eyes in contemplation and began to Cultivate the Xuanmen Jingxin True Technique.
"Ah..." As soon as he started Cultivating, a sharp pain came from his mind, almost unbearable.
But he knew this was normal.
To repair Divine Thought, pain was essential.
Enduring the severe pain, He Pingsheng continued to circulate the Xuanmen Jingxin True Technique.
Unknowingly, a day passed.
His Divine Thought had recovered slightly.
As night fell and the moon rose, He Pingsheng quickly took out the gathering treasure basin and then threw the small golden bell into it.
This golden bell was the soul extinguishing bell that Luoyu had used to ambush him earlier.
The soul extinguishing bell was a Low Grade Spiritual Artifact, with five Restrictions on it.
This made He Pingsheng somewhat overjoyed, as he still didn't have any Treasure Artifacts of Spiritual Artifact quality to date.
He just didn't know if this Spiritual Artifact could be strengthened to a top-grade spirit tool when placed in the gathering treasure basin.
Let's try!
He Pingsheng placed the gathering treasure basin behind him, and then used the trace of soul thought he had just recovered to create a Defense Array in the cave.
This way, he wouldn't have to worry about Yao Beasts or people coming.
With everything done, He Pingsheng continued to sit cross-legged on the meditation cushion, Cultivating the Xuanmen Jingxin True Technique to recover from his Divine Thought injury.
Soon, a night passed.
Opening his eyes the next morning, He Pingsheng found that his Divine Thought had recovered a bit more.
To put it this way, his head no longer hurt.
However, his Divine Thought was still very weak, roughly equivalent to the Qi Refining Stage First Level.
It still couldn't break through the physical shackles and be released externally.
It was impossible to fully recover in the short term.
He Pingsheng turned his head and looked at the gathering treasure basin behind him.
As expected, the Treasure Artifacts in the gathering treasure basin had increased from one to two.
What he had thrown in yesterday evening was a golden bell, but now it had turned into an earthy yellow small bell and a red rattle drum.
He Pingsheng first reached out and picked up the earthy yellow small bell.
Although his Divine Thought was extremely weak now, he could still detect this Treasure Artifact.
The small bell had a good texture.
Grade: top-grade spirit tool.
Restrictions: 8 layers!
Name: soul extinguishing bell.
Function: After refining it and infusing it with magical power, this bell can emit a Divine Thought attack. The closer the distance, the stronger the attack power.
He Pingsheng was immediately overjoyed.
Earlier, he had worried that his gathering treasure basin couldn't strengthen the Spiritual Artifact to a top-grade.
Now it seemed that his worries were unnecessary.
Directly top-grade, with eight layers of Restrictions.
That meant that if this item were fully refined, its single strike power would be much stronger than the previous soul extinguishing bell.
