The agreed meeting place was at a restaurant.

Jiang Wang easily found the place and knocked on the door of the “Heaven” suite.

A voice came from inside. “Come in.”

It was Zhen Wudi’s voice.

Jiang Wang pushed the door open and immediately felt a sense of familiarity.

The trembling fat, the eyes narrowed into slits, the lewd smile… who else could it be but Zhen Wudi, with whom he had sparred countless rounds in the Mirage?

Although the appearance in the Mirage was disguised, this temperament and size were not easily imitated.

Nevertheless, Jiang Wang cautiously asked, “Chong Xuansheng?”

“Brother Dugu?” the young man asked at the same time.

They both laughed.

However, Chong Xuansheng laughed louder and louder, his facial fat shaking as he laughed: “Wahahaha, always pretending to be profound with me, I didn’t expect you to be this kind of person! You even faked your appearance when entering the Mirage, wasting effort to change yourself into a handsome man! And you’re actually so old! Hahahaha…”

The image was slightly different from that in the Mirage, but only this hateful style remained the same.

Hateful in a familiar way.

Of course, Jiang Wang was indeed not as handsome as his appearance in the Mirage. He had been travelling all this way, focused on cultivation, and had no opportunity to tidy himself up. In addition, the lifespan lost by using the White Bone Evasion Technique had turned his long hair withered and white.

The contrast in appearance was now very stark.

That being said, this fatty was really too cheap…

Jiang Wang curled his lips, saying indifferently: “You’re not as adorably fat as you were in the Mirage either, are you?”

“You don’t understand,” Chong Xuansheng said casually, “To disguise, you have to be thorough. Who would have thought that Zhen Wudi, who was powerful but unkempt in the Mirage, would actually be so handsome in reality?”

Where did this confidence come from?

Did Qi state admire fatness as beauty? He hadn’t heard of it.

Jiang Wang couldn’t help but remind him: “If you keep shouting so loudly, everyone will know who you are.”

Chong Xuansheng laughed wildly again: “This restaurant, this street, are all properties of my Chongxuan family! Who can overhear?”

To occupy a street in the heavily fortified Tianfu City, the Chongxuan clan’s foundation was more formidable than Jiang Wang had imagined.

But why did his flaunting his wealth feel so annoying?

Jiang Wang repeatedly reminded himself that this was not the Sword Discourse Stage. So he smiled modestly.

Chong Xuansheng added: “I was worried you wouldn’t recognize me!”

Jiang Wang was puzzled: “You’re quite close to your fatness!”

“I don’t like what you’re saying! Look here!” Chong Xuansheng leaned forward: “Look closely. In the Mirage, I have slit eyes. In reality, I have crescent moon eyes!”

“Haha, is that so?” Jiang Wang chuckled twice: “I see it, I see it. Sit back, don’t get excited.”

Chong Xuansheng then leaned back comfortably in his specially made large chair and said: “Then let’s talk about the Tianfu Secret Realm first!”

The two were already very familiar with each other in the Mirage, and there was no sense of unfamiliarity when they met in reality.

Jiang Wang immediately adopted a listening posture.

“It’s like this, Brother Dugu…”

Jiang Wang interrupted: “Are you still calling me Brother Dugu?”

His intention was simply to conceal his identity in the Mirage, to have Chong Xuansheng call him by his real name.

“Then…” Chong Xuansheng hesitated: “Uncle Jiang?”

“…” Jiang Wang squeezed the words out from between his teeth: “I’m only eighteen this year!”

His birthday was in January, and it had passed silently on the road.

In the past, Linghe and the others would celebrate for him, have a meal together, drink some wine, or something. But now…

That day was no different from the other days on the road.

In fact, if Chong Xuansheng hadn’t mentioned his age, he would have almost forgotten that he had had another birthday.

“Ahahaha.” It was Chong Xuansheng’s turn to chuckle dryly: “Your hair is dyed quite stylishly.”

“Yes, yes, yes.” Jiang Wang was too lazy to explain to this hateful guy, and just urged him: “Let’s talk about the Tianfu Secret Realm first. I don’t even know the details!”

“When the Tianfu Secret Realm opens, our Chongxuan family has three places, and I, as the most outstanding talent of the Chongxuan family in this generation, bear the future of the Chongxuan family on my shoulders. This exploration will be based on me as the core to form an exploration team. I’ll tell you first what can be gained from the Tianfu Secret Realm, and why it attracts so many people. What is rumored outside may not all be true.”

Chong Xuansheng said comfortably: “Tianfu, Tianfu, is the Mansion that leads to the Heavens! Do you know why Old Man Tianfu is so famous? Because he mastered all five Mansions, and obtained divine powers from all five Mansions! So his Inner Mansion is called Tianfu, meaning the number one Mansion in the world.

He once created a record of killing three Outer Building experts while he was in the Inner Mansion realm. He was undoubtedly invincible in the Inner Mansion realm.

Unfortunately, later he left the Tianfu Secret Realm and disappeared. The world says he roams the Void.

But no matter what, no one has ever seen him again.

And people speculate that he has a way to obtain divine powers in the Inner Mansion realm, and that method is hidden in the Tianfu Secret Realm! And only those with cultivation below the Tenglong realm can enter the Tianfu Secret Realm.”

“Over the years, so many people have come out of the Tianfu Secret Realm, surely someone has obtained that method?” Jiang Wang asked: “Then why hasn’t it been spread?”

“Because everyone who leaves the Tianfu Secret Realm doesn’t remember what happened in the Tianfu Secret Realm.” Chong Xuansheng said: “But those who have obtained opportunities in the Tianfu Secret Realm, as long as they don’t die, will later obtain divine powers in the Inner Mansion realm.”

“So, no one can say what kind of passes there are in the Tianfu Secret Realm, what kind of tests there are, what dangers there are?”

“The only thing we can be sure of is that the Tianfu Secret Realm is very dangerous. In the past years of exploring the Secret Realm, the most people who came out alive at once were only seven. The least number of people who came out alive was zero.” Chong Xuansheng said seriously: “But no one knows what the danger is.”

“…” Jiang Wang was a little speechless: “Then, why would the Chongxuan family let you, the most outstanding talent of this generation, participate in such a dangerous exploration activity? Are they afraid that you won’t be able to obtain divine powers in the Inner Mansion realm? Your Chongxuan family’s secret methods are no less than divine powers.”

He looked at the fatty with a smile that was not a smile: “Could it be that the so-called most outstanding talent of the Chongxuan family in this generation is not just one person?”

“Uh…” Chong Xuansheng said without the slightest embarrassment: “There are probably a few, maybe. So there’s bound to be some competition. Of course, the main thing is that I’m not afraid of danger, I’m aggressive, I strive for the peak, and I dare to challenge!”

“You’ve already come, you’re not going to leave, are you?” Chong Xuansheng said with a slightly nervous expression: “This spot is very precious, many people would break their heads to get it!”

That was true.

Although the Tianfu Secret Realm was dangerous, the rewards were extremely high. The cultivators who could obtain divine power seeds were all absolute experts in the Inner Mansion realm. The divine power Inner Mansion was almost a level higher than the ordinary Inner Mansion.

The powerful divine power Inner Mansion could even compete with Outer Building experts.

Looking at the world, how many people could be sure that they could obtain divine powers in the Inner Mansion realm?

Jiang Wang certainly wouldn’t back down. Danger was never the most terrible thing. The most terrible thing was never seeing hope.

And an opportunity to achieve a divine power Inner Mansion could undoubtedly ignite the light of that faint hope.

“Then, such a precious spot. What do I need to pay?” Jiang Wang asked.

Chong Xuansheng didn’t hesitate and said directly: “I have a Heart Demon Curse. The small team that is formed with me as the core must swear on the Heart Demon Curse before entering the Tianfu Secret Realm that the first opportunity to obtain divine power seeds after entering the Tianfu Secret Realm must be given to me. Only then can they go to find their own opportunities.”

This was reasonable.

There were no unprovoked gains in the world. If you wanted to get something, you had to pay something.

Jiang Wang didn’t hesitate and said directly: “I agree.”

Just then, there was a commotion outside the door.

A voice shouted: “Get out of the way! Let me see who is so powerful that they can snatch my spot!”

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