With a thought from Ye Ling, the secret realm orb inside her dantian flashed with a faint light, and a spatial rift tore open out of thin air in front of her.
Carrying the jubilant Cang Si, she stepped inside.
Just after passing through the spatial barrier, a vast and boundless world instantly unfolded before her eyes.
This secret realm space was incredibly vast, easily several times the size of the Bailing Secret Realm.
The surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth was abundant and rich, circulating endlessly, and its concentration steadily surpassed that of the Bailing Secret Realm.
The entire secret realm was extremely peaceful and serene, covered in green meadows.
Surrounded by blooming flowers, ancient trees, and lush forests, the scenery was breathtakingly beautiful.
However, it was completely devoid of birds, beasts, or any living creatures, making it quiet to the point of absolute purity.
After entering the secret realm, Cang Si relaxed completely. Her blue-gold dragon body shuttled gracefully between the sea of clouds and the vegetation, circling and flying around Ye Ling with great agility and freedom.
Since her birth, she had spent most of her time residing in this secret realm. Compared to staying in the Bailing Secret Realm, this was her true homeland.
Looking at the vast and quiet world around her, Ye Ling asked softly,
“Xiao Si, this secret realm is vast and has abundant spiritual energy. Why is there no trace of any living creatures?”
Hearing her voice, Cang Si stopped circling and flew back to Ye Ling's side, explaining seriously,
“Sister, many powerful demon beasts originally inhabited this secret realm.”
“But my innate foundation was damaged, and I was only at the early-stage Xiantian Realm when I was born, which made me too weak.”
“My parents worried that the demon beasts in the secret realm would be too powerful and covet the bloodline of a true dragon cub, so they acted in advance to completely clear out all the demon beasts from the secret realm.”
Ye Ling nodded in realization, understanding the situation.
The demon beasts bred in an Earth-grade secret realm were all formidable. If they had all been left behind, Cang Si, with her low cultivation, would have had no way to protect herself.
She followed up with a soft question, “So, you were born in this secret realm, right?”
“Mhm, mhm!” Cang Si quickly leaned closer to Ye Ling, her dragon head affectionately rubbing against her sleeve, her tone jubilant.
“I've been here ever since I was born!”
“Sister, let me take you to see where I was born, okay?”
Ye Ling agreed with a smile.
The human and the dragon soared into the air side by side, flying all the way toward the heart of the secret realm.
After flying for a full hour and passing through vast stretches of green forests and seas of clouds, they finally arrived at the core region of the entire secret realm.
An ancient and elegant stone palace suddenly stood tall in the center of the world.
The scale of the palace was not grand or majestic, but it was built entirely of pure spirit stones, pristine white with a delicate texture.
The walls of the palace were constructed from high-grade spirit stones, and key locations such as the pillars, roof, and formation eyes were embedded with massive pieces of peak-grade spirit stones.
Unfortunately, with the passage of time and the exhaustion of spiritual energy, these high-grade spirit stones, which were once priceless, had long since lost their luster.
Stripped of all spiritual light and warmth, they had degraded into ordinary, cold stone. Only the exquisite and magnificent outline of the palace remained, offering a faint glimpse of its past luxury and grandeur.
Ye Ling marveled inwardly; the True Dragon Clan indeed possessed an immense heritage and staggering wealth.
Looking at the familiar palace, Cang Si spoke slowly, her tone carrying a hint of melancholy.
“Sister, this is the birth palace that my parents specially built for me.”
“In my bloodline memories, this place once surged with spiritual energy, making it the most spiritual energy-dense spot in the entire secret realm.”
“It's just that back then, in order to keep me alive and nourish my damaged origin...”
“By the time I was born, the massive amount of spiritual energy stockpiled in the palace and even the entire secret realm had already been completely absorbed by me.”
At this point, the little one's dragon whiskers drooped slightly, carrying a hint of guilt. “So now, there is no spiritual energy left here at all...”
Ye Ling did not say anything, but simply raised her hand to gently stroke Cang Si's dragon head.
“It doesn't matter. The wax and wane of a secret realm's spiritual energy follows its own laws. For me, the place where you were born is what I wanted to see the most.”
Cang Si's heart warmed, and she nodded vigorously.
“Sister, follow me!”
The human and the dragon stepped inside the palace.
The layout inside the palace was simple and elegant, not grand or empty, allowing one to see everything at a single glance.
Right in the center of the grand hall lay a giant, dozens-of-meters-long stone bed with spiritual patterns. The stone was ancient and heavy. Even after countless years, threads of pure spiritual energy still lingered around it, swirling without dispersing.
Cang Si quickly turned around and excitedly introduced it to Ye Ling,
“Sister, this is it!”
“Before I was born, I stayed on this stone bed to nourish my origin.”
“This is the Dragon Clan's Spirit Vein Jade Bed. It inherently possesses the miraculous effect of gathering spiritual energy and solidifying one's foundation. Cultivating here will make your speed much faster! Quick, try it!”
Hearing this, Ye Ling quickly stepped forward, her palm gently pressing against the cool and smooth surface of the stone bed.
The moment she touched the stone bed, the residual spiritual charm hidden deep within the stone was instantly triggered.
Pure and gentle spiritual energy flowed continuously along the meridians of her palm, surging into her limbs and bones.
“What dense and pure spiritual energy!” Ye Ling could not help but marvel in a low voice.
Cang Si circled around happily, her eyes filled with anticipation. “Sister, sit on it and try cultivating!”
Ye Ling nodded slightly. She sat cross-legged right in the middle of the stone bed, focused her mind, and circulated her cultivation method.
Instantly, the spiritual energy in the entire palace surged frantically, gathering around her like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, forming a visible ring of pale green spiritual mist that enveloped her body.
The spiritual energy concentration of this secret realm itself was already at the level of a high-grade secret realm. With the addition of the gathering and amplifying effects of this Dragon Clan-exclusive Spirit Vein Jade Bed, the double effect caused her cultivation efficiency to skyrocket.
Compared to cultivating in the Bailing Secret Realm, her cultivation speed here was increased by more than five times.
The spiritual energy entering her body was gentle and rich, circulating through her meridians to nourish her physical body and warm her true qi. Even the circulation of the True Dragon Unfettered Art became increasingly smooth, and the true qi within her dantian visibly grew more condensed and abundant.
A surge of joy welled up in Ye Ling's heart.
With this Earth-grade secret realm that possessed high-grade spiritual energy, as well as this terrifyingly powerful Dragon Clan Spirit Vein Jade Bed, her future cultivation would surely advance by leaps and bounds.
Binding her life with Xiao Si through the Lifebound Contract was absolutely the most correct decision she had ever made in her life.
Seeing Ye Ling's relaxed brows and joyful expression, Cang Si immediately wagged her dragon whiskers, approached her, and sent a soul transmission full of anticipation,
“Sister, how is it? Isn't it super useful?”
Ye Ling raised her hand to gently stroke the soft, adorable dragon head that nudged closer, sighing softly in her heart.
This little one was simply too adorable, even more endearing than the little kittens she had raised in her previous life.
She laughed softly. “Mhm, it's exceptionally good.”
“Thank you so much, Xiao Si. If I hadn't met you...”
Before she could finish, Cang Si quickly interrupted her.
The little dragon's eyes were clear and bright as she stared at Ye Ling with absolute seriousness. “There are no ifs! We were destined to meet!”
Looking at her resolute expression, Ye Ling nodded heavily. “Yes, we were destined to meet.”
She suddenly recalled something. Cang Si's true dragon form was far too shocking. If it were ever exposed, it would undoubtedly bring about a catastrophic disaster.
In her future travels and training, she must absolutely never let her reveal her true form.
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