#175 - Fifty secret realms merged again
Along the way, Qin Buyi followed behind Liu Qi in flight.
After about fifteen minutes, Liu Qi stopped and looked at Qin Buyi, saying:
“Lord Qin, this is the entrance to the secret realm.”
Qin Buyi looked into the distance. Two soldiers were guarding the entrance to the Senyuan City secret realm.
Qin Buyi and Liu Qi walked forward. The soldiers immediately bowed upon seeing Liu Qi and said, “Greetings, Lord Liu.”
Liu Qi glanced at Qin Buyi. He didn't dare let anyone call him 'Lord' in front of Qin Buyi.
He quickly scolded the soldiers, “This is Qin Buyi, a senior instructor from the Imperial Capital's Great Ming Academy, Lord Qin. Hurry up and greet him!”
When the two soldiers heard Liu Qi's words, their eyes lit up with excitement.
They had also heard of Qin Buyi's illustrious reputation.
Moreover, they knew that the secret realm they were guarding had been given to Lord Qin. The two soldiers immediately saluted and said, “Greetings, Lord Qin.”
Qin Buyi said, “No need for formalities, you may leave.”
The two soldiers looked embarrassed and glanced at Qin Buyi and Liu Qi.
Liu Qi asked, “Lord Qin told you two to leave, why haven't you?”
The soldier on the left looked at the soldier on the right. They exchanged glances, and the soldier on the left stepped forward and said:
“Reporting to Lord Liu, City Lord Linsen previously ordered us not to leave this place. If we see Lord Qin, we must not give him the secret realm. Those who disobey will be executed!”
Linsen had set this up entirely to prevent Qin Buyi from bypassing him and going directly to the secret realm.
But Linsen's actions were now being cursed by Liu Qi in his heart.
Liu Qi cursed inwardly, “Linsen, you idiot. You're still causing me trouble even after you're dead.”
Liu Qi felt the murderous intent that Qin Buyi had been suppressing begin to intensify again.
He secretly glanced at Qin Buyi, whose expression was becoming increasingly cold.
Liu Qi's heart skipped a beat. He quickly went to the two soldiers, raised his hand, and slapped them hard.
“Smack!” “Smack!”
Two crisp sounds rang out, and the two soldiers were somewhat dumbfounded by Liu Qi's beating.
The difference in their status and position was enormous, and the two soldiers could only silently endure the beating.
Liu Qi scolded angrily, “Fools, that Linsen defied orders and has already been killed by Lord Qin. Do you two also want to die?”
When the two soldiers heard the news of Linsen's death, their eyes widened in horror, and they quickly shook their heads.
Liu Qi shouted, “If you don't want to die, then get out of here. And tell the other soldiers that if I and Lord Qin are heading to the next secret realm and anyone dares to obstruct us again, they will die!”
Hearing this, the two soldiers immediately opened the entrance to the secret realm and fled into the distance as if escaping.
Liu Qi squeezed out a smile and said to Qin Buyi, “Lord Qin, my subordinates are ignorant, please don't mind it.”
Qin Buyi said meaningfully, “Liu Qi, your words saved these two soldiers.”
How could Qin Buyi not know Liu Qi's little thoughts?
Although he slapped them twice on the surface, what were two slaps compared to their lives?
Liu Qi understood the meaning in Qin Buyi's words and said, “I thank you on behalf of those two soldiers for your mercy.”
Qin Buyi wasn't in a good mood, but it hadn't reached the point of harming innocent people.
The murderous intent he had emitted earlier was directed at the deceased Linsen. This Linsen was truly using every means to hinder him.
Qin Buyi stopped wasting words with Liu Qi and said directly, “You wait for me outside.”
Liu Qi respectfully said, “Yes.”
With that, Qin Buyi stepped into the opened secret realm.
After entering the secret realm, Qin Buyi released his divine sense and scanned the entire realm.
Like the secret realms around Qingsha City, the resources within this secret realm had also been completely emptied, leaving only an empty shell.
Qin Buyi took out the Secret Realm Core.
The Secret Realm Core bloomed with colorful light, and a large amount of spiritual energy from within the secret realm poured into the Secret Realm Core.
Five breaths later, the spiritual energy within the secret realm was completely absorbed by the Secret Realm Core.
A large amount of colorful spiritual energy gushed out from within the Secret Realm Core, feeding back into the entire secret realm.
At the same time, Qin Buyi felt a close connection between himself and the secret realm.
He directly merged the secret realm into the Lesser Thousand World, and Qin Buyi appeared in the outside world.
Liu Qi waited outside for about ten breaths before Qin Buyi came out.
Seeing that Qin Buyi had come out so quickly after just entering, Liu Qi was a little puzzled and asked cautiously, “Lord Qin, why did you leave the secret realm so quickly?”
“Boom!”
The first thing to answer Liu Qi was an explosion from the secret realm portal.
The sudden explosion startled Liu Qi.
Liu Qi looked at the secret realm portal that had exploded behind him, his mind slightly dazed.
Qin Buyi said calmly, “The matter has been dealt with, of course I have to come out. Let's go, next secret realm.”
Liu Qi's head was full of doubts, but he didn't dare to ask more.
Hearing Qin Buyi's words, he silently led Qin Buyi towards the second secret realm.
Arriving at the second secret realm, it was still the same result.
After Qin Buyi went in, he came out not long after.
“Boom!”
As expected, the second secret realm exploded again. This time, Liu Qi, who was already prepared, was not startled.
Qin Buyi said, “Next secret realm.”
The two arrived at the third secret realm. After Qin Buyi entered the secret realm, Liu Qi began to count the time outside.
“One breath... two breaths... three breaths...”
“Seven breaths... eight breaths... nine breaths...”
“Ten breaths!”
Liu Qi counted to the tenth breath when Qin Buyi walked out of the secret realm.
“Boom!”
The third secret realm exploded again.
This time, before Qin Buyi could open his mouth, Liu Qi, who already had the experience from the previous times, took the initiative and said:
“Lord Qin, please follow me to the fourth secret realm.”...
The two arrived at the fourth secret realm...
“Boom!”
Fifth secret realm...
“Boom!”
Tenth secret realm...
“Boom!”
Twentieth secret realm...
“Boom!”
Thirty-fifth secret realm...
“Boom!”
Fiftieth secret realm...
“Boom!”
After merging the thirty-two secret realms around Qingsha City, the efficiency of the Secret Realm Core greatly increased.
Last time in Qingsha City, Qin Buyi spent more than half a day to merge the thirty-two secret realms.
This time, Qin Buyi spent less than half a day to merge fifty secret realms.
The larger the Lesser Thousand World, the stronger the Secret Realm Core.
This half-day had a very big visual and psychological impact on Liu Qi.
The “boom” of the secret realm exploding still faintly lingered in Liu Qi's ears.
As Linsen's advisor, Liu Qi could be said to be the most knowledgeable person about Linsen.
Based on his understanding of Linsen's character, he had vaguely guessed why Linsen defied orders and refused to give Qin Buyi the secret realms.
Linsen was inherently a miser with an obsessive-compulsive personality, and he didn't care about anything outside.
The thing that Linsen cared about the most was all the secret realms in the area under his jurisdiction, and what resources were in each secret realm.
Linsen could clearly list them like a treasure, but if outsiders wanted to touch these resources, it was impossible.
Linsen was the type of miser who didn't spend money and didn't use spirit stones when things happened.
As for why he was said to have obsessive-compulsive disorder, there could only be more, not fewer, secret realms around Senyuan City.
A few years ago, a secret realm inexplicably self-destructed. After Linsen found out, his face was gloomy for half a year.
