The imperial family’s secret realm had always been the most important place for the imperial family.
In fact, it would also be difficult for the emperor’s grandchildren to be permitted inside the realm.
Nonetheless, everything seemed to have changed in one day. The guards in the palace were stupefied as they watched powerhouses being sent by Her Royal Highness into the secret realm one after another.
Although the entrance was still heavily guarded, letting 10 cultivators at the peak of Yang Grade in at one time was an unprecedented feat.
Even so, nobody—not even Wu Yuanwei, who was the greatest powerhouse—from the imperial family said a word about it, hence the other people dared not say anything.
In actuality, if it was not because of the construction of a permanent passage, the imperial family would not have allowed so many Supreme Great Ancestors to appear. The capital and the 8 counties had a vast territory, but they could not accommodate over 1,000 great ancestors.
Unless the Humans’ disaster was near, the number of powerhouses would definitely cause trouble for the ruling of the imperial family and the inherited aristocratic families from the 8 counties.
Now, the Humans’ disaster had ended long ago. It was initially estimated that there would be plenty of casualties, so it would be good enough if there were half of the Supreme Great Ancestors left, let alone Yang Grade cultivators.
Nevertheless, nobody guessed that even though the disaster happened on time, the Humans did not suffer a huge loss.
If that was not the case, it would have been impossible to gather 1,000 over cultivators at the peak of Yang Grade.
“Boom…”
The faces of the 10 powerhouses that entered the imperial family’s secret realm changed because they felt dizzy the instant they entered. It was as though they suffered strange attacks at that moment, causing them to respond slower.
Ou Yangming, who had entered the secret realm long ago, slowly focused on the powerhouses, whereas the little red bird on his shoulder was indifferent.
It was merely an interspatial fluctuation, which was intentionally done by the secret realm’s master to display severity to the 10 outsiders. Despite that, the slight change was simple and crude to the little bird, which was enough to prove that the mastermind behind the realm was an idiot in space.
If Wu Yuanwei knew what the little red bird was thinking, he would probably go all-out to fight it.
The first batch of powerhouses that entered the imperial family’s secret realm was carefully chosen based on various aspects. They were young and energetic people, by which they would also likely become great ancestors in the future without the Simulated Spiritual Fist’s help.
Since there was such a path to assist them, apart from God-favored people such as He Liangce, Zuoqiu Hongyuan, and so on, nobody would want to miss the opportunity.
The powerhouses composed themselves and stabilized themselves from the interspatial shock, then they noticed Ou Yangming sitting with his legs crossed.
They were familiar with the reputable Master Ou, who met them on the first day they moved into the cottages. Moreover, they understood very well that they could offend anyone in the capital but not Master Ou Yangming.
“Greetings, Master Ou.”
The 10 normally proud and arrogant powerhouses at the peak of Yang Grade bowed at the young fellow.
Ou Yangming grinned and reached out his hand to guide the powerhouses as he responded, “You don’t need to be so polite. I’m only providing you some help, and it’s still up to you to break through in the end.”
A middle-aged man expressed seriously, “Master Ou, I’ll surely do my best. Whether or not I’ll break through, you’ll forever be my teacher.”
The other people were stunned at first, but they immediately uttered, “We pay you our respects, teacher.”
Cultivators that could arrive at the peak of Yang Grade were definitely taught by masters. The powerhouses had inquired about Ou Yangming’s background, so they knew he was unordinary. Not only did he possess the Spiritual Fist Secret Technique, which could help people break through their limits to advance to the peak of martial arts, but he was also the first superb blacksmith at the present age that could smith magic tools. They heard that those that became Supreme Great Ancestors because of him were given a magic tool each, which were even legendary magic skill tools.
Since they met such a figure, how could they not flatter him?
It would be quite impossible for them to regard Ou Yangming as their master, but it would be fine if they took a step back and honored him as their teacher instead.
Not to mention the rogue cultivators at the peak of Yang Grade, even those with inheritances had discussions beforehand, thus this would not be a psychological burden to them at all.
Ou Yangming was dumbfounded for some time, but he could tell at one glance what they were thinking. He wondered quickly before he said, “Fine, I won’t totally reject you since you have this thought. If any of you advance to Extreme Grade, I’ll spare time to customize a magic tool for you.”
The 10 powerhouses could not help but feel elated. They were being respectful earlier, but they knew better who Ou Yangming was. Based on his achievements and the 2 fearsome spirit beasts that he subdued, he probably would not bother about their flatters as they were only at the peak of Yang Grade.
Who knew, Ou Yangming was so generous that he accepted their wish to rely on him and even promised to customize a magic tool each for those that succeeded.
Those were magic tools, after all, and they would be custom-made.
In other words, they would be pieces of Skill Equipment.
Becoming a Supreme Great Ancestor and obtaining a piece of Skill Equipment were simply two events coming one after another. If the powerhouses present were not strong-willed, they could not have controlled themselves.
The little red bird looked strangely at Ou Yangming and asked, “When did you become so kind?”
Ou Yangming answered with a smile, “Lil’ Red, since the passage is going to be built, will magic tools still be precious items when the two realms connect?”
“Uhm… I suppose it’s still precious for the people in this realm?” The little red bird was uncertain.
“Hehe, if they’re able to enter Extreme Grade, they’ll surely acquire magic tools in the future, but if I give them magic tools before the passage is built, it’ll be an entirely different favor.” Ou Yangming smiled with his eyes squinted.
“You’re trying to buy popular feelings?” The little red bird was confused.
“No, only the powerhouses’,” Ou Yangming answered without any hesitation, “Besides, if they’d like to receive magic tools that’ll suit them the most, they’ll definitely show me their ultimate abilities, right? Hehe, given that there are 1,000 Supreme Great Ancestors, I’ll at least gain hundreds of new runes.”
The little red bird finally realized why Ou Yangming was being so generous. It turned out that his real aim was to gather runes.
Ordinary blacksmiths could only intensively research limited runes in their lives, whereas it was better for Ou Yangming to grasp more runes—even low-rank runes—because he possessed the mysterious Military Fire.
In actual fact, the Thunderbolt-resistant Rune that he obtained from the parasites were related to the low-rank Runes that he had. Without the support of so many tunes, he could not have perfected the Thunderbolt-resistant Rune.
The communication between the conceptions of Ou Yangming and the little red bird was extremely obscure and fast, which was far from what could be imagined by ordinary people.
It only took a split second for them to finish communicating.
Ou Yangming’s eyes flickered as he shouted all of a sudden, “Are you ready?”
The 10 powerhouses felt their hearts tense up, and their energy, essence, and spirit were elevated to their peaks. They knew everything that was going to happen would affect their reputations forever, so they dared not be careless at all.
Ou Yangming nodded as he was pleased. As he gently waved his hand, great mental power gushed out and formed an enormous simulated spiritual world in front of him.
The little red bird lifted its head high and released some mental power too.
Honestly, Ou Yangming’s mental power was more than twice greater than what he had in the past, and there was also a large difference in terms of the application.
Having said that, there was a limit to his mightiness, so it would be impossible for him to continuously send 1,000 over powerhouses into Extreme Grade. However, he now had the little red bird, which was born with the Phoenixes’ spiritual world.
This was a marvelous natural gift similar to talent in space. With that, the little bird did not need to consume too much power to maintain a spiritual world.
Hence, Ou Yangming simply borrowed its gift.
Instead of being pulled into the Simulated Spiritual Fist’s illusion, the 10 powerhouses had actually entered the Phoenixes’ spiritual world.
The illusion formed in the world was 3 times better than that generated from the Simulated Spiritual Fist.
In the beginning, the visions of the 10 powerhouses went blurry, then they realized that their partners and Ou Yangming had disappeared, but an odd sound could be heard coming from behind them.
They turned around separately and instantly spotted the big multicolored tiger, which had been modified countless times. Whether it was its ice-cold eyes or the rising snake head at the end of its tail, they made the powerhouses shudder with fear.
“Kill…”
The 10 people reacted differently. Some were steady and calm, but some were high-spirited and even initiated attacks.
They learned different things and mastered dissimilar skills, so they also made various choices.
Ou Yangming closed his eyes, but he used his conception to split 10 big multicolored tigers to fight the Yang Grade powerhouses.
Even with Lil’ Red’s help, it was tough to do 10 things at the same time.
That said, not only was Ou Yangming doing it, but he also did it whole-heartedly. Beads of sweat could be seen on his forehead, which proved that he was giving all he had without relaxing at all.
The task to get 1,000 powerhouses to advance was also a test for Ou Yangming, and he wanted to use the opportunity to make further progress.
Unquestionably, his mental power was his greatest asset, so he could make the best of both worlds by testing himself in this situation.
On the other hand, nobody could guarantee if this was a blessing or a misfortune for the Yang Grade powerhouses.
Ou Yangming and the little red bird watched the 10 powerhouses fight hard on 10 battlefields. While the powerhouses’ abilities were mediocre, some unique abilities that they displayed were astonishing.
After half an hour, a powerhouse at the peak of Yang Grade grunted. Blood could be seen flowing out from the corner of his mouth.
Subsequently, the mental power that enveloped him disappeared right away.
The powerhouse looked gratefully at Ou Yangming and sat with his legs crossed.
“Send another person in.”
Ou Yangming’s voice spread far and wide and echoed in the secret realm.
