Starting From A Son In Law To Build An Long Lasting Family Chapter 1981: 520: Secret Realm Showdown!

Previously on Starting From A Son In Law To Build An Long Lasting Family...
Shen Yiren tends to Qin Yunning's injuries with her healing techniques and plans to meet the Xuanmu Taoist to repay his kindness and learn his origins. Ten days later, Lu Changsheng arrives at the magnificent Penglai Immortal City, enters as a Core Formation cultivator under the alias Xuanmu Taoist, and settles in to gather information on the Kunpeng Nest while awaiting contact from the Goddess Palace. Trapped in a Kunpeng giant egg in the deep sea, Lu Quanzhen desperately delays its hatching through parasitism, preparing to send away valuable treasures like the bone talisman and Empty Cyan Bottle if needed. In the Demonic Sect, the Sect Master learns of a Kunpeng egg's emergence and a mysterious disciple mastering the long-forgotten Kunpeng Devouring Heaven Demon God Technique, prompting him to order a search using the technique's foundational insights.

Jiang Country, Great Dream Marsh.

The City Lord Mansion's declaration of the Hidden Abyss Secret Realm's rules, along with investing 365 tokens and dangling a Coagulation Crystal Elixir as the top reward, ignited excitement among every cultivator in the Great Dream Marsh!

Only the Four Great Immortal Sects and Core Formation Level powers could typically reach for the Coagulation Crystal Elixir, leaving regular factions completely out of the picture.

For a Core Formation Noble Family, obtaining a Coagulation Crystal Elixir proved to be an incredibly tough endeavor.

Therefore, the immense worth of the Coagulation Crystal Elixir stood evident.

Having a Coagulation Crystal Elixir meant you'd already crossed half the path to the Core Formation Stage!

Yet here was the Great Dream City Lord, boldly presenting a Coagulation Crystal Elixir as the prize.

This move resembled hurling a massive boulder into calm waters, stirring up endless ripples.

At first, quite a few had been wavering.

But following the proclamation, the False Core Patriarchs across the Great Dream Marsh surged forth, opting to dive into the secret realm and vie for the Coagulation Crystal Elixir.

Despite realizing their lack of qualification, many Foundation Establishment Cultivators still found themselves drawn in wonder, pondering deeply, and stepping into the secret realm.

Right now, the Hidden Abyss Secret Realm buzzed with an all-time high of activity.

Countless cultivators vied for fortunes inside the secret realm. Lower-level ones collected spirit grass, spiritual medicines, crystal ores, and hunted demon beasts.

Higher-cultivation folks brimming with assurance, like the Four Great Immortal Sects' disciples, went straight for the tokens in fierce grabs.

"Boom Boom Boom!!!"

Right then, inside the secret realm, a radiant beam pierced the heavens, signaling to all that fresh tokens had surfaced.

Immediately, nearby cultivators swarmed the spot, igniting a frenzied clash.

"These tokens, I shall take them!"

Lu Lingxiao was conveniently close by and dashed over without delay, the Vermilion Bird Seal spinning overhead, his fist alight with power, unleashing a blazing inferno that swallowed the crowd.

By himself, he barreled through multiple foes, zeroing in on every cultivator lunging for the tokens, displaying overwhelming might.

A few cultivators struck by him coughed up huge gouts of blood, including those at Foundation Establishment Late Stage, who couldn't endure Lu Lingxiao's strike.

"So strong!"

"Wait for others to come!"

Some opted to fall back hurt, while others held position for allies to join.

A short distance off, Lu Wangshu dressed in an ornate pink-and-white gown, her features exquisite and radiant, silently observed Lu Lingxiao's display, taking on several rivals single-handedly.

In truth, her primary goal for joining this secret realm was to guard Lu Lingxiao.

Lu Lingxiao's fighting strength was beyond question—he hadn't deployed his [Golden Fire Vine Tree] Magical Treasure at all, depending only on the Vermilion Bird Seal to dominate the entire group there.

Still, since this secret realm emphasized tests, he held back from lethal strikes.

Injured cultivators pulled away, smartly deciding to exit the secret realm.

Once Lu Lingxiao secured the fresh tokens, he and Lu Wangshu moved onward to the following spot.

As moments ticked by, nearly all Foundation Establishment Initial Stage and Middle Stage cultivators got ousted.

The secret realm arrived at its climactic phase.

All understood that the leftover tokens had to be wrested from fellow competitors!

Consequently, the cultivators in the secret realm started banding together for the showdown right then.

"Fellow young friends, please hand over your tokens, I happen to have some other gains for exchange,"

a false core elder guiding a handful of Foundation Establishment Cultivators noticed Lu Qingxuan, Lu Qingze, Lu Qingyan, Lu Chensha, Lu Linghe, Lu Xuanqian, Qin Yi, and the rest, and said with a grin.

He came from a False Core Family in the Great Dream Marsh.

Spotting Lu Qingyan and the others as members of the Heavenly Talisman Lu Family, he preferred suggesting a truce first instead of jumping to violence, not wanting to provoke them too much.

"False Core Immortal..."

Lu Qingxuan, Qin Yi, Lu Qingze, and the others traded looks, their faces turning rather grave.

Even with their group size, they could collectively challenge a False Core Immortal,

yet it would drain them considerably.

"Brother Qingxuan, we can fight..."

Seeing the situation, Lu Chensha transmitted to Lu Qingxuan.

In usual times, he would avoid clashing with a False Core Immortal.

However, inside this secret realm, failing to shine and allowing his clan to lose tokens would mean facing harsh rebukes back home.

"Senior, to ask us to hand over the tokens by merely speaking, is hard to comply with. Let us siblings experience the divine skills of a False Core Immortal!"

Though Lu Chensha sat at just Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer,

his interactions with Lu Qingxuan revealed that, as an insect cultivator and beast taming cultivator, his techniques outstripped the norm, enabling him to triumph over superiors with inferior power!

"Since it’s so, don’t blame this old man for bullying the young,"

the False Core Immortal declared gravely.

While overpowering Foundation Establishment Cultivators as a False Core might harm his standing,

given the stakes like the Coagulation Crystal Elixir for the winner and premium Core Formation Spiritual Objects for the top ten, crossing the Heavenly Talisman Lu Family posed no issue.

Furthermore, the Cultivation World upheld an unspoken code that disputes from trial secret realms stayed off the official record.

Provided he avoided extremes, such as slaying every Lu Family disciple, even Changsheng True Master, revered as the Vice City Lord of the Great Dream Immortal City, couldn't strike back publicly without damaging his own name.

"Show your real skills!"

Lu Qingxuan kept his words brief, eager to witness the False Core Immortal's techniques.

His Life-bound Spiritual Artifact [Thunder Fire Scepter] materialized in his grasp, wreathed in violet thunderbolts and scarlet fires, exuding a majestic and savage aura.

Next to him, Lu Qingyan brandished the Black Dragon Spear, moving like a swift flood dragon, charging straight at the false core elder.

Lu Chensha stealthily fell back behind them, and countless ants materialized underfoot at some point, shimmering with dark flames.

Qin Yi, clad in dark sword robes, gripping her Life-bound Spirit Sword, joined Lu Qingyan in the fray.

Lu Qingze, Lu Linghe, and Lu Xuanqian took on the three Foundation Establishment Cultivators flanking the false core elder.

The fight stood poised to explode.

While the Cultivation World brimmed with stories of Foundation Establishment cultivators toppling False Core Immortals,

in truth, a False Core's power usually surpassed what typical Foundation Establishment Cultivators could handle.