Within, Magical Combat is unrestricted, and killing is not a crime!
As Peacock Mountain was the first power to discover the Secret Realm, the realm was thus named the Peacock Secret Realm!
Besides this news, all sorts of related rumors, big and small, spread throughout the Demon City.
For example, a Quasi-Fourth-Rank Spiritual Item supposedly appeared in the Secret Realm. All the great Demon Kings vied for it, but its final owner remains a mystery.
The Quasi-Fourth-Rank Spiritual Item was suspected to have been obtained by the Red Cloud Snake King of Red Cloud Mountain.
Key primary ingredients and rare supplementary materials for refining the Crystal Condensation Pill and the Clear Heart Pill were discovered in the Secret Realm.
The Peacock Demon King’s combat prowess was unmatched; he intimidated several other Demon Kings and forcefully acquired several precious Tier Three High Grade Spirit Medicines.
And so on and so forth.
The rumors were vivid and detailed, sounding completely plausible.
No one knew where the information had originated from.
’Surely the Demon Kings didn’t say it themselves.’
However, since the news was circulating, it couldn’t be completely baseless. There had to be some truth to it.
The debate over the Secret Realm’s ownership, for instance, clearly involved a great deal of political maneuvering.
Lion’s Mane Cave and Ivory Mountain were one thing.
But places like Leopard Ridge, Snake and Scorpion Cave, and Sleeping Ox Mountain each had more than one Demon King presiding over them!
In the end, the fact that Peacock Mountain, like Red Cloud Mountain, managed to secure a larger share of the Secret Realm was not only because they discovered it first, but was also undoubtedly related to the Peacock King’s unrivaled combat strength.
It was previously rumored that although the Peacock King was at the Peak of the Mid-stage Core Formation, his combat strength could match that of a top-tier Great Demon. This was originally thought to be an exaggeration, but the reality of the Secret Realm expedition proved to be even more incredible than the rumors.
According to the rumors in the Demon City, the Peacock King had soundly suppressed a top-tier Great Demon during the exploration of the Secret Realm!
It was unknown whether this was just Peacock Mountain blowing its own horn and intentionally spreading the story.
Or if it had actually happened!?
Xu Chang’an, however, wasn’t paying much attention to this.
What interested him were the Spiritual Herbs and Items discovered within the Secret Realm.
The Crystal Condensation Pill and the Clear Heart Pill were both Tier Three Elixirs.
They were Tier-Breaking Elixirs used exclusively for breaking through from the Foundation Establishment Realm to the Core Formation Realm.
The former condensed liquid into a crystal, increasing the success rate of breaking through to the Core Formation Realm.
The latter cleared the mind and calmed the spirit, preventing the birth of a Heart Demon during the breakthrough.
Taken together, their effects would stack, increasing the success rate of Core Formation by at least fifty percent.
As long as one’s foundation was sufficient and their will was resolute, taking both of these Tier-Breaking Elixirs at the same time would grant them a very high chance of achieving Core Formation.
Unfortunately, both the Crystal Condensation Pill and the Clear Heart Pill were exceptionally precious.
It was already incredibly difficult to prepare even one of them for a breakthrough, let alone taking both at the same time!
For the Secret Realm to contain the key primary ingredients and rare supplementary materials for such scarce Tier-Breaking Elixirs, the level of its Spirit Medicine and Spiritual Materials was clearly extremely high.
’If that’s the case, then the Spiritual Items I’ve been hoping for, the ones that can improve my bloodline aptitude, might also appear in the Secret Realm.’
Because it concerned Spiritual Items that could improve his bloodline aptitude, Xu Chang’an paid extremely close attention to matters regarding the Peacock Secret Realm.
For the next few days, Xu Chang’an would occasionally check on the latest news circulating in Peacock Demon City.
Although participating in the Secret Realm exploration had nothing to do with the vast majority of demons, the demons within the Demon City were still intensely interested and focused on the Secret Realm.
Discovering a Secret Realm within the territory of Peacock Mountain was an event significant enough to be recorded in history.
For the next ten, fifty, one hundred, five hundred years, the Peacock Secret Realm would continue to exist in this mountain range.
Although the Peacock Secret Realm had been explored by the Demon Kings, it still contained a great many precious resources.
The major powers of the Red Cloud Mountain Range decided that in half a year, they would select Foundation Establishment Great Demons to enter the Secret Realm for exploration and training.
Once this was announced, Peacock Demon City instantly became the center of public opinion.
Many of the second-tier powers below Peacock Mountain, Snake and Scorpion Cave, Ivory Mountain, and Lion’s Mane Cave also raised their voices in opposition.
They had no objection to the Peacock Secret Realm belonging to the major powers, but when it came to exploring it, they also wanted a piece of the pie.
Many Independent Cultivator Great Demons seized the opportunity to declare their stance as well.
It was thought that the major powers were just making a lot of noise and putting on a show, and that the final outcome would not change.
But for some reason, the powers of Red Cloud Mountain, Peacock Mountain, Snake and Scorpion Cave, and others surprisingly decided to allow factions to select a certain number of entrants based on their size, and that any Loose Cultivator who was a Foundation Establishment Great Demon could participate in the exploration with the other Great Demons, as long as they had reached Mid-stage Foundation Establishment.
When this news broke, the demons were in an uproar.
Although the Secret Realm was dangerous, it also contained great opportunities.
Countless demons suffered from a lack of opportunities, their cultivation stagnating. Now, with a promising Demon Path ahead of them, they were naturally impatient to begin.
Many Foundation Establishment Great Demons who heard the news rushed to Peacock Demon City to await the grand event!
This matter, however, had nothing to do with Xu Chang’an.
Although his true combat strength was in the realm of a top-tier Great Demon, he wasn’t so overwhelmingly powerful that he was invincible. Rushing into the Secret Realm to explore would be extremely risky.
Rather than exploring, it was better to wait quietly outside.
As time passed, a steady stream of Great Demons arrived at Peacock Demon City. As the exploration of the Secret Realm drew nearer, some of the mountain factions even brought their juniors along to broaden their horizons.
Since they were going to explore the Secret Realm, they would have to face unknown risks.
First, the dangers within the Secret Realm itself. Second, the danger from fellow Great Demons traveling with them.
With the goal of providing training, the major powers encouraged conflict.
Inside the Secret Realm, Magical Combat was unrestricted, and killing was not a crime!
The prices of resources like Magical Artifacts, Demon Patterns, and Elixirs all rose to a certain extent.
Thanks to the Peacock Secret Realm, commerce within Peacock Demon City grew more prosperous. Even the business at the Flame Leaf Elixir Workshop improved by more than a single measure.
Xu Chang’an found himself lighting his furnace to refine elixirs more and more frequently.