The Sect Leader’s Daughter Awakened - Chapter 15

The moment Yun Sheng saw that familiar-looking hem of clothing, a figure immediately surfaced in her mind, and she instinctively chased after it. Unfortunately, she was still too late. By the time she rounded the tent that had blocked her view, the other person’s figure was already gone.

Liu Jing, Meng Shu, and the others were also startled by her sudden movement and all chased after her. A whole crowd surged over with great momentum. Only after they saw that there was nothing behind the tent did Liu Jing ask, “Little Junior Sister, what’s wrong?”

Yun Sheng first shook her head, unable to say whether she felt disappointed or something else. Then she shook her head again, and her mind cleared as well. She had been thinking too much. The cultivation world was so vast; how could it be that easy for her to run into an old acquaintance she had only recently parted from? Besides, blue-and-white robes were not uncommon. They were the disciple robes of the Tianxing Sect. Perhaps the person she had just seen was simply some Tianxing Sect disciple.

Thinking this, there was even less need to say anything more. Yun Sheng gathered her thoughts and said to everyone, “Fellow disciples, I’ll have to trouble you. Although there are already quite a few herb gatherers here, since this place can draw so many people, there must be a fair amount of Snowfield Dragon Saliva Grass. I won’t insist on anything. Let’s just gather as much as we can.”

Everyone had come to the icefield for the sake of Snowfield Dragon Saliva Grass. Although the situation by the rift valley left them dissatisfied, since the little junior sister who was paying for everything did not mind, they naturally had nothing more to say.

The group was quite efficient. After a quick discussion, they split into several small teams of two or three and headed off in different directions around the rift valley to investigate.

Yun Sheng did not stay idle either. If she was putting on an act, she had to do it properly. Since she had said she was here to gather Snowfield Dragon Saliva Grass, then before the new secret realm opened, she would concentrate on gathering herbs. In case the “dream” really was only a dream, or in case her luck was poor and she had simply gone in the wrong direction and missed the opportunity, at least she would still obtain a few stalks of Snowfield Dragon Saliva Grass. That way, she would not suffer too great a loss.

The dozen or so people flew away from the tent area on their swords, heading toward different parts of the rift valley. It was as if a drop of water had entered the sea; in the blink of an eye, they blended into the surroundings and became utterly unremarkable. Only after everyone had left did a figure suddenly turn out from behind a tent, gazing at their backs from afar with delicate brows slightly furrowed.

Why were people from the Zhengyang Sect here?

Was it a coincidence?

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For several days in a row, everyone from the Zhengyang Sect busied themselves with gathering herbs.

Although they had arrived a little late, they were a group of famous sect disciples traveling together, so outsiders did not dare bully them. Besides, the rift valley was quite large, and Snowfield Dragon Saliva Grass grew inside it. It was not wild grass that could be grabbed by the handful at will. Finding it took a great deal of effort and also depended on luck. No one had the mind to make enemies here over a single spiritual herb. With that time, they might as well search more carefully; perhaps they would find even more spiritual herbs.

Everyone kept a respectful distance from one another, so the atmosphere around the rift valley remained fairly harmonious. Occasionally, when they ran into one or two strangers, both sides would carefully avoid each other from afar, with no intention of having too much contact.

After several days like this, the Zhengyang Sect disciples’ luck was actually quite good. One after another, they managed to gather more than ten stalks of Snowfield Dragon Saliva Grass. It was worth mentioning that Yun Sheng had previously claimed she wanted to personally gather the herbs and refine them into pills herself, so the fellow disciples who found the spiritual herbs actually did not pick them on their own. Instead, each of them sent messages to her and asked her to come over personally to gather them.

Yun Sheng flew back and forth, as busy as if she were rushing from one appointment to the next. However, she was an alchemist to begin with, and running around for spiritual herbs was nothing unusual, not to mention this small scene before her. Gathering herbs in this hurried manner instead made her even more excited.

Of course, aside from Snowfield Dragon Saliva Grass, there were also many ice-type spiritual herbs growing in the Polar Icefield. When the Zhengyang Sect group saw them, they would not let them go either. If the spiritual herb was precious or rare, they would also call Yun Sheng over to pick it herself.

Everyone knew that Junior Sister Yun Sheng, the sect leader’s daughter, was an extremely generous person. If she gathered a spiritual herb suited to one of the people traveling with her, not only would she generously give it to them, she would even take the initiative to refine pills for them. If her fellow disciples could not use it, she was also not stingy with spirit stones. She was not someone who relied on her status to exploit her fellow disciples.

Because of all this, Yun Sheng’s reputation in the sect was quite good, and those familiar with her were even more protective of her. But these were all matters for another time. For now, after all this busyness, everyone had gained something, and the trip could be considered worthwhile.

Finally, when the number of Snowfield Dragon Saliva Grass they had gathered exceeded twenty, and the number of various ice-type spiritual herbs they had picked exceeded a hundred, Liu Jing and the others also felt that the goal of this trip had basically been achieved. So when Liu Jing met with Yun Sheng again, she asked, “Little Junior Sister, exactly how much Snowfield Dragon Saliva Grass do you need? We’ve already gathered over twenty stalks. If that’s about enough, we can go look elsewhere on the icefield and search for other spiritual herbs.”

Liu Jing’s suggestion was very reasonable. Although the rift valley was large, the resources hidden nearby were always limited. With so many people gathered here to collect herbs, their harvest would inevitably grow smaller and smaller. Recently, some people had already begun leaving one after another.

Yun Sheng naturally understood this reasoning too. She calculated the date in her heart and replied, “Let’s search for three more days. After three days, we’ll go somewhere else.”

Liu Jing did not ask further and agreed at once, not afraid of delaying for those three days. In truth, they did not even have to wait three days. The opportunity Yun Sheng had been thinking about day and night finally revealed its true appearance before everyone the next afternoon.

In the “dream,” Yun Sheng had never come to the Polar Icefield, nor had she encountered this fortuitous event. So even though she held the powerful tool of foresight, she actually was not very clear on the exact time the new secret realm would open. She could only make a rough judgment based on the scattered words and fragments she had occasionally heard in the “dream.”

In truth, the three days she had mentioned to Liu Jing had been something she said casually. If the new secret realm still had not appeared after three days, she would have found another excuse to keep staying.

Fortunately, heaven did not make things difficult for her by forcing her to find another excuse. The new secret realm opened.

At that time, Yun Sheng had just been notified by a fellow disciple to come gather a herb. This time, what they had found was not Snowfield Dragon Saliva Grass, but Three-Leaf Iceheart Flower. This spiritual herb had the effect of calming the mind and dispelling heart demons, so it was also extremely precious and rare.

Yun Sheng had just carefully picked the spiritual herb and had not yet had time to place it into a jade box for preservation when she suddenly felt the world shake violently. She hurriedly rose on her sword, and immediately afterward, she felt the surrounding spiritual energy surge violently, gradually gathering into an enormous spiritual energy vortex. The invisible and intangible spiritual energy had even turned into spiritual mist because so much of it had gathered together, its vast whiteness perfectly complementing the surrounding color of ice and snow.

With this display, it looked at first glance like some extraordinary treasure was about to appear. At once, someone could not hold back and rushed toward the spiritual energy vortex.

Yun Sheng was much more cautious. Even though she knew the strange phenomenon before her was caused by the new secret realm, she did not dare rush forward immediately.

She cherished her life very much. In the past, she had never wanted her father to suffer the pain of a white-haired parent burying a black-haired child. After that great dream, she cared even more about her own little life.

Facts proved that Yun Sheng’s caution was not wrong. Before a secret realm opened, the spiritual energy gathered around it was only there to store energy. What was even more terrifying was that the surrounding space would be affected, folding and tearing apart. Charging inside at this time was no different from rushing into a mountain of blades. Even someone with profound cultivation would inevitably be cut to pieces.

Fortunately, those impatient people were only impatient, not stupid. The moment they sensed something wrong, they immediately retreated.

Yun Sheng watched with her own eyes as one person’s arm exploded into blood mist in the blink of an eye. She immediately retreated another long distance with even greater caution, and the others made similar movements. And so, as everyone retreated, they unknowingly began gathering together again.

The Zhengyang Sect disciples spontaneously gathered together, standing with Liu Jing at the head.

The Polar Icefield’s climate was bitterly cold, to the point that even cultivators had difficulty adapting, so the group invited by Yun Sheng had cultivation that was by no means low. It was an all-Golden Core team. Now that everyone had gathered together, and with Liu Jing as their backbone, there was no sign of panic. However, looking at the strange phenomenon before them, everyone still could not help feeling curious. Someone asked, “Senior Sister Liu Jing, what is happening? Could an extraordinary treasure be emerging?”

The moment this question was asked, before Liu Jing could answer, someone immediately refuted it. “I don’t think so. If an extraordinary treasure were emerging, how could there be no treasure light? And with that spatial turbulence, I think it looks more like a secret realm is about to open.”

Another person hesitated after hearing this and asked uncertainly, “Are there secret realms on the Polar Icefield?”

Someone immediately answered this question with absolute certainty. “No.”

And so, everyone reached a conclusion: what lay before them was very likely a new secret realm about to open.

Yun Sheng did not manage to insert a single word into the conversation from start to finish. In just a few exchanged sentences, everyone had already analyzed the matter almost completely, and without any mistakes.

This made Yun Sheng, who had originally been preparing to guide the topic, close her mouth. She did not feel disappointed. Instead, she felt exceptionally reassured. After all, she was only an alchemist with ordinary combat power. The more reliable her traveling companions were, the more guaranteed her safety and gains would be after entering the secret realm.

Sure enough, before she could speak, Liu Jing said, “If it really is a new secret realm, then it is both an opportunity and a danger. If the vortex stabilizes later, we must still be careful when entering. It would be best for us to stay together and protect Little Junior Sister in the middle.”

No one had any objections. After all, an alchemist was often an existence that could save lives. Her importance went without saying.

The only thing no one expected was that although they had planned to stay together and explore the new secret realm as a group, the moment they stepped into the secret realm, they were each transported to different places.

From the very beginning, their plan had fallen through.