Hou Siqing

Entering inside the Syrisia cave, they soon found where the glow was coming from. There was a portal of the Secret Realm inside.

"Ha! For the first time in my life, I, Sheng Yuncheng, am able to enter a Secret Realm!"

As soon as the Coastal Guard, Sheng Yuncheng, finished his words, Du Zhuhui couldn't help but have his eyebrows raised.

This was his first time?

He was a Void Shattering Realm Cultivator, he should have gone into one.

'Perhaps he is a sheltered young master… Or is this normal here?'

For Du Zhuhui, no matter how scarce the Secret Realm in the Alcatel Desolate Lands were, a Void Shattering Realm Cultivator should have gone to one at least once before they broke through to this Realm.

After all, if they don't get any opportunities, they will only appear if you work hard for it.

Well, he didn't break through to Void Shattering Realm here so perhaps there might be some differences regarding that.

Like how different were the cultures of the Alcatel Desolate Lands and his hometown, Cultivation technique from this place would be different to what he was accustomed to.

Following the excited Coastal Guard, Wen Zhexi and Du Zhuhui entered the Secret Realm.

On the other side of the portal, the Seeking Artifact started to glow brightly than earlier.

It seemed like Hou Siqing was near to where they were.

Wanting to deliver the good news to Wen Zhexi, when Du Zhuhui turned around he found that Wen Zhexi was not there.

"Wen Zhexi? Senior Sheng, have you seen—"

Before he could finish what he was saying, he found that he was all alone in the middle of a wide grassland.

"Is this... Is this a Secret Realm that transports people randomly?"

During his adventures, Du Zhuhui already encountered Secret Relams so he was quite familiar with it. However, all Secret Relams are all unique on their own.

Even if there are some similarities, they are still unique. No Secret Realms are the same.

Still, he could get some clues in front of the previous one he went to.

"I should look for Hou Siqing first."

Having the Seeking Artifact with him, he wasn't worried about not being able to find Wen Zhexi.

After Hou Siqing, he would go to him. After all, he was uninjured while the other was in a grave situation.

Following the direction pointed by the Seeking Artifact, he got out of the vast grassland and arrived in front of the entrance of a forest.

"Strange, there should have been Monsters..."

In every Secret Realms that he went to, they all have something in common. Monsters to be defeated.

Basically, with the portal open in the middle of where the Spiritual Qi was thick, there should have been Monsters going inside after being attracted by the Spiritual Qi.

Well, this might be a Secret Realm that prevented those Monsters from coming inside. Either way, what he needed to do right now was to find his disciple.

Walking around the Forest, he soon stopped in front of a Mountain.

With no opening in front of him, the Seeking Artifact was pointing right inside the mountain. Trying to see if what the Seeking Artifact was pointing at was on the other side of the Mountain, Du Zhuhui walked around.

However, even if he already reached the other side, the Seeking Artifact was still pointing towards the Mountain.

"Hou Siqing must be inside."

Confirming that the Seeking Artifact was indeed pointing inside the Mountain, Du Zhuhui tried to find an opening or a cave that would lead him inside.

Flying up, he started looking around the whole mountain in search of any opening.

However, no matter how hard he tried to look for any opening, the Mountain was totally closed.

"Don't tell me... When Hou Siqing came in the Secretary Realm, he was teleported inside this mountain..."

Finding himself in a dilemma, Du Zhuhui went down and sat while he was thinking of a solution.

"... If that was the case, I may not be able to get Hou Siqing out!"

Even after browsing all the Artifacts that he brought with him, he still couldn't find any solution.

"I might as well try brute force."

Taking a sturdy hard hammer, Du Zhuhui was prepared to forcefully open an entrance inside.

Bang!

With one strike, pieces or rocks started to crumble.

Bang!

With another strike, a big chunk of stone was out of the way.

Bang!

On the third strike, there was finally a hole. However, it was too small for him to be able to go through it.

Preparing for another strike, suddenly a small arm appeared from the hole.

"Ma... Master!"

Hearing a familiar voice, Du Zhuhui put the Sturdy Hammer Artifact back in his Spatial Ring and took out the Small Hammer Artifact. He looked at the hole where he was able to see the top of the head of Hou Siqing.

"Hou Siqing! Wait for me, I will definitely get you out!"

This time, Du Zhuhui was careful on how he was striking down the Rocky Mountain in order to open a hole. If his strike was too strong, he could hurt Hou Siqing. Or worse, he might be smack down by a boulder!

Due to his worry, he forgot that Hou Siqing was a Cultivator at the 9th Nascent Realm. Even though he was injured, it was no problem for Hou Siqing to shatter a boulder.

When the outer layer of the Mountain in front of him started to thin, he used his first in order to completely destroy this part of the mountain.

"Hou Siqing, go away in front of this hole. I will now blast it away."

Following the order of his Master, Hou Siqing walked away from the hole.

Seeing that Hou Siqing wasn't in front of him anymore, Du Zhuhui released his own Spiritual Qi from his first and then punched towards the mountain.

As soon as his fist and the rocky mountains made contact, a powerful surge of Spiritual Qi was released. Completely creating a hole big enough for him to walk inside.

Walking inside, he soon found Hou Siqing with both of his arms bloodied and severed. Now it explains why he wasn't able to free himself. Without any arm to use as a fist, obviously he wouldn't be able to make a hole.

Though Hou Siqing could do a kick, everytime he tried to take a kick stance, his balance would always be off, resulting in his kick only exerting 10% of his original strength. Also, he wasn't an expert in kicking. Making the efficacy worse than his palm technique.

"What happened?"