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He led the three women to that peculiar place, where there was a small pool of water with a diameter of more than ten meters.

Surprisingly, the temperature in this area is at least below -10 degrees Celsius, and the surrounding environment is covered in snow. Yet, the small pond in front of us hasn't frozen, and there's even a faint steam rising from it.

Zikomo was certain that Mount Animachin was not a volcano and could not possibly have natural hot springs.

The spatial entrance he had sensed earlier was located beneath this small pond.

Huo Xuan saw the small pool of water steaming and curiously put her hand into it. Then she also sensed the spatial entrance beneath the small pool.

She exclaimed excitedly, "There's actually a secret realm here? I wonder if it's a blessed land or a hidden paradise. If it is, we'll be rich!"

Zicomo heard a new term from Huo Xuan and asked curiously, "Hmm? What is a secret realm space? How is it different from a blessed land?"

The Shushan Library has a vast collection of books, and Zikomo has been reading books related to phoenixes lately, so he knows nothing about the secret realm.

"The so-called secret realm space refers to this kind of space that is not in this world, but is connected to this world."

Huo Xuan explained, "Some of these spaces are man-made, while others are naturally formed."

“Those that are created by humans generally fall into three categories. First, they are dwellings created by powerful beings. Second, they are places where powerful beings leave their legacy. Third, they combine the first two categories, where powerful beings lived in them during their lifetime and left their legacy there after their death.”

"As for naturally formed ones, they are blessed lands like Mount Shu and Kunlun. Blessed lands are much larger than the secret realms created by powerful beings."

"Moreover, it contains all sorts of naturally formed wonders of nature. No matter which one it is, it is a rare treasure that can cause a bloodbath in the cultivation world of level 4.5."

"Moreover, each of these blessed lands is a place rich in spiritual energy, a treasure land that countless sects dream of establishing their sects."

After explaining the difference between the secret realm and the blessed land, Huo Xuan then said with a puzzled look, "However, this secret realm is very strange. Before I touched the pool, I was unable to sense its existence."

Cultivators like her, who have reached the Refining Spirit and Returning to Emptiness realm, are capable of projecting their divine sense outwards.

The effect of divine sense is similar to Zikomo's mental detection, which can perceive the surrounding environment, but the range is not as large as Zikomo's mental perception.

Huo Xuan, as both a weapon refiner and an alchemist, possesses exceptional spiritual perception among those of the same realm.

But she didn't realize there was a secret space here until she touched the pool, which was very strange.

Could it be that there's something special about the water in the pool?

Thinking of this, she scooped up a handful of water from the pool, examined it carefully, and finally even used her divine sense.

Huo Xuan discovered that this was just ordinary pool water, with nothing special about it.

Seeing her conflicted expression, Zicomo offered some words of comfort: "...".

Chapter 185 The Nun and the Fish, Phoenix Huang Xi

Zicomo advised, "Alright, stop worrying about it. It's a good thing this place is hard to find. If it were easy to find, we wouldn't have had the chance to explore it."

Huo Xuan thought about it carefully and realized that what Zicomo said made a lot of sense, so he stopped worrying about it.

"In that case, let's hurry down and find out what's going on," Huo Xuan said.

Zicomo nodded, cast a modified bubble head spell on himself and the three women to isolate their entire bodies, and then jumped in first.

The three women followed closely behind and jumped down as well.

When viewed from the shore, the pool was crystal clear and appeared to be less than two meters deep.

However, when Zicomo went into the water, he discovered it was an illusion. The true depth of the pool far exceeded his expectations; looking down into the water, there was only bottomless darkness.

Fortunately, none of the four had symptoms such as thalassophobia.

Zicomo lit up with a fluorescent glow and led the way, swimming towards the depths of the pool.

Not long after, Zicomo's mental energy suddenly detected a group of strange fish swimming in the dark waters.

They are considered peculiar because they have the face of a beautiful woman, five dorsal fins as long as their bodies behind their heads, five fins around each of their gills, and two tentacles similar to those of a squid at the position of their ventral fins.

Perhaps sensing the presence of Zicomo and his group, the fish let out a call similar to that of mandarin ducks, and then quickly fled away from Zicomo and his group.

Seeing them, Zicomo recalled what he had once read in the Classic of Mountains and Seas: "(Qingqiu) Ying River originates here and flows south into the Jiyi Marsh. There are many red carp in it, which look like fish but have human faces and 30 cun. Their voices are like mandarin ducks. Eating them will prevent scabies."

It means: In the Qingqiu Mountains, there is a river called Yingshui, which originates here and flows south into Jiyize. In the tranquil Yingshui, there is a magical fish called Chiru. It looks like a fish, but it has the face of a beautiful woman. Chiru's cry is like that of a mandarin duck, and if a person eats it, they will not get scabies.

According to the Classic of Mountains and Seas, the Red Carp is a strange mythical beast. It is very weak, but it is very good at hiding and has extremely high intelligence.

The fish before him perfectly matched the description in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, so Zikomo was not certain that these strange fish were the Red Carp.

Although it is unknown why the species from Qingqiu would appear here, the strangeness of this pool is inseparable from the ability of these red carp to hide.

It was precisely because of the red carp that the pool appeared to be crystal clear and less than two meters deep.

Moreover, they also concealed the spatial fluctuations of the secret realm beneath the pool, so Huo Xuan couldn't sense its existence before coming into contact with the pool.

If it weren't for Zikomo's powerful mental abilities, which allowed him to sense the anomaly here, they wouldn't have even discovered this place.

Seeing the red carp running further and further away, Zicomo quickly used his mental power to stun a few of them, then used his magic to lure them back, and finally threw them into the pond in the "Zen Garden".

How could such a magical species not have its own "Zen Garden"?

After doing all this, Zicomo continued on his way with the three women.

A moment later, they actually saw a glimmer of light deep in the pool.

As they swam deeper, the glimmer of light grew larger. When they got closer, they were astonished to find that the light originated from another body of water.

After crossing the water, they officially entered the secret realm.

Zicomo climbed ashore and surveyed his surroundings. It was a simple cave, empty except for the pool of water they had come from.

There was a passage leading out of the cave not far away, but I wondered what it was like outside.

Once ashore, Hermione asked, "Cousin, what did you take away in the water?"

They had also witnessed the scene where Zicomo had just collected the red carp.

However, the light in the water was too dim for them to see what it was.

"That thing is called a Red Carp..."

Zicomo then introduced the description of the Red Carp from the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

After listening, Huo Xuan suddenly realized and said, "No wonder this secret realm is so well hidden; it's because of these things."

Hermione, however, had a question in mind: "Could this be considered an Eastern mermaid?"

It's no wonder she had such thoughts, after all, Chi Yu had a beautiful face.

Hermione's words reminded Zicomo of a meme he'd seen in his past life: "The Nun and the Fish."

The story is about a guy who confessed to a streamer dressed like a nun that he lost his virginity to a fish when he was thirteen.

That guy would be really excited if he knew about the existence of the Red Carp, right?

After all, the red carp has a beautiful face, so it's even more exciting to charge like that.

Zicomo shook off the strange thoughts in his mind and said to Hermione, "Mermaids in the East are called 'Jiaoren,' and like the phoenix, they are a very common species. However, there are also beings that look just like the mermaids in Western legends."

Hermione nodded knowingly.

"Alright, enough chatting. Let's hurry up and go out to see what's in this secret realm!"

As Huo Xuan spoke, she walked out of the passage. Qi Kemo and the others quickly followed her.

The passage leading out of the cave wasn't long, and they soon arrived outside, where a peculiar forest came into view.

Some of the trees in this forest have pearls growing on their branches, some have colorful jade, and others have red and blue gemstones.

In addition, rice plants as tall as trees grow beside a lake.

In the center of the lake is a small island with a towering ancient tree growing on it. Beneath the tree grows a lush green shrub, even its trunk is green.

The only relatively normal ones were probably the cypress trees interspersed among the various peculiar trees.

Looking at the various gems and jades growing on those trees, Huo Xuan exclaimed, "Holy crap! Pearl trees, jade trees, and more! This is incredible!"

Zicomo had recently read the "Treasure Record" of Shushan, and all that Huo Xuan had mentioned was recorded there.

The pearl tree is the tree that grows pearls, and these are not ordinary pearls, but pearls that can greatly enhance one's comprehension.

After taking it, people will have a significant increase in comprehension in a short period of time, and they will be able to learn anything after just one look.

The Jade Tree refers to the tree that grows five-colored jade, a top-grade material for refining artifacts. Adding five-colored jade during the refining process can elevate the quality of the finished artifact by one grade.

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Even Zicomo coveted these two gems, as they respectively contained pure life force and soul force.

This means that Zicomo only needs to simply fuse the two gems together and then process them with alchemy to obtain a magic stone.

Besides these trees, the rice is spiritual rice; consuming it can accelerate cultivation and increase magical power.

The lush green shrub is also known as the immortal tree, which is said to grant immortality to those who consume it.

Looking at the various precious and spiritual plants growing in the fields before him, Zicomo nodded in agreement and said, "Yes, we are indeed going to prosper."

Perhaps Huo Xuan's voice was too loud and disturbed the local inhabitants, because several brightly colored giant birds flew out from the forest not far away.

Two of them were entirely crimson with long tail feathers. The other two had multicolored feathers and peacock feathers on their tails.

These are the phoenix and the luan bird, both types of phoenix. This was precisely the objective of Zicomo's trip.

The phoenixes flew towards Zicomo and his group. Zicomo looked at the phoenixes, which were even larger than horses, and nodded in admiration.

This is what a phoenix should look like; Dumbledore's kind is at best a turkey.