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"Is this the Canglong Secret Realm?"

"I can't believe what's behind this door!"

"It's so spectacular, so spectacular! It's worthy of being the secret realm left behind by the four ancient sacred beasts. Only immortals and gods can achieve this!"

"Is there really a blue dragon hiding here?"

"..."

Canglong Secret Realm, inside.

As soon as they pushed open the stone door, entered, and passed through a passage filled with brilliant light, everyone present couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

Before coming in, many people had wondered what the Canglong Secret Realm looked like.

Some people think this should be a palace.

Some people also think that this may be an altar.

Some of the braver ones even thought that this might be a forest.

But after actually arriving here, they discovered that no matter what they had guessed before, when they actually set foot here, it turned out that their guesses were too conservative.

Because here.

It is a completely independent world!

There are mountains, lakes, architectural ruins, and bone fields here. As far as the eye can see, you can't even see the boundaries of this world at a glance!

Vast and boundless!

Moreover, there are living creatures here. There are spirit beasts running in the mountains and forests, fish swimming in the lakes, and cranes flying across the sky from time to time. It is like a fairyland on earth.

"Look, isn't that the secret place where the treasure is hidden?"

At this moment, someone suddenly looked excited and pointed in a certain direction. Looking sideways, he saw that in a place extremely far away from here, there was a towering dark green tree flashing with light.

Even though it is far away, you can still see the majesty of this giant tree.

The tree's roots are deeply rooted in the earth, and its canopy reaches the sky, like a giant pillar that created the world. What is most special is the bright lights that flicker on the treetops, which flicker continuously as if breathing.

Take a closer look.

Every ray of light is actually a fruit!

Looking in this direction at this moment, these fruits look like a star map. When combined together, they seem to have turned into a blue dragon star map, which is extremely dazzling.

Seeing this tree, Yu Mufeng, the young genius of the academy, couldn't help but widen his eyes and stare at the towering tree, muttering to himself:

"The trunk resembles a coiled ancient dragon, a pale green in color, covered with mysterious scales, and harder than divine gold. Its crown is like a canopy, shading the heavens. Starlight flows through the branches and leaves, and the faint echo of dragon roars can be heard..."

"This is……"

"This is the legendary Star Skeleton Dragon Tree!"

Star Skeleton Dragon Tree?

As soon as the name came out, everyone couldn't help but look at each other. The next moment, when they looked at the towering tree again, everyone's eyes couldn't help but be filled with boundless heat!

"Star Skeleton Dragon Tree, could this tree really be the legendary tree?"

"That's impossible. Isn't that just cheating on children?"

"There is no way that a Star Skeleton Dragon Tree could exist in this world, and how could it possibly actually appear?"

"But if this isn't the legendary Star Skeleton Dragon Tree, then what other tree could possibly grow like this? It's exactly like the legend!"

"No matter what, we must head in that direction. If this is really the Star Skeleton Dragon Tree, we only need to eat a Star Dragon Fruit and we can ascend to the immortal realm in broad daylight!"

"Hurry, go!"

"..."

The next moment, amidst a burst of discussion, someone reacted the fastest and immediately headed towards the towering tree in the distance.

Their excitement made Xiao Ping'an a little confused.

Looking at the giant tree, Xiao Pingan turned back to look at Yuchi Chunlei who was following him and said, "Senior, do you know what the Star Skeleton Dragon Tree is?"

"I don't know." Yuchi Chunlei shook her head.

"The Star Skeleton Dragon Tree is a legend that has always existed, but this legend is mainly circulated in the mortal world and is rarely mentioned in the cultivation world." Gu Xiu explained:

"Legend has it that in the ancient primordial ages, there existed the Dragon Ancestor 'Cangming', who controlled the orbits of the celestial stars and roamed the boundless sea of ​​stars. He possessed immense power and a long lifespan. However, countless eons ago, to protect the star region, he mobilized the power of his own natal star to engage the leader of the evil in the 'Abyss of Guixu'."

"That battle was horrific. Dragon blood spilled and turned into a river in the sky. The dragon's roar shook the heavens and shattered the stars."

"Though he ultimately succeeded in suppressing the leader of the evil spirits beneath the Nine Netherworlds, his own foundation of Dao was severely damaged, and his very essence collapsed. Cang Ming's death in battle was for the sake of the people of this world. Their prayers for him ultimately moved the immortals to descend to the mortal world, transforming his immortal dragon body into a Dragon Ancestral Mountain, his scales into fertile soil, and his essence into a seed to grow."

"The immortals told the world that the Star Skeleton Dragon Tree will produce a total of 7749 Star Skeleton Dragon Fruits, which will eventually form a complete Star Skeleton Dragon Diagram. Once the dragon diagram is completed, Cang Ming will be reborn again."

"People were ecstatic and began to carefully cultivate the Star Skeleton Dragon Tree every day."

“But the human heart is greedy.”

"Several generations ago, people worked hard to cultivate the Star Skeleton Dragon Tree and make it grow Star Skeleton Dragon Fruit. But later, people discovered that the Star Skeleton Dragon Fruit possessed extremely powerful powers. Even if a mortal ate one, they would attain enlightenment and live forever. Just like that, people stopped carefully cultivating the Star Skeleton Dragon Tree and started waging wars over it."

"Until the end, the entire world collapsed, and the evil spirit reappeared, but without Cang Ming to protect it, it was ultimately destroyed."

"The survivors finally learned that the so-called immortal god was actually an evil spirit in disguise. Everything he told people was a lie. Cang Ming would not truly die, and would be resurrected after countless years. The evil spirit wanted to eradicate him, so it deliberately revealed the news of the Star Skeleton Dragon Tree."

"It seems like he's telling the world that Cang Ming will be resurrected, but in reality, he's exploiting people's greed to prevent Cang Ming from truly being resurrected, thus achieving his own goals."

This is a folk legend, and it is unknown how long it has been circulating.

Most mortals have heard of this rumor. Even as time goes by, there are more and more versions of this legend. However, no matter how the versions change, the final result remains the same. It is a warning to people to be honest and trustworthy.

After listening to Gu Xiu's story, Xiao Ping'an felt a little yearning: "Is this legend true?"

"That's definitely not the case!" Yuchi Chunlei sneered.

"This is just to fool children who haven't practiced cultivation. Anyone who has practiced cultivation can tell that this is impossible. What about Cang Ming? I've never heard of it. And although the dragon race has been extinct since ancient times, they were also a demon race in the past. If an evil spirit really came, my human race will naturally have masters to protect it. How could we possibly need a demon to guard it? As for the Star Skeleton Dragon Tree, that's even more impossible. Eating one fruit can make you ascend to heaven in broad daylight, so why can't it stop the evil spirit?"

Although it was the first time she heard this story, she immediately noticed many problems in it.

It couldn't be more fake.

It is completely the world of cultivation that mortals fantasize about.

Xiao Ping'an was a little unconvinced and turned to look at Gu Xiu.

Gu Xiu hesitated for a moment, glanced at the giant tree in the distance and said:

"There really wasn't a Cang Ming in history, much less a Star Skeleton Dragon Tree. Furthermore, this is just a folk legend. Once you embark on the path of cultivation, you'll find that those legends often lack logical consistency. Therefore, these stories are mostly only heard by ordinary people. Even if cultivators have heard of them, they wouldn't believe them."

“Sometimes, you don’t need to be obsessed with whether a story is true or not. As long as the moral of the story is true, that’s enough.”

Xiao Ping'an nodded repeatedly at this, but then he became curious: "Senior Yu hasn't even heard of this, so how come Senior Guan has heard of this legend?"

This story does seem a bit ridiculous to practitioners, but she quite likes it. When Gu Xiu told her this just now, she even felt for a moment that her parents were telling her a story. She was a little curious for a moment, wondering who told the story she was hearing now to her teacher.

"This is a story I heard when I was a child." Gu Xiu did not hide it: "Back then, I had a senior sister who loved to watch the stars and liked to tell me some things."

Senior sister who likes to look at the stars?

Xiao Ping'an blinked.

"I say, should we go?"

Yuchi Chunlei was a little impatient. She glanced at the large group that had already left and warned, "If we delay any longer, we might not be able to pick any fruit."

Looking sideways, I saw that the people who had come before me had already left and were heading towards the towering tree.

Although I don’t believe that the so-called Star Skeleton Dragon Tree is real.

But the towering tree in the distance, especially the fruit on it that is arranged in the shape of the Azure Dragon Star Map, still makes people fascinated. Regardless of whether it is a Star Skeleton Dragon Tree or not, the fruit must be extraordinary. If you go too late, it will be gone.

With her urging him so much, Xiao Ping'an still had many questions to ask, but he had to hold them back.

Start chasing the main force forward.

but.

It didn't take too long, because in just a short while, the five of them caught up with the large group ahead.

It’s not that they were going very fast, but that the person in front had stopped.

As soon as I got closer, I heard many people muttering in low voices:

"What's going on in this place? Why can't I get out no matter how many times I go around in circles?"

"If my cultivation hadn't been suppressed, I could easily fly out of this broken forest."

"Is there a formation here? Can you see anything?"

"Strange, why is it still wrong?"

"..."

This is a dense forest, the only way down the mountain. Under normal circumstances, not to mention using cultivation to fly over, even a mortal should not get lost by looking at the towering trees to find the direction.

Can be biased.

This forest, which was not considered difficult to pass through, now seemed like a roadblock, trapping everyone.

There is a formation here.

No matter which direction the people whose cultivation was suppressed started from, they would eventually return to the original path. Some people didn't believe it at first, but after repeatedly hitting a wall, they found that this place was not as simple as they imagined.

Of course, not all the people who set out this time were good-for-nothings. When Gu Xiu and his companions arrived, they saw Yu Mufeng, who had arrived earlier, and he said:

"Everyone, I have probably figured out the core of this formation."

"Actually, this is just a maze formation. Although it's a bit complicated, if you carefully recall the Nine-Curved Corridor Formation explained by Tianshu Pavilion, you'll be able to spot some flaws. With your intelligence, breaking this formation is definitely a piece of cake; it just takes some time."

"If you want to try it yourself, you can do so freely. But if you don't want to waste time, or if you don't understand the formation, you can come with us."

This person studied under Mr. Yunlu and is the most promising young person in Tianli Pavilion. He also ranked third in the academy assessment. He is very kind and reasonable, and is very polite to everyone. Even at this moment in the Canglong Secret Realm where there may obviously be some competition, after seeing the key to the formation, he did not intend to shake off the others and leave alone.

Even though he was clearly taking advantage of everyone, his words did not sound arrogant at all, but instead he remained humble.

This was considered as actively offering a ladder, and many people on the spot expressed their willingness to follow.

Yu Mufeng accepted everyone who came and finally looked at Xiao Ping'an.

Xiao Ping'an was eager to try, but then he remembered that the teacher was still following him, so he turned to look at Gu Xiu, wanting to ask his opinion.