Spirit Master Girl: Contracting with an SSS-Level School Beauty at the Start
Chapter 246: Death Secret Realm!

Chapter 246: Chapter 246: Death Secret Realm!

Xiao Zhan did not expect Ye Wudi to observe so carefully.

Immediately, he asked the question he had been holding back, "What I really want to ask is, since you knew about the inheritance of the Death Seal, why did you insist on leaving it for me and Youlong?"

"And what I am curious about is, why did you and Ye Anu, not choose to contract an Artifact Spirit with the Death Attribute?"

Ye Wudi’s Artifact Spirit, Zhang Runya, wields the Azure Water Cold Light Sword, which Xiao Zhan could understand since the two harbored affection for each other.

However, Ye Anu’s Artifact Spirit was specifically chosen, and yet it wasn’t one with the Death Attribute.

With Ye Wuming deceased and Ye Wudi aiming to revitalize the Ye Family, shouldn’t he have arranged for Ye Anu to contract an Artifact Spirit with the Death Attribute to better accept the inheritance?

What’s the point of contracting an Overlord Halberd?

What good does it do?

Is he perhaps pinning his hopes on Ye Ajian?

But shouldn’t such a matter have an additional contingency?

Upon hearing this question, Ye Wudi’s expression suddenly turned somber, his brows furrowed tightly as if he was recalling something.

After a good while, Ye Wudi finally answered.

"I don’t know the answer to this question. On the contrary, like you, I have also asked it. But my father and older brother never told me."

This response startled Xiao Zhan; he thought Ye Wudi didn’t want to answer, but to his surprise, Ye Wudi didn’t know either.

He suddenly realized that there was something unusual about this affair.

It must be that his father and Ye Wuming were hiding something from him.

After all, being from the same family and having good resources at hand but not using them was truly strange.

"Alright then, I have no further questions. If there’s nothing else, I’ll take my leave," Xiao Zhan said.

Ye Wudi nodded, signaling that he could leave.

...

Two days passed by simply.

Ye Wudi then led Xiao Zhan and Ye Youlong to the back mountain of Northern Town.

The so-called back mountain was actually a lengthy underground passage that was highly concealed and sealed with energy. If it were not for Ye Wudi’s reminder, Xiao Zhan might not have been able to detect it with his Perception.

After nearly half an hour of twists and turns, they emerged from the passage in front of a massive Earth Cave.

The cave was round and incredibly large, about the size of a football field.

On the ground grew dense black bamboo, a type that Xiao Zhan had never seen before, and each bamboo was towering, reaching heights of forty to fifty meters.

The bamboo trunks were straight, dark, did not reflect light, and appeared as if they were cast from iron.

Likewise, the leaves were also black, shaped like sharp knives devoid of the soft beauty of typical bamboo leaves, all edges and points.

Even when dim light shone upon them, not a sliver of reflection could be seen, as if all light was absorbed.

The bamboo forest felt unusually cold and gloomy, like a mass of darkness causing oppression and suffocation.

In the middle of the bamboo forest, there was a narrow path.

The path was paved with spaced stone bricks, all of which were black.

Following the path led to a fluctuating space, exuding a ghostly aura and emitting a purple-blue gloom, resembling the gates of Hell.

Seeing this, Xiao Zhan was astonished.

He was very familiar with this fluctuation; it was none other than the entrance to a Secret Realm!

A Secret Realm beneath Northern Town?

Xiao Zhan was shocked!

Ye Wudi was indifferent to his astonishment, "Don’t make a fuss; why do you think our Ye Family is determined to guard Northern City? Among so many places to choose from, why pick Northern City? Isn’t it because of this Death Secret Realm?"

The Death Secret Realm.

It was discovered by accident by the first generation of the Ye Family, that is, Ye Wudi’s father. It was precisely because of this realm that he managed to comprehend the concept of the Authority Seal, thereby altering the balance between humans and Demon Beasts.

Ye Wudi had brought them here mainly to strengthen the Death Aura within them.

For only with a purer Death Aura could their chances of successfully merging with the Authority Seal increase in the future.

"This contains the Death Seal, once you enter the Secret Realm, begin by cultivating your own Death Aura. When you find that your Death Aura hits a bottleneck and can no longer break through, then merge with this Death Seal, which can greatly increase your chances of success."

Xiao Zhan took the box, not in a hurry to open it, but asked curiously, "What will happen if the merging fails?"

"Nothing much; the power of the Authority Seal will weaken, but you won’t be harmed."

No harm?

Xiao Zhan thought there would be injuries if they failed.

Ye Wudi added, "Therefore, the succession of an Authority Seal is very meticulous, and other powerful families treat it with the utmost caution. Either they have reached the Seventh Grade, or their understanding of an attribute has reached a very high level, or... just like us, they have no other choice, forced by circumstance."

Heh.

Hearing this, Xiao Zhan couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow.

A choice made without other options, are you joking? Or do you really look down on me?

Don’t you know I’ve always been lucky?

Whatever it is, my success rate in absorption is one hundred percent! Never a defeat!

So who are you underestimating?

"Any other instructions?"

Xiao Zhan prepared to enter the Secret Realm, holding Youlong’s hand.

Ye Wudi reminded, "Remember, you must try your best to comprehend the Death Aura to its extreme; this will increase your chances of success. But don’t force the cultivation too hard, lest you harm your own foundation. Put simply, you need to grasp a critical point for yourselves."

"Alright, anything else?"

"Nothing more, I’ll come to fetch you in a month."

"A month?"

Ye Wudi nodded, "I’ve estimated that a month is about the limit for you, given that you currently have the strength of a Fourth Grade Realm, you can only stay inside for that long. Though the Secret Realm is very effective for cultivating the Death Aura, you can’t rush success; overdoing it could cause harm to your body instead."

Xiao Zhan understood that the implication was to avoid injury to their foundations.

"Then, can I practice for a month, come out, and once I’ve adapted to the effects, enter again?"

"Certainly, that was initially my plan. But, as they say, plans cannot keep up with changes. With the enemy’s recent failure, who can tell when they will strike next?"

Xiao Zhan nodded, indeed that was the case.

The enemy lurks in the shadows, while I am in the light.

The Ye Family, to reduce this latent danger, must maximize their own strength.

With this in mind, Xiao Zhan had no hesitations.

Just as he was about to enter, a question suddenly occurred to him, and he curiously looked at Ye Wudi, "How long did you stay in there?"

Search the lightnovelworld.cc website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.