Chapter 328

Chapter 328: Discovery and Speculation

In his divine sense perception, Li Xiaojun discovered that this was a Human Race woman.

Because his divine sense was enhanced with a shielding effect by the system, the woman did not notice his presence.

Upon seeing this Human Race Profound Immortal woman, Li Xiaojun did not immediately greet her; instead, he secretly observed her every movement with his divine sense.

Li Xiaojun noticed that the woman was collecting nearby spiritual items.

Since she couldn’t fly through the air like Li Xiaojun, she had to walk on the ground.

Fortunately, she was riding a spiritual beast that resembled a horse, looking like a Unicorn from a fantasy novel, and this horse had reached the True Immortal realm in cultivation level.

As the woman rode swiftly through the forest, she picked various spiritual items while on horseback.

After Li Xiaojun secretly watched her for half a month, the woman began to hurry back.

On her way home, she traveled at full speed, not stopping to gather any spiritual items she encountered.

Li Xiaojun observed that most of the items she collected were third to fifth grade spiritual items.

However, from Li Xiaojun’s divine sense perception, it appeared that there were no spiritual items above the sixth grade in this area.

In fact, ten years ago, Li Xiaojun had already found it difficult to see spiritual items above the sixth grade, let alone seventh or eighth grade items.

Considering all these factors, Li Xiaojun formed a speculation.

He guessed that the area he appeared in was likely some sort of forbidden zone, and he was in the central region of this forbidden place.

It seemed that it had taken him decades just to fly out of the forbidden area.

Li Xiaojun arrived at this speculation primarily because he had noticed that the gravity of the secret realm had noticeably weakened as he flew further ahead over the past few years.

Moreover, the appearance of this Human Race Profound Immortal woman could also confirm this point.

Initially, the woman’s direction of collecting spiritual items was clearly towards the depths of the forbidden zone.

Yet after a while of gathering, she turned back hurriedly, even ignoring the spiritual items she encountered along the way.

What did this indicate? It indicated that her immortal essence or that of the Unicorn had been depleted to the point where she needed to return immediately.

Therefore, if Li Xiaojun followed the path she took back, he would eventually leave this "forbidden zone."

Li Xiaojun believed that his speculation was likely true.

Because if this Profound Immortal woman had been left where Li Xiaojun first appeared in the secret realm, she would have surely exhausted all her immortal essence and died.

Li Xiaojun’s journey had consumed an amount of immortal essence comparable to that stored by dozens of Golden Immortals.

This meant that in a place where immortal essence could not be replenished, even a Golden Immortal would perish.

The only reason Li Xiaojun had not died was that he possessed a system allowing him to use cultivation points to replenish his immortal essence.

Thus, the conclusion he had initially drawn—that the Kunlun Secret Realm was uninhabitable for Immortals—might soon be disproven.

His original belief stemmed from the fact that he had found himself in a "forbidden zone," leading him to think that the entire Kunlun Secret Realm had the same conditions.

…

“Huh?”

Just as Li Xiaojun was secretly following the woman back, he unexpectedly sensed other living beings in his divine sense perception.

"Two late Profound Immortal beasts, this woman might be in trouble."

Li Xiaojun did not reveal himself immediately because he wanted to observe the relationship between the Human Race and the beast tribe in this secret realm.

The direction of the two late Profound Immortal beasts aligned with the woman’s path back, so soon they all noticed each other.

However, in the next moment, a surprising situation unfolded for Li Xiaojun.

Upon noticing each other, neither side displayed any signs of wariness; instead, they greeted each other in a friendly manner before continuing on their way.

"What is going on?"

Li Xiaojun was very surprised. He did not expect the Human Race and the beast tribe to be so harmonious in the Kunlun Secret Realm.

But was this a unique occurrence or a general phenomenon?

Encountering the two late Profound Immortal beasts was just a brief episode during the Profound Immortal woman’s return.

For several months afterward, the woman did not encounter any other beings.

Until one day a few months later.

"What is that?"

Suddenly, several unknown special beings appeared in Li Xiaojun’s divine sense perception.

Feeling the waves from these creatures, Li Xiaojun realized that he seemed unable to categorize these special beings into any tribe.

Previously, Li Xiaojun had believed there were only two kinds of beings in the world: the Human Race and the beast tribe.

Now he found the beings he discovered were not Human Race, yet they did not seem to fit into the beast tribe either.

Li Xiaojun noticed that these beings possessed an energy completely opposite to immortal essence.

He did not plan to catch one of these beings for research immediately, as it would not be long before they encountered the Human Race Profound Immortal woman.

While observing in secret, Li Xiaojun soon saw the special beings notice the woman.

Upon sensing their divine sense, the woman instantly released her own divine sense to scan, quickly spotting the special beings.

The moment she perceived these beings, her expression changed dramatically.

In the next moment, she jumped off the back of the Unicorn, which instantly shrank down to the size of a cat.

She swiftly held the Unicorn in her arms and then changed direction, running as fast as she could.

On the other side, the special beings expressed wild joy when they spotted the woman.

Then, all the special beings immediately chased after the direction in which the Human Race woman was fleeing.

"What on earth is happening?"

Li Xiaojun was very surprised because, in his perception, the spiritual aura intensity of these special beings was clearly only at the True Immortal realm.

Could a Profound Immortal stronghold actually be outmatched by a few True Immortals?

In his divine sense perception, he saw the woman fleeing quickly while the special beings pursued her at a rapid pace.

Li Xiaojun did not intervene immediately, as he wanted to understand why several True Immortal beings could scare a Profound Immortal stronghold into fleeing.

Before long, Li Xiaojun noticed something unusual.

The speed of the pursuing special beings was significantly faster than that of the Human Race Profound Immortal woman.

When the woman sensed the True Immortal beings closing in, despair appeared on her face.

"Xiaobai, you must escape immediately. I will hold them off. Don’t look back, and be sure to take the things back."

The woman instructed the Unicorn, and in the next moment, she quickly threw the Unicorn forward while she charged toward the special beings.

As the Unicorn was tossed, it let out a sorrowful cry.

However, in the next moment, its body rapidly grew larger, and it ran forward without looking back, tears falling heavily from its eyes.