149. The strength of temptation
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To determine whether a family is strong enough, it is usually judged by its comprehensive strength.
The so-called comprehensive strength refers to the level of cultivation possessed by this family, the cultivation of family members, the number and scale of secret realms under direct control, and so on.
To put it bluntly, it's the essence.
As the head of the six gates of Xuanzhou, Su Men controls a total of two large-scale secret realms and five medium-sized and small secret realms, and also indirectly controls eleven secret realms of different scales. It is the family that controls the secret realm the most in the entire Xuanzhou except for the four giants.
This is the foundation that Sumen has.
Of course, secret realms are actually divided into several situations: the secret realms that can usually be controlled by the major forces refer to those stable secret realms, not the broken half-plane secret realms.
Only these secret realms that can bring fixed income to the major forces have the idea of letting them control them.
If it is a secret realm like some ruins of the previous dynasty and the Immortal Cave Mansion, then it is naturally of little value, at least its value is not enough for the major forces to tear their faces and fight for it.
It is precisely because of this that any secret realm or cave that has not yet been discovered will attract the attention of major forces.
This is also the fundamental reason why the Secret Realm Treasure Map can easily cause bloody storms in the cultivation world.
Without these secret realm treasure maps, it is really possible to find the location of a secret realm only if a blind cat bumps into a dead mouse, and even its entry and exit conditions are unknown. However, if you have a treasure map of the secret realm, then it is easy to deduce the location of the secret realm, the entry and exit conditions, and even the value of this secret realm.
Before, everyone thought that the secret realm treasure map brought by He Zhenxing should be some ruins or a place like a cave.
A place like this is usually only accessible to those who enter it for the first time to explore.
After that, the second and third time is just a kind of leakage.
After that, such a secret realm is worthless.
Su Wushu had only thought that the secret realm that He Zhenxing wanted to take Su Lin to before belonged to this kind of secret realm. And since He Zhenxing was able to take out this secret realm treasure map, in Su Wudi's opinion, it must have been explored by the He family once or twice, and there must be nothing too valuable in it, and even the danger level may not be high, so just with an experienced mentality, let some of the Su family's talents who still have some potential accompany him, and he should increase his experience.
But now, knowing that this is not the case, everyone's mindset has changed.
"What kind of secret place is this?" Sunana was the first to ask.
However, when she said this, she didn't ask He Zhenxing, but looked at Su Mingyue, that is, Ye Kong.
Although Su Lin didn't speak, her eyes already said everything.
"According to the records of the secret realm treasure map, it should be a large secret realm." Ye Kong opened his mouth and replied, he didn't intend to hide these things, but of course, at the beginning, he didn't expect that there would be so many people walking together, "This secret realm seems to be called the Coffin Ancient Realm. ”
"Large-scale secret realm." Sunana's eyebrows furrowed, "It's not a cave or a fragment?" ”
"A secret realm with solid rules." Ye Kong replied.
"Such a big thing, why didn't you say it earlier." Su Lin's brows also furrowed, and her tone was a little angry, "You're messing around." …… This kind of large-scale secret realm with stable rules is not so simple, there are too many aspects involved, and things are also very complicated. ”
A large-scale secret realm with stable rules usually means that this kind of secret realm has a fixed resource output, and it is even very likely that some resources that have long been extinct in the Shenzhou Continent. Moreover, the danger of this kind of secret realm is often impossible to make simple judgments and predictions, at least it takes several or even more than a dozen explorations to have a rough judgment, and even many times, except for the top few powerful sect families, ordinary families simply cannot afford to eat a large secret realm alone.
The Su family currently controls two large-scale secret realms, which have almost reached their limit.
"Mingyue, this time, it's really your fault." He Zhenxing just knew that Ye Kong had a secret realm treasure map in his hand, and he also thought that it was just a small secret realm exploration, and the difficulty would not be too great, so he should accompany Su Mingyue to relax and enhance his feelings.
But he didn't expect Ye Kong to play so big.
"The exploration of large-scale secret realms has never been a trivial matter, and a big thing like this ......"
Ye Kong didn't speak, just glanced at He Zhenxing, who was still talking, and the latter quickly shut up.
Seeing that He Zhenxing chose to shut up under Su Mingyue's eyes, Su Nana and Su Lin could be regarded as discovering that this second young man of the He family couldn't cure Su Mingyue at all, so it was no wonder that he was dragged into the water by Su Mingyue without knowing anything.
After a look shut up He Zhenxing, Ye Kong turned his head to look at Su Nana and Su Lin.
"This secret treasure map was found by me in a fragment of a broken cave, and I have even been preparing for almost two years of investigation for this, and I am sure." Ye Kong said indifferently, but the meaning shown in and out of his words was also fully expounding a point of view: don't treat him as a child who has not seen the world yet, "The danger of this secret realm is certainly there, but it will not be high, as long as you don't provoke the people inside." ”
Is there any secret realm in Shenzhou that Ye Kong doesn't know?
Not at all.
For every grass and tree in this world, I'm afraid no one dares to think that they know more than Ye Kong.
It's just that he can't say these things, so he can only say that he has been investigating this secret realm for two years.
"People?" However, the focus of Su Lin, Su Nana and others is obviously not on "two years", "Who is it?" ”
"Could it be ......" Su Lin was a little surprised, "the remnants?" ”
The so-called remnants refer to the ancient monks who hid in the secret realm in the old days in order to avoid the disaster of the end of the law.
However, such rumors are usually only recorded in a few classics, and no remnants have been found in all the secret realms that have been discovered and controlled so far.
Of course, whether there is or not, in fact, it is up to these giants who control the secret realm to have the final say, even if they say no, others will not know, after all, there is no way to verify this kind of thing. It's just that Ye Kong knows very well that in fact, the top cultivation forces have already had contact with these remnants, but players will not have contact with them until the third expansion pack.
However, in any case, the Coffin Ancient Realm, as a copy that will appear in the second expansion, is only limited to breaking the realm.
Even though it is a few secret realms with relatively difficult challenges in the second expansion, the difficulty has not yet reached the standard of the Transforming Realm.
At least, the current exploration team of Ye Kong and the others is enough to deal with it.
This is also the reason why Ye Kong dared to take them with him.
"It's the remnants." Ye Kong nodded, "However, we don't need to deal with them." This time, we just went in to explore the secret realm, we could first observe their situation from a distance, and then collect some other information, such as terrain location, resource output, etc., to prepare in advance for our next entry. …… At least I can guarantee that we will be able to handle the vast majority of troubles, provided you don't mess around. ”
Su Lin and Su Nana glanced at each other, and then the former spoke: "It seems that sister, you haven't learned anything in the past few years. ”
"If that's what you say, then I'll agree with you to be the leader." Su Nana glanced at Su Lin meaningfully, "But this matter, after all, is very important, I think we should send a message to the family first to prevent some other accidents that will be encountered next." ”
Ye Kong's heart chuckled, this situation was not what he wanted.
"I don't think it's necessary, wouldn't it be nice to surprise them." Ye Kong deliberately pursed his lips, pretending to be dissatisfied, "And this matter is ......" While speaking, Ye Kong also glanced at He Zhenxing: "For the sake of safety, we must let one person go back to the interrogation, in this way, what about Zhenxing?" This secret realm can't be eaten by our Su family alone. ”
"It's okay, it's okay, I'm okay." He Zhenxing said with a smile, "Your Su family can arrange it, anyway, I didn't discover this secret realm, I won't tell my family, don't worry too much about me." ”
This goods!
Ye Kong was so angry on the spot that he wanted to give this guy a few slaps.
I've seen a pig teammate, but I've never seen such a pig teammate.
Seeing that Ye Kong's face was obviously not very good-looking, He Zhenxing, who thought that he had handled it properly, was a little stunned at this moment, he hurriedly glanced at Su Lin, and his eyes were clearly saying: Did I say something wrong?
Su Lin glanced at He Zhenxing, probably thinking that this guy was hopeless, so she could only sigh helplessly.
She finally understood that her sister was determined not to let her family accompany her this time. She was even wondering if from the beginning, her sister didn't plan to let so many people go with her, but only the two of them - after all, this time, Su Lin was not on the list, and it was Ye Kong who insisted on asking Su Lin to go with her. She wouldn't have known that if it was possible, Ye Kong would even want to come alone, because Su Lin's meeting was also an agreement between him and Earth Kill.
As for what revitalization?
Could he not know the value of a large secret realm? How could someone who could be designated by the He family as the future head of the family not know this? But he would rather choose to give up fighting for the interests of this secret realm, and also want to make Su Mingyue happy, Su Lin suddenly felt a little envious of Su Mingyue, who could be so hurt by a man.
Ye Kong didn't know what Su Lin was thinking at the moment, he just didn't know why, and suddenly felt a chill.
But when he thought of He Zhenxing's stupidity, Ye Kong was angry.
He turned his head viciously, looked at He Zhenxing, and said in a cold voice: "From now on, you are not allowed to speak without my permission, understand?" ”
"Understood......" He Zhenxing just opened his mouth to say two words, and Ye Kong gave him a look, so he quickly covered his mouth and could only nod.
Ye Kong didn't bother to continue to deal with this pig teammate, but turned his head to look at Su Lin and Su Nana.
Su Lin didn't speak, but Sun Nana smiled first: "You still care about He Ershao, and now you are already thinking about helping him fight for his interests." …… In this secret realm, there shouldn't be anything beneficial to him. ”
Ye Kong glanced at He Zhenxing, and then said with some reluctance: "Thick Earth Essence." ”
He Zhenxing's breathing immediately became rapid.
And Su Lin and Su Nana also showed an expression that was really like this.
This attitude made Ye Kong feel a toothache again.
If he could, of course he didn't want to say this, but the current situation was that both Sunana and Su Lin wanted to inform the people of the Su family. So in desperation, Ye Kong could only use the relationship between Su Mingyue and He Zhenxing again.
Outsiders may not understand, even if Su Nana and Su Lin only know a little about it, but at least they know how valuable the Thick Earth Essence is to He Zhenxing.
Usually, when a practice is cultivated to break through the realm, it is a cycle of "first from the first layer to the ninth layer, then to perfection, and finally to break the pill and shape the soul".
However, the disciples of the Teng Snake He family, in the process of breaking through the realm to the realm of transformation, there is no such thing as "consummation". Because consummation means great success, and it is obviously impossible to make "martial arts consummation" by entering the Tao by martial arts, so it is necessary to leave a line as a back-end opportunity.
However, this line is not easy to break through, and many disciples of the He family have been stumbling at this step for more than ten years or decades.
Therefore, in order to make progress, the Teng Snake He family naturally spent countless hard work in this regard.
And after so many generations of attempts by the He family, they have naturally found many more mature breakthrough methods.
One of the fastest and most stable ways is to absorb the essence of the thick earth.
By absorbing the soil essence in the thick earth essence, after accumulating to a certain extent in the body, you can easily overcome the obstacles and successfully promote to the fetal realm.
However, the only pity is that the essence of the thick earth is relatively difficult to find.
After all, this kind of thing is not a big road commodity that can be seen everywhere, but it needs to go through hundreds of thousands of years of condensation before it is possible to give birth to a little bit of the essence of the earth. After that, it will take at least a thousand years of condensation before this bit of earth essence will transform into a thick earth essence, which is only as small as a fingernail.
If He Zhenxing wants to successfully break through to the fetal realm, he needs at least five tablets, and if he wants to break through directly in one go, he needs at least eight tablets.
This is definitely an astronomical amount for a family of the size of the Teng Snake He family.
He Zhenxing looked at Su Mingyue with a touched face.
But Ye Kong turned his head with a look of disgust and disgust, still too lazy to pay attention to this pig teammate.
"So on this trip, you originally planned to collect the essence of the thick earth for revitalization?" Su Nana regarded Ye Kong's reaction as a shy expression, "This Sinking Coffin Ancient Realm has a lot of thick earth essence? ”
"The earthiness of this secret realm is very heavy, and it is relatively easy to condense the essence of thick earth, and no one has discovered it for so many years, I think it should not be a problem to have one hundred and eighty pieces in it." Ye Kong opened his mouth and said, "Even if it doesn't, this secret realm should be able to produce thick earth essence stably, as long as it doesn't break the rules of the secret realm." ”
"What else?" Su Lin asked.
Judging from the current information, such a secret realm is of no value to the Su family, but is of great value to the He family.
After taking a deep breath, Ye Kong spoke again, but this time his expression was a little more serious: "The aura of this secret realm is very sufficient, and it can even be said that it is a little excessive, and the spirit plants planted in the secret realm are generally better, and the time flow rate of the secret realm is ten to one." …… As for the other things, I don't know, after all, the ancient book I saw before was also badly damaged. ”
Of course, Ye Kong couldn't say everything about this secret realm clearly, otherwise he would be suspected by Sunana.
His instincts even told him that Sunana was already doubting his identity.
This kind of Confucian monk who cultivates Haoran and righteousness has a terrifyingly high understanding, but he can't fool around at will, which is why Ye Kong chooses to tell the truth when answering, and only in some key points will he be vague.
After he said these words, everyone didn't react at first, but when they heard "the speed of time is ten to one", everyone became breathing heavily.
Time flows at a rate of 10 to 1!
This also means that when there is one day in the outside world, at least ten days have passed in the secret realm.
Such a secret realm is undoubtedly the most suitable for cultivation.
Whether it is the Su family or the He family, among all the private secret realms currently in their possession, there is not a secret realm where the speed of time flow is ten to one. Because this kind of secret realm is often firmly controlled by the top forces of the nine great families, it is impossible for it to fall into the hands of other families and sect forces.
"Let's go check it out first." This time, even Su Nana no longer insisted that she must go back to report to the Su family first.
Sunana refused to let go before, because neither aura nor anything else could attract her. Because she cultivates Haoran Righteousness, which is a relatively special cultivation system: either it is water grinding kung fu, and she can only rely on the fixed daily cultivation of Haoran Qi to gradually improve her cultivation; Otherwise, you can only gain a lot of righteousness by solving the ghosts, reading the books of the sages, and doing something that is beneficial to the world.
This is the fundamental reason why Confucian disciples are generally able to ignore any temptation.
If there is no desire, it is rigid.
That's why Su Wushu will let Su Nana come with her, because she is rational enough to resist any temptation, and she is also a person who is loyal to the Su family, and she will definitely consider the Su family as the first interest.
But in the face of the temptation of the flow of time ten to one, even Su Nana, who cultivates Haoran and righteousness, can't resist it at this moment.
Even Suna was in favor of them exploring first at the moment, and the others naturally had no opinion.
So this team, after finally clarifying the dominance, quickly set off.
This time, they will not have any more stops until they reach their destination.