Rest in a Demon's Embrace

The following morning, the scent of roasted meat wafted through the air. Although it was possible to consume fasting pills to avoid eating, and that their bodies required less and less food, many still enjoyed eating. Especially beasts such as the ones that could be found in this Secret Realm, as their flesh was filled with spiritual energy.

The camp that Luo Xiao and the others had found was hidden well within the thicket, and the many formations and inscriptions that had been placed upon choosing this location made it so that even if the group outside used their spiritual sense to scan these bushes, they would not notice their trio at all, but this also made it so that they had to stay within the camp for some time.

Although it was possible for the three to leave, they would immediately attract the attention of the group outside, and none of them were interested in doing so, so instead, they sat back and began cultivating.

After arriving at the Secret Realm, they had been fleeing or fighting constantly, and it was just right to take a moment to digest and comprehend the many insights they had gotten throughout their time fighting.

These insights could help them increase their cultivation base and also help making their battle prowess more lethal. Unfortunately, they had been pressed forward day after day, as they felt it wasteful to not fight when the meadow was right beside them as a training field.

Now that they were forced to stay within their camp, it was the most suitable time to fully grasp and understand the many things that they had experienced throughout this time.

Luo Xiao was equally in need of digesting his experiences, and he also slowly entered a state of nothingness. His mind spread out and became one with the energy that roamed his body, feeling the increasing energy that flooded towards him from the outside.

The formations outside were able to make the appearance of the surging spiritual energy appear normal, so even though the three were all on the verge of a breakthrough and dense waves of energy was crashing towards their camp, the group outside did not notice anything special. No matter how powerful they were, they could not defeat the many treasures that Jiang Yao had personally made for Luo Xiao.

It did not take long for Luo Xiao to feel that the bottleneck toward the Fourth Layer of the Moon Rank was loosening, and soon the surges of energy broke through, making him advance to the final layer of the Moon Rank, only one step away from breaking into the Heavenly Rank.

Although this was only one layer away, Luo Xiao knew better than anyone that this small step was one that many would never take in their lives.

Da Tou and Xiao Tou also broke through, but unlike Luo Xiao who was in the Moon Rank, their advance was to the fifth layer of the Star Rank.

Both Da Tou and Xiao Tou were Qi cultivators, and unlike Luo Xiao, who, as a soul cultivator, had four layers of each cultivation rank, their ranks were split into seven layers.

This was not the first time for the two of them to advance in the Secret Realm. After starting the training in the Meadows, they had advanced three times, which was a speed they had never encountered before.

Their advance also seemed to continue as they comprehended more of the insights they had gathered throughout this period of training. Luo Xiao, on the other hand, could not continue to increase his cultivation base after finally breaking into the fourth layer of the Moon Rank.

Seeing that the pair of brothers were still in the state of nothingness, Luo Xiao could not help but nod his head approvingly. The two were both very serious about cultivating, and their talent was not bad either. However, due to their low birth, their advance had been blocked to become real talents.

During the time that Luo Xiao had been separated from Jiang Yao, he had understood all too well how weak he was. Everything he had was given to him by his relationship with Jiang Yao, and this was also what had made him more eager for power and strength. He understood that to stand side by side with his lover, he could no longer go after being mediocre.

As soon as he met Da Tou and Xiao Tou he had ulterior motives; he had considered recruiting the pair of brothers to become his followers, but he needed time to determine their personalities and abilities. Even if he wanted to be strong, he was still very picky with who he was willing to take in.

After the time they had spent together, Luo Xiao had found out that the pair of brothers were truly promising, and he also knew that they both wished to become better and stronger than what their current sect could help them with.

Even so, neither of them looked down upon their sect. They both understood that to be able to reach where they were at now, the sect had provided them with everything it had been capable of providing. Because of this, the two brothers did their utmost to gather as many resources and treasures as possible to repay the sect when they left the Secret Realm.

Knowing their plans, Luo Xiao was not in a hurry to offer to take them in. Although he had already reached a preliminary decision, all the treasures they had encountered so far were in numerous quantities and it could not show their reactions to extreme treasures.