**Chapter 234: Yun Yue Yao: This Is My Biggest Secret, Remember to Keep It Confidential**
“Hehe, then let me hug you for a bit first,” Yun Yue Yao said with a grin as she clung tightly to Bai Feng’s arm.
After a few seconds of silence, Bai Feng couldn’t help but quip, “…Are we just standing here like statues? By the way, how much do you know about this Secret Realm?”
“Well, I do know a bit of information,” Yun Yue Yao released his arm, standing in front of him with her hand outstretched. “I need to go somewhere; will you accompany me?”
Bai Feng glanced down at her fair little hand, then placed his hand atop hers. “Will you tell me why you suddenly appeared by my side when we get there?”
“Of course!”
A smile blossomed on Yun Yue Yao’s face as she took Bai Feng’s hand and led the way. “Let’s go!”
……
“There sure are a lot of Monster Beasts in this Secret Realm.”
Bai Feng sheathed his longsword as a massive Late Nascent Soul Stage Monster Beast collapsed before him.
“After all, the resources here are abundant and there’s no outside interference, so naturally, there are plenty of monster beasts.”
Yun Yue Yao put away the copper coin in her hand, then turned to stare intently at Bai Feng.
“What’s up?” Bai Feng felt a bit odd under Yun Yue Yao’s scrutinizing gaze.
“You seem to be leveling up so fast! You’re almost at the Late Nascent Soul Stage yourself. Have you been training a lot with Yu Mo lately?” Yun Yue Yao squinted her eyes, with a hint of jealousy creeping into her tone.
“…Actually, I’ve only trained for a few days.” Bai Feng’s lips twitched slightly. “Let’s not dwell on this; we should hurry to the place you want to go.”
“Impossible!” Yun Yue Yao shook her head, her cheeks puffing out slightly. “There’s no way you could improve that quickly in just a few days!”
“Well…” Bai Feng pondered for a few seconds. “How about this, when you tell me your secret, I’ll share this one with you—deal?”
“It’s a deal!” A smile broke on Yun Yue Yao’s face, and she slipped her arm around Bai Feng’s, hurrying forward. “Let’s go, it’s just up ahead!”
“…”
Why do I feel like you’re putting on a show for me?
The last stretch was remarkably smooth, with no monster beasts in their way, and soon they arrived at the entrance of a cave.
Bai Feng stood at the entrance and glanced inside. The cave was quite small, with only a few football-sized stones visible at a glance.
“Did we take a wrong turn?”
Bai Feng scrutinized the cave more closely, even using his Divine Consciousness to scan it, but he found no traps or mechanisms. The floor seemed solid, packed dirt mixed with some stones.
“Nope,” Yun Yue Yao shook her head and then pulled out a longsword.
The moment she brandished the sword, Bai Feng’s attention was completely captured.
The sword looked quite ordinary, without any fancy decorations or engravings, yet he could sense immense power contained within it—it was anything but ordinary.
“Could this be a celestial weapon?”
Bai Feng mumbled quietly. As a relatively skilled equipment-refining craftsman, he wasn’t a complete novice with spiritual weapons; he could distinctly tell that the sword in Yun Yue Yao’s hands was far superior to the Heavenly Sword of the Heavenly Sword Sect, something even a master craftsman couldn’t replicate.
“Exactly! This is my biggest secret!” Yun Yue Yao nodded, showing no intention of hiding it. “Remember to keep it a secret for me!”
“I thought you’d use this secret to blackmail me into marriage, like saying I can only keep it safe if we’re married or something.”
Yun Yue Yao looked up at Bai Feng, a playful smile tugging at her lips. “I wouldn’t do that because I trust you.”
“…I’m a bit flattered.”
Looking at the smile on Yun Yue Yao’s face made Bai Feng feel a little like he was being toyed with.
He swiftly diverted the topic, glancing at the celestial sword in Yun Yue Yao’s hand. “So you use the celestial sword to locate and appear beside me?”
“Half right!” Yun Yue Yao smiled and nodded. “Besides that, it’s also related to the master of this Secret Realm. I couldn’t do this in any other Secret Realm.”
With that, she dashed to a stone, thrusting the longsword into it.
Immediately, at the end of the cave, the once-solid wall of packed earth and rocks vanished, revealing a narrow passage.
“Eh?”
Bai Feng rubbed his eyes in disbelief.
He had just scanned with his Divine Consciousness, and the end of the cave was supposed to be solid dirt—he hadn’t realized there was a hidden passage!
This really is the work of an Immortal; I wish I could learn that to put in the Simulation Secret Realm as a hidden door.
“Let’s go.”
Yun Yue Yao grabbed Bai Feng’s arm and pulled him toward the hidden passage.
The passage wasn’t long, and before long, they reached its end—a somewhat larger room, or perhaps a secret chamber would be a better term.
The room was sparsely furnished, with only an old wooden table and a few yellowed sheets of paper with writing on them. The walls were adorned with several paintings, each depicting a woman with long black hair—the same person in every painting.
‘Could this be the secret crush of the Secret Realm’s master?’
Bai Feng couldn’t help but roll his eyes at what he saw on the wall.
“She is the master of this Secret Realm,” Yun Yue Yao explained as she joined him, “and also the owner of this celestial sword I have, Fairy Tian Yan.”
Bai Feng froze for a second, and instinctively blurted out, “…So she’s a bit full of herself, huh?”
After a few moments, he looked down at Yun Yue Yao. “Wait, if she’s Fairy Tian Yan, what’s her connection to the Holy Land of Tian Yan?”
“The Holy Land of Tian Yan was established by her,” Yun Yue Yao clarified. “That’s one reason I joined the Holy Land; otherwise, I would have gone to the Heavenly Sword Sect to find you.”
Bai Feng thought for a moment and then curiously asked, “Given Fairy Tian Yan’s naming habits, her celestial sword wouldn’t be named Tian Yan Sword, would it? And how did it end up in your hands?”
“You guessed it right! It’s called the Tian Yan Sword.” Yun Yue Yao nodded, continuing to explain, “At the time, Fairy Tian Yan didn’t leave the sword for the Holy Land; she took it back to the Immortal Realm. As for how it came back from the Immortal Realm, I don’t know.”
Bai Feng considered that the Holy Land of Tian Yan was known for its fortune-telling skills, his inner curiosity sparked: “So, does that mean you can see the future because of this sword?”
“Pretty much, but I’ll need to break through to the Transformation God stage to tell you more detailed stuff.”
Yun Yue Yao crouched down, grasping the leg of the wooden table and lifting a square stone that seemed to support the table.
She pulled out something that resembled a mini broom and gave it a gentle sweep, gradually revealing the true nature of the stone—it was a crystal-like jade, brimming with an immense amount of spiritual energy.
