With the Divine Slaughtering Array, Lin Chen could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Now, the Bright Saint Maiden Clan had agreed to help with the mine.

Kong Yan, a third-stage God Envoy.

Formidable strength.

Besides, there were also Kong Lin and many other clansmen.

There was absolutely no problem there.

And now, Tianyue City was also safe.

This transaction with Winter could only be described as a huge profit.

Lin Chen went to the City Lord's mansion warehouse again.

He opened one of the warehouse's vaults.

Only he could enter this place.

If anyone came here, they would be utterly shocked!

Because this entire vault was full of soul crystals.

Also known as soul spar.

Ordinary crystals were directly used to build the four walls.

A magnificent sight!

In addition, there were medium, high, top-grade, and even dazzling soul crystals, making the entire vault shine!

Lin Chen meditated here.

He directly absorbed a dazzling soul crystal.

But it wasn't enough.

Lin Chen was quite surprised...

As the level of soul cultivation increased, the number of dazzling soul crystals he could consume each day also rose.

He absorbed three in one go.

Experience points increased by six thousand!

This meant that the higher the soul cultivation realm, the higher the cost, but the effect was also doubled.

In addition, Lin Chen hadn't had time to properly explore soul cultivation, apart from increasing stats, what other uses it had.

This time, Lin Chen had time.

He tried it out...

The soul could actually enter a special state.

This state was called sublimation!

In fact, Lin Chen felt that calling it spiritual travel would be more accurate.

To put it simply, it was the soul leaving the body.

Then Lin Chen discovered that his thoughts and senses had all transferred to his soul form. He floated out of the City Lord's mansion, all the way into the wilderness, even passing through some low-level monsters.

Those monsters didn't react at all.

However, when Lin Chen's soul continued to delve deeper and arrived at a Boss's lair, that Level 100 Boss keenly raised its head, its lantern-like eyes looking towards the location of Lin Chen's soul.

Lin Chen quickly withdrew.

When his soul returned to his body, he felt like he was covered in a cold sweat...

It was really a bit dangerous just now.

He almost didn't make it back.

"So, the soul state me is still very weak?"

Lin Chen felt like he couldn't even handle a Level 100 Boss.

This was indeed a bit weak.

Fortunately, his soul state still had extremely fast speed.

"That place just now was Azure Python Pool. That Azure Python seems to be about to advance. I can consider raising it first, and when it reaches Level 120, it can be used as nourishment for soul cultivation..."

Suddenly, Lin Chen had such a thought in his mind.

Then, he suddenly realized...

Could it be that all the monsters in these countries are actually being raised by someone?

He still remembered Jin Qiang scolding the Sea Demon for overstepping its boundaries and swallowing a Boss.

Jin Qiang's attitude at the time was that these land monsters were all the property of the Dragon Spirit Kingdom... It sounded like scolding a thief for stealing their own domestic fowl.

And now, Lin Chen also felt the benefits of raising these monsters...

Monsters can not only level people up.

Upgrade them.

They can even provide soul nourishment.

Just one thought allowed Lin Chen to understand a lot.

Then, Lin Chen couldn't help but reveal a wry smile.

Unexpectedly, at the time of Blue Star's great change, these monsters that ravaged the entire Blue Star and slaughtered countless Blue Star people, seemed to have stood at the top of Blue Star's food chain, with countless people becoming their meals.

But in fact, these monsters were only at the bottom of the food chain!

Their fate was also to be raised in captivity.

In the end, what awaited them was still being harvested and treated as food.

This could also better explain the Cold Ice Kingdom's attitude and position in the Ice Snow City monster siege.

Because the essence of that monster siege was just a battle for territory between the livestock raised by the Cold Ice Kingdom, their own domestic fowl, and some outsiders who intended to gain a foothold!

If it were you, would you want the outsiders to win, or would you want your own livestock to win?

It wasn't that Lin Chen was selfish.

He believed that whether it was humans, elves, or other races, they would definitely want their own livestock to win.

In the end, Lin Chen was able to trick Moi because there was more than just the Cold Ice Kingdom invading Blue Star.

There were also many other national forces.

Even the Temple.

Because of the constraints of these forces, they didn't dare to cheat, so in the end, Moi's behavior was just a remedial measure after the Cold Ice Kingdom cheated and was afraid of being discovered.

Even so, Lin Chen didn't plan to sit idle.

Although there was Jin Qiang's so-called "suppression of the beast tide" for the past two days, temporarily suspending the attack on Tianyue City, now that Lin Chen had figured out the key, and knew that these monsters were actually raised by humans.

Then, Jin Qiang's so-called suppression of the beast tide simply didn't exist.

They definitely had methods to control these monsters and beasts.

Moreover, Lin Chen also saw more...

Why is it that when the monsters in an area are all killed, many more can appear after just one night?

That's because of the Secret Realm!

To put it bluntly, it's a dungeon!

In other words, there are actually some Secret Realms around Tianyue City.

And how are Secret Realms formed?

Lin Chen decided to investigate.

When he was in soul form earlier and came to the Azure Python Pool, he saw a suspended door.

A door suspended in the air, surrounded by fluorescent light, with a dark center.

This was the Secret Realm.

Lin Chen directly took on the Three-Headed Pet Transformation, left Tianyue City, sped through the monster area outside the city, and even detoured to the mine to take a look. He found that even though it was late at night, there were still many people working overtime.

Putting everything else aside, just the work ethic of the Dragon Kingdom people of Blue Star was definitely second to none on the entire Blue Star.

Lin Chen arrived at the Azure Python Pool.

Then, he went straight to the portal.

However, the originally sleeping Azure Python also quietly followed.

It looked for a chance to open its bloody mouth.

"Evil creature, do you want to die?"

Lin Chen spoke.

At the same time, Lin Chen turned around, and with a wave of his hand, there was a powerful mental suppression.

The Azure Python was shocked, and then under Lin Chen's gaze, its huge head slowly fell, sticking to the ground, and even turning over, facing Lin Chen with its weakest neck.

"Hehe, is this your way of pledging allegiance?"

Lin Chen smiled, then flew up and stood on the Azure Python's back, and said, "Come, take me up."

The Azure Python was very obedient.

Like an obedient baby, it turned its head and allowed Lin Chen to step on its head, sending Lin Chen to the suspended door in the air.

In the next moment, Lin Chen felt like he had entered a tunnel.

But after only two or three seconds, everything suddenly became clear.

Opening his eyes, Lin Chen chuckled and said in surprise, "Azure Python Pool?"

He discovered that this seemed to be another Azure Python Pool, because the geographical environment was similar. The difference was that there were densely packed Azure Python mobs everywhere, and even four Azure Python Bosses appeared.

"So that's how it is. When I was in Ice Snow City, there were so many Minotaur Bosses, as well as Fire Crows, Mountain-Swallowing Crocodiles, Two-Headed Pythons... It turns out that the 'pastures' that truly raise these monsters are actually these Secret Realms!"

This was a Level 100 monster Secret Realm.

In the Secret Realm, Lin Chen also discovered through further exploration that although there were many Azure Python Bosses here, none of them were like the Azure Python Boss outside, who seemed to be about to advance.

This was obviously abnormal.

The only explanation was that these Azure Python Bosses could only continue to advance after leaving the Secret Realm.

In the Secret Realm, their ability to continue advancing was suppressed.

Lin Chen even personally witnessed the scene of at least a thousand Azure Pythons being hatched at the same time...

To be honest, if one's psychological quality wasn't strong enough, such a scene would be a bit unbearable to watch.

Lin Chen withdrew.

He was just here to understand the Secret Realm.

Now, Level 100 monsters didn't give him much experience for killing.

Moreover, Lin Chen now knew that these monsters, including the Secret Realms, were actually a form of 'mineral deposit' for a city, so Lin Chen wouldn't kill them randomly.

Keeping so many monsters would give the people of Tianyue City a place to level up in the future.

The human race would also have a 'sharpening stone'.

Lin Chen returned to the City Lord's mansion and slept.

The next morning, Lin Chen woke up.

As soon as he woke up, he heard Zhang Chunlin's call: "Boss, that Winter is here to visit again!"

"Got it."

Lin Chen got out of bed.

He felt that his body was stinky.

So he went directly to the bath behind the City Lord's bedroom. This was a natural hot spring, and a very beautiful bath was built. Lin Chen took a quick dip, and then chose to put on the 'Flowing Clouds Like Snow' fashion outfit.

His entire temperament instantly improved a lot.

Then Lin Chen went to see Winter.

"City Lord Lin looks very energetic!"

Winter, with dark circles under his eyes, said enviously, "Unlike me, I was busy all night without sleep... We have found a suitable place to open a shop, and plan to prepare for a large commercial exchange in Tianyue City. During this time, our Chengfa Merchant Guild will sell various rare materials and equipment, and we hope that City Lord Lin will allow it."

"Oh?"

Lin Chen asked, "What do you plan to sell?"

A commercial exchange!

It could be seen that Winter, the merchant, was really pure.

He was really fast!

He was already preparing to make a big splash.

Winter smiled and said, "This time, the gimmick we're bringing out will definitely make even your Provincial Governor tempted, because... we plan to auction off a Level 180 Secret Realm, 'Twilight of the Heavenly Palace'!"

Secret Realm!

Another Secret Realm!

Lin Chen had only just figured out the meaning of the existence of Secret Realms last night.

And now, Winter actually said...

Secret Realms can be sold?

Lin Chen was instantly interested!

(End of this chapter)