The Cursed Valley was a secret realm, but unlike most hidden places, it didn’t have a fixed entry or exit time.

Most importantly, entering didn’t require a token or other conditions, including cultivation level.

At this time, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan stood at the mouth of a narrow valley.

The valley was ten metres wide and five kilometres long.

It was located between two ordinary mountains: one mid-sized, and a small one.

"We just need to enter the valley, and we will somehow stumble into the Cursed Valley?" Shen Xu asked with an incredulous face.

"Mmh." Zhen Yuan nodded.

He had read many books about the Cursed Valley, and all said that the secret realm had no fixed entrance. Rather, anyone who wished to enter just needed to walk around the valley, and they would randomly stumble into the secret realm.

[Ayuan, should we let Mo Ling come out or wait until we are in the Cursed Valley?] The double asked.

Hearing the question, Zhen Yuan frowned with a thoughtful expression.

A moment later, he nodded and turned to Shen Xu.

[It’s safer to let him out now.] He said.

Although releasing Mo Ling would expose their involvement in his disappearance, Zhen Yuan felt that it was the safest option.

After all, they didn’t know the exact situation in the Cursed Valley and couldn’t plan accordingly.

[I think so too.] Shen Xu said.

After that, the double took out their portable cave and then used it as cover to release Mo Ling.

"Fellow Daoist Zhen, Junior brother Shen, are we already in the Cursed Valley?" Mo Ling asked, and Shen Xu shook his head before speaking.

"We are at the entrance." He said.

"Let’s hurry in." Zhen Yuan suggested, and the other two didn’t object.

Soon after, Shen Xu collected the portable cave, and the three people rushed into the valley.

The valley was ordinary.

There was no fog, illusions, or other oddities.

Instead, the surroundings were clear, the road was uneven but not rocky, and the sparse vegetation was ordinary, low-level spirit grasses.

"There are not many people going in." Mo Ling observed, looking around.

"The Cursed Valley has a high death rate. Few cultivators are willing to enter." Shen Xu said with an expressionless face.

"That’s..." Mo Ling started, but suddenly remembered something.

"Fellow Daoist Zhen, junior brother Shen, how did the competition go?" He asked.

"We won some good things but also made a lot of enemies." Shen Xu said and chuckled with an unconcerned face.

"Enemies?" Mo Ling asked.

"Mostly the Ten Evils sect, but we can’t rule out the others." Zhen Yuan said, his eyes narrowed into slits.

Although the elders and disciples of the other factions did not chase them when they were leaving the Golden Rock Island, Zhen Yuan knew that this was only temporary restraint.

After all, he and Shen Xu had many treasures, and few cultivators could resist their temptation.

"It doesn’t matter for the time being." Shen Xu said and quickly continued.

"We will be in the Cursed Valley for at least one thousand years. Anyone who wants to deal with us will have to follow us inside. I don’t expect that many will take this risk." 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

"That’s true." Mo Ling agreed.

After that, the three began wandering around the valley.

This wandering lasted twenty days.

On the twenty-first day, the three were walking as usual when the scenery suddenly changed.

Looking around, they saw that they were no longer in the valley but in a spirit grass field.

However, the field didn’t grow ordinary spirit grasses but long-leaf blade reeds.

"This..." Shen Xu muttered with a shocked expression.

"I have never seen these spirit grasses before. Junior brother Shen, do you know what they are?" Mo Ling asked.

"I know." Shen Xu started, frowned and turned to Mo Ling.

"Don’t call me so formally." He reminded, and Mo Ling nodded.

After spending all their time together over the past twenty days, the three had gotten along well and had stopped being formal with each other.

However, Mo Ling sometimes forgot this and needed to be reminded.

"What kind of spirit grasses are they?" The swordsman asked.

"They are long-leaf blade reed grass. However, ..." The double started but didn’t continue for a long time.

"However?" Mo Ling urged.

"Long-leaf blade grass is not extinct, but it’s incredibly rare because it only grows in places without spiritual aura." Shen Xu revealed, and Mo Ling couldn’t help but be shocked.

At the same time, he realised that his qi, soul power, and even body cultivation were shackled and couldn’t be used.

"I feel like a mortal." He said and subconsciously frowned.

After all, he began cultivating at a young age and hadn’t felt so weak in thousands of years.

"I knew our cultivation would be shackled, but I didn’t expect to feel so helpless." Shen Xu said and also frowned.

[My cultivation is not shackled.] Zhen Yuan transmitted, and the double gasped.

[It’s not?] He asked, and Zhen Yuan nodded.

[I can use all my strength.] He said and quickly continued.

[However, I suspect that the cultivation needs to be sealed to access the opportunity in this place. I will have to personally seal myself.] He said.

Hearing this, Shen Xu nodded and tilted his head.

[My storage ring can’t be used, but the Chaos Flame Space is still there.] He said.

[We already know that the Cursed Valley is an immortal weapon, while the Chaos Flame space is of a higher level. It’s natural that the Cursed Valley can’t suppress the space.] Zhen Yuan said, and Shen Xu nodded.

[You are right.] He said and looked at Zhen Yuan with a solemn face.

[Ayuan, can you use your spiritual sense? Do you see what’s going on in this Cursed Valley?] He asked, and Zhen Yuan nodded.

[I can see, and it’s not good.] The man answered.

At the same time, he reached for Shen Xu’s hand with a meaningful expression.

[Xiaoxu, I am afraid that surviving the next one thousand years will be harder than expected.] He said and sighed, but before he could begin explaining, Mo Ling gasped, attracting the two people’s attention.