Chapter 51: I Set Up a Stall in a Deserted Place
Chapter 51: Chapter 51: I Set Up a Stall in a Deserted Place
"I saw Boss Lu! Boss Lu is in Hong’an City!"
Someone replied below with a picture. The background was clearly Hong’an City.
"Don’t tell me Boss Lu is going to the Fire Secret Realm too? If I’d known, I would’ve gone to check it out. Argh... I missed out on a fortune."
"Boss Lu, this time I’ll keep my eyes glued on you. You won’t escape my sight again, hehehehehe!"
"Wait for me! I’m on my way!"
The customers who were far away in Xiaohe Town were kicking themselves.
Those customers who had waited in vain and missed her wished they could just fly to Hong’an City.
"By the way, do you think Boss Lu will set up a stall in the Secret Realm?"
The question came from a Female Cultivator.
When Lu Wu saw this message, she felt a strong sense of kinship and smashed the like button.
’My girl, you get me.’
"A stall in the Secret Realm? No way. People are always fighting and killing each other over treasure in there. With Boss Lu’s fragile constitution, if she accidentally got caught in the crossfire..."
The unfinished sentence made Lu Wu feel offended.
’So what if I’m a weakling?’
"Family, if you run into Boss Lu in the Secret Realm, please help her out if you can! Maybe next time she’ll recognize you and feed you until you’re stuffed."
After the precedent set by her two previous pop-ups, Lu Wu’s customer base had grown considerably.
To prevent people from finding Lu Wu and keeping her location secret, the Bun Sect even established a few ground rules.
The post’s popularity was clearly skyrocketing.
Some people who didn’t know what was going on clicked on it and sneered.
"Tch, ’Boss Lu’? Just some street vendor selling buns."
"It’s probably just another gimmick."
"People on this One World Communication platform will do anything for clout these days."
"Isn’t this ’Boss Lu’ going to the Fire Secret Realm? Just you wait, you attention-seeking hack. If I run into you inside, I’ll beat you back to whatever rock you crawled out from under."
Many people chimed in with agreement below this comment.
The appearance of One World Communication had enriched the lives of the masses in the Green Origin Realm, but it also gave rise to many people who lived by chasing its trending topics.
These people would leech onto whatever was popular.
Right now, the biggest trend in the Green Origin Realm was the appearance of the Fire Secret Realm.
Lu Wu’s post happened to mention the Secret Realm’s name, so a swarm of trolls descended, playing devil’s advocate just to get attention.
Lu Wu watched for a while but didn’t pay them any mind.
’Can’t be helped. They have to make a living too, I guess. *Smiling face.*’
As the sun set, a sea of people gathered outside the awakening point in Hong’an City. Lu Wu had wanted to go support Xiao Hua, but there were so many people she couldn’t even find her.
It was shoulder-to-shoulder and impossibly crowded, so Lu Wu had to give up.
Fortunately, Xiao Hua sent a message later, saying her awakening was a success and that she’d been accepted by the Holy Sword Sect.
’Sword Immortal Xiao Hua... her future is bright.’
On the last night before the Secret Realm opened, Hong’an City was a city that never slept.
The next day, accompanied by Qin Zhan and Lou Xiaotian, Lu Wu headed toward the place where the Secret Realm would open.
What the conditions were like inside the new Secret Realm was a complete unknown.
It was, in a sense, a huge gamble.
The Secret Realm was located on the mountainside of Little Dang Mountain, outside Hong’an City. On the mountain path, Cultivators were rushing toward it.
Mixed in with the crowd, Lu Wu admired the scenery while watching the Cultivators at the very front, who were on the verge of coming to blows just to get in a little earlier.
However, this area belonged to Hong’an City.
They couldn’t be controlled inside the Secret Realm, but out here, anyone who started a fight would be arrested by Hong’an City’s law enforcement.
Many people were red in the face from arguing.
"It’s starting soon," Qin Zhan said in a low voice.
He could feel the vast spatial fluctuations up ahead. The entrance to the Secret Realm was about to open.
The two men flanked Lu Wu, protecting her.
"Where’s Jiang Dao You?"
Lou Xiaotian asked Qin Zhan. Jiang Yunhe had arrived in Hong’an City, but they hadn’t met up yet.
"He’s in the shadows. His main purpose for entering the Secret Realm this time is to scout for medicinal herbs. If we need him, we just have to call him over."
There were many people, but Qin Zhan wasn’t flustered.
In the same realm, he was invincible.
"Look, it’s starting!"
The crowd grew even more clamorous.
A pale blue ripple, like one on water, spread through the air.
The opening of the Secret Realm was a huge event. Many people were waiting for the entrance to stabilize, but instead, they saw the ripple sweep out rapidly, covering the entire Little Dang Mountain.
In an instant, all Cultivators below the Divinity Transformation Realm vanished.
The remaining people stared at each other in stunned disbelief.
"This is bad. The entrance is unstable. I hope everyone who went in is alright."
Lu Wu was also caught completely off guard and swept in.
Her entire body felt as if it had been thrown into a whirlpool, helplessly tossed about by its rotation.
Dizzy and disoriented, Lu Wu had no idea how much time had passed.
SPIT!
After hearing that sound, Lu Wu was spat out by the whirlpool and began to freefall.
Fortunately, the height was manageable.
Lu Wu quickly reacted, using her meager cultivation to protect her body and barely managing a stable landing.
Turning her head, she saw she was near a stone stele.
The stele was inscribed with the three words, "Enter From Here."
Looking around, the thing that struck Lu Wu most about this Secret Realm was the heat.
It was so hot!
The soil was a crimson red.
A great sun hung overhead, and strange, twisted, leafless trees grew in the ravines crisscrossing the land.
Due to the lack of water, the trunks of these strange trees were a gnarled, menacing brown.
The high temperature evaporated the moisture from her body, making her thirsty. Not a single blade of grass grew in the area around Lu Wu.
This place was very similar to the legacy land Uncle Li had described.
’Is my luck really this good?’
What surprised Lu Wu even more was that the system indicated the spot next to the stele was a stall location.
The Secret Realm’s teleportation had scattered everyone.
Looking left and right, Lu Wu couldn’t see any sign of human life.
’Can I really set up a stall here?’
Fortunately, Qin Zhan had given Lu Wu a tracking device beforehand.
She touched the bracelet on her wrist. Her One World Communication was still functional.
"Boss Lu, wait for us right where you are."
Qin Zhan sounded a little anxious.
After hearing Lu Wu’s description, he vaguely guessed that she had been teleported to the deepest part of the Secret Realm.
His position was somewhere in the middle of the Secret Realm, while Lou Xiaotian was even farther from Lu Wu.
The inner region often signified great opportunities, but it also meant great danger.
For Lu Wu, this was potentially fatal.
A single careless mistake, even one wrong step, could cost her her life.
However, Uncle Li had said he’d given Boss Lu some life-saving items. Without taking the time to search for nearby treasures, Qin Zhan started rushing toward her position based on the tracker.
On One World Communication, the incident with the Secret Realm’s entrance was already causing a huge stir outside.
Some of the people who had entered the Secret Realm were sending out messages.
"What kind of teleportation was that? It’s so random! I popped out and fell right into a swamp. I was almost eaten by a black crocodile."
"Don’t even mention it. You know where I am right now? I’m still falling from the sky! Who knows how high up I was teleported."
"Bros, I see treasure! I’m going for it."
"Damn, wait for me! I’m coming too!"
Some complained, some bragged, and some were quietly making a fortune.
Meanwhile, outside the Secret Realm, arguments had also broken out.