After that, more advanced pills and cultivation techniques were required.

In short, Xiao Ran’s opportunities were exceptionally fortunate.

Thinking of this, Xiao Shou could not help but reflect that before his transmigration, his memory had never been this good.

After transmigrating, all his previously vague memories had become clear.

Every line of the original story was now vividly remembered.

Many of the exclusive pill formulas in Xiao Ran’s possession, along with their required ingredients were now completely recalled by him.

Although the process of refining pills and the required techniques were not described, he had his Absolute Fusion ability.

Later, he could try collecting the ingredients according to the formulas and see if he could directly fuse the pills.

These thoughts flashed through Xiao Shou’s mind.

But they were not the main point.

He had not forgotten that he was deliberately acting short sighted and greedy for immediate gains.

His goal was to lower the guard of Xiao Ran’s group and delay their departure from the canyon.

After all, the chance of encountering Fu Young and the others within the canyon was extremely low.

But once they left the canyon, that would no longer be the case.

For Xiao Shou himself, it was manageable.

At present, there was no direct conflict between him and Xiao Ran and their shared clan ties placed a moral restraint on her from openly making a move against him.

Chi Jia was not much of a concern either.

He was most likely brought along deliberately by Yu Lin.

But what about the Gou brothers, Gou Yumeng and Gou Yutong?

They had never appeared in the original story.

Was their presence a change caused by his actions in the ancient cultivator’s cave?

Xiao Shou had seen the two brothers in the central control room of that cave not long ago, so he still remembered them clearly.

A fleeting thought crossed his mind.

He wondering if they might become part of Xiao Ran’s new harem.

His thoughts then shifted to Yu Lin.

Even if she suspected something about his appearance here, she would not act openly in the short term.

After all, this situation was completely different from what happened in the marketplace.

Back there, it was only a minor conflict over a single demonic beast core, something that could easily be smoothed over with an excuse afterward.

But inside a secret realm, once hostility began, it would become a life and death struggle.

Even Xiao Shou as someone from another world understood that matters within a secret realm were of great importance.

They were not trivial like disputes over a demon core.

Considering that before Xiao Ran’s rebirth, Yu Lin had shown an inexplicable wariness toward the original owner, she was unlikely to make a move against him now.

At least not within the secret realm.

As for after leaving the realm, Xiao Shou could simply retreat to Snowy Cave Mountain.

Neither Xiao Ran nor Yu Lin would be able to find him there.

But Fu Young and the others were different.

The City Lord of White Silver City, the Chen family brothers, Gou Guangming and the others all had clear identities.

With the power of the Heavenly Void Sect, if the two sides encountered each other, it would be effortless to investigate their backgrounds.

At that point, the matters of the secret realm, his plan to establish a sect and Xiang Yu’s affairs would all be exposed.

No, not just a possibility.

It would definitely be exposed.

Xiao Ran and Yu Lin would never let such an opportunity slip by.

It was precisely because he understood this that Xiao Shou deliberately acted greedy for Windwheel Dandelion and said those earlier words.

His goal was to stall them here.

No matter how long they stayed, his own group would be teleported out in about twenty days.

By then, he would not need to worry about these complications.

The only thing left to reconsider was whether to proceed with taking the world barrier.

In truth, although Windwheel Dandelion was valuable, it was not irreplaceable.

As far as Xiao Shou knew, there were several materials with similar effects.

Some were even superior.

And in the higher realms, they could be purchased with spirit stones.

The only drawback was that their success rate in refining body tempering pills was lower than that of Windwheel Dandelion.

But with his Absolute Fusion ability, Xiao Shou was not worried about success rates at all.

After Xiao Shou said this, the expressions of Xiao Ran, Yu Lin, and the others all changed.

Yu Lin could not hold back and said, "Brother Xiao, this is a secret realm. There may be treasures outside that are far more valuable than Windwheel Dandelion. Is it really worth wasting time here? Wouldn’t it be better to find a way out and search for greater opportunities? After all, it’s rare to enter a secret realm."

So if you have a way, take it out quickly.

Yu Lin’s thoughts flickered.

Given how much that person valued him, even if they could not descend to this world personally, they would surely have given him plenty of powerful items.

The image of Xiao Shou instantly killing those stone beasts with his flying sword flashed through her mind.

However, Xiao Shou sighed and said, "I also want to leave, but there’s no way. I just arrived here and know nothing about this place. Just obtaining Windwheel Dandelion is already enough to make me happy. Besides, I don’t know if you noticed, but when I flew over just now, I discovered something from above. This canyon looks like it stretches straight infinitely, but in reality, it gradually extends in a way that is hard to describe..."

He scratched behind his ear.

At the same time, he tried every way he could to subtly persuade them to abandon the idea of breaking through the canyon.

He needed to stall them for at least another twenty days.

After thinking for a moment, he put on an uncertain expression and said, "I don’t really know how to explain it. You should try it yourselves. Fly at a constant speed toward the boundary of the black fog moths, then go about ten thousand meters further along. You should understand what I mean."