"A secret realm?" Aldrian thought.
He paused for a moment, then a thought occurred to him.
"Is it one of the secret realms belonging to one of the four guardian families?" That seemed the most likely explanation for where Zander could have found his cultivation technique.
"Could you explain more?" Aldrian asked, prompting a nod from Zander.
"At that time, I accidentally entered the Everlasting Silent Forest with a group of hunters from the Doria Empire. We were originally trying to escape from a group of bandits, and in our panic, we ended up entering it by mistake."
"I got lost in the forest, and worse, I ended up trapped inside the secret realm as my surroundings suddenly changed. While I was trying to find a way out of that place, I came across a kind of dilapidated building. Inside it, I found the book that contains my current cultivation manual."
