At the foot of the main peak, spring water flows gently.

Beside the bamboo house, a radiant glow flowed across the boy's somewhat immature face, and a spot of light, as bright as the sun, flickered in the location of his dantian.

With the circulation of Qi throughout his body, the young man gently inhaled, absorbing all the spiritual energy of heaven and earth around him. After exhaling a breath of turbid air, his pair of somewhat resolute, jet-black eyes suddenly opened, and a flash of blue and red light streaked across them.

"Although the spiritual energy here is a bit sparser than that of the East Peak, it is still much better than that of the outer courtyard."

Qin Xin stretched his body, slowly stood up, and with a light clench of his right hand, the Desolate God Battle Body was instantly activated. A massive amount of blood energy immediately flowed into his body, and with a swing of his fist, the spring water beside him showed signs of being cut off.

"It seems we need some higher-level demonic beast blood."

After Qin Xin retracted his Desolate God Battle Body, he murmured to himself, "I wonder how to earn spiritual energy in this inner courtyard."

Now, after Qin Xin unexpectedly entered the Spiritual Travel Realm, his spiritual cultivation seemed to have stopped. Although the Supreme Divine Evolution Technique, under its automatic operation, would cause the Spirit Devouring Stone to absorb the mysterious airflow flowing in from the heavens, resulting in a slow increase in spiritual consciousness, if he wanted to continue to break through, it would probably take a long time to rely solely on spiritual cultivation techniques. However, Qin Xin was not in a hurry.

Having reached the first level of the Awakening Realm, and possessing trump cards such as the Heavenly Phoenix Five Spirit Patterns, the Desolate God Battle Body, and the Nine Flames Battle Immortal Staff, Qin Xin now has some confidence. Even when facing some martial artists at the seventh level of the Awakening Realm, he has the strength to fight. If he were to fight Lin Jinglei again, he would naturally have a better chance of winning.

However, now that Lin Jinglei has joined the Ganmen sect, the two don't have many opportunities to meet, but they will meet again someday.

"I'll also take a look at that spiritual realm; I wonder what surprises it might bring me."

With these thoughts in mind, Qin Xin walked towards Kunmen Square after leaving the main peak.

Kunmen Square is located in a valley depression where five peaks converge. Several huge iron chains are inserted into the surrounding cliffs, and many high platforms are suspended in mid-air, with light flowing under the operation of the array.

Below the platform, many Kunmen disciples were walking around, some setting up stalls to sell medicine, others exchanging ideas. They looked just like people in the mortal world. This was also the Kunmen's trading center.

Not far from the trading center are several college buildings, which look very ancient. The buildings are decorated with dragons and other creatures, and they look somewhat radiant under the sunlight.

After Qin Xin entered Kunmen Square through several thick iron chains, he observed some of the disciples in the square. Many of these disciples had already entered the Qi Sea Realm and were sitting cross-legged in the square with their eyes closed, meditating. In front of them were many precious spiritual medicines, as well as some martial arts and cultivation techniques.

"As expected of the Inner Academy, even the Kun Sect, which is ranked last, has so many powerful disciples. The other seven sects must be even more terrifying. It truly deserves to be the number one academy in the Eastern Wilderness. With such confidence, I'm afraid no force would dare to provoke it easily."

After taking a deep breath, Qin Xin strolled around the square for a while before heading towards one of the buildings.

"Spirit Realm!"

Upon arriving at the building, Qin Xin was greatly impressed by the two large, freehand characters. They possessed an indescribable quality that made Qin Xin stop in his tracks and carefully contemplate their meaning.

"Brother, have you perhaps gleaned some insight from these two words?"

When Qin Xin opened his eyes, a young man with a touch of heroism between his brows and a golden mark on his forehead suddenly spoke up and asked, "Don't misunderstand, I mean no harm. I just saw you lingering under this plaque for a long time, so I asked out of curiosity. My name is Ye Langtian, and I come from the South Peak of Kunmen."

Seeing Qin Xin's puzzled expression, the boy quickly explained.

"My name is Qin Xin. I have only been in the inner courtyard for a short time. I just noticed that the plaque was a bit strange, so I have been looking at it for a long time."

Qin Xin glanced at Ye Langtian, but did not sense any malice from the man before him, and then replied calmly.

"Oh? You must be that rumored freshman king from the outer courtyard?"

Upon hearing the name, Ye Langtian was slightly taken aback at first, then smiled and said, "Brother, are you here today also intending to experience the Spirit Realm?"

"The 'Newborn King' thing is somewhat fabricated this time, but as for the Spirit Realm, I do want to try entering it."

Qin Xin was not familiar with Ye Langtian, so his answer was very concise. He was still somewhat wary of strangers who took the initiative to talk to him, and the man's attire made him look like a member of a prominent family.

"I was just about to go too. If Brother Qin is willing, we can go together," Ye Langtian said without any politeness.

"Um."

Qin Xin nodded and slowly stepped into the Spirit Realm Pavilion.

Ye Langtian followed closely behind.

The pavilion was a hidden world inside. Looking at the huge gate of light in front of him, there were many disciples waiting in line, which made him feel a little shocked.

The so-called spiritual realm was just as Qin Xue described; it was indescribable, as it was like a super formation, and the entire pavilion was the place that housed the formation.

"Brother Qin, this must be your first time visiting the Spirit Realm."

Ye Langtian noticed Qin Xin's confusion after entering the pavilion and explained from the side, "This spiritual realm is the main training ground for inner disciples. There are eight in total, distributed among the eight sects, and each one is overseen by an inner sect elder. Our Kun sect's spiritual realm is the weakest of the eight because of the spiritual power of the Kun sect's spiritual vein."

Qin Xin already knew about the spiritual veins, because the array in the Spirit Realm seemed to be built according to the mountain range, so it would naturally have some connection with the spiritual veins.

"Oh? I wonder what's so special about this spiritual realm?"

After joining the queue, Qin Xin asked with some curiosity.

"The most peculiar thing about the Spirit Realm is that it can create clones, but these clones can only exist within the Spirit Realm."

"The clone can have real touch and pain, and there are eighty-one levels in the Spirit Realm. Each level has different monsters or powerful warriors. Only after defeating them can you enter the next level."

"For each level you pass, you will receive a corresponding amount of spiritual energy as a reward based on your speed and performance. Currently, the strongest member of our Kun Sect is Wu Fa from the North Peak, who has already reached the twenty-third level."

Ye Langtian told him everything he knew.

"Where did this newbie come from? Get in line at the back."

Just as Ye Langtian finished speaking, five young men who looked disheveled and shabby walked over from behind him. Some of the martial artists who were queuing up quickly moved aside when they saw them.

"Who's this blind fool? Hasn't he heard of me?"

The leader of the five young men stared at Qin Xin, who was not moving aside, with a hint of dissatisfaction in his voice.

"Brother Qin, quickly step aside. This man is Yun Yi, the grandson of Yun Lei, the Pavilion Master of the Thunder Pavilion of the East Peak of Kunmen."

Upon hearing about the East Peak of Kunmen, Qin Xin was momentarily stunned before Ye Langtian pulled him aside. "Although the East Peak is not as strong as the other three peaks in Kunmen, Yun Lei dotes on this grandson of his and is extremely protective of him. Many disciples have been expelled from the inner courtyard by them through various means for offending Yun Lei."

"Oh, is there no one in this Kunmen sect to control them and let them run rampant?" Qin Xin asked with some doubt.

"Sigh, there are no rules in this inner courtyard anyway. As for managing it, I guess it's a kind of training for the academy."

As Ye Langtian spoke, there was some resentment in his tone, as if he had also suffered a lot of humiliation in this inner courtyard.

"That's interesting."

A hint of curiosity flashed in Qin Xin's eyes as he watched Yun Yi stride forward.