In the inner courtyard, spiritual energy is indispensable for cultivation.

In the side room, on the bed, Qin Xin, who had finished a night of cultivation, took out his identity crystal and looked at the twelve spiritual energies remaining on it. He was a little overwhelmed.

In the past few days, Qin Xin has used most of his spiritual energy to exchange for medicinal materials for refining pills. He has refined a lot of Qi Condensation Pills needed for cultivation, and naturally gave a lot of these pills to the three women. Qin Xue originally did not want them, but when Ya Ru reminded her that he was a third-grade alchemist, she naturally accepted them all without hesitation.

"Looks like we'll have to go to that spirit realm again."

Qin Xin's lips curled into a bitter smile. In the inner courtyard of the Eastern Wilderness Academy, in order to obtain spiritual energy, besides doing some menial work such as cleaning the mountain gate, one could also go out to participate in sect missions or go to the martial arts arena to participate in competitions and seize the spiritual energy from the opponent. However, all of those would take a lot of time. For Qin Xin, if he wanted to obtain spiritual energy quickly, he could only break through a few more levels in the Spirit Realm.

After leaving the main peak, we headed towards Kunmen Square.

As always, Kunmen Square was bustling with inner disciples moving among various stalls, and the trading market was filled with noise, as were the shouts coming from the martial arts arena.

Qin Xin did not linger and soon stopped in front of a building.

The words "Spirit Realm" came into view. Qin Xin stared at them quietly, seemingly able to see the murderous intent emanating from them. Orange flames even materialized in his eyes, forming a figure. With a stomp of his foot, a monster as huge as a mountain range exploded.

"Oh? Brother Qin Xin, it's been a long time!"

Just as Qin Xin was in a daze, a somewhat surprised voice instantly brought him back to his senses.

Looking at the boy in front of him, whose features were somewhat heroic and whose forehead had a golden mark, Qin Xin also remembered this person.

"Oh? It's Brother Lin."

Although Qin Xin had only met Lin Langtian once, the man's rambling left a deep impression on him.

"Brother Qin Xin, where have you been lately? I haven't been able to find you anywhere. When I went to the main peak to look for you, I was chased away by a woman. She was too fierce."

As Lin Langtian spoke, he seemed somewhat wary of the woman who had driven him away.

"That's my friend." Qin Xin naturally knew that Lin Langtian was referring to Qin Xue, because only she would treat others this way. He said somewhat apologetically, "Brother Lin, are you also here to prepare for entering the Spirit Realm?"

"Just passing by, I bumped into you, so I came to say hello." Lin Langtian said with a smile, the golden mark on his forehead rising slightly, and then continued, "I forgot to tell you something. Shi Shan, who entered from the outer courtyard with you, has already reached the eleventh floor, Sanjie and Jiang Xinghai have reached the twelfth floor, and the most terrifying one is Lin Jinglei, who has now reached the thirteenth floor."

Hearing about their progress, Qin Xin was somewhat surprised. Passing the eleventh level of the Spirit Realm required strength approaching the Qi Sea Realm, a level far more difficult than the tenth. This was why most inner court disciples stopped there. However, once one could break through the eleventh level, the rest became much easier. Now that Lin Jinglei had reached the thirteenth level, he must possess the strength of the third level of the Qi Sea Realm.

"Lin Jinglei must have obtained something extraordinary in this inner courtyard."

Qin Xin thought to himself that those who could enter the inner courtyard of the Eastern Wilderness Academy were all exceptionally talented, and besides, Shi Shan and the others were already the strongest when they were in the outer courtyard.

After bidding farewell to Lin Langtian, Qin Xin entered the pavilion in the Spirit Realm, where there weren't many people at the moment.

The Eighth Elder, dressed in a black robe, kept his eyes closed, seemingly paying no attention to who was trying to pass through the spiritual realm.

Qin Xin held the identity jade crystal in his hand. After a question mark flashed on it, the number twelve appeared. However, when the spirit gate fell, the number immediately changed to eleven.

Qin Xin, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, underwent a strange change just like when he entered the Spirit Realm last time. He appeared in a mysterious space, and his body felt very real to the touch.

"Martial artist, five-star martial spirit, cultivation level five, unlocked level one difficulty!"

A clear voice echoed in the spiritual realm.

As soon as the voice fell, the figure of a woman who seemed somewhat familiar to him slowly materialized.

Qin Xin then realized that the alluring woman was actually a fire fox, and the reason she could appear as a woman was due to her illusion magic.

With a flick of her hand, the woman behind the fire fox sent sharp claws hurtling towards Qin Xin's face.

"when!"

A series of crisp sounds rang out as the Nine Flames Battle Immortal Staff stood horizontally in front of him, directly blocking the fire fox's fatal claw.

With golden patterns flowing across the Nine Flames Battle Immortal Staff, several terrifying orange fire blades rushed directly towards the fire fox.

The Fiery Fox seemed to sense the danger, and immediately the illusions surrounding it disappeared, revealing its ferocious appearance.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

After several explosions, the fire fox burst out of the orange flames.

But at that very moment, Fire Fox's pupils dilated instantly, and the Nine Flames Battle Immortal Staff pierced straight through his chest.

After a few cries, the fire fox transformed into a red streak once more, seemingly being reabsorbed by the spiritual realm.

After passing the eleventh level, Qin Xin immediately sat cross-legged on the spot, circulated his martial spirit to recover the true energy in his body, and quietly waited for the twelfth level to arrive.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle..."

Accompanied by some strange sounds, Qin Xin opened his eyes. The countless figures with red glowing eyes that appeared before him gave him goosebumps all over his body.

"Holy crap, so many gold-eating rats..."

Seeing the hundreds of rats slowly taking shape, Qin Xin immediately gasped.

As a level three demonic beast, the Gold-Eating Rat feeds on metal and has an extremely hard body that cannot be harmed by ordinary weapons. However, its attack power is relatively low, and it can be easily killed by ordinary martial artists in the Qi Opening Realm. But when hundreds of Gold-Eating Rats gather together, the situation will be reversed.

Even some very powerful Qi Sea Realm martial artists would likely perish if they underestimated these little things.

As he pondered, hundreds of gold-devouring rats began to attack, constantly spitting saliva at Qin Xin.

Qin Xin dodged repeatedly, knowing that the saliva of the Gold-Eating Rat could melt even metal, and with Qin Xin's mortal body, even a wisp of it would likely pierce through his flesh.

Without any hesitation, Qin Xin quickly turned his martial spirit around, his true qi veil surrounding him, faintly emitting orange flames.

Blood sprayed everywhere in the spiritual realm, and the limbs of the Gold-Eating Rat flew about.