The space inside the stone tablet stretched as far as the eye could see, and red light surged in the sky.
The vegetation also seemed to be emitting a red glow under the influence of spiritual energy, and even had some dried corpses wrapped around it.
"Are these plants alive?"
Qin Xin was puzzled. He used his spiritual sense to explore the surrounding vegetation and found that spiritual energy flowed through it, as if it were alive.
"Something's not simple here."
Danqing's voice suddenly rang in my heart.
"Even in a place of inheritance, it shouldn't be something that a proper martial artist could create."
Danqing also found the space inside the stone tablet rather strange and urged Qin Xin to be careful.
Qin Xin cautiously explored forward, following the direction in which the mummified corpses had fallen. Along the way, there were burning trees and broken vines, suggesting a battle had taken place, but a path had been cleared.
Judging from the clothes on the mummies, they seemed to have died recently. Some of them were still wearing Ironblood Mercenary Group uniforms. The manner of their deaths was the same: all of their blood had been drained from their bodies before they died.
Qin Xin continued walking along the road, when suddenly it seemed as if he had reached the end of the road. Ahead lay a lush, green forest. Qin Xin stopped and dared not go any further.
"A spiritual energy barrier?"
Danqing's voice of doubt rang out.
Qin Xin asked in surprise, "Could it be the legendary spiritual energy barrier?"
A powerful martial artist can mobilize the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within a ten-mile radius with a wave of their hand to provide for their cultivation. This spiritual energy barrier is created by mobilizing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to shield the viewer, making it impossible for outsiders to investigate. Inside, however, lies a hidden world.
Qin Xin reached out and gently touched it, as if he were passing through a curtain of water, his whole body probing into it.
Palaces appeared one after another, extremely magnificent, with very rich spiritual energy, as if all the spiritual energy outside had been gathered here.
Qin Xin was standing in the palace square at that moment.
"Qin Xin, where did you run off to? I was so worried about you."
Qin Xue led the group over with her long, slender legs, a hint of joy on her face. The robes of the people behind her were torn, as if a battle had taken place.
"The trees outside are all acting like they've gone mad; many people have died there," Qin Xue said, still somewhat frightened.
Qin Xin glanced at Qin Qianbei's side and saw that a few people seemed to be missing, but the Qin Yunfeng and Qin Yunfei brothers were unharmed.
"Qin Xin, let me introduce you. These two are disciples of Master Hua Jin, and also my senior brother and senior sister, Yu Zi'ang and Mao Ruijin."
Qin Xue introduced the two people behind her to Qin Xin.
Qin Xin then turned his gaze to the two people behind her. Yu Ziang was elegant and graceful, wearing a very fitted white academy robe, with a white jade flute at his waist, and had the cultivation level of the eighth level of the Innate Realm.
Mao Ruijin's academy robe was fiery red. Her figure was slightly inferior to Qin Xue's, but she had a tall and graceful posture and a beauty mark on the corner of her mouth.
"You're the little hooligan who peeked at Junior Sister taking a bath." Upon hearing Qin Xue's introduction, Mao Ruijin stepped forward and sized up Qin Xin. He seemed quite familiar with him, and it was clear that he had a fiery and impulsive personality, the kind of person who was also very easy to get along with.
Upon hearing Mao Ruijin's words, Yu Ziang's expression darkened. He seemed particularly concerned about Qin Xue, and the way he looked at Qin Xin again changed.
"Senior Sister Mao, you're talking nonsense again!" Qin Xue said with a hint of coquettishness.
"Haha, just kidding. I'm Qin Xue's senior sister and her best friend, Mao Ruijin."
Mao Ruijin gracefully extended her hand and introduced herself.
"Hello, I am Qin Xin."
Qin Xin gently shook Mao Ruijin's hand, then turned to look at Yu Ziang, whose expression was somewhat off. Nevertheless, the two shook hands briefly to exchange greetings.
"Why is everyone staying here instead of going in?"
Qin Xin looked at the ten palaces behind the square with some doubt. These palaces were all neatly arranged, and each palace had more than a dozen gates.
"Many martial artists have already gone in, but there has been no news of them since."
Qin Xue frowned as she spoke, revealing that she also had no idea about the situation behind those ten palaces.
"You, you, and you, go through those three doors behind!"
Qin Qianbei's leisurely voice came from the side, seemingly a little impatient. He took out a communication stone and gave it to the three disciples of the Grand Elder's lineage, arranging for them to enter the palaces.
The three martial artists at the Innate Realm accepted the communication stone without any resistance. Following Qin Qianbei's instructions, they stepped through the gates of the three palaces and then vanished without a trace.
After an unknown amount of time, Qin Qianbei's face lit up with joy. The communication stone in his hand flashed with light, and he rushed into the gate that the disciple had entered. Seeing this, the martial artists behind him all followed suit, surging in.
Just as Qin Xin and his group were about to enter the treasure hunt, Dan Qing spoke up, causing Qin Xin to stop.
"Wait, don't miss out on the real gems," Danqing said mysteriously.
Seeing Qin Xin stop, Qin Xue and Mao Ruijin also quickly stopped.
"What are we waiting for?" Yu Zi'ang urged hastily. "This kid is obviously scared, let's ignore him."
Qin Xin remained silent. Mao Ruijin wanted to say something, but seeing that Qin Xue had stopped, she decided to wait.
"Never mind you guys, let's go!" Yu Zi'ang said anxiously, and hurriedly went to fight for the treasure.
"Qin Xin, why did you stop?" After Yu Ziang left, Qin Xue was also puzzled by Qin Xin's actions.
"What did you discover?" Mao Ruijin asked as well.
"We have indeed discovered something," Qin Xin said with a smile.
Then Qin Xin led the two women to the last palace. After entering the gate, ten passages appeared in his eyes. Under Danqing's guidance, Qin Xin chose the sixth passage and went in.
Whoosh, a dark shadow appeared.
"Be careful!" Mao Ruijin and Qin Xue said in unison.
The shadowy figure moved incredibly fast, yet Qin Xin still managed to make out its appearance: a wild crocodile with a gaping maw.
"Holy crap, how could there be a monster!"
Before he could finish speaking, the crocodile lunged straight at Qin Xin's face, ready to swallow his head whole.
"Fire Spirit Bind!"
Mao Ruijin gave a soft shout, and a long flaming ribbon appeared in his hand, directly binding the crocodile. The crocodile's skin emitted a fragrant aroma as it burned under the flames.
This flaming ribbon is Mao Ruijin's five-star martial spirit, the Mixed Fire Ribbon.
Taking advantage of the crocodile being restrained, Qin Xin turned around and condensed the black staff martial spirit in his hand. Two streams of true energy, green and red, flowed on it and struck the top of the crocodile's head.
The strike produced a metallic clanging sound, seemingly causing no harm to the crocodile.
Taken aback, the crocodile attacked Qin Xin again.
"You're going to mess with me, aren't you!" Qin Xin sneered, swinging the black staff behind him as a crimson flame condensed in his hand.
"Crimson Flame Blade!"
With a thud, sparks flew from the crocodile's body, and a scale broke open. Qin Xin gave a ghostly smile.
"burst!"
The fire blades that struck the crocodile exploded instantly, shattering along the torn scales.
The crocodile's shattered scales drifted through the air, and it was jolted back a few steps by the aftershocks of the explosion.
"roar!"
The crocodile charged out again, roaring furiously. This startled Qin Xin, causing his pupils to dilate. The crocodile's vitality was too abnormal; it was still alive after this attack. Moreover, it charged forward even faster. Qin Xin had no time to dodge and was just about to confront the crocodile head-on.
A graceful figure flashed by, striking the crocodile's neck with a palm strike, causing the crocodile to fall straight to the ground.
"If you hadn't learned the Six Harmonies Separation Step, you would probably have gotten injured!" Qin Xue looked at Qin Xin with a smug expression.
"This crocodile knows you're a thug, that's why it keeps attacking you, right?"
Upon hearing this, a black line appeared on Qin Xin's head, but he didn't pay much attention to it. Taking advantage of the gap while searching for beast crystals on the corpse of the desolate crocodile, he used the Devouring Spirit Stone to devour the soul of the desolate crocodile. Under the operation of the Supreme Divine Evolution Technique, the Devouring Spirit Stone automatically devoured the soul, and the power was slowly absorbed by the Black Stick Martial Spirit in his dantian.
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