I gain ten years' worth of cultivation every day, and even geniuses will only see my doorstep!

"The gate is open, enter quickly! We can only maintain this for a hundred breaths!" Liao Chen shouted, transforming into a golden light and shooting into the vortex.

Miaoyin, Yin Gu, and Xiang Tian followed closely behind.

Qin Yuan also moved swiftly, rushing towards the door.

However, just as he was about to step into the vortex, Xiang Tian suddenly stopped, his spear flashing backward, unleashing a crimson spear light that, instead of attacking, formed a scorching wall of energy, blocking Qin Yuan's path! At the same time, he himself accelerated and rushed into the vortex.

"Kid, you've finished cooperating, your usefulness ends here! There's nothing for you in here, get lost!" Xiang Tian's arrogant voice came from inside the vortex.

This is clearly a case of crossing the river and then burning the bridge, an attempt to shut Qin Yuan out!

Qin Yuan's eyes suddenly turned cold.

His momentum remained undiminished. Facing the scorching wall of energy, he joined his right fingers like a sword, a flash of dark golden light appearing at his fingertips, and gently touched the center of the wall of energy.

"break."

There was no loud crashing sound. The crimson aura that was powerful enough to stop a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator collapsed instantly, like a balloon punctured by a needle, creating a hole.

Qin Yuan's figure moved like lightning, passing through the hole and disappearing into the seven-colored vortex at the last moment before the portal closed!

"What?!" Xiang Tian, ​​who had already entered the core area, sensed that the air barrier had been broken and that Qin Yuan had actually followed him in. A look of astonishment and anger flashed across his face.

Qin Yuan stepped into the core area, his feet resting on a smooth, mirror-like white jade floor.

The scene before them was completely different from the desolation and ruin outside. There were pavilions and towers, carved beams and painted rafters, flowing springs, and exotic flowers and rare herbs everywhere. The air was filled with a rich spiritual energy that was so strong it could not be dissolved, as well as various strange medicinal fragrances and precious light. It was as if they had stepped from hell into a fairyland.

But at this moment, he had no time to appreciate it. Xiang Tian, ​​Liao Chen, and the others had already dispersed, rushing off in different directions, clearly each with their own destination.

Qin Yuan sneered and, without further delay, chose a direction with the densest spiritual energy fluctuations and used his movement technique to rush away. His divine sense had already spread out like a tide, rapidly scanning this core area.

Along the way, he saw the "Nine-Leaf Jade Lingzhi" growing by the spiritual spring, the "Glassy Heart Fruit" hanging on the glass tree, and the "Starry Mithril" inlaid on the artificial mountain... These are rare treasures that are hard to find outside, enough to drive a Nascent Soul cultivator crazy.

Qin Yuan showed no mercy, sweeping away all the rare and precious materials in his path like a whirlwind, absorbing them all into his system space. On the system interface, energy points began to increase at an astonishing rate.

He moved with incredible speed, targeting only those items with the strongest spiritual energy or those with the highest energy conversion rate, as indicated by the system. Soon, he arrived at the very center of the core area.

Here stands a magnificent white jade palace, its doors wide open, its interior radiating dazzling light.

Qin Yuan's divine sense swept in and he immediately "saw" the scene inside the hall—Liao Chen was sitting cross-legged in front of a golden Buddha statue, seemingly comprehending something; Fairy Miaoyin stood beside a floating jade zither, her fingertips lightly touching the strings, her eyes closed as she sensed it; the Yin Bone Elder was circling around an ancient well that was constantly emitting eerie ghostly energy; and Xiang Tian was deep inside the hall, his eyes shining as he looked at a dark red halberd stuck in a stone platform.

In the very center of the main hall, within a semi-transparent, milky-white light shield, several things floated: a wisp of mist shimmering with seven-colored light, a fist-sized piece of black metal that seemed to have liquid flowing inside, a strange little grass with seven leaves of different colors, and a purple fruit enveloped in lightning... The aura emanating from each of them caused Qin Yuan's nascent soul to tremble slightly, and the system even issued a strong absorption prompt!

The milky-white light shield was clearly a protective barrier, but judging from the fluctuations, it didn't seem to be very strong, at least much weaker than the "Myriad Manifestations Universe Shield" outside. It seemed more like it was designed to prevent the spiritual energy of the treasure from leaking out and being taken away at will.

At this moment, Xiang Tian and the others seemed to be focused on comprehending or trying to collect their respective targets, and no one had yet touched the things inside the central light shield.

Don't miss out!

Without the slightest hesitation, Qin Yuan darted into the main hall like a ghost, his target the central light barrier! He didn't try to break the barrier, but instead channeled his spiritual power, combining it with a trace of the barrier-breaking properties of the Nine Revolutions Profound Origin Technique, and delivered a powerful punch to the weakest point of the barrier!

"Bang!"

The light shield trembled violently, emitting a groan of strain, its surface flashing and dimming rapidly. Qin Yuan followed up with another punch!

"Snap!"

The light shield shattered instantly, turning into specks of white light that dissipated.

The four people inside the hall were startled by the sudden commotion and turned to look at it.

When they saw Qin Yuan standing in front of the shattered light barrier, and the four treasures inside the barrier had vanished without a trace, they were all stunned.

Immediately, boundless rage overwhelmed their reason!

"Qin Yuan! You're asking for death!" Xiang Tian was the first to fly into a rage. He didn't even care about his dark red halberd. His eyes were bloodshot as he thrust his spear at Qin Yuan, the spear's light tearing through the air!

Liao Chen abruptly stood up, a hint of anger emanating from his Buddhist aura: "Benefactor Qin, your greed has gone too far!"

The Fairy of Melodious Sounds' beautiful face was frosty, and her jade flute was already pressed to her lips. The Old Man of Yin Bones let out a sharp ghostly howl, and countless black shadows sprang out of the ancient well, rushing towards Qin Yuan.

Qin Yuan, having landed a successful blow, retreated swiftly without hesitation, coldly saying, "Me, despicable? Who was it that crossed the river and burned the bridge, blocking my entry? If I hadn't adjusted in time, the barrier would have failed to open, and you'd all still be helplessly watching outside! Now you're turning the tables on me, you geniuses from the upper sects, your skin is thicker than the barrier itself!"

His words were like knives, piercing Xiang Tian and the others, their faces turning pale and then red. Xiang Tian, ​​in particular, was undeniably the one who blocked the door.

"Sharp-tongued! Hand over the treasure, and I'll leave you with a whole corpse!" Xiang Tian's attack intensified, his spear like a dragon, enveloping Qin Yuan's vital points.

Liao Chen sighed and unleashed a palm strike, the golden Buddha palm carrying the power to suppress demons, crashing down upon him. The Wonderful Sound Fairy's sound waves were formless and intangible, yet they directly attacked the soul. The Yin Bone Old Man's ghostly shadow was even more insidious and difficult to defend against.

Faced with the enraged attack of the four geniuses, Qin Yuan felt increasingly pressured. He used his movement techniques to dodge and parry while retreating towards the entrance of the main hall.

"Trying to leave? Stop him!" the old man with the skeletal bones shouted fiercely.

The four of them worked together to instantly seal off the exit of the main hall.

Qin Yuan's gaze swept across the hall, and he suddenly proclaimed loudly, "Isn't the 'Buddha Relic' of the Great Compassion Temple beneath the third piece of gold lacquer between the Buddha statue's eyebrows? The 'Heavenly Melodies' of the Heavenly Sound Valley requires specific frequencies of music to activate the hidden compartment beneath the jade zither? The 'Tears of the Yellow Springs Ghost Mother' of the Ten Thousand Ghost Cave' lies behind the seventh layer of restrictions on that ancient well? As for the 'Broken Army Halberd' that Xiang Bawang coveted, without the corresponding body-refining method and the Overlord's bloodline, forcibly refining it will only result in a backlash of malevolent energy!"