I'm in Yellow Maple Valley, and I have one equipment slot!

"Wild Beard... killing others indiscriminately, your style remains unchanged..."

A shadow crossed Zhou Yuan's eyes.

But at this moment, he was not flustered at all.

Instead of revealing his Nascent Soul stage cultivation, he took something out of his storage bag and tossed it behind him without looking back.

"Bang!"

Just as the golden light approached Zhou Yuan, a blue fire thunderbolt exploded behind him!

"boom--!"

A terrifying blue flame erupted instantly, forming a wall of fire.

They blocked that golden light!

"Azure Fire Thunder?!"

The bearded man's pupils suddenly contracted!

He was quite familiar with this thing.

Decades ago

The Three Yang Demon suddenly appeared at his door, claiming that he had killed his only son and that he wanted to fight him to the death.

The two fought a fierce battle.

Although it ultimately came to nothing.

But the bearded man later realized that he had been framed.

Is this person before me a disciple of the Three Yang Old Demon? Or... is he the one who killed the Three Yang Old Demon's son back then?!

The bearded man's mind raced, but he had no time to think.

Because Zhou Yuan's figure had already disappeared into the depths of the passageway.

The other two Core Formation cultivators who were caught up by the golden light were not so lucky.

A flash of golden light, and the two screamed in agony, dying instantly as their bodies fell from the sky.

The other three Core Formation cultivators, including Xue Ye who was in the Pseudo-Infant Realm, had already taken advantage of the chaos to rush into the passage entrance and quickly disappeared.

"Damn it! Four small fry got away!"

The bearded man snorted coldly.

Didn't care too much.

Those Core Formation cultivators won't have any impact.

He composed himself and looked at Wan Tianming.

"Wan Tianming, since neither of us wants to make the first move, then let's each rely on our own abilities to obtain the treasure..."

"How about we decide who gets the treasure first, and then decide its final ownership?"

Wan Tianming nodded slightly.

That's exactly what I was thinking.

He flashed forward and rushed towards the entrance of the passage, with Tianwuzi and Mutengzi following closely behind.

"Han Li, stay close to me!"

The bearded man called out to Han Li.

……

After Zhou Yuanchong entered the passage, he found himself in a maze-like place.

A network of crisscrossing bluestone passages, tall, solid, and thick walls, and a stone gate carved with strange runes at every intersection.

These stone gates are all the same size and shape, more than ten feet long and wide, forming a square. Sometimes they face south, sometimes north, and some face east and west, seemingly without any discernible pattern.

However, they were all shimmering with a faint white light, clearly indicating that they were under some kind of restriction.

Although Zhou Yuan had never been to the Void Heaven Palace before, as a transmigrator, he naturally knew the rules here.

Each person can only use the fragment of the Void Map to open one stone door and enter to retrieve the treasure.

Moreover, once inside, regardless of whether the treasure is successfully retrieved or not, one can never come out again.

Those who obtain the treasure will be directly teleported outside the Void Heaven Palace.

Zhou Yuan went to so much trouble, how could he just casually take a treasure and leave?

He's not here to try his luck.

At this moment, he took out a map.

The map was made of a special material, with incredibly complex lines drawn on it, densely packed and crisscrossing, like a giant spider web.

This is the map of the interior of the Void Heaven Palace that we obtained after killing the young master of the Qingyang Sect.

Following the markings on the map, Zhou Yuan deviated from the main road leading to the fifth floor of the main hall and turned onto a more secluded side road.

The passage narrowed as they walked, and the surrounding walls changed from bluestone to even more ancient black boulders, with runes faintly flashing on them.

Sudden--

A deep rumble came from ahead!

Zhou Yuan paused, scanned the area with his divine sense, and discovered more than a dozen figures in the passage ahead.

Those were more than a dozen puppets!

They have golden wolf heads and silver human bodies, their bodies gleaming with a cold metallic luster. They wield various weapons and are mechanically patrolling back and forth.

The aura emanating from each puppet was comparable to that of an early-stage Core Formation cultivator!

"roll!"

Zhou Yuan raised his hand and unleashed a Thousand Blade Technique!

Thousands of cyan sword lights roared out, sweeping away like a storm!

Although those puppets were quite powerful, they were no match for Zhou Yuan.

As the sword flashed, the sound of metal shattering echoed continuously, and more than a dozen puppets instantly turned into a pile of scrap metal, scattered all over the ground.

Zhou Yuan stepped forward and collected more than a dozen strange, emerald-green stones from the puppet's remains.

The stone was only the size of a thumb, entirely emerald green, and emitted a faint, eerie glow. Holding it in one's hand, one could feel a peculiar fluctuation of spiritual energy.

Zhou Yuan knew that this thing was called a Soul Stone, which was the driving core of the ancient puppet.

He took out a piece, and with a thought, equipped it to the first equipment slot.

A pale blue light screen appeared in my mind:

[Equipment Slot 1: Mid-Tier Soul Stone]

[Effect: Significantly increases the recovery speed of spiritual power!]

A look of surprise flashed in Zhou Yuan's eyes!

This stuff worked even better than he expected!

His divine sense attack technique, "Twelve Thrusts of the Divine Court," is powerful, but also consumes a great deal of energy.

With his current cultivation level at the early stage of the Nascent Soul stage, he can only barely use it twice in a short period of time, after which he will need to spend a lot of time slowly recovering his spiritual power.

If you can equip all seven equipment slots with this kind of soul stone, the recovery speed of your spiritual power will be greatly improved!

By then, he will be able to use the Twelve Divine Thrusters more frequently in actual combat!

Zhou Yuan was in high spirits. He carefully put away the remaining soul stones and continued forward.

……

Following the route on the map, Zhou Yuan strayed further and further off course.

The surrounding scenery grew increasingly desolate, with mottled cracks appearing on the walls and an old, musty smell permeating the air.

Finally, he stopped in front of a stone wall.

This wall looked no different from the surrounding walls, but when Zhou Yuan scanned it with his divine sense, he discovered that there were no restrictions on it!

He raised his hand and a beam of azure sword light shot out!

"boom!"

The stone wall shattered, revealing a small compartment.

The room was small, about ten feet square, and empty except for a teleportation array carved on the ground.

The teleportation array was quite old, with rough and rudimentary runes, looking as if it had been abandoned for a long time.

However, after a careful scan with his divine sense, Zhou Yuan discovered that it was still usable—it was just old and in need of reactivation.

Zhou Yuanxian used his magic to restore the broken stone wall, leaving no trace visible from the outside.

He then took out four mid-grade spirit stones from his storage bag and embedded them into the grooves of the teleportation array.

"Buzz—"

The teleportation array trembled slightly, emitting a soft white light.

Zhou Yuan stepped inside.

A flash of white light, and he vanished.

……

When visibility improved, Zhou Yuan's figure appeared in a light mist.

The mist was milky white, carrying a refreshing and invigorating fragrance. Just one breath was enough to invigorate the spirit and make one feel completely relaxed.

Zhou Yuan was overjoyed and looked up ahead—

A few feet away, a milky white pool appeared, more than ten feet in size!

The white mist and fragrance emanate from this pool.

Zhou Yuan's pupils suddenly contracted!

"Such a huge... Spirit Eye Spring?!"

His heart started racing.

For an ordinary Core Formation cultivator, obtaining a Spirit Eye Spring about a foot in size is already considered extremely lucky and could be a family heirloom.

The one in front of us was over ten zhang long!

If this gets out, all the Nascent Soul stage monsters in the Chaotic Star Sea will probably go crazy!

Zhou Yuan took a deep breath, suppressing his excitement, and carefully looked around.

This is a huge stone chamber, about thirty or forty feet in size, with an ordinary stone door on each side.

In the center of the stone chamber was the Spirit Eye Spring, which stretched for tens of feet. Milky white water gurgled and flowed, filled with spiritual energy so dense that it almost solidified.

If one could cultivate here, the cultivation speed of a cultivator would probably be several times faster!

Zhou Yuan's gaze passed over the pool and landed on the stone wall opposite.

There is a dragon head relief made of white jade.

The dragon head was so lifelike, with a majestic expression, flowing whiskers, and bright, piercing eyes, that it seemed almost alive.

Three or four feet below the dragon head, there was a greenish-green groove from which some kind of liquid was dripping drop by drop.

The liquid was milky white and crystal clear. Each drop that fell into a small jade pool below would create a faint ripple.

"That must be... the Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk."

Zhou Yuan's heart stirred, and he quickly walked around the pool to the faucet.

Millennium Spirit Milk, a legendary treasure!

A single drop can instantly restore a Nascent Soul cultivator's mana to its full capacity!

It's a true life-saving miracle!

He suppressed his elation and took out a jade bottle to begin collecting.

Then, Zhou Yuan took out one of the drops, and with a thought, equipped it to the second equipment slot.

A pale blue light screen appeared:

[Equipment Slot 2: Eternal Spirit Milk]

[Effect: Greatly increases mana regeneration speed!]

The effect was exactly as Zhou Yuan had predicted.

However, he now possesses a large number of high-grade spirit stones, and under normal circumstances, his mana recovery speed is sufficient.

This ancient spiritual milk can be swallowed directly at special times.

For example, when he needs to fully equip soul stones and quickly recover his divine sense power, if his mana is consumed too much, he can instantly replenish it with ten-thousand-year-old spiritual milk.

Zhou Yuan carefully put the jade bottle away, then his gaze fell on the huge Spirit Eye Spring.

Back then, when he was in Yellow Maple Valley, he obtained a spiritual spring about a foot in size.

That thing can be equipped.

Can the Spirit Eye Spring, which is over ten zhang in size, also be equipped?

A glint of light flashed in Zhou Yuan's eyes.