What? You opened a resort on the battlefield of all races?

Liu Bo looked up at the ancient stone gate that was more than ten meters high in front of him, and slung his long sword over his shoulder.

"Let's go."

"Since we're already here, it just so happens that the Rat King isn't home."

"We grabbed the stuff and ran."

He spoke casually, as if it weren't some ancient, mysterious place of unknown origin, but rather a chance to pick a couple of scallions from a neighbor's vegetable garden while they were out.

"When we get back, we'll stay in the villa and eat at the executive restaurant."

"It won't be long before I break through to the Qiankun Realm, then I'll come back and kill that vanished Rat King."

As Liu Bo finished speaking, he turned and glanced at Wei Xiaoran.

"In memory of my future father-in-law and mother-in-law."

Wei Xiaoran stood in front of the stone gate without saying a word.

Those cool, clear eyes lingered on Liu Bo's face for a moment before returning to the stone gate.

Rong Jing found it amusing.

She reached out and tugged at Qingshan's sleeve, lowering her voice.

"Is this how he taught you to woo girls?"

Qingshan chuckled twice.

"No, not exactly."

Rong Jing raised an eyebrow and pressed on, "So what did he teach you?"

Qingshan thought about it carefully for a moment, then suddenly gestured towards Wei Xiaoran next to him with his lip.

"I think he doesn't need me to speak well of him now."

"Look, Xiao Ran didn't argue with him, did she?"

Rong Jing followed his gaze.

Wei Xiaoran remained aloof and indifferent, at least he didn't actually freeze Liu Bo against the wall.

In the past, if Liu Bo dared to say such things to someone's face, he would at least receive a warning with an ice spear.

"If you ask me..."

Qingshan spoke in a low voice, with the air of someone who had been through it all.

"These two are currently separated by just a thin layer of paper."

"It's just a matter of who breaks the ice first."

Rong Jing slowly turned her face and looked Qingshan up and down.

"I didn't realize that."

"You seem to have a lot to say about this now."

Qingshan's smile faltered.

He suddenly realized that if he continued this conversation, it might easily backfire on him.

"Ahem, well..."

Qingshan lifted his leg and walked towards the stone gate.

"I'll go lead the charge!"

Standing at the door, Liu Bo looked at Qingshan coming up and asked, completely bewildered.

"Brother Shan, why are your ears so red?"

"It's hot!"

"It's like the 18th floor underground here, and you're telling me it's hot?"

"I have plenty of energy and blood!"

"..."

The group arrived at the stone gate and, imitating Qingshan, placed their hands on the gate.

Yuan energy surged in.

Soon, the entire stone gate was covered in milky white light, which grew brighter and brighter.

Liu Bo squinted: "Why does this thing remind me a bit of the teleportation device at the resort—"

Before they could finish speaking, a blinding white light completely engulfed the five of them.

The sensation underfoot disappeared at the same time.

Liu Bo felt a moment of dizziness.

It's like when you're in an elevator and the floors suddenly jump dozens of times, your stomach feels a slight upward lift.

Once his vision returned, he instinctively raised his hand to shield his eyes.

Then it stopped moving.

Not just him, all five of them stopped in their tracks.

The scene before them was completely different from the ancient secret realm they had imagined.

There was no strange creature suddenly appearing in the dark cave.

There were no ruins or rubble like those in Syria.

There are no ancient ruins covered in dust.

It was as if they had fallen directly into a piece of jade magnified countless times.

The sky was milky white and semi-transparent.

The sun was not visible overhead, yet light fell evenly across the entire sky, without any obvious direction.

In the distance, mountain peaks rise abruptly from the ground.

The mountain itself is also made of jade.

Some are pure white, while others have faint patterns inside, and you can see wisps of light flowing through the outer layer.

The same goes for trees.

The tree trunk resembles a piece of white jade, and between the branches grow transparent jade leaves as thin as cicada wings.

There was no wind, yet the leaves occasionally brushed against each other gently.

Ding ding.

The sound was very soft.

It's like someone slowly shaking a small handful of jade beads in a glass bowl.

The ground beneath my feet was even stranger.

It looks like an ordinary stone path, but when you step on it, it has a delicate jade-like luster.

Even the "dust" floating in the air is made up of tiny jade fragments that are almost invisible to the naked eye.

The stars twinkled, occasionally flashing when illuminated.

It's so beautiful that it doesn't look like a dangerous secret realm hiding the Yellow Sand Rat People of the Qiankun Realm at all.

Liu Bo stared at it for a long time.

"This place..."

"It must be quite expensive to use for wedding photos, right?"

Wei Xiaoran: "..."

Luo Yurou: "..."

Rong Jing couldn't help but laugh.

Qingshan agreed.

"It really looks good."

Liu Bo took two steps to the side.

A milky white jade pillar, as tall as two people, rises diagonally from the ground, with tiny points of light slowly moving inside.

He raised the scabbard and tapped it lightly.

"Ding-dong..."

A clear, melodious sound echoed. The lingering sound traveled along the surrounding jade mountains, only disappearing completely after a long while.

Liu Bo's eyes lit up even more.

"Is it real jade?"

"Now I know why these ratmen are gathered here."

Luo Yurou's voice came from the side.

The group turned their heads and saw her standing in front of a milky white jade wall, with one finger touching the jade surface.

A tiny bit of Yuan energy was slowly injected into the fingertip, and a thin thread of light lit up inside the jade wall.

The light filament only extended half a foot.

boo.

A very soft sound.

The small amount of Yuan energy that had just been injected actually began to spread out again from inside the jade wall.

And it was significantly more than several times more.

The pure elemental energy transformed into a thin layer of mist, spreading from the surface of the jade wall.

Liu Bo's eyes widened instantly.

"What the heck?"

Luo Yurou tried again, with the same result.

Input one strand, and receive several strands in return.

She withdrew her hand.

"The sand ratmen outside are digging frantically, probably for this kind of elemental energy feedback."

"If you stay here for a long time and do nothing, as long as you keep inputting your Yuan energy into these jade stones and absorbing the feedback power, your cultivation speed will be much faster."

"This also explains why the highest level of the Yellow Sand Ratmen, which is normally only the Ninth Heaven Realm, can have individuals at the Heavenly Sea Realm or even the Qiankun Realm here."

Holy crap.

Liu Bo's face instantly brightened.

When he was looking at the scenery just now, his eyes were still filled with appreciation.

Now, when I look at these jade mountains around me, my perspective has completely changed.

It was as if the mountains weren't mountains, and the trees weren't trees, but rows of credit points with legs.

Liu Bo quickly approached the jade disc.

"Enter your elemental power, and receive a hundredfold return?"

Liu Bo excitedly patted the jade disc.

"This thing is even more outrageous than the novels I read on Yangshizi!"

He drew his sword immediately after speaking.

"Even if we have a villa and don't need this, we can definitely sell it for a good price if we take it back!"

He twirled the long sword in his hand.

Liu Bo was increasingly pleased with himself: "My dowry is sorted!"

Wei Xiaoran turned his head to the side, gave a speechless twitch at the corner of his mouth, clearly used to Liu Bo's thought process.

Liu Bo didn't notice at all.

He found the edge of the jade wall, gripped the knife with both hands, and poured the Yuan Power of the Heavenly Sea Realm into the blade.

He swung his knife and slashed.

Duang—!

A dull tremor spread along the jade wall.

Liu Bo was thrown back two steps by the recoil, his long sword trembling violently.

The jade wall in front of them was completely unmarked.

Not to mention a gap, not even a white mark was left.

Liu Bo shook his numb hands.

"Damn, this thing is really hard."

"My hand was completely numb, but there's not a single mark!"

He wanted to get a closer look.

Suddenly, Luo Yurou's voice, now distorted, came from behind.

"Liu Bo, watch out!!"