521: Chapter 521 Heavenly Gang Arena!

"This Qin Yan didn't achieve a Breakthrough, I'm dying of laughter!"

Someone laughed gloatingly.

"I'll seize the time this month and strive to improve my strength by another step. As long as Qin Yan hasn't achieved a Breakthrough by the end of the month, I'll go challenge him then," a Disciple said, eager to try.

"Clown +1."

"You're looking for death!"

"Even if he hasn't achieved a Breakthrough, he's still the person who cleared the Heavenly Ladder and defeated Ao Yuan. You're going to challenge him? You probably couldn't even withstand a single move."

"I was just saying, what are you getting so worked up for..."

The sounds of discussion rose and fell, and soon, the news that Qin Yan had stayed on the Spirit Mountain for nearly four hours without a Breakthrough spread throughout the East Courtyard.

Upon hearing this, many Prodigies were secretly delighted in their hearts.

To them, Qin Yan not achieving a Breakthrough was the best news.

This meant they still had a chance, and it was still possible.

Meanwhile, Qin Yan had already returned to his own courtyard.

He sat in the living room, opened his token, immersed his Mental Energy into it, and began searching for missions to earn taixuan points.

He had to achieve a Breakthrough before the end of this month; otherwise, he would be under considerable pressure during the end-of-month assessment!

Those covetous Prodigies would not let this opportunity slip by.

The mission list unfolded before his eyes, dense and numerous, with hundreds of entries.

[Guard the East Courtyard Outer Court Medicinal Garden for one month]

[Difficulty: 1 Star]

[Reward: 1 tai xuan point.]

[Instruct the Nangong Family's little princess, Nangong Wenya, of Taixuan City in Palm Technique training.]

[Difficulty: 1 Star]

[Requirement: Skilled in Palm Technique.]

[Reward: 2 taixuan points]

[Clean the Archive Pavilion for one week]

[Difficulty: 1 Star]

[Reward: 1 tai xuan point]

[...]

As Qin Yan's gaze swept across the missions one by one, his brow furrowed slightly.

The vast majority of the missions he saw were of one-star difficulty, and the rewards were pitifully meager.

1 tai xuan point, 2 taixuan points, at most 5 points.

Doing this kind of mission, working oneself to the bone for a month, wouldn't even save enough taixuan points to Cultivate on the Spirit Mountain for half a quarter of an hour.

In their Outer Court, mission difficulty was divided into 5 stars.

The higher the star difficulty, the more generous the rewards.

It was said that 5-star missions could yield rewards of several hundred taixuan points.

But those kinds of missions were either extremely dangerous or extremely difficult, and not something an ordinary person could take on.

Qin Yan continued to search, and soon, a mission caught his eye.

[In the area a hundred kilometers outside Taixuan City, remnants of a Demonic Sect have suspectedly appeared. Pursue and investigate this incident.]

[Difficulty: 3 Stars]

[Requirement: Strength at Fifth Grade Peak or above.]

[Reward: To be determined based on mission completion.]

Demonic Sect remnants?

Qin Yan's brow twitched slightly. What was this?

Did it have any connection to the Demon Race?

He had never heard any information about a Demonic Sect.

He did know about the Demon Race.

But what was a Demonic Sect? Was it a Demonic Path force within the Human Race, or descendants of the Demon Race?

"It seems I'll have to visit the Archive Pavilion later to properly look up information on this Demonic Sect."

Qin Yan set this mission aside as a possibility and continued searching through the missions.

Time passed slowly as he browsed the missions.

Qin Yan looked through them one by one, his brow sometimes relaxing and sometimes furrowing slightly.

The vast majority of missions either had too low a difficulty with too little reward, or the requirements were too high for him to handle for the time being.

Until—

His gaze was deeply attracted by a certain mission.

[Serve as a Gold Medal Arena Defender at the Tiangang Arena.]

[Difficulty: Five Stars]

[Requirement: A powerful Rank Five Martial Artist, must pass the Tiangang Arena strength assessment]

[Reward: 5 taixuan points per day]

Five taixuan points a day!

Looking at the reward listed, Qin Yan's heart was also jolted.

His eyes instantly lit up.

This reward is just too sweet!

Five points a day, that's fifty points in ten days! One hundred and fifty points in a month!

If he had these one hundred and fifty taixuan points, he would definitely be able to achieve a Breakthrough!

That hurdle of Fifth Grade Peak could absolutely be crossed!

He might even have quite a few taixuan points left over!

"I must take this mission!"

Without another word, Qin Yan accepted the mission!

The moment he accepted the mission, the token vibrated slightly.

Then, the detailed information of the mission appeared in his mind.

Mission location, mission requirements, points of attention, contact person—everything was there.

It also included the location of the Tiangang Arena and a simple introduction.

Qin Yan silently committed them to memory.

However, before going to the Tiangang Arena, Qin Yan still intended to visit the Archive Pavilion first.

He wanted to properly look up information on this Tiangang Arena and understand the rules and situation inside.

After all, to be a Gold Medal Arena Defender, he had to know what kind of place this arena was.

At the same time, he also wanted to look up information on that Demonic Sect and find out exactly what these so-called "Demonic Sect remnants" were.

Acting on his thoughts, Qin Yan stood up and left his room.

...

Half a quarter of an hour later.

Qin Yan arrived before a majestic mountain peak.

The peak towered into the clouds, its entire body shrouded in a layer of faint golden light.

The light was soft and holy, isolating the entire mountain peak from the outside world.

The Archive Pavilion was located on this mountain peak.

Qin Yan took out his token, and a golden light lit up on the token, falling upon the layer of golden light barrier.

The golden lights touched, causing ripples to spread out.

Then, before Qin Yan, the barrier slowly cracked open a gap, forming a light gate that only allowed one person to pass through.

Qin Yan stepped forward and walked inside.

The moment he stepped into the light gate, the scene before him changed abruptly.

On the mountain peak, rooms were distributed in an orderly fashion.

Those rooms varied in size and style, and the doors of each one were tightly closed.

Signs hung by the doors, with the names of various worlds marked on them.

Heavenly Dragon Realm.

Heavenly Wind Realm.

Lingxu Realm.

Cangxuan Realm.

Zhetian Realm.

Xuanhuang Realm.

...

He couldn't see the end of it at a glance.

Qin Yan's gaze swept across, his heart incredibly shocked.

The world on each sign represented the distribution of information within that world.

History, geography, figures, forces, secrets—almost everything you could think of was recorded here.

Seeing this scene, he couldn't help but sigh in admiration.

It truly lived up to being a Holy Land; the distribution of forces was divided according to realms.

A small Archive Pavilion encompassed the information of ten thousand realms.

This kind of foundation and scale was something ordinary forces wouldn't even dare to imagine.

Then, Qin Yan searched for the three words "Taixuan Realm" on the token.

The token vibrated slightly, and then transmitted the location of the Taixuan Realm to Qin Yan—it was on the east side of the mountain peak, not far from him.

Following the guidance of the token, before long, Qin Yan found the sign for the Taixuan Realm.

The sign was entirely golden, with the three ancient characters for "Taixuan Realm" carved onto it.

The calligraphy was bold and powerful, with light faintly flowing through it; one look and you could tell it was the work of a master.

Qin Yan pushed open the room door and walked in.