82: An unassuming black stone, breaking the seal

Inside the Holy Land Treasury.

Countless treasures were piled on the shelves, emitting powerful auras.

The items on the shelves included Medicinal Pills, Heaven And Earth Treasures, Cultivation Techniques, and Spiritual Artifacts.

These items were placed in categories.

The treasury had a total of eight floors, corresponding from low to high to the Qi Refining Realm up to the Enlightenment Realm.

Generally speaking, when going to the treasury to collect a treasure, one would go to the floor corresponding to their Realm.

But if you wanted to go one floor higher than your own Realm, you could, as long as you could withstand the Formations set on each floor.

Each floor simulated the pressure of various Realms.

Those with insufficient Realms could not ascend.

So after Luo Qingshuang led Su Yun into the treasury, she directly said:

"Junior Brother Yun."

"I'll take you..."

"...to the third floor."

"Senior Sister Qingshuang, no need!"

"I can do it myself."

Under Luo Qingshuang's puzzled gaze, Su Yun did not leave the first floor.

Instead, he went deep into the first floor as if looking for something.

Luo Qingshuang tilted her head, then followed Su Yun with light, graceful steps.

Su Yun arrived at the thirty-second shelf according to Ning Feng's life script information.

Because this floor corresponded to the Qi Refining Realm.

So the items on this shelf were Heaven And Earth Treasures used in the Qi Refining Realm.

After careful observation, Su Yun finally saw an inconspicuous black stone in the corner of the shelf.

"This is the one!"

"Senior Sister Qingshuang, let's leave."

"Junior Brother Yun."

"How about I help you pick?"

Luo Qingshuang looked at Su Yun with a strange expression.

She felt Su Yun was being odd, picking a broken stone instead of a powerful treasure.

"Trust me, Senior Sister Qingshuang!"

Su Yun looked at Luo Qingshuang firmly and casually picked up the black stone.

[Ding, detected that the Host has successfully plundered Ning Feng's Opportunity, gaining 400,000 Luck Points.]

Luo Qingshuang could only nod helplessly.

After taking Su Yun to register, they left the Holy Land Treasury... Second Layer of Taixuan Realm.

"Yulan! Listen to me, I just lost by accident earlier. Actually, I could have taken first place in the assessment!"

Ning Feng explained to Xie Yulan with some anxiety.

After being injured by Sword Qi and falling unconscious on the Arena, he quickly recovered through the Spells of the Deacons.

Immediately after, he successfully took Immortal Master Piaomiao as his Revered Master, becoming a Personal Disciple of Misty Peak.

Excited, he immediately went to find Xie Yulan, but he didn't expect her attitude toward him to be even worse.

"A loss is a loss, yet you won't admit it."

Xie Yulan said with some impatience.

She was now even more wary of Ning Feng and didn't want to get too close to him.

She always felt Ning Feng was deep and calculating; he had such strength and even seemed to possess a powerful Physique.

Yet he had pretended for so long in her home.

He hadn't even shown it when being beaten.

"I'm going to Jade Pearl Peak. Since you've entered Misty Peak, you should Cultivate well.

Don't follow me; male Disciples are not allowed to enter Jade Pearl Peak."

After Xie Yulan finished speaking, she turned into a green streak of light and left.

"Yulan!"

Ning Feng shouted loudly.

Unfortunately, Xie Yulan left without looking back, and even her shadow was gone.

"Elder Yu, what should I do?

Why is it that after I showed such strong power...

...Yulan's attitude toward me became even worse?"

"Perhaps it's because she can't accept such a large change in your strength in such a short time?

So she wants some peace and quiet to think about it?"

Elder Yu said after pondering for a moment.

In truth, he couldn't guess Xie Yulan's current thoughts either.

Because before he fell, he was focused solely on Cultivating. Although his Realm was high, he had no Dao Companion.

Therefore, he only had a superficial understanding of matters of the heart.

"It must be that Yulan was shocked by my strength and didn't know how to face me, so her attitude worsened."

"Maybe in a few days, things will get better!"

Thinking of this, Ning Feng's originally somewhat depressed mood improved slightly.

"Alright, Fenger, you should go to the Holy Land Treasury to find that Cultivation Technique for tempering spiritual consciousness!

That Cultivation Technique is said to be a top-secret technique passed down from ancient times."

"Before I fell, a close friend of mine hid that Cultivation Technique in the Taixuan Holy Land Treasury.

It's hidden in a very secret place and requires a special secret technique to find and break its Seal, so it's likely still there!

And my close friend once told me the secret technique to find that Cultivation Technique and the method to unlock it."

"Right now, Fenger, your spiritual consciousness strength is still very low; you happen to need this technique!"

"Is that so? Then I'll go right now."

Ning Feng returned to Misty Peak and, led by a Senior Brother, arrived at the Holy Land Treasury.

Entering the treasury, he was also shocked by the vast quantity of treasures.

"Elder Yu, where did you say this Cultivation Technique is hidden?"

"Wait for me to perform a secret technique to sense it. Fortunately, there are no Cultivators with particularly high Realms in the treasury, so releasing my Divine Sense won't expose my existence."

As soon as Elder Yu's voice fell, a powerful Divine Sense surged out from within Ning Feng's body.

After the time it takes for half an incense stick to burn, Elder Yu still hadn't found that Cultivation Technique.

"Elder Yu, what's wrong?"

"I didn't find it!"

"I used the secret technique but didn't sense it!"

"That doesn't make sense."

"Hardly anyone should know that secret technique."

"It was a unique secret technique created by my friend!"

"Could it have been taken by my friend's descendants?"

"What do we do now?"

Ning Feng was a bit depressed; he felt his luck today was truly too poor.

Such a Heaven-Defying Cultivation Technique had been taken by someone in advance.

Furthermore, the first place in the Holy Land assessment, which he should have easily obtained, was also snatched away by Su Yun, who had appeared out of nowhere.

"We can only pick something else."

Elder Yu was somewhat helpless.

Finally, after Ning Feng chose a bottle of Medicinal Pills that could increase his cultivation, he left the treasury... Flowing Light Peak.

Inside the Peak Master's Immortal Cave.

After Luo Qingshuang led Su Yun out of the Holy Land Treasury, they returned directly to Meng Shuyan's Immortal Cave.

"What did you pick?

Let Revered Master see!"

Meng Shuyan sat lazily in her chair, her jade-like hand supporting her fragrant cheek as she leaned against the table beside her.

"Yes, Revered Master!"

Su Yun took out a black stone from his Storage Ring.

Beside him, Luo Qingshuang had already turned her face slightly, not wanting to see the look of disappointment in Su Yun's eyes.

From her perspective, this stone looked like an ordinary stone no matter how one viewed it.

Surely Revered Master would think the same.

After Revered Master finished looking at it, she would definitely speak the truth directly.

At that time, Junior Brother Yun would surely regret taking a useless stone in the treasury.

"Eh?"

Meng Shuyan's dark pupils suddenly widened, and a hint of surprise appeared in her eyes.

Then, with a wave of her delicate hand, the stone in Su Yun's hand appeared in hers.

"Yuner, you have quite a good eye; there is actually a special Seal on this.

Without the correct cracking method, it would require a Cultivator of the Enlightenment Realm to open the Seal."

Su Yun was somewhat surprised to hear this.

Fortunately, he had taken an impressive Revered Master.

Otherwise, after getting this stone, he would have had to spend Luck Points to unlock the Seal.

Meng Shuyan just glanced at the stone again, and without any apparent movement from her...

...the Seal on the stone seemed to suffer a powerful attack and instantly vanished.