276: Another diamond chest

System Reminder: Tuoyuan Pill Pill Formula exchange successful.

System Reminder: Mission Points - 50.

After exchanging the Tuoyuan Pill Pill Formula, Mu Feng's points went from 70 back to 20.

“Oh, right, the sanlun flower mission hasn't been submitted yet. I wonder if I can still submit it?”

Judging from the situation of those few people,

the sanlun flower mission should have been a fishing-for-law-enforcement trap set by them.

Now that the three people are dead,

he wondered if his mission could still be exchanged normally.

“Let’s try.”

With the thought of giving it a try, Mu Feng clicked submit.

Anyway, there would be no loss if it failed.

System Reminder: Mission submission complete.

System Reminder: sanlun flower - 1.

System Reminder: Mission Points x25.

“Oh, it actually worked! Not bad, not bad.”

Mu Feng was overjoyed.

This way,

his Mission Points rose to 45 again.

This thing was quite useful.

Besides Pill Formulas, there were also other items and Materials that could be exchanged.

And it refreshed once a week.

There was no need to worry about the items inside being all exchanged.

Closing the Point Shop,

Mu Feng began to study the Tuoyuan Pill Pill Formula he had just exchanged.

System Reminder: Tuoyuan Pill Pill Formula learned successfully. Details can be viewed in the Workshop.

He had already looked at the Pill Formula Materials earlier.

There were still quite a few missing Materials at the moment.

He only had azure blue fruit on hand.

The remaining Golden Core Flower, Celestial Star Grass, and seven-tier demon core were all missing.

Fortunately, except for the seven-tier demon core,

the other two Materials could be found.

Golden Core Flower could be obtained through a gamble with the other party.

Celestial Star Grass was an item exchange; the other party needed to exchange for a Material called Lianjin Mud.

Mu Feng currently did not have this Material.

However, he could keep an eye out for it.

If he saw it elsewhere, he could collect it.

But that would be tomorrow's business.

It was getting late.

Mu Feng returned directly to the Cultivation room, placed ten High-Grade Spirit Stones into the Spirit Gathering Array to maintain the Spiritual Qi concentration in his Immortal Cave, and then

began to Cultivate in meditation.

He had just advanced to the Dan Formation, and his Realm was not very stable yet.

While circulating his Cultivation Technique, Mu Feng opened the World Chat Channel.

This was something he did almost every night.

Cultivation was important, but one could not be isolated.

It was necessary to understand the situation of others outside to avoid detours.

Moreover, there was an announcement for the Trial Tournament today.

He believed many people would be discussing this.

He would lurk and see what others were saying.

“I wonder what rank in this Trial Tournament will get the nascent soul grand gift pack reward? Does anyone know? It feels quite intense. I wonder if I have a chance to get it?”

“According to past events, it should be the top three. Every time it opens, it's quite intense. Anyway, from what I know, many Nascent Soul Late Stage masters died in the last session. If you don't have the strength, don't enter the Mystic Heaven Tower in the end. It's good to just hang around in the outer and middle layers. The resources are abundant, and if you get an ancient Cultivation Legacy, that would be awesome.”

“Mystic Heaven Tower? What's that? Is it part of the Sword Trial Tournament?”

“That's right, the Mystic Heaven Tower opens on the last day of the Trial Tournament. It contains many treasures, but it's also the most dangerous place. All the masters who want to achieve a good ranking will enter it. Whoever can emerge from it will be at the top.”

“Hiss, that dangerous? Thanks, senior brother. It seems I, a Dan Formation Stage Initial Phase cultivator, shouldn't touch it.”

“Correct. Just don't go to that Mystic Heaven Tower.”

“Thanks, senior brother. Besides the Mystic Heaven Tower, are there any other dangerous places inside?”

“There really are. The Demon Abyss Sea is also quite dangerous. It's full of powerful Demon Race members, and it's said there are even Nascent Soul Stage Demon Race masters inside. Besides that, there are also some natural dangers, such as ghost winds. If you encounter them, it's best to leave early. If you get caught in them, you'll never come back.”

...

It was pretty much as Mu Feng had guessed.

In the World Chat Channel, many people were discussing the Trial Tournament.

Some of the secrets revealed were very beneficial to Mu Feng.

“Mystic Heaven Tower, Demon Abyss Sea, ghost winds…”

Mu Feng silently noted down some important information.

Among them, the Mystic Heaven Tower was what interested him most, but unfortunately, the other party either didn't want to talk much about it or didn't know much about it.

He just mentioned it briefly and then said no more.

Mu Feng also selectively glanced at the remaining content that interested him.

Until no one discussed the topic anymore,

Mu Feng closed the World Chat Channel.

He began to Cultivate cross-legged.

The night passed without incident.

Early the next morning, Mu Feng emerged from the Cultivation room.

He went to the medicinal garden to water some spiritual plants.

Then he returned to the main hall and began his Immortal Cave exploration for the day.

From the information he gathered yesterday, the Trial Tournament was quite dangerous.

Especially the Mystic Heaven Tower, which opened on the last day.

Almost all masters would go there, and the danger level was self-evident.

He had to improve his strength even further.

Otherwise, if he encountered a multi-person ambush, he might not be able to withstand it.

Moreover, with so many people going, there would definitely be many powerful individuals.

Mu Feng did not think he was invincible yet.

He only had three days to improve.

It was quite urgent.

“Today, I must gather all the Materials for the Body Tempering Medicinal Bath and first boost my combat power.”

After some planning in his mind,

Mu Feng began to examine the information of each light gate.

The Immortal Cave Secret Realm ahead is a player's Immortal Cave. The other party is currently Cultivating. If you go there, you should be able to catch him off guard and get rich in one go.

Player's Immortal Cave?

Forget it.

Mu Feng had his own bottom line.

He skipped it and looked at the next one.

There is an emerald treasure chest in the Immortal Cave Secret Realm space on the left.

emerald treasure chest?

Seems acceptable.

If there were no better options later, he would enter this one on the left.

The Immortal Cave Secret Realm on the right is quite extraordinary. It's full of Flying Spirit Race members. If you go in, your chrysanthemum won't be safe!

???

What the hell does “chrysanthemum won't be safe” mean?

Mu Feng's face was full of black lines.

However, he was too lazy to argue with the dog System and directly looked at the remaining light gate information.

“Oh, your luck seems good. There seems to be a diamond treasure chest in the Undersea Secret Realm to the south, and there are also many seven-tier Yao Beasts. It satisfies two of your requests at once. However, besides the seven-tier Yao Beasts, there are also many eight and nine-tier Yao Beasts inside, so you still need to be careful.”

“diamond treasure chest!”

“And seven-tier Yao Beasts!”

After reading the first part of the information about the southern Secret Realm, Mu Feng's eyes lit up.

“Ah? There are also eight and nine-tier Yao Beasts?”

As soon as the latter part came out,

Mu Feng felt a bit uncomfortable again.

His current strength couldn't withstand eight or nine-tier Yao Beasts.

Go in or not?

That was the question.

“Forget it, no rush. Let's finish reading the rest first.”

He had only looked at four Secret Realms so far.

There were still four more. He wondered if better ones would appear later.

Anyway, he would look first, and if not, he would come back to choose.

There is an emerald treasure chest in the Southwest Secret Realm, but you need to deal with the swarms of Poisonous Scorpions inside.

Another treasure chest?

There were quite a few treasure chests from the light gates this time. Speaking of which, he hadn't opened any boxes for several days.

Perhaps they were all concentrated in this one.

The emerald treasure chest was decent.

However, the previous one was clearly better, as it didn't require combat to obtain.

There were still three left.

Mu Feng was not in a hurry.

He continued to look down.

To the north is a poisonous Qi Secret Realm, containing many poisonous fruits that can be picked, but the prerequisite is that you can deal with the Poisonous Scorpions inside.

Poisonous fruits?

Forget it.

Mu Feng had no interest in these.

He skipped it directly.

The Northeast Secret Realm has already been taken by someone. All the resources have been taken away, so it is not recommended to enter.

If they were taken, then so be it.

Mu Feng looked directly at the last one.

The Northwest seems to be a Devilish Qi Secret Realm. The Devilish Qi inside is dense. If you are lucky, you should be able to obtain Devilish Marrow Crystal inside.

Devilish Marrow Crystal?

What was this?

It looked like some kind of Demon Cultivation Material?

Forget it.

Mu Feng shook his head.

He did not intend to enter it.

“Hmm, should I choose the relatively safe emerald treasure chest Secret Realm from before, or the somewhat dangerous but more rewarding diamond treasure chest Secret Realm?”

After looking at the remaining Secret Realms, Mu Feng did not find one he liked.

He could only go back and look at the four he had seen before.

He hesitated between choosing the safe emerald treasure chest or the more dangerous but more rewarding diamond treasure chest.

“Forget it, I'll take a gamble!”

After a brief consideration, Mu Feng still chose the more dangerous but more rewarding diamond treasure chest Secret Realm.

After all, he only had two days left until the Trial Tournament began.

He had to quickly improve his strength.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to survive in the Mystic Heaven Tower, where masters gathered.

For that glimmer of a chance to advance to the Nascent Soul Stage, Mu Feng felt it was necessary to take a risk.

Besides,

even though there were eight and nine-tier Yao Beasts in that Undersea Secret Realm, he might not necessarily encounter them.

His Divine Sense could now cover a wide range, as long as he didn't deliberately provoke them.

There shouldn't be any problems.

Thinking this way,

Mu Feng felt it was very feasible.

He still had a few Bishui Talismans.

He activated them and stuck them to his body, then stepped into the Undersea Secret Realm's teleportation gate.

After a flash of white light,

Mu Feng appeared in a turquoise blue sea area.

Having had one trip to an Undersea Secret Realm before, he was calmer this time.

He strolled leisurely while admiring the underwater scenery.

There seems to be something to the west. You can go and take a look.

“West?”

Just as he was about to release his Divine Sense to investigate, he saw the red prompt appear and immediately headed west.

His speed was slightly affected underwater.

But it was still alright.

Originally, if it were a normal Secret Realm, Mu Feng would have wanted to use the Gale Boat, the flying Magic Treasure he had just obtained.

Underwater, he could only travel by escape light.

The speed was decent.

It didn't take long before he arrived at the location the System had reminded him of earlier.

This was a dark, rocky area.

There were many aquatic plants and algae inside.

Mu Feng used his Divine Sense to investigate and found a brightly glowing white pearl inside.

“What's that? So bright?”

“Could it be a luminous pearl?”

The moment he saw the pearl, this word immediately popped into Mu Feng's mind.

No choice.

He had watched too much Journey to the West when he was little.

He only knew that luminous pearls were items found in the Dragon Palace at the bottom of the sea.

“Hmm, let's go take a look.”

With curiosity,

Mu Feng walked towards the black rocks.

Not long after,

Mu Feng arrived in front of the white pearl.

However, out of caution, Mu Feng did not rush to pick it up.

Instead, he focused his eyes and investigated the pearl.

Upon seeing this,

Mu Feng was directly shocked.

Name: Thousand-Eyed Demon

Realm: seven-tier Yao Beast

Introduction: A creature resembling a sea urchin in appearance, with over a thousand eyes all over its body. Normally, the Qianmu Yao will hide its body at the bottom of the sea, revealing its brightest eye to lure prey, then use thunderous methods to kill them.

Skills: Flying Needle, Soul-Losing Art, Devouring Bite, Thousand-Eyed Strike, Rolling Impact.

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View skill details.

Flying Needle: The Qianmu Yao can fling the sharp spines on its body to attack prey.

Soul-Losing Art: The Qianmu Yao's eyes can release light waves that cause people to lose their souls, making them unable to control their bodies for a short period.

Devouring Bite: A common skill of the Qianmu Yao. Whenever prey approaches out of curiosity due to its eyes, the Qianmu Yao will open its mouth wide and swallow them into its body.

Thousand-Eyed Strike: The Qianmu Yao can use its eyeballs like tentacles to strike and attack enemies. It is powerful and has a binding effect. Be careful not to get entangled by it.

Rolling Impact: The Qianmu Yao rolls its body, using its sharp spines to attack enemies.

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“This disguise is unmatched, isn't it?”

“Who would have thought this pearl was actually an eyeball?”

If he hadn't been cautious and just walked over, he might have accidentally fallen into the other party's trap.

But now that he had discovered something was wrong,

he naturally wouldn't foolishly walk over.

Instead, he could use the fact that the other party didn't know he had seen through its disguise to gain the initiative.

“Go!”

Mu Feng formed a hand seal.

Several Formation Flags flew towards the direction of the eyeball.

These were precisely the Yin-Yang Entrapment Formation Flags that Mu Feng had just acquired.

“Plop!”

This Qianmu Yao was very cautious. Seeing that Mu Feng didn't come over but instead threw out Formation Flags,

it realized it had been exposed and immediately sprang out from the seabed.

Unfortunately, it was still a step too late.

The characteristic of this Yin Yang Trapping Formation was its quick effectiveness.

As soon as the Formation Flags were released,

a large light shield immediately formed around the Qianmu Yao's body, blocking the seawater.

“Boom!”

Realizing it was trapped,

the Qianmu Yao panicked and rolled its body, violently impacting the blue light shield.

Unfortunately,

all this was ultimately futile.

The advantage of the Yin Yang Trapping Formation was its durability. Unless your burst damage is extremely high and destroys the entire Formation Flag, you can only obediently wait for it to trap you for one minute.

One minute was neither long nor short.

The moment the Formation Flags were thrown out, Mu Feng immediately summoned the Soul-Devouring Bee Cloud Sword from his body.

Setting up the Qing Luo Sword Formation required some time, and it would be a bit troublesome if the enemy didn't actively enter the Formation.

But now with this Yin Yang Trapping Formation,

he could completely use it as a nested setup.

Directly combining it with the Yin Yang Trapping Formation to form a combo skill!

“Formation, rise!”

After a series of incantations were cast, the twelve Soul-Devouring Bee Cloud Swords hovering above the Yin Yang Trapping Formation buzzed, transforming into countless sword shadows that attacked the Qianmu Yao, which had just emerged from the Yin Yang Trapping Formation.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

At first, the Qianmu Yao could still dodge with its hard shell and speed.

But as the attack frequency of the sword shadows and sword threads increased,

it wasn't long before it was directly dismembered by the twelve Soul-Devouring Bee Cloud Swords.

With a soft plop, it turned into a bloody mist, staining the nearby deep blue seawater.

“Not bad, not bad!”

This was his first time using this combo skill, and Mu Feng was quite satisfied.

The two complemented each other.

It solved the shortcomings of the Yin Yang Trapping Formation not lasting long and lacking killing moves.

At the same time, it also optimized the shortcomings of the Qing Luo Sword Formation being slow to set up and not flexible enough.

After the two were combined,

it felt a bit invincible.