204: Chapter 204 Merit Exchange Center

It was Ling Shu's voice. It seemed the Forbidden Ground had also blocked the communication tokens, as Lin Qing hadn't received any messages on his communication token for the past two days.

"What is it?"

Lin Qing didn't think too much and replied immediately, fearing he might delay the progress of the rescue.

"Ah, Lin Qing, I've finally contacted you."

Ling Shu's voice sounded very happy and didn't carry any sense of urgency, which made Lin Qing feel slightly relieved.

"Mm. I went to a special place these past two days, and the communication token was blocked."

"Lin Qing, we also found a special place and would like to ask you to come and take a look."

A special place? Lin Qing picked up the token to check Ling Shu's location and found that over a dozen of them were gathered together.

Since Lin Qing didn't have any special arrangements for the time being, and they asked him to come take a look, he might as well go.

"Alright, I'll be there immediately."

After speaking, Lin Qing put away his communication token, nodded to Ren Wudi and the other person who were still waiting for his lead, and then, with a flash of light, disappeared from the spot.

Although the directional teleportation distance of yao shuang was currently only five hundred thousand li, the Secret Realm was not particularly large, so it only took a moment for Lin Qing to arrive near Ling Shu and the others.

In Lin Qing's sensing, Ling Shu and the others were at the edge of an area that blocked Divine Thought. Besides Ling Shu, Mu Yao, and Xue Ling, the remaining people included Li Yaqing and Yang Jingchuan.

After a few more consecutive teleports, Lin Qing appeared before them.

After seeing clearly that the person who suddenly appeared was indeed Lin Qing, Ling Shu quickened her pace and lunged toward him, but Lin Qing sidestepped to avoid her.

Ling Shu was becoming bolder, but since they had spent so much time together, Lin Qing didn't dwell on it too much and instead turned to ask the group:

"Has anything happened these past few days?"

He had been in the Forbidden Ground for the past two days, and with his communication token blocked, he was a bit worried about the casualties among the Disciples of the Three Sects.

Mu Yao had a relatively calm personality, so she stepped forward to explain to Lin Qing what had happened over the last few days.

"Indeed, a few teams encountered trouble, but at that time, everyone had just left the Scripture Pavilion and the distance wasn't very far. Everyone helped each other, and there were no casualties."

"Then, yesterday, the three of us also encountered some trouble. We ran into a few experts at the Peak of the Eighth Order. We couldn't contact you at the time, but Fellow Daoist Yang Jingchuan and Fellow Daoist Li Yaqing rushed over and drove them away."

When mentioning this, a trace of anger appeared on the faces of Mu Yao and Xue Ling. Lin Qing looked at Ling Shu beside him; her expression was similar to theirs.

The three of them were all quite beautiful. Judging by their appearance now, they had likely encountered some rogue Cultivators.

Although Ling Shu had never confessed, she liked Lin Qing. When they encountered danger yesterday and couldn't contact Lin Qing, Ling Shu was terrified at that moment.

On one hand, she was afraid of falling into the clutches of those experts at the Peak of the Eighth Order; on the other hand, she was afraid of never seeing Lin Qing again. That was why she had made a move she had never done before when Lin Qing appeared just now.

Fortunately, Yang Jingchuan and Li Yaqing arrived in the end and saved them.

There was naturally no need to say much about the strength of Yang Jingchuan, who was ranked fifth on the young master ranking. Li Yaqing also had a high ranking on the Beauty Ranking, and her cultivation was naturally also at the Peak of the Eighth Order.

For the past two days, the God Realm experts from the super powers were all gathered at the Forbidden Ground. The team formed by Yang Jingchuan and Li Yaqing was indeed hard to find an opponent for within the Secret Realm.

Lin Qing cupped his hands and bowed to the two, saying solemnly:

"Many thanks to you both for your help."

The two quickly waved their hands in front of them, their expressions even more flustered than when they had encountered the enemies.

"You... you're welcome, it was just a small effort."

After some pleasantries, everyone finally turned their attention to the so-called special place.

The group was currently standing at the edge of a huge valley, which had an environment different from other places in the Secret Realm.

Other Peaks or valleys in the Secret Realm only had some pavilions or caves scattered sporadically, but this valley, which was about twenty li in radius, was completely man-made.

Looking around, the entire valley was paved with grayish-white stones, and in the very center of the valley, there was a huge circular platform.

At a glance, this was clearly the martial arts arena of the Kunxu Immortal Sect. In Lin Qing's eyes, such a place didn't have much value, but he still asked Ling Shu:

"Did you find anything?"

Ling Shu pointed to their feet.

"We found a treasure vault."

Because the valley blocked Divine Thought, Lin Qing only scanned the valley with his eyes. As for this side right under his feet, he really couldn't see it.

The group walked down into the valley and arrived in front of the treasure vault. The vault was embedded entirely within the mountain, and on the heavy stone door were five large characters: Merit Exchange Office.

Ling Shu pointed at the stone door and said excitedly:

"It's here. It's so well-preserved, so we suspect there are still things inside, but we can't open it and wanted to see if you had a way."

Without a doubt, this must have been one of the places most frequently visited by the Disciples of the Kunxu Immortal Sect, and it was very reasonable for there to be a Merit Exchange Office.

To be honest, Lin Qing didn't have high expectations for the items here; they were nothing more than things used by Eighth or Ninth Order Cultivators, which were basically useless to him.

But Ling Shu and the others were different from Lin Qing; they were standard Eighth Order Disciples. If there really were things inside, it would be a very considerable harvest for them.

"Let me try."

This time, Lin Qing didn't perform any fancy operations like observing the Formation or looking for mechanisms; instead, he directly raised the dao child token.

The stone door immediately made a creaking friction sound and then slowly opened to both sides.

"Lin Qing, your token is too useful!"

Everyone couldn't help but exclaim. Previously at the Scripture Pavilion, they had already witnessed part of the power of the dao child token, but they didn't expect that the dao child token could even directly open this kind of stone door.

As the door opened, a musty smell rushed out, and Lin Qing led everyone inside.

This place was not like the Forbidden Ground, where Formations weakened the five senses of Cultivators, so even though the light was dim, everyone could still see the environment inside clearly.

Behind the stone door was a stone chamber about two hundred zhang in length and width, filled with shelves. The shelves were the same as those in the Scripture Pavilion, showing no traces of time, and were covered with all kinds of items.

When the Kunxu Immortal Sect still existed, the flow of Disciples here was very large, so there were many things in this stone chamber.

"Go ahead and take what you want!"

Lin Qing said to the group. He didn't have much interest in the things inside and just wandered around casually.