114: You won't let me in? Then take my sword!

This was an independent Small World, an endless underground palace filled with golden palaces, resplendent and extremely luxurious.

It didn't look like a Secret Realm; it looked more like some kind of treasury, but not a battlefield treasury. Instead, it resembled the lair of a wicked Dragon that had collected all treasures.

“It really does look like a place a True Dragon would inhabit,” Jun Lingxiao remarked with a sigh.

He then landed smoothly, surrounded by the Jun Family and Chu Family members; such minor matters were handled by others for him.

The others also started to react, looking at the palaces before them and discussing.

“What is this place? Why does it seem to me that this is the real Great Emperors Treasury?”

“It probably is. Look at these palaces; they are all made of gold.”

Although gold wasn't important to Cultivators, to be able to use such a vast quantity of gold to build such a massive palace made one dare not imagine what kind of ultimate treasures it contained.

“Brothers, first come, first served! Little brother, I'll go ahead!”

Beneath ultimate treasures, there must be reckless fools. The palace gates were wide open, and some had already entered.

Seeing this person enter alive, the others began to relax and follow, with the Qin Family leading the way.

“Jun Lingxiao… just you wait!”

Qin Chengan had naturally fallen as well. He had originally intended to search for treasures, but since he had landed here, it was even better.

“Legend says there's a sacred altar in this Secret Realm, containing the Legacies of countless powerful individuals. If I can seize one, then you, Jun Lingxiao, will have to bow your head to me!”

With that, Qin Chengan led his group inside.

“Stop extorting protection fees from people, you damn fool; it's embarrassing. Are you really that short on those things?”

“What's inside?” Jun Hongxuan grabbed Ling Tian, who was still collecting protection fees, and asked.

This embarrassing fellow was still collecting!

“Oh, oh, Second Brother, I haven't been inside, so I don't know what's there. I only know that the True Dragon is within.”

Ling Tian solemnly put away the protection fees he had just received—Medicinal Pills and Spirit Stones, everything imaginable. This was even more profitable than robbery!

And he wasn't lying; he truly hadn't been inside. After all, at this point in the timeline, he would have already died, never having lived this long. It was already a record-breaking achievement.

However, from various deductions, the True Dragon was undoubtedly here.

“Let's go in and see.”

Jun Lingxiao led the way, walking forward.

Chu Gaodan followed closely behind. Jun Hongxuan wanted to say something cautious, but seeing Jun Lingxiao's demeanor, he could only reluctantly follow.

Just as they were about to enter the palace gate, Jun Lingxiao suddenly stopped at the entrance.

“Huh? Why did he stop?”

Jun Hongxuan said, continuing to walk forward, but suddenly, with a bang, he crashed into an invisible barrier.

Looking at Chu Gaodan, he had already walked in, unimpeded.

Even Ling Tian had entered.

“This is…”

A possibility arose in Jun Hongxuan's mind.

“Jun Family members are not allowed to enter.”

Jun Lingxiao touched the barrier before him, speaking what was on Jun Hongxuan's mind.

Everyone else could enter, regardless of Realm or age, but only their Jun Family members could not. This barrier was specifically set up against them.

“So, what do we do now, Brother? Should I go in and bring out the treasures for you?”

“Hiss~ I don't even know what's inside, and my strength…”

Ling Tian touched his forehead. He didn't have any revive coins now, so he truly didn't dare to be too impulsive.

Qiu Jinyao approached with her people at this moment, standing beside Jun Lingxiao and softly saying, “I have a method to conceal Qi. It might be able to trick this barrier, but it can only be used by one person.”

She said, taking out a book and handing it to Jun Lingxiao. The Qiu Family members behind her, seeing their Young Miss like this, almost had their eyes pop out.

They whispered among themselves:

“No wonder Young Miss specifically asked Old Ancestor for a life-saving method. It turns out it was for Divine Child Jun.”

“Hiss~ This rare opportunity was hard-won. It seems the rumors are true; Young Miss's heart is truly with Divine Child Jun.”

“Hey, hey, what are you talking about? What's this gossip? Has anything happened between our Young Miss and Divine Child Jun?”

The Qiu Family members discussed in low voices from a distance, then proceeded to explain the love story between the two.

In short, it was a life-saving grace. There were even rumors that Young Miss had murdered her older sister to secure a marriage with Divine Child Jun, and the Mortal World mark, which could only be passed on once in a lifetime, had long appeared on Jun Lingxiao's hand.

The Qiu Family's Mortal World Dao, the mark is passed to one person in a lifetime, usually to Mortals in the Lower Realm, to experience their birth, aging, sickness, and death, then gain enlightenment from it, fall in love with someone, watch that loved one die, and repeat the cycle. This was a tormenting process, but undoubtedly, it greatly tempered one's Dao Heart.

However, there were also quite a few like Qiu Jinyao who placed the mark on someone from the Ten Directions Immortal Court, but the meaning was very clear.

She had decided; this life, it would be him.

Qiu Jinyao's strength was considerable now. Listening to the discussions, she surprisingly didn't refute them; her ear tips were just red, because she knew Jun Lingxiao must have heard them too.

“Ah!!”

Suddenly, with a proud huff, Qiu Jinyao covered her ear with one hand and jumped away. Everyone turned to look and realized that Jun Lingxiao had, at some point, touched the Qiu Family's Young Miss's ear.

And he even rubbed it, as if feeling its texture.

The texture was indeed good, just a little hot, Jun Lingxiao thought.

Then he looked seriously at Qiu Jinyao:

“You've lost weight. Doesn't the Qiu Family feed you?”

What kind of talk was that?

The Jun Family members were somewhat speechless, but no one dared to speak. Qiu Jinyao and Jun Lingxiao held different statuses in their respective families.

What kind of decent person says something like that when meeting a girl?

“I'm fatter than when I was at the Jun Family!” Qiu Jinyao puffed out her chest, trying hard to show that she had indeed gained weight.

But Jun Lingxiao shook his head, very much sticking to his opinion.

“No, you've just gotten thinner, even thinner than the last time we met.”

“Fatter!”

“Thinner.”

“Fatter!”

“Thinner.”

“My waist is thinner, my legs are thinner, but other places haven't thinned!” After arguing for a while, Qiu Jinyao said resignedly, but Jun Lingxiao still insisted she had lost weight.

How could she not have lost weight? When he found her, she was like a little beggar. He had finally managed to fatten her up, but when he went to the Qiu Family, not only had she lost weight, but she was also blind.

Later, he had gone to the Qiu Family several more times. After feeding her a few times, she had finally gained a little weight, but now she was a stick again.

As they spoke, both suddenly laughed.

After some stumbles, the two were now standing together again.

Qiu Jinyao insisted on handing over the item in her hand, but Jun Lingxiao shook his head and gestured for her to go in first.

“I can go in without this thing.”

“Really?” Qiu Jinyao expressed doubt, but at the same time, she trusted Jun Lingxiao implicitly.

“Really.”

She ultimately led her people in first.

Now, only the Jun Family and Chu Family members remained outside.

“Your Highness, what will you do about this barrier?”

Chu Gaodan sensed that the barrier seemed flawless; he couldn't think of any way to break it. However, he was quite curious what method Jun Lingxiao had.

But then he saw Jun Lingxiao suddenly tilt his head left and right, as if searching for something, and his next words made Chu Gaodan take a deep breath.

“What to do.”

“Get the sword.”

It was just an ordinary iron sword. It had been scraped by a pebble during their fall and he didn't know where it had dropped.

The main thing was that his statement stunned everyone present.

Was Jun Lingxiao planning to directly confront this barrier?