A Supreme Treasure Appears, Purple Qi Source Grass

Whoosh!

Qin Linyu and his companions stood on their flying swords around the light array, curiously studying it.

"Huh? Aside from those strange characters, why is there nothing special about this light array? It's completely empty!"

One disciple frowned.

"Ah... there's nothing here. Did we come all this way for nothing?"

"Exactly. Our fellow disciples' sacrifices were for nothing too. Sigh!"

Many disciples were bitterly disappointed.

"Don't lose heart. Wait a little longer. Perhaps a miracle will happen," Qin Linyu reassured them.

The disciples of the Proud Sword Sect continued examining the array, though none of them believed a miracle would come.

A miracle? Where were there so many miracles in this world?

Boom!

Suddenly, a pillar of light shot skyward from the array.

Bang!

The pillar burst above the secret realm. In an instant, the mist throughout the realm vanished, leaving everything clear!

Only then could the sixty thousand cultivators still inside see how vast the realm was. Even straining their eyes, they could not glimpse its limits!

But its boundless expanse drew no wonder from them. They stared, transfixed, at the pillar of light rising from its center.

"That pillar is enormous! The secret realm's supreme treasure must be inside!"

"Go, go, go! The supreme treasure is mine!"

"Yours? Die!"

"You dare ambush me? You're courting death!"

In the blink of an eye, the cultivators near the middle of the realm came to their senses. Driving their Source Power to its limit, they flew toward the center from every direction, fighting all along the way!

Around the light array.

"A miracle! There really is a miracle!"

The Proud Sword Sect disciples cast off their gloom and shouted in excitement.

Their eyes shone as they watched the characters race and shift, waiting for the miracle to reveal itself!

Whoosh!

Half a quarter-hour later, the pillar and the characters abruptly disappeared. A pitch-black object flew out of the array and streaked toward the sky like a meteor.

It looked like bone, yet not bone; stone, yet not stone. It was strange beyond belief!

"A supreme treasure! It must be a supreme treasure! It's appeared!"

"Catch it! Take it!"

The Proud Sword Sect disciples soared into the sky and raced after the black object.

They pushed their Source Power to its limits, each desperate to be faster than the rest and claim the treasure.

"Look! What's that black thing?"

"It came out of the light array. Could it be the supreme treasure?"

"Yes! It must be!"

"Damn it! Why are the Proud Sword Sect people chasing it? When did they reach the center of the realm?"

"Forget Dongfang Muxue and the other two! Stop the Proud Sword Sect before they get the treasure!"

"Right! Charge!"

The eight thousand cultivators pursuing Zhang Xingfeng's group spotted the black object too. They immediately changed course and rushed toward the Proud Sword Sect disciples.

The cultivators still flying toward the realm's center drove their Source Power even harder.

Whoosh!

Meanwhile, Zhang Xingfeng and his two companions, still fleeing those eight thousand cultivators, reached the sky above the realm's center in the blink of an eye.

Bang!

As luck would have it, the black object struck Zhang Xingfeng's Ink Edge like a comet, nearly knocking him off it.

He hurriedly drove his Source Power through his body and steadied himself.

"Huh? What is this?"

He reached out and took hold of the "culprit" that had struck him, utterly bewildered.

Dongfang Muxue and Chen Guyu stared at the strange object in his hand, black enough to reflect the light, then exchanged baffled looks.

Swish!

While the three of them were still puzzling over it, the eight thousand cultivators who had been chasing them appeared all at once.

"Hm?"

Zhang Xingfeng and his companions raised their brows and watched the crowd warily.

"Dongfang Muxue, put down the supreme treasure at once, and we may spare your lives!"

"Damn it! Why did they get the treasure again?"

"Enough talk! Kill them first!"

"Right!"

Without another word, the eight thousand cultivators unleashed their Source Power and hurled one Cultivation Art after another at the three.

Bang!

Zhang Xingfeng and his companions were about to fight back when countless longswords shrieked through the air, scattering the force of the eight thousand cultivators' assault.

The three looked over in astonishment. Qin Linyu stood before the crowd, smiling faintly. "Fellow cultivators, since the treasure chose Dongfang Muxue and her companions, fate must have brought it to them. Why try to seize it?"

"Who cares about fate? Just watch me—"

A hot-tempered cultivator among the eight thousand shouted over him.

"Hm?"

Qin Linyu gave a low grunt and raised an eyebrow at the man.

"D-die..."

The cultivator's expression changed at once, and he dared not finish his threat.

"Forget it. That's Qin Linyu of the Proud Sword Sect. You can't afford to provoke him," the other cultivators urged.

"Thank you for helping us, fellow cultivator!"

Zhang Xingfeng and his companions hurried to thank him.

Who would have thought Qin Linyu was so principled? He truly lives up to his name as Heaven-Opening's foremost prodigy.

The three formed an excellent first impression of him.

"Think nothing of it." Qin Linyu smiled faintly.

"Senior Brother Linyu, why..."

The Proud Sword Sect disciples flew to his side and began to question him, but he raised a hand to stop them.

Boom!

As the two sides faced off, an immense suction suddenly arose in the sky above the secret realm and swept across it.

"Ah!"

Before anyone in the realm could understand what was happening, they were transported to various places outside it.

Heavenly Mist Sect.

Within the Sect.

Sect Discussion Hall.

"Jun—Senior Sister, Senior Brothers, did anything happen to you in the secret realm?"

Mo Lingyuan had just brought Zhang Xingfeng, Dongfang Muxue, and Chen Guyu back to the hall when Lü Liu hurried forward to ask, her voice full of concern.

"We're fine, Junior Sister Lü Liu," the three answered with faint smiles before taking their seats.

"My three disciples, did you gain anything from this trip?" Li Moqing asked once Mo Lingyuan and the others were seated.

"We did!" Zhang Xingfeng answered at once.

"But we've never seen treasures like these before. Please take a look, Master."

With that, the three brought out their Storage Bags and handed them to Li Moqing.

Six Storage Bags, all filled to the brim.

"Hmm..."

Li Moqing inspected the bags, lost in thought.

I've never seen these treasures either!

He muttered to himself.

System, do you know what these treasures are?

At a loss, he turned to the system.

[Ding! The purple spirit herbs in the two Storage Bags on the left are Purple Qi Source Grass. They cannot be eaten, but they can be refined into Purple Source Pills!]

[Purple Source Pill: Restores Source Qi more effectively than a Source Qi Pill of the same grade, increasing the rate of recovery by up to five times!]

[One Purple Qi Source Grass can be refined into at most three Purple Source Pills!]

Cultivators often run out of Source Qi in battle. That's when they need Source Qi Pills to replenish it quickly.

Whoever recovers faster has a better chance of winning—or killing their opponent!

Purple Source Pills restore Source Qi up to five times faster than Source Qi Pills of the same grade. That would give us a tremendous advantage over our opponents!

And we won't have to worry that the Sect members' more expansive Source Mansions will make replenishment less effective.

There are two hundred thousand Purple Qi Source Grass in those two bags, enough to refine six hundred thousand Purple Source Pills. If one pill isn't enough, they can take several at once!

Li Moqing was delighted by the system's answer.

[The blue spirit herbs in the middle Storage Bag are Blue Clear Healing Herb. They cannot be eaten, but they can be refined into Clear Healing Pills!]

[Clear Healing Pill: Heals injuries more effectively than a Healing Pill of the same grade. One Blue Clear Healing Herb can be refined into at most three Clear Healing Pills!]

Li Moqing merely raised an eyebrow at the description of Blue Clear Healing Herb, without much excitement.

With a hundred thousand Blue Clear Healing Herbs, Sect members won't have to worry about injuries in battle!

Of course, it would be better not to get injured at all!

He mused to himself.