Master, You Haven't Even Left the Area

In the blink of an eye, another night has passed.

As the sun began to set, figures hurried from afar toward the location of the Eighth Palace.

While it's true that the early bird catches the worm, if you're lucky, you might be able to snag some bargains.

They would return to the city at night and come back during the day. This way, they could avoid danger without completely giving up any potential treasures.

However, the only worry for those who left was that the treasure here had appeared last night.

Fortunately, when they saw the piles of spirit beasts and demon beasts, as well as the Buddhist Order and Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty people still outside, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thank goodness, I didn't miss it."

"I knew it wouldn't open so quickly. Staying here for a night isn't as comfortable as being in the city."

"In any case, so much time has passed now, I reckon it should be opening soon, otherwise it would be a huge waste of time."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and quickly stepped forward to wait.

This made the faces of the people who had been guarding the place all night look rather unpleasant.

"There were already fluctuations last night, and half the night has passed, but it still hasn't opened. When will it open?"

"Last night, we expended a lot of resources dealing with the beast tide. If we end up with nothing, it would be a huge loss."

"There are even more people coming now. Surely some of them, with their mouths as loose as cotton pants waistbands, have told others the news. What idiots! The more people come, the less likely we are to get anything."

Some are happy, some are sad; all are waiting patiently.

The person who decided when this place would open and close, Lu Changzhi, is currently fast asleep in the Eighteen City.

Since the sun has already risen early, why should he need to rise early as well?

If the people in the Eighth Palace were to face a treasure that had not yet appeared in the world, they would be either worried or impatient.

Meanwhile, the people in the Eighteen City were in a completely different state, with everyone feeling happy.

"Just as I guessed, what they said wasn't a lie. This is so awesome!"

"Yes, if I had to kill them myself, I don't know how much risk I would take or how much effort I would waste. But now, when I encounter spirit beasts, I don't even have to lift a finger. I just need to find a way to restrain them, and the rewards I get are really just as good!"

"I wonder which faction's prodigies they belong to. Once they become strong enough, many people will surely be willing to sincerely follow them."

Conversations within the city were filled with enthusiasm and boundless praise.

"Let's rest for a bit. Once we've recovered enough, we'll go somewhere farther away, wound some spirit beasts, but not kill them. We'll carry them back. I heard that doing this will get us higher rewards, and if we have enough, we can even exchange them for Spirit Rank or even Saint Rank artifacts."

"Holy crap, is this for real?!"

"It's exactly what they said, it can't be false. I'm going to rest now."

"I'm taking a break too, remember to take me with you then."

That night, many people reaped a great harvest.

Even among those who did not receive any benefits from the spirit beast, some were still extremely excited.

While Gu Chen and his group were dealing with the spirit beasts, they would usually help out anyone nearby who was in danger due to exhaustion or carelessness.

Although it wasn't a major achievement, it's precisely this kind of action that makes it more memorable.

Furthermore, their commitment to keeping their word regarding spirit beasts has resulted in Gu Chen, Qin Li, and their group enjoying extremely high prestige within the city.

This further fueled their urge to search for spirit beasts.

It's no exaggeration to describe them as full of energy.

Meanwhile, Gu Chen and his group also gave a general summary of their harvest from the previous night.

In terms of sheer numbers, they are in no way inferior to those who went out to search during the day.

Furthermore, there's no need to conduct a large-scale search; searching only in certain fixed locations around the city is sufficient.

Everyone who's experienced the feeling of having a spirit beast come to them on its own has said it's wonderful.

"According to Master's schedule, it should take some more time for him to wake up."

Gu Chen glanced in the direction of Lu Changzhi and said:

"Let's go out and explore some more during this time."

"Let's see if we can find any more unexplored cities or groups of spirit beasts."

Everyone agreed with Gu Chen's suggestion.

Soon, the group boarded the flying boat and sped off towards the outskirts of the city.

Time passed little by little.

Nearly two hours later, in the palace, bathed in the warm sunlight, Lu Changzhi woke up.

"It should be about time."

He got up, stretched, and sensed the situation in the city. Then, Lu Changzhi's mind entered the vicinity of the Eighth Palace where his External Avatar was located.

"Have they already left?"

They sensed Qin Han's presence within the palace but did not detect it.

After glancing at the system, Lu Changzhi thought of something and asked the system:

"System, where is the Good Things Come in Pairs' feature?"

After Lu Changzhi finished speaking, the system remained silent for a moment, then said:

"Master, you haven't even stepped outside a certain area."

Upon hearing this, Lu Changzhi couldn't help but smile.

So, this so-called good thing requires me to travel around a bit?

However, what the system said was correct.

Since getting the opportunity yesterday, I can honestly say I haven't done anything.

At this moment, the system voice sounded, saying:

"This Good Things Come in Pairs will be presented through a lucky draw."

As soon as he finished speaking, a lottery roulette wheel appeared in front of Lu Changzhi.

"Smoke."

After taking a look, and finding no possible prizes listed, Lu Changzhi directly offered his opinion.

Swish, swish.

The roulette wheel spun, then slowly came to a stop.

With a flash of light, a ball of light appeared before Lu Changzhi's eyes.

"Congratulations, host, you have obtained Nine Thunder Heavenly Punishment *1 through the lucky draw."

As the voice faded, the relevant information appeared before Lu Changzhi's eyes.

Lu Changzhi glanced at it briefly.

This isn't significantly different from previous lightning punishments; the difference lies in changing the "test of one's resilience" from the ordinary lightning punishment to "being able to withstand even what one can't withstand completely."

"Nine paths, can you catch them all?"

After reading the introduction, Lu Changzhi murmured to himself.

This reminded him of an old friend from the neighboring Cloud Heaven Holy Land.

"Not bad."

Lu Changzhi received the Nine Thunder Heavenly Punishment into the system.

Although the power of the Nine Thunder Heavenly Punishment is not as great as the one Lin Tianlei experienced last time.

But it's still much better than ordinary lightning.

Moreover, this is much easier than collecting and synthesizing Heaven and Earth Phenomenon yourself.

"I just don't know if the Lightning Tribulation can continue to be synthesized."

Lu Changzhi murmured softly.

However, this is the only recipe I have right now, so I'm not in a hurry to consider it.

Now that Qin Han has left, there's no need for him to stay here any longer.

However, before leaving, Zhou Xun's side should be taken care of.