Lin Qiubai was deep in thought as he opened the Treasure Identification. His intuition told him that within this stone tablet, there were stalactites formed over thousands or even millions of years, or perhaps strange objects like stone cores, stone agates, or stone beasts.
Suddenly, Mind Thought stirred.
The Heavenly Path Payment System timely chimed in with a notification, and Lin Qiubai was about to take a closer look.
However, Wang Yan kept muttering annoyingly, which made Lin Qiubai's expression darken immediately.
"Are you still daring to draw your sword?!"
Seeing Wang Yan preparing to make a move, Lin Qiubai's impatience grew stronger.
His entire body trembled with energy, and a thick Blood Qi Domain surged out, spreading across a radius of one hundred meters. This Blood Qi Domain caused the more than thirty martial artists around them to feel as if they were trapped in a quagmire.
Wang Yan was alarmed because he realized that he could no longer draw his sword.
Not even an inch could he pull it out!
A newcomer to the Yuan Dan Realm was actually able to immobilize him, a Third Layer of Yuan Dan Realm expert who had been cultivating in the Holy Land for a year?
This was impossible!
Seeing the panic-stricken expression on Wang Yan's face, Lin Qiubai sneered, his gaze turning cold. The Blood Qi Domain slowly contracted, pressing down entirely on Wang Yan.
"If you're not strong enough, just stand aside!"
Lin Qiubai took a step forward, and the Blood Qi Domain suddenly surged into his body. Wang Yan was jolted back several steps, his numb body slowly regaining sensation.
"You... you..."
Wang Yan's speech was slurred, and beads of cold sweat appeared on his forehead. He was filled with fear.
"My friend must stand at the forefront. You'd better not act recklessly and put away your Holy Sect demeanor; I won't fall for that."
After warning him, Lin Qiubai no longer glanced at Wang Yan and suddenly stomped his foot, launching himself into the sky...
"Lin Brother, what are you doing?"
Yuan Chonghuan looked bewildered.
Not only Yuan Chonghuan but even the disciples of the two Holy Sects were equally confused.
Shouldn't they be racing against time to comprehend the stele?
"What is Lin Qiubai trying to do?!"
"I don't know, it's baffling. Perhaps Peerless Geniuses tend to act in unconventional ways..."
"Let him be. We must focus on comprehending the Realm. When our Realm skyrockets and he makes no progress, that will be interesting."
Someone chuckled, wishing for Lin Qiubai to do more peculiar things.
At this moment, Lin Qiubai stepped onto a certain part of the stone tablet, his figure transforming into a parabolic arc as he slid upward.
"Wow!"
Over two hundred Young Prodigies below stood up in unison, their faces filled with astonishment.
That was the Autumn Water Maiden Stele.
Since its existence, it had been regarded as the Holy Land by Yuan Dan Realm Warriors.
Every martial artist who came here to comprehend it did so with utmost respect.
But Lin Qiubai, on the other hand, was directly desecrating the Autumn Water Beauty Painting. This was an act of great sacrilege!
"Who can stop him? This person acts without restraint and has no faith at all. If he truly destroys the stele, it would be an irreversible loss!"
However, no one dared to take action; after all, Lin Qiubai's strength was evident.
Even Wang Yan could not withstand Lin Qiubai's terrifying Blood Qi Domain. They were even less capable.
The young men in front of the stele hesitated for several breaths, while Lin Qiubai had already landed on top of the stele.
His snow-white robes, untainted by dust, fluttered in the air.
His long hair flowed like a waterfall, lifted slightly by the breeze. Dressed in white, with a tall and slender figure, he exuded an ethereal grace, resembling a celestial being.
This captivated the fairies of Yihua Sacred Palace, their eyes sparkling with admiration.
Meanwhile, outside the Autumn Water Garden, the elders of Heavenly Pride sat atop Seven Star Tower, gazing at the stele while sipping tea and discussing various topics.
Li Qu looked at the Autumn Water Maiden Stele, and as a white figure slowly appeared, he suddenly spat out a mouthful of tea, nearly falling to the floor.
"What are you doing, Brother Li?!"
He glared at the Transcendent Realm Martial Artist across from him, who had been splashed with tea.
"Look! Look! Up on the Autumn Water Maiden Stele!"
Li Qu's voice trembled; what kind of trouble had he found?
He had only asked Lin Qiubai to secure a spot closer to the front, so why was he up on top of the stele?
"Did I not make myself clear? Or is that young brother Lin just too imaginative?!"
Li Qu was left speechless.
His gaze fell on the elders in the distance who were also looking at the stele, and they saw that white figure.
They all showed expressions of shock.
"Who is this?!"
"Which family's junior is this? Do they not know the rules?! How outrageous, not even a shred of respect!"
An old man, rigid in his ways, was so angry that his beard trembled and his eyelids twitched. Such behavior was simply unreasonable. In his fury, he slammed the table, causing tea to splash everywhere.
"Otherwise, it has been many years since a martial artist has reached the top of the stele. It's not that it hasn't been attempted; it's just that there are restrictions on the stele, making it extremely difficult.
The White-Robed Youth being able to reach the top indicates extraordinary strength. Perhaps he will bring us a surprise? Let’s wait and see."
Yihua Sacred Palace Third Palace Master lightly tapped the table with her fingers. She knew that it was Lin Qiubai.
“Three Palace Master is right; I hope nothing bad happens.”
Li Qu's expression turned bitter as his gaze fell on the top of the stone tablet, silently praying that Lin Qiubai would not do anything outrageous again!
……
However, how could Lin Qiubai possibly refrain from doing something outrageous?
He stood atop the stone tablet, surveying it for a moment before quickly discerning the composition of the Formation at its peak. Although he could not break it, finding an entrance to enter the interior of the stone tablet posed no problem at all.
With this thought in mind.
Lin Qiubai separated the Formation, and amidst the panicked gazes of the Autumn Water Garden Tavern Seniors, he leaped into the stone tablet.
Li Qu abruptly stood up.
Even Yihua Sacred Palace Third Palace Master, at this moment, wore a look of astonishment.
“Did he just jump into the stone tablet?!”
“What’s going on? Is there still space inside the Autumn Water Maiden Stele?!”
“Could it be that the correct way to use the Autumn Water Beauty is to enter it?!”
The Seven Stars Tavern was thrown into chaos as they hurriedly took out communication talismans to relay this shocking news back to their higher-ups.
Standing under the stele, the group of young people who couldn't even comprehend Realm erupted in excitement.
The Autumn Water Maiden Stele had been passed down through generations, and no one had ever explored this profound secret.
They could not remain calm.
What they felt was more of an imbalance.
Why was it that only Lin Qiubai could find it?
Was there some kind of Fortune hidden within?
……
[ Ding, scanned a Realm Thumb Stone Beast, would you like to pay four thousand Fortune Value to obtain it? ]
After re-reading the notification, Lin Qiubai felt a surge of joy in his heart. With a slight thought, Shang Feng's name appeared on the system interface.
In recent days, he had been closely monitoring Shang Feng's Fortune Value. He noticed that since her return, her Fortune Value had been steadily increasing. Especially in the past two days, it had skyrocketed from just one thousand to five thousand!
Naturally, Lin Qiubai would not sit idly by while Shang Feng returned to her peak. He immediately paid for Shang Feng's Fortune Value, acquiring that small, cool Little Stone Tiger.
It was the essence condensed from the stele, containing the purest Power of Artistic Conception. As long as one absorbed it, they could comprehend Realm!
"What a good item..."
Lin Qiubai was very satisfied and stored it in his Treasure Chest.
At the same time, far away in the Palace, holding a piece of Golden Chalcedony, Shang Feng suddenly flushed with color. Blood surged up her throat, and she spat a mouthful of Blood onto the Golden Chalcedony...
The Jade Essence slowly cracked open several seams...
It was clearly damaged.
"Damn it! Why have I been so unlucky since returning from Yunmeng Marsh? First, I made mistakes in my cultivation, then I was scolded by Father for losing focus during the audience, and now I'm suffering from Backlash. It feels like something inside me has been drained away..."
Shang Feng's expression was extremely difficult to bear, her brows tightly knitted, and her demeanor slightly ferocious.
She couldn't help but think of Lin Qiubai.
"Could it be his fault? Did I lose my composure after he threatened me?
Regardless of whether it is or not, I must send someone to secretly kill him!"
Shang Feng wanted to kill Lin Qiubai, but Lin Qiubai was naturally unaware of this.
At this moment, he was floating in the internal space of the stone tablet, his expression serious, his chest rising and falling as he stared at a black figure slowly emerging from the stone wall.
"Finally, someone has come!"
It let out a long breath.
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