Qinghe Immortal Clan.

Chapter 1249 Treasure Appears, Dark Shadow Behind It

Qingyun Mountain, the third floor of the "Huixian Pavilion" at the top of the mountain.

Huang Siyuan and Xu Ziyan sat facing each other. On the white jade chessboard between them, black and white chess pieces were crisscrossed, covering most of the board.

After scanning the board, Huang Siyuan realized that it was difficult to place her piece, so she eventually took it back.

With several white stones falling, the player has already chosen to resign.

"Senior sister is still a cut above the rest. I've lost two rounds today. Siyuan admits defeat!"

"In terms of chess skills, Junior Sister Huang is in no way inferior to me. I suppose she was worried about Senior Brother Song and Qingyu, which is why I got the upper hand today."

Junior sister, don't worry. Senior brother Song's supernatural powers are already comparable to those of a half-step Nascent Soul cultivator.

In this world, apart from those reclusive Nascent Soul stage experts, there are probably very few people who could keep him here.

Moreover, the sect received news the day before yesterday that Senior Chen of the Tianyu Sect seems to have arrived in the north.

With Senior Chen around, even if the demons are incredibly arrogant, they won't gain any advantage.

Hearing Xu Ziyan's words of comfort, Huang Siyuan nodded slightly and turned her gaze back to the window.

In the northern sky, the silvery spectacle was still visible, lingering in mid-air.

From a distance, it looked as if a crack had been torn open in the sky, and something terrifying was about to crawl out from it.

Seeing this scene, Huang Siyuan, who was lost in thought, couldn't help but feel a slight tremor in her heart.

I felt inexplicably uneasy.

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"Tap tap."

Just as Huang Siyuan was gazing out the window, lost in thought, she heard soft footsteps coming from the stairwell below.

Immediately afterwards, a figure appeared on the third floor and quickly walked up to Huang Siyuan, bowing respectfully.

"Master's wife, a letter just arrived from down the mountain by Uncle Song. It says that someone from Taiyuan Mountain wants to come up and pay their respects to you!"

"Okay! I understand."

"Have them wait downstairs for a bit; I'll be there shortly."

Upon hearing Song Shangyun mention Taiyuan Mountain, Huang Siyuan immediately responded and then waved her hand to signal him to leave.

After Song Shangyun left, Xu Ziyan, who was sitting to the side, immediately stood up and asked, "Junior Sister Huang, is it Junior Nephew Mengde who has arrived?"
When I came out of seclusion last time, I heard that he had gone to the sect's merit pavilion and asked for a Five Elements Core Formation spiritual item.

"It shouldn't be long before someone on Taiyuan Mountain goes into seclusion to attempt to break through to the Golden Core realm."

Hearing Xu Ziyan's indirect inquiry, Huang Siyuan shook her head helplessly.

“My relatives and nephews are all useless. Even after all these years, they still ask me for everything.”

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Outside a blue stone palace shrouded in white mist, a dozen figures stood in front of a gate.

The leader was a middle-aged Taoist priest with a round face, dressed in white. The aura emanating from him had already reached the half-step Nascent Soul realm.

"Elder, the restrictions here seem to be the Heavenly Gang Subduing Spirit Formation, which has been destroyed in advance. I wonder if the demon race entered this place beforehand."

"Didn't the demons just head east?"

Besides, demon cultivators are unfamiliar with magic arrays; they only entered this place a little earlier than us, how could they possibly break the restrictions here so quickly?

Hearing the round-faced, middle-aged Taoist in white ask with a puzzled expression, the black-bearded old man beside him quickly raised his hand and said:

"Elder, you may not know this, but although most low-level demon cultivators are not familiar with formations, there are so many Nascent Soul cultivators who have entered this place, it is quite normal for one or two demon cultivators to be knowledgeable about formations."

However, the fact that this person was able to break through the restrictions here so quickly suggests that their array formation skills are probably no less than ours.

I wonder when the demon race produced such a powerful array master.

"Forget about that for now. Since they might get in first, we should hurry up and get in."

Otherwise, if all the treasures in the hall fall into the hands of the demon race, how will we explain ourselves to Uncle Chen after we leave?"

"I am ready to obey the Elder's orders!"

Upon hearing the round-faced, middle-aged Taoist priest in white mention Chen Qingxuan's name, the dozen or so cultivators behind him quickly bowed and responded.

Even though most of these people were not "Tianyu Sect" cultivators, but came from other sects.

However, when faced with Qin Yuntian, the Grand Elder of the "Tianyu Sect" who was personally assigned by Chen Qingxuan to enter the secret realm, no one dared to be negligent in the slightest, clearly showing that they all regarded him as their leader.

Led by Qin Yuntian, the group quickly walked through the gate and soon arrived at a circular hall.

The main hall was very simple and empty, except for a dozen or so stone statues of various human figures carved from blue stone in the middle. They looked ancient and did not resemble the attire of modern cultivators.

Passing through the stone statues and looking towards the center of the main hall, a blue stone platform shrouded in white mist quickly appeared before them.

Amidst the shimmering white mist, several white orbs of light floated, resembling magical artifacts or spiritual objects, instantly captivating the crowd.

Seeing this, Qin Yuntian and the others immediately showed some excitement.

"There are indeed good things hidden here. Fortunately, the demons didn't get here first."

"This thing hasn't been damaged at all after all these years, could it be a magical treasure?!"

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Just as everyone was about to step forward and collect the spiritual objects from the ball of light, the many humanoid stone statues surrounding them suddenly began to glow with spiritual light.

The twelve human-shaped stone statues, their spiritual light spreading out, instantly formed a golden magic seal.

Immediately afterwards, a golden-armored giant wielding a giant sword and exuding a powerful aura flew out of the seal and stood in mid-air, blocking the crowd.

Upon seeing the "golden-armored giant" before him, Qin Yuntian's expression turned solemn. He then summoned a cyan flying knife and stopped it in front of him.

"Fellow Daoists, let's attack together and hold him off for now!"

“Junior Brother Wu, come with me to retrieve the treasure.”

After giving an order to the people behind him, Qin Yuntian was about to lead one person around the other side and move forward.

Then, the giant sword in the "Golden Armor Giant's" hand suddenly disappeared, and he appeared in front of it in an instant.

The next moment, facing the giant sword attack, Qin Yuntian hurriedly used magic to activate his cyan flying knife to defend, but was directly knocked back by the opponent's sword.

Seeing this, the other dozen or so cultivators immediately took out their magic weapons and stepped forward to help.

"Boom!"

The two sides exchanged blows for a while, quickly becoming entangled in a fierce battle for dozens of rounds.

Those Nascent Soul cultivators who managed to pass through five barriers to reach this place were generally people with considerable supernatural abilities. Among the dozen or so people who came with Qin Yuntian, more than half of them had cultivation levels above the late Nascent Soul stage.

However, the "golden-armored giant" in front of them was also quite powerful. Not only was his golden armor unstoppable, but his supernatural abilities were also close to those of a Nascent Soul cultivator, far beyond what ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators could match.

Even with Qin Yuntian and more than a dozen other Nascent Soul experts joining forces, they could only fight to a standstill and were unable to gain much of an advantage for the time being.

On the contrary, two Nascent Soul cultivators with weaker supernatural abilities were hit by the golden light unleashed by the "Golden Armor Giant" and were seriously injured, so they voluntarily withdrew from the battlefield.

Seeing that the "Golden Armor Giant" was so powerful that the group couldn't defeat him for a while, Qin Yuntian immediately took out a white talisman from his body without hesitation.

"Fellow Daoists, please help me stop him!"

"Elder, please rest assured to cast your spell. We will do our best."

Seeing that Qin Yuntian had begun to use his hidden power, the other cultivators present were not to be outdone. They all cast spells and activated the powerful divine abilities hidden within them, working together to hold back the "Golden Armor Giant".

In just a short while, the talisman in Qin Yuntian's hand had transformed into a white longsword standing in front of him.

"Fellow Daoists, please step aside. I will handle this matter."

As Qin Yuntian reminded them, everyone who was fighting the "Golden Armor Giant" cast spells to withdraw from the battlefield, leaving the powerful enemy in front of this "Tianyu Sect" Grand Elder.

A flash of white light streaked past, and the "Golden Armor Giant" was pierced through the chest by a sword, instantly sent flying, and crashed to the ground.

Although the "Golden Armor Giant" is powerful, it is after all just a spiritual being born from a restriction, and it has not yet developed its own intelligence and consciousness, so it can only fight based on instinct.

The fact that he could hold out for so long without being defeated in battle against so many Nascent Soul experts like Qin Yuntian proves that his supernatural abilities are indeed extraordinary.

However, as the Grand Elder of the "Tianyu Sect", Qin Yuntian also possessed high-level spiritual items capable of dealing with Nascent Soul cultivators.

With everyone's help, Qin Yuntian successfully struck the "Golden Armor Giant" with a single blow using his level-five spirit talisman.

Seeing Qin Yuntian achieve merit with a single sword strike, before he could get up again, the crowd swarmed forward and completely surrounded the "Golden Armor Giant".

Faced with so many human Nascent Soul experts, the "Golden Armor Giant," who had already been seriously injured by a single blow, quickly fell into a disadvantageous position and could no longer withstand the onslaught.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the "golden-armored giant" was surrounded and attacked by the crowd, turning into spiritual light and dissipating in the surroundings.

After defeating their opponent, Qin Yuntian led everyone to the stone platform ahead, where they saw several floating lights slowly rotating around it.

Three clusters of spiritual light appeared together.

One of them contained a silver banner, which shone brightly and exuded a remarkable aura. The other contained a pair of black and white rings, which seemed to be a set of magical artifacts.

The last ball of light floating in mid-air was rather strange; it was completely empty, and nothing could be seen inside.

"Strange, could it be that someone actually arrived here ahead of time?"

"It shouldn't be someone from the demon race, otherwise there wouldn't be two items left here."

Could it be that other fellow cultivators arrived first, only took this item, and then something else happened in between?

Looking at the empty ball of light in front of him, Qin Yuntian's eyes flashed with a hint of doubt, but he still couldn't figure out who had taken the contents of the ball beforehand.

After pondering for a moment, Qin Yuntian stopped dwelling on the matter and turned his attention to the other two orbs of light.

He raised his hand and cast a spell, creating a beam of light that swept up one of the orbs of light, trying to pull it back to him.

Unexpectedly, the ball of light had only moved for a moment when it suddenly broke free from the control of the spiritual light and returned to the stone platform.

"Huh! It really isn't that simple." Seeing this, Qin Yuntian didn't seem too surprised. He cast another spell and summoned a silver bracelet magic item, then came to the front of the ball of light.

A beam of silver light shot out from the silver bracelet, enveloping the ball of light. Then, a powerful suction force slowly pulled it to the front of the bracelet, and the two treasures were thus brought close together.

After completing this step, Qin Yuntian used magic to slowly retract the silver bracelet, and soon a silver banner treasure appeared in his hand.

"Hahaha."

"I really didn't expect that you despicable human cultivators would beat me to it."

"Many thanks to all fellow Daoists for helping to break the restrictions here. It has saved us a lot of effort. From now on, this place will be in the hands of our demon race."

Before Qin Yuntian could examine the treasure in his hand, a burst of laughter suddenly came from the front of the hall. Everyone's expression immediately changed and they turned to look ahead.

Several streaks of light flew in and landed at the entrance of the main hall. They were a group of demon cultivators led by "Heavenly Tail Demon Emperor".

At this moment, the "Heavenly Tail Demon Emperor" looked at the silver banners held by Qin Yuntian and the others in front of him, and his eyes were filled with excitement.

“Lingbao, after so many years of cultivation, I am in need of a suitable treasure. This one is quite good.”

"Hmph! Tianwei, have you forgotten the ancestor's instructions? How to distribute the things here is probably not up to you to decide now."

Let's take them down first, then we can discuss this matter further!

"Brother Lei, you are mistaken!"

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Seeing that the "Heavenly Tail Demon Emperor" was staring excitedly at the treasure in his hand, he actually started arguing with another "Thunder Demon Emperor" in public, as if the item already belonged to someone else.

A hint of displeasure flashed across Qin Yuntian's face as he addressed the two demons:

"You few think you can compete for something? Don't you even know if you have the ability!"

After refuting the statement, Qin Yuntian was about to use magic to put away the treasure in his hand.

Suddenly, a beam of light flew from the void beside him, heading straight for the silver banner in his hand.

After a loud "bang!"

A white light suddenly shone in front of Qin Yuntian, blocking the attacking spiritual light. At this moment, another white-clad figure appeared not far away.

"Demon Emperor Haoyun! So you've come in too."

Upon seeing the white-clad figure before him, Qin Yuntian's expression flashed with surprise, but he still immediately put the silver banner in his hand into the "storage magic item" at his waist.

On the other side, "Heavenly Tail Demon Emperor" and the others saw that even with their cover, "Immortal Cloud Demon Emperor" still failed to succeed, and a hint of disappointment flashed across their faces.

"Gentlemen, there's no need to waste any more words with them, let's attack!"

Seeing that Qin Yuntian had successfully obtained a treasure, and with only one last ball of light remaining in the hall, the demons decided not to wait any longer and instead appeared and attacked the group.

Meanwhile, the human cultivators also unleashed their magical treasures to counter the attack.

Dozens of Nascent Soul experts from both sides quickly engaged in a fierce battle in the main hall for the central treasure.

Although Qin Yuntian and his group had a few more people, they had consumed a lot of their magical power while dealing with the "Golden Armor Giant," and several of them were injured, which weakened their combat strength.

On the demon race's side, the "Heavenly Tail Demon Emperor," "Thunderous Demon Emperor," and "Bright Cloud Demon Emperor" are all at the peak of the Nascent Soul realm, and their supernatural powers and magic strength are no less than those of human cultivators who are half-step into the Divine Transformation realm.

On the human side, there were only Qin Yuntian and Gu Yu Zhenren, the Grand Elder of Dan Yuan Valley, both with the combat power of a half-step Nascent Soul cultivator.

Among high-level cultivators, the demon race actually had a slight advantage.

While everyone was fighting in the main hall, the last ball of light that had been hovering in mid-air kept moving around, like a lone boat floating on the sea.

"boom!"

After the two sides fought for a while, it is unknown who triggered the restrictions in the main hall, but the many humanoid stone statues surrounding them suddenly lit up with spiritual light again.

A moment later, the "golden-armored giant," which had disappeared long ago, suddenly reappeared in front of everyone as it descended from the sky.

"Everyone be careful!"

Having just fought the opponent, Qin Yuntian and the others were very clear about the "Golden Armor Giant's" supernatural abilities. They immediately used magic to retreat to the side and took the initiative to avoid the opponent's earth-shattering sword strike.

However, one Nascent Soul cultivator from the demon race, who was unaware of the situation, was accidentally struck head-on by the "Golden Armor Giant's" sword, and his body was instantly cleaved in two by the sword light.

In order to save his life, with no other choice, this mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator of the demon race could only use magic to control his "natal Nascent Soul" to leave his body and hide on the "Thunderous Demon Emperor".

The battle between dozens of Nascent Soul cultivators from both sides was already chaotic.

Now, a "golden-armored giant" that cannot distinguish friend from foe has joined the battlefield, severely injuring several Nascent Soul cultivators on both sides in just over ten rounds.

This made both human and demon cultivators quite wary, causing them to frown and feel a sense of unease.

Before long, the two sides reached a tacit understanding and could only send a group of people to stop the "golden-armored giant," thus stopping him from wreaking havoc in the main hall.

The remaining cultivators rushed straight for the last ball of light, wanting to seize the treasure before the other party could.

Qin Yuntian cast a spell and summoned a pagoda, which transformed into a black iron tower that pressed down directly downwards, getting closer to the ball of light before everyone else could reach it.

But just as he cast a spell to control the ball of light, a burst of spiritual light flew from behind, interrupting his spellcasting and knocking the ball of light he had just obtained away.

In mid-air, the "Heavenly Tail Demon Emperor" changed its form and appeared in front of the opponent again.

However, he underestimated the special restriction above the white light orb that prevented cultivators from getting away. Just as he reached out to touch it, the light orb suddenly dodged him and flew away to a distant location outside the hall.

"Oh no! This thing is trying to escape."

The white ball of light flew away rapidly, heading straight for the entrance of the main hall.

Qin Yuntian and the "Heavenly Tail Demon Emperor" beside him were somewhat surprised and hurriedly cast spells to step forward and stop the ball of light, trying to keep it in place.

But before they could finish casting their spells, "Ancient Jade Immortal" and "Thunder Demon Emperor," who were fighting each other, also rushed over.

After a chaotic battle, the four top experts at the half-step Nascent Soul stage once again blasted the ball of light away, sending it crashing directly into the passage.

"Come on!"

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While the two sides were engaged in a fierce battle in the main hall, in another part of the main hall, several figures stood in front of a mirror and clearly saw everything that was happening there.

"Hahaha, the two things we deliberately left behind have really had a miraculous effect, causing these cultivators who entered this place to fight like this."

If I weren't so busy, I really wouldn't mind watching to see who the ultimate winner is.

"Hmph! Forget it."

We don't have time to stay here with them; getting that thing is the priority."

"That's true. If it weren't for that thing, these cultivators outside probably wouldn't be alive today."

After the woman in white finished speaking, she turned her gaze to the side and saw a dark figure already standing in front of her.

Not far in front of him, on a huge wall, a circular magic circle was carved and kept rotating.

The shadowy figure stared intently at the circular magic circle, and suddenly a burst of black light emerged from his hand, disappearing directly into the magic circle in front of him.

The next moment, the magic array, which had been spinning continuously, suddenly stopped, and the entire hall shook.

Seeing this, the woman in white and the others standing in front of the bronze mirror exchanged glances and then immediately disappeared from their spot.

When the group reappeared, they were already beside the shadowy figure.

He then quickly cast a spell to form a magic circle.

The next moment, several beams of light of different colors flew into the magic array, and the surroundings shook again.

The circular magic array in front was also trembling incessantly, as if something had sensed everything happening outside and suddenly came to life.

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At the same time, Qin Yuntian and the others who were still fighting in the main hall also felt the entire hall suddenly shaking uncontrollably, which surprised everyone.

Unsure whether the commotion from their duel was too great or someone had triggered some restriction, he couldn't help but frown slightly.

However, they are currently preoccupied with vying for the white orb of light, and even if they have some doubts, they have no energy to attend to these matters.

Soon, the crowd began vying for the treasure again, and they had already arrived at the entrance of the main hall.

Just as Qin Yuntian was fighting with the "Heavenly Tail Demon Emperor" and the "Bright Cloud Demon Emperor" for the ball of light, several more figures suddenly flew in from the entrance ahead, heading straight for the location of the ball of light.

"Haha. It's Brother Tengyun. Quickly help us stop them."

Upon seeing that the people approaching were their own demon cultivators, the "Heavenly Tail Demon Emperor" and his companions were overjoyed and quickly called for their help.

After the arrival of "Soaring Cloud Demon Emperor" and his companions, the demon race suddenly gained five more Nascent Soul experts, two of whom had already reached the late Nascent Soul stage.

With this shift in power, the demon race regained the initiative on the battlefield.

The "Heavenly Tail Demon Emperor" and his companions fought valiantly to stop Qin Yuntian, while the "Bright Cloud Demon Emperor" had freed his hands to take the ball of light floating in mid-air into his own.

But before he could see what treasure was inside, a dangerous aura was already approaching from afar.

A powerful golden light appeared from afar in the passage ahead, and instantly arrived in front of the "Haoyun Demon Emperor".

Such a powerful aura was already comparable to that of a half-step Nascent Soul cultivator, forcing him to use his purple coral magic weapon to defend against it.

But to his surprise, just as he was blocking the attack, a golden light suddenly struck from behind, knocking the treasure he had just obtained out of his hand again.

"not good!"

Seeing the treasure slip from his grasp, "Haoyun Demon Emperor" immediately changed his expression and tried to step forward to snatch it back.

Unfortunately, although he was quick, someone had already taken the black and white jade ring first.

Looking up, he saw a cultivator standing in mid-air who was a figure he recognized very well.

Upon seeing this person, "Haoyun Demon Emperor" frowned, a flash of anger crossing his face.

"It's you!"

(End of this chapter)