Nuwa, the goddess of immortality, said that cultivating immortality does not require spiritual energ

Just as Qin Le and Chen Yun executed that perfectly matched combo, the onlookers in the secret realm fell into a brief silence.

At this moment, Qin Shoudao couldn't help but turn to his old friend beside him and ask, "Old Chen, just how many of these... 'big treasures' has your son secretly gotten his hands on?"

Chen Anyu's lips twitched: "How should I know? This brat... he's such a spendthrift!"

Although the power of Chen Yun's truths was indeed astonishing, Chen Anyu was still so angry that his liver ached.

One of the main reasons he had always disapproved of his son tinkering with these things was that they were too expensive.

Traditional ritual implements can usually be used repeatedly for many years, and the maintenance cost is low.

The materials consumed by Chen Yun's spiritual energy bombs were enough to forge twenty or thirty standard flying swords—these flying swords could be used for a long time and could even be passed down to students and younger generations.

But now?

If it were a disposable bomb, it would be gone in a flash. The materials would be completely consumed, with no chance of recycling or reuse.

Because Chen Yun's bombs were not only filled with special explosives, but their outer shells were also part of the explosive material. Once detonated, they would wipe everything out completely.

Not to mention the five truths—if those materials were given to Chen Anyu, he could forge at least a thousand basic magical artifacts.

Now look what happened, with a few loud bangs, everything was blown up.

Chen Anyu felt as if his heart was bleeding.

"Forget about whether it's a waste of money or not," Qin Shoudao said with a smile, patting his shoulder. "Just tell me if it's effective or not, okay?"

"Good my ass!" Chen Anyu said with a dark face, "Without your son's spatial immortal cultivation, his pile of junk is just a decoration!"

He could see clearly that while Chen Yun's equipment was powerful, its flaws were equally obvious—limited range, difficulty in accurate aiming, easy to accidentally injure friendly forces, and staggering consumption, etc.

However, Qin Le managed to make up for all these shortcomings by using the Space Immortal Path; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to play such a significant role.

"That's not how it works," Qin Shoudao shook his head. "It's still quite valuable as a trump card in crucial moments."

He was also aware of the limitations of this equipment; it was basically unusable as a regular means. However, if used as a trump card at specific times, its significance would be different.

However, Chen Yun's current research is still in a very early stage. To improve it, it will not only take time, but also a lot of resources to burn – this is the most realistic problem.

What the two fathers could see through, the league's top brass could naturally see through as well.

At this stage, they are not very optimistic about Chen Yun's technical approach.

After all, in the cultivation system, there is already a mature representative of disposable items - talismans.

Since its inception, the talismanic path has been recognized in the cultivation world as one of the most expensive equipment branches.

However, compared to Chen Yun's metal creations, talismans still have advantages in terms of cost, portability, and applicability.

However, the higher-ups did not completely reject Chen Yun's direction.

The development of the cultivation world has never been static—the four major systems of pills, magical artifacts, talismans, and formations today have evolved and been perfected over a long period of time.

They also wanted to see how far Chen Yun could go if given enough time to study in depth.

Inside the secret realm.

The domain lord had fallen, his enormous corpse lying in a pool of blood, with no more chaotic energy emanating from it—meaning that it had completely lost its regenerative abilities.

Of the five truths Chen Yun presented, he ultimately used four, leaving one remaining.

"Keep this one safe," Qin Le said casually. "It might come in handy later."

Chen Yun chuckled and put the last one back into his storage ring: "I'll have to upgrade it again when I get back... I'll refine a few more to keep on hand."

Having tasted success, he couldn't wait to go back and continue improving. Unfortunately, the real college entrance exam wasn't over yet.

In fact, Chen Yun himself was well aware that these devices had a lot of drawbacks: high cost, demanding operating conditions, and difficulty in controlling the range of impact...

Currently, its only advantage seems to be its immense power.

The formation was dispelled, and everyone gathered around.

Luo Qiuyue glanced at the Domain Lord's corpse on the ground and said, "Chen Yun, Qin Le, you can deal with this corpse yourselves."

Without a second thought, Qin Le looked at Chen Yun and said, "You keep it."

"Okay!"

Chen Yun didn't stand on ceremony and waved his hand to put the corpse into his storage ring—for a weapon refiner, the corpse of a Chaos Beast of Earth Immortal level is a rare top-grade material.

The others naturally had no objections—this domain lord was almost entirely dealt with by these two working together.

At this moment, a male student from Sanqing Academy asked, "So... what do we do next? Continue hunting other domain lords?"

This question reflects the sentiments of many people.

They originally came together for the opportunity to hear the sage preach.

Now that they've achieved their goal, they've suddenly lost their bearings—the actual college entrance exam is still only eight days away.

Luo Qiuyue thought for a moment and suggested, "How about... peaceful scoring? No stealing monsters, first come, first served. What do you think?"

The group exchanged glances and finally nodded in agreement.

"agree."

"This is good."

"no problem."

"..."

The decision quickly spread to everyone. Soon, the crowd dispersed—some stayed in the area to search for Chaos Beasts, while others set off for other areas.

Chen Yun turned to look at Chu Xiaonan: "Together?"

Chu Xiaonan didn't hesitate: "Let's go!"

The three men leaped onto Chen Yun's fighter jet, the engine roared, a sonic boom erupted, and they disappeared into the distance, leaving a trail of brilliant flames.

"What a pity." Luo Qiuyue looked at the remaining streaks of light on the horizon and murmured to herself, "If I could team up with Qin Le, our scoring efficiency would be much higher."

She recalled the scene of Qin Le using the spatial immortal technique to gather monsters—that could save a lot of time.

Moreover, Qin Le doesn't seem to care about the score. When forming a team, he always takes the initiative to lower his own allocation ratio, which is almost equivalent to giving points to his teammates.

Unless otherwise specified, team points are distributed equally by default.

At this moment, Lu Qingshuang walked to her side: "Together?"

"Okay," Luo Qiuyue readily agreed.

In any case, teaming up to rack up points is always more efficient than playing solo—especially when facing hordes of Chaos Beasts.

Of course, this is on the premise that teammates are of similar skill levels.

As the night passed, dawn broke.

The students in the secret realm have dispersed again, but it's almost impossible to find anyone acting alone—after this joint hunt, everyone understands the importance of having a reliable teammate.

Just as Qin Le, Chen Yun, and Chu Xiaonan finished off the twentieth-something Chaos Beast, Qin Le suddenly turned his head and looked in a certain direction.

"I followed you all night." His voice was calm, yet clear enough to carry on the morning breeze: "What exactly do you want?"

Chen Yun and Chu Xiaonan were both startled and followed his gaze—

In the distance, a figure stood quietly beneath the shadows of the trees, seemingly blending into the morning mist.