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Liu Qingxia's eyes darted away, and she shook her head slightly, looking at Chen Yang and saying, "No, how am I any different?"

"Something's not right." Chen Yang frowned, his tone quite certain. "It is indeed different. Why do I feel like there's a surge of powerful energy within you?"

Liu Qingxia pursed her lips, then smiled gently and said, "Husband, I underestimated you before. I didn't expect that even though my strength has only increased a little, you could still sense it so clearly. That's right, when I killed that elite demon just now, I seemed to absorb some of its golden core's energy, so my strength did indeed increase a bit."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yang suddenly understood and nodded, saying, "I see. Although that elite demon is at the Golden Core stage, it doesn't seem to have fully mastered the power of the Golden Core. Instead, it's as if the Golden Core was borrowed from somewhere else, and its foundation is very weak."

Liu Qingxia smiled and said, "That's true. Logically speaking, elite demons should never be able to condense their golden cores on their own, because the golden core is a product of the Heavenly Dao rules of this world, while elite demons are not beings of this world. If they forcibly condense their golden cores, they will definitely be detected by the Heavenly Dao and will certainly be annihilated."

She paused, her tone becoming more serious: "In order to cultivate this Golden Core Realm elite demon, Red Abyss Valley must have sacrificed the lives of countless cultivators, contributing the essence and spirit of most of the valley's disciples to allow this demon to grow to this level. More importantly, they somehow obtained a human Golden Core, which this demon possessed and refined, barely managing to touch the threshold of the Golden Core Realm."

Chen Yang nodded: "Yes, that must be it."

Just then, Yang Hongyuan, Zhou Heng, and others rushed over and landed in front of Chen Yang.

Yang Hongyuan, beaming with excitement, said, "Chen Yang, Red Abyss Valley has been completely taken over! Apart from Valley Master Mo Jiapeng and Elder Liu Yan, who escaped, all the other traitors have been captured. Red Abyss Valley also stored a lot of cultivation techniques, wealth, and treasures, but Mo Jiapeng left in such a hurry that he didn't have time to take them with him."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yang's eyes lit up instantly, and he immediately asked, "How many spirit stones?"

Yang Hongyuan was taken aback, never expecting Chen Yang's first question to be about spirit stones. Shouldn't he have asked about pills, cultivation techniques, or rare and precious herbs first?

He shook his head and replied, "The exact number hasn't been counted yet, but a rough estimate is that it should be seven or eight million spirit stones."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yang chuckled with satisfaction. With so many spirit stones, this trip to Red Abyss Valley was definitely worthwhile.

He took Liu Qingxia's hand and said, "Come on, let's go take a look at the spirit stones."

Liu Qingxia smiled gently, her eyes full of affection, and said to him, "You're such a little money-grubber."

The two walked side by side, and before they had gone far, they suddenly heard a disciple shouting from not far away:

"Senior Brother Chen! Master! Elders! Come quick! There seems to be a dungeon down there!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Yang hurried over.

When he arrived at the disciple of the Array Peak, he looked down and saw that there were complex and obscure array patterns engraved on the ground, which was obviously a sealed space sealed by an array.

Chen Yang glanced at it, then raised his hand and punched an inconspicuous array node next to him.

"boom!"

The next moment, the ground shattered with a deafening roar, and all the array patterns collapsed inch by inch, revealing a deep, downward passage.

The disciple who discovered the dungeon nearby was so shocked that his mouth dropped open.

He was the second disciple of the Array Formation Peak, and his mastery of array formations was considerable. He was considered one of the best among the younger generation in the entire Array Formation Peak and even the Tianhai Sect. However, after studying it for more than ten minutes, he still had no clue what to do, so he called everyone over, intending to ask his master, Zhou Heng, for advice on how to break the array.

To everyone's surprise, Chen Yang broke the dungeon formation with just a glance.

The formation broke open, revealing downward stone steps. Chen Yang was the first to step down.

Seeing this, Liu Qingxia immediately followed beside him, her eyes scanning the surroundings warily, afraid that Chen Yang might be in danger.

Seeing that Chen Yang was so calm, the others followed him down.

They descended for a short while and reached the underground. The space below wasn't large; in fact, there was only one cell.

Inside the cell, a woman was being held.

She was frail, with a high nose, blue eyes, and snow-white skin. At this moment, she was leaning weakly against the wall, looking at Chen Yang and his group with a puzzled expression.

Chen Yang also sized up the woman who was imprisoned in such a tightly sealed dungeon.

After a few seconds of silence, the woman frowned slightly, looked at Chen Yang, and said, "Who are you? Judging from your appearance, you don't seem to be from Red Abyss Valley."

Chen Yang spoke up, "We are from the Tianhai Sect. Mo Jiapeng, the master of Hongyuan Valley, has committed a grave error and fled in panic. Hongyuan Valley is now under our control."

Upon hearing this, Eliza sat up abruptly. She was initially agitated, but then sighed softly, her eyes dimming.

Eliza spoke first, "So you are fellow practitioners from the Tianhai Sect. Fellow practitioners, I am the Queen of the European Kingdom, named Eliza. I believe some of you have heard of me."

At this moment, Yang Hongyuan exclaimed in surprise, looking at her incredulously: "You...you are Queen Elizabeth? This is impossible! Queen Elizabeth should already be a Golden Core cultivator, but you..."

Eliza gave a bitter smile, shook her head slightly, and said, "Indeed, I was already a Golden Core cultivator. But due to some unforeseen circumstances, I was captured by the people of Red Abyss Valley and imprisoned here. They even dug out my Golden Core. Now I'm just a cripple. What's even more hateful is that I've been imprisoned here for many days and have no idea how much suffering the entire European country is enduring."

Chen Yang and Liu Qingxia exchanged a glance and instantly understood.

The golden core on that elite demon was taken from this European empress.

The two knew little about this European empress. Chen Yang waved his hand and said, "Since she is the empress of Europe and has been imprisoned here in Red Abyss Valley, she must have suffered a lot of injustice. Let's go up and talk about it."

He immediately ordered, "Two female disciples, take the Empress upstairs to bathe, change clothes, and recuperate."

Two nuns immediately stepped forward and carefully helped Eliza up. The group then walked together towards the ground.

Once on the ground, Eliza followed the nun down to rest.

Chen Yang and Liu Qingxia waited in the temporary council hall of Red Abyss Valley.

Taking advantage of this break, Chen Yang also obtained the two storage rings that had been counted. One of them was filled with spirit stones, and after a rough check, he found that it contained a total of 7.5 million spirit stones.

As for the other ring, it contained all sorts of cultivation techniques, equipment, and precious medicinal herbs from the entire Red Abyss Valley. Although the quantity was large, it wasn't considered top-tier in value. After all, the most valuable cultivation techniques and treasures of Red Abyss Valley were all in Mo Jiapeng's own storage ring, which he had taken with him.

However, these items could be exchanged for a considerable amount of spirit stones, which was already a substantial gain for Chen Yang. He was quite satisfied.

Chen Yang turned to look at Liu Qingxia, only to find her staring intently at him.

Chen Yang found it a bit strange, so he leaned closer and whispered in her ear with a smile, "Qingxia, why are you staring at me like that? Is it... that you want to get intimate with your husband? Come on, let's find somewhere."

Liu Qingxia was taken aback, then her cheeks flushed red, and she immediately reached out and pinched him. She pouted and said, "What nonsense are you talking about! I just thought you looked especially beautiful today, and I couldn't help but glance at you. Who wants to fool around with you? We still have to entertain Queen Elizabeth, can't you be serious for once?"

Chen Yang laughed heartily, then stopped laughing and said, "By the way, Qingxia, there's something I forgot to tell you."

Liu Qingxia tilted her head, asking curiously, "What is it?"

"It's about your third sister, Liu Nianqiu." Chen Yang's tone became more serious. "Back in the Southern Region, Nianqiu disappeared deep within a broken, abandoned spiritual vein. I always thought she died in that void rift. But not long ago, I heard someone say that Nianqiu was seen on the sea near Europe. Moreover, her condition was somewhat strange at the time, and she was accompanied by four extremely powerful exotic beasts. That person said that Nianqiu might have gone to Europe."

Liu Qingxia instantly became excited, tightly grasping Chen Yang's hand, and said, "Husband! Then let's go to Europe! Let's go find Third Sister! If we can find Third Sister, I can fulfill one wish before I leave."

Chen Yang was taken aback, but immediately grasped the key word in her words and hurriedly asked, "Leave? Qingxia, what do you mean by that?"