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The familiar scent; now it's time to pry it open.

"Xiaoyu, lend me justice!"

"You're trying to use justice to cheat me out of this? I can't accept that."

What a joke! Heavenly Principle is my precious divine artifact, a reliable combat partner. Using it as a tool would cost extra.

"Ah, at worst I'll share some of the treasure with you!" Luna had no choice but to make an empty promise to Qin Yu, not knowing if it would work.

Qin Yu didn't really care; he just wanted Luna to give something in return, whether it was a lot or a little.

"Alright, let me pry this thing open first, and then decide whether or not to..."

Qin Yu took out the Heavenly Principle, which first transformed into a thin sheet and entered the scallop's crevices, then suddenly enlarged to pry the scallop open completely.

Inside the scallop lay a pearl radiating a brilliant white light, dazzlingly bright, and containing incredible power.

Luna stepped forward and picked up the large pearl. The moment she touched it, she gained memories and information related to the object.

"This is the Moon Pearl, containing the essence of power left behind by the gods of the ancient astral realm..."

At the same time, this thing is also key to reshaping Luna's body, so it must be kept safe.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

Suddenly, a sound similar to a heartbeat grew stronger, and Qin Yu and the others saw that the white eggs arranged on both sides were rapidly expanding and shrinking, as if they were about to burst.

"Get out of here!"

Realizing the situation was dire, Qin Yu and his group immediately fled.

Bang!Bang!Bang!

After the white eggs burst open, countless spider-like creatures emerged from them. Their tails emitted a faint green light, appearing and disappearing intermittently, and they surged frantically toward the place where Qin Yu and the others had fled.

"Where did we come from?"

"do not know."

The three of them wandered around in circles and failed to remember the route. After Luna obtained the Moon Pearl she was looking for, she could no longer rely on her intuition to lead the way.

After wandering around in circles, Qin Yu and his group successfully ended up in a dead end, and the sound of spiders crawling grew closer and closer.

Yin Feixue used a barrier to isolate the two sides and prevent them from being surrounded. The spiders crashed into the barrier, and the green light on their tails shone even brighter before they exploded.

boom!

Green liquid splattered everywhere, even on the walls of the giant creature's cavity. The liquid quickly corroded the cavity walls, and the giant creature let out a huge wail and began to tumble in the water.

A 360-degree rotation also began inside the body.

"There's no other way, let's try something more direct." Qin Yu drew Tianli and swung it at the surrounding cavity walls. In the dim water, a fluorescent line appeared on a part of the giant creature's skin, and then the light grew stronger and stronger, cutting through its skin.

Qin Yu and Yin Feixue escaped through the gap, and the giant creature fell silent after its painful howl. The two quickly left the river and reached a position above the water.

"It wasn't easy. That pearl should fetch a good price, right? It should be enough to buy us a place to live in the Astral Plane..."

Upon hearing this, Luna hugged her Moon Pearl tightly and shook her head repeatedly.

"No! Absolutely not! This is very important!"

Seeing how serious Luna was, Qin Yu stopped joking and patted her to comfort her.

"Just kidding, Luna, you can stay here. Shall we head to the next place now?"

At this rate of searching, Qin Yu figured it wouldn't be long before he found the remaining treasure.

"Yes, I just learned what the other two treasures are from this pearl!"

The Moon Pearl revealed very important information to Luna: one of the remaining two treasures is related to the destruction of the old era of the Astral Plane, and the other is related to reshaping Luna's body.

After learning this, Qin Yu nodded, and then Luna led the way. The three of them continued on their way to the next treasure location.

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Within the Astral Capital City

The groups of lurking octopuses are observing their surroundings and circumstances. They must find the most suitable host to parasitize and control, including the marginal populations of the astral plane and creatures that live in the astral plane but are dissatisfied with it.

Then, a man dressed as a homeless person came along, carrying out his daily work, rummaging through useful trash.

As a wanderer, he was basically at the lowest level in the Star Realm. Even if he suddenly died on the street, no one would necessarily care. There were quite a few people like him in the Star Realm.

The little octopuses lurking in the shadows had already locked onto the wanderer, and then stealthily moved toward him.

With a whoosh, it pounced on his face, silencing him with a gag, and then its tentacles reached into his brain, physically and mentally controlling him, turning him into a puppet loyal to the Star God.

The whole process was very quick. Soon, the homeless man who had just been struggling to survive was motionless. The little octopus that had been parasitizing him became part of his body and hid away. The other little octopuses used him as a means of transportation and hid in his clothes. He continued to move on to the next place like a walking corpse...

Chapter 357 Treasure Hunting and Robbery

Beside a cliff in the astral plane

The Star Familia, tasked with finding the treasure, had gathered here and conducted a thorough search, but they found nothing.

What was gained.

The leader of the Star Familia captain was deep in thought, pondering where the treasure was hidden. He looked down at the endlessly dark cliff shrouded in mist, lost in thought. If it couldn't be found up there, then it was very likely down below…

He immediately commanded his Star Families to move down the cliff. Using the suction of their tentacles, these Star Families clung to the cliff face, traversing the clouds and descending.

Not long after these Star Families left, Qin Yu and his group arrived at the same place.

Even in analysis mode, Qin Yu still couldn't find any useful information, so he had no choice but to resort to the most basic method: manual searching.

This time, Luna and Yin Feixue searched, while Qin Yu observed the surrounding environment. The edge of the sand dune area was a cliff.

"What are these...?"

Qin Yu noticed some irregular marks on the ground, which, since they hadn't been covered by sand, indicated that this had happened not long ago.

Following these traces, Qin Yu finally arrived at the cliff. He looked down and saw that it was bottomless, and even analytical mode could not penetrate it.

"Judging from the tracks, they should be moving down the cliff, not coming up from the bottom..."

However, this is not important, because it shows that there are unknown secrets beneath this cliff.

Qin Yu planned to wait until Yin Feixue and Luna finished their search before going down to investigate. Soon after, Yin Feixue and Luna returned empty-handed, just as Qin Yu had guessed. The real mystery lay below the cliff.

"If we can't find it up here, let's look down here. I just found some things..."

After Qin Yu told Yin Feixue Luna about the movement traces, the two of them felt that Qin Yu's words made some sense, so they prepared to fly down the cliff to search for them.

Before Qin Yu and his group arrived at the Star Families below the cliff, they were already deep in the underground world in front of a metal ruin.

"This is it..."

Before the Star Familia captain arrived, he had heard from the Star Evil God that the treasure here was something they wanted to take first.

The object buried in this metallic relic is connected to a powerful race from the Old Age, the very race responsible for the destruction of the Astral Plane in the Old Age.

Despite the passage of time, all the metal in this abandoned metal ruins remains intact, just like new, which is what amazes these Star Families.

If these Star Families are remnants of the past, they would instinctively be terrified upon seeing this ruin, because the Star Families once fought against this powerful race.

The Star Families are searching for a way to enter the ruins, while Qin Yu and his group have already reached the bottom of the cliff.

"Should we go forward or backward?" Qin Yu asked Luna.

"How should I know!"

Surprisingly, Luna didn't feel any resonance this time.

"Shouldn't you have some awareness? How can you not know?"

"I don't know anything. Xiaoyu, you brought us down here. Lead the way!"

There was no other way, so Qin Yu, who had said he wanted to come down and take a look, became the new guide. However, he didn't know where to go either, so he could only look for the possible traces left on the ground to find the way.

"Let's go this way, the movement traces are going in this direction, let's follow them and see..."

With none of the three of them having any clues, they could only follow the trail left by the unknown creature.

The Star Familiars ahead have found the entrance to the metal ruins. They left a few soldiers to guard the entrance while the rest of the Star Familiars went straight in.

This scene was witnessed by Qin Yu and his group, who were rushing here, and they did not act rashly for the time being.

“It’s those octopus-men.” Yin Feixue thought of the octopus-men they had seen when they went to these Star Families armories. It was them. Were these guys here because they were also looking for the treasures of the old astral plane?

"Looks like we've come to the right place."

Seeing these guys there, Qin Yu was sure he hadn't come to the wrong place, but he still needed to figure out how to get around them and enter the ruins.

"If we take care of them, it will probably attract the attention of the Star Families inside, which will be a bit troublesome."

Qin Yu remembered that the councilors had mentioned that there were some kind of links between these Star Families. If the external links were eliminated, the internal Star Families would probably become aware of it.

"Xiaoxue, Luna and I will go inside. Can you stay outside and keep watch?"

Qin Yu can use the Shadow Step to enter directly without being detected by these Star Families. Yin Feixue will not be in any danger staying outside. If there is anything bad inside, Yin Feixue can leave immediately.

"Xiaoyu, you need to be careful. If anything dangerous happens, just run away. I'll come to your rescue."

Yin Feixue was very worried that Qin Yu would encounter danger inside.

"No problem, I'll run away immediately if there's any danger, Xiaoxue, don't worry. You can go back first if anything happens."

After the two finished discussing the matter, Qin Yu used the Shadow Step to enter the metal ruins.

The vanished Qin Yu bypassed the Star Familiars at the entrance and successfully entered the interior of the ruins.

Qin Yu appeared, surrounded by metal panels that showed no signs of damage.

"These metals are truly excellent materials for making things."

To be honest, if possible, Qin Yu would like to take all these metal materials back with him, so he can use them to forge powerful items.

Giving up his sighs, Qin Yu continued deeper into the area.

He lowered his footsteps to avoid being discovered by the Star Familiars inside.

Meanwhile, the Star Clan forces that entered the metal ruins ahead of Qin Yu were being attacked by the metal ruins' defense system.