Chapter 97

"Xiao Lü, it's up to you now. We can't break through that last layer..."

"Alright, I'll give it my all. In about ten to fifteen days, it should be done......"

At the edge of the forbidden area of the sect, Ye Zhen listened intently, his face growing increasingly astonished!

Could there be treasures hidden in this forbidden area of the sect?

Or perhaps treasures imbued with spiritual energy?

No matter what, once something is associated with spiritual energy, it becomes extraordinary.

Spiritual energy is something that can only be fully harnessed by those in the late-stage Spirit Induction Realm or even the Spirit Transformation Realm, far surpassing Ye Zhen's current True Essence Realm.

Moreover, this forbidden area of the sect is where Tu Fangye, the first genius of the Qi Yun Sect in a hundred years, met his end. At the time of his demise, Tu Fangye was the chief disciple of the Qi Yun Sect.

It's possible that the treasures the little beasts mentioned are the ones left behind by the fallen chief disciple Tu Fangye?

Ye Zhen's heart immediately burned with excitement.

There are treasures!

The question of whether to take them or not doesn't need to be considered. If there are treasures, they must be taken.

But the problem now is that this is the forbidden area of the sect. Last time, Fairy Caiyi mentioned that the elders' divine senses often patrol this area.

Those who dare to intrude into the forbidden area of the sect will be killed without mercy!

This is the strictest and most difficult to understand rule in the Qi Yun Sect, but it is also the one most thoroughly enforced! In the past few decades, at least three inner disciples who sneaked in have been executed!

Treasures are important, but life is even more important.

Ye Zhen doesn't want to lose his life just to get treasures.

However, as the saying goes, great wealth comes with great risk, and fame is achieved through bold actions. Without taking risks, how can there be rewards?

At the edge of the forbidden area, Ye Zhen pondered deeply, trying to figure out how to safely obtain the treasures that might be inside.

The forbidden area is over a hundred meters deep and stretches for several miles. The bottom of the pit is covered with grass as tall as a person, making it hard to see anything. Once he reaches the bottom, his safety will increase significantly.

However, the nearly ten miles before reaching the bottom is the most dangerous part. If he is discovered by an elder's divine sense and killed with a single sword strike, Ye Zhen will truly die unjustly.

Suddenly, Ye Zhen's attention was drawn to a Blood Fang Pig slowly climbing up from the bottom of the valley.

The Blood Fang Pig is a low-grade human-class beast, one of the lowest-ranking beasts, currently leisurely gnawing on a wild chicken and wandering around the forbidden area.

Climbing up the slope, descending into the pit.

Wandering around the pit for a while, then climbing out from the side, the Blood Fang Pig leisurely left the forbidden area and disappeared into the forest, looking very content.

"Beast?"

Ye Zhen's eyes suddenly lit up. It seemed that beasts wandering around the forbidden area of the sect were not restricted and no one paid attention to them.

What if Ye Zhen transformed into a beast?

A few breaths later, a three-meter-long, greenish Phantom Snake King emerged from the edge of the forest, slowly slithering towards the forbidden area of the Qi Yun Sect.

This suddenly appearing Phantom Snake King was created by Ye Zhen using the Mirage Dragon Pearl.

Under the illusion created by his True Essence, Ye Zhen carefully and cautiously slithered towards the bottom of the valley.

Ye Zhen prayed that the forbidden area had been set up for decades and was no longer being monitored.

Just as he was thinking this, a mysterious pressure suddenly descended from the sky, causing the Phantom Snake King Ye Zhen had transformed into to shudder.

In an instant, Ye Zhen's heart leaped to his throat!

Divine sense!

The elder's divine sense patrol!

Ye Zhen inwardly exclaimed in shock. Being enveloped by the elder's divine sense felt like someone was staring at him from the sky, as if trying to see through his organs, almost making Ye Zhen revert to his original form.

Fortunately, the elder's divine sense patrol, like a routine check, swept over the forbidden area and didn't linger on the Phantom Snake King Ye Zhen had transformed into, as if it was a common sight.

Ye Zhen, however, broke out in a cold sweat.

The three-meter-long Phantom Snake King moved quickly, reaching the bottom of the valley in about three hundred breaths. Fortunately, there was no further divine sense patrol during this time.

At the bottom of the valley, Ye Zhen didn't dare to be careless. He maintained his Phantom Snake King form, crouching in the tall grass, listening intently to the sounds of nearby insects and beasts, searching for the direction of the treasure.

"Xiao Lü, give it your all......"

The moment he heard the voice, Ye Zhen quickly slithered forward.

He didn't know what to expect, but what he saw was shocking.

The forbidden area below was deeper and wider than he had imagined!

At the bottom of the pit was a straight, narrow, and deep crevice, with exposed rocks and wide cracks everywhere.

Following the sound, Ye Zhen gradually found a rocky pit covered with weeds and clearly disturbed.

At the bottom of the rocky pit, a green mantis the size of a watermelon was frantically swinging its large scythe at a black stone, sending stone chips flying.

Beside it, a palm-sized red ant and a half-meter-long gecko were anxiously waiting.

Seeing this, Ye Zhen immediately understood.

So Xiao Lü is the mantis, and the treasure they mentioned?

Is it the black stone the mantis is attacking?

After observing for a few breaths, Ye Zhen's three-meter-long Phantom Snake King suddenly lunged forward, startling the three unusually fierce beasts.

With a few sharp cries, under the gaze of the Phantom Snake King's triangular eyes, the mantis, red ant, and gecko fled in a panic.

In the next moment, the black stone fell into Ye Zhen's hands.

Focusing his senses, Ye Zhen's brows furrowed.

There was nothing!

He didn't feel the slightest trace of spiritual energy.

With a gentle squeeze, the black stone crumbled into powder, and a small, extremely hard object suddenly pricked Ye Zhen.

A ring?

A dark green ring with intricate patterns and a notch that seemed to be split by a sword tip appeared in Ye Zhen's hand.

A faint, almost imperceptible trace of spiritual energy emanated from the notched ring.

"So the treasure is this, and I've got it!"

Being in the forbidden area of the sect, despite his curiosity, Ye Zhen didn't dare to examine the treasure. After calming down, he maintained his Phantom Snake King form and slithered out of the forbidden area.

When leaving, he could directly climb out from the side of the deep pit, avoiding the several-mile-long bottom, reducing the distance by several times.

Just as Ye Zhen was halfway up the slope, the elder's divine sense patrol, which had disappeared earlier, suddenly paused on his illusionary form.

The moment he was enveloped by the divine sense, Ye Zhen's body hair stood on end.

Fortunately, it only paused for half a breath, and the elder's divine sense patrol swept past like before.

After the elder's divine sense patrol passed, Ye Zhen's snake body trembled, and he quickly crawled out of the forbidden area, diving into the nearby forest.

Almost simultaneously, at the foot of an elder's peak within the sect, Elder Zhongli Chun, who had just completed his divine sense patrol, looked puzzled. "What a strange Phantom Snake! It has a waist as thick as a man but is only three meters long, so strange and disproportionate!"

After muttering, Elder Zhongli Chun's expression suddenly changed. "No, snakes can't look like this. Could it be that someone is using an illusion to sneak in?"

In an instant, Elder Zhongli Chun's divine sense flooded the forbidden area.

However, the strange Phantom Snake King's form could not be found.

His expression changed, and Elder Zhongli Chun immediately shot up from the Qi Yun Sect, flying directly to the forbidden area to conduct a physical inspection.

There was no way around it; they could only use their divine sense to patrol the forbidden area from a distance because they had placed their divine sense-guiding artifacts there.

The ability to scan the world with divine sense was a divine power they could not possess.

Actually, the extremely disproportionate body of the three-meter-long snake with a waist as thick as a man was not due to Ye Zhen's carelessness.

The main reason was that the larger the body Ye Zhen transformed into, the faster his True Essence would be consumed. To maintain the transformation for a long time, Ye Zhen could only transform into the smallest possible form.

By the time Ye Zhen left the forbidden area, his True Essence was already down to one-tenth. If he had lingered for another hundred breaths, he would have reverted to his original form.

"Hey, where have you been? I was about to look for you."

"Your head is drenched in sweat. Why are you so disheveled?"

Seeing Ye Zhen arrive, Fairy Caiyi looked puzzled. Unconsciously, her relationship with Ye Zhen seemed to have become much closer.

"I was ambushed by a beast."

After a few casual responses, Ye Zhen asked, "How did it go? Did you manage to deal with the family of flower weasels?"

"Success! Su'er agreed!" Fairy Caiyi directly broke off the flower weasels' nest and held it in her hand, looking excited.

"Let's go!"

Naturally, Fairy Caiyi took Ye Zhen's hand and shot into the sky. Previously, whenever she took Ye Zhen flying, she would grab his wrist, and the first time, she even pinched his neck.

Before Fairy Caiyi and Ye Zhen had flown for a hundred breaths, Elder Zhongli Chun's figure rushed to the forbidden area, searching for the strange snake he had seen with his divine sense.

After half an hour, Elder Zhongli Chun returned with a puzzled expression.

"Strange, it's gone. Could it really be...?"

"But it's been decades, and nothing has been discovered in the forbidden area. If a high-level person took a look, it wouldn't be a big deal..."

Fairy Caiyi flew extremely fast, and in half an hour, they returned to Fairy Peak.

As they landed, a figure suddenly approached.

"Caiyi, where have you been at this late hour? If you have something to do, just tell me, and I'll handle it for you..."

"Ye Zhen?"

Midway through his sentence, Fan Chuyu's expression suddenly froze, his eyes blazing as he saw Ye Zhen being held by Fairy Caiyi.

"I went to find Su'er. It's too late, I'll take my leave!"

With a casual response, Fairy Caiyi landed on Fairy Peak with Ye Zhen.

As Ye Zhen was about to take his leave, Fairy Caiyi suddenly pointed to the chirping baby flower weasels in her arms. "Ye Zhen, can you stay on Fairy Peak for a few days?"

"Why?"

"I don't know how to take care of these baby flower weasels. You must know, right?" Fairy Caiyi blinked her black gem-like eyes, staring intently at Ye Zhen.

"Uh... I can manage."

Ye Zhen's thoughts were simple. He might not know, but he could understand what the flower weasels needed.

"Great! Then I'll have a maid take you to the guest room to rest. If anything happens, I'll call you right away!"

"Alright!"

Ye Zhen also wanted to find a private space to examine the notched ring he had found today.

As Ye Zhen stayed on Fairy Peak, Fan Chuyu, waiting outside, was in a dilemma.

After half an hour, Ye Zhen hadn't come out!

Fan Chuyu's brows furrowed deeply.

After an hour, Ye Zhen still hadn't come out!

Fan Chuyu felt his heart burning with anger!

After two hours, Ye Zhen still hadn't come out!

Fan Chuyu, waiting outside Fairy Peak, began to lose his mind!

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