Chapter 123 : Chapter 123

Chapter 123: Infiltrating the Underground Treasury of the Great Qi Imperial Palace!

【You looked at Xuanyuan Tianji and gave an awkward smile.】

【You asked Xuanyuan Tianji whether there was any formation specifically designed to target the Nascent Soul—something that could trap it within and refine it!】

【“Of course there is!”】

【“However... whether your Canglan Realm has the spiritual herbs required is another matter entirely!”】

【The moment you heard that Xuanyuan Tianji did have such a formation, your eyes lit up at once, and your confidence in fusing the Taixu Sword increased greatly.】

【You then asked Xuanyuan Tianji what formation was needed and what spiritual herbs were required to make it work.】

【“I do know a formation. The Yin-Yang Twinborn Grand Array can achieve what you want.”】

【“However...”】

【“However what?”】

【You looked at Xuanyuan Tianji curiously.】

【“That depends on what level the Nascent Soul you want to refine is. If its realm is not too high, then it won’t be difficult.”】

【You told Xuanyuan Tianji that the Nascent Soul you wanted to refine was the Bizarre insect inside the Taixu Immortal Sword.】

【You told Xuanyuan Tianji that the Bizarre insect’s realm had previously reached the Immortal Realm.】

【“The Immortal Realm...”】

【Xuanyuan Tianji told you that the Yin-Yang Twinborn Grand Array required objects of extreme yin and extreme yang as its array cores.】

【Xuanyuan Tianji explained that if you wanted to refine a Nascent Soul at the Immortal Realm, the requirements for yin-yang spiritual objects were even harsher. If you used only ordinary yin-yang spiritual objects, the effect would be extremely poor.】

【After getting the answer you wanted from Xuanyuan Tianji, you bade him farewell and left the Blood Demon Secret Realm.】

【After returning to the Sword Pavilion, you went to find Zi You once again.】

【You told her about the deal you had made with Blood Demon Heavenly Venerable, and also shared the information about the Yin-Yang Twinborn Grand Array.】

【“Yin-yang spiritual objects?”】

【“Those are not easy to obtain. In the Canglan Realm, spiritual objects of that level are already rarely seen. Even if they do exist, they would be treated as treasures by the great families and sects.”】

【At that moment, you suddenly thought of something.】

【You recalled the scene from an earlier simulation, when you and Zi You had stormed the Purple Firmament Holy Land together.】

【At the time, you had seized a stalk of Nine Netherworld Grass from another faction.】

【You knew that in the Canglan Realm, Nine Netherworld Grass already counted as an extremely rare object of extreme yin.】

【Unfortunately, you had once possessed a stalk of Nine Netherworld Grass yourself, but you had given it to Ye Chuxue for cultivation.】

【You told Zi You that you knew the whereabouts of an extreme yin spiritual object—a stalk of Nine Netherworld Grass.】

【After hearing that, Zi You looked at you in surprise.】

【She had previously heard in the Sword Pavilion that you had given a stalk of Nine Netherworld Grass to Ye Chuxue, which had awakened her Lunar Body and caused her cultivation to advance by leaps and bounds.】

【In the current Canglan Realm, a single stalk of Nine Netherworld Grass was already enough to make the major powers fight until their heads bled.】

【And yet now, you were telling her that you knew where another stalk of Nine Netherworld Grass could be found. That truly shocked her.】

【“Where is it, Little Junior Brother?”】

【You told Zi You that another stalk of Nine Netherworld Grass was in the Great Qi Empire, in the Southern Region of the Central Continent.】

【“The Great Qi Empire?”】

【Zi You still had some impression of the Great Qi Empire.】

【In Zi You’s memory, there were three great empires in the Southern Region, locked in a three-way balance.】

【Those three great empires were the Great Zhou Empire, the Great Qian Empire, and the Great Qi Empire.】

【On the surface, each of these three empires only had its emperor in the Mahayana Realm, but Zi You, who had lived in the Central Continent for years, understood very well that their true strength was far from that simple.】

【Still, Zi You also knew that no matter how powerful these empires were, they would not have any Tribulation Stage mighty figures.】

【“Little Junior Brother, when do you plan to set out?”】

【“Any time!”】

【The next day!】

【You and Zi You brought Jiang Yang with you as you headed for the Central Continent.】

【This time, you were going there to seize something by force. To guard against the Great Qi Empire pulling some underhanded trick, you decided to play it safe and bring Jiang Yang along.】

【You were even thinking that after arriving in the Central Continent, you might call Zhuge Qing over as well. Only then would things truly be safer.】

【One month later!】

【The three of you successfully arrived in the Southern Region of the Central Continent.】

【Zhuge Qing had already been waiting there for quite some time.】

【Originally, you had not planned to trouble Zhuge Qing, but through your external incarnation, you learned that they were currently cultivating in a secret realm in the Southern Region. Only then did you summon Zhuge Qing as well.】

【After meeting Zhuge Qing, you told him the purpose of your trip and the matter of the Yin-Yang Twinborn Grand Array!】

【“The Yin-Yang Twinborn Grand Array?”】

【Zhuge Qing found it somewhat unbelievable when he heard this.】

【Zhuge Qing told you that the records of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion had once mentioned this formation, but because so much time had passed, the formation had long since been lost.】

【Zhuge Qing had never expected Xuanyuan Tianji to know the Yin-Yang Twinborn Grand Array, which had been lost to the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion for ages.】

【“Nine Netherworld Grass is indeed very well suited to serve as one of the materials for the Yin-Yang Twinborn Grand Array.”】

【Seven days later!】

【Your group of four arrived in the imperial capital of the Great Qi Empire.】

【According to the plan you had worked out over the past few days, you were preparing to split into two groups and attack the Great Qi Imperial Palace.】

【You nodded to Zi You.】

【Zi You immediately used the Great Void Art with Jiang Yang and vanished from where she stood. In the next instant, they appeared above the Great Qi Imperial Palace and released the pressure of Mahayana cultivators.】

【“What fellow Daoist has come to my Great Qi Empire without even informing me? Is such behavior not a bit too rude?”】

【In the next second, you saw the Great Qi Emperor, dressed in imperial robes, standing in the air with his hands behind his back as he looked at Zi You.】

【Zi You gave a cold laugh and directly unleashed her sword intent, striking at the Great Qi Emperor.】

【“Hmph!”】

【“So it’s the Human Race after all!”】

【“Instead of hiding away and clinging to life, your Human Race actually dared to come out and seek death on your own. Do you really think you are Ancient Chaos Fiend Heavenly Venerable?”】

【Very soon, pressure erupted above the Great Qi Imperial Palace. A battle between Mahayana cultivators directly reduced part of the palace buildings to ruins.】

【At that moment, everyone in the imperial capital of the Great Qi Empire had their attention drawn to the commotion within the palace.】

【You and Zhuge Qing exchanged a glance and knew that the time had come.】

【In an instant, you used the Great Void Art and took Zhuge Qing with you as you slipped into the Great Qi Imperial Palace.】

【Following the preparations you had made in advance, you quickly found the location of the underground treasury of Great Qi.】

【After arriving at the treasury, you discovered that it was protected by a top-tier formation.】

【However, this was no problem at all for the two of you. That was precisely why you had brought Zhuge Qing along.】

【You could use the Great Void Art to sneak in quietly, while Zhuge Qing excelled in formations and could easily break most formations in the Canglan Realm.】

【A moment later, Zhuge Qing broke the formation, and the two of you entered the treasury directly.】

【The moment you and Zhuge Qing saw the treasury of the Great Qi Empire, the two of you froze where you stood.】

【You had never expected that the seemingly ordinary Great Qi Empire had collected so many spiritual treasures in its underground treasury.】

【You discovered that even Nine Netherworld Grass could only be considered a mid-to-high-tier spiritual object here.】

【“Since the founding of my Great Qi Empire, this is the first time rats have crept in here. You truly do not know whether to live or die!”】

【Whoosh!】

【Hearing that, you and Zhuge Qing immediately looked around with wary eyes.】

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