“Some matters caused a delay,” Meng Qingfeng replied blandly.
That disciple sensed something strange about his condition, but didn't dwell on it. “Then, Senior Brother, do you have a token?”
At this moment, the scene was chaotic as people fought over the ten tokens, with magical power surging everywhere.
Subsequently, someone successfully seized a token and entered the Immortal Palace.
This triggered even fiercer competition, and casualties were inevitable.
Meng Qingfeng gazed at the scene before him, a strange light suddenly flashing in his eyes before he vanished from the spot.
“Ah!”
Suddenly, a miserable cry rang out as a late-stage Earth Immortal man who was about to seize a token was sent flying, crashing into many others along the way.
“You…” The man wanted to say something while flying backward, but in the end, he couldn't utter a word and exploded into a bloody mist.
“Hiss!”
This commotion caused the people vying for tokens to fall into an eerie silence.
Although there had been deaths and injuries in their struggle just now, they hadn't seen anyone so cruelly pulverize a person into a bloody mist.
They all looked towards the gold-crowned man who had suddenly appeared, his face filled with indifference.
It was Meng Qingfeng, who had vanished from his original location.
“Senior Brother Meng.”
The Holy Spirit Palace disciple who had spoken to him earlier swallowed hard, not understanding why Senior Brother Meng had suddenly become so cruel.
Moreover, the person who had just been killed was a disciple of the Seventy-Two Halls, also of the Holy Spirit Palace lineage.
Just as he was wondering, Meng Qingfeng's figure disappeared again, followed by several more miserable cries as others were similarly turned into bloody mist.
This sudden change caused everyone to pale, including many Holy Spirit Palace disciples present.
They also couldn't understand why their senior brother had started killing indiscriminately; if it was for the tokens, he wasn't killing the token holders.
“Damn it, Meng Qingfeng, don't think you can kill the innocent just because you're from the Holy Spirit Palace!”
His actions completely enraged some people, and someone roared angrily, wanting to attack, but before they could raise a hand, a blur flashed before their eyes, and their eyes lost their luster.
“Such speed!”
Everyone was shocked, not by the strength of the attack, but by the ghostly speed that left them no time to defend.
So, they all activated their protective shields and distanced themselves.
“This speed… it probably surpasses even Senior Brother Zhang He, who's always been known for his speed. When did Senior Brother Meng become so fast?”
The Holy Spirit Palace disciples were very surprised and also moved away from him.
Everyone could now tell that something was wrong with their senior brother.
“That's about enough.”
At this moment, Meng Qingfeng stopped moving and suddenly began to form complex hand seals. As his hands moved, wind began to rise from the flat ground around him.
The blood mist that had previously dissipated actually reappeared and slowly converged towards him.
After a dozen breaths, as Meng Qingfeng finished casting the spell, an extremely tiny red rune appeared before him.
“This is the Blood Soul Curse? Truly extraordinary.”
He smiled wickedly, grabbed the blood curse in his hand, held it tightly, and then disappeared into the teleportation array.
After he left, the scene remained eerily silent, followed by a burst of discussion.
“Condensing a curse with blood, what kind of technique is that?”
“It should be a curse-type divine power; these kinds of methods are the most terrifying and unpredictable, impossible to defend against.”
“Ah, I didn't expect him to know such a technique.”
There were also those who were grief-stricken, “Damn it, I will definitely report this matter to our Palace Lord as it is.”
Some disciples of the Seventy-Two Halls were filled with anger.
While those disciples of the Holy Spirit Palace gathered together.
“What should we do? Something must have happened to Senior Brother Meng. We need to notify the elders quickly.”
“How do we notify them? We can't leave until the time is up.”
… …
After Lu Xin stepped into the teleportation array, he was transported to a group of palaces.
However, these palaces were somewhat dilapidated, as if they had been struck by external forces and ravaged by time; some were missing tiles, others were missing walls.
They didn't resemble the dwelling of immortals at all.
Fortunately, Lu Xin wasn't here for sightseeing. According to what Lu Leiyun and the other two said, this place had been scoured countless times. The only thing that might still be beneficial was a broken stone tablet deep inside.
It was called the Enlightenment Tablet.
It contained a vast array of things; no one knew how many spells, divine powers, and cultivation methods existed within.
If they wanted to obtain them, they could only rely on their comprehension.
Lu Xin actually wanted to pack up this tablet and take it away, but after asking, he learned that in front of the Enlightenment Tablet, one couldn't use any power, including the power of the physical body.
Of course, only peak Earth Immortals had tried it before. As for whether it would have the same effect on him, a Celestial Immortal, Lu Leiyun and the others weren't sure.
But it most likely would.
Because this tablet was a place for enlightenment arranged by the Profound Origin Immortal Palace for its disciples in the past, so it naturally wasn't only for Earth Immortals.
Without thinking too much, Lu Xin headed towards the depths.
In this way, several days passed in the blink of an eye. After rushing with all his might, he actually caught up with Lu Leiyun and the other two, who had left one step ahead of him, before reaching the Enlightenment Tablet.
“What took you two so long?” His sudden appearance startled them, and they only relaxed when they saw that it was Lu Xin.
Du Zhiyan rolled her eyes at him, “Didn't you realize that this place is even bigger than Iron Mystic Star?”
“It is indeed big enough.”
Lu Xin was also somewhat amazed, thinking that in the past, low-level disciples of the Profound Origin Immortal Palace would have to run their legs off just to go to the depths of the palace.
“Let's not talk about that. Did you sell all those tokens so quickly?” Lu Leiyun asked.
Lu Xin nodded, “The tokens are so sought-after, they naturally sell quickly.”
Lu Leiyun also nodded, not asking any more questions, but Du Zhiyan's face was full of suspicion, “Did you really just sell them?”
“Otherwise?” Lu Xin spread out his hands.
Du Zhiyan obviously didn't believe him, but she was too lazy to ask further.
In this way, another half day passed, and they finally arrived in front of the Enlightenment Tablet.
Looking at it, Lu Xin found that it was indeed a broken stone tablet, with a corner missing at the top, as if someone had forcefully chopped off a section with a sharp weapon, the cut being extremely smooth.
There were also no words on it, not even a single pattern. It looked like an ordinary stone tablet.
But it was precisely this kind of stone tablet that, if placed outside, would definitely be fought over to the point of bloodshed.
There were already dozens of people here, sitting cross-legged around it.
Some were closing their eyes and concentrating, while others were frowning.
They were obviously comprehending the cultivation methods and divine powers within.
Lu Xin saw the so-called Four Heroes of the Holy Spirit inside, but he only saw three; the one whose spiritual treasure he had taken wasn't there.
His heart immediately stirred.
A few days ago, not long after he entered, the [Alert Mind] had a slight reaction.
At the time, he thought that the Holy Spirit Palace had already learned that he had entered the secret realm and was setting up a plan against him.
So, he didn't pay too much attention to it for the time being.
Now that he didn't see that Meng Qingfeng, he wasn't too concerned, but the [Alert Mind] reacted again.
“What threat can he pose to me?”
Unable to figure it out, he didn't think too much about it for the time being, but he secretly kept it in mind, and when he encountered him again, he would eliminate him at all costs.
To prevent future troubles.
“Let's go in too.” At this time, Lu Leiyun pointed to a transparent barrier in front of them.
While Du Zhiyan was already somewhat impatient.
“Okay.”
Then, the three of them walked in, and Lu Xin immediately felt a force of confinement. Even the power of his physical body was confined, making him feel like an ordinary person again.
However, this feeling was only momentary, because his [Restriction Breaking Physique] took effect.
“So, it's also a kind of restriction.”
Lu Xin understood in his heart that since the [Alert Mind] had reacted, he decided to temporarily pretend to be confined.
As for moving the Enlightenment Tablet away, as long as he learned everything inside, it would be equivalent to moving it away.
“Are you two alright?”
Suddenly becoming ordinary people, the two women were obviously a little unaccustomed, and almost fell while walking.
Fortunately, Lu Xin supported them.
“We're fine.” The two women shook their heads, their faces slightly red. Lu Leiyun said, “You go first, we'll adapt quickly.”
