by Feng Yise
After dealing with Yu Feng, Ye Yuan dusted his hands and came in front of Wu Zhao. He said with a smile, "Elder Wu, we can talk now."
Wu Zhao's expression was clearly not very good. When he was trapped in the formation earlier, he completely did not notice that Yu Feng already ended up like this.
He only found out what happened after enquiring about it just now and could not help becoming even more fearful of Ye Yuan.
Ye Yuan was able to detect the minute ripples in space by relying on his knowledge and experience that surpassed this plane. He believed that apart from himself, it was simply impossible for the rest present here to perceive it.
Hence, he went to finish off Yu Feng personally earlier just so to awe everyone. Especially Wu Zhao, to make him even more fearful of him.
If he did not do so, how could he take the initiative during the negotiations?
Wu Zhao's face quivered, and he said, "I wonder what brilliant ideas Martial Nephew Ye has?"
Wu Zhao originally already thought of a plan that was beneficial to the Heavenly Sky Sect and planned on saying it first.
But seeing Ye Yuan kill Yu Feng with one palm, he somehow became slightly mortified. That was why he changed his words at the last moment.
He asked Zhao Yuyang earlier, Yu Feng ended up like that due to being struck by his own attack. Such methods were seriously unthinkable, leaving him unable to grasp Ye Yuan's foundation.
If Ye Yuan really had such means and did this at a crucial moment, wouldn't he also be beaten to death by himself?
Looking at Yu Feng's appearance, Wu Zhao felt that this sort of death was seriously too vexing.
Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Far from a brilliant idea. Everyone relies on their own abilities then! I feel that since everybody went through life and death to come here, we can't very well let everyone return empty-handed, right? Therefore . . . after heading up to the second level, everyone will rely on your own means and own capabilities. Whoever finds anything will belong to them. What does Elder Wu think?"
Chapter 328 - Restrictions Compass
When Ye Yuan finished saying this, the faces of the other six sects could not help revealing great joy.
Presently, only the Heavenly Sky Sect and Tranquil Cloud Sect had Sea Transformation Realms holding down the fort among the Eight Great Sects. They all thought that they no longer had anything to do with this. But they did not think that Ye Yuan was actually so kind-hearted to even give them a share of the broth!
While they were thrilled, Wu Zhao was displeased. "How can that do! If that's the case, what if they obtain some heaven-defying treasure? Wouldn't there not be our share?"
The six sects were originally unhappy with Wu Zhao already. With him saying these words, everyone greeted his ancestors all the more so in their hearts.
Ye Yuan shrugged his shoulders and said, "Since Elder Wu doesn't agree, then you give your opinion."
Wu Zhao hastily said, "Since only our two sects have Sea Transformation Realms now, then obviously the two of us split the treasures! In my opinion, let's divide the treasures according to the number of Sea Transformation Realm."
When Wu Zhao said this, he was even more so cussed quietly by the six sects' disciples. Except, they did not have Sea Transformation Realm elders holding down the fort now. They dared to get angry, but dare not voice out.
Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Is Elder Wu kidding me? Your Heavenly Sky Sect have three Sea Transformation Realms while my Tranquil Cloud Sect only has one. You mean that you get three parts while I get one?"
"How so? Although you're not a Sea Transformation Realm, these puppets you control have Sea Transformation Realm combat strength. Naturally, you also get a share!" Wu Zhao hurriedly said.
Ye Yuan shook his head and said, "Elder Wu, don't be too merciless when doing things. Since your Heavenly Sky Sect invited everyone to explore the mystic realm together, you got to give everybody an account. We eat the meat, but we got to at least give people some soup to drink. How about this, our two sects take 40% of the treasure obtained. The remainder 20% will be given to their six sects to divide equally. On choosing treasures, our two sects have priority."
"No can do! We have three Sea Transformation Realms. If we really fought to the bitter end, you guys might not gain any advantage. Why should we split equally with you?" Wu Zhao immediately rejected.
Ye Yuan's eyes narrowed, but his tone became frosty. "Since that's the case, then that means the negotiations fell out? Fine then. Let's showcase our true abilities and talk after we finish fighting!"
As he spoke, Ye Yuan really displayed a stance like he wanted to fight and mobilized the sword puppets again.
Wu Zhao did not expect Ye Yuan to fight at once and was taken aback.
Ye Yuan was fully confident while Wu Zhao was simply unable to grasp his foundation. How would he dare to make a move?
"Hang on, hang on! Already at this time, what's there to fight about? Wouldn't we let others benefit if we cause heavy losses to both sides?" Wu Zhao hastily said.
Him saying this was already showing weakness.
But Ye Yuan still behaved like he wanted to risk his life and said icily, "Since Elder Wu say that we don't have the qualifications to split the treasures evenly, then I obviously have to weigh up my own strength. If we really can't beat you guys, then there's no harm in you all taking a bit more!"
Wu Zhao was thoroughly defeated. He could only say, "Alright then, alright, have it your way!"
With Wu Zhao yielding, everyone also let out a long breath.
Especially the six sects' disciples who were ecstatic with joy. Their gazes when looking at Ye Yuan was filled with gratitude.
They were certain that if not for Ye Yuan, forget about drinking soup, they would not even be able to drink the swill!
Although they only had 20% of the treasures, it was more or less not considered returning empty-handed. This mystic realm was dangerous, but the good stuff should not be few. Perhaps they could dredge out some nice treasures.
"Nice. Isn't everybody happy like this? Why must you make everyone part on bad terms?" Ye Yuan grumbled as he put away the sword puppets.
Wu Zhao was dejected and thought to himself, I was just fighting with you verbally, okay? Who knew that you would want to attack at a single disagreement?
Wasn't negotiations all done like this?
You were the one who didn't play your cards according to convention. Now, you're actually blaming me?
"But let's make things clear first. If there are two treasures of the same grade, everyone split equally. But if there is only one, it will belong to whoever gets it. But they must compensate the party that didn't get it!" Wu Zhao supplemented.
Ye Yuan nodded. He naturally did not have any objection to this.
Everything was set. Everyone naturally ceased fighting and regrouped.
But nobody noticed that in the Purple Mansion Sect's camp, there was already a person missing since who knew when . . .
. . . . . .
When Ye Yuan and the rest headed to the Eternal Splendor Palace's second floor, a silhouette appeared in a hidden side-hall on the first level.
If Ye Yuan were here, he would instantly identify that this person was shockingly the Purple Mansion Sect's Lin Chao!
This side-hall was highly obscured. After Ye Yuan and the rest entered the Eternal Splendor Palace, they completely did not discover this place.
But Lin Chao actually looked very familiar with this place.
He was scanning left and right, looking everywhere in the side-hall, as if he was searching for something.
Roughly the time it took to brew a pot of tea later, Lin Chao touched a landscape painting on the wall and discovered that it could not be shifted and was immediately elated.
Lin Chao took a step back, both hands forming a peculiar seal, and fired it onto the landscape painting. The landscape painting actually reflected that seal onto the center of the floor of the side-hall.
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The next instant, a large hole actually fissured on the floor, revealing a passage!
When Lin Chao saw the situation, his face revealed wild elation!
"Hahaha! Our Purple Mansion Sect endured hardsh.i.p.s to plan for retaliation for thousands of years! We finally found it!"
As he spoke, Lin Chao's figure leaped and entered that pitch-black passageway.
. . . . . .
Only after Ye Yuan and the rest headed up the second floor of the Eternal Splendor Palace did everyone discover that the second level's space was much larger than the first floor. This was clearly the use of some spatial array formation.
One could tell from this that this Eternal Splendor Place was undeniably an extremely powerful sect back then.
In the Endless World, anything that touched upon spatial concept was all extremely powerful existences.
What was different from the first level was that the second level had quite a number of rooms.
Even if these more than 30 people split up to search, they would likely need two hours too.
Due to the hidden nature of the rooms, the division of treasures was also a huge problem. If everyone placed the items inside their own storage rings and not hand it over, what freaking treasure was there to split at the end?
"What do you think, Ye Yuan?" Wu Zhao looked at Ye Yuan and said.
Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Elder Wu probably has a plan already, right? Just say it out."
Wu Zhao nodded his head and fished out a compass-like thing from his storage ring. Ye Yuan fixed his eyes on it. It was actually a 16 restrictions spirit artifact!
The Heavenly Sky Sect was indeed loaded as hell! 16 restriction spirit artifacts could be casually brought outside.
Wu Zhao surveyed everyone and said, "This is my Heavenly Sky Sect's 16 restrictions spirit artifact, the Restrictions Compass. It has a function, and that is to plant restrictions on objects. As long as this restriction is touched, the Restrictions Compass will react to a certain extent! Hence, everyone, please hand over your storage rings now to let the Restrictions Compass place a miniature restriction. If you put treasures in your storage rings, the Restrictions Compass will know. At that time, he will be everybody's common enemy!"
Ye Yuan looked at the Restrictions Compass rather amusedly. This highly obscure auxiliary spirit artifact truly had some capabilities.
Chapter 329 - Tier 5 Medicinal Cauldron!
The 16 restrictions spirit artifact should not be Wu Zhao's own personal belonging.
The Heavenly Sky Sect really took things into consideration very thoroughly for the sake of exploring this mystic realm. They actually even anticipated this kind of scenario.
Seemed like the Heavenly Sky Sect was well-deserved to be the Southern Domain's number one great sect. They had quite a few capable people.
Wu Zhao finished talking and involuntarily looked at Ye Yuan. He was clearly seeking his opinion.
Ye Yuan smiled and took out his three storage rings and tossed them to Wu Zhao. "Since Elder Wu already worked everything out so carefully, how can I disagree? I also feel that this way is rather fair."
Wu Zhao reached over and received Ye Yuan's storage rings, placing them one by one into the Restriction Compass's opening.
Very soon, those three storage rings were placed under restrictions and appeared in Wu Zhao's hands once again.
Wu Zhao threw the storage rings back to Ye Yuan and said, "Apart from placing the restriction, I didn't touch your storage rings. Take a look yourself."
Ye Yuan swept with his divine sense and said smilingly, "I can set my mind at ease when Elder Wu does things."
With Ye Yuan leading, the others naturally would not say anything else. They took out their storage rings in succession and passed them to Wu Zhao.
"Since this spirit artifact is called Restrictions Compass, it naturally has a search function other than placing restrictions. I've already set it up. If I find out that anyone secretly hid storage rings, don't blame me for being discourteous!" Wu Zhao said solemnly as he placed restrictions for other people's storage rings.
With him saying that, many people's faces changed and took out their hidden storage rings unwillingly.
Majority of the sect disciples used magic artifact rank storage rings; not considered valuable. It was normal for a person to have quite a few.
Spirit artifact rank storage rings would be extremely rare items.
Ye Yuan only had three storage rings on him and were already all placed under restriction by Wu Zhao.
But Wu Zhao probably never imagined that Ye Yuan still had a spatial spirit artifact on him apart from storage rings!
The rank of the spatial spirit artifact was much higher than the Restrictions Compass. Even if the Restrictions Compass had a detecting function, it was also not possible to probe out.
This Restrictions Compass of Wu Zhao indeed prevented everyone from secretly stashing treasures to the greatest extent. However . . . Ye Yuan was not subjected to the restrictions.
Wu Zhao placed everyone's storage rings under restriction very quickly. Then, he casually took out a stack of storage rings and distributed them to everybody.
"These are all precious artifact grade storage rings. It's sufficient for everybody to use this to store treasures. Now, everyone split up and go seek out treasures yourselves. In the end, you still have to gather back here. At that time, split according to the ratios that we agreed upon," Wu Zhao said.
When Wu Zhao finished talking, they all nodded their heads.
Such a distribution manner, the more treasures everybody found, the greater the amount each team naturally could get. Hence, no need to fear that they would not put in the effort.
Ye Yuan spoke at this time, "Since the preparation works are all done, we can also start seeking treasures now. Elder Mei, I won't follow you guys this time. You all be more careful. This sect has quite a bit of foundation in terms of the array formations path. Don't be impatient when encountering any treasure. Always put safety first."
Mei Zhen nodded and said, "Alright. You be careful too."
Finished talking, Ye Yuan left alone.
. . . . . .
Coming to a place with nobody, Ye Yuan's finger twitched, and the cat-like White Light immediately appeared before him.
White Light had not seen Ye Yuan for quite some time. He jumped on Ye Yuan's shoulder directly and extended its tongue to lick Ye Yuan's face.
"Alright, alright, it wasn't very convenient these few days, so I didn't let you out. It's now time for you to display your talents fully. There should be quite a few nice treasures here. Bring me to hunt them all out!" Ye Yuan pulled White Light off and said.
White Light also perked up when it heard it. Roaring softly twice, it turned into a beam of light and ran off.
Ye Yuan was also taken aback by White Light's speed. This little fellow was indeed worthy of the name of White Light.
With his current speed, ordinary Spirit Condensation Realm martial artists most likely could not catch up at all!
And White Light's cultivation speed was also highly outrageous. It was also middle-stage Tier 2, going to break through to late-stage Tier 2 very soon.
But Ye Yuan's movement technique was not slow either. Executing Spirit Void Shattering Space, he caught up very quickly.
White Light arrived at a slightly hidden room with a couple of bounds.
Ye Yuan pushed open the door cautiously and could not help showing a thrilled look.
This place was actually a pill refining room!
What made Ye Yuan excited was that a square medicinal cauldron was placed in the center of the refining room!
Ye Yuan recognized with a single glance that this was a Tier 5 medicinal cauldron!
He did not think that this inconspicuous room would actually have a Tier 5 item.
To an alchemist, medicinal cauldrons were their lives.
Ever since rebirth, Ye Yuan had never had a handy medicinal cauldron of his own. He was
basically scraping around everywhere when refining pills.
Without a good medicinal cauldron, refining medicinal pills would unsurprisingly be all the more exhausting too.
Tier 5 medicinal cauldrons naturally did not even count as trash to the previous life's Ye Yuan. But to the current him, it was an extremely hard to come by item.
Although Ye Yuan could not unleash the full power of this medicinal cauldron now, refining pills or whatever in the future would obviously be much more convenient too.
Cleansing Sandal Sacred Flame coupled with a Tier 5 medicinal cauldron. What medicinal pills were there that he could not refine?
Take medicinal cauldrons for instance; medicinal cauldrons below Tier 4 were very easy to find. But medicinal cauldrons Tier 4 and above were exceedingly rare.
Because starting from refining Tier 4 medicinal pills, array formations would be inscribed within the medicinal pills. Ordinary medicinal cauldrons simply could not withstand it.
Tier 4 and above medicinal cauldrons must be forged using special materials, and then have intricate array formations placed internally by Tier 4 and above formation masters before it could take form.
As for the preciousness of Tier 5 medicinal cauldrons, that went even more without saying.
At least in the land of the Southern Domain, it was impossible to have Tier 5 medicinal cauldrons. Because there was simply no one who could refine Tier 5 medicinal pills!
Ye Yuan did not go to collect the Tier 5 medicinal cauldrons right away. Instead, he surveyed the surroundings.
This refining room's configuration was relatively complete. Ye Yuan just swept a glance and could tell that the owner of this place should have been a Tier 5 alchemist, which was also Alchemy Sovereign!
In the Endless World, Alchemy Sovereign was already an extremely powerful existence!
Ye Yuan unwittingly held his chin and started pondering.
He could sense that the Dao teachings that Lu Linfeng left behind back then was definitely extremely powerful. But why did it end up in such dire straits?
This Eternal Splendor Palace had an Alchemy Sovereign. It surely also had a Tier 5 Formation Sovereign existence!