Li Shu and the others looked at each other. They naturally understood Qin Shi's intentions, but they were conflicted. The Central Xuan Zone was a place for cultivation. Who wouldn't want to see it for themselves and enjoy it?
But asking Qin Shi, as the palace lord, to help them earn soul value, and they lowered their heads. That was against the rules.
He patted Lu Peng, Li Shu, and the others' shoulders and said, "Don't let your thoughts run wild. Helping you all now is also helping myself. In the future, the Qin Palace will have to rely on you all. Furthermore, there's no harm in telling you all the truth. I have some troubles in the Mortal Realm, and sooner or later, I will have to personally resolve them. The few of you just have to focus on becoming stronger and repay me when the time comes."
"Human Realm?" Even Li Rui was unfamiliar with the Human Realm.
The Human Realm, the Devil Realm, the Beast Realm, and the Void Realm were collectively known as the Four Great Realms. They were the four diagrams that made up the Wasteland Continent, but the disciples who spent most of their time in the sea region knew very little about them. They only knew that the Four Realms existed outside the sea region, but they had never been there. Lu Peng clenched his fists, as if he'd made up his mind about something.
"Brother Shi, in this life, whether you climb a mountain of blades or plunge into a sea of fire, I, Lu Peng, will follow you."
Li Shu laughed bitterly. "Palace Lord, you know that I'm not good at fighting and killing. But as long as I'm alive, I won't let you lose!"
Qin Shi smiled in satisfaction. Perhaps he still didn't know that it was this trip to the 7,000 Sea Palace that had allowed him to make friends with his right-hand man. Li Shu's writings could be used to divine the stars and moon, observe armies, and kill with one strike. Lu Peng's martial arts could shake the stars, burn the skies, and boil the seas. He could even kill Realm Realm experts from a thousand miles away.
"Give them to me."
Qin Shi stretched out his hand and took everyone's soul tablets. After a moment of hesitation, he formed several Star Arrays with his hands.
Suddenly, the spiritual power in his palm condensed into swords. Tens of thousands of swords protected everyone.
"As long as you guys don't leave, even World stage experts won't be able to break the Deadly Sword Formation. Wait until Chen Yan breaks through before you leave. She should be able to break through this time, and with her around, no one in the Deepsea Genesis reservoir should be able to hurt you guys.
Qin Shi hesitated for a moment before tossing a Boundary Fruit seed to Lu Peng. "If it doesn't work, give it to her. If it works, keep it for yourself. You'll need it sooner or later."
Qin Shi had given a Boundary Fruit seed to Gong Shuchou before. This wasn't a secret in the Tuoba Palace. Now that he saw the seed, Lu Peng's eyes burned with passion. Now that he was half a step into the World Realm, the closer he was to the World Realm, the more precious the Boundary Fruit seed was. Each seed seemed to be nurturing a world.
"That is the seed of the Boundary Fruit?" When Li Rui saw it, his gaze turned sharp.
Qin Shi seemed to sense Li Rui's greedy gaze, but he didn't say a word.
Qin Shi had never fully trusted Li Rui because of his blasphemy towards Chen Yan. This was a good opportunity to test if Li Rui was truly trustworthy. If he could be trusted, he wouldn't mind helping him get a hundred-level soul token. After all, he had the Tuoba Palace and Rashomon Palace in the periphery, but he had no allies in the inner three thousand.
He wasn't afraid of the Fire Cloud Palace or the Azure King Palace, but he had made too many enemies. If he didn't have any allies, he would inevitably be isolated.
The Sky Emperor Palace might be an opportunity.
Of course, he did this because he had enough confidence. Although Li Rui was not weak, half a step into the World Realm, with the resources of the Heavenly Emperor Palace, he should be able to look down on those in the False World Realm. However, the current Lu Peng could do the same. If they really fought, Qin Shi was even more confident that Lu Peng would be able to win within ten rounds. He had confidence in the people he brought.
After everything was prepared, Qin Shi said to Li Rui, "Is there any way to quickly obtain soul value in the Deep Sea Genesis Reservoir?"
"The fastest way to obtain soul value is to kill and rob, especially in the North Xuan region. Most of the elites in the inner three thousand are at least level 30. Killing them will give you soul value very quickly. Of course, hunting sea beasts is also a good method. A World Realm sea beast should have a soul value of at least level 30. In the North Xuan region, there are always hunting teams that specialize in hunting these sea beasts."
Qin Shi nodded. He wasn't unfamiliar with this. After all, the Blue Dragon had just brought him great benefits.
"The North Xuan region?
Looks like I have to make a trip there no matter what. "
The North Xuan region was ultimately the head of the four outer regions, and it was where the true elites interweaved.
"Then let's go to the North Xuan region first."
Qin Shi took a deep breath and wrapped his black robe tightly around him. His expression suddenly changed, and his figure turned into a bolt of lightning as he sped towards the north.
"It's the north again. The north that I'm so familiar with."
Qin Shi chuckled. Qin Shi always felt a great sense of belonging to the north.
However, Desolate Town was to the north of Scarlet Flames, and Scarlet Flames was to the north of the human world.
...
Qin Shi was extremely fast as he headed towards the North Xuan region, sweeping across the sky like a bolt of lightning.
Of course, during this period of time, Qin Shi didn't waste any opportunities. His Psyche Power was like an enormous inescapable net from the beginning to the end, capturing all the sea beasts in the mountains and rivers of the secluded forest. Of course, besides the sea beasts, some disciples were his prey as well. This was a world where the weak were prey to the strong. After stepping on countless corpses that piled up into mountains and drinking countless amounts of blood, Qin Shi understood this a long time ago. In this place, there was no mercy, only fists.
But it was a pity that the number of soul values he could snatch in the East Xuan zone were few and far between. Whether it was the disciples or the sea beasts, they were all sparse and weak. Along the way, Qin Shi had only managed to gather a rank ten soul tablet, which was next to nothing compared to his rank eighty soul tablet. Even the number after the decimal point did not increase at all.
"Looks like I can't waste any more time here. I'll capture them and bring them to the North Xuan region first."
Realizing this, Qin Shi didn't linger in the East Xuan region. He traversed the entire region until he reached the North Xuan region, stopping on a bare, withered tree branch.
The spiritual energy in the North Xuan region was extremely abundant. The molecules in the air were visible to the naked eye, entering Qin Shi's nose and mouth as he breathed. Feeling the ecstasy of his dantian being filled with spiritual energy, Qin Shi couldn't help but sigh softly, "The North Xuan region is indeed much stronger than the East Xuan region. The spiritual energy here is even more concentrated than a spirit gathering formation that's two hundred times more concentrated."
"Haha, this isn't even close.
The truly amazing region is the Middle Xuan region. One day of cultivation there is equivalent to a year in the outside world. "The Nefarious Demon laughed.
Qin Shi nodded. This was also why he had to bring Lu Peng and the rest to the Middle Xuan region no matter what.
Once they walked out of the Middle Xuan region, the Qin Palace's peak forces would multiply.
"Since we're already in the North Xuan region, let's get to work. We don't have much time."
Qin Shi used his strength to stretch his waist. Immediately, his black eyes suddenly became clear. With a stride, he fled from the withered tree branch into the distance.
If anyone else was present, they would definitely be dumbfounded by this scene. Not long after Qin Shi left, the withered tree that had been on the verge of death suddenly sprouted a few green leaves and began to bear fruit at an astonishing speed. It was abnormally lush. Just how astonishing was this?
The withered tree grew in a patch of cracked yellow sand. There was clearly no life in the yellow sand, so most of the vegetation on it had withered away. That ancient tree was the lucky one, and it was also the last one. How had it come back to life?
Qin Shi himself didn't notice anything amiss. He simply flew towards the center of the North Xuan region.
After entering the North Xuan region, Qin Shi clearly sensed that the aura around him was different. Those that flashed past him were mostly at the False World Realm or above. It was completely incomparable to the pitiful Eastern Xuan region. But strangely, the pace here seemed to be several times faster than in the Eastern Xuan region. The first place Qin Shi landed was a valley where the three thousand inner disciples gathered.
The Northern Xuan Region wasn't like the Eastern Xuan Region. Countless inner three thousand disciples were gathered in this valley, and there seemed to be an unwritten rule. The disciples in the valley were all very harmonious, and the occasional quarrel would result in them choosing to leave the valley and settle it outside. There were many disciples in the valley who started a business, using the beast cores, spirit herbs and treasures they had hunted to put up a price of soul value before selling them.
The most interesting thing was that there was an auction house here.
Qin Shi smiled faintly as he entered the valley. "Haha, this isn't a bad place."
Lifting his head to look at the auction house, Qin Shi revealed a proud smile. For an Amulet Magician, as long as there was an auction house, there would be endless wealth.
"This saves me a lot of effort."
Qin Shi pondered. However, he wasn't in a rush. He needed to understand the distribution of the sea beasts in the Northern Xuan Region first. After all, ordinary devil talismans weren't worth much to the three thousand inner disciples. At the very least, they needed a devil talisman that was at least in the Domain Realm, or even the World Realm. However, with his current soul force, he could barely refine a half-step World Realm devil talisman, but a devil talisman above the World Realm would be difficult.
After all, the Realm Devil Amulet was a whole realm higher than the Curse Domain Realm.
Moreover, Realm Devil Amulets were rare even in the North Xuan region.
"What's so magical about it?
You'll definitely regret it if you don't want me! "
Suddenly, an indignant voice of cursing sounded out not far away, attracting Qin Shi's attention.
In a corner of the valley, a burly man was thrown out of a tent like a dead dog.
In front of the tent was a young man with a jade-like face. He looked very weak, but even so, he had just lifted up a strong man who weighed at least two hundred pounds as easily as if he was grabbing a chick. He smiled and said, "I'm sorry, we don't need trash here."
Then, the young man turned around and walked to the other side of the tent. There was a long queue on the other side of the tent, and everyone's eyes sparkled with hope and hope.