322: Yangdan Hall

At the same time, inside the Ancient Pill Sect Ruins.

Night Owl and his companions, along with The Sha Diao siblings, appeared amidst a stretch of ruins and broken walls.

What greeted their eyes was a Small World filled with spatial cracks and stretching endlessly.

This Small World had mountains and rivers, well-preserved luxurious palaces, and various collapsed buildings.

The place where they stood was within a cluster of buildings destroyed by some unknown force.

Some of these architectural fragments were normal, while others emitted wisps of black Devilish Qi, which merged into the Small World's Spiritual Qi, turning the Spiritual Qi of this Small World an eerie black.

"Huh, isn't this the power absorbed by the Inner Sect Junior Sister Revered Master brought back that time? Why is the Spiritual Qi here entirely composed of this power?" Gu Chen looked at the surrounding black Spiritual Qi and asked, puzzled.

Now that the Spiritual Qi in this space had been eroded by this black power, they would only be able to replenish their Spiritual Qi using Spirit Stones later on, and could no longer directly absorb the Spiritual Qi of this Small World.

Hearing Gu Chen's voice, Night Owl and Mu Xueqing and her companions also curiously sized up the black Devilish Qi around them.

Although they had never absorbed this Qi, Hua Xiaoxi in the Second-level Space absorbed exactly this kind of power.

They had even visited Hua Xiaoxi's separate space, where the black Qi was much denser than it was here.

"Alright, don't worry about this black Qi. We came here for tempering and treasure hunting, not to research this black Qi."

"Everyone, follow me to hunt for treasure!"

After watching for a while and failing to figure anything out, Night Owl called out to his companions, then flew toward the center point of the Ancient Pill Sect Ruins.

Currently, whether they were Cultivators who entered before them or those who entered after them, all had dispersed throughout the Small World and begun their treasure hunt.

If they kept researching the black Qi here, the treasures that should have been theirs would end up in someone else's pocket.

"Let's go, let's go! Quickly follow Senior Brother Ye." Seeing Night Owl fly towards the center, Gu Chen reacted quickly and immediately called Mu Xueqing and the others, along with The Sha Diao siblings, to follow Night Owl's lead.

As the group flew closer to the center, the number of well-preserved buildings increased.

Some of the treasure-hunting Cultivators who had entered earlier were battling corpses that resembled mummies, dressed in Pill Robes and emitting black Qi, either below the buildings or in the air above them.

These mummies were shriveled all over, with red light emanating from their eye sockets. They attacked the Cultivators recklessly, even if their bodies were damaged, they continued their frenzied assault, showing a stance that they would not stop until they killed them.

"Wow, Bro, are these the Ancient Pill Sect Disciples that the Three Great Emperor-level Factions said were mutated? They are so fierce!" Sha Xiaomeng asked Sand Sable beside her while flying, looking at the black Qi-emitting mummies fighting the other Cultivators.

Hearing his sister's question, Sand Sable glanced at the mummies fiercely attacking people, and said to Sha Xiaomeng with some fear, "Xiaomeng, don't look at those guys. Let's stick closely to Fellow Daoist Ye and his companions. We absolutely must not fall behind."

Saying this, Sand Sable forcefully pulled Sha Xiaomeng, who still wanted to take a few more looks, and followed closely behind Night Owl and Gu Chen and his companions.

Fearing that if they fell behind, the two siblings would have to face these ferocious guys.

The ten individuals thus flew past ruins after ruins, advancing toward the center of this Small World.

The ten people did not stop at all for the well-preserved buildings along the way that might contain treasures; they sped straight past them.

It wasn't that they weren't tempted by treasures, but these buildings were on the outermost edge of the ruins, and if there were any treasures, they would have mostly been plundered by the Three Great Emperor-level Factions already.

Therefore, their current target was the absolute core of the Ancient Pill Sect. Only that area would not have been thoroughly plundered by the Three Great Emperor-level Factions, allowing them to find top-tier Medicinal Pills and treasures.

Ancient Pill Sect Ruins, on a mountain range covered with complete palace complexes.

After continuous flight, the ten people finally stopped above this mountain range.

Outside the palace complex beneath them, many Cultivators who had entered earlier were fighting vast numbers of mummy-like Ancient Pill Sect Disciples at the entrance of the halls. From time to time, someone would let out a tragic scream, be killed by a nearby mummy, and transform into a similar mummy.

"Senior Brother Ye, this should be the Sect location of the Ancient Pill Sect, the core area of this space. Should we hurry down and search for treasures?" Above the mountain range, Gu Chen looked at the palace complex below and said impatiently.

Hearing this, Mu Xueqing and her companions also showed eager expressions.

They had flown all this way, encountering many decent buildings, but had not stopped to hunt for treasure.

Now that they had arrived at the absolute core of the ruins, they could no longer hesitate.

"Mhm, let's start our treasure hunt at that Pill Nurturing Hall." Night Owl nodded and descended toward a massive palace on the mountain named Pill Nurturing Hall.

This palace was called the Pill Nurturing Hall. Just by the meaning of the name, they knew it was a place for storing Medicinal Pills, so making this palace the first place they plundered was definitely the correct choice.

"Heh heh, good, we'll plunder this Pill Nurturing Hall first."

"Junior Sister Mu, Junior Brother Chu, Junior Sister Qin... and Fellow Daoist Sand Sable, let's hurry down!" Seeing that Night Owl had already rushed down, Gu Chen called out to Mu Xueqing and the others, as well as the Sand Sable siblings, and they all descended after Night Owl.

"Roar! Roar!!"

The moment the ten people landed outside the Pill Nurturing Hall.

From the surrounding mountain forests and some small houses, over a thousand Ancient Pill Sect Disciples, who had turned into mummies emitting black Qi, surged out.

These Ancient Pill Sect Disciples had red eyes, let out bursts of roars, and furiously charged toward the ten people led by Night Owl.

"Holy crap! Why are there so many mummies? We only saw about a hundred when we looked from above, not this many!"

"Waaah, Bro, what should we do? Although most of these mummies are in the Venerable Realm, there are hundreds in the Saint Realm, and even over a dozen Quasi-Emperors. Even if each of them just takes one swipe, they'll tear us to shreds."

Seeing so many black Qi-emitting mummies charging towards them.

Sand Sable and Sha Xiaomeng were immediately terrified, especially Sha Xiaomeng, who was so scared that tears streamed down her face.

If Night Owl and his companions hadn't been right there, they would have long since used all their abilities to flee; why would they stand still waiting for the mummies to attack?

"Hmph, a bunch of dead people still trying to cause trouble. Let me send you to liberation." Facing over a dozen Quasi-Emperor mummies and hundreds of Saint Realm mummies, Night Owl didn't even draw his Sword of Slaughter. He simply swung his bare fists toward the mummies.

"Bang! Bang!"

With just two light punches, three mummy corpses of Ancient Pill Sect Disciples in the Middle Stage of the Quasi-Emperor Realm were smashed into pieces by Night Owl.