Chapter 360: Selfish to the Extreme

Yuan Yao thought briefly and said, "Nineteen years old, mid‑stage Golden Core Realm. Cultivating innate talent… acceptable."

"That's a bit off," Yue Liu said bluntly, "I originally intended for you to give him a Heavenly Pride Token, but now I think handing the token to him would only harm him."

Yuan Yao was silent for two seconds: "…Senior Brother Yue Liu, Ao Senior Brother is regarded within my sect as a prodigy disciple."

Yue Liu: "Being lacking is lacking, being good is good. Ordinary disciples of the Yue family usually form a Golden Core before eighteen. Elite disciples generally ascend to the Nascent Soul Realm before eighteen. Those praised as geniuses must ascend to the Spirit Transformation Realm before eighteen. Only such geniuses can keep the Heavenly Pride Token and have a chance to enter Tian Jiaocheng."

Yuan Yao, upon hearing, instantly realized that the rumored Ninth Province truly produced geniuses aplenty.

Yue Liu asked a few more questions about Ao Su.

Yuan Yao answered all of them truthfully.

Yue Liu, sensing that Yuan Yao's relationship with Ao Su was good, said, "Since he is a law cultivator, give him the law‑cultivation manual my family has treasured. Yuan, little friend, can you deliver it for me?"

"Of course," Yuan Yao smiled, answering without any hesitation.

And while she transmitted thoughts to Yue Liu, she packed row after row of cultivation manuals from the bookshelf into her storage space—

A violent explosion roared from the stone gate.

Yuan Yao's expression shifted slightly; she looked up, followed the sound toward the stone gate and saw it trembling faintly.

Her own Youngest Senior Brother stood at the gate, both palms out, gathering a powerful force to brace the stone gate.

Seeing this, Yuan Yao could only speed up, shoving the manuals into her storage space.

There were simply too many items here.

She had no choice but to summon Little Fox and Yuan Batiantian, letting them help pack the items into two other storage rings.

As for the golden egg, it has no limbs, so it naturally can't do this work.

Yuan Batiantian instantly transformed, standing nearly three meters tall with twelve arms; he blocked the weapon in his hands, then hurled the mountain‑piled spirit stones into the storage rings at breakneck speed.

The speed was extreme!

Like a spinning top, he whirled.

Cang Li watched the scene, his mouth agape.

"Impressive!"

Immediately, he also bent over to load spirit stones.

Most of them here are Top‑Grade Spirit Stones.

Roughly calculated, there are at least several hundred thousand Top‑Grade Spirit Stones.

Boom—

The stone gate trembled violently again.

"There is more than one person outside," Ying Wuji seemed to sense something, furrowing his brows, and spoke to Yuan Yao and Cang Li.

Cang Li's expression hardened, "Could members of the Tian Yi Sect have also arrived?"

If they all surrounded them, the three of them trying to break through would be rather difficult.

Under the lure of these treasures, greed can suppress fear.

After Yuan Yao packed all the manuals into storage, she quickly queried Yue Liu with her thoughts: "Senior Brother Yue Liu, aside from the stone gate passage, are there any other hidden paths here?"

Yue Liu: "None."

As soon as the words fell, another thunderous crash rang out, the stone gate shuddered, a slit appeared, but Ying Wuji slammed it shut with a single palm.

Most of the treasure inside was packed into the storage rings.

Yuan Yao suddenly recalled something, her face brightening; she swiftly retrieved from storage the reward she had won in the Flowing Light Secret Realm—a Saint‑Tier Teleportation Scroll.

Outside the stone gate, the booming voice of the Tian Yi Sect Second Elder echoed, "Do you intend to seize the treasure?!"

"Open the gate quickly!"

"Otherwise, don't blame us for being impolite!"

Inside the secret chamber, Yuan Yao, holding the teleportation scroll, rushed to Cang Li and said urgently, "Third Senior Brother, you can forgo these spirit stones. We must leave quickly, or we'll be besieged."

Cang Li showed a reluctant expression, gritted his teeth, nodded, and halted his actions.

Yuan Yao also summoned Yuan Batiantian and Little Fox back to the beast‑pet space.

Yuan Yao and Cang Li approached Ying Wuji, the three of them exchanging a glance.

Boom!

Another deafening explosion rang; the stone gate had already cracked.

Bang!

The crowd outside again combined their force, slamming a palm at the gate; the stone gate shattered instantly, turning into flying stones that rolled to the ground.

"It's open! It's open!"

When they rushed in, they saw the massive secret chamber almost completely looted; the bookshelves and tables were empty, leaving only a few mid‑tier magical artifacts and some piles of spirit stones.

The onlookers' faces changed abruptly.

Present were everyone from the Tian Yi Sect and everyone from the Hua Sect.

Lu Xiangxiang's expression turned extremely sour; the hand beneath her robe clenched hard, and she couldn't help but speak, "It was Yuan Yao, Cang Li, and Ying Wuji who emptied this place."

"Where did they go?" the Tian Yi Sect Second Elder's sharp gaze swept every corner of the chamber, "Go check if there are any hidden passages?"

"We must not let them leave this underground maze!"

He doesn't want their lives, but wants them to spit out everything they obtained.

Uncle Jiu, seeing this, looked at his young master with a complicated expression: "Young master…"

Hua Chengyan said, "Let's go."

Hua Chengyan's delicate, androgynous face made his emotions hard to read.

Hearing this, Lu Xiangxiang looked up at Hua Chengyan, "Young Master Hua, don't you want the Heavenly Pride Token? It's now in their hands."

Hua Chengyan smiled faintly, "Thank you, Miss Lu, for considering Hua. If we obtain it, it will be my honor and fortune; if we cannot, then my luck is lacking."

He paused, then softly said: "Miss Lu seems to have suffered a serious injury. I hope she takes more care of her body; wealth is external, the body is the foundation of everything."

Lu Xiangxiang heard this, her pale lips pressed tightly.

She gave Hua Chengyan a slight nod.

After returning the salute, Hua Chengyan led all of the Flower Sect toward the outside of the Stone Gate.

Not long after they left, the deceased elder of the Heaven One Sect stared gloomily at Lu Xiangxiang: "Why didn't you wait for us?"

Lu Xiangxiang lowered her eyes: "Reply to Seventh Elder, I intended to first enter a passage to wait for you, but when I turned back, I didn't see you. So I could only go alone."

The Seventh Elder, being shrewd, naturally didn't believe her.

After this, her fondness and patience for Lu Xiangxiang were exhausted, and she saw clearly what kind of person Lu Xiangxiang was.

Lu Xiangxiang clearly intended to ditch everyone and keep the treasure for herself.

Moreover, Lu Xiangxiang concealed her past.

Moreover, she offended the Thousand Mountain Immortal Lord to protect Lu Xiangxiang.

The Seventh Elder felt only chilled.

This little girl is extremely selfish.

But Lu Xiangxiang is still a disciple of the Formless Immortal Venerable; she couldn't break ties with her, so she sent a female medical disciple to bandage Lu Xiangxiang's wound.

Lu Xiangxiang also saw the coldness and aloofness in the Seventh and Second Elders' eyes; other Heaven One Sect disciples no longer showed her the enthusiasm and respect of recent days.

She felt a tightness in her chest.

It's all because of those few despicable people Yuan Yao brought; they ruined everything!

Lu Xiangxiang originally hoped to gain a large amount of spirit stones and magical artifacts through this treasure hunt, and at once obtain three Heavenly Pride Tokens to make her name known in the First Continent.

And to establish a firm foothold in the Heaven One Sect.

But she hadn't expected—

Everything has been destroyed!