Chapter 260: Independent Space

After Hell Mingshe signed a Master-Servant Contract with Ye Liuyun, it no longer harbored any resistance or disrespect toward him, only hoping that Ye Liuyun can become strong quickly.

The stronger Ye Liuyun becomes, the stronger his opponent's Soul naturally becomes.

"Master, hurry and refine that Xuan Kong Shi! It's truly a precious treasure, but it has sentient intelligence and won't let me refine it. You definitely have no problem."

"A stone with sentient intelligence? How to refine it?" Ye Liuyun curiously took the stone out.

"Communicate with it using Divine Sense, let it recognize its master!" Hell Mingshe recalled that Ye Liuyun's realm is low and he may not have encountered this, so it explained to him.

"This Xuan Kong Shi actually contains a spiritual artifact, which is a treasure one level above a holy artifact. Moreover, it's the supreme grade among spiritual artifacts. Because it possesses Spatial Power and a legacy, its value can be said to exceed that of a spiritual artifact!"

"Oh? How are weapons and treasure artifacts graded above holy artifacts?" Ye Liuyun had indeed never encountered such knowledge before, so Hell Mingshe took the chance to explain.

"The higher weapon grades are, in order: holy artifact, super holy artifact, spiritual artifact, venerable artifact, divine artifact. Each level also has low, middle, high, and supreme grades," Mingshe told Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun recorded this information, then projected a strand of Divine Sense to communicate with the Xuan Kong Shi.

Sure enough, after he sent a Divine Sense into the Xuan Kong Shi, he saw a spirit of a vessel in the form of an old man.

Inside the Xuan Kong Shi, there was a fruit tree bearing three fruits, but they seemed like phantoms, not truly existing in this space.

"That must be the hanging fruit that Old Ge wants!" Ye Liuyun thought to himself.

The old vessel spirit glanced at him, shook his head helplessly, and sighed, "Your realm is far too low! It's all Hell Mingshe's fault, delaying me this long!"

But he also knew he had no choice now, so he said, "I can choose to recognize you as master, but if you cannot reach the Nascent Core realm within three years, you must find me a stronger master."

Ye Liuyun also knew the old vessel spirit thought his realm too low, and said, "I am confident I can reach the Nascent Core realm within three years. If I fail, I will keep my promise and find you a stronger master."

The old one, seeing Ye Liuyun speak sincerely, also said, "I'm not underestimating your realm; it's this inheritance that can only be opened once you reach the Nascent Core realm. m."

For now you can only use the most basic function: inside the Xuan Kong Shi is actually an independent space where you can cultivate or hide from danger.

Time inside this Xuan Kong Shi differs from the outside; one day outside equals ten days here, which can accelerate your cultivation or healing speed.

Ye Liuyun thought, this is truly a treasure. Even just the basic function is so powerful!

After understanding how to use it, the old vessel spirit also recognized Ye Liuyun as master. Ye Liuyun then temporarily stored the Xuan Kong Shi.

He still cannot harvest the hanging fruit; he must wait until he reaches the Nascent Core realm, so he can only owe Old Ge for now.

He still cannot stay long in the underground palace; he must go out to find more treasures and can only cultivate after leaving.

Thus, Ye Liuyun sealed his Dongtian Dadian and asked about a way out.

He then asked Mingshe, "Where did those Hell Yin Souls yaksha go after being sucked into the walls?"

"The passage ahead is actually a nether artifact from Hell. Those yaksha have already been sucked back into Hell. However, you cannot acquire that nether artifact; you lack Hell's aura," Hell Mingshe explained.

"Then can you acquire it?" Ye Liuyun asked.

"Master, you've already collected many treasures; better leave this nether artifact alone! If you take it, Hell will be able to find me, bringing many troubles. With your current strength you cannot resist them. Moreover, the nether artifact is on par with a divine artifact; in my current state I couldn't even use it!"

Hell Mingshe advised Ye Liuyun, fearing that Hell would locate him through this nether artifact and capture him, which would also bring trouble to Ye Liuyun.

So Ye Liuyun had no choice but to give up, and followed Hell Mingshe's instructions, walking back to the passage.

Although Hell Mingshe cannot acquire this nether artifact, it knows the way out. Turning left and right, in less than a quarter hour it led Ye Liuyun to the entrance of the underground palace.

Outside the entrance, the death aura had faded considerably, covering only about ten zhang around the entrance.

Ye Liuyun moved many stones and directly buried the entrance to prevent anyone from mistakenly entering.

Then, while walking outward, he called out to Bai Hu and Shi Yuan, heading to meet them first.

Ye Liuyun had been separated from Bai Hu for almost two days. During that time, Bai Hu had hunted over two hundred ferocious beasts and also killed many guard troops and disciples of the Xuemo sect.

A few low-level winged sky tigers died, making the beast herd much smaller. However, Bai Hu also tamed a steel‑scaled tiger and a crimson demon tiger, both at the Nascent Core tier.

Thus, Ye Liuyun ordered Bai Hu to release those Sea Transformation‑level winged sky tigers. Their realms were low, and keeping them was of little use.

Next, he sensed Liang Xue's location and rushed to other treasure caches to avoid colliding with Liang Xue.

They had already spent more than half their time in the Secret Realm; he needed to seize the remaining time and gather more treasures, not coming here in vain.

Against the Xuemo sect and guard troops, he would chase and slaughter them as soon as he spotted them, beginning a purge.

Two days later, Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense suddenly detected over a dozen disciples from Lingyang Academy pursuing Jiang Yuan and Liu Shengnan. Ye Liuyun immediately led his ferocious beasts there.

When he appeared, both sides felt a chill in their hearts. They had all heard of the fearsome reputation of the Blood Armor person.

Jiang Yuan and Liu Shengnan exchanged glances, their eyes full of despair. Just the few Holy Realm beasts behind Ye Liuyun were enough to strip them of any courage to fight.

Jiang Yuan immediately said, "Senior, we are willing to hand over the Storage Ring and leave at once."

The Lingyang Academy disciples also agreed to hand over the Storage Ring, but had no intention of sparing Jiang Yuan and Liu Shengnan.

"What grievance do you have between you?" Ye Liuyun asked in a hoarse voice.

"Those two refused to hand over the treasure and even killed one of our disciples!" a Lingyang Academy disciple said.

"Then who obtained the treasure?" Ye Liuyun asked again.

The Lingyang Academy disciple hesitated and said, "Senior, the treasure should belong to those with strength! Now that it belongs to you, it is fitting!"

Ye Liuyun understood immediately.

"So you were the ones who seized the treasure first? Stealing and then claiming righteousness!" Ye Liuyun said coldly.

Hearing Ye Liuyun's icy tone, the Lingyang Academy disciples hurriedly said, "Senior, we have never offended you, and we have already handed over the Storage Ring. This is merely a private matter among us."

Ye Liuyun directly sent a Transmission Voice to the beasts, ordering them to attack.

On the other side, Jiang Yuan and Liu Shengnan, after dropping the Storage Ring, tried to leave.

"Stop! Did I let you go?"

Ye Liuyun didn't want their Storage Ring, but couldn't state it outright; he just needed to stop them.

Jiang Yuan and Liu Shengnan both paled, thinking the Blood Armor person would kill them, and prepared to take advantage of the moment when Ye Liuyun had no beasts nearby to strike him down first.

Ye Liuyun gave a slight smile, released three Holy Realm winged sky tigers, encircling the two. Jiang Yuan and Liu Shengnan's faces turned deathly pale.

"This Blood Armor person even has Holy Realm beasts!"