Chapter 341: No Need to Waste

Ye Liuyun immediately unsealed the dragon qi that had been sealed inside his body and began to absorb it at once.

The Primordial Power sealed by the Dragon Emperor, even Qiong Qi could not unseal; it would have to wait a month for it to unseal on its own before being used again.

Then, Ye Liuyun also took out the Dragon Palace, refined it with dragon qi, and used his Divine Sense to take control of the Dragon Palace.

His Divine Sense discovered that this Dragon Palace was literally more than ten times larger than his original Dongtian Dadian!

He was about to put it away, but Qiong Qi forced him to use it directly. "A treasure not used is waste! You'll encounter better treasures later; there's no point in storing them—just use them all."

So Ye Liuyun took out the original Grand Hall as well, summoned the people and Monster Beasts inside, and began moving them into the Dragon Palace.

Qiong Qi greeted everyone, chatted for a while, then busily set up another Formation for the Dragon Palace, making its defenses even stronger.

After they were all done, Qiong Qi finally let everyone return to the Dragon Palace to cultivate, while he led Ye Liuyun deeper toward the Undersea Volcano.

At this time, the entire floor inside the Dragon Palace was paved with Spirit Stones. This was all on Qiong Qi's suggestion, using all resources. Thus the spiritual aura inside the Dragon Palace was richer than that of the entire alliance.

After all this turmoil, Ye Liuyun realized the urgency of improving himself quickly. It seemed he had been too stingy before; even with resources he wasn't bold enough to use them. He decided that even if it meant some waste, he would try to use every resource.

"If we run out, we can just go find more. Anyway, Qiong Qi said secret realms have been appearing frequently lately. And the farther south you go, the better the goods in the secret realms."

If he didn't advance quickly, he feared he wouldn't even qualify to compete for resources in the southern secret realms. Entering this Sea Emperor secret realm gave him deep insight.

Too many strong opponents he couldn't defeat. Though the Sea Tribe's Monster Beasts were powerful, the talents from other domains weren't necessarily much weaker. Moreover, these five domains are only a small part of the Cangyun Continent.

Ye Liuyun steadied his resolve, said no more, enveloped his whole body in Golden Crow Holy Fire, and rushed downward together with Qiong Qi.

At the same time, his body was being continuously nourished by the emanating dragon qi, strengthening his Physical Body.

Inside the volcano crater, everything was blazing red lava, gushing outward, occasionally erupting. Yet after they entered the interior of the lava, it was surprisingly calm and still.

But each time they descended further, the lava's temperature rose sharply.

"This is probably not ordinary core fire! It must be a stronger flame. We really hit the jackpot this time."

Qiong Qi felt the flame power, rejoiced, even transformed back to his original form and surged downward.

Not long after, they encountered swarms of fire spirits that had taken the shape of sea beasts, lunging at them to block their descent.

Ye Liuyun immediately drew the Demon Slaying Sword and began cutting down these fire spirits.

Seeing Ye Liuyun brandish his sword, Qiong Qi glanced at him and began nagging, "Your sword intent hasn't improved at all! How have you been cultivating lately? Why does it feel like there's no progress?"

Ye Liuyun was also frustrated. His sword intent had already reached a perfect state, yet Qiong Qi still said it wasn't strong.

"When you get back, hurry to the Holy Martial Academy's Rift Sky Gorge and condense a sword‑intent seed!" Qiong Qi instructed him.

"Sword‑intent seed? What's that?" Ye Liuyun asked, puzzled.

"True Qi has True Qi Seeds, and sword intent is the same. You'll understand once you go. Only when you reach the very end of that Rift Sky Gorge will your sword intent be considered a Minor Achievement!"

Qiong Qi at that moment didn't want to talk further, and was eager to descend and collect fire seeds.

Ye Liuyun could only note it silently, thinking about the cultivation he needed to do back home.

"Maybe I've been using Skeleton Puppets too often lately, really neglecting my own improvement." Thinking this, Ye Liuyun decided to use Skeleton Puppets less in the future and fight on his own as much as possible.

At worst he'll just get beaten! After all, once his Physical Body has absorbed all the dragon qi, it can withstand attacks from a Heavenly Gang Realm‑level strongman.

Ye Liuyun also felt a pressure building in his heart, so he unleashed fire onto those fire spirits, hacking them fiercely.

After the two of them annihilated the fire spirits and reached the bottom of the volcano, they saw a lump of bright red flame.

"Deep Sea True Fire!"

Qiong Qi exclaimed, "Not bad, not bad, not a wasted trip! It's much stronger than I imagined! Stop dawdling, absorb it quickly!"

Saying that, he sat directly beside the fire seed and began absorbing.

Ye Liuyun also sat down at once and started absorbing. But after a day, he dared not continue, lest he swallow the Golden Crow Holy Fire. Qiong Qi, however, kept absorbing until all the Deep Sea True Fire was taken, then rose and led Ye Liuyun away.

While walking, he lectured Ye Liuyun: "See? Your realm isn't high enough; even when resources are given you can't use them!"

"Hmm! You're right, I'll raise my realm immediately!" Ye Liuyun nodded in agreement.

"A teachable youngster!" Qiong Qi nodded. "Come, I'll take you another way, straight to the Spirit Stone mine."

They didn't return by the original route; instead they headed east from the sea floor. Any defensive volcano Formation they met was easily broken by Qiong Qi.

Soon they came upon a trench, followed it for a stretch, gradually entered a Cave, and inside the Cave lay an entire Spiritual Stone Vein.

Ye Liuyun released everyone from the Dragon Palace, letting them help move the Spirit Stones inside. Everyone toiled for a day, barely finishing the transfer. The remaining Spirit Stones would probably sustain this secret realm for only five or six more days.

"Let's go, we at least need to reach the exit. We have five or six days left; if anything delays us on the way, we'll be trapped here forever!"

Qiong Qi said, and together with Ye Liuyun returned to the secret realm's entrance.

Near the entrance, Qiong Qi suddenly stopped.

"When everyone rushes out, we'll slip out in the chaos. If we go out now, the two of us will be surrounded by those Sea Demons."

So Ye Liuyun took out Xuan Kong Shi, entered it to cultivate, while Qiong Qi led Lei Ming, Bai Hu and other Monster Beasts to hunt more sea beasts for food reserves.

Meanwhile, the Martial Cultivators waiting outside the volcano Formation all noticed something odd.

"Why is the temperature dropping! Do you feel it?" Some fire‑attribute cultivators were the first to sense the volcano's change.

Then many strong ones also sensed it; indeed the volcano was cooling.

"It must be that those who entered stole the fire seed!" a Heavenly Gang Realm strongman speculated.

The Monster Beasts thought the same, now suspecting the intruders. So everyone together shattered the Formation and went in to investigate.

At this point, even though the fire seed had been taken, the lava's temperature remained relatively high. Only a few Heavenly Gang Realm strongmen and fire‑attribute Martial Cultivators dared to probe deeper.

After investigating, they concluded that the shabby old man had deceived them, and began searching the entire secret realm for Qiong Qi.

They just didn't expect Qiong Qi was already near the entrance, so for a while they didn't encounter him. After all, the secret realm is huge; finding one person inside is quite difficult.