Chapter 452: Gathering Spirit Stones

After the selection competition ended, Ye Liuyun let everyone out from the Storage Ring, letting them catch their breath.

It's also safe in the main teaching area, with no fear of attack.

Unexpectedly, the Ninth Princess's cultivation had already broken through to the first level of the Heavenly Gang Realm, while everyone else's cultivation rose by one level. Lei Ming broke through to the second level of the Heavenly Gang Realm, putting him on par with Ye Liuyun, and Bai Hu broke through to the first level of the Heavenly Gang Realm. It seems that after this battle in the virtual training ground, everyone's foundations have become very solid.

Ye Liuyun then handed another Storage Ring to Piao Yun, asking her to arrange people to exchange it for Spirit Stones.

He also took out many items from the Poison Dragon Tomb and went to exchange them for Spirit Stones.

Piao Yun looked at the items and was also greatly surprised. "Master, some of these valuables might need to be auctioned to be worthwhile. It might take some time."

"It's fine, I'm not in urgent need." Ye Liuyun said.

"Do you really need Spirit Stones, Master? I see there are plenty of good things here; you could totally keep them!" Piao Yun couldn't help but ask again.

"You've also seen that I have so many people around me who all need Spirit Stones! Don't keep them, go ahead and exchange them. If you see something you like, just take it!" Ye Liuyun said to Piao Yang.

The Ninth Princess heard this and said to Ye Liuyun, "Brother Liuyun, do you need Spirit Stones? I know where there are many Spirit Stones!"

"Oh? Tell me more." Ye Liuyun also became interested.

"Our royal family has a Secret Realm specially for royal family members to cultivate in. Inside there are five Spiritual Stone Veins; if you dig up a few, it's no problem. Just don't dig them all up."

This Ninth Princess, for Ye Liuyun's sake, is willing to give up anything. She doesn't care at all whether the royal family suffers a loss.

"Really? Is the Secret Realm easy to enter?" Ye Liuyun asked.

"There are guards at the entrance. How about you bring me to sneak into the Royal Palace again, and I'll take you there. Those guards definitely wouldn't dare to stop me." The Ninth Princess has completely become Ye Liuyun's accomplice, and moreover, she's the type who specifically schemes against her own natal family.

Ye Liuyun laughed, "That won't do—if you get caught, it'll completely expose your identity as a little traitor of the royal family! Don't worry, I have a way to get in. Later I'll bring you along. Let's first eat something, celebrating that you all have broken through one level."

Ye Liuyun brought everyone to have a full meal; since it was still early before nightfall, he returned to the Xuan Kong Shi inside to train his spatial power.

After this round of training, he could actually stay in the fourth-level space for an hour. That amount of time is enough for him to hide or launch long-range attacks. Moreover, while training, he paid close attention to entering and leaving the void, trying as much as possible not to cause spatial fluctuations.

Ye Liuyun planned to use this spatial ability to silently evade the guards' detection and directly pass through to the royal family Secret Realm entrance.

When his training was about done, at midnight, Ye Liuyun had the Ninth Princess transmit the map of the Royal Palace and the location of the Secret Realm to him via Divine Sense, then he packed everyone into the Storage Ring. When digging spirit veins, they still need manpower.

With the Royal Palace map and the Secret Realm's location, Ye Liuyun directly hid into the void and, via void shuttle, reached the Secret Realm entrance.

At the Secret Realm entrance, two Heavenly Gang Realm experts stood guard. The guards were not particularly strict.

This is the Royal Palace; outside there are layers of guards. Few people know about this Secret Realm to begin with, and even fewer can break in here. Even if someone could break in, those two couldn't stop them.

So those two were very relaxed. They were chatting, backs to the Secret Realm entrance, not even having released their Divine Sense.

The two were chatting, backs to the Secret Realm entrance, without having released their Divine Sense.

Ye Liuyun took this opportunity to appear directly inside the Secret Realm entrance; upon appearing, he stepped straight into the teleportation array at the entrance, and his figure vanished as well.

One of the guards felt the fluctuation of the formation, but when he turned around, he saw nothing.

"Hmm? The Secret Realm's formation seems to have some movement; did you feel it?"

The other person glanced at the formation's entrance and then said, "What nonsense are you spouting! We're guarding here, and no one has passed—could it be a ghost? I think you're just too nervous."

"Oh! Maybe it's because I've been too exhausted from recent cultivation! Tomorrow I'll apply for a shift change and go rest for a few days……"

The two guards looked at the entrance again, saw indeed no movement, then continued chatting, not taking the earlier fluctuation seriously.

Meanwhile, Ye Liuyun had again hidden in the void near the entrance, waiting to see if those two guards would come to check. After waiting a long time with no one coming, he then released the Ninth Princess.

"Have we already entered the Secret Realm?" As soon as the Ninth Princess came out, she sensed the surroundings, lowered her voice, and asked Ye Liuyun in astonishment.

"Yeah, we've already come in, and no one has detected us." Ye Liuyun replied.

"Wow! Brother Liuyun, you're amazing! How did you get in?" The Ninth Princess asked curiously.

"Hurry up and go find the Spiritual Stone Vein, lest we invite trouble by delaying; other things we can discuss later when we go back." Ye Liuyun had no way with this princess; she simply didn't know what fear is.

If they were blocked here, that would be walking into a trap—there's no way out.

He also released his Divine Sense to probe the Secret Realm, checking if any royal family members were cultivating inside. For now, he hadn't detected anyone.

"Come with me, I'll take you there." The Ninth Princess said, having found a direction, and she brought Ye Liuyun flying over.

After breaking through to the Heavenly Gang Realm, the Ninth Princess was flying for the first time, so she was thrilled. Ye Liuyun saw that there weren't many people nearby, so he also let her release herself; being cooped up cultivating every day had also made this princess feel stifled.

But he still reminded her, "If you're discovered, we'll be in trouble. If we get trapped in this Secret Realm, we'll never be able to get out."

"Oh, then I'll be a bit more careful." The Ninth Princess's voice immediately lowered, and while flying, her movements were also as inconspicuous as possible.

Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense and Golden Pupil were fully extended, probing the situation inside the Secret Realm and the royal family members.

Just as they approached a mineral vein, Ye Liuyun also discovered that two people were cultivating near the mineral vein they intended to work on. Obviously, the spiritual energy here is relatively abundant, so they deliberately chose that spot.

From afar, Ye Liuyun pulled the Ninth Princess down, landing in the lower Mi Lin to discuss countermeasures.