Chapter 432: and translation of chapter title

Wang Li, fellow cultivator.

Song, fellow cultivator, what guidance do you have?

Song Xing looked over there: "The Otherworldly Race is powerful, and many have arrived at the Golden Core stage; you and I still need to cooperate."

Wang Li nodded: "No problem."

Having said that, the three sides jointly raised the secret key in their hands; the key, split into three pieces, vaguely looked like a piece of jade pendant.

As the jade pendant glowed, the three sides tossed their secret keys into the air; as the jade pendant shattered and reformed, a golden beam shot straight at the opening, and layer upon layer of seals were broken.

"Enter!!"

The three forces instantly surged in.

The people who had been lurking in the shadows also rushed forward the moment they entered, all pouring in.

Yan Buji followed the crowd, and at a glance saw at least thirty to forty Golden Core cultivators rushing in, both human and other races; it was clear that the hidden people were not few.

"I wonder if this is a dragon versus tiger fight."

Yan Buji stepped inside, and in the blink of an eye felt the world shift, an unimaginable restraining force rendering him immobile.

Huh?!

Seeing that a few cultivators beside him were in the same situation, Yan Buji carefully examined the surroundings and found that the spiritual energy density was too high, causing a mismatch between a cultivator's power and the external Qi; coupled with a certain seal, it seemed that the stronger one's power, the harder it was to move for those entering here.

"But I can get out," Yan Buji said with a smile, directly halting the flow of his power and urging his True Essence to leap out of this area.

"Fellow cultivator... how did you get out?"

Turning around, Yan Buji looked around and seemed to be in a garden; they had just been stuck on a rockery.

The person stuck on the rockery looked at Yan Buji in disbelief, and Yan Buji calmly said, "You must withdraw your power to get out."

Those few tried, but also found it hard to move.

"That's not right!"

"Then I have no way, goodbye."

"Hey hey hey, fellow cultivator, we can talk later; if you pull us out, there will be a hefty reward!" The faces of those cultivators changed dramatically—who knows if they get stuck here and encounter some danger, they might not make it out.

Yan Buji squinted and laughed, "One hundred thousand Spiritual Stones per person."

"You!"

"To be honest, you all should know that if that family acts now, you'd be in trouble; fortunately that family isn't ruthless and doesn't want to kill or loot. So, do you really not want to get out?" Yan Buji retorted.

"Fellow cultivator, I'm willing to give one hundred thousand Spiritual Stones, pull me out!"

"Fine."

Yan Buji walked over and yanked him out in one grab.

The Golden Core cultivator glanced at Yan Buji a few times, sensed his abundant True Essence, hesitated briefly, then gritted his teeth and produced one hundred thousand Spiritual Stones.

"Thank you, fellow cultivator!"

"You're welcome." After receiving the Spiritual Stones, Yan Buji ignored the man's swift departure and looked at the others: "What about you?"

"I... I don't have that many Spiritual Stones in hand; can I substitute Spiritual Material?"

"That'll do."

Yan Buji pulled him out; the Golden Core cultivator breathed a sigh of relief, then a murderous glint flashed in his eyes: "You still want my money, give me …"

Bang!

Yan Buji smacked the opponent's head, shattering it; the instantaneous burst of terrifying force and the slain cultivator made the remaining few's faces turn pale.

That warrior is truly fierce!

Yan Buji wiped his hand, simultaneously gathering the corpse, and laughed, "And you?"

"We are willing to give one hundred thousand…"

"Two hundred thousand Spiritual Stones; if you're short a single coin, don't blame that family for smashing your heads!" Yan Buji sneered.

"You!"

After a round of friendly mutual aid and rescue, Yan Buji also obtained a haul of one million Spiritual Stones.

No kidding, these Golden Core cultivators are still quite wealthy; for example, the one he killed, not counting cultivation techniques, still amassed four to five hundred thousand Spiritual Stones in total.

Yan Buji thought that those he had killed before weren't this rich; it must be that the Dongxing Sea Region is so affluent, and Golden Core cultivators have especially high net worth.

"Indeed, I'm the one who's poor, not the others."

After all, few cultivators start out like him, using the Nine Turns Technique's pure power, and none practice Martial and Law Dual Cultivation like him.

To be honest, Yan Buji's accumulated resources now exceed four million Spiritual Stones, but so what?

He estimates that to reach the Core Formation stage, even this amount of resources is insufficient.

It's not that Yan Buji doesn't dare to kill, but there are too many people arriving; some might be scheming in the shadows, and if he acts and someone resorts to trickery, what then?

Moreover, having many people has its advantages; let this group fighting for the treasure contend with the three sides.

The murkier the water, the easier people get intoxicated.

While thinking, Yan Buji turned and looked around: pavilions, towers, mountains and waters—a truly celestial scenery.

"First, investigate what place this is."

Since they are in a secret realm, perhaps the surrounding seals aren't limited to those on the nearby rockery.

Speaking of it, seals are troublesome to set up and even more troublesome to undo, but like a lock, having the key can open them.

But with so many seals, who has that many keys…

The combined key of the three parties isn't just for opening this place's gate!

Yan Buji thought, and as he left the garden, released his spiritual perception, his expression changed instantly.

"So many seals—are they all on the path?"

Under his spiritual perception, part of the area fell into complete mist, obscuring what was real; the seals on the road seemed to trigger a trap the moment one stepped on them.

But the palaces and pavilions visible to the naked eye cannot be fake; could they merely be illusions?

"Or is it that they are sealed off by restrictions, so one can only observe the direction with the naked eye, but cannot investigate thoroughly?"

Yan Buji thought it over carefully, but he still had to take action.

After all, he's already here; he doesn't know how many treasures this place holds, but given how heavily guarded it is, he might encounter something extraordinary.

Just as he was thinking, Yan Buji stepped onto a restriction with one foot.

Boom—

A huge puppet rushed out, charging at Yan Buji.

Huh?!

This puppet.... how come it also has Golden Core stage strength?

Yan Buji's expression turned strange; after a fierce battle, he smashed the puppet's core and studied it for a while.

"Something's off; this puppet's refining method is completely different from today's, with no connecting seams, nor is it made using sealed refining; it seems like...."

"Did it come from overall differentiation?"

Yan Buji had this strange thought, because although the puppet looks human on the outside, it doesn't resemble ordinary puppet refining; it lacks both mechanical seams and the usual control mechanisms.

The core driving the puppet lies in a crystal within his body, but after smashing it, the crystal turned to dust.

Moreover, within this puppet, Yan Buji discovered some strange lumps of flesh.

It's as if.... this puppet was originally not a puppet, but rather like a real person, for some reason turned into a puppet.