“Boom!”

Almost at the same time he flew away, a violent surge of spiritual energy suddenly spread from the Golden Top Hall. The moment this aura appeared, Xu Taiping instinctively felt a tingling sensation on his scalp, with an overwhelming urge to flee the area immediately.

However, before he could act, he saw something resembling a tongue suddenly extend from the Golden Hall above, quickly wrapping around Nie Shu, who had turned into a cloud of demonic mist, and pulling him into the hall.

A heart-wrenching scream followed, echoing from the top of the Golden Hall.

Without a doubt, the scream came from the white-haired demonic master, no, it was the white-haired demon lord Nie Shu.

“What on earth is that?”

Xu Taiping looked up at the Golden Top, voicing his confusion after a long while.

Because the distance was too far and the scene before him was shrouded by a strange power, making it all blurry, he couldn’t clearly see what it was.

He could only make out a vague outline.

So he turned his gaze to Lin Buyu beside him.

Lin Buyu shook her head.

Obviously, like Xu Taiping, she couldn’t see what it was either.

“No one knows what that is.”

Longyuan finally spoke.

“Junior martial uncle and we encountered it once many years ago, even closer than this time, but even then, we couldn’t see what it was.”

Chengying added.

“All we know is that whenever a demonic master or a Transformative Realm being appears in this secret realm, that thing will definitely come out and devour them.”

Longyuan supplemented.

“So you weren’t worried at all about Nie Shu getting the Corpse Lotus.”

Xu Taiping suddenly understood.

“Could that thing be a restriction set by the original sect of this relic? Just like the other restrictions within this relic.”

He suddenly asked.

“It’s not impossible.”

Longyuan didn’t refute this guess.

“Let’s go up.”

Chengying flew to Lin Buyu, signaling her to hold on to him.

“Up there, junior martial uncle has left a great fortuity for you two, something you can only encounter by chance.”

Seeing the worry in their hearts, Longyuan explained.

Xu Taiping and Lin Buyu exchanged a glance, then both nodded.

…

At the peak.

Inside Tai Xuan Hall.

At this moment, the doors of Tai Xuan Hall were wide open, with clusters of colorful clouds drifting inside, resembling the chaotic scene of the world at its inception.

“Every time that thing appears, this phenomenon occurs inside Tai Xuan Hall. Once inside, you can see the secret techniques, treasures, and elixirs of the Tai Xuan Sect, but these things can’t be taken out just by seeing them. It depends on fortuity. Some people can’t get a single item, while others can get many.”

Longyuan explained to Xu Taiping and Lin Buyu.

“The real treasures of the Tai Xuan Sect are actually hidden here.”

Xu Taiping was very surprised.

“In the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the colorful clouds will dissipate. You two should go in quickly. If you have any questions, ask after you come out.”

Chengying urged Xu Taiping and Lin Buyu.

The two nodded in agreement, then stepped into the hall together.

They trusted their junior martial uncle.

“Whoosh!…”

As soon as Xu Taiping stepped into the hall, he felt a fierce wind blowing towards him, so strong that he couldn’t open his eyes, forcing him to raise his hand to shield himself.

Only when the wind subsided did he lower his hand and open his eyes.

Upon reopening his eyes, Xu Taiping found himself seemingly in a void, with starlight constantly falling from above, some even landing right at his feet.

However, once they touched the ground, these starlights vanished.

At this moment, another point of starlight fell from the sky, about to land at Xu Taiping’s feet again.

As if guided by some unseen force, Xu Taiping suddenly stepped forward and caught the starlight just as it was about to fall.

When he opened his hand, he found that the starlight had turned into a jade scroll.

Upon closer inspection, he saw small characters engraved on the jade scroll—”‘A Step to Eternity’, Tai Xuan Sect’s secret Heaven-tier body technique.”

“Could this be the secret technique Longyuan mentioned… the Tai Xuan Sect’s hidden technique?”

Xu Taiping’s heart trembled.

He then reached out again to catch the starlight falling from above.

But this time, he caught nothing.

Even though he seemed to have caught it, when he opened his hand, there was nothing.

“No wonder Longyuan said it depends on luck.”

After several failed attempts, Xu Taiping recalled Longyuan’s words and felt at ease.

However, he wasn’t greedy. Getting one secret body technique was enough for him. Whether he could catch more would depend on fate.

After another dozen or so failed attempts, Xu Taiping felt that time was almost up, so he retracted his hand, ready to wait for the colorful mist to dissipate.

But just as he was thinking this, two extremely bright starlights, like two fireballs, fell heavily from the sky, heading straight for Xu Taiping.

With prior experience, Xu Taiping remained calm.

He thought these two starlights would either pass through him or vanish.

“Bang!”

But to his surprise, the two fireballs hit Xu Taiping’s chest like heavy punches, making him grunt and stumble back several steps.

When he regained his senses, he saw a piece of paper and a jade scroll, both wrapped in golden light, floating before him.

“The recipe for the Grass Returning Elixir, and the boxing manual for the Green Bull Saint Fist?”

Seeing the names of these two items, Xu Taiping’s heart raced.

The Grass Returning Elixir was well-known, and he had heard Fairy Lingyue mention the Green Bull Saint, the top martial cultivator of the demon race, who had swept through half of the cultivation world with his indestructible body.

“Although this Green Bull Saint Fist may not be directly from him, given its name and the fact that it was sealed here by the Tai Xuan Sect, it must be related.”

Xu Taiping thought excitedly.

“Boxing technique, body technique, elixir—these are all areas I’m involved in. Could it be that this place sensed this and gave these items to me?”

He suddenly thought of another possibility.

“Boom!…”

Just as Xu Taiping was thinking this, the colorful mist in the hall suddenly dissipated, and his vision cleared.

“How was it?”

“Did you gain anything?”

At this moment, Longyuan and Chengying flew into the hall.

“Yes.”

Xu Taiping didn’t hide anything.

“I got…”

“Just tell me the number.”

Longyuan interrupted Xu Taiping.

“Three.”

Xu Taiping nodded.

“Rare.”

“Congratulations.”

Hearing this, Longyuan and Chengying seemed satisfied.

Then the two swords flew to Lin Buyu.

“Little girl, how about you?”

Chengying asked Lin Buyu.

“Five.”

Lin Buyu thought for a moment and then answered.