Refining the Mountains and Rivers

Qin Yu came out much faster and his luck was far better, even though he hadn't realized it.

But this was indeed the truth.

When most of these cultivators were being chased by puppets and forced to flee, and while a small number of lucky ones encountered the saber-wielding statues, Qin Yu's fight had come to an end.

The soldier statue was extremely powerful and even though it appeared fragile, it actually possessed an incredible defensive ability. Qin Yu used three fingers, striking the same place, before he managed to tear open a wound on its chest.

Then, he used a punch to expand the wound. Most of the statue's body broke off and the light in its eyes started to dim down.

Of course, Qin Yu also paid a price for this. There were two saber wounds on his body. Even though he had tightened his muscles to seal them, blood still leaked out and his face was pale.

"Space Laws…" The statue tossed away its saber and slammed its butt on the ground. It carefully straightened its broken body with its hands and said, "I never expected that with your cultivation base you would have comprehended such a supreme Great Dao. My death isn't much of a loss then."

After coughing with difficulty twice, the statue looked at itself and then adjusted its sitting position again, making itself appear mighty and imposing once more. Then, with a satisfied sigh, its eyes flashed one more time before thoroughly extinguishing.

Bang -

A shock erupted from within the intersection. The surroundings immediately changed. The seven forks combined into one, forming a singular passage.

Qin Yu cupped his hands at the statue and bowed.

His three fingers had struck the same spot. Although it was because Qin Yu had used the Blue Point Finger which contained the power of the Space Laws, with the statue's strength he might have been able to dodge it.

When it was struck three times, it hadn't gone easy on Qin Yu either. It left behind two terrifying saber wounds on Qin Yu's body, causing his face to drain of all blood…but for some reason, Qin Yu thought this was somewhat deliberate.

It really did want to die.

One of Old Turtle's shadows had been called Qi Zhen. This certainly wasn't his true name, but that didn't matter because a name was just a marker.

Then, Qin Yu also counted this soldier statue that was completely silent in front of him.

To be precise, in Qin Yu's not-too-short life, he had encountered two existences that hoped for the arrival of death.

In their opinion, perhaps death was the only way to free themselves!

Kacha -

Kacha -

Cracks appeared throughout the intersection and started spreading outwards. Qin Yu sighed. As he thought, staying here to recuperate was impossible.

It was impossible for the master of this labyrinth to commit such a low level mistake.

Qin Yu turned and walked away, flying into the passage. Although he had no idea where it connected to, since this was the only exit, he could only explore it unless he planned to stay here forever.

But this time, he discovered that his vigilance was meaningless because the passage was quiet and safe. When he reached the end, a large-scale courtyard building appeared in front of him.

While it was peaceful here, Qin Yu still revealed a dignified look as he stood before the courtyard. Could this be the place where the mystic realm's soul body lived? Had he arrived at the core area of the entire labyrinth?

A breeze blew past, rustling the leaves. Besides that, it was quiet. This was a deep quiet, one where Qin Yu could clearly hear his footsteps as well as the beating of his heart.

There were two stone lions in front of the courtyard. They were as vivid as living creatures, their wide eyes staring in the direction of the doors, showing their dignity and majesty.

Qin Yu looked at them and then looked at them again. He took a few steps over, reached out and touched one, and then his complexion changed.

Cultivators resonated with the heavens and earth. After the magic power in their bodies was used up, they needed to absorb the spiritual energy of the heavens and earth to restore themselves.

As their boundaries rose and the magic power in their bodies grew richer and more abundant, although the speed at which they restored themselves also increased, it still took a long period of time to recover.

If one was training, then it was fine if the speed was a bit slow. But what if they were in a battle? Then, the speed at which a person's magic power was restored might be a determining factor in whether they lived or died.

This resulted in other options for supplementing the magic power within their bodies. For instance, various kinds of recovery pills…as well as spirit stones.

In fact, for those that reached Qin Yu's cultivation boundary, common spirit stones were simply meaningless.

The spiritual strength within them, compared to the magic power they needed to restore their strength, was like a drop of water in a bucket.

But this only referred to normal quality spirit stones. For instance, these two stone lions were formed from something special that Qin Yu had never encountered before.

These were also spirit stones. If he had to be forced into dividing them by ranks, then this was…uniquely excellent quality?

Just from touching one, Qin Yu could clearly feel the pure and astonishing amount of heaven and earth spiritual energy contained within.

According to his calculations, just a palm-sized piece would be enough to restore all his magic power. And these two stone lions…he could probably cut them into several hundred pieces!

This was a tremendous wealth!

Disregarding all else, as long as he had these two stone lions, if he ever went all out against anyone in the future, it would be exceedingly difficult for them to exhaust his strength.

As long as he could endure, then he could simply win through attrition!

A good thing, this was definitely a good thing.

But such a good thing was just placed in front of him? Was this normal? Moreover, from what Qin Yu could sense, there were no traps, imprisonments, barriers, or anything else. These two stone lions…no, they could be called excellent quality spirit stone lions, as long as he wanted to he could just carry them away.

It was like a meat pie fell down from the skies!

Qin Yu looked at the tightly shut doors and suppressed his desires. This was the Land of Disorder, and a realm within a realm at that. The tyrannical spirit body here was wrapped in layers of mystery, so who knew if there was a problem somewhere?

The two lions were placed here, so there was no need to hurry for the time being. He could at least check out the courtyard first.

With this thought in mind, Qin Yu walked over to the doors. He reached out a hand and pushed them open.

The courtyard doors silently opened, without any hindrance at all. A beautiful and exquisite front courtyard appeared in his line of sight.

But soon, Qin Yu had no thoughts to spare on caring about the scenery…because he saw many, many, many treasures.

A few meters away from the entrance of the courtyard, there was an orchid in full bloom. It released a faint fragrance that constantly stimulated Qin Yu's sense of smell.

He subconsciously drew in a deep breath and felt invigorated. His soul began to stir as a strong desire gushed out within him.

Although he had no idea what sort of species this orchid was, there was one point that was without doubt - it was a powerful soul treasure.

And this was just an ordinary example from what he could see all around him.

Because there were many things similar to this orchid. There was green grass in the flowerbeds, vines climbing up the corner of the courtyard walls, unknown yellow flowers gently swaying in the wind; everything released a tempting fragrance.

Qin Yu never thought that as he opened the front doors, he would actually be opening up a treasure house!

And he was at the entrance of this treasure house. The doors had been opened. If he wanted it, everything here was his.

Cultivators defied the heavens to change and extend their life, doing their best to strengthen themselves. They fought against their destiny so that they could obtain their own unique and wonderful life.

And this level of brilliance as well as the length of their lifespan were both ultimately determined by their cultivation base. So, the pursuit of power was an uncontrollable instinct in all cultivators.

Now that he faced this courtyard full of treasures, Qin Yu clearly felt the impact of this formidable instinct.

Even with Qin Yu's ability to control himself, he still couldn't help but feel his mouth go dry as a burning hot light appeared in the depths of his eyes.

There were no traps or spells here. All this treasure was placed in front of him. As long as he reached out a hand he could obtain everything. Qin Yu had no idea if this was all an illusion, but from what he was experiencing it was real.

But why?

Was it as he thought, that this was the lair of the powerful soul body inside this realm within a realm, thus the reason for these treasures being here?

Even if this was true, shouldn't there be protections? Or did that soul body never think that someone could reach this place?

Qin Yu took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. Something was wrong here!

He thought back to the soldier statue that had died. Its existence was obviously a test.

As long as someone passed it, they could open the channel and arrive here.

In other words, everything was the arrangement of the labyrinth master…could this courtyard be a reward to those that overcame the obstacle?

Qin Yu rubbed his forehead, bitterly smiling. This wasn't an exam or something. Why would there be a reward after passing it?

Moreover, even if there was a reward, it would never be so generous.

It had to be known that from what Qin Yu saw so far, including the stone lions and the treasures inside, their value was so high that it made his heart shake and made it almost impossible for him to control himself.

But compared to the entire courtyard, that amount wasn't worth mentioning at all. It wasn't even 1% of the total area here.

If everything in this courtyard was like he saw before him…just thinking about it caused his breathing to deepen.

This wasn't right, there had to be a problem. There was definitely a problem!

Qin Yu could feel his beating heart. Restlessness began to grow.

There was no reason for it. This was a powerful sense of intuition.

In fact, it wasn't just Qin Yu who had this intuition.

Old Turtle suddenly said, "Master, it is best if you don't touch the things in this courtyard."

Qin Yu's eyes flashed. "Why?"

Old Turtle hesitated a bit. He said, "I don't know why, but I keep feeling that something is wrong…" He paused and continued, "You can try taking something. I will attempt to carefully sense it."

Qin Yu thought for a moment and then walked over to the orchid. As he got closer to it, the fragrance it emitted was even richer than before. He subconsciously licked his lips and reached out to uproot it.

"Stop!" Old Turtle screamed.