Chapter 0487 Ancient Forest Town

Chapter 0487 Ancient Grove Town

Yang Shiyue gripped Qin Yun's hand tightly, looking a bit nervous.

"Sister Yang, what are you so nervous about?" Qin Yun felt her soft hand trembling slightly and asked with concern.

"I'm worried... there could be danger in the ancient garden!" Yang Shiyue looked at Qin Yun, her beautiful eyes brimming with mixed emotions.

Qin Yun remembered Yang Shiyue's past life.

Yang Shiyue had previously died on the moon, a special ancient garden. Perhaps the upcoming journey to the ancient garden had stirred up her fears.

"It's okay!" Qin Yun said with a smile.

Yang Shiyue nodded, but her face still showed concern.

"I'm going to activate the teleportation array!" Qin Yun placed a billion purple crystal coins into the storage space within a stone brick on the ground and said.

"Activate it!" Yang Shiyue saw the teleportation array tremble and quickly stood on her tiptoes to kiss Qin Yun on the cheek.

Qin Yun felt Yang Shiyue's kiss and was momentarily stunned. At that moment, the teleportation array activated.

"Sister Yang!" Qin Yun shouted in surprise after the teleportation was successful.

He quickly looked around and found himself in an ancient forest, but Yang Shiyue was gone.

He had just been holding Yang Shiyue's hand and felt her kiss his cheek, yet she vanished instantly during the teleportation.

"Sister Yang, where are you?" Qin Yun shouted frantically in all directions.

He paced back and forth, shouting "Sister Yang" desperately for two or three hours, but there was no sign of her.

Qin Yun, extremely worried, collapsed to the ground, grabbed his hair, and muttered, "After the teleportation array activated, I was still holding her hand, but she vanished. What happened?"

"Sister Yang, where are you?"

Qin Yun touched the cheek Yang Shiyue had kissed, still feeling the soft, moist sensation of her lips.

"There's no teleportation array here; the one in Martial Ancient City is one-way!" He sighed deeply, hoping nothing had happened to Yang Shiyue.

"Brother, Sister Yang is okay for now. I can sense her strong life force!" Mo Mo suddenly said.

"I also have the Darkmoon Martial Spirit, so I can sense her! Little Bunny said Sister Yang will be fine; it might just be a small mishap during the teleportation!" Mo Mo added.

Hearing Mo Mo's words, Qin Yun felt somewhat reassured.

He took out the Solar Arcane Sigil and, following its direction, ran wildly.

The only way into the ancient garden was through the Demon Path.

However, that entrance had significant restrictions; only warriors at the Martial Realm 3rd Layer could enter, and they needed an ancient garden pass.

"Brother, when night falls, I'll try to use the Darkmoon Totem to sense Sister Yang's Darkmoon Martial Spirit and Totem through the moon. Maybe we can establish contact with her!" Mo Mo added.

"Alright!" Qin Yun suddenly looked forward to the arrival of night.

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The ancient garden was vast and expansive.

Everywhere stood towering straight trees, two to three hundred meters high, and in some areas, craters could occasionally be seen.

Qin Yun traversed through the forest, feeling the ancient and musty atmosphere of the place, as if he had stepped back into the prehistoric era.

He wasn't very familiar with this ancient garden; he only knew that many Martial Realm 3rd Layer warriors had entered.

Moreover, the broken bridge that leads into the ancient garden was also constructed by the Nine Sun Sect.

Thus, the Nine Sun Sect held a large number of passes, allowing disciples to enter here.

Although they were all supposed to evacuate from the three wastelands, they sent many Martial Realm 3rd Layer disciples into the ancient garden to search for the Yang Spirit.

Qin Yun had initially thought that not many people would enter the ancient garden, but he found a small town in an ancient forest!

The town was surprisingly lively!

"Could it be that over the years, so many people have entered that such a large town has formed?" Qin Yun estimated that the town might have tens of thousands of people.

He checked himself in the mirror, attached a beard, and changed into a luxurious blue outfit. After ensuring he was not easily recognizable, he walked into the town.

Once inside, Qin Yun discovered that not only people from the three wastelands could enter this ancient garden.

People from the Spirit Wasteland and Demon Wasteland also had ways to enter. However, only Martial Realm 3rd Layer warriors could enter.

Once people from the Spirit Wasteland and Demon Wasteland entered the ancient garden, they were unable to return to their respective wastelands.

Even if they found the Yang Spirit, they could only be sent to Wuhuang, and then proceed to the Demon Wasteland or Spirit Wasteland from there.

Qin Yun quietly marveled at how well-hidden the Yang Spirit was, as there had been over a dozen such towns here for thousands of years.

If one's cultivation breaks through to the Spirit Warrior Realm here, they will be repelled by a force and can only be teleported to Wuhuang.

The Runes Hall is indeed formidable; even in this small town, there is a smaller-scale Runes Hall, though it lacks powerful Runes Masters.

Qin Yun directly went to the Runes Hall. Due to the scarcity of Runes Masters, the first floor of the Runes Hall serves as a restaurant for drinking and dining, while the second floor handles rune-related business.

Qin Yun sat down and ordered many dishes, all of which were quite expensive.

The dishes he ordered were very costly, either rare wild spirit vegetables or some spirit beast meats, which became incredibly fragrant after cooking.

When the dishes were served, they exuded a colorful aroma, greatly stimulating one's appetite.

After picking up a few bites, Qin Yun savored them carefully, then ordered many delicious pastries and spirit fruits, which were for Momo and the other little cuties.

There were quite a few people on the first floor, all very curious about who this person was, to be so wealthy.

Because the fruits, pastries, and various sumptuous dishes on the table were worth over ten thousand purple crystals.

The warriors inside the ancient garden are all at the Martial Dao Realm, as entering and exiting the ancient garden is extremely difficult, so their purple crystals are quite limited.

To obtain purple crystals, one can only do so by picking various wild spirit vegetables and capturing spirit beasts, or by being lucky enough to find some heavenly treasures.

Just as everyone was curious about Qin Yun's identity, suddenly, a girl around twelve or thirteen years old walked in.

The girl had a delicate oval face, though a bit dirty, it added a touch of rustic beauty.

She wore her hair in a ponytail, dressed in a slightly yellowed and somewhat worn white dress, with a pair of white leather boots that had many cracks.

Upon entering, she saw the abundant dishes on many tables and couldn't help but swallow her saliva, then called out in a sweet voice, "This stone in my hand is excellent material for refining spirit weapons. Uncles, aunts, brothers, sisters, grandmas, grandpas, who wants to buy?"

Qin Yun immediately looked over and found that the stone was indeed quite special.

The black stone had many silver spots on its surface, flickering on and off.

At this moment, an elder from the Qiwen Pavilion walked over, picked up the stone, examined it, and smiled, "Young lady, your stone is just a common Shimmering Star Stone, a low-grade material for forging spiritual tools. It's not worth many Purple Crystal Coins!"

"Impossible! My grandfather and father fought desperately with magical beasts to snatch this stone. They were eaten by the beasts just to get it!" The girl choked back tears as she spoke.

She couldn't believe that her loved ones had died for a worthless stone.

When the ancient grove first opened, there were already many magical beasts inside, and it's no surprise they've multiplied to this day.

"How about fifty Purple Crystal Coins?" the steward of the Qiwen Pavilion said. "I am the steward of this Qiwen Pavilion, Qian Chao!"

"Grandpa Qian Chao, this stone is really precious. Five hundred Purple Crystal Coins, will you buy it?" The girl in white pleaded with a pitiful tone.

"That's too steep!" Qian Chao shook his head.

At this moment, a middle-aged fellow at a table shouted, "Little girl, come over and drink with me. I'll give you fifty Purple Crystal Coins, and I don't even want your worthless stone!"

"Little girl, I'll offer a hundred. Come drink with me? How about it?" A youth in luxurious robes from another table called out with a sly grin.

"This little girl is a budding beauty. If raised well and dressed up, she'll definitely become a very beautiful slave! Hehe!" someone muttered with a laugh.

Many people began offering high prices, urging the girl in white to drink with them.

The price quickly soared to two thousand Purple Crystal Coins!

The girl in white hugged the stone, biting her lip in distress, feeling like a lamb fallen into a den of wolves, filled with despair.

Though young, she understood everything. Hearing their crude and vulgar words, she shed tears of humiliation and anger, turning to leave the Qiwen Pavilion.

But just as she was about to leave, someone stopped her.

"Don't go! We've made offers. You can't just leave without entertaining us!" A black-clad thug smirked with arrogance.

"I won't sell the stone anymore!" The girl in white wiped her tears, sniffled, and declared boldly.

"You have to sell it!" The black-clad thug sneered. "Quick, tell us who you're selling it to! We're all waiting!"

The people here often went out to search for Yang Spirits and battled magical and spiritual beasts. They were all fierce and ruthless, and now, seeking relaxation and amusement, they continued to egg her on.

Suddenly, Qin Yun abruptly called out, "I'll offer a hundred thousand Purple Crystal Coins to buy it!"

Hearing his words, everyone immediately turned to look, and the hall went silent.

No one doubted his words, as the various delicacies and dishes on his table alone were worth over a hundred thousand Purple Crystal Coins.

The people here also knew that disciples from the Nine Sun Sect had recently arrived, and they figured this person might be one of them.

"Young lady, before I buy your stone, I need you to confirm whether this stone truly has value," Qin Yun said.

"How... how do I confirm it?" The girl in white had noticed Qin Yun upon entering.

After all, Qin Yun was sitting alone at a large table, with an array of fine dishes and desserts. It was hard not to notice him.

Moreover, she had seen that Qin Yun hadn't paid much attention to her, nor had he joined in the others' teasing. He seemed out of place here, giving off an enigmatic presence.

"Drip your blood on the stone. If the stone absorbs your blood, then it's a treasure," Qin Yun said calmly, taking a bite of his meal before speaking.