Frenzied Plunder, Entire Peak Shaken!!

"Yes!!"

Immediately, two Qihua Peak disciples bowed and took their leave, heading toward Chief Disciple Chang Yue's cave dwelling to report. The others continued to tightly encircle the Treasure Pavilion.

They absolutely would not let even a single fly escape.

Time slowly ticked by.

In the blink of an eye.

A quarter of an hour passed.

Chief Disciple Chang Yue still had not arrived.

"What is the situation now?" Qin Li asked, his brow furrowing.

"C-Chief Disciple Chang Yue is in Secluded Cultivation. The disciples outside her cave dwelling are already trying to reach her, but there is no news yet," a Qihua Peak disciple explained, wiping sweat from his forehead as he held a communication jade.

Secluded Cultivation.

This meant cutting off all external interference to focus wholeheartedly on the Dao. Conventional methods like communication jades simply could not reach him.

As for making a commotion outside the cave dwelling?

That depended on how much noise they dared to make.

"Chief Qin Li, will everything be alright inside?" a Qihua Peak disciple looked worriedly toward the Treasure Pavilion. There were still two 'rats' inside; they couldn't afford to let them cause any irreparable damage.

"It is fine." Qin Li waved his hand, a sharp glint flashing through his eyes.

"At most, we will lose some ordinary cultivation materials. As long as those two thieves cannot escape, whatever they swallow, they will have to spit back out!!"

"Even if those two thieves decide to perish together with the treasures and deliberately destroy them, it will be useless. The truly rare treasures are all protected by restrictions."

"Without a specific token, they cannot be unsealed."

"..."

The other Qihua Peak disciples nodded upon hearing this.

They could only wait.

They had to wait until they could contact Chief Disciple Chang Yue.

At the same time.

Inside the Treasure Pavilion.

"..."

Ning Fan held a communication jade, his gaze toward the main doors carrying a hint of tension. The method to seal the restrictions and defensive Formations from the inside had just been dictated to him by Miao Tian. Ning Fan was merely following Miao Tian's instructions, uncertain if it would actually work.

Now, it seemed he had succeeded. Closing the restrictions from the inside would definitely buy them some time.

"Husband..." Yun Qingyao looked at Ning Fan, her face full of worry. In this current situation, escaping would be as difficult as ascending to the heavens.

It would be a lie to say she wasn't anxious.

"Take what we can first. Every bit counts," Ning Fan said.

During the brief time that had passed, Ning Fan had more or less memorized the layout of the Treasure Pavilion. As expected of a main peak's vault, even the items on the first floor were exceedingly rare. Generally, any treasure qualified to be displayed here was at least Top Grade of the Yellow Rank.

After all, ordinary Spirit Stones and Low Grade or Middle Grade Yellow Rank materials were kept in regular storehouses, not the true Treasure Pavilion.

The more precious treasures were located in the center of the room, protected beneath glazed display stands, inevitably shielded by restrictions.

As for the stairs leading to the upper floors...

They were blocked by a faint curtain of light, clearly requiring one to break the restriction before setting foot on them.

"Let's get to work!" Ning Fan declared.

He and Yun Qingyao split up, one taking the left and the other the right, and began to 'ransack' the floor.

One after another, cultivation materials and heavenly treasures possessing unique properties fell into their storage rings. It had to be said, this kind of unrestrained plundering was immensely satisfying. Treasures that normally required bitter struggles to obtain could now be casually swept into their pockets.

How could a single word like 'satisfying' possibly describe this!?

In just a quarter of an hour.

Ning Fan and Yun Qingyao had filled more than half the space in their storage rings. At this moment, the two realized a problem: if they continued sweeping everything up so indiscriminately...

Their rings would likely run out of space.

That wouldn't do!

Thus, Ning Fan and Yun Qingyao began to selectively choose the treasures within the Qihua Peak's Treasure Pavilion. They no longer bothered with items that merely aided in gathering spiritual energy, focusing purely on heavenly materials that possessed special properties like body tempering or aiding in breaking through realms.

Even within the same grade, a heavenly treasure with unique properties was far rarer than an ordinary cultivation resource.

"..."

Ning Fan turned his attention toward the glazed display stands.

It was time to try breaking them. The treasures protected beneath these covers were the truly precious ones. At this thought, a sharp, imposing light flashed through Ning Fan's eyes.

"Dragon Snake Evolution Hand!!"

The spiritual energy around Ning Fan surged wildly. A grey-black serpent condensed upon his arm. As it slithered forward, the phantom snake gradually took on the form of a flood dragon!

Ning Fan fiercely punched out, sending the coiled flood dragon crashing heavily against the glazed display stand with a muffled boom.

Stomp, stomp, stomp-

The immense recoil forced Ning Fan to stagger backward several steps. It was only when Yun Qingyao extended her jade-like arms to catch him that he managed to steady his stance.

Buzz-

A familiar alarm echoed out. The ear-piercing sound could be clearly heard even outside the Treasure Pavilion. As for the glazed display stand, it remained completely unscathed before Ning Fan and Yun Qingyao.

Even though the power of Ning Fan's strike was something an ordinary Profound Extreme Realm disciple could not easily withstand, it was still insignificant before the Treasure Pavilion's defensive Formations.

At the same time.

Outside the Treasure Pavilion.

As the piercing alarm rang out, Qin Li and the other disciples couldn't help but frown. It seemed the two thieves inside had begun attacking the restrictions.

"It is no matter. The restrictions are incredibly sturdy; they cannot be broken," Qin Li stated confidently once more.

But in the next moment.

The blaring alarm abruptly intensified. Rings of red light pulsed outward from the Treasure Pavilion, sweeping across the entirety of Qihua Peak.

It was obvious the alarm had escalated to a higher level.

"What!?"

Qin Li's eyes widened, his pupils shrinking to the size of pinpricks. It was as if an invisible hand had clamped around his throat, turning his breathing ragged and rushed.

An escalated alarm meant a restriction had been violently shattered. Just what realm were those two thieves at, to actually be capable of destroying the restrictions on the glazed stands!?

"Has Chief Disciple Chang Yue still not arrived!?" Qin Li roared.

"He should truly be here soon now," a Qihua Peak disciple standing beside Qin Li said with a bitter smile.

Now that the restrictions protecting the treasures inside the pavilion had been broken, every personal disciple, chief, and even the Peak Master himself would receive a transmission. There was no need to send anyone to rush Chief Disciple Chang Yue anymore.

The entirety of Qihua Peak was shaken.

"Impossible."

"How could the restrictions inside the Treasure Pavilion be broken? How is this possible!?"

Beads of cold sweat began to form at Qin Li's temples.

He was the one who had let those two thieves inside. If a major disaster truly occurred, he would definitely be unable to escape the blame.

For a moment.

Qin Li found himself riding a tiger with no way to dismount.

He could only hope.

Hope that the two thieves inside the Treasure Pavilion wouldn't go too far.

At the same time.

Inside the Treasure Pavilion.

Every single glazed display stand in the room was shattered, presenting one rare treasure after another before Ning Fan and Ye Honglian. That was right-the one who had struck to shatter the restrictions was neither Ning Fan nor Yun Qingyao.

It was Ye Honglian!!

If Ning Fan and Yun Qingyao couldn't break the restrictions, didn't that just mean Ye Honglian had to step in!?

"You little lecher, treating me like a common laborer," Ye Honglian glared at Ning Fan.

"Hehe, if my realm increases, I can better protect you, Fairy Sister. Right?" Ning Fan let out a sheepish laugh, then smoothly changed the subject.

"Um."

"Fairy Sister, in this current situation... are you able to slip away?"

Ye Honglian: "..."

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