On this small hill, a group of palaces appeared, all radiating golden light, converging into a formation that protected the palaces within.
However, these palaces remained collapsed, and although there was a magic circle reinforcing them, it wouldn’t last much longer.
When Lin Bai arrived here, he soon noticed the golden light atop these palace groups beginning to dissipate, indicating that the formation had indeed reached its limit.
"Those strong ones from the eighth and ninth layers of the Wending Realm just took a glance and left?"
"I guess they don’t think the treasures here are even worth their attention!"
"That’s good too, at least the treasures here will be ours alone."
"Is there an Array Master here to break the formation?"
"Heh heh, does it even need to be broken? This formation will automatically dissipate in less than half an hour. By then, we’ll be able to enter this palace group."
"I really don’t know what kind of treasures are in this palace group that are guarded by such a powerful magic circle!"
The warriors around waiting for the golden magic circle to disperse were all excited and full of anticipation.
Standing in the crowd, Lin Bai surveyed the terrain and whispered, "This place is located on the southeastern edge of the White Dragon Mountain Range, almost outside the mountain gate of the White Dragon Sect. This palace group shouldn’t be an important place within the White Dragon Sect!"
"If I’m not mistaken, this place might be a spot where disciples of the White Dragon Sect secretly traded, which is quite likely!"
"Trading Hall!"
"That’s why those warriors from the eighth and ninth layers of the Wending Realm lost interest and left after a mere glance, because there definitely won’t be any rare treasures here!"
"In the past, the disciples of the White Dragon Sect who traded here were probably mostly inner disciples and outer sect disciples. The elixir pills they traded for were likely not that good either!"
"But since I’m here, I might as well take a look. What if I’m wrong?"
"Besides, Shen Qianlang is here, how can I leave?"
Standing among the crowd, Lin Bai waited for the golden light atop these palace groups to fade. Meanwhile, he glanced at Shen Qianlang, who seemed in no hurry to make a move, calmly waiting at the side.
As time slowly passed, everyone’s eyes were fixed on the golden light atop the palace group.
Half an hour later, these golden lights gradually dimmed.
"The golden light has dimmed, charge!"
"Tear through the formation and rush in!"
"Now we can tear through the formation, right?"
Immediately, these warriors all drew their weapons and charged fiercely towards the palaces.
Lin Bai looked up, noticing that there were about a thousand palaces here. Though most had collapsed, a few remained well preserved.
All the waiting warriors attacked simultaneously, their power striking the golden light formation.
After a moment of fierce assault, they still couldn’t shatter these formations.
Just as everyone was forcefully trying to tear through the formation, Shen Qianlang stepped forward. The long saber behind him left its sheath and fell into his hand. He struck fiercely, a blade of saber qi that seemed to rend the heavens fell, hitting the golden light in a thunderous crash, dispersing the golden light with a single strike.
As the golden light dissipated, Shen Qianlang sheathed his saber and walked into the palace group.
"Oh my gosh!"
"Is Shen Qianlang’s saber technique really this fierce?"
"He split it open with a single stroke?"
"We attacked continuously for tens of moves, with hundreds of people acting together, and yet none of us could match one stroke from him?"
"Badao City’s first genius, he truly lives up to his reputation."
The crowd, frightened by Shen Qianlang’s strike, decided to keep their distance from him in the future.
"Good saber!" Lin Bai muttered quietly, stepping forward to charge into the palace group, starting to search for treasures.
Just at that moment, a silver bell-like laugh echoed: "Thank you, Brother Shen, for breaking the formation here. This young lady won’t stand on ceremony."
Lin Bai looked up and saw an exceptional beauty, her figure ethereal, flying into the palace group.
"The Poison Doctor of Gourd Mountain, Li Qingxin!"
"It’s that enchantress!"
"I never thought Li Qingxin would be here too. She was hiding among the crowd, and we didn’t even notice her!"
The crowd gasped in surprise.
"I saw you had no intention of making a move, so I acted. Otherwise, who knows how long it would have taken them to break these formations, maybe until tomorrow," Shen Qianlang said indifferently, his first words since arriving here.
"Now that the formation is broken, whatever treasures are inside, everyone can rely on their own abilities to obtain them."
Shen Qianlang sheathed his long saber and walked into the palace group.
Lin Bai and the others similarly sprinted inside.
Lin Bai quickly darted in, entering several palaces in succession, finding them all empty—with even the white bones on the ground having been weathered away.
After entering several palaces, Lin Bai’s expression turned grim. He muttered quietly, "There are over a thousand palaces here. If I search one by one, even if there are treasures, they might not fall into my hands!"
"If my previous guess was correct, this place should be the Trading Hall on the edge of the White Dragon Sect!"
"If it’s a Trading Hall, there should be a Treasury!"
He flew into the sky, casting his eyes over the thousands of palaces, whispering, "If the treasury exists, it definitely wouldn’t be set among the front palaces."
"Nor could it be set among the back palaces!"
"The most likely place for the treasury would only be the center palace so that the desired treasures can be quickly found for the disciples’ trading!"
Lin Bai locked his gaze and directed it towards the center—a section of collapsed palaces.
It was then that Lin Bai noticed, on this small mountain range, a palace built halfway up the mountain. Although it had collapsed, it was particularly eye-catching.
"Is it there?"
Lin Bai immediately flew towards it, abandoning the exploration of the front palace groups, heading straight for the palace halfway up the mountain.
"Although there are also palaces at the top of the mountain, the treasury couldn’t possibly be atop the mountain. The only likely place is this palace halfway up!" Lin Bai mused to himself, heading straight for it.
When Lin Bai landed before the palace halfway up the mountain.
Suddenly, a graceful silhouette appeared behind him, looking at him in surprise: "I didn’t expect someone could perceive the clues here faster than me?"
Lin Bai turned to look, clasped his hands in greeting, and said, "Miss Li Qingxin."
This woman was none other than Gourd Mountain’s Li Qingxin, famously known as the Poison Doctor in Longhe County. Earlier, he heard those warriors calling Li Qingxin an enchantress, it was obvious that this woman was not as gentle and charming as she appeared, her methods might be extremely ruthless and extraordinary.

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