Insufficient balance

  As they came out of the accessory shop, the people who were originally shoulder to shoulder suddenly became each fleeing for their lives. Tang Hao suddenly felt that his speed had unconsciously slowed down a bit, and when he looked at Qin Xiang and Qin Si Ruo again, he found that they also had doubts, apparently they too were surprised by their sudden slowdown.

  Three people simultaneously looked at Wang Qiu and Zeng Lian, Wang Qiu was not in a good situation either. Although the speed decrease was not much, but at this critical moment of life and death, every bit of increase in speed meant more hope for escape.

  Zeng Lian, however, was unexpectedly unaffected and instead ran forward at an even faster speed. Qin Si Ruo furrowed her brow and muttered to herself, "Soul-absorbing body!"

  "Soul Body?" Tang Hao had never heard of this term before, although its literal meaning was somewhat similar to his own physique.

  "I don't know if sister has heard of the Devouring Soul Technique?" Ever since Tang Hao saved Qin Siyu, Qin Siyu had been calling out to Tang Hao as "sister" regardless of their difference in cultivation level.

  Tang Hao nodded and said, "I know. How could the people who are wanted by the entire Xiu Zhen Realm not know?" Tang Hao would never tell them that he was the one with the Devouring Spirit Body. "I don't know what relationship this Spirit-Absorbing Body has with the Devouring Spirit Body."

  "Legend has it that a certain demon envied the physique of the Devouring Spirit Body and wanted to create a technique that would grant him similar abilities. However, the Devouring Spirit Body was born from the heavens and earth, and its power couldn't be replicated by human means. Nevertheless, through a combination of circumstances, he managed to establish a technique called the Soul-Stealing Incantation. Those who cultivate this incantation naturally transform their bodies into Soul-Stealing Bodies, which can steal a portion of the spiritual energy, speed, and divine power from living spirits within a certain range. Although the range is limited and the amount stolen is small, making it somewhat useless in one-on-one battles, its advantage becomes apparent in large-scale battles involving hundreds or even thousands of people."

  Tang Hao knew that the Xiu Xian world had always been self-centered, but thinking about being used by others like this made him extremely unhappy. Wang Qiu couldn't help but curse: "You bitch, do you want to kill us?!"

  Zeng Lian didn't care about the movements of the people behind him, and without looking back, he continued running forward.

  It's good that the original seal, although it has lost the support of sunlight and has dimmed a lot, still has some effect. Everyone ran into the seal, while those dry corpses stopped outside and didn't dare to come in.

  Seeing the dried corpses, they didn't dare come in. Tang Hao and others knew that they were temporarily safe, but the dried corpses also began to guard outside, not allowing them to go out.

  Tang Hao knew that even if they waited until daytime, when the dry corpses returned to the ground, he still wouldn't be able to leave. This was because although there would be no more dry corpses during the day, the seal would strengthen, and they would still end up trapped here to die.

  Wang Qiu grabbed Zeng Lian's collar and asked, "Why did you just do that?"

  Zeng Lian coldly smiled and said: "If one doesn't take care of oneself, heaven will destroy the earth. I think if you were me, you would do the same thing too?"

  Wang Jun was momentarily speechless, but he didn't let go. Tang Hao intervened, "Forget it, our lives are still uncertain in the future. Let's unite for now and settle accounts after we get out."

  Since Tang Hao showed an astonishing burst of speed, his words also carried a certain weight. Wang Qiu deeply understood this and only acted impulsively due to temporary anger. Tang Hao's words provided him with an opportunity to step down, so he took advantage of the situation and put down his hand.

  "Do they want to lock us up here?" Qin Si Ruo frowned and said.

  "They were originally people who should have died, and they should have retreated into the cycle of reincarnation. Now that they are going back and forth between the world of the living, it's either because there is some unfinished business or they have been refined into corpse puppets. However, being able to control so many corpse puppets at the same time wouldn't go through the trouble of refining these dry corpses that even Qi-refining cultivators can't defeat, so the possibility that these dry corpses have unfinished business is the greatest." Qin analyzed.

  "What exactly is their unfinished business?" Tang Hao asked.

  Qin Si Ruo sank into deep thought and said: "It should be related to that blue light in the depths of the city."

  "So, in order to leave safely, you must solve the mystery here. Are you willing to take this risk?"

  Tang Hao nodded and said, "There's no other way, it can only be like this."

  Wang Jun waved his hand and said: "You've all made up your minds, I'll follow you, as long as no one undermines the foundation."

  Zeng Lian didn't get angry, but just nodded, it seems that everyone passed unanimously. However, even so, the crowd didn't dare to go deep directly, and started to circle around like mosquito coils, hoping to find some clues when entering the city center.

  Inside the seal should be the inner city of this castle, where it is rare to see any traces left by ordinary people, and most of the things that have been left behind are daily necessities of monks. The spiritual energy inside the seal is also unusually dense, it seems that the Lingxian Pavilion has also set up a large spirit-sealing array here, unfortunately, Tang Huo and others do not have the mood to cultivate, they just want to find a way out of here as soon as possible.

  This seal was like a university town, with canteens, martial arts halls, libraries and dormitories all complete, but there was not a single person in sight. In some houses, one or two skeletons would occasionally appear, without any wounds on their bodies, as if they had died suddenly.

  "What is that?" Everyone looked towards the dormitory and found a five-colored pool flowing beside it. Upon closer inspection, they discovered that the spiritual energy was so dense that it had formed a spiritual energy pool between liquid and gas states. It was clear that the White Gold Temple's Sealing Array was not an ordinary sealing array. The spiritual energy emanating from the underground spiritual vein could not dissipate, accumulating over time to form this spiritual energy pool.

  Looking at the spiritual energy pool in front of them, everyone's fear instantly disappeared by more than half. To know that cultivating for a day in such a dense spiritual energy river can be equivalent to a year of bitter cultivation.

  Wang Qiu and Zeng Lian revealed drooling eyes, but they also knew that wanting to monopolize was impossible, so they took the initiative to occupy a corner and start cultivating.

  Tang Hao naturally also knew that such a spiritual pool might not be encountered again if missed, so he also occupied a corner and started cultivating without thinking about external matters.

  Tang Hao felt such a strong spiritual energy for the first time, and the spiritual energy seemed to have pressure on its own, drilling into Tang Hao's body. Unfortunately, Tang Hao's spiritual roots were too poor, and the absorbed spiritual power was still limited. However, at this moment, even compared to the last time he swallowed the spiritual stone, it was more than enough.

  Unfortunately, the spiritual energy pool was not very large to begin with, and it had to be shared among five people. In less than an hour, the spiritual energy in the pool compared to the air was not much more abundant. Adding that everyone felt a bit tired, they eventually gave up on their cultivation.

  The other four all had smiles on their faces, and it was clear that they had all broken through a boundary. Tang Hao's cultivation was the lowest, so he should have been the first to break through, but his cultivation was split between two people. Fortunately, Tang Hao still broke through to the fourth layer, not falling too far behind.

  The spiritual energy of the spiritual pool becomes thin, making people see that there is a spiritual power river constantly pouring spiritual power into this spiritual pool, forming such a spiritual pool.

  Wang Qiu and Zeng Lian's faces were radiant with excitement as they followed the river. Tang Huang and Qin Xiao, Qin Si Rong hesitated slightly, but they were also unfamiliar with this place and had no specific destination to go to. With their curiosity piqued, they decided to follow along as well.

  After about the time it took to burn an incense stick, Tang Hao and his companions were thoroughly stunned by what was in front of them. They saw that the river flowed out from a fake mountain, and this fake mountain was crystal clear all over its body. No mistake, it was built with spirit stone mines.

  There were no spiritual stones in the world, only spiritual energy scattered in the chaos. However, when the spiritual energy reached a certain level of concentration, it would seep into ordinary rocks and form primary spiritual stones. This fake mountain was transformed into a spiritual stone mountain by the concentrated spiritual energy here.

  Such a large spiritual stone mountain, if cut into standard primary spiritual stones, would definitely not be less than 10,000 pieces. Even if they were divided together, each person could get 2,000 spiritual stones, which is a huge sum for Qi-refining cultivators.

  Zeng Lian and Wang Qiu both had a mind to monopolize, but they also knew it wasn't the time to turn against Tang Huang and others. Moreover, they didn't want to use those 2,000 spirit stones for betting, so they proactively proposed an equal split.

  Tang Hao had no objection, although he himself had dozens of mid-grade spirit stones, these two thousand low-grade spirit stones still made him quite tempted. Fortunately, Tang Hao's dagger was extremely sharp, and cutting open the spirit stone mountain was not a problem. Although it couldn't be divided absolutely equally, it was about 80-90% fair. Plus, each person had some scattered spirit stones to make up for it, so they were able to divide them fairly.