Over the following period, Ye Yunfei continued moving forward with Hu Miao and Pan Yi, subduing more and more monsters along the way.
After a few more hours, the number of monsters trailing behind Ye Yunfei had already exceeded three hundred!
"Hmm?"
Ye Yunfei's expression suddenly flickered. Ahead lay a very spacious courtyard, where two groups of people were currently standing in a tense confrontation.
The atmosphere was strained, brimming with the kind of tension where weapons could be drawn at any moment.
Piled within the courtyard were stacks upon stacks of Special Type Crystal Stones, their numbers extremely great, resembling small mountains. Besides the piles of crystal stones, there were also three Illusion Tokens!
"Your Tianlin Clan refuses to be reasonable!
We, the Jietian Sect members, were clearly the ones who entered this courtyard first and saw these Special Type Crystal Stones and three Illusion Tokens first. Yet you Tianlin Clan members insist on forcefully inserting yourselves!" shouted an angry man from one side.
"Who said you Jietian Sect saw these treasures first?
In truth, it was us, the Tianlin Clan, who saw them first!
Hmph, your Jietian Sect is too domineering. How dare you distort right and wrong! Do you think our Tianlin Clan has no one capable?" retorted a white-robed man from the other group.
"Nonsense! Our Jietian Sect saw them first!"
"It was clearly our Tianlin Clan who saw them first!"
...
The two groups were butting heads, cursing at each other face-to-face. It seemed a fierce battle was about to break out.
Right at that moment.
Rumble rumble...
The ground suddenly began shaking violently, as if struck by an earthquake.
Following that, a young man walked in with his hands clasped behind his back. Two beautiful women followed closely—one enchantingly charming, the other ethereally graceful.
It was precisely Ye Yunfei, Hu Miao, and Pan Yi.
Behind them, over three hundred monstrous beasts surged into the courtyard in a vast and imposing manner.
Roar roar...
These three hundred-plus monstrous beasts directly pounced toward the two groups of people.
"Where did so many monsters come from!"
Everyone from both groups turned pale, forced to take up the fight.
Each faction had a Acupoint Opening Realm expert leading them. However, faced with over three hundred monstrous beasts, even the Acupoint Opening Realm experts felt a headache, forced to roar in anger again and again.
"Take everything."
Ye Yunfei waved his hand.
Hu Miao and Pan Yi immediately rushed forward, working together to collect all the Special Type Crystal Stones and three Illusion Tokens in the courtyard.
"Let's go."
Ye Yunfei turned and led Hu Miao and Pan Yi out of the courtyard without even a backward glance.
Rumble rumble...
The over three hundred monstrous beasts also began their withdrawal, streaming out of the courtyard one after another to follow Ye Yunfei.
"That was Ye Yunfei just now!" someone shouted, having recognized him.
"Correct! That was Ye Yunfei!
Damnit! Those beasts seemed to obey his commands. How is that possible?"
Seeing the rolling horde of three hundred-plus beasts depart, the two groups felt both shock and fury, roaring one after another.
This was especially true for the two Acupoint Opening Realm leaders, whose expressions grew extremely ugly, gnashing their teeth.
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"Quick!
There's a palace on the front-left! Inside that palace is a batch of medicinal herbs and pills, which appear to be quite valuable. Plus, there are three Illusion Tokens!
It seems a group has already discovered that palace and is rushing over!
Let's speed up!"
An hour later, Ye Yunfei suddenly shouted. With a wave of his sleeve, he swept up Hu Miao and Pan Yi and accelerated toward the front-left.
Rumble rumble...
Behind him, a great swarm of monstrous beasts rumbled along in pursuit.
At this point, the number of monstrous beasts Ye Yunfei had subdued had exceeded four hundred!
This was because, as time passed, the Soul-Nourishing Tree absorbed more and more energy, Ye Yunfei's level of Soul Power rose higher and higher, making it increasingly easier to control those monsters!
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At that moment.
In the distance, front and left, a group of cultivators was excitedly rushing toward a certain palace.
"Hah! I'm not wrong. I sensed it! Inside that palace are many medicinal herbs and pills, plus three Illusion Tokens. They all belong to us, the Guangming Ancient Sect!
Hurry!"
A man, barefoot and radiating light from his body, charged ahead, leading his group toward that palace.
It appeared these Guangming Ancient Sect members were about to reach the palace's main gate.
"Hah, three more Illusion Tokens secured. Wonderful!" The leading man laughed heartily.
Right then.
Rumble rumble...
The ground suddenly shook intensely. Then, these Guangming Ancient Sect disciples saw several hundred monstrous beasts appear within their vision, stampeding forward over the ground, kicking up clouds of dust wherever they passed.
At the front of these beasts was a young man who was striding onward, using his sleeves to carry two beautiful women along.
"What is happening?"
For a moment, these Guangming Ancient Sect disciples were stunned.
At this time, with Ye Yunfei's sleeve wrapped around her slim waist, Pan Yi couldn't help but flush red.
"Is this guy deliberately taking advantage of me!" Pan Yi secretly glared at Ye Yunfei with her beautiful eyes, mentally scolding him.
Hu Miao, on the other hand, was long used to it.
In the blink of an eye, Ye Yunfei and his several hundred beasts charged up to the palace's front gate.
Roar roar...
The four hundred-plus monstrous beasts pounced toward those Guangming Ancient Sect disciples.
"Scram!" roared the leading Acupoint Opening Realm expert. In his fury, he attacked, and within a few moves, he had slaughtered seven or eight beasts.
However, over a hundred beasts collectively lunged at him, causing him to be somewhat flustered for a moment.
Meanwhile, Ye Yunfei took Hu Miao and Pan Yi into the palace, collected all the medicinal herbs, pills, and three Illusion Tokens inside, then walked out. With a wave of his hand, he led his beast army off in grand style.
"That was Ye Yunfei!"
By now, those Guangming Ancient Sect disciples had recognized Ye Yunfei, each hopping mad with rage.
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Afterward, Ye Yunfei continued forward with Hu Miao and Pan Yi. Along the way, they harvested more and more Illusion Tokens, as well as various medicinal herbs, pills, treasures, and Special Type Crystal Stones.
Simultaneously, Ye Yunfei's monster army, like a rolling snowball, also grew larger and larger.
In the end, the number of monsters under Ye Yunfei's command reached over eleven hundred!
With so many monsters, Ye Yunfei could practically sweep through this Illusion Palace unhindered!
Once he discovered any treasure, especially Illusion Tokens, he would lead this monster horde forward in a magnificent surge, slaying demons, slaying gods!
The other cultivators simply had no strength to contend with Ye Yunfei for spoils!
"No!
Our Five Brothers clearly discovered those two Illusion Tokens first, yet you snatched them away!"
"Those treasures were clearly discovered first by our Green Moon Sect! How dare this guy steal them!"
"Hateful! We, the Sword Palace, shed blood in fierce battle and barely managed to kill all the monsters in that building, thinking we could harvest four Illusion Tokens. To think they were all snatched away by that brat Ye Yunfei!"
...
Wherever Ye Yunfei went in the Illusion Palace, disgruntled roars could be heard from time to time.
"Master, we've harvested one hundred and fifty Illusion Tokens already!" Hu Miao excitedly shouted after counting the gathered tokens.
Pan Yi, accompanying Ye Yunfei, had watched him collect token after token until she became completely numb to it.
"He once told me that collecting Illusion Tokens was an easy task for him. There wasn't a hint of exaggeration in his words," Pan Yi thought to herself, her beautiful gaze turning toward Ye Yunfei.
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"Good. First, I need to find a place to properly ponder and refine these Illusion Tokens.
Also, we've discovered that we seem to be gradually entering the core region of this Illusion Palace. We've already encountered quite a few Acupoint Opening Realm strength monsters in succession.
I estimate that if we continue forward, we'll encounter more and more Acupoint Opening Realm monsters," said Ye Yunfei.
"Master, try and see if you can subdue Acupoint Opening Realm monsters," Hu Miao said.
"I'll try after refining these tokens," Ye Yunfei nodded.
"Will there be even more precious treasures in the core region of this Illusion Palace?" Hu Miao suddenly said, her eyes filled with anticipation.
"There probably will be," Ye Yunfei smiled.
Thus, Ye Yunfei found a remote palace, entered it, and began using the Soul-Nourishing Tree to refine and absorb the Illusion Tokens.
Of these one hundred and fifty-some tokens, Ye Yunfei had only refined a portion, leaving roughly over eighty yet untouched.