Ambush

The first person to arrive at the ruins was a rough-looking man with an exceptionally enthusiastic face. He infused his true qi into the violation token, forming a defensive shield that protected him as he charged into the wall of light formation. 

"Boom!" 

His body was still ten meters away from the formation when a deadly bullet of wind blew from the wall of light, cutting his body into several pieces! 

Terrifying! 

"What happened?" 

"He clearly had an violation token, why could this happen?" 

"Could it be that the violation token we bought was fake?" 

... 

This scene instantly calmed down the hot-headed cultivators, causing them to stop and speak in shock. 

"Hmph! Such a group of foolish people, forcing their way in before the weakness period of this formation is over, are you seeking death?" 

At the same time, a giant copper carriage slowly descended from the sky. 

The voice came from inside the copper carriage. 

"A Xuan-level flying artifact!" 

"It seems to be the Imperial Bronze Carriage of the Tianque Sect!" 

"Tianque Sect? Is that the number one sect in the Liang Province?" 

As the copper carriage descended, everyone looked towards it. 

A young man who appeared to be around twenty years old was the first to come out of the copper carriage, followed by five or six other young men of the same age. 

Finally, an old man appeared and with a single touch, he stored the bronze carriage into his storage ring. 

"What are you looking at!" 

After storing the bronze carriage, the old man was unhappy with their gaze and said unkindly. 

A powerful force erupted from within him, instantly shocking the people and causing them to withdraw their gaze, not daring to offend him in the slightest. 

This old man is a Barrier Master expert! 

In the world of cultivation, there are the Meridian Opening Realm, the Qi Sea Realm, the Yuan Condensation Realm, the Barrier Master Realm, and the Yuan Core Realm...

This old man has reached the Barrier Master Realm, which means he has honed his own natal weapon. His strength is at the peak of the entire Liang Province region! 

"I didn't expect that he was a Barrier Master expert. In the Tianque Sect, there might not be many people like him, right?" 

Su Zhan was surprised. 

Su Zhaoyue said, "Although the expert of the Barrier Master realm is highly respected, they will not leave a sect easily. If they leave, it must be to protect someone important. If I am not mistaken, the young man who first stepped off the copper carriage must be Yang Tiangui, the number one genius in Liang Province! It is reasonable to send a Barrier Master expert to escort such a genius." 

"What about Yang Tiangui's strength?" 

"His strength is very tough, he is 22 years old and has reached the middle stage of the Yuan Condensation realm!" 

Immediately after speaking, Su Zhaoyue glanced at Su Zhan and thought to herself, 'Of course there is no one here who can compare to a monster genius like you!' 

It turns out that the number one genius had only reached the middle stage of the Yuan Condensation realm... 

Su Zhan was momentarily surprised and felt that he had probably overestimated the geniuses from Liang Province. 

Then, more people continued to arrive. 

Half an hour later, the layer of light in the formation became half-transparent, and immediately a cultivator holding his violation token broke through and entered. 

After seeing him successfully pass through the formation, the people behind him suddenly became restless, scrambling to leave. 

"A group of trash, what's the point of entering so quickly?" 

Yang Tiangui looked down upon those people and coldly said, "The opportunities and treasures inside the ruins belong to this Young Master! Do even trash like you want to compete with this Young Master? Oh? Are there also those at the Qi Sea Realm?"

His gaze was slightly surprised when it fell on Su Zhan and Su Zhaoyue. 

Due to the restrictions of the formation ruins, almost everyone who entered the ruins was a cultivator in the Yuan Condensation Realm, with many of them being strong individuals at the middle stage of the Yuan Condensation Realm or even cultivators at the peak of the Yuan Condensation Realm. 

For cultivators in the Qi Sea Realm, entering and facing so many cultivators in the Yuan Condensation Realm was as good as suicide. 

Therefore, almost every opening of the ruins every three years was not attended by cultivators below the Yuan Condensation Realm. 

Now, when seeing Su Zhan and Su Zhaoyue, Yang Tiangui was naturally surprised. 

"Truly greedy! How could someone at the Qi Sea Realm come to the ruins? How ridiculous! Hahaha!" said Yang Tiangui while laughing loudly. 

Yang Tiangui retracted his gaze, not taking Su Zhan seriously, and laughed loudly, "Let's go and let these trash know who the true rulers of Liang Province are!" 

He swung his sleeve and led several young men towards the formation's layer of light. 

"Is this person... mentally unstable?" asked Su Zhan with a furrowed brow. "His cultivation is only at the middle stage of the Yuan Condensation Realm. Why does he not take others seriously at all?" 

"It's normal. Although he is only in the middle stage of the Yuan Condensation Realm, with the support of powerful martial arts techniques, cultivation techniques, and spiritual weapons, his strength may not be inferior to ordinary cultivators at the Peak of Yuan Condensation Realm!" said Su Zhaoyue while shaking his head. 

Su Zhan said, "But that's not too strong." 

Su Zhaoyue looked at Su Zhan and remembered when she saw Su Zhan defeated the Bloodfang monster at the late stage of the Yuan Condensation Realm with his cultivation only at the middle stage of the Qi Sea Realm. 

So she couldn't argue. 

"Okay, let's go in! This formation ruins is very unstable. When we enter, we will be affected by the spatial formation inside and randomly transferred to a place inside the ruins. However, the place will not be too far from where we entered, so we need to hold hands to avoid being separated by the formation's power. 

"Well then." 

Su Zhan immediately held Su Zhaoyue's hand. 

"Ding! Achievement task 'Holding a girl's hand for the first time' completed, unlocking a new halo [Protagonist Mentality Halo]!"

Huh? It can even unlock a new halo? 

Su Zhan was momentarily surprised, then checked the description of the Protagonist Mentality Halo. 

[Protagonist Mentality Halo]: Fight against demons and evil forces and free yourself from temptation! Even if a group of young naked girls were in front of him, as the protagonist, he... um, the effect of this halo is slightly unstable, so use it with caution, landlord!

This halo was indeed very useful. The higher the cultivation level, the easier it was to be influenced by evil forces, and it was also very effective against some types of hypnotic magic, but its effect was unstable... 

Su Zhan then looked at Su Zhaoyue. 

Her facial features were small and beautiful, her skin was pale, and her hair was black. 

The description of the Mentality Halo was correct. Even if he activated this halo now, if Su Zhaoyue were to undress and pounce on him, he was really not sure he could restrain himself... 

"Su Zhan, what's wrong with you?" 

Su Zhaoyue felt uncomfortable being looked at by Su Zhan and asked. 

"It's nothing, let's go!" 

Su Zhan shook his head and quickly entered the ruins with Su Zhaoyue. 

The scenery around them changed and they appeared on the edge of a small river. 

"Follow me." 

Su Zhaoyue spoke to Su Zhan as they walked along the river. 

"You don't need to look at the map?" 

"Don't worry, because I am daring enough to invite you to enter the ruins with me, of course I have a way to find the treasure. Furthermore, after years of searching, the treasure on the surface has been almost completely plundered. What I want to find is not ordinary items like that." 

"I see!" 

Su Zhan nodded and didn't say more. 

When he arrived, he had already checked a lot of information about the ruins. Su Zhaoyue was right. Unless there was information about specific treasure hiding places or special treasure hunting techniques, it was difficult to find good items by randomly searching the ruins. 

The two walked along the river and after half an hour, arrived at a dark forest. 

"Be careful, someone is watching us!" 

Su Zhaoyue stopped and watched forward, alert. 

Su Zhan had already felt a faint breath in front of him, but didn't pay too much attention. 

"Huh? Even though my ability to hide isn't that strong, I can't even fool two scraps in the Qi Sea Realm?" 

A tall man almost two meters high, holding a large knife, walked out from behind a giant tree and stared at Su Zhan and Su Zhaoyue in surprise.