Chapter 327: Each Relies on Their Own Abilities

Ye Yuan sank his divine sense into the storage ring and counted the spirit crystals and medicinal herbs inside.

"Only the three of us elders have high-grade spirit crystals, totaling no more than thirty. The rest have been converted into medium-grade and low-grade spirit crystals, not a single one missing!" Wu Zhao said with a dark face, seeing Ye Yuan tallying the numbers.

Ye Yuan's calculation ability was astonishing; with just a quick scan, he knew Wu Zhao was telling the truth.

"The Heavenly Qian Sect is indeed wealthy, bringing so many spirit crystals to the secret realm. Hmm, it seems ten low-grade spirit crystals are missing, but let's just let it slide. They say the richer you are, the stingier you get—truly not false. Well... thank you for the gift, Elder Wu." Ye Yuan cupped his hands.

Wu Zhao was startled, not expecting Ye Yuan to finish counting with just a glance, and even to point out the missing ten low-grade spirit crystals, showing that Ye Yuan's tally was not perfunctory.

The spirit crystals they gave to the Nether Cloud Sect were all the low-grade ones pooled together, with medium-grade ones used to make up the difference.

The number of low-grade spirit crystals happened to be ten short, and Wu Zhao naturally didn't want to replace them with a medium-grade one, nor did he think Ye Yuan would count so carefully.

Who would have thought that Ye Yuan would notice with just a glance?

This kid really had some tricks!

Since Ye Yuan had already said to let it go, Wu Zhao naturally wouldn't argue with him over ten low-grade spirit crystals. He snorted coldly and said, "In that case, can we discuss the distribution of the treasures later?"

On the surface, Ye Yuan had indeed routed the Heavenly Qian Sect.

But in reality, the two sides were now evenly matched.

If Ye Yuan hadn't been so ruthless, reaping the lives of several Heavenly Qian Sect disciples, Wu Zhao probably wouldn't have agreed to Ye Yuan's terms.

After all, the Heavenly Qian Sect had three Sea Transformation realm experts!

If pushed to the brink, Zhao Yuyang's combat power was not to be underestimated, even if he wasn't a pure martial artist.

But a formation master's combat power far exceeded that of an alchemist.

If the two sides truly fought to the death, the Nether Cloud Sect might not come out ahead, which was why Ye Yuan agreed to stop.

Although the Small Nine Revolutions Linked Formation was powerful, against Wu Zhao, who was at the peak of the third level of Sea Transformation, it would at best result in mutual destruction.

Thus, the negotiation was only natural.

But Ye Yuan said, "Not so fast, there's one more matter to handle."

With that, Ye Yuan turned and walked over to Yu Feng.

By now, Yu Feng was like a dead dog.

The earlier move, Yu Feng had held nothing back, but it all landed on himself, leaving him with only a breath of life.

Ye Yuan recalled the fluctuation in the void earlier and couldn't help frowning slightly.

From the start, he had felt like someone was watching him, but he couldn't detect the other party at all!

This feeling made him very uncomfortable.

However, Ye Yuan hadn't expected that the person hidden in the shadows would actually help him!

The method of using spatial techniques to divert the opponent's attack into the void was an extremely profound spatial intent, and the strength was definitely unimaginably high!

Why would such a figure target him? And why would he help him?

Ye Yuan racked his brains but couldn't figure it out. In the nearly year since his rebirth, the strongest person he had ever seen was no more than Tianfeng. When had he ever offended such a powerful existence?

But as things stood, the other party didn't seem to mean him harm. Otherwise, with his current pathetic strength, he wouldn't even be enough to fill the gaps between their teeth.

Since the mysterious person wouldn't harm him for now, Ye Yuan stopped worrying about it. After all, thinking about it was useless.

"Yu Feng, I originally had no enmity with you, but your Shangqing Sect went too far. As you sow, so shall you reap. You brought this upon yourself; you can't blame me. Go in peace. As for the other disciples, I won't do anything to them. Whether they can leave this secret realm depends on their own luck."

With that, Ye Yuan channeled his primal force and struck Yu Feng's crown, killing him instantly.

Everyone's hearts trembled. A mighty Ocean Transformation realm expert had been killed by a mere eighth-level Spirit Liquid realm cultivator.

Although many Ocean Transformation experts had died in this secret realm, they had all been struck by heavenly thunder.

Seeing an Ocean Transformation expert killed before their eyes was a completely different, soul-shaking experience.

Ocean Transformation experts were the pillars of their sects, each one invaluable!

And the power of the Ocean Transformation realm was deeply ingrained in everyone's minds.

The Ocean Transformation realm and the Spirit Liquid realm were simply not two realms that could be linked. Yet now, a Spirit Liquid cultivator had killed an Ocean Transformation expert!

No one except Ye Yuan had noticed Li'er's intervention. To others, it seemed that Ye Yuan had used some strange method to severely injure Yu Feng!

This only deepened their fear of Ye Yuan.

The Shangqing Sect disciples, upon hearing Ye Yuan's words, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

They had often joined Wang Fan and Yu Feng in causing trouble for Ye Yuan. If Ye Yuan settled scores after the fact, they would have no recourse.

Unknowingly, the only Spirit Liquid realm martial artist present had become the most fearsome existence!

This was probably something no one had expected before entering the secret realm.

After dealing with Yu Feng, Ye Yuan clapped his hands and walked over to Wu Zhao, smiling. "Elder Wu, now we can talk."

Wu Zhao's expression was clearly unpleasant. He had been trapped in the formation earlier and hadn't noticed what had happened to Yu Feng.

Only after asking did he learn what had occurred, and he became even more wary of Ye Yuan.

Ye Yuan could detect subtle spatial fluctuations thanks to his insight beyond this world. He believed that no one else present could have noticed.

That was why he had personally killed Yu Feng—to intimidate everyone, especially Wu Zhao, making him more cautious.

Otherwise, how could he gain the upper hand in negotiations?

Wu Zhao's face twitched as he spoke. "What insights does Junior Nephew Ye have?"

Wu Zhao had originally thought of a plan favorable to the Tianqian Sect and intended to speak first.

But after seeing Ye Yuan kill Yu Feng with a single palm strike, he somehow felt uneasy and changed his words at the last moment.

He had just asked Zhao Yuyang, who said that Yu Feng had been injured by his own attack. Such a method was truly baffling, making it hard for Wu Zhao to gauge Ye Yuan's background.

What if Ye Yuan really had such a trick and used it at a critical moment? Wouldn't he end up being beaten to death by his own power?

Seeing Yu Feng's state, Wu Zhao felt that this way of dying was too pathetic.

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Insights? Not really. Let's each rely on our own abilities! I think, since we've all gone through life and death to get here, we shouldn't let everyone return empty-handed. So... after we go up to the second floor, everyone uses their own means and skills. Whoever finds something keeps it. What do you think, Elder Wu?"