Chapter 328: The Forbidden Compass

As soon as Ye Yuan finished speaking, the disciples of the other six sects showed great joy on their faces.

Now, among the eight major sects, only the Heavenly Stem Sect and the Nethercloud Sect had Sea Transformation Realm cultivators stationed there, and the others thought they were just along for the ride. They hadn't expected Ye Yuan to be so kind as to let them share the spoils!

But while they were happy, Wu Zhao was displeased: "How can that be! If that's the case, what if they get some heaven-defying treasure? Then we'll have no share!"

The six sects were already unhappy with Wu Zhao, and after he said this, they silently cursed his ancestors eight generations.

Ye Yuan shrugged and said, "Since Elder Wu disagrees, why don't you propose an opinion yourself."

Wu Zhao quickly said, "Since only our two sects have Sea Transformation Realm cultivators now, naturally we should divide the treasures between us! In my opinion, we should split the treasures based on the number of Sea Transformation Realm cultivators."

Wu Zhao's words drew more silent curses from the six sects. But without a Sea Transformation Realm elder to back them up, they could only be angry but dared not speak out.

Ye Yuan laughed, "Elder Wu, are you making fun of me? Your Heavenly Stem Sect has three Sea Transformation Realm cultivators, while my Nethercloud Sect has only one. Do you mean to split it three to one?"

"How could that be? Although you're not at the Sea Transformation Realm, you can control these puppets with the combat power of a Sea Transformation Realm cultivator, so naturally you should get a share!" Wu Zhao quickly said.

Ye Yuan shook his head, "Elder Wu, don't go too far. Since your Heavenly Stem Sect invited everyone to explore the secret realm together, you need to give them some explanation. We can eat the meat, but we should let them have some soup. How about this: our two sects each take forty percent of the treasures, and the remaining twenty percent is split equally among the six sects. When choosing treasures, our two sects have priority."

"No! We have three Sea Transformation Realm cultivators. If we really fight to the death, you might not necessarily gain the upper hand. Why should we split it equally with you?" Wu Zhao immediately rejected.

Ye Yuan squinted his eyes, and his tone turned cold: "So, we can't reach an agreement? Fine, let's settle it with force. We'll talk after the fight!"

With that, Ye Yuan really put on a posture of starting a fight, reactivating the sword puppet.

Wu Zhao hadn't expected Ye Yuan to start a fight at the drop of a hat, and was taken aback.

Ye Yuan was full of confidence, and Wu Zhao couldn't fathom his bottom line at all, so how could he dare to fight?

"Hold on, hold on. At this point, why fight? If we both suffer losses, won't we let others benefit?" Wu Zhao quickly said.

Saying this was already a sign of weakness.

But Ye Yuan still looked like he was ready to fight to the death, and said coldly, "Since Elder Wu says we're not qualified to split the treasures equally, I naturally have to weigh my own strength. If I'm really no match for you, it's fine for you to take more!"

Wu Zhao was completely deflated and had to say, "Alright, alright, we'll do it your way!"

As soon as Wu Zhao relented, everyone breathed a long sigh of relief.

Especially the disciples of the six sects, who were overjoyed and looked at Ye Yuan with gratitude.

It was certain that without Ye Yuan, they wouldn't even get the soup, let alone the swill!

Although it was only twenty percent of the treasures, it was better than returning empty-handed. This secret realm was dangerous, but there should be plenty of good things. Maybe they could find some valuable treasures.

"See, isn't this a win-win for everyone? Why make everyone part on bad terms?" Ye Yuan complained as he put away the sword puppet.

Wu Zhao was frustrated, thinking, I was just sparring with words, who knew you'd start a fight over a disagreement?

Isn't that how negotiations go?

You're the one who doesn't play by the rules, and now you blame me?

"But we need to agree beforehand: if there are two treasures of the same grade, we split them equally; if there's only one, whoever gets it keeps it, but must compensate the other party!" Wu Zhao added.

Ye Yuan nodded, having no objection to that.

With the agreement settled, everyone ceased hostilities and rested.

However, no one noticed that someone had quietly disappeared from the Purple Sun Sect's camp...

...

While Ye Yuan and the others were heading to the second floor of the Yonghua Palace, a figure appeared in a hidden side hall on the first floor.

If Ye Yuan were here, he would immediately recognize that the person was none other than Lin Chao of the Purple Sun Sect!

This side hall was very hidden, and Ye Yuan and his group hadn't discovered it at all when they entered the Yonghua Palace.

Lin Chao seemed very familiar with this place.

He looked around the side hall, wandering about as if searching for something.

After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Lin Chao touched a landscape painting on the wall and found that it couldn't be moved. He was overjoyed.

Lin Chao stepped back, formed a strange hand seal, and struck it at the painting. The painting reflected the seal onto the center of the side hall floor.

"Creak..."

The next moment, the floor split open with a large crack, revealing a passage!

Seeing this, Lin Chao's face showed wild joy!

"Hahaha... Our Purple Sun Sect has been biding its time for thousands of years, and finally found it!"

With that, Lin Chao leaped into the pitch-black passage.

...

When Ye Yuan and his group reached the second floor of the Yonghua Palace, they found that the space on the second floor was much larger than the first, clearly using some kind of spatial formation.

From this, one could imagine that the Yonghua Palace must have been an extremely powerful sect in its time.

In the Boundless Realm, anything involving spatial intent was extremely formidable.

Unlike the emptiness of the first floor, the second floor had many rooms.

Even with over thirty people searching separately, it would probably take an hour.

Due to the secrecy of the rooms, the distribution of treasures became a big problem. If everyone hid items in their storage rings and didn't hand them over, there would be no point in dividing the treasures.

"Ye Yuan, what do you say?" Wu Zhao looked at Ye Yuan and asked.

Ye Yuan smiled, "Elder Wu probably already has a plan, just say it."

Wu Zhao nodded and took out a compass-like object from his storage ring. Ye Yuan looked closely and saw that it was a sixteen-restriction spirit artifact!

The Heavenly Stem Sect was indeed wealthy; they casually took out a sixteen-restriction spirit artifact.

Wu Zhao glanced around at everyone and said, "This is my Heavenly Stem Sect's sixteen-restriction spirit artifact—the Forbidden Compass. Its function is to place a restriction on items. As long as the restriction is triggered, the Forbidden Compass will react! So now, please hand over your storage rings and let the Forbidden Compass place a small restriction on them. If you put treasures into your storage rings, the Forbidden Compass will know. At that point, that person will be the common enemy of all!"

Ye Yuan looked at the Forbidden Compass with great interest. This very niche auxiliary spirit artifact really had some tricks to it.