Chapter 828 - 338: Void Hall Inner Hall, Divine Platform Treasure Seizure (3)

The giant turtle communicated via telepathy, explaining the situation.

"But it’s only when a cultivator’s spell is cast inside that the restriction might be triggered. Casting spells from inside does not have this issue.

So, even if the cultivators inside use any spells, as long as those outside avoid and do not accept them, the restriction will not be triggered.

The person earlier must have deceived you because you were unaware."

"Qiu Qijun!" Chu Ning calmly repeated the name in his mind.

Not knowing why someone who had always been amiable suddenly targeted him.

If not for the giant turtle’s reminder, he would have indeed fallen for the ploy.

Looking up at the inner hall and sensing no anomalies, Chu Ning cautiously stepped through the ancient, simple gate.

Entering the inner hall of the Void Hall.

Before him lay a grand hall nearly a thousand feet in size, but it was quite empty.

Apart from over ten supporting jade pillars, there stood a massive Divine Platform in the center, about ten feet tall, with faint ripples of restriction visible on it.

In front of this platform, several people were already present.

Lu Xuedao, Shang Song, and two cultivators from Divine Sound Valley were there.

The Sect Leader of Illusion Spirit Sect, Tantai Ze, along with a Nascent Soul cultivator, Old Demon Qu, and the Grand Elder of Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, Li Yao, also stood before the platform.

Additionally, Tantai Song and Li Bailin stood behind a few others.

At the back of the giant hall, there were over ten archways.

Each archway had restrictions flickering on it.

At the moment, one or two cultivators stood outside each archway.

Most of them were occupied by those led by Changkong Hall and Illusion Spirit Sect.

Two archways, however, were held by four neutral cultivators.

Qiu Qijun stood not far from the Divine Platform, seemingly coveting the treasures here as well.

But he did not draw too close, appearing uninterested in competing with the two groups.

He noticed Chu Ning entering and still wore the same amiable smile, as if the earlier attack had nothing to do with him.

"Old fox!"

Chu Ning muttered to himself.

He glanced around, then silently walked away, standing beside a jade pillar.

He carefully observed the pillar in front of him, pretending not to be interested in competing.

Meanwhile, he kept an eye on the movements of the different groups present.

The cultivators in front of the more than ten archways were already attempting to break the restrictions.

In front of the Divine Platform, the two groups weren’t in a rush to act.

At this moment, Lu Xuedao was the first to speak:

"How about it, shall we take turns retrieving the treasures?"

"I have no objections," Tantai Ze nodded generously and said:

"Fellow Daoist Lu, you entered the inner hall first, so we’ll let you go ahead."

Lu Xuedao’s eyes flashed upon hearing this, and after giving Tantai Ze a meaningful look, he signaled to Shang Song.

Shang Song nodded immediately, then soared into the air, flying to the top of the Divine Platform.

Then, Shang Song channeled his magical power, forming a giant hand that swiftly reached towards the restriction.

But as soon as the magical power giant hand touched the restriction, it was resisted.

The giant hand nearly dispersed instantly under the opposing force.

Seeing this, Shang Song continued to channel his magical power, maintaining the stalemate for a while, visibly depleting his magical power.

However, the giant hand managed to reach halfway into the Divine Platform’s restriction.

Chu Ning watched curiously, realizing that even if he desired the treasures within the Divine Platform’s restriction, it would be impossible.

The giant turtle had told Chu Ning before.

Retrieving treasures from this hall relies entirely on one’s cultivation, with no tricks available.

The restriction on the Divine Platform has no special method for breaking it, and it can only be forced open with magical power.

But, not every breakthrough results in obtaining a treasure, as there’s an element of chance and luck involved.

Given that Shang Song’s cultivation has likely reached the Middle Stage of Nascent Soul, retrieving a treasure is so difficult, that a Golden Core Cultivator stands no chance.

Just as Chu Ning contemplated this, Shang Song’s giant hand broke through the restriction.

The giant hand quickly grasped a light mass within the Divine Platform.

Seeing this, Shang Song’s face lit up with joy, and he quickly withdrew the giant hand from the restriction.

Then, he leaped down from above the Divine Platform, landing back next to Lu Xuedao.

At this moment, the light mass in Shang Song’s hand began to fade.

But his magical power seemed quite drained, so without waiting to see the light mass clearly, he quickly took an elixir from his storage bag.

In the next moment, the light mass completely dissipated, leaving Shang Song with nothing in his hands.

It turned out there was no treasure within the light mass.

Witnessing this, Shang Song’s expression stiffened, and he silently withdrew to the side, sitting down to meditate and recover his magical power.

The others on Tantai Ze’s side, upon seeing this, smiled.

Immediately, a Nascent Soul cultivator from the Illusion Spirit Sect flew up and, like Shang Song before, forced another attempt to retrieve a treasure.

After a while, he too managed to grasp a light mass.

But upon landing and watching the light mass dissipate, his result was the same as Shang Song’s.

Inside, there was nothing.

The two groups didn’t give up. They continued taking turns to retrieve the treasures.

But the results were disappointing.

Chu Ning stood by a pillar, watching the two cultivators from Divine Sound Valley, as well as Li Yao and Old Demon Qu, all attempt to seize treasures but return empty-handed, and he sighed inwardly.

"It seems the treasures in this Void Hall have indeed mostly been taken.

Six people have retrieved light masses in succession, but none contained any treasures.

Now, let’s see what happens with Lu Xuedao and Tantai Ze."

Just as Chu Ning thought this, Lu Xuedao, whose turn it was to retrieve treasures, suddenly glanced over, looking at Chu Ning, then at Qiu Qijun.

"Since both of you came into the inner hall, I assume you have some interest in these treasures.

Instead of us monopolizing the opportunity, let’s have you two try next."