Stop it, Taoist, Your Fight almost Ruins the DAO!

All-in is a form of wisdom.

Within this Secret Realm, Yi Chen had no concerns to worry about. After meeting the Ling Family's patriarch, he immediately unleashed his strongest form and went all-in against him.

Now that the Ling Family's patriarch was dead, there was no need for Yi Chen to maintain his True Yang Spirit form. He dispersed his spirit form and revealed his true self, leaning on his sword, slightly out of breath but a hint of pleasure inadvertently spread across his face.

"Including that big dog guarding the door, I didn't expect to earn a thousand Deep Red Points this time."

"The Patriarch of the Ling Family was really generous, charitable—even to animals."

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Looking at the prompt message on his retina, Yi Chen couldn't help but grin and burst into laughter.

If one were to delve into it, Yi Chen's ability to slay the Ling Family's patriarch in one stroke was somewhat opportunistic, taking advantage of the critical moment of the other's ascension, interrupting it, and staking his all in a life-and-death struggle. Otherwise, victory would not have come so easily to him.

But a win is a win, and a loss is a loss.

Looking at the balance of Deep Red Points on the light screen panel, 2,686 points, a shade of desire climbed into Yi Chen's eyes.

In this age of great strife, with wolves in the front and tigers in the back, the nearby Yan Family and the farther Yin Manor, and even further was the change of heaven and earth—each event was pushing Yi Chen to keep moving forward.

"It's still not strong enough, not nearly enough."

"What a pity, even with all my abilities used, I'm still not a match for the Army Master of the Scarlet Flames."

Thinking of that immensely valiant man holding the blood-red battle flag, Yi Chen felt even more inadequate in his heart.

With just one move, the Army Master of the Scarlet Flames made light work of capturing Zhu Buqun of the True Person Realm, fourth level, treating him like a dying dog.

Although the Ling Family's patriarch, whose ascension Yi Chen interrupted, was slightly stronger than Zhu Buqun at that time, Yi Chen had to exert all his abilities and struggled for a few seconds before taking him down.

Compared to the casual ease of the Army Master of the Scarlet Flames, he still had a long way to go.

The most important thing for a person is to recognize oneself.

If one is inferior, then that's the truth; you can deceive others, but don't deceive yourself.

However, at this moment, there was not the slightest discouragement in Yi Chen's heart; instead, surges of lofty aspirations welled up.

To surpass each mountain peak, to witness the variety of sceneries in the world, to see all the secrets of the world, and to stand shoulder to shoulder or even surpass those righteous True Monarchs and nefarious overlords inside and outside the mountains and seas—isn't that what he has been striving for?

"I'm only one thousand four hundred points short of advancing to the eleventh level of the Pure Yang Dragon and Tiger True Technique."

"I hope I can gather that sum of Deep Red Points before returning to Hidden Dragon Temple, so that everything will be secure."

"However, this battle has also revealed another weakness of mine: insufficient reconnaissance ability. After I break through to the eleventh level of the Pure Yang Dragon and Tiger True Technique, I will need to start enhancing my Yin Yang Cave Divine Pupil Technique."

Yi Chen's thoughts were whirling as he leaned on his sword to rest, his mind never stopping, planning for the future.

The Yin Yang Cave Divine Pupil Technique, an incredibly mysterious and brilliant technique, was painstakingly created by the former Heavenly Master, Zhang Ji Shi, with high aspirations. However, since Yi Chen's power was temporarily lacking before, he put this marvelous technique aside for the time being.

Once his True Technique breaks through to the eleventh level, he will be able to relax a bit and raise the priority for enhancing the Yin Yang Cave Divine Pupil Technique.

The Yin Yang Cave Divine Pupil Technique had previously been instrumental in his rise from obscurity, as its special power allowed him to foresee others' schemes and take the initiative.

Unfortunately, as his power increased, his enemies became stronger, and the Yin Yang Cave Divine Pupil Technique could no longer keep up with the times; therefore, its enhancement was also an urgent matter.

After killing the patriarch of the Ling Family, Yi Chen had gained a certain confidence in his power; fully unleashing it now, he estimated he had the destructive capabilities of an average True Person Realm, sixth level.

If his Pure Yang Dragon and Tiger True Technique could break through to the eleventh level, he speculated that even if he wouldn't match the Army Master of the Scarlet Flames, he wouldn't be far off, and then he could breathe a little easier.

With continuous calculations in his mind, the joy of having just harvested a vast amount of Deep Red Points began to settle within Yi Chen.

He found that the more Deep Red Points he earned, the greater the gap became...

The more he earned, the more he spent.

Yi Chen, noticing the subtle change in his own emotions, couldn't help but laugh at himself alone.

"It really is a case of man's greed being as insatiable as a snake trying to swallow an elephant. If I could earn so many Deep Red Points in one go in the past, I'd wake up laughing from my dreams~"

"It's probably because I've had too much..."

"You have to eat your rice one bite at a time. First set a small goal, to surpass Commander Chiyan, then we'll talk."

No longer tangled in his thoughts, Yi Chen picked up the Dragon-Slaying Sword and came to the corpse of the Ling family's ancestor. With a light flick of the sword, he found no foreign objects on the body, not even a single storage ring.

"Damn, old dog, you're really good at hiding~"

Yi Chen spat a mouthful of saliva onto the chunks of the Ling family ancestor's corpse, then flicked his finger, and a light golden flame fell onto the chunks. In an instant, it burned them to ash.

After doing all this, Yi Chen started wandering around the grand chamber.

Following the principle of "since I'm here, might as well," Yi Chen scraped off all the gold plating from the pillars in the grand chamber. Continue your saga on empire

The white jade slab on the altar was also a fine item, with the topographical contours of the Da Yue dynasty carved on it. Even just as a decorative piece, it was exceptional. This item clearly shared a fate with his Hidden Dragon Temple, so he took it with him.

And the Luminous Pearls embedded in the chamber—he found them particularly appealing, so he pried them out as well.

Coming to the mercury pool, Yi Chen lightly stomped one foot, and the mercury shot up, revealing the skeletons beneath.

Unlike the bones piled haphazardly inside the grand chamber, these skeletons at the bottom of the mercury pool were clad in wealth and nobility, with jewelry on their finger bones and some even in armor; two of them even had their clothing not fully decayed.

Yi Chen thought for a moment, then with a wave of his hand, he quickly placed the two corpses into his storage ring.

If he wasn't mistaken, these were the filial sons and worthy grandsons of the Ling family's ancestor soaked in the mercury pool.

The scene, combined with the white banners and eulogies he had set up for himself, had an indescribable sense of irony.

Perhaps it was about showing off precisely what you lack the most?

The mercury fell from the sky and collected back into the pool, covering the skeletons at the bottom once again.

Yi Chen arrived at the pile of bones inside the grand chamber and let out a light sigh. These bones haphazardly placed in the corner of the grand chamber must have been the consumables for the Ling family ancestor's cultivation of an evil technique.

No one understood their lives; they died inexplicably within this grand chamber.

The light golden flames, like fireflies, scattered and ignited a raging fire.

The golden flames reflected on Yi Chen's face as he closed his eyes and silently began reciting the Rebirth Mantra.

"By the supreme decree, transcend your solitary souls, all ghosts and demons, receive grace in all four forms of birth.

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By decree, save these multitudes, swiftly transcend to rebirth, by decree, save these multitudes, swiftly transcend to rebirth."

After three repetitions, Yi Chen collected the ash of the deceased properly and then proceeded towards the inner chamber.

Pushing open the door behind the altar, the scene that appeared before Yi Chen caused his pupils to dilation suddenly.

Inside an incredibly spacious grand chamber, the floor was engraved with a massive golden ceremonial design, and a gigantic skeleton over ten meters tall lay in the center of the design, obviously having been dead for a long time.

With Yi Chen's knowledge, he could only identify this as a complicated array for demon-sealing, banishment, and energy extraction.