With a tremor, countless bright lights appeared in the sky above the pillar of light. These spiritual lights, which had been floating motionlessly, suddenly began to dart about at incredible speed, no slower than a Peak Shore Realm cultivator flying at full tilt.
A flicker of excitement crossed Li Xuan’s eyes as he looked at these spiritual lights. These were the clusters of spiritual light that Su Yueze had mentioned earlier.
Within these clusters were not only cultivation techniques and martial arts, but also the Lingxiao Nine Treasures Aperture, which everyone in the pillar of light desperately desired at this moment.
"Everyone, rely on your own eyesight and skills!"
As soon as a seasoned Hundred Strong Benevolent Disciple at the Peak Shore Realm spoke, countless figures instantly soared into the air, rapidly shooting towards the spiritual light clusters flickering and shuttling in the sky.
The pillar of light seemed to be a self-contained space. Even with a hundred people, there was no sense of crowding. Colorful spiritual lights flashed everywhere, indicating that these Hundred Strong Benevolent Disciples were already identifying and probing various spiritual light clusters.
"Fifth Junior Brother, let's begin!" Seeing everyone taking action, Su Yueze said with a hint of excitement and anticipation.
As soon as he finished speaking, Su Yueze moved, instantly heading for a cluster of spiritual light. At the same time, Chai Jingyuan, He Xidong, and Song Wuwen also took action.
Seeing that Su Yueze and the other three had begun, Li Xuan pondered for a moment and then unleashed his divine sense.
Li Xuan's divine sense was now incredibly powerful. Even before, his divine sense had been much stronger than that of ordinary people. Now, his divine sense spread out like a spider web, meticulously enveloping these spiritual light clusters.
When Li Xuan's divine sense landed on these spiritual light clusters, a faint sensation fed back to him. Li Xuan was pleasantly surprised to find that he could roughly sense the contents within these clusters through his divine sense.
"Idiot! Trying to use divine sense to check what's inside these spiritual light clusters." Li Xuan's use of divine sense naturally attracted the attention of many.
Upon seeing that it was only Li Xuan, a cultivator at the early Shore Realm, most people stopped paying attention and focused on their chosen spiritual light clusters. Di Yijie scoffed at this sight and then shot towards the spiritual light clusters above.
*Hum.*
Just as Li Xuan was feeling pleased, a stinging sensation spread through his entire body. Li Xuan quickly composed himself, no longer daring to be distracted.
When Li Xuan sensed again, he realized that his divine sense could not sense all the spiritual light clusters. Those that he could sense before seemed to be very ordinary within these clusters.
As Li Xuan examined a spiritual light cluster before him, a faint backlash pulsed into his mind. It was clear that these spiritual light clusters were not all the same. At least, that was how it appeared to Li Xuan's divine sense.
Although he couldn't see what was inside all of them, he could at least filter out some of the more common cultivation techniques and martial arts. For Li Xuan, simply picking those clusters that he *couldn't* sense was already a gain.
However, knowing about the existence of the Lingxiao Nine Treasures Aperture, Li Xuan was not one to give up easily. He immediately channeled his soul power to its limit, rapidly sweeping over all these spiritual light clusters.
As time passed, Li Xuan’s mind began to feel a sense of fatigue, clearly caused by the prolonged use of soul power. At the same time, bloodshot veins appeared in Li Xuan's eyes, looking as if they were about to burst.
Fortunately, at this moment, everyone was doing their best to capture their chosen spiritual light clusters, so no one noticed Li Xuan’s unusual state.
Five minutes later, Li Xuan’s face had become rather pale. The bloodshot veins in his eyes were now very dense, looking as if they might rupture at any moment.
*Hoo!*
Li Xuan abruptly closed his eyes, and his divine sense instantly retracted into his body. A dense web began to form in his mind, then shot towards Li Xuan's eyes. Li Xuan was greatly alarmed, but it was too late to stop it.
*Hum.*
As Li Xuan waited anxiously, his eyes seemed to be nourished by something, instantly regaining clarity. Li Xuan then moved his mind and opened his eyes again. To his surprise, he was overjoyed.
Now, when he looked at the spiritual light clusters flying in the air, Li Xuan could tell what was inside with just a glance. Of course, for those spiritual light clusters that his divine sense couldn't penetrate, his eyes could only see a jade box, unable to discern their contents.
It was as if there was a restriction, preventing him from seeing inside.
"Fifth Junior Brother, why haven't you started yet?" At this moment, Su Yueze, Chai Jingyuan, He Xidong, and Song Wuwen had each chosen a spiritual light cluster and landed on the ground. Seeing Li Xuan still standing in place, they called out.
"Eldest Senior Brother, have you all finished choosing?" Li Xuan came back to his senses and asked when he saw the four of them standing before him.
Li Xuan now noticed that more than half of the people had already chosen their spiritual light clusters and returned to the ground.
"Here, look, we've all chosen. Now, it's just you. Fifth Junior Brother, hurry up. Even the worst one is better than none," Song Wuwen said, holding out the spiritual light cluster in his hand to Li Xuan.
Li Xuan looked at the spiritual light cluster in Song Wuwen's hand.
He found that the spiritual light cluster in Song Wuwen's hand seemed alive, wriggling in his grasp as if trying to escape.
However, Li Xuan took one look and realized that the jade box inside Song Wuwen's spiritual light cluster only contained an axe. It could be considered an ordinary item among these spiritual light clusters.
Then Li Xuan looked at the spiritual light clusters in the hands of Su Yueze, Chai Jingyuan, and He Xidong, but frowns appeared on his face. After a moment's thought, he looked at the four and asked, "Eldest Senior Brother, do you trust me?"
"Fifth Junior Brother, of course we trust you. But why are you asking this now?" Su Yueze nodded and asked, puzzled.
"Since you trust me, throw away what you have. The spiritual light clusters in all four of your hands contain only ordinary items," Li Xuan said with a wry smile.
It was clear that Li Xuan hadn't expected that the clusters chosen by Su Yueze and the others were the most common ones.
"Ah? Fifth Junior Brother, these spiritual light clusters are not easy to get. If we let them go, and can't get others later, won't we have nothing?" Song Wuwen said.
"Eldest Senior Brother, since you choose to trust me, then listen to me. Hmm, Eldest Senior Brother, look, that one, and those two over there. Yes, and that one. The contents of these four are definitely better than what you have. Time is running out, the choice is yours, Senior Brothers."
Li Xuan looked towards the sky and, after a quick glance, pointed towards Su Yueze and the other three.
"Alright! Then Fifth Junior Brother, what about you?" Su Yueze looked at the spiritual light cluster in his hand, nodded, and then let it go.
"As for me, I've already chosen!"
Li Xuan smiled slightly, then moved his body and shot straight towards a spiritual light cluster.