Boarding Life

Qin Qi’s mouth twitched.

Three wives and four concubines being normal inside the Secret Realm?

And it looked like these women could accept that too.

This was practically his own holy land!

If it were outside, with his women, he’d have to do homework, think up tricks, even lie left and right.

But here... if he didn’t capture Ming Xueying, that’d be an insult to his own skills!

Don’t even mention one dragon playing with two phoenixes—one dragon playing with three phoenixes was no problem at all...

For a moment, Qin Qi was excited as hell.

He pictured himself conquering Ming Xueying, and then this woman and Ming Lan calling each other sisters, serving him together.

"Husband..."

"Little Sister Ming Lan serves below, I’ll serve above..."

Just imagining that scene—three wives, four concubines, beauties twittering around him, and they could all accept each other. That’d be heaven!

"What are you grinning like an idiot for?" Ming Xueying suddenly asked curiously.

Qin Qi coughed twice and hurriedly explained, "N-nothing..."

Ming Xueying smiled inwardly, naturally assuming Qin Qi was happy because he’d gotten her ’not annoyed’ approval.

But on her face, her tone was still stern as she said, "Alright, stop laughing like a fool. We’re already here—come in and meet my father first!"

Only now did Qin Qi realize they’d already arrived in front of the Ming Family’s main hall.

Once he entered with Ming Xueying, he saw that inside the hall, three young disciples of the Ming Family were already present.

These three were all the ones who’d performed relatively well in the Land of Overflowing Spirits.

Now that they’d come here, it was obviously to arrange their rewards.

"Father!"

Ming Xueying stepped forward and immediately greeted him respectfully.

Ming Tianhong nodded slightly. "According to the previous family rules, those who ranked in the top five may enter the Xiangbao Tower and choose any one treasure!"

"Since you’ve all made great contributions to the Ming Family, naturally, we absolutely won’t shortchange you!"

"Alright, come with me."

The few family disciples were all extremely excited.

After all, the Xiangbao Tower was a famous treasure ground in the Ming Family.

In an instant, the group all followed behind Ming Tianhong.

Very soon, led by Ming Tianhong, they arrived at a side hall.

In this side hall, there were actually many restrictions laid down. If one wasn’t being led by Ming Tianhong and broke in on their own, just these restrictions alone were enough to make the intruder pay an extremely tragic price.

Like this, after roughly ten-odd minutes—

Ming Tianhong finally stopped, looked at the wall ahead, and lightly pushed!

Suddenly, a hidden chamber emerged from it.

Once this hidden chamber appeared, Ming Tianhong waved his hand. "Go on, go in. This is our Ming Family’s Xiangbao Tower!"

The few geniuses entered and couldn’t help being stunned.

Because inside, it truly was a world of its own.

Compared with the dark, restriction-filled passage outside, it was simply like heaven and earth.

"Family Head!"

At this moment, a thin, bony old man appeared, draped in a black cloak, seeming to be the guard specifically stationed at Xiangbao Tower.

Seeing Ming Tianhong arrive, he immediately bowed.

Ming Tianhong nodded lightly. "Fourth Uncle, I’ve brought these kids to visit the Xiangbao Tower, and each of them may choose one item from the first floor!"

This old man called Fourth Uncle clearly had a seniority even above Ming Tianhong.

Hearing this, he didn’t say much, merely nodded, then stood stock-still again, like a dried-up corpse, unmoving.

"This guy..." Qin Qi sucked in a breath of cold air.

He extended his Sea of Consciousness to probe, but couldn’t sense a thing.

"He’s one of our Ming Family’s guardian deities, a living fossil—over three hundred years old, a Nascent Soul Stage expert." Seeming to see Qin Qi’s puzzlement, Ming Xueying reminded him.

"A Nascent Soul Stage expert?" Qin Qi couldn’t help but draw in a sharp breath.

The Ming Family’s strength really was far beyond what he’d expected.

But he didn’t think too much about it.

Ming Tianhong said, "Each of you has only half an hour of time. Begin!"

"Half an hour?" Qin Qi paused, then the corner of his mouth curled up.

This meant that there definitely had to be some good stuff hidden in Xiangbao Tower.

Otherwise, Ming Tianhong would just let them pick as they pleased, until they chose something they were satisfied with. Yet he’d restricted them to only half an hour.

Clearly, Xiangbao Tower must contain things that even Ming Tianhong would feel a bit of heartache over.

Thinking that, Qin Qi started wandering around.

In truth, most of it was just Cultivation Technique Manuals and some Magical Treasures and the like.

Though they looked impressive, in terms of value—even someone like Qin Qi, who wasn’t all that knowledgeable—could tell they weren’t anything truly pricey.

Watching the group of geniuses wandering back and forth, Qin Qi simply went straight in and started a carpet-style search.

"Oh?"

Just then, the Celestial Joyful Witch’s voice sounded. "Looks like the first floor of Xiangbao Tower does have a few decent things after all!"

Qin Qi asked in confusion, "You found something good?"

On his way over here, he hadn’t seen any real treasures.

The Celestial Joyful Witch grinned. "Go to the twelfth row, middle position, and take a look!"

Qin Qi followed the Celestial Joyful Witch’s instructions.

Restrictions filled this Xiangbao Tower, and his own Sea of Consciousness was heavily constrained when he opened it. But the limitations on the Celestial Joyful Witch’s Sea of Consciousness didn’t seem as severe.

Doing as she said, Qin Qi arrived at the target location.

Very quickly, he saw a golden, brilliant page lying there. The page was completely blank, containing nothing.

No words, no patterns.

It really did look like it was just a sheet of extraordinary material paper.

"What’s this?" Qin Qi looked puzzled. "There’s nothing on it—why’d you have me look at it?"

"Give it a good feel. Don’t you think the material is awfully familiar?" the Celestial Joyful Witch suddenly said.

At her reminder, Qin Qi’s brows lifted, and he suddenly thought of something. "Why does it feel so similar to the Silver Palace Book Pages?"

"Heh heh, looks like it’s just as I thought!" said the Celestial Joyful Witch.

Qin Qi took a deep breath. "Though the texture is still a bit different from the Silver Palace Book Pages. The Silver Palace Book Pages have a bit of a sandy feel, but this page is smoother!"

"But aside from that, we can judge that this thing’s craftsmanship and material are very similar to the Silver Palace Book Pages!"

Qin Qi knew very well what the Silver Palace Book Pages were.

The heaven-defying Divine Skills recorded on them had benefited him greatly even now.

For this thing to be made of similar material to the Silver Palace Book Pages showed just how extraordinary it was.

"But there’s nothing on it..."

Qin Qi pondered, faintly.

Then, he activated the Profound Pure Spirit Eye and examined the page. At a glance, he indeed sensed something fishy.

"I still can’t see through it, but I can see that there’s a special coating on this material. It’s cutting off the sight of my Profound Pure Spirit Eye!"