Lu Tao’s luck left everyone dumbfounded. The guy wasn’t strong, but his luck was truly unbelievable—at least, he was the luckiest person anyone present had ever seen.

"Lu Tao, are you okay?" Lu Bingning asked with concern, sizing him up carefully. That close call just now had scared her to death.

"I’m fine, Sis. Don’t you know who I am?" Having just been saved, Lu Tao’s true nature instantly revealed itself.

With Lu Tao safe and sound, everyone rested for a moment before starting to search the vicinity for Spirit Grass.

After a thorough search, Lin Yun’s guess was proven correct. Once again, however, Lu Tao’s luck was on full display. Of the ten stalks of Spirit Grass in total, Lu Tao single-handedly found seven—and he’d done it while barely paying attention.

"Did this guy step in shit or something? How is his luck so good?" Guan Renjie muttered, pursing his lips as he looked at Lu Tao.

"We’ve struck it rich! We really hit the jackpot! Ten stalks of Spirit Grass—seven are Earth Tier Two-Stars, and three are Earth Tier Three-Stars!" a Guan Family guard said with a huge smile, taking inventory of the herbs.

With a harvest in hand, the next step was naturally to divide it. The distribution was fair: Lin Yun, Lu Bingning, and Lu Tao each took one stalk. Lin Yun took one of the Earth Tier Three-Stars Spirit Grass.

Lin Yun gave all the remaining stalks to Guan Renjie. After all, the guards belonged to the Guan Family, so it was better to let Guan Renjie decide how to distribute them.

Guan Renjie took the seven stalks of Spirit Grass, keeping one Earth Tier Three-Stars stalk for himself and giving the rest to his men. Among those six stalks was the last of the Earth Tier Three-Stars Spirit Grass.

"Not bad. I didn’t think you knew how to be so generous," Lu Tao teased, watching Guan Renjie distribute the Spirit Grass without batting an eye.

Don’t be fooled by the fact that Guan Renjie and Lu Tao were dandies; in this regard, they were better than most. They were genuinely warm and sincere to the people around them, even if they were just servants.

After distributing the Spirit Grass, Lin Yun’s group rested where they were. Meanwhile, at the entrance to the Yunlu Mountain Range, Lin Xiaotian and the Eight Great Vice Generals were present. An old man stood beside them, and behind them were more than twenty young people.

"General, I’ll have to trouble you," the old man said to Lin Xiaotian with a smile. Lin Xiaotian simply gave a slight nod in response.

An order was issued from Lin Xiaotian, and instantly, several thousand soldiers swarmed into the Yunlu Mountain Range.

Following the soldiers’ entry, the Martial Artists within the mountains soon received a notice: due to an unforeseen event, the Yunlu Mountain Range was being completely sealed. All Martial Artists within the range had to withdraw immediately, or they would be executed on the spot.

No one knew what was happening, but at a time like this, nobody was foolish enough to challenge the army. In an instant, many people began rushing toward the mountain entrance.

Lin Yun and his group followed the main crowd, also heading for the mountain entrance.

"Lin Yun, what do you think is going on?" Lu Bingning asked him.

"I don’t know, but we should find out once we get out," Lin Yun replied. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

Once they were out of the mountains, Lin Yun immediately spotted his father. Seeing Lin Yun’s group emerge, Lin Xiaotian beckoned to them. In response, the group walked over to him.

"Father, what’s happened?" Lin Yun asked as he reached Lin Xiaotian.

"Something is happening in the Yunlu Mountain Range. You all should head back for now," Lin Xiaotian replied simply.

Hearing this, and with orders from their respective elders, Lin Yun and the others started walking toward Iron Gate Pass. However, as he passed the young people standing behind Lin Xiaotian, Lin Yun keenly sensed that they were at most five years older than him. Yet, the weakest among them was at the Seventh Layer of Opening Realm. He even detected a trace of the Qi Sea Realm’s aura from two or three of them—an aura only produced upon reaching the Ninth Layer of Opening Realm.

The presence of this group of youths made Lin Yun slightly suspicious. He couldn’t think of any place other than Yanhuang Country’s National Academy that could produce so many geniuses at once.

’There must be some secret in the Yunlu Mountain Range,’ Lin Yun thought to himself.

Now that he had a theory, Lin Yun’s heart began to stir with excitement. For it to attract geniuses from the Academy, the matter was definitely not simple.

"You guys go on ahead. I just remembered I have something else to say to my father," Lin Yun said to Lu Bingning and the others when they were halfway there.

They didn’t suspect anything and nodded. Lu Bingning reminded Lin Yun to be careful, and he turned and ran back toward the Yunlu Mountain Range.

Along the way, Lin Yun avoided the stationed soldiers and stealthily returned to the mountain entrance. This time, however, he had already entered the mountain range via a side path.

"Go on. With the reappearance of the Ancient Sect ruins this time, per the rules, both kingdoms have only dispatched disciples of the Opening Realm," the old man standing with Lin Xiaotian said to the youths behind him after all the Loose Cultivators had left.

At his words, the group nodded, then quickly entered the mountains, heading deep into the range without stopping.

"The Ancient Sect ruins reappeared a full six months early this time. The Academy teachers all believe it’s because some kind of inheritance is about to emerge. We absolutely cannot let the people from the Nan Feng Kingdom get it."

"Right. If it comes to it, we’ll destroy the inheritance before we let the Nan Feng Kingdom get what they want," the Academy students discussed among themselves as they ran.

Little did they know, Lin Yun had overheard every single word. Hearing this, he smiled happily. It was a good thing he’d come back, or he would have missed out on this massive opportunity.

’An Ancient Sect... Haha, heaven is truly on my side!’ Lin Yun laughed inwardly, trailing behind the group at an unhurried pace.

Journeying deep into the Yunlu Mountain Range, Lin Yun followed the Academy students into the territory of Tier Two Demon Beasts. The person in the lead held a long, lit stick of incense.

A faint fragrance spread through the air, and any Tier Two Demon Beast that smelled it dared not approach. The group passed through the Tier Two Demon Beast territory with ease.

’Any further and we’ll be in the territory of Tier Three Demon Beasts. Surely they aren’t going there?’ As they ventured deeper, Lin Yun grew nervous. Tier Three Demon Beasts were existences that surpassed the Qi Sea Realm.

Fortunately, after crossing through the Tier Two Demon Beast territory, the group came to a halt. At that moment, an ancient Array appeared before Lin Yun.

"Just as expected, the entrance has appeared. Let’s go, quickly." One by one, the Academy students entered the Array.

Only after everyone had entered the Array did Lin Yun reveal himself. Staring at the ancient Array before him, Lin Yun recognized it. It was a type of Sect Protection Array. He had seen many such Arrays in the Divine Realm, and their power was countless times greater than the one he was looking at now.