Gu Qinghe made use of his time. He summoned the three chests and let them float in front of him.

The golden rune arrays still appeared before the three chests.

Gu Qinghe’s hands began forming complicated hand seals, creating small rune arrays in his palms before directing them forward.

Streams of golden qi light flowed from the rune arrays in Gu Qinghe’s hands, absorbed into the rune array of one of the three technique chests.

Saint Yue watched what Gu Qinghe was doing. The technique he used now was different from when he opened the rune array on the technique hall door.

The technique Gu Qinghe used now focused on the stream of golden qi being absorbed into the chest’s rune array, where the golden qi would work to break apart the rune formation from the inside.

There was nothing Yue could help with. She did not understand much about using arrays or breaking them.

However, she could guard Gu Qinghe while the man focused on breaking the rune array.

Yue did not know when Gu Qinghe would finish breaking the rune array. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

However, his cultivation base had improved, his understanding had deepened, and his strength had increased.

She was certain Gu Qinghe could break the rune array much faster than she had imagined.

Three days passed. Gu Qinghe sat with his eyes closed. His hands were still stretched forward as streams of golden qi light surged into the chest’s rune array.

His power remained stable, and his focus was fixed on one thing: breaking the array.

Gu Qinghe’s eyes suddenly opened sharply, staring straight ahead. A powerful qi explosion erupted, startling Saint Yue.

The woman immediately opened her eyes as well and looked ahead, clearly seeing that the burst of qi had come from the golden chest in front of Qinghe.

The qi explosion intensified. Gu Qinghe clenched his fist, causing the rune array before the chest to shatter.

He reached out and immediately opened the chest. A golden technique scroll floated before Qinghe. Saint Yue became curious.

"What technique is that?" Yue asked.

"The Lightning Devouring Dragon Technique, a low-quality Heavenly-grade technique."

"However, I feel like the quality of this technique can still be improved," Gu Qinghe explained.

"Forget the quality. It’s Heavenly-grade. You’ll completely overwhelm other Nascent Soul cultivators in battle."

Gu Qinghe nodded in agreement. Technique foundations and cultivation bases were now inseparable.

The higher the cultivation base, the fewer techniques were suitable, and the higher their level needed to be.

There were far more mortal-level techniques in the shop than King-grade or Heavenly-grade techniques.

Without wasting time, Gu Qinghe opened the technique scroll and studied it quickly.

His hand rose, qi light shining at his fingertips as streams of golden qi were absorbed into his forehead.

From within his dantian sea, Gu Qinghe could see the explanation of the technique and what its manifestation looked like.

With his limitless comprehension ability, Gu Qinghe learned the technique in less than ten minutes.

Qinghe’s eyes opened again. A faint golden light shone brightly from them.

He had already understood the concept and mechanism behind the Lightning Devouring Dragon Technique.

He did not have time to test it directly. His choice was to continue breaking the rune arrays on the other two chests.

Gu Qinghe no longer used one hand, but both. Rune arrays appeared in each hand before he directed them toward the two rune arrays on the chests.

Yue gasped in shock. She had never expected Gu Qinghe to possess the ability to use two rune arrays at the same time to break two complicated runes.

However, Gu Qinghe did not feel pressured or troubled. The three rune arrays on the chests all shared the same concept.

The first array had been an experiment, but because Gu Qinghe had already learned from it, he could now do the same thing much faster with the second and third arrays.

His task was no longer finding the array core, but directly destroying it. That was because Gu Qinghe already knew where it was located.

Within five hours, the two arrays on the chests shattered, accompanied by fierce gusts of wind and powerful qi explosions.

Gu Qinghe stretched out his hand and opened both chests, clearly seeing two golden technique scrolls with different names.

The first technique scroll was the Great Immortal Hand Technique, while the second was the God Sealing Array.

Both had the same grade as the Lightning Devouring Dragon Technique, Heavenly-grade techniques with mid and high quality.

Gu Qinghe was impressed and fortunate. He opened the two technique scrolls and allowed his comprehension to immediately study and understand the core principles of both techniques.

Once again, he observed the manifestations of the techniques within his dantian sea.

The God Sealing Array could be used to imprison an entire sect, while the Great Immortal Hand Technique had three different versions:

The first version was an index finger attack, the second version was a palm strike, and the third version was a heavenly fist attack.

Between the first and third versions, the first was the weakest while the third was the strongest.

Again, Gu Qinghe clearly had no intention of testing them inside this palace.

His business in the Immortal Dragon Palace was finished. It was time for him and Yue to leave this place.

Gu Qinghe opened his eyes. Saint Yue flew toward him.

"How is it?"

"I’ve already learned them."

"Come on, it’s time for us to return," Gu Qinghe said.

Saint Yue understood and nodded lightly.

They flew away from the place until they arrived outside the Immortal Dragon Palace.

When Gu Qinghe stepped outside, the palace doors slowly closed on their own once again.

The projection of an immortal woman appeared and stood before the palace gates, planting her sword into the ground.

"Once the Immortal Dragon Palace has chosen its envoy, it will not open its doors to other cultivators for one thousand years."

"So, my time is only one thousand years?" Gu Qinghe asked.

"You may return to the Immortal Dragon Palace and renew your envoy contract. There is even a possibility that you may be appointed as a permanent resident of the Immortal Dragon Palace."

One thousand years. I don’t know what will happen to me in the future.

I should remember that well.

Gu Qinghe and Saint Yue quickly flew away from the eighth peak until they arrived at the altar beneath the sky.

Gu Qinghe waved his hand to the side, throwing out a golden qi orb and activating the teleportation mechanism.

A pillar of golden light shone brightly from the altar beneath the sky. In an instant, Gu Qinghe shot through the tunnel of primordial golden qi toward the seventh peak.

His business in the Seven Peaks of the Northern Mountains was finished.

Now, it was time for Gu Qinghe to handle other matters.

"Yin-Yang Sect! I’m coming to destroy all of you!"