System: After the fortune telling, my cultivation level skyrocketed.

The leader of the group was a strikingly beautiful young woman, dressed in a simple, long dress. The soft fabric clung to her figure, accentuating her graceful curves. Embroidered on the dress were delicate gold threads that shimmered with her movements.

The woman held a phoenix feather folding fan in her hand. The phoenix painted on the fan was so lifelike that it seemed ready to take flight at any moment.

She was surrounded by wisps of flame, which did not burn wildly, but rather danced around her like nimble sprites, adding to her mysterious and noble aura.

Seeing that Chen Xuan and the other two had obediently stopped, the woman then parted her lips slightly and introduced herself with a cold smile.

"How dare you speak to your master like that!" Before Chen Xuan and Zhan Xin could speak, Gu Yingying beside them immediately scolded them in a low voice.

In an instant, the viscous poison surrounding her surged violently like boiling black magma. The poison emitted a pungent odor, spreading through the air as if forming an invisible miasma.

At this moment, with just a command from Chen Xuan, Gu Yingying would unleash her deadly poison upon her opponent without hesitation, unleashing a bloody massacre.

Chen Xuan raised his hand, signaling Gu Yingying to calm down. Before entering the secret realm, Chen Xuan had no information whatsoever about Qilin City; it might just be a scion of some super power here.

"Fellow Daoists, aren't you going a bit too far with your words?" Chen Xuan said with a humble smile and a calm tone. He flipped his hand over, and an ancient bronze piece appeared in his palm. This bronze piece had been eroded by time, its surface covered with mottled rust, exuding an ancient and mysterious aura.

As the token of the furnace was taken out, it seemed to trigger some ancient mechanism. The furnace, which was thousands of feet tall, instantly became like an ancient behemoth that had been activated, and a scorching aura surged out, impacting and spreading in all directions.

The scorching heat was mixed with rolling waves of heat, distorting and deforming the air wherever it went, making a "sizzling" sound.

"what?"

"This, this is... a token to enter the third level of the furnace's core?"

"He actually obtained the token of this furnace!"

"No wonder the young master and young lady tried so hard but couldn't get in."

……

As Chen Xuan produced the bronze armor plate, the expressions of the dozen or so men on the other side changed drastically. Their previously arrogant eyes were now filled with shock and greed. Some of them, their eyes gleaming, had already quietly communicated with their companions, discussing whether to immediately seize the token.

Upon hearing these words, the woman in plain clothes and a feather fan at the head of the group narrowed her eyes and looked Chen Xuan and his companions up and down, a hint of wariness in her eyes.

"For just three people to dare to bring out such a token in front of us, they must have some trump cards up their sleeves."

After a moment's thought, the woman in plain clothes holding a feather fan lowered her posture and said politely, "I wonder what you mean by taking this out now, fellow Daoist? Do you intend to make a move? If you are willing to make a move, our Qilin City will naturally give you a satisfactory reward."

"what?"

"Senior Sister Fengyu, there are only three of them. Why don't we just take back the token?"

"Yes, even if the three of them are all at the late stage of the Myriad Manifestations Realm, how strong can they really be?"

……

These words were not transmitted telepathically, but were spoken directly in front of Chen Xuan and the other two, and were filled with disdain and arrogance.

Chen Xuan smiled, cut to the chase, and said directly, "I've come with a token, meaning you all need to get out of the furnace area immediately, or else..."

"what?"

"Am I hearing things? Did he just tell us to get out of the furnace?"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

A burst of laughter erupted as everyone stared at Chen Xuan as if he were a clown overestimating himself. Their mockery echoed throughout the area, filled with sarcasm and contempt.

Only the woman in plain clothes at the head of the group narrowed her eyes slightly; she was also getting angry. She always believed in equal exchange and never wanted to have a direct conflict with other cultivators, but despite her politeness, this young man was taking advantage of her and showing her no respect whatsoever.