Chapter 411: Is this also romantic luck?
Lu Changsheng’s eyes gleamed as he saw through illusions, continuously observing the spiritual energy within the mountains.
The more he looked, the more he felt that this mountain range was not simple.
Each mountain peak was like a segment of a Azure Dragon’s spine, connected together, resembling a coiled Azure Dragon.
“According to the Dragon Seeking Art, this kind of terrain belongs to a Dragon Vein, and it must contain a large Spiritual Vein, or rare Heaven And Earth Treasure!”
“But why hasn’t such a Spiritual Vein been occupied by a Yao King?”
Lu Changsheng looked at the terrain before him, his brows slightly furrowed, feeling something was amiss.
He took out Immortal Master Huxiao’s map Jade Slip for comparison, and this area had no special markings.
“What’s going on?”
Lu Changsheng was puzzled, golden light flowing in his eyes as he continuously observed, but he couldn’t discern any danger in this terrain.
After a moment of thought, he came to one of the mountain peaks and released his Spirit-Seeking Rat.
“See if there are any treasures or dangers here.”
Lu Changsheng said to the Spirit-Seeking Rat.
This type of Soul Search Rat is not only sensitive to the Qi of Heaven And Earth Treasure but also highly sensitive to danger.
Once there is danger, it can alert him immediately.
“Squeak, squeak, squeak—”
The Spirit-Seeking Rat nodded and bowed in response, then sniffed around and scurried off in one direction.
Lu Changsheng followed far behind.
After walking about ten li, he saw a valley ahead with many spiritual fruit trees and a group of black-furred apes.
“What kind of apes are these?”
Lu Changsheng did not recognize what kind of Yao Beast these apes were.
But he could generally tell that most of them were First or Second-tier in strength, belonging to a communal Yao Beast species.
The Spirit-Seeking Rat looked at the apes in the distance, somewhat afraid and unwilling to go forward.
After observing carefully for a moment, Lu Changsheng did not make a move against these apes.
After all, once he made a move and caused a commotion, the Yao King pursuing him would immediately detect it and come killing him here.
He had the Spirit-Seeking Rat continue to search for other treasures and Spiritual Vein Qi.
During this journey, as he scurried through the mountain range, although he didn’t encounter a Yao King, he saw many Yao Beasts, which gradually put Lu Changsheng at ease.
After all, the presence of Yao Beasts indicated that there was nothing wrong with this mountain range.
If it were dead silent, with no Yao Beasts at all, he would turn around and leave.
A few days later, the Spirit-Seeking Rat arrived in front of a cave.
It indicated that there was abundant spiritual energy inside, but also a dangerous aura.
Through his Fire Eyes Golden Eyes and Source Spirit Eye Technique, Lu Changsheng immediately discerned a surge of powerful spiritual energy within the cave.
He released his Thousand-Faced Fox Puppet and entered the cave with it.
Deep inside the mountain, Lu Changsheng saw many wild beast skeletons and a dark gold precious tree entwined with fiery vines.
“This is… a Golden Fire Vine Tree?”
Lu Changsheng had spent a lot of time studying heaven and earth spiritual plants, and he immediately recognized the precious tree before him, his expression filled with pleasant surprise.
He hadn’t expected to harvest a Fire Mulberry Tree not long ago, and now he encountered another Golden Fire Vine Tree.
He truly possessed great Luck!
However, the next moment, he heard a faint sound.
He saw many black-fire glowing ants, as small as soybeans and densely packed, pouring out from beneath the skeletons and the Golden Fire Vine Tree, swarming towards him.
“Iron Fire Ants!?”
Upon seeing these ants, Lu Changsheng’s expression showed no alarm, but rather delight.
Iron Fire Ants are a type of communal strange insect that prefers to live in hot areas and feeds on metal Ore.
Normally, a few or dozens of them are not a threat; even a Qi Refining Cultivator can easily kill them.
However, once these strange insects form a large swarm, numbering in the thousands, their ferocity becomes overwhelming.
Combined, with their terrifying aggressiveness, penetrative power, fire poison, and robust defense, they are comparable to fire-attribute Magic Treasures.
Even a Core Formation True Person would find a swarm of Iron Fire Ants extremely troublesome.
Furthermore, Iron Fire Ants are also known for another aspect: a rare material called ‘Refined Crystal’ can be extracted from their bodies.
When refining Magic Treasures, incorporating some Refined Crystal makes the Magic Treasure much more durable and resistant to destruction and wear.
Besides Magic Treasures, this Refined Crystal can also be incorporated into palace buildings, spiritual boats, spiritual ships, and so on.
“The living environment for Iron Fire Ants is very harsh; these Iron Fire Ants must have survived thanks to this Golden Fire Vine Tree.”
“I could bring this swarm of Iron Fire Ants back for Chensha to raise; then the Refined Crystal will also come in handy when I refine Magic Treasures.”
Lu Changsheng looked at the dense swarm of Iron Fire Ants, numbering several thousand, and a Yin-Yang Profound Mystery Divine Light emerged around his body, enveloping him tightly, then he reached out with a large hand.
The Yin-Yang Two Qi transformed into a misty, smoke-like hand, sweeping up all the Iron Fire Ants before him, slowly gathering them into a small Yin-Yang sphere.
“Buzz, buzz, buzz—”
However, as soon as the Yin Yang One Qi Great Capturing Hand confined the Iron Fire Ants, many of them chose to self-destruct, unleashing a destructive fire poison that made the Yin-Yang sphere tremble.
“It is said that Iron Fire Ants are very difficult to tame; once they encounter a life-threatening situation, they will choose to self-destruct, and can only be cultivated from eggs.”
Seeing this, Lu Changsheng knew that bringing these Iron Fire Ants back for cultivation might not be feasible.
Immediately, his magic power surged, extinguishing the life force of the Iron Fire Ants inside.
After all, if these Iron Fire Ants self-destructed, he would have nothing.
By actively suppressing and killing them, he could still extract some ‘Refined Crystal’ afterwards.
“I wonder if these Iron Fire Ants have any eggs.”
After suppressing and killing all the Iron Fire Ants, Lu Changsheng looked at the piles of skeletons on the ground and began to search.
But after clearing all the skeleton piles, there were only many remnants or shed insect shells of Iron Fire Ants, but no Iron Fire Ant eggs.
“Alas, there’s a reason why Refined Crystal is so rare and uncommon.”
Lu Changsheng sighed, then proceeded to carefully pull out the Golden Fire Vine Tree.
When he pulled up the Golden Fire Vine Tree, he immediately saw many tiny Iron Fire larvae and rice-sized dark insect eggs beneath it.
“Are these Iron Fire Ant eggs?”
Lu Changsheng’s expression showed pleasant surprise upon seeing these larvae and eggs.
Then, a faint smile appeared on his lips as he said, “That’s right, Iron Fire Ants like hot areas, so they naturally live under this Golden Fire Vine Tree.”
Lu Changsheng raised a hand, and with the Yin Yang One Qi Great Capturing Hand, he confined all these Iron Fire Ants.
Seeing that these larvae did not choose to self-destruct like the Iron Fire Ants just now, Lu Changsheng felt relieved.
He put all the larvae and eggs into his Spirit Beast Pouch, then used his Divine Sense to check if anything was missed.
As a result, he saw many dense holes beneath the Golden Fire Vine Tree, which should be traces left by Iron Fire Ants burrowing in.
Threads of rich spiritual energy flowed from these holes.
“Squeak, squeak, squeak—”
The Spirit-Seeking Rat pointed downwards, indicating that there should be a Spiritual Vein, but also an inexplicable danger.
Lu Changsheng’s eyes narrowed slightly, gleaming with a golden luster, as he activated his Source Spirit Eye Technique, discerning a pure and rich spiritual energy flowing, indicating a high probability of some extraordinary spiritual object or a Spiritual Vein below.
“Dig!”
Lu Changsheng immediately set up the Little Upside Down Five Elements Formation at the cave entrance to conceal the Qi and commotion, then began to dig downwards into the earth vein.
Several hours later, Lu Changsheng broke through layers of rock walls and saw a faint Formation pattern underground, sealing everything deep within the earth, making it incredibly solid and impossible to continue digging.
“Did someone discover the Spiritual Vein and Heaven And Earth Treasure below, and set up a Formation early on?”
Lu Changsheng frowned slightly, a bit surprised and astonished.
He hadn’t expected to find a Formation below.
Although he was not a Formation Master, he had some understanding of Formations.
He could tell that this Formation was definitely man-made.
Moreover, although the Formation was sturdy, pure and rich spiritual energy was subtly leaking out, indicating that the Formation had likely existed for too long, experiencing some changes and damage.
“I felt there was something wrong with this terrain before, like a coiled Azure Dragon.”
“Now, there are Formation patterns beneath the earth vein. Could this be the work of a geomancer or a Dragon Seeking Master?”
Lu Changsheng pondered, and the more he thought, the more he felt that this mountain range was not simple.
He suspected whether there was some ancient Immortal Cave or ruins below.
Although he wasn’t particularly interested in ancient Immortal Caves or ruins.
But since he had already come this far, and the ruins were right before him, it would be truly regrettable not to go in and take a look.
What’s more, there was likely a large Spiritual Vein inside, and he truly couldn’t bear to give it up.
“Trying to break this Formation by brute force might be a bit difficult…”
Lu Changsheng looked at the Formation pattern before him and tried to push it with his magic power.
Immediately, the Formation pattern flickered with spiritual light, creating ripples that repelled him.
Then, Lu Changsheng fully activated his Void Sky Robe, with threads of Dao patterns flowing around his body, intending to use the Void Sky Robe to pass through the Formation pattern.
However, the Void Sky Robe could only traverse Formations below the third-tier.
Even though the Formation before him had existed for a long time and undergone some changes, it still surpassed the third-tier, preventing him from passing directly through.
“Since this Formation has already undergone changes, there must be weak points and flaws.”
“As long as I can find the flaws, I should be able to enter.”
Lu Changsheng’s eyes narrowed slightly, thinking to himself.
Moreover, he still had Prohibition-Breaking Talismans in his possession.
As long as he found the flaws and weak points, and then bombarded them with the Prohibition-Breaking Talismans, there would be a chance to use the Void Sky Robe to escape inside.
“Get to work!”
Lu Changsheng said to the Spirit-Seeking Rat, while his own eyes glowed with a golden luster, checking which direction had more spiritual energy leaking out.
The more spiritual energy leaked, the more damaged the Formation was.
It took Lu Changsheng a full three days to find a weak point in the underground Formation patterns.
He put the Spirit-Seeking Rat back into his Spirit Beast bag, cast a Forbidden Breaking Talisman, and as the spiritual light flickered, the Void Sky Robe flowed, and he suddenly passed through the Formation patterns.
“Buzz!”
Lu Changsheng instantly arrived in a vast underground palace.
It was extremely vast, stretching as far as the eye could see, as if naturally formed, with no signs of artificial traces.
But Lu Changsheng immediately realized something was wrong here.
Spiritual Qi!
The Spiritual Qi here was too dense, misty and ethereal, permeating and flowing in the air.
Lu Changsheng had never experienced such dense Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi in his Cultivation up to now, and he felt refreshed.
“As expected, it’s a third-order Spiritual Vein. Someone has locked all the Spiritual Veins under this mountain range in here.”
Lu Changsheng’s expression shifted slightly, and he immediately understood what was going on.
His eyes sparkled as he looked at the silent underground palace, and he moved towards the source of the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, the Origin of the Spiritual Vein.
“This underground palace is too big, isn’t it?”
Lu Changsheng was very cautious, walking slowly, feeling that this underground palace was boundless, like a maze.
He didn’t know how long it took, but he finally approached the source of the Spiritual Vein.
However, there was no path ahead, a huge abyss lay across his path.
The misty Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi surged out from the abyss before him.
“This…”
Lu Changsheng couldn’t help but be shocked.
One must know that when he came to this underground palace, it was already at an underground level.
Yet, at such a deep underground level, there was still such a bottomless abyss, which was truly startling.
“What kind of terrain is this?”
At this moment, Lu Changsheng felt that his second-order top-tier Dragon Seeking Art was insufficient.
He couldn’t quite understand the situation before him.
He even suspected that the Azure Dragon Coiling terrain he had seen outside earlier was influenced by the current situation, thus forming that layout.
Golden light flowed in Lu Changsheng’s eyes, shooting out two golden beams, looking down into the abyss, wanting to see what was going on below.
He saw the Origin of the Spiritual Vein surging in the dark abyss, vaguely appearing crystalline and sparkling.
“Hmm, a coffin?”
Just then, Lu Changsheng’s pupils suddenly contracted.
He saw a crystal coffin floating in the abyss, shimmering with a crystalline luster.
“All the Origin of the Spiritual Vein is being used to nourish this crystal coffin!?”
Lu Changsheng vaguely understood the situation, and his heart was filled with dread.
This was too grand a gesture!
To lock down a third-order Spiritual Vein just to nourish a coffin.
“What’s inside this coffin?”
Lu Changsheng was filled with doubt.
Although this coffin seemed to be made of crystal, he couldn’t see what was inside.
Even his Fire Eyes Golden Eyes couldn’t see through the coffin to discern its contents.
“A corpse?”
Lu Changsheng speculated in his heart.
“But if it’s a corpse, judging from the Formation patterns and the situation of the underground palace, it must be very old.”
“Even if not ten thousand years, then at least a thousand years. Under such a long time, even a Nascent Soul True Lord would turn into a pile of dust.”
“Could someone be refining a corpse in this manner?”
“If a corpse is being refined, wouldn’t the corpse refiner have turned to ash by now?”
Lu Changsheng narrowed his eyes, continuously speculating in his mind.
He also wondered if there was some Heaven And Earth Treasure inside.
After all, in the Cultivation World, some people have eccentric habits, and it’s quite normal to use a coffin to store treasures.
Lu Changsheng wondered whether he should be nosy and check the ancient coffin.
“Forget it, let’s put this coffin aside for now, to avoid any accidents if I open it.”
After a moment of thought, Lu Changsheng decided to enter the abyss and extract the Origin of the Spiritual Vein from within.
If he could extract the Origin of the Spiritual Vein from below, his trip would be a fruitful one.
He lightly raised his hand, and his magic power surged, forming a visible but colorless large hand, reaching towards the crystal coffin floating in the abyss.
“So heavy!”
The moment Lu Changsheng grasped the ancient coffin, he felt it was as heavy as a mountain.
“Yin Yang One Qi Great Capturing Hand!”
He directly unleashed his Divine Ability. The large hand, flowing with Yin and Yang, suddenly gripped the crystal coffin and lifted it up.
“Bang!”
The moment the ancient coffin was pulled out of the abyss, it vibrated with a rumble. The crystal coffin tilted, and a bone-chilling cold aura permeated the air.
“Someone?”
Lu Changsheng saw a woman lying inside the crystal coffin.
She was like ice crystal, completely snow-white, her exquisite face covered with a thin layer of frost, hazy and indistinct, making it impossible to see her true appearance.
But it was still evident that she was a peerless beauty, incomparably stunning.
Her body was graceful, lying still, as if in slumber, yet also like a cold corpse.
“A female corpse?”
Lu Changsheng looked at the woman in the coffin, his expression uncertain.
He hadn’t expected there to be a corpse in the coffin.
Moreover, looking at her lifelike and peaceful appearance, like a sleeping beauty, she didn’t seem to be dead.
What was going on?
Did someone bury themselves here?
“Mmm~”
A tender and pleasant, faint whimper came from the female corpse’s mouth.
The frost on her face and body melted, and her eyes slowly opened, filled with confusion and bewilderment.
“Alive!?”
Lu Changsheng was greatly alarmed when he heard this sound.
He hadn’t expected the female corpse in the coffin to awaken.
Could the other party be a True Venerable Transformation God, capable of living for a thousand years!
But there was no trace of magic power or Spiritual Pressure on this woman, only a chilling, icy cold aura.
At the same time, Lu Changsheng clearly saw the female corpse’s appearance.
She looked like she was sixteen or seventeen, with an exquisite and beautiful face that could hardly be described as captivating.
Amidst her beauty was a delicate, innocent, and bewildered tenderness, like flowing water.
Her dreamlike eyes seemed to have just opened, completely pure, like a clear spring in an empty mountain.
Her skin was very white, not the white of snow, but a pale, bloodless, ghastly white.
Her lips were also devoid of color, making her appear weak and pitiful.
Lu Changsheng, who had seen countless beauties in the world, felt a pang of heartache when he saw the woman before him.
This was humanity’s tolerance and care for the beautiful things in the world.
And Lu, he always had a bit more care for the beautiful things in the world.
“Mmm, Daddy~”
The bewildered young woman, with a blank look in her beautiful eyes, saw Lu Changsheng. A hint of closeness appeared in her eyes, like a kitten, she sniffed, and then tried to embrace him.
“Holy crap.”
Although Lu Changsheng found the woman before him to be exceptionally beautiful, soft, and pitiful, making one want to hold her and cherish her.
But he still hadn’t figured out what was going on with this female corpse.
Reason told him that there was something wrong with this woman, a big problem!
If he got close, who knew what danger there might be.
Subconsciously, his large magical hand suddenly struck towards her.
“Bang!”
Under Lu Changsheng’s magical hand, the female corpse was directly sent flying with a “boom,” falling into the abyss.
“Uh, what the hell is this?”
Lu Changsheng was stunned and somewhat bewildered to see the female corpse fly back down with just one palm strike from him.
Why was the other party so weak?
Even an ordinary refined corpse, after being nurtured in such a place for a thousand years, shouldn’t be so ordinary, right?
Just then, the Peach Blossom Gu in his Sea of Consciousness transmitted a faint tremor, telling him that it was a peach blossom Luck.
“???”
Lu Changsheng was stunned again by this sensation, his face full of bewilderment.
This was also peach blossom Luck?
Damn it, you’re really something!
Why do others encounter ruins and Immortal Caves and gain supreme Opportunities and Legacies?
And he just picks up girls, right?
“Wuwuwu——”
At this moment, a faint whimpering and crying sound came from the abyss.
“Wuwuwu Daddy, it’s so dark, Bing’er is scared…”
Lu Changsheng listened carefully and immediately recognized the voice as that of the female corpse.
This voice was filled with bewilderment, childishness, sadness, and pitifulness, instantly making Lu Changsheng feel as if he had bullied a little girl, and his heart was filled with guilt.
“What is this all about?”
Lu Changsheng was bewildered and speechless, truly unable to comprehend the situation before him.
His eyes glowed with a golden luster as he looked into the abyss, and he immediately saw the female corpse crying sadly, looking pitiful and helpless.
Especially her innocent and bewildered eyes, like those of an infant or young child, seemed not to be faking it.
A moment later.
“Sigh, who told me I’m soft-hearted.”
Lu Changsheng sighed helplessly in his heart and came to the Origin of the Spiritual Vein in the abyss.
“Daddy, Bing’er will definitely be obedient…”
The young girl, with pure, beautiful eyes filled with confusion and fear, looked at Lu Changsheng, her lips moving as she timidly and weakly said.
“???”
Lu Changsheng frowned slightly and said, “I’m not your daddy. What’s your name?”
“Not Daddy?”
Hearing this, the young girl’s eyes were filled with confusion and helplessness.
Then her eyes turned red, and full of pitiful helplessness, she hugged Lu Changsheng and cried loudly, “Daddy doesn’t want Bing’er anymore, wuwuwu…”
“…”
Lu Changsheng instantly felt a chilling coldness emanating from her exquisite and graceful body.
He looked down slightly at the young girl crying in his arms, pitiful and helpless, and saw that within her slightly parted lips, there were actually two sharp fangs.