Becoming an immortal against the will of heaven

"Fellow Daoists, this is the first level of this ruin. According to the information we, the Cao family, have, it is relatively safe here. Therefore, we can explore this place first before proceeding further," Cao Fangcun said to the crowd with a smile as he turned around.

Chen Tian nodded slightly upon hearing this, then scanned his surroundings.

He saw that the space where they were was extremely vast, and many strange giant trees were planted around it. Because no one had taken care of it for tens of thousands of years, the fallen leaves had accumulated into a thick layer on the ground. After a long period of fermentation, the bottom layer had rotted into a swamp. If an ordinary person stepped on it, their body would immediately sink into it and suffocate to death.

Of course, for people like Chen Tian, this was not a problem at all. They took a deep breath, fully released their protective spiritual light, and walked safely through the decaying layer of leaves as if flying on water, without leaving any footprints.

However, due to the perennial decay, a foul odor permeated this extremely vast space. Even though Chen Tian and the others had held their breath, they were still nauseated by the stench.

For men like Chen Tian, it was nothing, but the middle-aged beautiful woman was obviously a person with a strong sense of cleanliness. She frowned and covered her nose with her hand as she walked through this decaying space, revealing her disgust.

Just as Cao Fangcun had said, this was the first and outermost level of the ancient ruins, and the danger was greatly reduced. The group walked for several hours without encountering any danger.

However, correspondingly, the treasures here were also extremely scarce. Along the way, they found nothing except for a few usable ten-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs.

This situation was obviously not what everyone wanted to see. After some discussion, they decided to give up searching here and go directly to the second level.

Chen Tian welcomed this decision very much, because he had learned from Cao Fangcun that the Nirvana Pill was located between the second and third levels, so he couldn't wait to enter the second level now.

After the group reached a consensus, they finally stopped delaying and flew towards the entrance to the second level at full speed.

To be honest, Cao Fangcun's knowledge of this ancient ruin was limited to the first level. As for the second and third levels, he had only heard about them sporadically, but had never been inside. So he was not much better than Chen Tian and the others.

Therefore, at this time, Cao Fangcun changed his previous unrestrained and calm demeanor, and his expression became serious. He understood that they were about to enter a completely new and unknown field. What was inside? Even he didn't know!

In a silence, the group increased their speed to the highest, flying south like bolts of lightning.

The middle-aged beautiful woman fell behind the group. At this time, she was still covering her nose, as if she was very unwilling to stay here for another moment.

But what she didn't expect was that at this moment, a huge crisis had quietly targeted her.

The layer of fallen leaves under the group was originally very quiet, but suddenly at this moment, mounds of earth emerged from the ground and rolled towards Chen Tian and the others at an extremely fast speed.

Thanks to the convenience of blending in with the surrounding environment, everyone flying at high speed did not notice this anomaly.

Before long, these mounds of earth that had risen from the pile of fallen leaves had quietly arrived behind the group, and were less than ten feet away from the middle-aged beautiful woman.

But even so, the middle-aged beautiful woman still did not notice anything unusual, covering her nose and rushing towards the entrance behind the group.

"Not good!"

Just as the middle-aged beautiful woman was in a daze, Chen Tian's expression condensed, and he hurriedly turned around, pulled her arm forcefully, and rushed forward.

"Tear..."

At this moment, those black lights had also suddenly arrived, tearing off a piece of the middle-aged beautiful woman's skirt and exposing her fair and delicate legs.

It was conceivable that if Chen Tian hadn't suddenly taken action just now, I'm afraid that not only the corner of the skirt, but even the middle-aged beautiful woman's legs would have been torn off.

After this brief daze, the others also suddenly came back to their senses. They joined forces and unfolded a huge defensive formation in front of them, blocking those black lights outside.

At this time, Chen Tian came back with the middle-aged beautiful woman and stood with the group.

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Chen, thank you, Fellow Daoist Chen. If it weren't for you, I'm afraid I would have lost my life long ago!" After calming down, the middle-aged beautiful woman thanked Chen Tian repeatedly, her expression very sincere.

"It's just a small effort, Fellow Daoist, don't take it to heart." Chen Tian shook his head slightly and said, "The crisis has not been resolved yet, it's better to concentrate on solving these troubles first."

After saying that, Chen Tian turned his head and looked at the black lights that were still hovering outside.

Those black lights showed no intention of retreating, and were still hovering outside the defensive formation, constantly crashing into it.

Each impact would make the defensive formation shake, but fortunately everyone added protection in time, so there were no signs of cracking.

And after the black lights collided again and again, the light on their bodies gradually dissipated, revealing their true appearance, which turned out to be strange giant snakes!

These giant snakes were jet black, and their scales had strange patterns that could make people dizzy. Chen Tian felt a sense of dizziness as soon as he glanced at them.

Shocked, Chen Tian hurriedly bit his lip, using the pain to make himself sober. Looking at the others again, he found that they were also disturbed by the patterns on these strange giant snakes, and their eyes showed a dazed look.

But these people were, after all, strong people who had cultivated to the late stage of the凝海 (Ning Hai) realm. After a slight trance, they hurriedly woke up, but their eyes couldn't help but reveal a trace of horror.

"Could these giant snakes be 瞳叶芝蛇 (Tong Ye Zhi She) snakes?"

After staring at these strange giant snakes again, Cao Fangcun seemed to have thought of something. As soon as he said this, the other two Cao family elders also immediately showed horrified expressions.

Seeing them like this, Chen Tian immediately felt a sense of unease in his heart. After humming for a while, Chen Tian asked Cao Fangcun, "Brother Cao, judging from your appearance, you seem to have recognized the identities of these giant snakes, so please don't hide it and tell us."