Becoming an immortal against the will of heaven

With the nebula insects no longer harassing them, the group moved much faster. Before long, they arrived at the massive teleportation formation.

Earlier, when they were far away, they didn't have much of a sense of it, but now that they were close, they realized that this teleportation formation was far larger than they had imagined!

The group was now located in the middle and rear of the vast sea of trees. A large open space had been abruptly cut out of the dense forest, and such a magnificent teleportation platform had been built upon it.

This teleportation platform was constructed from an extremely rare red ore. None of them had ever seen these ores before, so they were clearly not produced on the乾元 continent. Like those nebula insects, they were probably brought from another world by the owner of this ruin.

After a moment of astonishment, the group turned their attention to the center of the massive stone platform, where an profound and intricate array had been outlined with silver lines. Around the array were seven small grooves, obviously meant for placing immortal crystals.

“Is this the entrance to the third level?”

Looking at the ingenious teleportation platform before him, the gray-robed elder revealed a look of surprise and sighed.

Servant Suanzi seemed extremely excited as well. He circled the teleportation platform, his hands forming seals as if he was calculating something.

“That’s right, this is it!” After a while, he suddenly stopped and exclaimed excitedly, “I just performed a divination, and the hexagram shows that what we are looking for is close at hand!”

Hearing this, the group's already excited mood rose even higher. The thing that was close at hand must be this teleportation array!

“If that’s the case, what are we waiting for? Let’s go in quickly!” Since entering, the two elders of the Cao family had been following behind Cao Fangcun, their faces expressionless. But now, their wooden faces showed endless excitement and impatience.

Upon hearing this, Cao Fangcun nodded excitedly as well, closing his eyes and clasping his hands together. “Cao family ancestors, after ten thousand years of preparation, the seventy-seventh generation disciple, Cao Fangcun, finally has the honor to enter the third level that the Cao family has dreamed of. I hope that if the ancestors are watching from above, they can bless me with a smooth and safe journey.”

Seeing Cao Fangcun like this, the two Cao family elders also clasped their hands together and prayed in their hearts.

But at this moment, Chen Tian suddenly stepped forward and stood in front of the middle-aged beauty.

Seeing this scene, the smiles on everyone's faces instantly froze. They stopped and looked at Chen Tian in confusion, not understanding what he meant.

The middle-aged beauty was also very confused, but she knew that Chen Tian's strength was far beyond her ability to provoke. With apprehension, she asked hesitantly, “Fellow Daoist Chen is blocking my way, is there something the matter?”

“Hmm? Fellow Daoist Beauty, have you forgotten so quickly?” Looking at the middle-aged beauty's confused expression, Chen Tian said in a low voice.

“Uh…”

The middle-aged beauty was completely confused by Chen Tian's words and asked in confusion, “I really don’t understand what Fellow Daoist Chen means. Please speak plainly.”

After staring at the middle-aged beauty for a while, and confirming that she wasn't pretending to be foolish, Chen Tian shook his head and smiled bitterly, dejectedly saying, “Didn't you say just now that if I could save you, you would be willing to give me a treasure? How could you have forgotten it so quickly, Fellow Daoist Beauty?”

“Oh dear, Fellow Daoist Chen, please don’t blame me. It was indeed my fault for being muddle-headed.” After hearing Chen Tian's reminder, the middle-aged beauty finally remembered. Just now, after being chosen as a sacrifice, she had called out to Chen Tian for help, and the price was to give Chen Tian a treasure.

This was originally something she had promised Chen Tian, but because she had just experienced a series of great sorrows and joys, her thoughts had not yet turned around, which was why she had forgotten about it.

However, upon hearing Chen Tian mention it at this time, she did not hesitate at all. With a flip of her hand, she took out a jade seal-like stone seal.

This jade seal was extremely exquisitely crafted, with nine flying dragons intertwined at the top. Each flying dragon was the same in length, thickness, and expression, lifelike, as if they were about to rush out of the jade seal and soar through the nine heavens.

The middle-aged beauty held the Nine Dragon Jade Seal and respectfully handed it to Chen Tian, saying, “Fellow Daoist Chen, what I want to give you is this.”

Hearing her words, Chen Tian couldn't help but carefully observe the Nine Dragon Jade Seal, and then asked in surprise, “What is this thing?”

Hearing this, the middle-aged beauty sighed and slowly said, “Fellow Daoist Chen, you don’t know, this seal is called the Nine Dragon Seal, and it is a treasure that my senior brother found by chance. However, due to an accident, my senior brother was seriously injured and could not be cured for a long time. Before he was about to die, he distributed all of his belongings to us, his fellow disciples.”

“I see that this jade seal is exquisitely carved, but there is nothing special about it. Your senior brother chose to give you this thing, which is enough to imagine that your relationship must not be very good, right?” After withdrawing his gaze from the jade seal, Chen Tian asked suspiciously.

“Fellow Daoist Chen, you are wrong. Among our many junior brothers and sisters, only my relationship with senior brother is the closest, and we once developed into a romantic relationship. However, because of something, it was destined that we were not meant to be, but even so, my relationship with senior brother is still close and flawless, and I accompanied him all the way to the end.” The middle-aged beauty seemed to have remembered something and sighed slightly.

“If everything you said is true, then I would find it strange.” Chen Tian frowned and asked in confusion, “Since you two have such a good relationship, why would your senior brother give you such an ordinary thing?”

“I am also very confused about this.” The middle-aged beauty's eyes narrowed, and she said strangely, “And the most amazing thing is that I did not directly receive this jade seal at the beginning, but a seed!”