Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

Zhang Yuanjing was somewhat surprised that he broke through the illusion so quickly.

Perhaps the spirit of the magical treasure had already obtained what it needed, and therefore didn't bother to make things difficult for Zhang Yuanjing anymore.

Of course, the consequence of this was that Zhang Yuanjing gained nothing from his experience in the illusion.

The main hall was empty. But Zhang Yuanjing keenly noticed that one of the stone pillars in front of the throne was missing.

After a little calculation, he knew that the missing stone pillar corresponded to the "Relief" hexagram, with the lower trigram being Water and the upper trigram being Thunder, representing thunder above water, the renewal of all things, and the elimination of all obstacles.

It was a moderately auspicious hexagram, but it implied the removal of danger. In the context of exploring this tomb, it was a rather conservative hexagram, similar in intent to the "Holding Together" hexagram chosen by Zhang Yuanjing.

Based on various factors, the person who chose this hexagram was likely Yu Tianwan.

This meant that Yu Tianwan had won his duel with Zhou Jin Xiong, but was delayed for some reason, thus becoming the last of the nine to arrive here.

Therefore, he released the Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast and asked it to sniff for scents, but the intelligent beast shook its head repeatedly and squeaked a few times.

After releasing Ape Thirteen to translate, he learned that it was saying the scent was too faint due to the passage of time, and it couldn't identify it.

Zhang Yuanjing had no choice but to give up. He then activated his divine sense and searched every corner of the hall with the two demon beasts, but still couldn't find the exit.

Just as Zhang Yuanjing was frowning in worry, the Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast cried out towards the tunnel they had entered the hall from.

Zhang Yuanjing focused his divine sense and followed the tunnel inwards. When he passed the two doorways, he suddenly discovered that on the left-hand stone door, there was a vortex of profound and obscure energy, similar to a spatial passage, but it seemed to have been created by a restriction.

He returned the two spirit beasts to the spirit beast pouch, then quickly walked up to the vortex. Without any hesitation, he protected himself with the Source Stone and jumped in.

In just a brief instant, he entered a stone chamber. Behind him was a solid stone wall, and in front of him was a narrowing passage. At the end of the passage was a three-zhang square foyer, with a gold-inlaid, jade-embedded arched stone door on the far side.

On either side of the stone door stood a black-armored figure, each a zhang and a half tall, holding a wide sword that was a full zhang long.

Zhang Yuanjing couldn't sense any spiritual energy from these armored figures, but he didn't dare to let his guard down and cautiously approached.

As he was about to enter the three-zhang foyer, the armored figure on the left suddenly charged and attacked Zhang Yuanjing fiercely, its great sword descending like a tiger, swift and ferocious.

Zhang Yuanjing was prepared and immediately released Ape Thirteen, ordering it to wield the Chaos-Stirring Staff and fight the armored figure.

However, the moment Ape Thirteen appeared, the armored figure on the right also moved, brandishing its long sword and slashing at Zhang Yuanjing.

Zhang Yuanjing drew the Heavy Earth Art Sword and used an Earth Defense technique to block the armored figure.

The strength of both armored figures was enough to fight a Core Formation Late Stage cultivator, but they were still inferior to Ape Thirteen. Therefore, Zhang Yuanjing focused entirely on defense, holding off the armored figure attacking him.

On the other side, Ape Thirteen protected itself with golden light and instantly exchanged more than a dozen blows with the armored figure.

As long as the armored figure didn't defend, Ape Thirteen would strike swiftly, hammering its armor.

It also endured the armored figure's attacks head-on. After a few exchanges, the armored figure's torso was damaged, and it retreated on its own, standing still in place.

On the other hand, Zhang Yuanjing's battle with the other armored figure was in full swing. The armored figure repeatedly tried to injure him and capture him, but Zhang Yuanjing blocked them all with the Earth Defense technique released by the Source Stone.

After Ape Thirteen finished its battle, it immediately came over to join Zhang Yuanjing in besieging the other armored figure, quickly defeating it.

After this armored figure was defeated, it also returned to its original position, as if nothing had happened.

Three breaths later, the arched stone door rumbled and slowly opened inwards, and a stream of pure spiritual energy rushed out.

Zhang Yuanjing took a deep breath, a look of surprise on his face. The density of spiritual energy here was comparable to a medium-sized spiritual cave.

Ape Thirteen didn't have so many thoughts. As soon as the door opened, it stepped inside.

"Squeak squeak squeak!"

Ape Thirteen cried out a few times, seemingly quite excited.

Immediately, a voice sounded in Zhang Yuanjing's mind: "Yuanjing, come quickly! There are many magical treasures here!"

Zhang Yuanjing glanced sideways at the Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast, which shook its head, indicating that there was no danger inside.

Walking into the hall behind the door, Zhang Yuanjing couldn't help but gasp—on both sides of the stone walls hung hundreds of magical treasures, each emitting a powerful aura within its restriction. It was clear at a glance that they were not ordinary items.

One should know that even when he entered the Mustard Seed Space of the Heavy Earth Sect, there weren't so many magical treasures, let alone of such high quality.

Was this Xue Wangshen a person, or a sect?

Zhang Yuanjing carefully looked around and discovered that sixty or seventy of the restrictions that confined the magical treasures on the wall had been broken, and the magical treasures within had been taken.

However, this was less than twenty percent of all the magical treasures.

The restrictions that bound the magical treasures were very powerful, but they didn't block the probing of divine sense.

Zhang Yuanjing took a quick look and saw that there were at least twenty Earth-attribute magical treasures inside. Apart from five that were middle-grade, the rest were all above high-grade, and there were even two that were top-grade.

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, he looked at the other magical treasures and found that the Metal, Wood, Water, and Fire element magical treasures were all extraordinary, and the number of top-grade magical treasures was three or four times greater than the Earth element ones.

There were even special magical treasures for performing thunder techniques.

After this look, he became suspicious.

With so many powerful magical treasures, why hadn't the cultivators who entered this place before taken them all?

The restrictions that confined the magical treasures were certainly powerful, but they weren't unbreakable. It would just take more time.

He gathered the power of his divine sense again to explore every corner of the hall, and found that there was indeed no way forward.

This likely meant that those who came here were forced to leave after taking one or several magical treasures.

Understanding this, he immediately turned his attention back to the Earth-attribute magical treasures.

First, he looked at the two top-grade magical treasures, but they were both purely defensive magical treasures, so he skipped them and looked at the high-grade magical treasures.

Before long, he selected three magical treasures: two were purely offensive weapons, and one was a magical treasure that could be used for both offense and defense.

One of the offensive weapons was a two-foot flying sword. The sword body was slender and the blade was very sharp. It was likely that it could break through defenses of the same rank with a single strike.

The other was a short锥, which those who practiced Earth-attribute thunder techniques could use to release thunderous killing moves.

Unfortunately, Zhang Yuanjing didn't practice the Earth-attribute thunder techniques in the Profound Heaven Skill, otherwise this 锥 would be most suitable.

The magical treasure that could be used for both offense and defense was a black long shovel, which was a close-quarters weapon. It integrated offense and defense. In attack, it could build up power for a strong kill, and in defense, it could transform into dozens of strong shields, impenetrable.

The reason for choosing this item was also to enhance his close-quarters combat ability, especially after trapping the enemy with Quicksand, giving him another means to kill the enemy.

Zhang Yuanjing didn't hesitate too much. After several comparisons, he selected the black long shovel, and then had Ape Thirteen violently break the restriction.

A quarter of an hour later, the restriction was smashed open by Ape Thirteen's staff.

Zhang Yuanjing used his mana to grab it and hold it in his hand. Before he could take a closer look, he heard a rumbling sound, and the previously seamless stone wall in front of him split open, revealing a doorway.

Zhang Yuanjing glanced sideways and saw that the aura of all the magical treasures on the wall had disappeared at some point. Although they could still be seen, they couldn't be observed with divine sense.

Knowing that the restriction had changed and could no longer be broken, he called out to Ape Thirteen and the Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast and stepped through the doorway.