novelraw Chapter 1021: Treasury Collection
Chapter 1021: Treasury Collection
From this day forth, Ning Fan never set foot on the First Auxiliary Peak again, nor did True Person Bailu invite Ning Fan again.
Aside from the First Auxiliary Peak, other peak masters who invited Ning Fan all held him in high regard and continued to welcome him thereafter.
For such mutually beneficial matters, Ning Fan naturally did not refuse. Furthermore, he still had a generous amount of Spirit Fruits gifted by Mingfeng Immortal Venerable; under constant consumption, his demon cultivations progressed significantly every day.
He later realized that what he consumed were Spirit Fruits that were at least a million years old, which were quite costly within the Dabei Clan...
Unfortunately, ordinary Shedding Void Stage cultivators desiring to accumulate Mana to its peak would need at least hundreds of thousands of years of arduous cultivation. Even with the help of Spirit Fruits, and with the three apertures Fiendgod’s effects magnified eightfold, Ning Fan’s demon cultivations were still far from reaching the peak of the Mid Stage.
Aside from discussing Dao and visiting friends, Ning Fan would spend the rest of his time on the cliff where he once faced off against the Baihua Great Emperor.
This cliff was now overwhelmed by Demonic Qi, so much so that ordinary Buddha cultivators dared not approach, fearing contamination by the Demonic Qi; Baihua cultivators also took turns driving off the Demonic Qi day and night but to little effect, with the task likely impossible to accomplish within a century.
The cliff originally had some plants, but affected by the Demonic Qi, they withered and died, as if their vitality had been severed by the Demonic Qi.
Only a few patches of Wuyou Orchid managed to resist being consumed by the Demonic Qi, continuing to grow resolutely within its midst. This flower can withstand Ning Fan’s Demonic Qi, proving its worth as one of the top ten Buddhist flowers of the Middle State.
This was the nineteenth day since Ning Fan arrived at Baihua Peak.
Today, Ning Fan visited some Daoists as usual, before arriving at this cliff to engage in contemplation.
A thousand zhang away from the cliff, one or two dozen Baihua cultivators were dispelling Demonic Qi there. Upon Ning Fan’s arrival, they all greeted him and temporarily withdrew, stopping their efforts, so as not to disturb Ning Fan’s contemplation.
They had grown accustomed to Ning Fan’s daily visits, understanding that he was here to contemplate, and thus dared not interrupt him.
Once the cultivators departed, Ning Fan sat in the center of the cliff as usual. Before him lay several clusters of Wuyou Orchids swaying amidst the overwhelming Demonic Qi, pale as a sickly yet beautiful woman.
These Wuyou Orchids thrived with a strong Buddhist nature, allowing them to survive within a certain level of Demonic Qi.
Ning Fan’s gaze lingered briefly on the Wuyou Orchids before him, seemingly drawn by the flowers, but soon he refocused, continuing his contemplation from previous days.
Every day, Ning Fan would come to this cliff to reflect on the face-off with the Baihua Great Emperor, today being no exception. Though the battle that day was merely a contest of Dao Images and not a real fight, the insights gained were plentiful.
From the initial comprehension of the Ancient Demon Annihilation Dao, to the various applications of Dao Images, to the resolute mindset when facing the Immortal Emperor...
But what Ning Fan found most worthy of reflection was the final moment, when he launched a devastating Dao Image blow, thoroughly defeating the Baihua Great Emperor...
Ancient Demon Mountain-Shattering Strike!
With Ning Fan’s understanding at the Second Realm of Tianren, creating divine skills casually came naturally. This Ancient Demon Mountain-Shattering Strike was merely a spontaneous countermove in response to witnessing the Baihua Great Emperor conjure a Buddha image from mountain momentum. Though seemingly effortless, because Ning Fan was engaging with the Immortal Emperor under extreme pressure at the time, his mindset, Dao Enlightenment, demonic thoughts, and will were all at their peak, making the skill creation rather extraordinary.
The principle of this skill was to condense the power of Dao Images into a punch, fortifying its interior with the will of destruction and using its exterior force for killing. With one punch, all techniques broke down. Under the enhancement of this skill, Ning Fan’s Dao Image attack, already formidable, exploded with more than double its typical power, akin to a critical strike!
It was precisely this overwhelming critical strike that made it impossible for the Baihua Great Emperor to gather sufficient Dao Image power in time to resist, leading to his direct defeat...
"The Ancient Demon Mountain-Shattering Strike is essentially an application of the Ancient Demon Annihilation Dao, a method of utilizing the power of Ancient Demons, a divine skill that only Ancient Demons can wield! The essence of this skill is to instantly unleash the power of Ancient Demons within oneself, achieving the effect of a critical strike. In other words, the Ancient Demon Mountain-Shattering Strike I created that day is a critical divine skill, capable of doubling the power of my attack!"
A critical divine skill unique to the Ancient Demon lineage!
Divine skills exclusive to the Ancient Demon lineage are rare; like the Lifestealer Technique of Immortal Emperor Mo Zhong, Ning Fan has now created a new one. If this were the Era of the Demon-Sealing Peak, such an act would definitely shock the masses of demons.
An act of pioneering!
Seemingly acquired by chance, yet no creation of a famed divine skill lacks the influence of serendipity.
Without the smooth comprehension by an Ancient Demon, without the fierce dominance facing an Immortal Emperor, such an opportunity would not have presented itself!
"On that day, I used a method of condensing Dao Image into a fist for the strike, thus the strike only had critical power against an opponent’s Dao Image. But if I condense Ancient Devil Dao essence into my fist and deliver the strike similarly, then the Ancient Demon Mountain-Shattering Strike wouldn’t be limited to Dao Image level damage but would be a true Ancient Demon physical technique..."
"In theory, that’s correct, but accomplishing this is quite challenging, and the Ancient Demon Mountain-Shattering Strike is currently only in its infancy and remains not fully refined..."
With legs crossed, Ning Fan stirred his thoughts, causing countless Demonic Path Runes to encircle him, with black energy surging and dark light radiating.
Azure light flashed in his eyes, his Dao Enlightenment at the Second Realm of Tianren fully exerted, constantly deducing the flaws and inadequacies of the Ancient Demon Mountain-Shattering Strike.
Continually refining his Ancient Devil Dao Essence with the will of the Ancient Demon Annihilation Dao, deepening its demonic nature day by day.
The twentieth day, the twenty-first day, the twenty-second day... and a month passed in the blink of an eye.
The time for the second round of the Tomb-Seizing Tournament drew nearer day by day.
All the Spirit Fruits gifted by Mingfeng Immortal Venerable were long consumed by Ning Fan, and much of the resources from the peak masters had also been depleted by Ning Fan, causing them to gradually become hesitant to invite him.
Thus, Ning Fan refrained from being an unwelcome guest and stayed busily on the main peak’s cliff, refining the particulars of the Ancient Demon Mountain-Shattering Strike.
Meanwhile, Ouyang Nuan’s nurturing of the Divine Origin Pill progressed smoothly, having successfully nurtured twelve pills. However, according to Burying Moon, this number was far from sufficient, needing at least a hundred pills to heal the Baihua Great Emperor’s injuries.
The road is long!
****Nurturing the Divine Origin Pill has greatly depleted Ouyang Nuan’s Medicine Soul. Fortunately, Ning Fan had long given her the ten-thousand-year Medicine Marrow from the Tami Tribe for consumption, adequately supplementing the depletion of her Medicine Soul.
Wu Laoba was restless, frequently tinkering with his Treasure-Seeking Turtle, seemingly in search of a treasure, but the search was not smooth. He often frowned in thought, sighed and lamented, his eyes occasionally lighting up before returning to a state of wistful disappointment...
Burying Moon boldly utilized the Baihua Great Emperor’s treasury, using the resources to stabilize the incomplete form of a primordial spirit, his complexion becoming rosier day by day. Being a close associate of the Baihua Great Emperor, he felt free to take such liberty.
As the time for the second round approached, the Baihua Peak territory began to see the arrival of unfamiliar Spirit Beast Carriages, carrying mostly cultivators from grasslands outside the Middle State. Upon entering, they were directly escorted by the winged youth to the main peak.
Afterward, these individuals became guests at Baihua Peak, residing in the guest rooms of the main peak’s caves, but remained behind closed doors, not visiting each other, silently awaiting the Baihua Great Emperor’s summons.
Ning Fan inquired with the winged youth, who seemed to have received instructions, and did not hide matters from Ning Fan, revealing all.
These cultivators hailed from over ten different grasslands, and all their tribes were the foremost in each grassland. The Three Thousand Tribes of the Dabei heavily relied on each of the Central Continent Five Emperors, and these tribes depended upon the Baihua Great Emperor. As the second round of the Tomb-Seizing Tournament approached, naturally, they had come to pay their respects to the Baihua Great Emperor.
Understanding dawned on Ning Fan...
"Given the severity of the Baihua Great Emperor’s injuries, even healed, his cultivation might plummet. Thus, he is determined to win the second round’s prize, the South Sea Spring Water. My presence with Burying Moon and others within the Dabei wasn’t accounted for by the Baihua Great Emperor, but with his foresight, he must have planned for this situation well in advance, relying on these tribes..."
From Ning Fan’s gathered intelligence, each previous second round had 108 teams participating. Aside from the Middle State, the other 107 grasslands would have their foremost tribes send a team to contend, with team numbers not exceeding ten.
The Middle State’s team was composed of several chosen by the Central Continent Five Emperors, and the strongest among them would participate in the second round alone.
The second round mandates strict age constraints, prohibiting participation from those with a bone age exceeding five million years. Consequently, most contestants are likely not Eternal Immortal Venerables but rather Fragmented Thought Elders or Shedding Void Stage Masters.
Among all the followers of Baihua Great Emperor, there were hardly a few at the Late Stage of Shattered Thought, indicating that stronger ones likely existed but were eliminated due to the bone age restriction in the second round...
"If the second round consists purely of Masters of this level, it would indeed be an opportunity for me..."
Three days later, Baihua Great Emperor suddenly sent someone to invite Ning Fan to the inner hall of the cave dwelling.
Guided by a few winged youths, Ning Fan arrived at the inner hall of the cave dwelling. With a slight sweep of his gaze, he noticed quite a number of people already waiting there.
They were mostly followers who had come to Baihua Peak.
"Could this person be..."
As soon as Ning Fan arrived, someone immediately noticed his foreign cultivator attire, and numerous cautious gazes swept towards him.
Clearly, these people had already heard the shocking news that spread throughout Middle State: A foreign cultivator had faced and defeated the Baihua Great Emperor in a Dao Image duel at Baihua Peak...
A historical event of a subordinate surpassing the superior!
"Master Ning, please wait here for a moment. The esteemed one will arrive shortly."
The winged youths respectfully spoke to Ning Fan, then withdrew to the side.
The inner hall suddenly fell silent, and although some were curious about Ning Fan, no one spoke to him, making the atmosphere rather dull. Fortunately, the gloom did not last long, and soon, seven or eight maidens from Baihua Great Emperor’s personal entourage emerged from another passage in the inner hall.
Following the maids, Baihua Great Emperor stepped in, reminiscent of an empress attending court, her steps exuding a suffocating majesty. Her cold gaze swept across, causing all followers to lower their heads in awe and bow in salute.
"Greetings, Your Eminence!"
"No need for formalities. Are you the participants sent by each tribe?"
Baihua Great Emperor narrowed her eyes slightly; a hint of disappointment flashed in them for a moment. If among her followers, only talents of this level advanced to the second round, the chance of obtaining the South Sea Spring Water was slim...
After all, to secure the top three positions would be rewarded with the South Sea Spring Water. According to internal information obtained by Baihua Great Emperor, among the participating teams, there were no less than twenty teams with Late Shattered Thought as their anchor; nine teams at the Shattered Thought Peak; and teams with Immortal Venerable as their anchors, totaling three...
Three teams of Immortal Venerable... with the power of these followers, it seemed almost impossible to break into the top three...
Furthermore, the second-round competition wasn’t as simple as a duel and didn’t allow the use of supportive items like the Immortal Emperor’s Strike...
Indeed, this mission could only rely on the foreign cultivator brought by the Burying Moon!
Baihua Great Emperor glanced at Ning Fan so subtly, her lips curled into a calculating, cunning smile.
This person’s Dao Image was indeed impressive, but the second round wasn’t about Dao Images. The strength of the Dao Image was of no use; however, his cultivation as an Eternal Immortal Venerable could be put to some use... As for his bone age, this person’s bone age was terrifyingly young, seemingly only around forty thousand years, which completely met the standards for participation.
Becoming a Eternal Immortal Venerable in forty thousand years? Baihua Great Emperor was skeptical and believed Ning Fan most likely used a secret technique to conceal his bone age, which even she, an ancient Immortal Emperor, couldn’t see through, indicating it was a noteworthy technique capable of deceiving other Four Emperors of Middle State, and thus not affecting the second round of the competition...
"Hehe, today I have summoned you all to consider the approach of the second round of the tomb seizure, wanting to bestow some benefits upon you. Later, I will open the Baihua Secret Vault, and you may enter as you please, take as much as you can, I shall not hold back!"
As soon as Baihua Great Emperor finished speaking, the inner hall was filled with countless gasps.
The Baihua Secret Vault! Wasn’t that the treasure vault of Baihua Great Emperor? People like them, with humble status, were actually fortunate enough to enter the Immortal Emperor’s treasure vault!
In the past, only Immortal Venerables and Immortal Kings who had made significant contributions to Baihua Great Emperor were granted entry!
Rumors said that the Baihua Secret Vault was filled with formations and illusions, presenting both opportunity and a test; the amount of treasure one could acquire depended entirely on individual strength!
It was also rumored that Baihua Great Emperor had condensed the insights of her first half of cultivation into a relic, now placed in the Baihua Secret Vault, and it had never been taken!
Another rumor claimed Baihua Great Emperor’s formation skills far exceeded her peers, and her formation insights were also within the Baihua Secret Vault!
Yet another rumor said Baihua Great Emperor had planted a Three Wasteland Poison Immortal in the secret vault, a poisonous flower of unknown origin, with one drop of its poison capable of killing an Eternal Immortal Venerable!
More rumors...
Baihua Great Emperor miled seductively, evidently pleased with the awe of her followers, yet noticing Ning Fan’s calm demeanor, she could not help furrowing her brows slightly.
This young man, does he look down on my treasure cache...
But Ning Fan could hardly be blamed for his calmness; after all, he had seen many fine things, allowing him to remain composed.
Of course, this did not mean he was without expectations regarding the so-called Immortal Emperor’s Treasury: since it was an Immortal Emperor’s Treasury, it might indeed contain some items useful for this mission.
"Bring these people to my secret vault!"
"Yes!"
Several winged youths led over a hundred followers, exiting from one end of the inner hall and winding through numerous passages, direction unknown.
Ning Fan naturally followed in line, discreetly drawing out the Treasure-searching Compass from his sleeve. The further they went, the more the compass responded to nearby treasures, indicating plentiful valuable items ahead...
Long after everyone departed, Baihua Great Emperor suddenly curled her lips, "I wonder if that young man will successfully obtain the Reprieve Cold Dew... It’s an excellent item that can temporarily freeze the Punishing Ring, suppressing its seal and restoring one’s true cultivation. Hehehe, though it has considerable side effects. However, if I do not speak of it, how would one ever know..."
...
Led by the winged youths, the group arrived outside the Baihua Secret Vault.
The entrance to the Secret Vault was two phantasmal stone gates, the prohibitive force was extremely strong, clearly containing countless formations that would obliterate any intruder.
The lead winged youth drew out a token, waving it toward the stone gates, which creaked open to reveal a space filled with swirling illusions.
"This place is the esteemed one’s treasure space, with only this stone gate as the entrance. Inside, the illusions and restrictions are interwoven; whether you can truly obtain treasures from within depends entirely on your strongest skills. If you find it difficult to sustain inside, you may recite the incantation to be transported out immediately. The transportation incantation is..."
The winged youth conveyed the incantation to everyone and explained the potential dangers within.
Upon hearing that there were risks involved in the secret vault, everyone felt a sense of caution, prompting a slight hesitation and delay in entering.
However, this hesitation didn’t last long, and soon, a few bold individuals entered first, followed by one follower after another swarming in.
So what if there were risks! They faced the Immortal Emperor’s Treasury; what was a little danger in comparison!
Ning Fan did not hasten in but instead inspected the arrays and restrictions at the stone gate entrance before stepping inside.
Upon entering, Ning Fan immediately felt a force of teleportation swirling underfoot. In the next instant, he was teleported by the local array into a Peach Forest.
This treasure space was considerably vast, imposing significant confusion and limitations on spiritual senses, and lingering long could even lead to potential damage to one’s divine sense.
Ning Fan had just intended to spread out his spirit sense to investigate the area, when he felt a force that forcibly devoured his spirit sense. Without a word, he severed that thread of spirit sense, a heavy expression on his face.
Indeed, the formations here cannot be underestimated...
However, if he is given enough time to unravel the formations here, it is not difficult! As for the damage these formations could cause to the divine sense, he directly broke it with the Momentum Character Secret.
Ning Fan secretly activated the Momentum Character Secret, searching the Peach Forest while discreetly memorizing the formation seals beneath his feet.
This Peach Forest seemed to be one of the treasure spaces, one of the hidden treasure locations. Even with Ning Fan’s cultivation in the Dao of formations, it took considerable time to walk from one end of the Peach Forest to the other. Upon stepping out of the Peach Forest, he saw a golden house, which contained a Ninth Revolution Golden Pill, a pill for enhancing cultivation called [Putuo Pill].
This pill was highly renowned in the Dabei Clan, and Ning Fan had heard some news about it. It is said that this pill differs from ordinary expensive pills, its effects are exceedingly potent, with the power of one pill equating to that of ten Fragmented Thought Dao Fruits!
Of course, the refining of this pill is extremely complex, and the ingredients are exceedingly difficult to find. It is said that even some well-known Golden Core Alchemists of the Dabei Clan, out of ten furnaces, often only one or two succeed, and each furnace can only refine one Putuo Pill. If two pills are refined simultaneously, failure is inevitable, as it is difficult to control...
Unexpectedly, he could obtain a Putuo Pill for free!
Ning Fan examined it slightly and found that there was no issue with this pill, so he swallowed it. After refining it, both his Fiendgods and ancient demons cultivations improved significantly.
An ordinary cultivator of the Fragmented Thought Peak would absolutely not dare to do so, but Ning Fan, being a Nine Nirvana Heavenly Demon, had a physical defense more than adequate to withstand the pill’s effects. The only remaining task was the slow refining process later on.
Afterward, he searched for a path and continued his exploration of this place.
"This child passed through the Peach Forest formation so quickly and obtained the Putuo Pill..." Inside the inner temple, Baihua Great Emperor seemed to have sensed something, slightly furrowing her brows. This formation was the result of her tremendous efforts; even the Immortal Venerable and Immortal King on the side peak could not pass through it within days, except by abandoning the Peach Forest and returning by the original route...
She seemed to have underestimated the formation skills of this individual.
Ning Fan left the golden house in the Peach Forest, pressing on while piercing through the fog, unwittingly arriving at a large river.
This river was not ordinary, all were exceptional Dao Springs reaching the eighth grade, and there was as much as a river!
"Unfortunately, now it seems the Seven Treasures Marvelous Tree can only continue to grow if irrigated with Dao Springs above the sixth grade, although these Dao Springs are plentiful, they are useless for the Seven Treasures Marvelous Tree."
However, they could all be collected to irrigate another plant... the Four Emperors Luohan Pine.
Even if not all used, they could be taken for trade. It should be known, within the Dabei Clan, ordinary goods are traded with gold and silver, while high-grade cultivation materials are often bartered. Such a quantity of Dao Springs, if taken for trade, would certainly secure many good items.
It is remembered that Baihua Great Emperor seemed to say that as long as the strength was sufficient, one could take items from the secret vault as one please...
With her words spoken in advance, Ning Fan naturally did not hold back with Baihua Great Emperor, directly exerting his divine skills, breaking all the restrictions on the river, and took the entire Dao Spring river away.
"Even the restrictions on the Dao River could be broken!" Baihua Great Emperor sensed again, her status as Immortal Emperor making the loss of this Dao River somewhat painful.
According to her calculations, these individuals entering the secret vault could at best break open one or two restrictions, and most of those broken would be low-level restrictions. The items taken would only be those she had arranged for each person in advance...
Yet Ning Fan was an exception; she underestimated the formation skills of this individual.
Her arrangement was for Ning Fan to be trapped in the Peach Forest, to have to withdraw from the Peach Forest, and proceed according to the route she arranged.
However, Ning Fan directly broke through the Peach Forest and proceeded to collect treasures in another direction...
"Send word to summon Seven Peaks Ancient Strong People here!"
"Yes!"
Soon, the peak masters of Seven Auxiliary Peaks gathered together, even the critically injured Mingfeng came to this place.
When all seven arrived, Baihua Great Emperor did not explain to the crowd, merely handed each person an array flag, instructing them to input mana into the array flags.
She could have done this herself, but unwilling to recklessly mobilize mana in her critically injured state, she sent her subordinates.
The other six Eternal Old Freaks were utterly perplexed, unable to comprehend Baihua Great Emperor’s intentions.
Only the first master of the auxiliary peaks, True Person Bai Lu, guessed a thing or two, intrigued: are these the array flags from the secret vault formation? And the venerable one summoned us to reinforce the secret vault formation, could it be to make things difficult for certain individuals within the vault?
It was known that today, the venerable one ordered that dependents enter the secret vault to select treasures, and that Ning Fan child seemed to be among them.
Could it be, the venerable one’s arrangements have encountered a certain anomaly...
Any cause of that anomaly, naturally, could not be those ordinary dependents whose cultivations are average; it is highly likely... Ning Fan!
"If it’s to test this person, I might have to exert some effort."
True Person Bai Lu immediately began pouring large amounts of mana into the array flag.
On that day, having been intimidated by Ning Fan, though unwilling to openly become enemies, he held some resentment against Ning Fan. Today, he wouldn’t have to face Ning Fan directly to exact a slight revenge, and he naturally wouldn’t let the opportunity pass.
The other six Eternal Old Freaks followed suit, funneling mana into the array flags without delay, even Mingfeng Immortal Venerable inputting mana within reasonable limits.
With the support of seven Eternal Old Freaks for the formation, Ning Fan quickly noticed something change.
After leaving the river, he continued onward, arriving at a garden filled with poison mist, giving him a sense of crisis due to being extraordinary, evidently not of common material.
Ning Fan planned to casually break the restriction here and take the poison, but as soon as he attempted to break the restriction, a vast force of mana emerged from the restriction, thundering Ning Fan back step by step, his chest heaving with qi and blood, taking some time to calm his breath.
"The restriction here is far more formidable than those in previous places..."
This only piqued Ning Fan’s interest further.
The Momentum Character Secret had been pushed to its limit by Ning Fan, and he waved his arm, unleashing golden streaks condensed from the momentum of heaven and earth, striking the weak points of the restriction.
The restriction here was resilient in its resistance, but couldn’t withstand Ning Fan’s relentless attack, gradually causing some Immortal Venerables providing mana to be unable to endure.
Firstly, it was Mingfeng Immortal Venerable who was still barely recovering from injury, then the other Eternal Immortal Venerables, and finally, even the Immortal King of Second Peak began to struggle.
"It brought disappointment to the venerable one, as we span distances too far, unable to control the formation covered by these flags, and it got broken." The faces of the six remained unchanged, merely noting that the formation was broken by a Great Emperor of Zhongzhou in a cross-realm contest against Baihua Great Emperor, feeling little shame in losing to a Zhongzhou Great Emperor.
Only True Person Bai Lu continued to grimly hang on, with a face of incredulity.
How could it be! How could Ning Fan possibly possess such profound formation cultivation, with Baihua Great Emperor’s arranged formation, combined with the output of mana from seven Eternal old monsters, unable to halt this individual’s progress!
Bang!
Yet it was True Person Bai Lu who was too slow to relinquish, getting caught by the backlash from the formation being broken, divine sense pain in his head, immediately coughing blood, his breath dwindling slightly.
His expression was incomparably shocked.
The strength of this person’s Dao of formations, even if not superior to the venerable, is not much weaker!
He cannot be defeated!
"Forget it, this was an oversight on my part, you all may withdraw."
Baihua Great Emperor dismissed the Eternal Old Freaks, her delicate eyebrows knitted.
She had promised beforehand, those who enter the secret vault can take treasures with their own strength. Given that this matter has been miscalculated, it can only be such, allowing Ning Fan to wreak havoc in the treasure vault.
In the treasure space, Ning Fan broke through the poisonous mist formation, looking at a dark green flower that was exuding toxic gas up into the sky, slightly awe-struck.
Such domineering poison!
One drop of the toxin from this flower could probably kill an Eternal Immortal Venerable. If it were the whole flower, perhaps even an Immortal King could be poisoned to death.
Of course, this flower’s function is not limited to just poisoning people, which is why Baihua Great Emperor values it so highly.
If this flower is consumed, it seems... it can greatly enhance a master’s resistance to toxins.
Of course, attempting to consume the flower, even with Ning Fan’s temperament, is somewhat daunting; after all, ingesting such a toxic flower is beyond the help of even treasures like the God-Extinguishing Shield. Only by relying on Ning Fan’s own strength could he withstand the poison, gradually absorbing its toxicity, thereby enhancing his own poison resistance...
Difficult! With Ning Fan’s current cultivation, rashly consuming this flower would be akin to inviting death. However, Ning Fan doesn’t mind temporarily keeping the flower with him to slowly nurture it.
Wait until his cultivation is higher and can withstand the deadly poison, then it’s not too late to consume it.
With high poison resistance, facing some poison wielders would surely present an innate undefeatable situation...
"Is this flower called the Three Wasteland Poison Immortal..."
Ning Fan glanced at a Stele within the poison garden, turned away from the garden, and walked in the other direction.
The Treasure-searching Compass still transmitted plenty of sensations; there surely are many good things here, and as Ning Fan’s understanding of this place’s formations deepened, it became easier to navigate around.
As for other masters who entered the secret vault, they had long endured the oppressive power of the formations, each one chanting spells to transport out of the vault.
Each had gains, and all had extremely excited expressions, but compared to Ning Fan, those people’s gains were nearly negligible.
Time slowly passed, and the adherents outside the vault could no longer contain their excitement and sought to return to their rooms to digest their insights.
The young men with the wings refused to let the adherents leave.
The reason being one person hadn’t returned yet.
Who?
After such a long time, was someone still able to persist inside the secret vault!
Only then did the adherents realize that Ning Fan hadn’t come back yet but was still within the vault searching for treasures.
Some were envious: To stay so long in the secret vault, how many benefits had he already gotten!
More were in awe: There were rumors he was an Eternal Immortal Venerable with sealed cultivation; today, it seems even with sealed cultivation, he is not a match for ordinary Fragmented Thought Elders...
Truly a strong individual who had defeated an Immortal Emperor at the Dao Image, under such a prestigious reputation, he is indeed worthy!
Ning Fan was unaware of the astonishment expressed by adherents outside. He was presently single-mindedly treasure hunting in the vault, consistently expanding his haul.
Another Putuo Pill, he immediately consumed it, his face unchanged...
A Dual Cultivation Ancient Scripture was recorded here, showcasing the Buddhist Joyful Zen cultivation technique... With Yin Yang Transformation, Ning Fan naturally wouldn’t practice the Buddhist Joyful Zen, but upon perusal, he can gain some insightful verification.
A hill formed by piles of Ninth Revolution Lead Elixir, Silver Elixir... Haha, he gained capital for trading items.
An orchard full of million-year-old Spirit Fruits... Ning Fan, of course, picked the fruits clean.
There was also a batch of ancient dan refinement, Dabei techniques, Spirit Medicine Secret Art... Ning Fan knew restraint, not taking away the originals but instead imprinting copies to take.
Eventually, after a large circle, Ning Fan returned near the initial Peach Forest.
He had been to the Peach Forest before and didn’t plan to enter again, thinking he had traversed around sixty to seventy percent of the place, it was about time to leave; if he overdid it, it’s likely he’d truly anger Baihua Great Emperor. Just as he was about to chant a spell, suddenly a fishy wind hit him in the face, amidst the fishy wind came buzzing sounds, it turned out a thumb-sized Blood Bee attacked him abruptly.
A mere Blood Bee, yet it possessed an aura not inferior to Shattered Thought Peak; Ning Fan’s gaze tightened, extending the God-Extinguishing Shield’s golden light three zhang away to effortlessly block the Blood Bee’s attack.
"Hmm?"
The Blood Bee seemed to emit a faint ’eh’, or perhaps didn’t emit anything, suddenly turned around and fled in another direction, seemingly fearing Ning Fan, after drilling into the illusory mist, it could no longer be found...
"Trying to escape huh..."
Ning Fan’s eyes subtly blinked, flipping his hand to take out the Treasure-searching Compass, capturing a trail of aura from the Blood Bee during their brief confrontation and feeding it into the Compass.
This Compass is not only used for treasure hunting but can also locate people, nothing above or below the heavens escapes its search!
Thus, although the illusory mist was strong, Ning Fan easily determined the Blood Bee’s escape direction and pursued.
The place this bee fled to might hold great treasures, and this Blood Bee very likely was a guardian spirit insect...
Ning Fan chased frantically, unaware of how long he chased, suddenly sky-brimming blood light pierced through the illusory mist from the front.
Further ahead was a boundless bloody mist, frozen into a sea of Xuan Ice by some unknown force. Above this solidified bloody mist, floated a Mystic Ice Platform, from atop which insidious chills continuously emanated. Such strong chilly air, even for Ning Fan, a Five Elements mortal cultivator, induced some shivers.
"What is this..."
On that jade platform lay a jade platter, within which only a single icy blue half-frozen droplet of liquid was placed.
This droplet emitted a terrifying chill, freezing the entire bloody mist beneath!
Even Ning Fan’s Punishing Ring within his body faced this profound chill, showing slight stagnation, seeming difficulty in sealing Ning Fan’s cultivation.
To Ning Fan’s astonishment, his Calamity Blood Cultivation, upon approaching this droplet, experienced a minuscule unsealing...