Immortality begins with inheriting the myriad arts of cultivation.

Chapter 70 Ancient Teleportation Array

Inside the cave dwelling of Xiantao Mountain.

Li Ping and Zhang Tie sat facing each other in the pavilion.

Zhang Tie solemnly said, "Brother, the shop has received a lot more demon beast hides recently. According to the rogue cultivators who come to sell demon beast hides, for some reason, there has been a sudden increase in low-level demon beasts near the Immortal City."

"There are more low-level demonic beasts now?" Li Ping's expression was thoughtful. "Could it be that a beast tide is about to break out?"

Fenglan Immortal City is located deep within the Cloud Mist Mountains, making it easier for cultivators in the city to access the abundant resources within the Cloud Mist Mountains and hunt demonic beasts.

But things always have their pros and cons.

The biggest drawback of the Immortal City's location is that it faces the beast tide that erupts in the Cloud Mist Mountains.

The rate at which demonic beasts reproduce is astonishing. Whenever the ecosystem within the mountain range can no longer support so many demonic beasts, the third-tier demon kings will consciously drive out the lower-tier demonic beasts.

A large number of low-level demonic beasts poured out of the Cloud Mist Mountains, forming a beast tide.

Li Ping has only been in the Immortal City for a little over twenty years and has not yet experienced the beast tide.

However, he had read the relevant records and knew that the beast tide was mostly composed of first-tier demonic beasts, with few second-tier demonic beasts, and third-tier demonic beasts were almost never seen.

Based on experience, the Immortal City is protected by a third-tier formation, making it impossible for a beast tide dominated by first- and second-tier demonic beasts to breach it.

Even if one or two third-tier demonic beasts attack the city, as long as True Person Fenglan takes action and pays a certain price, the city can be defended.

So even knowing that the beast tide was about to break out, Li Ping didn't rush to run away with his valuables.

The main reason is that there might still be people lurking outside waiting for him to leave the city. If it weren't for this factor, the safer thing for him would be to leave the Immortal City first and then come back after the beast tide has passed.

Li Ping said, "By the way, since it seems like a beast tide has broken out, tell Teng Feng not to leave the city for a while."

Since resigning from his position at the Spirit Beast Garden, Teng Feng has been roaming alone outside the Immortal City. He's usually fine, but if he continues to act recklessly during a beast tide, the probability of something going wrong will undoubtedly increase significantly.

Zhang Tie nodded: "Don't worry, brother. If I see him, I will pass on the message."

After informing Li Ping about the suspected beast tide outbreak, Zhang Tie hurriedly left.

Not long after, Gu Musheng came to visit Li Ping. He was a businessman and was usually very sensitive to prices.

He mentioned with concern that the prices of low-level talismans, pills, and magical artifacts have been rising slightly recently, and even the prices of various raw materials are subtly increasing.

He was worried that something big might happen in the Immortal City.

However, when he learned from Li Ping that these changes in the Immortal City were suspected to be the beginning of a beast tide, he immediately showed excitement.

Gu Musheng angrily cursed, "These unscrupulous merchants! No wonder prices are rising; they're hoarding goods, all trying to profit from the war!"

After finishing his rant, he approached Li Ping with the idea of ​​borrowing spirit stones: "Brother, if this beast tide really breaks out, it'll be a chance to make a fortune! Those who have inside information are still secretly stockpiling goods. If we join them in hoarding, and then sell when the beast tide breaks out, we can make at least 70-80% profit in a short time. Brother, could you lend me some spirit stones? We'll split the profits 30/70!"

Li Ping was speechless. His third brother's face, which had just been cursing the unscrupulous merchants, was still fresh in his mind. How could he now be becoming an unscrupulous merchant himself?

But it must be said that this was indeed a good opportunity to make money. Li Ping was too busy and too lazy to operate it, so it was just right to hand it over to Gu Musheng.

Thinking of this, he took out two thousand spirit stones and handed them to Gu Musheng, while also reminding him, "The beast tide is just speculation, don't leverage too much!"

Gu Musheng's eyes were filled with excitement: "Don't worry, brother, I know what I'm doing!"

He was already thinking about how to use the spirit stones his elder brother had lent him, as well as the spirit stones he had painstakingly accumulated over the years, to make a big splash.

In one's life, the opportunities to change one's destiny are few and far between, so he must seize every single one!

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A cavern located about 10,000 miles from the Immortal City.

Teng Feng stared in disbelief at the scene before him. He had fled into this underground cave in a panic to escape a swarm of bloodthirsty ants that were comparable to late-stage first-tier monsters.

To his surprise, in the center of the underground cave he had hastily hidden in, under a multicolored light shield, stood a building resembling a palace with four closed sides.

"Is it an opportunity, or something else?" Teng Feng cautiously flew closer on his magical artifact, carefully examining the protective formation.

Not long after, he successfully found a skeleton not far from the outside of the formation. It was unknown how long the skeleton had been dead. The robe on its body seemed to be intact, but just a slight breeze stirred up by Teng Feng's movements caused the ornate robe to instantly turn to ash.

"Someone actually died here! This place is dangerous!" Teng Feng was shocked and became even more cautious.

After patiently and carefully inspecting the entire cavern, which stretched for dozens of miles, he finally confirmed that there was no danger inside.

Returning to the skeleton, Teng Feng bowed deeply and said, "Senior, please forgive my rudeness."

This wasn't the first time he had encountered the experience of building a cave dwelling before.

Although the senior in front of him was dead, since he was going to search for the person's belongings, Teng Feng would apologize first, even though the other person probably couldn't hear him anyway.

To Teng Feng's mixed feelings of joy and sorrow, the storage bag he found on the skeleton senior was still intact, but many of the spiritual herbs and pills inside had spoiled and were no longer usable.

The ritual implements and talismans have all lost their spiritual power.

Only a small sword, no longer than a palm, has remained remarkably spiritual even after countless years.

Besides Xiao Jian, Teng Feng finally found the token that seemed to control the protective formation.

Instead of rushing into the formation to search for treasures, he dug a pit nearby and buried the skeleton on the ground, along with many of his belongings, as a way of giving this senior a proper rest.

Then, he took out the array entry and exit token and carefully entered the array.

Upon entering the formation, Teng Feng, as usual, searched the area before cautiously stepping into the towering palace.

Upon entering the palace, he was immediately stunned by what he saw: "This...this is the legendary teleportation array!"

In the center of the main hall, what appeared before him was an ancient octagonal platform, which looked exactly like the teleportation array in a certain miscellaneous book he had read.

Moreover, judging from its appearance, the teleportation array is clearly intact.

The teleportation array led to an unknown destination, and Teng Feng, being only at the fifth level of Qi Refining, naturally dared not teleport there lightly.

Who knows what I'll encounter if I'm teleported there?

He carefully searched the area around the teleportation array.

To his disappointment, there was nothing inside the formation except for the ancient octagonal teleportation array.

Teng Feng glanced at the teleportation array and left without hesitation: "Back to Immortal City, please invite my elder brother to come and explore together."