txolops Chapter 152 Ancient Cultivation Ruins! A New Ancient Teleportation Array!
Chapter 152 Ancient Cultivation Ruins! A New Ancient Teleportation Array!
"Fellow Daoist Wen, I am the sect leader."
The leader of the Mad Sand Sect smiled bitterly.
"You?" Wen Tianren was taken aback, then his gaze sharpened. "You haven't reached the Nascent Soul stage?"
The leader of the Kuangsha Sect shook his head and recounted what had happened—an unfamiliar senior had borrowed their sect's spiritual vein to form a Nascent Soul, and was currently in the mountains.
"I see."
Wen Tianren's eyes flickered, and a smile appeared on his lips.
"It seems he is a rogue cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage."
A rogue cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage, without any sect background, would only benefit from befriending him.
Even if we can't become friends, it's good to get to know each other.
"Take me to visit that senior."
The leader of the Mad Sand Sect dared not be negligent and quickly led the way.
A moment later, the group arrived outside the protective barrier surrounding Lin Chuan's cave dwelling.
Wen Tianren stepped forward and cupped his hands in greeting towards the area within the restriction:
"My name is Wen Tianren, and my master is the Six Paths Supreme Saint. I have come here with great trepidation, wishing to pay my respects to you, senior. I wonder if you would do me the honor of granting me an audience?"
Inside the cave, Lin Chuan was tidying up the last piece of array equipment. Upon hearing this voice, his movements paused slightly.
Wen Tianren?
He vaguely remembered the name.
In the original work, this person was known as the "Number One Core Formation Person", and he was indeed quite skilled.
He cultivated the Six Extremes True Demon Art, a supreme technique of the Six Paths Saint, and his methods were so formidable that even Han Li was quite wary of him.
But then, Lin Chuan smiled.
The first person to reach the Core Formation stage.
Isn't he just a Core Formation cultivator?
Without reaching the Nascent Soul stage, one is ultimately nothing more than an ant.
"not see."
Lin Chuan spoke calmly, his voice passing through the barrier without any ripples.
Wen Tianren was slightly taken aback, a hint of displeasure flashing in his eyes.
But he maintained his smile and bowed again, saying:
"Senior may not know my name, but my master is the Six Paths Supreme Saint, whom you should be familiar with. I merely wish to make your acquaintance and have no ill intentions."
"I said I wouldn't see you, are you deaf?"
Lin Chuan's voice suddenly turned cold and utterly impolite.
He is now a Nascent Soul cultivator. Unless a Nascent Soul stage old monster comes in person, who would be worthy of making him bow down?
A junior in the late stage of Core Formation, thinking he can get face just because of his master's name? What a joke!
Upon hearing this, Wen Tianren's expression finally changed.
The maids behind him also changed color, and some even gripped the hilts of their swords.
Wen Tianren took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, glanced at the restriction, and turned to leave.
The leader of the Mad Sand Sect and several elders looked at each other, at a loss for what to do.
They can't afford to offend either of these two.
……
A moment later, the cave's protective barrier was reopened.
Lin Chuan swaggered out, accompanied by Yuan Yao and his avatar Qu Hun.
He had already used the Transformation Technique to change the appearances of the three people.
At this moment, Lin Chuan is an ordinary-looking middle-aged man;
Yuan Yao was an ordinary-looking person. Qu Hun, on the other hand, had the appearance of a dull follower.
The three transformed into streaks of light, soaring into the sky and quickly disappearing into the horizon.
Lin Chuan didn't turn around to look at the Mad Sand Gate.
He didn't want to implicate them.
If people find out that he is the "those who seize the cauldron" wanted by Wan Tianming, Manhuzi, and others, the Mad Sha Sect will likely suffer.
……
Wen Tianren stood there, his gaze cold as he stared at the disappearing beam of light.
"Remember the faces of those three. Investigate them."
He coldly gave instructions to the maid beside him.
"yes!"
Several maids responded in unison.
……
Lin Chuan, carrying Yuan Yao and Qu Hun, flew westward.
This isn't a joke, it's a recommendation for the treasure book "Living in Huangfeng Valley, a Daily Divination for Steady Immortality!"
Several hours later, they landed on a deserted island.
The island was no more than a hundred miles in circumference, desolate and uninhabited. Lin Chuan scanned it with his divine sense and confirmed that there were no other cultivators on the island.
Just then, a golden light appeared before their eyes.
Today's divination result: Very auspicious.
[The divination text reads: Today, you have discovered the ruins of an ancient cultivator beneath this deserted island. The restrictions on the ruins have weakened, and entry can be made easily.]
"Good fortune?"
A smile appeared on Lin Chuan's lips.
To encounter such an opportunity so soon after forming one's nascent soul—one's luck is truly remarkable.
He took out an earth-遁符 (earth-遁符, a type of talisman used for escape), and, along with Yuan Yao and Qu Hun, burrowed underground.
A moment later, they indeed discovered the remains of an ancient cultivator.
The entrance to the ruins was shrouded in a faint light curtain, which flowed around, but the light was already very dim, indicating that the power of the restriction had weakened by more than half.
With Lin Chuan's current cultivation level, he could easily break through it.
The three of them slipped inside.
Inside the ruins is a long passageway with ancient murals carved into the stone walls on both sides. At the end of the passageway is a huge stone chamber.
Beside the stone chamber are three stone doors.
Lin Chuan first pushed open the first stone door.
Behind the door was an ancient teleportation array.
This formation is about ten feet in size and is made entirely of blue jade, covered with densely packed runes.
Unfortunately, one corner of the teleportation array was clearly damaged—several key pieces of jade were missing, and several runes were broken.
It needs to be repaired before it can be used.
Lin Chuan ignored it for the time being and turned around to push open the second stone door.
Behind the door, a corpse sat cross-legged on the ground.
The corpse had long since turned to bones, but the clothes on its body—a fiery red robe—remained brand new, radiating a faint spiritual light. Clearly, it was not ordinary fabric, but a magical artifact.
Lin Chuan removed the robe and carefully sensed its properties. This robe had extremely high fire resistance; wearing it would greatly enhance his resistance to fire-attribute spells.
He then took the storage bag from the corpse's waist and probed it with his divine sense.
A moment later, he held a small, crimson sword in his hand.
This sword is about a foot long, and its entire body is as red as fire, with faint dragon patterns swirling on its blade.
Lin Chuan infused his magic power, and the small sword trembled slightly, then—
"roar!"
A fiery dragon coiled out from the sword, baring its fangs and claws, its aura astonishing!
Lin Chuan's gaze sharpened.
The power of this ancient treasure far surpasses that of ordinary treasures! When activated by his early Nascent Soul cultivation, its attack power is no less than that of a full-force strike from a mid-Nascent Soul cultivator!
"nice one."
Lin Chuan sheathed his small sword and walked out of the second stone chamber.
The third stone door was pushed open.
Behind the door was a pile of strange insect carcasses.
The insects were about the size of a fist, completely black, with hard carapaces and ferocious mouthparts. Their corpses were joined together, as if they had been killed in battle.
Strangely, these insects did not seem to have been dead for long—their bodies were not completely dried and even retained a bit of luster.
Lin Chuan searched through the list of strange insects in his mind, but couldn't find a corresponding record. This insect didn't seem to be on the list.
With a thought, he released the gold-devouring insects.
The swarm of silver insects, smelling the "food," immediately became excited and rushed forward to devour the corpses of the black insects.
"Click, click..."
A tooth-grinding chewing sound rang out.
Moments later, all the black insect corpses were devoured.
The gold-devouring insects' bellies were all round, and their aura seemed to have increased a little.
"good."
Lin Chuan nodded in satisfaction.
The cultivation of gold-eating insects requires constant "feeding" and evolution.
These unidentified insects are clearly highly nutritious.
His gaze returned to the dilapidated teleportation array.
Where does this formation lead?
Lin Chuan was very curious.
He decided to first find a way to repair the teleportation array.