Chapter 617: Spirit Immortal's Abandoned Mansion (3)

Chapter 617: Chapter 31: Spirit Immortal’s Abandoned Mansion (3)

A man and a woman stood at the edge of a large platform. The man was tall and powerfully built, with a thick beard and bright, spirited eyes. He wore a Golden Robe and Rhinoceros Belt, and Brocade Boots and a Cloak. The vital energy around him surged like a mighty river, faintly rumbling like thunder.

The woman appeared to be seventeen or eighteen, with clear, bright eyes and delicately arched brows. Her features were elegant and lovely, her skin as smooth and white as fine jade. She wore a light-blue, phoenix-patterned dress, covered by a Smoke Luo Gauze Shirt. Her expression was tranquil, like a lone orchid in a secluded valley.

These two were none other than Beiming Xiao and Beiming Cang Xue.

At that moment, Beiming Cang Xue was holding a Talisman and receiving a Divine Sense transmission from Fang Cheng. Her delicate brows involuntarily knitted together.

“What’s wrong?” Beiming Xiao asked, a bad feeling rising in his heart.

Beiming Cang Xue handed the Talisman to him. “Seventh Uncle, a Spirit Immortal Incarnation from the Dongyang Immortal Alliance somehow sensed the emergence of the Heritage Mansion as well. He’s already headed there with a group of Tribulation Realm Great Powers.”

After reading the message in the Talisman, Beiming Xiao let out a dry laugh. “He’s really something. That Ascendant Pu Hua is so audacious he even dared to Soul Search a Ji Jiu from Yuelang Heaven’s academy. I wasn’t wrong about him! The man is incredibly bloodthirsty and treats the world’s Cultivators as worthless chaff. He’s definitely a follower of the Demon Dao.”

Beiming Cang Xue asked anxiously, “Seventh Uncle, what do we do now?”

The prohibitive formations in the Spirit Immortal’s Abandoned Mansion were already dangerous enough. Now, with the addition of people from the Dongyang Immortal Alliance, getting anything out of the Heritage Mansion would likely be more difficult than a mortal ascending to the heavens.

A relaxed smile appeared on Beiming Xiao’s face. “You have the protective measures your father gave you. No matter the situation, you’re guaranteed to be invincible. As for whether you can seize this immortal opportunity, that will depend on your own fortune and luck.”

“Beiming Long of the Jiyu Lineage is also in the Lingkong Celestial Ruins right now. The Earth Book Fragment he possesses has the foundation of a Sixth-rank Magical Artifact. If he makes a move, he can keep the Dongyang Immortal Alliance’s Spirit Immortal Incarnation occupied. As for the other Cultivators, they are no cause for concern.”

Beiming Cang Xue pondered for a long time before finally letting out a soft sigh. “In that case, I’ll go to the Taixu Gate now and ask for his help.”

‘But if Beiming Long, the leader of the Beiming Immortal Race’s Jiyu Lineage, gets involved,’ she thought, ‘any gains from the Heritage Mansion will have to be handed over to the clan first. Only then will rewards be distributed based on merit.’

‘It was hard to say how much she would receive in the end.’

‘Although a top-tier clan like the Beiming Immortal Race was powerful, its weakness was that it had too many experts. The demand for top-tier treasures always outstripped the supply, making internal competition incredibly fierce.’

‘There was nothing to be done about it.’

‘Although she was the daughter of a Spirit Immortal Incarnation, the circumstances were complicated, and not everyone in the clan respected or feared her.’

‘This was especially true for the clan Elders who had reached the late Tribulation Realm and were determined to ascend to the Spiritual Sky Realm; they would never yield to her when an immortal opportunity was on the line.’

Beiming Xiao’s expression turned serious. “Xue’Er,” he said in a deep voice, “life can’t always go as you wish. In all things, you should only hope for them to be half to your liking. You haven’t been cultivating for very long; experiencing more setbacks and failures isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Remember your Seventh Uncle’s words today. In the future, when you are tempering your Dao Heart, they will help you overcome your Heart Demons.”

“Thank you, Seventh Uncle. Xue’Er will remember.” Beiming Cang Xue looked as though she had taken his lesson to heart, but she couldn’t shake the frustration she felt.

…

The Peach Blossom Cloud Raft flew across the sky, nimbly avoiding the various natural perils and forbidden zones within the Lingkong Celestial Ruins before arriving at a deep, abyssal canyon.

Deep within the canyon, a mighty river surged and churned, its ferocious current letting out a deafening roar.

The cliffs on both sides of the canyon were dotted with the ruins of countless palaces that had been built into the rock face.

Feng Yan pointed at the canyon. “Legend has it that these ruins are the Ancestral Land of a great sect from the Upper Realm. After it appeared several tens of thousands of years ago, it was explored by countless Cultivators, who unearthed many legacies and treasures. By the time I came here all those years ago, the place had already been picked clean.”

“All those years ago” was, for her, more than eighteen thousand years in the past.

Feng Yan added, “There is an Artifact Refining Treasure Land in there. It can link the exotic flames from deep underground with the stars in the heavens, allowing one to imprint Star Orbit Patterns onto Magical Artifacts. This not only makes Artifact Refining twice as effective, but it also provides an additional boost to the Magical Artifact’s power. Back in the day, many Cultivators came here specifically for Artifact Refining.”

“A treasure land like that actually exists?” Fang Cheng was incredibly curious.

The three of them flew into the canyon, entering the ruins through an opening in the cliff face. The space inside was indeed vast and deep, like a giant underground city.

Before long, the three arrived in a massive, domed Earth Palace.

The entire Earth Palace was empty and in complete disarray. The dome above was covered in star-track totems that seemed to faintly resonate with the cosmos outside. It looked as if it were a natural phenomenon, yet it also resembled a massive Array. Its profound secrets were impossible to grasp at a glance.

In the center of the Earth Palace stood a bottomless ancient well. A turquoise fire blazed fiercely within it, yet gave off no sense of heat.

Fang Cheng walked up to the Fire Well, took out a piece of Taiqing Divine Iron, and tossed it inside.

Before the piece of Taiqing Divine Iron even touched the turquoise flames, it instantly disintegrated into ash, leaving not a single trace behind.

“What a potent exotic fire!”

A look of astonishment crossed his face. The power of this exotic fire was a hundred times greater than the Great Sun True Fire from his Fire God Gu.

After all, Taiqing Divine Iron was a Tier Five Spiritual Object. Even a Ninth Tribulation Cultivator specializing in Fire Element Techniques would struggle to refine such Divine Iron in an instant.

The primary material of Fang Cheng’s Spiritual Mechanism Incarnation was, in fact, Taiqing Divine Iron.

Of course, he had later added Thunder Roc Wing Bone and tempered it in a heavenly tribulation, so its durability was now on a completely different level, on par with a Tier Five Upper-grade Magical Artifact.

“Fellow Daoist Fang, give me a piece of Taiqing Divine Iron,” Feng Yan said gently.