I Accumulate Spirit Roots for My Next Life

Chapter 269: Chapter 165: Golden Flood Dragon Twin Maces

Master Mu heard this and immediately shifted his gaze away from the Central Palace, beginning to discern direction and search his memory in his knowledge sea.

“The Central State Dynasty usually plants high-tier medicinal herbs in the imperial garden, as for treasure materials, they are mostly stored in the secret chamber of the Emperor’s palace.”

“It should be in that direction!” A moment later, Master Mu ascertained the direction, looking towards the northwest of the Central Palace.

Li Jizhou no longer hesitated and immediately controlled the Ghost Shadow to pave the way.

The deeper they ventured into the Imperial City, the stronger the frost became, with many dilapidated halls along the way being ice-sealed.

The number of ice-sealed people revealed was also increasing.

“Commander of the Imperial Guard! Only a strong figure above the Nascent Soul level could bear such a heavy responsibility!” Passing by an ice-sealed cultivator, Master Mu judged by his robe and the token on his waist.

“Even a strong person at the Nascent Soul True Monarch level fell like this?” This person’s brow had a blood hole piercing through it, his divine sea shattered, primordial spirit extinguished.

“If you do not become immortal, it all ends up in vain!”

Li Jizhou didn’t touch any more ice-sealed corpses.

An hour later, following the direction identified by Master Mu, the two people and one puppet arrived outside a nearly completely destroyed palace.

The sword that had cut down the central hall extended here too; the sword marks seemed ordinary yet still gave the two a terrifying oppressive force.

The two exchanged a glance, and Li Jizhou controlled the Ghost Shadow to fly over the ruins, only to see ice crystals clustering everywhere, making it impossible to see what was ice-sealed inside.

Divine Sense couldn’t penetrate the ice crystals either.

After passing through two palace walls, a large semicircular ice dome ahead made Master Mu’s eyes light up with excitement.

“This must be the medicinal herb planting ground, never expected the Moon Worship Dynasty’s ice-sealed sacred technique to be so miraculous, even being able to ice-seal the array shield.

If the array shield is not broken, the herbs inside might still survive!

They might even have accumulated for thousands of years…”

“No, the array in such a core place of the dynasty must be at least Tier Seven. With our cultivation, how could we break it?” Suddenly, Master Mu realized and couldn’t help feeling a bit disappointed.

Upon hearing the first half, Li Jizhou also couldn’t help feeling pleased, yet hearing the latter half didn’t completely disappoint him.

After all, his knowledge as a Tier Three Advanced Level Array Master gave him more understanding of the Dao of Arrays.

Although an array can last a long time, its core lies in the array base and its energy source.

Common arrays rely on borrowing the great power of the heavens and earth as energy.

And there are arrays like the chessboard array that fully rely on spirit stones as energy.

This place has been buried in the earth vein for ten thousand years; the great power of the heavens and earth in the earth vein is bound to be inferior to that above the ground.

As time passes, the prolonged lack of energy, the array’s power will certainly weaken and even degrade.

Plus, with the power of the ice-sealing, once the ice crystals break, time might instantly bestow the array shield, possibly causing it to shatter in an instant.

Li Jizhou thought no more and closely approached the array shield with the Ghost Shadow Puppet.

“Bang!”

Suddenly, a muffled sound came from one side of the array shield.

Li Jizhou hurriedly restrained the Ghost Shadow’s aura, hiding beside the great array.

However, it was too late.

“Who’s there?” A brocade-robed man already revealed his figure from one side.

Both Master Mu and Li Jizhou’s expressions subtly changed.

They didn’t expect there was already someone here.

Furthermore, the opponent’s aura fluctuations were already vaguely close to the Late Stage of Core Formation.

Especially the pair of maces in the opponent’s hand, at least top-grade spiritual artifact level.

“Hmm? You also found your way here? Hmph, if you don’t want to die, get out immediately!” The brocade-robed man saw that Master Mu and Master Huangshi didn’t belong to his party and was suddenly surprised, ultimately threatening them with contempt.

“Bang~” Just then, there was another crisp sound below.

Immediately, the ice crystals on the entire great array shook violently, and then with a “pop” sound, the array below tore open a gap.

The brocade-robed man’s face lit up instantly, then he sharply looked at Master Mu and Master Huangshi again.

“Still not leaving?”

“Fellow Daoist, this place originally has no owner. Isn’t your behavior a bit domineering? Moreover, there are abundant herbs here, and since the array is broken, if most of the herbs inside are not sealed promptly, I’m afraid they would turn to dust by the aura of time before you even see them. At most, let’s rely on our respective fortunes and enter from different directions,” Master Mu said, with a slight rise and fall in his chest, though angry, still calmly.

With such a fortune before him, who would give it up?

The immortal way values competition; who’s to say if there isn’t a destiny within that inherently belongs to oneself?

“You’re courting death!” The brocade-robed man said no more, his hands slowly revolving the pair of maces with both yin and yang spiritual radiance.

Master Mu dared not be careless, his magical power surged, a curtain of water rose beneath his feet, ready without releasing.

“Hmph! A mantis trying to stop a chariot, overestimating itself!” The brocade-robed man sneered, brandishing his maces suddenly towards Master Mu.

“Roar~” Two flood dragon phantoms instantly burst out from the maces.

With thunderous momentum, they struck towards Master Mu.

Master Mu’s face sank, immediately invoking the curtain of water.

The water curtain rose, not only blocking in front of him but also protecting Master Huangshi within.

“Boom!”

Yet, in the next moment, the moment the twin flood dragons touched the water curtain, not even three breaths passed before the water curtain instantly evaporated, dissolving into water vapor and dispersing into the air.

“Master Huang, I can’t hold him off!” Master Mu urgently retreated, and transmitted to Master Huangshi.

“Hahaha, how dare a mere Middle Stage of Core Formation face the pair of flood dragon maces that my master personally bestowed, who gave you the courage?” The brocade-robed man coldly laughed three times.

“Since you’ve made a move, don’t think of running, stay here!” Seeing Master Mu retreating, the brocade-robed man brandished the twin maces again, two even more robust flood dragons lunging forth.

“Puff~” However, before the twin flood dragons charged to Master Mu’s front, a plain and ordinary sound echoed.

Then, a spray of hot blood spurted out.

Master Mu looked again, the brocade-robed man was already headless and separated.

Blood gushes out from his neck!

And in one layer, the Ghost Shadow Puppet slowly revealed its figure.

“This… this… Master Huang, your puppet is so powerful?” Master Mu turned around in astonishment, looking incredulously at Master Huangshi.

Previously, Master Huangshi had released the puppet to confront Nie Jinghong.

Its quasi-fourth-tier momentum was powerful, even stronger by a few measures than the average late-stage Core Formation.

However, everyone’s consensus was that it had the battle strength of a late-stage Core Formation.

And the brocade-robed man before them, not only a half-step late-stage Core Formation, most crucially the twin maces in his hands were obviously extraordinary, perhaps even Master Duobao from the Hongtian Team couldn’t defeat him.

Moreover, winning a battle and killing are not the same concept.

And yet, at this moment, the Ghost Shadow Puppet managed to decapitate him unsuspectingly.

Such strength has surpassed the team’s previous judgment on the puppet.

Li Jizhou calmly nodded towards Master Mu, without any words.

In the face of the treasure possibly containing the Longevity Fruit, he naturally wouldn’t give up easily.

“How daring, who dares to kill my Guzhu City men?” Suddenly, an angry shout came, evidently, the brocade-robed man had left behind a soul brand or Divine Soul Skill.

“Guzhu City men? Disciple of Guzhu True Monarch?”

Li Jizhou heard this, furrowing his brow sharply, his gaze towards Master Mu instantly became fierce.

Master Mu had been in Guzhu City for decades, and since all the celestial-seeking teams have intricate connections with the City Lord’s Mansion, it is impossible not to know about the disciples of Guzhu City.

Especially with such an apparent Yin-Yang Double Flood Dragon Mace.

Whereas Li Jizhou had only been in Guzhu City for a short while, just recently joining the Hongtian Team, he couldn’t possibly recognize everyone from the City Lord’s Mansion.

This was something Master Mu surely knew.

Li Jizhou judged that Master Mu had definitely recognized the identity of the brocade-robed man but didn’t inform Li Jizhou at all.

His purpose was merely to drag Li Jizhou into the whirlpool.

Though Li Jizhou wouldn’t naturally give up on the fortune here, even if it meant withdrawing the puppet and Ghost Shadow into secrecy afterwards, he would still choose to contend.

But being schemed upon deliberately, naturally left a feeling of displeasure.

However, thinking further now would be of no help, as the other party had already arrived nearby.

“Such audacity! What thief dares to kill my Junior Brother Golden Flood Dragon!” Three people approached, two in the late-stage Core Formation, one in middle-stage Core Formation, all looking furious.