Seeking Treasure in the Ruins

It turned out that the group had discovered the remains of a senior master deep within the Infernal Flame Sea.

The senior was clearly seriously injured before his death, and he set up a formation in the Infernal Flame Sea to protect himself.

However, he still passed away peacefully. That person was very powerful, at least a cultivator in the late Golden Core stage realm. Even after hundreds of years, his body did not decompose, and even his Storage Bag was still intact.

These powerful True Person at the late Golden Core stage often live for nearly a thousand years, accumulating immense wealth, and their Storage Bag are sure to contain precious treasures.

The Hermit Qingci couple coveted the treasure and repeatedly entered the formation in an attempt to find it. They even asked their friend Yu Qingyan for help, but they still failed each time.

Because deep within the Infernal Flame Sea, there are Scarlet Flame Demon Spirit hiding, and the place where that senior was located is a place where Spirit Vein converge, where seven or eight Scarlet Flame Demon Spirit at the Purple Mansion Realm reside.

The Purple Mansion demons are exceptionally intelligent; they naturally understand the value of the flesh and blood and treasures of Golden Core realm cultivators. However, because they do not understand formations, they have been unable to activate the protective formation for a long time.

However, as the formation weakens, it will eventually be breached by the Scarlet Flame Demon Spirit.

Fearing that the treasure would be taken by the Scarlet Flame Demon Spirit, Hermit Qingci sought out Chen Nianzhi, intending to invite him to help subdue the Scarlet Flame Demon Spirit.

"A treasure trove for the late Golden Core stage cultivator."

A flicker of joy flashed in Chen Nianzhi's eyes. He hesitated for a moment, then said, "I can agree."

"However, the treasures we obtain should be distributed according to the amount of effort we put in."

"Can."

Hermit Qingci nodded. One Purple Mansion Late Stage cultivator was equivalent to five or six Early Purple Mansion realm. If it were based on headcount, it would indeed be too disadvantageous.

After they Heart-Demon Blood Oath and signed the contract, they all smiled.

The Hermit Qingci twitched slightly and said, "I need to return to Peach Blossom Mountain to break through to the Purple Mansion Late Stage, so the exploration of the ruins will be postponed slightly."

"Hmm." Chen Nianzhi smiled slightly and said, "Then let's meet in the Infernal Flame Sea a year from now."

"Good..."

The group agreed on a time for their exploration, and then went their separate ways.

Chen Nianzhi went to the famous city of Rogue Cultivator in the Yuan Kingdom, rented a third-tier Spirit Pool Cave Abode, and began to cultivate the Solar True Shield in seclusion.

Since its creation, he has developed this defensive Divine Ability to an extremely profound level.

Now that he has obtained this crucial ingredient, he can finally begin cultivating this supernatural Divine Ability.

In just one month, he used the Solar Treasure Crystal to cultivate the Solar True Shield to the basics, and then began to refine a large amount of Geng-Metal Lihuo Essence Qi, transforming it into Solar Qi and integrating it into this Divine Ability.

A year was spent in this way, cultivating.

It's done.

On this day, Chen Nianzhi swallowed the last breath of Solar Qi and slowly exhaled.

After a year of dedicated practice, he finally mastered the Solar True Shield. With this Divine Ability in hand, his ability to protect himself would be greatly enhanced.

Emerging from seclusion, he realized that the agreed-upon time to explore the ruins together was approaching, so he hurriedly flew on his sword to the Infernal Flame Sea.

More than ten days passed, and when he flew to the Infernal Flame Sea, he found that Hermit Qingci and the other two had already arrived and were waiting for him for a long time.

A year has passed, Hermit Qingci has broken through to the Purple Mansion Late Stage, his Law Power is 40% stronger than before.

He glanced at Chen Nianzhi, a slight smile on his face, and said, "You've finally arrived."

"Congratulations on breaking through to the Purple Mansion Late Stage, fellow Daoist. You may very well achieve the Golden Core realm stage in the future."

Chen Nianzhi's eyes flickered slightly, and she smiled as she offered her congratulations.

Having finally broken through to the Purple Mansion Late Stage, Hermit Qingci was in a very good mood.

He possesses both metal and wood Spirit Root and was taken in as a disciple by Qingyuan Daoist, Rogue Cultivator in the Purple Mansion Late Stage, in his early years.

Before his master, Qingyuan, passed away, he thought highly of him and even married his daughter, Fairy Qingyan, to him.

With his good natural talent and abundant resources in his early years, coupled with his diligent cultivation, Hermit Qingci's cultivation progressed extremely quickly, breaking through to the Purple Mansion Realm at just over a hundred years old.

Moreover, he refined two Life-bound Magical Treasure to hone his magic Law Power. The highly refined Law Power also increased his chances of breaking through. He broke through the bottlenecks of the Mid-Purple Mansion realm with just one Cloud-Pattern Creation Pill and one Violet-Qi Cloud-Pattern Pill.

He is only a little over two hundred years old now, and he has already cultivated to the Purple Mansion Late Stage. It seems that he will be able to cultivate to the Purple Mansion Late-Stage Grand Completion before he turns three hundred, which is quite rare among Rogue Cultivator.

However, after cultivating for so long, the wealth that Qingyuan Daoist had accumulated over hundreds of years had been exhausted, and his and Fairy Qingyan's future days would become difficult.

Without the support of Lineage or sect, it would be difficult to supply two Purple Mansion cultivators with just a third-grade low-level Spirit Mountain.

Moreover, if he wants to break through to the Golden Core realm in the future, the resources he needs will often exceed one million Spirit Stone.

That is why, even though Hermit Qingci knew that the depths of the Infernal Flame Sea were dangerous, he still insisted on seizing the treasures within.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Yu Qingyan smiled and said, "Everyone, now that everyone is here, let's go inside and talk."

"Um."

Chen Nianzhi nodded, and the four of them flew into the Infernal Flame Sea on their swords.

Although this Infernal Flame Sea is a desolate place where almost no living beings can survive, as the saying goes, extremes meet.

Within this devastating sea of fire, a special kind of creature was actually born: the Scarlet Flame Demon Spirit.

The Infernal Flame Sea stretches for over a million miles, giving birth to numerous Scarlet Flame Demon Spirit, most of whom are at the Tier 2, with very few reaching the Purple Mansion realm.

Legend has it that in the deepest part of the Infernal Flame Sea, some have even seen powerful Scarlet Flame Demon Spirit at the Golden Core realm stage.

Last time, Chen Nianzhi only ventured 100,000 miles into the Infernal Flame Sea, which was relatively still the outer edge of the Infernal Flame Sea, and he did not encounter Scarlet Flame Demon Spirit at the Purple Mansion Realm.

This time was different; the four of them had to venture 300,000 miles into the Infernal Flame Sea, a distance that was already considered extremely dangerous.

Hermit Qingci led the way, and after about seven or eight days of flying, they had covered nearly 300,000 li.

As they ventured deeper into the area, they encountered an increasing number of Scarlet Flame Demon Spirit along the way.

"The Scarlet Flame Mountain is just ahead."

Be careful.

Hermit Qingci summoned his Life-Bound Immortal Sword and slew the Tier 2 demon spirit in front of him, then solemnly reminded him.

Chen Nianzhi's expression also became a little serious, as they were not far from the Ancient Cultivator Ruins.

Before his death, the ancient cultivator sat on a Third-Order Spirit Vein and used it to Spirit Vein up a Tier 4 Formation.

Now, several hundred years later, the formation has become somewhat unstable, and many Scarlet Flame Demon Spirit have gathered around it.

The group slowed their flight and carefully flew for thousands of miles before finally arriving at Scarlet Flame Mountain.

Upon arriving at Scarlet Flame Mountain, Chen Nianzhi discovered eight Purple Mansion Demon Spirits roaming the Scarlet Flame Mountain, two of which had even reached the Purple Mansion Late Stage.