Amidst the resentful and envious expressions of the old monsters, Su Mu and his two companions walked directly up the steps into the palace, leaving only their backs to the assembled cultivators.
How did you do that?
After entering the palace, Gu Yu looked at Su Mu with a puzzled expression.
"How could you possibly win with your abilities?"
Su Mu smiled upon hearing this, "Let's just consider this my secret."
Upon hearing this, Gu Yu immediately stopped asking questions. According to the rules of the Immortal Cultivation Realm, anything involving the other party's secrets would not be questioned further.
As they talked, the two entered the main hall.
"Such rich Spiritual Power!"
The princess had just stepped into the palace when a look of surprise flashed across her face. "There must be a large spirit mine down here, right?"
Such a high concentration of Spiritual Power would require at least a large spiritual mine as a foundation, supplemented by various Spirit Gathering Formation.
Su Mu hadn't started cultivating yet, so he couldn't sense how rich the Spiritual Power was here.
Gu Yu nodded in strong agreement, "If there were a large spirit mine, it would be wonderful to be able to mine it."
The eldest princess was also somewhat envious, but she also felt it was unlikely. Judging from the scale of the palace, it was definitely the work of a great cultivator.
There must be many layers of formations set up at the spirit mine, making it extremely difficult to take it away.
As the two were talking, Su Mu's eyes were already scanning the surroundings.
"What do you think of this? Is it a treasure?"
Su Mu pointed to the trees planted in the main hall and asked a question.
Judging from this tree, it must have been there for a long time; it must have some value, right?
The two looked over at the sound and saw the old tree, which, though somewhat short, appeared very vigorous. "It could barely be considered a treasure. It has been imbued with Spiritual Power for so long that the tree is completely filled with Spiritual Power. Even placed in an ordinary place, it would still be able to emanate Spiritual Power."
"This tree is called the Tree of Pure Spirit. In High Antiquity times, its primary function was to absorb negative energy."
"A foul odor?"
Su Mu found this rather strange; from what the other person was saying, it seemed that this tree also had the function of purifying the air?
" In High Antiquity, there were Qi of the Five Turbidities and Qi of the Five Purities. What we absorbed was the Qi of the Five Turbidities. Some of the Qi of the Five Purities are already legendary, but the most widely circulated one right now is the Righteous Qi."
Su Mu felt that she had learned a great deal.
I wonder if this tree, if placed on Earth, could purify the air?
But with only a few trees and Huaxia being so vast, it seems like even a few trees couldn't absorb all the nutrients, right?
Su Mu pondered for a moment, then stopped thinking about it and simply put away the few Tree of Pure Spirit.
Neither the eldest princess nor the other princess said anything after seeing this.
After collecting the Tree of Pure Spirit, Su Mu then looked at the prayer mats in front of him. Directly in front of him was a huge stone statue of a Daoist priest, and on the ground were dozens of prayer mats.
Seeing this, Su Mu went to take it.
The princess and her companion were both amused and exasperated. "Can't you be a little more sensible? There aren't many good things in the main hall. Come with us to the cultivators' cave abode; you'll find plenty of good stuff there!"
As the princess spoke, she unconsciously touched her forehead with her delicate hand, seemingly unable to bear watching Su Mu's actions.
Upon hearing this, Su Mu chuckled and still accepted a few prayer mats.
He wasn't some powerful cultivator like the princess; to an ordinary person like him, anything used by a cultivator was likely a treasure. How could he possibly let it go?
He wanted to move everything he could carry back home first.
Urged on by the two princesses, Su Mu could only reluctantly take one last look around before quickly following them.
"Judging from the style of this palace, it must have been a major sect among the High Antiquity cultivators. Places like this would have dedicated areas for alchemy, weapon crafting, spirit medicine cultivation, and spirit beast breeding. Let's go check out the alchemy area first, and then head to the spirit medicine plantation."
The eldest princess had done her research, and she spoke eloquently about it.
Su Mu had no objections, and Gu Yu had no objections either, and they immediately began searching for the Alchemy Pavilion.
"Could such a place contain a treasure vault, a place specifically for storing and collecting treasures?"
Su Mu followed along, asking a question as she went.
If such a place exists, it must be the most valuable one, right?
"Of course there are, but let's wait for now. Such a place is definitely difficult to enter. If we spend half a day trying to get in but fail, while the cultivators outside manage to get in, then we'll have suffered a loss."
The eldest princess replied.
Su Mu thought this made a lot of sense, so she didn't refute it.
According to the eldest princess's research, the alchemy pavilion was found in the fire position.
High Antiquity cultivators were quite rigid in their construction practices, or rather, they had their own set of rules. For example, alchemy pavilions were always built on fire-related locations.
Looking at the towering Dan Pavilion, Su Mu couldn't help but marvel at the exquisite craftsmanship.
What happened next was no longer Su Mu's concern.
The two took out their Law Treasure and began the most primitive method of breaking the curse.
Brilliant Law Treasure rained down on the array in front of them, bursting forth with bursts of spiritual light, and the booming sounds carried far and wide.
I wonder if the cultivators outside the main hall can hear this. If they can, they'll probably be extremely anxious.
Seeing that the formation seemed impossible to break in the short term, Su Mu returned to Earth.
Keep in mind, he's still at the Security Bureau right now.
When Su Mu opened her eyes, she immediately saw the urging messages on the computer screen, asking if Su Mu admitted defeat.
According to the computer's referee, Su Mu had already lost, but given Su Mu's terrifying ability to play chess before, the opponent kept questioning Su Mu.
After glancing at it, Su Mu casually replied with a "conceding defeat," a slight smile playing on his lips. Alpha was indeed a pretty good tool.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the ocean, after receiving Su Mu's reply, the group of people were overjoyed, shouting "Oh yeah!" repeatedly.
The liaison officer watching from the sidelines turned extremely pale. Had this guy forgotten that Alpha had lost three games in a row?
"If there's nothing else, I'll head back now."
Su Mu opened the door and didn't pay any attention to the several unfamiliar faces who suddenly appeared.
Zhou Jianhua nodded repeatedly upon hearing this, "No problem, but could you leave your phone number so we can easily contact each other in the future?"
He already had Su Mu's contact information, but it would be more polite to ask for it now; it's a matter of detail.
"Give me your contact information. You should already have my contact details."
Su Mu took out his phone, intending to save the other party's contact information; he didn't need to give out his phone number.
He didn't believe the other party didn't have his number.
Zhou Jianhua wasn't embarrassed by what he heard; politeness was enough.
After giving Su Mu Su Mu his contact information, he saw her out of the building.
Seeing Su Mu leave, Zhou Jianhua's face was full of smiles; his first interaction with Su Mu could be considered a complete success.