Su Ping was overjoyed. He didn't expect that the souls would be so easy to talk to.
He wasn't worried that the old men would lie and deliberately lure him into the trap. Given the number of souls there, Su Ping felt that he would be in for a hard fight if they attacked him directly!
He had trained in the Chaotic Realm of the Undead and had a good understanding of the battle of the undead. If it were someone else, even if their combat strength was similar to his, it would still be a tough fight!
"Thank you for your guidance, sir!"
Su Ping cupped his fists and expressed his gratitude.
Those souls were those who had died in the battle in the Divine Residence. According to them, they must have been pioneers who had made great contributions to the human race. Su Ping respected them very much.
"You don't have to thank me. After all, we will die soon anyway. We can't let Immortal King Mu's inheritance end just like that. I only hope that after you obtain the inheritance, you can protect and protect the human race. Although according to you, the human race is now the strongest race, but … there are some things that we still need to be vigilant about!"
The old man said meaningfully.
Su Ping was confused. "Be aware of? Of what? "
"I can't tell you. I can't tell you. If you can successfully obtain the legacy and reach the same height as the Mu Deity, you will know," the old man said in a low voice, as if he were afraid of something.
The other souls suddenly calmed down from their excitement. They were trembling as if they had thought of something terrifying.
Su Ping thought of the Golden Crows. Even a race as powerful as the Golden Crows had secluded themselves to avoid disasters. What exactly was it that the Golden Crows were afraid of?
"Is it the cycle of reincarnation? Is it some supreme being that is going to punish us?" Su Ping tried to ask. He felt that this would touch upon the deepest secret of the universe.
The old man was surprised that Su Ping could think of this. He looked at Su Ping and shook his head. "It's not the laws of heaven. It's something even more ancient and horrifying …"
Then, he suddenly trembled, as if he were being suppressed by some power. He stopped talking at once.
He took a deep breath and said to Su Ping, "My friend, I will give you the treasure vault. As for the Immortal King Mu's legacy … We don't know if he left it behind or where he left it. You will have to find it on your own."
Su Ping didn't ask any more questions. His heart was heavy. He nodded. "I understand."
Soon, a map appeared in Su Ping's mind. It was a map of the divine residence!
"I've given you the entire map of the divine residence. This is the treasure vault," the old man said.
There was a place marked with a golden glow on the map. It was the treasure vault the old man had mentioned.
Su Ping was excited. This was a map of the ancient divine residence. With a map, he could avoid many unnecessary dangers!
Su Ping didn't have high hopes of obtaining any legacy, but he could find many other treasures with the map. At the very least, it would be a great harvest.
"Thank you, sir," Su Ping said at once.
"Off you go …"
The old man's figure faded away. The other souls also turned into an aura of death, which seeped into the soil. Some of them flew to some tombstones.
The originally withered peach blossom forest instantly regained its color and became pink and bright red.
Su Ping took a deep breath and walked toward the exit that the old man had opened up.
Su Ping went back to the plaza after he left the tunnel. He studied the map in his mind carefully. All of a sudden, he noticed that the map seemed to be different from the divine residence in front of him.
According to the map, the lotus pond and the Taoist Garden weren't the only ways to enter the divine residence. There was also the floating mountain and the Divine Bamboo Garden.
However, they didn't see any of them when they first entered. He didn't know if they had been destroyed or if the Immortal King Mu had changed them after the old man and the others died.
Besides, he didn't see the ravine at the Stairs of Immortals. That place used to be a place where cranes flew in the sky and strange beasts circled around.
But at the moment, that place was covered with corpses and mountains.
Su Ping moved forward and arrived at the plaza. It was the same. Nothing had changed.
The palaces were exactly the same, except that there were no Inhibition Formations or Inhibition Formations on the map. However, Su Ping saw many hidden Inhibition Formations in the plaza, including some Killing Formations!
The Peach Blossom Graveyard he had just stepped into was a formation that was so well hidden that he didn't even notice it.
Those formations had most likely appeared after the death of the old man and the others.
Su Ping took a deep breath. Even with the map, he couldn't go all the way. He had to be careful and avoid the formations along the way.
"That's the cage of beasts. I can't go there."
"That's the Hall of Elixirs. There are pellets and treasures there. I can go and have a look. The treasury is behind the divine residence. I think the Ascendant State warriors are there. I'm not in a hurry."
Su Ping was able to find the general direction with the map and take action at once.
He aimed at a huge palace and carefully walked along the plaza.
He tried his best to avoid the formations along the way.
Su Ping didn't try to crack those formations. After all, it would take too much time. He would have to crack and destroy the formations if they were really in his way and he couldn't go around them.
Fortunately, while those formations were old, some of them weren't of a high level. Su Ping could even destroy them with brute force.
Those formations weren't set up by the Immortal King himself. Otherwise, Su Ping wouldn't have been able to see through them.
Boom!
All of a sudden, Su Ping stepped into a secret formation. A golden-armored deity guard appeared in front of him. It was shining with a golden light and was charging at him with a sword in its hand.
Su Ping's expression changed. He quickly summoned the Little Skeleton and the Inferno Dragon to merge.
After several minutes of battle, Su Ping finally defeated the golden-armored Immortal Guard. The latter turned into a cloud of divine aura and dissipated. Su Ping's vision returned to the plaza.
Su Ping was slightly panting. That golden-armored Immortal Guard was already at the advanced stage of the Star Rank. With the help of the ancient skills and the sturdy defense, it was several times stronger than the Star Rank warriors of the Federation. It was comparable to the top warriors of the Star Rank!
Whoosh!
Su Ping moved on.
Several hours later.
Su Ping killed and crawled all the way to the edge of the plaza.
The divine residence at the end of the plaza seemed to be as majestic as a mountain, but it was millions of kilometers away. When Su Ping finally arrived in front of the divine residence, he felt that the divine residence was like a mountain, so high that he couldn't see the eaves.
There were several words on the door plaque of the divine residence, but Su Ping couldn't read any of them.
He was illiterate.
"There is indeed a formation …"
Su Ping saw the golden glow of a formation outside the divine residence. It was a rather advanced formation.
All of a sudden, Su Ping missed Joanna.
If she were by his side, she would be able to help him solve the formation easily.
It was a pity that employees were not allowed to take the formation out. At the very least, it was impossible to apply for such permission at the current level of the store.
Su Ping heaved a sigh. What made him feel a little better was that he could understand a little of the formation, thanks to the knowledge Joanna had imparted to him. Su Ping had only learned the basics, but they were all ancient knowledge.
The gods were more advanced than the other races in every aspect. They were like a superpower. Apart from technology and finance, the gods were also at the forefront in every aspect, such as the people's livelihood and infrastructure. No one could ever catch up to them.
When it came to formations, the gods were not inferior to the ancient immortals.
To put it bluntly, the immortals were an advanced race of the human race. The gods, on the other hand, were a natural race; they didn't belong to the human race. On the contrary, the human race was a derivative of the gods.
Later, the human race gave birth to powerful beings such as the Heaven Master and the ancient immortals were created. Gradually, the human race got rid of their inferior status.
Even so, based on what Su Ping had learned from Joanna, the gods were still superior and despised the human race and the other races.
Su Ping stepped onto the first step of the stairs.
As soon as he stepped onto the first step, Su Ping felt a gust of wind sweeping across his body like a knife. Luckily, he was strong enough to withstand it.
Any other battle pet warrior, even one at the advanced stage of the Star Rank, would have been injured.
Su Ping calmed himself down and quickly began to crack the seal.
He didn't have to crack the seal completely. He just needed to pry open a corner so that he could crawl in.
He didn't have the ability to crack the seal completely.
Time zipped by. Su Ping didn't know how much time had passed. Finally, he managed to find a weak spot, a "corner". He stepped onto the second step at once.
The weak seal was triggered immediately. Su Ping felt as if he were being roasted. The plaque above his head glowed even more brilliantly. It was like a god with a spirit was looking down at him, not daring to look at him directly.
Both the pain on his body and the intimidating aura above his head were enough to make him retreat. That was only the weak spot of the seal. The other seals were even more powerful. Even a Star Lord would have to stay away from them!
Su Ping calmly went on to break the other seals.
His special-grade fire resistance took effect. The intense heat was enough to burn a Star State warrior, but he only felt hot. Su Ping soon recovered from the intimidating aura, although he was shocked at first. After all, he had seen too many giants. The Grand Elder of the Golden Crows, for example, would have easily become a god in the Federation.
…
In a trance, it seemed like several days had passed, but it also seemed like several months.
Su Ping was too focused on cracking the seals to notice the passage of time in the outside world.
There were no stars in the divine residence; it was always hazy. Su Ping considered giving up halfway, both because cracking the seals was too difficult and time-consuming.
He could use the time to hunt for treasures in other places. He might be able to find a lot of good stuff.
But in the end, Su Ping held back the distracting thoughts. He preferred to be faithful to the end.
Phew!
Su Ping heaved a sigh of relief. After defeating the three golden-armored guards, he watched the mist dissipate and went back to the hall. Finally, he put on a smile.
He had passed the last weak seal. The gate of the divine residence was right in front of him.
Su Ping pushed against the door with all his might. Only then was he able to push the door open.
It was as if he were pushing a mountain!
The gate squeaked, as if it had been there for thousands of years.
Countless years ago, perhaps this door had often been opened, but now, it was being pushed open once again.
The dust on the gate fell. Su Ping pushed it open a crack and quickly dashed into the temple. He had already used his consciousness to check the inside, so he didn't notice the hidden seals.
The inside of the temple was vast, as if it were a world of treasures.
Su Ping saw many towering shelves. Inside the frames of each shelf were hundreds and thousands of bubbles. Those bubbles were about half a meter in diameter. One shelf could contain thousands of bubbles. It was not hard to imagine how large the shelves, or even the entire temple, were!
Some of these bubbles contained cauldrons, some contained immortal bottles, and some even contained naked immortal pills.
Su Ping was excited.
This was like stepping into a treasure trove!
There were too many of them!
Elixirs were sold in the Federation as well. Those elixirs were made by other civilizations in the ancient Mysterious Realms. The elixirs made by the Federation were called potions and pellets.
The elixirs made in the Mysterious Realms had brought great progress to the medical technology of the Federation. Many medicines for battle pet warriors had been developed.
Whoosh!
Su Ping flew to a shelf where a large number of bubbles were floating.
Su Ping touched the bubbles with his consciousness. A message popped up in his mind, showing the name of the elixir. But that was only the name; there was no description of the effects.
"What should I do? I can't just eat them. This is not a cultivation site where I can bring them back to life and experiment on their bodies." Su Ping suddenly felt awkward. He didn't have enough storage space to take all the elixirs with him!
He could store all the elixirs in his small world if he were a Star Lord.
Su Ping couldn't help but smile bitterly. If only he were a Star Lord!
"Speaking of which, Little Skeleton, you're good at regenerating. You can try it." Su Ping aimed at the Little Skeleton next to him.
The Little Skeleton raised its head and looked at Su Ping. It soon realized … that it didn't have a choice.
It was used to it. Back in the cultivation sites, Su Ping had also "spoiled" it.
The Inferno Dragon and the Dark Dragon Hound were both there. Su Ping asked them to stay with him in case he couldn't summon them in time.
Both the Dark Dragon Hound and the Inferno Dragon looked at the Little Skeleton sympathetically. The Dark Dragon Hound looked at the Little Skeleton for a moment, then turned around and licked its paws.
Don't pay attention to me …
Su Ping glanced at it. The Dark Dragon Hound had many ways to protect itself, but it didn't have a bloodline like the Little Skeleton. Otherwise, he wouldn't have let it miss this opportunity …
Su Ping raised his hand and took out a green bottle from the bubble. He opened the bottle with a pop, as if he were opening a bottle of champagne.
A stench suddenly drifted out of the bottle; Su Ping couldn't help but hold his breath.
What's going on? Has it expired? Su Ping's eyes widened as he instinctively reacted.
Would the elixir expire?
He probably wouldn't even know the answer if he asked Baidu.
Immortals weren't immortal. After all, not all immortals could reach the Ascendant State or even the God State.
Many gods in the Demigod Burial had a high starting point, but they had to cultivate step by step. It was already extremely difficult for them to reach the Major God State.
If immortals weren't immortal, why would the elixir not expire?
Su Ping felt like weeping after he figured it out.
He had finally cracked the seal and snuck in. Was he supposed to tell him that the elixir had been stored there for too long and had expired?
(End of this chapter)
