Su Ping was delighted. He didn't expect the ghosts to be so easy to talk to.
He wasn't worried that the old man was lying and luring him into a trap. Considering the number of ghosts, Su Ping felt that he would have to fight a tough battle if they attacked him directly!
He had been trained in the Chaotic Realm of the Undead and knew a thing or two about the battles of the undead creatures. Anybody else would've had a hard time even if they were as strong as him!
"Thank you for your enlightenment, senior!"
Su Ping quickly cupped his hands and thanked them.
Those ghosts were all the people who had died in the divine residence. According to them, they must've been pioneers who had made great contributions to mankind. Su Ping respected them very much.
"You don't have to thank me. We'll die soon anyway, and the Twilight Deity King's legacy can't be cut off. I only hope that you can protect and protect mankind after you get the legacy. Although you said that mankind is the strongest race now, we still have to be vigilant about certain things!"
Said the old man thoughtfully.
Su Ping was slightly confused. "Vigilant? About what? "
"I can't tell you. You'll know if you can get the legacy and reach the Twilight Deity King's level," said the old man in a low voice, as if he were scared of something.
The other ghosts suddenly calmed down from their excitement and shivered, as if they had thought of something terrible.
Su Ping thought of the Golden Crows. Even a race as strong as the Golden Crows had been avoiding disasters. What was it that made the Golden Crows so scared?
"Is it the cycle of reincarnation? Is some supreme being about to punish us?" Su Ping asked tentatively, feeling that he might touch upon the deepest secrets of the universe.
The old man was slightly surprised, not expecting Su Ping to think of that. He looked at Su Ping and shook his head. "It's not the cycle of reincarnation, but something even more ancient and horrifying …"
He suddenly shivered as he spoke, as if he were suppressed by a certain power. He quickly stopped talking.
He took a deep breath and said to Su Ping, "My young friend, I'll give you the treasury of the divine residence. As for the Twilight Deity King's legacies … We don't know if he left any behind, nor do we know where they are. You'll have to find them yourself."
Su Ping saw that he was so afraid and did not pursue the matter any further. His heart felt heavy as he nodded and said, "I understand."
Soon, a map appeared in Su Ping's mind. It was a map of the immortal abode!
"I've given you the map of the entire Immortal Mansion. This is the treasury," said the old man.
On the map, there was a place marked with golden light. It was the treasure trove that the old man had mentioned.
Su Ping suddenly became excited. This was the map of the ancient immortal mansion. With the map, he could avoid many unnecessary dangers!
Although Su Ping did not dare to hope to obtain any inheritance, with this map, he could still find many other treasures. At the very least, it would be a great harvest.
"Thank you, Senior," Su Ping hurriedly said.
"Go now …"
The old man's body gradually faded away, and the other ghosts turned into the air of death, which seeped into the soil and flew to the tombstones.
The originally withered peach forest instantly regained its color, becoming pink and bright red.
Su Ping took a deep breath and walked to the exit of the passage that the old man had opened.
After leaving the passage, Su Ping returned to the square. He carefully observed the map in his head, only to find that it was different from the divine residence in front of him.
On the map, the lotus pond and the garden weren't the only entrances to the divine residence. There were also floating mountains and the Divine Bamboo Garden.
However, they didn't see them when they entered. There was no telling if they had been destroyed, or if the Twilight Deity King had rebuilt them after the old man and the others died.
Also, there was no abyss at the stairs where he had first entered. It used to be a paradise of flying cranes and exotic beasts.
However, there were mountains of corpses there at the moment.
Further ahead, he reached the square where he was at. It was the same; nothing had changed.
The divine residence and the palaces ahead were the same, except that there were no barriers or arrays marked on the map. However, Su Ping saw a lot of hidden arrays in the square, including fatal ones!
The cemetery in the peach woods that he had just stepped into had been teleported by a barrier that he didn't even notice.
Those barriers had probably appeared after the old man and the others died.
Su Ping took a deep breath. Although he had the map, he couldn't travel on a straight path; he had to carefully avoid the barriers along the way.
"That's a cage of ferocious beasts. I can't go there."
"That's the Divine Pill Palace over there. There are pills and treasures inside. I can check it out. The treasury is behind the divine residence. The Ascendant State experts are probably there. There's no need to rush."
Su Ping found the general direction with the map and immediately took action.
He aimed at an enormous palace and carefully moved along the square.
He tried his best to avoid the barriers along the way.
Su Ping didn't try to crack those barriers. After all, it would take too much time; he would only have to destroy them if he couldn't get around them.
Fortunately, while those seals were ancient, some of them weren't advanced. Su Ping could even destroy them with brute force.
It was obvious that those barriers weren't set up by the Deity King in person, or Su Ping wouldn't have been able to see through them.
Boom!
All of a sudden, Su Ping stepped into a secret barrier. A golden-armored divine guard appeared in front of him and charged at him with a sword.
Su Ping's face slightly changed. He quickly summoned the Little Skeleton and the Inferno Dragon to fight the enemy.
After a battle that lasted several minutes, Su Ping finally crushed the golden-armored divine guard, which dissipated into a cluster of divine aura. Su Ping then saw the square again.
Su Ping breathed heavily. The golden-armored divine guard was already in the advanced phase of the Star State. Together with the ancient techniques and its hard defense, it was multiple times stronger than the advanced Star State experts of the Federation!
Whoosh!
Su Ping pressed on.
Several hours later —
Su Ping fought and crawled all the way until he finally reached the edge of the square.
The divine residence at the end of the square seemed to be as magnificent as a mountain, but it seemed to be a million kilometers away. When Su Ping finally reached the divine residence, he felt that it was so high that he couldn't see the previous eaves anymore.
There were several characters on the gate, but Su Ping didn't recognize any of them.
He was completely illiterate.
There's indeed an array here …
Su Ping saw the golden light of a barrier outside of the divine residence. It was a rather advanced array.
At this moment, Su Ping suddenly missed Joanna.
If she were by his side, she would've been able to crack it easily, right?
It was a pity that employees were not allowed to go out. At least, it was impossible for him to apply for that right now.
Su Ping heaved a sigh. What made him feel better was that he could somewhat understand the barrier, thanks to the knowledge of arrays that Joanna taught him. Su Ping was still learning the basics, but it was all about ancient divine arrays.
The Protoss were ahead of the other races in the universe in all aspects. They were like a superpower. In addition to technology and finance, they were also in the lead in all aspects such as people's livelihood and infrastructure. They were at a level that others could not catch up to.
The gods were as good as the ancient deities when it came to arrays.
To put it bluntly, the deities were an advanced race of the human race. On the other hand, the gods were born and didn't belong to the human race. On the contrary, the human race was a derivative of the gods.
Later, the Heaven Masters and other powerful beings emerged among the human race, and the ancient deities were created. Only then did the human race gradually get rid of the inferior race status.
Even so, based on what Su Ping learned from Joanna, the gods were still superior and despised humans and other races.
Su Ping stepped onto the first step in front of the divine residence.
As soon as he stood there, Su Ping felt a gust of wind sweeping over him like a blade. Fortunately, he was strong enough to withstand it.
Other battle pet warriors, even those at the advanced stage of the Star Rank, would have been injured.
Su Ping calmed himself down and started to crack the barrier.
He didn't have to crack the entire barrier. He only had to pry open a corner so that he could get in.
He didn't have the ability to crack the barrier completely.
Su Ping didn't know how much time had passed, but he eventually managed to find a weak spot. He immediately stepped onto the second step.
The weak barrier was immediately triggered. Su Ping felt as if his body was on fire. The plaque above his head became even more dazzling, as if it were a sentient god looking down at him; he couldn't afford to look at it directly.
Both the pain and the deterrence of the divine aura were enough to make anyone retreat. That was only the weakest part of the barrier; the barriers in other places were even more powerful. Even Star Lords would have to avoid them and wouldn't be able to set foot on them!
Su Ping calmly continued cracking the remaining barriers.
His special-grade resistance worked. The temperature was high enough to burn a Star State expert, but Su Ping soon recovered from the shock of the divine aura. After all, he had seen too many giants. The Chief Elder of the Golden Crows, for example, could have easily crushed Ascendant State experts in the Federation.
…
Days and months seemed to have passed in a trance.
Su Ping was so absorbed in cracking the barriers that he couldn't sense the passage of time in the outside world.
There were no stars in the divine residence; it was always the same color. Su Ping considered giving up halfway, both because cracking the barriers was too difficult and time-consuming.
He could have searched for treasures in other places; he might have found a lot of good stuff.
However, in the end, Su Ping held back the idea; he preferred to be faithful.
Phew!
Su Ping took a long breath and defeated the three golden-armored guards. He finally put on a smile when the mist dispersed and he returned to the temple.
He had passed the last weak barrier; the gate of the divine residence was right in front of him.
Su Ping exerted his strength and pushed the gate open with all his strength.
It was as if he were pushing a mountain!
The gate squeaked, as if it had been silent for thousands of years.
Countless years ago, the gate might have been opened frequently, but now, it was being pushed open again.
The dust on the door fell. Su Ping pushed the door open a crack and quickly flashed into the hall. He had already checked the place with his consciousness, but he didn't notice the formation hidden inside.
The interior of the temple was extremely vast, like a world of treasures.
Su Ping saw towering shelves. Hundreds and thousands of bubbles floated in the frames of each shelf. These bubbles were about half a meter in diameter. Just one shelf frame alone could hold thousands of bubbles. It was obvious how huge the shelves, and even the entire temple, were!
Some of the bubbles contained cauldrons, some immortal bottles, and some exposed immortal elixirs.
Su Ping was a little excited.
This was like stepping into a treasure vault!
There were too many, so many that it was going to explode!
Pills were also sold in the Federation, which had been created in ancient mysterious realms by other civilizations. The pills that were similar to the Federation's were called potions and pills.
The pills from the mysterious realms had greatly improved the medical technology of the Federation. A lot of medicines for battle pet warriors had been developed.
Whoosh!
Su Ping flew to a shelf where a lot of bubbles were floating.
Su Ping touched the bubbles with his mind, and a message popped up in his head. The names of the pills were displayed, but there was no description of their effects.
What should I do? I can't eat them directly. This isn't a cultivation site where I can be resurrected and run experiments on my body. Su Ping was suddenly in a dilemma. He didn't have enough storage space to take away all the pills!
If he were a Star Lord, he would have been able to store them all in his small world.
Su Ping couldn't help but put on a bitter smile. If only he were a Star Lord!
"Speaking of which, Little Skeleton, you're good at regeneration. Why don't you try it?" Su Ping's eyes flashed as he aimed at the Little Skeleton.
The Little Skeleton raised its head and looked at Su Ping. It soon realized that it didn't have a choice.
It had gotten used to that. Su Ping had "doted" on it back in the cultivation sites.
The Inferno Dragon and the Dark Dragon Hound were both there. Su Ping had asked them to stay with him in case he had to summon them in time.
Both the Dark Dragon Hound and the Inferno Dragon looked at the Little Skeleton sympathetically. The Dark Dragon Hound glanced at the Little Skeleton, then turned around and licked its paws.
Please don't pay attention to me …
Su Ping glanced at it. While the Dark Dragon Hound had a lot of life-saving methods, it didn't have bloodline ones like the Little Skeleton did. Otherwise, he wouldn't have let it miss the opportunity …
Su Ping raised his hand and took out a green bottle from the bubble. He popped it open as if he were popping a bottle of champagne.
All of a sudden, a foul stench came out of the room, which made Su Ping hold his breath.
What's going on? Don't tell me they've expired? Su Ping instinctively thought. He couldn't help but widen his eyes.
Can divine pills expire?
Nobody would know the answer even if they asked Baidu.
Deities weren't immortal. After all, not all of them could reach the Ascendant State or the Celestial State.
Many gods in the Demigod Burial had a high starting point, but they had to train themselves step by step. It was already difficult for them to reach the Major God level.
If deities weren't immortal, why couldn't their pills expire?
Su Ping felt like crying after figuring that out.
He had finally cracked the barrier and snuck in. Was he supposed to tell him that the pills had long expired?
(End of Chapter)
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