"That's right. I do have a batch of divine chests that have yet to be opened. They are kept in the Purple Qi Palace. My cultivation base is too weak to open these divine chests. I hope Fellow Daoist can help me open them. Of course, opening the divine chests is extremely difficult. Even if Fellow Daoist fails, it won't be a big deal. However, if Fellow Daoist succeeds, I'm willing to share this batch of divine chests with you. I wonder if Fellow Daoist is willing to give it a try? "
Venerated Pill's eyes flashed with anticipation. He knew that Ning Fan's abilities were extraordinary. That was why he asked for his help.
Of course, Venerated Pill was not very confident that Ning Fan could open the divine chests. He was just trying his luck.
"Since Fellow Daoist has invited me, I'm naturally willing to give it a try. As for whether I can open the divine chests or not, I can only do my best and leave it to fate. However, I have a question. The ancient divine clan has been extinct for a long time. The ancient divine chests are also very rare. I wonder where did Fellow Daoist find these divine chests? "Ning Fan asked.
"I found these divine chests in the outer area of the 'Immortal Burning Valley'! Hehe. Fellow Daoist, please follow me. "
Venerated Pill laughed and led Ning Fan to the Purple Qi Palace.
Ning Fan's eyes widened slightly. He was shocked by the name of the Immortal Burning Valley.
Even though he had not been to too many cultivation countries in the Rain World, he had heard a little about the Immortal Burning Valley.
The Immortal Burning Valley was located in an ancient forbidden area in a Void Grade Cultivation Country – West Flame Country. It was said to be the remains of an ancient sect that was destroyed. There were many opportunities in the valley but more dangers.
Many experts of the Rain World would go to the Immortal Burning Valley to seek opportunities. Unfortunately, cultivators below the Nascent Soul Realm could not even enter the outer area of the valley.
As for the cultivators who could enter the outer area, nine out of ten of them would probably die inside.
In order to enter the valley, one would need at least an Absolute Void Stage cultivation base to break through the flame formation. At least, Venerated Pill could not enter the valley. They could only search for treasures in the outer area.
Rumor has it that in the deepest part of the Immortal Burning Valley, there was a 'Fallen Abyss' which was sealed by layers of intertwining immortal flames. Even Void Fragmentation Realm experts could not enter it … Even if they force their way in, they would most likely die …
Ning Fan had always suspected that the reason why the Rain Sovereign valued his' Indestructible Fire Body 'so much was because he wanted him to enter the Fallen Abyss was because he wanted him to enter it to search for something.
Of course, this was just Ning Fan's speculation. As for what the Rain Emperor needed him to do, it was not something that he could make a rash decision on.
Now that Venerated Pill had brought out a few pieces of divine chests from the outer region of the Immortal Burning Valley, he could not help but feel a little interested.
As they pondered, the two of them arrived at the Purple Qi Palace. This was a forbidden palace deep in the mountains, shrouded in purple mist.
The spiritual vein of this Purple Qi Palace was not as superior as that of the Primordial Heaven Palace. However, a Low Grade Mortal Void Grand Formation was set up outside the palace. Moreover, there were quite a number of experts of the Pill Island guarding this place.
Obviously, Venerated Pill attached great importance to the defense of this place.
"Greetings, Alchemy Lord! Greetings to Venerated Ming! "As soon as the cultivators of the Pill Island saw the two of them, they immediately knelt down and greeted them.
"No need for formalities! Zhu Qing, guard this place. Don't let anyone enter the Purple Qi Palace. This old man wants to enter the palace with Revered Ming. I don't want to be disturbed, "Venerated Pill said in a dignified manner.
"Yes!" The leader of the cultivators guarding the area immediately activated the formation, not daring to be negligent.
When Ning Fan and Venerated Pill had already entered the palace, Zhu Qing ordered his men to close the grand formation again. However, there was a hint of shock in his eyes that was difficult to conceal.
The same shock also appeared in the eyes of the other cultivators.
"There are only three pieces of divine chests in the Purple Qi Palace … Could it be that Venerated Pill and Revered Ming have come together to open the divine chests?!" A young cultivator guessed.
"In the past hundreds of years, Venerated Pill had also invited a few Void Refinement Realm experts to open the divine chests. However, none of them succeeded. Now that they have invited Revered Ming to open the divine chests, they probably won't succeed either, right? "An elderly man shook his head and said.
"Be careful with your words! Do you think a person like Revered Ming is someone you can discuss behind his back? Shut up right now! "As soon as Zhu Qing gave an order, his Divine Transformation Realm aura force dispersed. Everyone stopped talking.
Inside the Purple Qi Palace, Ning Fan was following Venerated Pill while carefully observing the decorations inside the palace.
The palace was built in the shape of the character 'Hui'. It was divided into two halls. The palace was paved with turquoise stones and illuminated with moonlight stones. It was magnificent.
In the outer hall, there was a pair of Nascent Soul Realm spiritual puppets guarding the two sides of the path every ten steps.
After entering the inner hall, there were a total of sixteen Divine Transformation Realm spiritual puppets guarding the four sides of the hall.
The inner hall was sealed off by layers of grand formations. Other than Venerated Pill himself, no one could enter.
In the middle of the grand formations, there were three white jade platforms. Each of the platforms was enshrined with a gigantic bluestone.
The bluestone was round and about ten zhang * (3.33m per zhang) tall. From afar, it looked like a stone egg.
The surface of the boulders was covered with dense green runes. They gave off an ancient qi and glowed with an immortal light. With these runes, the boulders were extremely sturdy. Even a Void Refinement Realm attack would not be able to break them.
These three boulders were the three divine treasures, and each boulder had some secret treasures sealed in it.
"These are … bronze grade divine chests!" It was Ning Fan's first time seeing a divine chests with his own eyes. His eyes sparkled.
In the ancient divine clan, divine chests were also divided into different grades. Divine chests that were sealed with bluestones were known as bronze grade. Generally, they were the most inferior secret treasures. Above bronze grade divine chests were usually silver grade divine chests, gold grade divine chests and so on.
However, to the cultivators of the later generations, even the most inferior bronze grade divine chests had immeasurable value.
"Fellow Daoist, you have extraordinary experience. You actually know about the grades of divine chests. That's right. These three divine chests are bronze grade divine chests. I found them at the outer area of the Immortal Burning Valley. Together with the three bronze grade divine chests, I also found the Flame Light Goblet. Based on the Flame Light Goblet, I made a bold guess that the ancient cultivator who left these three divine chests was a pill refinement master! Therefore, the treasures in these three divine chests must be related to pill refinement! "Venerated Pill explained.
Ning Fan remained silent. He had seen the Flame Light Goblet before. It was the number one treasure of the Pill Island. He did not expect that it would be found together with these three divine chests.
The Flame Light Goblet had the magical effect of identifying pills. It was extremely valuable but it was not kept in the divine chests. In other words, the treasures in these three divine chests were even more valuable than the Flame Light Goblet.
"Each of the divine chests has the divine technique and runes left behind by the ancient divine clan. With these runes, it will be extremely difficult to break open the divine chests and obtain the treasures in the rocks …"
Venerated Pill sighed and took out a fiery red flying sword. All of a sudden, he leaped into the air and flew towards one of the divine chests, as if he wanted to show Ning Fan how sturdy the divine chests were.
The flying sword that he was holding was a Half-Step Mortal Void Void Treasure. A single strike of his sword produced countless fiery sword rays. Its destructive power was not to be underestimated. It was enough to injure a Half-Step Void Refinement Realm expert.
Countless sword rays landed on the bluestone divine chests like raindrops. However, they only produced a crisp sound of impact. They could not even leave a scratch on the bluestone at all.
"As Fellow Daoist can see, the sturdiness of these divine chests can even ignore the attacks of Half-Step Void Refinement Realm experts. Even when I transform my soul into a dragon and display a Void Glimpse Stage attack, I still couldn't break the bluestone and take out the divine chests inside … I have also invited Void Inquiry Stage cultivators to open the divine chests but none of them succeeded … "
Venerated Pill's words made Ning Fan fall into silence again.
The so-called divine chests were just treasures hidden inside rocks. As long as the bluestone's outer layer is split open, one would be able to obtain the secret treasures. However, it was not an easy task to split open the outer layer of the bluestone.
"Separation Slayer, force!"
Ning Fan walked towards the first bluestone step at a time. All of a sudden, he touched his glabella and took out the Separation Slayer Sword.
He channeled his essence qi into his arm. Then, he raised his hand and slashed at the first bluestone with the power to move mountains and rivers.
The technique of this sword move was simple and it seemed ordinary. However, the massive force it drew was enough to severely injure even a Void Inquiry Stage old monster.
"What a strong sword technique!" Venerated Pill's eyes widened in shock. If he was the one who was slashed by this sword move, he would certainly die! Ning Fan's strength was far beyond Venerated Pill's expectation!
His eyes could not help but reveal a look of anticipation. He was looking forward to Ning Fan slashing open the bluestone's outer layer.
* Boom *
The first bluestone took the attack head-on. It completely withstood Ning Fan's terrifying strength that could move mountains and fill seas.
The white jade platform that was built on the bluestone base was shattered into pieces by the force of the sword. The bluestone fell to the ground.
Even so, there was only a sword mark that was as thin as a strand of hair on the surface of the divine chests. In just an instant, the runes on the surface of the bluestone moved and the sword mark healed. It was as good as new.
The massive slashing force caused the entire Purple Qi Palace to shake violently. It startled all the cultivators of Pill Island who were guarding the palace. However, none of them dared to enter the palace to investigate.
Ning Fan could not help but frown slightly when he saw that his sword could not break the outer layer of the divine chests. "It's really hard."
Even the attack of an unrivalled Void Inquiry Stage expert could only leave a sword mark that was as thin as a strand of hair on the bluestone.
According to Ning Fan's estimation, even a Void Fragmentation Realm old monster might not be able to break this bluestone.
Moreover, even if the outer layer of the divine chests is forcefully broken, the secret treasures stored inside might also be damaged.
Ning Fan gradually realized that forcefully breaking the outer layer of the divine chests was not the real way to open the divine chests.
"Even Fellow Daoist's heaven-shaking sword attack can't break the bronze divine chests …?"
Venerated Pill revealed a disappointed expression and let out a deep sigh. However, he suddenly stopped and noticed that Ning Fan was about to make his next move.
After his sword attack failed, Ning Fan withdrew his Separation Slayer Sword and remained silent for a while. Then, he suddenly opened his mouth and breathed out balls of black devil flames, enveloping the bluestone and burning it forcefully.
Venerated Pill's eyes lit up. The grade of this devil flame was far beyond his imagination. It was extremely powerful.
However, what disappointed Venerated Pill was that even such a powerful devil flame could not burn the outer layer of the bluestone.
Not only was this bluestone divine chests impervious to blades, but it also seemed to be impervious to fire and water.
"* Sigh * It seems like even Fellow Daoist can't break the bronze divine chests …" Venerated Pill sighed again.
Ning Fan did not care about Venerated Pill's sigh. He withdrew his devil flame and stood quietly at the side of the bluestone.
The first time he slashed the bluestone was to open the divine chests. Then, the second time he used the devil flame was just a test.
Ning Fan did not expect the devil flame to be able to burn the bluestone. He just stared at the bluestone after it was burnt and fell into deep thought.
The power of the devil flame was extraordinary. Even if it could not burn the outer layer of the bluestone, it could still leave some charred marks on it.
However, after the green runes flashed, they seemed to be flowing. All the damages on the bluestone were instantly repaired.
Ning Fan seemed to have understood something. The reason why he could not break the bluestone was not because the bluestone itself was too hard but because the runes on it were too powerful.
When his finger came into contact with the flashing runes, they stopped flashing for a moment and returned to normal.
However, Ning Fan could hear a strange voice of the Great Dao from the runes. It was the source of power that prevented the bluestone from being destroyed.
Without a doubt, these runes were the divine technique runes of the ancient divine clan.
"There is actually a Dao voice in the divine technique of the ancient divine clan … Could this Dao voice be the reason why the ancient divine clan is so powerful …?"
"Dao voice … Dao power … If I want to break the bluestone divine chests, I have to use the power of the Great Dao to cut it?"
Ning Fan seemed to have gained some enlightenment but he could not comprehend it.
Seeing that Ning Fan could not break the outer layer of the divine chests after two attempts, Venerated Pill already wanted to give up. He comforted him. "The toughness of the divine chests is far beyond my imagination. It seems like even Fellow Daoist can't break the outer layer of the divine chests … Forget it. Fellow Daoist doesn't need to try anymore. I already know the result."
"Fellow Daoist Pill, you don't have to give up in such a hurry. Haven't you heard of the saying 'Sincerity can split metal and stone'?"
Ning Fan's eyes darkened. He had already found the method to open the divine chests.
Traces of the power of the Memory Intent Realm surrounded his body like pieces of black goose feather snowflakes.
Ning Fan made a grabbing motion with his five fingers. All of the black snow gathered at the center of his palm, condensing into a black gold short sword that was as cold as ice.
The sword was not more than one chi long. It emitted a sword light that was similar to the Great Dao.
Ning Fan waved the short sword and sliced the outer layer of the bluestone. With just a gentle slash, a thin piece of the outer layer was cut off.
Venerated Pill was a little stunned.
The toughness of the bluestone could even withstand a full-force attack from Ning Fan. Why was it unable to withstand a gentle slash from the black gold short sword?
He stared at the short sword carefully. Suddenly, he seemed to have noticed something and exclaimed.
"This is … a Dao Weapon!"
The so-called Dao Weapon was a weapon of the Great Dao formed by cultivators who have attained the second step of their intent realm.
The bluestone divine chests could defend against magic attacks but it might not necessarily be able to defend against the slashes of the Great Dao.
This black gold short sword was none other than Ning Fan's Great Dao Weapon – Memory Severing Dao Sword.
Seeing that the Memory Severing Dao Sword could cut open the outer layer of the divine chests, Ning Fan guessed inwardly. Could it be that the way to open the divine chests in ancient times is to use a Dao Weapon to cut off the outer layer of the stone?
While pondering, his hands did not stop moving. Not long after that, he completely cut off the outer layer of the first piece of the divine chests.
Among the fine stone lines, the edge of a wooden box could be vaguely seen. It was made of red sandalwood.
Ning Fan carefully cut open the bluestone along the edge of the wooden box. The surface of the box was damaged. Finally, he took out the wooden box intact.
After that, Ning Fan continued to cut open the bluestone. He cut out an exquisite pottery jar. Other than these two items, he did not find any other items in the stone.
Looking at the red sandalwood box and the pottery jar, Venerated Pill's breathing began to quicken. He said to Ning Fan excitedly.
"Quickly, let's see what these two items are!"
From Venerated Pill's point of view, anything that could be kept in a divine chests must be good stuff.
Ning Fan opened the red sandalwood box while Venerated Pill opened the pottery jar. Immediately, both of their expressions turned strange.
The pottery jar actually contained a jar of bone ashes …
As for the red sandalwood box, there was a wooden token made of sandalwood. It seemed to be the token used by the cultivators of the sect to prove their identity. What made Venerated Pill feel even more helpless was that the names of the sects and cultivators on the wooden token were written in ancient seal script. He actually could not recognize this type of language.
"I didn't expect that the first divine chests would only contain the life token and bone ashes of an ancient cultivator … How unlucky!" Venerated Pill was extremely annoyed. A jar of bone ashes and a token did not have any value at all.
Ning Fan was also a little disappointed. However, when he glanced at the token, his heart suddenly skipped a beat.
"Divine Seal Script?!"
Venerated Pill might not recognize these ancient characters but Ning Fan who had extraordinary experience could.
There were only five words written on the token.
Shedding Orchid Sect, Wei Yang …
Apparently, the owner of the bone ashes was once a disciple of the Shedding Orchid Sect. His name was Wei Yang.
As for the name of the Shedding Orchid Sect, Ning Fan had never heard of it before. However, it was not strange.
"Fellow Daoist, please continue to cut open the second divine chests! I don't believe that the second divine chests will also contain bone ashes … "Venerated Pill urged.
"Alright."
Ning Fan nodded his head. He was prepared to split the divine chests equally with Venerated Pill. Naturally, he hoped to get something good from the divine chests. He did not want to get bone ashes again.
Ning Fan waved the Memory Severing Dao Sword again and carefully cut open the stone cover of the divine chests.
The second divine chests contained a storage thumb ring and a large pile of miscellaneous items.
Among these items were a pill furnace, Dao crystals, pills, pill recipes, ancient scriptures and a magic treasure with a palm-leaf fan that was surrounded by purple flames.
As for the storage thumb ring, there were only forty-two tufts of spiritual herbs. However, all of them were one hundred thousand years old!
Even though a storage thumb ring was rare, it was not worth mentioning. However, the one hundred thousand years old spiritual herbs made Venerated Pill's eyes burn with passion.
However, after carefully examining those spiritual herbs, Venerated Pill realized that all of them had been corroded by devil qi. They were already tainted and could no longer be used to concoct pills … This made Venerated Pill extremely annoyed.
As for the pill recipes and ancient scriptures, all of them were written in divine seal script. It was a pity that Venerated Pill could not recognize a single word of them.
There were two hundred Dao crystals which were equivalent to one billion immortal jade. However, wealth also could not move Venerated Pill's heart.
However, the pill furnace, palm-leaf fan and Sixth Revolution Pills made Venerated Pill smile. Obviously, he was very satisfied with them.
"This pill furnace is a 'divine furnace' that only ancient divine pill refinement cultivators would use. It's much better than ordinary pill furnaces that are condensed with intent realm power. This palm-leaf fan is a Low Grade Mortal Void Treasure. Even though its grade isn't high, if it's used during pill concoction, it has the divine effect of slightly improving the quality of flames. These two magic treasures are items that only existed in ancient times. I didn't expect that I would be fated to see them. This is really … Hehe. There are also twelve Sixth Revolution Pills. Pills aren't that precious anymore … Fellow Daoist, how do you think we should distribute these items? "
Venerated Pill only included the pill furnace, palm-leaf fan and Sixth Revolution Pills in the distribution list. He did not care about the other items because they were useless to him.
What Venerated Pill meant was that he wanted the pill furnace and palm-leaf fan.
To Ning Fan, the pill furnace and palm-leaf fan were useless items. He really wanted the Sixth Revolution Pills but it was not necessary for him to have them.
On the contrary, the pill recipes, ancient scriptures and contaminated spiritual herbs that Venerated Pill looked down upon had piqued his interest.
Ming Que had the ability to purify pills. He wondered if she could purify one hundred thousand years old spiritual herbs. If she could, Ning Fan would have enough spiritual herbs to awaken Luo You in one go and obtain a Void Fragmentation Realm bodyguard!
The pill recipes and ancient scriptures were all written in divine seal scripts. Venerated Pill might not be able to read them but Ning Fan could. If I take the ancient scriptures away, I wonder what kind of information I can obtain from them …
"Fellow Daoist, you seem to like the pill furnace and palm-leaf fan very much … A gentleman should help others achieve their beauty but not their wickedness … How about this? The pill furnace and palm-leaf fan will belong to Fellow Daoist while the rest of the pills and miscellaneous items will belong to me. What do you think?" Ning Fan said with a smile.
"Fellow Daoist, are you serious?!" Venerated Pill's face was filled with surprise.
If he could obtain the two ancient pill refinement magic treasures, he might be able to comprehend the ancient Great Dao of Pill. To Venerated Pill, these two treasures were related to his Dao of Pill. Thus, they were more precious than anything else.
He was afraid that Ning Fan would take away these two treasures. When he heard Ning Fan's suggestion, he could not help but feel grateful.
"Fellow Daoist is really a generous person!"
"Is that so …?" Ning Fan smiled faintly. This was probably the so-called 'everyone gets what they need and everyone is happy'.
"Fellow Daoist, why don't you cut the third divine stash and see what treasures are inside?" Venerated Pill said excitedly.
"Yes."
Ning Fan waved the Memory Severing Dao Sword and began to cut off the outer layer of the third divine chest.
However, cutting off the stone clothes this time gave him a slightly uneasy feeling. This was a feeling that he didn't have when he cut off the previous two pieces of divine treasures.
"What exactly is hidden in this divine treasure …?"
Ning Fan hesitated. For the third divine chest, he cut it from the bottom to the top.
After cutting off a quarter of the stone cover, a beast hoof was revealed.
The moment it was exposed to the air, the beast's hoof suddenly trembled slightly, as if it was a living creature.
"Shit, there are ancient living beings in the third God Treasury! Judging from its qi, this living being is actually a Void Inquiry Stage living being! "Venerated Pill suddenly reminded loudly. He never expected that there would be such a living being in the divine chests.
There were risks in divine treasures, so one had to be cautious when cutting stones. The ancients did not deceive me. If a Void Fragmentation Realm living being appears, wouldn't everyone be finished?
Roar!
Suddenly, the roar of a beast resounded from the third divine chest.
That beast's hoof stomped on the ground, shattering all the stone clothes from the inside out, revealing the massive body of the ancient living being. Then, it immediately grew larger with the wind.
It was a strange beast that was half man and half horse. It held a bronze bow and arrow in both of its hands. The moment it appeared, it shot a green arrow at Ning Fan and Venerated Pill with blood-red eyes.
The destructive power of the green arrow was a Void Inquiry Stage attack. Its destructive power was not to be underestimated.
Venerated Pill was attacked by the strange beast in a panic. Facing the Void Inquiry Stage attack, his expression changed drastically. He hurriedly used the Soul Dragon Transformation Technique to block the Void Inquiry Stage arrow with all his might. However, how could he block it?
Venerated Pill coughed out blood and suffered severe injuries after the arrow went through his body. He could not withstand another arrow from the strange beast at all.
While panicking, Venerated Pill shouted. "Venerated Ming, save me!"
However, after calling for help, Venerated Pill was shaken by the aftershock of the arrow and directly fainted.
From Venerated Pill's point of view, only Ning Fan had the strength to resist this Void Inquiry Stage strange beast. Now that he had fainted, he could only rely on Ning Fan.
Facing a Void Inquiry Stage arrow, Ning Fan naturally would not be as flustered as Venerated Pill. He just casually flicked his sleeve and a vast amount of essence qi rushed out, directly shattering the Void Inquiry Stage arrow into countless pieces.
He coldly glared at the strange beast. Then, he raised his hand and took out a golden hand furnace.
With a change of his hand seal, circles of faint golden halos of spirit wheels spread out from the furnace. They contained boundless power.
The halos bombarded the strange beast. Even though it was a dignified Void Inquiry Stage strange beast, it could not withstand the faint golden halos. After letting out a few miserable cries, it let out a furious roar.
"The one who possesses the Key of Shedding Orchid … shall die!"
Its body trembled and suddenly self-destructed, turning into layers of fiery waves.
Ning Fan hurriedly summoned his Primordial Lightning Armor to block the self-destruction attack of the strange beast.
The light of the self-destruction gradually faded. After a long time, there were only countless pieces of flesh and a bronze key left on the spot.
Ning Fan picked up the key and saw that there were patterns of the Great Dao carved on it. It seemed to be extremely extraordinary but he did not know where it came from.
"What is the Key of Shedding Orchid …?"
Ning Fan kept the key. With a flick of his sleeves, wind blew and he used a magic technique to wake up Venerated Pill who had fainted.
"* Cough * Cough * … I didn't expect that there would actually be an ancient creature sealed in the third piece of the divine chests. How terrifying … Erm … Where is that strange beast?"
Venerated Pill sighed while looking around.
When he saw the pieces of flesh on the ground, his face was immediately filled with astonishment.
"Fellow Daoist has actually killed that Void Inquiry Stage strange beast?!" Venerated Pill found it unbelievable.
"It's just a vile creature that has just attained the Void Inquiry Stage." Ning Fan said disapprovingly.
It was not the first time he had killed a Void Inquiry Stage expert. He had even killed a Void Pierce Stage ancient demon white tiger. That strange beast had just attained the Void Inquiry Stage and it was not strong. Even if Su Yan were to handle it, she could easily kill it.
"'Just' has just attained the Void Inquiry Stage …" Venerated Pill immediately looked at Ning Fan as if he was looking at a monster.
That strange beast was really unlucky to encounter Ning Fan …
What Venerated Pill did not know was that Ning Fan had also obtained a bronze key after killing the strange beast.
At this moment, Venerated Pill looked at Ning Fan with tears of gratitude. If it wasn't for Ning Fan, he would certainly have died in the hands of that strange beast.
"I will never forget Fellow Daoist's life-saving grace!" Venerated Pill was extremely grateful. (To be continued.)
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