I still have to gain the favor of the Despicable Clan?
Ning Fan frowned. Given his personality, he did not like to please others. However, in order to achieve the goal of this trip, he would try to befriend the Despicable Clan even if he was unwilling to do so.
Bringing Ouyang Nuan to the trial was his promise in the past. Helping the daughter of the Phoenix Emperor find spiritual herbs to repair her soul was also a promise. Helping Zang Yue to find a suitable physical body was also a promise.
Of course, he needed to fulfill these promises. However, the most important thing in this trip was to help the Nine Raccoon reach adulthood, obtain its blood and save the Ancient Chaos Great Emperor.
"Can you sense the location of the sacrificial vessel of the Nine Raccoon Clan in this world?"
Ning Fan patted the specially-made spiritual beast pouch on his waist. Immediately, there was a response from the spiritual beast pouch.
"… Master, the response is very weak. However, it does exist. There is no mistake. The sacrificial vessel of my clan does exist in this world. However, it is extremely far away from here. Besides, it seems to be kept in a place that is heavily guarded. Someone has sensed my presence and is currently using a technique to disturb me, unwilling to let me sense the exact location of the sacrificial vessel …" The black cat in the spiritual beast pouch transmitted its voice to Ning Fan.
"Someone is actually using a technique to disturb me?"
Ning Fan was slightly stunned.
The sacrificial vessel of the Nine Raccoon is located in the inner area of the Supreme Pill Sacred Region. However, it seems like the sacrificial vessel of the Nine Raccoon is not without an owner … Fine.
It doesn't matter if it has an owner or not. Even if I have to rob it by force, Ning Fan must get this sacrificial vessel of the Nine Raccoon!
"I wonder if the Treasure Searching Compass can find the location of the sacrificial vessel …"
Ning Fan flipped his hand and took out the Treasure Searching Compass. He sent his spirit sense into it and performed a hand seal. All of a sudden, the compass began to rotate slowly. Light spots of different sizes appeared on the surface of the compass one after another. The light spots of different colors represented different meanings. The brighter the light spot, the higher the grade of the heavenly material and earthly treasure.
This Treasure Searching Compass must be used together with spirit sense. Within the range of the user's spirit sense, all the treasures would have nowhere to hide! Unfortunately, Ning Fan's spirit sense could not cover the inner area of the Supreme Pill Sacred Region. Even if he uses the Heaven Peering Rain Technique, he could not do it. There seemed to be a layer of barrier between the outer area and the inner area, preventing spirit sense from entering …
Unfortunately, even the Treasure Searching Compass couldn't find the specific location of the sacrificial artifact. He could only wait until he entered the inner area before searching.
"That's … Reverend Arid Triad's Treasure Searching Compass! No, it's not the original. It's just an imitation … I can't believe that there's actually someone who can imitate this magical treasure to such an extent in this Age of Chaos! " Zang Yue, who was at the side, saw the Treasure Searching Compass and let out a soft exclamation of surprise, just like how Old Wu was back then.
"Reverend Arid Triad? Is it very famous? All of you seem rather surprised when you see this compass … "Ning Fan asked Old Wu and Zang Yue while controlling the compass. By the looks of it, the Treasure Searching Compass was most likely created by Phoenix Emperor Chong Ming imitating Reverend Arid Triad's.
Speaking of which, this place was worthy of being the place where the Sage used to gather herbs. Although they did not find the exact location of the sacrificial vessel, they found many good things in the outer area. In the periphery of the Holy Region, the spirit herbs on the surface would be looted by the group of cultivators once every ten thousand years, so the age would not be too old. However, there were still plenty of ancient cultivator's cave residences hidden in the dark. There were also plenty of good stuff sealed inside. There was no lack of Houtian magic treasures, Nine Revolutions Lead Elixirs, Silver Elixirs, millions of years old spirit herbs …
If that's the case, it was necessary for them to make a thorough search on their way to the inner area. There was no reason for them not to empty all the hidden cave residences along the way.
"You actually don't know who Reverend Arid Triad is?" Zang Yue snorted disdainfully.
"Master, you don't know who Reverend Arid Triad is! He's the Southern Heaven Ancestral Emperor! "Old Wu pretended to be surprised and directly gave the answer.
It was actually the Southern Heaven Ancestral Emperor!
Ning Fan was speechless. He had been cultivating the Dao for so long. Of course, he had heard about the Southern Heaven Ancestral Emperor before. Legend has it that the Southern Heaven Ancestral Emperor was an expert in divination. Legend has it that the Southern Heaven Ancestral Emperor was ruthless, cunning, and ruthless. In the end, the Southern Heaven Ancestral Emperor died in battle to protect the Southern Heaven.
There were many legends about the Southern Heaven Ancestral Emperor. However, none of them mentioned the name of Reverend Arid Triad. Ning Fan could not be blamed for being ignorant. Most of the powerful beings in the Eastern Heaven did not know about the secrets that Old Wu and Zang Yue knew.
Old Wu cleared his throat with an excited expression. He wanted to tell his master the story about the Southern Heaven Ancestral Emperor. However, Ning Fan did not have the mood to listen to his master. Instead, he took out one of the medicine soul stones that had been distributed to him and instantly absorbed all the medicine soul power within it. Then, he took out another one and continued to absorb it. Just like that, after absorbing the power of eight hundred pieces of medicine soul stones in a row, Ning Fan felt a little more relaxed. He no longer felt weak when he was invaded by the medicine qi when he first entered the Saint Region.
Old Wu found himself being snubbed. He sat down cross-legged while mumbling to himself and began to refine the medicine soul stones as well. Unlike Ning Fan, Old Wu only heaved a sigh of relief after absorbing one thousand pieces of medicine soul stones.
Zang Yue had also absorbed one thousand pieces of medicine soul stones.
Even Little Furball and the black cat in the spiritual beast pouch had absorbed one thousand pieces of medicine soul stones.
As for Ouyang Nuan, she did not need the power of the medicine soul stones at all to survive in this place. After all, she already had a Ninth Revolution Lead Grade medicine soul. The power of her medicine soul was not to be underestimated.
Ning Fan estimated that with his Mid Grade Seventh Revolution medicine soul, he could only use two hundred less medicine soul stones compared to ordinary people. Each time he refined the medicine soul stones, he could last for twelve hours which was half a day.
Excluding Ouyang Nuan, the three of them and the two demonic beasts needed to consume nearly ten thousand pieces of medicine soul stones a day. Ning Fan had only prepared two million pieces of medicine soul stones for this trip to the Saint Region.
Theoretically, Ning Fan and the others could only stay in the Extreme Pill Saint Region for two hundred days at most before they needed to leave. Otherwise, their lives would be in danger if they did not have enough medicine soul stones. Of course, the opening of some secret abodes in the Extreme Pill Saint Region still required medicine soul stones. In that case, the duration of these two hundred days would probably be greatly reduced …
"We don't have much time. Let's depart as soon as possible."
The group of them began to fly towards the inner area. Not long after that, they arrived at the location of the first secret abode on their journey.
It was a grassland. The grass here was as tall as a human. From time to time, one could see hundred-year and thousand-year-old spiritual herbs. However, to Ning Fan and the others, they were not worth mentioning at all. Thus, they did not spend any time picking them.
This was the location of the first secret abode on Ouyang Nuan's map. According to Wei Wuzhi, there were items that were beneficial to Ouyang Nuan's five-colored medicine soul in this abode.
"Interesting. The abodes of the cultivators of the Four Heavens are usually built between mountains and rivers. This abode, however, is built under the grassland." Ning Fan said casually.
Even with his eyesight, he still had to spend a lot of effort to find out that there was a hidden abode in this place. To other cultivators who were not good at searching, it would probably be difficult for them to find out that there was a hidden abode in this place.
"Tsk. The cultivators of the Despicable Clan are born in the grassland and die in the grassland. Therefore, they usually like to build their abodes on the grassland. The abodes left in the outer area of the Saint Region are basically left behind by the cultivators of the Despicable Clan in ancient times. Naturally, most of them are built under the grassland … "Zang Yue scoffed and explained.
"Born in the grassland and die in the grassland, huh …"
Ning Fan flicked his finger and took out several hundred pieces of medicine soul stones. He piled them on the ground and invoked a technique to open the abode.
He had already obtained the information that the opening method of the abode of the cultivators in the Supreme Pill Saint Region was different from the abodes of the Four Heavens. It required a special method to open the abode. Moreover, a certain amount of medicine soul stones was needed to open the abode. The exact amount of medicine soul stones needed to be used was directly related to the level of the abode.
This small pile of medicine soul stones was not used up in this abode. It only used about three hundred pieces. Abodes that cost three hundred pieces were usually the abodes of Life Immortal Realm cultivators.
After knowing that the level of this abode was not high, Ning Fan, Old Wu's Eighth and Zang Yue's interest was not very high. As soon as the abode was opened, a tunnel entrance appeared on the ground. A long flight of stairs led straight to the underground. The stone stairs were very old. From time to time, there were concave walls on both sides of the stairs where Buddhist shrines were displayed. When they reached the underground, there were a total of twelve stone rooms. All of them were sealed by formations. This formation was connected to the earth and was maintained by the thick Earth Qi. Its defensive power was terrifyingly strong. Even though it was just a Life Immortal Realm abode, without the permission of the owner, perhaps even some True Immortals of the Crossing Truth Realm would not be able to open the stone rooms here!
"What a strange formation …"
It was Ning Fan's first time seeing such a strange formation. He secretly circulated the 'Force' character and clearly saw the veins of the formation in this place. A moment later, he raised his palm and pressed on the stone door of the first stone room.
"Wait!" Zang Yue said anxiously.
Currently, Ning Fan's cultivation base was suppressed to the Crossing Truth Realm. If he rashly activated the grand formation without studying the formation in detail, there would be a lot of risks.
This was also what Zang Yue was worried about. Due to the influence of the child relic, she was disdainful towards Ning Fan. When she saw Ning Fan acting recklessly, she instinctively shouted out.
What surprised her was that after Ning Fan's hand touched the stone door, he actually did not receive any counterattack from the formation in this place. Ning Fan's technique was too strange. It should be said that at the moment when he touched the stone door, he actually changed his hand seals for twenty-four times … At the moment when he touched the stone door, it actually opened with a creaking sound.
He did not forcefully break the formation. Instead, he followed the veins of the formation and directly opened the stone door!
"This little thief … His cultivation base in the Dao of Formations isn't weak! He actually completely saw through the formation of this place in an instant! Among the ten thousand ancient Immortal Venerables, I'm afraid there aren't many who could do this. " Zang Yue was secretly shocked. Her expression, however, sneered. This little thief is really powerful. Why did I worry about him in vain? * Pui * It's impossible for me to care about this little thief at all. Illusion. Illusion.
The first stone room stored some magic treasures. Most of them were not of high quality. Moreover, they had been around for a long time. Most of their spiritual power had been severely damaged. Ning Fan naturally did not care about these things. However, there were some refining materials that were piled up in the corner of the room. Ning Fan took them away. Most of them were refining materials that were unique to the Great Bei Clan. Even though their grades were not high, they were things that could not be found in the Eastern Heaven.
Ning Fan followed the same method and opened the remaining caves one after another. He obtained a total of four thousand medicine soul stones, seven sealed pills, some ancient books of the Great Bei Clan and a small medicine garden. There were quite a number of one million years old spiritual herbs inside. Even though their grades were not high, they were medicinal herbs that were unique to the Great Bei Clan. Ning Fan had never seen any of them before.
Ning Fan did not recognize the words in the ancient books. Thus, he could not understand them. They were probably things like Life Immortal Realm cultivation methods, abilities and pill refinement recipes.
Four thousand medicine soul stones was not a lot but it was still considered a small gain. It could allow Ning Fan and the others to stay in the Holy Region for a longer period of time.
The sealed pills, on the other hand, made Ning Fan click his tongue in amazement. The Great Bei Clan seemed to be extremely good at storing pills. These seven pills seemed to be from a long time ago. However, they were still filled with medicinal fragrance. At least forty to fifty percent of their medicinal efficacy had been preserved …
Moreover, even though Ning Fan did not know the names of these seven pills, he could sense that they were quite beneficial to improving the power of his medicine soul based on his medicine soul!
Seven Ninth Revolution Lead Grade Pills that could improve one's medicine soul!
"What your master wants you to take is probably these seven pills, right?"
Ning Fan checked them repeatedly. Then, he suddenly consumed one of the seven pills. After checking its medicinal efficacy, he handed the remaining six pills to Ouyang Nuan.
They were decent pills. There was a little bit of poison in them but it was not much. To a Life Immortal Realm cultivator, this little bit of poison was negligible. There was no harm in consuming them! Moreover, just a single pill was able to make his Mid Seventh Revolution medicine soul advance to the High Seventh Revolution. This pill was indeed not bad!
"These pills are fine. You keep them first. When you have time, you can refine them and consume them. These pills are not bad. They are very beneficial to improving your medicine soul. "Ning Fan reminded her.
Ouyang Nuan's medicine soul was much stronger than Ning Fan's. She could tell that these pills were not bad at all with just a single glance. However, because of that, she was even more reluctant to consume them. She hesitated and said. "My husband is also a pill refinement master. Why don't you keep them for yourself and strive to attain the High Seventh Revolution Pill Refinement Realm in one go …"
"There's no need for that. Pill refinement is no longer a necessary skill for me to cultivate until now. It doesn't make much of a difference whether I improve my medicine soul or not. On the other hand, if you consume one more pill, you will be able to attain the Silver Core Grade Medicine Soul sooner." Ning Fan felt a little regretful. If it wasn't for the sake of testing his medicine, he would not even be willing to consume a single pill from her. It would be a bit of a waste for him to consume this pill.
"Then … Alright. Anyway, after my pill refinement realm improves, my husband will also benefit from it. You can just look for me directly if you want to consume any pills." When Ouyang Nuan thought that she could concoct pills for Ning Fan, she no longer declined his offer.
Since they had already looted everything in this place, there was no point for them to stay any longer. Thus, they left the cave dwelling and continued advancing towards the inner area. Along the way, they looted several hundred more cave dwellings. Some of them were recorded on Ouyang Nuan's map while some of them were found by Ning Fan's treasure-searching compass.
As they continued advancing, they managed to obtain another several hundred thousand medicine soul stones. After deducting the amount used to open the cave dwellings, they still had 2.3 million medicine soul stones left.
Other than medicine soul stones, they also obtained a lot of pills, spiritual herbs, ores and ancient records. The cave dwellings that Ouyang Nuan wanted to find on this trip could be considered to have been completely looted. As for the remaining few cave dwellings that were not on the route, they no longer took a detour.
As they continued to loot, they really found some useful items.
First of all, he found more than ten tufts of innate spiritual herbs. Coincidentally, one of them had the effect of nourishing one's soul. Moreover, it was a type that Ning Fan had never obtained before. As such, he had already collected five out of the seven types of innate spiritual herbs that he needed to save the daughter of the Phoenix Emperor. He only needed two more!
Secondly, he actually found quite a number of Dao Springs in the cave dwellings of some ancient cultivators. The spiritual spring water within them had been stored for countless years and its quality was rather pure. It was the most suitable to water the Seven Treasures Wondrous Tree!
Naturally, he collected all of these Dao Springs.
Other than that, he also found a few supreme wood spiritual items in some of the cave dwellings. The power of the Dao law that they contained was rather pure. They were the most suitable to increase the power of the Wood Yin Yang Technique in the future.
The Supreme Pill Sacred Region was a medicinal garden. The wood qi there was already very thick. Thus, it was perfectly normal for it to produce such supreme wood spiritual items.
Ning Fan had only spent two days to travel from the outer region to the inner region. Most of the time was not spent on the journey but on looting the cave dwellings. Along the way, they would occasionally meet other cultivators who entered the Sacred Region together with them. However, they were basically all low-grade cultivators. When they saw Ning Fan and the others flying towards them, they were so frightened that they did not dare to act recklessly. Ning Fan naturally did not have the mood to care about these people. He only cared about his own journey.
"The boundary between the inner region and the outer region is right ahead …" Zang Yue's expression suddenly became serious.
In general, the terrain of the outer region of the Extreme Pill Sacred Region was a big circle. The inner region was the outer region of the sacred region while the boundless land outside the circle was the center of the sacred region.
If a low-grade cultivator saw this scene, he would certainly burst into laughter and say that the person who divided the inner region and the outer region of the Extreme Pill Sacred Region was not clear-headed. He actually confused the inner and outer regions of the circle.
However, was it really the other way around …?
"… All living beings are trapped in the circle. The inner and outer regions are originally uncertain. Like a dream but also like waking up, like dust but also like the original. The Great Dao is vast but humble. Wild grasses and weeds are scattered, lowering their heads but tenacious … "
This was an ancient tablet carved at the border of the inner circle!
Ning Fan glanced at the ancient monument and felt that the words on it were filled with endless mysteries. What was even more unimaginable to him was the monstrous might contained within the words. It was as if it came from the immemorial era. It gave people a feeling that the sky was collapsing, making it hard for them to remain calm!
Insignificant like an ant … Be it Ning Fan, Old Wu or even Zang Yue, all of them had such a feeling when they saw this line of words. It was because the cultivation base of the person who wrote this line of words was shocking!
The third step!
"Could this ancient tablet have been left behind by the Sage who came here to pick herbs?"
Ning Fan secretly speculated.
Every word and action of a Saint contained supreme power. Even a few words could be used as a peerless killing move. This was something that Immortal Emperors like the Ancient Chaos and the Undying Being didn't have. Even though they were strong enough to fight against an Incipient Saint, as long as they weren't real Saints, they wouldn't have this power.
A single word from the Saint could cause mountains and rivers to crumble, and a single word from the Saint could sink the seas and land! Formula Dao could not be easily taught. This was a situation like this.
As he got closer to the ancient monument, Ning Fan could feel that each of the words on the monument contained immense power. Any one of them had the power to kill an ancient Immortal Venerable!
"If I can take this ancient tablet away or take away this Saint's words …"
While Ning Fan was having this thought, Old Wu was also having the same thought. The handwriting of a Saint was something even more powerful than a Connate Artifact. If he could get his hands on it …
"Don't even think about it. I don't know how many experts have had the same thoughts as you, but the truth is that the ancient tablet is still here, and the Saint's words are still here. This isn't something that Second Step cultivators like us can take away. Even great cultivators from the ancient times can't do it. "Immortal Concubine Zang Yue said to Ning Fan as if she had been through the same thing.
There were actually quite a number of such ancient tablets in the periphery of the Sanctuary. Unfortunately, no one had ever been able to collect the Saint's words. She could not do it either. She had once tried this with the cultivation of a Nine Tribulation Immortal Emperor, but in the end, she was seriously injured and failed.
To Second Step cultivators, without the permission of the Saint, they could not even touch the Saint's words!
"Hehe. It's not my character to leave a treasure mountain untouched. If I don't give it a try, how would I know if I can collect the Saint's words?! "
Old Wu rubbed his palms together, eager to give it a try. Of course, he still needed to be cautious. However, compared to the Saint's words, all caution was thrown to the back of his mind.
These were the words left behind by the Saint. They possessed heaven-shaking power! Old Wu could feel that if he dared to touch the ancient tablet's words, he would certainly suffer severe injuries … However, if he could succeed by luck … With the thirty-six Saint's words in his hands, it would be enough for him to dominate the four heavens! Even an Immortal Emperor would have to fear him like a poisonous snake!
Old Wu was eager to give it a try.
Ning Fan pondered for a while. He had the God Exterminating Shield to protect himself. More or less, he could give it a try. Even if he failed, he would not be injured.
This place was already at the border of the inner area. There was no need for him to suppress his cultivation base. Old Wu released all of his aura force from his cultivation base while Ning Fan also removed the suppression on his cultivation base.
Just as both of them were about to try to collect the ancient tablet's words, their eyes suddenly moved.
At the next moment, an ink drawing of a tiger that was a hundred zhang * (3.33m per zhang) large suddenly appeared in the sky out of nowhere. Then, it let out a furious roar and crashed down from the sky. Suddenly, the surrounding area was stirred up violently!
The power of the collision was actually comparable to a full-powered attack from a cultivator of the Du Zhen Realm!
"Touch the sacred object of my Tower Wood Tribe. Kill without mercy!"
It was an exceptionally old voice.
After that old voice, there were also many young voices.
"We swear to protect the sacred object of our tribe with our lives!"
"We swear to protect the sacred object of our tribe with our lives!"
"We swear to protect the sacred object of our tribe with our lives!"
One after another, human figures suddenly drilled out from the ground of the grassland.
Ning Fan's eyes turned slightly solemn. While the newcomers were brimming with killing intent, he raised his hand and crushed the tiger drawing technique that descended from the sky. Then, he examined the newcomers.
Great Humble Tribe … (To be continued)
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