The lake water sank, and immortal light flickered underground, emitting strange sounds. Not long after, the entire immortal lake disappeared, and a great rift valley appeared.
It was formed by stone cliffs, as if someone had intentionally carved it out to form a lake. Draconic qi seeped out from below.
An ancient cave flowed with immortal light, containing draconic qi that gushed outwards. It was not that intense, but there was a kind of immortal charm to it. One look was enough to tell that this was not an ordinary place.
"Haha …" Fatty Duan laughed loudly. This place was very quiet, and no one else was alarmed.
In the distance, everyone was still fighting to enter the cave within the immortal vein. Who would have thought that this was all part of the evil Daoist's plan? He was just borrowing their strength.
"Only this poor Daoist can break this chain of caves." Duan De was very conceited and complacent. He chuckled continuously and disappeared in with a flash.
"This person is truly mysterious, actually having such methods. Everyone else has been used." Princess Yu Die was astonished. She hadn't expected Fatty Duan to be so dishonest.
Ye Fan waited with her for a while, and then they landed at the bottom of the dried up immortal lake. There were many cliffs, and an ancient cave flickered with light. An immortal door covered in dense symbols had already opened.
"This damn fatty is really not a good person. For the sake of opening this door, he had so many cultivators work for him from dozens of li away." Ye Fan cursed silently. He always felt that Duan De deserved a beating, but up until now, no one had been able to make him suffer.
"This place is very mysterious!" Princess Yu Die frowned. Although the stone door was open, there were still many traces of formation patterns within.
These ancient patterns had existed for who knew how many years. They were mysterious and complicated, and even when they tried to deduce the dao patterns, they couldn't see through them.
The two of them couldn't be considered profound in the dao patterns, and they frowned. If they entered rashly, they might be trapped. It was most likely as Duan De said, and it might be related to the ancient emperors.
"You wait here first, I'll go in and take a look." Ye Fan decided to use the Row Formula to pass through the ancient formation and give it a try. Otherwise, if he waited any longer, the entire cave would be emptied out by Fatty Duan.
"Be careful!" Yu Die warned, her bright eyes and white teeth, her breath fragrant.
Whoosh!
Ye Fan disappeared with a flash, walking within the auspicious light. This ancient cave wasn't damp, rather rather dry. There were no pearls embedded, but there were many strange stones releasing multicolored light.
Within the abode, immortal mist was enshrouded and resplendent, giving it the feeling of an immortal realm. They didn't travel far before they saw a white jade staircase that led even further into the depths.
"Immortal Juice Jade Elixir …" Ye Fan was shocked. There was a spring to the side, and a small Dao platform next to it. It was no more than half a foot tall, and there was a small bowl on top of it. Inside, there was a white liquid.
This was the earth milk produced by the great earth spiritual root. If it was the juice produced by the ancestral root, it would have the effects of reviving the flesh and bones of the dead. It was only ranked below undying divine medicine, a priceless immortal treasure.
"Unfortunately, this is not the real Immortal Nectar. It is just the milk of an ordinary spirit root." Ye Fan looked at it carefully and felt regretful.
Suddenly, his expression became serious. The small platform that was half a foot tall was quite special. It was sparkling and translucent, and wisps of spiritual energy seeped out from it. It possessed a mysterious aura.
"This is … condensed from Immortal Juice Jade Elixir!" Ye Fan was shocked, feeling incomparably shaken.
In the past, immortal treasures were produced here, freely dripping down, allowing the spiritual energy to scatter, forming this type of half a foot tall small dao platform. It seemed like the Immortal Juice Jade Elixir had all flowed out, and later on, only ordinary earth milk could be produced.
At this moment, Ye Fan felt his heart ache. His liver ached, and his stomach ached. Half a foot tall small dao platform, just how much immortal milk was needed to condense this? It really was too extravagant and wasteful.
Without a doubt, endless years ago, this place was connected to an ancestral vein immortal root. There was immortal juice that was produced, and all of it dripped down, not used by anyone.
Ye Fan released a long sigh. In the end, he put this small dao platform away. It was heavy in his hands, as if it was a small mountain peak, leaving him rather shocked.
It looked like a piece of beautiful jade, but it was as heavy as a mountain. Normal cultivators couldn't lift it at all. He muttered inwardly.
Immortal Juice Jade Elixir could only be discovered and not sought. He had never heard of so much being produced before, and even more so, no one would waste it, allowing it to naturally dry up. Ye Fan felt that this small dao platform's material was special. In the future, it might have great uses.
Multicolored mists swirled about. The ancient cave was extremely dreamy. Ye Fan used the Row Symbol Art to break through the formation patterns. He passed through the white jade stairs, entering the depths of the cave.
"The withered spiritual medicines all have medicinal ages of several tens of thousands of years!"
He discovered a few plants in a spacious cave. They were planted in a jade field, clearly precious objects. Only, they had long withered for who knew how many years.
Only undying divine medicines could exist forever in this world, never wither. Other medicinal herbs, after growing for many tens of thousands of years, would eventually die, their spiritual energy scattering.
"Don't tell me they only died after growing for eighty to ninety thousand years?"
Ye Fan said to himself. If this was the case, then it really was letting divine objects return to dust, dust to dust. After absorbing so much heaven and earth spiritual energy for nothing, in the end, it scattered again.
Suddenly, his expression went rigid. There was a person sitting right in front of him, not the slightest bit of aura. Only when he got closer did he notice it.
"It's an old ape!"
Ye Fan was astonished. This was an ancient ape that had died countless years ago. Its ash-gray fur would turn to dust with the slightest touch. Only the pure white bones within were still flapping with luster.
Without a doubt, this cave had existed for at least eighty to ninety thousand years. For the old ape's remains to be preserved until now, it was enough to prove just how powerful and terrifying it was when it was alive.
Ye Fan muttered to himself. After carefully examining the white jade bones, this old ape was at least an extreme Holy Lord level powerhouse. But, looking at its appearance and the layout of this ancient cave, it was clearly only guarding the cave and didn't seem like the master of this place.
"This … this is an extreme Holy Lord level old ape. Could it only be a mountain guarding spirit beast?!" As he thought of this possibility, his heart raced. Just what sort of character was the master of this cave?
Ye Fan walked forward, his heart restless. This place was most likely the cave of an ancient saint, or perhaps it was even left behind by an ancient great emperor. Perhaps there really was an ancient scripture here!
"Where did that damned fatty run off to?" He didn't dare to delay. He activated the Row Formula and quickly walked forward in search of Duan De's whereabouts.
In the depths of the cave, dragon qi curled up and multicolored light flickered. He arrived at a relatively open area. There were many jade trees here, and they were no more than half a meter tall.
"Undying Wondertree?!"
Ye Fan was shocked. The more he looked, the more he felt this was a mysterious place. There were a total of forty-nine jade trees here, and they were all different colors. Some were like red agate, some were dark green like leaves, and there were even some that were as resplendent as gold.
The forty-nine jade trees weren't carved by people, but were planted. They took root in the jade, and their roots were like dragons.
"The ancient records are actually true!"
After Ye Fan came to this world, in order to find the way home, he had read many strange ancient books in these years. He had seen many absurd records.
Earth essence could give birth to jade trees, and they could grow as if they had a life of their own. If they were obtained by Saints or great emperors, they could be refined into supreme weapons with unparalleled might.
If they were nurtured by ancestral veins and celestial roots, they could give birth to jade trees that were comparable to the divine treasures of great emperors. Once they were refined into treasures, there was nothing that couldn't be destroyed.
The large black dog had once told him a legend. 180,000 or 90,000 years ago, there was an ancient saint who successfully refined an Undying Wondertree. Each branch had seven leaves, and with a light brush, it could destroy all things. It was invincible.
"Seven by seven, 49 jade trees. He really wants to refine an Undying Wondertree!" Ye Fan became more and more shocked the more he looked at them.
They were rooted in the jade veins, and their arrangement was very particular. They were complicated and profound, and if one looked closely, there were patterns on every single one of them, and they were interwoven with all kinds of mysterious marks of the Dao.
"There are 50 in the Da Yan Number, and out of the 40, nine are related to the great dao. There's still one left, and it's the one that escaped, which is that Undying Wondertree!"
Ye Fan was excited. These jade trees had already died, and turned into jade stones. The endless mysterious power must have been seized by that "one" that escaped, and refined into an Undying Wondertree.
He searched carefully, and finally found the 50th, which was the one that escaped — the Undying Wondertree!
"It failed, and it withered …" Ye Fan was dazed. Why did it turn out like this? This was really a waste of a divine treasure.
"Yi, no, not all of them were destroyed. There should be a part of the wondrous branch!" Ye Fan discovered that although the entire jade tree was withered, without luster, and there were cracks on it, there was a section missing, as if it had just been broken off by someone not long ago.
"Duan De!" He suddenly thought of the damn fatty. It must have been him who had broken off.
At the top of the withered jade tree, there should be a flawless tender branch of the Undying Wondertree that hadn't died. Although the refinement had failed, that small section definitely had endless miraculous uses.
"A section of the Undying Wondertree!" Ye Fan was moved. That was definitely a divine object. The damn fatty really had great luck, actually obtaining such a precious treasure.
"I'll ambush him in a bit and demand karma from him. He stole so many of my treasures in the past, so it's just the right time to repay him." Ye Fan began to ponder over how to deal with Duan De.
He left this place and walked forward, entering an ancient medicine refinement cave. Bottles and jars filled the white jade shelves. Unfortunately, after opening these jade bottles, all of the pills had gone bad.
This was the power of time, and nothing could stop it. All of the precious items were destroyed, leaving behind nothing but dust.
"Nine Revolutions Immortal Pill?!"
Ye Fan looked through every single jade bottle, and in the end, he saw a small five-colored gourd with these four ancient characters engraved on it. It made his heart tremble.
To dare name it like this, it was inevitably an exceptional immortal treasure. It could most likely exist for a long time, but unfortunately, it was empty after being opened.
"There's no aura of Duan De. He wasn't here to investigate, so the master of the cave shouldn't have left behind any immortal pills."
Ye Fan walked through many ancient caves, and felt that everything was ruined. There were originally many divine objects, but they had unfortunately all been submerged in the passage of time, turning into ordinary soil.
He continued forward for a long distance. In the end, multicolored light flowed in front of him, and the formation patterns were profound. Even though he had the Xing Technique, he still couldn't pass through. After all, he hadn't completely comprehended this secret technique.
At this time, Ye Fan missed the large black dog very much. If this guy was here, the formation patterns definitely couldn't block his path, and it would most likely even seal Duan De.
He thought carefully, and decided to retreat. If he went in like this, he would most likely be trapped, and there was a high chance he would fall into the hands of that damn fatty.
Ye Fan returned along the path he came from, arriving outside the ancient cave. Apart from seeing the exceptional beauty Yu Die, there was also a barbarian with disheveled hair. He wore beast skin clothes, and carried a wolf tooth club.
"This is Dongfang Ye …" Yu Die introduced.
Ye Fan was astonished to learn that this barbarian surnamed Dongfang was a freakish existence, able to shatter the palm of a great expert.
Dongfang Ye, just like his name, more or less had a wild temperament, very primitive. Under the beast skin clothes, his skin was bronze, and he was very strong. The wolf tooth club was made of stone.
At this time, he smiled in a simple and honest manner, revealing a mouthful of snow-white teeth. He looked very simple and honest.
"This place is at least the cave of an ancient saint, and it might even be the place where a great emperor passed away …" Ye Fan earnestly explained the situation inside.
"Unfortunately, we can't go in." Yu Die frowned slightly. The formation patterns were too complicated, and there was no way to break them.
"We don't need to go in. In a while, we'll ambush that damn fatty!" Ye Fan said with a smile.
"This … isn't too good." Yu Die didn't want to do this.
Dongfang Ye smiled in a simple and honest manner, and said, "If it was someone else, I wouldn't approve, but he always has designs on my ancestral wolf tooth club. Once, he almost stole it …"
This seemingly simple barbarian raised both hands in approval of ambushing Duan De, but he clearly stated that he wouldn't kill him, and would only rob him of his treasures.
Ye Fan looked at him strangely. This guy looked harmless, and his face was simple and honest, but he didn't seem to be very honest.
The few of them discussed Duan De's battle prowess, and in the end, they all felt that it was unfathomable and immeasurable. Even though this barbarian had almost fought with Duan De, they still couldn't figure out his depth.
"Use formation patterns to lay a trap!" Ye Fan took out a few pieces of jade and laid them at the exit. There wasn't a single trace left behind, and as soon as these pieces of jade were laid down, they automatically disappeared.
"Can formation patterns trap him? You have to know that he broke through the restriction to enter, so he must have done a lot of research," Princess Yu Die reminded.
"Don't worry, this is some … powerful existence that specially prepared it for this damned fatty," Ye Fan said with a smile.
Back then, the large black dog had fought to the death with Duan De after encountering him, and didn't suffer any losses. Afterwards, he helped Ye Fan carve this kind of formation pattern, saving it for future use.
"Is it really that effective?" Dongfang Ye smiled foolishly.
"This is a small formation, and it's not very large. It's to avoid being detected by him. As long as he steps inside, he'll instantly lose his focus, and we only have that short time to act and suppress him," Ye Fan explained.
"Hong!"
A loud sound came from within the cave, and at the same time, a haze rushed out. Fatty Duan was making a lot of noise inside. Obviously, he was breaking through the restriction.
They waited patiently, and didn't rush in to watch.
In the next four hours, all kinds of sounds could be heard from within the ancient cave. The noise became louder and louder, and the dense Spiritual Qi was even surging like water.
"I hope he obtains a lot of Celestial treasures, and even a Great Emperor's ancient scripture!" the barbarian said honestly.
Princess Yu Die was a little speechless. This guy was far from being as simple as he looked. He was prepared to give Duan De a good beating.
Ye Fan laughed, and put his arm around Dongfang Ye's shoulder, discussing for a long time how they should act.
"He's out!"
Ye Fan's spirit sense was very sharp, and he sensed the aura. They were hidden within the formation pattern, so they didn't have to worry about being exposed.
Duan De humphed as he walked out, continuously cursing. His clothes were tattered, and it was obvious that he had suffered a great loss inside.
"Weng!"
The formation pattern was activated, and light shone. Duan De instantly lost his focus. His divine sense was almost stripped out and sealed forever!
"Peng!"
The barbarian didn't hold back, and swung his large club from behind, directly hitting the back of Duan De's head. It was so painful that Fatty Duan's eyes rolled back, and he almost immediately fainted.
Duan De's body went limp, and he swayed as he tried to turn around. At this time, Ye Fan held the small Dao platform that was half a foot tall, and slammed it onto his face.
"Peng!"
"Unscrupulous … Motherf * cker … Celestial Being!" Duan De's eyes finally rolled back, and he was knocked out by the two barbarians. He fell crookedly onto the ground.
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