Even though he had found the location on the map, Miao Yi was still a little worried as he stood in the darkness on the mountain peak. He had gone through so much trouble to find the Unparalleled Demonic Art of the Earth Division last time. He didn't know what the person who had hidden the treasure would do this time.
He had a question in his mind. Who was the person who had hidden the treasure? Why didn't they put the items together? Why did they have to go through so much trouble …
When dawn broke and the sun rose, Miao Yi, who had closed his eyes at some point, suddenly opened them. His eyes gleamed as he looked towards the horizon. With a flick of his sleeves, he slowly rose into the sky. Calculating his altitude with his fingers, he hovered six thousand zhang in the air and looked down at the vast land below.
Soon, a smile appeared in Miao Yi's eyes. What he was worried about didn't happen. The majestic image of a flying lady once again appeared on the ground.
However, the color of the flying lady was different this time. With the help of the snowy mountains and volcanoes, the flying lady had changed into a white robe. Quietly embedded in the ground, it was still a majestic sight. Who would have thought …
Miao Yi's gaze followed the direction of the flying woman's palm into the distance, and he couldn't help but smile. The place the flying woman was holding was a cluster of volcanoes that were arranged in a circle. From afar, it looked as though she was holding a snowball in her palm.
He had only tried to hover six thousand zhang in the air after his first attempt. He didn't think that he would actually be able to find the treasure this way.
Seeing this scene again, Miao Yi couldn't help but be amazed. If he hadn't obtained the secret to finding the treasure from the fairy tribe, no one would be able to find the treasure even if they had the map. The reason was simple. The two treasure locations were several hundred li away from the location marked on the map. Those who went astray wouldn't be able to find the treasure no matter how hard they tried. The Skytraversing Palace had fallen into such a trap.
Even the fairy tribe who had the secret to finding the treasure couldn't find it. This was because only those who cultivated the Fiery Star Technique would be able to see the secret. It was truly a closely linked design. It seemed that only the person who had hidden the treasure would be able to obtain the treasure. Miao Yi felt that he had hit the jackpot!
After memorizing the terrain and location of the target, Miao Yi once again descended. He returned to the cavern where he cultivated.
'There's no rush!' To avoid arousing suspicion, Miao Yi waited a few more days before heading to the treasure location.
After swimming for hundreds of miles, he found the group of volcanoes that were distributed in a circle. He thought he was in the wrong place. When he looked from afar, he was in a circle. Only when he was there did he realize that the surrounding volcanoes were very far away from the circle. He was in an empty snowfield.
With the help of the volcanoes in the distance, he found the center of the snowfield. He used his arts to investigate the area below and discovered that it was several dozen feet of snow. Below it was a layer of ice that he couldn't see the bottom of. He didn't know how thick the layer of ice was.
He looked around and found that this place was too spacious. If he did anything on the snowy ground, it would be easy to leave traces.
After thinking for a while, he plunged his whole body into the thick snow like an awl. After going deep into the snow, he adjusted his direction and plunged straight down. In this way, there was only a small hole left. Even if someone saw this small hole from the sky, they would not be able to detect it. After all, it was the same white color.
Stepping on the ice under the snow, he cast a spell to expand the snow around him. Now that he had some space to move around, he took out a Night Pearl and shone it on the ice. The layer of ice under his feet was azure blue. At first glance, he could tell that the ice was quite thick.
He placed his palm on the ice and invoked his arts to investigate again, but he still couldn't see the bottom. After some thought, he released an invisible flame, and the layer of ice immediately melted. Miao Yi quickly sank into the water. The layer of ice below him melted the moment he came into contact with it.
However, the deeper he went, the more shocked he became. After several thousand feet, he still couldn't see the bottom. The layer of ice was so thick that it made one's hair stand on end.
It wasn't until he reached a depth of several thousand feet that Miao Yi suddenly realized that there was something strange about the layer of ice he was touching. The most obvious thing was that the melted ice that he had used his arts to avoid had already been forced away.
'Ice Soul!' Miao Yi took a closer look and realized that it was actually the Ice Soul, also known as the Supreme Water Crystal, commonly known as the Water Repellent Pearl. At this point, he clearly didn't need to use the Night Pearl anymore. There was some kind of blue light flickering beneath the Ice Soul.
'Could it be underneath the Ice Soul?' However, it would be a pity to melt this Ice Soul. He then invoked his arts and probed deeper.
With a single probe, he found that the area around a hundred feet below was empty!
Thinking that the item might really be underneath, Miao Yi couldn't care less anymore. He summoned his invisible flame again, melted the Ice Soul, and sank down.
As soon as he broke through the Ice Soul, he immediately saw the blue, bone-chilling flames. Miao Yi was shocked once again!
'Ice Flames! It's actually Ice Flames! ' He had seen this thing before in the Ice Palace of the North and South in the Small Realm. He had even stolen one before. Naturally, he wouldn't mistake it for someone else.
It wasn't just a small amount of Ice Flames, but a large area of Ice Flames. Miao Yi was stunned!
A normal person wouldn't be able to withstand the Ice Flames at all. However, Miao Yi wasn't affected in the slightest.
While he was still in shock, he noticed a faint red light flickering beneath the Ice Flames. Miao Yi immediately focused and continued to descend.
After passing through the sea of Ice Flames, he floated in a spacious underground space. His gaze fell on the red light below, and he was once again shocked!
It was a toad, a giant toad that was over a hundred feet long. It looked exactly like the monster he saw being suppressed the last time he went to retrieve the Transcendent Artifact. Its body was pierced with long red nails, and its limbs were chained up by several red chains.
Unlike ordinary toads, this toad looked red, but it was actually white. Its body was covered in thick scales, and each scale was as big as a shield made out of ice. Strangely, there were red flame-like objects pulsing within each scale. He seemed to have seen these things before in the ice walls of Lie Huan's Supreme Fire Palace. The only difference was that the flames pulsing within the scales seemed to have taken on a humanoid form, giving off a feeling that they could break through the scales at any moment.
There were at least ten thousand such scales on the toad's body, and each one of them glowed with a red light. This was the source of the red light in the underground space.
However, this wasn't the only source of the red light in the underground space. As Miao Yi approached, he realized that he could actually see red lava beneath the toad's abdomen. Only then did he realize that the toad was lying on top of an opening of the earth fire, suppressing the earth fire below.
It seemed that because this toad was suppressing the earth fire, the high temperature underground was unable to seep out.
Astonished, Miao Yi circled around the giant toad once. In order to confirm his suspicions, he reached out a hand towards the toad and used the Fiery Star Art to grab at the air. As expected, just like what he saw in Lie Huan's Supreme Fire Palace, a dense red fire element seeped out from the toad's scales and floated into Miao Yi's palm. He was immediately overjoyed. Normally, absorbing fire element through flames was too slow for his cultivation, so he couldn't absorb any at all. Never in his wildest dreams did he imagine that there would be such an abundance of fire element stored here.
What surprised him even more was that at the same time, blue fire element floated towards him under the effect of the Fiery Star Art and was absorbed into his body.
Miao Yi raised his head and saw that the vast underground space was filled with blue ice flames surging above him. It was a sight so beautiful that it could only be described as breathtaking.
Yang fire and Yin fire were actually coexisting here! Miao Yi couldn't help but gasp in amazement at the sight. The ecstasy in his heart was indescribable. This place was practically a paradise specially made for his cultivation!
"As expected of a land of two extremes. To think that the flames of Yin and Yang could actually coexist here. The heavens are truly on my side!" Miao Yi raised his arms and laughed maniacally, beating his chest and stamping his feet. It had been many years since he was this happy.
This was a hundred years' worth of time! That was more than enough for him to harvest all of the Yin and Yang flames here. When that time came, his cultivation speed would definitely skyrocket!
After he calmed down, Miao Yi sighed. He realized that Yun Zhiqiu was right. If it weren't for the fact that it was impossible, he would have suspected that the Celestial Court's hundred-year trial was specifically designed for him. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to come here coincidentally and have so much free time to slowly cultivate here. This was truly a great opportunity!
He realized that he had truly found a great treasure this time. At least to him, it was a great treasure. He didn't think that this place would actually have the flames of Yin and Yang. This trip was truly worth it!
When he thought of the treasure, he finally remembered the real reason he was here. He was here to search for the Boundless Great Arts of the Earth Division!
He instantly snapped out of his ecstasy and looked around before his gaze fell on the stone wall to his right. There was a cave glowing with a faint white light.
Miao Yi quickly entered the cave passage and turned right. A stone chamber was right in front of him. As he stepped inside, he saw a luminous pearl emitting a gentle glow embedded above his head. As expected, the stone wall in front of him was also a carving of the flying woman. Resting on the stone wall was a red jade-like metal box.
Miao Yi reached his hand out and grabbed the box embedded in the stone wall. He invoked his transcendence energy to inspect the inside of the box. After confirming that there was no danger, he opened it with a peace of mind. As soon as he opened it, he saw a black metal ball and a jade disk lying quietly inside.
He took the jade disk and looked at it. There were five words written densely on the cultivation manual with the title: Boundless Great Arts, Earth!
Miao Yi breathed a sigh of relief. The Boundless Great Arts of the Earth Division was finally in his hands. He was worried that he would come up with something to fool him again like the first time.
The other item was … Miao Yi's heart skipped a beat. He grabbed the black metal ball and invoked his transcendence energy. The ball immediately opened up in his palm with a crackling sound.
It once again confirmed his suspicions. It was indeed another treasure map, just like the one before.
The first thing he saw was the carving of the flying woman with her arms outstretched. Beside it were two lines of words: The path of Xianxia has yet to end. The sea of blood is boundless, the white bone boat!
On the side was the star chart and the two words on the map: Nine, Earth!
With his previous two experiences, it wasn't hard for Miao Yi to guess what this item was. It was obviously the treasure map of the Earth Division of the Nine Heavens Mystical Arts.
While Miao Yi was overjoyed, he felt a wave of resentment in his heart. What was the person who hid the treasure doing? Was he crazy? What was he trying to do by separating it like that? 'Even if you don't find it troublesome, I find it troublesome. Would it kill me to put it together?'
The treasure map returned to its metal ball form with a crackling sound. He lifted his gaze and looked at the flying woman on the stone wall. Miao Yi now suspected that the person who hid the treasure was this woman. Otherwise, why would the clues and the location of the treasure be linked to this woman? If it was really this woman, then who was the woman in the carving?
PS: Tomorrow is the first of the month. Quickly put down what you're doing and write a chapter to please everyone. Well, I don't dare to roll around on the ground. I can only raise a small white flag and meekly ask for a guaranteed monthly pass!
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