"Weapon spirit, what kind of spirit beast's wing is this?" Gu Zheng asked, fiddling with the formation spirit in his hand.
"This should be the wing of a blue bird, but its bloodline isn't pure. It's a pity that the person who refined it into a formation spirit isn't strong enough. Otherwise, its power would be far greater."
The weapon spirit smiled, then told Gu Zheng how to use the formation spirit.
Gu Zheng happily accepted the formation spirit. Now that there were no more dangers to disturb them, it was time to break the immortal formation and see what was in the big golden chest.
With a flick of his fingers, the light formation that had been hidden reappeared in the void. Gu Zheng and Meow Meow began to break the formation according to the weapon spirit's instructions.
At the same time, in the core of the circular corridor, Cao Yi and two other men were fighting a tough battle in the immortal formation that led to the second floor of the treasure trove.
The situation in the immortal formation space was similar to what Gu Zheng and the others had encountered in the three-layered immortal formation of the Celestial Snail Cavern. The ground cracked in the shape of a cross, and a strange spirit emerged from it, launching a fierce attack on the two men protecting Cao Yi as she broke the formation.
Although the two men, one fat and one thin, were also cultivators, they were only at the early Soul Formation stage. It was extremely difficult for them to deal with the demon-like spirits in the air.
"Lord Protector, we can't hold on much longer. How much longer will it take for you to recover?" the fat man cried out.
"Hold on, we still need some time!"
Cao Yi didn't make a sound. The one speaking was her puppet, which was also helping to fight off the spirits in the air.
"How long is' some time '? I feel like we can't hold on much longer! "the thin man cried out.
Almost as soon as the thin man finished speaking, a spirit flew past him. Blood splattered everywhere, and he screamed in pain.
Three bone-deep scratches appeared on the thin man's face. As if provoked by the smell of blood, two more spirits flew towards him.
"Lord Protector, save me!"
Facing several spirits at once, the thin man knew he was no match for them. He immediately asked for help.
"Damn it!"
Cao Yi cursed angrily. Then, she opened her mouth and vomited. Her puppet also made the same sound.
Cao Yi was trying to break the Matrix. She could not make too many movements, and she could not be too distracted. However, the things she wanted to do could be taken over by her Shaman Dolls. Her vomiting at that moment was actually controlling the Shaman Dolls.
Two black shadows were spat out of the puppet's mouth, floating in the air and transforming into two strange winged snakes.
The strange snakes were only the length of a finger, but they were also spirits. After they appeared, they immediately let out a sharp whistle.
As if it had met its natural enemy, the originally arrogant demonic spiritual body suddenly began to tremble.
Swish!
The two strange winged snakes roared again, and an invisible suction force was emitted from their mouths. The spiritual bodies in the air all involuntarily approached them.
"Gu Gu!"
The demonic spirits all let out strange cries as they trembled. Their bodies gradually shrank and became more solid.
Finally, the originally human-sized demonic spirit was completely swallowed by the two strange snakes. However, before they entered the strange snakes' mouths, their bodies had already shrunk to the size of soybeans, and they emitted a compressed black light.
Boom! Boom!
Two loud sounds were heard. The two strange snakes that had swallowed the spirits exploded. The Shaman Dolls that were originally standing also seemed to have suffered a backlash. They directly sat on the ground and seemed to have lost much of their spirituality.
"It's a pity that the spirit snake has not been refined for long. Otherwise, it would not have allowed those spirits to have their way." The Shaman Dolls spoke, revealing a sense of weakness.
"Ugh!"
The skinny man let out a muffled groan. Although the spirit bodies had not attacked him for a long time, they had still caused him serious injuries. At this moment, he was filling up the intestines that the spirit bodies had pulled out of his body.
"Are you alright?"
The fat man looked at the thin man, his eyes filled with worry. After all, the thin man's injuries were not as simple as his intestines being dug out. Some of his organs were already showing signs of serious damage.
The skinny man did not answer immediately. He first stuffed the intestines into his stomach in one go, then used his immortal energy to draw a few lines on the wound. Then, he casually swallowed a healing pill and said, "No, uhh …"
Before he could finish speaking, blood flowed from the corner of the thin man's mouth.
The fat man did not say anything. He sat cross-legged behind the thin man and channeled his immortal energy into the thin man's body to help him recover.
For an immortal cultivator, this kind of injury was not fatal, but it was not a small injury either. Without a few days of rest, it would be impossible for him to fight again.
"As long as we can deal with one more wave of killer moves, we will be out of danger. I hope you can deal with the next wave of killer moves without your help!" Cao Yi sighed.
After hearing Cao Yi's words, the thin man did not relax. Instead, his face was filled with fear.
"Lord Guardian, don't give up on me!" The thin man begged.
"Whether I give up on you or not, it's not up to us. It depends on the next wave of killer moves."
"Rumble!"
Almost immediately after Cao Yi's voice, another rumble came from under the cross-shaped crack. Four white objects rushed out from below.
"Damn it!"
When Cao Yi saw that the objects flying out from under the cross-shaped crack were actually four balls made of skulls, her expression changed as she cursed.
"Lord Guardian, don't give up on me!"
The skinny man screamed. He was originally sitting cross-legged, but he immediately struggled to stand up.
"I'm sorry!"
There was no need for Cao Yi to give the order. The fat man next to the thin man immediately restrained him.
The thin man could not move or speak, but the pleading in his eyes was still there.
"I don't want to see this either, but if we don't use our trump card, it's not something we can deal with. Once we use our trump card, someone must be sacrificed!"
A cold voice came from the Witch Doll's mouth. It held nine silver needles and walked towards the thin man.
The Witch Doll's movements were as fast as flowing water. In an instant, it pierced 81 needles into different parts of the thin man's body.
Although they were only thin silver needles, the pain and fear in the thin man's eyes increased with each piercing. It was as if he was enduring an unparalleled torture.
When the 81 needles were pierced, the thin man's restrained body started to tremble. A violent energy surged in his body as if it would break out at any time.
"Wahwah …"
Strange syllables came out from the puppet's mouth. It circled around the skinny man three times like a dancing god. During this process, its palm was placed three inches above the skinny man's head. The black gas that poured out from its palm entered the skinny man's body through the top of his head.
The Witch Doll took out a black object that was round on the outside and square on the inside. There were three mysterious words carved on it.
As if it was attracted, the black object immediately flew to the thin man's head as soon as it appeared and spun endlessly.
At the same time, the eye sockets of the four skull spheres shone brightly. The pure evil energy within was about to fly out.
"Wahwah …"
The Witch Doll's roar sounded. The black object suddenly shone brightly. The thin man's blood immediately spurted out from the 81 needles and spiraled into the three words on the black object.
The three words that seemed to be inanimate immediately flew out from the black object when they came into contact with the blood. There were twenty-seven bloody lines behind each of them. They danced wildly in the immortal formation space.
The entire immortal formation space was shaking. As the three words danced, the red in the eye sockets of the skulls darkened as if they had fallen into a deep sleep. Even the entire sphere was showing signs of collapsing. As for the thin man who was supporting the movement of the words, his entire body was rapidly shriveling.
In less than thirty seconds, the original skulls had all sunk into the 'cross-shaped' crack. The 'cross-shaped' crack also began to merge with a rumble.
Without a sound, the three runes in the air turned into ashes. Even the black object on top of the skinny man's head turned into ashes. As for the skinny man who had helped someone else, all that was left of him was his clothes and human skin.
"Phew …"
Everything in front of him seemed like a dream, but the fat man who knew that he had walked through the gates of hell couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
"Lord Protector, is it safe?" The fat man asked carefully.
"It's safe, but the price is a bit heavy!"
Cao Yi sighed. Then, a gloomy look appeared in her eyes. "With one less trump card and one less person, how are we going to break the last immortal formation on the second floor?"
A day later.
Just as the Weapon Spirit had guessed, Gu Zheng and Meow Meow worked together to break the immortal formation. It took them an entire day.
With the immortal formation broken, the space shook, and the big golden box appeared in front of Gu Zheng again.
There were restrictions on the big golden box, but the difficulty of breaking them was not much higher than the restrictions on the small golden box. Gu Zheng quickly broke them.
"Wow!"
As soon as he opened the golden box, Gu Zheng immediately cheered, because he saw excellent ingredients in the box.
The things in the big golden box were also all kinds of cultivation resources, and their general grades were higher than those in the small golden box.
Take the ingredients for example. Most of the ingredients in the small golden box accounted for more than half of them, ordinary for a small part, and very few of them were of medium grade. And the ingredients in the big golden box accounted for more than half of them were of ordinary grade, a small part of them were of medium grade, and the rest were of four kinds of excellent grade.
"This is the second time in this treasure trove that I've obtained excellent grade ingredients. Moreover, these four excellent grade ingredients all have a sweet attribute. Not only does this not conflict with the supplementary ingredients needed for immortal fruit cultivation, but it is also beneficial to the enhancement of the medicinal effect. This is really awesome! "Gu Zheng said happily.
"This is only the first floor of the treasure trove. Perhaps if we continue to explore, we may even encounter high-grade ingredients." The Weapon Spirit smiled.
High-grade ingredients were extremely rare. Gu Zheng only had two. One was the royal jelly he had obtained in the Shu Ruins, and the other was the flat peach he had obtained in the Void Sect.
Gu Zheng laughed heartily. In a good mood, he said to the Weapon Spirit, "Don't say that. I can't help but look forward to it!"
"Since you can't help but look forward to it, let's hurry up. Perhaps the high-grade ingredients are waiting for you ahead!" The Weapon Spirit also smiled.
Now that there were no more rooms in the corridor to explore, Gu Zheng took Meow Meow through the nearest passage and approached the circular corridor.
There were a total of four passages, and there were no rooms in them, so it didn't take much time. Gu Zheng and Meow Meow had already entered the circular corridor.
There were rooms in the circular corridor. Gu Zheng and Meow Meow hadn't gone far when they discovered one.
Unfortunately, after opening the door, there was no danger inside, and there was no golden chest. It was just an empty room.
There weren't as many rooms in the circular corridor as there were in the corridor outside. Gu Zheng took Meow Meow to another five rooms. They encountered danger once, but also had a harvest. The golden chest they obtained was still filled with gold, silver, and jewels.
"Meow Meow, take a guess. What do you think this room is?"
Gu Zheng asked Meow Meow at the door of the seventh room.
"Sir, I think we can obtain a golden chest in this room." Meow Meow said.
"Alright, I'll count on your auspicious words!"
Gu Zheng smiled and began to crack the immortal formation.
The immortal formation on the door was quickly opened. After the stone door opened, Gu Zheng saw something he had never seen before.
There was no golden chest in the room behind the door, nor were there any monsters screaming and rushing out. There was only a large coffin.
"Sir, do you think the thing in this coffin could be a refined corpse?" Meow Meow asked curiously.
Both Gu Zheng and Meow Meow had encountered Refined Corpses before. This didn't just refer to the ones Lu Qi had provoked at the beginning, but also a few Refined Corpses that had been released from certain rooms during Gu Zheng and Meow Meow's treasure hunt.
The refined corpses released from the rooms were the same as the ones Lu Qi had provoked. Their strength had reached the level of cultivators, and they could be considered relatively strong. However, in the rooms where the refined corpses were released, there were no coffins. Moreover, in all the rooms that they had explored, whether it was opened by their own side or by someone else, they did not discover the existence of a coffin! So whether or not the thing in the coffin was a refined corpse, not only Meow Meow, but even Gu Zheng wasn't sure.
"From the immortal formation on the surface, it's impossible to tell what's inside. After all, this isn't like the coffin in Zhao Manor, which had a corpse-nurturing immortal formation on it. Let's open it and take a look. Be careful! "The artifact spirit said.
The immortal formation on the coffin was a sealing-type immortal formation. Although it was rather complicated, Gu Zheng was able to open it quickly under the artifact spirit's guidance.
"Bang …"
The moment the immortal formation on the coffin was broken, a huge force came from inside and the entire coffin exploded.
Gu Zheng and Meow Meow were already on guard, so the explosion didn't hurt them. The thing that caused the coffin to explode was indeed a refined corpse, but one they'd never seen before.
The refined corpses they'd seen before had long been unrecognizable, and their bodies were covered in a disgusting paste. This refined corpse wasn't covered in paste, but rather flowed with a disgusting green liquid. Its face was very clear, and it could be seen that it had been a beauty when it was alive.
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