I am a late bloomer in the world of cultivating immortals

Previously, he was still wondering how the ancient demon could have entered the Spirit Realm and murdered his son, "Prince Qing," given the existence of the Two Realms Array...

But after seeing what Lou Boyang had done in Dingyuan Immortal City, everything became clear.

Hundreds of thousands of years ago, after the great war between the two realms, the three dominant races joined forces with the powerful beings of all races to set up the "Demon Sealing Array" at the border between the Ancient Demon Realm and the Spirit Realm. This array could prevent the invasion of ancient demons and stop them from entering the Spirit Realm... but it was still difficult to completely block the "infiltration" of ancient demons.

In the history of the Spirit Realm, there are countless demonic cultivators like Lou Boyang who were sent to the Spirit Realm by the ancient demons to "receive blood."

Its purpose in appearing in the spirit world is to disrupt the spirit world, destroy the "Demon-Sealing Array," and welcome the arrival of the ancient demon it serves...

Therefore, although he did not know the reason why Lou Boyang murdered his son "Prince Qing", he was certain, based solely on the evidence at hand and the information that Lou Boyang had used the "Dark Law", that the murderer could be none other than this scoundrel!
"Search! Search every continent, we must find this Lou Boyang."

Panjiang Longhou coldly issued the order.

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Crimson Continent, Sea-Stabilizing Immortal Ruins.

At this time, Wei Tu was unaware that Lou Boyang, with whom he had a considerable grudge, had unwittingly become his scapegoat through a series of coincidences.

Of course, even if he knew, he wouldn't care, and might even secretly fuel the flames to confirm the matter.

—After mastering the “Dark Laws” and the “Seven Mysterious Demonic Bodies” escape technique, he realized that he was another perfect “substitute” for Lou Boyang.

As long as his true identity is not exposed, the cultivators who know of Lou Boyang's existence will naturally pin the "evidence" on Lou Boyang.

He is currently hiding in the "dungeon space" under the dry well, just like Prince Qing, taking stock of his gains while meditating and restoring his magical power.

Prince Qing possessed an immense number of relics belonging to this powerful being at the Fusion Realm.

The number of medium-grade spirit crystals is two thousand.

There are countless other sixth-order spiritual materials and herbs, totaling over a thousand items.

In terms of spiritual treasures, Prince Qing was quite wealthy. Although he only had the "trident" at the seventh rank, he had as many as six other seventh-rank fragments!

Moreover, every single one of them is a masterpiece.

If Wei Tu hadn't destroyed the two seventh-tier fragmented treasures that Prince Qing used for protection during the battle, he would have had as many as eight seventh-tier fragmented treasures on him.

This made Wei Tu secretly regretful. These remaining seventh-tier fragmented treasures were of high quality, but they were all offensive spiritual treasures, and their power was not much different from his [Frosty Dragon Sword]... so they would not significantly enhance his current combat strength.

"Wealthy, in comparison to me. Among those in the Integration Realm, Prince Qing is considered poor..."

Wei Tu shook his head. He did not find any elixirs or miraculous medicines that would help improve cultivation in the Refinement Void Realm or Integration Realm in Prince Qing's storage artifact. The only extraordinary item he found seemed to be closely related to this dungeon space.

This is not difficult to understand.

one.

Prince Qing is a newly promoted Integration Realm cultivator and has no opportunity to shine in the Integration Realm or acquire rare resources at the Integration Realm level through his own means.

Having just advanced to the Integration stage, he had already exhausted all the spiritual pills he had on hand that were beneficial for cultivators in the Refinement Void stage. At the very least, he would have given them to his servant, Atong, to help him improve his realm. How could it be his turn, as a "latecomer"?

Second.

"Second-generation immortals" can obtain more cultivation resources than ordinary cultivators, but... this "more" also depends on what realm and level they are in.

It is true that his father, the "Panjiang Dragon King," was a peak Integration Realm cultivator, but his offspring were far more than just Prince Qing... Moreover, in order to break through to the Mahayana Realm, Panjiang Dragon King had not shared Integration Realm resources with other cultivators in the Dragon Palace for many years.

In terms of resources for refining the Void Realm, it's impossible to provide unlimited support to one's beloved son.

Thinking of this, Wei Tu's eyes flashed, and he raised his hand to take out a huge bone fragment the size of a millstone with a light silver surface from a storage ring floating in front of him.

As this enormous bone fragment appeared, the remaining bones in the dungeon seemed to respond, their resentment coalescing into a roar.

Clearly, this huge bone fragment and the remaining bones in the dungeon originated from the same source, but unlike the others, it still contained terrifying spiritual power and exuded a chilling pressure.

"These are the original spiritual bones of a dragon-descended cultivator who was imprisoned here, after his death?" Wei Tu's eyes flashed as he made his judgment.

Bone produces marrow, and marrow produces blood.

Within the cultivation world, regardless of whether they are descendants of dragons or any other true spirit bloodline, each person possesses a "primordial spirit bone" within their body, used to nourish their bloodline...

It is similar to the "True Spirit Immortal Bone" of body cultivators. After all, in essence, the "True Spirit Immortal Bone" is a substitute that ancient cultivators imitated and researched to create.

"The grade is at least eighth rank. Whether it's using this bone to make medicine to refine elixirs that enhance the bloodline of dragon descendants, or... using this spiritual material as a rough material to refine high-grade spiritual treasures, it's all very feasible..." Wei Tu's face showed surprise and delight. After playing with it for a while, he thought to himself.

For him, this item, while far less powerful than the "eighth-order dragon marrow" from the Three Races' Secret Realm in terms of body tempering, has the advantage of being plentiful, allowing him to gradually and slowly improve his body tempering level.

Secondly, according to his estimation, as long as a good weapon refiner is found, it would not be difficult to refine this huge bone fragment into a decent seventh-order spiritual treasure.

Rounding up, he acquired another seventh-tier spiritual treasure, which also solved his cultivation problems before breaking through to the seventh tier, and even in the early stages of the seventh tier.

"The deaths of Atong and Prince Qing won't be noticed by the Feathered Dragon Clan cultivators in the underwater palace for a while, but if it drags on, problems will inevitably arise sooner or later..."

Half a day later, after sorting through the collected satellite images, he began to think about his next plan.

Thanks to Atong's divine memories, he also gained some understanding of this underwater palace in the "Dragon Refining Sea".

Since the emergence of the "Sea-Stabilizing Immortal Ruins," dozens of generations of cultivators from the Feathered Dragon Clan, including princes and princesses, have dedicated themselves to exploring this immortal ruin while still in the Refinement and Integration Realms...

However, due to the limited opening time of the Immortal Ruins, the "front hall" and "middle hall" of the underwater palace have been fully developed, but the "rear hall" is still a virgin territory.

The location of the "dry well" is precisely at the junction of the "middle hall" and "rear hall" of the underwater palace.

Therefore, Prince Qing was able to monopolize this opportunity in the dry well and obtain this "Origin Spirit Bone" that was suspected to be from an eighth-order dragon descendant.

“It’s impossible to use the same trick again to assassinate the other princes and princesses of the Feather Dragon Clan… Although those cultivators might fall behind like Prince Qing, I’ve also lost the little monkey puppet, a key weapon, and my strength has decreased considerably…” Wei Tu pondered for a moment and shook his head.

In addition, the "dungeon space" under this dry well is also an unparalleled advantage. In other parts of the underwater palace, it would be difficult to "traps" others to death intentionally or unintentionally.

As for using life force to disguise...

In front of acquaintances, it might be worth a try for a short time. But if one stays close to these princes and princesses for too long, sooner or later their "clues" will be discovered, and then they will join forces to attack.

"Step by step."

Wei Tu took a deep breath, flicked his sleeve, and once again disguised himself as Atong. With a flash of light, he flew out of the dungeon.

The Boundary Stone is his greatest source of confidence.

They can't win, but they have the luxury of running away.

At this moment, seven days have passed since Wei Tu killed Prince Qing.

However, because the exploration of the "rear hall" of the underwater palace required a lot of time, Wei Tu easily encountered other Feathered Dragon Clan cultivators after flying away for a day or two.

The pairing of Prince Qing and his servant Atong is similar.

This time, he encountered not the main force of the Feathered Dragon Clan, but a female cultivator with the title "Princess Fuxin" and a maid named "Alian" beside her.

In fact, servants like Atong and Alian did have proper names, but after being selected by the Feathered Dragon Clan from their own tribe to serve as slaves, they lost the right to be addressed by their proper names within the Feathered Dragon Clan. They could only refer to themselves by slightly insulting servant names like Atong and Alian.

"A-Tong, where is Prince Qing?" Princess Fuxin saw Wei Tu appear alone and instinctively sensed something was amiss. She frowned and asked.

Upon hearing this, Wei Tu was already prepared for the question—he took out Prince Qing's token and said that Prince Qing was in seclusion in a secret place, refining the treasures within, and out of kindness, he asked his servant to seek other opportunities.

That's why.

Princess Fuxin raised an eyebrow and, seeing that the token in Wei Tu's hand was indeed genuine, immediately lowered her guard.

This wasn't because she blindly trusted Wei Tu, but because she believed in Prince Qing's strength. Moreover, for thousands of years, enemies of their Feathered Dragon Clan had rarely appeared in the Dragon Refining Sea.

Even if a dragon-descended cultivator holding a Celestial Ruins Token were lucky enough to arrive here, he would join the Feathered Dragon Clan royal family and become their ally. After all, the Feathered Dragon Clan wouldn't set up any obstacles for the "promotion" of dragon-descended geniuses.

As long as one has sufficient qualifications and a valid identity, even a dragon-descended cultivator of humble origin and inferior bloodline may become a prince or princess of the Feathered Dragon Clan.

Of course... such unconventional dragonborn cultivators are extremely rare, perhaps only appearing once every tens of thousands of years.

Among them, even the least privileged "Princess Wangyuan" was still a "concubine" from a prestigious family.

“Since Prince Qing is delayed by something… A-Tong, you will stay by my side.” Princess Fuxin’s beautiful eyes flickered slightly as she spoke these words in a tone that brooked no refusal.

A combat power at the half-step Integration level is extremely rare even within the Dinghai Immortal Ruins.

The reason why these princes and princesses only bring one servant with them is not because they only have one servant, but because the Immortal Ruins Token limits the number of servants they can bring. They can only bring one servant with them to serve as cannon fodder.

Now that she sees Wei Tu all alone, she wouldn't mind bringing this strong man like Wei Tu to her side...

Even though this matter might offend Prince Qing, a powerful figure of the same level... it's all worth it compared to the gains and losses within the Immortal Ruins.

Upon hearing this, Wei Tu, who was the "servant," couldn't help but change his expression. He opened his mouth, as if he wanted to argue, but as if he was afraid of Princess Fuxin's majesty, he helplessly lowered his head and agreed to the matter.

Upon seeing this, Princess Fuxin's snow-white face revealed a hint of mockery. Without saying a word, she flicked her jade sleeve and used her great magic to pull Wei Tuqiang behind her, making him stand with Alian.

Fortunately, Wei Tu was quite lucky.

When he arrived, the area that Princess Fuxin had explored was no longer dangerous. Although there were still some spiritual barriers blocking the way, there was no danger to her life.

It is worth mentioning that Princess Fuxin's gains were undoubtedly far less than those of Prince Qing.

Inside the room, the spiritual objects that could be moved, though of high quality and extraordinary, were worlds apart from the "Origin Spiritual Bone" of the eighth rank.

Then, something amazing happened.

After Princess Fuxin obtained the second "spiritual object," the other spiritual objects in the underwater palace instantly increased their spiritual resistance against her, strictly forbidding her from touching them.

Upon seeing this, Wei Tu's eyes flashed, and he immediately understood why this underwater palace had not yet been fully explored by the Feathered Dragon Clan cultivators.

It conforms to the "rules" of the secret realm of inheritance.

— It is strictly forbidden for cultivators to be greedy and take advantage of others' opportunities.

But because Wei Tu and A Lian were there.

Princess Fuxin easily obtained four more spiritual items within this underwater palace.

Wei Tu was quite envious, wishing he could ambush and kill Princess Fuxin right there and then and seize her treasures.

Princess Fuxin seemed to sense Wei Tu's "dissatisfaction," hesitated for a moment, then took out the drum-shaped spiritual treasure with the worst spiritual power from the six spiritual objects and threw it to Wei Tu.

"You are, after all, Prince Qing's person. I cannot take advantage of Prince Qing..." Princess Fuxin said calmly.

This also silenced Prince Qing. Even if Prince Qing later used this as an excuse to accuse her of usurping Wei Tu's Lingbao quota, she was confident that she could "reason with him".

Without her, it would have been absolutely impossible for Wei Tu, a mere "half-step Integration" cultivator, to break through the powerful restrictions enveloping these spiritual beings within the underwater palace.

"Thank you, Princess Fuxin." Wei Tu bowed and accepted the drum-shaped magical treasure offered by the woman.

He glanced at the drum-shaped spiritual treasure. Its craftsmanship was quite different from that of the Spirit Realm at this time, making it difficult to discern its specific rank... But the moment he touched it, he had a vague feeling that this treasure seemed most suitable for being activated by his body-refining blood energy...

“That’s it. The cultivators who built this underwater palace must have been ancestors from the ancient times of the spirit world. Back then, the popular practice was ‘ancient cultivation’ that imitated spirits, rather than the path of immortality…” After a moment of thought, Wei Tu gradually realized something.

Seeing Wei Tu's slight daze, Princess Fuxin, standing to the side, immediately revealed a hint of arrogance and disdain on her face. She casually explained, as if to play the good Samaritan to the end, "These spiritual treasures were forged by ancient body-refining practitioners. They are incredibly powerful and extremely hard, quite different from modern spiritual treasures… They are best activated by the blood and qi of body-refining practitioners. However, with our magical power, it's not difficult to activate them. It's just that their power will be greatly reduced."

"However, solving this problem is not difficult. We just need to return to our clan and exchange for a high-level blood refining technique."

"Blood Refining Technique?" Upon hearing this, Wei Tu suddenly realized that this was just a trick used by immortal cultivators to activate these ancient spiritual treasures. Since they did not have the abundant blood energy of body refiners, they could only use the Blood Refining Technique to reduce the difficulty of activating them.

"Alright, let's not delay any longer, it's time to head to the next secret location in the Dragon Refining Sea."

After explaining, Princess Fuxin impatiently uttered this sentence, ignoring the envious look in the eyes of her maid "Alian" behind her. With a light touch of her toes, she gracefully flew out of the palace and flew straight towards the sky above the underwater palace.

That place was also where the group of feathered dragon cultivators gathered after exploring the underwater palace. (End of Chapter)