The Xu family follows Taoism and seeks longevity

After taking a quick look around, Xu Zhiyu was sure that there were no other Soul-Eating Ants nearby.

Then he lowered his head and looked at the ground. Looking at the scorched yellow quicksand, he had the urge to go underground and take a look.

This is not a whim, but a motivation.

Generally speaking, there must be treasures in the lair of monsters. This is an immutable law in the world of immortal cultivation.

Although he entered the quicksand land not for treasures but to find the passage to ascension, now that all the monsters had been cleared out, it would be a bad idea not to take a look.

After making up his mind, Xu Zhiyu used the earth escape technique and dived into the ground in an instant.

From the outside, you may not be able to see the situation underground. Only by going down in person can you see how many caves the "Soul-Devouring Ants" have opened up here. They are like a beehive, densely packed, and dotted with many forks.

There were a few Soul-Devouring Ants left inside the Soul-Devouring Ants' nest, but they were basically the old, weak, sick, disabled and pregnant; those who were strong and able to fight had all been killed by him outside.

When encountering individual stragglers, as long as they do not initiate an attack, Xu Zhiyu will not bother to pay attention to them. But if he encounters someone who is blind and looking for death, he does not mind giving him a ride.

He fled, killed, and cleared a path like this, and by the time he reached the real nest of the Soul-Devouring Ants, there were corpses all over the ground behind him.

Xu Zhiyu was standing in a huge underground cave at this time, carefully observing everything here. The first thing that amazed him was the concentration of spiritual energy here, which was even higher than that of the Xu family mountain.

"A fourth-order, mid-grade spiritual vein, not bad, quite good. My Xu family has struggled for more than a thousand years to get a fourth-order, low-grade spiritual vein. These monsters are lucky to be born in this secret realm, and they can occupy such a high-grade spiritual vein. How can this be justified?

But, hey, it's different now, it's going to change its owner to the Xu family soon, and when I bring it back to the family in the future, it will be integrated with the family spiritual vein, and I won't have to invest a huge amount of spiritual stones to upgrade the family spiritual vein, it's really killing two birds with one stone."

When he said this, he thought there were no monks around who would hear him, but he forgot a saying: walls have ears.

Fan Baiyun heard every word of these words, but she just smiled and said nothing. She did not think that Xu Zhiyu could bring the underground spiritual vein out of the secret realm as he said.

Of course, it’s not that he can’t do it. She is well aware of Xu Zhiyu’s abilities. In the Jindan realm, he is basically invincible and can indeed migrate spiritual veins.

But if you take the spiritual vein out of the secret realm, do you think the three major sects that own the secret realm will let you leave easily?

the answer is negative.

Although they will not check the storage rings of the monks who have walked out of the secret realm safely one by one, they will send various spiritual beasts that are very sensitive to spiritual energy, such as "Spirit-seeking Rats" and "Treasure-seeking Foxes".

These spirit beasts will sniff the monks' storage rings one by one, and if they find any prohibited items inside, they will issue a special sound warning.

Then the cultivator who covets the ownerless spiritual vein in the secret realm will be in trouble. He will be captured by Yuanying Zhenjun directly and then tortured slowly.

Don't think this is impossible. This has happened before in the world of immortal cultivation. There was once a Nascent Soul sect that did not strictly check the storage rings of the cultivators returning from the secret realm. In the end, the entire secret realm collapsed and disappeared because of a drastic reduction in spiritual veins.

It was from then on that all major forces began to pay attention to the security of their own secret realms. You can look for elixirs and treasures at will. If you find them, even if you are capable, we will not be jealous.

But if you dare to take advantage of our secret spiritual veins, you will be courting death. If you are caught, you can only pray for a quick death.

However, what the world of immortal cultivation lacks the least is desperate criminals. Especially when it comes to something as lucrative as stealing spiritual veins, there are always people who are willing to do it regardless of their own lives.

There is no way, the profits here are just too huge.

The price of a fourth-order low-grade spirit vein in the black market is at least 20 million low-grade spirit stones, which can be converted into more than 100,000 medium-grade spirit stones. This number is a huge sum of money for those struggling Jindan cultivators.

Many Jindan cultivators who are not doing well in their lives are often willing to take risks. When they hear that a secret realm is about to be opened, they will collect information in advance and start preparations.

When it comes to stealing spiritual veins, the most difficult thing is naturally how to avoid the spiritual beast's sensitive sense of smell. In fact, there are many methods circulating in the world of immortal cultivation.

The most common method is to immerse one's storage ring in a special spiritual liquid called 'odor-destroying liquid'. This spiritual liquid will cover the odors of all the spiritual objects in the storage ring, thus avoiding searches.

However, this method was indeed very useful at the beginning. Some monks made a fortune by using it. Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. The secret was eventually discovered and the man died tragically on the spot.

The formula of the 'odor-destroying liquid' he invented was also mastered by many major forces, who then came up with other ways to crack it.

Afterwards, some strange methods emerged one after another, but they were not very effective and it was basically difficult to avoid the search of spirit beasts.

Over time, the number of monks who risked their lives to steal spiritual veins gradually decreased. After all, no matter how good the spiritual stones were, one might not be able to spend them even if he earned them!

But Xu Zhiyu is different, since he dares to do this, he must have his own considerations. What he relies on is naturally the sealed space in the sea of ​​consciousness, and the spiritual veins are received there. Not to mention that a spiritual beast comes to smell it, even if the God of Transformation comes in person, he will not be able to find any clues.

He did it without hesitation and first used his magic power to find the location of the main spiritual vein. Two lightning whips emerged from his palms and tightly wrapped around it. After the two sides were in a stalemate for several hours, the spiritual vein was finally collected by him into the sealed space.

The moment the spiritual vein disappeared, Fan Yunbai's face changed drastically, because with her unparalleled spiritual insight, she didn't even notice where the spiritual vein had gone. This was simply unbelievable.

"How many secrets are hidden in this little guy? First, there are endless sixth-level spiritual medicines and top-grade spiritual stones, and now there is a storage space that I don't know how to describe. It's really too puzzling.

If God hadn't given me a hint that I had to rely on him to ascend to the spiritual world, I would have to search his soul to get the answers to these questions.

By the way, could this guy be carrying a top-level cave with him? If so, all the mysteries surrounding him can be solved.

A blessed land has generally been nurtured for hundreds of thousands of years, so it is not surprising to see sixth-level spiritual medicines growing in it. Moreover, a blessed land naturally has the function of shielding the spiritual consciousness of cultivators, and even a cultivator who has reached the stage of spiritual transformation cannot see through it.

However, I have never heard of anyone in the world of immortal cultivation being able to carry a blessed land with them. Even the cultivators who have reached the Great Perfection of the Spiritualization Realm cannot do it."

Fan Yunbai thought for a long time, but in the end she couldn't figure it out. She shook her head and continued thinking:

"Forget it. My guesses are in vain. Let's think about how to lead him to this strange place. Maybe he will find something."

After collecting the spiritual veins here, Xu Zhiyu returned to the center of the Soul Devouring Ant's nest again, spreading his spiritual sense to look for other treasures here. "Hey, I didn't expect that there are really good things here. Now that I'm here, I have to go and take a look."

After he locked onto the target, he immediately set off to fly towards a cave. After flying about three miles, he arrived at a huge stone chamber that could accommodate hundreds of monks.

Xu Zhiyu stood at the entrance of the cave and was attracted by an object at the back of the stone chamber. It was a sky-blue stalactite column protruding about ten feet above the ground.

“Could this be…?”

Suddenly, his eyes widened with surprise and delight, and then he continued;

"It should be the best of the fourth-level spiritual objects, comparable to the [Qian Kun Spirit Milk]!"

According to legend, this spiritual object is a rare treasure from heaven and earth that was produced after tens of thousands of years of nurturing of the earth's spiritual energy. It can not only be used as medicine, but can also be taken raw.

Its greatest function is to help Purple Mansion cultivators condense golden elixirs. The efficacy of [Qiankun Lingru] can even be comparable to that of condensing golden elixirs, but the quantity required is also quite a lot.

Thinking of this, Xu Zhiyu flew to the side of the stalactite, and then began to observe a small puddle at the bottom of the stalactite, where half of the puddle was filled with [Qiankun Lingru].

"It's rich, it's rich, the amount of spiritual liquid in this puddle is so large that it can no longer be counted by drops, it can be weighed by kilograms.

It is rumored in the world of immortal cultivation that the effect of fifty drops of [Qian Kun Ling Ru] is basically the same as that of a golden elixir, and calculated by weight, it is only about one tael. "

Speaking of one or two, he seemed to have thought of something, and then his spiritual sense probed towards the storage ring, and instantly a row of thumb-sized jade bottles appeared in front of him.

He had asked someone to make these jade bottles a long time ago. They were used to store Tianyi spiritual water. At that time, he had been taking the spiritual water to strengthen his physical fitness, but it was difficult for him to control the amount.

That's why I hired someone to make a batch of jade bottles with fifty drops each, and put the Tianyi Lingshui into them one by one. When I want to take it, I can just take out a bottle. It is both convenient and practical.

However, ever since he formed the golden elixir, he no longer needed to take the Tianyi spiritual water to enhance his physical strength. As a result, these jade bottles had been left idle, and today they came in handy again.

Xu Zhiyu patiently began to draw the [Qiankun Lingru] from the small pit and put it into the jade bottle, while counting in his mouth.

"One golden elixir, two golden elixirs, three golden elixirs... sixty-eight golden elixirs, sixty is one golden elixir, hehe, very beautiful, very beautiful."

He was not counting the bottles, but the golden elixirs, because these jade bottles filled with [Qiankun Lingru] represented the additional golden elixir members of the Xu family in the future.

After he had collected every last drop of spiritual liquid, he was still afraid that something was missed, so he lifted up the stalactite and continued searching underground. However, there was really nothing left, not even a trace. Seeing this, he put the stalactite back to its original place.

"What a pity. The production of [Qian Kun Ling Milk] has various harsh conditions. Unless this secret place is moved away, there is no point in just moving this stone chamber."

After saying this, he nodded his head with great regret and was about to leave. Since the treasure was already in his hands, there was no point in staying here any longer.

But he was still thinking about finding the passage leading to the spiritual world.

However, just as he was about to use his escape technique and try to escape to the ground, there was a sudden tremor from deep underground, as if something had happened.

This sudden accident made Xu Zhiyu retract his hand that was making the magic spell. He stood there and began to consider whether he should go down and take a look.

It is really hard to make this decision. Theoretically, unknown places are often accompanied by dangers. Although this secret place is said to have no monsters above level five, what if?
What if he really encounters a fifth-level monster underground? His strength is greatly reduced here, and he is no different from an ordinary Jindan early stage cultivator. Moreover, his spiritual awareness is greatly suppressed, and if he is not careful, he may become a meal for the monster.

However, he was unwilling to leave just like that, because he seemed to sense that there was something underground that was attracting him, which made him suffer from decision-making difficulties.

After thinking for a moment, he decided not to take the risk, but instead sent out scouts to conduct a deeper investigation.

Thinking of this, he touched the storage ring, and suddenly three puppets with dark light appeared in front of him.

"Turn around!"

Following his command, the puppets turned their backs to him. He took out thirty middle-grade spirit stones from his storage ring and embedded them one by one into the slots on the backs of the puppets.

"Go."

He gave the order again, and a light flashed in the eyes of these puppets, as if responding to his order. Then they dodged and instantly burrowed into the soil, then dug their way upside down.

The levels of these puppets are all lower third grade. The ten spirit stones embedded in their backs by Xu Zhiyu are enough to support them in digging for an hour.

Based on their speed of digging three hundred feet in a quarter of an hour, they can dig more than ten miles downwards before their energy is exhausted.

However, these puppets had not been digging for a full hour before they were blocked by unidentified objects. However, he sensed from the trace of spiritual consciousness left in the puppets' bodies that the puppets did not seem to be harmed but were simply blocked.

"It seems that the danger is not great, otherwise the puppet will definitely be attacked. In this case, I will go and see for myself what is deep underground. It would be great if there were a few hundred more bottles of [Qian Kun Ling Ru]."

Fortunately, he only thought this in his heart and did not say it out loud, otherwise Fan Yunbai would definitely sneer at him.

In her opinion, Xu Zhiyu was good in every way except that he was too greedy for money. No matter what spiritual object he saw, he would want to put it into his storage ring.

However, if he knew the situation of the Xu family, he would definitely not say that. The Xu family is far inferior to their Xuanbing Tiangong.

Because the puppet had already dug out a passage, Xu Zhiyu moved very quickly. After only half a quarter of an hour, he arrived at a mysterious area. What caught his eyes were naturally the five large pillars.

The first time he saw these huge pillars, he screamed out:

"The passage to the spiritual world turns out to be here." (End of this chapter)