Qinghe Immortal Clan.

Chapter 973 Silver Jade Plate, Palace Ruins

After a moment, the spiritual energy around them fluctuated gently, and Song Qingming and Bai Yuxian flashed to the place where the "Ice Glass Beast" disappeared.

The two looked forward, and a green stone platform half a person's height immediately came into view not far away.

The stone platform is more than two meters long and wide, square, and has many runes engraved on it.

Although it has been in the sea for who knows how many years, the stone platform as a whole remains very intact except for some damage on the edges.

After taking a closer look at the stone platform in front of him, Bai Yuxian let out a light cry.

"This looks like a teleportation platform!
How could there be a teleportation array in a place like this? Could it be built by the demon cultivators here?"

As a high-level "formation master", Song Qingming, who was standing nearby, also quickly recognized the stone platform in front of him, which was somewhat similar to the many "teleportation formations" he had seen.

However, seeing a teleportation array in such an abyss thousands of feet deep, Song Qingming, like Bai Yuxian beside him, was somewhat puzzled and showed a look of surprise.

You must know that very few demon cultivators are proficient in the human race's "cultivation skills".

Except for a few large clans of demon cultivators passed down from ancient times, even if ordinary monsters outside can cultivate to the Nascent Soul stage, there are very few high-level demon cultivators who can understand the advanced formation skills.

Not to mention the arrangement and construction of the extremely complex "teleportation array" in front of us.

Even a high-level "array master" among the human race would find it difficult to set up an array without specialized materials and a formation diagram.

It is no wonder that Song Qingming and Bai Yuxian were so surprised when they saw this "teleportation array".

“It looks like a teleportation array. The Ice Beast just disappeared after being teleported here. The place where the teleportation array leads to should be their nest.

I just don’t know how to activate this array, I need to study it first.”

"Junior Brother Song, I will study this formation. You look around to see if there are any other passages."

Bai Yuxian is also a high-level "formation master". His formation level was advanced to the fourth-level lower grade decades earlier than Song Qingming.

Hearing the other party's proposal, Song Qingming nodded slightly and did not refuse. He bypassed the "teleportation array" and continued to search along the abyss.

For fear of alerting the monsters hiding nearby, Song Qingming did not dare to use too much magic power. He still carefully hid his body and slowly explored forward.

After walking for several thousand feet, Song Qingming discovered many fish living on the seabed, but he did not see any monsters.

Until he noticed that there were more and more sea fish coming and going around him, and the temperature of the surrounding sea water was gradually rising and was no longer as cold as before.

Song Qingming, feeling something was wrong, stopped searching.

The "Ice Glass Beast" likes icy spiritual energy, so even if its nest is nearby, it shouldn't be this kind of place.

After thinking for a while, Song Qingming gave up on moving forward and returned along the original route and quickly returned to the formation where Bai Yuxian was.

Seeing Song Qingming, who had rushed back, shaking his head in disappointment, Bai Yuxian, who was studying the formation in front of him, showed a hint of joy and said:

"Junior Brother Song, I have just checked it out. The restrictions on this formation are not complicated. It just so happens that I have seen similar formation diagrams before.

As long as we follow the diagram and inject spiritual energy into the array, we can activate this teleportation array without spending too much effort."

"Oh! That makes it much easier."

Normally, even the lowest-level small "teleportation array" would be equipped with some protective restrictions to prevent other outsiders from using it recklessly.

In order to teleport normally, in addition to placing the spirit stone, you usually also need to configure a teleportation token or a special mantra to activate the magic circle.

Even without the teleportation token, it would not be difficult for high-level "formation masters" like Song Qingming and Bai Yuxian to break the restriction above.

But doing so would also take some time and create quite a bit of noise, which might alert the high-level monsters on the other side.

Song Qingming, who had thought that he would have to resort to some tricks to get in, immediately showed a hint of joy on his face when he heard Bai Yuxian say that she had a way to activate the "teleportation array" normally.

After Bai Yuxian was ready to cast the spell, Song Qingming waved his hand and summoned two "Seven-Colored Fantasy Butterflies" from the spirit beast bag, and then directed them to enter the "transmission platform".

As the spiritual light flashed, the next moment the two spirit insects wrapped in white spiritual light disappeared directly from the array platform.

Seeing this, Song Qingming, who was standing by, immediately closed his eyes and began trying to contact the two "Colorful Fantasy Butterflies" that had been teleported away.

Not long after, Song Qingming opened his eyes and nodded slightly to Bai Yuxian beside him.

Then the two of them also walked onto the "teleportation platform" in front. With a flash of white light, the two of them quickly disappeared from the spot.

In a vast expanse of white space, two translucent butterflies are dancing gracefully on a platform made of ice sculptures.

The next moment, a flash of light suddenly appeared in the center of the stone platform, and then two figures walked out of the white light.

Feeling a biting chill coming from all around them, Song Qingming and Bai Yuxian immediately activated a protective shield to isolate themselves from it.

Looking around, Song Qingming realized that they were in a very tall cave.

The walls surrounding the stone cave were covered with transparent ice sculptures, and even the "teleportation platform" under their feet was frozen into a translucent silver color.

“I didn’t expect there was such an icy place hidden nearby. No wonder the Ice Beast chose this place as its nest.

This place doesn't look like an independent space. It seems we are still near the abyss."

Seeing the tall cave full of silver-white ice sculptures in front of him, Bai Yuxian smiled slightly and immediately expressed his thoughts.

On his side, Song Qingming also nodded slightly upon seeing this.

When he was still practicing in the "Floating Cloud Mountains" world of immortal cultivation, Song Qingming had entered the secret space opened up by those ancient cultivators more than once.

In any secret realm opened up by powerful monks, the spiritual energy and pressure inside are obviously different from that in the outside world.

The spiritual pressure where Song Qingming and Bai Yuxian were located was not much different from the location of the sea abyss where they had just been teleported.

This also proves from the side that the place where the two of them are now should be not far from the abyss, and is not divided into two different places.

After making sure that there was no major problem where they were, Song Qingming followed Bai Yuxian down the stone platform and began to look for an exit along the surrounding mountain walls.

There were more than one entrance leading out around the cave where the two were.

But except for a larger hole that is more than ten feet high, the other holes are very narrow and cannot allow people to pass through normally.

Song Qingming first urged several "Colorful Fantasy Butterflies" to search along several caves. After discovering that the caves were interconnected and intertwined, he decided to go through the largest cave in the middle and continue exploring.

Before leaving, he deliberately left two "Colorful Fantasy Butterflies" to guard near the transmission platform in case of any accidents.

After all, this place is an important passage for them to leave next. Once they get the spiritual object or encounter any danger, the two of them have to find a way to leave here and must not ignore this place.

After walking about a thousand feet along the cave, the road ahead suddenly began to widen.

Immediately afterwards, Song Qingming and Bai Yuxian, who were searching forward, entered a larger space.

Just like the cave we came from, the space here is also covered with ice, like a huge transparent ice palace.

However, the space here is much larger than the cave just now, it is hundreds of feet long and wide, and there are countless thick icicles standing around it that are difficult for several people to hug.

After entering the palace, the two of them clearly felt that the spiritual energy here was far superior to the place they came from, and it seemed to have reached the fourth-level intermediate realm similar to "Guyang Mountain".

Feeling such a rich ice-attributed spiritual energy, Bai Yuxian's face suddenly lit up with joy.

"The spiritual energy here is so rich, there will most likely be high-level spiritual objects appearing. It seems that we are lucky and there is a great chance that we can find the Mysterious Flower."

"Yes! Don't worry, Senior Sister Bai, we will split up and look for them. If we have any news, please contact each other immediately."

".."

After discussing with Bai Yuxian, Song Qingming separated from her and walked towards the depths of the Ice Palace, one on each side.

Although the two were over a hundred feet apart and their vision was blocked by nearby ice pillars, they could still sense each other's breath at any time through their spiritual senses.

After walking for about several hundred feet, a very tall round ice pillar suddenly appeared in front of Song Qingming.

This icicle is much thicker than the other icicles next to it. It is more than ten feet wide and looks like a huge circular ice wall.

When he walked closer through the ice wall outside and took a look, Song Qingming discovered that in addition to ice blocks, there were also many dark shadows inside, like the corpses of some monsters or sea fish.

Moreover, these corpses were all dried up, and no one knew how many years they had been frozen. Their original appearance could no longer be seen.

As for why the other party was frozen here, Song Qingming didn't care too much and wanted to bypass the ice wall in front of him and continue forward.

But just as he went around the side of the ice wall, his eyes were suddenly attracted by a white shadow and he stopped immediately.

In a corner of the ice wall of the frozen monster's corpse, a silver-white object that looked like a square iron block was also frozen directly in the ice.

This silver iron block is not big, only the size of a palm, and it is inconspicuous even when it is frozen in an ice wall that is more than ten feet deep.

However, as Song Qingming was a Nascent Soul cultivator, his eyesight was far superior to that of ordinary people. Even with just a quick glance, he could still discover its existence through the thick ice wall.

Standing there and looking at it a few more times, Song Qingming always felt that this silver iron block seemed a little unusual, so he couldn't help but stop and move closer.

After raising his right hand and casting a spell to cover his hand with a thin layer of flames, Song Qingming looked around carefully again.

Seeing that there was no movement nearby, he placed his right hand directly on the ice wall in front of him. After encountering Song Qingming's flaming palm, the ice wall above quickly began to dissolve, and then turned into white mist and quickly disappeared in the air.

Although Song Qingming had not practiced any high-level fire-attributed techniques, he only knew some relatively common fire-attributed magical powers.

However, as a Nascent Soul cultivator, his ability to control his own spiritual power is far beyond that of low-level cultivators.

Even a small fireball spell, when used in his hands, is far more powerful than those of ordinary cultivators who specialize in this kind of skills.

It took less than half a quarter of an hour for Song Qingming to dissolve the ice wall in front of him into a transparent cave several feet deep. He then bypassed the corpse of the monster and approached the silver iron block.

At this moment, he was very close to the silver iron block in front of him, and gradually saw the true appearance of this object.

At first, Song Qingming thought that this thing was some high-level mineral material, until he got closer and confirmed that this thing was not a stone, but a silver-white square jade plate.

When Song Qingming took it in his hand, he looked at it carefully.

He discovered that there were some patterns and ancient runes engraved on the "Silver Jade Plate", which was somewhat similar to the "Tian Tong Ling" he had obtained that year.

However, the "Tian Tong Ling" was not as exquisite as this silver jade plate, and in addition to the patterns and runes, there were also two obvious characters that he could recognize.

Although this "silver jade plate" looked larger, there was nothing else on it except some runes and patterns that he could not understand.

For a moment, it was impossible to tell where it came from.

But through the ancient runes engraved on it, Song Qingming could still confirm that this item was definitely not an ordinary item on the market, but a spiritual object passed down from ancient times.

You know, if it was just an ordinary low-level spiritual object, no matter it was a magic weapon or other spiritual object, after tens of thousands of years, its spiritual energy would have been exhausted and turned into ashes.

Only some high-level spiritual objects refined with special high-level materials can remain intact after tens of thousands of years.

Just like the "silver jade plate" in Song Qingming's hand, it is very likely a high-level magic weapon or some kind of token passed down by ancient cultivators.

However, he was still in the monster's lair and had no energy to study it in detail. He could only put it away and wait until he left here in the future.

A considerable amount of time had passed from the time Song Qingming discovered the "silver jade token" to the time he left the place.

At this time, Song Qingming also felt through his spiritual sense that Bai Yuxian on the other side was already ahead of him by a not far distance.

Thinking that he still had to search for the most important "Xuanyou Flower" of this trip, Song Qingming did not delay there, but immediately quickened his pace to catch up.

Along the way, Song Qingming saw several huge ice walls like the previous ones, but apart from some corpses of monsters, he did not find anything else.

We continued walking like this for several more miles.

Just as Song Qingming quickened his pace to catch up, a talisman that he had been holding in his hand suddenly made a noise.

"This is, could it be that Senior Sister Bai has found it?"

Seeing the talisman in his hand that he had agreed with Bai Yuxian suddenly send a message, Song Qingming thought that the other party had discovered the trace of the "Xuanyou Flower". His face immediately lit up and he turned towards the other party's communication location.

When Song Qingming found Bai Yuxian on the other side, he discovered that the other party was already standing in front of a huge ice wall that was dozens of feet high.

"Senior Sister Bai, did you find the Xuanyou Flower?"

Bai Yuxian, who was staring at the ice wall in front of him, heard Song Qingming's voice behind him, and immediately turned around and pointed his finger above the ice wall and said:
"Junior Brother Song, come over and take a look."

As Bai Yuxian pointed, Song Qingming looked up and suddenly froze in place.

Only then did he discover that there seemed to be a palace hidden above the ice wall where Bai Yuxian was standing, and the gate alone was more than ten feet high.

However, this palace seemed to have been dilapidated for a long time. Except for a broken gate, other places seemed to have suffered the impact of some huge force and had already turned into ruins.

If it weren't for this incomplete tall gate still standing there, they would have found it difficult to distinguish it for a moment.

"This is, could this really be an ancient relic."

“Hmm! No wonder there is a teleportation array outside. I thought it was built by the demon tribe themselves. It seems that it should be something left here.

It’s just a little strange. This place is already located deep in the Leiyuan Sea. How could a sect be established here?

Even if it was a powerful monk from the ancient times, it is unlikely that someone would intentionally build a cave here!"

Seeing the dilapidated ruins behind the ice wall, Bai Yuxian was shocked and puzzled at the same time. For a moment, he couldn't understand why he could see such a scene here.

Facing Bai Yuxian's doubts, Song Qingming also shook his head and said:

“As for what the Lei Yuan Sea was like in ancient times, we can only learn about it from some ancient books that have been handed down, and we cannot know the truth of the matter.

Perhaps this Thunder Origin Sea was as prosperous as our Donghuang Xianzhou 100,000 years ago."

As he spoke, Song Qingming also came to the ice wall and looked carefully around the door in front of him.

But it was severely damaged and its original appearance could not be seen at all.

One can only imagine from the gate that this palace should be quite large, at least much larger than the Xiaoyao Palace on "Guyang Mountain".

After being surprised for a moment, the two searched around the palace ruins behind the ice wall to see if there was anything useful there.

However, after looking around, the two of them did show expressions of disappointment.

This palace located in the deep sea abyss seems to have been severely destroyed tens of thousands of years ago, and it is impossible to tell where it is.

Even though Song Qingming cast a spell to melt part of the ice, the wood and tiles in the palace were all badly damaged. Some things even turned into ashes as soon as they were touched, and even the method for them to examine spiritual objects was useless.

After all, tens of thousands of years have passed. If it hadn't been blocked by the ice, this place would have turned into a pile of wasteland long ago. Even if Song Qingming and the others came, they would not be able to see its current appearance.

Seeing this, Song Qingming and Bai Yuxian could only stop their exploration with disappointment on their faces.

As expected, even if the two of them melted all the ice here, all they would get was a pile of useless ruins.

After tens of thousands of years, and with this place having been severely damaged, there is nothing left for them. There is really no need to take these risks.

After all, the two of them are still in the monster's lair. If they melt all the ice, not only will they get nothing, but they may also alarm the high-level monsters inside.

The main purpose of this trip for the two of them is to get the "Xuanyou Flower". Before finding this thing, it is better to try not to cause any trouble.

After bypassing this huge ice wall, Song Qingming and Bai Yuxian continued to move forward separately.

After walking for another thousand feet, the two soon arrived at the end of the ice palace and were blocked by a large ice wall.

Just as Song Qingming and Bai Yuxian were searching for other entrances, Bai Yuxian spotted a pool of water that had not frozen, and couldn't help but look over there with curiosity.

"The spiritual energy in this pool seems to be quite rich. Could there be something hidden in it?"

The temperature in the ice palace where the two were was so low that almost any drop of water would freeze into ice, forming the thick layer of ice around them.

The fact that there was an unfrozen pond in such a place really surprised Song Qingming and Bai Yuxian.

After Bai Yuxian and Song Qingming walked in, a burst of white mist suddenly emerged from the pool and then disappeared right in front of them.

Seeing what was happening in front of him, Bai Yuxian's eyes flashed and then he quickly walked forward to the place where the pool of water had just disappeared.

He stretched out his hand and touched forward gently, and soon a transparent protective shield formed by white mist appeared on Bai Yuxian's body.

"This is it, there really is something."

Seeing this, Bai Yuxian, a high-level "formation master", was slightly moved. He decisively cast a spell and released spiritual light, dispersing the white mist in front of him in a moment.

When the white mist dissipated, the pool of water appeared in front of the two again, revealing its true brightness.

In the pool, more than a dozen different kinds of spiritual medicines slowly emerged from the water. One of them was as tall as an arm and had a blue and white stamen on it.

Seeing this thing, Song Qingming and Bai Yuxian both looked delighted, and their eyes revealed excitement at the same time.

"Xuanyou Flower, it's really Xuanyou Flower."

It took more than two years of exposure to the wind and sun in this deserted offshore area, and now they finally saw the thing they wanted most on this trip. The two were already extremely excited.

But just as Bai Yuxian was about to step forward to take the elixir, the ground where the two were standing suddenly shook violently, and a powerful aura emanated from not far behind them.

The next moment, Song Qingming just looked up and saw countless cracks appearing on the huge ice wall in front of him, and it shattered in front of him in an instant.

"Senior Sister Bai, go pick the spiritual herbs quickly. I will hold them off."

Seeing this scene, Song Qingming understood instantly, hurriedly shouted to Bai Yuxian beside him, and then quickly took out the magic weapon on his body.

But before Song Qingming and Bai Yuxian could take any action, a powerful blue light rushed straight to the pool and instantly froze the entire area around the pool.

Faced with such a powerful attack, even though the two of them were Nascent Soul cultivators, they could only choose to fly into the air first to avoid the opponent's attack.

As the attack came, a very unpleasant voice soon appeared in the ears of Song Qingming and Bai Yuxian.

"Who dares to sneak into my cave?"

(End of this chapter)