Longevity starts with dual cultivation

Chapter 118: Immortal Palace Ruins
Ling Changqing looked around solemnly, but found nothing else.

These dark stone pillars stand alone in the center of the island, unchanged for thousands of years.

Wait, something seems wrong?
Ling Changqing stared at the pile of black stone pillars for a long time, with obvious doubt in his eyes.

"Did you see anything?"

Ling Qiyue beside her asked with a smile.

"The real entrance shouldn't be here?"

Ling Changqing pondered. He instinctively felt that there was something wrong with the pile of stone pillars. If he really approached them, it was hard to say what would happen.

Ling Qiyue's beautiful eyes showed admiration: "You can detect the problem the first time you come here. Junior brother, you are really different.
When your sister Qiuyao and I first came here, we almost suffered a great loss because we didn't know how high the heavens were and how deep the earth was! "

"Then...where is the real entrance?"

Ling Changqing asked, the two of them were able to escape unscathed at the time, obviously they had some means.

"The stone pillar outside is a killing array trap. The real entrance to the Immortal Palace ruins is underwater. Follow me!"

As Ling Qiyue spoke, she summoned the magic weapon Fenghuo Panyun Bell. Bright red clouds emerged and soon turned into a thick curtain of light that protected the two of them.

Holding Ling Changqing's arm, Ling Qiyue carefully landed on the sea surface. Without stopping, she took him into the cold sea water.

The sea water is extremely clear, with white and fine sea sand, and rocks sparkling with a faint blue light that cover the seabed, making the place as bright as day.

As Ling Changqing expected, there was no sign of life here either. Not even the tiniest algae or plankton. Everywhere he looked was dead.

"Tens of thousands of years ago, some unknown disaster must have occurred in this place, causing all living things to disappear!"

Ling Qiyue whispered and swam to one side with him.

"What kind of disaster can kill all living beings indiscriminately? And on such a large scale?"

Ling Changqing frowned and asked, could it be that a powerful being at the God Transformation level or even higher level took action?

"Maybe. Maybe some forbidden magical powers or spells were used, or some ancient magical treasures? In short, it's beyond our imagination now!"

Ling Qiyue explained that compared to existence of this level, the mere Golden Core True Person was still too low.

If one day, she and her junior brother could also reach such a powerful realm, they would have a chance to find out the truth about the disaster that happened back then.

As they were talking, the two of them had already swam to a seemingly inconspicuous reef that was more than ten feet in radius.

"Here we are, right here!"

Ling Qiyue said softly, took out an ancient bronze formation plate and nine fan-sized formation flags from the storage bag, and began to set up the formation.

It was at this time that Ling Changqing noticed that there were subtle fluctuations of spiritual power around the reef, and even the concentration of spiritual energy in the sea water seemed a little abnormal.

"The water here is different from other seas. No matter whether you use formations, magic weapons, or magical powers, they will leave indelible marks in the water."

Ling Qiyue said, seeing that the formation had been set up, so she pulled him to the center of the formation and skillfully used the spiritual formula to activate the formation.

A soft and clear light appeared in the formation diagram, and then the brightness increased dramatically, soon illuminating every detail within a radius of hundreds of feet.

An invisible pressure permeated the space. As the formation worked, a faint semicircular portal appeared on the reef and slowly solidified.

After fifteen breaths, the luminous portal became completely stable.

"Okay, let's go in now!"

Ling Qiyue put away the bronze formation plate and formation flag, and walked into the gate with Ling Changqing.

This ancient formation diagram is the key to open the door of the Immortal Palace ruins. I wonder where Ling Qiyue got it from.

Inside the glowing portal was an unusually wide black stone corridor, made of neatly cut stone slabs measuring about ten feet in size. These thick stone slabs fit together perfectly, and were engraved with countless ancient, mysterious, and inexplicable array symbols, exuding a faint Taoist atmosphere, forming a whole.

Ling Changqing looked at the black floor tiles under his feet, which also had obscure and complex veins and textures. He wondered if they were some kind of long-lost ancient formation.

"Don't worry, just follow me, there will be no danger here."

As Ling Qiyue spoke, she took Ling Changqing's arm, carefully avoided the floor tiles with certain patterns, and walked towards the depths of the corridor.

"Can't I use magic to fly?"

Ling Changqing asked, it seems that this black stone corridor is quite far, how long will it take to reach it just by walking?
"It really won't work. Don't try it recklessly, or you'll bring unknown troubles."

Ling Qiyue reminded with a serious look that she and Tang Qiuyao had been here more than once and were already quite familiar with the outer area of ​​the ruins.

Ling Changqing put his thoughts aside and followed Ling Qiyue obediently, walking step by step towards the depths of the corridor.

After walking for a while, Ling Changqing found that the end of the corridor was in sight, as if it was not very far away.

It seems to be the influence of some unknown space restriction?
Ling Changqing seemed to be lost in thought, but looking at his own luck and fortune, there seemed to be no obvious changes at this moment.

"The danger in this outer area is actually limited. Qiuyao and I have been here three times in total. The first two times we didn't get anything significant, just some small benefits.

Only the third time, she got a magic pill that can change blood and cleanse marrow and improve aptitude. I got a volume of alchemy scripture and an alchemy furnace!
Junior brother, your luck and fortune are extraordinary. I hope you can gain something different after coming here this time!"

Ling Qiyue said with a smile.

Of course, she came in alone again later, practiced in seclusion in the ruins of this immortal palace, and successfully broke through to the Jindan Zhenren realm.

This is because the spiritual environment in the ruins of this immortal palace is equivalent to a third-level spiritual vein cave temple, which is perfect for impacting the golden elixir realm.

Based on this, Tang Qiuyao made a reasonable guess that in the core area of ​​the Immortal Palace ruins, there should be an aura environment equivalent to a fourth-level spiritual vein, and even a fifth-level spiritual vein is not impossible.

While the two were talking, they had already reached the end of the black stone corridor, where a huge bronze door about ten feet wide and high stood quietly.

"It seems that no one has ever broken in here. All the details are still the same as when I left!"

Ling Qiyue carefully investigated with her spiritual sense and found nothing unusual, so she breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, the bronze portal was half-open, and there didn't seem to be any other formation restrictions, so the two of them passed through easily.

Behind the portal is a space of nearly a hundred feet in radius, filled with a large number of Taoist puppets, some sitting and some standing, and many of them are in a dilapidated state.

It seems that there are many types of soldiers, some holding long spears, some holding two-handed battle axes, some holding swords and shields, and some holding bows and crossbows...

The largest number are of course the first-order Taoist puppets, and second-order ones can occasionally be seen.

Many of the puppets inside look exactly the same as the guard puppets that appeared in the Ling family’s territory.

Ling Changqing pondered for a moment: "The Taoist puppets in the family headquarters and the market should have come from here, right?"

"Well, a certain area of ​​the Immortal Mansion ruins specializes in producing these thick-skinned things. Many of them are empty frames with exhausted spiritual energy. Qiuyao and I collected a batch of them. After replacing the central restriction and replenishing the spiritual stones, we can take them back and continue to use them."

Ling Qiyue did not hide the fact that the Ling family's headquarters and the market town were much safer than other forces precisely because of the presence of such a good fighting force.

"There are some Daoist puppets in here that are not seriously damaged. They can continue to be used after being repaired. Junior brother, please pick a batch to take back this time."

Ling Qiyue said that some second-level Taoist puppets have considerable combat power and are still very useful for foundation-building cultivators.

"OK, all right."

Ling Changqing did not refuse.

(End of this chapter)