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Chapter 1011 Ancient Cultivator's Cave
Qin Ming could sense that the old man, who looked like a venerable immortal, was emanating a faint aura of precious medicinal herbs, which must be the transformation of that seventh-grade top-quality 'Nine Apertures Spirit Ginseng'.

Moreover, he was already extremely intelligent, and his expression showed extreme vigilance after he arrived here.

The old man, the God of Longevity, rubbed his nose, and a wisp of greenish-blue spiritual energy disappeared into it from a distance.

'The art of gathering qi?' Qin Ming sensed something in the shadows.

However, a faint trace of spiritual energy was drawn away from the companion spirit herb that had been arranged by Master Maomu and Fairy Nishang.

The old man's face lit up immediately, but he did not approach the exotic herb right away. Instead, he used his supernatural powers to change his position several times.

Then they waited quietly.

This scene greatly shocked the two people, Maomu Shangren and Nishang Fairy, who were hidden deep in the illusion array!
They had been waiting here for so long, and just when they were about to lose patience, they finally saw the strange grass trap react.

The two were far less skilled than Qin Ming and were unable to pinpoint the location of the Transformation Spirit Ginseng. However, they knew from the unusual activity above the trap that the Transformation Spirit Ginseng was nearby.

However, after waiting for a while, the companion herb still did not react.

Fairy Ni Chang secretly transmitted her voice to Venerable Mao Mu, asking, "Fellow Daoist Mao Mu, are you really confident? Can the two of us really capture this seventh-tier transformed spiritual ginseng?"

"Please rest assured, fairy. As a seventh-level spirit plant master, I am well aware of the weaknesses of this kind of transformed spirit ginseng. As long as it absorbs this companion spirit herb, it will definitely be affected and fall into a coma. We two just need to wait for the medicine to take effect." Master Maomu replied with great confidence.

He was clearly quite confident in his expertise with spiritual plants.

Fairy Ni Chang was relieved. Otherwise, even though the two of them were at the late stage of the Void Refinement realm, they would definitely be no match for a transformed spirit creature of the seventh rank or above.

If something goes wrong, it will become a blood-nourishing supplement in its mouth.
Time passed gradually.

After changing positions dozens of times, the old man, seemingly unable to resist his inner desire, finally revealed his true form from the depths of the earth and fell into the trap that the two had carefully prepared.

Although Qin Ming was able to pinpoint its location with his divine sense, he did not rush to make a move because of the extremely ghostly movements of this transformed spirit ginseng.

It would be a huge loss if they got away with it.

It would be ideal to take this rare spiritual plant by taking advantage of the trap set by those two alien races.

In the blink of an eye.

The old man, who was on his birthday, came to the companion herb, examined it carefully, and then a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

After confirming that the surroundings were safe, he used a spell to inhale, and wisps of turquoise tassels flowed out from the exotic herb and entered his mouth.

As the nourishment process continued, the old man's face turned rosy, and his aura gradually rose, as if he had received tremendous nourishment.

Even his long, down-to-the-ground beard had become shiny and glossy.

Only after half a cup of tea.

The essence within that companion plant of the strange spirit grass was completely absorbed by the God of Longevity, and the leaves and vermilion fruit withered and died at a visible speed.

Seeing this, Fairy Ni Chang breathed a sigh of relief and believed in Master Mao Mu's methods.

The thought that they, two Void Refinement cultivators, had accomplished something that even Nascent Soul stage experts couldn't do, filled them with even greater excitement.

It was as if they could already see the opportunity for fusion beckoning to them.

On the grass not far away, the old immortal finished harvesting the exotic herb, his face showing an expression of lingering satisfaction and endless enjoyment.

But just as he was about to leave...

A sudden change has occurred!
Suddenly, a violent numbness and dizziness surged into the mind of the old man, without warning and so quickly that he was caught off guard.

My whole body felt dizzy, my steps became unsteady and weak, and I started to sway.

He suddenly realized that he had fallen into a trap, but when he tried to use his supernatural powers to escape, he found that he had no strength and collapsed to the ground.

"Hahaha! It's done! Fairy Ni Chang, let's join forces and capture this spiritual ginseng."

Seeing that his trap had been a great success, Master Maomu immediately emerged from the illusion array and called out to his teammates.

He suddenly produced a golden spiritual net in his hand and, without saying a word, cast a spell to throw it out.

The golden spiritual net magic weapon grew larger in the air, bursting with spiritual light, and descended upon the old man lying on the ground!

"This spirit-binding rope, woven into a golden spirit-locking net, is made of seventh-order Yang metal elemental spirit silk. Jin Kemu, he can't escape!"

"I borrowed it from a senior member of the clan chief specifically for this matter, just in case it gets lost."

Master Maomu proudly introduced it.

Meanwhile, the Fairy of the Illusionary Butterfly Clan manipulated the array flags on her fingers to completely seal off the surrounding space to prevent the Spirit Ginseng from escaping.

Qin Ming watched the two work together and showed a rare expression of appreciation. Clearly, the two of them had put in a lot of effort and resources to capture the spirit ginseng.

The moment the golden spirit-binding net descended, the old man on the ground, the God of Longevity, revealed a look of extreme fear in his eyes, clearly having foreseen his fate.

With a 'sizzle' sound, the spiritual net on the grass crackled with arcs of electricity, firmly imprisoning the old man who had been transformed from the spiritual ginseng.

Qin Ming and his servant, who were hiding on a tree trunk in the distance, were also surprised to see this scene.

The Devouring Rat rubbed its little hands together and said excitedly, "Master, these two guys are really capable; they actually succeeded."

Qin Ming frowned; he sensed something amiss.
“Something’s not right. This process went too smoothly.”

"Let's wait and see for now."

As soon as he finished speaking, sure enough!

Just as Master Maomu was showing excitement and about to take the transformed spirit ginseng from the ground into his possession.

A loud boom was heard.

But then, several terrifying bolts of lightning suddenly burst forth from beneath the spiritual net, blasting the two who were immersed in joy away.

A large amount of blood rained down from mid-air, clearly indicating that the creature had suffered a significant blow.

The old man who had just been bound by the golden spirit-binding net disappeared in a puff of gray smoke.

A large hole was clearly visible on the golden spiritual net.

The two, Master Maomu and Fairy Nishang, stood still in a disheveled state. After seeing the situation clearly, they were also greatly shocked.

The person who made the move looked exactly like the old man who was transformed from the spirit ginseng, but he was blood red and had a strange aura about him.
His once thick beard had several strands broken off.

"If I hadn't kept a trick up my sleeve, I would have really fallen for the trap of you two ants!"

"I'll remember you. Just you wait!"

When the blood-red old man spoke, his face was deathly pale and his breath was weak. Clearly, in order to escape, he had used some kind of self-destruction technique and paid a great price.

As a result, they lacked the ability to kill two mere Void Refinement stage cultivators in the first instance.

After defeating the two, he didn't hesitate any longer and transformed into a streak of blood-red light, fleeing towards the distant dense forest.

Master Maomu and Fairy Nishang realized that their opponent was at their limit, but they never expected that this transformed spirit ginseng would be so powerful.

After being drugged, he was able to remain conscious for a short time and break through the Golden Light Binding Spirit Net in one fell swoop.

Master Maomu swallowed a healing pill and said to Fairy Nishang, "There is a tracking mark in the medicine I prepared. That transformed spirit ginseng is already at its last gasp. You and I must hurry and catch up with it. We can't let it get away."

After calming her injuries, Fairy Ni Chang looked on with surprise and uncertainty. If they hadn't been well prepared beforehand, they would probably be corpses by now.

However, when she saw the Seven Apertures Spirit Ginseng, she paid a considerable price, but she suppressed her injuries and followed Master Maomu.

Qin Ming also saw clearly that the Spirit Ginseng must have cultivated a second avatar and used the self-destruct technique to teleport, which is how it managed to escape the Heaven of Life.

So he followed Master Maomu with the Devouring Sky Rat.

The old man, transformed from a seventh-tier spiritual ginseng, possessed extremely fast escape techniques, using mountains, rivers, and vegetation for instantaneous teleportation. If it were an ordinary cultivator, they would have lost track of him long ago.

But the methods of that Master Maomu were truly remarkable; he chased after them for most of the day.

Several days later, following the trail left by the trap, the two wandered around and eventually arrived at a huge canyon.

The gray mist hangs heavy in the air, stretching as far as the eye can see.

In the blink of an eye, the transformed spirit ginseng burrowed into the depths of the canyon crevice.

The two, Master Maomu and Fairy Nishang, followed the trail to this unfamiliar place and entered without hesitation.

A thick layer of gray fog shrouded the depths of the canyon's fissures, so thick that even a cultivator's divine sense could not penetrate it completely, and could only remain within a certain range.

The more they chased, the more uneasy they felt, but faced with the temptation of profit, they forced themselves to endure their discomfort and reached the bottom.

Qin Ming also frowned and followed. In the gray mist of the canyon, a strange bird full of deathly aura even darted out. Sensing the entry of the outside cultivators, it was startled and scattered away.

Once they entered the depths of Gray Ancient, they discovered that this place was an extremely vast world, and their vision became clearer.

It seems that the eerie gray fog only covers the upper layer.

Master Maomu followed a dried-up riverbed at the bottom of the valley, relentlessly pursuing and firmly locking onto the transformed spiritual ginseng.

Before long, numerous abandoned skeletons appeared at the bottom of the valley, scattered all over the ground, including some enormous skeletons, clearly indicating that they were extremely powerful in life.

In an instant, a chilling atmosphere filled the air.

Qin Ming and his servant also noticed the unusual situation, but they followed the two at a distance without revealing their presence.

"Master, why is this place so eerie and gloomy? How did that spirit ginseng end up in a place like this?"

The Sky-Eating Rat sniffed around and found the place extremely desolate, with no living creatures besides the few people.

Qin Ming also frowned, but with the two alien races scouting ahead, he decided to wait and see before making a decision.

With his current cultivation level and strength, he is capable of handling many dangerous situations.

Another half incense stick later.

The fleeing old man seemed to have run out of steam and finally stopped in a valley.

The space ahead narrowed, and a huge stone wall blocked the way, indicating that we had reached the end.

The two, Master Maomu and Fairy Nishang, were already injured, and now they were chasing after them until their magical power was almost exhausted.

Seeing that the spiritual ginseng was at its end, the two men showed joy and unleashed their most powerful abilities to capture the old immortal.

next moment.

The shimmering golden electric grid illuminated the surrounding environment, revealing its original appearance.

However, one could see that there were obvious signs of human excavation here, with countless huge stone pillars standing in the air, and densely covered with mysterious spiritual runes.

It was actually an ancient cultivator's cave dwelling!

Their movements seemed to have triggered the restrictions inside.

The next moment, with a loud 'boom,' a patch of ghastly green ghost fire suddenly erupted from the surrounding stone walls, illuminating the underground world completely.

The monk Maomu and the fairy Nishang suddenly realized that they were in the center of a large hall surrounded by giant rocks.

At the very top of this ancient cultivator's cave, there is a stone bed upon which lies a skeleton, bound by numerous chains and restrictions.

A broken piece of black iron sword was even stuck in the chest of the ancient cultivator.

Moreover, the skeleton was riddled with holes, clearly indicating that it had been pierced by some extremely powerful magical artifact.

Judging from the current situation, this ancient cultivator must have encountered a formidable opponent in his lifetime, which is why he passed away here.

To their surprise, around the corpse were also scattered many white bones, the remains of cultivators.

The deaths were extremely gruesome, with many severed limbs embedded in the stone walls.

There were also signs of fighting on the ground, suggesting that a major battle had taken place here.

The corpses alone exuded a suffocating sense of oppression.

Even the two, Mao Mu Shangren and Ni Chang Xianzi, who were at the late stage of the Void Refinement realm, were a little out of breath.

It's not hard to guess that the ancient cultivator who died here was definitely a person with extremely high cultivation and strength in life.

However, this also means opportunity!
The two of them never expected that their pursuit of the transformed spiritual ginseng would lead them to this place, where they would inadvertently stumble upon the palace of an ancient powerful cultivator!

This opportunity is even greater than that of a seventh-grade top-quality spiritual ginseng!
"Hahaha! Fairy Ni Chang, it seems our luck has arrived! There's actually an ancient cultivator's cave hidden here. We'll probably have quite a few opportunities!"

Master Maomu laughed loudly, then his gaze fell upon the Old Man of Longevity, who lay on the ground, barely clinging to life.
"Hmph! Nowhere to run now, huh? Let's see where you can run now!"

"You actually managed to withstand my 'Soul-Severing Breath' technique; I truly underestimated you."

As he finished speaking, he formed a profound hand seal, directly activating a restriction. A yellowish-brown rune appeared out of thin air and struck the old man's body.

The transformed spirit ginseng seemed to have lost all power to resist and did not struggle anymore.

He let the rune barrier enter his body.

In the blink of an eye.

Golden spiritual light emanated from his body, and his form suddenly transformed, revealing his true form as a densely rooted spiritual ginseng!

Seeing that the situation was under control, Master Maomu's face immediately lit up with joy!

Fairy Ni Chang couldn't help but praise, "Fellow Daoist Mao Mu truly has remarkable skills!"

They risked their lives and finally succeeded in obtaining the ginseng.

Just as Master Maomu was enjoying the spring breeze and was about to take the Nine Apertures Spirit Ginseng into his hands...

But then, a faint voice of a young cultivator suddenly rang out from behind:

"This medicinal herb is quite good; I, Qin, will take it."

Accompanying this was a sudden and overwhelming spiritual pressure at the Integration level!

(End of this chapter)