Becoming an immortal and ancestor begins with the golden toad spitting out money.

Chapter 161 A Ruined Immortal Realm, High-Grade Mystic Technique

The appearance of the Jinku Sect's Earth-level secret realm has attracted attention from many places, including Yuzhou and Lunzhou, since another name for an Earth-level secret realm is a fairyland.

No one knows how much spiritual energy and treasures are still hidden in the ruined fairyland, nor does anyone know how many dangers lie within.

Based on current information, the Jinku Sect's dilapidated fairyland was originally ranked in the middle, but due to the erosion of time, it can no longer even bring in fairy treasures containing fairy techniques.

It should be noted that although the fairyland is in ruins, it is located in a sealed ancient ruin. Before it was excavated, the Heavenly Dao did not have much influence on the ruined fairyland, at most allowing cultivators to bring the Blazing Crystal Treasure inside.

As a result, many people come to Su Ji not because they are attracted by his combat strength, but because of the Blazing Crystal Treasure in Su Ji's possession that contains the light of the sun.

However, Su Ji is currently only a high-level cultivator at the Cave Profound Realm. Apart from the Sun's Light and the Moon's Light, his true combat strength is at most on the verge of reaching the top level of high-level cultivators. Entering the broken immortal realm of the Golden Cave Sect is too dangerous.

Not to mention, no one knows if there are ancient demons in the ruined fairyland. Su Ji will not risk his life until things are clear.

Immediately, many monks expressed their understanding.

"Although the Sun Guardian Spirit General is powerful, he is not a high-level cultivator of the Cave Profound Realm. It would be better for him to cultivate first."

"The sunlight within the Blazing Crystal Treasure still needs replenishment. Let the Sun Watcher Spirit take charge of this part of the logistics for now!"

"Need more Blazing Crystals? My White Rock Mountains should be able to produce three more..."

Currently, Su Ji has not revealed the relationship between Taiyin Tianguang and Yuejing. It's not that he's hiding his abilities, but rather that Taiyin Tianguang's effect on Yin Sha creatures may not be that strong.

Moreover, due to the appearance of the Blazing Crystal Treasure, the price of Blazing Crystal has increased by more than 30%. Su Ji does not want Moon Crystal to also increase in price, so he naturally wants to collect more Moon Crystal quietly.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye. The cultivators worked together to open up a path that could be considered safe in the ancient ruins, and then divided into five teams to explore the dilapidated fairyland of the Golden Cave Sect.

The first team was represented by the deities of Jiuxiang County, and included an elderly woman with silver hair from the Qiu family;

The second team was represented by the deities of the White Rock Mountains. In addition to the daytime wandering spirit generals of the Mountain God Temple, there was also a top ghost king of the Firebird Clan.

The third team consisted of the recent Xuanmen Longshan Sect and several independent cultivators; the protectors did not allow Long Teng to take any risks.
The fourth team consisted of several experts from the local deities and city gods of Jinfeng County, including the local deities Zhang Gong and Zhao Gong, as well as the daytime spirit generals of the city god temple.

The fifth team consisted of cultivators from the Taibai Dragon Clan and Qianbian Town. There were only three people from both sides combined.

Each team rented Su Ji's Blazing Crystal Treasures, with some having as few as two and others as many as six.

The twenty-three cultivators quickly disappeared from sight, not because they were too far away, but because the Yin energy was too heavy, making it impossible to see very far.

Two or three hours passed in this way, and the cultivators guarding outside the dilapidated fairyland became more and more solemn, and even felt that the air had become a bit heavier.

Just then, a blinding light suddenly burst forth from the ruined fairyland, followed by a silver dragon rushing towards them.

Everyone knows that this is the white-robed high-ranking cultivator from the Taibai Dragon Clan. This person has mastered at least one high-grade profound technique, and his strength can be described as invincible.

However, these individuals seem to have encountered some danger, not only activating the solar light within the Blazing Crystal Treasure, but also unleashing their strongest technique, the Taibai Sword Shadow, which can transform into a silver dragon.

Although the cultivator who was supposed to be providing support looked grim, he still said resolutely, "The first emergency team will come with me to provide support, and the second emergency team will bombard us with magical treasures at any time!"

To prevent their retreat from being blocked by evil spirits, the emergency response team was divided into several groups: some were responsible for providing backup, some for piloting magical treasures to fight the enemy, and others for summoning the power of the true gods to cover the rear...

Just after the first emergency response team flew into the ruined fairyland, things in the distance came into view.

Following the silver dragon was an enormous dragon, but compared to its previous majestic and imposing appearance, this dragon now only had its front half remaining.

Behind the dragon was a massive dark cloud, and a gap piercing through the cloud was healing at a visible speed, through which half of the dragon's body could be vaguely seen.

At this moment, the white-robed cultivator of the Taibai Dragon Clan raised his voice to warn, "Be careful! This is an ancient and spiritually powerful Golden Fiend Cloud Spirit, stronger than a bull-headed monster in a large water vein spiritual realm!"

Back then, the lower half of the bull-headed monster was bound in the ice altar containing the divine orb. Although it was invincible, it didn't have much room to maneuver, which gave us the opportunity to kill it.

The golden demon cloud spirit before them was not only enormous in size, but also possessed an indestructible body. Not to mention the Taibai sword shadow of the white-robed high cultivator that could transform into a silver dragon, even the sunlight could only force it back slightly.

Fortunately, the giant dragon mechanism in Thousand Changes Town was able to break free of half of its body thanks to this ray of sunlight; otherwise, it would have been devoured by the Golden Fiend Cloud Spirit, just like the demon king in Seven Mile Lake.

"Sunlight!"

The first emergency response team also possessed the Blazing Crystal Treasure. After punching a wound several feet in diameter into the massive Golden Fiend Cloud Essence's body, they shouted behind them again:

"Use the third celestial treasure!"

For this exploration of the fairyland, the Lunzhou pantheon has brought several celestial treasures. The first is a celestial bow with extremely strong penetrating power, the second is a celestial bell that can release a protective golden bell shield, and the third is a celestial seal with the power of suppression...

"White Tiger Immortal Seal, suppress all enemies!"

The Immortal Seal had already been infused with enough power. As the second emergency team activated it, an immortal technique transformed into a white light and flew towards the Golden Fiend Cloud Essence.

As soon as the white light flew into the air, it transformed into a white tiger phantom that was more than ten feet in size. However, in front of the Golden Fiend Cloud Spirit, it looked like a small cat.

Just then, the white tiger phantom, several dozen feet long, suddenly stopped in mid-air and roared angrily at the front.

"Ow!"

The white tiger phantom transformed into waves of sound with this enormous roar, taking shape not only within the pervasive Yin energy in front of it but also causing the massive golden Yin cloud essence to become unstable.

This time, the Golden Fiend Cloud Spirit lost its previous invincible aura and instead resembled a frightened child, turning its head and trembling as it flew towards the depths of the ruined fairyland.

"call--"

The guardian elder of Qianbian Town breathed a sigh of relief, but when he turned around, he saw that the white-robed Gao Xiu of the Taibai Dragon Clan had a solemn expression on his face.

"Just as my ancestor predicted, after tens of thousands of years, the dilapidated immortal realm has not only leaked a lot of spiritual energy, but has also been affected by the yin energy. I'm afraid there aren't many benevolent beings in the dilapidated immortal realm..."

The malevolent energy naturally affects the thoughts and emotions of living beings. The malevolent spirits encountered in the ancient ruins only had thoughts of killing, and the Golden Fiend Cloud Spirit in the dilapidated fairyland was also full of malice.

Moreover, the spiritual essence of the ruined fairyland did not disappear into thin air, but rather spread in all directions like water evaporating, which gave many inanimate objects the possibility of becoming spirits.

The white-robed cultivator didn't know the current state of his Autumn Cold Immortal Realm, but he was certain that even without the ancient demons, this dilapidated realm was not a bone that could be easily gnawed down.

Soon, the exploration teams returned one after another, and without exception, they all encountered formidable opponents.

The spirits of Jinfeng County encountered an iron monkey that was four or five zhang tall, covered in rust, with red eyes full of menacing intent, and filled with hostility towards outsiders.

"Lord Zhang, we owe you a great debt this time!" Lord Zhao said sincerely.

They were carefully exploring their surroundings when suddenly a gigantic creature exuding a menacing aura attacked from underground.

Even the sunlight from the Blazing Crystal Treasure only pierced through the evil energy, leaving a hole less than half a foot deep in the iron monkey's body.

For such a massive iron monkey, this injury was nothing, but it enraged the iron monkey, and its leaping body exuded an immense sense of oppression.

Just when Zhao Gong thought he was about to sacrifice himself, the local earth god Zhang Gong took out a bead. With just a flick of his wrist, the iron monkey slowed down, and Zhao Gong quickly fled, thus surviving.

All the cultivators were worried for the Jinfeng County team.

It should be noted that even invincible cultivators at the Dongxuan level feel somewhat powerless when facing top-tier bloodline demon kings.

Not to mention, the Iron Monkey is a divine beast born from the true Dao of Heaven and Earth, namely Metal. Being able to escape from the Iron Monkey's sneak attack is already something to boast about.

This has led many cultivators to speculate.

If the Iron Monkey is a creature from before ancient times, it means that when the Golden Cave Sect's Immortal Realm was crushed, the aftershocks might have been able to kill high-level cultivators or even immortals with tangible but intangible forms, but it would have been difficult to kill this divine beast with a body of metal.

In this way, there might be more [metal-type] divine beasts in the ruined fairyland. If a bloodline demon king happens to be hiding underground, there is a possibility that he might survive...

For a moment, many cultivators looked at this ancient ruin, revealing some surprise:
"Although the evil spirits are powerful, they may not be able to stop the creatures in the broken immortal realm. Could this ancient ruin be the place where the creatures that survived from the broken immortal realm lived?" This conjecture was quickly accepted by many cultivators.

The ancient ruins are located dozens of feet underground. Even if creatures from the ruined fairyland came to live here, they would not be able to dig through the soil to return to the surface.

Not to mention, although the fairyland of the Golden Cave Sect is dilapidated, it is still a fairyland rich in spiritual energy. Most living beings, after failing to find a way to survive, will most likely choose to return to the dilapidated fairyland to live.

"In that case, wouldn't it be possible that an ancient being still exists within the ruined fairyland?"

One after another, the exploration teams returned. Some encountered danger, while others were blocked by a thick fog and it took them half a day to escape.

Each team consisted of elites, or at least cultivators of considerable strength, yet three were still killed and five were seriously injured.

Although the initial exploration resulted in significant losses, it also uncovered a considerable amount of information. While ordinary cultivators were completely unaware of this, Su Ji, as the Supervisor of the Sun Spirit in Jinfeng County, obtained firsthand data.

"A golden cloud spirit at the immortal level... an iron monkey stronger than the physical body of a bloodline demon king... a boundless white fog raging with golden energy... a mercury lake shimmering with light... a vast canyon filled with golden winds..."

This is only the edge of the ruined fairyland near the ancient ruins; who knows how many more wonders and dangers lie within.

Fortunately, such a dangerous and dilapidated fairyland is not only unlikely to have any living creatures, but even the ancient demons that can enter it would probably find it difficult to expand on a large scale.

It should be noted that at this time, the broken immortal realm can only allow outside beings below the level of immortals to enter. Even the native beings of the broken immortal realm are at most at the level of divine weapons like the Golden Fiend Cloud Essence.

This reduced the danger of the ruined fairyland considerably, but only relatively speaking. The true gods under the command of the Golden Flame God General still guarded Chrysanthemum Mountain, and batches of gods continued to surround Chrysanthemum Mountain.

Before long, many people came to replenish the solar light within the Blazing Crystal Treasure, and some even inquired whether Su Ji still had any Blazing Crystal Treasure in stock.

Su Ji only said one thing: if you want to rent the Blazing Crystal Treasure, you need to help purchase Blazing Crystals of standard size or larger.

Currently, Su Ji has a total of twenty-one Blazing Crystal Treasures, but that is still not enough for those cultivators.

As for the plan to explore the ruined fairyland, Su Ji decided to put it on hold. He currently had enough resources and was on the rise, so there was no need to risk entering the ruined fairyland of the Golden Cave Sect.

And so, August arrived. In just half a month, Su Ji had earned 92,000 strands of divine power from the sunlight.

Naturally, other high-level cultivators also earned a lot. Although places where sunlight could be used were dangerous, they also contained all sorts of treasures.

As a result, even though deaths still occur in the dilapidated fairyland, it continues to attract a steady stream of visitors, even drawing many elders from the Xuanmen sects to come in groups with their disciples.

Among them, the most famous Xuanmen disciple was Long Teng, the Xuanmen Dao seed of the Longshan Sect.

At the beginning, this young man was only at the level of Dongxuan Master, but he was able to turn bad luck into good luck many times, making Longshan Sect the force with the fewest losses.

Later, in a very dangerous situation, Long Teng actually revealed the strength of a high-level cultivator, and broke into the Golden Wind Canyon, finding a way out among the caves.

Later, the cultivators learned that the reason why Long Teng led his fellow disciples to attack Golden Wind Canyon was because he had taken the lead in breaking through to the advanced level of the Cave Profound Realm.

As a result, the name Longteng became known to more people, and many people began to explore the origin of Longteng.

Some say that Long Teng is the illegitimate son of the Grand Elder of the Golden Mountain Sect. He was found seven years ago and then renamed Long Teng to become a Xuanmen Daoist.

Some say that Long Teng is the reincarnation of a Xuanxian from the Jinshan Sect. After going through great hardships to find him, he broke through to the Dongxuan high-level cultivation stage in just seven years...

It should be noted that even the exceptionally talented local deity Zhang Gong took twenty years to break through to the advanced cultivation level of Dongxuan. It's no wonder that people suspect that Long Teng is a reincarnation of a Xuanxian (a type of immortal) because he has achieved this in just seven years.

However, while everyone was speculating about Long Teng, Long Teng himself was preoccupied with one thing: "Will that Jian Ri Ling General, who once overpowered him at the Mountain God Temple, actually come to the ruined Immortal Realm of the Golden Cave Sect..."

Su Ji naturally had no such intention. He could earn money from the sunlight by cultivating at home, so why would he need to venture into the ruined fairyland?

Not to mention, Su Ji's cultivation is about to reach perfection. If he wants to break through to the advanced level of the Cave Profound Realm, he still needs to solve a cultivation problem, which is the balance of Yin and Yang in his [Root Method].

However, because the Longshan Sect had opened up the Golden Wind Canyon first, the other exploration teams also began to get anxious.

The Taibai Dragon Clan and Qianbian Town joined forces. Although they couldn't defeat the Golden Fiend Cloud Spirit, they began digging a tunnel underground. It seemed they were about to use the tunnel to get past the Golden Fiend Cloud Spirit's obstruction.

The deities of Jiuxiang County crafted special protective magic treasures. They first dug a tunnel to advance, but after encountering a huge crack, their exploration came to a standstill once again.

The enemy of the gods of Jinfeng County was that iron monkey. Even though they used the combined light of the moon and the sun to blind one of the iron monkey's eyes, they never expected to provoke a group of [metal] divine beasts.

Although most of these divine beasts are only at the level of demon generals, there are two divine beasts at the level of demon kings: one is a shiny iron rooster, and the other is a shiny black iron donkey.

Jinfeng County had considered using an underground route, but discovered that the area was full of iron ore, making it difficult to mine and potentially risking an attack by the [Sexual Gold] mythical beast during the excavation process.

Subsequently, the Jin Feng County deity can only explore the surrounding area, and the opponents encountered are easier to deal with than the [Xing Jin] divine beast.

Su Ji was aware of the predicament the gods of Jinfeng County faced in the ruined fairyland, but he had no choice but to continue his cultivation.

Just then, Jinfeng County was fully mobilized, which gave Su Ji an opportunity.

Su Ji found the Earth Spirit and discussed opening the underground palace. As before, the result was that the Earth Spirit needed to break through to the King level to open it.

However, Su Ji simply smiled and asked, "If I have a way to enter the underground palace, would Your Highness be willing to go with me?"

Ultimately, the underground palace is a legacy left by the previous Moon Spirit to the Earth Spirit. Even if Su Ji has a way to enter it, he still needs to ask the Earth Spirit for his opinion first.

The Earth Spirit was taken aback at first, then overjoyed and exclaimed, "Of course!"

It is said that many treasures left behind by the previous Moon Spirit are buried in this underground palace. If they can be retrieved in advance, they will surely be of great help to the cultivation of the Earth Spirit.

It should be noted that the Earth Spirits have now embarked on a new path, which is to cultivate profound principles to help the Bright Moon Spirit Realm advance to the Immortal Realm. The resources required are much greater than before, so naturally they hope to open the underground palace as soon as possible.

Soon, Su Ji and the Earth Spirit arrived underground and saw the enormous palace deep underground.

"【The Mysterious Gate to the Netherworld】!"

Currently, the [Tongyou Xuanmen] is only two high-level Xuanjutsu fragments away from becoming a superior Xuanjutsu, and its power is top-notch.

"Om-"

As a powerful wave emanated from within the palace, the [Tongyou Xuanmen] disintegrated on the palace's surface under the crushing force of the array.

Su Ji was not too surprised by this, and then prepared to use his mystical technique again.

At this moment, the Earth Spirit hurriedly said, "I will try my best to control the formation. The Sun Watcher will try again later..."

Even so, Su Ji's second attempt at the [Mysterious Gate of the Netherworld] still failed.

The Earth Spirit looked helpless: "Perhaps only after I become a King will I be able to connect with the Earth Spirit Vein power within the palace and thus open it..."

Clearly, the palace cannot be opened from the outside; both internal and external conditions must be met to open this underground palace.

However, Su Ji showed no disappointment, and instead slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.

"Your Highness need not blame yourself. Although we did not open the underground palace just now, the underground palace used the power of the Yin Earth Vein in the resistance, which allowed me to sense the location of the high-level and profound fragments I needed!"
"Even if this perception isn't very clear, it's enough to speed up my comprehension of high-grade mystical techniques!"

Su Ji was originally prepared to give up, but the fluctuations generated by the [resonance] gave him hope, truly a case of "after the darkest hour comes the dawn".

As a result, a heart-pounding drumbeat resounded from the underground palace, lasting for three whole days before finally ceasing.

After Su Ji emerged from seclusion, he didn't forget to thank the Earth Spirit, saying, "This time, thanks to Your Highness, I was able to cultivate a superior-grade profound technique!"

The chubby Earth Spirit simply smiled: "If it weren't for the Sun-Watching Spirit General, my sights would only be on a King-level spirit. Now, however, I have the potential to become an immortal and a god alongside the Bright Moon Spirit Realm. Compared to that, this little favor is nothing at all..."

(End of this chapter)