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

Chapter 178 Ruins
In the ruined fairyland, Su Ji's small telescope could see more than ten miles away.

After arriving at Golden Wind Canyon, the further they went in, the greater the suppression the Little Thousand-Mile Eyes experienced.

Fortunately, even when he arrived near the source of the wind cave in the Golden Wind Canyon, his little clairvoyance could still see two or three hundred feet away, which gave Su Ji the idea of ​​searching for wind-related spiritual materials.

The so-called wind tunnel is formed from inside the thick mountain and leads directly to the main body of the mountain in the northeast direction.

In fact, the cultivators had explored the easternmost area, but apart from a large mountain extending into the sea, there was nothing else to the east; further east lay the boundary of the ruined immortal realm.

However, if you look towards the mountains, there is no raging wind. The wind in the Golden Wind Canyon seems to come from the body of the mountains, or as if it is gushing from the depths of the earth.

Su Ji even suspected that the wind tunnel was connected to one of the "Cave Heaven Wells" in the ruined fairyland. It was only because the fairyland was ruined that it absorbed some useless power, which eventually turned into golden wind and spewed out.

While thinking this, Su Ji did not forget to search for traces of the Wind Dao spiritual material. Unexpectedly, in just a few breaths, he discovered a peculiar swirling green wind outside the wind cave.

"A top-grade spiritual material, Azure Whirlwind!" Yan Tianchou immediately determined the origin of this peculiar azure wind based on his knowledge.

Like yin and yang light, wind is formless and intangible, but it can take on a visible form depending on what it carries.

Like the sunlight within the Blazing Crystal Treasure, it is a constantly flowing halo.

The azure whirlwind before us is also able to maintain its azure whirlwind form for a long time due to a special environment around the wind tunnel.

However, although Su Ji discovered this swirling azure wind, two problems also arose.

How can I take away the Azure Whirlwind Spirit? And how can I preserve the Azure Whirlwind Spirit?

The location of the Azure Whirlwind Spirit is only seven or eight zhang away from the exit of the wind cave. Although the power of the golden wind nearby is not as strong as that in the wind cave, it still has the power of a low-grade minor immortal technique. To reach this place, one must at least have invincible defense.

Su Ji now possesses the unparalleled escape technique [Tongyou Xuanmen], but he has not yet mastered the other three Xuan techniques to the highest level, making it somewhat difficult for him to reach Qingxuan Lingfeng.

Su Ji can ask for help; Mo Linglong and the Third Elder of the Longshan Sect are both options. He can also borrow the Linglong Immortal Furnace, which will surely be able to withstand the golden wind for a while.

However, asking for help requires favors, not to mention that Mo Linglong is currently assisting the Jinshan Sect's weapon refiners in forging immortal artifacts with the Linglong Immortal Furnace. Su Ji didn't want to cause trouble or wait too long.

Of course, Su Ji could wait for the right moment and make his move when the power of the golden wind inside the wind tunnel diminishes.

However, this move is also unpredictable. It might take one or two hours, or it might take ten days or half a month. Not to mention that this move is also risky.

Fortunately, Su Ji had one last option: to find or create a "geographical advantage" to get as close as possible to where Qingxuan Spirit Wind was located.

There are many caves inside the Golden Wind Canyon. Su Ji doesn't need the caves to lead directly to the Azure Whirlwind, but at least to get close enough so he can try to use his spiritual power to take away the Azure Whirlwind.

The reality, however, was somewhat disappointing. It seemed that because this place was too close to the wind cave, golden winds were gushing out from every accessible part of the mountain wall. Perhaps there were once caves, but they were flattened by the golden winds...

Fortunately, Su Ji still had the Heavenly Calculation Tool, and with its detection, he quickly found a hollow section of the mountain.

Su Ji didn't need to lift a finger. Once the [Tongyou Xuanmen] was opened, it drew in the golden winds from the Golden Wind Valley, and countless golden winds struck the mountain wall.

Faced with the golden wind at the level of immortal arts, the [Tongyou Xuanmen] could not last a moment, but Su Ji not only could continue to use mystical arts, but also had the art of deflection, which allowed him to use the golden wind in turn.

In this way, Su Ji not only comprehended the deflection of the wind, but also guided the golden wind to strike the mountain wall. After a quarter of an hour, a sudden opening appeared before him.

"what?"

Judging from Yan Tianchou's perception, the mountain space is at least three or four zhang long, and the passageway is very likely near the Azure Whirlwind Spirit Wind.

However, when the interior of the mountain was exposed, Su Ji's telescopic vision witnessed a shocking scene.

This cave is not just a naturally formed space inside the mountain; the further you go in, the more man-made traces there are, and you can even see stone beds, stone tables, stone chairs, and decaying wooden furniture.

"The cave dwelling of an ancient cultivator?"

It's no wonder Su Ji thought that way. According to the ram-headed spirit inside the spirit vein monster, two thousand two hundred years before it was born and gained consciousness, the southern part of the broken fairyland was invaded by Yin energy. This area not only had no trace of humans, but also no living creatures.

The reason why many foreign cultivators were able to set up camp in the southern Yin Sha region was because they were all soul beings, and their minimum cultivation level was at least that of a powerful ghost general or a Dongxuan Grand Master.

In addition, the fact that all the wooden furniture here was rotten led Su Ji to conclude that this might be a cave dwelling that some cultivators had opened up before the Golden Cave Sect suffered a major blow.

According to various factions, the many caves in Golden Wind Canyon were not formed naturally, but were dug out by some kind of monster living in the mountains.

The hidden cave in front of us was either dug by a cultivator using demonic beasts, or it was built by borrowing a demonic beast's lair.

Thinking this, Su Ji's figure fell into the interior space of the mountain. As he went deeper, an even larger interior space was revealed before his eyes.

Immediately, the divination began.

"Judging from the size of the space inside this mountain, at least several hundred people once lived here. It doesn't seem like a cultivator's cave dwelling, but rather like a refuge..."

This is the [Xin Jin] Immortal Realm of the Golden Cave Sect. Those who can enter are basically cultivators. The only time such a situation occurred was during the battle when the Undying Demon Lord destroyed the Golden Cave Sect.

Clearly, when the Undying Demon Lord attacked the Golden Cave Sect, the disciples of the Golden Cave Sect did not give up hope of survival, and the "Xin Jin Immortal Realm" that the Undying Demon Lord could not enter became the safest place with the greatest hope.

If the Undying Demon Lord has no way to deal with the "Xin Jin Immortal Realm", there is no need for any refuge. He can simply close the gate, and the cultivators inside can eke out a living.

Reality is certainly not that rosy. Even Su Ji could open the membrane of the Spirit Realm with the sunlight, so the Undying Demon Lord should also have a way to open the portal to the "Xin Jin Immortal Realm".

Perhaps the Undying Demon Lord cannot enter the "Xin Jin Immortal Realm", but a demon at the level of a divine weapon can certainly lead a large army to invade this place. Not to mention that the Undying Demon Lord can also spew Yin Sha into the portal of the Xin Jin Immortal Realm to achieve the purpose of corroding and refining the Xin Jin Immortal Realm.

However, since this ruined fairyland still exists, and the Yin Sha stopped in the southern region of the ruined fairyland, it means that the Undying Demon Lord was suppressed by the Heavenly Emperor Qingdi before he succeeded...

"This is—" As Su Ji continued to explore deeper, he finally discovered some information.

The place we just left behind seemed to be just the outer area, with only some ordinary furniture, but here there are so-called spiritual jade stones left behind.

Spiritual Jade is a vessel containing the profound meaning of a high-level cultivator. It is usually left to the descendants before the cultivator passes away. If one can obtain the Spiritual Jade left over from the previous life after reincarnation, there are many benefits. Many demon beasts use it to cultivate their Heavenly Soul and Spirit to gain intelligence...

Unfortunately, even though the spiritual jade in front of us still has some residual power, it is too old to discern complete information. All we know is that it records a profound cultivation method for metal and stone.

Su Ji, now that he had cultivated the Minor Yin-Yang Method to the advanced level of the Cave Profound Realm, didn't care about spiritual jade stones, but the time marked inside shocked him.

"Seven years after the destruction of the Golden Cave Sect... isn't that three years after the Heavenly Emperor suppressed the Undying Demon Lord?" It is said that after the Undying Demon Lord destroyed the Golden Cave Sect, the battle between immortals and demons became increasingly fierce. Many mystical sects cooperated with the gods to besiege the demons, and three years later, most of the demons were forced to the Undying Demon Lord's lair.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Heavenly Emperor of the Eastern Azure Emperor suppressed most of the demons, but the demons scattered throughout the world still caused trouble, and it took several more decades to eradicate them all.

The demons took hundreds of years to develop and grow, but only five years to truly erupt and be suppressed. It took another forty or fifty years to eradicate them, which is why the war between gods and demons at that time seemed so protracted.

However, after the Undying Demon Lord was suppressed, even though the "Xinjin Immortal Realm" was also shrouded within it, the survivors no longer needed to hide inside the mountain.

This leads to two possibilities.

Alternatively, the cultivators might be unaware of the suppression of the Undying Demon Lord, believing the outside world to still be dangerous, and thus seeking survival by hiding inside the mountain.

Alternatively, there might have been demons under the command of the Undying Demon Lord within the Xin Jin Immortal Realm at that time, and these cultivators would have been killed if they showed themselves, so they had no choice but to hide.

Su Ji had not forgotten that the reason they were able to discover the ancient ruins and the dilapidated fairyland was because of the Eyeless Demon Lord and the Insect Queen of the Demonic Sect.

However, since the Insect Queen and the Eyeless Demon Lord disappeared into the Yin Sha Rift, they have not been seen again. Even if they died somewhere, they should have left some traces.

As a result, many cultivators believed that the Eyeless Demon Lord and the Insect Queen were either hiding somewhere in the Yin Sha River or had also entered the ruined Immortal Realm.

Judging from the ruins inside this mountain, since the Immortal Demon Lord was suppressed, the broken fairyland is still full of dangers, which means that there are probably other evil spirits here who have escaped the calamity.

It's normal that the Iron Monkey and other [metal-type] divine beasts survived, and the bear clan on the snow mountain also survived, so we cannot rule out the possibility that the evil spirits have also been passed down for tens of thousands of years.

After leaving the ruined fairyland, the power of the ancient formation will inevitably target the demons, forcing them to remain within the ruined fairyland.

Currently, the southern part of the Broken Wonderland contains Yin energy, making it the most comfortable place for evil spirits. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that there are also evil spirits in other parts of the Broken Wonderland.

Most of the southern part of the Broken Wonderland has been explored. Currently, only the eastern part, which extends to the border of the Broken Wonderland, and the western part, which is shrouded in white mist, and the area further west, remain.

Of course, just as the Qiu family's newly reborn spiritual realm was hollowed out by the insect mother, there may also be evil spirits beneath the ruined fairy realm.

The area beneath the western crevice became the most likely place for demons to exist. Therefore, even though many cultivators stopped their exploration for the Snow Mountain Festival, the exploration of the west did not stop...

Su Ji continued deeper into the interior of the mountain. According to Yan Tianchou's calculations, he had already arrived inside the mountain that extended into the sea.

Su Ji was also shocked by this: "I originally thought that only a few hundred people lived here, but as we have explored, we have discovered that at least a thousand people can live here!"

The Xuanmen sect certainly doesn't have that many people; even the Jinshan Sect only has fewer than ten Dao Seeds.

The fact that so many people could be found in the dilapidated immortal realm of the Golden Cave Sect is very likely because, in a desperate situation, the cultivators brought the surrounding people to the Xin Jin Immortal Realm in order to save more lives.

There are already more than a thousand people in just two or three villages, and the number of cultivators rescued by the Golden Cave Sect cultivators will only be more.

However, so many people would definitely need to eat and drink, and even if they carried provisions, they wouldn't last long. At least three thousand acres of the East China Sea became people's hope.

Sure enough, as Su Ji went deeper and deeper, a glimmer of light appeared in the distance.

At this moment, Su Ji had already put the matter of taking away the Azure Whirlwind Spirit Wind out of his mind. Anyway, the terrain there could keep the spirit wind from dissipating, so it wouldn't matter if he did it for a little while longer.

So Su Ji sped past and soon arrived at the exit.

A wave of damp air greeted us, and the water rippled under the hazy moonlight.

Although it is called an ocean, it is actually a freshwater lake formed in the fairyland. Looking to the south, it is an arc-shaped membrane of the fairyland, and looking to the north, it is a mountain and part of the lake that still extend three or four miles into the sea.

Looking down, there is a dock made of piled-up rocks and sand, followed by a road with countless stone tablets on both sides, leading directly from the dock to the cave halfway up the mountain.

The dock was likely a platform used by local people to catch seafood and make a living.
As for those stone tablets...

Although most of the inscriptions have been worn away by time, the essence of the tombstone can still be seen.

"Did all the people who fled to this blessed land in ancient times die here?"

For a moment, Su Ji couldn't help but feel a little sentimental.

The blessed land was rich in the power of heaven and earth, so not only could grains be grown, but spiritual herbs could also be cultivated in large quantities. However, the people at that time hid inside the mountains, so how could they dare to go out and grow grains?
Lakes, like oceans, should have plenty of aquatic life, perhaps enough to feed many people, but fishing will still leave a trace...

Su Ji didn't know what had happened, but he turned around and went back into the cave. He hadn't had time to search for information when he was speeding around, but this time he was determined to search inside and out, hoping to find some information.

Looking into the cave from this entrance, the entire cave space is roughly divided into two areas: one is the residential area that Su Ji rushed over to, and the other is a wide area, which seems to be an area where cultivators live.

There were no clues in the residential area, but there were many signs of a fight in the activity area.

"Could it be that the demons finally discovered this place and breached it?"

However, there are only traces of battle here, but no remains. In addition, the tombstones outside also need to be carved, which indicates that the battle was not necessarily a complete failure.

As Su Ji ventured deeper into the area, a dilapidated corridor came into view.

On both sides of the long corridor were stone chambers, some open and some closed, which were probably quiet rooms used by cultivators for cultivation. There were no corpses or even any items inside.

This further convinced Su Ji that the human cultivators must have fought to the very end in that battle, and many of them had survived, which allowed them to bury the remains and take away the contents of the bodies.

As you continue walking along the corridor, a strange aura suddenly wafts over.

Su Ji quickly looked in that direction and saw a cave full of rubble, behind which stood rows of metal pillars, each carved with a white tiger mythical beast.

The strange aura emanated from those white tiger divine beasts.

"The power of incense offerings... the profound mystery of metal... the malevolent energy of metal?"

Not long ago, when Su Ji went to the Taibai Dragon Clan to discuss renting immortal artifacts, he witnessed the Taibai Dragon Clan's profound resources, including two coiled dragon pillars imbued with supernatural powers.

Now, Su Ji saw this divine artifact again here, and there were as many as six of them at once.

(End of this chapter)