He confessed his love for his master in his later years, and his cheat ability finally arrived.

"Why would the Devouring Heaven Cauldron act strangely at this time?"

Lu Changsheng placed his hand on his chest, his brows furrowed, and stared at the dark cave entrance before him, muttering to himself:

"Could there really be something inside here, calling to me?"

Under Lu Changsheng's gaze, the dark cave entrance connected to the mountain peak, like a colossal creature opening its blood-red maw, quietly waiting for its prey to walk into its trap.

"Senior, what are you looking at?"

Princess Taiping stepped forward and, following the direction Lu Changsheng was looking, also looked towards the cave:

"This cave is the lair of the Sky-Piercing Bandits; it must contain a lot of treasure!"

Upon hearing that there was treasure, Mo Rou, who had been eavesdropping nearby, also came over, and the three of them looked towards the depths of the cave.

Mo Rou was furious!

She never intended to kill her fellow disciples, because once some things are done, there is no turning back.

But Lu Changsheng forced her onto the pirate ship; if she didn't kill her fellow disciples, Lu Changsheng would kill her.

Having no other choice, she could only tie her life to Lu Changsheng's.

After all, following Lu Changsheng meant an inexhaustible supply of spirit stones and pills. Not only could he eat and drink his fill, but his Daoist partner, Qian Feng, also enjoyed the benefits.

Such a sucker is hard to find, and now that Mo Rou has finally found one, she can't let him go easily.

"Alright, let's hurry up and clean up the mess!"

The three people stared at the cave entrance for a long time, but couldn't figure it out. Furthermore, the Devouring Cauldron within their bodies only reacted once and then remained unresponsive.

"After we clean up the battlefield, we'll go into the cave to investigate further."

"Don't worry, whatever treasure we find, we'll split it equally among the three of us!"

Princess Taiping didn't care about these words, but Mo Rou was instantly energized.

So the three of them then sprang into action, searching through all the corpses of Foundation Establishment and even Qi Refining stages to find Qiankun bags.

As for ordinary people who haven't embarked on the path of cultivation, there are too many of them to bother searching for.

After all, if these people really had any good fortune, they would have already embarked on the path of cultivation, and even if they were at the worst, they would still have reached the Qi Refining stage.

They collected a total of thirty-two Qiankun bags. After opening all the bags and taking inventory, they found quite a few treasures.

There were 3,500 low-grade spirit stones, 12 mid-grade spirit stones, and not a single high-grade spirit stone.

Then there were eighteen flying swords for those in the Qi Refining stage and nine flying swords for those in the Foundation Establishment stage.

Besides these, there are also many pills, cultivation techniques, and talismans, but most of them are for the Qi Refining stage, and very few are for the Foundation Establishment stage.

"These two Thunderfire Stones are mine. I also want three mid-grade Foundation Establishment flying swords. The rest you two can split!"

Lu Changsheng was an alchemist, and he didn't care about ordinary pills and spirit stones. The spirit stones needed to awaken the Devouring Heaven Cauldron numbered in the hundreds of thousands, so he didn't care about a few hundred or a thousand.

The Thunderbolt Stone was the most valuable and also had the advantage of self-defense, so he naturally acquired it.

"no problem!"

"You were the one who killed Chou Rang, senior; it's only right!"

Before Mo Rou could speak, Princess Taiping agreed first, and even stuffed the only twelve mid-grade spirit stones she had into Lu Changsheng's hand, but Lu Changsheng politely declined.

"Hmph~"

Mo Rou gave a light snort. She didn't have a problem with Lu Changsheng's proposed distribution method, but rather with Princess Taiping.

She was momentarily distracted, and this opportunity to please Lu Changsheng and show her loyalty was given to Princess Taiping.

Lu Changsheng divided the remaining treasure in two, with Princess Taiping and Mo Rou each receiving half.

As for the cultivation techniques recorded on Xuan paper, because they were of lower grade, although Lu Changsheng could cultivate them, he had no choice.

After all, more cultivation techniques are not necessarily better; learning too many can actually hinder one's comprehension of the Great Dao.

Before successfully establishing his foundation, Lu Changsheng felt that having the Flame Palm, the Ninefold Thunder Light Sword, and the Devouring Heaven Demon Art was enough.

After disposing of the bodies, Lu Changsheng gave Mo Rou a wink, and Mo Rou reluctantly put the corpses of Mu Changming and the other inner disciples into her Qiankun bag, intending to hand them over to the sect upon returning so that the Enforcement Hall could investigate.

Neither Lu Changsheng nor Princess Taiping is suitable to do this task; only Mo Rou, who is also an inner disciple, can do it without arousing suspicion.

This is also one of the important reasons why Lu Changsheng chose to let Mo Rou participate in the mission, in order to minimize the suspicion on himself!

The Qiankun Bag can only hold inanimate objects, and since a corpse is an inanimate object, it can naturally be put inside.

While Mo Rou was busy, Lu Changsheng and Princess Taiping were not idle either. The two of them used their Flame Palms at the same time to burn all the corpses all over the mountain, erasing all traces and minimizing the risk of exposure.

Half an incense stick later, all traces were cleaned up, and all three of them were sweating profusely from the effort.

Let's go!

Lu Changsheng glanced at the dark cave entrance before him, licked his lips, and gave Mo Rou and Princess Taiping a wink:

"Mo Rou will walk in front, I'll walk in the middle, and Bai Xue will bring up the rear!"

"..."

"..."

Mo Rou stomped her feet in anger. Walking at the front was naturally the most dangerous, while walking at the back was the safest.

That old bastard, she gave him her body, and he didn't even know how to cherish her!

He only knows how to be nice to that little vixen and protect her behind his back.

Indeed, a wife is not as good as a concubine, a concubine is not as good as a stolen affair, and a stolen affair is not as good as one that cannot be stolen!

Men don't cherish things that are easily obtained.

Next time Mo Rou is in bed, she definitely won't... won't be so proactive!

After silently cursing Lu Changsheng several times in her heart, Mo Rou did not refuse and slowly walked into the depths of the cave with her sword.

After all, in her opinion, what danger could there be in the lair of a Foundation Establishment stage thief?

The leader, Qiu Rang, is dead. If he really had some treasure or backup plan, how could he have died so easily?

Ah!

Men just love to make things mysterious!

"Stay close to me!"

Lu Changsheng winked at Princess Taiping behind him, and then, while she was still confused, he took her small hand.

"Senior, you...you..."

Princess Taiping's face instantly turned red.

She hadn't expected Lu Changsheng to be so proactive, so direct, so unpretentious...

Is this a confession to himself?

But......

But I wasn't prepared at all, and why did I have to confess in a dark cave, with that annoying woman Mo Rou still there...?

"Shh~"

Lu Changsheng gestured for silence with his hand, but Mo Rou, who was walking in front, had already seen it. She immediately snorted coldly, and a million curses ran through her mind.

The two of them were making such a loud noise. Mo Rou isn't deaf. Shh my ass!

She knew that Lu Changsheng was trying to flirt with girls by going into the cave, and he was just playing tricks! He was just being mysterious!

Ugh! What a scumbag!!

"I have a feeling there's something inside this cave. Please take this!"

"Be careful, stay alert!"

While Princess Taiping was in a daze, Lu Changsheng released his hand, leaving a crystal-clear gemstone in her palm.

Thunderbolt Stone!

"Um?!"

This isn't a confession? What is this thing??

Are you kidding me?!

Are you trying to make fun of me, the princess?!

Ugh! What a scumbag!!

Lu Changsheng frowned. Why was he simultaneously emanating murderous intent from both Mo Rou, who was walking in front, and Princess Taiping, who was walking behind?

Hmm, it must be my imagination!

This cave is indeed extraordinary; it can even create illusions!

"See? There's nothing there!"

Mo Rou pouted, her words revealing her dissatisfaction.

They walked all the way to the depths of the cave, where the still-burning torches on the stone walls made the cave as bright as day, offering a clear view of everything inside.

Apart from a dozen or so boxes of gold and silver jewelry, all that remained was a cage.

Inside the cage, a dozen or so young girls were chained up.

Lu Changsheng ignored Mo Rou's complaints, walked to the cage, cleaved the chains with his sword, and released more than a dozen young girls.

"Snow White, ask them what they know?"

Lu Changsheng did not have any intention of killing these young girls. After all, these women were obviously hostages kidnapped by the Tongtian Thief, and they were all pitiful people.

Of course, the main reason is that these women did not witness Lu Changsheng slaughtering his fellow disciples.

otherwise......

"After you've finished asking them questions, let them go down the mountain. They can take the gold and silver treasures inside the cave."

Gold and silver jewelry may have some value to practitioners, but their value is almost negligible.

But for these ordinary people, that means their very lives.

Princess Taiping nodded, then walked up to a dozen or so young girls and asked them questions one by one.

Lu Changsheng and Mo Rou carefully explored the cave, but although they found nothing, Lu Changsheng felt that the cave was not simple.

He might not believe the look in Qiu Rang's eyes before his death, but there must be a reason for the unusual movement of the Devouring Heaven Cauldron.

It's a pity that the spirit of the Devouring Cauldron has not yet fully awakened, otherwise it would have revealed the mystery of this cave directly.

Although Lu Changsheng could mobilize some of the power of the Devouring Heaven Cauldron, he could not speak until the spirit of the cauldron was awakened.

The only way to alert Lu Changsheng is through subtle changes at crucial moments.

Before long, Princess Taiping walked up to Lu Changsheng and said:

"These women know nothing. After I distributed the gold and silver jewelry to them, I sent them down the mountain."

Lu Changsheng nodded, looking disappointed. He and Mo Rou had also found nothing.

I realize I was overthinking it.

Before he died, Qiu Rang looked towards the cave entrance with a gaze full of resentment, perhaps only out of nostalgia and reluctance to leave.

The unusual movement of the Devouring Heaven Cauldron might just be...

I'm so bored and can't talk, I feel so stifled!

Let's go!

Lu Changsheng waved his hand, and because the cave passage was narrow, the three of them slowly walked out in the same order they had entered.

Princess Taiping walked at the front, Lu Changsheng in the middle, and Mo Rou at the rear.

Just as Princess Taiping was about to reach the cave entrance, Lu Changsheng suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

He was still unwilling to accept it!

A woman's intuition is never wrong.

A man's sixth sense, especially an older man's, can be frighteningly accurate!

Since we can't see it with our eyes, we might as well close them and feel it with our hearts!

"Wait, give me a moment!"

After Lu Changsheng called for Mo Rou, who was walking at the front, to stop, he closed his eyes and began to circulate the Devouring Heaven Demon Art to absorb the spiritual energy in the cave, while the two women looked on in disbelief.

The cave was small, connected to the outside world only by a narrow passage, so it shouldn't have much spiritual energy.

However, the moment the Devouring Heaven Demon Art was activated, the surrounding spiritual energy turned into a vortex and frantically poured into Lu Changsheng's body, becoming exceptionally dense.

After absorbing spiritual energy for only a few breaths, Lu Changsheng's body became much fuller, which was even more effective than refining spirit stones.

"Um?!"

Lu Changsheng opened his eyes, frowned, and then, guided by the Devouring Heaven Demon Art, walked towards the source of the spiritual energy.

But what blocked his way was a bare stone wall, without even a tiny crack.

The Devouring Heaven Demon Art cannot err, so the only explanation is...

boom! !

Lu Changsheng struck the stone wall in front of him with his palm. In an instant, the rocks shattered, revealing an even larger cave hidden within the existing cave.

"Hmm? What is this? The spiritual energy is so rich!"

Before the three appeared a spiritual plant. Although it was only about a foot tall, it was a pale purple-gold color, with long, narrow leaves like swords, glistening dewdrops hanging from the tips of the leaves, and a fist-sized fruit hanging from the top.

The fruit is perfectly round and translucent, with nebula-like silver patterns flowing across its surface, like a silver moon sealed within a crystal, breathing in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

"My God, this is...this is the legendary Lunar Dew Fruit!!"

Mo Rou covered her mouth, her eyes shining, too shocked to utter a complete sentence.

Taiyin Ninglu Fruit?

What is this?

Although Lu Changsheng did not recognize the spiritual fruit, he figured that it must be extraordinary to be able to make the Devouring Heaven Cauldron react.

"Why!!"

While the three were still stunned, a chilling voice suddenly came from behind them, devoid of any human emotion:

"They'd already left, so why did they come back... to their deaths?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a surge of demonic energy swept over the sky like a tidal wave. The air seemed to freeze, and the oppressive force felt like it was going to burst one's chest, causing one's soul to tremble.

The oppressive aura of the peak tenth level of the Golden Core stage descended from the sky, instantly shattering the rocks and threatening to cause the entire cave to collapse and crumble.

......