Gou Zai Sect Beast Taming Longevity

After Yu Changsheng collected the Ice Marrow Soul Crystal from the ground, he asked with a smile:

"Senior Xuan Turtle, is this the only piece of Ice Marrow Soul Crystal underground?"

Upon hearing this, the Black Tortoise couldn't help but laugh and scold, "You little rascal, you still call me 'senior'? Is this how you treat a senior?"

"Beneath that underground ice spring, there are indeed quite a few ice marrow soul crystals, but the extremely low temperature below is not something that can be easily endured."

"Couldn't you wait until I've had a moment to catch my breath before bringing these things to you?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Changsheng blushed, realizing that he had been too hasty.

He quickly apologized, saying, "Hehe, I was being presumptuous, I'm truly sorry."

Fortunately, the black tortoise did not make things too difficult for Yu Changsheng. After resting for a while, it went down again to collect the items.

After this back and forth three times, the Black Tortoise said to Yu Changsheng:

"Everything I could find below is here. As for whether there's anything else below, I can't say for sure."

"But even deeper down there, it's a place I can't set foot in."

Yu Changsheng quickly replied, "Thank you, senior. These Ice Marrow Soul Crystals are more than enough."

Yu Changsheng was not a greedy person. Although the four pieces he obtained were of different sizes, the smallest of them was as thick as an adult's arm.

The largest one was almost the size of a bucket.

That's quite a lot.

Yu Changsheng was already completely satisfied.

Yu Changsheng said, "Senior, you've worked hard. I'm also preparing to leave this place."

"Alright."

The Xuan Turtle was quickly retrieved by Yu Changsheng, who then left the volcano.

Those Nascent Soul cultivators were also having a great time scrambling for loot within the Fire Valley.

Many places were also visited and completely sold out.

Hu Bei'an happened to be passing by at this time, and after seeing Yu Changsheng, she couldn't help but complain.

"Yu Changsheng, isn't this place you chose a bit too poor? It can't compare to the previous two places at all."

Yu Changsheng was also puzzled. "How is this possible? This is the largest magical artifact forging place on the entire Sea Beast Heavenly Island."

"How could the Huo family possibly be associated with poverty? Don't they have anything valuable in their inventory?"

Hu Bei'an said, "The Huo family does indeed have a lot of good stuff, but after being divided up by a dozen or so Nascent Soul cultivators, there's not much left."

"I mean, other places are incredibly poor, they can't even compare to the shops in Bailong Town."

Yu Changsheng asked curiously, "Logically speaking, there should be quite a few magical treasures here. Didn't you search more thoroughly, senior?"

Yu Changsheng's words also served as a reminder to Hu Bei'an.

"Ah, that's right. I've seen quite a few materials for forging magical artifacts since I came here, but I haven't seen many finished magical artifacts."

"Could it be that those guys from the Huo family took all of these things with them before they left?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Changsheng shook his head.

"That's unlikely, isn't it? Those Huo family cultivators shouldn't have known our identities when they came to our aid."

"It's impossible to take all the magical treasures with us beforehand."

Hu Bei'an nodded in agreement. "That's quite right. So it seems that those guys probably hid all the completed magical artifacts beforehand."

"Very likely!"

Yu Changsheng also agreed with this guess.

Hu Bei'an also sneered, "The Huo family is truly cunning. They actually hid all their treasures so we wouldn't find them."

"Even if I have to turn every inch of the Fire Valley upside down, I will find the treasure."

"You should come and search with me. By the way, don't you have several tamed beasts? These spirit beasts have very keen noses; maybe they can find it."

Yu Changsheng smiled wryly and said, "Why go to such lengths? Senior, why don't you think about it?"

"If the Huo family really wants to hide these magical treasures, the best way is of course to keep them in a storage bag and carry them with them."

"However, if there are too many magical artifacts, and they need to be available to others at any time, it would be inconvenient to carry them around in a storage bag."

"If it's hidden in an ordinary place, it'll be easy for us to find it while we're looting other things."

"Where could it be hidden?"

After hearing this, Hu Bei'an pondered for a moment, then looked around and realized there didn't seem to be any good hiding places.

"How would I know what kind of place it is?"

Yu Changsheng laughed and said, "The more dangerous the place, the safer it is."

"If the Huo family really wants to hide treasures, they'll definitely put them in the most inconspicuous place, the place most easily overlooked."

"We've been focusing on the interior of the Fire Valley volcano, but we haven't searched the outside. After all, the outside of the Fire Valley is hot and desolate, so it doesn't seem like a place with anything of value."

"Then tell me, isn't this kind of place the perfect place to hide things?"

Hu Bei'an nodded repeatedly after hearing this, "Yes, yes! That's right, what you said is very likely!"

"Let's go, let's go check it out right now! Let's see if what you're saying is true!"

Yu Changsheng immediately followed, but just as the two approached the top of Fire Valley, they saw Du Xingcai also following with a suspicious look on her face.

Where are you headed?

Hu Bei'an said, "It's nothing, I'm just taking a stroll, is it any of your business?"

Du Xingcai said, "Seeing you all acting so sneaky and furtively, you must have some kind of shady secret."

Hu Bei'an was also unhappy when she heard this.

"What do you mean we're sneaking around? We're walking openly and honestly. Look closely."

"Hmph! I don't care how you got here, Yu Changsheng. I know you well; you definitely know where the treasures are."

At this moment, Yu Changsheng also understood that Du Xingcai must have also discovered that the treasures here were pitifully scarce.

Compared to the previous two cities, Fire Valley was far inferior, which is why they decided to come and find Yu Changsheng.

Unexpectedly, Yu Changsheng had already been walking with Hu Bei'an all along. They must have discovered something, which is why they felt that Yu Changsheng and Hu Bei'an were acting suspiciously.

Yu Changsheng laughed and cried at the same time, saying, "Hehe, since that's the case, you can come along too. One more person means one more helper."

Du Xingcai's eyes lit up immediately, and he quickly asked, "You really discovered something?"

Yu Changsheng said, "It's just a guess, but no matter what, it's always good to go and check it out."

The three of them immediately arrived outside the Fire Valley.

As soon as the formation above the Fire Valley was lifted, the surrounding temperature immediately rose significantly.

A gust of dry, hot wind blew in, reminding Du Xingcai of the frustration he had felt while traveling earlier.

"Yu Changsheng, are you sure there's really treasure hidden in a place like this?"

Yu Changsheng said, "This kind of thing also depends on a certain amount of luck. If you don't want to stay, you are free to leave."

"Hmph! Who said I was leaving? I'm just a bit suspicious."

The three searched the vicinity, but found nothing.

Yu Changsheng wasn't in a hurry, but instead searched the surrounding area.

Looking at the vast expanse of sand and rocks, there was absolutely nothing to see.

Hu Bei'an said, "In this vast, desolate land, it will probably be quite difficult to find the place where the treasure is hidden."

"Do you have any ideas on where the Huo family might have hidden the items?"

Yu Changsheng said:

"Let's go see the top of the volcano."

The three of them had no choice but to go up to the top of the Fire Valley Volcano.

The crater is filled with endless churning lava, constantly radiating heat waves.

The surrounding crater was full of rugged rocks, making it very difficult to traverse. If Yu Changsheng and the others had not all been cultivators, they would have had some difficulty just getting here.

Hu Bei'an said, "In a place like this, there's probably nothing to hide. Under the scorching heat of this lava, any storage bags and stored items will be damaged, and everything inside will be lost."

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

"Even if the Huo family were incredibly stupid, they wouldn't have hidden anything inside this lava."

Yu Changsheng pointed to the Fire Valley formation behind them and said:

"Hehe, senior may have underestimated the Huo family. The Huo family can set up such an array to block the high temperature from the outside."

"Is creating a space that can withstand high temperatures really that difficult?"

Hu Beian agreed with this, realizing that she hadn't thought of it before.

"Alright, in that case, I'll go in and take a look!"

Hu Bei'an immediately activated her defensive measures, forming a circular barrier around herself and enveloping the surroundings.

They then entered the search area.

Seeing that Hu Beian had gone in first, Du Xingcai couldn't wait any longer and followed her down to search.

Looking at the scorching lava, Yu Changsheng immediately lost interest in going inside to search.

However, both the Crimson Hell Dragon and the Black Tortoise have the ability to enter.

However, Yu Changsheng had just troubled the Xuan Turtle to find something in the underground ice spring, so he was too embarrassed to trouble the old man again.

So Yu Changsheng immediately released the Crimson Hell Dragon.

As soon as the Crimson Hell Dragon appeared, it immediately began to jump and frolic around.

The sweltering heat around him made him quite excited.

"Alright, stop running around here."

"There might be some treasures buried in this lava. See if you can find anything suspicious."

The Crimson Hell Dragon roared at Yu Changsheng to indicate that it understood, and then leaped down, directly entering the magma.

Instead of looking for anything, this guy swam around in it for a while and had his fill before finally embedding himself in the lava to search for something.

Yu Changsheng waited on the shore for a while, and soon Hu Beian emerged, her face covered in sweat.

"Hey, why don't you go downstairs?"

Seeing that Yu Changsheng was still safe and sound on the shore, Hu Beian immediately asked him about it.

Yu Changsheng laughed and said, "I am not good at fire-attribute techniques, and my cultivation is relatively weak, so it is naturally difficult for me to go down into this magma."

Hu Bei'an scoffed, "He's a Purple Mansion cultivator, after all. How can he be so delicate? How can he be afraid to even go into this kind of magma?"

"Don't you want to get those treasures anymore?"

Yu Changsheng laughed and said, "Hehe, I've already sent my spirit beast down to search. It's much more convenient for him than for me."

Hu Beian was taken aback, and couldn't help but feel a pang of envy.

"Hehe, with such a beast to help, things are indeed much easier. You're really lucky, kid."

Hu Bei'an wiped her sweat and began to complain.

"I don't want to wait around. I have to do everything myself. Ugh, it's so hot!"

Hu Bei'an rested for a short while before Du Xingcai flew out again.

His whole body was soaked in sweat, glistening with fragrant perspiration.

"Phew! Quick, give me some water."

Yu Changsheng took out a pot of ice water he had stored in his storage bag and tossed it to her.

Du Xingcai took it and started gulping it down without any regard for his image.

He finally breathed a sigh of relief. "It's so hot! I thought my defenses would completely block the heat, but I didn't expect it to be this difficult."

Hu Bei'an also sighed, "It's a pity we couldn't get our hands on the Huo family's array techniques, otherwise we wouldn't be so hot."

After resting, the two went back into the lava to search again.

Yu Changsheng, of course, had no such worries. For the Crimson Hell Dragon, coming to this environment was no different from coming home.

The Crimson Hell Dragon would occasionally swim up, not to rest like Du Xingcai and Hu Bei'an, but to bring Yu Changsheng some strange materials that had been discovered below.

The materials hidden within the lava are of quite good quality.

Yu Changsheng naturally accepted them all, but the places where the magical treasures might be hidden remained untouched by any sneak attacks.

At this moment, Yu Changsheng was also puzzled.

"Could it be that there are no treasures in this volcano? Then where would the Huo family hide those magical treasures?"

Yu Changsheng also wavered a little at this moment. He looked at the churning lava again, and suddenly noticed the abnormality on the lava wall.

Previously, Yu Changsheng had always thought that if the Huo family really wanted to hide something in a place like this, they would definitely hide it under the lava.

After all, the Huo family has unique insights into how to withstand extreme heat.

That formation is the best proof.

Most people wouldn't even think that the Huo family would hide things here.

They would inevitably think of this place and immediately go down into the lava to search.

But if the Huo family really realized this, would they still hide the things under that lava?

Thinking of this, Yu Changsheng immediately went to search the area near the cliff above the lava. After a careful search, he indeed found an unusual place.

Although this place looks exactly the same as the surrounding stones, there is no difference between it and the surrounding rocks.

However, after Yu Changsheng tapped on it, he discovered that it was completely hollow inside.

Yu Changsheng immediately struck out with his palm, and the rock instantly shattered.

A pitch-black void was revealed.

Upon entering, Yu Changsheng immediately discovered a defensive formation similar to the one above the Fire Valley.

The formation wasn't particularly complicated, but Yu Changsheng still took precautions and checked the surrounding area.

See if there are any other formations hidden to prevent the contents from being damaged.

After confirming there were no problems, Yu Changsheng directly destroyed the formation using the Five Extremes Demon-Slaying Fist. (End of Chapter)