Enduring humiliation for three years, seizing the elixir, the treasure, and the holy maiden.

It's unknown how long they've been hiding.

The dampness on the stone wall was getting heavier and heavier.

to the end.

I could hear the sound of water droplets hitting the ground somewhere beneath my feet.

Tick.

Tick.

One sound, one sound.

In this silent underground, it is exceptionally clear.

"We're almost there."

Meng Yuan, who was ahead, replied.

"After passing this stone path."

"That is the great abyss."

The voice just fell.

Suddenly, all was empty before my eyes.

The stone wall that had been trapping the two of them suddenly parted to the sides.

A vast, bottomless abyss.

Suddenly, it hit my eyes.

Su Chen stood at the edge of the abyss.

I looked down and glanced down.

Good guy.

Within that abyss, spiritual energy surged.

So thick it was almost solidified.

Wisps of white mist flowed slowly at the bottom of the abyss.

That vastness.

That was magnificent.

Even Su Chen, who had seen a lot in his life, was not immune to the allure of the world.

My heart couldn't help but tremble.

It's come to this.

He did believe it to some extent.

This territory.

Perhaps, the source of that spiritual vein is truly hidden there.

"Fellow Daoist."

Meng Yuan stood to one side.

"how?"

"I didn't lie to you, did I?"

Su Chen did not answer.

He simply stood with his hands behind his back by the abyss.

Let the dampness rising from the bottom of the abyss hit your face.

scoff.

A sharp, eerie scream followed.

Suddenly, they emerged from all sides of the abyss wall.

Countless paths, shadows.

They poured out densely from the cracks in the stone wall.

It pounced on Su Chen and Meng Yuan.

They were a group of bats, completely black.

The bat had a pair of blood-red eyes.

Two sharp, white teeth were visible inside his mouth.

"Bloodthirsty bats."

Meng Yuan frowned.

"This thing is also a spirit beast."

"However, they are nothing more than those comparable to the Foundation Establishment stage."

Logically speaking...

With the cultivation levels of Su Chen and Meng Yuan...

These are spirit beasts in the Foundation Establishment stage.

If you see them, you have to stay far away.

Let alone getting close.

It was about ten feet away.

They were all affected by the spiritual energy barrier surrounding the Void Refinement cultivator, along with that oppressive aura.

Raw, grind into powder.

But right now, this group of bats...

But it was as if he had gone mad.

One by one, their eyes were red.

They pounced on the two men one after another.

That kind of presence.

They were willing to risk their lives for even the slightest thing.

Su Chen frowned.

He was too lazy to even pick up that ancient writing brush to help people through their tribulations.

It was just a casual wave of the hand.

An invisible pressure spread outwards.

Puff puff.

A large swarm of bats nearby.

He didn't even have time to scream.

It's like snow melting under the scorching sun.

All of them exploded into plumes of blood mist.

The area around the mouth of the abyss was immediately cleared.

just.

Su Chen's gaze fell on the remaining blood mist.

Meng Yuan also noticed it.

Something's not right.

Meng Yuan stopped waving his folding fan.

"These bats."

"Why are you so excited?"

Su Chen didn't reply.

He held up one finger.

It touched the air, where the lingering stench of blood had not yet dissipated.

I held it to my nose and sniffed it.

"These spirit beasts."

Su Chen's gaze darkened.

"It's like being hooked by something."

"So excited, he didn't even care about his life."

According to Su Mou.

"Down here."

"Perhaps there is some kind of magical medicine that can drive these beasts mad."

Following Su Chen's words, Meng Yuan glanced at the bottom of the abyss.

"A magic potion?"

He smacked his lips for a moment.

"If that's really the case."

"Then this trip."

"It's probably even more worthwhile than I initially thought."

just.

At present, the depth of this abyss has not yet been fully explored.

The two of them had no choice but to ponder this matter further.

"Let's go."

Meng Yuan took the lead and fled towards the bottom of the abyss.

"Following the route I previously explored."

"Head down, and we'll have to hide for a few more hours."

"If it were that easy, we would have arrived."

"This opportunity."

"It was taken away by other cultivators long ago."

Su Chen nodded.

With a swift movement.

A shield of light followed closely behind.

It plunged into that bottomless abyss.

On the cliff face of that abyss.

The territory that was previously cleared out by the pressure.

Not long after.

Then, specks of red lit up again.

They were those bloodthirsty bats that crawled out from deeper crevices in the rocks.

just.

This time.

Those bats.

Not a single one dared to approach.

However, it trailed behind the two from a distance.

Those pairs of blood-red eyes.

On this dark, abyss-like wall.

It flickers on and off.

...

The darkness at the bottom of that abyss.

It's so deep, it's like it can swallow even the light.

It's unclear how long it fell.

Su Chen's feet finally touched solid ground.

The scene before my eyes.

Even Su Chen, who was used to seeing the world, couldn't help but stop in his tracks.

A river.

A river formed from pure spiritual energy.

In this boundless darkness.

It meanders.

It's winding and circuitous.

It glowed with a layer of soft white light.

It flows towards that endless distance.

On the surface of the river.

Wisps of spiritual mist rose gently into the air.

Meng Yuan landed beside Su Chen.

He cupped his hands in a respectful gesture towards him.

"Fellow Daoist Su."

"This time."

"Are you finally relieved?"

"It is I."

"No, I'm just kidding."

He raised his hand and pointed to the end of the river.

"The end of this river."

"That is the source of the spiritual vein."

Su Chen stood with his hands behind his back.

Gazing at the flowing Spirit River.

"Su Mou".

"Of course, I trust you, fellow Daoist."

Can you trust me?

In his heart, Su Chen let out a cold laugh.

He's not that naive.

Since ancient times.

The monks searched for treasure.

At the end.

How many of them manage to die peacefully?

Those are all situations where it's a matter of life and death.

If this opportunity can be shared equally.

That's alright.

But if that's the case, it can't be split equally.

That was the opportunity.

Once it was in my hands...

What I fear is a bloody battle.

To be honest, Meng Yuan had already told Su Chen from the beginning that there were ferocious beasts in this place.

Moreover, there is an ancient tree that possesses sentience and is extremely difficult to deal with.

A fierce battle is inevitable soon.

But now, after hiding for half a day, the direction where the spiritual veins converge is still unknown.

With Su Chen's divine sense, he could probe thousands of miles away with a single glance.

They sensed no spiritual energy other than that spiritual vein.

That's strange.

The powerful spiritual energy at the end is undoubtedly the source of the spiritual vein.

There was no trace of any spirit beasts around.

"I'd like to say, Fellow Daoist Meng..."

"Shouldn't you explain this to me?"

"With our current level of cultivation, we can easily determine whether what you say is true by simply probing with our divine senses."

Before Su Chen could finish speaking, Meng Yuan quickly cupped his hands in greeting.

They clearly understood what Su Chen meant.

It's simply that their divine sense couldn't detect the ferocious beast and ancient tree they mentioned.

He began to doubt himself.

"Haha, Fellow Daoist Su, please don't be suspicious!"

"The ancient tree and ferocious beast I'm talking about are different from the ferocious beasts in the outside world."

"They have long been nourished by this spiritual vein."

"The spiritual energy and aura within my body are already identical to those of my spiritual veins!"

"Therefore, fellow Daoist, your divine sense naturally cannot distinguish the difference between the spiritual veins and the spiritual power of the spirit beasts."

"So they're treating all the spiritual energy in front of them as spiritual veins."

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