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Chapter 572 A surprising harvest [Subscription required]

After learning from Guo Kaitai the secret buried deep in his heart, Zhou Chun immediately became interested.

Let’s not talk about what treasures are in the secret realm of the formation he mentioned.

Since Guo Kaitai was able to break in and successfully retreat, it means that the danger inside is not very great.

At least with Zhou Chun's current strength, it is unlikely that anything will go wrong.

Since he doesn't have to worry about his own safety, Zhou Chun is naturally very interested in exploring this secret realm of the formation.

So after further questioning Guo Kaitai and learning from him about his exploration experience of the secret realm of the formation, Zhou Chun decided to go to the secret realm of the formation to find out what was going on and collect the ransom that the other party had promised before.

Of course, before that, Zhou Chun still had to count his gains.

After spending some effort, Zhou Chun opened the storage bag he got from the old man in hemp clothes, Lin Canghai.

Lin Canghai is indeed a Jindan-stage cultivator who came from a casual cultivator background. This is in line with the style of a casual cultivator who carries all his wealth with him.

In his storage bag, there were more than 800,000 spirit coins of various types!
In addition, there are as many as four thousand-year-old precious medicines, five spiritual medicines that are more than two thousand years old, and more than thirty thousand-year-old spiritual medicines of various types!
Zhou Chun was quite surprised that he had so many elixirs on him.

However, after listening to Guo Kaitai's subsequent explanation, he was no longer surprised.

According to Guo Kaitai, Lin Canghai was a bandit in his early years. After he reached the Jindan stage, he often played the role of a bandit. He also liked to sneak into large immortal cultivation families that did not have Jindan stage cultivators in charge and steal the thousand-year-old elixirs in their elixirs gardens!
And it was certainly not in vain that this person collected so many elixirs.

In his storage bag, Zhou Chun found a precious elixir recipe called [Four Spirits Barrier Breaking Pill], which turned out to be a rare elixir that could help break through the barriers of the late Jindan stage!
The refining of this pill requires four extremely rare thousand-year-old precious medicines and thirty-two thousand-year-old spiritual medicines, including sixteen spiritual medicines that are more than two thousand years old, as well as several other auxiliary medicines.

The elixirs in Lin Canghai’s storage bag actually included two main medicines and seventeen auxiliary medicines!
After discovering this, Zhou Chun was also extremely surprised, it was an unexpected surprise.

He is now only one step away from the middle stage of the Golden Core realm. Now he has obtained the recipe and half of the materials for the [Four Spirits Barrier Breaking Pill]. When he reaches the middle stage of the Golden Core realm in the future, he can continue to cooperate with Luo Qingni to collect materials and refine the elixir.

By then, as long as he can refine the [Four Spirits Barrier Breaking Pill] before his cultivation reaches the barrier of the late Jindan stage, he can directly launch an attack towards the late Jindan stage!

Thinking of this, Zhou Chun couldn't help but sigh with joy: "This Lin Canghai is really a treasure boy! Not only did he give me a top-grade magic weapon, he also gave me an opportunity to reach the late stage of the Golden Core. He is really a kind man!"

Isn't that the truth?

In the subsequent inventory, Zhou Chun counted out five third-level magic weapons, seventeen third-level magic talismans, a number of various elixirs, two magical treasures and spiritual materials, several sets of formations, and a number of various classics from Lin Canghai's storage bag.

Among these things, the most noteworthy one is the silver-green flying boat magic weapon.

This third-grade, top-grade flying magic weapon named [Blue Sea Silver Boat] is made of extremely high-end materials. It is made by combining several kinds of magical spiritual materials with the bones of a fourth-grade monster. Not only does it have an extremely fast flying speed, it can also fly in the high-altitude gale layer.

Lin Canghai and Guo Kaitai had previously relied on this thing to fly into the high-altitude strong wind layer to avoid being discovered by Zhou Chun and his wife.

After all, Jindan stage cultivators usually don't fly to places like that, so as not to increase their own mana consumption.

Zhou Chun was feeling that flying with a sword was not comfortable enough, so after discovering the usefulness of this [Blue Sea Silver Boat], he immediately started to refine it, preparing to use it to travel faster in the future when it was inconvenient to expose his spiritual pet.

In addition to the treasures in the storage bag, the old man in hemp clothes, Lin Canghai, also contributed three other magic weapons to Zhou Chun.

These three magic weapons are the black long sword that he used in the previous battle with Zhou Chun, a blue disc magic weapon used for defense, and a black gem magic weapon.

Among the three magic weapons, only the black gem magic weapon is ranked as middle grade because it is Lin Canghai's natal magic weapon.

This black gem magic weapon is called [Xuanming Black Water Pearl]. It can be refined and used to produce a kind of cold-attributed real water called [Xuanming Black Water]. This is the same black real water that Lin Canghai used to resist [Liuli Pure Fire] before.

Later in the battle, he used this black real water cloth to create a real water shield to resist the attacks of Lei Jiao Baibai and Zhou Chun.

This treasure is similar to the [Three Yang True Fire Bottle] in Zhou Mingde's hand. It can only exert its maximum power in the hands of Lin Canghai who has practiced the "Xuanming Black Water Kung Fu". If it falls into the hands of other people, its power will be greatly reduced.

The Zhou family did not have a Jindan-stage cultivator who practiced water-attributed techniques, so after Zhou Chun studied the item briefly, he put it away.

It’s not that he intentionally ignored his fellow Taoist Su Yuzhen, but since Su Yuzhen already had the [Water Dragon Orb], she was not interested in this [Xuanming Black Water Orb] at all and had no intention of wanting it.

Zhou Chun gave her the black long sword magic weapon, which made up for her shortcoming of not having a magic weapon for frontal combat.

And if we were to ask what the most valuable thing on Lin Canghai was, it would have to be that top-grade magic weapon.

This top-grade magic weapon is called [Two Dragons Overturning the Sea Bottle]. It is not a magic weapon refined by a certain immortal cultivator, but a top-grade magic weapon truly made by a master of refining!

It is unknown how many magical powers this treasure possesses, because a corner of the bottle mouth is missing, and the other magical powers can no longer be used.

The only magical power that can be used now is the one that Lin Canghai used before, called [Double Dragons Chasing the Sun]. It is extremely powerful and can unleash more than 70% of the power of this top-grade magic weapon at its peak!

However, because a corner of the magic weapon was missing, this magical power could not be used again for a short period of time after it was used once.

Otherwise, with Lin Canghai's cultivation in the middle stage of the Golden Core Realm frequently activating this magic weapon, Zhou Chun would have no chance of killing him. It would be good enough if he didn't get beaten and flee in embarrassment!
Originally, based on the properties of this treasure, it should be the most suitable for Su Yuzhen.

However, Zhou Chun had finally obtained a powerful magic weapon that he could use openly, so naturally there was no way he would give it away. Su Yuzhen also didn't have the nerve to take such a treasure.

Moreover, Zhou Chunjin's golden magic power does not conflict with this treasure. He can still exert the power of this treasure, but it is not as compatible with Su Yuzhen as it is.

After counting and distributing all the things on Lin Canghai, Zhou Chun asked Guo Kaitai to open his storage bag and check the contents.

Compared to Lin Canghai, the things in Guo Kaitai's storage bag were pitifully few.

In addition to several thousand-year-old elixirs and some relatively common magic weapons and spiritual materials, the most precious thing is the broken top-grade magic weapon.

This is also consistent with the other party's identity. As a Jindan stage cultivator with a family, he would definitely not carry all his belongings with him when he goes out.

Zhou Chun took the broken top-grade magic weapon in his hand and tested it. He found that he could use the [Wanhua Jinding] to refine it, but it would be better to wait until his cultivation broke through to the middle stage of Jindan before doing so.

So he collected all the related things and then concentrated on refining the treasures he had obtained.

Half a year passed like this, and Zhou Chun finally completed the ritual of refining the two magic weapons, the Mountain Shield and the Two Dragons Overturning the Sea Bottle.

It is worth mentioning that because the [Two Dragons Overturning the Sea Bottle] was missing a corner, Zhou Chun did not need to take it into his body for cultivation. Therefore, although he had refined two more magic weapons, it would not affect the cultivation of the three treasures [Purifying Heaven and Earth Divine Pot], [Moon Toad Pearl], and [Wanhua Golden Cauldron].

For Zhou Chun, other magic weapons can be updated and upgraded as his cultivation strength increases. Only these three treasures can be used until the late Nascent Soul stage, and even the God Transformation stage!
Therefore, he only paid attention to nurturing these three treasures. As long as the other treasures were not damaged, he would basically not waste energy on nurturing them.

In addition, during the past six months, Zhou Chun also sorted and read the classics in Lin Canghai's storage bag, and gained a lot.

Lin Canghai is a casual cultivator in the Jindan stage, and also a bandit cultivator. The books he collects are of all kinds and types.

Many of them are classics involving the inheritance of immortal cultivation skills such as elixirs, weapons, talismans and arrays. Although the inheritance is not very advanced and may not be complete, it is undoubtedly helpful in strengthening the Zhou family's accumulation of foundation in these areas.

Another thing is the magical skills that the person has practiced.

Almost every casual cultivator who can achieve the golden elixir has a unique skill or secret magical power.

Lin Canghai has mastered two very exciting secret techniques.

The two secret techniques are "Thousand Fantasy Treasure Book" and "Small Five Elements Breaking the Prohibition of Mysterious Light".

Among them, the "Thousand Illusions Treasure Book" is relatively easy to deal with. It is just a relatively advanced secret technique of concealing one's breath and disguising oneself, which can make it difficult for cultivators of the same level to discover one's hidden cultivation and disguise.

The "Small Five Elements Breaking the Prohibition Mysterious Light" is extremely powerful. It is a secret technique that is specifically used to break the prohibitions of formations!

This "Small Five Elements Breaking the Forbidden Mysterious Light" has three levels in total, corresponding to the three realms of foundation building, purple mansion, and golden elixir. After cultivating the third level, one can even enter and exit many forbidden formations freely!

In the past, Lin Canghai often relied on the "Thousand Illusions Book" to disguise himself and hide his breath to sneak into the mountain gates of some immortal cultivation families or sects, and then relied on the special ability of "Small Five Elements Breaking the Profound Light" to break the prohibitions of formations to quietly steal treasures in other people's medicine gardens and other important places in the mountain gates.

Since he did not do this kind of thing in a certain country for a long time, but instead fired a few shots and moved to another place, he was never caught in the act.

It was with the help of these two secret techniques, and his ruthless nature of often transforming himself into a bandit to rob and kill other cultivators, that Lin Canghai was able to accumulate enough resources for cultivation as a casual cultivator and eventually form a golden elixir!
Zhou Chun attached great importance to the secret art of "Small Five Elements Breaking the Prohibition of Mysterious Light". He knew very well how valuable this secret art was.

Although this secret technique cannot completely destroy the formation, it can only allow individual cultivators to enter and exit the formation freely, but it does not affect its great value in adventure and war.

After mastering this secret technique, when you explore the caves and ancient sites left by the predecessors in the future, it will be like having an extra amulet, making it much more convenient to enter and exit. Even if you are ambushed and trapped in an array, you can successfully escape with the help of this technique!
During a war, once a cultivator with high cultivation has mastered this secret technique, he can break into the enemy's formation stronghold alone, kill enemy cultivators unexpectedly and destroy the formation base.

However, although "Small Five Elements Breaking the Forbidden Mysterious Light" is very powerful, it seems to be quite difficult to practice.

To practice this technique, each level requires finding five spiritual objects with the five elements as a foundation. For the third level, the five spiritual objects required are all very rare magical weapons and spiritual materials.

Lin Canghai has obtained this secret technique for many years, but has not yet cultivated it to the third level. He has even only collected one kind of five-element spiritual object, the [Green Wood Spirit Heart].

After studying the two secret arts, Zhou Chun decided to list "The Small Five Elements Breaking the Profound Light" as the secret art he would focus on practicing in the future. At least he had to successfully practice the first two levels first!
As for the "Thousand Illusions Book", it depends on whether there is time to practice.

But these are things that will happen after returning to the family. What Zhou Chun needs to do now is to take Guo Kaitai to explore the secret realm of the formation and collect the ransom promised by the other party.

So after talking with his Taoist partner Su Yuzhen, Zhou Chun took her with him.

In order not to be too conspicuous, Zhou Chun did not use the fourth-level monster for transportation when he was in a hurry. Instead, he controlled the [Blue Sea Silver Boat] and rushed through the air. The speed was not slower than his flying sword, and it also saved more mana.

After more than a month's journey, Zhou Chun finally entered the territory of Di State.

After arriving at Di State, Zhou Chun first asked Guo Kaitai to write a letter and then handed it to the Guo family through someone else to raise money.

Afterwards, he took Guo Kaitai, whose cultivation was sealed, to the ancient battlefield he mentioned.

The area where the Di Kingdom is located was said to have been the territory of a powerful alien race. It was only after the human race destroyed that alien race that this territory was opened up.

That ancient battlefield was most likely the central location of the alien race back then!
This place is quite famous in Di Country. Although it is no longer worth exploring now, it is still one of the must-visit places for monks traveling to Di Country.

The scope of this ancient battlefield is extremely vast, covering an area of ​​thousands of miles!

Speaking of the situation in this area, it is somewhat similar to Lingzhou where the Tianlingmen ruins are located. All of them were caused by the war that destroyed and dispersed the spiritual veins and land veins in an area, causing the land to become barren and desertified.

However, this place is better than Lingzhou because, because time is too long, the earth has repaired itself more perfectly, and there are still mountains, rivers and forests, but the spiritual energy is thin.

Under the leadership of Guo Kaitai, Zhou Chun and Su Yuzhen quickly arrived at a ruined mountain range deep in the ancient battlefield.

This place was supposed to have rolling majestic mountains and rivers, but now it is separated by peaks and the mountains and rivers are broken.

Some of the mountains looked like they were cut flat by a sword, with a large section of the top missing out of thin air!

Some mountains were cut in half by sharp blades, with one side high and the other side low.

Some mountains have become isolated islands in the lake, and are surrounded by water because of the low terrain.

It was originally a blessed land, but because too many powerful people fought fiercely here, the earth was shattered, all life was extinct, and it became a broken wasteland.

The secret realm of the formation discovered by Guo Kaitai was located underground in a shattered mountain range.

The secret realm of the formation was originally hidden underground. Perhaps due to the vicissitudes of life and the changes in the earth veins, it became loose and caused some things inside to fly out.

However, sophisticated formations have the ability to self-repair. After the ground veins stabilize, the original gaps have been repaired, so they have never been discovered.

Of course, these are all Guo Kaitai’s own speculations. No one can tell the actual situation, and Zhou Chun doesn’t care.

"It's right in front of us. Now that we're here, I don't need Guo to say anything more. Fellow Daoist Yan will be able to discover the secret realm of the formation by himself!"

In an underground cave, Guo Kaitai led Zhou Chun and his wife through it for a while, and suddenly pointed to a dark area ahead and indicated the direction.

This underground cave was dug out by him before, and that dark area is where the secret realm of the formation is located.

He once entered from here, but later returned seriously injured.

Coming back here now, his heart was filled with complicated feelings.

And just as he said, after arriving here, Zhou Chun could feel the abnormality of that dark area without his guidance.

Even with Zhou Chun's powerful spiritual sense, it was all devoured after touching that dark area, and he was unable to detect any useful information!

After standing outside and looking around for a while, he whispered to Su Yuzhen, "I'll go in and take a look first. Madam, you stay outside and take good care of Fellow Daoist Guo!"

Su Yuzhen certainly understood what he meant by "take care of", and immediately nodded and said, "I understand, my husband, you should be more careful. If things cannot be done, don't try to be stubborn!"

"Don't worry, I know what's going on."

Zhou Chun nodded slightly, and immediately activated the "Taiyin Body Guarding Immortal Clothes" to protect himself, and activated the defensive magic weapon "Mountain Shield" to fly around his body, and then stepped into the dark area.

As soon as he entered the dark area, a cold and decayed smell hit him in the face, making Zhou Chun feel as if he had entered an ancient tomb.

He also knew very well that this was not a good place, so after confirming that Guo Kaitai outside could no longer see the situation inside, he immediately slapped the spirit beast bag on his waist and released Lei Jiao Baibai and Yanyu Fire Phoenix.

With the dragon on the left and the phoenix on the right guarding him on both sides, Zhou Chun suddenly felt safer.

However, the two monsters seemed to be very uncomfortable with the aura of this place. They were a little agitated after coming out. One of them had flames on its body, burning away all the cold and rotten aura that was entangled with it, while the other had lightning on its body, which also defeated and dispersed all the alien auras.

It was this kind of behavior that seemed to have angered some existence, and soon the killing move in the formation was launched.

Suddenly, a heart-pounding aura emerged from the darkness, and then a black spear appeared in front of Zhou Chun.

The [Mountain Shield] flying around him was attracted by the energy and immediately burst out with dazzling yellow light, blocking the spear.

Then the black light and the yellow light collided with each other. In the end, the yellow light was more tenacious and successfully resolved the attack.

At the same time, Lei Jiao Baibai and Yanyu Fire Phoenix also suffered the same attack and were defeated by their magical powers.

But this is only the first wave of attack!
As Zhou Chun moved forward, all kinds of attacks continued to sweep towards the master and servant.

The dark devil flame!

Black storm!

And Black Lightning!

Attacks of various forms came towards Zhou Chun and his servant, and the power of each attack was comparable to the full-strength attack of an early Jindan cultivator.

It is also because both the master and the servant have strength far stronger than that of the monks of the same level that they are able to avoid being injured in these rounds of attacks.

However, Guo Kaitai only stayed in there for less than an incense stick of time before he was seriously injured and had to retreat and run away.

Although Zhou Chun and his servant were temporarily safe from harm, it was obviously not the right way to continue to be beaten.

Therefore, after adapting to the attack intensity of the formation here, Zhou Chun released Mu Mei and Mu Sang as well, and the master and servant attacked the formation here together.

But lightning gathered above Lei Jiao's head, and soon condensed into a destructive lightning sword, which slashed towards somewhere ahead.

The sword moved forward all the way and finally seemed to encounter some kind of barrier, and exploded into a ball of silver lightning!
Before the silver lightning stopped, a green divine thunder also landed on the place, adding fuel to the fire.

Of course, the real fire still comes from the Hellfire Phoenix.

Then a colorful fireball emitting a glassy luster was seen speeding forward in a parabola. In the blink of an eye, it landed in the silver lightning area and exploded into a colorful sea of ​​fire.

As the thunder and fire continued to strike, the darkness in that area seemed to fade, and a wall could be vaguely seen.

But it was only a fleeting glimpse. Soon, as the power of the thunder and fire faded away, darkness once again became the theme of this place.

But for Zhou Chun, this was undoubtedly good and exciting news, indicating that the formation here could indeed be broken.

Therefore, he no longer held back, and quickly ordered his three spirit pets to attack one point with all their might, and he also mobilized his magic weapons and supernatural powers to join the offensive.

The effect of this was very significant. Zhou Chun soon discovered that the quick glimpse he had seen before was not an illusion, but that there was indeed a wall with obvious signs of man-made construction.

After this discovery, he felt energized, and he continued to work with his spirit pet at full power, attacking frantically to make a breakthrough.

After continuing to bombard like this for half an hour, as Lei Jiao Baibai once again blasted out a move [Heavenly Thunder Annihilation Slash], the formation barrier was finally broken, and a gap that could be passed through appeared.

Zhou Chun seized the opportunity and immediately rushed out of the gap with his spirit pets.

After breaking out of the formation, Zhou Chun looked ahead and saw a dilapidated underground city in front of him. The wall was just a part of the original city wall!

Judging from the architectural style of this underground city and the many strangely shaped skeletons inside, it is obviously not a human city, but most likely the alien city that was massacred by humans.

In this case, the formation outside might not be set up by human cultivators, but a city defense formation set up by powerful aliens!

But the city defense formation is still operating, so how come all the aliens inside are dead?

As soon as this thought flashed through Zhou Chun's mind, he made a discovery with a quick scan with his spiritual sense.

(End of this chapter)