Mortal Cultivation: I have a proficiency panel

Chapter 74 Taiyin True Fire
Just as Wang Jue and others were attacking the Purple Bamboo Forest restriction, suddenly an extremely dazzling beam of light shot straight into the sky in front of them. The beam seemed to have penetrated a certain formation light curtain, causing the scene in the distance to change.

Soon everyone saw a magnificent palace several hundred feet high standing in the distance. The palace was magnificent and had complex ancient runes on it. In particular, there were ninety-nine and eighty-one guardian altars around the palace. Each altar had a jade puppet several dozen feet high, wearing golden armor and standing quietly with a giant sword in its hand.

Wang Jue could feel extremely powerful aura fluctuations from these golden-armored stone statues. Each of them was comparable to a human cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage. Such a lineup shocked everyone present.

"Could this be the legendary Kunwu Palace? Its protective power is too strong!" a Nascent Soul cultivator exclaimed.

"It seems that it was the royal Ye family who broke the hidden restriction of Kunwu Palace just now. Fortune and wealth are sought in danger. There must be treasures in Kunwu Palace that we can't imagine. Let's go to Kunwu Palace to hunt for treasures." The Nascent Soul cultivator who came to hunt for treasures this time said excitedly.

So everyone became motivated, especially the four Nascent Soul cultivators from the Poison Saint Sect. After everyone temporarily opened the forbidden gap in the Purple Bamboo Forest, they directly turned into rainbow light and flew towards the gap, completely ignoring the other people present.

Just now everyone had a common goal, but now that they have seen greater benefits, they naturally will not cooperate. This is also very normal. After all, there is no friendship between them. They are just a temporary team that comes together to hunt for treasure.

Seeing this, Wang Jue and others no longer paid attention to the purple bamboo forest. After opening the gap in the restriction, they turned into rainbow light and flew towards Kunwu Palace. Han Li and Bai Yaoyi followed Wang Jue. They felt that it would be much safer to follow Wang Jue.

As for the other Nascent Soul cultivators, they no longer cared about the cooperative relationship established before they came, and they were all only interested in the treasures in the Kunwu Palace.

As Wang Jue and the other two were flying, Fu Cheng from the Tianji Pavilion actually followed after just a moment's hesitation. He sent a voice message to Wang Jue and the others, "It seems that our cooperation has come to an end. In such a dangerous place, the more people there are, the safer it is. However, I still trust Fellow Daoist Wang. What do you plan to do next?"

Wang Jue was speechless when he heard this. These people wanted to rely on him to ensure their own safety. Did they regard him as a bodyguard? He came to the Kunwu Fairy Mountain to look for opportunities, and now he saw the most important Kunwu Palace. Naturally, he wanted to go in and explore it.

However, Wang Jue didn't want to say it too bluntly, so he thought for a moment and said, "Next, I will explore Kunwu Palace carefully. If we encounter any danger on the way, I don't think I can take care of you. Besides, it may not be a good thing for us to gather together, after all, the target of attack is too obvious."

When Fu Cheng heard this, he knew that Wang Jue didn't want to take him to play anymore. Although he felt very sorry, he didn't say anything. Instead, he and Bai Yaoyi looked at each other, and the two of them decided to form a temporary exploration team to go treasure hunting.

As for Han Li, he would definitely follow Wang Jue all the time, and it was difficult for Wang Jue to refuse. The two were too familiar with each other. In particular, Han Li's aura of protagonist was what Wang Jue needed. Although it was very dangerous to go to a dungeon with Han Li, people who had a relationship with Han Li could generally turn danger into safety and gain huge benefits from it.

As for the other Nascent Soul cultivators who had gone treasure hunting together before, they had already separated. It was obvious that they had their own considerations. Although Wang Jue was powerful and it might be safer to follow Wang Jue, if they encountered any good treasures, Wang Jue would definitely choose them first, and they could only pick up some scraps.

After they flew over the purple bamboo forest, they saw stone steps extending in all directions. They didn't know where these stone steps led to, so they could only choose a path by themselves. As for the Kunwu Temple, it seemed very close, but in fact it was not far away from them.

In fact, in addition to the Kunwu Temple, there are also places like the Demon-Suppressing Tower, the Soul-Casting Hall, and the Huiming Pavilion in the Kunlun Fairy Mountain. Since Kunwu Mountain is the base of the ancient sect Wanxiuzhimen, it must have buildings and facilities with various functions. This is true in any sect, so the opportunities you get in the end will be different depending on where you choose to go.

At this time, Wang Jue and Han Li stood at the crossroads and watched the other cultivators leave without taking action immediately. Wang Jue looked at Han Li and said, "Brother Han, you have great luck. Tell me where we should go next?"

Han Li thought for a moment and replied, "Judging from the names of these buildings, the Kunwu Palace must have the highest level of treasures, and there may even be a magical treasure that can reach the sky. However, the most high-level cultivators gather there, and it is also the most dangerous. They will definitely need to fight each other before exploring. So for safety reasons, I think we should explore other places first and then go to the Kunwu Palace."

Wang Jue listened to Han Li's words, and nodded with a smile, saying, "Junior Brother Han is steady and thoughtful. You and I are both very interested in the method of refining stone puppets. Let's go to the Soul Casting Hall first. Maybe we can obtain the ancient inheritance."

As Wang Jue spoke, he and Han Li turned into rainbow light and headed towards the stone steps leading to the Soul Casting Hall. Just after they left, three figures emerged from underground. They looked at the human cultivators who were heading in different directions with sharp cold glints in their eyes.

"The opening of Kunwu Mountain this time is indeed an opportunity for us. Only with the help of these human cultivators to break the ban can we come out and move around. We have been imprisoned in the nearby caves for these years and we are tired of it. If we can take the opportunity to find our natal cards, then we will be free. I don't know what the world outside is like." said an ugly woman who had transformed.

The lion beast laughed when he heard this and said, "This is their chance, and it's also our chance. However, the sealed woman will definitely take the opportunity to get out. If possible, we should avoid running into her, and even if we do, we should take a detour."

While the three monsters were talking, Wang Jue and Han Li walked along the stone steps. They saw countless thousand-year-old spiritual herbs and trees. Even though these species of spiritual plants were not precious, they were still extraordinary after ten thousand years, and the spiritual energy they contained was astonishing.

Wang Jue would collect whatever he liked, but Han Li basically accepted everything that came to him. He basically picked up all the thousand-year-old spiritual plants he saw on the road, so Wang Jue couldn't say anything.

The two didn't know how long they had been flying before they finally saw a series of pavilions and towers. In front of the building stood a tall stone tablet with the words "Casting Spirit Hall" engraved on it. The handwriting was the same as that on the stone tablet at the entrance of Kunwu Mountain. It was unknown which ancient monk had written it, but the artistic conception contained in it was the same.

At this time, the Soul Casting Hall was also shrouded in a forbidden light curtain. If one wanted to enter and obtain the treasure, one had to break the forbidden light curtain first. This showed that all the buildings in the Kunwu Fairy Mountain were sealed and restricted. No wonder one could hear the sound of bombardment along the way.

Wang Jue looked at the forbidden light curtain without taking any action. Instead, he looked at Han Li and said, "Go and try to break the restriction!"

Han Li did not refuse after hearing this. After all, he followed Wang Jue and was protected by him, so he had to contribute. A small matter like breaking the ban did not require Wang Jue's help. After all, Han Li was a great cultivator in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, and he had many means.

So Han Li took out the Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword and used the giant sword technique to launch a fierce attack on the restriction light curtain, but no matter how he attacked, he could not break the restriction directly. The restriction light curtain had the ability to self-recover. Even if a gap was opened in it, it would immediately return to its original state, unless the restriction could be completely broken.

Wang Jue couldn't help but shook his head when he saw this. Han Li also felt very embarrassed. At the reminder of Lord Dayan, Han Li took out a Three-Flame Fan from his storage bag. This was a precious fan made from the feathers of precious demon birds that Han Li had obtained during his adventures over the years.

As Han Li waved the Three Flame Fan in his hand, a three-colored flame suddenly bombarded the forbidden light curtain, and then the light curtain was burned with a big hole as if it had encountered a natural enemy. Seeing this, Wang Jue flew directly to the hole, and Han Li hurriedly followed. "Your Three Flame Fan is a good treasure!" Wang Jue said with a smile as he looked at the Three Flame Fan in Han Li's hand.

Han Li smiled when he heard this, and then put away the Three Flame Fan. Wang Jue did not ask Han Li how to refine this treasure. He was not very interested in the feather fan-shaped magic weapon. He was just a little surprised by the flames emitted by the Three Flame Fan. The power of this flame was almost the same as his Shura Holy Fire.

Wang Jue did not immediately go into the attic to explore, but used his spiritual sense to investigate it, which was more convenient. After he explored it, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he took Han Li to a stone hall with a Spirit Transformation Hall.

The Spirit Transformation Hall radiated terrifyingly high temperatures from the inside out, like a volcano. After the two entered, they didn't feel anything because of the spiritual light protecting their bodies. However, they saw that the layout of the entire hall was that there were more than a dozen pillars of fire surrounding an ancient tripod standing in the center. The ancient tripod was very large, and there were various ancient runes and pictures engraved on it.

The high temperature emitted by the ancient tripod is stronger than anywhere else. If it were any other cultivator, they would think that the ancient tripod is a treasure and would take it away and leave, but Wang Jue noticed something unusual, which is that there was actually a hidden formation arranged here.

This hidden formation was very concealed. It would be difficult to see if one did not have extremely high attainments in formation. The fire energy contained in both the ancient tripod and the surrounding fire pillars came from underground, and Wang Jue discovered a formation plate hidden in the corner.

Wang Jue directly took out a Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword and blasted towards the location of the formation. Just as Wang Jue attacked, the stone sculpture of a fire dragon wrapped around the fire column immediately sprayed flames at him, but Wang Jue just waved his hand, and the powerful magic power blew away the flames, and the stone sculpture of the fire dragon turned into powder.

"boom!"

The Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword bombarded the array plate, and the protective aura on the array plate was directly shattered, and then the array plate turned into fragments. Suddenly, the scene in front of him changed. A cave appeared underground where the ancient tripod was located, with stone steps inside, and even more terrifying high temperatures emanated from it.

Wang Jue only needed to sweep his spiritual sense and he knew that there was a top-grade fire pool underground, and that it covered the entire underground space of the Spirit Transformation Hall. This surprised Wang Jue. This was a top-grade fire pool used to refine something in the ancient cauldron. However, after so many years, there was still a rumbling sound in the ancient cauldron, which meant that the things refined in it had not been taken away.

In fact, when Wang Jue used his spiritual sense to investigate the entire building complex, he discovered that all the items here retained signs of having been used, as if the people living here had suddenly disappeared, or had evacuated for some urgent matter, leaving them without even time to clean up.

However, this ancient tripod has absorbed a lot of spiritual power after being calcined by spiritual fire for a long time, which has allowed it to automatically advance and become a good ancient treasure. After all, all things in the world of immortal cultivation are spiritual, and any object will become a spiritual object if it is nourished by sufficient spiritual energy for tens of thousands of years or even longer.

Han Li was also very interested in the ancient tripod. Wang Jue smiled and said, "I'll give you this ancient tripod, but the treasures refined in it must belong to me. Do you have any objection?"

Han Li was delighted when he heard this. How could he have any objection? It was great to be able to obtain a rare treasure. Of course, this was under the premise that he did not know the specific situation of the treasure in the ancient tripod.

Next, Wang Jue used a secret method to completely suppress the ancient tripod, and then opened the lid of the tripod. He then found that an astonishing cold air emanated from it, and even the surrounding air was frozen all of a sudden. If it were not for the restrictions he had set up in advance, the cold air would have immediately attacked them.

Wang Jue knew with a quick glance of his spiritual sense that the ancient cauldron was actually refining the Taiyin True Fire, a treasure known as one of the three great true fires in the human world. Although Wang Jue had impressions of some major events in the mortal world, he did not remember the specific things very clearly.

Over the years, Wang Jue has collected a lot of ancient books to expand his knowledge so that he can know these things. He does not have various powerful explanations like Han Li. Even Yin Yue can only act cute now and has not awakened her memory. This is because Wang Jue protected her too well.

Han Li was also very surprised to see the Taiyin True Fire, because he felt that this flame was more domineering than the flame that his Three Flame Fan could produce, because both the air and spiritual energy were instantly frozen, and even the soul would be frozen if he just looked at it.

Wang Jue used his spiritual sense to investigate the Taiyin True Fire and felt its icy coldness. If he could fully unleash the power of the Taiyin True Fire, he might be able to freeze everything about the enemy in an instant, making it very easy to destroy both their body and soul.

However, Wang Jue is not in a hurry to refine the Taiyin True Fire. He directly took out the Vajra Cover and collected the Taiyin True Fire. When he finds time to integrate it into his Shura Holy Fire in the future, it will surely become more and more powerful. It would be even better if he could use this Taiyin True Fire to obtain the corresponding Sun Essence Fire.

There are always all kinds of strange treasures in this world. If the so-called heavenly fire can be controlled, it will be very powerful whether used to refine pills or as a means of attack.

Compared to using magic weapons to exert his supernatural powers, Wang Jue prefers to control these supernatural powers by himself without the help of external objects. This way he will be more flexible in battle and will not lose his combat effectiveness if the magic weapon is taken away.

After Wang Jue put away the Taiyin True Fire, he used the huge palm condensed from his magic power to turn the ancient cauldron over and upside down. Actually, a crystal stone actually poured out. This was a good material for refining equipment. Wang Jue accepted it with a smile, then shrunk the ancient cauldron and threw it to Han Li.

Han Li was very envious of the Taiyin True Fire and crystal stone that Wang Jue took away, but he did not dare to compete with Wang Jue. It was also good to obtain an ancient tripod. Han Li sometimes thought that if he went exploring alone, he might be able to obtain more and better treasures.

But in the end he gave up. After all, he didn't know that he was the protagonist and the son of destiny, so he felt that it was safer to stay with Wang Jue, unless Wang Jue didn't want to play with him, or Han Li's strength surpassed Wang Jue.

Wang Jue didn't care about Han Li's conflicted feelings. He only knew that he could obtain a lot of treasures by taking Han Li with him, and that was enough. At least so far, he had not encountered any dangerous situations.

Next, Wang Jue found some ancient weapon refining secrets in the Spirit Transformation Hall, and he decided to leave. However, Han Li actually packed up everything he could take away from the hall, even the stone dragon statue on the fire pillar. This made Wang Jue speechless, but this was also in line with Han Li's usual style of doing things.

After the two took away all the treasures in the Spirit Transformation Hall, Han Li suggested that Wang Jue leave here and go to the Kunwu Hall where the most treasures were. They all knew that with the opening of Kunwu Mountain, more and more cultivators would come here to explore, and it would be troublesome if they were blocked here.

Wang Jue looked at Han Li's cautious appearance and just smiled. He knew that if he went out now, he would most likely meet those cultivators who came to explore. In this case, he might as well explore the most important main hall of the Soul Casting Hall. Wang Jue had not yet found the secret technique to refine stone puppets. He was very confident in his own strength, so he was not worried about anything.

(End of this chapter)