Why are you crying when I've severed ties? The fake heiress is leading a new sect to new height

Chapter 25 The Strange Cave
Inside the hidden, empty, and dilapidated cave.

After exhaling for the last time, the woman in the crimson gauze dress opened her sharp eyes.

After not seeing her for four months, Shen Sangruo's aura had become even more powerful.

She has successfully broken through to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment.

The cultivation speed of a top-grade single-fire spiritual root is truly astonishing.

She arrived at this cave two months ago.

This cave dwelling belonged to a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator. After the Nascent Soul cultivator perished, cultivators seeking opportunities flocked to it and looted the place clean.

In her previous life, she had also picked up quite a few low-level cultivation techniques here.

Shen Sanruo thought that if she searched the place more thoroughly, she might make some new discoveries.

But as she stepped into the cave, the fiery heart in her chest began to burn faintly.

The moment she tried to leave, the Heart of Blaze would rapidly heat up, scalding her to the point of being unbearable.

Only by retreating back into the cave will the temperature of the Blazing Heart decrease.

She didn't think it was a coincidence.

Upon careful recollection, she realized that among the cultivation techniques she found in the cave was the "Fanning the Wind and Igniting the Fire" technique she had been practicing.

It is highly likely that this is the location of the magical artifact that Immortal Lord Changli needs.

At first, she was secretly amazed that she had found the place she was looking for so quickly.

She searched the entire cave countless times, even the top of the cave, but still found nothing.

Shen Sangruo felt melancholy.

"Perhaps there are secret chambers or mechanisms inside the cave? Or is there another space?" Shen Sangruo pondered, stroking her chin.

With such a meticulous search, it's impossible to miss anything.

She was completely clueless.

Shen Sangruo originally intended to leave temporarily, search other places, and return when she had some ideas.

However, the Heart of Blazing Flame disagreed.

As soon as she left the cave, the Heart of Blazing Flame began to leap and throb on the red-hot ground.

Sometimes it will also emit a sharp popping sound.

This made her wonder if this seemingly strange stone was truly formed from a wisp of the divine soul of Immortal Lord Changli.
Anyway, she was trapped inside the cave and couldn't get out.

Fortunately, this cave has been abandoned for many years, and almost no one comes here, making it a quiet place.

She stayed there and devoted herself to cultivation.

The temperature inside the cave was much higher than outside, which might be unbearable for other cultivators.

However, for Shen Sangruo, who possesses the fire elemental root, it is an excellent training ground.

With the guidance of the Blazing Heart, her cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds.

Otherwise, without finding a new cultivation method, it would be very difficult for her to break through to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment.

Besides cultivating, Shen Sangruo conducts a thorough search of the cave at least three times a day.

The cave dwelling of a Nascent Soul cultivator is enormous, with many obstructive furnishings inside.

If Shen Sanruo was in a bad mood, she would set fire to one or two items.

When he was in a good mood, he would set fire to a large area.

Even so, it took her almost two months of burning to burn down most of the furnishings in the cave.

Now the cave is completely open to the public, and nothing seems strange about it.

If the walls and floor of the cave were not made of special crystals, which are incredibly hard, it would be impossible to find them.

She's really going to dig three feet into the ground.

Although the cave was empty of furnishings, she still habitually set it on fire.

There was no other way; I had to vent my frustration and anger.

Anyway, the cave dwellings are all built with special crystals, so they can't be burned.

next moment.

Shen Sangri paused in her act of setting the fire, “…”

Her eyes widened slightly.

The crystals where she had just burned seemed, perhaps, possibly, melted from her heat...

broken.

Shen Sangruo approached nervously and saw that the black crystal in that small area had indeed melted.

The conspicuous red stone wall was revealed. On the stone wall, there was a golden line, about the thickness of a little finger, that stretched down to the black crystal.

With a "might as well go all the way" mentality, she continued to melt the black crystal along the golden line.

The more it burned, the more interwoven gold threads appeared.

Even after she had used up all her spiritual power, she had only managed to melt a small piece of crystal in front of her.

When she came to her senses, she realized that the Blazing Stone had become active at some point.

It emitted a flashing light, and I was extremely excited.

"Could it be that I've stumbled upon a clue by some twist of fate?" She stared at the exposed gold thread, lost in thought.

Why were all these crystals intact even though she set so many fires before?
"Perhaps it was because my cultivation level wasn't high enough at the time?" Shen Sangruo thought it was very likely.

She just broke through to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment today.

"They really hid it well."

Who would have thought that it would require burning?

"No wonder that despite being looted several times, no one has discovered the secret."

After all, no one would steal treasures from someone's cave and then set the cave on fire.

That's incredibly unethical.

She stopped worrying about it. "Fortunately, we found a clue. The most important thing now is to melt all the crystals as soon as possible."

The cave was so large that, according to her rough estimate, with her current strength, it would take at least two months to burn.

However, with the pills given by Su Xiyu and the talismans given by Bai Ruoan to help her replenish her spiritual power, she could increase her speed even further.

At the fastest speed, it might take about a month to melt all the crystals in the cave.

Shen Sangruo then diligently set fires for a month.

Finally, we saw the true face of the cave.

The cave walls are crimson red, with golden lines running throughout the cave.

Countless golden threads intertwine and converge, forming several complex totems above the head.

The ground beneath my feet is made of geometric patterns formed by gold lines, resembling a battle formation.

The scene before her eyes shocked Shen Sangruo.

She had never seen such a large and complex formation before.

Moreover, typical formations only exist on a single plane.

She preferred to think of this formation as a three-dimensional combination of the totems above and the geometric shapes underfoot.

This formation should be the entrance to another dimension.

The magical artifact she was looking for was in another dimension.

But how do we activate this formation?
Shen Sangruo carefully observed the direction of the gold thread.

They discovered that the golden threads were faintly pointing to one place.

It's in the left corner of the cave, about one meter above the ground.

If she guessed correctly, this should be the key point of this formation.

An array without a key point is incomplete and cannot be activated.

She touched the blazing heart on her chest, lost in thought.

"Could the Heart of Blazing Flame be the core of the formation?"

She held the Heart of Blazing Flame and placed it in the location she believed to be the core of the formation.

Sure enough, the chains of the Blazing Heart were released the next moment, and it floated at the center of the formation.

The golden threads inside the cave instantly emitted a dazzling light.

Shen Sangruo was overjoyed, "Found it!"

After waiting for several minutes, the formation continued to glow but showed no other reaction.

Shen Sangruo frowned, feeling somewhat surprised.

Then a cold voice rang out from the heart of the blazing flames: "Activate the Ignition Technique."

Ignoring her surprise, she immediately activated the "Fanning the Flames" technique.

The formation has finally been activated!
At the same time, Wen Xuan and his group quietly arrived outside the hidden cave.

Wen Xuan spotted Shen Sangruo in the cave and exclaimed excitedly, "Fifth Junior Sister!"

The group then entered the cave.

Ahem, the silly author just posted this chapter and the following chapter as free chapters, but it's been changed back now. This book is now available for purchase! Thank you so much to all my darlings who have supported me along the way! I'm begging you not to abandon me! *sniffs*
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