The road is vague

Chapter 215 Nine Nether Soul Refining Array
Li Mo landed on the uneven ground and deliberately ended the Thunderous Transformation Technique.

The slight backlash caused him to sway slightly, but he managed to maintain his balance by using the Tiancheng Huajin Sword for support.

"Nine Nether Soul Refining Array".

He muttered to himself.

While such a thing may be useless in the hands of an individual, and might even degenerate into evil magic, it is a space-restricted technology that is enough to change the current status quo for a country, a race, or the world.

This is of immeasurable value to the Great Qian Kingdom.

The so-called black market is mostly a secret organization controlled by the Yu Kingdom that has mastered the Nine Nether Soul Refining Array and the Underworld Forbidden Teleportation Array technologies.

"Perhaps the technology is not yet fully mastered, otherwise there would be no need for spiritual children or spiritual maidens."

"Instructor Li, are you alright?"

Chen Rong, Lü Ping, Chen Zhen, Wang Ping, and Xiao Fan walked over quickly and all noticed Li Mo's weakness.

Li Mo took a deep breath and straightened up again.

Although he can only exert seven or eight tenths of his strength now, it does not prevent him from activating his avatar and controlling the matrix puppets in battle.

At the same time, he was also quietly comprehending the backlash and trauma his body suffered after this Thunder God Transformation Secret Technique, and the harmony between the power of the Qi and blood in his five internal organs. According to the Thunder God Secret Scroll, the self-healing process of this backlash and trauma is the key to cultivating the Extreme Thunder Body.

During his quiet contemplation, Li Mo did indeed discover some problems.

Taking a Foundation Establishment-level Creation Pill will indeed have some protective effect against the backlash from Lei Wu's Extreme Transformation, but it only applies to the dantian meridian area.

From this point of view.

Even if one refines a large number of Creation Pills, it cannot completely offset the backlash from Lei Wu's Extreme Transformation in other aspects.

A flurry of thoughts rushed through Li Mo's mind, but he managed to remain calm and nodded to the crowd.

"After activating the secret technique, I only suffered a slight backlash. I'll be fine after a few days of rest."

After a brief explanation, Li Mo looked around the hall, which was shrouded in a chilling atmosphere.

Although evil spirits still occasionally emerge from the ground, the Yin energy has become significantly thinner due to the previous Six Yang Exorcising Barrier, resulting in a reduction in the number of these evil spirits.

"Let's go see what we've got."

"it is good."

The smiles on their faces all looked a little stiff.

After witnessing Li Mo's battle with the Ghost General, everyone understood that this Instructor Li was exceptionally strong. If he hadn't displayed his divine power, this exploration would likely have encountered even more obstacles.

Surprisingly, the group then tacitly agreed not to split up and explore further.

Since everyone comes from the same school, it's natural to avoid unnecessary arguments when distributing the profits.

If this leads to a fight and a complete breakdown in relations, even if one gains temporary benefits, it's not worth it if it creates lasting resentment.

As for killing someone accidentally for personal gain, betraying one's fellow disciples and becoming a fugitive, that would be even more outrageous.

Apart from a very few who manage to escape the pursuit of the Enforcement Hall and truly live without any ties, wandering the world from then on, the fate of the vast majority of people can be described as extremely tragic.

At this moment, everyone was clearly following Li Mo's lead.

Li Mo headed straight for the side hall where the mysterious altar had been discovered earlier.

This enormous circular altar was covered with strange runes and symbolic symbols. Not to mention Chen Rong, Wang Ping, Chen Zhen, and Xiao Fan, even Li Mo and Lü Ping, who were array masters, were completely bewildered.

Especially Lü Ping.

Although she is not a rune master, she is an array master.

But when she saw these unusual runes, she was still speechless and it took her a while to react.

After his initial astonishment, Li Mo quickly recovered and took out paper and pen to carefully copy the text.

"Instructor Li, do you recognize these runes?"

"do not know."

Li Mo responded helplessly.

"However, I do know that the purpose of this altar is to refine the so-called Nine Nether Soul Stone, which is a material used in the underworld during the Middle Ages to maintain the ancient teleportation array for extremely long distances."

"Nine Nether Soul Stone?"

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing why.

However, none of the people present were rune masters, so they couldn't patiently copy the runes like Li Mo. They had no choice but to wait patiently.

Li Mo smiled slightly.

"You've all seen this side hall; it only contains this altar. I'm afraid I'll have to spend a long time copying it here. The place is filled with a chilling wind, so it's not suitable for staying long. You can continue searching for what you've gained on this trip, and we can distribute it fairly later."

"It's best if Coach Li trusts us."

Seeing that Li Mo was open-minded, the five smiled and left the side hall together.

The voices of the five people then faded into the distance, eventually reaching another side hall.

The place is filled with gloom and resentment.

A large number of human skeletons were piled up in an orderly manner, forming a uniquely shaped evil medicinal garden. Inside, there were more than ten Nine Yin Ganoderma lucidum plants, about half of which were over a thousand years old.

"A thousand-year-old Nine Yin Ganoderma!"

"Hiss, it's actually using the bones of us cultivators to build its medicine garden!"

"I wonder how many fellow cultivators were drawn here by these Nine Yin Mushrooms, what a pity..."

About the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

After digging around, the five carefully collected the Nine Yin Mushrooms and burned the human remains. With heavy hearts, they went to another side hall.

In the center of this side hall stood a bronze forging furnace. A raging eerie fire continuously rose from the ground, replacing the furnace's spiritual flame, and the hall exuded a chilling aura that sent shivers down one's spine.

"This place is actually the core of a natural array."

Looking at the yin fire furnace in front of her, Lü Ping couldn't help but shake her head and sigh.

Wang Ping, on the other hand, was quite open-minded.

“Even if we can’t use this place, we can still earn a lot of sect contribution points by reporting it to our sect. And look, those refining materials are obviously carefully tempered, making them perfect for refining Yin attribute magic weapons…”

Another incense stick's time passed.

After a busy half hour, the five of them put together the spoils of the trip, including the Ghost General's Heavenly Hammer and Earthly Chisel artifacts, and discussed how to distribute the profits.

After a while.

Li Mo walked over excitedly.

Even though they were Foundation Establishment cultivators with spiritual light protecting them, they could not stay here for long.

"Instructor Li, are you finished copying?"

"kindness."

Li Mo then realized that the five people were clearly not in good condition, and he immediately apologized.

Everyone said they didn't care.

Thus, after friendly negotiations among everyone, Li Mo perfectly concluded his exploration by giving up the benefits of a thousand-year-old Nine Yin Ganoderma, a pair of Heaven Hammer and Earth Chisel magic weapons, and the right to report the Nine Nether Soul Refining Array.

The six of them then left the Nine Yin Cave in high spirits, boarded the white jade flying chariot, and returned to their sect.

The moon will be setting soon.

Li Mo plans to spend the rest of his time studying the Heaven Hammer and Earth Chisel, striving to refine them into a magical artifact specifically for breaking formations, so as to improve himself as much as possible in a short period of time.

As for that thousand-year-old Nine Yin Fungus, it can be stored away for now.

This kind of yin-attribute elixir will definitely be useful in the future.

So he took out the jade box, affixed a sealing talisman, and placed it in his spatial ring, along with the Hundred Joy Flower that was 3,300 years old.

After taking care of himself for a while, Li Mo jogged all the way to Lu Qi's cave.

"master!"

Lu Qi opened his cave wide, gesturing for Li Mo to enter.

"You've arrived. How are you adapting to your new position as the military formation instructor in the Dharma Protectorate?"

"Reporting to Master, this disciple has fully adapted to life in the inner sect."

As Li Mo spoke, he stepped forward to gesture.

"These past few days, I went on a trip with some friends to explore a place called Jiuyin Cave in Gusha County, Zhanghe Prefecture. We had a fortuitous encounter and discovered a Nine Nether Soul Refining Array within the ruins of the Great Zhou Dynasty..."

As Li Mo slowly recounted his story, Lu Qi's expression gradually became serious.

After Li Mo explained in detail the relationship between the Nine Nether Soul Stone, the Nine Nether Soul Refining Array, and the Eighteen Levels of the Forbidden Teleportation Array of the Underworld, Lu Qi stared at Li Mo in a daze for a long time.

"Master, what's wrong?"

"nothing."

Lu Qi let out a sigh.

“I suddenly feel that even this Qingming Mountain is too small for you. Your future should be in Yuancheng, Jingzhou, in the high halls of the imperial court.”

Upon hearing this, Li Mo was stunned.

Lu Qi patted him on the shoulder.

"I need to deal with this matter immediately. You should try not to go out from now on and make preparations in advance. I believe the imperial court's reward will come soon. This matter is not small and may even alarm the Emperor."

"Yes!"

By refining the Nine Nether Soul Refining Array through this Nine Nether Soul Stone, and if one also masters the relevant technology of the forbidden teleportation array of the Underworld, there is a potential to break the technological monopoly of the black market organization in the Yu Kingdom.

No secret organization appears out of thin air; they all possess some kind of core technology or have the support of a more powerful force behind them.

Offering up the Nine Nether Soul Refining Array technology of the Great Zhou Dynasty could indeed alarm the Holy Monarch Qian Yuan.

Take a step back.

The Great Qian Dynasty likely possessed some ancient teleportation arrays similar to those underground in the Southern Barbarian Plains. Therefore, even if they had not yet mastered the technology of the forbidden teleportation arrays of the Underworld, if they could use Nine Nether Soul Stones to replace high-grade spirit stones and activate those abandoned ancient teleportation arrays, it would undoubtedly save a huge amount of money.

"If I have the opportunity in the future, I can also try to refine the Nine Nether Soul Stone myself."

However, Li Mo also vaguely sensed from Lu Qi's hints that there might be another meaning behind asking him to wait here.

Lu Qi seemed somewhat distracted.

He stood with his hands behind his back, came to the outside of the cave, and looked up at the sky above Qingming Mountain.

A flock of spirit birds swept across the back mountain and flew towards the main peak, the Pure Spirit Divine Tree.

"I am already two hundred and ninety-one years old this year. I have been on the mountain for nearly three hundred years without realizing it. But I still haven't seen enough of the scenery on Qingming Mountain. I want to see it for another three hundred years."

Li Mo followed closely behind Lu Qi, gazing at the magnificent scenery of Qingming Mountain.

Three hundred years is a long time, even for a Golden Core cultivator. If one is not good at maintaining health and frequently depletes their essence, they will be nearing their death.

However, Lu Qi is a late-stage Golden Core cultivator and has also cultivated the Qi and Blood Dual Life Technique, so he doesn't need to worry about his lifespan for the time being.

For someone who has lived for three hundred years to treat this matter with such caution, it must be of extraordinary importance. Yet he remains tight-lipped and unwilling to reveal a single word.

(End of this chapter)