Hunyuan Immortal Sect

Chapter 232 Secret Treasure News
George Lam stared blankly at the sky, his mind full of mixed thoughts.

This time, I failed in building my foundation. I don’t know when I will be able to build my foundation again in the future. Even if the Linghai acupoint is not damaged, my cultivation will definitely decline.

When building the foundation, the spiritual energy cultivated in the Linghai acupoint will be mixed with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. If successful, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth can be refined into one's own spiritual energy.

If it fails, it will dissipate along with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Every failure in building the foundation will lead to a decline in cultivation, it’s just a matter of how much.

He thought of Zhang Shilin, who had also failed in building his foundation time and time again, and eventually exploded and died.

No, I must never go down this path.

Lin Zixiang's eyes were shining, like a beast at its death's door.

No matter what, no matter what the cost, we must successfully build the foundation.

"Master, this is the robe made according to your request. What do you think of it?"

At night, in the spacious and bright hall, Lin Quan flipped his hand and handed over a robe with a faint glow.

It was a bright red jumpsuit with a very bright style and intricate and exquisite patterns, a bit similar to a cheongsam. The right trousers were split several inches to the base of the thigh, the chest was hollowed out with a low collar, and the waist was very tight.

This is the robe that Song Xian ordered to be put on sale. Now that Yuxiangdan and Doukoudan have opened up the market, a lot of them are sold every year. These are all women's items, and the customers are basically all women.

Therefore, Song Xian turned his attention to women's clothing, because the styles of robes on the market today are mostly conservative, and even the robes sold to women are relatively covering.

Therefore, Song Xian ordered the development of a robe that could show off women's elegant posture and graceful figure, and drew a blueprint based on his mental impression.

"Hmm, not bad." Song Xian took the new robe and took a closer look. "Don't expand production on a large scale yet. Make a few dozen and take them to Qingfengfang to test the waters."

"Yes."

Lin Quan is now fully responsible for the defense of the mountain gate, because when he was in Qingyun Sect, he was from the Formation Peak and had some research on the art of formations.

Therefore, Song Xian gave him the responsibility of setting up the formation on Tianshan, and the robe also needed to be inlaid with a micro formation, so he asked him to participate in the development of the robe.

"How is Senior Brother Zixiang's injury? Is he feeling better?"

"He's able to move now and should be able to recover after a period of rest. But he's been depressed and silent all day."

Song Xian nodded. Lin Zixiang failed in building his foundation this time, and his realm dropped directly from the great perfection of Qi Refining to the eighth level of Qi Refining. The loss was not small.

He is such a passionate person in spiritual practice, so it is understandable that he finds it difficult to accept this blow for a while.

"You go first!"

Lin Quan left in response. Song Xian took the fiery red robe and looked at it. Then he went into the room, closed the door, and asked Su Zhirou to change into the clothes to show him the effect.

"Husband, why did you make this dress so low-cut? The waist is so tight, it's not comfortable to wear."

After putting on this dress, Su Zhirou's graceful figure was even more visible. She muttered to herself and lowered her head to pull at the tight waist, when Song Xian had already hugged her.

Soon, the sound of the wooden bed creaking and shaking violently could be heard.

In the red warm tent, Su Zhi lay in his arms as soft as mud, her eyes as gentle as water.

"My husband, that robe is wasted."

"It's just a piece of clothing." Song Xian hugged her tightly. The bright red robe was thrown aside, but it was torn apart roughly and was in a mess.

"I was thinking of having you wear this dress to a banquet and show it to the ladies for publicity. If other men saw it, their eyes would pop out."

"My husband asked me to wear it, and now you are scolding me." Su Zhirou said coquettishly, her body pressed tightly against him, and she kept squeezing into his arms, as if she wanted to melt into his body.

"It's a good thing I didn't let you go out wearing it, otherwise I don't know how many men would covet you."

"Are you tired of it now, husband?"

"What are you tired of?"

"My husband used to hold me all day and night and wouldn't let me leave him for even a moment, but now he doesn't even care about me anymore."

"How can that be compared? When we first got married, I was still a virgin boy. I was seduced by you, a seductress, and nearly died on you. Besides, you've drained me dry over the years. I used to be so energetic, but now I'm so weak. How can I be the same as before?"

"My husband just blames me."

.........

The next day, as soon as Song Xian got up from the bed, he felt a pain in his back and waist. He couldn't help but sigh that his body was not as good as before. It was so tiring after just a little indulgence.

Su Zhirou couldn't help but smile when she saw him sitting down with his hands on his waist.

Song Xian glared at her: "It's all your fault, and you're still laughing."

Su Zhirou murmured softly, "I'm so exhausted, but my husband insists on tormenting me and asking for trouble."

"You seduced me, too."

"Son-in-law, the housekeeper reported that Elder Zhong Wenyuan brought Master Shao Jian here and they want to see you regarding something important." Xiaohong said after she walked in with the meal.

Shao Jian? Song Xian had almost forgotten about this man. It was he who brought the news of the demonic snake in the Water Curtain Cave, which allowed the sect to obtain the second-grade low-grade spirit pool. It was also there that he obtained the secret record of the extreme way.

After the incident, he joined the sect and was assigned to Mu Hong, where he was responsible for the sale of Yuxiang Dan with her.

Afterwards, Mu Hong was transferred to the market town of Anyuan City, and Shao Jian followed her as her deputy.

Why did he come back suddenly?
After eating a few bites of breakfast, Song Xian came to the reception room, where Zhong Wenyuan and Shao Jian were already waiting.

Seeing him coming, the two stood up and saluted.

"Junior Brother Shao, weren't you helping Mu Hong sell the Yuxiang Pill in Anyuan City? Did something happen?" Song Xian asked after inviting the two to sit down.

He guessed that there might be some trouble with the sales of Yuxiangdan in Anyuan City.

Shao Jian glanced at Zhong Wenyuan, and seeing he was silent, he replied, "Master, I have discovered a hidden place that may contain a treasure, so I came to inform the sect and hope they can send someone to accompany me in the search."

Another secret place? Song Xian was skeptical: "Please tell me clearly what kind of secret place it is and where it is located."

Shao Jian replied, "That's a remote place in Anyuan City. I heard from the people in that village that occasionally a sound like the howling of wolves can be heard from the deep mountains and old forests not far away. Some people also say that ghosts roam there, and hunters have even seen the looming ghosts with their own eyes."

"Out of curiosity, I went to investigate. Inside a cave at the bottom of a mountain, I sensed a very strong yin energy. When I went deeper, I actually saw two ghostly spirits floating around."

"Although it's a remote, deep mountain forest, the entire mountain range is full of yang energy, and there are villages and people living nearby. A place like that shouldn't have such a strong yin energy, nor should it produce ghosts."

"According to my many years of experience, there must be some kind of rare treasure in the cave over there, which is why it gathers extremely dense yin energy, and then gives birth to ghosts." "Is there such a thing?" Song Xian frowned after hearing this. In the world of cultivation, ghosts are not some illusory things, but exist in reality, but they are generally born in the underworld.

A place like Anyuan City is surrounded by spiritual veins and there shouldn't be any ghosts.

Shao Jian continued, "After I left the cave, I returned to the nearby village to inquire and discovered that the nighttime wolf howling and ghostly apparitions they were talking about only happened this year. They hadn't happened before. Also, several hunters who had gone into the mountains disappeared this year."

"Although hunters have occasionally gone missing in the past, it's never been as high as this year. Furthermore, most of the bodies of hunters who went missing in the past were found, but now many hunters can't even be found."

"Combining this information, I speculate that this cave must have been concealed by some kind of formation, and those ghosts were bound and trapped there."

"I don't know what happened this year. Maybe the formation lost its effectiveness over time, so the Yin energy leaked out and the ghosts slowly left the cave. That's when they were discovered by the nearby villagers."

"Those hunters who went into the mountains were probably captured by ghosts and spirits."

"I dare not rush in to investigate. I will inform Mu Hong about this matter when I return."

"After discussing it, we decided to come back and inform the sect about this matter. If the sect is willing, they can send people to investigate."

In his early years, Shao Jian often went to the Shiwandashan Mountains of the Muhe Grassland to hunt monsters. He was born with an adventurous spirit and had a lot of experience. He was very interested in those strange stories and knew that although many rumors were exaggerated, they were not necessarily groundless.

If it were someone else, they might not take the villagers' words to heart, but he wanted to find out the truth. This was due to his personality. Unexpectedly, he actually discovered those ghosts.

After his last trip to the Water Curtain Cave, he had enough trust in the sect and knew that if they really found any rare treasures in that place with strong yin energy and ghosts, he would definitely benefit from it.

Mu Hong also thought so. If she really found some treasure, she would have contributed to it and it would help her get promoted in the future. If it was just a false alarm, she would not need to contribute.

So after the two of them discussed it, they unanimously decided to inform the sect immediately and ask Song Xian to make the decision.

"Brother Wenyuan, what do you think?"

"As Junior Brother Shao said, there must be something fishy going on. If the Sect Leader has no objection, I would like to take a dozen disciples with me to investigate."

Song Xian pondered for a moment and said, "Bring more people. I will lead the team there."

"The master wants to go in person?" Zhong Wenyuan frowned slightly.

"Yes." Song Xian nodded. "Anyuan City is someone else's territory. If we send more disciples there and cause trouble, it will be very troublesome. So I have to lead the team myself."

He had another reason that he didn't tell. The clues Shao Jian provided last time allowed him to obtain the Jidao Secret Records, and there were also so many benefits. It can be seen that this person is a lucky person.

Song Xian was quite superstitious about this kind of good fortune. When he heard him talk about this, an inexplicable meaning immediately flashed through his mind, and he felt that he would definitely gain something this time.

.........

The sky is clear and cloudless.

Several Canglan birds flapped their wings and soared in the air, with thirty monks sitting on them.

This group was Song Xian and others. After receiving the news from Shao Jian, he summoned the elite from the mountain gate and selected fifteen monks from Hunyuan Sect and Tianshan Sect respectively. They set out from Tianshan and traveled day and night and arrived at Anyuan City.

"Junior Brother Shao, how long will it take to reach our destination?"

"It's almost there. We'll be there in about an hour."

As the sun was about to set, everyone finally arrived at the cave that Shao Jian had mentioned.

Several Canglan birds flapped their wings and landed in the vast mountains and forests. As far as the eye could see, there were towering ancient trees all around, as if it were an original forest.

"Master, it's right down there. There's a wide natural cave." Shao Jian led everyone to a mountain stream and pointed down.

"Everyone be careful, Brother Huang He, you lead ten brothers to explore the way ahead."

"Yes." Huang He responded and selected ten monks to jump down with him as the vanguard.

Song Xian led the rest of the people and followed the front team slowly. The two sides were only ten feet apart. If there were any changes, they could support the front team at any time.

Everyone held the distributed magic tools in their hands and tightly grasped the talismans in their hands.

At the bottom of the mountain stream, there is a dark cave on the left. When everyone entered, they felt a cold breath coming.

The cave was dark, damp, and silent, with only the sound of people's footsteps wading through the water.

"Junior Brother Shao, where did you encounter the ghost?"

"Right here."

As Shao Jian finished speaking, he heard a shout from the front, and saw two vague ghosts floating out.

Huang He shouted softly and struck down with the black staff in his hand. The two ghosts let out sharp and piercing howls, and a faint sound wave came over.

The light of the black staff stagnated, and it swayed slightly under the impact of the rolling sound waves. At the same time, other disciples also used their magic weapons to attack.

Under the attack of many magical weapons, the two ghosts had no power to resist and were instantly killed. Their looming bodies turned into black smoke and dissipated.

Ghosts are low-level ghosts with strength equivalent to that of Qi Refining cultivators. They have no physical body. These two ghosts are even weaker, probably only at the initial stage of Qi Refining.

Generally speaking, ghosts are weaker than cultivators, and low-level ghosts have extremely low intelligence.

Ghosts must cultivate to the level of ghost kings before they can condense their physical bodies.

The level of Ghost King is equivalent to that of Jindan cultivator.

"Everyone be careful, there may be ghosts inside." After beating the two ghosts out of their wits, Song Xian spoke up to remind them, and everyone continued to move forward.

The further in they went, the wider the cave became. The further in they went, the wider the road became, and the thicker the yin energy became. Everyone couldn't help but feel a chill in their bodies.

"Husband, the yin energy here is so strong!" Su Zhirou whispered beside him.

Song Xian held her hand tightly, his expression solemn: "There must be more powerful ghosts inside. If something unexpected happens later, protect yourself first. If the situation is not right, leave immediately."

As the group went deeper and deeper, they encountered several ghosts along the way, all of which were successfully dealt with.

These ghosts seemed to be guarding something, and you would encounter one or two of them every time you walked a certain distance.

"Master, there is a mansion ahead." While everyone was walking, Huang He, who was walking in the front to explore the way, turned back and said in a low voice.

Song Xian walked quickly to the front of the team and saw a square building standing in the distance.

It is more like a huge tomb than a mansion.

(End of this chapter)