Yuantian Pidao

Chapter 371 Turning Calamity into Fortune
Inside the sinkhole, all was quiet. Just then, a giant hand descended and pulled out a grotesque corpse.

"His soul has dissolved, his body has mutated, and he has indeed begun to turn into a zombie. However, it seems that his foundation has been taken away, so he can't become anything significant."

After dispersing his spiritual body and truly stepping into Fire Element City, Jiang Chen looked at the already dead Chen Yongzu and immediately extracted Chen Yongzu's remnant soul. Although Chen Yongzu's physical body had undergone a transformation and appeared to be three zhang tall, which was quite terrifying, it was actually just an empty shell.

"Using himself as bait, no wonder Chen Yongzu made a mistake at the last moment and was directly killed by me. If it is really as I thought, even if I hadn't come this time, Chen Yongzu's final fate would not have been good, but the disaster he caused would have been even greater."

"The day he refines the earthly treasures and attempts to break through to the Purple Mansion realm will be the day he dies."

A simple soul search yielded some information, further confirming Jiang Chen's suspicions. He had previously noticed the anomaly in Chen Yongzu, and now, by searching his soul and comparing it with Chen Yongzu's memories, many of his doubts were resolved.

Chen Yongzu had been plotting for many years, secretly spreading the Four Symbols Cultivation Method, selecting seeds, plundering foundations, and replenishing himself, treating others as his own cultivation medicine. He never expected that he would eventually become a great medicine himself and be harvested by others.

Thinking this, Jiang Chen waved his sleeve and summoned his flying sword, directly splitting open Chen Yongzu's corpse and taking out the Corrupted Spirit Corpse Calamity Pearl from it.

Although Chen Yongzu is now just a shell of his former self, with this treasure, he might actually have the chance to turn into a zombie again.

"The nature of the Earth Treasure is indeed special; even a tiny bit of naturally emanating power can affect me."

Using magic to protect himself, Jiang Chen temporarily sealed the power of the Corrupted Spirit Corpse Bead according to the secret method obtained from the Soul Search. The power of this earthly treasure had been suppressed by the Subduing Fire Chain before, so dealing with it now would be much simpler.

After doing all this, Jiang Chen put the Three Tribulations Subduing Fire Chains into his pocket. With Chen Yongzu's death, this treasure naturally became ownerless.

"Earthly treasures and Purple Mansion treasures—this harvest is quite substantial, but this is not all."

With a thought in mind, Jiang Chen reached out his palm again and pulled a golden house out of the sinkhole.

This golden dwelling is Chen Yongzu's place of cultivation. It is itself an extremely rare high-grade spiritual artifact with the wonderful effects of gathering spiritual energy and cultivating one's character. It can help cultivators prolong their lifespan to a certain extent. Chen Yongzu was able to prolong his life for so long thanks in no small part to this golden dwelling.

Chen Yongzu paid a considerable price to forge this Golden House, and its value is much higher than that of ordinary high-grade spiritual artifacts. After all, lifespan is something that people always value, no matter when.

"He's really gone."

Opening the Golden Pavilion, Jiang Chen glanced at the four spirit pillars and knew that his previous guess was correct.

At this moment, on each of the four spirit pillars, the pillars symbolizing the three elements of earth, wind, and fire each had a corpse bound to it. The corpses were shriveled up, with no flesh, blood, or soul left, clearly having been drained dry. Only the pillar symbolizing the element of water had no corpse on it, but only a jade slip.

"Thank you for your help, Fellow Daoist Taiping. This is the inheritance of the Four Symbols Robe, starting from spiritual techniques and eventually leading to precious techniques. Fellow Daoist may be able to comprehend some of it. However, the cultivation methods of the Four Symbols are different, so it is best if Fellow Daoist does not cultivate them. Xuanping leaves."

With the jade slip in hand, relevant information surfaced, and a slightly surprised expression appeared on Jiang Chen's face.

The Four Symbols Robe is a companion spell derived from Chen Yongzu after he achieved the Four Symbols Dao Foundation. Like the Cloud Mountain Mist Cover of the Mist Dragon, it lacks a specific inheritance, so even after searching his soul, he didn't get much useful information. Unexpectedly, Lu Xuanping actually produced a complete cultivation method.

"The Four Symbols inheritance is quite unique. Each symbol follows a path of calamity. For example, when True Man Nine Flames cultivated the Fire Essence Nourishing Spirit Scripture and broke through to the Purple Mansion, the earthly treasure he chose was the Fire Calamity Jade. According to common sense, even if the Four Symbols were to become one, one would still need to use a calamity-related treasure to open the Purple Mansion and forge a precious body. But this is not the case." "A single symbol naturally follows the calamity, but when the Four Symbols become one, one should turn the calamity into fortune. This is the correct principle. It's just a pity that Chen Yongzu only understood this principle at the moment of his death. It was too late."

"In the end, this is the drawback of incomplete inheritance. If I'm not mistaken, the true Four Symbols inheritance should be in Lu Xuanping's hands. Only in this way can Lu Xuanping turn the tables and scheme against Chen Yongzu."

As Jiang Chen played with the jade slip in his hand, various thoughts flashed through his mind.

Judging from the current signs, the complete Four Symbols inheritance should be of extremely high quality, possibly even surpassing the Purple Mansion level and reaching the level of a Daoist scripture, making it incredibly valuable. However, this inheritance involves calamities, which is quite strange, and rashly practicing it may cause problems.

"Since I have joined the Impermanence Sect, I have my own suitable scriptures to study and comprehend, so there is no need for me to risk practicing the Four Symbols lineage."

With a sudden thought, Jiang Chen put away the jade slip in his hand.

"This Golden Hut is Chen Yongzu's place of cultivation. It contains many treasures, the most valuable of which are the various books left by the Chen family. The third-level Fire Essence Feeding Method is here."

With his divine sense spreading out, Jiang Chen saw clearly everything inside the golden hut.

"Let's perform a simple ritual on this golden pavilion and take it away as soon as possible."

"Although I have collected the Corpse Calamity Pearl, its power has spread outwards and has completely distorted the Fire Element City region. From now on, this region is no longer suitable for ordinary people to live in."

With thoughts racing in his mind and internal energy circulating within his body, Jiang Chen performed a simple refining ritual on the Golden Pavilion.

After doing all this, Jiang Chen sent Jin Lu into the secret realm and extracted the spiritual vein from Huoyuan City. Compared to the small spiritual vein he had obtained before, the spiritual vein of the Chen family was undoubtedly much more abundant.

"After five hundred years of existence, the days of Huoyuan City and the Chen family have come to an end."

After looting, he took off on the wind and looked down at Huoyuan City. A few ripples stirred in Jiang Chen's heart. The world is unpredictable, and fate is cruel. One careless move and an entire family was wiped out.

"Without the root of the calamity, the power of the corpse calamity in Huoyuan City should be difficult to spread outwards. However, even so, we cannot be careless. Next, we still need to turn this place into a forbidden area."

With his internal energy circulating, Jiang Chen unleashed a rain of fire, igniting the Blood Fiend True Flame.

Moments later, the entire Fire City was set ablaze.

Seeing the city completely engulfed in blood-red flames, Jiang Chen didn't linger any longer and turned to leave. Burning the city with fire was only a temporary solution, but that was all he could do. To completely eradicate the disaster, the Purple Mansion had to intervene.

Unbeknownst to Jiang Chen, someone above Fire Origin City had lowered their gaze and witnessed everything.

(End of this chapter)