Immortality and cultivation begin with full comprehension.

Chapter 339 Treasure Map

With a loud "boom," after all the venomous snakes were killed, another explosion rang out from inside the stone chamber.

The top of the stone chamber began to collapse, and rocks fell everywhere, surrounding Li Yunjing and Ji Zixuan.

Moreover, there was a problem with the floor inside this stone chamber.

Cracks appeared beneath their feet, spreading downwards. The cracks were dark and deep, and they couldn't see where they led.

"How to do?"

Ji Zixuan asked in a panic.

"What else can we do? Let's go in and see!"

Li Yunjing sneered. No matter where it was, as long as it was within the Five Elements, he was not afraid!
Furthermore, the "Spirit Serpent Sect" only has three Golden Core Realm experts at most. How many dangerous places could there be among them?
He absolutely refused to believe that he could stumble in such a place.

As the ground collapsed, a dark cave appeared beneath Li Yunjing and Ji Zixuan's feet, and their bodies continued to fall downwards.

Ten zhang, a hundred zhang, a thousand zhang...

The underground was getting darker and darker, and no one knew where this passage led.

Li Yunjing looked wary, with all his magical artifacts and spiritual weapons ready to protect him at any time.

After several dozen breaths, Li Yunjing and Ji Zixuan finally landed on the ground, after a distance of thousands of feet underground.

Li Yunjing took the opportunity to look at the surrounding stone walls, and saw that there were black passages on the top of the stone walls, which seemed to lead to unknown places.

"what……"

Suddenly, several terrified screams came from the dark passageways.

Li Yunjing then saw that, like him, more than a dozen other people had fallen down from those black passages.

It seems that these people, having gone through some unknown ordeal, ultimately fell from above, just like Li Yunjing and Ji Zixuan.

The ground ten thousand feet below was a huge palace, the most important secret place of the "Spirit Serpent Sect".

After these people staggered to the ground, they saw Li Yunjing and Ji Zixuan.

The group was both shocked and furious. The true disciples of the "Shenxiao Dao Sect" were terrifying. They never expected that, despite being in different palaces, they would eventually gather together.

Is this a fight to the death?

“Fellow Daoist of the Shenxiao Dao Sect, we are not from the Ling She Sect. This is a secret place of the Ling She Sect. There may be good things inside. Shouldn’t we divide the treasures here equally according to the rules?”

Someone spoke up immediately.

"Excellent! The treasures here should be divided equally according to the rules!"

Another person chimed in.

Apart from the four disciples of the "Spirit Serpent Sect," almost everyone else was using words to control Li Yunjing and force him to share the spoils with the others.

"Hmph! I'm not familiar with you! I have no interest in sharing treasures with you! The treasures of the 'Spirit Serpent Sect' belong to those who are destined to receive them! Whoever has the ability can fight for them!"

Li Yunjing said coldly.

These words caused everyone in the underground palace to show expressions of anger.

However, the group came from different places and were not on the same page, so they could not unite. They only dared to surround Li Yunjing and Ji Zixuan, glaring at them angrily, but dared not step forward to fight.

"Damn it! The people from the 'Divine Firmament Dao Sect' are so arrogant!"

These people were furious. They stared coldly at Li Yunjing, eager to see someone step forward and lead them to attack and kill Li Yunjing and his companion.
Anyway, this place is deep underground. Since these two people are dead, it won't be easy to find out that they did it in a short time!

By the time the "Shenxiao Dao Sect" realized what was happening, the murderer had already obtained the treasure and fled into the depths of the East Sea.

In the depths of the vast ocean, let alone the "Divine Firmament Dao Sect," no force could possibly venture deep enough to search for even a few people.

Before these people could even coordinate their thoughts, Li Yunjing turned to the four members of the "Spirit Serpent Sect" and coldly said, "Do you want to live or die? If you want to live, surrender and I might spare your lives; if you resist, you'll die immediately!"

"Don't deceive people too much!"

"The Spirit Serpent Sect is finished. We have now left the Spirit Serpent Sect and are now independent cultivators!"

"Fine! Let's all go our separate ways. If you insist on forcing us, we're not to be trifled with!"

Li Yunjing's tough stance infuriated the four men, who realized that the people from the "Shenxiao Dao Sect" seemed to want to use them to establish their authority.

Although they might die if they resisted, they absolutely refused to be slaves of the "Shenxiao Dao Sect"!

In the world of cultivation, being captured usually doesn't end well.

Even if it's a major immortal sect that doesn't wantonly slaughter them, or use them to cultivate demonic arts or conduct horrific experiments, it still doesn't mean that any good outcome awaits them.

Since that's the case, why not give it a shot!
There are at least fourteen people here, all of them Foundation Establishment cultivators. Together, they form a powerful force, and they don't believe they can't defeat Li Yunjing alone.

"Hmph! It seems you don't want the way out I'm offering!"

Li Yunjing looked around and saw that these people were determined to oppose him. He sneered, stretched out his palm, and unleashed a "Palm Thunder" towards the four people from the "Spirit Serpent Sect"!

"Fight him!"

"The Shenxiao Dao Sect won't let us go; they want to take all the treasures here! Everyone, attack together!"

"Kill this man, then divide the spoils equally—everyone gets a share!"

……

Seeing Li Yunjing make his move, the four members of the "Spirit Serpent Sect" were startled and quickly dodged. The wall behind them was shattered by the attack.

Li Yunjing's move enraged the cultivators, turning their faces pale. One of them, incited by the "Spirit Serpent Sect," directly unleashed his spiritual weapon and attacked Li Yunjing.

Clearly, he agreed with what the four members of the "Spirit Serpent Sect" had said.

"when!"

However, the result disappointed him. Li Yunjing saw the attack, stood still, and threw a punch. The fist crackled with electricity and hit his magical weapon. A crisp sound rang out, and the weapon shattered and was destroyed.

This scene shocked everyone present.

Catching a magical weapon with bare hands?

How could he shatter a magical artifact with his physical strength during a collision?

That spiritual weapon wasn't high-grade, but it was still a mid-grade spiritual weapon.

Such a spiritual artifact is not easily broken even by cultivators at the sixth or seventh level of the Foundation Establishment Realm!

This true disciple of the "Shenxiao Dao Sect" is only at the fifth level of the Foundation Establishment Realm. How could he destroy a mid-grade spiritual artifact with a single strike?
Are all the people in the "Shenxiao Dao Sect" this powerful?
This result caused many people to show expressions of fear.

"what!"

"What level has his physical body reached?"

"We must kill him no matter what! Otherwise, we're all doomed."

The more impressive Li Yunjing's performance, the more united these people became, and they even had the idea of ​​completely uniting to fight Li Yunjing to the death.

These people were no pushovers either. In an instant, they launched a counterattack, unleashing numerous magical treasures that soared into the air and slashed at Li Yunjing and Ji Zixuan!

More than a dozen flying swords covered the area, enveloping Li Yunjing and radiating a dense killing intent.

All the flying swords slashed down swiftly, as fast as lightning.

This time, facing so many flying swords, Li Yunjing dared not fight them head-on. He wielded the "Azure Sea Listening to the Waves Sword" and slashed away the flying swords with a series of clangs.

Numerous flying swords flew backward and struck the walls, which, like tofu, immediately created many cracks in the hard bluestone walls.

After striking the wall, these flying swords were activated again by their master, emitting a "buzzing" sound, and continued to fly towards Li Yunjing, launching another attack.

"Oh? You do possess some magical power!"

Li Yunjing raised an eyebrow, genuinely surprised that the combined power of these people was quite formidable.

"laugh……"

A black sword light pierced through the air, its blade gleaming three feet long, incredibly sharp, and exuding a murderous aura.

"kill!"

"Let's do it together!"

……

With flying swords in front and the crowd behind, many people roared and charged forward, surrounding Li Yunjing and Ji Zixuan in the center.

With so many people involved, their power was overwhelming. Sand and stones flew everywhere, and many buildings in the underground palace were flattened by the force and began to collapse.

This put Li Yunjing in a rather passive position. It wasn't that he was afraid of these people, but rather that he had a burden by his side—Ji Zixuan's strength was too weak. There were also some people around who saw an opportunity to take advantage and specifically targeted Ji Zixuan.

In this situation, Li Yunjing had no choice but to keep helping Ji Zixuan out of trouble.

Otherwise, if Ji Zixuan were injured, Li Yunjing would bear a heavy responsibility.

At this moment, while facing the enemy, Li Yunjing cursed Xu Xun in his heart. That bastard left Ji Zixuan, this burden, to him, while he went off to seize resources.

Isn't this just restricting my own actions?
This is only possible because of Li Yunjing. If it were any other cultivator, being hit by these storm-like attacks would have meant certain death.

The "Five-Colored Divine Light" shone brightly on Li Yunjing's body. With one hand, he held Ji Zixuan and protected her behind him, while with the other hand, he wielded the "Azure Sea Listening to the Waves Sword" to defend against other people's attacks.

Fifteen minutes later, Li Yunjing became familiar with the intensity of these people's attacks.

After a while, Li Yunjing had adapted and began a strong counterattack. He suddenly summoned the "Blood Demon Seal," and a beam of blood-red light shot out. The "Blood Demon Seal" was as big as a small mountain, and it shattered three or four flying swords in an instant.

Those who besieged Li Yunjing originally thought that Li Yunjing's strength was only that much.

Unexpectedly, Li Yunjing suddenly produced such a powerful treasure.

In that instant, the rhythm changed.

As a result, they gained a time advantage over everyone else.

After shattering three or four flying swords in an instant, the "Blood Demon Seal" flashed with bloody light and with a "bang," one of them was immediately struck by the "Blood Demon Seal," his entire body was smashed flat into a meat patty.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Yunjing made his move. The "Azure Sea Listening to the Waves Sword" killed one person, and the "Heavenly Thunder Emperor Seal" flew out from between his eyebrows. With a bang, it turned another person into a dried corpse.

In the blink of an eye, three of the men who were besieging Li Yunjing had died.

The remaining eleven people finally realized what was happening, and their expressions changed drastically. Among them, three or four who had lost their magic weapons suffered internal injuries and vomited blood repeatedly.

"You bunch of trash! You dare to gang up on me!"

Having gained the upper hand, Li Yunjing surveyed the entire scene with disdain, his voice cold and filled with murderous intent as he charged forward.

With the "Azure Sea Listening to the Waves Sword" in one hand and the "Palm Thunder" in the other, bolts of lightning continuously shot out from his hands, bombarding the crowd.

Many cultivators were affected by the "palm lightning," their bodies became numb, and they seemed unable to move.

Before the paralyzed person could recover, Li Yunjing's "Azure Sea Listening to the Waves Sword" had already struck, cleaving the opponent in two with a single blow.

In an instant, there were pieces of corpses everywhere, and the scene was too gruesome to bear.

Half of them died, and the rest completely collapsed.

They failed miserably.

This result was hard for them to accept. So many people joined forces, and there were even cultivators with higher cultivation levels than Li Yunjing, yet they were still easily crushed by this true disciple of the "Shenxiao Dao Sect," who eliminated most of them in a very short time.

"Looks like you guys are no good!"

Li Yunjing snorted coldly and moved through the crowd. With each move, he took a life. Some people tried to escape, but it was too late. Li Yunjing easily caught up with them and killed them on the spot.

One by one, all the cultivators were killed or wounded.

Ji Zixuan looked surprised, not expecting Li Yunjing to be so capable.

At first, the two of them were surrounded and attacked by these people, and they didn't realize that Li Yunjing was so powerful!
How could the situation change so drastically in an instant, turning the tide and eliminating all the enemies?
"How did you suddenly become so amazing?"

Ji Zixuan watched curiously as Li Yunjing collected his spoils.

"Because I don't want to waste my energy fighting these people! I can easily take them down by finding an opening, so why not?"

Li Yunjing chuckled. He was unwilling to confront these enemies head-on from the very beginning.

"Oh! You're so cunning!"

Ji Zixuan was a little confused; she had no idea what Li Yunjing's level represented.

Li Yunjing led Ji Zixuan into the palace.

This palace was divided into three rooms, each filled with supplies: spirit stones, materials, and pills, all of which were first- or second-tier materials.

Li Yunjing searched around but couldn't find any Tier 3 materials.

Clearly, materials of that level are extremely precious, and are kept closely by the three Golden Core Realm experts of the "Spirit Serpent Sect".

Wow! You've struck it rich!

Even a rich girl like Ji Zixuan couldn't help but rub her eyes and exclaim in surprise.

"Everyone gets a share! Take whatever you like!"

After a rough estimate, Li Yunjing said with a smile, "The items here are worth several million low-grade spirit stones."

"Then I'm not welcome!"

Seeing that Li Yunjing was serious, Ji Zixuan rushed into the room and started picking and choosing, seemingly selecting what he needed.

"hehe!"

Li Yunjing chuckled. Since the two of them came in together, he couldn't possibly eat alone, could he?
Especially since Ji Zixuan has a powerful background!
With such a position, we cannot afford to be negligent!
After Ji Zixuan finished making her selections, Li Yunjing followed behind her and collected all the remaining items.

"Hey? There's a picture here!"

When they found the third room filled with materials, Ji Zixuan suddenly screamed.

"Ok?"

Li Yunjing was taken aback, stepped forward, and looked at the picture in Ji Zixuan's hand.

This is a map!
"Treasure Map?"

Li Yunjing looked surprised. It was the hide of some kind of monster, and it looked very old, at least a thousand years old.

This picture piqued Li Yunjing's curiosity, and he asked, "Can I see it?"

"Okay! Look! I can't understand what's drawn on this either!"

Ji Zixuan frowned and shoved the treasure map into Li Yunjing's hand.

"Ok!"

Li Yunjing nodded, took the treasure map, and felt the texture of its material.

This ancient animal hide had undergone special treatment, and Li Yunjing felt very comfortable touching it. The treasure map was made of soft leather and was a full sixteen-page size.

This image shows a mountain range with many small labels indicating the names of the range and its various peaks. The valleys, peaks, and rivers within the mountain are also clearly depicted.

"The Orchid Mountains?"

Li Yunjing looked at the map, and the more he looked, the more alarmed he became.

Li Yunjing had witnessed firsthand just how terrifying the "Youlan Mountains" were!
He went twice, becoming more and more timid each time!
He was very familiar with the outer area of ​​the "Youlan Mountains," and now, comparing it with this treasure map, all the geographical features were correct.

This gave Li Yunjing some confidence in the authenticity of the treasure map.

Based on Li Yunjing's speculation, the content on this picture does indeed have an effect.

However, the "Youlan Mountain Range" is too dangerous for someone of Li Yunjing's level to dare to explore. He estimated that one would need at least the cultivation level of the Golden Core Realm to dare to venture deep into it.

The Golden Core realm is the minimum requirement. Li Yunjing still remembers that when he stole the "Heavenly Thunder Stone," he attracted several Nascent Soul cultivators from the "Divine Firmament Dao Sect" who stormed into the "Youlan Mountain Range."

In the end, surprisingly, no trouble was reported.

Li Yunjing didn't believe it. The Nascent Soul Realm expert from the "Shenxiao Dao Sect" had won, yet there was no commotion within the sect.

In his view, the sect's patriarchs must have suffered a loss.

Of course, the loss isn't significant.

Otherwise, given the temperament of the "Shenxiao Dao Sect," many of its patriarchs would have already come out and fought desperately against the demons in the "Youlan Mountains."

While pondering these things, Li Yunjing continued to examine the treasure map carefully and discovered that there were some special marks in various places on the map, and he wondered what they represented.

Li Yunjing had no idea what the special markings on the treasure map meant.

However, Li Yunjing had already memorized all these special details.

If he has the chance in the future, Li Yunjing must go in and see what's so special about these special places that the person who made the map specifically marked them.

Do you recognize this map?

Seeing Li Yunjing's constantly changing expression, Ji Zixuan couldn't help but ask him a question out of curiosity.

(End of this chapter)