Fantasy, starting with a treasure bowl

"Where did this little girl come from? This is not a place for you to set foot!"

Upon seeing the girl in yellow appear, an elderly man in a black robe with white hair frowned slightly. He then released a powerful aura of energy, seemingly intending to force her to retreat.

The old man in the black robe had a ruddy complexion, spoke with a strong voice, and was very energetic. He did not look like an old man at all, but seemed to be only about forty or fifty years old. Moreover, his cultivation was not weak, having reached the eighth level of the Condensation Realm!

Swish!

A surge of Yuan energy swept over, like an invisible pressure, immediately enveloping the yellow-clad girl opposite.

boom!

However, before this aura could even get close to the girl in yellow, it suddenly scattered and vanished into nothingness!

"Hmph, overestimating yourself!"

Consort Ren raised her head slightly, revealing a hint of arrogance on her beautiful face, which was hidden by a heavy veil. Then, an extraordinary aura of Yuan power burst forth from her body, as if a divine phoenix had descended to earth, instantly enveloping the inside and outside of the hall.

"First level of the Meridian Opening Realm!"

Sensing the powerful aura emanating from Ren Xuanfei, which far surpassed his own, the old man in black robes also changed his expression drastically, almost kneeling down in fright.

"Young friend, you are truly a dragon among men. I was blind to your greatness before, and my words were offensive. I hope you will be magnanimous and not take offense..."

Composing himself, the old man in the black robe bowed respectfully, his voice trembling slightly. He didn't even dare to look Ren Xuanfei in the eye, as if he was afraid she would suddenly attack and kill him at any moment.

After all, the gap between a Qi Opening Realm expert and a Qi Condensation Realm martial artist is not small. Moreover, Ren Xuanfei in front of him has such cultivation and strength at such a young age. Her background must be extraordinary. She is not someone that a mere rogue cultivator like him can afford to offend!

However, to the great surprise of the old man in the black robe, Consort Ren Xuan did not seem to take him seriously. At this moment, her attention was entirely on the huge scroll above the main hall.

"Yes, there's no mistake, this scroll is indeed the secret technique of the Canghai Sect, the Canghai Illusionary Spirit Map!"

Consort Ren Xuan put her hands on her hips and looked at the huge scroll above the main hall again. A hint of joy appeared between her brows. "Hehe, I'm afraid my brother would never have imagined that the Canghai Illusionary Spirit Map that he has been longing for is now hidden in the ruins of the tomb of a prince from the previous dynasty."

"There are no treasures buried in this side hall, only a painting of the Azure Sea Illusionary Spirit hanging there. Judging from this, the stone coffin next to it is most likely the coffin of a concubine of the loyal king of the previous dynasty..."

Ren Xuanfei shifted her gaze and looked again at the ancient stone coffin beside her, her beautiful eyes revealing a thoughtful expression.

"What an amazing young lady! Although I can't see her face clearly, judging from her voice, she must be a beauty in the making..."

Not far away, a dark and lewd gaze slowly swept towards Ren Xuanfei, finally stopping at her full and high breasts, flashing with lustful greed.

"Tsk tsk, if we could subdue this young lady and train her properly, she would be an excellent cultivation 'furnace,' a source of endless bliss...!"

In a corner of the crowd, a shirtless, bald man with a scar on his face smirked, seemingly eyeing Ren Xuanfei, his "prey."

"Um?"

Seemingly noticing the lewd gaze from the bald, scarred man in the shadows, Ren Xuanfei subconsciously turned her head to the side, only to find that the unnatural feeling on her body had disappeared again, as if everything just now was merely her illusion.

"Since you fellow Daoists are all interested in this painting, then I will take a small loss and let you have it!"

Inside the main hall, seeing everyone eyeing the huge painting above, a rogue cultivator at the seventh level of the Qi Condensation Realm cupped his hands in greeting, then turned and rushed toward the ancient stone coffin beside him, seemingly intending to change his target for the treasure.

After all, the stone coffin on the side, though it looks ordinary, is placed alone in this main hall, so it must have been extraordinary for the tomb owner. There might be some priceless treasures and burial objects inside.

"How dare you!"

"Stop him!"

"Damn it! This treasure is mine!"

Seeing this rogue cultivator suddenly make a move, the balance of power between the various factions in the main hall was instantly shattered, and the next moment everyone was in complete chaos, with sounds of fighting rising everywhere.

boom!

However, just as the rogue cultivator was about to touch the stone coffin, the huge scroll above the main hall, which had been calm and still, suddenly burst out with a burst of light. Then, several pillars of spiritual energy fell from the sky, instantly turning the former into a human-shaped sieve, and blood splattered on the spot!

"What happened?"

"Could it be... that this painting isn't an inanimate object?!"

"Could it be that that guy accidentally triggered some kind of array mechanism?"

An unexpected change occurred, and the expressions of the people fighting inside the hall changed slightly. They couldn't help but look up at the huge scroll above the hall.

hum!

The next moment, the huge scroll slowly fell from the top of the hall, then unfolded outwards, swaying up and down, like a nimble snake showing off its slender body. The scene was quite strange.

"Damn it! That idiot!"

Upon seeing this, Consort Ren's pretty face changed slightly, as if she had remembered something unpleasant.

Swish!

The enormous scroll was fully unfurled, now hanging high above everyone's heads. It was about thirty feet long and several tens of feet wide, almost covering most of the palace. Then, a colossal creature leaped out of the scroll and landed heavily, exposed to everyone in the palace.

The enormous creature was as tall as a mountain, with a terrifying aura. Blood-red clouds clung to its neck, but there was no flesh or blood, only an empty skeleton. It looked like the remains of a bone lion, and it was filled with a dense aura of death.

"He's alive?! He's alive?!"

Upon seeing the bone lion suddenly awaken, not only did Consort Ren Xuan's expression turn solemn, but everyone in the hall was also startled, and for a moment everyone felt threatened.

After all, the corpse aura emanating from this bone lion was astonishing, almost comparable to a Spirit Soul Realm expert. Even if everyone in the hall were combined, they wouldn't be a match for it!

In addition, there are more than one bone lion painted on the huge scroll, at least three or four. If all these bone lions were to awaken, everyone in the hall would surely die without a burial place!

"The Azure Sea Illusionary Spirit Map was once a closely guarded secret of the Azure Sea Sect. Although the Azure Sea Sect perished along with the Yan Han Dynasty a thousand years ago, the power of this spirit map still remains..."

"My elder brother once mentioned that if we want to subdue the immortal spirits that have emerged from the Azure Sea Illusionary Spirit Map, we can only rely on the Azure Sea Sect's most treasured cultivation technique, the 'Azure Sea Illusionary Spirit Technique,' or directly break the array's core mechanism inside the spirit map. This is going to be difficult..."

Consort Ren Xuan leaped back to the entrance of the main hall. At this moment, her beautiful eyes were sweeping over the huge, menacing bone lion not far away, and she seemed to be thinking of some kind of countermeasure.

...

On the other side, somewhere at the site of the tomb of the Loyal King.

"Old Gu, are you sure you're not playing a trick on me?"

Lu Feng took a deep breath, then took out the Immortal-Nourishing Stone, about the size of a baby's fist, from his storage ring, his tone slightly apprehensive.

Originally, he wanted to throw the Immortal Stone directly into the Treasure Basin and absorb the primordial immortal power contained within it, but Gu Canyang said there was an even better way to speed up the repair of the Treasure Basin.

Lu Feng also had doubts about the other method mentioned by Gu Canyang.

After all, obtaining a Spirit Stone is as difficult as ascending to heaven, not to mention that the Spirit Stone in his hand is quite large, as big as a baby's fist, and its value is immeasurable!

If he succeeds now, that's fine. But if he fails by accident, Lu Feng will undoubtedly lose everything and be devastated!

"Young Master Lu, you can rest assured. When have I ever lied to you?"

Faced with Lu Feng's doubts, Gu Canyang stroked his beard and chuckled confidently, saying, "In the past, I might only have a 30% chance of failing, but now my soul power has recovered considerably, so the probability of success this time is at least 90%..."