Chapter 320:
North State, the land in the far north
Three golden cores moved forward together in the underground cave. One of them was holding a fiery spiritual bead to maintain warmth using the heat it emitted.
The temperature here was extremely low. Without this treasure, seventy percent of their spiritual power would have to be used to maintain warmth. Their combat effectiveness would decrease sharply, and they might even freeze to death.
"Brother Wang, are there really treasures here?"
"Absolutely, two years ago, when I passed through the sky above this place, I sensed a powerful spiritual pressure. There must be treasures appearing."
"Could it be some old monster in seclusion here?"
"Pff, how is that possible? It’s so cold here! The old monster isn’t made of stone. Why don’t we go to the city of immortals instead of staying here?"
"Brother Wang makes a good point. Those big shots have desires and emotions too. Why stay here and freeze? There are many caves formed by underground rivers in this area, and there may be spiritual veins underground. Who knows, maybe some thousand-year or million-year-old elixirs have matured. This could be our chance!"
"Alright then, let’s search for two more days. If we don’t find anything by then, we’ll go back. This place is too cold for our golden cores to handle."
The man said. It seems that Brother Wang is right. In this kind of place, there wouldn’t be any old monsters in seclusion. There must be treasures here, we just don’t know where exactly.
The three of them searched through the underground caves. The person leading them was a fourth-level Formation Master. They were looking for spiritual veins the whole way, following the flow of the veins. They knew very well that in places like this, most of the treasures would be spiritual herbs. Spiritual herbs need spiritual energy to grow, so searching for spiritual veins would never lead them astray.
"Oh no, the vein is broken. Is there someone here?"
After one day, they found a vein eye. A vein eye is like a spring that releases spiritual energy when artificially broken.
"Brother Wang, what should we do?"
"Keep searching. The monsters and demons in North State were wiped out by Xiaotian City years ago. Even if they still exist, it has been so long that they’ve probably died by now."
"Yes, look at the marks around this pulse eye. It has been here for hundreds of years. Even Nascent Soul wouldn’t survive."
Another person checked the pulse eye and said. Nascent Soul only has a lifespan of a thousand years. It takes hundreds of years to break through to Nascent Soul. How much lifespan is left?
The three of them followed the spiritual energy emitted by the pulse eye and quickly found an underground cave. They were thrilled to see the formation in front of them.
"It must be an elder’s cave."
"What an opportunity! Our opportunity has come!"
The three of them shouted with excitement. In the cultivation world, many cultivators, especially independent cultivators, would find a place to close themselves off when their lifespan is nearing its end. They won’t break through and most of them can’t come out. These caves are often opportunities for the younger generation.
"Let me see what’s inside."
One of them calmed down and used the Magical Eye to observe. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be able to see inside because of the formation covering it.
"Brother Zhou, what’s the situation inside?"
"There are many strange and beautiful flowers and plants, in a place called Spiritual Land. It’s not very big, but there is a powerful protective formation. There is a rough-looking house with a lot of used-up spirit stones piled up at the door, at least millions of them."
"So many used-up spirit stones."
"Did anyone see people?"
"No, there is a lot of dust on the ground, very thick. It seems like no one has walked here for at least several decades."
"Great, this is our opportunity. I wonder which kind-hearted senior left all these spirit stones."
"Don’t get too excited. I recognized this formation. It’s a fifth-grade astonishing armor formation, with both offensive and defensive capabilities. Breaking it won’t be so simple."
"As long as no one is controlling it, even a sixth-grade formation won’t stand up against our persistence."
"True, if it takes one year, then we’ll take two years. Judging from the situation, the seniors inside are at least Nascent Soul stage. It’s worth it."
The leader nodded, and the three of them began to find ways to break the formation. They had a Formation Master among them, who started to search for the weak points in the formation. Once they found the right weak point, their efforts would be twice as effective.
Lin Jiang woke up as several people launched an attack formation. After all, he had the control token on him, and the token reacted quickly. Lin Jiang glanced at Small Shadiao and realized that he was actually sleeping.
However, seeing how Small Shadiao was cultivating, Lin Jiang decided not to give him a hard time. Otherwise, he would probably end up getting beaten.
Seeing that everyone outside was in the Golden Core Period, Lin Jiang didn’t want to trouble them. He took out a Sound Passing Talisman and quietly sent it into the formation. Lin Jiang’s formation had three defense layers, with the outermost layer being useless. The middle and inner layers were the ones providing defense. Currently, they were fighting against the second layer. Once they broke through, they would see the Sound Passing Talisman.
"Boom"
Two days later, the second defense layer was breached, and a Sound Passing Talisman flew over, with the leader of the group catching it.
"This place has an owner. Leave quickly, or you might lose your lives."
The leader activated the Sound Passing Talisman, and a deep voice sounded accompanied by a strong pressure.
"Nascent Soul aura."
"It really is the Nascent Soul."
"What should we do?"
"Brother Zhou, take another look inside the formation, and confirm if there’s anyone."
The cultivator with the surname Wang said, receiving this kind of Sound Passing Talisman, they were also very surprised. If the owner had died for hundreds of years, the Sound Passing Talisman should have no energy left.
The cultivator with the surname Zhou once again used the Magical Eye, but the situation inside was still the same, unable to see anyone at all.
"This Sound Passing Talisman is of very high quality, it is a top-grade third-level talisman. According to the quality of a third-level top-grade Sound Passing Talisman, it can maintain its power for over two hundred years after use."
"What Brother Wang means is..."
"Its owner may not be dead, but has been away for many years, so they deliberately set up a suspicious formation to frighten us."
"But what if there really is someone inside in seclusion?"
"Let’s make a bet, there’s no free opportunity in the cultivation world. Everyone fights for it with their lives. Even if the Nascent Soul’s cave owner is not present, its value won’t be low. Just look at the spent spirit stones and you’ll know. If the owner has passed away, it’s even better. The cultivation techniques, secret arts, and personal treasures of the Nascent Soul will definitely be there. As for how much is in the storage bag, that’s another story. At the very least, we can earn one or two million spirit stones."
The cultivator with the surname Wang said, among the three of them, the other two were independent cultivators with extremely low income, earning only one or two hundred thousand each year, sometimes even less.
The cultivator with the surname Wang did have money, but he was the Master of a small sect with hundreds of disciples, all of whom he had to support. He was even poorer than the other two.
When the other two heard the sum of one or two million, they immediately decided to take a gamble. They were tired of being poor. If they weren’t so desperate, who would come to this kind of place?
"Okay, let’s forget about it and continue attacking. It can be broken in just a couple of weeks."
The cultivator surnamed Wang saw that both of them agreed, so he immediately commanded them to continue attacking the formation.
The three of them attacked with heavy breaths for more than ten days. Finally, the last barrier was broken. This was only possible because there was no one inside to maintain it. Otherwise, the gaps could have been filled with spiritual energy, which would have taken at least seven to eight times longer.
"Look, this baby treasure, the Purple Origin Taoist Fruit, seems to have a medicinal age of six to seven hundred years."
"There are many fourth and fifth-grade spiritual medicines with a medicinal age of over four hundred years."
"Getting rich, getting rich, just the spiritual medicine alone will earn a lot."
The three people immediately rushed to the Spiritual Herb Garden. Although there were only dozens of spiritual medicines, they were all extremely expensive and had a medicinal age of several hundred years.
"Puh"
At that moment, one of the independent cultivators suddenly felt a headache, turned his head, and saw his headless body collapsed with a loud noise.
"Brother Wang, do you dare?"
Another person reacted quickly and fled at the moment when the cultivator surnamed Wang launched the sneak attack. He shouted in grief and anger.
"Why, Brother Wang, why like this? Even if we share the treasures here, it would still be enough for us to make a big profit."
"By killing all of you, wouldn’t I be making three big profits?"
"You..."
"Brother Zhou, I’m really sorry. The Wang family has a lot of people to support, so I won’t split it with you. Please keep it a secret."
The cultivator surnamed Wang said coldly. It’s terrifying to just give away so many treasures to others. I’d rather enjoy them all myself.
Without saying a word, the two immediately started fighting. Their cultivation levels were almost the same, but their equipment was vastly different. The cultivator surnamed Zhou, the golden core cultivator, only had a flying sword as his spirit treasure, and his defense shield was a spiritual tool. He didn’t have a single magic treasure. On the other hand, the cultivator surnamed Wang, even though his equipment wasn’t top-tier, was still at a normal level among golden core cultivators.
Two people fought for an hour. Zhou, a cultivator, was killed, and Wang, another cultivator, got a small injury. He then shifted his focus to the buildings within the formation. If the spirit medicine was of such high quality, there would probably be treasures inside as well.
"Don’t look anymore, go out and clean up. Everything has been taken, and the bodies are buried in the Spiritual Herb Garden and the fertile fields."
In the house, Lin Jiang said to Small Shadiao. The three of them entered the formation, and Small Shadiao finally woke up. He saw that Lin Jiang didn’t want to stop them from fighting each other, so he was happy to watch the show.

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