Hearing Zhang Zhengqing’s next arrangement, Lin Bai thought to himself faintly, "It’s fine, let’s follow them for a while and see."
"It’s a pity, Su Jin voluntarily scattered his cultivation, it’s not that he lost his dantian and divine elixir!"
"Having all his cultivation dissipated, even if he recovers from his internal injuries, he will still need to cultivate step by step from the Martial Arts Ninth Level again!"
"I wonder if we can find top-grade healing pills here. If they can help Su Jin recover his internal injuries, he might be able to slowly rise in cultivation again."
"This old man treats me well. When I entered the White Dragon Secret Realm, he even gave me a treasure map and taught me the secret Sword Scripture of Jian Lake!"
"If I can find top-grade healing pills, I will bring one back for him."
Lin Bai thought to himself faintly.
He followed Zhang Zhengqing swiftly, heading straight for the horizon.
The group of five raced rapidly within the White Dragon Secret Realm.
For the next half month, Zhang Zhengqing and his group, along with Lin Bai, searched for treasures within the White Dragon Secret Realm.
The map in Zhang Zhengqing’s hand marked more than twenty treasure locations. Over these two weeks, Lin Bai and the others found many treasures and elixir pills again, but these pills were of low grade, not very useful for warriors at the Wending Realm.
Half a month later, Lin Bai and Zhang Zhengqing’s group appeared by a small creek.
This creek still flowed gently.
After landing, Zhang Zhengqing took out the treasure map from his storage bag, examined it carefully, then joyfully said, "This should be the place. According to the map, warriors of the Zhang family once found some special markings here, but due to time constraints, they didn’t explore further."
"If the map is correct, there should be a cave mansion here!"
"Let’s search carefully and see if we can find this cave mansion."
Zhang Zhengqing instructed.
The group nodded slightly and dispersed, starting to search for the cave mansion by the creek and in the surrounding mountains.
As Lin Bai searched, a rough outline of the White Dragon Mountain Range formed in his mind, and he murmured, "This place is located in the central area of the White Dragon Mountain Range. Any warrior with a cave mansion here must have been a remarkable figure in the White Dragon Sect at that time, at least an inner disciple or elder level!"
"It seems this is the best place we’ve found in the past half month."
Lin Bai immediately focused, speculating that if there really was a cave mansion here, it would belong to a remarkable figure within the White Dragon Sect.
The point marked on the map left by the Zhang family was discovered by their warriors with a special treasure-seeking tool, but they hadn’t found the cave mansion itself.
Therefore, they recorded these treasure points, waiting for future warriors to come and explore again, with the cycle continuing until someone finds the treasure here.
Not only the Zhang family but other forces entering the White Dragon Mountain Range nowadays operate similarly.
They too have discovered treasure points here that couldn’t be found, recording them due to insufficient tools or the strength of the magic circle blocking them, hoping to enter the White Dragon Secret Realm again with sufficient equipment for treasure hunting!
For instance, in Zhang Zhengqing’s hand, there was a compass.
This compass was the Zhang family’s treasure-seeking tool, capable of detecting any magic circle fluctuations within a kilometer radius of a warrior’s path.
Warriors from the Zhang family had sensed the presence of a magic circle here with the compass in past years, but when they came for detailed exploration, they couldn’t find the cave mansion and had to leave due to time constraints, only recording this point for future exploration.
The group searched for an entire day.
At dusk, the five returned to the creek.
Zhang Zhengqing said, "I didn’t find anything, how about you?"
Zhang Hu shook his head and said, "Nothing, apart from barren mountains and woods, there’s nothing else here!"
Zhang Tian also said, "I didn’t find anything either."
Zhang Miao softly said, "Brother Qing, could we have mistaken the place?"
Lin Bai shook his head slightly, indicating he hadn’t found anything either.
Zhang Zhengqing took out the map again, inspected it closely and said, "No, it’s here!"
Then Zhang Zhengqing took out the compass from the storage bag. After injecting spiritual power, a glaring red light appeared on the compass, and Zhang Zhengqing said softly, "The compass showing a red glow indicates a magic circle is truly here. As long as we find this circle, we can locate the cave mansion!"
"Back when the Zhang family’s warriors didn’t find this circle and wasted over a month here, they had to leave regretfully!"
"The problem is, where exactly is this magic circle?"
Zhang Zhengqing looked at the surrounding vast green mountains and rivers, somewhat puzzled.
Zhang Zhengqing said, "Let’s sit down and rest for a while. I’ll study it!"
Immediately Zhang Zhengqing, holding the map and compass, wandered through the forest, occasionally looking at the treasure map, sometimes at the compass in his hand.
The compass could only estimate an approximate location, unable to pinpoint the cave mansion’s exact spot.
Meanwhile, Lin Bai and the others sat by the creek chatting idly.
After resting for a while, Lin Bai suddenly glanced at the creek and said, "Have you checked this creek?"
Zhang Hu laughed, "Brother Lin, you must be joking, who would place their home in the water? You’re not some fish!"
Zhang Tian said, "Brother Lin, would you place your home in this water? Besides, this creek is about three meters wide and a foot deep, clear to the bottom; there’s no need to check, you can see everything with the naked eye!"
Zhang Miao softly said, "Yes, Brother Lin, no one would place their home in this little ditch!"
Hearing the three’s comments, Lin Bai’s eyes suddenly flashed, and he murmured, "What if... they aren’t human?"
Zhang Hu was stunned and asked, "Brother Lin, what do you mean by that?"
"Once, when I first entered the White Dragon Secret Realm, I discovered a corpse demon concocting pills in a palace, so if even a corpse demon can practice alchemy!"
"With the White Dragon Sect’s alchemical expertise, if any of the Demon Clan sought to join the sect, the White Dragon Sect would have accepted them, right?"
"The Central Holy Nation has always been a flourishing era where all paths converge, be it the Holy Kingdom, family, or sect, they gladly accept the Demon Clan powerhouses!"
"Demon Clan powerhouses can become a guest official, join a sect, or become a guardian sacred beast within the Central Holy Nation. So why couldn’t they practice alchemy?"
Lin Bai abruptly stood up, looked at the little stream in front of him, walked up to it, and began inspecting it piece by piece.
Suddenly, Lin Bai’s eyes flashed as he noticed something in the creek...

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