Immortal Venerable of the Beast Race
Chapter 647 - 556 Get Rich (No More Today)_1

Chapter 647: 556 Get Rich (No More Today)_1

Shen Long and Shen Hai walked in, coming to the Qingyu Cabinet and each picked up a Jade Slip to examine.

The contents of the Jade Slip were quite varied, mostly related to Artifact Refining, and one of them mentioned Feathered Wing True Monarch, who intended to enter the Ten Thousand Spirits Tomb to hunt for treasures and left behind a clone.

"What treasures could the Ten Thousand Spirits Tomb possibly hold that would prompt the Feathered Wing True Monarch to venture there personally, even intentionally leaving a clone behind as a contingency?"

Shen Long muttered to himself.

"It might relate to the remnants of True Spirits."

Shen Hai said, passing a green Jade Slip to Shen Long.

"Remnants of True Spirits?"

Shen Long exclaimed in surprise, taking the Jade Slip and scanning it with his Divine Sense.

The Jade Slip’s contents were about True Spirits; Monster Beasts with a Purity of Bloodline of nine, possessing the cultivation of the Mahayana Realm were considered True Spirits, and the remains of True Spirits had a wide range of uses, especially beneficial to cultivators below the Mahayana Realm.

Beyond the Jade Slips, the cabinet also displayed several tier-six Artifact Refining materials.

Shen Long gathered the items from the Qingyu Cabinet, along with the meditation cushions on the ground.

Arriving at the entrance of the third chamber, Shen Long threw a punch, smashing it against the door, which shattered on impact, revealing a stone chamber hundreds of feet in size to their eyes.

Inside was a pool a hundred feet wide filled with black liquid in which five black lotuses could be seen.

The black lotuses each had six semicircular petals, and their seeds were golden.

"Six-Petal Gold Soul Lotus!"

Shen Long was overjoyed.

This was the main ingredient for refining the Six-Petal Gold Soul Pill, a sixth-tier Elixir effective in healing injuries to the Divine Soul.

A Six-Petal Gold Soul Lotus would grow a petal every three thousand years, with a maximum of six petals. Judging by their size, each of these five Six-Petal Gold Soul Lotuses was over twenty thousand years old; any single one, if were to fall into other hands, could provoke a scramble among Void Refining Cultivators.

Shen Long extensively expanded his Divine Sense to thoroughly investigate and, finding nothing abnormal, he stepped forward.

Shen Hai collected some of the black liquid to examine closely and remarked, "This is Mysterious Soul True Water; without it, the Six-Petal Gold Soul Lotus can hardly grow successfully."

Shen Long brought out a black Gourd, collected this Mysterious Soul True Water, and stored the five Six-Petal Gold Soul Lotuses into a jade box.

"Feathered Wing Garden, Feathered Wing Pavilion, could the residence of a Void Refining Cultivator be this modest?"

Shen Long furrowed his brows as he spoke.

"Perhaps the real treasures aren’t here but elsewhere."

Shen Hai speculated.

The eyes of the Hundred Eyes Cicada emitted a blinding golden light as it examined the entire Feathered Wing Garden, finding nothing out of the ordinary.

"Master, I’ve found no anomalies; this is all there is. The control nucleus isn’t here; the good stuff might be at the control nucleus."

The Hundred Eyes Cicada suggested.

Shen Long nodded, adding, "Let’s explore other places; hopefully, we can reach the control nucleus before anyone else."

After exiting the Feathered Wing Garden, Shen Long and Shen Hai headed towards the dense forest, with the Hundred Eyes Cicada closely following.

After traveling over a hundred thousand miles, the Hundred Eyes Cicada spoke up, "Master, I’ve spotted a Five-Colored Worm, five hundred miles to the southeast."

Shen Long usually showed it patterns of Alien Beasts and rare treasures to help it recognize them.

"Five-Colored Worm!"

Shen Long’s eyes lit up, aware of the worm’s value.

Shen Hai summoned a Blue Flying Boat, its blue glow in constant motion, and stepped on board, with Shen Long and the Hundred Eyes Cicada quickly following.

With a flick of his spell, the Blue Flying Boat immediately shone with a blinding blue light and flew swiftly toward the southeast.

Before long, the Blue Flying Boat stopped in the midst of a vast valley riddled with paths, within which was a mining cave several tens of feet large.

Shen Long released his Divine Sense broadly, his brow furrowing.

This place imposed certain restrictions on Divine Sense; the deeper one went into the mine vein, the greater the limitation.

"Are you able to detect it?"

Shen Long asked.

"Yes, it’s feeding, but it seems to have mastered the Gold Escape Technique, and I can’t stop it."

The Hundred Eyes Cicada said.

Shen Long released the Gold-Winged Fire Ant Queen and asked, "Where is it located?"

"Three hundred miles in the southwest direction."

The Hundred Eyes Cicada said.

"Leave this matter to me, Master."

The Gold-Winged Fire Ant Queen’s body shone brightly with golden light, turning into a beam of gold that burrowed into the vein.

After a while, a huge booming sound erupted, and the ground shook slightly.

The Hundred Eyes Cicada spoke, "The Five-Colored Worm has escaped, the cicada sheds its shell!"

With a gesture from Shen Hai, the Blue Flying Boat brightened with a dazzling blue light and flew toward the southwest.

Before long, the Blue Flying Boat stopped above the vein, and a beam of gold light flew out, revealing the Gold-Winged Fire Ant Queen.

"Master, it is a fifth-rank late-stage creature, and I can’t stop it," said the Gold-Winged Fire Ant Queen, her voice filled with self-reproach.

"Didn’t it fight you? It just ran away?" Shen Long asked, puzzled.

"That fellow is terribly cowardly. It took off the moment it spotted me, but it left behind quite a bit of Five-Colored Divine Clay, all excreted by itself," the Gold-Winged Fire Ant Queen explained.

"Well, that works, gather all the Five-Colored Divine Clay," Shen Long said as he flicked his sleeve, releasing hundreds of thousands of Spirit Ants. They merged with the Gold-Winged Fire Ant Queen into a golden red spear, plunging into the vein.

This was a fifth-rank vein that could not stop the Gold-Winged Fire Ant Queen’s Melting Gold Divine Skill as she led hundreds of thousands of Spirit Ants into the vein.

Half an hour later, a golden red spear flew out, turning back into hundreds of thousands of Spirit Ants.

The Gold-Winged Fire Ant Queen handed over a considerable amount of Five-Colored Divine Clay to Shen Long.

"Come back!" Shen Long ordered as he waved his wrist, and hundreds of thousands of Spirit Ants flew back into the Spirit Beast Bracelet.

With another gesture from Shen Hai, the Blue Flying Boat flew off into the distance, with the Hundred Eyes Cicada leading the way.

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A vast and boundless wasteland loomed, with numerous spatial rifts of varying sizes visible in the sky above the barren land. Most of these rifts were stationary, while some moved inconspicuously.

The wasteland bordered a vast, dark forest, where the carcasses of some large Monster Beasts could be seen.

A deafening explosion sounded, and a massive ball of crimson fire rose into the sky, highly conspicuous.

A streak of red light flew out from the depths of the dark forest, heading swiftly toward the wasteland.

Accompanied by a deafening dragon’s roar, a wave of yellow sound swept through.

The red light came to a halt, its Escape Light receding to reveal a portly old man in red robes, his eyes filled with terror. Judging by his attire, he was clearly a disciple of the Nine Flames Sect.

The red-robed old man’s right hand radiated a brilliant red light as he struck out with a palm, unleashing a gigantic hand that flickered incessantly with red light. It collided with the yellow sound wave, annihilating each other, and the resulting powerful shockwave blew many trees into the air, which disintegrated before they even touched the ground.

A massive yellow Flood Dragon hurtled toward him at great speed.

The red-robed old man broke into a cold sweat, his body glowing intensely red, and he vanished into a red fiery light.

He reappeared over four hundred miles away, above the wasteland, the very next moment.

The yellow Flood Dragon didn’t pursue further. Just as the red-robed old man was catching his breath, a barely visible rift swept past, cleaving right through his body. His Protective Spirit Light shattered instantly, and his body split in two.

His Nascent Soul flew out of his body, shrieking as it seemed to collide with a spatial rift and vanished into specks of light.

Seeing this, the yellow Flood Dragon turned back and flew off into the distance, leaving the area.