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Chapter 267 Breakthrough

Chapter 267: Chapter 267 Breakthrough

Time swiftly passed, and half a month had soon elapsed.

That night, Wang Zijia finished a gourd of Explosive Spirit Pills once again.

"Value +10876!"

Dao Cultivation: 150 years (500,000/500,000)

Demon Crystal Burst Gun (Beginner 3000/10000)

Taiji: 50034

With his cultivation reaching its peak, Wang Zijia finally arrived at the initial peak of the Sacrificial Wine Stage, ready to break through at any moment.

Wang Zijia, who had been preparing for half a month, did not hesitate at all.

"Do you want to spend 47,000 value degrees to upgrade the Demon Crystal Burst Gun to the Great Mastery Stage?"

"Yes!"

With the maturity of his gun technique, Wang Zijia clasped his hands together in a seal, started channeling mana as required by the Cultivation Method, seizing this opportunity for breakthrough.

Having an exceptionally solid cultivation base, he almost didn’t feel any bottleneck, and immediately entered a breakthrough state.

Just recently developed Dao Foundation Gateway Runes, with the pulling force created by his Dantian during the breakthrough, were absorbed into the Dantian, and began to integrate spontaneously and deeply with the Dao Foundation.

All the processes naturally fell into place. Wang Zijia didn’t expend much effort to complete the integration, evolution, and promotion of the Gateway.

When the new Gateway Rune Group was born and integrated into the Dao Foundation, his body’s mana was drawn in like a tidal wave, gushed out again shortly after, making mana a bit more condensed.

Cultivation: Middle Stage of "Sacrificial Wine"

Dao Cultivation: 150 years (500,000/1,000,000)

Dao Foundation: Melting Crystal Demon Body

Spiritual Roots: Special Earth Blood Spiritual Root (Medium Grade 5/50/10,000)

Cultivation Method: Universe Law Canon (Sacrificial Wine Chapter)

Talent: Spiritual Root Seed Demon

Magic Door: Magma Blood Spear Demon (Great Mastery, Medium Grade Magic Door)

Five Ghosts Divine Power (Proficient 30000/60000)

False Foundation Talisman Summoning (Proficient 10000/20000)

Spells: Oath Rune Seed, Illusionary Spirit Painting Art, Spirit Calling Art,

Taiji: 3034

Magic Money: 40456

Feeling the violent strength in his every move, Wang Zijia felt that he could pierce a hole in the sky with his full-force attack.

After a while, Wang Zijia finally calmed down and summarized his gains.

Now that his cultivation had broken through and the nationwide screening for apprentices had almost ended after nearly five months, it was time to start preparing for a few things.

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"Martial Uncle, Martial Uncle Ma is here. Shall I show him to the Reception Hall?" Early next morning, An Xingsheng reported.

Wang Zijia put down the work in his hand and stood up, saying, "No need!"

After speaking, he quickly walked out of the mansion courtyard and bumped into Ma Haoran, who was being led into the courtyard by the gatekeeper.

"I must trouble Senior Brother Ma again today!" Wang Zijia greeted him with a smile.

"I have nothing else to do, so going out for a stroll is not bad either," an always carefree Ma Haoran, still with his white hair and a kind expression asked Wang Zijia, "Shall we leave now?"

"If senior brother has no other things to do, let’s go now!" Wang Zijia answered.

Ma Haoran nodded, took a white jade hairpin resembling a Jade Ruyi from his head and threw it into the sky.

The Jade Ruyi hairpin quickly grew bigger and in the blink of an eye it turned into a cloud climbing device. It was the standard equipment of the sect, but it had been refined to the level of a medium-grade magical tool.

Seeing this, Wang Zijia also waved his hand. The Blood Fiend Jade Shuttle turned into a flying shuttle two feet in size, hovering in the sky.

"A top-grade flying magical tool?" Both men floated onto the magical flight tools, and when Ma Haoran looked at the shuttle under Wang Zijia’s feet, he said, "Junior brother, you are truly the sect’s Dao child. I have never used a top-grade tool in my life, yet your flying tool is top-grade, I really can’t compare!"

Wang Zijia nodded with a smile and said, "It’s a reward from the sect’s competition. If I had to buy one like this myself, it would be quite tough."

"······"

As the two of them chatted casually, they transformed into streaming light, heading towards the horizon.

Because Ma Haoran was using Cloud Climber, Wang Zijia didn’t go too fast to keep up with his speed.

Luckily, their destination wasn’t too far away, still within the territory of the Tianhong Dynasty, so after just over an hour of flying, they reached their destination.

"We have arrived, below is the ancient ruins you want to see, junior brother Wang." The two of them slowed down and hovered in the air. Ma Haoran pointed at a wilderness below and said.

Wang Zijia looked down and was somewhat dumbstruck after he saw the scene clearly.

He had thought that, even if he couldn’t see any remnants of the magical arrays or anything like that, at the very least there should be a scene of dilapidated walls and ruins.

But the place Ma Haoran pointed to was nothing more than a large patch of overgrown wilderness. It was so overgrown that not only were there no ruined walls, Wang Zijia didn’t even see a single piece of broken tile. Only when looking down from a high altitude and observing carefully, could he see that this entire area still faintly maintained some man-made outline.

The entire area was divided into two by a huge crevice, looking as though it had experienced a massive earthquake.

"This······?" Wang Zijia was dumbstruck and didn’t know how to describe it.

Ma Haoran had evidently anticipated the situation and as he descended, he said, "The ruins here, no one knows how old they are, and they were excavated a long time ago. They were then constantly explored by Daoist friends, and finally, even the tiles have been taken away."

"Even so, many people often come here, like you, junior brother, after hearing some rumors and wanting to tour around."

While they were talking, both of them had already put away their magical tools and were walking among the tree tops, their magical fluctuations causing their bodies to float around. Wang Zijia asked puzzledly, "So, that secret book of Daoist Liu from before, was it passed down through several generations?"

"No, it wasn’t. He really did find it himself!" Ma Haoran shook his head with a smile, stopped at the edge of the chasm, and pointed to the bottom, "Some years ago, about thirty or forty years ago, there was a massive earthquake, and a hole opened up here, releasing demonic and turbid energies from the ground."

"A passerby monk noticed it and attempted to explore the chasm. He discovered an underground palace at a depth of several tens of feet. At that time, the cultvation world of Tianhong had not declined as it is now, so it caused a great commotion."

While they were talking, both of them jumped into the crevice and began to descend rapidly. Wang Zijia conjured two bright light orbs beneath him, illuminating the path below.

Ma Haoran continued, "All the surrounding large and small sects have come to search for this place. Even our sect sent a few senior brothers who were stationed in Tianhong."

"But after exploring for a while, they didn’t find much. We don’t know if it’s because the palace had been visited by people long ago, or if the palace was a place that had been abandoned by people and didn’t hold any precious items. Later, it was left to be forgotten."

Wang Zijia listened to Ma Haoran’s words while trailing behind him, a twitch at the corner of his mouth.

Well, he had found a kindred spirit.

In the underground palace of the Tianhong market, he had also dug down several tens of feet to be safe. If he had met the builder back in the day, they might have even become best friends!

The two of them descended rapidly for a while, and when the bottom was barely visible, they unleashed a sudden surge of mana. Under the impact of the tremendous force, both of them landed lightly on the ground.