After distributing the spiritual herbs and medicines, the group returned to the crossroads and headed towards the summit of the mountain along the stone-paved street.
They were even more eager to find other valuable treasures.
And the journey was surprisingly smooth, without encountering any formations.
After more than two hours, the group arrived at the summit. The scenery before them was beautiful, and for a moment, the five stood still, looking around.
Ascending the steps, they reached a huge plaza.
With their divine senses fully extended, they could see a faint layer of mist drifting in the plaza. Ancient towering trees grew all around.
The faint sound of flowing water could be heard in the distance, coming from a huge waterfall cascading down nearby.
Above the cliff where the waterfall was located, there were pavilions, towers, and other buildings, hidden in the mist, looking like a fairyland.
Diagonally opposite the waterfall, surrounded by clouds and mist, they could see distant, overlapping mountain ranges, stretching endlessly.
"Yellow Cloud Peak,"
Old Long murmured softly.
To the right of the stone steps where they stood, there was a large blue stone about ten feet tall. The words 'Yellow Cloud Peak' were engraved on it.
Besides the pleasant scenery, there were several other small blue stone paths nearby.
In the plaza, there were also some tall stone pillars, carved with dragons and phoenixes, and some runes that shimmered with spiritual light.
Between these stone pillars, there was a long stone staircase paved with jade, leading to a series of buildings.
Dark, towering palaces over ten feet high, red wooden pavilions, and magnificent pagodas came into view, showcasing the original prosperity of this place.
But now the plaza was empty, without a trace of life. The breeze blew through the buildings, carrying with it the sound of wind, which seemed somewhat滄桑 and desolate.
All of them were Golden Core stage experts. Without the obstruction of formations, the range of their divine sense could reach ten miles.
The group stood silently for a while, sensing the surrounding aura. Their expressions were all different. As their cultivation increased, their mental states were constantly changing.
Such ancient ruins were rare to see, and it was good to have some insights.
"Let's go."
After a long time, someone finally spoke, and the group lifted their feet and walked towards the group of buildings.
...
In the blink of an eye, half an hour had passed, and the group had spread out to explore the buildings. Without the obstruction of restrictions, their speed as Golden Core cultivators was very fast.
In this short time, they had almost finished exploring the entire complex.
At this moment, Zhang Ling walked out of a mahogany palace and headed towards a side hall next to it. He had explored three or four such side halls with basically no gains.
As he opened the door, a musty smell hit him in the face. Zhang Ling remained unmoved. A yellow light flashed on his body, and a burst of energy emanated from him. The aura on his body formed an invisible wind pressure, surging towards the dark side hall.
In a cloud of dust, Zhang Ling casually threw two moonstones inside. He probed inside with his divine sense.
After dozens of breaths, Zhang Ling had roughly scanned the situation inside. Suddenly, his expression changed, and a flash of green light appeared under his feet as he rushed inside.
In an instant, he arrived in front of a circular altar with a diameter of five or six feet.
The altar was black overall.
There were some traces of gullies and other marks on it, forming a huge and complex spiritual pattern. Around the altar, there were several stone pillars standing, also engraved with different spiritual patterns, emitting a faint spiritual light.
After a few glances, Zhang Ling recognized that this was a teleportation array.
But at this moment, what he was concerned about was not the teleportation array itself, but a corpse lying on the teleportation array.
The body had not rotted, but was in a state of desiccation. Only its upper body remained, the part below the waist was missing. There was a large hole in its head. It seemed that this was the cause of his death.
One could still vaguely see the face of the mummy, which seemed to be that of a young man.
Zhang Ling's divine sense circled around the mummy a few times, and then he raised his hand, and a black storage bag flew out from under the mummy and was caught in his hand. His divine sense probed into it, and a space appeared in his mind.
It was actually a high-level storage bag, so this person's identity was not low.
He glanced at the half of the mummy and couldn't help but whisper. There were not many things in the storage bag, only three huge boxes about ten feet in size.
Zhang Ling's divine sense condensed, and a wisp of spiritual power was injected into the storage bag.
He directly opened the three boxes in the bag, and the things inside were a bit messy.
As soon as one of the boxes was opened, it emitted a five-colored spiritual light, which turned out to be a five-colored jade stone.
After looking at it carefully for a few times, Zhang Ling's expression became a little strange. It turned out to be a huge medium-grade spiritual stone, condensed into a spiritual stone block.
Looking at the content of its spiritual power, there were also five or six hundred pieces. The total value was also sixty to seventy thousand spiritual stones.
The second box contained white porcelain bottles. Zhang Ling's mind moved, and a porcelain bottle came into his hand.
With a bang, the porcelain bottle was opened, and a circle of gray mist immediately came out.
Seeing this, Zhang Ling quickly held his breath and concentrated. A wisp of spiritual power in his hand turned into a breeze, blowing away the gray mist.
Then he looked at the porcelain bottle, and saw that there were white jade pills inside. However, in the short time he observed, the white pills directly turned black and purple.
A spicy smell emanated from the pills. Zhang Ling frowned. This didn't seem to be a spiritual pill.
Before he could take a closer look, the pills in the bottle turned into a layer of black powder within one or two breaths.
Seeing this, Zhang Ling shook his head and took out a few more porcelain bottles. Most of the pills inside were like this, and if exposed to the space, they either gasified or instantly turned to ashes.
Even the pills that could still maintain their original shape emitted a strange smell, and were obviously unusable.
There were also some labels pasted on these porcelain bottles, which were the names of the pills. After recognizing these words, Zhang Ling's face couldn't help but darken.
Most of them were Tier 3 pills, which were precious pills that Golden Core cultivators could take.
There were also a few bottles of more precious spiritual pills. Zhang Ling sighed regretfully and stopped looking at these porcelain bottles. He checked the last box.
The last box contained four or five small boxes with spiritual talismans pasted on them. They seemed to be more precious than those pills.
After such a long time, these forbidden spiritual talismans had not yet expired, and they emitted a faint spiritual light, so the things inside must be unusual.
He chose a cyan jade box and took it out. A flash of spiritual light appeared in his hand, and after a few breaths, the spiritual talisman on it fell off by itself with a puff.
Zhang Ling reached out and took the spiritual talisman, looked at it a few times, and the spiritual patterns on it were very complicated, but looked a little familiar.
Then he remembered seeing in an ancient book introducing spiritual talismans that this kind of sealing talisman belonged to a special spiritual talisman, and it was a Tier 4 spiritual talisman.
It had neither attack power nor defense power, and was used to seal treasures. Using such a high-level sealing talisman, Zhang Ling was even more looking forward to the things in the jade box.
