Chapter 1597 No Gain

When Qingyang and his companions came in, they did not find the peculiarity of the furnace, and even the spirit-detecting plate brought by Hu Zhensong did not detect any abnormality. However, with the knowledge of Qingyang's Nascent Soul cultivator, they soon discovered that the furnace was actually an ancient treasure of a high level, but it was covered up with a special method, so the ordinary spirit-detecting plate could not detect its secret.

Such a large furnace is worth a lot of spirit stones just by selling materials, but now Qingyang's divine consciousness is restricted and cannot be stored in the Qiankun gourd. If it is a small thing, it can be taken away by holding it in the arms or on the back. Such a large furnace is not easy to carry, so it can only be done when it is out.

Young Master Lingxu has no idea. This time he was caught by Qingyang, and the Blood Demon Sect was uprooted and almost lost everything. He did not care about this loss. This time he told the secret of the ruins in exchange for a chance to survive. Nothing is more important than saving his own life.

After looking at the alchemy room, the two continued to move forward. Not long after, they came to the place where Qingyang found the immortal wine to activate the Drunken Immortal Gourd. The door of this hall was not easy to open. Qingyang had to use the bone shrinking skill to enter. However, this time he brought a lot of alcoholic bees. The purple-backed alcoholic bees were equivalent to Qi-refining monks. With the help of many alcoholic bees, the stone door of the hall was quickly opened. However, this room was empty and there was nothing in it.

After leaving the winery, the two soon came to a three-way intersection blocked by a cloud of fog. Qingyang remembered that there was an abandoned garden inside. The harvest of their group that time was mainly found in this place. Even the alcoholic bees were subdued in this abandoned garden.

These fogs are just relatively low-level concealment formations. Although Qingyang and Lingxu Gongzi are limited in strength, their vision is still there. Naturally, they don’t need to rely on a rope to walk in like they did before. Lingxu Gongzi led the way in front, and Qingyang followed behind and walked into the thick fog.

Halfway through the journey, Qingyang was surprised to find that there were several passages in the fog. More than a hundred years ago, ordinary people came in and had no ability to see through the fog. So after exploring the abandoned garden, everyone went back from the three-way intersection. Although the entire secret place seemed very large to ordinary people like them, it was not worthy of the name of an ancient relic. The problem was that the passages were covered by the fog.

Among these passages, one must lead to the abandoned garden, and the others should lead to some places. There was no one in those places, and there might be unexpected gains.

After remembering the locations of several passages, Qingyang did not go directly to other passages, but went to the abandoned garden along the old road. The garden was still as dilapidated as ever. Qingyang walked inside and still found nothing. It was also because they searched too thoroughly last time and had been dug up by them. Of course, there would be no gains this time.

The scene back then seemed to be vivid, but more than a hundred years had passed, and the world had changed. Those who came in with Qingyang back then had long since passed away, and the seven alcoholic bees that Qingyang had subdued in this garden had now grown to 10,000 or 20,000, and the alcoholic bee queen had survived the transformation disaster and became a great helper in Qingyang's battles.

After visiting the abandoned garden, Qingyang returned to the mist and found another passage to continue searching forward. The previous places were all explored, so there was no need to pay special attention. This time, he entered a new place, which not only had opportunities, but also many hidden dangers, so he had to be careful.

Qingyang and Master Lingxu walked forward carefully, passing through the passage in the fog. The situation behind was similar to the previous one. There were also halls, gardens, and rows of houses. These halls and houses had different functions and a wide variety of categories. Some were used for refining tools, some were used for making talismans, some were used for taming animals, some were used for refining pills, and there were also some meditation rooms. However, most of the rooms were empty and nothing was found. In other words, this was indeed an ancient relic, but it was an ancient relic that had been plundered, which disappointed Qingyang and Master Lingxu.

During this period, Qingyang also found some things, but most of them were like the alchemy furnace he found at the beginning. They were either heavy and difficult to carry, or of low value. These things were good things for cultivators in the Qi Refining and Foundation Building stages, but for Qingyang in the Nascent Soul stage, they were purely useless. There was almost nothing that Qingyang could really take a fancy to.

There weren't many good things, but dangers occurred several times. One time, they accidentally broke into a killing array. The array was so cleverly arranged that Qingyang and Lingxu, two Nascent Soul cultivators, didn't notice it in advance and were directly trapped in the array.

This killing array can not only trap the enemy, but also kill the people trapped in the array. That is, the array has existed for too long and its power is not as strong as before. The two could barely escape from it. Of course, the price they paid was not small. Lingxu's defensive spiritual armor was destroyed and he was also seriously injured. Qingyang lost nearly half of his alcoholic bees, and his strength was greatly reduced.

Another time, they encountered a second-level monster, the lightning marten. Although this monster was not very powerful, it caused great trouble to the two. The lightning marten was extremely fast, had sharp teeth and claws, and had the advantage of terrain. Qingyang and Master Lingxu were suppressed by the formation, and their abilities in all aspects were similar to those of ordinary people. They could only rely on their own defense to fight it. However, the lightning marten was extremely smart and quickly found their weaknesses, specifically attacking their weak defenses, causing them to suffer a lot.

Qingyang was slightly better, but Master Lingxu could only passively take the beating. Unfortunately, his defensive spiritual armor was destroyed, and he was injured. In a blink of an eye, the lightning marten scratched many holes on his body. If Qingyang had not tried his best to protect Master Lingxu, he might have been bitten to death.

Later, Qingyang relied on a strategy to trap the lightning marten with the remaining dozens of alcoholic bees, and sacrificed three purple-backed alcoholic bees to save the life of the lightning marten and eliminate the danger.

It seems that Yuanying cultivators are not omnipotent. Qingyang and Master Lingxu came in together, and they can take care of each other. When the Blood Demon Ancestor broke into the ruins alone, it must have been more difficult than their current situation. No wonder he was seriously injured and killed by the ancestors of the seven major immortal gates.

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye. Seeing that the entire ruins had been searched thoroughly, nothing of great value was found and instead, he almost lost his life. Qingyang's face became more and more ugly, and even Master Lingxu gradually felt guilty.