Chapter 209 - Palace Building Formation Gate
Chapter 209 - Palace Building Formation Gate
The Earth Rock Rat's actions fell into the eyes of several cultivators present.
The two False Pill Mortals did not care much.
They had repeatedly explored every corner of this path and gained very little, confirming that nothing had been missed.
Snort
The ground rock rat raised its paw and gently scratched on the half wall, sending out a toothache-inducing friction sound.
The wall of the ancient building leaves a shallow crack.
The hardness of the wall exceeded that of an ordinary magic weapon.
Seeing this scene, a hint of sarcasm rose in Real Tan's eyes.
"The ancient building materials in this relic are all relatively hard. But they are not any high-grade materials, but are the result of low-grade mineral materials that have been quenched and compressed, and after spells have been cast."
Real Hu explained with slight impatience.
"Hmm."
This was something that Lu Chang'an had seen long ago.
The buildings in this place, including the materials of the floors, were simply hard, lacking in actual grade and lacking in spirituality, making them unsuitable for smithing and secondary utilization.
"I trust the sense of smell of the ground rock rats."
Lu Chang'an smiled faintly and walked to the half of the ancient building wall.
In fact, the behavior of the Ground Rock Rat just now was secretly authorized by Lu Chang'an.
Lu Chang'an took out a magic weapon pickaxe, operated his magic power, and aimed at the wall for a while to knock and dig.
Seeing this, the ground rock rat also waved its claws and tapped.
Bang slap! Bang pah!
One person and one rat, in front of the wall rhythmically banging and clapping.
The wall peels and cracks little by little.
The five cultivators of the Tan Realist have either strange or disdainful expressions.
Until a certain moment.
Lu Chang'an's magic weapon pickaxe, could not be knocked somewhere on the wall, but instead was shocked to the point that his palms were slightly numb.
The same goes for the Ground Rock Rat.
One person and one rat then bypassed this small area.
"Huh?"
With a strange expression on his face, Real Hu's divine sense carefully probed the area and finally found a little clue.
Initially, the material of that piece of wall is even stronger, and even late second stage demonic beasts can't hurt it in the slightest.
In addition, that area has a certain shielding effect on divine sense, and can easily be ignored.
Lu Changan and the Earth Rock Rat increased their speed and knocked down all the walls around that area.
Soon, a piece of grayish stone, as big as a basin, landed in Lu Chang'an's hand.
The part of the gray stone revealed a dark metallic texture.
"What kind of material? Surprisingly, it can shield this real person's divine sense?"
Realist Tan narrowed his eyes and stared at the stone material in Lu Chang'an's hand.
"This is the [Phantom Shadow Stone]! It can mask aura and shield divine sense, and is an excellent material for creating concealment and shadowy type magic treasures."
The long-haired, gauze-skirted Wei girl's Divine Sense swept through it and lost her voice in surprise, her pretty eyes flashing with luster.
"Surprisingly, it is the [Phantom Shadow Stone]?"
"The grade of this stone is at least the third order to start, this piece can blind us many times, I'm afraid that it has reached the top grade of the third order, and it can build a medium-grade magic treasure."
Real Tan and Real Hu looked at each other, their eyes showing interest.
"Little friend Lu, whether or not this item is a [Phantom Shadow Stone] is still unknown, let me appraise it."
Real Tan's eyes flickered as he raised his hand and said.
"Indeed it is the [Phantom Shadow Stone] undoubtedly, no need to identify. This Miss Wei is not a bad person, she actually recognized it at a glance."
Lu Changan smiled.
"Take it to this real person for a look." Real Tan said with a sullen face.
"Haha! This object deserves to have a destiny with Mister Lu."
Lu Chang'an put away the [Phantom Shadow Stone] and ignored the False Pill Spiritual Pressure emanating from Real Tan.
Real Hu held down Real Tan's arm and gave a wink.
"Real Tan should not be impulsive, although the [Phantom Shadow Stone] is rare and precious, it is far less attractive to false dan cultivators such as myself than true dan cultivators." Hearing the voice transmission, Real Tan suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart.
False Pill cultivators can only barely use the lowest level of magic treasures, and they are still unable to utilize their true power.
The common magic treasures in the Immortal Cultivation World are categorized into lower grade, middle grade, upper grade, and extreme grade, just like magic weapons.
It is suitable for the real dan practitioners and most of the YuanYing stage.
Lower-grade magic treasures are mostly used by False Dan real people and the early stage of True Dan.
Medium-grade treasure, usually used in the middle and late stages of true dan.
Thus, the attraction of this Third Order Upper Grade [Phantom Shadow Stone] to False Dan Real People was mainly its value and scarcity, which could be traded with True Dan cultivators.
"Just as well, this item will be given to him for safekeeping for a while first."
Realist Tan quickly figured it out.
For the two False Pill Mortals, the greatest expectation in the ancient ruins was the chance to further their False Pills.
This kind of chance is rare in today's Immortal Cultivation World, and requires the cooperation of a Yuan Ying True Lord.
However, in the ancient times of the Immortal Cultivation World, the chance to make the false pills go further was relatively easier to obtain than today.
......
"Little friend Lu, discovering this [Phantom Shadow Stone] is your luck, I will not pursue it for now. If the treasures obtained from the subsequent joint efforts to break the ban, they will be distributed according to the level of cultivation and contribution."
Real Hu stepped forward and reminded.
"Many thanks to Master Hu for being an adult."
Lu Chang'an arched his hand and said.
He was already prepared for Real Tan to force him to hand over the [Phantom Shadow Stone].
If that was the case, Lu Changan didn't really care, the big deal was to give it to the other party for temporary safekeeping for a while.
Before the completion of his dan, the Ghost Shadow Stone would not be of much use to him.
However, the [Shadowless Needle] and [Split Shadow Sword] made from this stone as the main ingredient, including some concealment-type magic treasures, were very much to Lu Changan's liking.
In his previous life, when Lu Changan was in the late stage of JieDan, he had spent a lot of money to get a piece of [Phantom Shadow Stone], which was also of the top grade of the third order, but its weight was not as sufficient as this one.
Because he had dealt with the [Ghost Shadow Stone] and was familiar with its characteristics, Lu Chang'an had just swept his Divine Awareness over it, and only then did he discover the clues.
As far as Lu Chang'an knew, the highest grade of [Phantom Shadow Stone] recorded in the Immortal Cultivation World could reach the fifth grade, and it was called the Phantom Shadow Stone Essence, and it could even be used as a material for the refining of legendary spiritual treasures.
"You guys go and search the neighborhood."
In light of Lu Changan's harvest, Realist Tan and Realist Hu stopped and led three Foundation Establishment cultivators to scout the nearby area.
"There was once an iron smelting and refining workshop in the ancient buildings in this neighborhood."
"The [Phantom Shadow Stone] that Lu Chang'an found might have been stolen and hidden by the weapon smiths in the workshop."
The two real people analyzed the situation correctly.
But in the end, there wasn't much to be gained, just a few pieces of worthless refiner's trimmings found in the underground ruins.
"Little friend Lu's this rat demon spirit pet, could it be that it has the bloodline of a treasure-seeking rat?"
Realist Hu smiled as he surveyed the ground rock rat, his heart a little warmed up.
The [Shadow Stone] was so hidden that it was concealed from the real person's divine sense, but the Ground Rock Rat was able to discover the abnormality.
The Ground Rock Rat gave a jolt and hid in the corner of the ruins, ignoring him.
"It could be by chance."
Lu Chang'an said perfunctorily.
The Ground Rock Rat was nothing but a front, getting his authorization to act the way he did just now.
Otherwise, Lu Changan's own discovery of the [Phantom Stone] would have easily caused the two real people to be alerted, creating more scruples and defenses against him.
......
The subsequent third of the explored path.
Lu Chang'an and Fairy Shi, still walking and stopping to line up.
Realist Tan and Realist Hu became very patient and never rushed again.
The Ground Rock Rat occasionally stretched out its claws and touched somewhere, drawing sideways glances of attention from the crowd.
For the rest of the journey, there were no decent discoveries.
Finally, the group reached the end of the path.
They stopped at a bridge.
On the other side of the bridge, the floating light of the formation and the hidden restrictions appeared faintly. Those relics of the building, shrouded in mist, hazy, as if a mirage.
Lu Changan smelled a hint of danger.
"Has Fairy Master ever come into contact with the fourth-ranked ancient remnant formations here?"
Real Hu inquired.
"Strange! I didn't pass through this bridge last time, but instead came across a garden that had relatively obvious loopholes in the formation. In the end, we wore out for a long time before we managed to pass through."
Shi Manrong observed the bridge in disbelief.
"It's normal that formations above the fourth rank are beyond common sense and can easily shift geography. Some legendary formations can even distort the scale of space."
Real Hu looked thoughtful.
"Little friend Lu, please release the puppet and explore the location as I said."
"Good."
Lu Chang'an had prepared some worthless cannon fodder puppets for his departure this time in order to attack the formation prohibitions in the ruins.
With the experience of his previous life, Lu Chang'an knew that puppets exploring formations were not omnipotent.
Some formations are not triggered by puppets, but if a cultivator gets involved, he will be killed.
"There was a loud bang.
An invisible orange fire spread on the puppet's body and quickly burst open.
The cannon fodder puppet, whose hardness was comparable to that of a second-ranked demonic beast, vanished in a flash.
"Little friend Lu, release another puppet."
Lu Chang'an complied.
What followed was the long and boring process of attacking the formation.
The ancient formations inside the relics, if attacked hard, would lead to backlash and even all sorts of variables.
This is something that a False Pill Realist cannot afford.
Lu Changan speculated that at least a late stage JieDan cultivator would be able to attempt to break the formation by brute force.
If it was a Yuan Ying True Lord, then it would be a safer bet.
Ka-ching!
The second puppet, swept by a few arcs of light that surfaced out of thin air, fell to the ground in pieces.
"Little friend Lu, you are a puppet master, you can sense the state of the puppets. If you explore farther, transmit some specific information over."
Real Hu instructed.
......
Two months later.
Lu Changan scrapped more than twenty cannon fodder puppets.
This bridge at the ruins is halfway forward.
The last two times, the puppets almost reached the end of the bridge.
"Junior division, the idea you proposed this time is good! Breaking formations is not a one-way street, many times you have to go in a roundabout way, or even retreat to advance, to fool the senses of the prohibitions in the formations."
Hu Zhenren stroked his beard, his face flushed with red light, his mood was happy.
After Fairy Shifu joined, he attacked the array formation prohibition, one more discussant, each other's thoughts collide, produce new inspiration.
The speed of breaking the formation was greatly increased.
Of course, this had to be the case if Shi Manrong's attainments in formations were not much worse than Real Hu's, in order to have the effect of one plus one being greater than two.
At the same time, Lu Changan, the puppet master, provided a lot of convenience in attacking the formation.
Real Tan secretly nodded his head, the addition of Lu Changan and Shi Manrong was indeed a great help.
The remaining half of the bridge took only a month to successfully conquer.
Buzz!
A ten foot long crack of white light presented itself at the end of the bridge.
This is the result of three months of hard work.
Shi Manrong had mixed feelings, and she had to admit that this time, breaking the formation far exceeded the joint efforts of her and Qi Zhenzhen back then.
A few decades ago, Qi Zhenren had spent years trying to break the formation before getting close to the center of the ruins.
Lu Changan manipulated a humanoid puppet, passed through the white light rift, entered the other end of the bridge, and traveled for a dozen feet, without incident.
The puppet was just a preliminary verification.
"You, go in and scout the way!"
Real Tan's tone was cold as he pointed at the flower-armored old man in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment.
The flower-armored old man smiled bitterly and was the first to step forward, passing through the white light rift and entering the interior of the ancient remnant formation.
As a result, there were no accidents.
The remaining six people entered the other side of the bridge.
The strongest one, Tan Zhen Zhen, was in charge of the rear.
After everyone had passed through.
The white light crack, which was healing, would soon be unable to pass through the adult human.
After all, it is through the loopholes of the formation, tricky attack to enter, without destroying the root of the formation. At this time, the original misty and hazy ruins of the internal building, clearly reflected in the line of sight.
The ancient buildings in front of us, majestic and tall, the details of the carving more exquisite, relatively well preserved.
From the structure, most of the buildings are houses and residences, as well as commercial and administrative places.
Towards the center, there was a hexagonal palace building, with a pair of halos suspended above its head, and a blue crystal ball in the center, releasing surging spiritual light.
"Fellow Daoist Lu."
Shi Manrong murmured, making eye contact with Lu Changan.
Lu Chang'an immediately realized that it should be the place where the "Qi Zhen Zhen" had fallen into the trap of the formation.
"That hexagonal palace building is the eye of the formation inside the ruins. Looking at the architectural style, it should have been left by the original ancient civilization of the ruins, and was later transformed by the ancient YuanYing level sects as a refuge."
Real Hu had a sharp eye and could tell at once that the hexagonal palace building was the hub of this relic.
He had a guess in his heart that from the layout of the formations and buildings, it was more suitable to be used as a refuge's storehouse and treasure vault.
......
On the way to the Hexagonal Palace Building, he passed by some ancient buildings that were empty of people inside.
Of course, it's not all empty.
In some rooms and corners, you can see a small amount of clutter, objects that have been left behind by people, most of which have been weathered over the years and are of little value.
The guardian girl, in one of the courtyards, found a set of chess boards and pieces, and after removing the dust and dirt, they were in perfect condition.
This set of chess board is not like a magic treasure, but like a strange object.
Lu Chang'an found something unusual on the top floor of a pavilion.
One of the rooms was equipped with a prohibition that has not been erased yet, and survived with the power of the ancient remnants of the formation.
Pom!
Lu Changan successively sent two puppets to test it out, but before they could touch the door, they were crushed into pieces by an invisible force.
"Don't waste time, that prohibition is not something you can break."
Real Tan said in a deep voice.
The two real people were attracted by the hexagonal palace building, guessing that there was a major chance there as the location of the relic's formation eye.
The surrounding buildings are at most remnants of low value, and the risks are not proportional to the rewards.
Lu Chang'an basically agreed and gave up on this place for the time being.
In fact, he has high-quality ban-breaking talismans in his hands, and even treasure talismans to break the ban.
This was one of the reasons he dared to enter the ancient ruins.
Not long after, a group of seven people arrived in front of a hexagonal palace building that was twenty to thirty feet high.
On the surface of the hexagonal palace building, there is an obvious array of light waves, emitting a strong spiritual pressure, the two real people do not dare to approach easily.
"Six gates? The formation here, there happen to be six formation gates? Does it correspond to six different entrances......"
Nearly ten feet apart, Real Person Hu was observing around the hexagonal palace building, his eyes fixed on those golden and copper gates.
Above the six gold and copper gates, there existed formation gates that only formation masters could penetrate.
"Little friend Lu."
Real Hu looked behind him.
He frowned slightly, realizing that Lu Chang'an was actually standing behind the crowd?
If not for the fact that after the bridge broke the formation, that formation rift had already rejoined and there was no way back, the two Real Men would not have let this happen.
"Understood."
Lu Chang'an took out another child-sized cannon fodder puppet, and under the authorization of Realist Hu, he arrived in front of a golden-bronze gate.
The cannon fodder puppet touched the door with its hand.
In a split second!
A blue thunder streaks through, leaving a charred wreckage in its place.
The two real people's hearts fluttered.
Even if the power of the ancient remnants of the formation was only 10% or 20% of its peak power, a True Dan cultivator would not be able to block a single strike.
Lu Changan gave Shi Manrong a puzzled look.
How did the Qi Realist back then temporarily break open a formation gate?
Although Realist Qi was also a formation master, he was only a second-order formation master, and his attainments were far inferior to Realist Hu.
Shi Manrong shook her head slightly, also puzzled.
......
"Choose this formation gate."
Real Hu and Fairy Shi discussed for a long time and found one of the gates that had lost the most power. The gate is right above the bronze gate.
Time passes little by little.
Lu Chang'an occasionally manipulated the puppets and cooperated in attacking the formations, even without forgetting his daily cultivation.
Another month passed.
Until this day, Lu Changan's cannon fodder puppets were consumed.
A few other cultivators had also scrapped some of their spare artifacts.
After a few breakthroughs, the loophole in the formation door widened, and the power of the formation was slowly weakening.
"Too slow! The other five formation gates are connected to it, and will transmit the power of the formation to help it recover."
Real Hu was not too satisfied.
Now that the Liang Immortal Cultivation World has become a battleground, the longer we delay in attacking this ancient relic, the more variables there will be.
"Little friend Lu, you are a little-known talisman master in Liang, do you have a high-quality ban-breaking talisman in your hands?"
Mr. Hu spoke in a gentle tone and turned back to negotiate with Lu Chang'an.
"The cultivation difficulty of the Forbidden Breaking Talisman is too high, it is very rare, Lu only has a few second-ranked mid to upper grade Forbidden Breaking Talismans, or I purchased them in Immortal City."
Lu Chang'an said with difficulty.
"Good, everyone unleash the Forbidden Breaking Talismans in their hands and attack according to the timings I have mentioned."
Real Hu arranged for a moment to make sure that everyone had a ban-breaker in their possession.
Real Hu had a ban-breaking bead, which was a powerful weapon for breaking bans, better than ban-breaking talismans of the same rank.
Real Tan has a quasi-third-order ban-breaking talisman.
The rest of them have at least a second-rank top-grade ban-breaking talisman.
Pfft boom!
The twisted light transformed by those ban-breaking items hit the nodes of the formation gate in turn, from weak to strong.
Above the golden-bronze gate, the white shadows overlapped and shook for a while until they suddenly collapsed at a certain moment.
"Open!"
A strong wind came head on, rushing several Foundation Establishment cultivators to the ground.
The two False Dan real people, stabilized themselves and fixed their eyes on it.
Originally as stable as a mountain of gold and copper door, slowly loosened, revealing a gap, shining a touch of pearl-like light.
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