"Then what do you need my Devouring Demon Worm for, senior?"

Gu Wudi Dao:

"It's simple, I need your Devouring Demon Worm to help me retrieve the treasure!"

"Is it another case of using the Devouring Demon Worm to retrieve treasure?" Lu Xuan wondered, since it was Zhao Sankong who had asked him to help retrieve treasure before.

What treasure are we looking for now?

"Senior Gu, please explain the situation in detail. I'll see if I can help you. It's not that I'm being overly cautious, but my Devouring Demon Worms are limited in strength and number, and I can't let them take any risks!"

"Of course, I'm not the kind of cultivator who argues unreasonably. It's like this, decades ago I discovered a strange palace on the beach behind Jiuli Island! It seems to be from the ancient immortal era!"

"The Immortal Ancient Era?"

Lu Xuan was also skeptical when he heard Gu Wudi's words.

The history of the cultivation world, specifically the ancient period, refers to about ten thousand years ago.

The Immortal Ancient Era, however, refers to the cultivation world tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of years ago.

Before the Immortal Ancient Era, there was a Chaotic Era, even more distant than the Immortal Ancient Era. At that time, all kinds of chaotic beasts roamed the earth, and there was no space for human beings to live.

Later, during the Immortal Ancient Era, dozens of ancient immortals were born among the human race.

Only then did they manage to secure a place for humankind to survive.

Later, those immortals opened up the ascension passage and all ascended to heaven.

In ancient times, the world underwent a great change.

Even Nascent Soul cultivators cannot ascend to higher realms; they can only choose to escape to smaller worlds to avoid heavenly tribulations.

"Senior Gu, is this truly a treasure from the Immortal Ancient Era? That was an era where immortals existed, something that ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators cannot compare to!"

"Don't worry, young friend! Let's go take a look first. Let's go."

Gu Wudi led the way.

Lu Xuan soon arrived at a huge palace and altar on a cliff by the sea behind the main hall.

"Is there an ancient teleportation array on that altar?"

“Young friend, you have a keen eye. There is indeed an ancient teleportation array there, but unfortunately, I have no way to activate it. It may require a large number of high-grade Five Elements Spirit Stones. These Five Elements Spirit Stones are too difficult to collect, and a considerable number are needed. Even a Core Formation cultivator like myself cannot collect them in a short time. Young friend, you are only at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, so don’t think too much about it.”

"Really? I'll give it a try!" High-grade spirit stones? Lu Xuan has quite a few, but whether he can gather enough of the five elements spirit stones is still unknown. Lu Xuan can only do his best.

He guessed that this ancient teleportation array could lead back to the cultivation world of the Yunmeng Mountains.

However, Lu Xuan doesn't want to go back there right now.

The Yunmeng Mountains are now definitely occupied by ancient demons and evil cultivators.

The cultivators of the Righteous Alliance have probably all vanished without a trace; going back would only mean certain death.

That place has already become the domain of demonic cultivators.

Lu Xuan planned to return to the Yunmeng Mountains after he broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm to see the strength of that ancient demon.

Gu Wudi walked over and saw that Lu's storage bag actually contained some high-grade spirit stones, which amazed him.

"Young friend, you are the most powerful Foundation Establishment cultivator I have ever seen. Even a Pseudo Core Formation cultivator cannot compare to you. I have truly broadened my horizons. I, Gu Wudi, have roamed the endless seas for many years. After advancing to the Core Formation realm, I became the strongest cultivator in our Nine Li Sea Region. But compared to you, young friend, I am ashamed of myself! I have truly wasted over three hundred and eighty years of my life!"

"Senior, you are at the Core Formation stage, and your lifespan is over five hundred years, isn't it?"

Gu Wudi heard Lu Xuan's words and sighed:

"Back then, in order to advance to the Core Formation realm, I fought a three-day, three-night battle with a pseudo-Core Formation cultivator from a nearby sea area. Several of my spiritual artifacts were destroyed, and I was also seriously injured!"

"And then?" Lu Xuan's expression shifted.

Gu Wudi continued recounting these past events:

"After that, I killed that powerful enemy and obtained a bottle of Creation Elixir. Then, I naturally broke through to the Core Formation Realm and established the Nine Li Sect. If I hadn't had the Heavenly Spiritual Root aptitude, I wouldn't have been able to reach the Foundation Establishment Realm."

"Heavenly Spiritual Root aptitude? I only have a Five Spiritual Root aptitude."

"What? Impossible! Judging from your bone age, you're only in your early twenties! How could you possibly have five spiritual roots? You should at least have two spiritual roots. Otherwise, how could you have cultivated to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage at such a young age, and have such profound magical power?"

"Hey, senior, if you don't believe me, what can I do? I'm just a five-elemental-root aptitude. You'll see if you don't believe me!" As he spoke, Lu Xuan activated the light of his spiritual root attributes.

"As expected, you possess five spiritual roots. How strange! May I ask which major sect in which sea region you are a core disciple?"

“This…” Lu Xuan originally wanted to say that he came from the extremely remote Yunmeng Mountains, but then he thought that he could not just tell others his true origin.

Especially this Gu Wudi, who seems easy to talk to, but is actually probably a cunning old fox.

So Lu Xuan had a sudden inspiration and made up a name for the sea area at random, since there were countless sea areas in the Endless Sea anyway.

"My name is Lu Xuan, from the Yunmeng Sea Region!"

"What Yunmeng Sea Region? You actually come from Yunmeng Sea Region, one of the ten major sea regions of our Endless Sea?"

Upon hearing Gu Wudi's shocked words, Lu Xuan wondered, "Does such a place exist?"

However, Lu Xuan simply said in a serious tone:

"I do indeed come from the Yunmeng Sea! I am a true disciple of a sect!"

"No wonder," Gu Wudi stroked his chin and beard, looking pleased.

"I visited the Yunmeng Sea in my younger days. It is hundreds of times larger than our Jiuli Sea. There are many Core Formation cultivators there, and quite a few Nascent Soul cultivators as well, at least a dozen or so. There are even cultivators at the half-step Nascent Soul realm."

"The Ten Great Seas of the Endless Sea?" Lu Xuan was puzzled, as the map Wu Tu had given him did not record the Ten Great Seas at all.