The two arrived at their destination in the evening. The ruins had not yet surfaced, and Qi Zhiheng, Yang Yitian, and the other waiting people floated above the sea.

A large circle of bubbles was boiling on the surface of the water; this was where the ruins were about to appear.

About half an hour later, a dark shadow appeared in the seawater, and the shadow gradually became clearer.

"The City of Seeking the Dao has appeared!"

After someone shouted, the atmosphere became tense for a moment.

The first thing to emerge from the water was a pointed roof, followed by some mountains.

As the island gradually rose, those in mid-air sensed a suction force, causing the flying magical artifacts that were originally in mid-air to show signs of falling. Some people, whose cultivation levels were too low, were directly caused to fall towards the sea along with their magical artifacts.

Soon, the sounds of splashing into the water were heard.

Qi Zhiheng's situation was naturally not optimistic either. Fortunately, he reacted quickly, captured Yang Yitian, put away his flying artifact, used two flying talismans, and flew towards the ruins!

The people in the sea had already headed towards the island, and Qi Zhiheng and He were not to be outdone, so they landed on the water. Haozi managed to stay upright and didn't fall into the water.

Those with slightly higher strength than the Spirit King were able to land safely on the water's surface, while those with weaker strength fell directly into the water.

Even from mid-air, the underwater shadows were quite large, but I never imagined that the view from below would be truly spectacular.

Buildings stand tall on and around the mountain, but they are covered with moss, seaweed, and even coral.

Some parts have already suffered damage, and the buildings on the island seem to have completely blended into the underwater world. There is no sense of incongruity between them. It seems that everything can be assimilated by nature.

This city was once glorious, but now it has become so desolate, which makes people feel sad.

An hour has passed since the island emerged from the water.

Yang Yitian muttered in Qi Zhiheng's ear, "This speed is really slow."

"This island isn't rising very fast, so it will naturally take some time to surface," Qi Zhiheng said, looking at the island that was about to fully emerge from the water.

"When are we going over?" Yang Yitian asked in a low voice.

Qi Zhiheng looked around and, seeing that no one else had made a move, said, "Wait a minute."

These people all want to come and explore properly, but they haven't made a move yet, so it's probably not the right time to go into the ruins.

As the sea gradually calmed down, people became somewhat nervous.

At this moment, someone took the lead and stepped onto the island.

Seeing this, Qi Zhiheng pulled Yang Yitian up onto the island as well.

The path on the island was difficult to walk on, and the two stepped onto a rather slippery reef. In addition to the reef, there were some puddles with a few fish swimming in them, and some coral on some of the reefs.

“Blood Jade Coral!” Yang Yitian pointed to a patch of blood-red coral on the reef.

The coral looked magnificent from afar, shimmering under the direct sunlight. It was hard to tell whether it was because it had just left the water and the water stains on it hadn't dried yet, or whether the blood jade coral was naturally translucent like that.

Blood jade coral is an extremely rare material in the cultivation world, almost used for refining artifacts. Its quality is sufficient even for cultivators in the early Nascent Soul stage.

This type of blood coral generally grows in extremely deep seas, where the dangers are very high, so the amount of snow coral that can be obtained by people is not that many.

"Unfortunately, it's worthless on the Xuanling Continent." Yang Yitian quickly became dejected again.

Qi Zhiheng said, "It's alright, take it back for your uncle to practice on."

After merging with the fire seed, Gu Qinglin began to study the weapon crafting techniques he had previously been interested in, and soon he began to figure out a little bit of the tricks of the trade.

Unfortunately, without a master to guide him, he stumbled a bit when it came to forging weapons.

"Shall we dig some up?" Yang Yitian looked around for any tools he could find.

Qi Zhiheng said, "Let's dig up all the mature ones, don't waste them." At worst, he'll plant them in his own deep-sea space.

"Luckily, the people here don't know its value, so no one is trying to take it from us." Yang Yitian secretly rejoiced. "I'll have my uncle forge a magic weapon for me using blood jade coral later."

Qi Zhiheng said, "To be practical, although there is blood jade coral here, we haven't found suitable materials to fuse with it. Besides, my uncle is only a beginner, so there's no way he can use blood jade coral." Blood jade coral is just an auxiliary material. This material doesn't have any special attribute distinction and can be refined into magical artifacts or spiritual weapons with any main material of any attribute.

There was still some mud and water on the ground; having just come out of the sea, the water naturally wouldn't dry so quickly. The two avoided the mud and water, stepping over the rocks to reach the edge of the blood jade coral reef.

This was still on the edge of the island. There were at least several thousand, if not tens of thousands, of spiritual practitioners who entered the island, so naturally quite a few people saw their actions.

"What are those two doing? Are they trying to dig up these red corals?"

"Impossible. What use is this blood coral? Why would they dig it up? Who comes to the ruins without the treasures?"

Blood coral is just a useless ornament in the eyes of the locals. The ruins have only been open for a short time, so who would waste time digging for red coral here?

However, he was proven wrong as soon as he finished speaking.

Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian arrived at the vicinity of the blood jade coral, selected a large and red blood jade coral, and began to dig at the bottom of the coral with tools, trying to preserve its integrity as much as possible.

The two people who had been talking earlier were now speechless.

"I didn't expect anyone would actually dig up something so flashy and impractical." One of them shook his head and said, "I really don't understand what young people these days are thinking."

His teammate said, "Didn't you see the Gemini girl next to him? Gemini girls just like pretty things."

Both of them assumed that Qi Zhiheng was digging for coral here to please Shuang'er, so they shook their heads and entered the island.

Although Qi Zhiheng overheard their conversation, he didn't consider it a big deal.

Yao Yang said, "I don't know why, but when I see their faces, I feel like, 'Ah! These stupid humans!'"

Qi Zhiheng felt baffled: "What stupidity or not stupidity..." It's all nonsense.

Yang Yitian silently grumbled to himself, these ancient people simply couldn't understand his words: "Alas! Life is just like this, so lonely and desolate!"

Qi Zhiheng narrowed his eyes: "I made you lonely? I made you feel isolated?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Yitian looked at Qi Zhiheng, suddenly clutched his heart, winked at him, and said, "Husband~ you've even learned to say flirtatious things now!"

Qi Zhiheng felt a chill run down his spine from being called "husband," and tried to cover it up by saying, "Dig quickly!"

Yang Yitian felt a surge of joy; his husband was still so easily charmed.

By this time, the first blood jade coral had already been unearthed by them.

This blood jade coral is about one meter tall, quite large, but there are many other blood jade corals even larger. They dug carefully, and the entire coral was perfectly intact.

Qi Zhiheng put it into his spatial storage, and the two of them went to dig up another one.

After digging up more than a dozen trees, Yang Yitian said, "Shouldn't we go look for something to carry?"

"We won't find anything good now, and those things might not even be as valuable as a piece of blood jade coral." Qi Zhiheng had no hope for the treasures in this city.

"What about the treasures of that Dao Seeking Spirit Venerable from before? There should be some of them, right?" Yang Yitian asked, unwilling to give up.

“This place has been trodden over countless times. If it were so easy to find, it would have been found long ago.” Qi Zhiheng shook his head.

Yang Yitian brought his pickaxe down: "Aren't you lucky? Maybe everyone else can't, but you can find the best things. The Moon Beast even said you have good luck. Sigh! I'm so envious." He also wanted great luck, but it seemed unlikely. He could only dream about it. He was already a person whose soul had been scattered. If he had any great luck, how could he have ended up in such a state?

"One cannot rely solely on luck." Qi Zhiheng recalled his previous life. His fate in his previous life was quite different. Apart from receiving an inheritance, his life was not good at all, and he even dragged his whole family down with him.

The two dug for blood jade coral all day, and everyone who passed by expressed their disgust at their behavior.

Yang Yitian's attitude was one of "You mortals! What do you know!"

Qi Zhiheng ignored them. These people were all busy with their own things and naturally didn't have time to watch them "have fun" here. They would just say a few words behind their backs, which had no impact on Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian.

After excavating a large portion of the blood jade coral, the two were ready to set off.

Yang Yitian, satisfied, asked, "Where are we going next?"

Qi Zhiheng looked at the highest mountain on the island, where there were some buildings.

His goal was the very top.

When the ruins appeared, the house that was the first to be revealed should be the residence of the Seeking Dao Spirit Venerable, which is also the highest point on the entire island.

Qi Zhiheng pointed to a spot and said, "Let's go check that house. If there's any treasure that hasn't been found, I think it's most likely there."

After a day, most of the water on the ground had dried up, so it was no longer a problem to step on the slippery rocks.

They looked toward the highest mountain peak and headed toward it.

Even before the ruins were opened, those people had been eagerly exploring the island. At this point, still on the outskirts, they hadn't encountered anyone along the way.