Gu Wudi patiently explained to Lu Xuan:
"Young friend, you're just a Foundation Establishment cultivator, it's normal that you don't know these things!"
"Our Endless Sea, where human cultivators reside, has been divided into ten major sea regions! Our Nine Li Sea Region belongs to the Heavenly Saint Sea Region, one of these ten major sea regions!"
"Our Tian Sheng Sea Region has three late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, and more than a dozen Nascent Soul cultivators below them. There are hundreds of small sea regions like our Jiuli Sea Region within the Tian Sheng Sea Region!"
"The Heavenly Saint Sea is so vast?" Lu Xuan sighed upon hearing Gu Wudi's explanation of the Endless Sea region.
This is the cultivation world of the endless sea.
That's so vast!
It is dozens of times larger than the cultivation world of the Yunmeng Mountains.
However, there will definitely be more cultivation resources here, making it easier to break through to the Core Formation stage, and then one can live for five hundred years.
The path to immortality is distant, and the Core Formation realm is merely the third small step on the path to longevity for cultivators.
There are still Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, and Tribulation Crossing ahead! Each step is more difficult than the last.
A short while later, Lu Xuan followed Gu Wudi, who was in the early stage of Core Formation, to the palace.
This palace is very old.
It is made of spirit jade.
However, too much time has passed.
The spirit jade has begun to decay.
It became a black stone palace.
Gu Wudi said that he had come here before to try to go in and retrieve the treasure.
But this palace had no gate, that is, no entrance.
"Young friend, as far as I know, the material used to build this palace is called black jade! It can only be bitten through by the Devouring Demon Worm!"
"Is it only my Devouring Demon Worm that can do it? Senior, you are at the Core Formation stage, surely your magic power can't open this palace? Does anyone else know where this place is?"
Gu Wudi shook his head, indicating that no one here knew:
"I will naturally not tell this secret to anyone. Only the two of us know it now. This black jade is very peculiar. The five elements of magic power cannot damage it. Only a demonic beast like the Devouring Demon Worm can break through the black jade wall and enter the palace!"
"So that's how it is. No wonder you guarded the treasure without taking it, senior. It seems that without my Devouring Demon Worm, it really is impossible to open this palace. In that case, watch me! Devouring Demon Worm, appear!"
Lu Xuan summoned his spirit beast gourd, from which hundreds of brown devouring demonic insects flew out and quickly tore a large hole in the wall in front of him.
Gu Wudi was overjoyed and said:
"This thing truly lives up to its reputation as one of the Ten Great Ancient Demonic Insects; its power is comparable to a full-force attack from a cultivator in the early stages of Core Formation! Let's go, young friend Lu, let's go in and retrieve the treasure. We'll agree beforehand that we'll split it in half!"
"I have no objections! I just wonder what treasures are inside this palace? What dangers are there?"
Lu Xuan was not a reckless cultivator.
Furthermore, he also had to be wary of Gu Wudi turning against him.
There are far too many instances of cultivators harming each other for treasures.
Lu Xuan could never completely trust Gu Wudi based on just a few words.
What if this is a trap?
"Senior Gu, please go in and take a look. My strength is too weak, so I will wait for you to come out. As for the treasures, I only need a few antidote pills!"
"No problem! Since you're worried, I'll see you on your way!"
"As expected, you couldn't hide it anymore." Lu Xuan had already released all the Devouring Demon Insects, surrounding Gu Wudi in front of him.
"Lu Xuan, do you think these insects can threaten someone like me who has advanced to the Core Formation stage for a hundred years? Behold my magic weapon, the Water and Fire Ruyi Fan!"
"A magic weapon?" Lu Xuan didn't expect that Gu Wudi already had his own magic weapon, but he wasn't afraid.
"Devouring Demon Insect, transform!"
Lu Xuan activated thousands of Devouring Demonic Insects, transforming them into a black giant with strength comparable to a cultivator in the early stages of Core Formation.
Facing the invincible magic weapon of the ancients.
Lu Xuan's Devouring Demon Giant was not at a disadvantage at all.
"What kind of technique is this? Lu Xuan, you are indeed not easy to deal with. However, I am still a Core Formation cultivator. In the cultivation world, there has never been a Foundation Establishment cultivator killing a Core Formation cultivator. At least, I have never heard of it!"
Lu Xuan smiled faintly upon hearing Gu Wudi's words:
"It doesn't matter if you haven't heard of it before, I'll show you now! The superior-grade spiritual artifact, the Hunyuan Ruler!"
Although this item is not a true magic weapon, it is still a high-grade spiritual artifact personally crafted by a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator! Its power is comparable to a low-grade magic weapon!
If it were a magic weapon, Lu Xuan's cultivation level and magical power would not be able to use it.
This superior spiritual artifact, the Hunyuan Ruler, can actually unleash Lu Xuan's strongest combat power.
"Such a powerful spiritual artifact, what is your origin? Could you truly be from the Cloud Dream Sea?"
"Does this mean it has nothing to do with you anymore?" Lu Xuan was also curious. Could there be some unknown connection between the Yunmeng Sea and the Yunmeng Mountains?
It seems that he must go and see if there is a teleportation array there that can take him back to the cultivation world of Yunmeng Mountain Range when he has the chance in the future!
Gu Wudi was also panicked at this moment:
"Young friend, we hit it off immediately, why fight like this? Our cultivation has been difficult, why not make peace? I can give you half of the treasures in the palace, is that not enough?"
"Too late! Once I've dealt with you, all the treasures in the palace will be mine, won't they? Do I really need to teach you, a senior figure in the cultivation world, a lesson even a child knows?"
After saying that, Lu Xuan unhesitatingly activated his Hunyuan Ruler with all his might.
They blocked the opponent's magic weapon.
For a moment, the opponent's magic power could not hold out, and Gu Wudi had no choice but to use his own life force. However, his lifespan was already short, and he had suffered considerable internal injuries in the past.
Now, Gu Wudi is no match for Lu Xuan at all.
He just pleaded for mercy, saying:
"Young friend, please let me go this time, or I'll self-destruct! Have you ever witnessed the power of a Core Formation cultivator's self-destruction? Even a late-stage Core Formation cultivator would be terrified and run away!"
"Hmph, I really want to witness a Core Formation cultivator self-destruct! Why don't you just self-destruct already! I won't let you leave today unless you let me impose a restriction on your primordial spirit, putting your life and death in my hands!"
"Young friend, you've gone too far! I'm going to self-destruct..."
"Blood Shadow Demon Escape!"
Unexpectedly, Gu Wudi chose to use a secret technique that depleted his vital energy to escape the next moment!
Gu Wudi was also unlucky.
He already had little time left to live, yet he still desperately tried to suppress his injuries.
He never imagined that he would encounter Lu Xuan, a Foundation Establishment cultivator whose combat power was comparable to that of an early Core Formation stage cultivator.
Now, Gu Wudi had nowhere to turn for regret, so he could only run away.
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