Chapter 170 Soul Continent Wanxiang Mountain

Alchemist competition held by Xiyue Sect.

This moment officially began in Lanyue City.

Most of the disciples of Xiyue Sect went to Lanyue City to watch the competition. Although it was only the first round of the competition, it was still a grand event for a sect like Xiyue Sect that lacked alchemists.

Chu Ning did not join in the fun.

After leaving the library, he returned to Hongri Peak. He first went back to the cave to confirm that there was no problem with his small mountain, and then went to the market town of Hongri Peak.

"Senior, do you want a map?"

Treasure shop.

Hongri Peak is a rather special shop that sells items of all kinds, all of which are relatively rare or uncommon.

Chu Ning came into this shop when he first visited Hongri Peak.

The waiter listened to Chu Ning's request, hesitated for a moment and asked, "How big a map do you want, senior?"

“The bigger, the better.”

"Wait a moment, Senior."

The waiter went into the shop and came back a few minutes later with three jade slips in his hand.

"Senior, this first map jade slip contains detailed records of the areas where our four major sects belong..."

While the waiter was speaking, he was also observing Chu Ning's expression. Seeing that Chu Ning was unmoved, he knew that this senior did not want the first type of map.

"This second jade slip contains not only the areas belonging to our four major sects, but also the areas of a hundred cities connected to them."

Chu Ning's expression remained unchanged. He had already seen the map of the Hundred Cities area, and there was no Wanxiang Mountain.

The waiter's eyes lit up. "This third jade slip contains a map that is half as large as the first two combined. I haven't seen the details, but this jade slip is priced at one thousand spirit stones."

One thousand spirit stones is a sky-high price for a Qi Condensation cultivator.

After all, it's just a map.

Even for a foundation-building cultivator, one thousand spirit stones is not a small sum.

However, for Chu Ning, he doesn't have much on him now, but he has a lot of spirit stones. The total number of spirit stones on him is close to 200,000.

One person is equivalent to the wealth of two or three small sects.

"That's it."

Chu Ning readily took out a bag of spirit stones. The waiter was delighted. He could take away a hundred spirit stones just as commission from the one thousand spirit stones.

This kind of map is not disposable. After it is sold, another jade slip can be made at any time.

After taking the jade slip, Chu Ning returned to his cave.

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Fifteen days later.

Soul Island.

A figure was traveling quickly, but when this figure stepped into the territory of Soul Continent, his brows furrowed slightly.

This figure was naturally Chu Ning who came out from Xiyue Sect.

In that jade slip, Chu Ning found the location of Wanxiang Mountain, which was located in the territory of Soul Continent.

At the same time, Chu Ning also had a complete understanding of the world he lived in for the first time.

The world he lived in was divided into five continents and a hundred cities. The four major sects each occupied a continent. As for the Soul Continent, it had no owner.

The fact that Soul Continent has no master does not mean that there are no people or no sects.

There is just no powerful sect.

The reason is that this area is very special. It will devour the souls of cultivators. The deeper you go, the stronger the devouring power will be. Cultivators below the Jindan level cannot feel anything, but cultivators above the Jindan level can feel it very clearly.

Therefore, although there are cultivators in Soul Continent, the strongest are only at the Foundation Establishment stage, and any Foundation Establishment cultivator who has a little bit of aspirations will choose to leave Soul Continent.

At this moment, Chu Ning had just stepped into the territory of Soul Continent, and he felt a strange force eroding his soul. Even his spiritual consciousness was suppressed to only half of its original level.

Chu Ning poured out the soul-cleansing liquid and dropped a drop on himself. Only then did the inexplicable uncomfortable feeling of his soul being eroded disappear.

"You really can't stay in Soul Island for too long. The longer you stay, the more damage it will cause to your soul."

After making the judgment, Chu Ning did not delay any longer and went directly to the location of Wanxiang Mountain marked on the map.

Along the way, he did encounter some cultivators fighting below, but they were all Qi Condensation cultivators. It was not until he arrived at the foot of Mount Wanxiang that his spiritual sense sensed the breath of Foundation Establishment cultivators.

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Wanxiang Mountain is not a mountain, but a mountain range. However, Chu Ning spent three days and failed to find anything unusual about Wanxiang Mountain.

"It seems that if we want to understand the secrets of Wanxiang Mountain, we have to start with the Wang family at the foot of the mountain."

During the three days of exploring Wanxiang Mountain, Chu Ning also spied on the cultivator family at the foot of the mountain.

The Wang family at the foot of the mountain has a cultivator in the early stage of foundation building, in addition to several cultivators in the late stage of Qi Condensation. Such family strength is no match for Chu Ning now.

But in Soul Continent, compared to the many immortal cultivation forces that Chu Ning encountered on the road, the Wang family was already considered a behemoth.

The other forces have at most one or two late Qi Condensation cultivators in charge, and there are almost no Foundation Establishment cultivators.

"With the power of the Wang family, there is no reason for them to stay in Wanxiang Mountain. They can occupy more territory. Unless there is another reason for the Wang family to stay in Wanxiang Mountain, then this reason should be related to Wanxiang Mountain."

Chu Ning made a judgment in his mind. It was just like those people outside who had thousands of soldiers but could dominate and occupy a lot of territories, while those who had eight thousand knights were hiding in the mountain villages.

When something is abnormal, there must be something wrong.

The backyard of the Wang family mansion.

Chu Ning's spiritual sense had been staring at the foundation-building cultivator of the Wang family. One day later, Chu Ning's eyes lit up. This Wang family mansion actually had a basement, and the most important thing was that his spiritual sense had not discovered it yet.

In order to prevent his spiritual sense from detecting it, this basement must have a formation that can shield the spiritual sense of Jindan powerhouses, and such a formation cannot be set up by a foundation-building cultivator.

Either there was a Jindan powerhouse among the Wang family’s ancestors, or there were other powerful people who helped to set up the formation.

"If it's the former, since the Wang family has a Jindan master in their ancestry, there's no reason for them not to take their people away from Soul Continent. This land is simply not suitable for cultivators to survive."

Chu Ning's eyes flickered as he watched the Wang family's foundation-building cultivator enter the basement. After a while, his figure appeared at the entrance of the basement.

Looking at the entrance to the basement, Chu Ning did not enter. It was a formation that could block the spiritual sense of a Jindan powerhouse. With his temperament, it was impossible for him to enter before he was sure of the situation inside.

He slapped the storage bag with his right hand, and a red light flew out of Chu Ning's storage bag and flew into the entrance of the basement.

Silently.

Chu Ning chose to let the puppet enter the basement first to understand the situation.

He could not communicate with the puppet over long distances, but within a short distance, Chu Ning could also see everything the puppet saw.

Dozens of breaths passed, and Chu Ning's face became extremely cold as he stepped into the entrance of the basement.

This was the first time in all these years that there was unconcealable murderous intent in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)