I originally thought the treasure vault would contain mountains of treasures, countless spirit stones, and all sorts of elixirs and medicines, after all, this was a treasure vault so preciously owned by the Demon Lord.
But what lay before them was desolate. The cabinets and shelves were densely packed, but they were all empty, with only a few scattered supplies stored in some corners.
Everyone suddenly felt a sense of absurdity, as if the rats locked up here would probably starve to death.
Although Zaun knew that the entire demon world had retreated to this underground city and resources must be extremely scarce, he never expected it to be this serious.
However, he quickly regained his composure and said, "Everyone, take your own actions and collect all the useful formations, medicines, and cultivation manuals. Don't make any copies now."
The original plan was to sneak in unnoticed and make copies of the relevant books, but now that the Demon Lord has been alerted, there is definitely not enough time, so I might as well just pack them up and take them away.
Knowing that time was of the essence, the women scattered to check on the situation, and even the injured Jiang Luofu insisted on helping out.
Xie Daoyun headed towards the array area, while Ji Xiaoxi went to examine various herbal medicine books, and the rest of the people searched other parts of the warehouse.
Zuan then went to the cultivation techniques area, hoping to take the opportunity to see the cultivation techniques practiced in the demon world. It would be even better if he could discover the various skills that the Demon Lord was good at.
Compared to the supply area at the entrance, the cultivation manual area was much richer in books. Jade slips were displayed on the bookshelves, emitting various colors of light, clearly representing different elemental attributes.
Zu An quickly flipped through the jade slips. With his current cultivation level and knowledge, he could understand the general situation of the cultivation technique at a glance.
Before long, he showed disappointment. These techniques included various powerful skills, but in terms of quality, they were far inferior to the various secret manuals he had learned before.
More importantly, the cultivation techniques recorded in these jade slips are only suitable for various demon races. They are often very compatible with the bloodline power and physical structure of each race. If humans in the cultivation world were to forcibly cultivate them, they would probably suffer from qi deviation at best, and die from body explosion at worst.
He sighed inwardly at the pity and could only put these techniques aside for the time being and continue searching to see if there were any other discoveries.
Not long after, he suddenly came to a wall. The wall was recessed, and inside was a small bookshelf with a jade slip on it.
This jade slip is clearly extraordinary, as there is a transparent yellow film of light flowing in front of the bookshelf.
This is clearly a protective formation to prevent outsiders from accessing the jade slips inside.
Given that the resources of Yuan Stones in this treasure vault are now so scarce, and none of the other cultivation manuals have been protected by arrays to prevent the consumption of Yuan Stones, this jade slip is an exception, which clearly indicates that it is very important.
With Zu An's current mastery of formations, he quickly discerned the origin of the formation. He took out the formation plate and his fingers flew rapidly, soon inserting formation flags into the walls.
The yellow defensive membrane gradually changed color, quickly turning green, and finally the formation disappeared.
Zu An breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, this defensive formation was quite profound. If it were fully activated, even with his abilities, he might not be able to open it.
It is likely because the underground city is currently lacking in resources and Yuan Stones are in short supply. In order to save Yuan Stones, only the most basic defensive functions of this formation have been activated.
Of course, even the most basic formations are not something that most formation masters can easily solve. Zuan originally had a very high level of knowledge about formations from studying the "Baopu Zhenjing". He had also studied the "Secrets of Spatial Transformation" from Salami before, which further improved his knowledge of formations. That's why he was able to solve it in such a short time.
Zuan took out the jade slip and saw a line of demonic text appear on it—"The Secret Technique of Resurrection".
Upon seeing the name of this secret technique, Zuan's expression hardened. Could there really be a resurrection technique in this world?
Wouldn't the Lord of Demons be immortal?
He dared not delay in the slightest and hurriedly began to look it up.
After a while, he gradually breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that this was not the infinite resurrection technique he had imagined, but a technique with a very high cost.
Previously, when various powerful demons invaded the cultivation world in the later stages, Zu'an killed them. They were not afraid at all. On the contrary, they mocked that they were unkillable. The Demon Lord had used a secret technique on them, and they would be resurrected soon after returning and would come back to take revenge.
Fortunately, Zu'an became the ruler of the underworld at that time, and directly captured their souls, causing them to sink into the Avici Hell.
The secret technique recorded on this jade slip is the same secret technique they possess.
Extract a wisp of the target's soul and essence blood, refine it into a natal puppet whose life is intertwined with the target's, and then put the puppet into a special blood pool. The blood essence power in the blood pool will grow a new body based on that wisp of soul essence blood, which will look exactly like the target.
Then, using a secret technique, the target's soul is extracted and placed into a new body, which then possesses all the original target's abilities and memories.
In a sense, this new body is like a clone of the original target, and is no different from the original body.
The original body lies dormant in a special place within the demon palace. If the clone dies elsewhere, its soul will return to the original body according to pre-set coordinates, thus completing the resurrection ritual.
Of course, this is not without its drawbacks. After all, the clone consumes the soul and essence, and the resurrection will cause the original body to suffer a great loss of vitality, requiring a long time to fully recover.
Of course, compared to dying completely in another world, this loss is nothing.
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