Chapter 17 Treasure Hunt
"You are a member of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect!"
"So what if it is?"
"I am from the Sword Nether Sect. Our two sects are of one mind and share the same roots. Fellow Daoist, is your behavior inappropriate?"
The male cultivator from the Myriad Swords Sect sneered, "The forbidden area trial is a life-or-death struggle. Didn't you have a good time killing people just now? So you'd better hurry up and die!"
Before the words were even finished, the two had exchanged several blows in the blink of an eye. The indiscriminate explosions of talismans and the chaotic slashing of sword beams caused the surrounding trees to snap in half and fall to the ground with a crash.
Ye Luo squatted on the tree, observing the battle. He watched the chaotic sword strikes with nervous tension, and cursed inwardly, fearing that they would draw the fighting over here.
Before long, the male cultivator in the Qi Refining stage was completely suppressed, struggling desperately to maintain his position with a mirror shield.
With a clang, the mirror shield shattered, and the flying sword pierced through his chest, pinning him firmly to the tree trunk. The male cultivator coughed up blood and lowered his head.
"Hmph, overestimating yourself."
The male cultivator from the Ten Thousand Swords Sect walked over slowly and was about to reach for his storage bag when the man, who had been hanging his head, revealed a ferocious expression. He activated a vine magic artifact to bind the man tightly, saying, "Even if I die, I'll take someone down with me!"
Upon hearing this, the man was terrified and cried out in panic, "Let go!"
He coughed up blood and laughed, then detonated a self-destruct tag. With a loud bang, the two of them perished together...
When the thick smoke cleared, Ye Luo looked at the two people and saw that there was not even a trace left, but the storage bag was intact.
Wow, could it be a high-end item?!
Ye Luo stared at the four storage bags on the ground, carefully observing his surroundings. Only after confirming that there were no more "spies" did he change to a new stealth talisman and cautiously approach that spot.
His heart pounded. He quickly picked up two storage bags, but when he turned around to get the other two, he found they were gone!
Ye Luo felt a cold sweat break out on her back and carefully looked around before slowly retreating.
Suddenly, a murderous intent swept over him from behind. He turned around abruptly and was met with a pair of ferocious beastly eyes and a gaping maw. A huge blue python suddenly appeared behind him.
Just at the critical moment, Yinbao, hidden inside his clothes, emerged, coiled around his neck, and hissed at him. The giant blue python's eyes trembled, and it fled in fear into the distance.
Seeing this, Ye Luo came to his senses and summoned his flying fan magic weapon to quickly escape into the sky, thus revealing his figure.
"Stop running!" the male cultivator roared, finally revealing his hidden figure.
His heart skipped a beat. He channeled his spiritual power into the flying fan and fled into the distance without looking back.
"They seem to be from the Beast Taming Sect."
After thinking it over, Ye Luo suddenly realized that although he had concealed his form, he had not concealed his aura, which must have been detected by his spirit pet.
"That was close!"
As Ye Luo flew high in the sky, the cultivators below naturally noticed it. Looking up, they saw the words "idiot" written on the huge fan, which made everyone furious.
"Damn it, knock him down!" Suddenly, a series of magical ice blades attacked him.
Seeing this, Ye Luo grinned at them and then quickly activated the defensive array on his flying fan. The yellow shield quickly rose up and successfully blocked wave after wave of attacks.
"Hey! Not bad, not bad at all. It wasn't a waste of time. Next time I have time, I'll look into making an invisible one to play with. It's practically a getaway miracle!"
For the rest of the day, Ye Luo flew around like a headless fly, but still couldn't find any trace of Third Senior Sister and the others. Helpless, he could only find a hidden little stone cave on the cliff of the canyon to take shelter.
After carefully investigating and confirming that there was no danger inside, Ye Luo, just to be on the safe side, took out a maze box and set it at the entrance of the stone cave, instantly concealing the entrance.
Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief, sit down cross-legged and eat a spiritual fruit, instantly replenishing a lot of spiritual energy.
Here, you eat too.
He took out a spirit fruit and handed it to Yinbao, patting its head with his fingertips. "Thanks to you just now, otherwise I would have kicked the bucket."
After eating the spiritual fruit, Yinbao snuggled into Yeluo's arms and fell fast asleep.
Ye Luo sat cross-legged for a while, then began to worry, "Sigh, I mentioned the central area back then, but I don't know if they understood."
The more central the forbidden area, the more rare and precious herbs and spiritual treasures it will be, and naturally, there will be no shortage of battles and conflicts there as well.
But if he goes too late, he might not be able to gather the spiritual herbs he needs.
Most importantly, he can't even tell east from west, north from south, so how can he find the location of the central area?
Ye Luo sighed and began sorting through the storage bags she had found that day. Inside were some spirit stones and talismans, as well as some low- and mid-grade magic artifacts. "Tsk, they're even poorer than me..."
Knowing that the magical artifact would be recognized, Ye Luo didn't want to cause trouble, so she casually threw it away. Suddenly, a scroll unfurled, revealing a detailed map.
"This is... a map of the forbidden area!"
Ye Luo picked up the map and examined it carefully. "The Ten Thousand Swords Sect truly lives up to its reputation as a major sect; even their maps are drawn so clearly."
Sigh, unlike their Peach Blossom Valley, they probably don't even have a map of this place.
Based on the map in his hand, he roughly guessed that the location was in Crimson Canyon, quite far from the center area; he had been practically just wandering around the edge all day...
Suddenly, he noticed that two locations on the circular map of the central Stone Heart Cave were circled in red ink.
"Hey, where is this place?"
He recalled the passage about the forbidden area of the Spirit Mansion in the book, in which Bai Ruoqian used a group of sycophants to stop the treasure hunters for her, and then successfully entered the Stone Heart Cave. When she came out, she had already successfully established her foundation, which almost made everyone's jaw drop.
From then on, Bai Ruoqian's achievement of successfully establishing her foundation at the age of thirteen spread throughout all sects and factions of the Immortal Alliance, making countless people envious.
Thinking of the scene at Stone Heart Cave, Ye Luo's face instantly fell; he was depressed...
At the time, he was so eager to see the major plot twist involving Ye Luo in the book that he seemed to have skipped that part of the story. He really didn't know what kind of great opportunity it was.
"Could it be these two places?"
Ye Luo was getting anxious. He had to seize those opportunities before the female lead arrived, otherwise, with her aura, he wouldn't be able to beat her no matter how hard he tried.
Suddenly, the sounds of fighting coming from below the canyon startled Ye Luo. She cautiously looked down and saw that people from several sects were engaged in a fierce battle, with spells, magical artifacts, and talismans exploding incessantly.
"What's going on? This isn't even the central area, why is the fighting so intense?"
Ye Luo squatted down and observed for a while, finally seeing clearly what they were fighting over: it turned out to be a spiritual herb growing on the cliff.
Although the battle below was fierce, it seemed that very few of the spiritual herbs on the cliff had been picked.
"Tsk, how come I didn't notice that earlier?"
Ye Luo pondered for a moment, a sly glint in her eyes, "In that case, I'll gladly accept it!"
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