Chapter 1: When the father suffers humiliation, the son will surely avenge it

  The slightly plump Taoist knew she was sympathizing with the scattered ghost king's soul from the explosion earlier, and didn't mind it at all. "You and I will temporarily recover some spiritual energy here, then continue to explore forward."

  The old woman nodded slowly and walked to this place. The two of them not only suffered serious injuries but also consumed many precious treasures. If they leave at this moment, wouldn't it be a loss for both the lady and the soldiers?

  The two sat cross-legged a few meters apart, each holding a mid-grade spirit stone in their hands, slowly absorbing the spiritual energy. This place was not safe and was not suitable for taking medicine to heal wounds, so the two could only use crystal stones to temporarily recover their spiritual energy and suppress their injuries.

  Half a time later, the two of them opened their eyes at the same time, and the spiritual power in their bodies had also recovered to about 70-80%. They barely suppressed their injuries and their complexions looked much better.

  "Let's go." The two of them exchanged a glance, laid down several layers of spiritual energy shields in front of them, and then carefully flew forward with the help of the teleportation light.

  "What... how... how can there be such a thing?" Even with Xiao Chen's calm and steady temperament, he couldn't help but stare in shock at this moment, his face suddenly flushing bright red.

  Xiao Chen walked through the courtyard and collected several stalks of spiritual grass before arriving at a few rooms. There were no restrictions on the door, but when Xiao Chen pushed it open, he was directly stunned by the objects inside.

  The room seemed to be a woman's boudoir, with a faint scent floating in the air. Several women's undergarments were hanging on the clothes rack, and the cool fabric fluttered slightly as he opened the door. Xiao Chen was just a young man who had always been strictly disciplined by his father, and he had never seen such a scene before. Especially the small bellyband with red base, blue line, and embroidered mandarin ducks was attracting most of Xiao Chen's attention.

  "Cough! Cough!" Xiao Chen coughed violently twice, his face feeling increasingly hot and flushed. Who would have thought that in this place of constant crisis, such a thing would still appear.

  "Get out of Miss's boudoir immediately! You wait, I will definitely kill you! Kill you!"

  Both annoyed and ashamed, after losing all her momentum, only one woman was left to make a shrill accusation after being treated lightly by someone, the mysterious woman's voice, somehow through some secret method, suddenly appeared in Xiao Chen's ear.

  Xiao Chen was startled in his heart and realized that it was just the woman's transmission, after which he carefully scanned his eyes again, making sure there was nothing to gain here before retreating.

  As for the woman, after saying a word, there was no movement at all. Xiao Chen didn't care about her either and directly headed to other rooms. Since he broke through the first spiritual grass shield, he knew that the woman would definitely notice it. Since she hadn't come in to stop him for so long, she must have been delayed by other things. He naturally wanted to seize the time to search around and then think of a way to escape from here with all his might.

  "Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! I, miss, will absolutely not let you go, absolutely not!" In the jade plate, that mysterious woman gritted her teeth and swallowed a mouthful of silver teeth. The changing temperament on her body disappeared, leaving only the color of shame and anger.

  Boom!

  Inside the broken road, the last ban was destroyed by the giant zombie's brutal force. A furious roar came out of its mouth, and a thick death gas burst out from its body. It instantly stepped into the transmission array under its feet, and its shadow became blurred, finally disappearing without a trace.

  "Found it!" The old woman's face showed a few points of joy, and she exchanged a glance with the slightly fat Taoist priest. After the two checked for half a moment to confirm that this transmission array did not have any hidden dangers, they entered it, and immediately a ray of light flashed by, and the two figures disappeared in an instant.

  After Chu Xiao Xin carefully embedded the last crystal stone with a blood-red body into the formation, the entire formation suddenly emitted a strange red glow and then sank deeply into the ground, no longer showing any abnormalities. Even if a Golden Elixir realm cultivator's divine sense swept over it, they would absolutely gain nothing.

  "The formation is finally set up, Master. The subordinate will come to see you immediately." Chu Kuang's eyes flashed with a hint of unusual color, and he chuckled twice before standing up and slightly adjusting his position, then stepped on the teleportation light and headed into the distance.

  "Spirit Beast Egg!" Xiao Chen's eyes revealed a hint of surprise, this place was fraught with danger, and the mysterious woman's strength was unfathomable. The Spirit Beast Egg that she protected so carefully must be extraordinary.

  In front of Xiao Chen, there was a spiritual tree with an unknown name, less than one person tall, but its branches were extremely dense and twisted together to form a natural nest. Inside the nest lay an egg about half a meter in size, covered all over with mysterious patterns. At first glance, it could be felt that this was no ordinary spiritual beast egg.

  Xiao Chen carefully released his spiritual sense, slowly surrounding the Ling Beast egg from the outside. However, it was rejected by a strange force, but a weak life aura could still be clearly sensed. His spiritual sense was rejected, Xiao Chen was not surprised but delighted. The fact that this Ling Beast egg had the ability to block his spiritual sense, which was no weaker than that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator, meant that it must contain a powerful spirit beast. If he could hatch and tame it, it would be a great help.

  To know the strength comparison between masters is not only about Gongfa, Shentong, and Fa Bao, but also the contract spirit beast is a force that cannot be underestimated.

  The Xiuzhen world is where many large sects have direct disciples who, from birth, sign contracts with powerful spiritual beasts. Therefore, even if their strength is not high, they can still defeat people far stronger than them with the help of the spiritual beast.

  Xiao Chen licked the corner of his mouth, but after a moment's thought, he turned over and took out a mid-grade spiritual instrument from his storage bag. This was one of the mid-grade scoop-shaped spiritual instruments he had obtained after killing Wu Wanli (the book's dragon suit, showing up once again). It was most suitable for use at this moment. Holding it in his hand, he poured a stream of spiritual energy into it, and even without refining it, the instrument still emitted a dazzling light.

  Divine consciousness entered the ground, confirming the root system of this spiritual tree. Xiao Chen's hands flashed with a spiritual device.

  "Received!" Xiao Chen cast a spell, and the giant egg and the spiritual wood that had formed a nest under it were both sucked into a separate storage bag. He then carefully put it away. Although he didn't know what this spiritual wood was, his intuition told him that it should have some connection with the giant egg, which is why he took them together.

  After picking up, Xiao Chen continued to search carefully in this room, and only after confirming that there was no omission did he turn around and leave.

  "What is this place after all? Why doesn't it seem like an ancient immortal's cave, but rather a prison for something?" The old woman's face was extremely gloomy. After the two of them had killed their way out and arrived here through the transmission array, they hadn't found any sign of a cave, but instead saw that the empty grand hall was filled with all sorts of restrictive killing arrays, making the two of them feel a chill run down their spines.

  "Be careful to explore, even if it's an ancient cultivator's suppression, there will definitely be treasures left behind. If you're lucky, you might even get unexpected gains." The slightly fat Taoist priest said slowly, with a few sparks of excitement flashing in his eyes.

  The old woman was taken aback for a moment, then thought of the recent rumors circulating in the North Huazhou Xiu Zhen Jie, and her eyes also gradually revealed a few sparks of fervor.

  It is said that three months ago, several foundation-building cultivators joined forces to charge into an ancient ruin. After nine deaths and one life, only the last person reached the end point, but unexpectedly found that this place was not the cave house of an ancient cultivator, but a seal of an ancient notorious demon path. Although no one knows what happened inside, the cultivator who survived to the end came out and not only converted to the demon path, but also had his cultivation skyrocketed to the late golden elixir stage. He held in his hand a treasure called Wan Soul Banner, which was able to counter an incoming questioning by a Yuan Ying old monster without falling behind. This caused a sensation throughout the Northern Hua State's cultivator world.

  If it's like this too... The two of them exchanged a glance, and for an instant, their faces were filled with fiery color.

  Two people stood at the edge of the grand hall, hesitated for a moment, and cast down several layers of spiritual shields. The slightly chubby Taoist's eyes revealed a few points of solemnity, and then he patted his forehead and took out a round cauldron-like treasure, emitting a faint golden glow that enveloped his figure inside.

  "Treasures of the Buddhist scriptures!" The old woman's eyes slightly condensed, and she unconsciously added a few more shades of caution, taking two steps back. A layer of dark light emerged from her body, which was unknown in origin, but when it fell into the eyes of the slightly plump Taoist, it revealed a hint of fear on his face.

  Both of them showed a hint of caution, slowly backing away from each other for a short distance before proceeding into the grand hall.

  "Nine Noon Locks Yin Array!"

  "Shan Luo Lie Hun Zhen!"

  "Deploy the Divine Annihilation Formation!"

  The slightly fat Taoist and the old woman had only walked a dozen meters forward when they saw these unactivated formations in front of them, their faces turned even paler. This was just the formation that the two could identify, but there were many more that neither of them had ever heard of or seen before. However, judging from the mysterious and complex patterns, once activated, its power would be extremely terrifying.

  "What kind of place is this, to actually set up so many formidable arrays? If we're not careful and accidentally trigger them, I'm afraid even us Golden Dan cultivators will be in danger of falling." The two were extremely cautious, not daring to let their divine sense spread more than ten meters beyond their bodies, lest they inadvertently triggered something.

  "Hurry! Something's wrong, fellow Taoist, come and help me!" The old woman's footsteps fell, a wave of mysterious spiritual power fluctuated out, and suddenly her face changed drastically, and she disappeared in the great hall with a cry of surprise.

  The slightly plump Taoist's face turned pale, but he didn't have the slightest intention of going forward to help. Instead, he quickly retreated several steps backward, a look of horror flashing across his face. The old crone was not inferior to him in terms of her mastery of the dark arts, and her cultivation had reached the peak of the Golden Elixir initial stage. She didn't even have the slightest ability to resist before being devoured by the seal, which naturally made him secretly terrified.

  The old nun was forbidden from swallowing, and the slightly fat Taoist became even more cautious, stopping to break through whenever they encountered a prohibition, not daring to be careless in the slightest.

  "Hmm, what's this?" Having just cracked open a hidden killing array, the slightly chubby Taoist priest didn't even have time to wipe away the sweat beads on his forehead before he was attracted by something that suddenly fell from above.

  "Jade Simplification!" The slightly chubby Taoist's eyes narrowed slightly, hesitated for a moment, then stretched out his hand to take it in and stuck it on his forehead. After a while, he suddenly opened his eyes wide, bursting forth with an excited and fiery color.

  "Alchemical Chamber." Xiao Chen's eyes revealed a hint of expectation, this mysterious woman's cultivation was unfathomably deep, her origins even more mysterious and unknown, yet she could even cultivate the Wan Zai Ling Medicine, surely there would be gains to be had within this Alchemical Chamber.