109: Chapter 109 Ancient Cultivator's Cave, The True Understanding of the Five Elements!

Hiss, hiss, hiss!

A harsh corrosive sound suddenly rang out.

The overbearing corrosive properties of the blood-dissolving powder directly triggered a violent conflict with the ancient Spiritual Power within the Formation patterns.

Fighting poison with poison!

Under the erosion of the blood-dissolving powder, the originally stagnant Formation nodes were directly and forcefully corroded to create a palm-sized gap.

Hum!

The entire blood-red killing Formation trembled violently, and the poisonous pythons pouncing toward the three of them immediately turned illusory, their movements also becoming half a beat slower.

"The Formation is broken! Let's go!"

Qi Yang let out a low shout with a hoarse voice.

Without the slightest hesitation, his figure flashed as he charged straight out through the corroded gap.

Yao Banxia and Qian Duobao did not react slowly either. Seeing a chance of survival appear, the two of them exerted every ounce of their strength, closely following behind Qi Yang as they scrambled and crawled out of the killing Formation's coverage range.

Rumble!

Just as the three of them escaped, the dilapidated killing Formation completely went out of control. Violent Spiritual Power exploded on the spot, blasting a huge deep pit in the mire spanning a dozen zhang in radius.

"Hoo... Hoo..."

Qian Duobao collapsed onto the ground, gasping heavily for breath, his mung bean-sized eyes filled with the joy of surviving a disaster.

"My goodness, I was almost ground into a pulp."

He raised his head, his gaze looking at Qi Yang filled with awe.

He had seen those few precise finger flicks just now very clearly.

This old man, who looked like half his body was already in the grave, possessed an unfathomable attainment in toxicology and Formations!

Yao Banxia also took a deep breath, cupping her fists respectfully toward Qi Yang: "Senior's methods are brilliant, Junior admires you."

Qi Yang ignored their flattery.

He stood in place, his deep gaze staring fixedly at the deep pit left behind by the killing Formation's explosion.

His Spiritual Sense extended underground along the flow of the residual Spiritual Power of the Formation, and soon, a faint smile appeared at the corner of Qi Yang's mouth.

Behind this killing Formation, there was actually hidden an ancient Cultivator Immortal Cave of venerable age!

Furthermore, the Foundation of the Formation was built precisely by relying on this Immortal Cave.

"Stop talking nonsense."

Qi Yang turned around, his voice calm.

"There is something beneath this killing Formation. Let's go take a look."

Half an hour later.

Following the deep pit blasted out by the killing Formation, the three of them dug downwards all the way, and finally discovered a bluestone stone gate half-buried in the mire beneath the mud layer at the deepest part of the Thousand Poison Swamp.

The stone gate was covered with moss, and faint spiritual light faintly circulated upon it.

"An ancient Cultivator Immortal Cave!"

Qian Duobao's mung bean-sized eyes instantly lit up like two light bulbs, and even his breathing became hurried.

"We're rich, we're rich! This is definitely a ruin left behind a thousand years ago!"

Yao Banxia also found it difficult to conceal her excitement, but she was still relatively calm as she turned her head to look at Qi Yang.

"Senior, there still seems to be residual Restrictions on this stone gate."

Qi Yang nodded.

He stepped forward, not reaching out to touch the stone gate, but carefully observing the patterns on the door.

The defensive Formation on the outer perimeter of this Immortal Cave had long been eroded by the passage of time until it was riddled with holes, and the explosion of the killing Formation just now had even shattered more than half of the Restrictions on the stone gate.

"Follow my footsteps, don't touch things randomly."

Qi Yang said faintly.

He raised his foot and stepped precisely onto a bluestone slab in front of the stone gate.

Following closely, his hands formed seals rapidly, striking out a few weak strands of Spiritual Power that merged into the gaps of the stone gate.

Click, click, click...

A muffled sound of mechanisms rang out, and the heavy bluestone grand gate slowly slid open to both sides, revealing a pitch-black and profound passage.

An aura of decay permeated within the passage.

Qi Yang took the lead and walked at the very front.

The stone walls on both sides of the passage were covered with all sorts of sinister mechanisms; there were poisoned hidden arrows, venom pits capable of melting people, and even a few well-preserved Stone Puppets.

However, under the scan of Qi Yang's formidable Spiritual Sense, these mechanisms had nowhere to hide at all.

"Three steps to the left, jump across."

"Lower your head, walk close to the right wall."

Qi Yang strolled leisurely as if walking in his own back garden, directing the two of them to avoid wave after wave of fatal traps.

Qian Duobao and Yao Banxia followed behind, not daring to let out a loud breath.

They witnessed with their own eyes a poisonous rat that mistakenly entered the passage slightly touch a protrusion on the wall, and it was directly shot into a sieve.

The two of them already admired Qi Yang's methods to the utmost; this old man was simply a living adventure guide!

Passing through the long passage, the three of them finally arrived at the main chamber of the Immortal Cave.

The main chamber was very spacious, with a huge bronze stone platform placed in the center.

Behind the stone platform was a sizable indoor spiritual field.

Although it had experienced long years, the Formation within the spiritual field was still barely operating, maintaining weak Spiritual Qi.

On the cattail-leaf cushion of the stone platform, a crystalline skeleton sat cross-legged.

"Senior, there is Spirit Medicine over there!"

Yao Banxia spotted a plant in the corner of the spiritual field at a glance.

Qi Yang's gaze also followed to look over.

That was a seedling only the size of a palm, its entire body presenting an eerie purplish-black color.

On the leaves of the seedling were patterns resembling blood vessels, emitting a heart-palpitating toxic qi.

"A heavenly poison fruit seedling!"

Qi Yang's heart leaped fiercely.

This was a Tier 2 upper-grade poisonous herb!

Although it was just a seedling, as long as he had the mysterious black gourd in hand, ripening it was only a matter of time.

This thing was definitely a top-grade main ingredient for refining higher-grade poison pills!

Qi Yang did not stand on ceremony. He stepped forward directly, carefully digging up the heavenly poison fruit seedling by its roots, placing it into the warm jade box, and storing it close to his body.

Yao Banxia and Qian Duobao were not idle either.

Although most of the Spirit Medicine in the spiritual field had already withered, there were still a few tenacious poisonous herbs left. Yao Banxia collected them as if finding a priceless treasure.

Qian Duobao ran over to the side of the skeleton, rummaging through a pile of decayed debris, and finally actually dug out a cracked bronze ancient mirror.

"A Tier 2 middle-grade Magical Artifact! Although it's a bit broken, it can still be used after fixing it!"

Qian Duobao smiled from ear to ear.

Qi Yang's gaze ultimately landed on an antique Jade Slip beside that skeleton.

He stepped forward, using Spiritual Power to pull the Jade Slip into his hand, and a wisp of Spiritual Sense probed into it.

Boom!

A massive amount of information began to pour into Qi Yang's mind.

"True Explanation of the Five Elements"!

This was a rare collection of Spells!

It not only recorded the basic Spells of the metal, wood, water, fire, and earth Five Elements, but even contained many powerful high-tier Spells!

Qi Yang's heart was wildly joyful.

Although he had undergone Foundation Establishment now, his attacking methods were somewhat singular.

Aside from using poison, it was just relying on his formidable Physical Body to fight head-on. Once he encountered peers who specialized in Spells, he would easily suffer losses.

This "True Explanation of the Five Elements" was simply tailor-made for his Five-Element Mixed Spiritual Roots!

With this thing, he could thoroughly make up for his shortcomings in Spells!

"This trip to the Thousand Poison Swamp was totally worth it."

Qi Yang tightly gripped the Jade Slip in his hand with a satisfied smile.

The three of them each obtained treasures they were satisfied with, everyone was happy.

There were no other valuable things left in the Immortal Cave, so Qi Yang led the two of them back the way they came, successfully leaving the Thousand Poison Swamp.

After leaving the Thousand Poison Swamp.

Qi Yang no longer wandered around with Qian Duobao and Yao Banxia. Under the pretext that he needed to find a place to enter secluded cultivation to comprehend the treasures he obtained, he parted ways with the two of them.

Although Qian Duobao and Yao Banxia were somewhat reluctant to part, they did not dare to forcefully detain this unfathomable Senior. After respectfully bidding farewell, they each departed.

Within the wilderness, Qi Yang found a secluded cave and sat cross-legged.

He took out the "True Explanation of the Five Elements" Jade Slip and began frantically studying the Spells within it.

Although the Five-Element Mixed Spiritual Roots had a slow cultivation speed, it possessed a unique advantage when cultivating the five-element Spells.

Because the Five Elements were complete within his body, he didn't need to forcibly convert Spiritual Power like single Spiritual Root Cultivators.

In just a few days, Qi Yang thoroughly grasped the "True Explanation of the Five Elements".

"The Law of the Dao of Gou, never put all your trump cards out in the open."

Qi Yang touched his chin, already having a plan in his heart.

He decided to primarily Cultivate the earth-type Thick Earth Shield and water-type Water Dragon Chant openly.

The Thick Earth Shield had astonishing defense, and the Water Dragon Chant had a grand momentum with moderate lethality; these two Spells were most suitable for disguising his identity.

As for the metal-type Gengjin Sword Qi and fire-type Burning Heaven Flame, they were deeply hidden away by him.

These two Spells possessed extremely strong killing power and terrifying destructiveness. Once he encountered a life-or-death crisis, coordinating with his eerie and overbearing Poison Wood Spiritual Power to erupt simultaneously, it would definitely catch the enemy off guard!