186: Tongtian Demon Peak

He looked into the distance.

At the edge of his vision, a giant peak, pitch-black as ink and piercing the clouds, was faintly visible.

That was the Tongtian Demon Peak... however, things were not going as smoothly as Su Lin had imagined.

Just as they were preparing to leave the dried-up sea of blood.

Su Hongling suddenly stopped in her tracks.

She twitched her nose, as if sniffing for something.

"What's wrong?" Su Lin asked.

"There's Treasure Aura!"

Su Hongling pointed to the spot where the Blood River Ancestor had been sitting—it had now turned into a massive deep pit.

"Under there! Such thick Treasure Aura! And... there's also a very fragrant scent!"

"Fragrant?"

Su Lin frowned; he didn't smell any fragrance.

"It's not just fragrant!"

Chu Weiwei also leaned over. She squatted by the edge of the pit, looking at the black sludge below, a hint of excitement flashing in her eyes.

"Revered Master! Down there... it seems like many strange grasses are growing!"

"This kind of fluctuation... it's definitely Primordial Spirit Medicine that has long been extinct!"

"Dig!"

Without another word, Su Hongling jumped into the pit and began digging up the earth.

Her Mahayana Stage hands were more effective than any shovel.

After a short while, the sludge was cleared away.

Revealing what lay beneath.

It was actually an underground palace that had been buried for countless ages...?

No, it looked more like a massive treasury.

And the treasury door had already been corroded through with a hole by that profligate Blood River Ancestor.

Through the opening, one could see mountains of... "Wow!!!"

Su Hongling let out a cry of amazement, sounding like someone who had never seen the world.

"It's all good stuff!"

Inside, there were not only fragments of Magic Treasures radiating treasure light, but also countless rare Ores, and even several perfectly preserved True Dragon Skeletons!

Clearly, this was the Legacy left by that fallen True Immortal, or perhaps a collection site for relics from this ancient battlefield.

Although the Blood River Ancestor had occupied this place, he could only utilize the sea of blood; he couldn't open these treasures that were Sealed by Immortal Qi, and could only watch as they piled up here.

But now, it was a windfall for Su Lin's group.

"We're rich, we're rich!"

Su Hongling rushed into the treasury and, regardless of anything, stuffed whatever she saw into her Storage Pouch.

"This axe is so heavy! It's mine!"

"This stone is so hard! I'll take it back to grind my teeth!"

"This bone... uh, though I don't know what it is, it looks pretty tasty. Taking it!"

Luo Ximei and Chu Weiwei were not to be outdone, and they all joined the "zero-dollar shopping" spree.

"This whip... it has the aura of a Demon Dragon? Not bad, it can just replace that 'God-Binding' one."

"My god! Is this the Netherworld Ghost Orchid? Is this the Nine-Revolution Soul-Returning Grass? This... this is a Ginseng Baby that has already gained sentience?!"

Chu Weiwei was running all over the place chasing a radish spirit that had grown legs and was scurrying around.

Su Lin stood at the treasury entrance, watching his three disciple acting like bandits entering a village, and shook his head helplessly.

But he wasn't idle either.

His gaze fell upon an inconspicuous corner in the deepest part of the treasury.

There sat a dust-covered black box.

The box didn't have any spiritual energy fluctuations; it looked completely ordinary.

But Su Lin's intuition told him that this item was the most valuable existence in this treasury.

Because when his Divine Sense swept over it, the box was like a non-existent black hole, causing absolutely no feedback.

This in itself was a massive anomaly.

"Revered Master, what are you looking at?"

Luo Ximei was the first to notice Su Lin's abnormality. She tossed aside the Demon Dragon Whip in her hand and leaned over, her heterochromatic eye staring warily at the black box.

"This box... gives me a very bad feeling."

She frowned, "It's like being stared down intensely by something."

"I feel it too."

Su Hongling also ran over holding a large pile of sparkling Ores, sniffing her nose.

"There's no Treasure Aura in this box, but instead an aura... like the kind that sometimes comes off you, Old Man, that makes people afraid to speak."

"Pressure?" Su Lin raised an eyebrow.

Su Lin reached out and gently brushed the dust off the box.

It was a box made of an unknown black wood, with no lock or seams, looking like a perfectly integrated whole.

But in the very center of the box, an ancient rune was carved, looking as if it were still flowing.

Su Lin recognized that rune.

"It seems we've hit the jackpot."

Su Lin took a deep breath.

He didn't use brute force to break it, but instead channeled that trace of special spiritual energy within his body, which was a Fusion of the heart of the primordial demon and Space Law, slowly injecting it into the rune.

"Click."

An extremely faint sound rang out, yet it seemed to resonate deep within the Soul.

Countless thin golden lines suddenly lit up on the surface of the black box. These lines moved and rearranged rapidly, eventually turning into an incredibly complex star map.

"Buzz!"

The box opened automatically.

Lying quietly inside was a thumb-sized, dusty grey stone Seal.

Carved upon the Seal was a miniature mountain peak.

The shape of that mountain was steep and proud, piercing the clouds.

It was exactly the same as the Tongtian Demon Peak in the distance.

"This is..."

Chu Weiwei leaned over to take a look and was somewhat disappointed. "A broken stone? It's not even as good as that Ginseng Baby I just caught."

"No."

Su Lin picked up the Seal.

The moment it touched his hand, a massive flow of information rushed directly into his mind.

A sharp glint flashed in Su Lin's eyes.

So that's how it is.

That Tongtian Demon Peak isn't a mountain at all.

It is a massive, Sealed True Immortal Immortal Cave, or rather, the Legacy site left by that fallen True Immortal!

And that third world core is at the deepest part of these ruins!

"Are you ready?"

Su Lin gripped the Seal and looked at his three disciple.

"Ready for what?" Su Hongling still had half a piece of unchewed spirit bone in her mouth.

"Ready to... be guests at that True Immortal's home."

Before his voice had even faded.

Su Lin abruptly poured spiritual energy into the Seal.

"Rumble!!!"

The entire underground treasury shook violently in an instant.

The originally hard ground began to turn ethereal. Under the impact of this power, the mountains of treasures around them actually all turned into streams of light and were sucked into that tiny Seal!

"My treasures!!"

Su Hongling cried out in anguish, reaching out to grab the flying Ores, but her hands met only air.

Immediately after, a blinding white light erupted from the Seal, instantly swallowing the figures of the four... When their vision became clear again.

The four of them found that they were no longer in that dark and damp underground treasury.

Beneath their feet was an incredibly wide flight of bluestone steps.

The steps were suspended in the endless Void Realm, with churning Chaos air currents on both sides, their depths unfathomable.

Looking upwards.

The steps wound and spiraled, leading straight to the sky, with no end in sight.

And at the end of the steps, a majestic palace was vaguely visible, radiating a sacred aura that made one want to bow down in worship.

This was the true interior of the Tongtian Demon Peak!

"Where is this?"

Su Hongling stomped on the bluestone slab beneath her feet, producing a dull thud.

"My body feels so heavy... the gravity here is at least a hundred times that of the outside world!"

"No-Fly Domain."

Luo Ximei tried to fly up, but found that the circulation of Devilish Qi in her body had become extremely sluggish, as if it had been filled with lead.

Her expression was grim: "I can't fly, and space is also locked down."

"And... my poison insects are all trembling."

Chu Weiwei looked at the small jar in her hand; the poison insects inside were all curled into balls, playing dead.

"There's a very strong pressure here, specifically suppressing evil things."

Su Lin stood at the very front, hands behind his back.

He looked at that path to heaven, a smile playing at the corners of his mouth.

"This is the Path of Trials."

"That True Immortal didn't want trash to obtain his Legacy."

"A hundred times gravity is just the beginning. The further up you go, the greater the pressure, and there will even be illusions, Heart Demons, and... projections of the past."

He turned around, looking at his three disciple.

"Are you afraid?"

"Afraid?"

Su Hongling hoisted her giant sword onto her shoulder; even under a hundred times gravity, her back remained perfectly straight.

"This old lady has never known how to write the word 'fear' in her life!"

"A hundred times gravity? This is perfect weight training for me!"

"As long as Revered Master is in front, even if it's a mountain of blades or a sea of fire, this Disciple dares to venture through."

Luo Ximei walked to Su Lin's side, naturally taking his arm, her heterochromatic eye flashing with a determined light.

"Besides... an adventure with just the four of us sounds quite exciting."

Chu Weiwei also leaned in, and although her face was somewhat pale, she still said through gritted teeth:

"Weiwei will protect Revered Master well... if Revered Master can't walk anymore, Weiwei can carry you... or give you a shot of stimulant..."

Su Lin: "..."

You could have left out that last sentence.

"Then let's go."

Su Lin took the first step.

"To the summit."

...The path to heaven, the one-thousandth step.

The gravity here had already reached three hundred times that of the outside world.

For a freakish Body Cultivator like Su Hongling, this still felt like taking a stroll.

Luo Ximei, relying on her Mahayana Stage cultivation and True Immortal Origin, also seemed to handle it with ease.

On the other hand, Chu Weiwei began to pant slightly, fine beads of sweat seeping from her forehead.

As for Su Lin... he had activated the Immovable Wisdom King Body, with golden light protecting him, and combined with the force-unloading techniques of Space Law, he walked more easily than anyone.

"Boring."

Su Hongling yawned, "This is a True Immortal ruin? Other than being a bit heavy, there's nothing special about it."

"Don't be careless."

Su Lin reminded her, "It's getting foggy ahead."

Sure enough.

On the steps ahead, a layer of faint white mist appeared.

The mist wasn't thick, but when Divine Sense probed into it, it was like a clay ox entering the sea, instantly losing all connection.

"Careful, this is the 'Heart-Questioning Mist'."

Su Lin stopped, his expression serious.

"In this mist, you will see the things you desire most, or fear most, in your hearts."

"Tch, another illusion?"

"Careful, this is not an illusion!"

Su Hongling curled her lip disdainfully, "I smashed that Blood River Ancestor's illusion earlier, what tricks can this one have?"

She carelessly took a step right in.

"Hong Ling!"

Su Lin wanted to stop her, but it was already too late.

Su Hongling's figure instantly vanished into the mist.

Immediately after, Luo Ximei and Chu Weiwei exchanged a look and followed her in without hesitation.

"Wherever Revered Master is, I am."

Su Lin was helpless and could only follow closely behind, stepping into the mist... The mist churned.

The scene before Su Lin's eyes changed instantly.

It was no longer bluestone steps, but a... bridal chamber decorated extremely festively?

Large red 'Double Happiness' characters were pasted on the window frames, and Dragon and Phoenix red candles were burning, making crackling sounds.

Su Lin looked down.

He was actually wearing a bright red groom's wedding robe, with a large red flower hanging on his chest.

"What kind of play is this now?"

The corners of Su Lin's mouth twitched.

Just then, three brides covered in red veils were supported by others as they walked in from outside.

Their figures were all different.

The one in the middle was tall and curvaceous, the one on the left was petite and dainty, and the one on the right was delicate and slender.

One didn't even need to guess to know who they were.

"First bow to Heaven and Earth—!"

A high-pitched voice rang out (it sounded like that already-dead White Bone General).

The three brides bowed in unison.

Su Lin stood in place, unmoving.

"Second bow to the parents—!"

No one bowed, because there were no parents here.

"Husband and wife bow to each other—!"

The three brides turned around and bowed gracefully to Su Lin.

From beneath the veils came three distinct voices, yet all were filled with possessiveness.

"Revered Master... you've finally fallen into my hands." (Luo Ximei's giggle)

"Old Man... tonight I'm going to devour you completely!" (Su Hongling's teeth-grinding sound)

"Revered Master... in this Nuptial Wine, I've added triple the dose..." (Chu Weiwei's whisper)

Su Lin: "..."

This is the so-called 'Heart-Questioning Mist'?

Whose heart is this questioning?

This is clearly the manifestation of those three wicked disciple' Heart Demons!

"Enough."

Su Lin sighed.

He didn't use brute force to break it like before, but instead reached out and, with extreme precision, lifted the three veils one by one.

Beneath the veils, as expected, were those three familiar faces.

Only, at this moment, their expressions were somewhat dull, and their eyes were filled with a certain fanatical, unreal sense of happiness.

"Wake up."

Su Lin extended a finger and lightly tapped each of their foreheads.

It wasn't ordinary spiritual energy, but a Heart-Clearing Incantation carrying a trace of spatial vibration.

"Buzz!"

The three of them shuddered violently, the fanaticism in their eyes quickly receding, replaced by the confusion of waking up.

"Eh? The wedding? Why did it stop?"

Su Hongling subconsciously blurted out, then suddenly covered her mouth, her face turning the color of pig liver.

Luo Ximei, on the other hand, looked at the phoenix crown and bridal robes she was wearing, then at Su Lin in his groom's outfit, an extreme sense of regret flashing in her heterochromatic eye.

"What a pity... it's fake."

Chu Weiwei was still holding two wine cups, the liquid inside showing an eerie purple-black color.

"Revered Master... aren't you going to drink?" she asked weakly.

"Drink my ass!"

Su Lin irritably knocked their heads.

"What kind of nonsense are you all thinking?

This is an illusion! It's Heart-Questioning!

Besides wanting to tie your Revered Master up in a bridal chamber, do you have no other pursuits in your hearts?!"

"None."

The three of them spoke in unison, their answers resolute.

Su Lin: "..."

He suddenly felt that the greatest challenge might not be monsters, but these three disciple.