157: A blessed land, where you can become rich overnight!

"Seeking death!"

Daoist Yuqing let out a cold snort and flicked his horsetail whisk.

The three thousand silver threads instantly surged, transforming into a massive net that blotted out the sky, descending upon them.

The fierce demonic wind collided with the silver threads but, like a clay ox entering the sea, it instantly vanished without a trace.

Murong Zhuyun was even more decisive; she formed hand seals, and several Formation Flags flew out.

She set up a small trapping and killing Formation in the void.

A dozen demonic wolves crashed into the Formation, instantly feeling the scenery around them change drastically as they fell into an endless illusion.

"Awoo!"

Xiao Hei let out an excited cry; it loved these kinds of trapped targets the most.

It opened its mouth and inhaled violently, and a terrifying devouring force erupted!

A Soul Transformation Stage demonic wolf struggling within the illusion couldn't even manage to let out a scream.

Its massive body shrank uncontrollably, turning into a beam of black light before being swallowed by Xiao Hei in one gulp.

"Burp~"

Xiao Hei let out a satisfied burp, seemingly still wanting more.

"Finish this quickly!"

At this moment, Chen Xu's voice rang out.

Receiving the order, Daoist Yuqing held back no longer; the silver threads of his whisk instantly straightened and twisted within the Formation!

Pfft! Pfft!

Blood splattered everywhere as a dozen massive wolf heads soared into the sky.

In barely a dozen breaths of time, a sneak attack had been easily resolved by them.

Over the past two days, they had experienced similar battles no fewer than ten times.

The Yao Beasts of the Beiming Wilderness were not only powerful but also fearless and extremely xenophobic.

If not for the fact that their group of three people and one beast was strong enough, any ordinary team of Soul Transformation Cultivators would have long since become nourishment for this Gobi desert.

"Family Head, we are nearly ten thousand li away from Tianxuan City. Should we continue to venture deeper?"

Daoist Yuqing looked at the unchanging, desolate scenery ahead, his brows furrowed slightly.

The deeper they went into the wilderness, the greater the danger they encountered.

Yesterday, they even sensed the aura of a Void Refining Yao King from afar.

They had been forced to take a detour.

Chen Xu looked at this dead, silent world, feeling a bit doubtful in his heart.

Could it be that he had misinterpreted the meaning?

Just as he was preparing to use his Divine Sense to confirm the direction again, Xiao Hei, who had been dozing on his shoulder, suddenly straightened its body and sniffed the air vigorously.

"Awoo! Awoo!"

It suddenly cried out excitedly, its large, black-gem-like eyes shining. It stretched out a small paw and pointed in a direction to the front left, appearing impatient.

Chen Xu's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately looked in that direction.

"Let's go! Let's go check that out!"

With Xiao Hei's guidance, their goal became clear.

The three people and one beast accelerated again, flying for about half a day.

Finally, a highly incongruous touch of green appeared on the unchanging gray-brown horizon ahead.

It was a valley shrouded in faint mist.

Outside the valley was a barren Gobi desert where not a blade of grass grew.

Inside the valley, however, vegetation was lush, full of green, and vibrant with life.

A pure and dense Spiritual Qi could be clearly sensed even from a great distance away.

"This is it!"

A sharp light flashed in Chen Xu's eyes.

Such dense Spiritual Qi in this absolute wilderness was like a beacon in the night. Being so conspicuous yet able to exist safely until now, there was only one possibility!

This place must be guarded by a powerful Restriction!

The three people and one beast landed at the entrance of the valley. Before they even got close, they felt an invisible barrier blocking their path.

It was a barrier invisible to the naked eye, yet it emitted vast and majestic Spiritual domain fluctuations.

"What a strong Restriction!"

Murong Zhuyun stepped forward, extended a slender finger, and gently touched the barrier.

Hum!

Ripples spread across the surface of the barrier, and a terrifying rebounding force surged forth.

It made her face turn pale, and she quickly withdrew her hand.

She closed her eyes, released her Divine Thought, and began to carefully sense the structure of the massive Formation.

A moment later, she opened her eyes, her pretty face filled with solemnity and shock.

"Family Head, this Restriction is at least at the level of an ancient Formation!"

"It is integrated with the Spiritual Vein of the entire valley, endless and unceasing, with infinite Spiritual power. With our current strength, trying to break it by force is no different from throwing an egg against a rock."

An ancient Formation!

Upon hearing these four words, Daoist Yuqing gasped.

A Formation of this level!

Let alone them, even if a Void Refining expert came personally, they would likely have to sigh in frustration.

The treasure mountain was right before their eyes, yet blocked by a door that could not be opened.

This feeling left Daoist Yuqing feeling extremely stifled.

"Family Head... are we just going to leave it at that?"

He asked, unwilling to give up.

Chen Xu's brows were locked tight as he also pondered a countermeasure.

A direct assault was absolutely impossible.

Unless his attainments in Formations could advance further to the sixth-tier level.

Perhaps then he could find a way to break it.

But that would require a long time.

Just as everyone was at their wits' end, Xiao Hei, however, appeared very impatient, anxiously pacing back and forth around the barrier.

"Awoo!"

It seemed to be complaining that this thing was blocking its path.

It suddenly stopped, let out a series of low growls at a certain spot on the barrier, and then violently rammed into it!

Bang!

The barrier flashed, and Xiao Hei was bounced back, falling flat on its back.

But it didn't care at all; it climbed up, changed to a different spot, and continued to ram it.

Once, twice, three times...

"This little guy..."

Daoist Yuqing was left speechless, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

However, Chen Xu and Murong Zhuyun noticed something off about this seemingly foolish behavior.

The location of each of Xiao Hei's impacts seemed to have no pattern, one here and one there.

"Family Head, look!"

Murong Zhuyun suddenly pointed at the barrier and exclaimed.

They saw that the intensity of the ripples caused by the barrier at the points Xiao Hei had just rammed was actually different!

In some places, the ripples were huge, and the rebounding force was extremely strong.

While in other places, the ripples were significantly weaker!

"Formation nodes!"

Chen Xu and Murong Zhuyun exchanged a glance and instantly understood something.

No massive Formation could be perfect; there would inevitably be nodes where Spiritual power circulated.

These nodes were the "joints" of the Formation, some strong and some weak!

Xiao Hei's seemingly random ramming was actually using the most foolish method to test the weak points of the entire Formation!

"Awoo! Awoo!"

Just then, Xiao Hei seemed to have finally found the place it was looking for. It stopped ramming randomly and dashed quickly toward a dense forest on the side of the valley, looking back and barking at Chen Xu and the others as it ran, signaling them to follow.

"Follow it!"

Chen Xu did not hesitate and immediately took the two of them in pursuit.

Passing through a dense forest overgrown with thorns, Xiao Hei finally stopped in front of an inconspicuous cliff wall.

The place was overgrown with weeds and covered in moss, looking no different from anywhere else.

That layer of invisible barrier still existed.

"This is it!"

Murong Zhuyun stepped forward quickly and extended her hand, pressing it against the void in front of the cliff wall again.

This time, the solemnity on her face was instantly replaced by deep surprise and disbelief!

"Heavens! The Formation fluctuations here... are so weak!"

She said excitedly, "Family Head, this is a blind spot in the circulation of the Spiritual Vein energy of the entire Formation! Perhaps it was a hidden door left behind during construction, or perhaps it is a flaw formed by the erosion of eternal ages!"

"In any case, the defense here is the weakest part of the entire Formation!"

Found it!

Really found it!

Daoist Yuqing looked at Xiao Hei, who was wagging its tail and looking smug, and was completely convinced.

This wasn't some clan-protecting Divine Beast; this was clearly a treasure-hunting Divine Beast!

Chen Xu also laughed heartily, praised Xiao Hei profusely, and rewarded it with a piece of Top-Grade Artifact Refining Material.

Xiao Hei held the material, which was larger than its head, in its mouth, crunching on it, and narrowed its eyes in happiness.

"Well done."

Chen Xu patted Xiao Hei's head, then his gaze returned to the seemingly ordinary cliff wall.

A sharp light flashed in his eyes.

Since they had found the weak point of the Formation, there was nothing to hesitate about!

"You all step back!"

Chen Xu commanded in a deep voice.

Murong Zhuyun and Daoist Yuqing did not dare to delay; they immediately took Xiao Hei and retreated a hundred zhang, watching Chen Xu with nervous expressions.

Chen Xu took a deep breath, and the majestic magic power of his Soul Transformation Great Perfection surged within him.

He did not use the immortal slaying sword tip to deal with the Formation; the most effective tool was still the human emperor seal, which was extremely rigid and masculine and contained the Imperial Dragon Qi Law!

"human emperor seal! Appear!"

With a thought from Chen Xu, the purple-gold light between his brows became brilliant to the extreme!

Hum~!

The purple-gold jade seal, entwined with nine ten-thousand-zhang Divine Dragons, flew out with a boom!

The moment it appeared, the human emperor seal swelled against the wind, instantly transforming into a hundred-zhang divine mountain that propped up the sky and earth.

It hovered above Chen Xu's head.

The terrifying Imperial Dragon Qi swept out once more, causing Murong Zhuyun and Daoist Yuqing in the distance to feel their minds sway.

They could barely resist the urge to kneel and submit.

Too strong!

After the Family Head broke through to the Soul Transformation Great Perfection, the power of this human emperor seal was more than ten times stronger than it had been at Mine No. 72!

"Break for me!"

Chen Xu shouted, and a shocking divine light erupted from his eyes.

He pointed his fingers like a sword and struck toward the cliff wall!

"Roar——!"

The nine Imperial Golden Dragons coiled upon the purple-gold divine mountain let out a heaven-shaking roar.

Carrying the terrifying momentum to annihilate everything, they slammed into that Formation node!

Rumble——!!!

A terrifying, mountain-shattering roar exploded!

The entire valley, and even the Gobi desert within a radius of a hundred li, trembled violently under this blow!

The cliff wall that had been struck instantly turned into powder.

Revealing the light screen behind it, which flashed with countless Spiritual power fluctuations.

The light screen twisted and vibrated violently, ripples spreading across its surface, but it stubbornly withstood this heaven-destroying blow and did not shatter!

The terrifying rebounding force rolled back along the human emperor seal.

Chen Xu let out a muffled groan, his body swaying slightly in mid-air, but his feet remained rooted as if they had grown into the ground, not moving an inch.

"What strong defense!"

Daoist Yuqing, watching this scene from afar, gasped.

This was just the weakest node of the Formation!

If they attacked elsewhere, they probably wouldn't even be able to shake it in the slightest!

What kind of terrifying existence had left behind this ancient Formation?

"Again!"

Chen Xu, far from being discouraged, felt a heaven-soaring Battle Intent ignite in his eyes!

The Primordial Violet Qi within his body circulated frantically.

The magic power of his Soul Transformation Great Perfection poured into the human emperor seal without reservation!

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Chen Xu controlled the human emperor seal like a tireless machine, slamming it into the same point again and again.

He launched an incomparably violent bombardment!

The entire world was left with nothing but that deafening roar.

Every impact caused the earth to tremble violently.

Every roar sent ripples through space.

Ten times! Twenty times! Fifty times!

When Chen Xu unleashed his eighty-first attack!

That energy light curtain finally showed signs of change under the relentless bombardment of the human emperor seal!

Crack—!

A crisp shattering sound, amidst the earth-shaking roar, seemed so clear!

One could see a crack appearing at the center of the light curtain's node!

It's working!

Seeing this, Yuqing Daoist and Murong Zhuyun both revealed expressions of wild joy!

"This is it!"

A sharp light flashed in Chen Xu's eyes; this was the moment he had been waiting for!

Without the slightest hesitation, he put away the human emperor seal, flashed his figure, and threw himself headlong into the light curtain!

"Follow me!"

Sizzle!

A faint layer of Primordial Violet Qi shield appeared on the surface of Chen Xu's body, emitting a harsh friction sound the moment it made contact with the fractured Formation light curtain.

Countless violent spatial forces and Formation energies scraped against his shield like steel knives.

Yet, they could not harm him in the slightest!

Relying on his formidable Primordial Chaos Dao Body, he squeezed through the crack that was only as wide as a person!

Murong Zhuyun and Yuqing Daoist followed closely behind, not daring to be even the slightest bit slow.

Xiao Hei transformed into a streak of black light and zipped right in.

The moment their figures disappeared, the crack that had just been forced open flashed with light and instantly healed, as if nothing had ever happened.

The instant they passed through the light curtain, it was as if they had stepped from one world into another.

That violent, chaotic, and oppressive Spiritual Qi that existed every moment in the Beiming Wilderness vanished without a trace in an instant.

Replacing it was a wave of fresh, pure Spiritual Qi, so dense it had almost materialized, rushing toward them!

"Ugh!"

Caught off guard, Yuqing Daoist was washed over by this wave of Spiritual Qi, feeling every one of his billions of pores expand in that instant, greedily devouring this massive amount of spiritual power.

The magic power within him actually began to circulate on its own, uncontrollably!

"This... this is..."

Yuqing Daoist was trembling all over with excitement, unable to finish his sentence.

Murong Zhuyun's pretty face was also flushed red, her beautiful eyes filled with shock and disbelief.

She looked out and was completely stunned.

Before her eyes lay a true paradise.

The sky was no longer the oppressive gray of the wilderness but was clear and bright like a sapphire, with wisps of white clouds drifting leisurely by.

Beneath their feet was a meadow like a green carpet, every blade of grass shimmering with a faint spiritual light.

It exuded a refreshing fragrance.

Not far away, a crystal-clear stream gurgled by; swimming in the water were not ordinary fish, but silver-threaded fish with silvery-white bodies, radiating pure water-attribute Spiritual Qi!

Further away, on the hillside, exotic flowers and rare herbs were everywhere, colorful and competing in beauty.

A ten-thousand-year blood ginseng that looked like ginseng, blood-red all over, radiating majestic blood-energy!

A nine-leaf Dao flower with all nine leaves blooming, each leaf containing a different Dao rhyme!

And that Li Fire Vermilion Fruit tree, bearing fruits that looked like flames!

In the outside world, any one of these would be enough to cause Void Refining Cultivators to fight over them crazily.

They could even incite bloody conflicts over these Heaven And Earth Treasures.

Here, they were as common as weeds by the roadside, visible everywhere, growing in vast patches!

"A Blessed Land! This... this is definitely a Blessed Land recorded in ancient texts!"

"A Blessed Land?"

Yuqing Daoist was stunned, clearly unfamiliar with the term.

Murong Zhuyun forced down her excitement and quickly explained: "When I was in the Lower Realm, I once saw it in an ancient book."

"The so-called Blessed Land is a small, independent world created when the world first opened, evolved from Innate Spiritual Veins, or opened up by ancient almighty beings with supreme magic power!"

"This place is a world unto itself, with complete Laws, self-generating Spiritual Qi, and is isolated from the outside world; it is the top-tier cultivation Holy Land in the world!"

"I never expected such an ownerless land to be hidden deep within the dangerous Beiming Wilderness!"

Hearing this, Yuqing Daoist's eyes instantly turned red!

An independent Small World!

An ownerless cultivation Holy Land!

We're rich! This time, we're really going to be rich!

Just the value of these Heaven And Earth Treasures scattered everywhere is immeasurable!

If all of them were brought back to Tianxuan City, it would be enough to make the Chen family's strength skyrocket several times over in a short period!

However, just as the two were stunned and lost in the scene before them, Chen Xu's voice sounded in their ears.

"The real treasure is beneath our feet."

Hearing this, Murong Zhuyun and Yuqing Daoist were taken aback and subconsciously looked down at their feet.

Beneath their feet was soft soil rich in Spiritual Qi; other than being able to grow precious medicinal herbs, it didn't seem to have anything special.

Chen Xu did not explain.

From the moment he entered this place, his majestic Divine Sense at the Soul Transformation Stage Great Perfection had already scanned every corner of the entire valley like radar.

The density of Spiritual Qi here was beyond imagination.

But the source of this Spiritual Qi did not come from those Heaven And Earth Treasures, but... from deep underground!

His Divine Sense penetrated through the thick soil and rock layers.

Ten zhang! One hundred zhang!

Just about one hundred zhang deep underground, his Divine Sense touched a vast, sea-like, galaxy-bright crystalline energy body!

That was a mineral vein!

A terrifyingly huge mineral vein that extended beneath the entire valley!

Found it!

This was the Opportunity that Chen Wanjin and the Sky-Swallowing Roar had truly sensed!

A glimmer of burning heat flashed in Chen Xu's eyes, and he no longer hesitated.

With a thought, the dark golden sword tip that had always been floating in his Sea of Consciousness appeared silently at his fingertips.

The immortal slaying sword tip!

The moment it appeared, an aura of slaughter flashed and vanished.

Chen Xu flicked his finger, and the immortal slaying sword tip turned into a streak of light, shooting into the ground beneath his feet.

Boom!

A large patch of land, several dozen zhang in radius, was neatly cut away.

Under the control of Chen Xu's magic power, it flew to the side with a bang.

A huge deep pit appeared before the three of them.

The next moment, a seven-colored glow, more than a hundred times denser than before, suddenly shot up into the sky from the bottom of the pit!

The light was so brilliant and dazzling that Murong Zhuyun and Yuqing Daoist couldn't help but squint their eyes, not daring to look directly at it!

Spiritual power, pure to the extreme, turned into visible spiritual mist, surging madly from the pit, almost drowning the three of them!

Chen Xu leaped and jumped directly into the deep pit.

Murong Zhuyun and Yuqing Daoist exchanged glances and hurriedly followed.

When they stood at the edge of the pit and saw the scene at the bottom, time seemed to stand still at this moment.

Both of their breathing stopped simultaneously.

They widened their eyes, their pupils contracting to the extreme.

Their faces were filled with a sense of shock and fanaticism that could not be described in words!

They saw that the bottom of the pit was not rock or soil at all, but an endless expanse of energy crystals emitting a seven-colored treasure light!

These crystals were not like the Spirit Stones of the Lower Realm; they presented a near-perfect jade quality, crystal clear throughout, with countless profound Dao patterns seemingly flowing and fluctuating within.

The energy contained in each crystal was pure and vast to a hair-raising degree!

"This... this is not a Spirit Stone... this is definitely not a Spirit Stone..."

Yuqing Daoist's lips were trembling; he had lived for over a thousand years and had never seen this before.

He had never even imagined such pure energy crystals.

Even the legendary Top-Grade Spirit Vein was like a firefly compared to the bright moon in front of this mineral vein; there was simply no comparison!

"It's... it's Immortal Jade!"

Murong Zhuyun spoke again.

"It's an Immortal Jade mineral vein from the Upper Realm!"

Immortal Jade! Hearing these two words, Yuqing Daoist's mind buzzed and went blank!

He froze completely!

Chen Xu stood at the bottom of the pit and casually broke off a piece of Immortal Jade the size of a human head from the mineral vein.

The Immortal Jade felt warm and heavy in his hand.

A majestic energy, a thousand times purer than a Top-Grade Spirit Stone, surged through his palm and into his body, making all the magic power in his body boil!

"Medium Grade Immortal Jade."

Chen Xu felt the level of energy and spoke slowly.

Even the exposed surface layer was Medium Grade Immortal Jade!

His Divine Sense probed again into the depths of the mineral vein beneath his feet!

Vast! Boundless!

The reserves of this Immortal Jade mineral vein far exceeded his imagination!

Among the large swathes of Medium Grade Immortal Jade were strips of high-grade immortal jade veins that were even more brilliant and possessed even more majestic energy!

And deep in the core of the entire mineral vein, he even sensed a few sources of light as dazzling as the sun!

That was... the energy fluctuation that only Top-Grade Immortal Jade possessed!

"It's not just Medium Grade."

"This is a super-rich mine containing a large amount of High Grade, and even Top-Grade Immortal Jade!"

Boom!

"We're rich... we're rich..."

Yuqing Daoist had completely lost his composure; he was completely numb.

Murong Zhuyun's delicate body was also trembling wildly.

A super Immortal Jade rich mine!

What a terrifying amount of wealth this was!

Why was the Tianyu Holy Land able to become one of the Seven Great Holy Lands of the Beiming Celestial Domain? Wasn't it because they controlled 3,700 lower-level planes, possessed countless spirit mines, and had endless resources?

But those so-called spirit mines of theirs only yielded Low Grade or Medium Grade Spirit Stones!

Compared to the Immortal Jade mineral vein before them, it was simply a garbage dump!

What did having this mineral vein mean?

It meant the Chen family would possess endless cultivation resources!

It meant Chen Xu could use Immortal Jade to buy anything they wanted! Cultivation Techniques, Divine Abilities, Magic Treasures, Medicinal Pills!

The Chen family was truly about to enter an era of super-high-speed development in the Upper Realm!