105: circle

The commotion caused by the Fire Cloud Bird did not stop the spirit boats of the two families, which continued to fly through the Qingyun Mountain Range.

In the eyes of the Qian Family, their expressions also relaxed.

It was too normal for a Foundation Establishment Cultivator who had just broken through to have insufficient true essence; in fact, at this moment, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator was not much stronger than a Qi Refining Cultivator, just like the Huang Family's Foundation Establishment Cultivator at that time, who was killed by the Lin Family's Qi Refining Cultivators cooperating through Formations and talismans.

And Lin Shiming had clearly become that type of Cultivator, yet he was still using a Medium Grade third-tier Magical Artifact.

In Qian Ziyun's eyes, he couldn't help but chuckle; he didn't have the talent, yet he was even more pretentious than him!

Although Lin Houyong was slightly better than Lin Shiming, to the Qian Family, he was nothing special.

Just like that, the spirit boats of the two families flew for several more days through the Qingyun Mountain Range.

During this period, they also encountered several Foundation Establishment Yao Beasts, and once, they even glimpsed a Purple Mansion Great Demon fighting in the distance.

They quickly fled, relying on the speed of their spirit boat to escape swiftly.

On this day, Qian Bosheng of the Qian Family could no longer hold back and looked at Lin Xianzhi.

"Fellow Daoist Lin, it's already been almost ten days of detours. Are you still suspicious? Do you even disbelieve an oath of the heavenly dao?"

"The path is indeed like this; otherwise, if we encountered a flying Purple Mansion Great Demon, neither of our families would survive!" Lin Xianzhi replied indifferently, then continued to pilot the spirit boat forward.

Lin Xianzhi's answer immediately made everyone in the Qian Family exasperated, yet they could do nothing to Lin Xianzhi.

And without anyone noticing, Lin Xianzhi's brows relaxed, as if he had finally confirmed there were no others before continuing in a certain direction.

Just like that, another five days passed.

With the Qian Family growing impatient, the spirit boats of the two families finally stopped in a bamboo forest.

The bamboos here were even taller and thicker than those in Lin Family's Xing County, like towering green pines piercing the clouds.

Their leaves were broad and large, almost as big as zongzi leaves.

"It's below!"

As Lin Xianzhi spoke, all the Cultivators from both families released their Divine Sense to probe downwards, Lin Shiming included.

There was a Spiritual Vein beneath the bamboo forest, so some Yao Beasts could be vaguely seen within the bamboo forest, but most were just second-tier Yao Beasts, completely insignificant to everyone.

After a sweep of their Divine Sense, everyone's expressions noticeably turned ugly, especially Qian Bosheng; at this moment, he only felt that Lin Xianzhi was toying with them.

However, the next moment, a circular magical disk appeared in Lin Xianzhi's hand. With a slight activation of the disk, a large amount of Spirit Light surged forth.

At the same time, the ground beneath the bamboo forest suddenly began to vibrate, and then, in one spot, a Mortal mechanism emerged—an extremely long, winding underground tunnel, whose end led to an unknown place.

Only then did everyone realize that this place used a Low Grade second-tier Spiritual Vein to control a Mortal mechanism.

It was an underground passage formed by the operation of a spirit disk.

Everyone's Divine Sense was naturally focused on Formations and the intensity of Spiritual Qi; they would never have thought it was a Mortal mechanism.

Lin Shiming was a bit surprised. His Divine Sense continued down the tunnel, but he found again that his Divine Sense couldn't reach the end of the tunnel. One must know that his Divine Sense was already much stronger than ordinary Cultivators due to consuming xingshen flower.

After breaking through to Foundation Establishment, his Divine Sense had greatly increased, yet he still couldn't reach the end. This Purple Mansion Cave was truly unfathomably deep!

The Qian Family did not move, not even disembarking from their spirit boat. Believing and seeing were one thing, but this kind of tunnel was so narrow.

Lin Xianzhi ignored the Qian Family's actions and instantly led the other four members of the Lin Family into the tunnel.

They delved deep into the ground.

The five moved extremely quickly, and after the Lin Family members entered, the Qian Family members followed suit.

The latter five maintained a distance of one thousand meters from the Lin Family's five.

Just like that, after the tunnel extended tens of thousands of meters deep, it suddenly opened up, revealing an incredibly vast and wondrous underground world.

This was a hollowed-out underground world, immensely vast, with a moonlight stone Formation installed on the ceiling, making the visibility appear almost the same as outside.

Soon, everyone found spirit fields, Spirit Herb Gardens, martial arts training grounds, and various Family buildings almost everywhere, though many were collapsed ruins.

Although it was a scene of broken walls and desolation everywhere, based on the layout and traces, everyone had no doubt that a Purple Mansion Family once existed here.

In the very center of the architectural complex, there was a huge Immortal Cave, and above the Immortal Cave, the three characters "Mo Yun Manor" were written in a powerful, flowing script. Just one glance made one feel incredibly profound, and a sense of insignificance and self-abasement arose spontaneously.

The profound Dao rhyme of the three characters was something Lin Shiming had only seen at the Qingxuan Sect and truly felt only on the Ascension Ladder of the Qingxuan Sect.

"That is the final Formation!" The Spiritual Qi of the entire Small World was concentrated at the Purple Mansion Cave, enveloped by a massive defensive Formation.

The Spiritual Qi of this Spiritual Vein was clearly a Fourth-Order Spirit Vein, also matched with a Fourth-Order Formation. Even without anyone controlling it, it would require six Foundation Establishment Cultivators to continuously wear it down with their true essence.

This was also why the Huang Family was so eager to find illusory heart grass, refine Foundation Establishment Pills, and forge new Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

At this moment, the Qian Family members also appeared in the underground world. Several of them looked around, also quite surprised.

This so-called Purple Mansion Cave indeed lived up to its reputation.

At the same time, their gazes instantly fell upon the three large characters "Mo Yun Manor."

A Fourth-Order Spirit Vein, even a Purple Mansion Family, would be greedy for it, not to mention the treasures left behind by a Purple Mansion Cultivator.

"Fellow Daoist Qian, this is the Formation of the Purple Mansion Cave. It requires six Foundation Establishment Cultivators to wear down the Formation and enter!" Lin Xianzhi spoke indifferently.

Qian Bosheng directed all his Divine Sense towards Mo Yun Manor, then nodded in response to Lin Xianzhi.

"No time to lose, let's break the Formation!"

"Fellow Daoist Qian, there's no need to rush. This place is extremely secluded, and there's no possibility of exposure. It's not too late to break the Formation after recovering your true essence!" Lin Xianzhi shook his head, then had Lin Xianzhi and Lin Houyong recover.

"Delay breeds trouble. Fellow Daoists, please bear with it and break the Formation first!" Qian Bosheng remained insistent, frowning, clearly somewhat displeased.

This remark about 'bearing with it' was clearly directed at Lin Shiming and Lin Houyong.

Both of them certainly wanted to recover their true essence, especially Lin Shiming. The nine Formation swords had been continuously refined within his body, consuming true essence at all times. At this moment, his true essence was the most depleted.

"In that case, I have two bottles of hundred-year spiritual milk here. Why don't I give them to the two virtuous nephews to recover their true essence!"

Qian Bosheng was clearly impatient. Two pill bottles appeared in his hand, filled with hundred-year spiritual milk.

One drop of this hundred-year spiritual milk could restore all the Spiritual Qi of a Qi Refining Cultivator, and it naturally helped Foundation Establishment Cultivators recover their true essence, though its effect was much weaker compared to Qi Refining Cultivators.

However, one bottle would allow Lin Shiming to fully recover his true essence within half an hour.

Seeing this, at Lin Xianzhi's Hint, both of them accepted it directly.