11: Chapter 11 The Land Where Ancient Divine Beasts Appear!

In a hidden cave three thousand meters underground within the [Ancient Desolate Secret Realm], a Silver-haired Cultivator with insanely handsome looks and sixteen-pack abs was sitting cross-legged, cultivating.

That's right!

This Silver-haired Cultivator was none other than Jiang Lan!

Following the void cauldron, Jiang Lan had searched all the way into the depths of the [Ancient Desolate Secret Realm] mountain range.

Strangely enough, after reaching this place, the [void cauldron] slowly flew back into the Small World within the immortal ring, and nothing unusual happened after that!

What's the situation?

There's nothing here but mountain rocks?

Jiang Lan searched the vicinity for several hours but still found nothing, so he had to find a spot to sit and Cultivate first!

Having learned his lesson from the earlier descent of the Immortal Artifact and the search by ten thousand people, Jiang Lan was being extremely cautious this time.

Because what happened earlier was simply terrifying!

He had just drawn the Immortal Artifact [void cauldron], triggering a phenomenon of heaven and earth, and immediately after, the [Ancient Desolate Secret Realm] actually opened half a year early!

Tens of thousands of [Late Qi Refining Stage] Cultivators flooded into the [Ancient Desolate Secret Realm], scouring the entire Secret Realm for the Immortal Artifact on his person!

If you die in the [qixian continent] game, not only will all the Spirit Stones, weapons, and Magic Treasures on your character drop, but even the RMB topped up on the account will drop as well!

That's right!

The [qixian continent] game is just that explosive!

At this moment, Jiang Lan's brow was furrowed into a deep frown, his face full of worry. He had already cultivated for three hours and consumed over 100 Low-Grade Qi Gathering Pills, yet his cultivation had only increased by 50 points!

One must know that he now needs 50,000 experience points to level up once!

This...

In his previous life, if Jiang Lan remembered correctly, reaching the [Fifth Level of Qi Refining] cultivation stage only required 20 cultivation experience points to level up and step into [Qi Refining Level 6]!

How could it actually require 50,000 points in this life?

In his past life, 50,000 cultivation experience points would have been enough for him to level up to the Early Stage of the [Golden Core Realm]!

Even though his Physique was the [Ancient Desolate Sacred Body] and his Spiritual Root was the [Five Spirit Roots], it shouldn't take this much experience to level up once, right?

Just as Jiang Lan was worrying, suddenly!

[Ding! system prompt: It has been detected that your cultivation is slow. The System thoughtfully provides you with packages to speed up your cultivation. Please choose:]

[☞ Spend 20,000 yuan to purchase a [Supreme Spirit Gathering Formation] (Spiritual Qi concentration is 200 times that of the outside world) for 3 hours.]

[☞ Spend 3,000 yuan to purchase an [Advanced Spirit Gathering Formation] (Spiritual Qi concentration is 15 times that of the outside world) for 3 hours.]

[☞ Spend 300 yuan to purchase a [Spirit Gathering Formation] (Spiritual Qi concentration is 3 times that of the outside world) for 3 hours.]

[☞ Spend 0 yuan, do not purchase.]

As expected! The game planners understand the players' minds best. You spent so much money to choose a Heaven-Defying Physique and a Heaven-Defying Spiritual Root.

But!

Sorry, if you want to become stronger, you can, but you have to pay more!

Calculating according to the current game settings,

For Jiang Lan to level up from [Fifth Level of Qi Refining] to [Qi Refining Level 6] alone,

He would have to spend at least 2.4 million RMB.

"Hiss~"

Thinking of this, Jiang Lan sucked in a breath of cold air.

Jiang Lan felt an impulse to spend!

He liked this feeling of becoming stronger without having to work hard!

But reason told him that it wasn't time yet. He would wait until he made money in the game before spending heavily! For now, money still had to be spent where it mattered most!

Jiang Lan chose [☞ Spend 0 yuan, do not purchase.]

Jiang Lan opened the game mall. Currently, most items were locked; only a very small number of low-tier Formations, Spirit Stones, and Talismans could be purchased!

This [qixian continent] game is truly a money sink. He had already topped up over a million, yet he could only buy a few low-tier Formation Plates, Spirit Stones, and Talismans in the mall.

However, he just liked playing this kind of bottomless pay-to-win game!

Only in such a game can one infinitely pay to become stronger—keep paying, keep enjoying!

Only then could he be like a god, trampling the entire game world under his feet and grinding his heels into it at will!

Jiang Lan spent 50,000 yuan in the game mall to buy a low-grade spirit gathering formation disk.

Since the [void cauldron] could enhance weapons and Cultivation Techniques, it could naturally enhance Formation Plates as well!

This time, Jiang Lan was extremely careful!

First, he used the [concealment ring] to prop up a ten-zhang wide Concealment Formation, then he placed the [void cauldron] into the [immortal ring] Small World.

Finally, he threw the [low-grade spirit gathering formation disk] into the [void cauldron] for enhancement.

This method was indeed effective!

It caused almost no phenomena, but the enhancement speed was relatively slow—one could even say very slow.

First, after the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the [low-grade spirit gathering formation disk] was enhanced into a [Mid-Tier Spirit Gathering Formation Plate].

After another two incense sticks' time, the [Mid-Tier Spirit Gathering Plate] was enhanced into a [High-Tier Spirit Gathering Plate].

Finally, after a full eight incense sticks' time, the [High-Tier Spirit Gathering Plate] was finally enhanced into a [Supreme Spirit Gathering Plate]!

To be honest, Jiang Lan was still very excited deep down!

He had finally found a way to become stronger!

More accurately, he had finally found a way to become stronger without having to work hard! Jiang Lan loved this feeling of becoming stronger without effort!

Jiang Lan looked at the [Supreme Spirit Gathering Plate] information panel.

Item Name: [Supreme Spirit Gathering Plate]

Rank: High Grade

Usage: Lay the Formation Plate flat and place Top-Grade Spirit Stones at the Formation nodes to activate the Supreme Spirit Gathering Formation (Placing 12 Top-Grade Spirit Stones results in a Spiritual Qi concentration 200 times that of the outside world. Placing 30 Top-Grade Spirit Stones results in 500 times the concentration).

"Hiss~"

Jiang Lan sucked in a breath of cold air.

If he remembered correctly, in his past life, it took 2,000 RMB to buy a single Top-Grade Spirit Stone. Moreover, they could only be bought from players; the game mall didn't sell them.

These Top-Grade Spirit Stones might be an astronomical figure to others, but for Jiang Lan, a future god with the [void cauldron] Immortal Artifact, they weren't a problem at all!

Among the 2,000 draws Jiang Lan made at the server launch, there were still over a thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, all of which could be slowly enhanced into [Top-Grade Spirit Stones].

Jiang Lan placed over a hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones into the [void cauldron].

After an incense stick's time, most had turned into [Mid-Grade Spirit Stones], and three had even become [Top-Grade Spirit Stones].

Jiang Lan set up the Formation Plate and placed twelve Top-Grade Spirit Stones onto the Formation nodes.

Suddenly!

A palm-sized golden token rose a zhang above Jiang Lan's head, with the word [Gather] clearly written on it!

Accompanied by the sound of ancient stones grinding, the [Supreme Spirit Gathering Formation] slowly began to operate.

Spiritual Qi at 200 times concentration transformed into a hundred-zhang long Spiritual Dragon, soaring into the sky and winding its way toward Jiang Lan's body!

Comfortable, it was truly too comfortable!

It had to be said, this game was made too realistically; the sensation of pleasure went from his tailbone straight to the top of his head!

Jiang Lan let his character Cultivate on AFK mode; he had to log off now. After all, tomorrow there was a beauty from his past life that he was determined to save!

Suddenly!

[Ding! system prompt: You are about to go AFK and offline (dying while AFK counts as a normal death). To ensure the safety of your account, the System thoughtfully provides you with:]

[☞ Spend 9,000 yuan to purchase [Indestructible Golden Body]. You will not die from any attacks while AFK and offline.]

[☞ Spend 3,000 yuan to purchase [Golden Body Arhat]. You will not die from any attacks below the Golden Core Stage while AFK and offline.]

[☞ Spend 300 yuan to purchase a [Protection Talisman]. It can block three attacks for you while you are AFK and offline.]

[☞ Spend 0 yuan, do not purchase.]

Although Jiang Lan really wanted to pay and spend, he ultimately didn't buy it.

Mainly because he had already used the [concealment ring] to open a Concealment Formation. Right now, the Secret Realm was full of Late Qi Refining Stage Cultivators; even if a Nascent Soul Old Ancestor came, so what?

They still wouldn't be able to discover a thing!

That's right!

The [concealment ring] is just that perverse!

After Jiang Lan clicked [AFK Offline], he left the game.

However, he was still too careless. He only thought about Cultivators, but forgot what kind of place this was?

It was the [Ancient Desolate Secret Realm]!

A place where Ancient Divine Beasts roam. A Concealment Formation can ward off Cultivators, but for an Ancient Divine Beast, it has no effect whatsoever!