168: Mingshuitian Main Peak

Midnight Gao Sou led his people and continuously chased after the Spirit Monkey.

The Spirit Monkey's speed was incredibly fast; it could completely shake them off in the blink of an eye, leaving no trace.

Midnight Gao Sou and the others once wanted to give up and search for treasures elsewhere.

However, perhaps Midnight Gao Sou's previous attack angered the Spirit Monkey, or perhaps the monkey was simply very playful by nature.

Whenever Midnight Gao Sou and his group couldn't keep up and were about to give up, it would jump out at just the right moment and make faces at Gao Sou and the others.

To be mocked by a monkey?

How could they endure this?

Even if Midnight Gao Sou could endure it, Old Potato and the others absolutely could not. Their tempers flared instantly, and they immediately took pills and tore talismans, accelerating their pursuit.

As a result, they ended up chasing for almost an hour, unknowingly passing through mountain ranges. The Spiritual Qi in the surroundings became increasingly dense.

But the Spirit Monkey's speed did not diminish at all; it continued to tease Midnight Gao Sou and the others.

"No, we're completely being played with."

Watermelon Prince stopped, a little helpless.

As Foundation Establishment Cultivators, their spiritual power was extremely abundant. Not to mention an hour, even if they ran wildly for three consecutive days, they would not experience exhaustion.

The problem was that Mingshui Heaven had fallen, and other players were frantically collecting treasures. Various sixth-grade and even fifth-grade treasures were emerging endlessly, and some even dared to directly enter seclusion within the cave heaven to Break through to Immortal Foundation.

Under these circumstances, their team was being led by the nose by a monkey, constantly being played with, and receiving zero profit. It was a complete loss.

"Then..."

Midnight Gao Sou opened his mouth, just about to say he wouldn't chase anymore.

Then he saw the monkey peek out from the foot of the mountain ahead, stick out its tongue at them, turn its body to pat its backside, and sway its body, acting extremely arrogant.

Midnight Gao Sou's veins bulged. He had truly never seen such an arrogant monkey.

This was simply unbearable!

"Keep chasing!"

Old Potato was the first to speak, clenching his fist in anger: "I refuse to believe we can't catch it!"

Everyone once again rushed forward.

The surrounding scenery changed constantly, the Spiritual Qi grew denser, the mountains were lush, and the great rivers surged.

Unknowingly, everyone chased for several more hours.

At this moment, Midnight Gao Sou suddenly stopped, looking around in surprise. The others also froze.

They had been completely engrossed by the monkey and hadn't paid much attention to their surroundings. Only now did they realize that the lush spiritual plants were becoming fewer and fewer, replaced by clusters of pavilions, grand in scale, hanging on the steep cliffs of Spirit Peaks, layered and shrouded in clouds and mist, looking like a fairyland on earth.

Midnight Gao Sou couldn't help but sigh: "This is the architectural complex of a powerful Sect. It is indeed magnificent. If our Great Love Sect also had such a peak, how wonderful that would be."

The architectural complex that appeared was not only magnificent but also enormous in scale. Even with the Foundation Establishment-level vision of the group, they couldn't see the end of it, as if all the surrounding mountains had been transformed into buildings for Cultivators' daily lives and cultivation.

Roughly estimating, it would certainly not be difficult to accommodate tens of thousands of people here, and each person could have living space comparable to a small village.

"It seems we've arrived at the core area?"

Midnight Gao Sou hesitated for a moment, then looked up.

Among a range of mountains, there was a particularly towering peak. There were no buildings on its steep cliffs, which made it fundamentally different from the surrounding peaks.

Only at the very top of that peak could one see a square paved with white jade stones, and a grand hall so vast it was astonishing.

Undoubtedly, this was absolutely the core area of Mingshui Heaven, very likely the main peak of this cave heaven.

Midnight Gao Sou and the others couldn't help but rejoice, thinking that following this monkey had indeed been the right decision.

"As expected of a Spirit Beast from a cave heaven, following it was indeed correct."

"It looks like this is where it usually lives, and it subconsciously came here when we chased it."

"We originally thought we were being played with, but it turns out we were being led."

Everyone no longer felt the displeasure of being teased by the monkey; instead, they were extremely excited.

The monkey disappeared into the architectural complex, its whereabouts unknown.

Midnight Gao Sou and the others didn't have time to chase it. They looked around and indeed found something similar to a giant white jade stone mountain gate. Although the plaque on it had long disappeared, the architecture clearly marked the identity of this place—the main peak.

Everyone grew increasingly excited. They followed the mountain path forward and finally reached the main gate. After stepping through, they found that what they were treading on was no longer spiritual soil, but a hard road paved with Spirit Stones and spiritual ore.

With the man-made road, they could explore the surrounding buildings. Everyone became even more excited.

"Gao Sou, should we split up to explore? I see this place is quite large."

"That's right. Although it might be the main peak, this main peak itself is very large, and there are many secondary peaks around it. These pavilions and buildings are built into the mountains, forming a complete three-dimensional city. The areas worth exploring are too vast."

"If we explore separately, our efficiency will be higher."

Everyone spoke one after another.

Midnight Gao Sou also felt that there was no danger around, so he nodded, and they split up to explore... Ye Chun stood with his people at the top of a mountain peak, looking north.

That was the source of the great river, abundant in Spiritual Qi, and it even stirred his Cultivation Technique to rotate continuously, as if he could Break through the Bottleneck at any moment.

That range of mountains was layered, with countless architectural clusters distributed, ancient and elegant, as if every pavilion was the work of a Great Master.

At the lowest point, there was a giant white jade stone mountain gate. Although the plaque had disappeared, the mountain gate still revealed the identity of this place—it was the main peak.

After all, in other peaks of Mingshui Heaven, even those with Golden Core Cultivators presiding, there were no grand mountain gates. It was likely that the Kongming Dao Lineage believed that only the sole main peak could have a guiding mountain gate.

"Great Master, someone has gone in. Should we go in too?"

Someone spoke from the side, sounding a little excited.

They had spent a lot of time gathering intelligence and finally determined that Mingshui Heaven had not been completely evacuated but had abruptly declined.

All the Disciples and Elders had fled, but many Sect Legacies had to remain in place.

And Mingshui Heaven's main peak, in particular, housed the largest Scripture Pavilion, and the Nascent Soul Inheritance was undoubtedly within it.

"No rush."

Ye Chun shook his head: "We have already found out that although Mingshui Heaven fell in a hurry back then, the Formation near the Scripture Pavilion still exists, and we don't know its power yet... Let them scout the way first."

After speaking, Ye Chun thoughtfully looked at the monkey hiding beside a small pavilion and said: "That Spirit Beast is quite intelligent. I guess it also wants to go in and find something, which is why it deliberately used Alchemy to attract people and then brought them here."

...Midnight Gao Sou, Old Potato, and the others dispersed, each searching here.

Different Sects in the Xuanhuan World had different architectural styles. Even functional buildings with the same purpose sometimes looked completely different.

So they couldn't immediately find good places like the Scripture Pavilion or treasure vaults; they could only slowly search building by building.

But just then, the Spirit Monkey appeared again, made a face at Midnight Gao Sou, and then darted towards a mountaintop.