Cultivating With Mutated Heavenly Spirit Roots-Chapter 39: Treasure

"Puff, puff, puff..."

Sudden sounds broke the silence. Clusters of black Qi rose from the eye sockets of the piled-up skulls on the ground, swirling and surging.

Those black Qi gradually transformed into ferocious skeletal figures, baring their fangs and claws, emitting eerie shrieks!

"Oh no! These are the vengeful spirits of the dead!" Su Shan’s pretty face instantly turned pale, clearly startled by the sight before her.

Lin Na was equally tense, hastily injecting her magical power into the ancient mirror Spiritual Artifact beside her, her eyes fixed on the vengeful spirits, ready to fight at any moment.

Fang Hong naturally recognized these skeletal figures; they were called vengeful spirits, said to only form when a Cultivator accumulated intense resentment before their death.

While these vengeful spirits might not be strong individually, a large number of them could still pose a considerable problem.

"Awooo, awooo, awooo..."

Soon, a large number of vengeful spirits, estimated to be about a thousand, surrounded Fang Hong and the two women.

Fortunately, most of these vengeful spirits were only at the Qi Refinement Stage, with only two or three at the Foundation Establishment Stage.

Sensing the aura of the three, they pounced like beasts that had smelled blood, attacking furiously!

"Be careful! Don’t let these vengeful spirits hit you, or they will affect your mind!" Su Shan shouted a reminder.

After speaking, she tightly gripped the green longsword in her hands, and with a slight flick of her wrist, a burst of green light swept out, cutting down the approaching vengeful spirits, which then dissipated into wisps of black smoke in the air.

Lin Na also took action. The ancient mirror beside her continuously shot out golden light, striking the vengeful spirits, instantly turning them into ashes. The power of a top-tier Spiritual Artifact was indeed impressive.

"Little vengeful spirits, let me help you transcend..." Fang Hong’s expression was as calm as water. He unhurriedly took out ten shimmering Fire Dragon Talismans from his Storage Pouch. With a gentle flick of his finger, the talismans floated in the air.

"Go!"

With Fang Hong’s soft command, the ten talismans instantly transformed into ten blazing Fire Dragons, continuously twisting and slaying the vengeful spirits!

"Roar, roar, roar..."

The ten Fire Dragons were majestic, swirling in the air. Wherever they passed, the vengeful spirits were reduced to ashes.

Fang Hong used Intermediate Fire Dragon Talismans. These talismans were powerful enough to injure even a early stage of foundation building Cultivator, let alone these Low Grade vengeful spirits.

Under the rampage of the Fire Dragons, the vengeful spirits’ eerie shrieks gradually weakened, and their black figures continuously dissipated...

A moment later, all these vengeful spirits were cleared by the three, and even the skulls on the ground were completely burned away by Fang Hong.

Su Shan and Lin Na both breathed a sigh of relief, their tense expressions gradually fading. Fortunately, they had Fang Hong’s powerful Fire Dragon Talismans; otherwise, clearing these vengeful spirits would have consumed a lot of magical power.

"Fellow Daoist Fang, are you a talisman Master? To take out so many Intermediate talismans at once!" Lin Na smiled faintly, asking curiously.

Intermediate talismans were not cheap, costing several hundred spirit stones each. For Fang Hong to so easily produce ten of them, how could she not be shocked?

"Just some talismans. Let’s continue forward." Fang Hong nodded, a faint smile on his face, and turned to walk slowly towards the palace ahead.

"Let’s go, Lin Na. Fellow Daoist Fang has plenty of talismans." Su Shan smiled and quickly followed.

Soon, the three arrived at the entrance of the palace.

Looking up, they found that the palace had long lost its former splendor. The roof tiles were incomplete, with some areas even exposing dark, gaping holes, and the walls were tattered, as if they had been subjected to some powerful magical impact, covered in cracks.

The palace gate was half-open. Fang Hong and the two women cautiously entered the palace, wanting to explore its depths, perhaps to find treasures.

Upon entering, they found the palace interior empty, with only a downward staircase, and the floor covered in dust and unknown weeds growing in the cracks...

"There’s nothing. It seems we arrived a step too late, and all the good things have been moved away..." Lin Na looked around, full of disappointment.

"Let’s search carefully. Perhaps some treasure was overlooked." Su Shan also sighed.

Afterward, the three began to meticulously search every corner of the palace.

As they searched, Su Shan stopped in front of a wall, her eyes showing contemplation, one hand gently supporting her chin. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

Fang Hong also noticed this and walked over, asking softly, "Fellow Daoist Su, have you found something?"

"What’s wrong, Sister Shan?" Lin Na also quickly walked over, leaning in to ask.

"Look at this pattern. Isn’t it a bit unusual?" Su Shan smiled, pointing to a certain curved pattern on the wall.

"Hmm... I can’t tell. Aren’t there many such patterns on the wall?" Lin Na shook her head. She leaned closer to the wall, carefully examining the patterns, but was still puzzled.

Fang Hong looked in the direction Su Shan indicated and couldn’t help but show surprise: "It is indeed somewhat different. This curved pattern is inverted, unlike the surrounding ones!"

"Exactly. This is very likely some kind of mechanism array seal," Su Shan nodded and explained.

"Mechanism array seal! Are you saying there’s still some mechanism hidden within this palace?" Fang Hong was startled, his heart filled with anticipation.

If it was truly a mechanism, there might be some treasure hidden inside!

"Perhaps. I’ll know once I unlock it," Su Shan smiled faintly.

Then, she began to act, her hands rapidly forming a magical seal. Streams of magical power surged from her fingertips, injecting into the curved pattern.

"Hiss, hiss, hiss..."

As Su Shan’s magical power was injected, the curved pattern emitted a golden light, and its originally inverted position gradually righted itself.

"Rumble!"

Just as the pattern straightened, the ground began to vibrate slightly. Many old tiles on the palace fell, making a "crackle, crackle" sound.

Seeing this, Fang Hong immediately raised his hand and cast a light shield to protect the surroundings, enveloping the three of them.

A moment later, the vibration stopped, and a crack suddenly appeared in a corner of the palace.

Streams of rich Spiritual Qi continuously surged out from it, permeating the entire abandoned palace.

The richness of this Spiritual Qi astonished all three.

"Mid-Grade Spirit Stones!!" The three exclaimed in unison after seeing what was inside the crack.

Below the crack was a hidden recess, filled with white crystals the size of a baby’s fist.

These crystals were clear and translucent, emitting a soft white glow, and the Spiritual Qi was very dense—they were indeed Mid-Grade Spirit Stones!

"There really were overlooked treasures, and they’re Mid-Grade Spirit Stones." Fang Hong’s face showed a smile, and his heart rejoiced.

Mid-Grade Spirit Stones contained far more Spiritual Qi than Low-Grade Spirit Stones. According to the exchange rate in the market, one hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones could only be exchanged for one Mid-Grade Spirit Stone.

This recess was estimated to contain a thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, which, if converted to Low-Grade Spirit Stones, would be one hundred thousand!

Such a vast fortune made all three incredibly excited!