Chapter 489 - 265: Shattering the Formation for Body Refinement, A New Inheritance

"Elder Li, we have to wait here for a few more days."

"Alright."

Li Chang’an looked around.

According to the divination, those stalks of Red Blood Bamboo should be nearby.

’But this area is nothing but crumbling walls and overgrown weeds. Where would I find any Red Blood Bamboo?’

The Ancient Wood Secret Realm was discovered long ago. Over so many years, this area had been explored by countless Cultivators.

Even if there had been any treasure here, it would have been taken long ago.

’The divination shouldn’t be wrong.’

Li Chang’an released his Fake Pill Divine Sense, carefully scanning every inch of the area.

’Perhaps the Red Blood Bamboo is hidden very deeply and wasn’t discovered by previous Cultivators.’

After a while.

He instructed, "Qingxue, you stay here. Don’t wander off. I’m going to take a look around."

Su Qingxue smiled gracefully. "Don’t worry, Elder Li. I’m not a three-year-old. I won’t wander off."

"Alright!"

Li Chang’an’s figure blurred, transforming into a series of afterimages as he meticulously searched the surrounding area.

After about ten minutes.

He suddenly stopped, sensing a faint fluctuation of Spiritual Power.

’It’s deep within the ruins.’

Li Chang’an’s eyes narrowed slightly as he looked down at the Ancient Sect ruins below.

Without hesitation, he immediately executed the Five Elements Escape Technique and entered the ruins, delving deeper and deeper, drawing ever closer to that faint fluctuation of Spiritual Power.

Before long.

He arrived deep underground.

What appeared before him were the ruins of an Underground Palace.

Li Chang’an didn’t pause. In an instant, he reached the depths of the ruins and, amidst the crumbling walls, found the source of the Spiritual Power fluctuations.

’A Tier Three Array?’

He stood behind a collapsed palace, where he discovered an extremely well-hidden Array.

’When this Array was intact, it must have reached Tier Three Top Grade, or perhaps even Quasi-Tier Four. However, it has suffered a great deal of damage over the long years.’

Li Chang’an’s expression was focused. He circled the Array a few times, observing it carefully.

His Array Dao Skill was only at Tier Three Middle Grade, so he couldn’t have broken the Array if it were intact.

But the damage gave him hope.

About a quarter of an hour later, Li Chang’an began to carefully break the Array.

He controlled a Puppet, using a larger point of damage as an entry point. He slowly erased the Array Patterns one by one and retrieved the Array Treasures hidden within the void, his movements extremely cautious.

Another half an hour passed.

The entire Grand Array suddenly ground to a halt, and he opened a passage that could be entered and exited at will.

"Success!"

A smile appeared on Li Chang’an’s face as he stopped what he was doing.

Then, he controlled the Puppet to enter the Grand Array and see the scene within.

Inside the Array.

There was a Spirit Field shrouded in dense Spiritual Qi!

He bent down, scooped up a handful of Spiritual Earth, and carefully sensed the Spiritual Power it contained. The smile on his face grew wider.

"Quasi-Tier Four Spiritual Earth!"

Spiritual Earth of this Tier was rare even among the Three Great Sects, only used to cultivate the most precious Spirit Medicines.

Li Chang’an, in his guise as Nie Ting, had seen the Ten Thousand Swords Sect’s Quasi-Tier Four Spirit Field.

The scale of that Spirit Field was less than a tenth of what he saw before him!

’With this Spiritual Earth, the Evergreen Vine’s growth rate should increase quite a bit.’

’Besides, I can also try planting some precious Spirit Plants. My lifespan is long enough; I can afford to wait until they mature.’

As for the methods of cultivating Spirit Plants, Li Chang’an knew a little.

In Mu Yuanchen’s Storage Pouch, there was a Tier Two Middle Grade Spirit Plant inheritance.

This Skill wasn’t difficult to learn; among the Hundred Skills of Cultivation Immortality, it was considered one of the simpler ones.

Li Chang’an’s Spirit Plant Skill had already reached Tier One Peak, and he wasn’t far from breaking through to Tier Two.

He didn’t immediately take all the Spiritual Earth. Instead, he walked toward the depths of the Spirit Field.

In the depths of the Spirit Field were five Spiritual Bamboos, each over a hundred feet tall, crimson all over, with surfaces that seemed to have blood flowing over them.

This was the very Treasure Li Chang’an had been searching for.

The Tier Three Top Grade Spirit Plant, Red Blood Bamboo!

’The quality of these five stalks of Red Blood Bamboo is quite good, and their root systems are intact. I can transplant them to Changqing Mountain and maybe cultivate more in the future.’

Li Chang’an casually plucked a crimson bamboo leaf and smelled a faint scent of blood.

This Red Blood Bamboo could not only be used to make fake skin.

It was also a type of Qi Blood Treasure Medicine.

According to legend, certain Tier Three Body Refining Techniques required Red Blood Bamboo as a Body Refining Auxiliary Medicine.

Li Chang’an noticed that beneath the five stalks of Red Blood Bamboo stood a Jade Table. Behind it sat a skeleton, its head slightly bowed.

’Could this be the caretaker of the Spirit Field?’

Li Chang’an walked forward and observed it carefully.

Hairpins and other jewelry were scattered beside the skeleton, indicating that she must have been a Female Cultivator in life.

On the Jade Table before her lay a Storage Pouch.

Li Chang’an’s gaze immediately fell upon the Storage Pouch.

’The Storage Pouch should contain everything she accumulated in life.’

With that in mind, he immediately bowed to the skeleton.

"Elder, if your legacy remains here, it will only be lost to time. I will take it so that it may be carried on and flourish."

With that said, he had the Puppet retrieve the Storage Pouch.

Just then.

He suddenly noticed.

Underneath where the Storage Pouch had been, a line of very elegant characters was carved into the tabletop.

"Senior Brother, will we ever meet again?"

Although endless years had passed, Li Chang’an could still sense the clear regret and reluctance in that line of text.

It seemed this elder had passed away with regrets.

’Life is short; regrets are inevitable.’

Li Chang’an sighed with emotion.

Then, he opened the Storage Pouch to have a look.

There weren’t many Treasures inside, but there were quite a few Cultivation Techniques and Magic.

He took them out one by one and looked through them carefully.

’Most of these are Wood Element Techniques and Magic. Could this elder have been a Cultivator from the Ancient Wood Sect?’

The Tiers of these Cultivation Techniques and Magic were all quite high; most of them had reached Earth Grade.