Chapter 343
It was already an hour after they had reunited with Qin Heng and the others.
At this time, everyone’s faces involuntarily revealed a trace of a smile, obviously extremely satisfied with the gains they had made in the Yuxu Hall.
tan san of course had no idea what treasures they had obtained.
However, it was not difficult to tell from their expressions that they had gained a lot.
Of course, everyone tacitly refrained from asking.
“The purpose of this time has been achieved.
Next, everyone has one day to explore the wonders of the Danding Sect.
But after one day, everyone must go to the Gate of the Same Path and use the passage to return to the original space.
Otherwise, there is a high risk of being trapped in this wonderland and unable to return for the rest of your life.“
Qin Heng saw this and his expression became solemn as he spoke.
”Of course, you can also go back early.
Outside, the Lord of Tianyuan City and many elders of my Qin family are there. Even if you are carrying precious treasures, they will definitely protect you.
After all, there are still many powerful cultivators outside. The later you go back, the more likely it is that cultivators will ambush around the spatial channel in advance and rob passing cultivators.
It is even possible that some top genius cultivators will not be able to resist.
After all, in this Dan Ding Zong Wonderland, strength is the decisive factor.
Even if you are lucky and obtain top-level inheritances and powerful magic weapons,
they cannot be transformed into combat power in a short period of time. If there are cultivators waiting in ambush, it is still very dangerous.
Therefore, it is best if we agree on a time and go out together,”
Qin Heng continued.
There is only one place to enter or exit the Danding Sect Wonderland.
It is a transparent shadow several dozen li outside the Danding Sect’s entrance.
Even if they stood in the same place, they could actually see the shadow.
But because there is only one entrance and exit, it is very likely that someone will be waiting there in advance, setting an ambush to kill and steal.
Outside, the two sides may be able to exchange polite greetings, calling each other friends and brothers, but here, one moment they are smiling, the next they may be drawing their swords.
“Then we will meet at the foot of the mountain gate of the Danding Sect in one day.”
tan san nodded and said.
“In fact, we can continue to act together.
We can look after each other.“
Qin Qingxia heard this and her heart was struck, and she quickly spoke up.
”Qingxia!”
Qin Heng saw this and even pulled Qin Qingxia, saying, ”Kunpeng friend’s strength is far superior to ours.
If we stay by his side, we’ll just be a burden and won’t be able to help at all.
Let’s not bother.”
In addition, he quickly whispered, “Don’t forget, our ancestors left behind three relatively safe places to hide treasures, and we haven’t explored them yet…”
“I do want to wander around by myself!”
tan san glanced at the two of them and knew that they must also have secrets, but he didn’t care and spoke casually.
“Then I… I might as well return directly.
This place is still a bit too dangerous for me.”
Qi Heng thought about it for a while and still shook his head.
His strength cannot be said to be at the bottom of the entire Danding Sect’s realm.
Qin Qingxia’s realm of strength is even lower than his.
But the other party’s identity is different after all.
It is very likely that he possesses a Breaking Realm Order, and even if he really encounters danger, he can completely rely on that Breaking Realm Order to escape in time.
As long as the other party does not encounter a top-notch powerful being like Kunpeng Daoren, naturally he can rest assured.
But he is different.
He does not have a Breaking Realm Order.
Once he encounters a strong enemy, he could be in real danger.
Obviously, the Qin Heng and Qin Qingxia siblings had another treasure land to explore.
And Kunpeng Daoren.
Although he really wanted to get close, even Qin Heng had said that he was a burden to follow, so naturally he was even more so.
It would be better to just leave through the spatial passage.
As for other treasures?
Compared to his life, a few treasures are nothing.
Not to mention, at this moment in time, some relatively safe treasures have long been plundered, and after experiencing that predicament, he is also afraid.
Naturally, he doesn’t want to take any more risks.
So.
The four of them parted ways.
Qin Heng and his sister naturally explored their own treasures.
Qi Heng followed a relatively safe direction and headed straight for the space channel.
As for tan san, he also walked out of the Yuxu Hall and retraced his steps.
Then, after a short half-hour, he appeared at the foot of a large mountain.
This was the area of the Demon-Quelling Tower that he had passed through earlier and seen with the aid of his spiritual eye outside the wonders of the Danding Sect, which was not recorded on the map and was only passed down among the Danding Sect cultivators.
The large mountain was just the effect of an illusionary formation.
It was just that this formation was very realistic.
tan san’s eyes flashed as he exerted himself to the full to stimulate his spiritual eye.
One breath, two breaths, three breaths…
After tens of breaths, tan san’s spiritual eye finally caught a glimpse of a trace again, and directly spotted a small flaw in the great formation.
Then he took a step into the mountain, followed by a few more steps, and then his figure flashed, and he appeared directly in the flaw.
Immediately afterwards, he felt a bright light in a daze.
The surrounding scene then changed drastically.
He discovered that he was in an area of endless fog in the void, in the dark.
“This place should be within the range of the Demon Tower.
And I am already within the great formation surrounding the Demon Tower.
Only by walking out of the formation can I truly see the Demon Tower inside.
However, this place is worthy of being the Demon Tower.
There is truly not the slightest bit of spiritual energy.
It is completely a land without spirits.
Here, the spiritual energy within the body of a cultivator is depleted a little less with each passing moment.
One can only rely on spirit stones, spirit pills, and other objects to recover.”
tan san’s internal cultivation method had always been in an automatic state, but here, it had directly come to a halt.
This was because he was unable to absorb any of the heavenly energy.
Although there was not absolutely none, it was extremely thin.
Here, not to mention cultivation,
in such an environment, it could be considered a long life for an ordinary mortal to live past the age of 50.
The spiritual eye scanned the ground, and it was even almost lifeless.
The earth was dry and cracked, and there was almost no vegetation growing.
“This is a major formation, and the defenses are very tight.
Not only are they tight against outsiders, they are also tight against insiders.
That is to say, after three thousand years and the turmoil at the beginning, there are some problems with the entire formation.
It is no longer as tight as before.
Otherwise, not only would it be impossible to enter, even my spiritual eye cannot see a trace of it.”
tan san carefully observed it, and couldn’t help but feel emotional.
Because the rank of this formation was too high. It definitely exceeded the fourth rank.
Even if it is not a fifth-grade formation, it must be a high-level fourth-grade formation.
Even a powerful Xuan Ying realm cultivator would find it difficult to break such a formation.
Naturally, it is even more impossible for him to break it with his current strength and understanding of formation techniques.
He only dared to step into it with his limited understanding of formation techniques and the help of his special spiritual eye.
However, it is not easy to walk out of this formation.
Because the flaws are often fleeting and only happen occasionally.
Therefore, it took him three full hours to get halfway through.
Fortunately,
while using his spiritual eye to pass through the formation, his improvement in formation cultivation was also immense.
Just from passing through the various remaining and vicious formations before, Zhou Chengwang felt that his cultivation in formation had improved by a large margin.
If before, his cultivation in formation was only at the early second-grade level, then at this time, he had at least reached the middle or even high second-grade level.
Within the great formation within the Demon Tower, after just three hours, he felt that his cultivation in the art of formation had improved even more than before.
He had unconsciously mastered many of the principles of formation, the layout of formations, and even some understanding of formations and the use of techniques.
Here, it seemed as if he could see some of the general thinking of the person who originally laid out the formation when it was set up, and understand some of the deeper considerations of the other person when setting up the formation.
As a result, the further he went, the more smoothly tan san was able to navigate the formation.
Previously, it had taken him three hours to cover half the distance.
Now, it had taken less than an hour to cover 80%.
He estimated that it would only take an hour’s worth of incense burning time to successfully navigate the formation.
“Of course.
The reason it’s going so smoothly is actually because the entire formation is operating automatically and is not being controlled by someone.
If someone were controlling the formation, even if my formation cultivation were several times higher,
I would probably still find it difficult to get out.
I would probably even die directly in it!”
tan san knew very well in his heart.
The difference between someone controlling the formation and no one controlling it was extremely great.
The power was also worlds apart.
If an automatically operating formation, especially a fierce formation or a killing formation, had just one bit of power, then a formation controlled by someone else would have seven, eight, or even ten times that power.
Of course, the actual power also depends on the skills of the person controlling the formation and their understanding of the corresponding formation.
The higher the level of formation mastery, the greater the improvement in the power of the formation under control.
As he thought this, tan san suddenly had a flash of insight, and then walked past three formation nodes in a row.
Immediately afterwards, he felt the surrounding environment change.
In an instant, he saw a huge tower appear in front of him.
The Demon Suppression Tower!
It really is here.
tan san thought to himself, but then a hint of hesitation appeared.
This Demon Suppression Tower, as the Dan Ding Sect’s stronghold and forbidden ground, was certainly not simple.
It was also very likely to be holding and suppressing top-level demon cultivators, terrifying demons…
However, soon, he felt at ease.
Time was truly an incredibly powerful weapon.
No matter how powerful someone is, unless they can attain immortality, they will all be reduced to dust in the long river of time.
Perhaps, three thousand years ago, those suppressed inside the Demon Suppression Tower were all incredibly powerful terrifying demons and powerful demon cultivators.
But now, three thousand years have passed.
In an environment with almost no spiritual energy, even immortals would be in a state of extreme weakness, let alone those demon cultivators and demons.
It is estimated that they have long since turned into a pile of rotten bones and no longer pose a threat.
“The Nine-Story Demon Tower.
It has imprisoned a total of nine powerful demons?”
tan san muttered, carefully approaching the spirit tower.
Then suddenly, he paused.
His gaze fell on the top of the Demon Tower.
A small, fist-sized cauldron was floating there steadily.
“This…”
tan san’s face suddenly changed, and his breathing suddenly became rapid.
“This, is it the legendary, pseudo-spiritual treasure, the cauldron of creation of the Danding Sect?”
tan san’s face was full of excitement.
Pseudo-spiritual treasure.
Don’t look at the word ‘pseudo’.
But it is infinitely powerful, and is truly a top-notch magical weapon.
It is a treasure coveted by countless strong Xuan Ying realm cultivators.
He had heard before that there was supposedly a pseudo-spiritual treasure in this strange realm of the Danding Sect.
He even suspected before that the spirit cauldron in the Yuxu Hall was the fake spirit treasure, the Cauldron of Creation, but that suspicion faded after he successfully stored the spirit cauldron in his storage bag.
However, at this moment, when he saw the small cauldron on top of the nine-story Demon-Sealing Tower, he didn’t hesitate at all. He almost immediately determined that this was the fake spirit treasure, the Cauldron of Creation.
However, he did not directly rush to take the spirit cauldron.
Instead, he slowly walked towards the Demon Tower.
If he wanted to take the pill of creation, he could only do so by entering the Demon Tower and going to the top floor.
However, as soon as he got close to the Demon Tower, a layer of spiritual light rose up instantly.
It blocked the way!
“The Demon Tower also has an internal formation.
It can block the entry and exit of cultivators.
And the eye of the formation is the fake spirit treasure, the cauldron of creation…“
As soon as he realized this, tan san’s face immediately turned ugly.
The fake spirit treasure is the eye of the formation.
With his current cultivation base of the fourth layer, how could he possibly open it?
”But that’s not right.
With such a formation guarding it, not to mention me, even within the Danding Sect three thousand years ago, almost no one could have survived.
There must be another way.”
tan san’s heart stirred, and then it seemed as if he remembered something. He reached into his bag and pulled out a few treasures that looked like tokens.
These tokens were the identity tokens he had collected from the storage bags of the Dan Ding Sect disciples earlier.
They had different functions.
He had collected them without any particular purpose, and had not thrown them away.
At this time, he wanted to use these tokens to see if he could successfully pass through the Demon Tower’s defenses with their help.
He then began to try one by one.
He summoned spiritual energy to activate the tokens.
One, two, three…
By the seventh token, the light screen finally responded, shaking slightly and automatically creating a gap.
“Is this the identity token of the previous suspected leader of the Danding Sect?
Indeed, only these extremely high-ranking cultivators had this token that could open the defensive shield of the Demon Tower.”
tan san felt a rush of relief when he saw this.
Fortunately, he had considered these tokens before and had kept them in case they could be of use at a critical moment.
It was also fortunate that he had insisted on entering the ghostly lair because of that protective magic weapon, otherwise he would have really missed it.
He then took a few large steps into the Demon Suppression Tower.