Chapter 165

Two days later.

Inside a mountain cave.

Zhuge Ruolan heard Li Shenghong's words, her face suddenly changed: "What did you say?"

"Holy Maiden, I have discovered an anomaly not far away, inside a mountain peak; my people found something unusual: that peak is leaking faint spiritual energy."

"Spiritual energy?"

Zhuge Ruolan stood up: "Are you sure?"

Li Shenghong nodded firmly: "Absolutely certain, Holy Maiden; I have already verified it—there is indeed faint spiritual energy leaking, though not obvious, intermittent, but one can confirm this anomaly is not ordinary; I believe what the Holy Maiden Princess sent me to find has been found."

"It is likely right beneath that mountain peak, Holy Maiden—shall we go take a look?"

"Take me there."

"Yes."

One hour later.

Inside another mountain, the recently dug cave had a passage leading from the mountaintop down to the base, extending deep until they captured the leaking spiritual energy; Zhuge Ruolan frowned, bent over, probed the leakage, her brows tightly knit.

Li Shenghong beside her said nothing, staring at the place where the spiritual energy emerged, filled with tension.

"The spiritual energy concentration is not weak, and moreover, this spiritual energy is not simple."

"Has the Wild Dragon Snake indeed been hiding down there?"

Underground, the Wild Dragon Snake was buried; she came this time also to find its corpse.

This corpse, the Yin Gui Sect has searched for many years, finding not a trace, not even a hint.

Longshe Cheng had eluded them even after digging three feet deep; this time they actually found it, Zhuge Ruolan was overjoyed—if the Wild Dragon Snake were found, such a huge corpse, if she obtained it, would be unimaginable.

"Gurgle."

"Below, it's definitely below."

"Li Shenghong."

Li Shenghong stepped forward: "I am here, sir."

"Seal the surroundings; without my order, no one is allowed to approach this place; whoever discovers it will be greatly rewarded."

"Yes, Holy Maiden."

Li Shenghong went out, delivering the Holy Maiden's order; he knew the gravity of the matter—this place, the fewer who know, the better.

Concerning the Wild Dragon Snake, that thing must not be known to others of the Yin Gui Sect.

Only they themselves can control it; after searching for so many years, they finally found a clue—how could they just hand it over?

Li Shenghong knows the importance of the Wild Dragon Snake; if the Holy Maiden finds it, his merit will be not bad—when the time comes, the Holy Maiden will eat meat, he will follow and eat meat, his subordinates will also eat meat, together eating meat, improving collectively; if others learn of it, especially the Yin Gui Sect, those present will be mercilessly silenced.

Li Shenghong is well aware of this, and also knows the tactics of those other Holy Maidens and Holy Sons—you can never guess what they will do, nor when they will strike.

Before interests, everyone is equal.

After making the arrangements, Li Shenghong returned to the Holy Maiden's side.

"Holy Maiden, shall we continue digging down?"

Zhuge Ruolan raised her hand: "For now, no need; we must seal off the vicinity and set up a Formation to completely isolate this place—this matter must absolutely not be known to outsiders."

"You must guarantee the loyalty of our people; you know the weight of this matter, no need for me to say more."

Li Shenghong nodded: "I understand, sir."

"Rest assured, I will have a share, and you will not be lacking either; when the time comes, the Wild Dragon Snake's corpse will not be without you."

"Thank you, Holy Maiden."

Li Shenghong does not doubt the Holy Maiden's words; other Holy Maidens saying such things, he would not believe a hundred percent, and would even have to think of ways to preserve his life, seeking an opportunity to kill the other party.

Only Zhuge Ruolan is different; she truly gives them meat to eat.

"Go, hurry and arrange it—I want this mountain peak to be inaccessible to anyone; from now on, this place will be our main base."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Zhuge Ruolan watched Li Shenghong go to arrange things; she trusts this subordinate greatly.

He handles affairs, and she can rest easy.

"The Wild Dragon Snake has finally yielded news; this matter must not be leaked."

"However, it is quite strange."

"Before there was no information at all; today, though?"

Zhuge Ruolan narrowed her eyes in thought.

Another place.

The Mountain Ghost stared at the fissure before him.

Faint spiritual energy sprayed out, very weak.

He reached out to touch it, but was blocked, unable to break through or enter inside.

That fissure is very small, as if it had just recently appeared.

"Fissure, cave heaven, Wild Dragon Snake cave heaven?"

"This aura cannot be mistaken; the Wild Dragon Snake is truly buried here."

"Beneath Longshe Cheng, the Wild Dragon Snake cave heaven, the Wild Dragon Snake's corpse—next, Longshe Cheng will be in turmoil."

The Mountain Ghost's expression changed; he manipulated the surrounding soil and rocks to seal the place, sealing the spiritual energy.

"Spiritual energy must not leak out, nor be quickly discovered by outsiders."

"This place, he is the first to discover it, but cannot—"

"Others will surely have some movement; the Wild Dragon Snake cave heaven has produced a fissure; this fissure is likely not the only one."

"Once a cave heaven gives birth to a fissure, it indicates the cave heaven cannot support itself; it could collapse at any moment."

Generally, a cave heaven has only one entrance/exit; normally, one can only enter through that entrance.

Rather than entering through the crack in the cave heaven, Shan Gui naturally knows what this signifies.

Wanting to completely conceal it is impossible, but it can be delayed for a while; ideally, after they enter inside, others only then discover this cave heaven, thereby getting ahead of others.

The Wild Dragon Snake is entirely treasure; if they could devour it, they would certainly complete the Advancement.

By that time, they, Shan Gui, will be one of the strongest demon beasts.

"The Wild Dragon Snake's corpse is truly exciting."

In different places, discoveries have been made.

Chen Chuyang does not know these.

They had already returned to Longshe Shan, entered the room directly, placed themselves inside the Giant Fire Alchemy Furnace, filled it with dragon blood, then closed the lid and refined themselves.

This is the crazy act they came up with after deep thought—refining themselves.

They activated the formation; the pill fire burned.

An entire Alchemy Furnace of Wild Dragon Snake blood—so much blood that if others found out, they'd probably curse.

It's too wasteful.

Bathing in dragon blood, tempering with dragon blood—probably only they in the whole world would be this extravagant.

Inside, they also added some spiritual medicines to neutralize the side effects of the Wild Dragon Snake blood.

The Wild Dragon Snake, resembling a dragon and a snake, has blood that carries some side effects—very strong side effects.

These must be removed; if not, once absorbed into the body, they will produce a series of side effects.

As for what the side effects are, needless to say, everyone knows: as the saying goes, dragon nature is lustful.

"Burn."

"Refine."

The pill fire burned the Alchemy Furnace; the formation inside the furnace was fully activated, refining at full power.

Not just a little refining like the elder brother; all functions were pushed to their maximum.

Flames burned their body; the Wild Dragon Snake blood continually merged into their body, tempering the body, bones, and organs.

The golden core in their dantian spun faster, greedily devouring the essence of the Wild Dragon Snake blood in the blood; after bodily tempering, only a tiny trace of that essence remained.

The Hunyuan Dao Scripture also operated at full power, tempering body and soul, leaving no detail untouched.