Chapter 168: Target Ruins (Please Subscribe)

"I would like to hear the details."

Facing Meng Changqing's posturing, Du En was very cooperative.

"As the name implies, it is the remains of an ancient site, now covered by primitive, wild forests and hidden in a rift space between them; yet, ten thousand years ago, it was a renowned Venerable's Dao Field that drew cultivators from all directions."

"A Venerable's Dao Field?"

"That's right. At the Void Refinement stage, one is called a True Person; at the Integration stage, a True Monarch; and upon reaching the Great Vehicle stage, one is called a Venerable. They are the pinnacles of the mortal world, capable of traversing the world and crossing the starry sky to achieve many great feats."

Du En had no real sense of this and did not seem particularly interested.

"It has appeared this time?"

Seeing this, Meng Changqing kept it brief: "The predecessor of the Nancang Ruins was the Nancang Dao Field. Venerable Nancang once cultivated here, but later met his end here as well. The Dao Field fell into ruin along with him, sinking into the forests of the Southern Frontier. In the ten thousand years since, it has only appeared in the world a few times."

Then, he quickly discovered that this team was rapidly going off track.

Why it was only at the Foundation Establishment level can now basically be determined as the upper echelons intentionally controlling the intensity of the conflict, not wanting to truly tear off the mask and have intense internal strife.

Because it was obvious that it simply could not be found.

Truly annoying!

They only kept muttering in their hearts, not thinking of expressing their opinions at all; each of them just performed their duties as guards, like mutes.

"Spirit-seeking... good idea!"

"So that's how it is..."

Thus, not waiting for others to speak, he replied directly: "That is indeed the case. Even if the situation around the Nancang Ruins is special, with problems in space, time, and other aspects, if it were left to me, there are still seven or eight arrangements that could be used."

This was clearly a superficial statement, used to fool the posturing of the High Envoy's side.

"Moreover, since the destruction of the outpost camp is being used as an indicator, then the evil cultivators and that resentment who destroyed the camp must be deeply, deeply involved with these ruins. Perhaps that side is the evil cultivators' lair."

Du En thought to himself.

If it were eavesdropping, he had done it many times and was very skilled at it.

"Maybe it's there, maybe it's not. In any case, just to be safe, we'll go over and take a look; consider us the advance party. If it truly appears and the situation allows for entry and exploration, then later, True Monarchs and True Persons will naturally lead teams over to thoroughly excavate it and bring it to light."

They continued to control their artifacts, but slowed their speed and lowered their altitude, traveling through the dense forest miasma. Their figures were faint and indistinct, and they channeled mana to resist the miasma, but unless one looked directly at them, their situation could not be detected.

"Since the goal of this trip is clear—the Nancang Ruins—then it is obvious that the other side will definitely set an ambush at the entrance, waiting for us to tire ourselves out. Using methods like arrays to strengthen themselves and weaken the enemy, we certainly cannot just dive in headfirst."

They can fight, but not inside the gate, so they need to go outside the boundary to kill each other. It would be best not to run into them head-on, so as to avoid exposing their own identities.

This team of theirs was here to explore the ruins.

And so, Du En's group left the boundary.

By this time, the conversation no longer needed to be veiled.

At this moment, they were conversing via divine sense.

Seeking the main and auxiliary ingredients for spirit meals together!

In fact, combining what Meng Changqing said when they were near the wasteland, the true situation could be deduced.

The quantity and quality of spiritual energy in the forests outside this boundary could only be described as barely third-grade; even third-grade spiritual objects were hard to gestate there, let alone fourth-grade ones.

At the same time, regarding auxiliary spirit medicine ingredients, because of the stingy supplements from Gao Feng and the others, they were actually not too short of them now.

【Hundred Arts: Spirit-Seeking (Small Achievement 0/100)】

"As the only outpost guards who escaped with their lives during this evil cultivator chaos, I probably don't need to say much about what dangers lie ahead. From now on, I will cast a spell to block and shield our presence so as not to be detected by the evil cultivators and cause unnecessary conflicts and accidents."

Based on these premises, the High Envoy continued to remote-control them calmly.

After all, the Falling Feather Immortal Sect was not invincible; there were four other hegemon immortal sects eyeing them covetously.

This was what was in short supply, and it had basically been used up.

Glancing at his panel, he spoke up at this moment.

"How about we go spirit-seeking first?"

Du En was the first to respond, though this divine sense conversation seemed a bit unpracticed, as this was his first time communicating with someone this way.

The Falling Feather Immortal Sect had indeed been closely monitoring the Nancang Ruins for a long time, but they did not have complete control and needed to send an advance party to investigate first.

Meng Changqing said this in a very justified and natural manner, and the High Envoy who was eavesdropping was not surprised.

"Everyone, share your suggestions on what we should do next. We cannot know there is a tiger in the mountain and yet insist on walking toward the tiger's mountain."

Meng Changqing spoke thus, indicating he was opening the floor to suggestions and wanted to humbly accept advice.

The Immortal Sect first diverted the aftermath of the war, then used the destruction of the outpost camp to determine the general situation of these ruins!

The initial eavesdropping was just to ensure Du En was truly following orders, and later, when shielded, he could still be used to pinpoint the specific location of this group, thereby making well-prepared moves.

Looking faintly at Du En's side, Fu Yong couldn't help but nod secretly.

This kind of performance made Fu Yong and the others feel a bit strange; no matter how remote the backwater they were in, they shouldn't be so unfamiliar with divine sense conversation, unless this person had absolutely no friends and was too annoying.

The crisis of this trip was now very obvious: they had to find a way to deal with the High Envoy's side while also paying attention to the actions of the evil cultivators and the resentment.

Meng Changqing sighed inwardly at this, but fortunately, there was Du En to keep the conversation going.

Therefore, besides the main intention, Du En's private thought was to take the opportunity to hoard monster meat and harvest various monster materials that could be used for artifact refining.

This item had already been silently maxed out after he left prison and walked through the inner city, reaching the "Small Achievement" stage corresponding to fourth-grade spiritual objects.

Pooling everyone's wisdom should be better than thinking alone.

And as long as one finds spiritual objects in the wild, there is a ninety percent chance that monsters will be nearby, so spirit-seeking is basically equivalent to monster-seeking. Thus, "Small Achievement" spirit-seeking can already detect the spiritual energy traces left by monsters in the distance.

Du En responded and glanced at the others, seeing they were completely focused on their duties and very dull, so he didn't wait for them to speak.

Voicing the suggestion of spirit-seeking now was not because he wanted to go into the forest to find fourth-grade spiritual objects to stack proficiency.

After a little thought, Meng Changqing knew what point Du En's suggestion was hitting.

Simply put, it was to create a mystery, using feints to fool and deceive the main enemy this time, making them unable to sit still and strike first, thereby allowing them to wait at their leisure.

(End of chapter)