Chapter 600: Depths of the Sinking Sea, Ancient Cultivator Ruins

Seeing Ding Yi again, the familiar physique, the familiar warmth.

But Luo Chen couldn't help but frown.

After simple pleasantries, Luo Chen couldn't help but ask, "Fellow Daoist Ding, why hasn't this flesh of yours fallen off yet?"

Ding Yi laughed, "Qingyangzi is so attentive!"

"I'm just afraid that my Dust-Descending Pill was ineffective, worrying that you would come to me for after-sales service," Luo Chen said helplessly.

Ding Yi waved his hand, "That's overthinking. Back then, the money and goods were cleared; how could there be any subsequent accountability? Moreover, that Dust-Descending Pill was indeed effective for me."

Since it was effective, why hadn't this fat meat been reduced?

Luo Chen looked at him in surprise but didn't continue to ask.

Perhaps the other party had practiced some secret technique, which was why he maintained this physique.

Just like he, Luo Chen, had a nickname of Red-Faced Daoist in the outside world, just because he took True Flame Pills for cultivation, making his facial skin red all year round.

It was better to just mention such things; asking too much would make people unhappy.

The big-bellied Ding Yi walked on Penghu Island, his eyes looking around from time to time, his mouth constantly making exclamations, and occasionally there were sounds of regret.

"Such a large Penghu, in less than twenty years, has been managed quite well; ordinary rogue cultivators look at it with envy."

"It's just a pity that some places are still not managed well; otherwise, how much more spirit stones could be earned in annual profit!"

Luo Chen smiled, "I let you laugh, Fellow Daoist."

His mind over these years was not on managing spiritual land.

Having this scale was already the best effort of Tianxuan and the Zhang family.

If he really had to manage it himself, in those twenty years, Penghu would have been turned upside down long ago.

At the very least, there wouldn't be so few people!

This spiritual land, although the spiritual veins were scattered, there were many, and the quality was not low.

It was most suitable for establishing sects and faction forces.

With enough manpower, one could open up enough industries.

These were all experiences.

Luo Chen certainly knew these things, and he had even managed them like this before; he just didn't have his ambition here now.

"In the battle of Cold Light Island back then, you had such great prestige, Qingyangzi! If it weren't for the world's eyes being attracted by the Nascent Soul battle, the one who should have truly become famous in that battle should have been you, Qingyang... Demon Lord."

"Fellow Daoist overpraises; it was just teaching a few Golden Core cultivators a lesson, not worth mentioning as prestige."

"Tsk tsk, among that batch of people who besieged you, the others were fine, even Qian Ting was nothing much. But that Hundred Forging Mountain Master was no weakling; I would have to spend quite a bit of effort to deal with him. But under such a siege, you could leave calmly and even counter-kill several people; my praise is not excessive at all."

Luo Chen twitched his lips; he naturally knew the Hundred Forging Mountain Master's power better than anyone.

If he hadn't seized the opportunity, the Heavenly Roc's thousand-pound strike, knocking him to a distant place, if he had really been entangled by the other party, unless Han Zhan took action, life and death would have been unpredictable.

However, although Ding Yi spoke humbly, he still had the confidence to win against the Hundred Forging Mountain Master in his words, which was somewhat unexpected.

He carefully sized up this fat man.

The other party didn't hide it either, his magic power fluctuations slowly spreading outward.

Luo Chen raised his eyebrows.

Golden Core ninth level!

This person had hidden quite deeply before, showing only a mid-stage Golden Core appearance.

At this moment, without any concealment, his realm was as deep as an abyss.

Among all the people Luo Chen had seen in his life, within the Golden Core stage, only Fishing Old Man was stronger than him. Purple Queen and that Ghost Spirit Child, whom he had met in passing once or twice, were not as good as Ding Yi.

No, there was one more person who could definitely suppress Ding Yi!

The Supreme Elder of the Ice Fortress, True Person Canglong!

At that time, Luo Chen was still at the Foundation Establishment stage and couldn't feel the specific strength of Golden Core cultivators. True Person Canglong usually restrained her spiritual pressure very well in front of him.

Now, recalling it carefully with the vision of a Golden Core cultivator, that was clearly a sign of Great Perfection where the essence, Qi, and spirit had begun to initially fuse!

"Unexpectedly, you are the one who hides your true self!"

Luo Chen sighed, his footsteps stopping under a weeping willow by the lake.

Ding Yi laughed, "Walking in the North Sea, demons are everywhere; if one doesn't hide their cultivation, being targeted and set up, wouldn't that be a disaster? Moreover, aren't you the same, Qingyangzi, at the fourth level of Golden Core... eh!"

Ding Yi's tone stalled, just because the magic power fluctuations released by the white-robed man by the lake were getting stronger and stronger, which was the genuine cultivation of the sixth level of Golden Core.

Even!

Because of that pure and overbearing magic power, the spiritual pressure was extremely strong, forcing him to involuntarily use magic power fluctuations to resist.

The collision of the two spiritual pressures touched and stopped, with no winner seen.

Ding Yi was both surprised and happy.

"Sixth level of Golden Core!"

"Fellow Daoist's cultivation has actually advanced to this point!"

The overbearing spiritual pressure slowly retreated into Luo Chen's body like a tide.

Looking at Ding Yi with a pair of bright eyes, Luo Chen was determined not to miss any change in his expression.

"Since you came to see me, why bother with all this talk? Why not get straight to the point!"

Ding Yi's smile grew wider, "I have always recognized your combat power, and now that you have shown your realm, I am even more satisfied."

Luo Chen asked, "As far as I know, you should have come to the Wan Xian Society a long time ago."

Ding Yi didn't refute, nodding frankly, "Indeed, I arrived at the Fulong Mountain Range fourteen years ago and asked Cave Master Moyun to refine a secret treasure for me."

"Secret treasure?"

"Yes, that secret treasure involves a dangerous place I am going to next. If the secret treasure is not successful, I won't go, and I won't come to find you."

"Find me?" Luo Chen raised his eyebrows, understanding that the topic had finally entered the core, "Could it be that you want to invite me to go together?"

"Fellow Daoist is indeed intelligent!" Ding Yi generously admitted his purpose.

Walking to Luo Chen's side, the tall and the fat man stood side by side, looking at the lake surface that was as calm as a mirror, without any ripples.

"That dangerous place is extremely dangerous, even above many dangerous places in the North Sea like Wuzhong Valley and Broken Soul Cliff. Even, in my opinion, the North Pole Night Demon Heaven of the past is not as dangerous as that place."

Luo Chen was shocked in his heart.

The names Ding Yi mentioned were all famous dangerous places in the North Sea cultivation world.

Wuzhong Valley, known as the place where ten thousand demons never return, all demon beasts of the third tier and below were buried there, and even fourth-tier demon emperors didn't dare to easily set foot there.

Broken Soul Cliff was a forbidden land in the depths of the demon sea, discovered by a rogue cultivator in the early years, and later the Profound Demon Sect organized a batch of Nascent Soul and Golden Core powerhouses to go there, but most of them fell there, hence the name "Broken Soul."

If these were not counted as anything, then the North Pole Night Demon Heaven had something to talk about.

This was the number one dangerous place in the North Sea, backed by the thousand-year-old Sinking Sea, and surrounded by naturally generated meta-magnetic polar light, anyone who went there would end in hatred.

"More dangerous than these places, aren't you looking for death by going there?"

"Haha, how is it looking for death? Haven't you seen that the North Pole Night Demon Heaven was taken down by the demon race coalition?"

Luo Chen laughed, "That was the North Sea demon race great power, gathering hundreds of millions of demon beasts to forcibly take it down; you and I are just Golden Core cultivators, how can we be mentioned in the same breath."

Ding Yi shook his head.

"That's not how it's said; dangerous places are born to be conquered. Wuzhong Valley was broken through by True Person Yuling and became a blessed land for cultivation. The North Pole Night Demon Heaven was transformed into a sect cave heaven by the Profound Demon Sect. The dangerous place I want to go to has also had its patterns explored by people over so many years; those people can go, so naturally, I can go too."

Alright!

Looking at the firm expression on the fat man's thin face, Luo Chen didn't want to persuade him anymore, but directly asked for the location of the dangerous place.

"Depths of the Sinking Sea!"

"Hmm?"

"I said, that place is in the depths of the Sinking Sea!" Ding Yi stared at Luo Chen, saying word by word.

Luo Chen was suspicious, "Isn't the Sinking Sea the back garden of the Profound Demon Sect? Are there still things you are thinking about inside?"

"Hehe, the world only knows that the Sinking Sea guards the rear of the North Pole Night Demon Heaven, but they don't know that the danger inside not only blocked enemies but also blocked the Profound Demon Sect itself," Ding Yi talked eloquently.

Luo Chen didn't understand, "If there were really good things inside, they would have been taken away by the Profound Demon Sect long ago; would it still be your turn?"

"Didn't I say it? The Sinking Sea also blocked the Profound Demon Sect cultivators. Moreover, many experiences of entering and leaving the Sinking Sea were explored bit by bit by the Profound Demon Sect disciples themselves; they themselves were also exploring. It's just that they hadn't waited for the comprehensive development of that secret realm before the sect was destroyed and people died."

Putting it this way, it was more reasonable.

Luo Chen nodded slightly, but there were still doubts in his heart.

"I know the Sinking Sea is dangerous, but what exactly is in the depths that makes you so persistent?"

This time, Ding Yi became somewhat cautious and mysterious.

"Specifically, I don't know, but at least there is an ancient cultivator's sitting-in-meditation ruin inside."

Ancient cultivator's sitting-in-meditation ruin?

Vaguely, Luo Chen associated it with the White Night Palace in the Accumulated Thunder Nine Mountains.

A ruin that even the Profound Demon Sect insisted on exploring must at least be left by a Soul Transformation great power.

The treasures remaining inside, even if they were minor things, were priceless treasures to them, Golden Core cultivators.

Just like the Thousand-Year Thunder Essence!

Seeing Luo Chen showing a thoughtful expression, Ding Yi didn't urge him either; there were many origins here, and he couldn't explain it clearly for a while.

Only when he was sure Luo Chen was going would he tell him everything.

But after half a day, Luo Chen still didn't express his stance, and associating it with the fact that Luo Chen only mentioned him, Ding Yi, instead of "them" in his words before, Ding Yi became somewhat urgent.

"Qingyangzi, aren't you moved?"

Luo Chen held his breath and still didn't speak.

Ding Yi persuaded carefully, "There must be heaven-shaking treasures inside. Over these years, under my investigation, there are quite a few high-realm existences in the North Sea actively exploring the Sinking Sea."

"Are there Nascent Soul True Persons?" Luo Chen asked.

Ding Yi didn't hesitate, "That's naturally there, and it's even said that Nascent Soul True Persons are the main force!"

"Since that's the case, where are the leftovers for you and me to eat?"

"But there are also Golden Core cultivators who have walked out of it!"

"Who?"

Ding Yi spat out a name.

Fairy Feileng!

Seeing Luo Chen didn't believe it, Ding Yi whispered, "As far as I know, Fairy Feileng was actually just a furnace for a Nascent Soul Elder of the Profound Demon Sect back then. She was taken to the ancient cultivator ruin in the depths of the Sinking Sea, and after coming out, she broke through to the Nascent Soul stage. That was why later, the Profound Demon Sect Elder bestowed Feileng City to her, and she broke free from the furnace body."

That high and unreachable Fairy Feileng was actually just a furnace before?

Getting this secret news, Luo Chen was truly shocked.

And what shocked him even more was that there was a chance for Core Formation in the depths of the Sinking Sea!

Thinking of this, he understood why Ding Yi was determined to go there.

He was seeking a chance for Core Formation!

Obviously, the information in these words was also deliberately revealed to Luo Chen by Ding Yi.

After saying these words, he sat calmly and looked at Luo Chen.

I don't believe you aren't moved!

However, after waiting for a long time, Luo Chen's expression went from shock to expectation, then to hesitation and doubt, and finally, as if he had made up his mind, he shook his head.

"Sorry, I, Luo, was born steady; I generally don't do things without certainty. The secret realm you mentioned, after consideration, is really too dangerous; I'm afraid it's not something I can touch."

Ding Yi's face instantly became unpleasant.

He discovered that this Qingyang Demon Lord didn't have the style of a demonic powerhouse at all; his conduct was clearly extremely steady.

There was no overbearing spirit of one person proudly facing several powerhouses of the same level in the Cold Light Island battle.

But in fact, Luo Chen had calculated it carefully.

What about the Core Formation chance?

He had already realized the method of Core Formation and had the Core Formation pill formula in hand; as long as he refined the Core Formation pill, what he lacked most was not some Core Formation opportunity, but just a fourth-tier spiritual land.

Under such circumstances, why take risks?

Could it be for those unknown treasures?

He, Luo Chen, had been steady all his life; he knew of several secret realm ruins, but whether it was the ruin of the Supreme Elder of Ghost God Valley that was close at hand during the Qi Refining stage, or the Soul Transformation cave heaven he accidentally entered during the Foundation Establishment stage, he had never actively explored them.

It was precisely because of this steady personality that he could walk step by step to where he was now.

He didn't do things without certainty!

Seeing Ding Yi's face was unpleasant, Luo Chen comforted, "In the vast Wan Xian Society, there are quite a few people whose ability is stronger than mine; why must you force me, Fellow Daoist? In my opinion, Cave Master Moyun has many magic treasures by his side, which is quite powerful."

"He is already a person going together!"

"Uh... then others are fine too. Ghost Spirit Child's deadline is approaching; if he knew there was such an opportunity, he would definitely go to fight for it. Fishing Old Man is also very good, the head of the three great eight-star Demon Hunters, his ability is even above mine. And that Long Yuan Deputy City Master Huo Fang..."

"Ghost Spirit Child is just bones in the grave, not worth plotting with. Fishing Old Man is Blood Rogue's subordinate; even if I don't invite him, he will likely go to the Sinking Sea for a walk. As for Huo Fang? A sect person, I don't trust him!"

The people Luo Chen mentioned were all rejected by Ding Yi one by one.

Hearing to the end, Luo Chen gradually tasted the flavor.

It wasn't that those people weren't good, but that those people weren't easy to control?

In contrast, his combat power was strong enough, but his realm was relatively weak; this way, he wouldn't snatch Ding Yi's dominant power.

If the other party really had such a plan, then in the vast Wan Xian Society, it seemed he was indeed the most suitable person for Ding Yi to go with.

Thinking carefully, Cave Master Moyun also seemed to meet this condition.

Many magic treasures, outstanding means, but the mere seventh level of Golden Core realm wouldn't threaten Ding Yi's dominant power.

Thinking of this, Luo Chen didn't have a good face either.

Even if he was affected by the inner demon back then and actively dealt with the Yan Alliance, he, Luo Chen, was the one connecting in the middle and occupying the dominant position.

The more dangerous it was, the more one had to have dominant power; otherwise, one would die without knowing how they died.

Just when he intended to see the guest out.

Beside his ear, four words suddenly came.

"Five Elements Lotus Platform!"

"Hmm?" Luo Chen's eyes burst with light, staring at Ding Yi.

The latter laughed, "As far as I know, you have been inquiring about the news of the Five Elements Lotus Platform spiritual medicine all these years! Have you collected any?"

Luo Chen didn't answer, just stared at him.

Ding Yi shrugged, "I won't hide it from you; there is a Five Elements Lotus Platform in that ancient cultivator ruin, and the quantity is not small. I don't know what you want to do with this thing, but I know that this thing is used by Nascent Soul True Persons for cultivation, and only Nascent Soul True Persons have transactions between each other. You are delusional to collect the Five Elements Lotus Platform from the group of low-level rogue cultivators; I'm afraid you won't be able to get two flowers even if you toss for a lifetime. But if you go to that place with me, as long as you encounter the Five Elements Lotus Platform, it will all belong to you."

After speaking, he blinked.

"Qingyangzi, really don't consider it?"

This time, Luo Chen fell into a long silence.

Silence represented hesitation, and hesitation meant being moved.

Ding Yi smiled again, picking a willow branch and waving it casually.

"I will be refining the secret treasure over at Moyun Mountain; if you have considered it, come find me!"

"But I have to state in advance that the opening time of that secret realm is not stable, so a decision must be made early."

"Additionally, the Sinking Sea itself is also dangerous; to cross this sea, you need to prepare corresponding treasures."

"Make your decision early; I will teach you the treasure refining method, so as not to drag me down when the time comes."

The words were word by word, gradually drawn out very long.

In his vision, the fat figure had already left Penghu Island, going further and further away in the sky.

By the lake, Luo Chen stood for a long time.

Until Tianxuan approached quietly.

"Master, Black King is back."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 601 =====