Chapter 351: Harvesting Precious Treasures

The strange phenomena in heaven and earth attracted the attention of several cultivators.

They had barely managed to flee to the exit of the cave dwelling when they were drawn to that pale golden light.

"A True Person of the Transformation of Spirit Realm has perished..."

Actually, it could be more specific: Zhang Xuanyan is dead.

This should have been a cause for joy, yet the cultivators could not smile at all; in fact, they were so terrified that their very features twitched.

"Run!"

Someone let out a scream.

Before a Demon Emperor comparable to the late stage of the Transformation of Spirit Realm, life no longer belonged to one's own control.

The only thing they could hope for was that Zhang Xuanyan had severely injured the opponent before dying.

That Golden-Eyed Lion Emperor had actually grown to such a degree in complete silence; it was even more of a prodigy than the prodigies of the human race.

The group suddenly darted out of the cave dwelling, daring not to linger at all.

They summoned their Nascent Souls, took to the air, and ran with all their might for an unknown duration until they found no demons or monsters pursuing them behind; only then did they collapse from exhaustion and fall toward that towering archway.

And at this very moment.

Shen Yi was holding the items he had taken from Zhang Xuanyan's body, carefully examining them together with Shenxu Laozu.

"Reporting to my Lord, this is a map of the entire cave dwelling."

"No wonder it is an Immortal Sect; they prepared such detailed plans, advancing step by step. How could they compare to those scattered cultivators who wander in and out at random?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Yi raised an eyebrow slightly.

He felt somewhat offended.

Nevertheless, he seriously looked at the annotations on that map. He saw that the Xuan Guang Cave had already thoroughly investigated the entire Official's Cave Dwelling, exploring nearly all the buildings from the outside in, in an orderly fashion.

The reason they had not yet abandoned this place...

Shen Yi's gaze fell upon an insignificant spot: a small building next to the Pill Furnace, which had been carefully circled with a pen.

Beside it were left long passages of trial-and-error notes.

"Will it work?"

Shen Yi turned his gaze toward Shenxu Laozu.

"It may require some time."

Shenxu Laozu lowered his head somewhat fearfully; clearly, regarding the Dao of Arrays, he did not possess the same confidence as A Qing.

Fortunately, time was the one thing Shen Yi lacked least right now.

A dignified Demon Emperor touring his own cave dwelling had no need to be so hasty; as long as he left before the cave dwelling sealed itself, that was enough.

Having spoken, Shen Yi led the old fox directly toward that small building.

Then he handed over the map in his hand.

Watching Shenxu Laozu begin to study how to break the magical array.

Shen Yi found a quiet place and began to count his gains.

Among them, the Xuan Ming Seal was definitely a treasure of a unique tier; next, the long whip and the precious sword were also quite good.

The regrettable part was that bronze bell, which was clearly a fine treasure not inferior to the Xuan Ming Seal, as well as the magical robe on the opponent's body...

Besides these, there were vast quantities of precious pills and heavenly materials and earthly treasures; unfortunately, he did not recognize them, so he would leave them for the old fox to identify slowly after finishing his work.

Shen Yi shook his head and stored everything away.

A hint of delight surged in his eyes.

The power of the Heavenly Fiend Five Thunder Sword Art earlier had greatly exceeded his expectations.

Of course, part of that was due to external factors.

The Thousand Demon Cave was already a place abundant in spiritual energy, and inside this cave dwelling it was even more concentrated than outside.

Although with his current realm, he could only summon the qi of heaven and earth within roughly a hundred li, the advantage lay in the variety; he could use any kind of qi.

With these two factors combined, if used outside the Thousand Demon Cave, it would be equivalent to drawing upon spiritual energy from a range of at least a thousand li at once.

"It seems there is another technique of the same grade."

Shen Yi suddenly remembered his Departed Fire Burning Heart Palm.

Right now, his directions for improvement were actually not many.

The technique needed to raise his cultivation in the Transformation of Spirit Realm was temporarily unknown where to find, leaving him stuck at the initial stage with no progress.

As for body tempering, after the Nine Demons achieved a leap, they had roughly given him the strength to barely touch the late stage of the Transformation of Spirit Realm; however, further evolving the Demon Transformation Great Art yielded no results.

The Golden Body Method could still be improved.

Once the Xu family completed the arrays and gave the Li Min of Great Qian true stability, the incense and vows of the people would surely be replenished.

It would just require waiting for a period of time.

Of course, as long as one was willing to sacrifice the lifespan of demons, one could always deduce a path forward; whether it was a crooked path was hard to say, but at least there would be no lack of methods to cultivate.

"It's you."

Shen Yi's principle was to learn everything he could first, and worry about the rest later.

He revealed his original form and took out the annotations left by that senior.

He finally turned to the Burning Heart chapter.

The entire technique was not only incomplete but filled with the cave dwelling cultivator's guesses; anyone else might not dare to learn it, but Shen Yi was long accustomed to this.

The power of the Departed Fire Palm could at most be considered an ordinary Transformation of Spirit Realm technique.

Its true brilliance lay in, after mastering the Departed Fire, no longer attacking the body but instead burning and refining the soul and spirit.

At least up to now.

Shen Yi had not yet seen any cultivator possess a method specifically for defending against soul attacks.

At most, there are some auxiliary treasures, such as his own Submerged Abyss Long Blade.

He carefully perused the ancient texts, and while reading them thoroughly, he also began to try to understand their deeper meanings.

After cultivating so many techniques, he was long since no longer the complete outsider he had been at the start.

Time slowly passed.

As Shen Yi rubbed his temples with a hint of fatigue, a joyful cry echoed in his mind from Shenxu Laozu: "Reporting to my Lord, I have found it!"

Shen Yi raised his head; although he trusted the fox's loyalty, he still remained skeptical of its abilities.

This was also why he had brought Lady Qinghua before entering.

He waved his hand to summon her out: "Go take a look."

Lady Qinghua nodded respectfully, then manifested her dark golden Dharma Image; the feathered cloak behind her swayed slightly, and her figure suddenly vanished from the spot.

About the time it takes to drink a cup of tea later.

Hearing the roaring sound coming from the distance, Shen Yi couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

Immediately after, he saw the Golden Body Dharma Image rise somewhat disheveled into the air, staring indifferently at the demon soul below, slowly clenching its fist: "..."

"I... I..."

Shenxu Laozu had no words to defend himself and awkwardly lowered his head.

Fortunately, Lady Qinghua had no intention of arguing with it; she simply nodded respectfully toward Shen Yi: "My Lord, it is opened."

Only then did Shen Yi rise and walk toward that small tower.

He stepped straight into the ruins, then ascended the second floor, which had collapsed halfway.

In the empty room, there stood only a jade platform half a person's height.

An official of the Nanyang Sect had specifically built a small tower just to place one thing.

Shen Yi's breathing quickened slightly.

He walked to the jade platform, lowered his gaze, and saw a neatly folded garment in his line of sight.

With his hands wrapped in aura, his fingertips gently touched it.

Before even touching the garment, a golden invitation card floated up first.

"With this Dharma Robe, we congratulate the Elder on his birthday."

The golden invitation card fell into Shen Yi's palm, and immediately the Dharma Robe moved without wind, floating straight up.

A long robe as thin as a cicada's wing, in the most steady ink-black color.

Golden threads outlined Dharma Arrays upon it; the hem featured auspicious cloud and dragon-phoenix patterns; the overall fit was slightly loose, truly grand and majestic.

"..."

Shen Yi attempted to stretch his arms, and the golden-patterned ink robe floated toward him, as if several invisible small hands were fiddling with it, arranging his robes and sash for him.

He slowly turned around.

But he saw that both Lady Qinghua and the fox wore expressions of astonishment.

If the previous Shen Yi was a humanoid demon filled with violent aura, then the instant this Dharma Robe was donned, the other seemed like a senior elder from a supreme sect, appearing indescribably noble and unfathomable.

Just then.

This unfathomable senior expert suddenly clenched his fist and fiercely punched his own arm.

Yet the strike, delivered with full force, silently bounced off his arm, and not even the Dharma Arrays on the clothes reacted in the slightest.

Seeing this, a look of joy finally flashed in Shen Yi's eyes: "A fine treasure."

(End of this chapter)