Chapter 470

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Protagonist:

Xu Changqing

"Spare, spare my life!"

"I am a mid... Senior Array Master!"

"Without me, what will you do if you encounter array-related things?"

Shi Qingyan panicked, never expecting this grandson to be such a grandson, turning hostile the moment he said he would.

She herself was a Qin Hua Golden Core; not to say she was powerful, but she wasn't easy to deal with either.

Unexpectedly, this grandson Rong Long before her had such terrifying strength.

A single strike left her severely injured.

She now seriously suspected that Qiao Baiyang outside was already gone.

However, once Xu Changqing moved with killing intent, it was impossible for him to easily withdraw it; what's more, the person before him no longer had any meaning or value of existence.

Therefore, the Heaven-grade Golden Core in his Qi Sea rotated slightly, releasing surging mana, and the spiritual armor on his body immediately erupted with dazzling silver-white light.

Lightning intertwined, the air constantly resounding with "zila" sounds.

A terrifying aura rapidly spread out.

Shi Qingyan's face changed drastically: "Alliance matters, it's not that I'm unwilling to reveal them, but a Divine Soul Contract was signed; once there is any leakage, the soul will fly apart and scatter."

Xu Changqing heard this and said nothing, merely increasing the pressure relentlessly.

In just a flash, the "Grandma" before him was decapitated.

Instantly, a Qin Hua Golden Core flew up from the opponent's Qi Sea; it looked tiny, spinning round and round in a fluster.

Upon reaching the Golden Core Stage, if encountering a life-and-death crisis, especially losing the flesh body, one can temporarily entrust the Divine Soul, Consciousness, and Spirit to the Golden Core.

This way one can survive for a period of time; if lucky, one can even possess some things, for example Lingti, Spiritual Treasures, injured monsters, and the like.

However, just as it flew up, a Five-Colored Divine Light appeared.

With a single brush, the remaining Divine Soul, Consciousness, and Spirit all returned to nothingness.

The next second, it fell into Xu Changqing's hand: "A Golden Core is a good thing; not only can it be used for alchemy and artifact refining, it can even be used as an Array Eye."

Now, both Qiao Baiyang and Shi Qingyan were gone; although they had lived for hundreds of years, they were either Golden Core Middle Stage or Golden Core Late Stage.

Yet facing Xu Changqing at Golden Core Early Stage, they didn't have the slightest ability to resist, and were killed in minutes.

No way around it; before a Heaven-grade Golden Core, whether Earth Grade Golden Core or Qin Hua Golden Core, all are as weak as ants on the ground.

Not only do they pose no threat, they can be stomped to death with a single foot.

Xu Changqing put away the Golden Core, then surveyed the surroundings: "Strange, if I remember correctly, wasn't there still a youth? How come he disappeared after entering?"

He found it odd, so he kept a watchful eye.

Then he focused his attention on the Cave Abode's Inner Layer.

This Geng Gold Guardian Spirit Tree is a good thing; it definitely cannot be easily destroyed.

After a search, he discovered a horizontal Stone Tablet beneath the tree.

There wasn't much content on it, engraved with three characters: "Tu Zai Jin".

Seeing this, Xu Changqing tried injecting his own mana into it; he himself possessed Five Elements Spiritual Roots, and the mana of the five attributes could be freely converted.

As mana was injected, the Stone Tablet immediately hummed and began to tremble slightly.

Immediately after, the originally murderous Geng Gold Guardian Spirit Tree actually arched up little by little at a speed visible to the naked eye; not long after, an entrance was revealed.

Xu Changqing saw this and smiled faintly: "Hidden really deep."

However, he did not enter immediately; instead, he looked toward the decapitated corpse at the side, and after some thought prepared to refine it into a Lowest Grade Puppet.

For safety's sake, better let "her" scout the way.

Anyway, the deceased's only dying wish was to explore the Cave Abode.

Before long, a headless Puppet climbed up unsteadily.

Xu Changqing pointed at the entrance: "Go on, Grandma!"

The corpse staggered over, stepping into it one step at a time.

Although Shared Vision cannot be switched, he can empathize.

If the Puppet encounters any attack or danger, Xu Changqing outside can perceive it.

After a good while, seeing the Puppet still existed and had not encountered any danger.

Only then did Xu Changqing enter, and then he froze for a moment.

It turned out that beyond the Inner Layer was a grand hall, looking quite exquisite.

The ground was engraved with two fish, one earth-brown, one pale gold.

If one observes carefully, one would discover the fish eyes are respectively inlaid with Earth Pulse Crystal and Jin Marrow Crystal; these are both extremely rare ores.

Behind stood a Jade Platform, on which were placed a Compass and two Jade Slips.

Then, surrounding the Jade Platform, four lifelike Stone Statues stood in the four directions.

Each Stone Statue held something in its hands; some held a Compass, some a Golden Sword, some a Spirit Brush, and some a Map.

Of course, they weren't real objects, merely possessing symbolic significance.

Xu Changqing was thoughtful: "Earth-Gold Taiji Array?"

If one dug out the two fish's eyes out of greed, that would definitely trigger the Killing Array.

Therefore, he directly soared up, bypassed this temptation-filled Spiritual Array, and arrived beside the Jade Platform.

The Compass looked far from ordinary; its face was pieced together from Thick Earth Jade and Golden Crystal, reaching a diameter of one chi.

The face had two layers, upper and lower, each with its own scale.

It looked quite complex, and Xu Zhangqing could barely make sense of it.

He lifted it with a gesture from afar, examined it as a whole, and found writing on the bottom, presumably carved by the Cave Abode's Master during his lifetime.

"The Spiritual Vein is the mother, the mineral vein is the child; seek gold by first seeking earth, lay out gold by first laying out earth."

It hinted vaguely that this Compass, which looked complex and profound, seemed specially used to seek Spiritual Veins or mineral veins.

Seeing that Xu Zhangqing had triggered no danger, he immediately put it away, then turned his gaze to the other two Jade Slips on the Jade Platform.

The Left Side read "Golden Seal Heavenly Controlling Art," appearing to be a Cultivation Method.

The Right Side read "Nine Slashes of Splitting Gold," apparently a spell.

These were all good things, so Xu Zhangqing naturally would not stand on ceremony and put them all away.

He then swept his gaze around and found that there was still space on both sides of the main hall.

He immediately flew toward the Left Side, looked inside, and his eyes brightened at once.

Good Fellow, barring any Surprise, this should be a storage room, and there were no few treasures inside.

Not only were there Thick Earth Jade and Jin Marrow Crystal from the Yin-Yang Fish's eyes just now, but also a very large quantity of spirit sand.

There was even Gold Pattern Profound Iron, quite rare, a fine material for Artifact Refining; even one jin cost 1000 Middle-grade Spirit Stones.

And here, although Xu Zhangqing had not weighed it, he felt there were over a hundred jin.

Moreover, not only were there materials for Artifact Refining, but even finished Pills.

Tu Jin Qu Ti Dan, brown-gold in dual colors, with intertwined earth-gold patterns on the surface, totaling 9 bottles, 8 pills per bottle, its effect being to strengthen the Flesh Body after consumption.

Spiritual Vein Nourishing Golden Core Pill, deep brown, densely speckled with tiny golden dots, totaling 9 bottles, 15 pills per bottle, its effect being to increase the absorption efficiency and speed of golden Spiritual Energy after consumption.

They were all good things, so Xu Zhangqing naturally took as much as there was, emptying the entire storage room at once, even digging three feet into the ground to check for hidden compartments.

After confirming there was nothing left, he then came to the Right Side of the main hall, but after seeing clearly what was inside, the whole person was stunned!