Chapter 248: Huang Long Gall

Auspicious clouds flew, the earth shook like thunder.

The three green clouds on top of the palace could no longer maintain their form, slowly collapsing, dragging down thousands of tassels of essence light, hanging down long, dancing lightly with the wind.

Although the palace restrictions were high, having continued from ten thousand years ago, they also had damaged places, and the operation was not smooth.

Stimulated by external force, and touching the originally broken Dharma restrictions inside, with internal and external cooperation, it was difficult to maintain the fresh appearance on the surface, and before long, it turned into sand and scattered, helplessly collapsing.

This movement was not small.

It was even as violent as a mountain collapse, heard for several miles!

But under the cover of the Scattering Scene and Concealing Form Technique, these strange beasts with low intelligence were unaware from beginning to end, and did not suspect anything.

From Chen Hang finding the method to break the restriction, to injecting true Qi, starting to take action, and then to the collapse and disintegration of the palace Dharma restrictions.

During this process, although a few "Ying Apes" were curious about their companion's strange behavior, jumping around Chen Hang, scratching their ears and cheeks, they did not take action to interrupt, only watching from the side.

Half a cup of tea later.

The green clouds on top of the palace finally "popped" and completely collapsed.

The door opened wide, and there was no more obstruction.

Seeing this, Chen Hang did not rush to set off, but flicked his finger, using the "Transcendence and Separating Form" technique, and sent a wisp of divine thought inside.

After hurriedly patrolling once, seeing that there was no hidden killing array inside, he withdrew his divine thought and walked into the door with large strides.

Upon entering.

Before he could observe carefully.

A sweet and mellow breath of grass and trees seeped into his internal organs, and his feet felt as if he were riding clouds and mist, suddenly having a light feeling.

Chen Hang shook his head slightly and flicked his sleeves.

Immediately, a wild wind rose from the ground, blowing forward, the momentum was extremely fierce!

After the wind stopped.

The whole room was clear—

And looking carefully again, he saw that the palace was divided into four layers.

The first layer, besides some gold and jade sundries, was just scattered talisman money and a few Daoist technique manuals, and there was no great value.

If he were still in the Qi Condensation realm, the things in front of him would be a rare immortal fate, worth drinking and celebrating with Tu Shan Ge.

As for now, these things were truly a bit difficult to enter Chen Hang's eyes.

However, adhering to the purpose of making the best use of everything.

Chen Hang did not pick and choose, rolled up the talisman money and those few Daoist books and manuals, and put them into his sleeve pouch, then climbed up the stairs and boarded the second layer.

This layer looked like a place for rest. The first thing he saw was a large, flawless jade couch, brilliant and bright, occupying the entire east side, enough to accommodate twenty or thirty people to rest and play on it.

And not far from the jade couch.

Was a soup pool, the liquid in the pool had long since dried up.

Chen Hang searched here, besides a few robes and crowns, the forms of which were male and female, and a few records of dual cultivation and harvesting battle insights, he did not see much else.

As for the third layer, the harvest was quite large.

Besides dozens of boxes of various elixirs, there were half the walls of spiritual herbs and Dharma materials found.

Although some of them had lost their medicinal properties due to improper sealing, the total amount was huge, and the remaining number was also quite considerable.

These spiritual herbs, even if Chen Hang did not use them himself, flowing to the outside world, could also be sold for a good price!

However, this layer of the palace should have been a place for alchemy. In the nine palaces, there were earth pits and alchemy platforms. At present, not only were the fire seeds missing, but even the alchemy utensils, such as divine stoves and Qi furnaces, had disappeared...

And after Chen Hang found quite a few usable things here.

He was even more interested in the collection of the last fourth layer,

and his heart could not help but feel some curiosity.

He walked all the way up the long ladder, but just as he was about to board the fourth layer, he was blocked by a mass of green clouds and mist that suddenly emerged from under the stairs and stepped forward.

Reaching out and exerting force to push, those clouds and mist that looked soft like floating catkins and did not contain half a weight actually had ten thousand jun of weight. When his palm touched them, they actually burst out with the sound of gold and iron clashing, sinking into his ears.

Chen Hang now knew that the fourth layer of this palace still contained a Dharma restriction, which could not be broken in a short time.

So he smiled, endured his temper, and pondered the method to break the situation.

And this time.

A full three days passed.

He wiped away the Dharma restriction that blocked the road and broke the barrier.

During this process, fortunately, those "Ying Apes" had low intelligence, perhaps because they were left with some kind of warning in their original spirits by Fire Glow Fuchan Laozu, so they did not dare to disturb the buildings in the underground palace.

And now, although the palace restriction was broken by Chen Hang and he could enter and exit freely, the memory inheritance of their ancestors still made them not dare to enter the palace, only honestly squatting outside the palace.

After adjusting his breathing for a few rounds and making his spirit slightly refreshed.

Chen Hang did not want to delay much, raised his true Qi, and slapped his palm forward, making the green clouds and mist that were already strong on the outside but weak on the inside burst and shatter in mid-air under this strike, turning into flowing light and scattering!

Since then, the road barrier was gone, and the inside and outside were unobstructed again!

When climbing the stairs to the fourth layer, Chen Hang looked, and this place was elegant, without too many gorgeous external objects for decoration.

The most prominent.

Was three jade boxes placed on a low table.

Chen Hang's expression moved slightly, he uncovered the first box lid, and inside, with yellow brocade as the bottom, trimmed with red edges, lay a quite thick Dao book, called "Direct Pointing of Qilingzi's Personal Transmission".

After flipping through it, he saw that what was recorded in it were some secrets of alchemy, talisman making, festival arrays, and spirit feeding.

The scope was extremely miscellaneous, explaining the profound and revealing the subtle, almost including everything.

Chen Hang scanned it, put away this "Direct Pointing of Qilingzi's Personal Transmission", and did not look at it much, but uncovered the second box lid.

In an instant.

A muddy yellow true light soared up, reaching a height of a zhang!

Even the atmosphere around him seemed to be suppressed, the floor tiles creaked, and there was a faint sound of cracking!

Chen Hang picked up the object in the box and held it in his palm.

It was actually three earth-yellow colored, strange sand stones as large as pigeon eggs. The appearance was very rough, pitted, but the essence Qi inside was so vigorous that it was jaw-dropping.

Just shaking it lightly, countless yellow lights flew out from the shell membrane of these three strange sands, rumbling and hitting the four walls.

And even if it was just such a casual operation, the momentum was no less than the full-strength strike of a ninth-layer Qi Condensation cultivator. From a certain perspective, these three strange sands were indeed a strange object of heaven and earth.

Chen Hang identified it silently for a long while, suddenly a flash of inspiration appeared in his brain, as if remembering something, and he could not help but laugh joyfully, saying:

"I thought how, it turns out to be the innate essence of the five elements! This kind of treasure material is actually hidden in this place, it is truly heaven's favor to me!"

During the cultivation of the Cave-Mystic second layer "Extracting Five Essences", one needs to find the Qi of the five elements, so that the Dragon-Tiger Cauldron in the body can govern the five elements and turn from virtual to real.

This Qi of the five elements has no limitations.

If the cultivator's family assets are shallow and they cannot find elixirs, it is also feasible to go to places where the Qi of the five elements is thick, such as volcanoes and rivers, and build a hut to live in and slowly absorb it. However, in this way, it is inevitable that it will take too long.

And the best choice in the "Extracting Five Essences" realm.

Is also the method usually adopted by the talents of the eight sects and six clans.

That is to find the innate essence of the five elements and place it in the Dragon-Tiger Cauldron for grinding and refining!

In this way, not only can one lay a Dao foundation far exceeding cultivators of the same realm, making the Dragon-Tiger Cauldron firm and solid.

And this innate essence of the five elements fused into the bones and blood can also make the cultivator faintly stick to the Dao, once again washing and refining the roots and qualifications, making them transcend the dust and become refined!

Even one of the thirteen great medicines for condensing the Jin Dan—Five Palace Thunder.

Is closely related to this innate essence of the five elements, connected in one vein!

Anyone who builds a foundation with the innate essence of the five elements in the Cave-Mystic realm, when starting to condense the core, "Five Palace Thunder" does not need to be deliberately cultivated and sought, and can also appear in the body.

And the quality is extremely superior, exceeding those refined later.

"If you hadn't fought in close combat, perhaps you could have lived a while longer in my hands. Now it seems, it was a case of being too clever for your own good..."

He had long heard of the mystery of the innate essence of the five elements.

However, before he could plan and arrange, by mistake, he actually found this object in this underground palace.

Thinking about it this way.

It is truly an unexpected joy!

"These three strange sands should be the Huang Long Gall among the innate essence of the five elements, known as 'Holy Spirit in the Earth, Great Completion Reviving the Dead', belonging to the earth element..."

Chen Hang slowly turned the Huang Long Gall in his palm, pondered for a moment, his face thoughtful.

For the cultivation of the "Extracting Five Essences" realm.

One Huang Long Gall is enough to deal with the needs of the earth element essence.

The remaining two, even if absorbed into the body, are also painting a snake and adding feet, and cannot play a greater role.

Instead, going too far is as bad as not going far enough.

It also has the harm of damaging the spleen official of the middle burner, making the Qi of long summer not pass, and the function of rising clear not appear.

"It seems that after leaving the cave heaven, I need to find time to exchange the remaining Huang Long Gall. This object is the innate essence of the five elements, precious and extraordinary, selling it for a good price should not be difficult..."

Chen Hang thought slightly, secretly saying in his heart.

If possible.

Exchanging these two Huang Long Galls for the wood-attribute "Mulberry Dew" or the metal-attribute "Two Qi Geng Lead" and other innate essence of the five elements would be the best.

However, the innate essence of the five elements is not easy to find, even in the Xu Du Heaven, it is a rare treasure.

Even if some large clans and sects have a surplus, they are not willing to take it out for trading, but want to keep it for the younger generation to use for cultivation.

Whether this matter can be done.

Chen Hang also has no full grasp in his heart...

And after putting the three Huang Long Galls into the Qiankun bag and carefully putting them away.

Chen Hang turned his eyes to the last jade box on the low table, his gaze could not help but deepen a little.

The three jade boxes on the low table.

The first two are "Direct Pointing of Qilingzi's Personal Transmission" and three Huang Long Galls.

The preciousness of Huang Long Gall needs no words.

As for that "Direct Pointing of Qilingzi's Personal Transmission", although it is not an orthodox Dao book, it covers a wide range, and for Chen Hang, it can also increase his knowledge and is very useful!

As for the last one...

Chen Hang lifted the box lid, and this time, there was no scene of white clouds floating on jade or auspicious Qi soaring.

In the third jade box.

There was only a letter written in tadpole script.

After hurriedly scanning the letter from beginning to end, Chen Hang's gaze was slightly startled, he could not help but sigh, and then put the letter back into the box.

The letter was written by Qilingzi, the owner of this palace.

Its intention was nothing more than to explain his life.

Qilingzi was originally the ninth disciple of Fire Glow Fuchan Laozu. Although his cultivation talent was ordinary, he had great talent in external arts such as alchemy, talisman arrays, and spirit feeding. Because of this, Qilingzi was also favored by Fire Glow Fuchan Laozu, allowing him to stay in the underground palace to help Fire Glow Fuchan Laozu prepare for great events.

According to this letter left by Qilingzi, Chen Hang also knew.

The reason why there were so many strange beasts in this small cave heaven was because Fire Glow Fuchan Laozu wanted to use the blood of innate monsters to return to the origin and finally create a monster army that belonged exclusively to him.

This bold assumption naturally ended in nothing.

Only leaving some weak strange beasts that were only in appearance, making Fire Glow Fuchan Laozu and Qilingzi both secretly hate it.

And not long after, before Fire Glow Fuchan Laozu could make one or two improvements, he suddenly died at the hands of the Haha Monk.

The Flowing Fire Grand Transformation Fan Dongtian also escaped from the Xu Du Heaven due to his arrangements before his death, drifting into the universe.

At that time, Qilingzi was still in the underground palace, and naturally, he was also taken away from the Xu Du Heaven.

However, because of Fire Glow Fuchan Laozu's death, coupled with the fact that Qilingzi's lifespan was ultimately reaching its limit.

Although he could withdraw from the small cave heaven, he did not act, but died of old age here.

The reason for leaving "Direct Pointing of Qilingzi's Personal Transmission" and those three Huang Long Galls.

Was also because if a descendant entered the underground palace by chance,

they could look at this creation and take his remains back to the Yellow Crow Mountain in the Wonderful Treasure Land for burial...

"Wonderful Treasure Land? It seems this Qilingzi is not from the Xu Du Heaven. This land is not far from the Yu Qi Heaven?"

Chen Hang secretly thought in his heart, and according to the letter's guidance, walked to the left wall, found a treasure brick carved with a vague fire cloud pattern, pressed it, and as the wall shook, a deep dark room appeared.

Inside.

A skeleton was sitting cross-legged on a meditation cushion, hands quietly pressed in front of his knees.

"Offended."

Chen Hang bowed to Qilingzi's skeleton and put it away...

And at this time.

The entire palace had no omissions.

All usable things.

Were found.

After scanning, he did not stay, and went down the long stairs.

However, just after leaving the palace door, Chen Hang suddenly felt something was wrong, and just wanted to turn back.

But suddenly a green light rose rapidly, blocking his way, and then sealed the four directions and up and down, shaped like a glazed light cover, trapping him in the middle in the blink of an eye!

At the same moment.

Those Ying Apes surrounding the palace all fell down softly without a sound.

"This bead is called the Magnetic Crow Bead, gifted by the Heavenly Plate True Person, having the ability to lock heaven and earth. When activated, let alone you, even a Jin Dan True Person would find it hard to dodge... Senior Brother Chen, that palace might contain some powerful Dharma restrictions that could be used by you, I dare not let you go back."

A voice suddenly sounded in the sky, Ji Yuetan held the small bead, smiled faintly:

"I don't know what creation you obtained inside? However, after much difficulty, I finally intercepted you!

You don't need to think about any sword talismans. Since I came here today, I must have made full preparations. Since your Dao method is powerful and Refiners are hard to win, then I—"

He leaped down from the sky, smashing out a deep pit.

Dust splashed, air waves surged, like a hundred sharp soldiers drawing bows and shooting arrows, extremely fierce!

"Will fight you in close combat!"

Ji Yuetan sneered.

As early as when he opened his mouth.

A small iron plate in his sleeve was already turning leisurely, and a grand and deep invisible power immediately dispersed, filling heaven and earth, rolling in all directions!

Most immortal Dao cultivators were shocked upon being hit by this force, their minds unable to guard themselves, but Chen Hang only had his gaze flash, without much change.

"Senior Brother Ji is indeed cautious, but there are no powerful Dharma restrictions in that palace."

Chen Hang pondered for a while after feeling this strange change, then looked up and smiled, saying:

"However... you just said you wanted to fight me in close combat?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 249 =====