Chapter 556

Zhang Zhang Tieyang, who hadn't had time to speak yet, saw everyone's tense appearance and hurriedly shook his head, saying earnestly, "Everyone, do not panic. I went outside to take a look, and there is already no one there."

"Just now when I went out to check, I inadvertently discovered a place where the spiritual energy is extremely dense. I estimate that there might be good things inside, which is why I hurried over to report it to everyone."

"Damn! You didn't say that earlier when there was no one."

After hearing Zhang Zhang Tieyang's explanation, the group immediately let go of the tension in their hearts and revealed a bit of embarrassment. Jin Wu Ziyuan, who had an unpleasant look on his face, muttered directly to his face in a huff.

"Fellow Daoist Zhang, you just said you found a place with dense spiritual energy. Where is it?"

Except for Jin Wu Ziyuan, who had a somewhat short temper, the others present did not pay much attention to Zhang Zhang Tieyang's previous words and focused their attention on the place he just mentioned where there might be good things.

Hearing True Person Qingluo's inquiry, Zhang Zhang Tieyang nodded slightly and said, "It's in a valley at the foot of the mountain. I just went over to take a look, and there seems to be a formation restriction outside."

"Hehe! If there is a formation restriction protecting it, it seems there might really be good things inside. Bringing Fellow Daoist Zhang along this time was truly the right choice. We've only just entered the second level, and we've already found a treasure trove."

"Alright, everyone, stop talking nonsense and hurry down to take a look. This place is too close to the teleportation formation; perhaps other fellow Daoists will come up from here soon. It will be troublesome if others discover it by then!" Zhao Zhao Menglian looked at the teleportation formation behind her and urged the group again.

Under Zhang Zhang Tieyang's lead, the six of them quickly walked out of the cave and flew directly to a valley shrouded in white mist below.

In this six-person team, besides Song Song Qingming, who was a third-tier low-quality formation master, although Yun Yun Xinxue's main cultivation was not the path of formations, his formation level was not low either, having reached the second-tier top-quality level.

"Hehe! Then I'll have to trouble Fellow Daoist Song." After Zhang Zhang Tieyang greeted Song Song Qingming with a smile, he walked away quickly, not forgetting to look back at the restriction formation behind him before he left.

Just now when checking the formation in front of him, Song Song Qingming also quickly noticed that there were traces of damage in some places on the great formation, which should have been caused by someone attempting to break this formation not long ago.

After seeing Zhang Zhang Tieyang leave, Song Song Qingming, who had turned around, also revealed a trace of a smile at the corner of his mouth.

Without needing to think, Song Song Qingming could guess that this person must have been Zhang Zhang Tieyang, who had come down to check ahead of them. It was just that his formation level might not be as good as Yun Yun Xinxue's; after trying for a long time and still failing to find a way in, he had no choice but to give up on breaking the formation and hurry back up to report the news to the group in the cave.

The reason Zhang Zhang Tieyang had proactively wanted to stay behind to help just now was actually because he was somewhat afraid that Song Song Qingming would notice and inform everyone, exposing his attempt to take the treasure alone just now.

However, Zhang Zhang Tieyang was also overthinking it this time. Although Song Song Qingming did not like his character of being greedy for small gains, he had no intention of telling others about this trivial matter.

"Uh! Fellow Daoist Song, will it be difficult for you to handle this alone? Do you need me to stay and give you a hand?" Seeing that the few people around had already left the spot and were walking toward the surroundings, Zhang Zhang Tieyang did not leave immediately and proactively stepped forward, wanting to stay and help Song Song Qingming.

"This restriction is not difficult to break, it just requires some time. I hope Senior Sister Zhao and everyone will wait a moment!"

After Song Song Qingming glanced at him, he shook his head slightly and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhang, feel free to go. I alone am enough here. Rest assured, I have already checked just now and have sufficient confidence to break this formation."

After making eye contact with Song Song Qingming, Yun Yun Xinxue smiled and cupped his hands, "Hehe! With Junior Brother Song, a third-tier formation master, here, why would I need to step forward and make a fool of myself? Let Junior Brother Song handle this!"

Hearing this, Song Song Qingming did not offer any excuses. After nodding slightly, he stepped forward and came to the outside of the dense fog.

The group stood in a place in the middle of the valley completely covered by dense fog. After looking carefully, Zhao Zhao Menglian said to the others to the side, "Correct, there should be a restriction formation here. Junior Brother Song, Fellow Daoist Yun, come over and take a look together to see if there is a way to break it!"

Zhao Zhao Menglian smiled and nodded, "Junior Brother Song, feel free to break the restriction. We will go look around to see if there is anything else here."

For the current Song Song Qingming, adding one more thing was truly not as good as having one less. According to the records in the handbook, it was basically very difficult to find spiritual objects above the third tier on the first three levels of the Heaven-Reaching Tower. Regardless of whether there were really any good things inside, the current Song Song Qingming did not take it too much to heart.

With a movement of spiritual light in his hand, he quickly took out five or six formation flags, then Song Song Qingming immediately inserted them directly into the ground around him and began to concentrate his energy to start breaking the restriction in front of him.

Just as Song Song Qingming and the others were slowly busy in the valley, the teleportation formation in the cave where they had just appeared suddenly lit up with spiritual light and began to rotate slowly, emitting bursts of violent noise.

At the same time, in a small palace hundreds of miles away from this cave, the Golden Feather Demon Emperor, after clearing away the two Golden Core humanoid puppets guarding the place with the three late-stage Golden Core demon kings under his command, also came to a teleportation formation of similar style.

"Your Highness, Long Feng has not caught up yet. Should we wait for him?"

Facing the suggestion of the demon king under his command, the Golden Feather Demon Emperor shook his head with a complex expression, "I only promised to bring him in. We don't need to worry about what happens later. Those human cultivators have also brought quite a few people this time. We should hurry up and get to the level above, lest they snatch the lead."

After the Golden Feather Demon Emperor finished speaking, he stepped into the teleportation formation with the several demon kings. Following a violent flash of white light, their figures also completely disappeared from the spot. Before long, the palace became quiet again, returning to its original silent state.

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On Song Song Qingming's side, after half an hour of tinkering, the dense fog in front of him finally began to churn slowly, revealing a circular passage more than two people high in the middle.

"Haha! Junior Brother Song is truly worthy of being a third-tier formation master, to have broken this great formation so quickly. You have made the primary contribution this time. If we find good spiritual objects later, we will definitely let you pick one first!" Seeing this scene, Jin Wu Ziyuan, who was to the side, immediately laughed happily, patted Song Song Qingming's arm, and praised him well.

"Senior Brother Jin, please don't mock me. This formation was not very difficult to begin with; it just required spending a bit more time. Even if Fellow Daoist Yun had come up, he would also have had a way to break it." Hearing Jin Wu Ziyuan's praise, Song Song Qingming immediately smiled and said modestly.

Just as Song Song Qingming finished speaking, Yun Yun Xinxue, who was to the side, immediately shook his head and said, "Sigh! I wouldn't have been able to break this restriction so quickly. Junior Brother Song, please don't be so polite. I have no objections; let's follow what Fellow Daoist Jin said. You pick one first when we find good things later!"

"Alright! Let's settle it this way. Let's hurry inside and take a look. It would be embarrassing if we discussed for half a day only to find nothing inside!"

After hearing Zhao Zhao Menglian's reminder, the group hurriedly followed Song Song Qingming into the passage and soon arrived at a flat ground with a radius of no more than a few miles.

Although the area of this flat ground was not large, it was filled with birdsong and fragrant flowers, covered with all kinds of shimmering flowers and plants. In the middle, there was even a stream flowing through, looking like a small human fairyland.

"Hehe! With so many spiritual medicines, this trip was not in vain."

Seeing at least several hundred mature first and second-tier spiritual medicines, with two spiritual medicines in the middle whose grade had already reached the third tier, the group was instantly overjoyed, and their hearts could not help but feel a surge of excitement.

Having practiced the Dao for so many years, except for the two times he was forced by the Fire Phoenix to venture into secret realms, Song Song Qingming had very rarely seen so many mature spiritual medicines appear before his eyes at the same time.

Even in the spiritual medicine garden on Mount Mount Funiu of the Song family, which had been managed for hundreds of years, it was impossible to see so many mature spiritual medicines appear at the same time.

"Fellow Daoists, this place is not that safe. Let's collect the medicines first and leave here quickly!" After Zhao Zhao Menglian gave the order, she was the first to walk toward the two best third-tier spiritual medicines in the middle.

Seeing this, the group also immediately came to their senses. After each took out a cloth bag, they followed suit and began to collect the mature spiritual medicines that were everywhere.

Before long, the group had scraped clean all the mature spiritual medicines here. Satisfied, they gathered in one place and began to share the results on the spot.

According to Zhao Zhao Menglian's count, this time they had obtained two third-tier spiritual medicines, more than fifty second-tier spiritual medicines, and several hundred first-tier spiritual medicines.

Among them, the two third-tier spiritual medicines were naturally the most precious. One third-tier "Luo Star Grass" with the best quality and price was pocketed by Song Song Qingming, while the remaining one, which was slightly inferior in value, was selected first by Zhao Zhao Menglian, the team leader.

The other four people each received more than ten second-tier spiritual medicines of varying quality, and the overall value of the spiritual objects they received was slightly less than that of Song Song Qingming and the other person.

This time, it was because of Zhang Zhang Tieyang that everyone discovered this treasure trove in the valley, so Jin Wu Ziyuan and the others did not deliberately deduct the share he deserved.

Although he did not get the two best third-tier spiritual medicines, Zhang Zhang Tieyang was already very satisfied to be able to receive spiritual medicines worth several thousand spirit stones at once. After all, he was also a rogue Golden Core cultivator, and his daily life was naturally worse than that of sect cultivators like Jin Wu Ziyuan and the others.

Song Song Qingming was also very satisfied in his heart to have received one of the best third-tier spiritual medicines among these spiritual medicines. Originally, he had not expected to find anything good on this level, but he did not expect to find a third-tier spiritual medicine just after entering, which was indeed somewhat beyond his expectations.

(End of chapter)