svetikya Chapter 54 Cleverly Obtaining Treasure
Chapter 54 Cleverly Obtaining Treasure
Just as Ji Yin and the others had given up hope on Han Li, a white light flashed at the teleportation array, and another figure appeared. It was Han Li himself.
"Disciple, good disciple, come to your master quickly!" Ji Yin's eyes lit up as soon as Han Li appeared, and he called out. Then, with a smile on his face, he beckoned Han Li to come over immediately, his tone as warm as if he were a kind master.
Both the bearded man and the hermit Qingyi showed surprise and delight. After exchanging a glance, they also moved closer to the Yin direction without any hesitation.
Han Li sighed inwardly and walked towards Ji Yin and the others. Fortunately, he knew that these old monsters of the demonic path wouldn't do anything to him before taking the treasure, so he remained quite calm.
Upon entering the main hall, Han Li caught a glimpse of Wen Tianren and Xuan Gu, which calmed him down even more.
Time passed slowly, and no cultivators emerged until the Ice and Fire Path was completely closed.
"Boom!"
Just as the teleportation array disappeared, the stone doors on the four walls rose automatically with a rumbling sound, revealing deep blue stone passages leading to unknown destinations.
The elder in black robes rose and addressed the crowd, saying, "Of the four passages here, three will randomly lead to treasure troves. These will correspond to items left behind by ancient cultivators, such as 'ancient treasures,' 'elixirs,' and 'cultivation techniques.'"
"But each item is sealed with a restriction. Each person only has one chance to take one item. Once obtained, the person will be immediately teleported to the next level, the 'Extreme Illusion.' As for the last passage, it leads directly to the next level. Anyone who enters it can only consider themselves unlucky and have wasted their time. The restrictions here are a bit peculiar; the places the passages lead to are not fixed."
Once someone enters one of these passages, there's no way to exit the same way. Fellow Daoists who don't wish to venture into this wondrous illusion should simply refrain from attempting to retrieve treasures from these pavilions. After remaining in this stone hall for some time, they will automatically be teleported out of the Void Heaven Palace. I hope all fellow Daoists will act accordingly!
None of the cultivators who arrived here were willing to take such a risk and return empty-handed.
Before the black-robed elder could finish speaking, Wan Tianming and the others each chose a path and entered the passage. Then, their figures flashed and disappeared.
With one person taking the lead, the others followed suit.
Wen Tianren didn't know which passage wouldn't lead directly to the next level, so he randomly chose one.
The old demonic monsters, including Ji Yin, looked at each other coldly and did not rush to go in.
Ji Yin pulled a gleaming bracelet from her body. Four oval beads, each about the size of a thumb, were strung on the chain, emitting a faint bluish light.
The bracelet was handed to Han Li by Ji Yin, and Man Hu Zi generously lent Han Li the Imperial Scale Armor. Even the stingiest Qing Yi Ju Shi reluctantly gave Han Li one of his Azure Nether Needle Talismans so that Han Li could reach the inner hall smoothly.
After watching Han Li enter the passage, the three old demonic cultivators each chose a passage and entered, their figures quickly disappearing into the darkness.
Meanwhile, the black-robed elder, who had been hiding in the shadows, said to Jin Kui beside him after the demonic cultivators entered, "That Core Formation kid seems strange. Why are Ji Yin and the others paying so much attention to him? And the Barbarian Beard even gave him the Imperial Scale Armor."
Jin Kui remained calm: "It must be related to the matter of seizing the cauldron. It's a pity that, apart from relying on those few spirit beasts that have long been extinct in the Chaotic Star Sea, it's really just wishful thinking."
The black-robed elder agreed, saying, "The Grand Elder is right. With the spirit beasts of Wan Tianming and Ji Yin, even if the righteous and demonic paths cooperate, they won't be able to pull the cauldron up."
"Even so, before this, besides the two saints almost succeeding, the old demon Xuan Gu also almost pulled the cauldron up. These people from Ji Yin Island are bringing a Core Formation boy with them, so we must be careful." Jin Kui added, recalling that Xuan Gu from the Ji Yin Island lineage had once shaken the Void Heaven Cauldron.
"Rest assured, Elder," a cold glint flashed in the black-robed elder's eyes, "We have already taken control of some of the inner hall's restrictions, allowing us to enter the inner hall undetected by either the righteous or demonic paths. With the substitute talisman bestowed by the two saints, if the righteous or demonic paths make any moves, we can strike with lightning speed at the opportune moment."
After saying that, the two figures quietly disappeared into the hall.
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When Wen Tianren reappeared, he was standing at the bottom of a spiraling stone staircase.
He walked step by step uphill. The stone steps seemed to have no end. The stone walls on both sides were as smooth as mirrors, with faint spiritual energy flowing through them. After walking for the time it takes to eat a meal, Wen Tianren finally reached the end of the steps.
A circular exit appeared before him.
Looking out from the exit, the sky was a dim yellow, shrouded in gray mist, obscuring the sun and moon; everything was a hazy gray.
This was an unfathomably deep, cylindrical space. At first glance, it seemed extremely narrow, surrounded by thick fog that made it impossible to see anything through, as if one were in an upside-down giant well.
Directly in front of us was a long white jade bridge, several tens of feet long, suspended in mid-air.
This bridge is exceptionally exquisite, adorned with carved dragons and painted phoenixes, and every jade brick is polished to a mirror-like shine.
One end connects to the circular exit where Wen Tianren is located, while the other end leads to a four-cornered pavilion that floats in the void.
The pavilion is several tens of feet high and has two floors. The whole structure seems to be carved from beautiful jade. It emits a faint white glow in mid-air, just like a fairy pavilion, quiet and solemn.
The entrance to the pavilion is inscribed with three ancient characters: "Wanfa Pavilion!"
"Looks like my luck isn't too bad," Wen Tianren chuckled. "At least I wasn't directly teleported to the Myriad Illusions! The Myriad Laws Pavilion must be where cultivation techniques are stored."
Wen Tianren had originally intended to enter the place where the pills were stored, since with the templates there, he could copy the pills of those ancient cultivators and continuously materialize them by spending spirit stones.
However, the Myriad Laws Pavilion is not bad either; it contains at least some ancient cultivation techniques and secret arts that are not found in the Chaotic Star Sea.
At this moment, he was not lacking in magical treasures or ancient artifacts. If he were to be teleported to the Treasure Pavilion, the best ancient artifacts he would have would be something like the Crimson Cloak and the Five Elements Ring. Wen Tianren, who already possessed many top-tier ancient artifacts, had no interest in them.
Without hesitation, Wen Tianren stepped onto the long bridge and walked step by step toward the Wanfa Pavilion, ignoring the bottomless abyss beneath the white jade bridge where lightning flickered faintly. In no time, he was on the other side.
Before them was a semi-circular archway, about two zhang high, sealed by a layer of yellow light.
Wen Tianren's divine sense detected no danger from the restrictions, and he stepped directly through the light barrier as if it were nothing.
After passing through the archway, Wen Tianren was greeted by rows of circular jade platforms of varying sizes. On each platform, a semi-circular light shield of different colors was inverted and shimmering.
Inside these light shields, some contained various jade slips and ancient texts, while others were empty, presumably taken away by cultivators who had visited in the past.
Wen Tianren strode forward, his gaze sweeping over the jade platform before him, but he did not rush to make a choice.
He realized that the Baoguang Pavilion, which Han Li originally went to, had a second floor, which contained many precious ancient treasures.
Wen Tianren guessed that the Myriad Laws Pavilion might also have a second level; otherwise, those precious cultivation techniques and secret arts wouldn't be openly displayed on the first level for anyone to choose from.
The items on the first floor were naturally beneath Wen Tianren's notice. He merely glanced at them before indifferently searching for the teleportation array leading to the second floor.
Wen Tianren, having released his divine sense, quickly found the teleportation array on a jade platform.
Without the slightest hesitation, Wen Tianren stepped directly onto the teleportation array leading to the second floor. After a flash of white light, Wen Tianren arrived at the second floor of the Myriad Laws Pavilion.
Compared to the dazzling array of items on the first floor, this space is not large. Apart from a huge spherical light shield not far in front of you, there is nothing else around.
This light shield, which was about ten feet tall, emitted a soft, azure light and was extremely eye-catching at the center of the second floor, about ten feet above the ground.
Inside, four jade slips, each emitting different colored lights, floated quietly.
One was as black as ink, another shone with golden light, and the remaining two emitted only a soft white light.
"Only four jade slips. It seems the contents of these slips are quite precious," Wen Tianren muttered to himself, looking at the jade slips within the light barrier.
However, even through this light barrier, he couldn't know the contents of the four jade slips, let alone choose one.
Each of these jade slips was protected by a restriction.
Not only does it isolate divine sense from detection, but it also teleports anyone who touches this ancient treasure away from the place.
If you choose one that doesn't suit you, you'll be at a disadvantage.
For a moment, he was at a loss.
After staring at the jade slips in the light shield for a while, Wen Tianren suddenly remembered something.
The restrictions are not perfect and have significant loopholes.
In the original story, Han Li exploited a loophole by using the unique ability of the Gold-Eating Insects to devour the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, thereby disrupting the array transmission within the Treasure Light Pavilion.
This is what enabled him to take the two ancient treasures.
A five-element ring, a blood-red cloak.
The blood-red cloak among them is an ancient treasure for escaping. It played a significant role in Han Li's journey to earning the nickname "Han the Runner," allowing him to escape several times, and Han Li greatly appreciated it.
Wen Tianren did not have any Gold-Eating Insects and could not use this method, but that did not mean he had no other way.
Wen Tianren patted the spirit beast pouch at his waist, and dozens of purple Void Heaven Heart Demon Bees swarmed around him.
"With the spatial abilities of the Void Heaven Demon Bees, they should be able to pass through this light barrier. If I can make these Demon Bees take out the four jade slips at the same time, I should be able to collect the four jade slips before the teleportation."
The more Wen Tianren thought about it, the more feasible it seemed, so he immediately sent the Void Heaven Heart Demon Bee inside.
As expected, dozens of Void Heaven Demon Bees easily passed through the light barrier without triggering any restrictions. The restrictions on the light barrier were useless to them.
Wen Tianren carefully used his divine sense to control the Void Heaven Demon Bees outside the light barrier. Dozens of Void Heaven Demon Bees were divided into four groups, each circling around a jade slip.
At the same time, the swarm's Void Wings vibrated violently, activating spatial supernatural powers, and flew away from the light barrier carrying the jade slip.
Without the slightest hesitation, Wen Tianren grabbed all four jade slips with both hands and then quickly put the Void Heaven Demon Bee into his spirit beast pouch.
Almost the instant he took the four jade slips, before Wen Tianren could react, a burst of blue light unceremoniously engulfed him within them.
After a dizzying spin, the person vanished without a trace from within the spherical light shield.