Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension

Chapter 1518: Chapter 821: Change of Ruler in the Heavenly Rift Valley, Immortal Bone_2

Five Elements Thunder transformed into a hundred-foot torrent, engulfing the Giant Lizard Commander.

The Giant Lizard Commander held out for a long time, but eventually, its flesh defense was breached by the two Nascent Souls, and was then stunned by the lightning.

Thus, the era of the demon lizard king ended with it being captured alive, its fate sealed to be subdued and used.

...

Once the Giant Lizard Commander was captured, the remaining Two-winged Giant Lizards scattered like loose sand.

The three families of Zhao, He, and Wei went on the offensive, and under the leadership of several Golden Core Masters, they remained victorious, driving the lizard hordes into a panicked retreat.

Ten days later, a Sixth Rank Demon Lizard, along with seven or eight young giant lizards, fled Heavenly Rift Valley in panic. The remaining Two-winged Giant Lizards became spoils of war for the three families.

In less than half a year, the battle of Heavenly Rift Valley concluded with a victory for the Human Clan.

Months after the battle, most of the Foundation Establishment Cultivators stayed obediently at the stronghold to heal, while a few lucky ones were sent out to secretly map the terrain and topography of Heavenly Rift Valley, while also searching for various cultivation resources.

Not long after, someone brought back good news, saying that a medium-sized Mystic Iron Ore had been found dozens of miles away.

A few days later, those who went out returned one after another, bringing back more good news.

The good news was that the cultivation resources of Heavenly Rift Valley were richer than expected. Not only did they find various spirit mines, but they also discovered a spirit stone mine in the old lair of the giant lizards.

The reserve of the spirit stone mine was unclear, but several Third-rank Spirit Veins converged here, seemingly indicating a significant scale.

Upon hearing this, Lord Zhao Zhuanggong and He Family Ancestor immediately set off for the giant lizard old lair and stayed for several months.

During this period, the Foundation Establishment juniors, with their injuries healed, gradually left the stronghold and began to excavate the spirit mines with all their might.

The first to be excavated was the small Innate Geng Metal spirit mine.

The frontline battle was fierce, with heavy casualties at all times, thus the demand for various materials was akin to a Bottomless Pit.

Innate Geng Metal is not only rare and precious, but also the best choice for refining Sword Pills, repairing flying swords, large Magical Treasure components, and repairing giant ships, among others.

Transporting a batch of Innate Geng Metal to the frontline as quickly as possible represents the loyalty of the three families and also means more merits.

In the Outer Domain exploration war, nothing is more precious than merits, which can exchange for almost anything.

Boom~

Deep in the cave, a ball of Golden Crow True Fire descended into the center of the Great Array, swiftly transforming into a burning flame, releasing extreme high temperatures.

Immediately after, a pile of starry ores was thrown into the flames, and in an instant, impurities were refined away, leaving large-sized Geng Gold Pearls bobbing in the fire sea, emitting a brilliant shine.

Zhao Sheng stretched out his hand and beckoned, causing the Geng Gold Pearls to rise into the air and fall into the nearby Cold Ice Pool, where a large amount of white steam instantly surged up.

Then, another pile of ore was tossed into the fire sea, and was soon refined into Geng Gold Pearls, cooled in the Cold Ice Pool.

In less than half a day, the pile of ores like a small mountain was refined into several hundred Innate Geng Metal Pearls, with a total weight exceeding a hundred thousand pounds.

Zhao Sheng collected the Geng Gold Pearls into a large Storage Bag, gave a few words of advice to the Foundation Establishment juniors mining, and quickly left the mine.

Moments later, he appeared again at another Wind Grinding Copper Mine a hundred miles away, and resumed refining ores.

Zhao Sheng spent two days going through seven mines, and finally returned with seven Storage Bags.

Returning to the stronghold, he immediately handed the Storage Bags over to Lord Zhao Zhuanggong.

Lord Zhao Zhuanggong said little, taking the Storage Bags and hastily boarding a silver giant ship along with the previously collected Refined Spirit Gold.

The silver giant ship soon broke through the darkness and headed towards the frontline of Great Wilderness Swamp.

The journey from Heavenly Rift Valley to Great Wilderness Swamp is very distant and perilous along the way, requiring a Nascent Soul Ancestor to oversee the giant ship to ensure it isn’t shot down by demon beast guerrilla squads.

Within less than a year since the exploration war began, the Dapeng Demon Country, taking advantage of its geographical position, sent countless demon beast squads to harass the rear of the Human Clan. Most were led by a Nascent Soul Level demon beast, with varying amounts of Golden Core Level demon beasts, clandestinely ambushing the Human Clan’s convoys.

Likewise, the Human Clan has also sent numerous elite teams into the demon country, both investigating the location of the Royal Court and scouting out the old lairs of various demon hordes.

The current opponent of the Human Clan army is the Dapeng Demon Country, led by the Green-winged Roc Clan.

Compared to the untouchable Four Saints Descendant Demon Clan, the Green-winged Roc Clan, though individually powerful, has a fatal weakness of having too few numbers in their stocks.

The newly risen Half-Immortal of the Void from the Mountain and River Sect targeted this point and therefore dared to launch an exploration war against the Dapeng Demon Country.

...

Inverted Mountain.

The sky was dark, the chill piercing the bones.

A grey-white vortex suddenly appeared in mid-air, and in the next moment, a person emerged from the vortex.

Zhao Sheng opened his eyes, and the grey-white vortex quietly disappeared behind him.

He glanced around; here, aside from a dozen simple stone houses, there was still no one to be seen.

Having entered and exited the Inverted Mountain five or six times, each time he saw no trace of life, only the outcast Stone Spirit.

This was very suspicious and made him think deeply.

While he was pondering, a sudden sound of footsteps came from the stone houses.

Zhao Sheng suddenly looked up and saw a tall, thin black-robed man walking out from inside the house.

The person was extremely tall and thin, wrapped from head to toe in a pitch-black robe, yet walked soundlessly, like a ghost.

Zhao Sheng’s eyes narrowed slightly, his right hand silently tucked into his sleeve, and he suddenly shouted, "Stop there!"

As soon as the words fell, the black-robed man suddenly stood still, his aura completely vanished.

Seeing this, Zhao Sheng couldn’t help but raise his guard, just as he was about to inquire about the other’s origins.

At that moment, a black egg-sized stone suddenly drilled out from underground, which was none other than the Stone Spirit itself.

"Haha, Zhao Kid, you have finally arrived. We’ve been waiting for you for a while." The Stone Spirit joyfully hopped in front of Zhao Sheng, its agate-red eyes emitting a dazzling light.

"Stone Spirit Senior, I dare ask who might this esteemed one be?" Zhao Sheng pointed at the not-so-distant black-robed strange man and asked bluntly.

He had dealt with the Stone Spirit many times and knew the Stone Spirit clan was straightforward, and one could ask directly without beating around the bush.

After bouncing twice, the Stone Spirit laughed with a cracking sound: "Him? An old friend of ours. Have you heard of the Ancient Yu Clan?"

"Yu Gu Clan?" Zhao Sheng pondered secretly, his spirit suddenly stirred as he realized something, and he hurriedly asked, "Stone Spirit, could this person be an Immortal Ruins remnant?!"

"I don’t know what Immortal Ruins remnant means. But, our old friend here comes from that land above. You know, the Ancient Yu Clan is the master of this land."

Saying this, the Stone Spirit turned its body and greeted the black-robed stranger, "Old friend, come over here, won’t you?"

The black-robed stranger made no sound and floated over directly.

Zhao Sheng examined the man closely, his gaze lingering on the black robe, and secretly made a certain conjecture.

The person was likely one of the legendary Burial Immortal Ruins remnant.

Countless thousands of years ago, the Yu Kong Grandmaster mysteriously vanished, causing the demise and disappearance of countless True Immortals’ existences above True Immortal level. Space Immortal Heaven was nearly destroyed, becoming known as the "Burial Immortal Ruins" by all clans of the heavens.

Yet, countless life forms once thrived within Space Immortal Heaven.

Though the Immortal Heaven was destroyed, most of its life forms also perished with it, but there were always one in a million life forms lucky enough to survive.

These life forms, having escaped countless calamities, became known as the "Immortal Ruins remnant" by the guests of the Immortal Ruins.

"I am Zhao Wuming, a Human Clan Cultivator, may I know how to address you?" Zhao Sheng clasped his hands in salute, speaking solemnly.

After a moment of silence, the black-robed stranger finally opened his mouth, his voice dry and hoarse, as if he hadn’t spoken for a long time: "I... Gu... Yu... Fang... Liu."

"Ah, it’s the Ancient Yu Taoist. I just was impolite." Zhao Sheng’s eyes sparkled, feigning modesty.

"..." The black-robed stranger remained silent, seemingly unsure of how to respond.

At this moment, the Stone Spirit suddenly interjected: "Hey, don’t be polite to him, the Ancient Yu Clan is like a silent stone. Unless they’re interested, they rarely speak. Let me speak for him."

Zhao Sheng’s curiosity was piqued, but he didn’t inquire further.

True to form, the Stone Spirit continued, "We’re also like close friends. Let me not keep it from you. Gu Yu Fang Liu wants to make a trade with you, I’m the intermediary. Zhao Kid, are you interested?"

"Oh, what kind of trade?" Zhao Sheng’s heart stirred, and he immediately asked.

"Wait a moment. Old friend, it’s your turn."

As the words fell, the black-robed stranger suddenly tossed over a thumb-length, crystal-clear bone.

Zhao Sheng reached out to catch the bone, observed it carefully, and was instantly shocked.

Within the bone, surprisingly, there emerged one complex three-dimensional structure after another; although different, all were very similar.

It was clear that they originated from the same Tao, Tao True Text.

Zhao Sheng observed for a long time before identifying their affiliation, said gravely, "Ever-changing! This is... Wind Dao!"

"Haha, Zhao Kid, you truly know its value! This item is an Immortal Bone, worth a fortune!" Stone Gong was extremely excited, unable to bear hopping and laughing with joy.