Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension

Chapter 1538: Chapter 832: Jixian Island Observations and Treasure Refining

Moments later, Zhao Sheng followed Bai Hemi, bypassing a hundred-foot-tall ice mountain, arriving at a vast valley.

This valley was about seventeen or eighteen miles in size, with a pitted, bumpy ground covered with large and small shards of ice, surrounded by varying heights of ice mountains, and the ice mountains were carved with one Big Hole after another.

Boom boom!

At this moment, a series of muffled sounds of ice chiseling were coming from the cave, indicating someone was mining inside.

Bai Hemi explained while walking, "This is the newly opened mining site, a few miles further is the workshop location."

Zhao Sheng looked at the many "mines" on the mountain, nodded silently, and continued following deeper into the valley.

Before long, the two passed through a hundred-foot-long mineshaft, finally arriving at a very spacious cavern.

The cavern occupied nearly a thousand feet, and Bright Pearls were embedded in the ice walls, emitting a faint white glow to dispel the darkness within the cavern.

This workshop was very rudimentary, with just a row of ice houses chiseled into the ice walls, and dozens of Immortal Ruins Guests scattered throughout the cavern, each with a pile of stuff in front of them, setting up stalls to sell goods.

Bai Hemi’s expression immediately relaxed upon entering the cavern.

He turned to Zhao Sheng, smiling, "We’ve arrived. Zhao, take a stroll by yourself, I’m heading back."

Zhao Sheng smiled slightly, cupping his hands in appreciation.

Seeing this, Bai Hemi placed his hand on his chest as a return salute, then his figure flashed and disappeared into thin air.

Hmm?!

Seeing Bai Hemi vanish, Zhao Sheng suddenly uttered a sound of amazement as if witnessing a surprising scene.

At that moment, right where Bai Hemi "logged out," a gray-white vortex appeared mysteriously.

The vortex was just seven feet above the ground, nearly three feet in diameter, suspended in midair with no sign of disappearing.

"Could this be..." Zhao Sheng’s mind raced, instantly linking to the "Infinite Universe Gate" bestowed by Hong-level Talent.

Since reincarnation, it was his first time witnessing an Immortal Ruins Guest "logging out," naturally unable to observe the other heaven-defying ability of the "Infinite Universe Gate."

Zhao Sheng glanced around, noticing the Immortal Ruins Guests still vending at their stalls, completely unaware of the existence of the gray-white vortex.

Seeing this situation, Zhao Sheng felt reassured; perhaps only he could see this Space-time Vortex.

Thump thump thump...

At this moment, footsteps suddenly traveled from afar through the mineshaft behind him.

Zhao Sheng snapped back to reality, immediately entering the cavern, intentionally or unintentionally bypassing the Space-time Vortex.

A few moments later, a mysterious figure wrapped entirely in thick bandages emerged from the mineshaft, walking straight across the square towards one of the ice houses.

Zhao Sheng watched as the figure strode through the gray-white vortex without feeling anything, as if they were no longer in the same dimension.

"So that’s how it is!" A flash of understanding crossed Zhao Sheng’s eyes, and he proceeded towards the crowd of vendors.

After a while, he had toured the entire workshop, and what he saw and heard left him deeply contemplative.

As evidenced, there wasn’t a fool among the Immortal Ruins Guests; any good treasures had long been tucked away in personal storage. The items peddled at the stalls were either missing pieces, unpresentable, or simply piles of stone bricks.

Moreover, Zhao Sheng discovered that anything related to "texts" was priced extraordinarily high, often quoted in units of Pocket World Jade.

Among them was a Jade Tablet nearly half a person’s height, inscribed with over seventy ancient "Immortal Seals," with the seller daring to ask for a full hundred pieces of Pocket World Jade as the price.

Aside from that, the prices of damaged artifacts were generally several times higher than other unknown items, and appeared to be in demand.

Whenever an artifact with decent quality appeared, it often drew crowds of Immortal Ruins Guests, many competing to bid.

Compared to the unknown peculiar items of unknown origin, these damaged Magic Artifacts, despite their high practicality, often came with surprises.

Acquiring one or two Spiritual Treasure Level heavy treasures even if their power was greatly reduced, could easily change the destiny of a person, a family, or even a world.

Despite touring the stalls, Zhao Sheng did not make any purchases, instead turning around and entering an ice house.

As expected, the treasures sold within the ice houses were significantly better in quality and more intact than those outside. Some treasures were in perfect condition, though their prices were exorbitant.

In one ice house, Zhao Sheng pointed to a silver Sword Pill placed within an Ice Cave, asking, "May I touch this, sir?"

The owner of the ice house was a freak shrouded entirely in a black robe.

The person coldly replied, "No."

"Then... how much for this one?"

Without arguing, Zhao Sheng pointed to another Ice Cave, where a scale armor the size of a water barrel was placed. The armor was diamond-shaped, appearing thick and resilient, its surface covered in intricate patterns, reflecting a layer of dark matte sheen.

Zhao Sheng recognized the scale armor as an ancient Dragon Scale, perfectly suitable for refining a Dragon Scale Shield.

"At least three pieces of Pocket World Jade, I never haggle!" The black-robed freak remained cold.

Zhao Sheng nodded, his gaze swept past the seven or eight Ice Caves behind the freak, each containing a treasure.

After examining all the treasures, Zhao Sheng took three pieces of Pocket World Jade from his sleeve and placed them on the ice table in front of the freak.

The black-robed freak stood up, took the Dragon Scale from the Ice Cave, and placed it on the ice table as well.

Zhao Sheng reached out to take the Dragon Scale, while the freak also grabbed the three pieces of Pocket World Jade.

Burial Immortal Ruins Rule: Items and money must not be let go of, once parted, both parties must not regret!