Zhang Ling walked directly to the corner, waved his hand to brush away the dust on the ground, and sat down cross-legged. He patted his storage bag, took out two pills, swallowed them, and began to recover his previous consumption.
The space inside the room was not small, about fifty or sixty zhang in size, and the spiritual energy was enough for several people to breathe.
Three hours passed, and Zhang Ling and the others had almost recovered.
Next, the group did not leave immediately but began to explore the other stone houses on the mountain wall.
In ancient cultivator ruins like these, there might be some useful treasures left in some corner. For them, these Core Formation cultivators, exploring was easy and wouldn't take too much time.
After the group separated, Zhang Ling flew directly to the fifth row of stone houses above and began exploring from left to right.
With a wave of his hand, with a loud bang, he opened a stone house. The space inside was a dozen zhang in size, and it only contained some stone tables and chairs.
With a sweep of his divine sense, Zhang Ling made a discovery.
On the stone bed in the corner, there were actually two books left behind.
With a wave of his hand, the two books came into his hand. One was written with 'Basic Formulas,' and the other was written with the three large characters 'Qi Induction Chapter'.
Zhang Ling directly opened them and checked. After a dozen breaths, he was a little disappointed. This was a primary Qi refining method.
It was no different from the Five Elements Basic Cultivation Methods circulating in the current cultivation world.
Zhang Ling shook his head and went to explore the second stone house.
He continued exploring in this way. By the time he explored these dozen stone houses, he had only found two sword-type magical artifacts. Although they were not damaged, the spiritual light on them had long dissipated. The engraved array patterns were also somewhat blurred.
When spiritual power was injected into the magical artifacts, the power that could be exerted was pitifully small, only a little stronger than ordinary iron.
For him, they were naturally useless, and he was too lazy to collect them.
After another hour, Zhang Ling finished exploring the entire row of stone houses. He also found a few broken magical artifacts and basic books.
Among the books, there was one that recorded two layers of cultivation method formulas. Zhang Ling glanced at it and felt a little familiar.
Then he took out the incomplete cultivation method he had obtained from Ye Zimei a few years ago.
After comparison, the two cultivation methods were from the same school. However, they were both incomplete. One recorded the Qi refining stage cultivation method, and the other recorded the Foundation Establishment cultivation method.
Combined, they could be cultivated to the Core Formation stage, but Zhang Ling was now a Core Formation cultivator. Without subsequent cultivation methods, obtaining these earlier formulas was useless to him.
Zhang Ling spent a few breaths, took out a jade slip, and organized the two halves of the incomplete cultivation method together. Then he looked at the upper levels.
There were still several levels inside that had not been explored. He didn't know if there would be any other gains.
However, this kind of place was obviously a residence for disciples, and the probability of finding other items was not high.
Suddenly, a long whistle came from not far below. Zhang Ling frowned. This was a warning from other cultivators that they had made a discovery.
He hesitated for a moment, Zhang Ling's body flashed with spiritual light, and he flew towards the direction of the sound.
Soon, he came to the first level of the mountain wall again. In the last second small room on the far right, he saw Old Long and Ding Ruozhao.
Old Long stood in front of a wall, not knowing what he was busy with.
Zhang Ling's divine sense condensed and explored the wall. However, when his divine sense landed on it, he didn't see anything unusual. Even when he delved more than two zhang deep, he didn't find anything. It seemed to be just an ordinary stone wall.
"Fellow Daoists, have you discovered anything?"
Suddenly, the voice of Qingmang Daoist came from beside him. After two breaths, Ye Zimei also appeared at the door.
After everyone arrived, Ding Ruozhao smiled at the crowd and pointed to the wall.
"There is a discovery here. This wall seems to be protected by an array. Old Long is exploring it."
Hearing this, everyone's eyes fell on the wall. But no matter how they checked with their divine sense, there was nothing unusual.
The group looked at each other, fortunately, Old Long didn't make people wait too long.
Soon, Old Long took out a small, black jade stone. Some spiritual patterns were engraved on the jade stone. It emitted a faint spiritual light, and seemed to be a special magical artifact.
Old Long also turned to face everyone.
"There is a hidden space behind the wall. This old man is confident that he can break it. But..."
Old Long said, glancing at everyone, and finally his eyes fell on Ding Ruozhao.
The old man's eyes made people frown. Zhang Ling thought for a moment and knew Old Long's purpose.
The group came here to search for treasures. Although Ding Ruozhao and the two women invited Old Long to break the formation. He had previously promised this woman that as long as treasures were found, she would be allowed to choose one first.
But now it seems that this bargaining chip is not enough.
As for why this old man notified them after discovering the wall.
Zhang Ling raised his eyes and looked at Ding Ruozhao. This woman didn't seem to be exploring other places alone just now, but seemed to be with Old Long all the time.
There might be some surveillance in it. After all, among the people present, this woman had the highest cultivation level, and she was with Ye Zimei. She had the highest say.
Besides this woman, only Old Long, the array master, could make her a little afraid.
Thinking of this, Zhang Ling couldn't help but lower his head. It seems that none of these Core Formation cultivators are easy to get along with.
The reason why they can still gather together until now is that firstly, they are deep in this ancient ruins, and they are considering safety.
Secondly, they have not found any decent treasures until now, and there is no conflict of interest.
But now it's different. The wall behind this is obviously a special secret place, and there is a high possibility that treasures exist.
"Since Old Long discovered this place, then after entering it, if there are treasures, Brother Long can take two first. I wonder what you all think?" Ding Ruozhao looked at everyone and said to Old Long with a smile.
"Well, okay. Since Fellow Daoist Long discovered it, it should be so."
Qingmang Daoist thought for a moment and said, Zhang Ling naturally had no objections and nodded.
As for Ye Zimei, this woman just smiled at Ding Ruozhao and agreed.
Old Long smiled upon seeing this. "Okay, since you fellow Daoists are so supportive of this old man, I will break the formation and see what treasures are inside."
Then he used several formation flags and a formation disk to begin breaking the formation.
According to this person, the power of the formation on the wall was not strong. Its main function was to be a blindfold.
A quarter of an hour later, Old Long took out a small, crystal-clear jade bead from the wall, with densely packed tiny runes engraved on it. It could isolate the exploration of divine sense.
Then, after a few people used their divine sense to penetrate within a zhang of the wall, they could find that there was a long passage inside.
Old Long raised his hand and a curved wind blade shot out from his palm. With a loud bang, the wall was shattered, revealing the passage inside.
The group released their divine sense to explore inside.
