For a time, everyone was drawn to the scenes in the pictures, giving them a sense of immersion.
Zhang Ling was the first to react after a few glances, frowning slightly. These patterns gave him a sense of deja vu, reminding him of the ancient shadow stone in his hand, which recorded thirty-six strange pictures.
Those pictures seemed to record some major event, and these stone carvings were quite similar to some of the thirty-six strange paintings. This surprised Zhang Ling, guessing that these pictures might be recording the same event.
"Did these ancient cultivators really see these wonders? The first picture actually depicts an ancient giant."
After a few glances, everyone woke up from the pictures and couldn't help but sigh in amazement.
"Hmph, who knows. Ancient giants are indeed recorded in some ancient cultivation classics. They are not creatures of our realm. That winged monster is also very unusual. However, what I care about most is the five-colored bronze cauldron that appears in the last picture, which seems to be some kind of amazing treasure." Old Shen shook his head and walked to the stone screen, touching the last picture.
"It is difficult for us to know whether the experiences of these ancient cultivators are true or false. It is better to see what treasures are on the master of this place." Old Taoist Yangshan squinted his eyes and glanced at it, then bypassed the screen and looked behind it.
Everyone also withdrew their thoughts and stopped looking at the screen. Zhang Ling, who was at the end, also shook his head slightly.
Behind the screen, there were several jade pillars of different colors standing around, with spiritual light on them, surrounding a space of more than ten zhang(丈: zhang, a unit of length) in size. Inside, there was a circular jade platform with a black-robed old man with white hair sitting cross-legged.
This is a spirit gathering array.
As soon as everyone saw the arrangement of these jade pillars, they recognized that this was a spirit gathering array, and this place might be the quiet room where ancient cultivators practiced.
The spirit gathering array is a relatively simple formation, and Qi refining cultivators can set it up with spirit stones. The cultivator's cave and quiet room will generally not lack this kind of spirit gathering array, which is a necessary auxiliary formation for cultivation.
At this time, a faint mist was lingering in the spirit gathering array, and some colorful light spots were flashing in it. The dark blue light spots and the crimson light spots accounted for half of it, making the mist glow with colorful light.
The mist is the spiritual mist formed by the spirit gathering array gathering the surrounding spiritual power, in which the gathered fire spiritual energy and ice spiritual energy are even stronger.
The flashing light spots are the manifestation of spiritual energy that can be seen with the naked eye. This level of spiritual energy concentration is comparable to a high-grade spiritual vein, and everyone standing on the periphery felt the force fluctuate.
However, everyone naturally had no intention to observe the spirit gathering array now, and looked at the black-robed cultivator inside.
The black-robed cultivator was an image of an old man with white hair, without any vitality on his body, but this was not the bones of a cultivator's remains, it was just a humanoid puppet.
Observing that this was a puppet, everyone stopped going forward. They had just encountered two high-level puppets, so they were naturally vigilant.
However, after everyone scanned this humanoid puppet several times with their divine sense, they relaxed. This seemed to be just a first-order puppet, and it didn't seem to have any spirit stones placed in it, so it wouldn't have any mobility.
Everyone relaxed a little, and Old Taoist Yangshan took a few steps forward, waving the horsetail whisk in his hand, and a few strands of silk thread wrapped around the humanoid puppet, and pulled the puppet out all at once.
With a muffled sound, the puppet slammed directly on the ground, and the black robe that was originally draped on it instantly weathered into a layer of dust.
Old Taoist Yangshan expressionlessly flicked the horsetail whisk, and the dust was swept away by him, revealing the true face of the humanoid puppet.
This puppet was made very exquisitely, with lifelike facial features, presenting a color close to the skin, but it could be observed that there were wood grain marks on it, and it seemed to be refined from some kind of spiritual wood.
"If this old Taoist is right, the appearance of this puppet is likely to be refined by the original owner of this place according to the appearance of the body." Old Taoist Yangshan said leisurely, but suddenly his eyes lit up and he waved his hand.
The puppet's two arms suddenly lifted up, and each of its two iron-black palms was holding a square jade box.
The jade boxes were a foot wide and looked exactly the same. They were also carved from two pieces of middle-grade ice and fire jade.
"There are more discoveries. Fellow Taoist, quickly open it and see what treasures are inside."
Seeing the two jade boxes, everyone's faces were filled with joy again. Old Taoist Yangshan didn't speak, just nodded slightly, and stretched out his fingers to gently tap the two jade boxes twice.
The jade boxes directly detached from the hands of the humanoid puppet and flew into the air, opening with two snapping sounds.
Ice and fire jade is the best material for preserving spiritual energy, so the objects refined with this material do not need to add any spiritual symbols to prevent the loss of spiritual power, and can well preserve the things inside.
Moreover, there were no other restrictions on it, and it was opened all at once. With a sweep of divine sense, the things inside were observed.
One box contained a circular token, and the other contained a scroll, which seemed to be a scroll.
The token was a circular token, and the material seemed to be refined from a kind of white rock. Some ancient patterns were engraved on it, and a fairy character was engraved in the center.
When Zhang Ling saw this token, he was shocked. He also had an identical token in his hand, which he obtained from treasure hunting decades ago.
This is a Sky Abyss Token, Zhang Ling immediately thought of the function of this token.
"Oh, a Sky Abyss Token."
Old Shen also stared at the token intently, and couldn't help but exclaim after pondering for a while. The eyes of the others lit up when they heard this, and their eyes became fiery.
The Sky Abyss Secret Realm is widely spread in Liuyunhai, and the pass token to enter this mysterious relic is the Sky Abyss Token. Many ancient books have the engraved map of the Sky Abyss Token, so it was recognized at a glance.
"I want this thing." Suddenly, the jade box containing the Sky Abyss Token flashed blue light and was instantly grabbed by Old Taoist Yangshan.
"Hold on."
Old Shen's face sank and he snorted. The one-armed man who had not spoken all the time also took a step forward instantly, his spiritual power greatly increased, as if he was about to fight if he disagreed.
Old Taoist Yangshan also flashed back a distance to maintain a safe distance.
"What do you mean, fellow Taoist? We haven't identified the other treasure yet, and you get one first. Isn't that too inappropriate?" Old Shen said with a cold face.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Ling's face also sank. He secretly operated his spiritual power and became vigilant, while also scanning the people next to him.
Fire Dragon Shangren and Madam Cao also frowned, seemingly not expecting this situation, and their auras also soared instantly, and they were all on guard.
And those foundation building cultivators such as Chen Qing changed their faces drastically when they saw this scene, but they did not move at all.
"Haha, Brother Shen, don't be angry. Although this old Taoist will not give up this Sky Abyss Token, he can compensate you. How about I give you 200,000 spirit stones each as compensation?"
"Hmph, if I remember correctly, you have already taken two treasures, and now you are forcibly taking one. You don't take us seriously." Old Shen also burst out with a powerful aura and stared at Old Taoist Yangshan.
Old Taoist Yangshan frowned, but after pondering for a moment, he regained his calm and said.
"I said it in advance before entering this place, but at that time I said it was calculated by the value of the treasure, and I got two shares alone. The rest will be divided equally among you. The overall value of those magic weapons and other things is two shares for me, which is not a breach of promise. Although this Sky Abyss Token is of great value, some large workshops will also flow out of the Sky Abyss Token before the opening of the Sky Abyss Secret Realm in previous years, and the transaction value is roughly between one million spirit stones. I will compensate you with spirit stones, what's wrong with that?"
Saying that, Old Taoist Yangshan suddenly raised his hand, and another jade box was thrown in front of him and floated in the air. "If Brother Shen is still not satisfied, this old man will not participate in the things in this jade box, and you can divide it equally."
"The two of you should not hurt your harmony for the sake of small treasures. Since Taoist Yangshan has already made compensation and does not participate in another treasure. Is Brother Shen still not satisfied?" Suddenly, Fire Dragon Shangren stepped forward a few steps and stood next to Old Taoist Yangshan and said to Old Shen.
Seeing this scene, everyone naturally knew that this person was on Old Taoist Yangshan's side. This made Old Shen's face sink.
Adding this Fire Dragon Shangren, there are two golden core late stage powerhouses. It is difficult for him to resist with his late stage cultivation, although he has the one-armed man as a helper. But the gap between the early stage of the golden core and the late stage of the golden core is not small. For a time, the old man hesitated in his heart.
The Sky Abyss Token is indeed like what Old Taoist Yangshan said, it will appear in some large auctions, and the transaction price is roughly between one million spirit stones.
But the Sky Abyss Token that generally appears is bought by some large forces or Nascent Soul old monsters. Casual cultivators basically cannot bid.
This special thing cannot be priced by how many spirit stones there are. Strength is the biggest reason.
And the value of the Sky Abyss Token also varies from person to person.
Perhaps for ordinary cultivators, the value is not very large, but for a cultivator like him who has been trapped in the late stage of the golden core for many years and has not much lifespan, it is a great temptation.
With the Sky Abyss Token, you can enter the Sky Abyss Secret Realm to seek opportunities. Although there are dangers inside, there is a possibility of promotion. The Sky Abyss opens once every three hundred years, and the golden core cultivator only has one chance to enter in his life.
For a high-level cultivator like him, there are not many such opportunities, so he naturally doesn't want to let it go.
"Little friend Zhang, if this old guy insists on doing it, can you stand on our side? I will definitely give you a lot of compensation afterwards."
Zhang Ling had already flashed to the side at this moment, but suddenly the voice of Fire Dragon Shangren rang in his ears. His brows frowned and he didn't agree immediately, but glanced at Madam Cao.
In the current situation, Fire Dragon Shangren and Old Taoist Yangshan are on one side, and Old Shen and the one-armed man are in the same group.
The only ones who are alone are him and Madam Cao. While he was looking at Madam Cao, this woman suddenly spoke. "Why don't you take a look at the value of the other thing before you decide to compete for this thing?"
"Haha, Madam Cao is right, then let's take a look at the other treasure."
Old Taoist Yangshan frowned when he heard this, and directly pointed at the jade box floating in front of him.
The spiritual light flickered on it, and the scroll placed inside slowly unfolded. The sound of rattling sounded, and the scroll was fully unfolded, attracting everyone's attention.
This is a scroll about three zhang(丈: zhang, a unit of length) long and one chi(尺: chi, a unit of length) wide. It is written with dense ancient texts, as well as some spiritual patterns, patterns, etc.
The ancient texts on it look very obscure. It is an ancient immortal text. For a time, everyone did not recognize what information was recorded on it.
There are several ancient characters flashing with golden light on the far right of the scroll, which seem to be the list of this picture.
These ancient characters were imprinted in Zhang Ling's eyes, and he quickly searched for some ancient texts he had read in his mind. In an instant, he understood some of the ancient texts.
"Ten Directions...Clear and Turbid...Array"
Silently reciting the ancient characters he recognized in his heart, he couldn't help but feel a little surprised. It seemed to be a formation map.
Then he squinted his eyes and looked at the scroll again, wanting to identify some of the ancient characters to determine whether it was really a volume of formation diagrams.
But at the same time as his eyes looked at the scroll, another change occurred.
A dozen golden runes appeared next to the scroll. These runes flashed with golden light and instantly sank into the scroll. Then the scroll quickly rolled up and became a ball again, turning into golden light and flying in one direction.
Stop!
How dare you!
At the same time, two bursts of shouting sounded, and a blue aura big hand and a black aura grabbed the scroll at the same time. But the golden light was extremely fast, flashing first and grabbing one hand.
Looking at it, it turned out that Madam Cao suddenly took action and took the scroll into her hand. With a flash of spiritual light, the scroll was taken away by this beautiful woman. At the same time, the spiritual power on her body rolled, forming a layer of golden light cover to protect herself.
The next moment, the blue light hand and the black light changed direction at the same time, instantly hitting Madam Cao.
With a loud bang and a clear sound, the blue light hand slammed down heavily with spiritual pressure, and the black light also stretched out and turned into a black light blade to slash. Madam Cao was directly hit by these two attacks and was knocked back a distance.
But Madam Cao didn't seem to be in any serious trouble. The golden light cover on her body only shook a few times before stabilizing.
In the golden light, Madam Cao glanced at everyone expressionlessly, and with a sway of her figure, she wanted to escape from this place.
But Old Shen snorted coldly, and the black aura surged, and with a flash of his body, he stood in the doorway and shouted sharply.
"Want to leave? Leave the treasure behind."
Saying that, under the entanglement of the black aura on the old man's body, two black shadows separated from his body and turned into two skull heads with single horns, and with a strange laugh, the skull heads sprayed out black light.
And Old Taoist Yangshan's face was also blue and black, and he was also angry. With a flick of the floating dust, the blue light flashed and transformed into an ice dragon crouching on the top of his head, emitting bursts of cold air.
The anger of the two golden core late stage powerhouses immediately made the atmosphere in this small space a bit heavy.
Zhang Ling also retreated to the corner, watching this scene with a calm face, but his heart thumped, and he didn't expect that these people would end up fighting because of the treasure.
He also glanced at Madam Cao. It was really unexpected that this beautiful woman dared to take the treasure when a few people were appraising the treasure.
