59: Ancient ruins = treasure land

"Senior, do you know of any way to strengthen the Soul?"

Jiang Yunfan didn't expend Lifespan to get intelligence from the System; instead, he chose to ask the Bagua Furnace Artifact Spirit, a million-year-old antique who surely knew a lot.

Although the pure yang treasure jade could nourish and strengthen the Soul, its effect was too slow.

He wanted a shortcut.

"There are many methods to strengthen the Soul. You can take Medicinal Pills; a sixth-grade divine essence pill can strengthen the Soul and also restore injuries to the Primordial Spirit.

Besides taking Medicinal Pills, you can also Cultivate Cultivation Techniques that strengthen the Primordial Spirit. Such Cultivation Techniques are quite special and extremely rare."

He still had to find a Cultivation Technique and Cultivate it, which was too troublesome.

He could only take Medicinal Pills.

"Senior, can you refine divine essence pills?"

"Who are you looking down on? I can even refine seventh-grade Medicinal Pills, let alone a mere sixth-grade Medicinal Pill."

"This Junior misspoke. I hope Senior can tell me the divine essence pill recipe so I can find the Spirit Medicine."

"Other Spirit Medicines are easy to find, but the main ingredient for the divine essence pill is the Soul-Returning Herb, which is extremely rare. The conditions for its formation are also very harsh; it can only be conceived in a place of extreme yin."

Jiang Yunfan was speechless. It seemed this divine essence pill was not easy to refine after all!

..."Watch out."

A blanket of flames burned towards Ji Yao and Ye Lingtian. Ye Lingtian stepped forward, shielding Ji Yao and blocking the flames.

Ye Lingtian locked onto their attacker with his Divine Sense. It was a Yao Race member. He coldly shouted, "Prodigy, how dare you ambush us? I will make you die."

He instantly vanished from his spot.

The next second, he appeared before the Yao Race expert Yan Xiao.

He struck out with a palm, its force exceedingly firm, pure yang, and incomparably overbearing. Yan Xiao countered with a claw, blocking the palm strike.

Both were at the Heaven and Man Realm. Yan Xiao's Realm was higher, at the Heaven and Man Realm Late Stage, two Realms above Ye Lingtian, but Ye Lingtian's strength was in no way inferior to Yan Xiao's.

"Universe Palm Seal."

The power of heaven and earth transformed into a colossal hand that blotted out the sky, striking towards Yan Xiao.

Yan Xiao unleashed the Divine Ability Golden Crow Burns Heaven. A Three-legged Golden Crow condensed, its body burning with terrifying flames. The Three-legged Golden Crow blocked the Universe Palm Seal.

The two were evenly matched.

Ji Yao did not make a move. She left alone. Ye Lingtian's entanglement had long annoyed her, and this was a good Opportunity to get rid of him.

"Ji Yao, you go first."

Ye Lingtian was afraid the battle would affect Ji Yao, so he told her to leave first, only to find that Ji Yao had already left. His heart was bitter; in the past, women would actively cling to him, and he would disdain them. Now, he finally tasted the feeling of being disdained.

While Ye Lingtian was Divided Soul, Yan Xiao suddenly gathered strength and attacked fiercely, breaking the Universe Palm Seal in one go. The Golden Crow charged towards Ye Lingtian.

Ye Lingtian unleashed the Void Realm Great Shift Divine Ability, instantly dodging the Golden Crow's attack.

Yan Xiao controlled the Golden Crow to attack Ye Lingtian. Ye Lingtian's expression was cold. He held a crimson sword in his hand. He swung his sword, and an incomparably firm, pure yang, and overbearing Sword Qi slashed towards the Golden Crow. The Golden Crow was cut down by a single sword strike, turning into scattered sparks.

The sword art Ye Lingtian used was the Sun Devouring Sword Art, a Heaven Rank High Grade Cultivation Technique that perfectly matched his Nine Yang Sacred Body.

"Sun Devouring Burns Heaven."

The Sword Intent transformed into a great sun.

Sword Qi filled the sky, shooting towards Yan Xiao.

Yan Xiao transformed into his true form, a Fire Crow. He released True Sun Fire to resist the sky-filling Sword Qi.

Ye Lingtian sneered, "True Sun Fire, unfortunately, it's too weak. Your True Sun Fire will only add three points of power to my Sun Devouring Sword Art."

The power of the True Sun Fire was absorbed by the great sun, and the unleashed Sword Qi became even more powerful.

Yan Xiao couldn't resist and was struck by one Sword Qi after another. He decisively fled, moving extremely fast.

"Damned Human Race, I will kill you next time."

Yan Xiao's venomous voice echoed.

Ye Lingtian sneered, "Next time we meet, I will definitely cut you down with my sword."

He sheathed his sword and left to find Ji Yao.

Yan Xiao escaped tens of thousands of miles away and transformed into Human form.

Pfft!

A mouthful of fresh blood spurted out.

That sword strike had injured his Primordial Spirit.

The Sword Intent still lingered in his body. He had to quickly dissolve the Sword Intent, otherwise his injuries would worsen.

The next day.

The Purple Lightning Vulture flew tirelessly for a day and a night, finally arriving at the Ancient Ruins.

[todays intelligence (cyan): There is an extreme yin spirit vein in the Ancient Ruins. An extreme yin Origin has been conceived within the extreme yin spirit vein. Two days later, Ji Yao will find the extreme yin spirit vein and obtain the extreme yin Origin.

A Soul-Returning Herb has been conceived within the extreme yin land, and the Soul-Returning Herb will also be obtained by Ji Yao (map transmitted)]

[todays intelligence (orange): A seriously injured Great Yao of the Fire Crow Clan at the Heaven and Man Realm is recuperating. He possesses the third-ranked spiritual fire, True Sun Fire Seed (map transmitted)]

[todays intelligence (green): There is a qiankun pagoda fragment in the Relic Thunder Marsh (map transmitted)]

...[todays intelligence (green): In the Relic Sea of Bones, there is the eighteenth-ranked spiritual fire, Netherworld Ghost Fire. The Netherworld Ghost Fire is in the hands of Lady White Bone, who is a white bone spirit with Dharma Idol Realm cultivation.]

The System transmitted ten pieces of intelligence in a row.

All the free intelligence had been sent out.

Except for one crisis intelligence, all the others were Opportunity intelligence.

Before, Jiang Yunfan was worried about not finding the Soul-Returning Herb, but he found it unexpectedly upon arriving at the Ancient Ruins.

What surprised him was that there were also qiankun pagoda fragments in the Ancient Ruins.

It made sense; the incomplete qiankun pagoda he possessed was found by someone else in the Ancient Ruins, so the other fragments of the qiankun pagoda should also be here.

It was an unexpected delight.

There were also two more surprises: two types of spiritual fire.

The Netherworld Ghost Fire was in the hands of the white bone spirit, so he couldn't consider it for now.

However, he could covet the True Sun Fire Seed.

He had a few heavenly thunder talismans, which would be enough to deal with a seriously injured Heaven and Man Realm Great Yao. Even if something unexpected happened, he still had the eight trigrams furnace as a trump card.

"The Ancient Ruins dungeon is simply my treasure land."

Jiang Yunfan had the Purple Lightning Vulture change direction and fly towards another direction.

The reason for changing direction was that there were ghost Cultivators ahead, and going there would be walking into a trap.

Jiang Yunfan opened the System map to find the injured Great Yao. After locating it, he immediately had the Purple Lightning Vulture change direction.

En route.

The Purple Lightning Vulture flew past a Black-Robed Man, its speed so fast it was gone in a flash.

The Black-Robed Man released his Divine Sense and locked onto the Purple Lightning Vulture.

"Purple Lightning Vulture."

"I just happen to need a mount."

The Black-Robed Man, like a ghost, pursued Jiang Yunfan at an extremely fast speed.

Jiang Yunfan noticed someone locking onto him with Divine Sense. He released his Spiritual Sense to investigate and saw a Black-Robed Man chasing him at an extremely fast speed. He couldn't discern the other party's cultivation, clearly above the Spirit Transformation Realm.

This person wore a black robe and was filled with Evil Qi. There was no need to guess that he was a demonic Cultivator.

"I avoided a ghost Cultivator, but unexpectedly encountered a demonic Cultivator. How unlucky."

Jiang Yunfan knew he couldn't escape. He summoned the soul-snatching bell and held a heavenly thunder talisman in his hand, ready to deliver a fatal blow at any moment.