7: Even the nest is unusual

Ao Zhan, in the end, still died.

And he died in a self-mutilating way that was almost insane and incomprehensible to others.

Because his death was too tragic and too heroic, it moved people and left an indelible mark on Long Aotian's young heart.

Some Dragons die, but he lives.

Some Dragons live, but he is already dead.

A Dragon's death is either as heavy as Mount Tai or as light as a feather.

Ao Zhan was that Immortal Dragon in Long Aotian's heart!

Long Aotian, having lived two lives, had never wept so bitterly over anyone's passing; Ao Zhan's death had a profound impact on Long Aotian.

Long Aotian and Ao Zhan had not known each other for long, but in Long Aotian's heart, he had clearly recognized Ao Zhan as his Revered Master.

Surely, in Ao Zhan's heart, he also recognized him as his disciple, right?!

Otherwise, he wouldn't have chosen the most painful yet most beneficial way to die for Long Aotian... After Ao Zhan passed away.

In the stone cave hall, Long Aotian did not erect a gravestone for Ao Zhan.

Ao Zhan was merely a remnant soul; besides giving him Dragon Essence Blood, Dragon Bone Essence, Dragon Soul Power, his Legacy, and a storage ring, he left nothing else.

As for the Nine Treasures Glazed Chaos World Tower?

Long Aotian did not believe it belonged to Ao Zhan.

Because Ao Zhan could not make the Nine Treasures Glazed Chaos World Tower recognize him as its Revered Master and claim it as his own.

Every item Ao Zhan left him, if taken out, could cause Cultivators on the Sky Ruins Continent to fight to the death; naturally, it was impossible to bury them here as an offering to him, squandering such treasures.

Ao Zhan was not dead; he still lived in Long Aotian's heart!

If he wasn't dead, why erect a gravestone?

Moreover, Long Aotian wasn't foolish.

After Ao Zhan's death, the terrifying Dragon Soul pressure from Immortal Severing Mountain would also disappear; it was only a matter of time before such a significant change in Immortal Severing Mountain attracted other Cultivators to investigate.

If he erected a gravestone, wouldn't that give others something to hold against him?

Having received instruction in Family Cultivation knowledge, Long Aotian knew that some powerful individuals could track who had been there through certain lingering traces.

For his own safety, and to avoid unnecessary trouble, he not only could not erect a gravestone for Ao Zhan but also had to erase all traces of his presence there as much as possible.

Including his scent!

After a period of grief, Long Aotian regained his composure and searched the stone cave hall for any other treasures.

After all, this place was where Ao Zhan had stayed; the Ancestral Dragon choosing to nest here, in his opinion, surely had a reason.

It's worth mentioning that in his Sea of Consciousness world, Ao Zhan also sealed his Dragon Soul Power into ten portions.

The small unsealed portion expanded his Sea of Consciousness, raising its strength to that of a Nascent Soul Late Stage Old Monster, with his Divine Sense covering a radius of over nine thousand li.

It was terrifying!

Despite being mentally prepared for the Heaven-Defying power of the Dragon Soul Power, Long Aotian was still shocked.

One must know, his current Cultivation was only at the Foundation Establishment Realm Fifth Revolution Stage, yet his Divine Sense covered a range exceeding Spirit Spring Realm, Spirit Sea Realm, Golden Core Realm, directly approaching a Nascent Soul Realm Ninth Revolution Peak Stage Old Monster.

If this were to be revealed, probably no one would believe it.

Thinking of the ten sealed portions of Dragon Soul Power still stored in his Sea of Consciousness world, Long Aotian couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement.

It was hard to imagine to what extent his Sea of Consciousness world would expand, and how wide his Divine Sense exploration range would become, if he absorbed all ten sealed portions of Dragon Soul Power in his Sea of Consciousness world... Before inspecting the stone cave hall, Long Aotian first examined Wu Fan's storage ring.

Previously, his Divine Sense was too weak; he saw nothing when he scanned it, but now that his Divine Sense strength had increased to a terrifying extent, capable of covering a radius of nine thousand li, he should be able to perceive the full appearance inside the storage ring, right?!

A storage ring of an Immortal Lord Realm powerhouse.

How large was the space inside?

What was inside?

These were all things worth anticipating.

A powerful Divine Sense scanned inside, and the size of the space could be instantly perceived.

It was approximately one hundred and seven thousand li in radius!

In other words, Long Aotian originally thought his Divine Sense was strong enough to glimpse the entire space within the storage ring, but it still exceeded his expectations.

He couldn't do it!

This scale of space made Long Aotian gasp in a cold breath.

His father, Long Bubai's, Family Head storage ring, had a space width of less than one li in radius.

The storage ring of an Immortal Lord Realm powerhouse was terrifying indeed.

Crystals were piled up like mountains inside, numbering in the hundreds of millions.

Various Immortal Spiritual Plants and Immortal Spiritual Fruits were also dazzling, numbering in the tens of thousands.

There were also various Immortal Rank Magic Treasures, numbering in the thousands.

In addition, Long Aotian also saw that there were even several Immortal Spiritual Ore veins in the storage ring?

This Wu Fan, in the Immortal Realm, was absolutely a little fat sheep!

Or perhaps, he often engaged in killing people for treasures; otherwise, he couldn't have been so wealthy and risen so quickly.

In a world where martial arts reigned supreme, it was about whose fist was harder, who was right; killing and arson brought wealth. If Wu Fan and Li Feng weren't ruthless enough, they couldn't have traversed the Void Realm and reached the Immortal Realm.

"With so many Immortal Realm resources, if I Ascend to the Immortal Realm in the future, I probably won't have to worry about not having resources to Cultivate for a long time."

Although Long Aotian didn't know what the crystals in the storage ring were, it wasn't difficult for him to guess.

The resources used by Lower Realm Cultivators for Cultivation were generally Spirit Stones; the crystals in the storage ring were probably similar to Spirit Stones, but these were resources used by Cultivators at the Immortal level.

Of course, it's not to say that Lower Realm Cultivators couldn't use them; the main reason was that Lower Realm Cultivators simply couldn't get such things that only existed in the Immortal Realm.

Immortal Rank Cultivation resources generally originated in Immortal Rank environments.

Furthermore.

If Immortal Rank Cultivation resources were used by Cultivators in the Lower Realm, it would be like an ant trying to gnaw on an elephant; they might not be able to gnaw through it, and using them would be far less natural than using Spirit Stones.

One reason for this was that the Cultivators' Cultivation was too low, and their bodies did not possess the foundation to Cultivate with Immortal Realm resources.

Therefore, even though Long Aotian had so many crystals for Cultivation in the Immortal Realm, with his current Cultivation Realm, he couldn't use these crystals.

Crying poverty while sitting on a mountain of gold, that's exactly Long Aotian's current situation.

After examining the storage ring, Long Aotian then began to inspect the stone cave hall.

Releasing his Divine Sense, he immediately perceived that the stone cave hall was more than twenty li deep underground, and the space of the stone cave hall was approximately three thousand li in radius.

The Ancestral Dragon's nest had a somewhat terrifying area.

As Long Aotian expected, there was indeed something in this place.

On the cave walls of the stone cave hall, besides the unknown Ores emitting colorful light, Long Aotian also discovered Top-Grade Spirit Stones.

Could there be a Top-Grade Spirit Ore vein here?

Long Aotian was overjoyed, hastily probing again, extending his Divine Sense into the cave walls above, below, left, right, front, and back.

The situation within a nine thousand li radius centered on him was revealed to him at a glance.

There truly was a small Top-Grade Spirit Ore vein.

"Revered Master's nest was indeed not chosen casually; the entire Eastern Barren Region rarely even sees High-Grade Spirit Stones, yet there's a small Top-Grade Spirit Ore vein here. Isn't this likely the only Top-Grade Spirit Ore vein in the entire Eastern Barren Region?"

Long Aotian was very excited: "If this small Top-Grade Spirit Ore vein is excavated, it will probably yield at least one hundred million Top-Grade Spirit Stones, I'm rich, I'm rich..."