166: Meeting on the ancient road

With a loud bang, the entire grassland began to shake violently as if a ground Dragon had turned over, and tens of thousands of creatures were instantly crushed to death.

A powerful shockwave followed, sending countless low-level Yao Beasts flying.

Ye Ming looked at the crushed area. Under the rolling thick smoke, there was a giant pit thousands of feet wide, with magma continuously erupting from it.

"Interesting..."

Ye Ming chuckled as he watched all this.

Except for the meteorites in the sky, everything else here was fake, including the grassland, the creatures, and even the magma on the ground.

It was all created by an ancient Grand Array, making the fake indistinguishable from the real. If his Cultivation wasn't high enough, he might not have been able to tell what was real and what was fake.

However, it was quite interesting to watch a meteor shower and witness the struggle of all living things under a natural disaster.

So Ye Ming took out an umbrella. Once opened, an invisible protective shield tightly guarded him.

This was a ninth-tier High Grade defensive Magical Artifact, a high-level Magical Artifact that even meteorites couldn't smash.

As soon as Ye Ming opened the umbrella, meteorites in the sky began to fall one after another, crushing another large group of creatures to death.

Another one landed beside him, but before it hit the ground, it was blocked by a force and became a dud.

Thus, Ye Ming stayed there until the natural disaster ended. Only after all the meteorites had fallen did he slowly leave.

Behind him was a wasteland with countless large pits. Not a single creature survived; all perished under the meteorites.

Although it was fake, Ye Ming watched with great interest, as those meteorites couldn't do anything to him.

Leaving here, he hadn't walked many steps before he reached another small checkpoint.

This time, he arrived in a large city with tens of thousands of Cultivators. Most were below the Void Refining Stage, with a few at the Body Integration Stage.

Not long after Ye Ming arrived, a large-scale invasion of Demonic Seeds occurred here.

"Dong~"

A bell rang throughout the entire city. All the Cultivators soared into the sky, directly charging into the invading Demonic Seeds.

Ye Ming casually glanced around. Except for the Demonic Seeds, everything else was still fake.

But who told him he hated Demonic Seeds the most!

With a light sigh, Ye Ming took a step, drew a sword on the city wall, and then swung it a few more times.

In the blink of an eye, dozens of sword lights flew out with incredible speed. Countless Demonic Seeds were pierced through, directly evaporating.

Several Demonic Emperors hadn't even reacted before their heads were chopped off, and they all died instantly.

After all the Demonic Seeds died, the entire city also became illusory, and then, under Ye Ming's gaze, it slowly disappeared, along with the Cultivators who hadn't returned to the city yet.

Ye Ming didn't linger and left directly, returning to the Ancient Path.

Just like before, as soon as he came out, he could see a stone platform not far away, with several treasures quietly lying on it.

Ye Ming walked over and casually put them away. Among them were three ninth-tier Low Grade treasures, one ninth-tier Medium Grade Magical Artifact, and three bottles of Body Integration Pills.

Overall, only those three treasures were useful to him; the others were just items gathering dust in a corner of his System space.

He could give them to his Puppets when he returned; at least they wouldn't go to waste.

After collecting the rewards, Ye Ming arrived at the third major checkpoint.

A spatial rift suddenly appeared in front of Ye Ming. After a glance, he directly stepped into it.

After entering, Ye Ming experienced various illusions, such as becoming an emperor, and a harem illusion where he married various Saintesses, and so on.

But without exception, he saw through them all at a glance. He knew very well what kind of person he was.

Having a harem was impossible; wasn't Ling'er enough?

For him, it was enough... After breaking through various illusions, Ye Ming reappeared on the Ancient Path, and the stone platform appeared again.

Ye Ming walked over and saw a ninth-tier High Grade Spiritual Pearl, a spiritual object that could only be born from tens of thousands of High Grade Spiritual Veins, making Cultivation twice as effective.

It was also something that could create ninth-tier High Grade Puppets. Using it for Cultivation would be a pure waste, so he would use it to create Puppets!

Spiritual objects were no longer useful to him; only Immortal Treasures could play a certain role.

Besides this Spiritual Pearl, there was also a ninth-tier Enlightenment Pill and a cyan jade pendant next to it.

The Enlightenment Pill was not as good as a sip of his supreme enlightenment tea; he would find a time to sell it.

As for that jade pendant.

Ye Ming held it in his hand and examined it. The front had the Human Emperor Hall symbol, and the back was engraved with the words 'Spiritual Power Empowerment'.

Seeing these four words, Ye Ming knew what it was; it was exactly the Immortal empowerment that Zhang Yiheng had told him about.

Looking at the jade pendant in his hand, Ye Ming didn't know how to deal with it for a moment.

If he went, he wouldn't be impressed; it was not as good as the System's Cultivation infusion!

If he didn't go, it might attract the attention of some people.

Forget it, he wouldn't go. He would find an opportunity to sell it!

Halfway through his thoughts, Ye Ming was already impatient. Why should he always hide his strength? What could they do to him if he didn't go?

He was already invincible in the Spirit Realm; did he still need to report to a bunch of small fry?

Sell it, he must sell this thing!

He wouldn't go out next time either. Secret Realms, good places, all had nothing to do with him. He wanted to stay in the Immortal Sect and sign in!

When he returned to the Immortal Sect, he would just stay put and go nowhere!

Anyway, he wasn't far from becoming an Earth Immortal... After taking all the treasures, Ye Ming quickened his pace, only wanting to return to the Immortal Sect sooner.

When Ye Ming arrived at the fourth checkpoint, he unexpectedly encountered Gu Meng, who was third on the immortal ranking list and the Young Lord of the Ancient Beast Race, one of the top five races.

His Cultivation was the same as Young Master Long, Mahayana Mid Stage.

Gu Meng was shirtless, covered in explosive muscles. His face had special inscriptions, and his entire body exuded a strong barbaric aura!

Gu Meng was also very surprised to see Ye Ming. He had a good impression of Ye Ming.

After all, if it weren't for Ye Ming's supreme enlightenment tea, he wouldn't have comprehended that Law.

However, he was truly a little surprised that Ye Ming, with a Body Integration Cultivation, could come here alone.

"Brother Ye, I, Gu Meng, admire you!" Gu Meng gave Ye Ming a thumbs up with an admiring look.

"Hehe, you're not as good as me."

Ye Ming unconsciously became humble, then thought of something and asked Gu Meng, "But I have a question, why are we meeting here?"

"Oh, didn't Zhang Yiheng tell you that?" Gu Meng asked with some surprise.

Ye Ming shook his head and said, "No, he hasn't been to the fourth checkpoint before. He stopped after the third checkpoint, didn't you know?"

"Heh, I didn't pay attention. Who told him his ranking was lower than mine? The first time I saw him, with that small physique, so frail and seemingly fragile at a touch, I didn't pay much attention!"

Gu Meng chuckled and scratched his head. He was the type to speak his mind.

Actually, in his eyes, Ye Ming also looked frail, but he was afraid that if he said it, Ye Ming wouldn't sell him supreme enlightenment tea anymore.

He could still restrain his straightforward personality; everything was for the supreme enlightenment tea, for strength!