170: Chapter 170 The Immortal's Treasure Vault

Half a month later, the Formation on Baiyun Mountain was slowly disappearing.

At first, no one knew what had happened to the Zhao Family, but after a Loose Cultivator passed by, the anomalies on Baiyun Mountain gradually spread out.

Originally, that Loose Cultivator only cooperated with the Zhao Family shops in Qinghe Market, but about half a year ago, the Zhao Family Cultivator at the shop he cooperated with did not come for several consecutive months.

At first, he didn't care much, thinking the Zhao Family had some new arrangement for him, but as he discovered that it wasn't just this one shop, and that all Zhao Family members in all Zhao Family shops throughout Qinghe Market had completely disappeared—even though he could occasionally encounter Zhao Family members in Qinghe Market in the past, now the entire Zhao Family clan had completely vanished within Qinghe Market—...

Some people guessed that something had happened to the Zhao Family, but the vast majority dared not come near Baiyun Mountain. Only this Loose Cultivator headed to Baiyun Mountain and then came over to stake it out from time to time.

As a result, with the dissipation of the Formation, he indeed discovered that something had happened to the Zhao Family.

For the first few days, he didn't dare to go up the mountain, but driven by intensifying curiosity and the news circulating in the market during this period, he finally mustered up his courage and climbed Baiyun Mountain.

Sure enough, after he arrived at Baiyun Mountain, he indeed didn't find any Zhao Family people. For a moment, looking at the Spirit Medicine and treasures on Baiyun Mountain, his inner greed overcame his fear of the unknown. He spent nearly a day looting a large number of treasures from Baiyun Mountain.

Afterwards, because he was too flamboyant, he was waylaid and killed, which led many Cultivators to know that something had happened to the Zhao Family on Baiyun Mountain.

The Chen Family also received the news, but Chen Changqing and Chen Yuanwen had known about it for a long time, so they didn't have much emotional reaction to the matter.

Hearing that the Zhao Family members had disappeared, the Li Family also seemed to have guessed something, so they did not participate in this scramble, instead leaving all accessible resources of Baiyun Mountain to these Cultivators.

Coupled with the fact that besides Li Taixuan, the only surviving Foundation Establishment Cultivator, they currently had no other Foundation Establishment Cultivators, they dared not act rashly even more.

"By the way, where are Lingtong and Lingyi? Have they been traveling for months and still haven't returned?" Chen Changqing asked.

"Hmm? Those two? According to the report from the clansmen in Qinghe Market, they were still in Qinghe Market more than a month ago, but it seems they joined a Loose Cultivator Monster Hunting Team and went to the Wanshou Mountain Range to hunt Yao Beasts. It's just that over a month has passed, and they still haven't returned from the Wanshou Mountain Range," Chen Yuanwen explained.

"Still haven't returned?" Chen Changqing frowned.

"How about this, Tenth Uncle, you send some Cultivators to the Wanshou Mountain Range to look for them. I have a bad premonition."

"Alright, I understand." Chen Yuanwen nodded and immediately went down to instruct the clansmen to head to the Wanshou Mountain Range to search for Chen Lingtong and the other.

"I hope nothing has happened." Chen Changqing looked into the distance and muttered silently.

...

Inside a magnificent palace, this was the place where Master Zijiao had met Master Qianyu in the past.

At this moment, Chen Lingtong was imprisoned here. Fortunately, during this period, Master Qianyu didn't do anything to her, but simply locked her up and went off to handle other matters.

As for Chen Lingyi and Zhong Yuan, they were locked up in the dungeon.

In comparison, Chen Lingtong was much better off. Although she was imprisoned, she actually didn't have any restrictions, because everyone knew that she was now Master Qianyu's kept woman.

Chen Lingtong also learned of her current situation from the mouths of others, and she felt somewhat ashamed and indignant, but right now she could do nothing.

If Ninth Uncle were here, that would be great.

Chen Lingtong thought to herself. However, even if Ninth Uncle were here, it would still be a dead end, because Master Qianyu was a Purple Palace Cultivator.

Ever since she was brought here during this period, she had been looking for a chance to see if she could rescue Chen Lingyi and the other, or at least let these two escape.

She herself didn't care much; if she truly lost her chastity, she would rather die. It's just that she also seemed to have heard that every female Cultivator kept in captivity by Master Qianyu ultimately met a dead end.

But the prerequisite was reaching the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment.

As for why she needed to reach the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment, it seemed that Master Qianyu cultivated some kind of Yang-attribute Cultivation Technique, and he could not suppress the fire poison within his body, so every once in a while he needed some female Cultivators to help share it.

If the cultivation base was too low, even if they tried to help share it, they wouldn't be able to share much; if the cultivation base was too high, he didn't have that much resources to nurture them.

Right now, she hadn't reached Foundation Establishment yet, so she was still safe.

She left the main hall and headed towards the treasury. With the token given by Master Qianyu, she could use it to exchange for a large amount of resources for free. She wanted to look for any resources that could elevate her Dao Foundation when she broke through to Foundation Establishment. If she could reach the Peerless Grade Dao Foundation, coupled with a cultivation base at the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment, the possibility of escaping in the future would be even greater.

After a while, she finally arrived at the treasury.

Outside the treasury, only an old woman was sitting cross-legged there practicing quiet cultivation.

"Senior." Chen Lingtong respectfully bowed.

"Hmm? How come I've never seen you before? Are you new here?" The old woman opened her eyes, looked at Chen Lingtong, and her gaze was filled with doubt.

"Yes, this humble girl was abducted by Master Qianyu." Chen Lingtong's expression was not very good.

"So it's that kid Qianyu. Then it seems you're going to be out of luck. Although that kid Qianyu makes people unhappy, at least he's still quite obedient." The old woman closed her eyes again, continued her quiet cultivation right there, and asked no more questions.

She knew that this young woman had only come here to look for Medicinal Pills to break through to Foundation Establishment. To her, these were not very important. Moreover, what could a Qi Refining Cultivator do right under her nose?

Seeing that the old woman no longer paid attention to her, Chen Lingtong bowed to her and then went to the treasury on her own.

Upon entering the treasury, Chen Lingtong exclaimed in amazement. She had to admit that this treasury was crafted too well; it was more than a notch higher-grade than her Family's, and the various porcelain bottles and boxes displayed on the shelves were dazzlingly numerous.

Chen Lingtong inspected every area, seeing which ones would be helpful to her.

After staying in the treasury for about two hours, she finally gathered quite a few good things. Anyway, these Cultivators of the Anti-Immortal Alliance were their enemies, so she would plunder their treasures with all her might.

Right now, she had a few Foundation Establishment spirit materials in her hands, as well as a Medicinal Pill. This Medicinal Pill seemed to be called the First Transformation Spirit Pill, a Tier 2 Top-Grade Medicinal Pill, which had a certain helping effect on improving the quality of the Dao Foundation.

With these, she had more opportunities to forge a Top-Grade Dao Foundation. As for the Peerless Grade, currently she really didn't dare to say what the probability was.

Anyway, Ninth Uncle had once said that her chances of forming a Top-Grade Dao Foundation were very high, approaching a thirty percent probability. Don't underestimate this thirty percent; if it were someone else, the probability of forming a Medium Grade Dao Foundation might not even reach thirty percent, and having a thirty percent probability of forming a Medium Grade Dao Foundation didn't mean there would be a chance to form a High Grade one.

Therefore, strictly speaking, as long as there were no accidents, she was at least at the level of a High Grade Dao Foundation.

Now, coupled with this Medicinal Pill, raising the probability of forming a Top-Grade Dao Foundation by ten or twenty percent should not be a problem.