Chapter 416: Numerous Treasures

The reason Sun Lingtong was certain the other party was dead was that he had used his innate spirit eyes to examine them.

Naturally, he knew that he was merely a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and the gap in cultivation level between him and a Nascent Soul level being was as vast as heaven and earth.

But he also had the detection capabilities of his Thousand Mile Roaming Dragon.

This automaton creation was of Nascent Soul level, and its ability to investigate a Nascent Soul level being was far greater than Sun Lingtong's own.

Sun Lingtong stared at the stone sphere before him, muttering in his heart, "A Nascent Soul level being has already perished."

He immediately recalled the group of hooded black-robed cultivators he had been tracking and quickly pieced together the basic outline of the truth in his mind.

"It seems these people actually came to pay respects, hoping to meet or awaken this Nascent Soul level being."

"This being is clearly not some upright cultivator, which is why those people outside the cave set up formations, even sacrificing their own kind."

"They just never expected that the Nascent Soul level being had already passed away."

Although cultivators are powerful, there are many instances of them perishing.

For example, low-level cultivators who become so engrossed in their cultivation that they forget to eat, leading to death by starvation. This was a common occurrence in ancient times, which led to the development of Nourishment Pills.

Another example is similar to Ning Zhuo's previous enlightenment of the Dao. Due to excessive immersion and brain drain, he burned out his brain, leading to mild cases of dementia or, in severe cases, loss of life and instant death.

Many high-level cultivators also encounter bottlenecks in their cultivation. After trying other methods to no avail, they can only enter secluded cultivation with the intention of death. Secluded cultivation with the intention of death, as the name suggests, means they will not rest until their goal is achieved. Either they breakthrough their cultivation, or they die! This situation often occurs when a cultivator's lifespan is nearing its end.

"Could it be that this Nascent Soul level being was also nearing the end of their lifespan?"

Sun Lingtong secretly speculated.

His heartbeat gradually quickened, and he murmured, "Exciting, this is truly exciting."

Outside the giant cave, the four remaining black-robed cultivators were communicating with their divine sense.

After a brief argument, one of them stepped forward.

He took out a scarlet token from his懷中 and infused spiritual power into it.

Then, he took out a talisman paper and wrote on it on the spot, creating a flying message.

At the end of the flying message, he raised the token and shot out a talisman seal, imprinting it on the flying message to signify his identity.

The cultivator risked his life to send the flying message into the giant cave.

After completing this step, he immediately knelt down, his forehead pressed against the ground, performing a great bowing ceremony.

At the same time, the other three black-robed cultivators also did the same, extremely nervous.

The flying message flew rapidly all the way to the bottom of the cave, then hovered around the spherical object, constantly circling it.

Sun Lingtong took a deep breath and immediately mobilized the Thousand Mile Roaming Dragon to directly swallow this flying message.

The black-robed cultivator maintaining the flying message felt a sudden shock in his heart. He felt that he had lost contact with the flying message. He could feel that the flying message had not been destroyed, but had just disappeared.

This made him feel even more horrified than if the flying message had been destroyed, like a stone thrown into a deep abyss, without the echo of it hitting the bottom of the cave for a long time.

Sun Lingtong, on the other hand, became a little anxious.

"These black-robed cultivators are willing to sacrifice themselves to come and see the Nascent Soul level being here."

"They are clearly being manipulated by a stronger power behind them!"

"This time it's a flying message, next time someone will probably come in."

"I don't have much time, I need to find the Nascent Soul's legacy as soon as possible."

However, Sun Lingtong, controlling the Thousand Mile Roaming Dragon, circled the bottom of the cave several times without finding anything.

The bottom of the cave was empty. Not a single trace of treasure, only stones, stones everywhere!

The automaton dragon kept observing outside the cave.

The four black-robed cultivators outside the cave had gathered at the entrance, wanting to step in, but also extremely nervous and hesitant.

Sun Lingtong sighed.

He didn't want to kill these people. Not to mention that all four of them were at the Foundation Establishment level, there were many of them, and their methods were unclear.

There must be a big shot behind them. Killing them would attract a big shot!

A big shot who can proactively visit a Nascent Soul level being is at least at the Nascent Soul level in terms of cultivation.

"Little Zhuo and I have just arrived at Qianfeng Forest, and we're already attracting Nascent Soul level and even Nascent Soul level cultivators. This is really not suitable!"

If Sun Lingtong had found the Nascent Soul legacy, that would be one thing.

The key was that he hadn't found anything.

Getting no benefits and inexplicably offending a big shot was too irrational.

"Ah ya ya." Sun Lingtong scratched his head, extremely unwilling.

It was clearly a shocking opportunity, but it seemed he was going to return empty-handed.

"Taking a little risk is nothing, right." Sun Lingtong thought for a moment, hardened his heart, and controlled the Thousand Mile Roaming Dragon to gradually approach the only large stone sphere at the bottom of the cave.

On the surface, the stone sphere looked very ordinary. But under the detection of the Thousand Mile Roaming Dragon, Sun Lingtong could sense that the stone sphere contained a considerable amount of Dao charm.

The Thousand Mile Roaming Dragon opened its small mouth and shot out a magic tool from it.

It was something released by Sun Lingtong.

The magic tool hit the stone sphere and immediately caused large cracks to appear.

"Eh?!" The defense on the surface of the stone sphere was weaker than Sun Lingtong had imagined.

The next moment, the stone skin fell off, and the brilliant treasure light inside shone forth, illuminating the surroundings.

Sun Lingtong couldn't help but widen his mouth.

Even while inside the automaton dragon, his face and even his entire body were illuminated by the radiant light.

"I'm rich, I'm rich!"

Sun Lingtong couldn't help but let out bursts of cheers in his heart.

In just this small cracked area, he saw a piece of Profound Yellow Mother Stone, a handful of Earth Core Spiritual Soil, a piece of Skyfall Star Marrow, and a piece of Purple Crystal Profound Rock!

The Profound Yellow Mother Stone had earth patterns and exuded a heavy earthy aura. It was a fragment of the root of the earth, possessing extremely strong defense and stable properties.

The Earth Core Spiritual Soil contained the essence of the earth veins and could only be found in the deepest parts of the earth or where earth veins intersected. It was excellent cultivation soil. The growth speed and medicinal properties of planted spiritual herbs would be significantly enhanced.

Skyfall Star Marrow and Purple Crystal Profound Rock were also exceptionally precious, so they will not be explained in detail for now.

"These four types of treasure materials are all at the Nascent Soul level!"

Sun Lingtong was so excited that he was about to drool.

He quickly released more magic tools and began to excavate.

Treasure materials were dug out one by one and absorbed into the body of the Thousand Mile Roaming Dragon.

Rainbow Light Mystic Jade, Blood Fiend Demonic Stone, Indestructible Great Essence, Underworld Black Earth...

These treasure materials had two things in common. The first was that they were all related to the earth element, either stone, jade, or soil. The second was that their grades were all very high, all at the Nascent Soul level!

"This Nascent Soul cultivator might specialize in the earth element and is likely a creature of the earth element in their original form."

"The outer layer of the stone sphere is all treasure materials of the Nascent Soul level. If I dig into the inner layer, there should be materials of the Nascent Soul level, right?"

Sun Lingtong licked his lips and continued digging.

This feeling, for him, was truly wonderful.

Of course, he did not get carried away and kept an eye on the group of black-robed cultivators outside the cave.

With great treasures right before his eyes, if these people were to barge in now, then Sun Lingtong wouldn't be blamed for resorting to ruthless methods!

However, contrary to Sun Lingtong's guess, the four hooded black robes ultimately did not step in. After hesitating and struggling, they all bowed and turned to leave the area.

When excavating, Sun Lingtong naturally used methods to conceal the sound and light, so they were unaware of the actual situation at the bottom of the cave.

Sun Lingtong dug out the outer layer of the stone sphere, obtaining a large amount of treasure materials. It was like soaring to the sky, becoming rich overnight!

But when he continued to dig into the inner layer, he encountered a huge obstacle.

No matter what methods he used, he could not shake the shrunk stone sphere.

Moreover, the stone sphere trembled slightly and began to absorb a large amount of earth element spiritual energy. This spiritual energy attached itself to its surface, constantly solidifying and transforming into new stone skin.

The stone skin gradually covered the treasure light and rapidly thickened at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Sun Lingtong's eyes shone brightly: "Could it be that these stone skins will gradually transform into treasure materials of the Nascent Soul level?"

He immediately took action and dug again.

The newly formed stone skin was very fragile. After being shoveled away, it was just ordinary stone material, which greatly disappointed Sun Lingtong.

"It seems that the sublimation of stone material into various treasure materials requires a long time and cannot be achieved overnight."

Sun Lingtong dug to the inner layer but still couldn't think of anything.

"Hehehe."

"Let's call out Little Zhuo and have him think of a way."

"His big head has always been good!"

"I'm curious, no matter how hard this stone sphere is, can it be harder than the Great Serpent Scythe?"

Just as he thought of this, the automaton dragon suddenly let out a piercing alarm.

Sun Lingtong's expression changed dramatically. He suddenly raised his hands and saw that they were covered in a layer of limestone, gradually turning to stone!

"Wh-what's going on?!"

Sun Lingtong quickly activated his spiritual power, channeling it into his hands to resist the petrification.

Although the speed of petrification was greatly slowed down, it was still tenacious and continued to erode.

Sun Lingtong quickly took out a pill and swallowed it, trying various spells, but to little effect.

"Is this a huge trap?!"

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