Chapter 1444: Wealth Explosion

The number of treasures in the storage ring was beyond her imagination.

The storage ring contained numerous robes and tokens from major sects, indicating that this alien had killed many cultivators who had entered the Flying Immortal Ruins.

It was truly not easy to eliminate a Nascent Soul stage alien this time.

It was also fortunate that Wang Huaxu was with Wang Qingjing; anyone else would have been caught by the alien long ago.

"There are Nascent Soul stage aliens here. Let's find a place to hide! We shouldn't go out; we'll just wait until the designated time."

Ye Haitang suggested this, noting that they had acquired quite a few treasures and there was no need to continue risking it. Finding a place to hide would be best.

Ye Haitang's suggestion was met with approval from the others.

Wang Qingjing was severely injured and would need at least a decade to recover. With her fourth-tier puppet beast damaged, she couldn't exert much strength.

"Let's travel underground! Otherwise, we might still encounter aliens."

Wang Qingling jumped onto the back of the Earth Dragon Centipede. Ye Haitang and the other four put away their puppet beasts and formations, then followed suit. After a yellow light illuminated the Earth Dragon Centipede's body, it burrowed into the ground and disappeared.

An hour later, Wang Qingling and the others emerged in a hidden underground cave.

The cave was approximately an acre in size. Its stone walls were rough and uneven, showing no signs of human or demonic beast habitation.

Wang Qiuming directed a puppet beast to carve out five simple stone chambers. Wang Qingjing entered one to take healing pills.

"Wang Huaxu, Cousin Qingling, come with me to set up the formation. It's better to be cautious."

Ye Haitang led Wang Huaxu and Wang Qingling outside to set up the formation.

More than half an hour later, Ye Haitang and the other two returned to the cave.

Wang Qingling emptied the contents of the alien's storage ring, revealing various materials piled up like a mountain.

Spiritual herbs, ores, demonic beast materials, and colorful jade slips were among the abundant items. The sheer quantity made Wang Qingling and the other three gasp simultaneously.

Among the items was a green jade box, one foot in length and width, carved with several lifelike green snakes. A sparkling green talisman, covered with rice-grain-sized green runes, was affixed to its surface.

Wang Qingling peeled off the talisman and opened the jade box, whereupon a burst of dazzling treasure light shot forth.

Inside the jade box were three items: an egg-sized blue spherical pearl emitting pure water spiritual energy, a fist-sized ore that was pure white and glittering, and a bundle of light golden threads.

Ye Haitang and the other three carefully examined the items but only recognized the origin of the blue spherical pearl.

It was a Profound Womb Pearl, an excellent spiritual object for hosting a primordial spirit, and the best material for refining a second primordial spirit.

Refining an external incarnation is very difficult, primarily because the split primordial spirit from a cultivator repels the external incarnation. If the split spirit is too weak, it cannot control the incarnation; if it is too strong, the main body will suffer damage. With a Profound Womb Pearl, cultivating a second primordial spirit significantly increases the chance of successfully refining an external incarnation.

Besides these items, there were also thousands of millennium-old spiritual herbs, with the oldest being three thousand years old, along with numerous refining materials, including ten-thousand-year-old ironwood.

It appeared this alien had been in the Flying Immortal Ruins for some time; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to collect so many materials. However, there were no spiritual treasures among his possessions.

"What is this?"

Wang Qingling picked up a light blue, round token. On its front, the large characters "Zhenhai" were engraved, alongside the smaller characters "Lin Yusen." The back featured a blue palace pattern.

She tried infusing spiritual power into it, and the token suddenly emitted a large cloud of blue water vapor, causing the characters "Zhenhai" to light up brightly.

"Whoosh!"

The blue token shot forth, and with a series of mechanical sounds, it suddenly transformed into a shimmering blue armor. Spiritual light constantly flickered on its surface, emitting astonishing spiritual energy fluctuations.

The armor's surface was conspicuously engraved with the two large characters "Zhenhai."

"Is this a magic treasure-grade spiritual garment?"

Wang Qingling was dumbfounded. To be honest, even in the South Sea, magic treasure-grade spiritual garments were extremely rare. Not only was their refining difficult, but their cost was also very high.

She withdrew her spiritual power, and the spiritual garment's light dimmed, reverting it to a token.

"This token couldn't be from the Spirit Realm, could it? As far as I know, the identity tokens of all cultivation sects in the South Sea are just ordinary. I've never heard of an identity token that can transform into a spiritual garment. The cost to produce this token exceeds a million, and its selling price is beyond imagination."

Wang Qiuming examined the token carefully and said with a frown.

"Could it be an identity token from the Zhenhai Sect? The Zhenhai Sect was once one of the Ten Great Sects of the South Sea."

Wang Huaxu speculated.

Ye Haitang shook her head and said, "I agree with Qiuming. This token most likely comes from the Spirit Realm. Why didn't that alien use it? There must be restrictions on its use."

Wang Qingling infused spiritual power into the token, transforming it into the spiritual garment. She then controlled an ape puppet beast, directing it to walk towards and put on the garment.

The moment the ape puppet beast donned the spiritual garment, the characters "Zhenhai" on its surface suddenly lit up brightly. The garment rapidly constricted, and a large patch of blue flames surged out, enveloping the puppet beast.

The puppet beast struggled violently, but it was futile.

In less than ten breaths, the puppet beast melted into a puddle of molten iron, while the spiritual garment remained perfectly intact.

Clearly, this spiritual garment was meant for a specific person; anyone else who wore it would be courting death.

They sorted and stored the items on the ground, destroying all identity tokens, spiritual garments, and sensing beads from other factions to avoid inviting trouble upon themselves.

In the Spirit Realm, an endless black sea stretched, its waters dark. A gigantic island, a million *li* in circumference, floated high in the sky.

On the island, there were perilous peaks, strange mountains, jagged rocks, and an abundance of exotic flowers and rare plants.

In a gigantic valley surrounded by mountains on three sides, a silver waterfall over a thousand *zhang* long hung from the cliff face, stirring up a tremendous roar and mist.

Behind the waterfall was an extremely vast cave.

In a secret chamber, a blue-robed old man with white hair and a black beard sat cross-legged on a futon. Beside him lay a large quantity of refining materials.

The blue-robed old man had a prominent nose and a face full of wrinkles. In front of him stood a blue cauldron taller than a person.

He suddenly sensed something and struck a spell seal onto the stone wall. A large expanse of dense blue runes appeared on the stone wall, and after blurring briefly, it transformed into a smooth mirror. On the mirror, a graceful blue-dressed girl appeared, her face filled with joy.

"Old Ancestor, Seventh Brother's identity token has reacted, but it quickly disconnected again. The culprit probably couldn't resist using Seventh Brother's identity token. A direction has already been pinpointed."

"Send people to search immediately. Our Lin family members cannot die without explanation. I hope it wasn't the Zhao family who did this. Otherwise, even if the Sect Master intervenes, I will not be lenient with them. Their Zhao family manages the Deacon Hall and is responsible for assigning tasks; they've often given our Lin family a hard time. However, our Lin family is not to be trifled with, as most of the elders in the Law Enforcement Hall are from our family."

The blue-robed old man ordered in a deep voice, his face filled with a grim killing intent.

"Yes, Old Ancestor."

The blue-dressed girl agreed without hesitation.