Chapter 2038: The Legacy of Master Xuanfeng? The Water of Black Luster

The bipedal rat's eyes each shot out a beam of yellow light, striking the golden light screen. The surface of the golden screen immediately rippled like water.

At that moment, the mysterious runes on the golden screen seemed to come alive, twisting and deforming rapidly before converging into a single spot, suddenly transforming into a robust golden giant ape.

The golden giant ape let out a low roar, and the golden light screen grew increasingly solid, appearing almost tangible.

"This is the Golden Ape Guardian Array; only immense strength can break it."

Yuan Shu frowned, his expression serious.

A dazzling blue light erupted from his body as he strode forward. A series of "crackling" sounds of bones emanated from him, and his body swelled dramatically.

Yuan Shu's fists glowed with blinding blue light as he smashed them against the golden light screen.

With two muffled thuds, the golden screen dented inwards but quickly returned to its normal state.

Yuan Shu roared, his body growing even larger. He gripped a shimmering blue giant staff tightly in both hands and performed a vertical chop.

Before the blue staff even descended, a piercing whooshing sound filled the air, and the void vibrated and distorted.

The blue giant staff struck the golden light screen with a dull thud, causing it to immediately dent inwards.

However, the golden giant ape on the screen's surface quickly let out a deafening roar, and the golden screen slowly reverted to its normal state.

A gust of wind blew past, and Wang Changsheng suddenly appeared before the golden screen. His fists, enveloped in a ball of blue light, struck the screen.

With muffled thuds, the golden screen caved in. The golden giant ape on its surface let out an extremely painful roar, its features contorted.

A fierce glint flashed in Wang Changsheng's eyes, veins bulging as he exerted force with both fists.

The golden light screen shattered like foam, dissolving into specks of spiritual light and vanishing.

An enticing fragrance wafted into their nostrils. As they inhaled the scent, their spirits were instantly revitalized.

"The Azure Moon Peaches cannot be touched directly by hand. They must be handled with magic treasures crafted from wood-attributed materials and stored only in vessels made of spiritual wood."

Wang Changsheng stated slowly.

"Of course, I know that. Luckily, I have a wood-attributed treasure on hand."

Yuan Shu took out a shimmering green pair of scissors and approached the Azure Moon Peaches.

He carefully cut the fruit stems, allowing the Azure Moon Peaches to fall into a wooden box.

There were thirty-three Azure Moon Peaches in total. Yuan Shu took fifteen, and Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan took eighteen. Yuan Shu, aware of his place, did not dare to ask for too many.

The wood demon was only a fourth-tier creature, unable to transplant the Azure Moon Peach trees, so they could only chop them down for artifact refining. As for the Azure Moon Breath Soil, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan took the majority, while Yuan Shu took a smaller portion.

Behind the spiritual field was a green stone arch bridge, and on the opposite bank lay a tranquil garden filled with numerous exotic flowers and plants.

Wang Ruyan activated her Dark Phoenix Eyes to observe, finding nothing unusual. Two small dog puppet beasts walked ahead, with them following about five hundred paces behind.

Upon entering the garden, their faces were filled with caution. They expanded their divine sense, observing everything around them.

Suddenly, a green brick stepped on by one of the small dog puppet beasts sank downwards. The environment around them shifted, and they abruptly found themselves in a valley filled with birdsong and the scent of flowers.

Both sides of the valley were adorned with colorful spiritual flowers, and green vines covered the stone walls. The air was thick with a rich floral fragrance.

The green vines seemed to come alive, wriggling and lashing out at Wang Changsheng and his two companions like long green whips.

"An array!"

Wang Changsheng frowned. It was uncommon to trigger a restrictive array using a mechanism.

They dared not be careless and promptly summoned their magic treasures to attack the green vines.

Wang Ruyan activated her Dark Phoenix Eyes to search for the array core.

In a long green corridor, Qing Yu was fiercely battling a golden skeleton over ten zhang tall. The golden skeleton resembled a human figure, assembled from thousands of golden bones of varying sizes, with runes flickering across its surface. Each of the golden skeleton's hands clutched a white bone blade.

There were four green light screens in total, representing four paths. The path they had chosen was different from Wang Changsheng's.

Mi Yan stood to the side, her expression indifferent.

Behind them was a thick green light screen, and behind the golden skeleton stood a light golden stone door, its surface covered by a dense golden light screen.

Qing Yu rubbed his hands together, and countless green electric arcs surged forth, forming a water-vat-sized green lightning orb that emitted a wild aura.

With a flick of his wrist, the green lightning orb shot out of his hand, smashing towards the opposing side.

The golden skeleton swung the bone blade in its hand, cleaving towards the green lightning orb.

With a thunderous roar, a huge explosion erupted, and a blue sun illuminated the area, engulfing the golden skeleton.

After a moment, the blue sun dissipated, and the golden skeleton remained unharmed.

"Fellow Daoist Mi, if you don't act now, those three Nascent Soul cultivators will seize all the treasures."

Qing Yu urged, his expression anxious.

"What's the rush? You can slowly break through this skeletal corpse. When it comes to escape speed, I'm certainly not as fast as you."

Mi Yan's tone was indifferent. They had worked together to break the restriction, and after finally succeeding, Qing Yu used his lightning escape technique to enter the passage first, which naturally displeased her.

"Times have changed; I promise not to make that mistake again. If we delay further, the Nascent Soul juniors will take all the treasures, and Fairy Jin might even enter."

Qing Yu frowned. This place was not without restrictions, so he naturally did not dare to casually use his lightning escape technique.

"If we obtain any treasures, I get priority in choosing."

Mi Yan bargained.

"Very well, as you wish."

Qing Yu readily agreed. If Mi Yan cooperated with him, breaking the restrictions would be easier.

"Then let's not delay. Activate your Dharma Idol and eliminate this fiend! I know you want to subdue it, but subduing a Void Refinement stage skeletal corpse isn't easy, and I don't have time to waste with you."

After Mi Yan finished speaking, she chanted a spell, and ripples spread through the void above her head. A massive red dolphin phantom suddenly appeared, and the surrounding temperature sharply increased.

The red dolphin phantom let out a strange roar, opening its gaping maw to spew forth a stream of crimson-gold flames. Runes flickered within the flames as they landed on the golden skeleton.

With a loud bang, the golden skeleton let out an extremely painful wail, and plumes of green smoke rose from its enormous body.

A tremendous roar came from above Qing Yu's head as a colossal lightning crane phantom appeared above him.

The lightning crane gently flapped its wings, and countless electric arcs surged forth, striking the golden skeleton repeatedly, causing it to emit agonizing wails.

After a series of thunderous roars, the crimson-gold flames and silver lightning engulfed the golden skeleton, with waves of air rolling outwards.

After a moment, the lightning and firelight dissipated, and the golden skeleton was gone, leaving two dimly glowing bones scattered on the ground.

They activated their Dharma Idols to attack the golden light screen.

With a colossal crash, the stone door abruptly shattered, revealing a stone chamber over a hundred zhang wide before them.

In the lower left corner of the stone chamber was a green stone shelf, on which four treasures were displayed: a saber, a spear, a shield, and a flag. Each was a low-grade Spirit Treasure.

"Low-grade Spirit Treasures!"

Qing Yu and Mi Yan were somewhat disappointed, but they still divided the four Spirit Treasures amongst themselves.

"It seems this passage stores treasures. I wonder if there will be any high-grade Spirit Treasures!"

A thoughtful expression appeared on Mi Yan's face. True Immortal Xuanfeng was a Fusion Stage cultivator in his lifetime, so he should have possessed high-grade Spirit Treasures. She wondered if they were stored here.

"We'll know if there are any high-grade Spirit Treasures once we break through the restrictions."

Qing Yu dismissed the thought.

Mi Yan nodded and followed Qing Yu out of the stone chamber. After passing a turn, a wide and brightly lit bluestone passage appeared before them. The passage was empty save for another turn about a hundred paces away.

Mi Yan released a green monkey puppet, taller than a human, and sent it walking down the bluestone passage.

The green monkey puppet explored the entire bluestone passage without any anomalies, so they followed behind it.

Passing through the turn, an even longer bluestone passage appeared before them. At the end of the passage was a green stone door about a zhang high, adorned with the image of a giant green eagle.

The green monkey puppet strode forward, traversing the entire passage without any anomalies, prompting Mi Yan and Qing Yu to follow.

"I wonder what treasures lie behind this stone door. I hope they are high-grade Spirit Treasures."

Mi Yan's gaze was fervent. With a flick of her right hand, a massive crimson fireball flew out, smashing towards the green stone door.

With a thunderous roar, rolling flames engulfed the green stone door.

Soon, a dazzling white light illuminated within the flames. The flames suddenly dissipated, and the green giant eagle transformed into a white giant eagle.

Mysterious white runes suddenly appeared on the floor tiles and stone walls, giving rise to a large expanse of white cold air.

"Oh no, the restriction has been triggered."

Qing Yu's expression changed, and he exclaimed.

They felt a blur before their eyes and suddenly found themselves in a world of ice and snow.

Numerous white snowflakes continuously drifted down from high above, and cold winds howled.

Countless white snowflakes danced in the wind, blurring before transforming into white ice cones that shot towards them.

Mi Yan and Qing Yu frowned deeply. They exchanged glances and nodded at each other. Without a word, they rapidly performed hand seals. Ripples spread above their heads, and a massive lightning crane phantom and a fire dolphin phantom appeared one after another.

They activated their Dharma Idols to attack the array, intending to break it through brute force.

For a time, explosions echoed continuously, lightning and firelight intertwined, and waves of air surged like tides.

In a brightly lit grand hall, Jin Yue and others were furiously attacking a green light screen. A massive golden eagle phantom appeared high in the air.

A sharp glint flashed in Jin Yue's eyes. As she chanted a spell, her face turned pale. The golden eagle phantom radiated a brilliant golden light, its claws reaching towards the green light screen.

The golden eagle phantom's sharp claws struck the green light screen, causing it to immediately dent inwards, flicker wildly a few times, and then abruptly shatter.

Jin Yue's face lit up with joy. With a flick of her right hand, a wave of golden light swept out, engulfing Jiang Qingfeng and his two companions, transforming into a golden escape light that vanished into the passage.

Their surroundings blurred, and they suddenly appeared on a desolate plain. The plain was strewn with countless grayish-white stones, with no vegetation growing. The sky was grey, giving off an oppressive feeling.

Jin Yue expanded her divine sense, but found nothing.

"You two walk ahead. Try any tricks, and you'll die."

Jin Yue commanded, pointing forward.

"Senior Jin, his cultivation is lower than ours. Why isn't he walking in front?"

The purple-robed girl asked, bewildered and with a hint of grievance.

"He's a spiritual plant cultivator; he can transplant high-grade spiritual plants. Can you two?"

Jin Yue said with a cold face, her tone indifferent.

The purple-robed girl dared not speak further and honestly led the way.

The four quickly vanished across the desolate plain, as if they had never been there.

In a lush garden, the ground shook violently. Hundreds of array flags flew out from beneath the earth, abruptly shattering. A green stone brick broke, revealing glimpses of a shattered array plate.

A spiritual light illuminated the void, and Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, and Yuan Shu suddenly appeared, their faces pale.

The array was quite advanced; even with her Dark Phoenix Eyes, Wang Ruyan couldn't locate its core, forcing them to break it with brute force.

To break the array, they expended a vast amount of magical power, but they finally succeeded.

"It seems True Immortal Xuanfeng's legacy won't be easy to acquire. We need to speed up; who knows when they might catch up."

Yuan Shu urged.

Wang Changsheng nodded, controlling the two small dog puppet beasts to walk forward.

Passing through the garden, a massive black lake appeared before them. In the center of the black lake was a circular stone platform, upon which stood a three-story green pavilion.

Above the pavilion hung a green plaque, conspicuously bearing the three golden characters "Xuanfeng Pavilion."

Some black mist floated above the black lake, and no vegetation grew around its shores.

Wang Changsheng swept his divine sense towards the green pavilion. Strangely, as soon as his divine sense neared the black lake, it was pulled by a mysterious force into the lakebed and vanished.

Wang Changsheng quickly severed the connection to prevent all his divine sense from being drawn into the black lake.

"Xuanfeng Pavilion, could True Immortal Xuanfeng's corpse be here?"

Yuan Shu's gaze was fixed on the green pavilion, his expression excited.

"Acquiring treasures here might not be easy; there could be a sixth-tier demon beast lurking about!"

Wang Changsheng's expression was solemn.

Wang Ruyan activated her Dark Phoenix Eyes to observe the situation beneath the black lake. She only saw a murky black expanse, unable to discern anything at the bottom.

Wang Ruyan raised her hand, and a streak of green light flew out. With a crane's cry, it transformed into a green paper crane with a wingspan of over ten zhang—a third-tier talisman puppet that Wang Ruyan had specially crafted for exploration.

The green paper crane gently flapped its wings and flew towards the black lake.

Initially, there was no anomaly, but after the green paper crane flew over a hundred zhang, the runes on its body flickered wildly, seemingly under attack.

Talisman puppets were inanimate objects, and Wang Ruyan would not feel distressed if a third-tier talisman puppet was destroyed.

As the paper crane talisman puppet approached within a hundred zhang of the green pavilion, holes began to appear on its body, its flying speed drastically decreased, and it ultimately fell into the black lake. The black lake water it touched immediately emitted plumes of green smoke, completely dissolving it.

"Black Glaze Water! It's actually this kind of poisonous water!"

Yuan Shu exclaimed in surprise, his brows tightly furrowed.

"Black Glaze Water? What is that?"

Wang Changsheng was utterly confused. He had consulted many ancient texts describing rare treasures, but this was the first time he had heard of Black Glaze Water.

"The venom sprayed by the Black Glaze Dove is extremely potent. When diluted, it becomes Black Glaze Water. However, breeding this ferocious bird is difficult, and it seems to have become extinct. Even venomous insects cannot survive or move in Black Glaze Water."

Yuan Shu slowly explained.