Chapter 2276: Five Elements Stone, Nine Yang Fruit

A short while later, they appeared in a spacious underground cavern. The stone walls were carved with numerous profound runes, emitting a strong wave of restrictive energy.

Inside the cavern, there were more than ten cyan shelves. Each shelf was covered by a thick cyan light barrier, displaying items such as spiritual wood, ores, demonic beast materials, and jade slips.

Wang Xianzheng approached a cyan shelf, took out a light cyan square token, and gently flicked it. A beam of cyan light shot out and vanished into the light barrier. The cyan light barrier flickered once, then dissipated.

She picked up a cyan jade box and handed it to Wang Changsheng with both hands.

Wang Changsheng opened it to find a misty, crystal-clear spiritual stone inside.

"A top-grade spiritual stone!"

A flicker of surprise crossed Wang Changsheng's eyes. Even in the Xuanyang Realm, top-grade spiritual stones were extremely precious. They were primarily used to set up high-level formations, especially protective clan or sect formations, allowing them to operate for extended periods.

Furthermore, top-grade spiritual stones could be used to power puppet beasts, enabling them to unleash greater power. Even fifth-tier puppet beasts could be driven with high-grade spiritual stones.

Wang Changsheng possessed fewer than ten top-grade spiritual stones. Most of them were arranged within the clan's protective formation to maintain its operation; apart from a few top-grade spiritual stones, the rest were high-grade ones.

Using only top-grade spiritual stones for a formation—no one could be that extravagant!

"Our clansmen unearthed this from a large spiritual stone mine," Wang Xianzheng explained. "It was originally intended for setting up formations to aid cultivation because the spiritual energy in the Thousand Gourd Realm is currently thin, making it difficult to break through to the Soul Transformation stage. Using top-grade spiritual stones to set up spirit-gathering formations would aid cultivation."

Wang Changsheng nodded and said, "I brought a fifth-tier formation master with me. I'll have her set up a spirit-gathering formation using other materials to assist your cultivation."

If a formation master's skill wasn't sufficient, only top-grade spiritual stones could enhance the formation's power. However, Zhong Ruyi was a fifth-tier formation master, so setting up an enhanced spirit-gathering formation would be no trouble for her.

Wang Xianzheng picked up a golden jade box, opened its lid, and a dazzling five-colored spiritual light swept out.

"This is..."

Wang Changsheng narrowed his eyes, gazing at the jade box. As the five-colored spiritual light dispersed, a millstone-sized five-colored ore was revealed, its surface shimmering with five-colored spiritual light.

He picked up the five-colored ore and examined it carefully; his breathing quickened.

"A Five-elemental Stone!"

Wang Changsheng's tone was heavy. The Five-elemental Stone was a special ore that, after refining, yielded a material called Five-elemental Divine Sand. Treasures crafted with Five-elemental Divine Sand could easily break through Five-elemental restrictions.

"This ore was obtained from within an ancient beast," Wang Xianzheng explained, "even nascent flame had no effect on it."

Wang Changsheng showed a look of approval and said, "Excellent, is there anything else?"

"No, this is all the family's treasures," Wang Xianzheng shook her head.

Wang Changsheng walked around the treasure vault but found no other treasures. Possessing a top-grade spiritual stone and a Five-elemental Stone was already quite good.

Both the Ice Sea Realm and the Thousand Gourd Realm had yielded gains. He hoped the Heavenly Ripple Realm would also yield something.

After leaving the family's treasure vault, Wang Changsheng immediately had Zhong Ruyi go set up an enhanced spirit-gathering formation to assist Wang Xianzheng's cultivation.

"Qingxiao," Wang Changsheng instructed, "go find the other two Soul Transformation cultivators in the Thousand Gourd Realm. Persuade them to serve me; try not to kill anyone. Bring them back; I have questions for them."

There were two known Soul Transformation cultivators in the Thousand Gourd Realm. They had previously extorted resources from the Wang family, taking quite a few items, including Longevity Fruits. It was possible they were the ones who spread the news about the Wang family possessing Longevity Fruits.

"Yes, Ninth Uncle," Wang Qingxiao replied. She acknowledged, transforming into a streak of white light and vanishing into the air.

Wang Changsheng gathered the high-level cultivators on the island, personally lecturing to them on the Dao. He offered guidance to artifact refiners on their craft, imparted cultivation techniques, and guided the clansmen's cultivation.

In the northwestern part of the Thousand Gourd Realm lay a verdant mountain range stretching for a million *li*.

Over ten cultivators stood atop a steep peak, their expressions solemn as they gazed at the sky.

In the high sky, a mass of crimson fire light and a streak of white spiritual light continuously collided, unleashing powerful waves of air.

After a loud bang, the crimson fire light was sent flying backward, stopping only after flying over a thousand *zhang*.

The red light flickered, revealing a dust-covered old man in red robes. His face was slightly pale, and his eyes were filled with fear.

"Fellow Daoist Wang, your cultivation is profound," the old man in red robes quickly said, his expression tense, "I concede, I concede."

The white spiritual light suddenly brightened, transforming into Wang Qingxiao's figure.

"Fellow Daoist Yang," Wang Qingxiao said in a deep voice, throwing a golden jade slip to the old man in red robes, "these are the materials we need to collect; send someone to gather them. Also, come with me; Ninth Uncle wants to see you."

The old man in red robes was named Yang Yan, an early-stage Soul Transformation cultivator. He had visited the Wang family and demanded Longevity Fruits, but that was all; he hadn't dared to go too far.

Otherwise, Wang Qingxiao would not have let him off so easily.

Yang Yan swept his spiritual sense over the jade slip, nodded, and threw the jade slip to his disciples. He instructed, "Immediately pass on the order to collect the materials listed above and then send them to the Wang family."

"Yes, Master," Yang Yan's disciples replied. They acknowledged, collected the jade slip, and departed.

"Let's go, Fellow Daoist Yang. Come with me," Wang Qingxiao said, his tone stern. "Don't worry, I won't kill you. If I wanted to kill you, I wouldn't have held back just now."

Yang Yan gave an awkward smile, nodded in agreement, and followed Wang Qingxiao away.

In the Fire Yang Mountain Range, at the Fire Yang Palace.

Wang Changsheng sat on the main seat, as Xiao MieXian reported the situation to him.

Xiao MieXian had already eliminated the Golden Cloud Sect and other forces that had attacked the Wang family. He performed soul-searching on high-level cultivators, discovering that some of them had visited the Immortal Burial Grotto-heaven and found a Nine-Yang Fruit Tree there.

The Immortal Burial Grotto-heaven was the most perilous place in the Thousand Gourd Realm, and Wang Changsheng had never been there.

Back then, when he and Shangguan Tianhong entered the Wind Snow Abyss, Shangguan Tianhong was severely injured. Given that the Immortal Burial Grotto-heaven was the most perilous place in the Thousand Gourd Realm, it was undoubtedly even more dangerous.

The Nine-Yang Fruit Tree bloomed every two thousand years, bore fruit every two thousand years, and its fruits took another two thousand years to mature. Nine-Yang Fruits could assist cultivators in breaking through to the Soul Transformation stage, as recorded in the Thousand Gourd Realm's ancient texts.

Wang Changsheng had obtained some pill recipes from a spiritual medicine garden of the Thousand Wood Sect. Among them was a recipe for a pill called Nine-Yang Pill, a sixth-tier healing elixir primarily refined from Nine-Yang Fruits.

If he could obtain Nine-Yang Fruits, more Soul Transformation cultivators were likely to emerge among the clansmen in the lower realms. He could also bring them back to the Xuanyang Realm to refine Nine-Yang Pills.

The spiritual items accumulated previously had been used up, and over ten clansmen had failed in their attempts to break through to the Soul Transformation stage.

Because the restrictions were too strong, the Golden Cloud Sect had suffered heavy losses and had to give up.

"Nine-Yang Fruits!" Wang Changsheng asked in a deep voice. "Do you have a map?"

Xiao MieXian took out a red beast hide and handed it to Wang Changsheng with both hands.

Wang Changsheng's gaze swept over it, and a thoughtful expression appeared on his face. He could indeed send someone into the Immortal Burial Grotto-heaven to search for the Nine-Yang Fruits. With Xiao MieXian leading the team, they should be able to obtain them.

"You may go and rest for now," Wang Changsheng instructed. "I'll call upon you if anything else comes up."

Xiao MieXian acknowledged, bowed, and withdrew.