Chapter 3917: Seizing the Treasure by Breaking the Formation

On Jinhu Island, a vast estate, Zhou Yushan, Wang Yier, Wang Chan, Wang Yong'an, Wang Zongyao, Wang Huanyu, and Zhou Yunhe sat in a stone pavilion, enjoying tea and conversation.

"My friends," Zhou Yushan began, "here is the situation with the four islands. The Golden Jade ore vein deep within Yunmeng Island has spatial turbulence, and high-level demonic beasts emerge from it from time to time, so you must be extra careful."

Zhou Yushan took out a cyan jade slip and handed it to Wang Yier.

He could naturally tell that the Wang family was after the Golden Jade ore vein and wanted usage rights to the four islands; only Yunmeng Island truly held significant value. However, he chose not to expose their true intentions.

The Deng family, who had been in conflict with the Zhou family for many years, upon learning of the marriage alliance between the Wang and Zhou families, did not send out True Immortal cultivators and quickly retreated.

The Zhou family reclaimed some lost territory, killed some Deng family cultivators, and finally vented their long-held frustration.

Zhou Yushan hadn't been this happy in many years; he didn't care what the Wang family wanted to do, as the benefits they provided were tangible.

The Wang family sent a large sum of cultivation resources as a betrothal gift, including a True Immortal stage puppet beast, ten low-grade immortal artifacts, some first-tier immortal pills, and several first-tier immortal talismans. They also purchased cultivation resources produced by the Zhou family, which brought a substantial amount of wealth to the Zhou family.

Wang Yier nodded. This was within their expectations; it didn't really matter that Zhou Yushan could guess their main objective was the Golden Jade ore vein.

"All right," Wang Yier said, "we need to go and take possession of the four islands."

Wang Yier accepted the jade slip and left Jinhu Island with Wang Yong'an and the others.

In less than half an hour, they appeared above an island several thousand miles wide. The island's terrain was higher in the east and lower in the west, and it had many buildings.

Zhou Yushan had withdrawn all personnel, leaving no cultivators on the island.

"Let's set up the formation first!" Wang Yier said.

Wang Yong'an took out formation flags and plates and began to set up the formation.

After setting up the formation, the group flew towards the eastern part of the island, landing in a gigantic valley surrounded by mountains on three sides. At the end of the valley was a massive mine entrance.

They entered the mine, and after walking over a hundred feet, more than a dozen mining tunnels appeared before them.

They walked towards the leftmost tunnel, not moving quickly.

According to Wang Yong'an's analysis, the reason demonic beasts constantly emerged was likely that this place connected to another space, and the formation maintaining it had fallen into disrepair, leading to this situation.

If a secret realm's formation falls into disrepair, it's usually because the demonic beasts inside have grown to a high realm, and it's not easy for them to leave the secret realm. However, if it's a temporarily opened space, and its formation falls into disrepair, then this situation would occur.

Half a day later, they appeared in a mine chamber over a hundred feet wide, where the rock walls glimmered with golden light.

"There's definitely something wrong here," Wang Huanyu said.

She could keenly sense a faint spatial fluctuation. She opened her mouth and spat out a silver light, which struck the void, causing ripples to spread through it. She then struck the void with her right fist, tearing it open and revealing a large void.

Wang Yier cast a protective barrier on himself and flew into the void. He found himself in a space abundant with spiritual energy.

He unleashed his divine sense but found no True Immortal cultivators.

He turned and looked back, seeing a massive void, and then flew further into it.

"Ancestor Yier, what's the situation inside?" Wang Yong'an asked.

"It's an independent space, possibly left by Immortal Chi Meng," Wang Yier replied. "The spiritual energy here isn't particularly abundant; it's similar to the outside world. It seems to have been opened temporarily."

Wang Huanyu took action to expand the space, and the Wang family's formation masters set up formations to make the spiritual energy more abundant, suitable for cultivating immortal herbs and demonic beasts.

"Let's send a message to the family head before we go in to investigate further," Wang Zongyao suggested. "It's safer that way."

Wang Yier nodded, took out a golden Immortal Transmission Mirror, and cast a spell into it. Wang Yongqian appeared on the mirror's surface, and Wang Yier briefly explained what had happened.

"Be careful," Wang Yongqian cautioned, "and don't be careless."

"Understood, Family Head," Wang Yier replied. He assented and put away the Immortal Transmission Mirror.

"I'll stay outside to provide support," Wang Zongyao suggested. "You all go inside to investigate. If you encounter danger, immediately crush the Spirit Transmission Talisman, and I'll contact the family head for backup." He noted that investigating an unknown space carries significant risks and all possibilities must be considered.

A Spirit Transmission Talisman is a special immortal talisman; there are two in a set. If one is crushed, the other will spontaneously ignite, making them essential for treasure hunting.

Wang Yier, Wang Yong'an, Wang Chan, and Wang Huanyu flew into the void, and the void sealed itself thereafter.

Inside the unknown space, Wang Yier released Wang Bao, and the five of them stood on a cyan flying boat, flying towards the distance.

They encountered many demonic beasts, all of which had not yet transformed into human form and were up to the eighth tier.

After a short quarter of an hour, Wang Bao spoke, "Oh, I've found a restriction, in the southeast direction."

Wang Yier cast a spell, and the cyan flying boat immediately glowed brightly with cyan light, flying towards the southeast.

Not long after, the cyan flying boat stopped above an open area. The ground was uneven and pitted, and some terrifying cracks were visible.

Not far away stood a towering peak, with not a single blade of grass growing on it, making it appear quite desolate.

Wang Yier flicked his sleeve, and a golden flying knife shot out, striking the peak.

With a dull clang of metal striking metal, the entire peak immediately shook violently, and a colossal golden blade shot out, slashing towards Wang Yier and the other three.

Wang Huanyu slammed her right hand towards the void, causing ripples to spread through it. A massive void appeared, into which the colossal blade vanished.

They attacked the colossal peak, only to find that each time, the peak would shoot out a golden blade, attacking them.

"Yong'an, is there a way to break it?" Wang Yier asked.

"As long as we exhaust the energy maintaining the formation's operation," Wang Yong'an replied, "the formation can be broken." He said this, taking out formation flags and plates, and began to set up a formation.

After setting up the formation, Wang Yong'an took out a yellow nine-angled formation plate and cast a spell into it. The ground shook violently, turning earth into sand, and transforming the area within ten thousand miles into a vast desert. Countless yellow sand particles surged skyward, forming into yellow sand blades that struck the colossal peak.

A series of explosions erupted, and the colossal peak shook violently as massive golden blades shot out, slashing in all directions.

Rumbling explosions continued, and smoke and dust billowed.

Half a day later, Wang Yong'an changed his spell.

Countless yellow sand particles surged skyward, coalescing into massive yellow mountains that slammed down onto the colossal peak.

The colossal peak no longer unleashed golden blades, but began to shake violently, and a dazzling golden light shot skyward, filling the air with smoke and dust.

After a while, the smoke and dust dispersed.

"There's a humanoid corpse," Wang Bao said excitedly.

With Wang Yong'an's help, they broke through the remaining restrictions and found a humanoid corpse in a simple stone chamber. The corpse's right leg was missing, many of its bones had cracks, and a golden storage bracelet was on its right hand.

Wang Chan spat out a stream of golden light, which landed on the humanoid corpse, but nothing unusual happened.

Even a wisp of a Golden Immortal cultivator's residual soul should not be underestimated, so they dared not be careless.

Wang Yier used various methods to investigate but found no abnormalities. Even Wang Chan found nothing unusual, and only then did they feel at ease.