Chapter 4181: Favorable Outcome from Misfortune

It appears this person was an immortal winemaker, and these immortal wine recipes could significantly strengthen the Wang family's foundation.

The immortal realm is rich in cultivation resources. Many items assist immortals in cultivating to become peak True Spirits, with the most famous and effective being the Golden Lotus Immortal Fruit.

Wang Yingjie carefully checked the items and found a Qiankun Token. It seemed this person had accessed the core area of the Qiankun Ruins, as entry to that zone requires such a token. Wang Yingjie didn't know what would happen if someone tried to force their way into the core area without a Qiankun Token, but he presumed it wouldn't end well. Major powers were actively collecting Qiankun Tokens, which were, to some extent, considered a valuable cultivation resource.

Wang Yingjie collected the items from the ground, feeling fortunate he had secured them. Had they fallen into the Murong family's hands, that family could have used them to trade for cultivation resources, particularly Heaven's Star Stones, with the Cao family or other major powers. Time-attribute materials were exceedingly rare, and Heaven's Star Stones could be used to refine mid-grade time-attribute immortal artifacts. Wang Yingjie speculated that the Heaven's Star Stones must have been discovered within the Qiankun Ruins, likely brought out from its core area. He wondered if any more Heaven's Star Stones remained in the core. The Qiankun Ruins truly lived up to its name as a Celestial City, possessing Heaven's Star Stones even in its outer region. He was certain the core area held far more valuable treasures. Wang Yingjie, however, knew his limits and decided to focus his treasure hunt on the outer region.

He put away the items on the ground and took out his immortal communication mirror to contact Wang Changsheng and the others. Over half an hour passed, and the immortal communication mirror showed no reaction. It seemed his suspicion was correct: the Qiankun Ruins restricted the use of such devices. Unable to contact Wang Changsheng and the others, he was forced to act independently. Wang Yingjie then took out a Rejuvenating Immortal Pill and swallowed it. The pill melted instantly in his mouth, and he quickly circulated his energy to refine its medicinal properties. Not long after, his complexion regained its healthy glow. In a perilous place like the Qiankun Ruins, he had to maintain ample immortal vital energy.

"I wonder how the Ancestor is doing," Wang Yingjie muttered to himself, and a bright yellow light erupted from his body as he burrowed into the stone wall and vanished.

Deep within the Qiankun Ruins lay a vast, desolate plain where not a blade of grass grew. The sky was gray, casting an oppressive atmosphere over the area. Two streaks of light flew in from the distance at high speed. The two streaks of light slowed, revealing a young man in a blue shirt with ordinary features and a curvaceous young woman in a blue dress—Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan, who had altered their appearances. Their faces were pale, showing signs of excessive depletion of their immortal vital energy. They were fleeing by casting the Daoist spell, Sky-Treading Steps. The Grand Unity Golden Immortal could not catch them, but the opponent had not given up and continued to pursue them relentlessly.

A red light illuminated Wang Ruyan's glabella, and a red eye emerged—it was her True Fiery Eye. "Spatial cracks! And quite a few of them," Wang Ruyan said with a frown. Wang Changsheng glanced behind him and asked with a frown, "Can we avoid them?"

"If we pass through here," Wang Ruyan said, "there are thunder-attribute restrictions with considerable power. Perhaps we can shake him off."

"Then let's go this way!" Wang Changsheng said. They stepped their right feet into the void, their bodies seemingly merging with the surroundings. With a flicker, they reappeared a hundred thousand zhang away.

Wang Ruyan used her True Fiery Eye to avoid the moving spatial cracks. After crossing the plain, a vast and boundless lake appeared before them. Thunder rumbled and lightning flashed in the sky above, with thick red lightning bolts striking down. Wang Changsheng's right index finger glowed with a white light. With a flick of his finger, a streak of white light shot out and entered the lake. The lake instantly froze, and the ice layer continuously spread, encasing the entire lake.

As they flew towards the lake surface, two thick red lightning bolts tore through the sky and struck them directly. Their bodies instantly went numb, and an unbearable stinging pain coursed through them. "Red Lotus Immortal Lightning!" Wang Changsheng frowned. This was a relatively powerful type of immortal lightning, specifically designed to target beings with robust physical bodies. As peak True Spirits, they could withstand it, but an ordinary Golden Immortal would be obliterated by a single strike.

Two more thick Red Lotus Immortal Lightning bolts struck down. Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan dared not take them head-on and used Sky-Treading Steps to evade. While other Golden Immortal cultivators would find it difficult to avoid such attacks, Sky-Treading Steps was a powerful Daoist spell, making it effortless to avoid the two Red Lotus Immortal Lightning bolts. As they flew forward, more and more Red Lotus Immortal Lightning bolts struck down, but they successfully dodged every single one. Ten breaths later, they appeared above a desolate mountain range, where even more numerous and powerful Red Lotus Immortal Lightning bolts struck down. They dared not linger. After each taking a Rejuvenating Immortal Pill, they continued to fly forward, disappearing into the depths of the mountains.

Over half an hour later, the black-robed elder arrived, his face pale. A Grand Unity Golden Immortal failing to catch two Golden Immortal cultivators would be an enormous joke if word got out, yet that was precisely the reality, leaving the black-robed elder in disbelief. A small umbrella shimmering with black light floated above his head, and in his right hand, he held a black spherical pearl. His brows were tightly furrowed. Red lightning bolts struck down, landing on the black small umbrella, which, being only a mid-grade immortal artifact, shook continuously. The black-robed elder noticed that for every ten thousand li he advanced, the power of the restrictions doubled. Those two were peak True Spirits and could withstand it, but he could not. After much deliberation, he decided to give up. In a desolate wilderness, he wouldn't easily abandon a chase, but there were simply too many restrictions here.

The black-robed elder retreated, returning the way he came. He hadn't flown far when a humanoid seven-colored Chaos Beast, wielding a black spear, charged at him. "Oh no, it's a Grand Unity Golden Immortal stage Chaos Beast!" The black-robed elder was greatly alarmed. Innumerable black demonic patterns surged from his body as the black spear pierced through him. He then transformed into a cloud of black mist and vanished.

At a steep peak, countless thick lightning bolts of various colors could be seen at its summit. Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan stood in an open area, with the Qianyu Shield floating above their heads, blocking the striking red lightning. Wang Changsheng held a crystalline blue jade in his hand and muttered to himself, "A primeval artifact!" He had never expected to find a primeval artifact here. This was already the core area of the Qiankun Ruins, and it was truly strange that a primeval artifact was found on the ground without any traces of battle. He speculated that it must have fallen here after a Grand Unity Golden Immortal's battle in the sky caused treasures to scatter.

"He doesn't seem to be pursuing us anymore," Wang Ruyan said.

"If not for the Qianyu Shield, it would have been difficult for us to reach here," Wang Changsheng said, looking towards the distant peak. "He would only come here if he wished for death." That peak surely held valuable items, but powerful restrictions on it prevented even Wang Ruyan's True Fiery Eye from probing them.

Thick red lightning bolts struck the Qianyu Shield, causing it to shake slightly. Wang Changsheng put away the Qianyu Shield. A thick red lightning bolt struck his body, causing unbearable pain, like countless needles piercing him, followed by complete numbness. Before this sensation could subside, a second red lightning bolt struck.