Chapter 748: Lost and Found Nine Netherworld Heavenly Illusion Treasure Book

The white-robed elder quickly opened his mouth and spat out a brightly glowing white command flag. It swayed in the wind, rapidly grew, and landed in his hands. Holding the white banner with both hands, he gently shook it, and countless streams of chilling energy surged out, transforming into five colossal white ice pythons that lunged forward.

With a rumbling sound, the white ice pythons collided with the blue water pythons. They were shattered by the blue water pythons, and countless chilling currents surged out, freezing the blue water pythons.

The three Mountain-Sea Orbs spun around and struck from three directions. If hit by the Mountain-Sea Orbs, the white-robed elder would surely be pulverized.

The white-robed elder did not dodge, allowing the three Mountain-Sea Orbs to strike him. Just as the Mountain-Sea Orbs were less than ten zhang away, a large expanse of white light burst from his body, covering an area of several dozen zhang around him.

The spiritual technique, "Profound Ice Aura," could freeze objects within an area. The three Mountain-Sea Orbs touched the white light, immediately halted, and quickly froze over.

Wang Changsheng snorted softly. With a hand seal, the three Mountain-Sea Orbs spun rapidly, their icy surfaces shattered, and the white light flickered wildly, appearing on the verge of breaking.

The white-robed elder dared not delay. He released a massive blue turtle, jumped onto its back, and disappeared into the seabed.

With a loud rumble, the white light shattered. The three Mountain-Sea Orbs plunged heavily into the sea, splashing up massive waves. Wang Changsheng extended his divine sense to investigate and found that the white-robed elder had already fled.

With one hand, he reached out towards the bodies of the five Foundation Establishment cultivators. Several storage bead bracelets flew into his hand, and he then probed them with his divine sense.

"Yellow Dragon Island!"

Wang Changsheng frowned, holding a yellow token in his hand with the words "Yellow Dragon Island" inscribed on it. With a wave of his hand, the three Mountain-Sea Orbs rapidly shrunk and flew back into his mouth, disappearing.

The Coral Sea and the Red Moon Sea were tens of millions of li apart. Why would cultivators from Yellow Dragon Island try to harm him? It shouldn't be an assassination attempt. Wang Changsheng pondered. It seemed that Yellow Dragon Island was targeting the Hailan Sect, but they hadn't expected the Wang family to kill the Hailan Sect cultivators. Could it be that among those nine Hailan Sect cultivators, there was a core disciple of the Hailan Sect?

Wang Changsheng couldn't understand what Yellow Dragon Island's intentions were. The cultivators from Yellow Dragon Island seemed to be monitoring this area, not ambushing and killing cultivators.

"There's a restriction on the island," Ye Lin flew over and asked, "Should we break it open and take a look?"

"Let's break it open and see!" Wang Changsheng replied. "They've all run away anyway."

Wang Changsheng and the two others landed outside a dense forest. Ye Haitang took out formation flags and a formation plate to dismantle the formation. She conjured three green flying daggers, cut down two towering trees, and the dense forest blurred, turning into a pile of chaotic rocks. A steep cliff appeared before them.

The three green flying daggers struck the steep rock face, emitting muffled "clanging" sounds, and a pale yellow light barrier then emerged. Wang Changsheng and Ye Lin did not disturb Ye Haitang, allowing her to dismantle the formation independently.

Ye Haitang continuously channeled her magical artifacts to attack the yellow light barrier. However, the yellow light barrier appeared extremely sturdy. She took out dozens of green formation flags, inserted them into the ground near the rock face, and cast a spell into the formation plate. The ground became uneven, a green light emanated from the rock face, and a large patch of weeds grew. The yellow light barrier flickered wildly. The number of weeds grew, obscuring the entire rock face.

With a thunderous roar, the rock face suddenly exploded, sending a cloud of dust flying out. After a while, the dust dispersed, revealing a cave entrance about a zhang wide.

"The outer formation has been broken," Ye Lin cautioned, a little worried, "There are still formations inside, so be careful."

"Haitang, be careful," Wang Changsheng added. "Don't push yourself if you can't manage; do what you're capable of."

"Understood, Dad, Uncle," Ye Haitang nodded. "I can handle it myself; just give me some time."

Ye Haitang released two puppet beasts, which walked ahead. She followed them inside. Soon after, a tremendous roar echoed from within the cave. Ye Lin's expression remained calm. He had already observed with his Golden Moon Spirit Eyes that there was no one inside, which was why he felt at ease letting Ye Haitang break the formation.

Less than half an hour later, Ye Haitang emerged, covered in a fair amount of dust and looking a bit disheveled.

"Dad, Uncle," she said, "I've broken most of the restrictions. There's one last restriction, the Four Symbols Golden Geng Formation. This type of restriction can only be broken by brute force. I've tried many methods, but none worked."

"Brute force, you say?" Wang Changsheng smiled faintly. "Leave it to Uncle." He walked in, Ye Lin following closely behind.

The cave was a bit narrow and winding. Soon after, they reached the end. A four-colored light barrier blocked their path. The barrier was covered in Buddhist runes, making it incredibly dazzling. Behind the four-colored light barrier, there was a round stone door.

Wang Changsheng opened his mouth, and a Mountain-Sea Orb flew out and landed in his hand. He clenched his fist and powerfully smashed it against the four-colored light barrier. With a muffled thud, the four-colored light barrier shook violently, indented, and the Buddhist runes instantly brightened. A flicker of surprise crossed Wang Changsheng's eyes. His punch had a force of over ten thousand jin, yet it couldn't break the restriction.

"This is a Buddhist restriction, and it can only be broken by brute force," Ye Lin taught earnestly. "You could set up a third-tier Thousand Fiend Spirit Transformation Formation, a Golden Core Spirit Protection Formation, or a Hundred Poisons Spirit Eradication Formation to break it. Of course, you don't have the materials needed for these types of formations, so you can't break it that way. You should always think more, and not immediately assert that something cannot be broken. Formations are set up by people, so there are definitely flaws. There are no unbreakable formations, only formation masters who are unwilling to put in the effort to break them, understand?"

Ye Haitang nodded and said, "Understood, daughter has noted it."

Wang Changsheng opened his mouth, and another Mountain-Sea Orb flew out and landed in his left hand. He held a Mountain-Sea Orb in each fist and fiercely smashed them towards the four-colored light barrier.

With a thunderous roar and a colossal crash, the four-colored light barrier was shattered by Wang Changsheng, and the round stone door also broke apart, revealing a stone chamber over ten zhang in size before them.

In the center of the stone chamber lay a white skeleton. Its Daoist robe was tattered and covered in dust. A white storage bag hung from the skeleton's waist. Wang Changsheng released his divine sense, carefully examined the stone chamber, and after confirming there were no issues, he released a puppet beast, which went forward and retrieved the storage bag.

Wang Changsheng swept his divine sense through it and showed delight. It contained a vast amount of wealth. It truly seemed to be the meditation cave of a Nascent Soul cultivator. But why would cultivators from Yellow Dragon Island be here? He couldn't figure it out, so he simply stopped thinking about it. He left the deserted island with Ye Lin and Ye Haitang.

Several days later, Wang Changsheng returned to Silver Snake Island. To his great relief, Silver Snake Island had not been attacked.

Upon returning to his residence, Wang Changsheng took out a white storage bag and emptied its contents. Spirit stones, monster materials, magical treasures, pills, and colorful shells formed a small mountain. Wang Changsheng's expression was one of immense excitement. There were 210,000 spirit stones, a quantity of third-tier monster materials, seven magical treasures, three bottles of third-tier pills, a spirit item for Core Formation, and a large pile of jade slips.

He picked up a green shell, immersed his divine sense into it, and examined its contents. After the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Wang Changsheng's expression turned strange, holding a blue shell in his hand.

Wang Changsheng chuckled softly and murmured to himself, "The 'Heavenly Illusion Grand Art'? It's clearly the 'Nine Nether Heavenly Illusion Tome'." He had originally believed it truly was the meditation cave of Old Man Tianhuan, but one of the shells contained the cultivation method for the "Nine Nether Heavenly Illusion Tome." However, its name had been changed to "Heavenly Illusion Grand Art."

Wang Changsheng had set a trap, deliberately allowing the Yellow Dragon Island cultivators to obtain the "Nine Nether Heavenly Illusion Tome." He had originally intended to use this to scheme against Yellow Dragon Island. It was greatly beyond Wang Changsheng's expectation that Yellow Dragon Island did not let their disciples cultivate it.