Chapter 776: Sudden Surge in Profundity

Additionally, practitioners of both cultivation methods can temporarily combine their spiritual sense and magic power, significantly enhancing their attacks.

Naturally, every advantage comes with a disadvantage. While this combined secret technique is incredibly powerful, it has two drawbacks. Firstly, it carries a high risk of qi deviation. To prevent this, it's best to set up special formations or use specific treasures during cultivation. Secondly, it requires the essence soul of a third-tier Concentric Worm as a medium to perform the "Concentric Harmony Art." Once this art is activated, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan can understand each other's thoughts, fostering perfect synergy and facilitating seamless cooperation.

The Concentric Worm is a spirit insect listed 51st on the Heavenly Wonders Insects Ranking. These insects are born in pairs, and their eggs also come in pairs. They possess no offensive capabilities but excel in concealment techniques and are often used to refine stealth artifacts. Concentric Worms prefer habitats rich in fire spiritual energy, but they are now exceedingly rare.

Nangong Miao only provided them with the latter halves of the "Kuisui True Scripture" and the "Heavenly Sound Overturning Sea Art," but not the latter half of the "Blazing Flame True Prowess Art." This decision was part of Nangong Yan's elaborate plan.

A certain cyan shell recorded Nangong Miao's scheme: before his death, he concealed most of the Zhenhai Sect's treasury in a specific location within the sect's main headquarters. Only Nascent Soul cultivators who practiced the three main sect-founding cultivation methods could sense the location of these treasures, which were intended for the reconstruction of the Zhenhai Sect.

Nangong Miao had long anticipated that other cultivators would enter the Zhenhai Sect ruins to seek treasures. Thus, special restrictions were placed on the Zhenhai Sect's treasury and scripture pavilion. Should anyone breach these restrictions, other defensive formations would activate, harming the treasure seekers. Outsiders would be left to search everywhere, while descendants of the Zhenhai Sect would know to go directly to either the scripture pavilion or the treasury. Concurrently, another restriction would activate, initiating a countdown for treasure hunting. Once the time elapsed, all outsiders would be teleported out to random locations. This strategy effectively protected the Zhenhai Sect's descendants. Furthermore, even if all Zhenhai Sect descendants were killed and the treasure seekers were cultivators from the Sun Moon Palace, being randomly teleported to the Myriad Monster Sea would make them vulnerable to encountering monstrous beasts, potentially inflicting heavy losses on them.

Only a portion of the treasures was stored in the treasury, scattered and protected by numerous restrictions. Any cultivator not practicing the three main sect-founding cultivation methods would require considerable time to breach these defenses. This dual approach ensured that outsiders would only obtain a fraction of the riches, preventing them from completely emptying the Zhenhai Sect's vault.

Wang Changsheng nodded subtly, acknowledging the brilliance of Nangong Miao's scheme. It was truly commendable that Nangong Miao, even in death, remained dedicated to the reconstruction of the Zhenhai Sect.

The "Kuisui True Scripture" requires a powerful spiritual sense for cultivation. Unaware that Wang Changsheng had obtained the True Soul Fruit, Nangong Miao provided four methods to enhance spiritual sense: first, raising a Soul-Devouring Golden Cicada; second, cultivating the Nine Yuan Spirit Severing Grand Technique; third, using the Soul-Stabilizing Pearl artifact; and fourth, consuming spiritual fruits or elixirs that boost spiritual sense.

The Nine Yuan Spirit Severing Grand Technique is a secret art for enhancing spiritual sense, though only its first half was provided. It requires setting up formations to aid cultivation, and even a slight error can lead to a backlash. The Soul-Stabilizing Pearl is a supplementary artifact, crafted primarily from the core of a Soul-Stabilizing Fruit and various other auxiliary materials. It slowly nourishes the primordial spirit and soul.

Wang Changsheng carefully reviewed the crafting method for the Soul-Stabilizing Pearl. He already possessed the main material, but the auxiliary ingredients were quite rare and might be difficult to acquire. He still had four True Soul Fruits. If they weren't essential ingredients for refining the Soul-Soothing Elixir, he would have consumed them all by now. The more True Soul Fruits one consumed, the diminishing returns in spiritual sense enhancement. This extraordinary natural fruit offered remarkable efficacy only upon the first consumption; subsequent doses would not yield as significant an increase in spiritual sense as the initial one.

Wang Changsheng briefly recounted his experiences in the Zhenhai Sect ruins, then took out a True Soul Fruit and handed it to Wang Ruyan. "My dear, consume this True Soul Fruit; it can enhance your spiritual sense."

As Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan cultivated their combined secret technique, their magic power and spiritual sense could temporarily merge. The stronger Wang Ruyan's spiritual sense, the more powerful their combined strength would be in the future.

Among the nine spirit arts, one was a spiritual sense attack art called "Soul Suppression Art." It could briefly stun a cultivator's soul and required a sufficiently powerful spiritual sense to cast. The stronger the spiritual sense, the greater the attack power of the Soul Suppression Art. According to the shell's records, the Soul Suppression Art was a spirit art obtained by the Zhenhai Sect from the Immortal Suppressing Pagoda. Some major powers also practiced this art.

There was also a set of ancient artifacts known as the Heavenly Sea Mirror, consisting of five individual mirrors, whose attacks could be stacked. In addition, there were three shimmering silver tokens, each inscribed with the characters "Immortal Suppressing Token" on its front.

"Immortal Suppressing Token!"

Wang Changsheng's expression turned thoughtful. In the South Sea Cultivation World, a powerful figure had once forged a Heavenly Treasure, the Immortal Suppressing Pagoda, which contained countless treasures, including cultivation methods, secret arts, Nascent Soul-forming spiritual objects, and even other Heavenly Treasures. The Immortal Suppressing Token was the key to entering the Immortal Suppressing Pagoda. However, the pagoda appeared in different locations each time it manifested, so Wang Changsheng was uncertain if he could use the tokens to enter it for treasure hunting.

Besides these treasures, there were five bottles of elixirs for advancing magic power and over a dozen elixir formulas. Additionally, there were crafting insights from successive fourth-tier artifact refining masters of the Zhenhai Sect, along with methods for refining various artifacts. All these items were useful to Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan but held little utility for others. Clearly, Nangong Miao hoped Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan would rapidly raise their cultivation levels to rebuild the Zhenhai Sect.

It was somewhat regrettable that, apart from the set of ancient artifacts, there were no other magical artifacts or thousand-year spiritual medicines. What excited Wang Changsheng the most was a map to a Yellow-grade secret realm. The Five Sects of Wei Nation controlled a Yellow-grade secret realm where vast quantities of spiritual herbs were cultivated, usable for refining Foundation Establishment Elixirs. According to the shell's records, five Core Formation cultivators could use the Heavenly Sea Mirror to open the secret realm entrance. The realm contained abundant spiritual herbs and demonic beasts, serving as a training ground for Zhenhai Sect disciples.

This Yellow-grade secret realm allowed Qi Refining cultivators to enter. As long as five Core Formation cultivators were gathered, they could use the Heavenly Sea Mirror to open the realm's entrance. If the Heavenly Sea Mirror were destroyed, the Zhenhai Cauldron could also open the entrance, but Wang Changsheng did not possess the Zhenhai Cauldron.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan gained significant rewards from their trip to the Zhenhai Sect ruins. Of course, had they not been descendants of the Zhenhai Sect, Nangong Miao might not have bequeathed them so much. If the outside world discovered that the Wang family controlled a Yellow-grade secret realm, they would undoubtedly face trouble. Possessing such a realm not only allowed for the training of disciples but also for the cultivation of rare spiritual herbs, some of which grew naturally and were difficult to cultivate artificially. The value of a Yellow-grade secret realm was immeasurable in spirit stones. Therefore, Wang Changsheng would not let outsiders know about its existence and planned to proceed with extreme caution.

Having been passed down for ten thousand years, the Zhenhai Sect naturally possessed methods for refining Core Formation spiritual objects. Nangong Miao provided three such refining methods, but the required materials were quite rare and hard to find. Perhaps some could be found within the secret realm.