"Let’s go, we can’t stay here any longer."
Shen Wang took so soil and nearby ordinary peach wood, then left with Molan.
After they left, no one ca by for a while.
This was because, earlier, the Four Great Demon Kings had already declared this place as their territory to others.
Others thought that the treasures here had mostly been taken, so no one forced their way in to check and instead went to the central area.
Therefore, when the Four Great Demon Kings and their accompanying demons were completely annihilated, no one else noticed imdiately.
They continued leaving the Peach Grove, and after about half an incense stick’s ti, the surrounding plants beca shorter, and massive palaces appeared in the distance.
Behind the palaces, one could vaguely see dicinal fields with more precious herbs emitting waves of spiritual light, but all shrouded by arrays.
Most crucially, the other dicinal fields were entirely blocked by the palaces; to reach them, one must first pass through the palaces.
At this mont, so of the palaces had already been breached, their contents scavenged clean.
anwhile, the largest palace still stood blocking everyone and every demon in front of it.
Above the great hall, a plaque three zhang long had majestic characters written across it.
Alchemy Hall!
It was clear that this Flowing Light dicine Venerable greatly loved alchemy, which was why the largest palace in this area was nad Alchemy Hall.
Hundreds, if not thousands, of demons and Human Race Cultivators were continuously attacking outside.
Fortunately, there was a huge White Jade Plaza here, otherwise, it wouldn’t be able to accommodate so many living beings.
Shen Wang and Molan quietly appeared in a side hall that had already been opened, peering through a window towards the plaza.
"They’ve been attacking for days now, and yet all these people still couldn’t get it open?"
Molan looked rather surprised at the still impressively stable array barrier.
"This is the core of the core of the cave mansion, with power continuously supplied; sheer numbers won’t break it in a short ti."
Shen Wang shook his head.
He only glanced at it and already noticed that the array’s power here recovered extrely quickly, practically connected directly to an energy source, having as much power as needed.
"Then is there any point in continuing?"
Molan was puzzled, "They’re just wasting their energy."
"Not just that, the key is this array keeps changing and repairing, with no flaws; otherwise, they would have already broken through."
Shen Wang’s eyes glead, seeing more interesting things.
"Is it because it’s a Spirit Array? Is it that powerful?"
Molan questioned back.
"Not quite sure; this is the first ti I’ve seen an array of this level."
Shen Wang shook his head, "Since they can’t break it, we’re in no rush to go over; otherwise, we’d just beco laborers."
"You’re too slick, aren’t you."
Molan teased, "So, are we just going to stand here and watch?"
"Of course not; we’ll look around other places, see if they missed anything good, and gather so before deciding."
Shen Wang smiled, "Mainly, I want to understand this cave mansion more, to see if I can find a way out."
"No way, you’re planning to slip away?"
Molan was amused, "But doing so is indeed wise; we’ve already gained so benefits, and those miracle dicines are fiercely contested, so for safety, we might as well not want them."
"Lanlan knows well."
Shen Wang smiled, decisively turning around to retreat.
He observed the arrays that were being attacked, continuously repairing and restoring, reminding him of the scene when the cave mansion’s outside array automatically opened.
He had a feeling that this cave mansion seed to let them in willingly, though up till now, no Killing Array had been discovered, just a strange feeling.
No matter what, this cave mansion was very unusual, so it’s better to understand it more before deciding what to do.
He walked around the side hall, and upon entering a room, he picked up a book that had been discarded on the ground.
It was an ancient book, made from Tiered Materials instead of common paper, so it hadn’t decayed even after thousands of years.
The text leaning towards ancient characters, but he could understand it.
"Pharmacological Compendium? This must be sothing for the disciples or servants of Flowing Light dicine Venerable to read."
Molan tilted her head and made a guess.
Shen Wang flipped through it briefly, "So of these dicines seem very rare now."
"That’s normal; a span of over ten thousand years is a long ti even for the Cultivation Realm."
Molan spoke as if it was to be expected.
"Let’s gather these to have a look; we have nothing else to do anyway, might as well enhance our alchemy knowledge,"
Shen Wang suggested.
"Alright, though I mainly cultivate in the Poison Dao, I also understand pharmacology; after all, these are things seen by a dicine Venerable’s disciple; they hold value for us as well."
Molan nodded, picking up another book that had a beast’s footprint on it, shaking off the dust to read.
They then took a circle around the nearby palaces; these palaces’ arrays were relatively average, and had been broken by others or demons, leaving them mostly emptied.
Most, because not everything was taken, or perhaps those who broke the arrays weren’t interested in certain items.
These likely were things left behind by the demons, mostly human daily necessities, ancient books and Jade Scrolls recording various pharmaceuticals, and miscellaneous records.
Anything related to pharmacology or miscellaneous records were taken by them.
Finally, they left the side hall and headed towards the forest in the opposite direction.
Molan, holding a booklet, laughed, "Why do I feel like we’re collecting scraps, gathering things others discarded like trash."
"These aren’t scraps; they still hold value."
Shen Wang shook his head. By observing so miscellaneous records kept by disciples, he found so clues, inferring the situation of the Flowing Light dicine Venerable.
First of all, it was highly likely that this Flowing Light dicine Venerable had ascended.
As many miscellaneous records noted this dicine Venerable’s imnse Divine Techniques and boundless mana.
Moreover, his alchemy skills were extrely formidable, to the point of being supernatural, effortlessly refining various miracle dicines.
With such powerful mana and Divine Techniques and such high-level alchemy skills, it was hard to believe such a person would fall without ascending.
"Hey, Shen Wang, look, it seems to ntion the Flowing Light dicine Venerable’s Divinity Transformation here."
Molan suddenly paused on a page, where it was written about the dicine Venerable setting up an array to face the Divinity Transformation Celestial Tribulation, successfully achieving Divinity Transformation after enduring the Triple Celestial Thunder.
"A Cultivator achieving Divinity Transformation can ascend to the Upper Realm. See if there’s any record of his ascension."
Shen Wang’s interest piqued.
"I actually have a question, regardless of whether he ascended or passed here, what happened to the people who wrote these records?"
Molan pondered, "Judging by the handwriting, the miscellaneous records I’ve seen must have co from more than ten people."
"I’ve seen around seven or eight here as well; there weren’t too many, but not few people in this cave mansion back then either."
Shen Wang nodded, and they continued to browse and check.
The records contained varied content, from the cultivation of various dicines, feeding various spirit beasts, to venting everyday frustrations, and also so insights into cultivation.
It spanned a very long period, becoming a headache to read for the two of them.
Thus Shen Wang took out the Eight Trigrams Plate, hiding their figures on the spot, and studied for half a day.
In the end, they discovered an issue: none of the records ntioned the Flowing Light dicine Venerable’s ascension.
Nor recorded any death, at most was on par or others’ deaths.
"Strange, what’s the situation with this Flowing Light dicine Venerable?"
Shen Wang frowned.
"Maybe he deliberately destroyed the records of this event?" Molan speculated.
"How is that possible? If you were that powerful, would you still be interested in reading the miscellaneous records of your subordinates and disciples and then destroy them afterwards?"
Shen Wang disagreed, "I think a possibility is that before he ascended or died, he drove all those people out."
"Could be, the discovery of this cave mansion might have been from ssages left by those expelled people."
Molan thought Shen Wang’s speculation made sense.
"Whatever, let’s stop looking at these for now; there’s way too much stuff here. Better to explore nearby, see if we can find an exit or flaw in the array."
Shen Wang got up; constantly looking at these was really uninteresting; better to explore more, hoping to find a passageway or break in the array.
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