Wang Liang filled the ring with gold, silver and jewelry and was very happy.
Suddenly, a black shadow emerged from the darkness and headed straight for him.
Stab——!
Silver light flashed, and the black shadow cut off in the air.
Wang Liang then turned his head and smiled as he looked at the Thousand-Cantabella insect that had fallen to the ground and had become two pieces.
"I have read all the memories of the Human Insect Emperor. How could I not know about such a small ambush in the treasure house?"
"However, for him to ambush such a weak Thousand-Tapata here, he must not take these treasures seriously."
"But think about it, in this place where the sun never shines, no matter how much gold, silver and jewelry, what's the use?"
Shaking his head, Wang Liang continued to collect gold and silver jewelry.
It wasn't until the room was empty that Wang Liang touched the ring on his hand twice and left with satisfaction.
Returning to the secret room where Ling Yuyan was, Wang Liang did not go in immediately, but first shouted inside;
"Sister, are you feeling better?"
Silence, no answer inside.
Wang Liang was hesitant and thought to himself, 'Isn't it better yet? Is it possible that the elixir I made is so strong?'
'But thinking about it, this is a good opportunity. The system has given me a task to become a Taoist companion with her within three years.'
'Why not take advantage of this...'
Just when Wang Liang thought of this, Ling Yuyan's voice came from inside;
"Are you junior brother...come in..."
Although Ling Yuyan's voice was still a little weak, she sounded much more awake.
Wang Liang secretly sighed with regret, but he did not regret it. After all, when he went to find the treasure, he deliberately avoided Ling Yuyan.
That moment just now was the best time to avoid Ling Yuyan. Otherwise, if the two of them went to the treasure room together, they would still have to meet and share half of it.
'Forget it, there will be opportunities in the future. Besides, I'm not the kind of person who takes advantage of others' danger.'
'When she is in trouble, even if I win her person, I still can't win her heart. But I...'
While thinking about it, Wang Liang walked in, but just when he described himself from the bottom of his heart as how upright and upright he was.
Wow——!
A jade hand suddenly pulled him into a dark place.
"Sister, you..." Wang Liang was a little flustered for a moment.
"Shh, don't talk...I want to ask you..." Ling Yuyan's face was still a little blushing, her voice was weak and her tone was calm.
"Ah? You, you want to kiss me? So sudden? Then... come on!" Wang Liang misheard in his panic.
"Why are you pouting? I want to ask you, do you still have those pills you gave me before?"
Hearing what Ling Yuyan said, Wang Liang retracted his pout in embarrassment and quickly waved his hands;
"No, no, senior sister, I gave you those pills for no other reason than to save you."
"And... you should be fine now, and you have also broken through the pill-forming realm in one fell swoop. Maybe you have a share of the credit for my pills, right..."
Wang Liang thought that Ling Yuyan was going to attack him again, so he tried to explain.
But in fact, he was worrying too much, Ling Yuyan said with a blushing face;
"Those pills you gave me, although they taste weird, their effects are really wonderful..."
After a pause, Ling Yuyan seemed a little embarrassed, but continued;
"Next time you have a chance, refine some for me. I can exchange it with you for something else."
Wang Liang was stunned and didn't react for a long time.
After a while, he shouted in confusion in his heart;
'Oh my God! What did she do during the time I was away? She still wants those pills. This is because she knows the taste after eating the marrow...'
Although Wang Liangliang thought so in his mind, he still agreed verbally.
And I'm still thinking, should I try eating some next time?
The two reached some kind of verbal agreement and walked out of the darkness.
When passing by the corpse of the old man, Wang Liang sighed;
"Well, if you become like this, you are no longer a human, you are no longer a ghost. Even if you really live forever, what's the point?"
Ling Yuyan didn't have so many emotions, and what she said was more practical;
"Why haven't we seen the sacred stone on this level? It's said that there isn't one on the island above, so it should be under the water here."
Wang Liang said: "Is it in the water palace above? Let's go out and have a look."
In fact, by searching the memory of the Human-Insect Emperor with the God-Searching Technique, Wang Liang had already known the location of the inherited gravel on this level.
It's somewhere in the underwater palace, specifically used to suppress the human-insect emperor below.
As long as the human insect emperor dares to come out of the underground, the inheritance gravel will chase him.
This is also the reason why the Human Insect Emperor didn't come out in person before. He could only send some powerful Thousand Antennae out.
There were no Thousand Tentacles in the palace in the water, so Wang Liang and Ling Yuyan easily obtained the inheritance gravel.
Back on the small island, Wang Liang began to assist in system recovery, but in Ling Yuyan's view, it was Wang Liang who was absorbing the divine stone.
After the recovery was completed, Wang Liang pretended to rest and recover for a while, and then the two of them were enveloped in white light and headed to the ninth floor, which was also the last floor of the trial tower.
When the white light dissipated, the two of them were on top of a mountain.
The so-called "viewing the mountains and small mountains" means that what you see is an extremely open scene.
The mountain peaks are surrounded by thick fog, making it impossible to see clearly what is under the mountain.
Wang Liang observed the surroundings for a while and said to Ling Yuyan: "Sister, we..."
But as soon as he started speaking, he was interrupted by a hearty laugh.
"Hahaha, I've been waiting for thousands of years, and finally someone is here."
Before the laughter ended, a smiling old man in Taoist robes appeared in front of the two of them out of thin air.
Wang Liang and Ling Yuyan suddenly felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy. Because of the aura of the old man in Taoist robes, they could not detect the depth with their spiritual senses.
When this happens among cultivators, it usually means that the other party's realm is much higher than theirs, so they cannot see through it.
You know, Ling Yuyan has now broken through to the Formation Core Realm, and the person she can't even see through is probably above the Golden Core Realm.
Looking at the two people who were full of vigilance, the old man in Taoist robes still smiled and said;
"Don't panic, don't panic. I am the spiritual official who presides over the operation of the secret realm here. I am the soul of the owner of this pagoda."
"I've been following a fixed routine for thousands of years, and it's really boring."
"If you can play with me for a while, I will give you what you came here to find."
Ling Yuyan was startled; "The soul exists apart from the body? So you are no longer a living person, just a ray of remnant soul. No wonder you can't see through it..."
After hearing Ling Yuyan's words, the old man in Taoist robes looked at her with a hint of surprise;
"You little girl know a lot, do you know some of the magical powers of the Nascent Soul Realm?"
When asked by the old man in Taoist robes, Ling Yuyan realized that she had spilled the beans, glanced at Wang Liang guiltily, and said quickly;
"I heard... I just heard about it by chance..."
When cultivators step into the realm of Yuanying, they can be called powerful, and the magical powers they can display are incomparable to those in the realm below Yuanying.
In the entire Jiangnan Prefecture, there is not a single great master of the Nascent Soul Realm, so whoever knows some of the magical powers of the Nascent Soul Realm will indeed stand out.
It's like every class has a ceiling. Things beyond the ceiling cannot be known to people below the ceiling.
But in fact, Wang Liang had already started laughing in his heart;
'She's pretty good at pretending, but I've used the God-Searching Technique to read her memories a long time ago, and some things really broadened my horizons.'
'This world of cultivating immortals is really huge, but before I can break through to the Golden Core Realm, it would be safer for me to stay in Jiangnan Prefecture.'
'It's too far to say it's too far, there are still a lot of things to be done right now...'
The old man in Taoist robes didn't pay much attention to such trivial matters, he continued;
"You guys come here, you must be looking for the Sky Stone. I remember that back then, I used nine Sky Stones as the base to refine this pagoda magic weapon."
"But now this pagoda magic weapon has been covered in dust for thousands of years after my death. And the fact that you are here means that the matters on the first eight floors have been solved."
"The mission of the pagoda has been completed, and the sky stone should have another destination. However, you still need a little test if you want to get the last sky stone."
As he spoke, the old man in Taoist robes made a move with one hand, and a stone appeared in his palm.
Ling Yuyan could tell at a glance that this was what she had always called the divine stone.
Wang Liang also confirmed through the system prompts that this was the last inheritance rubble in the trial tower.
However, the old man in Taoist robes just took it out to show them, then waved his hand and put it away.
Seeing this, Wang Liang rolled his eyes, raised his little hand and said;
"Senior, didn't you just say that as long as we play with you for a while, you would give us what we are looking for here?"
"Why is there another test now? You can't just keep your word."
The old man in Taoist robes said enthusiastically, "Playing with me and testing me are the same thing. You will know it soon. Come with me."
After saying that, the old man in Taoist robes turned around and walked down the mountain. Wang Liang and Ling Yuyan looked at each other and followed him.
The three of them walked down the mountain one by one and passed through the mist on the mountainside. The previous mountains miraculously disappeared, leaving only the lone mountain at their feet.
In front of me, instead, there is a field full of flowers and grass, stretching as far as the eye can see.
There are also criss-crossing roads that divide the entire land into grid-by-frame areas, and the planning is extremely neat.
Wang Liang rolled his eyes, took two quick steps, came to the old man's side, and said with a pure and honest face;
"Senior, what are you going to let us do with you? We are new here and don't understand anything. You have to be merciful to us later."
The old man in Taoist robes laughed heartily, "That's natural. When we get there, you'll know what we're going to play soon."
The moment the three of them set foot on the wilderness, there was a faint sound of thunder in the sky, and the earth seemed to be shaking quietly.
The whole world seemed to be shaking with their arrival...
