Chapter 26: Ancient Cave

After seeing that everything was ready and there were no problems, she summoned the Cloud Piercing Shuttle, left Lingxu Sect, and sped towards the direction of Yuxia Valley.

However, after leaving Lingxu Sect, Yun Shang used the Divine Concealment Technique to transform herself into an ordinary-looking female cultivator, and her cultivation level was fully released to the seventh level of Qi training.

The Lingxu Sect's outer sect disciple uniform she was wearing was also changed into a blue robe. Yun Shang did this just in case, as she didn't want others to know that she had broken into the ancient cultivator's cave.

Yuxia Valley is located in the southern part of the Central Region, some distance away from Lingxu Sect. Yun Shang flew the Cloud Piercing Shuttle at full speed day and night, and it took nearly half a month.

Half a month later, Yun Shang finally appeared in Yuxia Valley. Yuxia Valley was surrounded by mountains on all sides. There was a winding stream in it. In front of the stream was a deep and quiet pool. The dark green pool was like an ancient bronze mirror, quiet and distant.

Yun Shang spent the rest of the time thinking about the exact location of the ancient cave that the heroine entered.

Yun Shang looked at the pond not far away, her eyes flashing. She remembered that the location of the ancient cultivator's cave described in the book was at the bottom of the pond. Now that she knew the exact location, Yun Shang did not hesitate and raised her hand to cast an aura shield for herself.

With a soft "plop" sound, Yun Shang plunged into the pool of water. Fortunately, she had learned to swim in her previous life, otherwise it would have been very inconvenient.

The light at the bottom of the pool was dim, making it difficult to see things in the distance. Yun Shang flipped her hand lightly, and a night-shining pearl appeared in her hand.

Yun Shang swam quickly towards the bottom of the water under the illumination of the Night Pearl. Although the pool looked small from the outside, it was actually very deep. The further downstream one swam, the greater the impact and resistance from the bottom of the water.

Fortunately, Yun Shang could still bear it for the time being. It took her almost half an hour to swim to the deep end of the water.

Soon, an ancient stone door covered with moss appeared in front of Yun Shang. The stone door was semicircular, and its surface and surroundings were covered with green and slippery moss, and many mottled marks.

The entire stone gate looks old and dilapidated, indicating that it has gone through a long and ancient history.

Yun Shang stepped forward, raised her hand to find the mechanism on the upper left side of the stone door, and pressed it lightly.

"Boom," with a loud noise, the stone door was opened from above.

Suddenly, a musty smell that had been trapped for a long time hit her in the face. Yun Shang raised her hand and fanned her nose to get rid of the unpleasant smell.

Yun Shang stepped into the cave. A huge night-shining pearl was hung in the center of the top of the cave. The surrounding walls and the ground were made of fine white jade, which was in sharp contrast to the dilapidated scene outside the stone gate.

Yun Shang didn't dare to walk around randomly, because the cave was filled with various mechanisms. If she took a wrong step, it would trigger a series of mechanisms. Once those mechanisms were triggered, even a Jindan cultivator would not be able to withstand it.

According to the description in the book, Yun Shang carefully avoided the mechanisms in various places, and then found the location of the mechanism described in the corner.

The shape of this mechanism was nothing special, just a slightly raised Bagua pattern. If she had not read the original text, she would not have known that this was the mechanism to enter the underground palace of the cave.

Yun Shang gently pressed towards the slightly raised Bagua pattern.

With a loud "boom", the white jade ground suddenly collapsed. Before Yun Shang could react, she fell down.

Yun Shang only felt that she had fallen into an empty room. The walls around her were made of fine white jade. Apart from a huge night-shining pearl hanging at the top for lighting, there was nothing else around.

With a "boom", a puppet at the peak of Qi training suddenly appeared in the originally empty room.

Yun Shang raised her eyes, seemingly not surprised by the sudden appearance of the puppet. Without any hesitation, she extended two vines from her sleeves to bind the puppet's feet, and then rolled backwards on the ground.

The vines that bound the puppet's feet were instantly tightened, and the puppet broke free and attacked Yun Shang in the face.

Because puppets are driven by spirit stones, they do not possess human intelligence, and naturally their attack methods are the most direct and brutal.

Yun Shang quickly took out the Black Turtle Shield to block, raised her hand and slashed at the puppet with a sword. The sword energy was so sharp that it hit the puppet instantly. Unfortunately, the puppet's appearance was too hard and it had no reaction to the attack.

Yun Shang frowned and looked up at the heart of the puppet in front of her, her eyes flashing slightly. All the actions of the puppet were driven by the spirit stone. As long as the position where the puppet installed the spirit stone was destroyed, everything would stop. If the puppet lost the spirit stone drive, it would naturally be a dead object, let alone attack.

Yun Shang turned around, activated the Walking Cloud Steps, and instantly rushed forward. She raised her hand and made a sword flower, then stabbed the sword towards the puppet's heart.

"Crack," with a slight sound, the sword penetrated into the puppet's heart.

"Gurgle, gurgle," a middle-grade spirit stone instantly fell out from the puppet's heart;

without the spirit stone to drive it, the puppet would naturally not attack her anymore. Yun Shang drew out the magic sword Youlan, and with a "boom", the puppet fell to the ground.

Yun Shang raised her hand and waved it lightly, instantly putting the mid-grade spirit stone and the puppet at the peak of Qi training on the ground into the storage bag.

"Boom," the white jade door of the room slowly opened. Yun Shang stepped forward and soon appeared in the second room. The second room was similar to the first room, but this time it was a puppet at the peak of the foundation building stage.

With Yun Shang's current cultivation level, she is naturally no match for the puppet man at the peak of foundation building. Fortunately, she had anticipated this situation and had already made preparations. With a slight flip of her hand, two fourth-grade high-quality thunder talismans appeared in her hand.

The fourth-level talisman is a talisman for the Foundation Establishment period, and the Thunder Spirit Talisman has the strongest attack power among all talismans. With a slight wave of his hand, two Thunder Spirit Talismans were instantly thrown towards the puppet man at the peak of the Foundation Establishment period opposite him.

"Boom boom."

There were bursts of talisman explosion sounds, and after a moment the puppet man at the peak of the foundation building stage began to make crackling sounds.

Yun Shang raised her hand and added another Thunder Spirit Talisman. Soon the puppet man at the peak of the Foundation Establishment Stage was blown to pieces by the Thunder Spirit Talisman, leaving only a mid-grade spirit stone rolling down.

Yun Shang lowered her head to pick up the middle-grade spirit stone that had fallen to the ground, then raised her eyes to look at the puppet that had been blown to pieces, and secretly said in her heart: "What a pity," and then stepped out of the white jade door.

After Yun Shang entered the third room, she found herself trapped in a fourth-order trap.

Because she didn't understand the formation, she could only use explosive force to break it. Fortunately, she was prepared. She took out two fifth-grade top-grade explosive talismans and threw them out. The two fifth-grade top-grade explosive talismans instantly blew a big hole in the formation covering the room, and the formation was broken in an instant.

With a slight "boom" sound, the white jade door slowly opened, and Yun Shang stepped forward and walked out of the closed room.

When Yun Shang walked out of the third room, what came into her sight was a magnificent hall. In front of the hall were several giant pillars standing side by side. The pillars were engraved with golden dragon patterns, which looked like living creatures ready to move, coiling upwards on the pillars, as if they would rush out and roar to the sky at any time.

In the center of the hall, there is a huge golden chair with a coiled dragon on it. Sitting on the chair is a skeleton in a black robe, with an inky black storage ring on the skeleton's knuckles.

Yun Shang's gaze went straight to the ink-colored storage ring worn on the skeleton's finger. Her eyes were filled with heat and excitement. The ancient formation inheritance jade slip and the top-grade spiritual treasure were in that storage ring. As long as she got the storage ring, the purpose of this trip would be achieved.

Yun Shang took a step forward and quickly took off the storage ring worn on the skeleton's knuckle. However, because the skeleton's fingers were curled, Yun Shang did not pull the storage ring off.

Then she pulled hard with her hand, tearing off half of the skeleton's finger. Yun Shang quickly threw the half finger away and threw the storage ring directly into the space.

Now that the treasure in her hand, she want to leave to avoid incident.

Yun Shang knew that there was a switch under the dragon throne. As long as the switch was turned on, a passage would appear opposite the dragon throne. This passage was the location of the place to leave here.

Yun Shang had an idea in mind, and took this opportunity to kick a slightly raised round switch under the dragon throne.

There is a slight "boom" sound.

A long winding passage suddenly appeared on the wall made of white jade opposite the dragon throne. The walls on both sides of the passage were covered with moonstones for lighting. The faint white light made the entire passage as bright as day.

Yun Shang activated her Walking Cloud Steps and instantly flashed into the passage. After entering the passage, she quickly raised her hand and felt for an eight-diagram-shaped switch in the upper left corner of the passage.

Yun Shang held the switch in her hand and gently turned it around. There was another loud "boom" and the entrance to the passage was instantly closed.