Lin Hong was born a casual cultivator. He had worked as a waiter, a spy, and often went out to sea to hunt monsters. After more than 30 years of hard work, he finally saved up a large sum of money and bought a foundation-building pill. As a result, he failed to advance to the foundation-building stage and was about to miss the best age for foundation-building. He agreed to go on an adventure with his friend.
Seven Qi Refining cultivators went on an adventure and obtained a large sum of wealth. They fought over the wealth. Lin Hong teamed up with a female cultivator named Su Hong and killed the others. The two divided the wealth equally, both advanced to the Foundation Establishment stage, and got married.
The two made a living by hunting monsters. Their companions changed one after another. They died at the hands of monsters several times. After fighting for decades, they finally saved up a large amount of spirit stones. During one monster hunt, they encountered a third-level monster. The two escaped by luck but were seriously injured.
After they recovered, there was not much left of the wealth they had accumulated over the years.
After much thought, they felt that hunting monsters was too dangerous, so they simply became evil cultivators, setting traps to lure and kill other cultivators, so that they could obtain spirit stones faster.
They were very cautious. They would rest for a while after each crime and committed crimes while wandering around. They killed hundreds of foundation-building cultivators and obtained a large amount of resources for cultivating immortals. They both advanced to the Jindan stage. They went to the Immortal Burial Ruins to search for treasures and obtained a technique of transformation, which made it easier for them to kill people and rob treasures.
The two used various methods such as exploration and the ancient monks' meditation caves to lure and kill immortal cultivators. With the help of formations, once the immortal cultivators fell into the trap, there was almost no chance of survival.
More than ten years ago, Su Hong came into contact with a cultivator from the Wanfa Sect named Li Feng. She lured Li Feng to a deserted island in the name of treasure hunting, and teamed up with Lin Hong to kill Li Feng. She obtained a large sum of money and bought some elixirs to speed up her cultivation.
After ten years of hard training, Lin Hong advanced to the late stage of Jindan, while Su Hong was stuck at the bottleneck and was still in the middle stage of Jindan.
On a deserted island, in a simple stone chamber over a hundred feet in size, Lin Hong and Su Hong were talking about something. Behind them, there was a human skeleton wearing a tattered robe. On the left hand side was a stone shelf with a red storage bag on it. The ground and the shelf were covered with dust.
"The inheritance beads we released should have been obtained by someone. I hope more Jindan cultivators will come to look for treasures. After we finish this, we will move to another place."
Lin Hong said in a deep voice that if it was a Foundation Establishment cultivator who came to look for treasure, they would not take action. The main purpose was to attract a Jindan cultivator. The property on a Jindan cultivator was equivalent to that of dozens of Foundation Establishment cultivators.
"This time it's still too risky. The temptation of spiritual treasures is too great. If a Yuanying cultivator comes to look for treasures, we will lose a lot of money."
Su Hong sighed.
"If a Yuanying cultivator comes to search for treasure, we can use the Seven Star Banner to hide. With that rare treasure in hand, even if a Yuanying cultivator finds us, we can still escape unscathed. If you want to attract a Jindan cultivator to search for treasure, you must be tempting enough. After all, not everyone is a pervert like Li Feng."
Lin Hong said disapprovingly.
Su Hong smiled and said, "That's right. That guy has a lot of treasures. We finally cultivated our spirit beast to the third level, but it died in his hands. Fortunately, we got two top-grade magic weapons, so it's not a big loss."
Lin Hong nodded and was about to say something when he heard a clear hissing sound in his arms.
"Someone is here to look for treasure, be careful and alert."
He flipped his hand and took out a light silver flag. There were seven golden spots on the flag, arranged in the sequence of the Big Dipper. Three small words "Seven Star Flag" were engraved on the flagpole.
The flag of the Seven-Star Banner lit up with a dazzling light, and a silver glow swept out, covering the two of them.
The silver light dissipated and the two disappeared.
Han Changming and Ye Xin were standing outside a valley where a large number of weeds more than one meter tall grew. Both of them looked alert.
They consulted a large number of sea charts and found the location of the cave where Huoyunzi passed away. It took them more than three months to get here.
This place is located at the junction of the Righteous Alliance and the Three Immortal Islands. There are thousands of deserted islands of various sizes. If it weren't for the map recorded in the inheritance beads involving dozens of islands, it would be difficult for them to find this place.
Han Changming had already observed with his golden eyes and found that there was indeed a formation on the island, but he could not be sure that it was the cave where the ancient cultivator had passed away.
"It looks like no one has been here for a long time. The weeds are growing so thickly."
Ye Xin looked at the weeds that were more than one meter tall and analyzed.
"Better safe than sorry! It's better to be careful."
Han Changming flicked his fingers and several red fireballs flew out and hit the weeds.
With a muffled "puff" sound, the fire spread rapidly and the weeds were burned completely.
After a while, the flames dissipated and the valley was charred.
Han Changming released the stone man and the amethyst flying scorpion. The amethyst flying scorpion walked in front, and a dazzling yellow light flashed on the stone man's surface, then he burrowed into the ground and disappeared.
They followed behind, slowly walking into the valley.
Not long after, they reached the end. The stone wall was uneven and covered with green moss, and there didn't seem to be anything unusual.
A large amount of white cold air emerged from Ye Xin's body surface. After a blur, it turned into hundreds of white ice arrows.
Hundreds of white ice arrows flew straight towards the stone wall on the left hand side. There was a muffled sound, and the stone wall lit up with a yellow light. A yellow light curtain could be vaguely seen, which was obviously a restriction.
The Amethyst Flying Scorpion spewed out a purple poisonous mist with an extremely foul odor, which hit the yellow light curtain. The yellow light curtain immediately emitted a puff of green smoke, and its spiritual light dimmed. Its tail stinger trembled, and dense purple lines hit the yellow light curtain one after another.
After a series of muffled "bang" sounds, the yellow light curtain dissipated, and a spacious hole appeared in front of Han Changming and Ye Xin.
This is an underground cave covering an area of more than ten acres. The stone walls are covered with green moss. There is also a pool of several hundred feet in the upper left corner. From time to time, clear water overflows from the cracks in the stones and drips into the pool.
Han Changming's eyes turned golden and he looked towards the cave to see if there was any ambush.
There was a faint red flame on the stone wall behind the pool. Ye Xin couldn't see it, but Han Changming saw it clearly.
Han Changming and Ye Xin leaped and landed in front of the pool. The stone walls were covered with moss.
The Amethyst Flying Scorpion used its old trick again, spewing out a purple poisonous mist that hit the stone wall. The stone wall immediately emitted a puff of green smoke and showed signs of melting.
Ye Xin lightly tapped the pool with her finger, and the calm water surface suddenly rolled violently, forming a huge water column with a diameter of hundreds of feet, rushing straight towards the stone wall.
Boom!
With a loud bang, the water column hit the stone wall, and a large amount of rubble fell down. A red light curtain appeared on the stone wall, and there were balls of red flames on the surface of the light curtain.
Huge water columns continuously hit the red light curtain, making muffled "bang bang" sounds. The red light curtain was safe and sound, but a large amount of rubble rolled down from the stone wall.
Ye Xin frowned on weekend, and the spell changed. A huge water column suddenly burst out, turning into hundreds of blue water arrows about feet long, which hit the red light curtain one after another.
There was a series of muffled "ding ding" sounds, and the red light curtain was like a solid wall of iron and steel, not moving at all.
"This seems to be a meteor shower formation. If you want to break it, ice magic will be easier."
As Ye Xin spoke, she made hand gestures and countless white cold air emerged from her body. These white cold air were transformed from the snow cold crystals she refined.
As the white cold air appeared, the temperature nearby dropped suddenly.
"go."
With Ye Xin's low shout, white cold air suddenly rushed towards the red light curtain.
Soon, the red light curtain froze at a speed visible to the naked eye and turned into a white light curtain.
Han Changming summoned the Thunder and Fire Cone and cast a spell. A deafening thunder sounded, and a large golden arc of electricity surged out and hit the white light curtain.
There was a loud rumbling sound and the cave shook violently.
The white light curtain shattered into pieces, revealing a simple bluestone passage. The ground was covered with dust, and it seemed that no one had been here for a long time.
The Amethyst Flying Scorpion flapped its wings and flew in first. Han Changming put away the Thunder and Fire Cone and followed with Ye Xin. The stone man followed underground.
After walking for more than a hundred feet, a round stone door appeared in front of them. The stone door was red in color, and a pattern of red fire clouds was engraved on the surface.
The Amethyst Flying Scorpion spewed out a large amount of purple venom, which landed on the stone gate. A puff of green smoke immediately rose up. Its tail hook hit the stone gate, and a muffled "ding ding" sound was heard.
Han Changming summoned the Thunder and Fire Cone and cast a spell. The Thunder and Fire Cone burst out with a dazzling light, and a large area of red flames and golden arcs emerged and hit the stone gate.
Ye Xin took out the Mysterious Ice Banner and shook it gently. A large number of white ice cones flew out and hit the stone gate one after another.
Accompanied by a deafening roar, the stone door broke into pieces, and a stone chamber over a hundred feet in size appeared in front of them. In the center of the chamber stood a skeleton wearing a tattered Taoist robe. On the left hand side stood a simple shelf made of bluestone with a red storage bag on it. The ground and the shelf were covered with dust.
Han Changming's eyes flashed with golden light, and he was surprised to find two figures in the upper right corner of the stone chamber. If he had not mastered a pupil technique, he would never have been able to discover them.
If it were any other cultivator, they would definitely happily go to get the storage bag. By that time, the two evil cultivators would suddenly attack them, and it would be difficult for them to defend themselves.
"Ma'am, be careful, this is a trap!"
Han Changming sent a message to Ye Xin.
Almost at the same time, a patch of sunset glowed with a silver light, and Lin Hong and Su Hong appeared.
They didn't expect to encounter a Jindan cultivator who had mastered the pupil technique.
As soon as they appeared, the Amethyst Flying Scorpion made an extremely strange hissing sound. Lin Hong and Su Hong felt an unbearable pain in their heads, and their sea of consciousness seemed to be torn apart.
Ye Xin waved the Black Ice Banner, and hundreds of white ice cones about a foot long flew out and headed straight for Lin Hong and Su Hong.
The two were well prepared, and dazzling light flashed on their bodies. Two red light curtains emerged one after another to protect the two.