Chronicles of Ascension: The Path to Immortality

On both sides of the team, merchants from various shops in Jiuhufang stuffed jade slips into the hands of the team members.

Even Zhang Xuan, who was not good-looking, had jade slips stuffed into his hands by three or four merchants.

He immersed his spiritual sense into the jade slips with interest to check the contents inside.

It turned out that it was a list of some items that these merchants bought back at high prices.

"First-level low-grade ice marrow, 50 spirit stones for one."

"Huayu Secret Spring, 40 spirit stones for a gourd."

"Xianmao Zuqi, 100 spirit stones for a strand."

"Wanfu Zhenmu, 1,000 spirit stones for a section."

"First-level low-grade Samadhi Flower, 80 spirit stones."

"Shenzang Misty Silver, 100 spirit stones for 1 coin."

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The various spiritual objects, spiritual medicines, and spiritual minerals in it were all specialties of Xianmao Cave, and Zhang Xuan had never heard of most of them.

He was only a first-level Qi Refining, and the jade slips he received from merchants were few after all.

In front of him stood a cultivator at the third level of Qi Refining, who received 20 to 30 jade slips from merchants.

However, it was obvious that this cultivator at the third level was quite arrogant, and he threw away the jade slips from the merchants.

Zhang Xuan took the opportunity to pick up the jade slips he threw away.

These jade slips were useless to this cultivator at the third level, but they did play a role for Zhang Xuan.

Because in addition to the list of spiritual materials purchased by the merchants, these jade slips also had a small map of the Fairy Cat Cave.

This was also one of the ways for merchants to attract these cultivators who entered the secret realm to keep the jade slips.

The Fairy Cat Cave had been developed for hundreds of years. Due to the heavy restrictions, the climate and terrain evolved were different, and the cultivators who survived had set foot on less than one-tenth of the area.

However, they did leave behind a large number of Fairy Cat Cave maps based on the predecessors.

These merchants would spend spirit stones every year to collect these maps and give them to those who entered the secret realm the next year for free.

Some maps would also mark the location of the spiritual materials they were looking to buy.

This small map was naturally looked down upon by the inner disciples who had inherited the tradition.

They had a more complete and authentic map of the Fairy Cat Cave, so there was no need to covet such a small bargain.

But for Zhang Xuan, who came from the remote Temple Street, these maps came at the right time.

The surrounding cultivators saw Zhang Xuan picking up the jade slips thrown on the ground, and they all showed contempt.

When he came to the flying ship, Zhang Xuan obediently handed over the ancient tablet.

The flying ship guard looked at Zhang Xuan's ancient tablet and let him in.

Zhang Xuan entered the flying ship cabin and found that the space inside was like a palace.

The spiritual light was hanging high and it was very lively.

Everyone's face was filled with the excitement unique to adventurers.

Among this group of cultivators, less than one-tenth could come out alive.

But everyone who boarded the flying ship thought that they were one of the one-tenth.

Moreover, many of these people wore defensive spiritual robes and hung multiple storage bags around their waists. At first glance, they were adventurers who wanted to take advantage of the opening of the Fairy Cat Cave Secret Realm to make a fortune.

The ancient cards in Zhang Xuan's hand were obtained for free, which can be regarded as a special benefit for the Zhang clan.

There are less than 100 free benefits like this.

The remaining nearly 1,000 ancient cards were all auctioned off.

In previous years, the price of an ancient card was more than 100 spirit stones.

This year, it broke the record and reached more than 200 spirit stones per ancient card.

Among those who bought ancient cards, more than half were casual cultivators from other families.

The Zhang clan members all have stable spiritual fields and industries in the Fairy Cat Valley, but only a few are willing to take risks.

There is an adventurous gene in the bones of casual cultivators, so they naturally want to take a chance.

Although the Zhang clan elders stipulated that cultivators who entered the Fairy Cat Cave alive must hand over half of their gains to the Zhang clan treasury.

But no one had any objections.

What's the point of collecting half? Don't you still have half in your hands?

Using your own life to fight for half of the cultivation resources, this deal is worthwhile.

When everyone boarded the flying ship.

The flying ship started.

The crowd was quiet at this time.

The huge flying ship began to take off.

There is only one flying ship of this kind that can accommodate more than a thousand people in the entire Zhangjiaji.

The hull of the flying ship is engraved with array patterns, forming a first-class superior array.

It is the product of the perfect combination of refining equipment and array.

Every breath of time when the flying ship is running consumes a spiritual stone, which can be called a huge gold-eating beast.

The flying ship is flying fast in the air.

Zhang Xuan feels that the speed of the flying ship is several times faster than the flying boat provided by the Demon Hunting Alliance.

The interior of the flying ship is sealed, and you can't see the outside at all.

This is also a small sunshade array cast by the Zhang clan to prevent someone from peeping at the location of the Fairy Cat Cave Secret Realm.

After all, the Fairy Cat Cave is an important secret realm discovered by Zhangjiaji. It provides a huge amount of resources for the clan library every year. The spiritual stones from the auction of the ancient cards alone have made a lot of money, and it must not be let Other forces know where it is.

An hour later, the flying ship stopped.

The monks with the ancient cards got off the flying ship one by one.

The surrounding dense forests are towering.

Zhang Xuan judged that this place should have been deep into the Black Forest, but it should not be far from the Fairy Cat Valley.

However, it was impossible to determine in which direction of the Fairy Cat Cave in the Fairy Cat Valley.

Zhang Xuan raised his head and saw that the nine elders were all on a high ground.

The one standing in the middle was the patriarch, with the invisible majesty of a superior.

Among the nine elders, seven were foundation-building cultivators.

This is why the Zhang clan can control such a large Fairy Cat Valley and let tens of thousands of cultivators settle down here with peace of mind.

"The restriction of the Fairy Cat Cave has been opened by the Tiangang Breaking Formation. After you enter, you will be randomly transferred to different areas of the Fairy Cat Cave. After 15 days, you will be automatically expelled from the secret realm. How many opportunities you can get depends on your luck." The voice of Zhang Xingshan, the elder of the Nine Clans, resounded in everyone's ears.

The crowded team, like a group of ants and a river, directly crashed into the entrance of the restriction that was broken in the Fairy Cat Cave.

A white light flashed in front of his eyes, and Zhang Xuan entered the secret realm of the Fairy Cat Cave.

Before he could react, a towering iceberg fell directly towards him.

"No way!"

Zhang Xuan activated his ice veins, and a layer of defensive ice formed on the surface of his body.

"Boom--"

The huge iceberg smashed down and buried him in the depths of the iceberg hundreds of feet deep.

The defensive ice layer on Zhang Xuan's body was broken, and several bones on his body were broken.

Fortunately, his life is still there.

Zhang Xuan was squeezed in the ice and couldn't move.

He circulated the thunder vein to repair the damage on his body.

A vitality filled his body.

After the thunder vein circulated for three small cycles, he finally repaired most of the damage on his body.

However, more than half of the vitality stored in the thunder vein acupoints was also consumed.

The stone vein circulated, his muscles bulged, and he directly smashed a small hole deep in the iceberg.

The surrounding cold air entered his body and almost froze him into an ice cube.

Fortunately, he had penetrated the blood and fire veins, and the flesh and bones of his skin and bones were strong, so he could withstand this harsh environment.

He wanted to make a fire to keep warm and roast some body-refining monster meat with spiritual charcoal.

But after trying several times in a row, the spiritual charcoal couldn't be lit under this cold and steep iceberg.

Just now, he circulated the small cycles many times and consumed a lot. Zhang Xuan wanted to eat the monster meat directly.

After taking the monster meat out of the storage bag, he found that it had been frozen hard.

It took him a lot of energy to bite off a piece of meat from it.

He had no choice but to throw the monster meat back into the storage bag.

"This is too unlucky!" Zhang Xuan sighed.

He wanted to show his skills in the secret realm of the Fairy Cat Cave, but he was buried under a hundred-foot iceberg just after entering the secret realm and before he could see the surrounding environment clearly.

He took out the jade slips collected from the merchants and compared them with the map on it.

Finally, he knew where he was.

This is the vast ice field.

The climate of the vast ice field is cold, and there is only ice-attribute spiritual energy here.

For the human race and the monster race, the vast ice field is the most unfriendly place.

However, according to the merchant's jade slip, the vast ice field has a special spiritual object-ice marrow.

Even a low-grade first-level ice marrow can be sold for 50 spiritual stones.

He took out the mountain-splitting axe and embarked on a journey to break the ice.

Under the long-term nourishment of ice-attribute spiritual energy, these ten-thousand-year ice layers have become very hard.

However, the mountain-splitting axe is not inferior as a power-type magic weapon.

In addition, he was originally a physical cultivator.

He did not encounter too much difficulty in digging the ice.

It took two hours to dig a tunnel of more than 100 feet upwards.

What made him a little discouraged was that he dug such a long tunnel and did not find any trace of ice marrow in the ice layer.

"It seems that spiritual objects are not so easy to find."

He continued to grit his teeth and dig the ice upwards.

As he dug, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Other immortal cultivators are looking for opportunities to walk the immortal road. I am either picking up manure or digging ice like a miner here. They are all hard work. Immortal cultivation is too boring!"

He didn't know why immortal cultivation was like this, but the axe in his hand never stopped.

He also found that as he swung the axe more and more times, his body meridians became stronger.

The running of the small Zhoutian also became smoother.

"I didn't expect that swinging an axe could also refine the body!"

Zhang Xuan finally found the fun of digging ice and worked harder.

Another two hours passed, and he had dug more than 300 feet, approaching the center of the iceberg.

"If nothing unexpected happens, we should be able to break the ice in about two hours."

Zhang Xuan swung the axe again and again.

Deep in the ice layer, there was a monotonous sound of "bang", "bang", "bang".

"Dang——"

A crisp sound.

"What did I chop?"

Zhang Xuan took a closer look and found that there was a piece of purple ice crystal embedded in the ice layer.

"Ice marrow!"

He was overjoyed and hurriedly took out the ice marrow.

"Haha, 50 spiritual stones in hand."

Zhang Xuan put away the ice marrow and dug deep into the ice layer again.

In the center of the iceberg, 4 pieces of ice marrow were dug out in a row, one of which was black, reaching the first-level middle grade.

Three first-level low-grade ice marrows are worth 150 spiritual stones, and one first-level middle-grade ice marrow is at least 250 spiritual stones.

Added up to 400 spiritual stones.

The income from the ice marrow alone has paid off.

He dug in the center of the iceberg for more than an hour, but found nothing.

He continued to chisel upwards.

When he broke through the ice, his axe was also scrapped.

Six hours had passed, half a day had passed.

The cold wind was howling outside, and the ice scrapes scratched his face, and he felt a burst of pain.

"The temperature outside is lower than the inside of the iceberg."

He felt that his body's energy was rapidly depleted.

He quickly left the broken iceberg.

He walked into the depths of the vast ice field.