Chronicles of Ascension: The Path to Immortality

"How is it possible? How can a Qi-refining cultivator stop such a powerful army of locusts?"

"This is the underground prison of the Five Elements Academy. The restrictions are very strong and prevent the invasion of locust monsters. Even third-level locusts cannot attack."

"Are you prisoners of the Five Elements Academy?"

"No, this underground prison of the Five Elements Academy has been silent for thousands of years. It is the forbidden area of ​​the Five Elements Academy. We also had no choice but to venture into the forbidden area after all the foundation-building elders died a year ago. We have survived until now."

"So that's how it is."

Zhang Xuan suddenly realized: "This teleportation array disk was brought in after your ancestor died a year ago?"

"Yes, we only had time to collect some of the relics of the foundation-building elders and fled here in a hurry. Although this place can defend against locusts, the spiritual energy is thin. We survive here with difficulty. The cultivation resources are extremely scarce. The spiritual materials on our bodies have long been consumed. Now only this teleportation array disk is left." The skinny Qi-refining cultivator said miserably.

"I see, this is a bottle of first-grade inferior elixir, take it."

"First-grade inferior elixir?!" The Qi-refining monk's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he hurriedly took it with trembling hands.

"Thank you, senior, thank you, senior!" The Qi-refining monk said happily.

In this underground prison with thin spiritual energy, the spiritual power in his Qi sea had long been consumed.

If he could not get spiritual medicine to replenish it, he would probably become a mortal.

"Where are the other surviving monks?" Zhang Xuan asked.

"Senior, wait a moment, I will lead you there." The Qi-refining monk pointed to the depths of the cave and said.

The Qi-refining monk led the way in small steps, and Zhang Xuan followed behind.

At this time, dozens of surviving monks in the Five Elements Courtyard Shelter were sitting around the fire.

After staying in the underground prison of the Five Elements Courtyard for a year, the spiritual power in their Qi sea had long been exhausted.

Outside the underground prison, the wings of locusts "puffed" in the cave every day, and everyone spent it in fear.

Even later, these monks were extremely weak and often had hallucinations.

Some monks heard the dead elders whispering in the corner.

Some monks saw themselves being devoured by locusts.

"A mummy, I saw a mummy," an old monk exclaimed, "Its eyes were dug out, and it held an ancient talisman in its hand, on which was drawn a locust pattern that had never been seen before!"

"Old Qiu, that's your hallucination, there is no mummy at all." Another young monk next to the fire said.

Suddenly, two shadows were reflected on the wall.

"Isn't it only Datou who is on duty outside? How could two people come over?"

"Don't scare me, are you hallucinating again?"

A sleepy monk opened his eyes and found that there were really two shadows on the wall.

"We all have the same hallucination?"

Everyone fell into greater panic.

Datou appeared.

Behind Datou was a foundation-building monk.

"Datou..." someone exclaimed.

"Don't be afraid, brothers. This is a senior who has come here through the teleportation array to rescue us." Datou said.

"The teleportation array is working?!" Everyone was surprised and happy.

"I can take you back to the shelter where I am. Are you willing?" Zhang Xuan asked.

"Yes, yes..." Everyone rushed to say.

This underground prison in the Five Elements Academy is simply not a place for people to stay.

"Are you the only ones left in the Five Elements Academy?"

"Yes."

Zhang Xuan looked at these people, his mind spinning.

He thought that if the family's first-level middle-grade spiritual vein wanted to be upgraded to a first-level upper-grade spiritual vein, it would need to devour a spiritual vein with a spiritual array.

There were only a few people left in the Five Elements Academy, so he could buy the Five Elements Academy spiritual vein.

"Your Qi Sea is dry now, and you have nothing. To recover, you need a lot of elixirs. I can do a deal with you."

"What deal?"

"Since there are only a few of you left in the Five Elements Academy, you can naturally represent the Five Elements Academy. I plan to pay a sum of spirit stones to buy the spirit veins of your Five Elements Academy."

"But the spirit veins of the Five Elements Academy are occupied by locusts..."

"Don't worry about it, just tell me whether you want to sell it or not."

"Sell it, we will sell it..." said the cultivators.

The Five Elements Academy was gone a long time ago, but I didn't expect that the senior in front of me wanted to buy it.

This is simply a fortune from heaven.

Soon, everyone signed a contract with the foundation-building senior in front of them, and everyone happily received 300 spirit stones.

The Five Elements Academy, which has been passed down for thousands of years, was sold by them at the price of 300 spirit stones per person.

Zhang Xuan left the positioning array plate in place, took them back to the Fairy Cat Valley, and asked Zhang Sanqian to arrange them to the island in the middle of the lake.

He took out another teleportation array plate.

"I hope to be teleported to a shelter with deep roots this time."

A flash of light.

Zhang Xuan disappeared.

Wushuang City is the largest shelter of the Tianmo Sect in the blockade area.

In the second year of the siege by locust monsters, the Tianmo Sect monks in Wushuang City could not hold on.

They were forced to move Wushuang City underground and build an underground shelter.

Locusts are not good at digging holes, so the defense pressure of Wushuang City was greatly reduced.

This shelter is not only a safe refuge, but also forms a special market on the periphery.

In the market, there are many shops, and the goods sold are mainly processed locust meat.

This meat has been specially processed and has become the main food source for the monks in the underground shelter during difficult times.

In addition, there are moldy spiritual grains and broken magic tools, which are all materials that survived the siege of locusts.

Real elixirs, spiritual medicines or monster meat are scarce here.

These precious materials are controlled in the market at the core of the Shuangcheng Shelter.

A young cultivator from Wushuang City is setting up a stall in the outer market.

He is listless and depressed.

There is a positioning array on the stall, but few people are interested.

Suddenly, the positioning array bursts out with dazzling light.

"Hu——"

A foundation-building cultivator appears in front of him.

This person is Zhang Xuan.

"Foundation-building... Senior Foundation-building!" The young cultivator setting up the stall was shocked.

"What is this place?" Zhang Xuan asked the Qi-refining young man setting up the stall.

"This is the outer market of the underground shelter of Wushuang City of the Tianmo Sect."

"Tianmo Sect Shelter," Zhang Xuan nodded with satisfaction, "Tianmo Sect has a rich foundation, and I should be able to find what I want."

"How many Jindan cultivators are there in this shelter?" Zhang Xuan asked.

"Senior, there is only one Blood Sea Ancestor."

"Blood Sea Ancestor? Okay, take me to see Blood Sea Ancestor."

"This..." The Qi Refining cultivator was a little embarrassed, "My junior's strength is low, and I can't enter the core city of the shelter."

"So that's the case. How much is this positioning array on your stall? I want it."

"100 Spirit Stones." The Qi Refining cultivator said with a stiff face.

This positioning array has been on the stall for more than half a year, and not even a single Spirit Stone has been sold.

He thought that this positioning array would never be used again, but he didn't expect that the Foundation Establishment senior in front of him would actually teleport over.

Since the other party wanted to buy it, he just opened his mouth.

At worst, when the other party bargained, he would give him a 10% discount.

"This is a Spirit Stone, I want it."

The Qi Refining cultivator didn't expect that the other party didn't bargain at all, and directly gave him 100 Spirit Stones.

The Qi Refining cultivator was very surprised, and when he looked up again, the Foundation Establishment cultivator had disappeared.