Chapter 718 - 303: Controlling the Earth Fire, Revealing Traces_3
It’s truly surprising for Chu Ning to encounter a Nascent Soul cultivator in the Snow Fog Valley.
If it weren’t for him constantly using the Forbidden God Technique and noticing the divine sense sweep in advance,
he wouldn’t have quickly taken refuge in the mysterious cave with the bracelet left by the Nine Derivation Ascendant.
It’s really troublesome.
However, as those two Nascent Soul cultivators from the Illusion Spirit Sect said, indeed, this cave is mysterious.
Even with the bracelet, Chu Ning only dared to venture six hundred feet into the cave.
He could clearly feel that going further, the massive storm of space force would tear him apart.
Fortunately, the several cultivators from the Illusion Spirit Sect were cautious and did not explore deep into this cave.
At this moment, Chu Ning raised his head, glancing towards the direction outside the valley, and then to the west with slight hesitation, he nonetheless headed westward.
"Deep within the Snow Fog Valley, there are caves at intervals, and each cave holds different attributes of power.
The intensity of the spiritual power in each cave varies completely.
Along the way, I’ve passed through caves with fire, earth, and now space spiritual power.
The cave with earth spiritual power had average spiritual power, and although I ventured deep to the bottom, besides acquiring some nice materials and spirit medicine, there wasn’t anything unusual.
The fire spiritual power was second, but I couldn’t enter the magma at the bottom.
And this cave with space spiritual power is the strongest; it’s impossible to go deep, and such a construction is truly peculiar."
Chu Ning’s face showed a hint of surprise, speculating that if he continued forward, there might be caves with other attribute spiritual powers.
"The few from the Illusion Spirit Sect went east; I’ve searched the caves over there once, so they must have found nothing.
But similarly, the west side may also have been swept by them or other cultivators.
Nevertheless, if I’m only looking for Nine Rites Gold, it’s not without possibility.
After all, I have the Golden-winged Spirit Butterfly, which gives me an advantage in detecting gold attribute treasures."
Of course, for Chu Ning, what’s more important now is that the Snow Mist Valley is the only place where he has accurate information about the Nine Rites Gold.
Upon leaving, he wouldn’t know where to search.
Continuing forward, Chu Ning’s thoughts were somewhat verified.
Some of the caves here had indeed been searched, specifically the water attribute and wind attribute caves, where Chu Ning found nothing.
To Chu Ning’s surprise, he encountered another cave with the power of space.
But this made Chu Ning’s eyes subtly light up.
"The three from the Illusion Spirit Sect seemed to be encountering that cave with the power of space for the first time.
Perhaps they entered from the central area, so they might not have gone to the caves further west."
Thinking of this, Chu Ning became excited.
He felt the space force storm again and, sensing its overwhelming power like before, decided to retreat for now.
He continued heading west, also taking two pills to restore his magical power.
Even though he had many methods, his magical power was rapidly depleting amidst the relentless blizzard.
After advancing for half a day, Chu Ning once again saw a cave.
As Chu Ning stepped into the cave, his eyes brightened abruptly.
"What a surge of Gold Spiritual Power! This cave has the gold attribute and the spiritual power is strong!"
However, Chu Ning then frowned slightly, seeing the cave seemed to have been explored before.
Using his divine sense, Chu Ning found clear signs of spirit medicine having been dug up at several spots.
"I just fear the Nine Rites Gold has already been taken by someone else."
Chu Ning murmured, yet even with this thought, he immediately released the Golden-winged Spirit Butterfly.
Once released, perhaps sensing the dense gold attribute spiritual qi, the butterfly joyfully took flight.
It flew directly to a rock wall about a hundred feet into the cave.
Watching the Spirit Butterfly hover uncertainly around the wall, Chu Ning attempted to probe with his divine sense.
But as soon as his divine sense touched the wall, it was immediately blocked.
In the next moment, with a gleam in his eyes, he drew his flying sword and started digging frantically.
After digging about five to six feet deep, a piece of blue-gold colored material appeared before Chu Ning.
"Blue Gold Stone!"
Seeing this material, Chu Ning felt a slight disappointment at first, but the next moment, a flicker of anticipation rose.
The Golden-winged Spirit Butterfly indeed proved useful, as it could discover treasures hidden within the wall where divine sense couldn’t probe.
Without delay, Chu Ning directed the Golden-winged Spirit Butterfly to continue exploring inside the cave mansion.
Advancing about another three hundred feet, Chu Ning had collected five more gold attribute artifact refining materials in his hand.
Either they were buried in the walls or hidden underground.
"The gold attribute spiritual qi here is denser and has already directly condensed Qi of Geng Metal!"
Thinking this, Chu Ning reached into the void ahead, and a wisp of Qi of Geng Metal condensed into his hand.
Just as Chu Ning was about to proceed further in search of more Qi of Geng Metal,
the Golden-winged Spirit Butterfly fluttered its wings and paused at another spot.
Immediately, Chu Ning expertly wielded his flying sword, digging several feet into the ground.
Just as he was breaking open the rocks on the ground, a glimmer of golden light emerged.
"This is... Nine Rites Gold!"
A smile of joy flashed across Chu Ning’s face, and he swiftly shattered the adjacent rocks with his magic sword.