After crossing the desert, Zhou Shu came to a stretch of mountains.

This is where the cave that Hong Yuan found is located.

Cultivators like to build caves in mountains. It is well known that cultivators who cultivate immortality pay attention to sensing the heaven and earth, returning to the original state of being one with heaven and earth, returning to nature, and the high mountains are connected to the sky and the lower ones are connected to the earth. This is exactly what the cultivators grasp.

It is the best place for heaven and earth to open and close, where practitioners practice in the hope of ascending to heaven and attaining the Tao and becoming immortals.

The mountains in front of us are not high, and because they are close to the desert, there are no vegetation. Everywhere is bare, and the spiritual energy is very sparse. It is hard to imagine that cultivators would build a cave here as a place for cultivation.

But that was not the case in the past. It is said that Liangyue Desert used to be called Liangyue Grassland. It had mountains and water, lush vegetation, and full of spirit. It was a lively scene everywhere. However, after a sect war, the mountains were flattened.

The river was drained, even the original fourth-level spiritual veins were removed by the monks, and the place became a desert.

The sea is changing, the Xuanhuang Continent is changing every day, it’s really hard to describe.

Skimming into the mountains, Zhou Shu walked to a cliff dozens of feet high, hung straight down, and used the method in Hong Yuan's memory to open the formation mechanism. A gap suddenly appeared in the cliff, dark and deep.

I don’t know how deep it is.

Just as he stepped into the cave, the gap suddenly closed again.

The cave is inlaid with fluorite everywhere, giving off a faint light, and a stone staircase leads downwards to the depths.

After walking about a hundred feet, I pushed open a closed ancient jade door, and suddenly a hall with a radius of dozens of feet appeared in front of me.

This place is very messy, with broken magic weapons, jade pieces, pill bottles everywhere...

Zhou Shu was not surprised, he had been prepared for this kind of scene.

That day Hong Yuan said that there were countless treasures in the cave, but he was actually talking nonsense just to beg for his life. The owner of this cave was only in the Pulse Condensation Realm. How could he leave countless treasures? Impossible, and it took thousands or even ten thousand years.

, even if there are treasures, they have been almost destroyed by the years, most of the elixirs and jade slips are like this, and the ancient spectroscopic mirror is the only magic weapon that has survived.

But since Zhou Shu knew this and still came here, he naturally had other motives.

Cultivators do not put all good things in the open face of the cave. Most of the good things are hidden in secret places, and most of them are with the remains of the cultivators. Hong Yuan did not find the remains of this ancient cultivator. He could not find them.

Arriving doesn't mean Zhou Shu can't be found either.

"Xiao Gu, come out."

Opening the spirit beast bag, Xiao Gun, who had not been around for a long time, slowly crawled out.

It first threw a few ice balls at Zhou Shu to vent its dissatisfaction, and then rolled up in the cave like a small ball.

"It's up to you, don't let me down."

Zhou Shu locked his consciousness on Xiao Gun and immediately entered the small room next to the hall.

There are three ancient stone tablets placed in the small room, with ancient Chinese characters carved on them. According to Hong Yuan's memory, the ancient tablets record three ancient techniques, namely Mu Yin, Mu Dun, Mu Si, and the current one.

In the world of cultivating immortals, you can hardly see them being passed down. They are considered rare inheritances.

Zhou Shu read it carefully, and after confirming that there were no differences or omissions from what he remembered, he felt relieved.

This ancient method does not require a lot of spiritual power. It relies more on the spirit of heaven and earth. It is very different from the current method and is more troublesome to practice. He does not have spare spiritual consciousness to deduce it, so he does not plan to

Go study now.

But such ancient inheritance is definitely very useful, and it would also be good to sell it. Many practitioners are eager for the ancient methods and can offer unimaginable prices.

As for why Zhou Shu can understand ancient characters, this is very simple, because Hong Yuan started learning these very early. He is equivalent to helping Zhou Shu learn them.

Boom, boom.

Zhou Shu quickly walked out, and Xiao Gun was lying on the ground, spitting the ice ball desperately against a wall.

"This is it."

Zhou Shu was slightly thoughtful. He had scanned the walls around the cave for a while, but found nothing at all. It didn't take long for Xiao Gun to find something special.

The spiritual consciousness of cultivators is difficult to use in many places, and it is not as good as the instinct of spiritual beasts and insects.

Zhou Shu stabbed along the wall, only to hear a bang sound, and the heavy gold sword bounced back.

"So hard?"

The third-level flying sword only left a gray-white mark. There was a mystery behind the half-foot-deep stone wall.

Zhou Shu was slightly stunned. Looking carefully, he saw that the wall behind was not an ordinary rock, but an extremely hard black bone stone.

Black bone stone is not only hard, but also insulates spiritual energy and consciousness. It is a commonly used material in building fortified cities and is of great value.

"It must be a deliberate arrangement, it can't be wrong."

The astonishment suddenly turned to surprise. There was a black bone stone wall erected here. There must be a mystery behind it. There should be other passages, but Zhou Shu had no time to look for it. He simply swung his sword again and the sword intention was contained in it. The thick black bone stone followed.

It breaks into pieces and slowly reveals a path.

This layer of black bone stone wall was three feet thick. When Zhou Shu felt a little tired, he saw a ray of light coming from the opposite side.

Just as he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, suddenly, a green rope about half a foot thick jumped out of the opened gap and rolled towards Zhou Shu.

If you look carefully, you will see that the rope is covered with suckers of all sizes, which are greasy and sticky with some mucus. They are disgusting and resemble the tentacles of an octopus on the seabed. It is very weird.

Zhou Shu didn't think much and just chopped it off with his sword!

There was a soft sound, and the tentacle was so tough that it bent continuously, circled around the sword body several times, and then retracted with a whooshing sound.

"Something weird, what is this?"

Zhou Shu quickly put away the scroll and looked inside. Through the opened hole, the situation inside was clearly revealed.

The place is not big, with a radius of less than ten feet. There is a white skeleton sitting in the middle, which is probably the owner of the cave. He has a Naxu ring on his hand, and on both sides of him, there are two trees about one person tall.

A green monster covered in thorns.

Seeing these two plant-like things, Zhou Shu was stunned for a while, "Dragon claw grass?"

Dragon claw grass is a very special kind of monster, it can also be said to be a kind of plant.

It is said to be a plant because its main body cannot move. Its main root is deeply rooted in the soil and grows by the spiritual energy in the earth. It is said to be a monster because it has hundreds of movable rhizomes that feed it extra food.

Moreover, it has a demon elixir, a realm of cultivation, and can even transform into a human being.

The two dragon claw grasses here were probably planted here by the owner of the cave to protect his remains.

Dragon claw grass is quite difficult to deal with. Hundreds of aggressive roots are buried in the ground. You don't know when they will come out. Once you are caught by them, it will be like being pinched by the dragon's claws. It is extremely difficult to break free, and the flesh and blood will be destroyed in a few breaths.

Being sucked dry, places with dragon's claw grass are often restricted areas, and monsters will avoid them and go away when they see them. But at this time, Zhou Shu's eyes shone slightly, with a hint of greed.

Because he knew that Dragon Claw Grass was extremely rare and could be regarded as an ancient alien monster. Most importantly, it had a trace of Yinglong's bloodline and was rich in the power of wood.
Chapter completed!