CHAPTER 174: CHAPTER 174: PROFOUND CRYSTAL STONE AND RED IRON GOLD COPPER

Seeing Xuu Yi’s invitation to enter the underground secret chamber together, Qi Yuanming felt somewhat cautious.

He looked at the dimly lit passage of the secret chamber; the further in, the darker it became, feeling as if there was some danger lurking inside.

For a moment, he hesitated.

"What are you afraid of, we’ve already come this far. If Brother Xuu Yi wanted to harm us, he could have acted outside the main hall, no need to wait until now."

Lin Qing’Er muttered, seeming somewhat careless. After finishing, she followed Xuu Yi down: "Let’s hurry up and follow; there might be some treasures inside!"

Han He thought for a moment, felt that Lin Qing’Er’s words made sense, and silently followed closely.

"You guys...wait for me."

Qi Yuanming chuckled bitterly, and had no choice but to follow suit.

Due to the age, most Radiant Origin Stones embedded in the rock walls on both sides of the passage for illumination had long lost their Spiritual Qi, unable to emit any light.

Only a dozen or so still faintly shimmered, like stars in the night sky, illuminating the chamber passage slightly, preventing it from being too dark.

But even with dim lighting, it was not a problem for the cultivators.

Just casting one or two small spells for illumination, the chamber passage became incredibly bright, like daylight.

Soon, they arrived at their destination.

What appeared before them was not a pile of gold and silver treasures but rows of wooden boxes and seven or eight wooden racks.

There were also two rows of weapon racks.

On the weapon racks, dozens of magical artifacts were placed, including long spears, short knives, halberds, battle axes, bows and arrows, etc.

What was collected here was naturally not ordinary iron, all of them were magical artifacts, and their tier would certainly not be low.

Seeing these magical artifacts, the eyes of Xuu Yi’s group of four lit up suddenly, their breaths became slightly rapid as they wanted to rush forward and seize them.

"On the weapon racks, there are some Tier One Middle-Grade to Tier One High-Grade magical artifacts, not very valuable, far inferior to the excellent artifacts stored in those wooden boxes."

Lu Ping’s voice reached Xuu Yi’s mind, causing him to sobering up slightly, immediately shifting his gaze to some of the surrounding wooden boxes.

The wooden boxes were unremarkable, looking ancient and mottled, on the verge of decaying and breaking after existing for many years.

"First, collect a few wooden boxes, there’s a few Tier Two Spiritual Artifacts inside. I speak; you act."

The magical artifacts on the weapon rack did not catch Lu Ping’s eye.

This level of magical artifacts could be found in tens in Wu Daoyuan’s two Storage Bags; compared to the Tier Two, Tier Three Spiritual Artifacts in the wooden boxes, the boxes should be taken first.

Qi Yuanming and the others were still present, so there was no time to waste.

He had to act first.

Hearing there were Tier Two Spiritual Artifacts in the wooden boxes, Xuu Yi was indeed a bit excited.

Without changing his facial expression, appearing calm, his heart was already eagerly impulsed as he moved closer to those wooden boxes.

Seeing Xuu Yi’s actions, not going first to grab the magical artifacts on the weapon rack, Qi Yuanming was a bit puzzled, wondering if Xuu Yi didn’t fancy the magical artifacts on the weapon rack?

Since you don’t want them, then I won’t be polite.

No longer delaying, Qi Yuanming started to act, walked to the weapon rack, not bothering to look much, took whichever magical artifact caught his eye.

Lin Qing’Er and Han He were also unwilling to lag behind, and started collecting from the weapon rack, each quickly obtaining seven or eight magical artifacts.

Meanwhile, on Xuu Yi’s side, following Lu Ping’s instructions, he had already started his actions.

"To your right, in the dark brown wooden box, there’s a Tier Two Middle-Grade spiritual artifact, you should collect it first."

"Take two steps forward, open the wooden box, inside is a Tier Three Lower-Grade purple-golden flying sword, its color is decent, collect that as well."

"Tier Two Lower-Grade magical artifacts are near the wall, yes, those wooden boxes whose corners are starting to break, there are several Tier Two Lower-Grade magical artifacts inside, don’t bother to open them, just collect them."

"Wait, don’t collect these two wooden boxes, they’re empty."

"Do as I say; there’s no need to collect the worthless wooden boxes."

"There’s also a Tier Two High-Grade magical artifact under the wooden rack on your left side, the wooden box is open; you can easily see it, collect that one too."

In a short time, while Qi Yuanming and the other two were still dividing the magical artifacts on the weapon rack, Lu Ping guided Xuu Yi in collecting over a dozen valuable magical artifacts.

Xuu Yi was initially very excited, thinking of taking everything he saw, mentally packing up everything to take.

Under Lu Ping’s guidance, many redundant steps were saved, and now every collection was a hit, and the magical artifacts entering his Storage Bag were at least Tier Two Lower-Grade.

Quickly, after Qi Yuanming and the others finished dividing the weapon racks, they imitated Xuu Yi and started dividing and collecting the many wooden boxes.

Lin Qing’Er even curiously opened the wooden boxes, inspecting them one by one, occasionally discovering one or two Tier One High-Grade magical artifacts, her face filled with joy.

The wooden boxes in the chamber were quickly divided among the four of them.

Since Xuu Yi acted to collect the wooden boxes first, his harvest was naturally the most abundant.

Qi Yuanming and the others collected the remaining wooden boxes that Lu Ping had left behind.

Next, were the items on the wooden racks.

There were many items, excluding most of the daily necessities used by cultivators, such as Celestial Meditation Cushions, Jade Boxes, Spirit Medicine Boxes, etc., there were also some refining materials, alchemy materials, as well as sheepskin scrolls, and jade scrolls.

Lu Ping had already explored this secret chamber, having long since understood its situation and knew which items were of value.

On the wooden racks, there were two items that caught Lu Ping’s interest.

As the four divided the wooden racks, they quickly discovered the two items that piqued Lu Ping’s interest.

The Profound Crystal Stone and Red Iron Gold Copper.

These were two inconspicuous, even rather ugly-looking ores.

After a few glances, the four couldn’t identify what these were, only finding them ugly and strange.

If they weren’t placed on the wooden racks, they wouldn’t have taken a second look, and couldn’t feel any Spiritual Qi fluctuation from them, just like ordinary stones.

They didn’t recognize them, as their knowledge was still shallow.

However, Lu Ping, a Golden Core Ancestor who had lived for over two hundred years, had seen far more things than they had.

Lu Ping did recognize them.

The Profound Crystal Stone and Red Iron Gold Copper were types of refining materials passed down from the Ancient Times, still circulating in small quantities within Lingxi State.

Although not much in quantity, as hard to find as Foundation Establishment Pills, but still purchasable if one had wealth.

The greatest use for the Profound Crystal Stone and Red Iron Gold Copper is in refining the Five Elements Spiritual Artifact Jun Tian.

Finding these two refining materials here was within Lu Ping’s expectations.

Don’t forget, the method for refining Jun Tian was discovered on Wu Dao’s person.

Since he had the refining method, Wu Daoyuan would certainly attempt to refine Jun Tian, thus he gathered refining materials, resulting in the collection of the Profound Crystal Stone and Red Iron Gold Copper.

These materials were all but ready.