Chapter 423

Chapter 423

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Li Fan carefully examined the hollow space.

Above, numerous buildings seemed to grow from the top of the stone cave, hanging upside down in midair.

Li Fan also saw stone statues that resembled cultivators.

Their feet were fused with the buildings, also hanging upside down, their desperate and helpless hands reaching out as if seeking rescue.

But their bodies were eternally frozen at this moment, their faces filled with terror.

“This should be a mountain peak of the Tian Ji Sect, coincidentally swallowed by this Primordial Clam.”

“Judging by the appearance, it seems they were petrified as a whole before being swallowed.”

Li Fan raised his guard, leaping to the top of the hollow.

Ignoring the petrified cultivators, he traversed the ruins, heading straight for the most prominent stone tower.

“The Sky-Gazing Tower, the crucial location for the Tian Ji Sect to peer into the secrets of Heaven.”

Standing before the stone tower, Li Fan discovered that even after thousands of years, a faint glimmer still emanated from its surface.

“The restrictions are still present, but they are merely a facade.”

As if unimpeded, Li Fan entered the interior of the Sky-Gazing Tower.

“Hmm?”

The moment he stepped inside, Li Fan’s expression changed.

He felt a malevolent gaze directed towards him.

Following the direction of the gaze, Li Fan saw a cultivator standing ahead, his hair disheveled.

His face was contorted, one of his eyeballs bulging as if about to pop out, fixedly staring at Li Fan.

The cultivator’s lower body was also petrified like the other Tian Ji Sect disciples, turned into stone.

However, his upper body seemed to be in the midst of the petrification process, presenting a grotesque mixture of flesh and stone.

“Dead or alive?”

Li Fan didn’t dare to delay, immediately unleashing a Five Elements Annihilation Sword.

“Bang!”

The black light sword struck the cultivator’s body.

After piercing through him, the cultivator’s body shattered into pieces, scattered across the floor.

Only the half-petrified eyeball remained floating in the air, its pupil still locked onto Li Fan.

Li Fan slowly approached, constantly changing his position.

He discovered that the eyeball seemed to sense his presence, always keeping him in its sights.

Standing before the petrified eyeball, he waited for a while, but it didn’t react further.

Li Fan took it into his hand and examined it closely.

“It’s not a real eyeball, but something this deceased cultivator implanted into his body before his death.”

“Strange, I don’t remember Xiao Heng’s group having this...”

“Did they not discover it? Or did Linghu Chang hide it?”

Li Fan played with it for a while, but found no use for the eyeball.

Afterward, he thoroughly scoured the ruins inside and out.

He ultimately found four more cultivation techniques in several separate subworlds.

Three were Golden Core techniques, and one was a Nascent Soul technique.

This Nascent Soul technique was precisely the “Jade Chapter of a Thousand Mechanisms.”

“This subworld on the edge of the ruins must have been accidentally revealed decades later, which is how Kou Hong and his brother discovered it.”

“But these two brothers were truly unlucky. If they had just searched a little more carefully, they would have discovered the true ruins of the Tian Ji Sect not far away.”

“As a result, Kou Hong got greedy upon seeing the Nascent Soul technique and missed out on the treasure trove.”

Understanding the reasons behind it, Li Fan couldn’t help but feel a sense of absurdity.

With his bountiful harvest, Li Fan no longer lingered.

He transformed back into the Stone Spirit Worm, carving a passage from the resealed stone wall.

Leaving the Hundred Stone Subworld, he headed towards the Cong Yun Sea.

...

Glass Island.

He Zhenghao was troubled, confused, and anxious.

“Go or not?”

He Zhenghao frowned, letting out a long sigh.

He didn’t know why, but while cultivating the “Sitting Mountain Technique” a while ago, he suddenly felt a connection.

For some reason, another person cultivating the “Sitting Mountain Technique” had appeared in the world.

The “Sitting Mountain Technique” was already incredibly slow to cultivate, and now someone else was cultivating it alongside him.

How could this be? It was basically impossible to cultivate.

This sudden change in his primary cultivation technique left He Zhenghao unsure of what to do.

He had discovered the “Sitting Mountain Technique” while exploring a subworld in his youth, and had never revealed it to anyone.

How did the other party know about it?

This matter was strange, and He Zhenghao, who was never very bold, didn’t dare to approach the other party to investigate, fearing for his safety.

He could only hide in the protective array of the island, constantly worrying.

At this moment.

“Who are you, you scoundrel! How dare you steal my sect’s cultivation technique!”

“Get out here!”

A thunderous voice echoed through the sky above Glass Island, reverberating endlessly.

He Zhenghao was stunned for a moment, about to go out to check the situation.

Then, he immediately reacted.

“Is this the other party coming to find me?”

Sensing the other party’s powerful aura, He Zhenghao’s face turned pale.

“Golden Core stage?”