Mo Wuji's face darkened. Asking for his storage bag was tantamount to robbery. His hand was already on his storage bag. When he was at the early stage of Meridian Condensing Level 10, he had killed two Foundation Building Realm cultivators. Now that he was at Meridian Condensing Level 12, these three guys were not necessarily much stronger than those two Foundation Building cultivators.

"Second brother, don't be so reckless. If you ask to buy someone else's storage bag like that, they'll think we're robbing them," another man said as he walked over. This man was slightly taller, with a noticeable scar on his face.

After speaking, the man cupped his fist towards Mo Wuji and said, "Friend, we found some ore for refining and are in urgent need of a storage bag. We didn't intend to rob you, but rest assured, we will offer a high price to buy your storage bag."

Hearing this man's words, Mo Wuji knew that these people must have found a good place. There must be treasures there, and these people's storage bags should be full. Unwilling to leave the things there, they wanted his storage bag to go back again.

Mo Wuji said faintly, "My storage bag is also full."

"It doesn't matter, you can take out the things. We just want the storage bag," the slightly taller man still said with a smile.

Mo Wuji's tone became even colder, "Since you need a storage bag to fill things, am I supposed to sell you my storage bag and hold my own things in my hands?"

"You can carry a package," the man who first asked Mo Wuji to leave his storage bag blurted out.

Mo Wuji was too lazy to even answer this time. With a wave of his hand, the Heavenly Machine Staff appeared in his palm. They wanted to rob him? Then let them come. He wanted to test just how strong he was after reaching Meridian Condensing Level 12.

Seeing Mo Wuji blatantly take out a weapon, the two men frowned, hesitant to act rashly.

It was like a dog biting someone. If the person turned and ran, the dog would bite more fiercely and chase after them. But if you stood still and prepared to fight back, the dog would become afraid and retreat.

Seeing that the two seemed to be intimidated by him, Mo Wuji suddenly said, "You found this place by chance, right? Before I came here, I knew there was a lake here. If you're willing to stop, I can hand over the map."

After saying this, Mo Wuji didn't wait for the other party to respond and directly tossed the bundle of maps to the slightly taller man.

The man subconsciously moved to the side, and after confirming that there was nothing wrong with the thing Mo Wuji threw on the ground, he picked it up and opened it.

Immediately, he exclaimed in surprise and gave the other two a look. The other man and woman hurriedly walked to the man's side, looking down at the map and the book on the distribution of treasures in the Lost Heaven Ruins.

Mo Wuji took the opportunity to turn around and leave, quickly disappearing into the distance.

"Big brother, should we chase after him and kill him?" Seeing Mo Wuji leave, the slightly thin man who first asked for Mo Wuji's map hurriedly asked.

The taller man looked in the direction where Mo Wuji disappeared and said with a grin, "No need, this map of his is much more valuable than that storage bag. Look, the place we found is also in this booklet. We're rich, this is simply a treasure trove."

"Then wouldn't it be more secretive if we went and wiped him out?" the female cultivator who hadn't spoken asked doubtfully.

"Not necessarily," the slightly taller male cultivator shook his head. "Don't underestimate this person just because his spiritual energy isn't obvious. The fact that he dares to enter the Lost Heaven Ruins alone probably means he's no ordinary character. Judging by the speed at which he summoned his weapon in front of the three of us, he's not someone to be trifled with. I suspect he's hiding his spiritual energy cultivation through a spirit concealing method. If my guess is correct, the three of us may not be able to keep him here. We're carrying valuable treasures, there's no need to take risks. Since that's the case, why not look for the treasures first? If he dares to go too, that would save us the trouble of chasing after him."

The other man and woman nodded in agreement. What he said was right. If Mo Wuji was really weak, how would he dare to venture into the Lost Heaven Ruins alone? Those who could hide their spiritual energy cultivation through spirit concealing methods were almost never simple.

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Seeing that the three people behind him didn't chase after him, Mo Wuji also breathed a sigh of relief. Although he wasn't afraid even if the three of them chased after him, it was naturally best not to fight them. After all, he hadn't reached the Foundation Building Realm yet; Meridian Condensing Level 12 was still in the Meridian Condensing Realm.

What pleased him even more was that he had gotten rid of the hot potato. He had originally planned to throw it into the sand crocodile's mouth, but the appearance of these three people saved him the trouble of finding a sand crocodile.

Qi Laoshi's three-piece set was definitely not good stuff. Since these three wanted to take advantage of him, he would just let the honest man teach them a lesson. He only needed to find the Heavenly Meridian Flower.

As for whether these three would go looking for the Heavenly Meridian Flower, Mo Wuji was very relieved. Because the chances of that were extremely small; compared to other treasures, the Heavenly Meridian Flower really wasn't anything. Not everyone wanted to be like him and open up the hundredth meridian.

Without any worries, Mo Wuji changed direction again. This time, he was really heading towards the location where the Heavenly Meridian Flower appeared.

No matter how dishonest Qi Laoshi was, the locations of the various treasures recorded in that booklet should still be accurate.

Several days passed, and Mo Wuji stopped in front of a patch of dilapidated, barren weeds. Everywhere were ruined walls and broken monuments. Broken stone tablets and walls that had been through countless years were buried halfway by dust. Various weeds grew within, like the scene of an ancient battlefield after a fierce battle, eroded by countless years of time.

Occasionally, rustling sounds came from the weeds. Mo Wuji's spiritual will penetrated into them. Among the weeds and rubble were only some skeletons. Other than that, there was nothing. The rustling sounds should have been the slight breeze blowing through.

The sky was already dark, and Mo Wuji looked at the further areas. This entire area seemed to be full of such ruined ancient buildings and barren weeds. If he wanted to pass through this area, he could only walk through these weed-filled, ruined buildings. Even detours were impossible.

To pass, only by quickly finding the Heavenly Meridian Flower and advancing to the Foundation Building Realm, was the right path. Mo Wuji weighed the gains and losses and decided to cross this weed-filled, ruined area overnight. He was simply too eager for strength.

Something was wrong. At the instant he was about to step onto it, Mo Wuji felt that something was wrong.

These weeds had so many skeletons; naturally, it couldn't be caused by occasional fighting. If it wasn't caused by occasional fighting, then there was only one reason: the cultivators who wanted to cross this area of weeds had all turned into skeletons.

Mo Wuji quickly retracted his foot, and his spiritual will once again carefully observed the weeds, the ruined walls within, and the skulls within the weeds.

After half an incense stick of time, Mo Wuji finally saw clearly. These skulls were not pale white, but had a gray hue, with some black spots between the gray. Every single one had them, without exception.

Gray skulls were common, but gray skulls with black spots were not normal. It was even more abnormal that every skull had black spots.

Was this poisoning?

Mo Wuji's spiritual will penetrated further down. When he hadn't penetrated down before, he only felt a vague sense of danger; after all, there wasn't a single living person here, only skeletons.

When Mo Wuji's spiritual will penetrated underground, his scalp instantly went numb. A feeling of extreme nausea almost made him vomit.

The black-gray mixture that wasn't moving wasn't the ground, but several thick layers of unknown insects. The top row of insects looked like the soil of the ground, connected together densely and without any gaps, completely motionless. But the insects below were wriggling like maggots, disgusting to the extreme.

How dangerous. If he didn't have his spiritual will, his death would have been announced the moment he stepped onto this area of weeds and broken walls.

What did Qi Laoshi mean by this? If he gave the map, why didn't he indicate that it was very dangerous here? Did he not want people to help him find treasures for free?

Regardless of what Qi Laoshi was thinking, Mo Wuji couldn't care less. He immediately moved away from this place, and then walked along the outer edge of this area of weeds and broken walls for a full half an hour. As he walked, his spiritual will swept through the weeds, searching for that terrifying insect.

Half an hour later, Mo Wuji finally found a safe place. This area seemed to be free of the insects, and there were some protruding broken walls that he could use as footholds, so he wouldn't have to step into the weeds.

He would go through here.

After making his decision, Mo Wuji directly leapt up, landing on a protruding broken wall. The broken wall had been through countless years, and when Mo Wuji stepped on it, it immediately made a "puff" sound. As Mo Wuji left the broken wall, it collapsed with a loud crash, dust flying everywhere.

At this time, Mo Wuji had already landed on the second protruding broken wall. Before Mo Wuji could lift his foot again to fly towards the third broken wall, a "chi chi" sound abruptly broke the silence of the night.

When Mo Wuji's spiritual will scanned what was making the "chi chi" sound, goosebumps rose all over his body. The insects that hadn't moved before were now frantically swarming towards him. One could imagine that if he was surrounded by these insects, even a hundred Mo Wujis would die, and they would die a disgusting and miserable death.

How could Mo Wuji dare to stay any longer? He frantically urged his elemental energy, his feet flying, rushing towards the opposite side as if he were flying in the air.

After a few breaths, Mo Wuji knew that there was no way he could rush to the opposite side before these insects trapped him. Having reached this point, he had no choice but to fight desperately. While still in the air, Mo Wuji continuously blasted out bolts of Lightning Explosion.

"Ka ka ka ka..." Dense Lightning Explosions exploded among the insects, and the pungent, burnt smell instantly permeated the entire space.

The insects seemed to be startled by the sudden appearance of the Lightning Explosions and paused.

Mo Wuji was overjoyed. He was afraid that these insects had no intelligence. Now it seemed that these insects had a little bit of intelligence. As long as they had a little bit of intelligence, they would know fear. Indeed, how could insects without intelligence only launch an attack after he stepped into the weeds and broken walls?

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