"There are so many pills!" Xiao Zhao exclaimed, walking towards a nearby shelf, unable to contain her surprise at the sheer number of elixirs.
"These are sixth-grade pills, mediocre."
"Seventh-grade pills, acceptable."
"Oh, eighth-grade spirit pills, not bad, not bad."
"There are ninth-grade pills too, just too few, only a few hundred."
"Wow! There are even demigod-level pills!"
Xiao Zhao's astonishment grew as she looked further, finally spotting demigod-level pills. These were incredibly precious and rare, only able to be refined by top-tier alchemists.
"Pity, only two bottles. Hmm, one bottle has about a hundred pills."
Upon opening one, a potent elixir fragrance wafted out, making one feel ethereal and as if their entire body had come alive, akin to bathing in a spirit spring.
"Demigod-level pills are indeed extraordinary," Xiao Zhao said, collecting the entire shelf.
Zhou Yan also took the spirit artifact-level alchemy cauldron. His territory had not possessed a single spirit artifact-level cauldron before; this was the first, bringing Zhou Yan great joy.
"There are many medicinal ingredients here too," Zhao Min noticed another shelf. Each drawer was filled with spirit herbs, and there were over a dozen such shelves.
Each shelf contained numerous drawers, and each drawer held spirit herbs. These shelves were designed to preserve the efficacy of the herbs, meaning they remained potent even after so many years.
Zhao Min collected all these spirit herbs as well.
Subsequently, Zhou Yan discovered many pill recipes and extensive alchemy texts. He took everything that seemed useful.
This was the lifetime collection of a top lord, astonishing in value, and now it all belonged to him.
After clearing out this area, they moved on to the next location.
Li Chungang once again shattered a barrier with a single sword strike. He was truly a bug-like existence; even though these barriers were powerful, they couldn't withstand the full might of a demigod.
"All books..."
This place was not where the spirit fields were located, much to Zhou Yan's disappointment. However, the collection of texts was vast, documenting information from all aspects of life in great variety.
"There are many skill books here too!" The two women discovered more valuable items, all skills. Though not of the highest caliber, their quantity was significant.
Zhou Yan collected these texts, leaving the area empty once more.
They proceeded to the next barrier, which housed weapons. At least several million weapons were stored within, but sadly, not a single item above spirit artifact grade.
The next was a barrier for armor.
...
After the fifteenth barrier was broken, Zhou Yan finally located the spirit fields.
"Wow! This is a true spirit field, such dense spiritual energy!" The two women's eyes sparkled at the sight of so many spirit herbs. This was genuine treasure.
Zhou Yan also smiled and remarked, "These spirit herbs are a colossal fortune. Who knows how long they've been growing here; each one is almost sentient."
"It would be a shame to just harvest them like this," Zhou Yan mused. He then channeled his immense spiritual power, releasing the Tai Chi diagram to encompass the entire spirit field. He then collected the entire spirit field.
Instantly, the entire spirit field was covered by Zhou Yan's spiritual power, and then he took it all away.
Only a deep pit, five meters in depth, was left behind, as if something had been forcefully excavated.
The three onlookers: (◎-◎；)(・_・)ヾ゛(o_o)
They could even do that, not leaving even the soil behind.
As they emerged, they saw Qian Shun, his face grim.
"Oh my, Qian Shun, you're still alive?" Zhou Yan asked, genuinely surprised.
Qian Shun's expression darkened further. "Kid, you can't be so ungracious. You took everything, leaving me with nothing."
Zhou Yan pointed to the nearby stones. "There are so many stones here, how could there be nothing? Take your pick."
"I..." Qian Shun's face grew even darker. He truly wanted to rob Zhou Yan, but he restrained himself, fearing he would be robbed in return if he couldn't defeat Zhou Yan.
They continued their search for treasures. Although most of the valuable items had been taken by Zhou Yan, Qian Shun also managed to make some gains, which was not too bad.
This cave mansion was indeed vast, with numerous halls. There were no less than hundreds of areas sealed by barriers.
However, not every sealed area yielded significant gains.
On other mountain peaks, after some individuals triggered traps involving fake spirit herbs, countless people were annihilated by powerful killing arrays. Numerous lives were tragically lost within these arrays.
All the spirit herbs vanished, and only then did people realize that these were all traps. There were no spirit herbs here; it was all a ruse.
It was unknown how many people had been eliminated by these formations; the death toll was immense, and not even bodies or a drop of blood remained.
It was as if the place devoured people, consuming all corpses and absorbing all blood.
This instilled a sense of dread in many. However, the timid starve while the bold feast. They left this area and rushed towards other peaks, hoping to find other treasures.
Unfortunately, those peaks had already been explored by others.
While there were still some items within, it was clear that those places were not the locations of true treasures.
The group that had previously broken through the formations also wore extremely displeased expressions, as they too had been deceived.
"Damn it, the real tomb is not here."
"So cunning. It must be on some peak; let's look carefully."
"That peak looks a bit strange."
"How cunning, it's that one."
"Let's go."
As the attention turned to that shorter peak, hundreds of powerful formation masters joined forces to break through the arrays. These formations were formidable, requiring even them significant time to decipher.
Meanwhile, Zhou Yan and his group had already broken through over a hundred barriers, taking all the valuable items within.
"Kid, someone is breaking through the barriers. They'll likely reach here soon. We should head to the main tomb; the best items are there," Li Chungang advised.
"Right! Let's go to the main tomb and dig up that half-demon to whip its corpse!" Qian Shun eagerly added.
Qian Shun then explained, "Those demons wanted to refine him into a demonic corpse. I wanted to destroy it, didn't I?"
"Do you think I'll believe your nonsense?" Zhou Yan glanced at Qian Shun with disdain.
They did not linger and headed directly towards the main tomb, located in the very center of the cave mansion—the most magnificent, largest, and most heavily sealed area.