Towards the Path of Heaven
Chapter 249

Stepping into the collapsed and dilapidated palace, the first thing that entered their eyes was not the lush greenery imaginable, but the corpses lying on the ground.

As far as the eyes could see, the number of corpses within the hall was close to a hundred. Compared to the corpses they sometimes saw in the corner, this place was like hell.

Moreover, with so many corpses lying on the ground, regardless of their previous cultivation, they had accumulated a lot of hatred left in this palace.

Even if the hatred was invisible and could not hurt people, it could make the three of them feel extremely depressed. It was as if they could see the appearance of these people when they had long since died. It's hard to look directly at them.

After the tragic scene, the three of them finally saw a huge vine in the corner of the palace. The huge vines came out from the ground and directly pierced through the roof of the palace, as if wanting to reach the sky.

What was surprising was that such a spirit plant in the sea of hatred did not make people cringe. Instead, it was filled with a faint holy aura.

This situation is shocking. After all, a plant growing in an environment would have a corresponding aura. But this vine is the opposite, or even completely different.

So in the end, Yan Chutian could only sigh. Perhaps only this sentence could explain the situation before them.

Since they had discovered the Spirit Plant, Yan Chutian naturally scanned every part of the Spirit Plant, looking for a possible Spirit Fruit.

Not disappointing Yan Chutian's expectations, after looking around, a thumb-sized deep red fruit appeared before him. This fruit does not exist on its own, but will appear at a certain distance. Moreover, the closer to the shoots, the brighter the color of the fruit, dark red.

"It looks like our luck is very good."

Yan Chutian turned around and smiled at the two women. Since there are spirit fruits, they will not return empty-handed.

Hearing this, Qiu Yu also revealed a smile. Although he did not need too much outside help, this spirit fruit could be of great help to Yan Chutian, so he was very happy.

However, when she recalled the rumors Yan Chutian and Yan Ningzhu had an ambiguous relationship, even though she knew the reason behind it, Qiu Yu restrained her smile and glared at Yan Chutian. "What are you laughing at? Go and let go!"

Seeing this, although Yan Chutian did not understand what was going on, he felt Qiu Yu's anger and did not want to ask for rejection. He quickly smiled and listened to her, climbing up the cliffs along the vines.

A moment later, all the spirit fruits in the vine were wiped clean by Yan Chutian. He won't leave them. Otherwise, it would only benefit the so-called geniuses who found this place.

After picking all the spirit fruits in the vine, Yan Chutian naturally obtained a bountiful harvest. The number of spirit fruits reached an astonishing twelve.

Twelve spirits for three. It's easy to share, four for each person. That's fair.

The flow of space in the ancient ruins was different from the outside world. Therefore, they had been here for about a year and a half. Hence, Yan Chutian would naturally not hide the four spirit fruits and directly eat them. Even if it was just to consolidate his cultivation of the fourth level of the Elixir Realm, it would be good.

Like him, the two women who received the spirit fruit also ate the spirit fruit on the spot and quickly purified it. Even if they carried spirit fruits, they were still external objects. How could it be better to directly turn it into a part of one's cultivation?

An unknown spirit fruit shone a little when it entered his mouth, but when the refinement began, the revolving medicinal strength contained within it quickly spread out, and the, it transformed into pure Spiritual Energy that continuously flowed into Yan Chutian's dantian, filling up every trace of emptiness.

However, what surprised Yan Chutian was that when the medicinal strength of the refined spirit fruit flowed into his dantian, the Mysterious Flame Qi Seed that had been silent for a long time actually moved again, after all, with a unique tensile strength sweep, strip the substance of its medicinal strength and absorb it.

Other people would not know about this scene, but as the owner of this body, how could Yan Chutian not know?

Thinking of this, how could Yan Chutian not connect to it? Could it be that the spirit fruit contained something similar to the metal contained within the Golden Lotus of Heavenly Mother?

If this was the case, wouldn't he find an opportunity to increase the Mysterious Flame Qi?

At this moment, Yan Chutian's heart was filled with excitement, and he couldn't wait any longer, so he hurriedly purified and absorbed the four spirit fruits, either, then quickly got up and looked down at the vine.

Where did the metallic substance contained in the spirit fruit come from? It naturally came from the vine, so if there was indeed a strange metal, it would definitely be at the root of the spirit plant!

Shifting his gaze, Qiu Yu and Luo Xue were still sitting cross-legged, so Yan Chutian had no intention of interrupting the two. After condensing the Spiritual Energy Light Curtain to block any movement, he hid his excitement and walked step by step towards the roots of the spirit plant.

Quickly walking to the roots of the spirit plant, Yan Chutian quickly dug along its roots. It might be difficult for humans to dig, but for a cultivator like Yan Chutian, it was certainly not difficult.

After digging to a depth of several meters, Yan Chutian had indeed discovered something different. The roots of this spirit plant did indeed hide a mystery!

He saw the vines spreading out, and a stone-covered room appeared below. This underground stone room had been sealed for many years. Even if the vines spread on the ground, it did not reveal the slightest aura. Just because Yan Chutian suddenly opened it, he reappeared in the world.

An extremely powerful rotten aura spread out, but Yan Chutian would not be deterred by the rotten aura. He immediately jumped into the stone room and looked around with the help of the dim light. Immediately, his eyes were fixated on the stone box on the stone platform in the middle of the stone room.

The roots of the spirit plant were also this vine. He saw a small root growing from the crack of the stone box, and then out of the dome above it. It continued to grow crazily, and eventually grew into a giant tree.

Yan Chutian suddenly understood why such a vine could grow like a giant tree. It was very strange, but he had no impression of it in his mind.

It should have been the thing inside the stone box that caused the tendril to mutate and grow so large, like a towering tree.

Therefore also Yan Chutian became more interested in things that might be inside this stone box. Even if it wasn't the strange metal he had imagined, it must be something incredible!

But at this point, Yan Chutian became even more cautious. Such a place was very similar to a hidden secret room, and the stone box on top of the stone platform was naturally like a treasure protected in a secret room.

In such a place, most likely a layer of protection was installed, and its purpose was to protect the objects inside the stone box. So if he acted rashly and acted rashly, he was afraid that the end of his life would be very sad.

But then again, when Yan Chutian rushed to the stone room, he had already acted rashly, but the stone room was still calm, and no danger had appeared.

"Could it be that with the passage of time, all the mechanisms have been destroyed?"

After pondering for a moment, Yan Chutian naturally thought of this possibility. It is impossible for things to exist forever, and that mechanism and danger can certainly decay. And the situation before him seemed to be the best explanation.

However with a cautious attitude, Yan Chutian did not act rashly. Instead, he changed his Spiritual Strength, and used his Spiritual Strength Hand to slowly open the dusty stone box.

The moment the stone box opened, there was also an ancient stench, but it was still as harmless as Yan Chutian was worried about. This made Yan Chutian calm.

There may be no danger set up here. Of course, it was also possible that with the passage of time, the so-called danger had been destroyed and lost its influence.

So next, Yan Chutian's gaze naturally fell onto the inside of the stone box. Looking at him, he saw a short sword lying quietly inside the stone box. But even though it was a short sword, Yan Chutian could only recognize it vaguely, as this short sword had decayed and many parts had even disappeared, leaving only remnants.