Chapter 727: Chapter 727

Shen Long opened the door to the third stone chamber and before him stood a blue-green fruit tree over three zhang tall, with more than a hundred oval-shaped blue-green fruits hanging from its branches.

From a distance, the fruits resembled budding blue-green lotuses, and the entire shape of the fruit tree was strikingly similar to a blooming blue-green lotus.

"Qinglian Fruits! One of the Top Ten Spiritual Fruits."

Shen Long was a mix of shock and delight.

In the Qinglian Map, there was a Marvelous Purple Jade Fruit Tree that was over seventy thousand years old. Its fruits had yet to mature, but both the Qinglian Fruit and the Marvelous Purple Jade Fruit were among the Top Ten Spiritual Fruits.

The Qinglian Fruit had a growth cycle of sixty thousand years and, except for peculiar poisons that specifically harmed the Divine Soul, it could detoxify all other peculiar poisons. Therefore, the Qinglian Fruit was also known as the Detoxifying Fruit.

"By the looks of it, the fruits will mature in a few thousand years."

Shen Long said excitedly.

If the Qinglian Fruits were to mature, he could exchange them for Cultivation Resources. Not only Unity Cultivators but even Mahayana Cultivators would be tempted.

The Qinglian Fruit was the main ingredient for concocting the Eighth-Order Elixir, Qinglian Qingling Pill, known for its outstanding detoxification effects. Many sanctified detoxification medicines would also use Qinglian Fruits.

Shen Long flicked his sleeve, and a gourd flashing with green light flew into mid-air.

He set up a Formation and combined it with treasures to transplant the Qinglian Fruit Tree.

"There are still so many good things. There are two more chambers to explore, who knows what treasures they hold."

Shen Peng exclaimed excitedly.

Shen Long nodded and arrived at the entrance to the fourth stone chamber. He punched and blew open the large door of the chamber, and a surge of pure Spiritual Energy rushed toward him.

His gaze swept the chamber and fell upon a pool several tens of zhang in size filled with silvery-white fluid.

"Master, there is a beast egg in the pool,"

said the Hundred Eyes Cicada.

Shen Long approached the pool and saw a massive blood-colored beast egg.

Shen Long exclaimed in surprise.

Silver Real Water was Sixth-Rank Spirit Water. Submerging the weak life force seeds of Spirit Medicine or Spirit Beast Eggs in Silver Real Water would help the seeds germinate or the eggs to hatch.

He flipped his right hand, and a golden mirror emanating spiritual light appeared in his hand, into which he infused Mana.

The golden mirror emitted a ray of golden light that fell upon the beast egg, and a huge blood-colored toad appeared on the mirror’s surface.

"Nine-Eyed Blood Toad!"

Shen Long exclaimed in surprise.

The Nine-Eyed Blood Toad was one of the True Spirits. It seemed this egg carried the bloodline of the Nine-Eyed Blood Toad; no wonder the owner of the cave had submerged it in Silver Real Water.

He picked up the beast egg and observed it closely, noticing that its vitality was weak.

"I’ve really stumbled upon a treasure this time."

Shen Long said joyfully. He possessed the Myriad Beasts Tower, so hatching this beast egg would be no trouble.

He entered the Myriad Beasts Tower and placed the egg into the Spirit Control Pool.

He stood below the emblem of the Nine-Eyed Blood Toad, placing his hands upon the emblem, channeling Mana into it.

The Spirit Control Pool lit up with an eye-catching spiritual light, and a peculiarly strange roar could be faintly heard.

Shen Long moved to the edge of the Spirit Control Pool and saw a gigantic golden toad with protuberances on its back, and only two blood-red eyes.

He used the Demon-Identifying Mirror to examine it and discovered that the golden toad’s Purity of Bloodline reached three, indicating significant potential.

"Judging by its appearance, it closely resembles the Blood Pupil Golden Toad; it seems to be an offspring of a Nine-Eyed Blood Toad and a Blood Pupil Golden Toad."

Shen Long mused to himself, believing he could assist it in evolving towards the Nine-Eyed Blood Toad.

Shen Long placed a restriction on the Blood Pupil Golden Toad and settled it in a small valley on the third floor of the Myriad Beasts Tower. The valley was planted with a multitude of poisonous herbs and medicines, and a Fifth-Rank Formation was set up around it.

Shen Long left the Myriad Beasts Tower and proceeded to the door of the fifth stone chamber.

He threw a punch, hitting the stone gate, which shuddered violently but remained unharmed.

Shen Long snorted coldly, with yellow light shining brightly from his body and a large amount of yellow mane growing from his arms, he slammed his fists against the stone gate once more.

With thunderous booms, the stone gate shattered in response, revealing a huge chamber of a hundred yards across.

A humanoid skeleton lay in the center of the chamber, draped in tattered blue robes and a damaged blue bellyband, indicating that the owner of this cave dwelling was a female cultivator.

Shen Long noticed a silver stone that flickered with spiritual light next to the skeleton.

Shen Long’s brow furrowed.

As far as he knew, Echo Stones were unique to the Thunder Continent.

He expanded his Divine Sense but detected nothing out of the ordinary.

He released the Nine-Headed Ghost Pigeon, and one of its heads emitted a blue halo of light, enveloping the humanoid corpse with no abnormalities detected.

"Master, no trace of a Divine Soul was found," said the Nine-Headed Ghost Pigeon.

Shen Long nodded and retracted the Nine-Headed Ghost Pigeon back into the Spirit Beast Bracelet.

With a single beckoning motion, the Echo Stone flew towards him, landing in his hand as he infused it with mana.

Many mysterious runes emerged on the surface of the Echo Stone, and a beam of silver light shot out, transforming into the apparition of a pale-faced girl in blue robes.

"I am from the Xu Family of Silver Moon Valley on the Thunder Continent. I came to the Green Lotus Continent to travel and discovered the settling cave of Yuangui True Monarch, where I obtained numerous resources. The Qinglian Fruits were not yet ripe when I accepted an invitation from a friend to enter the Thousand Poison Cave in search of treasures. There, I was gravely injured by a formidable enemy and was afflicted by Soul Shattering Powder, a rare poison – even abandoning my physical body was to no avail. I hope that the one who finds my belongings can return my remains to the Xu Family. The Qingmei Order in the Storage Bracelet is the key to entering the Qingmei Cave Heaven for treasure. I acquired many valuable items there, including the Essence Blood of a sixth-rank Two-Headed Ink Flood Dragon, which possesses the True Dragon Bloodline..."

Before the apparition of the girl could finish speaking, the Echo Stone dropped to the ground.

"Silver Moon Valley’s Xu Family, Qingmei Order, Qingmei Cave Heaven!"

Shen Long muttered to himself, his face showing a contemplative expression.

From what the blue-robed girl had said, she was a Void Refining Cultivator, and Soul Shattering Powder wouldn’t have been able to kill a Unity Cultivator.

Shen Long took off the Storage Bracelet from the skeleton. With a flick of his wrist, a streak of blue light passed and a large pile of items appeared on the ground, including several intimate garments of the female cultivator.

More than twenty top-grade Spirit Stones, and two mid-grade Sky-Reaching Spiritual Treasures that were attack-oriented and severely damaged.

Shen Long’s gaze fell upon an exquisitely crafted blue jade box, the surface of which had a flickering Talisman attached.

He removed the Talisman and opened the box to reveal a blue jade bottle inside.

On the bottle, a label read "Sixth-Order Essence Blood of Two-Headed Ink Flood Dragon" in eight large characters.

Shen Long’s face lit up with joy. He had been searching for the essence blood of a sixth-rank Flood Dragon with a True Dragon Bloodline and had not found it until now.

It seemed to echo the saying, "The willow branches planted with intention fail to thrive, while those planted without flourish into shades."

He picked up a square silver token with "Silver Moon Valley" inscribed in three large characters on the front, and "Xu Yuying" in three smaller characters on the back.

Shen Long picked up a green jade slip and immersed his Divine Sense in it.

After a short while, Shen Long put down the last jade slip, his expression one of excitement.

"Mysterious Soul Secret Manual! A high-level Shen Hun Gongfa!"

Shen Long spoke to himself.

The contents of the jade slip were comprehensive, mostly related to the Thunder Continent; one of the green jade slips mentioned the Qingmei True Monarch.

The Qingmei True Monarch was a Unity Cultivator who had good chances of ascending to the Mahayana Realm. He possessed a seventh-rank Rift Space Beast capable of tearing through space.

The Qingmei True Monarch had the Rift Space Beast tear space apart, creating a secret realm where he cultivated.

For reasons unknown, Qingmei True Monarch met his demise, and as a result, the secret realm surfaced to the world. However, the Qingmei Order was required to enter the secret realm.

The secret realm housed numerous exotic treasures, and only once every tens of thousands of years did its restrictions weaken, allowing one to enter with the Qingmei Order and search for treasures. Over time, the secret realm came to be known by the cultivators at large as Qingmei Cave Heaven.

The Mysterious Soul Secret Manual was a high-level Shen Hun Gongfa obtained by Xu Yuying from the Qingmei Cave Heaven. Regrettably, the jade slip only recorded the first part of the manual, and the latter might be in the Qingmei Cave Heaven.

The Mysterious Soul Secret Manual was divided into six levels, and only those at the beginning stage of Divinity Transformation could commence cultivation.