…Although there weren’t many Absolute Cold Ice Heart Fish left.
“That shouldn’t be wasted!” Yue Kai Yu hurriedly said. “Let’s go into the water to catch fish!”
Ling Han nodded, and said to Li Si Chan, “Stay on the shore.”
Although the chilliness began to retreat, it still wasn’t tolerable for the Gushing Spring Tier. It’d possibly take one to two more days before the lake’s temperature would return to its normal status.
Li Si Chan nodded, she never pushed herself too hard in martial arts.
The three of them went into the lake. Some of the other people also felt the change in the lake’s temperature as they jumped into it one after another, spreading Origin Power to form a shield and roaming within the water.
One breath was enough for a Spiritual Pedestal Tier martial artist to hold for about an hour, and on top of the air within the shield, enduring for one day definitely wouldn’t be a problem. Therefore, everyone could explore the lakebed as much as they liked without worrying about suffocating at all.
The lake was still quite cold, but tolerable for Spiritual Pedestal Tier cultivators. Everyone spread out to search for Absolute Cold Heart Ice Fish.
The three of them also separated. The Cold Heart Fish wasn’t some impressive beast that they needed to join hands for.
After a few minutes, Ling Han arrived at the lakebed and saw several damaged kiosk and pavilions, as if these edifices only sunk down to the lakebed after experiencing an earthquake.
Thinking so, he swam over.
After the fish were fished repeatedly by him for three days, there weren’t many left, and now there were so many people fishing in the lake, how many could each person even get? He had already obtained six to seven hundred, and didn’t really care about a few dozen more.
There were about eight to nine lakebed kiosks and pavilions. Because they were buried under the lakebed’s mud, revealing only the top, Ling Han didn’t know whether there were more edifices hidden deeper underneath the lakebed.
Pressing gently with his palms, a momentous force surged as he appeared at the two-layer pavilion, swimming into it through the second floor window.
This was a study room, but the books on the bookshelves had all long rotted away and left only a few covers that escaped disaster, floating within the water. Ling Han reached out, gently grabbing on to a book that had “State of Pu’s Geographic Record.”
Was there a place in the vast lands called State of Pu?
Ling Han wasn’t quite sure, because in the time of his former lifetime, the place names of the vast lands had an extremely great difference compared to now—who could guarantee that two or five millennia ago the place names of various places in the vast lands were the same?
Perhaps there was a place called the State of Pu.
He grabbed another cover, which had “Thirty-six Free Transformations on Formations,” written on it.
Ling Han was instantly moved—formations!
How unfortunate there was only a cover left; if he could get a peek at it, it would probably be of great help for his formation mastery level.
He grabbed another three covers, and after glancing over them, his expression changed involuntariy.
“Insights on Refining Clear Void Pill, Red Leaf Pill, Purple-Patterned Gold Pill.”
This was a personal letter on pill refining, and it probably gave an account of the details in refining the three types of medicinal pills. This wasn’t much in itself; similar to his previous lifetime, Ling Han would also make notes in passing after refining to remind himself, and for his two alchemy disciples to reference.
What shocked Ling Han was the four words Purple-Patterned Gold Pill.
This was a divine medicine!
At the late periods of his former lifetime, he’d entered several historic sites, among which were cave dwellings of great ancient alchemists, and obtained a few personal notes; on them, Ling Han once saw the four words Purple-Patterned Gold Pill.
Purple-Patterned Gold Pill—after taking one of those, as long as they didn’t die from exploding, mortals could become gods!
What sort of divine medicine was this?
Ling Han believed that divine medicinal pills were also separated by tiers, and how could a normal divine pill turn a mortal into a god on the spot? However, in the vast lands, there was no way to refine any sort of divine pill, because there were no ingredients!
In here, the three types of medicinal pills were placed side by side, probably all divine pills. As for insights, the person must’ve refined it before, or else how could there be insights?
One who could refine divine pills in the vast lands, and very possibly a high tier divine pill?
Absolutely impossible!
Ling Han’s hands were trembling slightly as a guess welled up within; could this mystery realm… belong to a god that refined an area in the god realm and brought it down to the lower realm?
The chance of this guess being correct was extremely great because Yan Tian Zhao wanted something from the Sagittarius Palace.
Who was Yan Tian Zhao?
Although of mortal body, he received a god’s memory, and from a certain perspective, he was more kick*ss than Ling Han who was a Heaven Tier reincarnate. Could something that he coveted be ordinary?
It had to be a divine thing!
If this place were a part stripped form the gold realm, then it would be easy to understand, explaining why the Spirit Qi in here was so indispersibly thick. Moreover, why the beasts here had bone patterns on their skulls? Because they were beasts of the god realm—as simple as that.
Ling Han’s heart sped up involuntarily, could he be getting an inheritance from the god realm?
Kick*ss! Awesome!
With this speculation, Ling Han began to search more carefully. Anything here that was found could be a treasure of the divine level.
However, he was disappointed. The things inside the room were extremely normal, and the books, made of paper, rotted away. The wood, which was also not some sort of divine wood, rotted away. The bricks were also the same, just slightly harder.
…But whatever, take it all!
With a thought and a touch, Ling Han stored the entire pavilion inside the Black Tower. The space was so big anyway, no fear of taking up space.
He swam towards another pavilion and stored it once again, and then the third building; a kiosk was also moved into the Black Tower.
At this moment, someone also swam over, and didn’t seem to have any interest in Absolute Cold Heart Ice Fish, staring at the sunken group of buildings in the lakebed instead.
That was a girl at the ninth layer of the Spiritual Pedestal Tier cultivation, but she was also over thirty, probably someone on the prodigy roll in former generations. Her looks already passed the peak period, but were maintained very well. Her eyes were like a painting, and her cherry lips were bright red like blood, vibrantly attractive.
Compared to a twenty-year-old lady, a woman of this age won in her ample figure and titillating bearing, as if a ripe peach, plump and juicy.
After seeing Ling Han, the woman nodded at Ling Han—this was respect for a Heaven Grade alchemist.
She already swam into a pavilion and began to search.
Ling Han continued to store the buildings here indiscriminately.
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After a few minutes, the woman came out from the pavilion and revealed puzzled expression.
She clearly remembered that there were several damaged pavilions and kiosks nearby, but how come now they were all gone? Without finishing her train of thought, Ling han already swam over, and with a swipe, the pavilion behind her disappeared.
What!?
Bizarre shock was written all over the woman’s face—so those pavilions and kiosks were all taken away by Ling Han.
Are you a damn trash picker? She saw clearly that there was absolutely nothing valuable inside the pavilion,
even she took no liking to anything, let alone a dignified Heaven Grade alchemist.
However, she was immediately shocked; a pavilion was stored just like that, how large was that spatial ring?
Ling Han didn’t care. Even if everyone knew his spatial ring was massive, would they dare to rob him? To offend a Heaven Grade alchemist for a spatial spirit tool wasn’t worth it no matter how large the space was.
…Of course, if they knew Black Tower’s true use, then it mattered not whether Ling Han was a Heaven Grade alchemist—even the gods would rush up to rob him.
Ling Han began to dig up the edifices underneath the ground; several edifices only revealed their tips.
One, two, and three buildings, he stored them with great pleasure. Even if it was for nothing, it wouldn’t have wasted much time, but if there were some gains by any chance, then the profits would certainly be great.
What?
He discovered a rooftop and stored it in passing, yet discovered that the rooftop was still there and hadn’t been stored into the Black Tower. He tried again, still to no avail. He couldn’t help but find it strange, examining it closely; the rooftop was really quite different.
This was a pointy rooftop and the entire rooftop was whole, without tiles, and also completely gold.
Why couldn’t it be stored inside the Black Tower?
Ling Han brushed with both hands, and instantly, clouds of silt scattered at the lakebed as if a flood dragon twisted the entire lakebed into a murky mess. It was hard to see even one’s own five fingers.
Ling Han was more and more surprised. Within the lakebed, more parts of the building emerged. The golden walls were completely different from the other edifices, and after digging for about three feet, the entire building was still not revealed.
The strange thing was that this building was actually triangular; the further towards the bottom, the larger the building’s surface area was. Earlier, it the top was only a pointy cone.
The stranger thing was that Ling Han hadn’t even seen a single window, as if he dug out a piece of metal, except it was ridiculously large.
He became more and more curious, and the woman on the side also became interested, digging at the other end.
The lake’s silt was already soft, and with the great powers of two Spiritual Pedestal Tier warriors, three hundred feet was dug up, and more of the golden building was shown.
However, it still wasn’t the bottom of it, and the building still had no windows or doors.
Strange.
More and more people were drawn over. There weren’t many Absolute Cold Heart Ice Fish left, so after a short contention, everyone stopped “fishing,” turning their gazes here.
It was really strange that there was such a building underneath the lakebed.
Everyone started to dig in the lakebed.
After several thousand feet, they finally dug to the bottom, revealing the building’s entire features.
“A divine temple!” Ling Han muttered. He’d had seen a description of a similar building in ancient records; these triangular edifices existed in gold realm, mostly for sacrificial offerings, but also other purposes.
The golden divine temple was huge and imposing, existing as a whole despite being thousand feet tall. Ling Han didn’t know whether anyone with such construction ability existed in the vast lands, but if it were in the gold realm, it would be a different story.
On each of the three sides of the divine temple were doors, ten feet high and five feet wide. The golden door and the walls were almost fused, and if it weren’t for the totems of animals carved on the doors, it would truly be hard to discover.
Ling Han stood in front of a large door one of the sides. Guang Yuan and Yue Kai Yu already came over, both extremely curious.
Many animals on the large door were things Ling Han had never even seen!
The living spirits of god realm?
And on the other side, someone couldn’t help but push at the large door. Hong long long, instantly the three large doors opened simultaneously, revealing three dim passageways. The lake water instantly flowed inside, surging into the divine temple.
The divine temple was as if it had turned into a massive sky-swallowing whale, producing a powerful suction power. A few people weren’t on guard and were immediately sucked into the divine temple, while most people hurriedly pushed against the water, rising towards the lake’s surface.
The devouring power was shocking. After ten minutes the entire lake completely disappeared, turning into a massive pit. A divine temple stood erect, emitting a blinding golden light as if it were forged from pure gold.
Although martial artists viewed gold and silver as dirt, but then a massive lump of dirt towered aloft in front of them, still making them feel quite astonished.
When all the lake water had disappeared, the divine temple no longer produced suction power, standing erect silently as if a monument, making people feel an instinctive reverence from the bottom of their hearts.
Everyone cried out in surprise; never would they have thought that an imposing and unusual building would be hidden unerneathe the lakebed.
Ling Han, however, was very careful. The people who were sucked into the divine temple earlier hadn’t even shown up!
What could this mean?
First, it was extremely dangerous inside and they were trapped, or even dead. Second, the divine temple had lots of treasures, so those people were collecting it, never even having the thought of coming out.
Which one was it?
Ling Han’s curiosity was already burning incessantly. He decided to enter to explore. He wasn’t the only the only one who thought so, as several people already started forming parties, entering as a group. It could be extremely dangerous inside, and if there were treasures, the chances of winning them over would be greater together.
With the short amount of time, more people came from afar, and the number of people increased once again.
“You guys entering or not?” Ling Han asked Yue Kai Yu and Guang Yuan. Li Si Chan had also walked over.
“Enter, of course enter!” Yue Kai Yu hurriedly said.
“If Master Han is entering, then I’ll definitely follow,” Guang Yuan said.
“Alright, let’s go in and have a look,” Ling Han said smilingly. He had the Black Tower in hand, so he could keep everyone safe
“Let’s go!”
The four departed and climbed along the lake walls. This was a thousand feet, and now the water had dried up, revealing pure white rocks. If one were to leap down, falling into bits and pieces would be the greatest possibility.
Li S iChan was only at the Gushing Spring Tier and climbed very slow. Ling Han decided he might as well pick her up by the waist and climbed with one hand, yet he climbed more agilely than Guan Yuan and Yue Kai Yu, heading towards the lakebed at a surprisingly fast pace.
The lake was now an abyss. This was a cliff, but a drenched cliff, and made mostly of mud; a single misstep could cause one to fall down.
After only a few minutes, Ling Han was the first to arrive at the lakebed. As he lowered Li Si Chan down, the beauty’s cheeks were flushed, and her eyes were like spring water, glistening and beautiful.
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After a few minutes, Yue Kai Yue and Guang Yuan also arrived by his side. Their speed wasn’t fast, as there were already four teams that had entered the divine temple from three different entrances.
Ling Han started walking towards the passageway.
Yue Kai Yu and the others hurriedly followed. They unconsciously took Ling Han as their core, listening to his plans.
They entered the divine temple. It was pitch-dark inside, but with the eyesight of the Spiritual Pedestal Tier, they could still see in a radius of more than three meters. Ling Han could see up to ten times that because he cultivated the Eye of Truth, having eyesight that surpassed martial artists of the same tier.
Inside the divine temp
le was emptiness, without a single pillar. It could be imagined how vast the space was. This layer was a meter in height, and the top was grayish black walls, giving people the feeling of inhibition.
It was very quiet here. The echo of the sound of footsteps kept resonating within this vast space.
It was too empty, there was nothing at all.
They continued onwards. Even if there wasn’t anything in this layer, there was still the second and the third layer. And calculating based on the height of the divine temple, there should be at least several hundred layers!
Because it was too empty in here, they had no delays on their way, very soon arriving at the core area of this layer, where they found a staircase that led to the second layer. They obviously weren’t the first to arrive—the four groups that entered earlier had all arrived, but didn’t tread on.
There reason being the six corpses that lay at near the stairway.
It was the same people who had been engulfed by the lake water!
All dead, and their Hippocratic face was extremely terrifying as if moisture in their bodies had been drained dry, turning them into dried corpses. Ling Han and the others could recognize that these were the people who entered earlier because the of the clothes they wore, as for the faces… a dried-up corpse’s face was quite hard to recognize.
With the emptiness here, if a fierce battle broke out, the sound should have reached the doors, but the six people died without a sound, without even a single cry in fear; what did this explain?
The six people were almost simultaneously killed, so none of them let out a scream, nor was there any trace of a battle.
The killer’s strength should be quite strong!
Precisely based on this awareness, the people here came to a halt. Although everyone knew that risks accompanied opportunities, no one wanted to lose their life for no reason; they had to be cautious, cautious, and even more cautious.
Ling Han observed; it was too empty here, nothing could be hidden, and he could see clearly that there really was nothing. The stairway was immaculate, without any foreign matter anywhere.
Where could the killer be hiding?
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