Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension Chapter 1529: 828: Treasure Heist (Part 2)

Capítulo 1529: Chapter 828: Treasure Heist (Part 2)

Once the time for a cup of tea had passed, Zhao Sheng quietly materialized within a lavish and imposing hall.

The hall boasted elaborately sculpted beams and colorfully adorned columns, its floor covered by a single enormous jade slab, while at the rearmost section towered a nineteen-tiered rhinoceros dais. Atop this dais lay a massive jade couch, fashioned from superior Wind Spirit Jade.

This jade couch measured seven zhang in length, five zhang across, more than one zhang tall, and tipped the scales at over ten thousand jun.

Such a jade couch by itself held value immense enough to secure the flourishing of a Cultivation Family across a millennium.

Having encountered countless treasures, Zhao Sheng paid no heed to this Wind Spirit Jade couch, ascending lightly and settling behind it with ease.

Observing the flawless, reflective jade barrier, Zhao Sheng executed hand seals, channeling beams of emerald glow into its surface.

Simultaneously, he dispatched threads of Divine Thought, converting them into distinct vibrations that synced with the projected green radiance.

After over a dozen breaths, the jade barrier descended into the earth, uncovering a passage leading downward.

The passage's base was lined with large White Jade blocks, whereas its side walls and ceiling were forged from antique bronze. Embedded along the walls at regular intervals were Luminous Pearls the size of human heads, lighting the path as brilliantly as daylight.

With a gentle footfall on the ground, Zhao Sheng seemed to morph into a gentle wind, gliding noiselessly into the passage and vanishing into its far reaches shortly after.

Extending beyond a hundred li, the passage's back portion delved profoundly into the Sky-reaching Cliff, layered with multiple restriction arrays.

Yet before a past Unification Realm Expert and an Array Dao Grandmaster, these restriction arrays proved completely ineffective.

Zhao Sheng navigated the passage without hindrance, reaching the front of a massive bronze gate with ease.

As per Jun Tianxing's account, Zhao Sheng devoted the duration of a cup of tea to dismantling the seals on the gate, opening it fluidly and stepping into the innermost chamber of the Treasure Cave.

Stepping into the Treasure Cave, the space abruptly widened.

The initial sight that greeted him was an enormous True Dragon Skeleton, mountain-like in scale, exceeding a thousand zhang in length, its form shining like polished jade while perpetually releasing a frosty aura that instilled profound terror.

Scattered in the vicinity of the True Dragon Skeleton were over thirty jade stands.

Upon each jade stand rested a treasure, though regrettably all were shielded by Barriers.

Surveying the area, the Treasure Cave glittered brilliantly, every treasure radiating its own distinctive luster.

“Good heavens,… Ten Thousand Years Thunderstruck Yin Divine Wood, Vermilion Bird Divine Fire, Empty Zen Jade Leaf, Treasure Light Glaze Marrow… such large Principle Crystal, collect it, collect it!”

A delighted look crossed Zhao Sheng's face as he darted to a jade stand, eyeing the Earth Element Law Crystal the size of a head, prompting the Five-sided Treasure Mirror to burst forth from his body abruptly.

The Five Directions Treasure Mirror unfurled, with all its facets emitting rays that converged on the Barrier over the jade stand simultaneously.

Light emanated from Zhao Sheng’s forehead as his Divine Thought linked to the treasure mirrors, directing them to fire ongoing beams.

In just a few breaths, the Barrier encasing the jade stand dissolved, forming a void about a foot wide.

The Earth Element Crystal ascended swiftly, slipping through the void and getting drawn into the Central Earth Mirror, where it vanished entirely.

Zhao Sheng scanned the surroundings again, then zipped to the subsequent jade stand, which supported a plain jade box whose interior remained unknown.

However, that was of no concern; possession would reveal its secrets soon enough.

Once more, Zhao Sheng directed the Five Directions Treasure Mirror, shattering the safeguarding Barrier after several attempts, seamlessly drawing the jade box into the treasure mirror.

Next, he rushed toward the third jade stand, bearing a three-inch bone cauldron that contained a hazy jade fluid resembling drifting mist.

“Heh, the old man laughs at that fool bird for wasting precious materials. Such rare Nine Heavens Pure Qi was merely left unused, no wonder he spent so many years only reaching the Early Stage of Returning Void. Well, now it benefits me, the rarest material for refining the Small Wind Stabilizing Pearl is obtained effortlessly.”

While mocking the Demon Country Lord for failing to identify valuables, Zhao Sheng breached the Barrier and secured the bone cauldron inside the Southern Haoyang Mirror.

Subsequently, he devoted almost half a day to gathering every treasure, sparing only the True Dragon Skeleton.

Eyeing the sprawling colossal bones, Zhao Sheng’s gaze wavered faintly as he examined them for some moments, detecting no irregularities.

Abruptly, he flicked his sleeve, summoning a broad field of multicolored radiance that swallowed the whole skeleton.

In that moment, the Northern Mirage Cloud Mirror swelled rapidly, enlarging to the size of a mountain.

Waves undulated across the mirror’s face in multitudes, as the five-colored light gradually hoisted the True Dragon Skeleton before swiftly pulling it into the mirror’s surface, erasing it from sight.

Suddenly, Zhao Sheng’s face twisted in shock, his pupils contracting to pinpoints instantly.

Right then, the spot where the True Dragon Skeleton had lain began to elevate ever so slightly.

The uplift was exceedingly minute, less than a hair’s breadth, virtually imperceptible.

Were it not for his prior deployment of Divine Thought to track every anomaly, it might have escaped notice altogether.

No one would foresee that the Treasure Cave’s most concealed safeguard wasn’t the apparent restriction arrays, but a rudimentary gravity trap, simple and ruthless, common even in the Mortal World.

“Not good!”

Without delay, Zhao Sheng sensed a sudden, overwhelming danger surging up, as though catastrophe loomed.

In a blink, he recalled the Five Directions Treasure Mirror, clutching a High-level Earth Escape Talisman in his grasp.

The Earth Escape Talisman ignited into a surge of Yellow Light, wrapping around his form completely.

The very next moment, the Yellow Light bore him away, plunging into the earth.

As Zhao Sheng fled the Treasure Cave, the rear wall of the chamber crumbled, unleashing a colossal pressure vast as an ocean yet laced with intense deathly essence, which instantly flooded the entire Treasure Cave before surging outward in every direction with unstoppable force.