Li Wen's heart blossomed with joy; this Yang Canghai was indeed on the right track.
Truly, this client is indeed worthy of being referred by Liu Qiankun.
[Stone tablet, help me see, how many days of Dao value are needed to fully explore the Wind Cave.]
Wind Cave, also known as Sealed Cave, was where the ancient demon-slaying sage Shen Tengfei sealed the Nine-Tailed Fox branch of the demon fox lineage thirty thousand years ago.
To prevent the Nine-Tailed Fox Demon clan from escaping and endangering the human world, Shen Tengfei specifically used sage powers to create opposing gales.
Any nine-tailed fox demon attempting to escape the Wind Cave would be torn to shreds by the opposing gales.
[To fully explore, one needs a hundred thousand points of Heavenly Dao value.]
[Warm reminder: The nine-tailed fox is an ancient demon, its essence blood a spiritual entity of heaven and earth. Due to thirty thousand years of continuous accumulation, the Wind Cave has now become a sacred place for cultivation.]
The concentration of spiritual energy had reached a hundred times that of the outside world. Over thirty thousand years, within the Wind Cave, a powerful member of the fox clan had even cultivated seven tails, achieving a level of strength that approached immortality.
Li Wen was slightly startled. No wonder everyone from the Feiyun Sect who entered the Wind Cave could enhance their cultivation and gain benefits. So this was the reason.
It seems we've discovered another remarkable place!
Although the price of one hundred thousand Heavenly Dao points is high, the Wind Cave is ultimately a sacred place for cultivation. It must contain infinite cultivation resources, making it worth the cost despite being expensive.
"Since Daoist Yang is so straightforward, I'll get straight to the point."
"Twenty pieces of heavenly treasures, the method to solve the Wind Cave, I will tell you everything completely." "Twenty pieces of heavenly treasures?"
Even though Yang Canghai had already heard about the rules of the Tianji Pavilion from Liu Qiankun and had mentally prepared himself in advance.
But the sudden appearance of twenty heavenly treasures from Li Wen made his mouth twitch involuntarily.
Feiyun Sect was no longer what it used to be.
Nowadays, even the few old fellows at the Longevity Realm only use Heaven-tier magical treasures.
Twenty items, that means they have to empty out all the savings of those five old guys!
Moreover, the most crucial point is that the three Supreme Elders are now trapped to death in the Wind Cave. As for the twenty Heaven-grade magical treasures, I'm afraid only Yang Canghai can handle them alone.
He is merely a reclusive elder, not a master of artifact refining. Where did he get so many heavenly treasures?
"This, senior, this is really too expensive!"
Expensive?
A top-tier heavenly treasure is worth at most eight thousand points of Heavenly Dao value, and that's for the very best. On average, a heavenly treasure can be exchanged for seven thousand points of Heavenly Dao value. Twenty pieces would be around one hundred forty to one hundred fifty thousand points of Heavenly Dao value. He merely earned a handling fee.
In this deal, Li Wen really didn't ask Yang Canghai for much.
"Daoist Yang, expensive things have their reasons for being expensive."
"You can imagine the current popularity of Liangyi Mountain."
"Fengxue is a place far more complex than you can imagine."
"If the investigation is thorough, perhaps Feiyun Sect might gain a semi-saint expert."
Upon hearing this, Yang Canghai couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.
Indeed, merely using a few celestial treasures to buy the opportunity at Liangyi Mountain not only allowed Liu Qiankun to break through to immortality but also brought him valuable cultivation resources.
Nowadays, it takes twenty heavenly treasures to unlock the secret cache, and producing a semi-saint from it is not an impossible feat.
But at the moment, Yang Canghai really didn't have that many heavenly-grade treasures on him.
With a troubled expression, Yang Canghai looked at Li Wen and gave an awkward smile: "But senior, I really don't have that many heavenly treasures on me right now..."
"Could you perhaps guide me first? Let me rescue the three senior brothers trapped in the Wind Cave, and then I will repay the heavenly treasures I owe you one by one."
Li Wen frowned. As soon as he entered the door, the basic information about Yang Canghai had already appeared in his mind.
Yang Canghai indeed only carried three Heaven-tier magical treasures, but he also had a quasi-saint-level magical treasure with him!
"Fellow cultivator, you must know that revealing the secrets of heaven will surely bring divine retribution. The heavenly treasure I seek is also meant to reduce my own karmic burdens."
"If I make an exception for you, and others come to me in the future to divine the secrets of heaven just like you, wouldn't I be struck dead by lightning immediately?"
Yang Canghai was momentarily at a loss for words: "This... Senior, please forgive me, I was indeed presumptuous."
Li Wen smiled faintly: "Actually, fellow Daoist, if you don't have that many heavenly treasures, quasi-saint level treasures will also do."
Yang Canghai frowned, looking at Li Wen in disbelief.
The master of the Tianji Pavilion has truly reached such a divine level that he even knows what grade of magical treasures someone carries?
However, that quasi-saint treasure is one of the three great sect-guarding treasures of the Feiyun Sect.
How can such a treasure be casually traded to others?
"I must remind you once more, Daoist Yang, if today passes, the soul lamps of your three senior brothers will be completely extinguished," Li Wen reminded again.
This..
No matter how good a magical artifact is, it still needs someone to wield it. Losing three Grand Elders at once is a loss that their Feiyun Sect cannot afford.
If they could rescue the three Supreme Elders, what kind of magical treasure would Feiyun Sect not be able to obtain in the future?
At this thought, Yang Canghai steeled his resolve, flipped his palm, and a simple, pitch-black shield appeared in his hand.
Seeing this object, Jun Yao was momentarily stunned. Isn't this the Xingtian Shield, one of the three great treasures of the Feiyun Sect?
Could it be that Elder Yang intends to use it for a trade?
"This item is called the Xingtian Shield, one of the three great treasures of our Feiyun Sect. It is a quasi-saint level artifact, capable of withstanding attacks from Longevity Realm experts."
"If you can truly unravel the mystery of the Wind Cave, then I will personally see to it that the Xingtian Shield is traded to you."
[Xingtian Shield: Quasi-Saint level magical treasure, can be exchanged for 150,000 Heavenly Dao points.]
Li Wen smiled slightly, "Wouldn't it have been better if you had brought this good stuff out earlier?"
A finger pointed in mid-air, and the Xingtian Shield instantly vanished.
Yang Canghai's eyes widened instantly.
You should know that a Saint-level magical artifact, even if it is just a quasi-Saint-level artifact, will establish a slight spiritual connection with its holder.
And it wasn't just the Xingtian Shield itself that had just disappeared; even that trace of divine connection was completely severed in that instant.
Yang Canghai couldn't help but gasp.
The master of the Tianji Pavilion... truly a divine being.
One hundred and fifty thousand Heavenly Dao points credited, Li Wen was instantly delighted.
After deducting the hundred thousand points of Heavenly Dao value needed to redeem the secret of the Wind Cave, he still had seventy thousand points of Heavenly Dao value left. This time, he should be able to significantly enhance his cultivation!
To prevent the Nine-Tailed Fox Demons from escaping the Wind Cave, the Great Demon Slayer set up three layers of restrictions.
[The top layer's opposing gales, the middle layer's immense pressure, the bottom layer's inferno.]
The further he went down, the more fox demons the Great Sage slew with his divine powers, and at the same time, the spiritual energy contained within them grew increasingly dense.
The concentration of spiritual energy in the uppermost square of the Gang Wind can reach a hundred times that of ordinary paradises, a thousand times in the middle layer, and ten thousand times in the bottom layer.
[Now, the three Supreme Elders of the Feiyun Sect are trapped in the boundless oppression of the middle layer, unable to escape.]
[Random fate grants three layers of divine powers to break the restriction, as well as an item to reinforce the sealing restriction.]
[Warm reminder: The lower-level seven-tailed fox demon is about to break the seal, hence a set of flags to reinforce the seal is included.]
This Demon-Slaying Great Saint is indeed powerful, able to set up three layers of restrictions in one place using the methods of a Great Saint.
Thinking about it, even thirty thousand years ago, they would have been considered exceptionally talented.
With a flip of his palm, four orbs of light—one red, one yellow, one green, and one black—appeared in Li Wen's hand.
"These four formation flags can break the three restrictions set by the Great Demon Slayer of the Wind Cave, but you must remember, before the Feiyun Sect possesses extremely strong combat power, not only should you not open the third layer of restrictions, but you must also use this fourth black formation flag to reinforce the restrictions!"
Yang Cang subconsciously took the formation flag while asking in confusion, "Three layers of restriction?"