World's Best Martial Artist - Chapter 657
657 Chapter 656-scraping three feet off the ground
“So good!”
A groan woke everyone up.
The three of them looked at li Hansong in unison. Li Hansong’s face was filled with embarrassment as he said awkwardly,”I couldn’t hold back!”
!!
It was really too good!
The few of them ignored him. This guy was now developing in the direction of Qin Fengqing.
Fang ping and the others were actually very happy. At this moment, they felt as if they had fallen into the ocean, the ocean of energy.
While li Hansong was still clamoring about how great it felt, Fang ping had already taken out a super large bottle.
“Gulp …”
The energy in Xuande Grotto-heaven was really liquifying!
At this moment, the energy tide had yet to erupt, but the energy in the hollow had already reached saturation. With the slightest fluctuation, it turned into liquid and dripped onto the ground.
Fang ping did not even have time to look at other places. The moment he entered, he began to take out large bottles to fill them with energy liquid.
He was already prepared!
He had already known that the energy in the heavenly South Region had liquefied. He had done some preparation work before coming here this time.
Although energy liquid was not as good as life essence, the value of the liquid that could be converted into was also extremely high. At least, it was much more valuable than energy stones.
Fang ping waved the big bottle around and fished around. After a while, the huge bottle was filled with a large amount of energy liquid.
As Fang ping waved the bottle around, he threw out an even larger energy crystal box, shouting,”Iron head, dig! Don’t dig too deep, be careful, don’t touch the seal underground, there must be a seal here!”
“Dig?”
Fang ping scolded,”nonsense. Qin Fengqing eats dirt, so his meridians and flesh are directly Reforged. That guy just conveniently got some. We’re in!”
“Right!”
Their eyes were bright. Even Wang Jinyang was no exception. He squatted down and started digging.
The soil beneath the ground appeared to be crystallized. In reality, Fang ping and the others were not stepping on soil, but on the ground paved with energy crystals.
A clear crystal path extended from the gate to the inside.
However, there was still dirt on both sides of the road.
The few of them were digging the soil on both sides. As for the energy crystals on the road … No, these were energy stones!
Wang Jinyang had not paid much attention to it before, but he suddenly exclaimed in surprise,”Were these originally laid down with energy stones, or was it the accumulation of energy later that allowed these energy crystals to be recharged with energy and become energy stones?”
“They’re all top-grade!”
Li Hansong’s face was also filled with shock. This huge path was filled with Supreme-grade energy stones. In other words, almost all of them were rank-9, which was of a higher grade than the core mine vein.
After li Hansong recovered from his shock, he quickly said,”Have you dug this road? I don’t even know how long this path is, but just the ground alone is one meter long, and there’s already a square of top-grade energy stones!”
The one-meter-long road, even if they could not see the bottom, just the surface of the road alone would probably contain about a ton of energy stones!
They were all top-grade!
600 thousand per gram … That’s 600 billion per ton!
Just by digging this road, even if it wasn’t the entire road, everyone would be rich!
It was even bigger than excavating the capital!
It was fine if they didn’t settle the score, but once they did … Their eyes were green with envy!
“Doesn’t this mean that we can learn from Fang ping and start our own private energy mine?
At first, Fang Ping’s eyes glowed, then he suddenly cursed,”Stop dreaming. The owner of Xuande Grotto-heaven is quite evil. There is a restriction underground, and the buildings here … Seem to be like the stone monument. They can be considered as a whole!”
As soon as these words came out, the few of them all had regretful expressions.
Wang Jinyang had previously advised Fang ping not to have any crooked ideas, but now, as he dug the soil, he stared at the crystal Avenue, his reluctance to part with it evident in his words!
The stone tablet was just a material for the accessory that could restrict one’s spiritual power. He didn’t really care about it.
“When middle and low-ranked martial artists encounter high-ranked martial artists, even with this, can they really survive?
But the origin stone was different!
If he were to bring it back to nmau, in less than three months, the strength of all the nmau teachers and students would increase by a large margin.
The middle and low-ranks did not care about mentality, and there was no need to locate the Sanjiao gate before rank-6.
From rank-1 to rank-5, they had to hone their bodies, bones, internal organs, blood, and meridians …
The word “temper” ran through rank-1 to rank-5.
And all of this required a large amount of energy to support the consumption of the martial artist.
The energy was not infinite. If it was consumed, it would be reduced. The more people who practiced martial arts, the more energy they consumed.
Nmau was not as rich as mcmau. They could not support such cultivation.
Right now, right before his very eyes, a true path of energy was at his disposal, but he could only look at it and not take it … Wang Jinyang felt his heart shatter.
While digging fiercely, he stared at the great Dao with a dim light in his eyes, as if he was going to swallow the great Dao alive.
The other two were the same.
Fang ping was not surprised at all. Martial artists were all people who were attracted to “money.”
In the past, old Wang did not hesitate to go south or North in order to get some resources. He started causing trouble when he was rank-1 and even incited Fang ping. He was not a good person, actually.
It was just that after reaching the high ranks, there were some things that did not catch his eye, which was why he was as calm as an older brother.
However, when he saw those divine weapons on the king Battle Ground, he was so envious that it was as if he had seen a naked beauty.
Yao Chengjun and Li Hansong were no exception. They both had the same expression at this moment.
Fang ping was in a better state. As he filled the bottle with energy liquid, he observed his surroundings and said casually, “Don’t be so shallow! It’s as if you’ve never seen an energy stone before. It’s not easy to come to the precinct. Are we here for these things?”
“Yes!”
The three of them said in unison. Fang Ping’s face darkened.”Nonsense! We’re here for cultivation techniques, for the greater power of mankind. Who said we’re here for these?”
The three of them once again revealed looks of disdain!
Since it wasn ‘t, why did he start packing the energy liquid without saying a word?
How many big bottles did you prepare?
No, there was still the big box!
This guy had actually built a lot of huge energy crystal boxes. The few of them were convinced by him. No one was as prepared as him.
If it was someone else, even if they came in and saw these, they probably wouldn’t have the chance to take them away.
Fang ping ignored them and looked around. Soon, he felt that something was wrong. Then, he raised his head to look …
With one look, Fang ping was shocked. “I’ll go! I thought we’d already arrived, but it turns out that we’re still underground. Everyone, the heavenly Palace is still in the sky!”
The place they entered was already a mountain peak that was thousands of meters high.
Fang ping had thought that he had arrived at the place after entering the gatehouse.
But now, when he looked up … There was a huge Palace floating in the air!
He had not noticed it before when it was covered by the vaporized energy liquid.
As soon as Fang ping said that, old Wang and the others quickly looked up.
Li Hansong muttered,”it’s the same as last time!” No, this place was even higher than the heavenly Palace of the Xuling heavenly cave! I remember that the heaven Palace of the Xuling heavenly cave is only a few hundred meters in the air. This place … Is almost ten thousand meters in the air, right?”
The endless heavenly Palace was still thousands of meters high in the air.
What did this mean?
This meant that they were at least 10000 meters above sea level when they entered the precinct.
“Fang ping, are you sure this is really not your Celestial Palace?”
Li Hansong asked again. ‘Are you sure you didn’t build such a tall Palace?’
If it was not for Fang ping, the owner of Xuande Grotto-heaven would have been really arrogant.
Fang ping stared at the celestial Palace in the sky and ignored him. Instead, he said in a deep voice,”Be careful! Don’t forget the powerful origin we encountered in the heavenly South! Since this place is well-preserved, there might be something like that …”
When li Hansong heard this, he was a little frightened. He had not forgotten the last time when he and old Qin had just squeezed in and were controlled by that huge force, and then thrown out.
After looking around, li Hansong’s eyes moved slightly. “There’s also an underground building. Could it be that … The heavenly Palace is actually a place where the master stays, and the servants live below?”
Fang ping and the others also saw that there were buildings in the area they were in.
Above them was a huge floating Celestial Palace.
Below them were also pavilions and pagodas, and the buildings were magnificent.
As he watched …
Fang ping said with rapt attention,’be careful! This place … Seems to have been destroyed?”
Fang ping frowned slightly. He had already seen some of the buildings in front of him. He had not taken a closer look before, but now that he had, he realized that something was wrong. Among the buildings, some had already collapsed!
It didn’t look like it had collapsed naturally after a long time, but it had been destroyed by the shockwaves of a great battle.
“Back then, the Minister said that the soil Qin Fengqing ate wasn’t soil …”
Wang Jinyang said in a low voice, and the few of them quickly reacted.
The soil in the precinct wasn’t just pure soil. It included some other random things.
The blood and flesh of powerhouses, existences whose spiritual energy had been obliterated, imperishable substances … Even the overflow of some origins.
He didn’t think much about it before, but now that he thought about it, didn’t this mean that there had been a huge war in the precinct?
Could it be that the battle back then had spread so far that it had even reached their old nest?
They fought all the way to the precinct, and not just limited to the king Battle Ground?
“That’s true,”Fang ping said softly,”it’s impossible to leave the boundary without anyone guarding it. Perhaps some people retreated in the later stages of the war, but a Great War still broke out in the end …”
Fang ping said casually. A big bottle was already full.
Fang ping put away the bottle and the box of soil that old Wang and the others had dug up. He looked at the road ahead and said, “Let’s go. We’ll put this money aside for now and take a look at the buildings …”He said.
As he spoke, Fang ping raised his head to look at the celestial Palace. The huge Celestial Palace buildings seemed to have existed since ancient times. They were suspended in the air and did not move at all.
“How did the heavenly Palace float up?”
Everyone shook their heads. They really didn’t know.
This wasn’t a small house. It was a huge building that spanned over a thousand miles!
Fang ping and the others could do it now too. They could control a small house with their mentality and levitate it in midair.
However, if they died, they would be useless.
Peak Masters could solidify their mentality and could live for a long time, just like the sea.
However, the defensive Sea Mountain had a Foundation. It was formed from countless huge boulders and did not appear out of thin air.
However, the heavenly Palace was really suspended in the air.
For such an enormous construct … The amount of effort it would take to construct this entire world would probably not be any less than what it would take to construct the defensive Sea Mountain.
It was simply unbelievable!
Li Hansong stared at the heavenly Palace for a while before asking,”Can you go up? “Fang ping, in the past, the martial arts hierarchy was strict. The celestial Palace building should be where the owner lived. The token you’re holding and the aura you’re imitating might not be a core member.”
“I know!”
Fang ping said in a deep voice,”let’s not go up first. It’ll be troublesome if we alarm something. We might end up with nothing.”
“Let’s search below first. This token belongs to a rank-9 powerhouse. Although we can only simulate the rank-7 martial artist’s aura, rank-7s are not common.
There was a way to enter the heavenly Palace!
There shouldn’t be too many restrictions down there, but the heavenly Palace … It’s hard to say. I’ll check it out last.
Even if they were thrown out, they wouldn’t have come out empty-handed. ”
“I’m not afraid of being thrown out, I’m afraid …”
“I’m just afraid that I’ll end up like the Yang family’s old ancestor, being … Being crushed to death outside!”Li Hansong said softly.
That day, Qin Fengqing said that he saw the Yang family’s patriarch, who was suppressed to death at the gate of the heavenly Palace’s Imperial Road.
Who suppressed it?
If he wasn’t mistaken, it was that powerful Origin Energy that had suppressed him.
It could even suppress a Peak Master to death. It was really too terrifying.
If the precinct harbored ill intentions toward them, with just the few of them, they would definitely be doomed. No matter how golden Fang Ping’s core house was, it would be useless. Once it pressed down on you, you would die without a doubt.
Fang ping licked his dry lips and smiled.”Since you’re already here, there’s no need to think so much. “Every time we enter the catacombs, it’s like this. If there’s really no danger, do you think it’ll be our turn?”
“Let’s go!”Fang ping said as he took a step forward.
He was just about to move when li Hansong said with some reluctance, “Let’s dig a little more. Otherwise, we’ll be thrown out later, and we’ll have come for nothing. ”
Fang ping was speechless and said,”this soil is a little different from the one that Qin Fengqing caught.” The energy was very rich, comparable to rank-7 and rank-8 energy stones, but it did not seem to be mixed with other things.
“For a bit of rank-7 and rank-8 energy stones … Don’t waste too much time.”
The few of them looked at him in unison. Fang ping, you’re too full of yourself!
“In the past, you were envious of low-ranked energy stones, but now you’re not even interested in these?
Fang ping looked helpless. When these guys came in, they had been trying to persuade him not to be envious of good things.
I’m not even jealous yet, but you guys are.
To be honest, Fang ping did not have a high demand for things like energy stones now.
If he really needed it, his mine vein was enough for him.
Now, the only thing that limited his rapid progress in his realm was his spiritual power.
After achieving mentality-vitality fusion, he could nurture his mentality at a fast speed. In just a few months, his mentality had already exceeded 2200Hz.
It was only late September now. He was only rank-5 at the beginning of the year.
However, to Fang ping, it was still too slow. As his knowledge grew, the number of paragons he had seen could be counted on one hand. The current Fang ping felt that even a rank-9 was weak. He had to be at least a rank-9 Paragon.
“Alright, I’ll dig another box. Once I’m done, I’ll go explore immediately! You guys only have this little bit of pursuit. ”
The few of them turned a deaf ear. Yes, that’s what we’re after.
He had no choice, he was poor.
Not everyone is as rich as you.
Also, if you have the guts, don’t take it. While they were digging, Fang ping started using big bottles to scoop up energy liquid again.
……
Ten minutes later.
“Let’s dig another box!”Yao Chengjun said in a deep voice.
“Alright!”
Fang ping agreed readily. ‘I’ll try fishing out another bottle.’
……
Half an hour later.
“There are four of us,” old Wang said.”Let’s dig four boxes. One box per person. It’ll be easy to distribute.”
“Alright!”
……
40 minutes later, Fang ping said with a serious face, “I’m not digging! It’s been so long, but we didn’t do anything!”
Everyone nodded.
The only reason was that they had almost dug up all the soil on the side of the crystal Avenue.
They didn’t dare to dig too deep as there were restrictions below.
Moreover, only the surface layer of the soil here had crystallized. It was not much different from the outside world in the depths.
It was not just them. Fang ping had also scooped up almost all the energy fluids nearby, four big bottles in total.
The surrounding energy was obviously much thinner.
The few of them gave up on the soil and energy liquid and set foot on the crystal Avenue.
Soon, the group walked along the crystal Avenue and headed deep into the forest.
……
Just as they left, outside the regional wall.
Chen yaozu and the others could vaguely see the situation inside the regional wall.
After staring at the regional wall for a while, Chen yaozu said slowly,””Did you guys notice?”
“Second ancestor, what’s wrong?”
“I don’t know if my eyes are playing tricks on me, you guys … Didn’t you guys notice that the border of the regional wall … The ground seems to be a little lower?”
The few of them looked at the regional wall, the regional wall was a little blurry and not very clear.
“It seems to be a little shorter,” someone mumbled after looking for a while.”It seems … Much shorter than our side!”
“I’ve scraped three feet off the ground!”
Someone mumbled. He couldn’t help but whisper,””Second Grandmaster, these few … These few people are really that pure and kind?”
It wasn’t that they couldn’t dig up the ground, but more importantly, not long after these fellows entered, they didn’t do anything serious and instead went to dig up the ground … This was too bizarre!
Chen yaozu didn’t answer.”The energy that seeped in seems to be much weaker too. The energy tide … Won’t be gone, will it?” he said.
Fang ping had taken away four large bottles of energy near the regional wall. Now, he could clearly feel that the energy seeping through was much weaker.
Previously, because he had forcefully opened the regional wall, the overflowing energy had also disappeared.
If this continued, the energy tide might not erupt this time.
Of course, regardless of whether it was true or not, the energy leak and the explosion had attracted the attention of some demonic beasts.
The moment the demonic beast moved, the Maple King’s Men would probably be here soon.
Moreover, it was almost time for the energy tide to erupt.
The few of them looked at each other. These little guys were really capable!
Bandits are crossing the border!
Energy, soil … These were things that outsiders would probably not consider if they entered.
“The path behind the gatehouse is still there …” Someone muttered.
“The buildings within the realmverse are all one entity. The Grand Dao is there. It’s impossible to move it away.”
“……”
……
Within the world.
The four of them stepped on the crystal Avenue and walked forward. After a while, a huge Palace came into view.
Wang Jinyang stared at the palace’s plaque for a while, then said,”The guest-welcoming Palace.”
Fang ping darted him a look and said,”Are you sure?”
“I’m sure,”
“Is this the place to welcome guests?”
“More or less. It’s not far from the gatehouse. It’s probably where the guests are temporarily resting.”
As Wang Jinyang spoke, he looked towards the right side of the main road. There was also a large hall there, but it looked much more boorish. He said,”Ten thousand beasts Palace!”
“The ten thousand beasts Palace?”
Fang ping rubbed his chin and said,”the ten thousand beasts Palace … Isn’t a place for guests to store their mounts, is it?”
“Probably.”
Wang Jinyang nodded.”The left welcomes the guests. It’s normal to place a Mount on the right.”
The doors of the two great halls were currently sealed.
The guest-welcoming Palace on the left had a huge bronze door with some patterns carved on it. The gate of the ten thousand beasts Palace on the right had many demons carved on it.
Li Hansong looked to the left, then to the right, and asked,”Which way?”
Fang ping was not in a hurry to speak. A stone appeared in his hand again, and he threw it at the entrance of the guest-welcoming Palace.
The stone hit the door and made a clear metallic sound.
“Let’s take a look at the guest-welcoming Palace first. However, this is only a place to welcome guests. There might not be anything good here. ”
Fang ping did not have much hope. It was a very normal thing.
Who would give their guests a place to rest? what kind of good things would they store?
No one had any objections. However, when they reached the bronze gate that was more than 10 meters tall, li Hansong still said carefully,””There can’t be any living people inside, right?”
Yao Chengjun did not care much about this. Instead, he looked at the palace door and said,”Under normal circumstances, isn’t the door of the welcoming area always open? Why is the door closed?”
“Maybe they knew that no one would come before the war, so they closed the door. It’s normal.”
Fang ping explained casually. Wang Jinyang laughed and said, “It’s hard to say. Perhaps it was because of the great battle that some people closed the door and escaped here to take refuge.
I can feel that the buildings here are connected to the seal, so there might be a certain defense system. ”
They weren’t just guessing. They were worried that opening the door would cause some trouble or attack.
The divine armor appeared on li Hansong’s body and he said, “I’ll try to open the door. You guys stay away. The precinct had existed for at least 2000 years! It’s been at least 2000 years since the battle at the king Battle Ground … If there’s really someone alive, the energy here is so dense …”
Everyone took a deep breath!
The year 2000!
Even a pig’s cultivation level wouldn’t be too low under such rich energy.
Of course, it was normal for him to die if he couldn’t break through.
Although martial artists rarely cared about how long a powerhouse could live, it was very common for a rank-7 powerhouse to live for two to three hundred years.
Rank-8 was even more impressive. Rank-8 golden body powerhouses always had an abundance of energy. It might not even be difficult for them to live for a thousand years.
Fang ping and the others were too lazy to think about how long they could live. It would not be too late for them to verify it after they had lived for a few thousand years.
Li Hansong and the others took a few steps back and walked up the steps towards the Hall’s door.
“Chi …”
When li Hansong started to push the door, a faint sound of vibration came from the huge ancient bronze door, but the door did not open.
Fang ping observed for a while and said,”It should be a token. The grotto-heaven’s management is quite strict.”
With that, Fang ping stopped dodging. He went up the steps and unleashed his vitality, causing the token to emit a faint glow.
“Chi …”
As if it was because too much time had passed, the palace doors trembled for a while. After a long time, the palace doors began to tremble slightly, and the two doors began to slowly open.
The moment the palace door opened, a rotten aura burst out from the gap.
Fang ping and Li Hansong both took a few steps back. They were not in a hurry to enter, so they stood on both sides of the door and waited.
“Is anyone there?”
Fang ping shouted, then raised his voice, “We’re human fighters, earth fighters! Humanity is on the verge of extinction, and our descendants have come to seek help from the grotto-heaven experts …”
After a few shouts, Fang ping said,”let’s go. We’ll say hello first, in case someone really says we came uninvited.”
Once he finished speaking, li Hansong still took the lead. Fang ping and the others were on high alert as they followed him into the palace.
……
“Have we been defeated?”
“No! I won ‘t!”
“Where’s the sect leader? Where are the nine true God elders?”
“Fellow brothers, follow me and kill a Path of Blood. The sect master will return!”
“……”
The moment Fang ping and the others stepped into the main hall, a mumble-like voice echoed in everyone’s ears in the empty Hall.
At this moment, everyone felt as if they had gone back in time and returned to thousands of years ago.
Before his eyes, it was as if the scenes from that year appeared.
All the experts of Xuande Grotto-heaven went to the Forbidden Zone to eliminate the enemies, but no one returned.
Countless experts charged into the grotto-heaven.
In the guest-welcoming Palace, some disciples of the grotto-heaven sect were in despair and disbelief. Under the lead of some people, they charged out of the hall and fought with the enemies.
The ravings in his ears quickly dissipated.
Fang ping touched a giant pillar in front of him lightly. It was stained with some dark colors, probably blood.
“Back then … It seems like there was a great battle here as well.”
Fang ping knew that it was not their hallucination just now. It was the indignant roars of the group of people in the palace back then. They had been reverberating in the palace for thousands of years!
Martial artists above rank-7 might have died in battle here.
A rank-7 martial artist’s remaining mentality might leave behind some fragments.
After sighing, Fang ping touched the giant pillar and said softly,”The metal pillar … It’s comparable to A grade alloy. No, it might even be stronger! The ancient warriors are so rich!”
At a glance, there were dozens of such huge metal pillars in the hall!
There were exquisite patterns carved on the giant pillars, which were luxurious and reserved.
“All of it is money!”
Fang ping exclaimed again!
He had finally experienced what it meant to be rich in a paradise!
Compared to them, the modern martial artists … Were really poor beyond words.
Old Zhang, who was at the peak, was actually so poor.
However, it was just a reception hall. If he really demolished it, he could probably buy dozens of divine weapons. No, maybe even more.
“It’s a pity that we can’t take it away. Old Zhang probably hasn’t entered the precinct before. Otherwise, he would’ve been green with envy …”
Fang ping sighed again and again, but he did not forget to look around.
When he saw the beam above the palace, Fang ping suddenly rubbed his eyes and said in a daze,”This … Is this the trunk of a rank-9 monster plant?”
The martial artists of the ancient martial era were crazy!
Above the main hall, the beam looked like the trunk of a rank-9 monster plant. Fang ping did not think he would be mistaken. This was too awesome!
Using the trunk of a rank-9 monster plant, and a tree-type monster plant at that, as a beam was unheard of!
This was only the guest-welcoming Palace. The heavenly Palace in the sky … How magnificent was that? No, how rich!
While Fang ping was still in shock, not far away, Wang Jinyang and the others had already started their patrol.
The main hall was not really empty. There were huge chairs on both sides. They did not look like modern chairs but more like the thrones in the catacombs.
As for the skeleton, he didn’t see it.
He didn’t know if it was self-destruction after death, or if someone among the dead had survived and kept it.
