: Countless Precious Materials

Sun Lingtong confirmed the other party's death because he used his Heaven's Gift Spirit Eyes to observe.

Of course, he knew that as a Foundation Establishment cultivator, the gap between his cultivation and that of a Divine Transformation level expert was like heaven and earth.

But he also had the scouting ability of the Ten Thousand Miles Roaming Dragon.

This mechanical construct was at the Nascent Soul level, far more reliable in investigating the Divine Transformation level than Sun Lingtong himself.

Staring at the stone sphere before him, Sun Lingtong muttered inwardly, "The Divine Transformation level existence has already perished."

He then thought of the hooded black-robed cultivators he had been tracking and quickly pieced together the basic outline of the truth.

"It seems these people came to pay respects, hoping to meet or awaken this Divine Transformation level being."

"This being clearly wasn't a righteous cultivator, which is why those outside set up arrays and didn't hesitate to sacrifice their own."

"But they never expected the Divine Transformation level being had already passed away."

Although cultivators are powerful, many cases of them passing away exist.

For example, low-level cultivators immersed in cultivation might forget to eat and starve to death. This happened frequently in ancient times, leading to the development of fasting pills.

Or, like Ning Zhuo who previously delved into the Dao, becoming too immersed and overexerting mental energy could burn out the brain, causing mild dementia or even immediate death.

Many high-level cultivators, stuck at bottlenecks with no other options, enter closed-door cultivation as a last resort. Closed-door cultivation means not stopping until the goal is achieved—either breaking through in cultivation or dying! This often happens when a cultivator's lifespan is nearing its end.

"Could this Divine Transformation level being have also been near the end of their lifespan?"

Sun Lingtong secretly speculated.

His heartbeat gradually quickened, and he murmured, "Thrilling, this is really thrilling."

Outside the giant cave, the remaining four black-robed cultivators were communicating via spiritual sense.

After arguing for a while, one of them stepped forward.

He took out a crimson token from his robe and channeled spiritual power into it.

Then, he produced talisman paper and began writing on the spot, creating a flying message.

At the end of the message, he raised the token, shooting a talisman imprint onto it to verify his identity.

Risking his life, the cultivator sent the flying message into the giant cave.

After doing so, he immediately knelt, pressing his forehead to the ground in a deep bow.

Simultaneously, the other three black-robed cultivators followed suit, extremely tense.

The flying message swiftly flew to the cave bottom, circling around the sphere.

Sun Lingtong took a light breath and immediately activated the Ten Thousand Miles Roaming Dragon to swallow the flying message whole.

The black-robed cultivator maintaining the message felt a sharp shock in his heart, losing contact with the message. He sensed it hadn't been destroyed but had simply vanished.

This felt more terrifying than the message being destroyed, like a stone dropped into an abyss with no echo from the bottom.

Sun Lingtong grew anxious.

"These black-robed cultivators are willing to sacrifice just to see the Divine Transformation level being here."

"They're clearly driven by someone powerful behind them!"

"This time it's a flying message, next time someone might come in."

"I don't have much time; I need to find the Divine Transformation legacy quickly."

However, after maneuvering the Ten Thousand Miles Roaming Dragon around the cave bottom several times, he found nothing.

The cave bottom was empty. Not a trace of treasure, just stones everywhere!

The mechanical dragon kept observing outside the cave.

The four black-robed cultivators outside had gathered at the cave entrance, wanting to enter but too nervous and hesitant.

Sun Lingtong sighed.

He didn't want to kill them. Not only were all four at the Foundation Establishment level, numerous and with unknown methods,

they definitely had a powerful figure behind them. Killing them would provoke that figure!

Anyone who dares to visit a Divine Transformation level being must be at least at the Nascent Soul level.

"It's really not appropriate for Xiao Zhuo and me to offend Nascent Soul or even Divine Transformation level cultivators as soon as we arrive in Thousand Peaks Forest!"

If Sun Lingtong had found the Divine Transformation legacy, it might be worth it.

But the key was, he hadn't found anything.

Gaining no benefits while offending a powerful figure for no reason would be too irrational.

"Ah, darn it." Sun Lingtong scratched his head, extremely unwilling.

It was clearly a heaven-shattering opportunity, but it seemed he would leave empty-handed.

"Taking a little risk might be okay." After thinking, Sun Lingtong steeled himself and controlled the Ten Thousand Miles Roaming Dragon to gradually approach the only large stone sphere at the cave bottom.

On the surface, the stone sphere looked very ordinary. But under the Ten Thousand Miles Roaming Dragon's detection, Sun Lingtong could see it contained much Dao charm.

The Ten Thousand Miles Roaming Dragon opened its small mouth and shot out a magical tool.

It was one Sun Lingtong had released.

The tool hit the stone sphere, immediately causing large cracks.

"Huh?!" The defense on the stone sphere's surface was much weaker than Sun Lingtong had imagined.

The next moment, the stone skin fell off, revealing dazzling treasure light inside.

Sun Lingtong couldn't help but open his mouth wide.

Even inside the mechanical dragon, his face and whole body were illuminated by the brilliant light.

"Strike it rich, I've struck it rich!"

Sun Lingtong couldn't help but cheer inwardly.

Just from this small broken area, he saw a piece of Profound Yellow Mother Stone, a handful of Earth Heart Spiritual Soil, a piece of Celestial Meteor Marrow, and a piece of Purple Crystal Profound Rock!

The Profound Yellow Mother Stone had earth patterns and emitted a heavy earth aura. It was a fragment of the earth's root, possessing strong defense and very stable properties.

Earth Heart Spiritual Soil contained earth vein essence, only found deep underground or at earth vein intersections. It was excellent planting soil, greatly speeding up the growth and efficacy of spiritual herbs.

Celestial Meteor Marrow and Purple Crystal Profound Rock were equally rare and precious, not detailed here.

"These four materials are all at the Nascent Soul level!"

Sun Lingtong was so excited he almost drooled.

He quickly released more magical tools and started digging.

One precious material after another was dug out and absorbed into the Ten Thousand Miles Roaming Dragon.

Rainbow Light Strange Jade, Blood Evil Demon Stone, Great Essence of Unyielding Stone, Nether Black Soil...

These materials had two things in common. First, they were all earth-related, either stone, jade, or soil. Second, they were all high-grade, at the Nascent Soul level!

"This Divine Transformation cultivator probably specialized in earth element cultivation, possibly an earth element spirit originally."

"If the outer layer of the stone sphere has Nascent Soul level materials, the inner layer should have Divine Transformation level ones, right?"

Sun Lingtong licked his lips and continued digging.

This feeling was truly wonderful for him.

Of course, he didn't get carried away and kept an eye on the black-robed cultivators outside.

With heavy treasures right before him, if those people barged in now, he wouldn't hesitate to use ruthless means!

However, contrary to Sun Lingtong's guess, the four hooded black-robed cultivators ultimately didn't enter. After hesitating and struggling, they bowed and left the area.

While digging, Sun Lingtong naturally used methods to cover the sound and light, so they were unaware of the actual situation at the cave bottom.

Sun Lingtong dug away the outer layer of the stone sphere, obtaining a massive amount of precious materials. It was like soaring to the sky, becoming rich overnight!

But when he tried to dig into the inner layer, he encountered a huge obstacle.

No matter what method he used, he couldn't budge the now smaller stone sphere.

Moreover, the stone sphere slightly trembled and began absorbing large amounts of earth element spiritual energy. This energy attached to its surface, continuously solidifying into new stone skin.

The stone skin gradually covered the treasure light and rapidly thickened at a visible rate.

Sun Lingtong's eyes shone with sharp light: "Could it be that this stone skin will gradually transform into Nascent Soul level precious materials?"

He immediately started digging again.

The newly formed stone skin was very fragile; after being scraped off, it was just ordinary stone, greatly disappointing Sun Lingtong.

"It seems transforming stone into various precious materials requires a long time and can't be done instantly."

Sun Lingtong still couldn't find a way to deal with the inner layer.

"Hehehe."

"Let's call Xiao Zhuo out and see if he has any ideas."

"His big head has always been clever!"

"I'm curious, can this stone sphere be harder than the Great Serpent Scythe?"

Just as he thought this, the mechanical dragon suddenly emitted a piercing alarm.

Sun Lingtong's expression changed drastically. He raised his hands and saw they were covered in a layer of limestone, gradually petrifying!

"Wha-what's going on?!"

Sun Lingtong quickly mobilized his spiritual power, channeling it into his hands to resist the petrification.

Although the petrification speed slowed significantly, it stubbornly continued to侵蚀.

Sun Lingtong hastily took pills and tried various spells, all with little effect.

"Could this place be a huge trap?!"

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