“It really took some effort; thank you all,” Li Cheng said.

Huang Yan waved his hands repeatedly: “Not at all, not at all! This time we relied on Young Master Li; without you, we probably couldn’t even step over the threshold of the hall!”

“That’s true. With our cultivation levels, we would likely have missed out on the treasures on the third floor,” Zheng Huaming laughed.

Whoosh—

With the death of the red-cloaked corpse demon, the three stone doors at the entrance descended. A wall in the hall opened, revealing a hidden cave.

The group approached to investigate, finding the decayed body of a cultivator sitting inside the cave; he was likely the master of this tomb.

After searching through several items, they roughly understood his background.

He was originally a full-level Loose cultivator in the Gathering Qi realm who had struggled for years without breaking through. As his lifespan drew near its end, he turned to evil means, hoping to sacrifice blood and flesh to achieve the Condensing Essence stage.

Subsequently, he discovered this family settlement and began plotting, secretly setting up arrangements underground. He then triggered the earth dragon to turn, pretending a natural disaster had struck, burying all the cultivators and common people in this area.

Fortunately, he ultimately failed; otherwise, if an evil cultivator at the Condensing Essence stage had emerged, the surrounding people would have faced great calamity.

After exploring all the rooms in the cave, they found several treasures left behind by this cultivator.

One Spirit-Nurturing Pill for mid-stage Gathering Qi.

A set of Five Elements techniques for late-stage Gathering Qi.

Two mid-stage Gathering Qi spiritual treasures, one a bell and the other a copper ring.

And a half-complete talisman inheritance of Gathering Qi level.

The remaining items, due to their age, had lost their utility.

Li Cheng first picked the elixir and the Five Elements techniques for himself.

Then Huang Yan and Zheng Huaming each chose one mid-stage Gathering Qi spiritual treasure.

This left only the incomplete talisman inheritance, which the Li Family members had no interest in.

However, Yang Lingrui did not mind, putting it into his storage bag.

“Our family doesn’t have a comprehensive inheritance; finding this today is perfect to take back for Old Yu to study.”

Yang Lingrui thought to himself.

At that moment, Li Cheng spoke again.

“Lingrui put in quite a bit of effort on this trip; now he only received a mysterious stone of unknown use and an incomplete comprehensive inheritance, which is truly not fair.”

As he spoke, he took out a wooden box from his pocket and handed it to Yang Lingrui.

“Take this Resurrection Grass; at least you can bring back something useful for your family.”

Yang Lingrui felt delighted upon hearing this and quickly thanked him: “If that’s the case, Lingrui thanks Young Master Li on behalf of the Yang Family.”

Given that the other party had insisted, it seemed overly polite to refuse again, so he accepted graciously.

Seeing that Yang Lingrui had received the Resurrection Grass, both Huang Yan and Zheng Huaming showed envious expressions.

This spiritual plant bore fruit once every three years, producing only one fruit at a time.

The mature Resurrection Fruit could ensure that a cultivator’s foundation remained undamaged in case of a breakthrough failure.

Actually, they were all curious about how the Yang Family had established a connection with the Li Family, wondering why Li Cheng was treating Yang Lingrui so well.

The group originally planned to explore the untraveled paths on their way back to see if they could find anything else of value.

However, unfortunately, it seemed that due to the cave’s opening, the passage leading to the first floor had mostly been buried under sand and stones, leaving only one path to walk on.

Li Cheng tried to dig a bit but found it too strenuous, so he gave up.

He decided to leave this for Duan Yong from Fengling Town to excavate slowly in the future.

“Senior Brother!”

Seeing Yang Lingrui return safely, Zhao Qi felt a weight lift from his heart and hurried over to greet him.

The grim fate of the two individuals who had come out earlier had truly frightened him, and hearing that all first-level practitioners who went down had perished made him worry for Yang Lingrui’s safety.

“Senior Brother, are you injured?”

“I’m fine. How about you, Junior Brother?”

Zhao Qi glanced around and then whispered, “Senior Brother, I found something. I’ll tell you when we get back to the room.”

Yang Lingrui understood immediately and did not press for more information.

The visit to the ancient tomb ended, and out of the thirty-seven cultivators who had come, only eighteen remained.

The surviving practitioners were all sighing; they hadn’t expected such severe casualties on this trip.

“Those two from Baishi Town…”

As Yang Lingrui spoke, he noticed Zhao Qi shaking his head with pursed lips.

“Sigh… people die for wealth, just as birds die for food.”

Yang Lingrui let out a light sigh, recalling what Yang Guanfeng had told him before.

He had described cultivators as gamblers fighting against fate; from the looks of it now, it couldn’t be more fitting.

That night, Yang Lingrui and Zhao Qi returned to their rooms quite early.

“Junior Brother Zhao, do you have something to discuss with me?”

“Senior Brother, look at these.”

Zhao Qi pulled out two bundles of papers from his sleeves.

“I discovered that some stone pillars on the first floor of the ancient tomb had hollows in them, so I chiseled them open and found these loose sheets. From the descriptions, it seems they are related to talismans; I’m not sure if they are useful.”

“I see; well done, Junior Brother Zhao! Wait, you said they are related to talismans!”

Yang Lingrui quickly picked up the loose sheets and took out the fragment of the talisman inheritance he had obtained on the third floor, starting to compare them one by one.

“What… such a thing exists!”

The more he examined the content on the pages, the more his heartbeat quickened.

These scattered pages perfectly matched the missing parts of the fragment!

This meant that combining the two would result in a complete talisman inheritance!

“Hiss—ha—”

Yang Lingrui took a deep breath to calm himself and then turned to Zhao Qi, saying, “Junior Brother Zhao, you’ve made a great contribution this time!”

Zhao Qi scratched his head, feeling a bit embarrassed and smiling.

“Don’t say that, Senior Brother; I don’t have much ability. I didn’t help much on this trip; if I found a treasure, it was just good luck.”

Seeing him like this, Yang Lingrui smiled and replied, “In this world, things can’t be explained just by luck; you should look forward to rewards when you get home.”

The next morning, Yang Lingrui and Zhao Qi prepared to return.

Li Cheng had some matters to discuss with Duan Yong, so he did not accompany them.

After they left the town and walked for a while, they encountered Zheng Huaming from Liuyun Town, who coincidentally had the same route for the first half, so he suggested returning together.

“Ah… this trip has truly been fraught with difficulties. The cultivators who came with me have either died or been injured, and we didn’t gain even the slightest benefit,” Zheng Huaming lamented.

Yang Lingrui shook his head in agreement: “Just as the senior said, seeking the mystical and visiting the immortal sounds easy, but where are such opportunities easy to find? If you’re not careful, you might lose your life.”

Zheng Huaming was quite talkative, making the three of them not feel bored as they traveled together.

By the evening of the third day, they had already left the borders of Fengling Town.

“Would you like some wine?”

Zheng Huaming pulled out a wine jar and asked.

Yang Lingrui and Zhao Qi both did not drink wine, so they politely declined.

“Lingrui, do you remember the spiritual treasure I obtained in the ancient tomb?”

“I remember; it was a little bell, right?”

“Exactly! Obtaining a mid-stage Gathering Qi spiritual treasure makes this trip worthwhile for me, but…”

Zheng Huaming suddenly shifted his tone, looking at Yang Lingrui with a sigh, “If only I could obtain a Resurrection Grass, it would be even more perfect.”

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