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Chapter 250 Plundered Everything

How did these bones end up here?

With the invasion of demonic beasts, all the cultivators of the Spirit Puppet Sect should have gone out to defend against the enemy. Why is there still a cultivator hiding in the alchemy room? Moreover, after some observation, this person was definitely a Foundation Establishment cultivator in his previous life.

Could it be that they are afraid of death and dare not go out, or that they have triggered some kind of restriction and cannot leave?

When we broke down the door, there were still some remaining restrictions on it.

A flurry of speculations made him pause for a few moments, then he couldn't help but slap his forehead and laugh, "They're all dead as dead as can be, why worry about these things?"

He strode toward the alchemy furnace, lifted it to take a look, and unfortunately there were no remaining pills inside; even if there were any medicinal properties, they had all disappeared.

The alchemy furnace is excellent, equivalent to a high-grade Foundation Establishment magic weapon. Currently, the best one in the Zhang family is only a low-grade Foundation Establishment weapon. Now that we have it, refining high-grade pills will be much easier in the future.

If one can successfully form a core, it can be used for a period of time.

Because of the time constraints, he didn't have time to examine it carefully. He quickly threw the alchemy furnace into his storage ring and was about to look at the various jade slips on the shelf when he suddenly stopped.

Zhang Lingyu slapped the spirit insect bag, releasing all the spirit-devouring bees, and ordered the two queen bees, "Go, go and move all the things from the other pill chambers out for me."

There are thirty-six pill chambers here, which means there are thirty-six pill furnaces. As an indispensable part of alchemy, the value of a pill furnace is many times higher than that of a magic weapon of the same level.

After so many years of development, the Zhang family only has ten pill furnaces in the Pill Cauldron Pavilion. Cultivators in the clan still have to take turns refining pills. With so many pill furnaces, they won't have to worry about that for a long time.

The two queen bees responded with two "buzzing" sounds and quickly led the swarm out of the nest, heading towards the other cells.

Although the other alchemy chambers also had restrictions, they were all of great age and had little power left, so they were easily broken.

After the queen bee answered the command, he glanced at the monk's skeleton and noticed a light blue cloth bag lying there. Needless to say, it must be the man's storage bag.

He grabbed it and easily broke the restriction, then began to examine it.

There wasn't much inside, just a few hundred spirit stones and a few pill formulas. As for the pills in the jade bottles, they were in relatively good condition, but unfortunately, they were all for early Foundation Establishment cultivators and wouldn't be of much use to him.

It was expected that there were very few items. As a Foundation Establishment cultivator, one would have one's own cave dwelling within the sect. Presumably, this person must have come to refine pills temporarily, so he did not bring everything.

There weren't even many decent magical artifacts.

Fortunately, we found two good things while searching.

First, there's this person's identity token, which reads "Lu Yang," his name, and below that, in smaller print, "Deputy Hall Master of Dingyuan Hall."

"Early Foundation Establishment stage, and you're already a Deputy Hall Master?"

Zhang Lingyu was quite surprised, but upon reflection, it made sense. After all, there were only a few Golden Core cultivators in the Spirit Puppet Sect, most of whom were elders. A cultivator who could become the master of a hall would at least have the cultivation of the late Foundation Establishment stage.

Now that the Spirit Puppet Sect has been destroyed, the identity token should be useless, but it was still put away.

Although most of the restrictions have failed, the important parts are still relatively well preserved. The Spirit Puppet Transformation Box is not a child; it wouldn't let someone else take its things so easily.

Being able to become the deputy hall master indicates that Lu Yang must have a high status within the sect, and he is largely unrestricted. Perhaps he can bypass many restrictions by using his identity token.

As for the second good thing, it is naturally the map of the Spirit Puppet Sect.

This item was Zhang Lingyu's primary objective; with it, he could discern where he could and could not go.

"Dingyuan Hall...Dingyuan Hall."

As expected of the deputy hall master, Lu Yang's map was incredibly detailed. Not only were all the buildings clearly marked, but even the locations of any restrictions were clearly indicated, which would save a lot of trouble later.

According to the map, the Spirit Puppet Sect is divided into three areas: the outer sect, the inner sect, and the core area. The core area consists of only one place, which is the Spirit Puppet Hall located at the highest point, exactly as Lin Qing and his wife described.

The outer sect area is specifically for disciples who have just begun their cultivation and cultivators in the early and middle stages of Qi Refining. The most valuable place is the General Affairs Hall, which oversees the outer sect.

The General Affairs Hall has five Foundation Establishment cultivators and more than twenty late-stage Qi Refining cultivators in charge.

Lin Qing and his group originally ended up in the outer sect, and part of their inheritance came from the General Affairs Hall, so there's nothing good there now.

The inner sect area is where cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivate. It is generally divided into nine halls, one pavilion, and one garden. Dingyuan Hall is one of them. The other halls are for refining weapons, forming formations, taming beasts, and so on.

As for the pavilion, it refers to the Sutra Repository, and the garden is the Herbal Medicine Garden.

The Nine Halls are headed by the Heavenly Craft Hall, which is a place dedicated to refining and assembling puppets. After all, the Spirit Puppet Sect focuses on puppets. Zhang Lingyu looked at the corresponding location of the Heavenly Craft Hall, which was not too far from where he was now.

After all, alchemy and weapon crafting always require the use of earth fire, so the three halls are almost all next to each other.

As for the herb garden and the scripture pavilion, they are quite far apart, almost on the outskirts.

Whether from a geographical perspective or from the perspective of granting Lin Qing and his wife's request, his next destination was almost certainly the Heavenly Crafts Hall, which would undoubtedly become the very center of the battle.

Now almost all cultivators are rushing in this direction. Dingyuan Palace is not far away and is a place for refining pills, so it is probably one of the targets.

The reason there's been no movement yet is that they're still searching for and fighting over treasures. Once those places are completely looted, they'll naturally come over.

"This is such a hassle..."

Even though he was in a good location, Zhang Lingyu couldn't be happy. He really didn't have the confidence to escape from the encirclement of many cultivators in the Heavenly Craft Hall.

While the puppet was appealing, it wasn't what truly captivated him.

He now needs more resources to further his cultivation. Needless to say, the Dingyuan Palace is the next target, and the Spirit Herb Garden is the best he can find on the map. It's not too far away.

Although it is also dangerous, it is worth a try.

After all, it is a sect-level spirit herb garden. Not only are there many kinds of spirit items inside, but they are also top-notch in terms of both age and quality. It is not impossible for there to be spirit items that reach the Golden Core stage.

Although they are most likely stored in the treasure vault of the Spirit Puppet Palace.

"Sigh, let's wait until Fellow Daoist Lin and the others arrive before discussing this. Let's loot everything here first."

Time waits for no one, so he threw all the useless items in Lu Yang's storage bag aside. After all, there were too many things in the hall, and he couldn't take everything; he had to pick out the valuable items.

Especially the remaining alchemy furnaces, which take up a lot of storage space.

Zhang Lingyu quickly flashed to the shelves, and with a sweep of his divine sense, he could see all kinds of pill formulas clearly. There were no pills below the third rank, such as Purple Smoke Pill, Dragon Beard Powder, and Heart-Tranquilizing Pill.

However, this only applies to the third and fourth tiers, since formulas for pills above the Golden Core level will not appear here.

But it was always good to bring back the family's collection of scriptures to fill the library, so without thinking twice, they stuffed them all into their storage bags.

After ransacking the first-class alchemy room, the two queen bees and their swarms returned one after another, carrying in alchemy furnaces, formulas, and jade bottles of all sizes.

With a sweep of his divine sense, all kinds of items were clearly visible.

There were five low-grade Foundation Establishment alchemy furnaces, five high-grade Qi Refining furnaces, and ten each of high-grade and mid-grade Qi Refining furnaces. Compared to the room, there were actually five furnaces missing. According to the Queen Bee's account, the remaining alchemy furnaces had already been destroyed.

No wonder the Demon Emperor personally attacked the Spirit Puppet Sect, destroying countless restrictions and turning the items stored within them to ashes.

Putting aside everything else, just look at these items we brought back. Nine of them have lost their spiritual power, and three are so badly cracked that they are no longer usable.

"Well, that's just how it is."

He silently lamented for a moment, then quickly packed up the remaining items. As for the jade slips, there was no time to examine them closely; he simply stuffed them all in.

So many items filled the storage bag to the brim. (Lu Yang's storage bag)

Time was of the essence, so Zhang Lingyu quickly left the alchemy area and headed to the place where the pills were stored. However, at this moment, several whooshing sounds came from outside the Dingyuan Hall, which meant that the cultivators who had searched the surrounding palaces had arrived here.

Three are at the late Foundation Establishment stage, and two are at the mid-stage.

With a slight probe of divine sense, the group of people rushing into the hall were already in sight. However, judging from their clothing, they should be divided into two groups, and they were currently cautiously probing inside the hall.

The body of the blue-robed cultivator inside the main hall had not been disposed of, and the signs of fighting all around were too intense, so the five dared not venture further in.

With her powerful divine sense, Zhang Lingyu quickly found the place where the pills were stored. Since this was the most important place in the Dingyuan Hall, the restrictions on the door were quite strong. Although they had weakened considerably over time, they were by no means something that could be broken through in a short period of time.

Moreover, two puppets, comparable to Foundation Establishment cultivators, were erected outside each warehouse.

As it approached, the patterns on its surface began to glow, clearly indicating that it was aware of the invasion of an enemy and was about to awaken.

This was certainly no problem for Zhang Lingyu, but entering the warehouse would definitely cause a huge commotion, which would attract the five people and cause considerable trouble.

Furthermore, although both sides are wary of each other, they show no intention of taking action, presumably because they have reached some kind of agreement.

After a moment's thought, he decided to hide in secret and wait until the five of them arrived and joined forces to break the barrier before sneaking in to ambush them.

After saying that, he made a spell in his sleeve, the Misty Jade Pendant at his waist flickered, and his whole person began to become more and more illusory, slowly merging into the surroundings, and even his aura disappeared without a trace.

As Zhang Lingyu disappeared into the darkness, the two puppets in front of the warehouse gradually fell silent, and the surroundings returned to a deathly stillness.

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