A small independent cultivator without any sect or school, but made a deal with the Heavenly Dao

When Pei Cangli arrived at the treasure-hunting place that Cangcang mentioned, he found that it was actually a giant tree. There was a formation on the tree. He had to break the formation before he could find the door to enter.

Pei Cangli didn't expect that he would be able to test what he had learned about formations so soon, so he looked around and found that it was a compound formation. He thought of how many people were in this secret realm, all looking for treasures everywhere.

So he first set up a hiding formation outside the giant tree. Even if someone came, they would not be able to find it for a while. Soon the hiding formation was set up, and the giant tree disappeared in an instant, and its original place became a thorn forest.

After doing all this, Pei Cangli set about breaking the formation. He did not intend to completely destroy the formation. It was enough to find the center of the formation and be able to enter and exit freely. He did not want to work for others in vain.

Soon, he found the difference on an inconspicuous leaf. It seemed to be no different from the surrounding leaves, but upon closer inspection, he found that the color of this leaf was especially green. After finding the center of the formation, Pei Cangli easily entered the giant tree.

After entering, I found that there was a lot of space inside. There were several wooden houses with simple decorations. It seemed that no one had lived there for a long time.

In the room in the middle, there is a cushion on the ground. I think it is the owner's practice room. Looking at the objects placed inside, this should be the place where a female cultivator lived.

Walking to the left of the training room, there is a room with some dried spiritual herbs in it. Pei Cangli put all of them into the space and asked Cangcang to plant them in the medicine field. Then he could see what kind of spiritual herbs they are.

In the room next to the spiritual herbs, there was an alchemy furnace with refined pills in it. The owner had not taken them away yet. It seemed that he was an alchemy practitioner. In line with the tradition of not wasting, Pei Cangli took away the alchemy furnace and the pills.

After looking at the left side, Pei Cangli came to the right side of the training room. Next to the right side was a house with a kitchen-like layout. It was obvious that the people who lived here would occasionally cook for themselves, but they didn't spend much time on it.

The room next to the kitchen should be the living room of the female cultivator. There were some female items such as combs and mirrors in it. Walking further in, Pei Cangli found a painting on the wall. Just as she was about to take a closer look at what the female cultivator looked like, she was sucked into the painting by a burst of light.

"My destined one, you are finally here." A gentle female voice sounded, and Pei Cangli found himself standing in a white fog, not knowing where the speaker was.

The female voice continued, "Don't worry, I won't kill you, I just have a story I want to tell you."

Pei Cangli was a little confused. In general, in this situation, wouldn't one pass the test set by the predecessors and receive the inheritance from them? Was listening to the story also a test?

It turned out that this female cultivator was originally an alchemist. Because she possessed two spiritual roots, a fire spiritual root and a wood spiritual root, and the wood spiritual root was a top-grade wood spiritual root, due to the different grades of the two spiritual roots, they often collided violently during cultivation.

In order to ease the conflict between the two spiritual powers in his body, after the Rain and Mist Secret Realm was opened, he planned to pick spiritual herbs to go back and make medicine. While picking spiritual herbs, he accidentally revealed that he possessed top-grade wood spiritual roots, and was targeted by the enemy.

As a result, the top-grade wood spiritual roots in his body were dug out. He took advantage of the enemy's inattention and escaped to the giant tree. He found that there were five rooms in the tree, so he planned to make medicine and recuperate here. Unfortunately, the wood spiritual roots were dug out, and the two kinds of spiritual power that he could still control before were now only the violent fire spiritual power.

The fire spirit attacked wantonly, and the wounds that had been repaired with great difficulty by elixirs were soon broken by the violent power of the fire spirit. The female cultivator knew that her life was coming to an end, so she sealed a piece of her soul into the painting, hoping that someone with a destiny in the future would be able to hear her story and avenge her.

The female cultivator knew that the cultivator who came in was only at the foundation-building stage, so she engraved a book on poison techniques that she had obtained during her previous training outside on a jade slip, intending to give it to someone with a destiny, so as to increase her ability to protect herself.

Cang Cang's untimely voice sounded, "Master, a new mission has been issued. Help the female cultivator find the truth about her spiritual roots being dug out. There is no time limit."

Pei Cangli asked in confusion, "No time limit? It seems that the task is very difficult, then what about my reward? If I can't find all the truth, will there be no reward?"

"Master, this kind of mission will be rewarded in batches based on your completion progress, not all at once."

After hearing Pei Cangli agree to help her get revenge, the female cultivator's spirit dissipated. After all, it had been hundreds of years, and it was quite good that her injured body could hold on for so long.

When Pei Cangli heard that the female cultivator's top-grade wood spiritual roots had been dug out, he thought of when he had just traveled through time, the daughter and disciple of the head of the Qian family also planned to dig out his top-grade water spiritual roots. After these spiritual roots were dug out, could they still be used by another person?

Or does this top-grade spiritual root actually have a greater function that I am not aware of?

Pei Cangli took a look at the jade slip in his hand. It seemed that the most important treasure in it was the poison technique "Secret Book of Phantom Poison". He put it into the space and looked around several rooms. He found that there was no previous thing, so Pei Cangli planned to leave.

When he came out of the tree house, he saw a group of people outside, surrounding the giant tree. He asked Zi Mei to hide his breath and planned to see who came.

A disciple of Qingying Sect said rudely, "Fellow Daoist Liu, didn't you say there was a treasure here? I wonder where the treasure is? Could it be this thorn forest in front of us?"

The other disciples of Suzhu Sect were also looking at her, thinking that they had indeed found the Qingying Sect when they were looking for it before. Could it be that they could only look for people and not treasures?

When Si Yunzhou looked at the thorn forest in front of him, he felt somewhat familiar. He was not familiar with the thorn forest, but with the entire environment, its distribution and arrangement. He felt an indescribable familiarity.

Si Yunzhou suddenly asked, "Could it be that the formation is covering it?"

Hearing Si Yunzhou say this, Liu You felt relieved, "Brother Yunzhou, thank you for helping me out. I knew it was right, it must be blocked by the formation."

Pei Cangli saw that it was Liu You and Si Yunzhou again. It seemed that the two sects had formed an alliance and his formation had been seen through, so he planned to go to the next place. Unfortunately, he didn't see them go in and find that there was nothing there, and they looked furious.

After Si Yunzhou solved the concealment array, he found that his method was somewhat similar to Pei Cangli's. Both of them made great use of the surrounding environment to hide things. Unfortunately, after breaking the concealment array, there was still a compound array.

When everyone saw that there was another formation, they became a little discouraged. They didn't know how long it would take to break these two formations. Liu You saw that everyone looked unhappy, so he said, "The more formations there are, doesn't it mean that the treasures inside are better? Otherwise, why set up so many formations?"

Everyone thought it made sense and stopped being anxious. They began to wait for the formation to be broken. Si Yunzhou saw that it was a compound formation and did not plan to break it directly as that would take too much time. He did the same as Pei Cangli and decided to find the center of the formation and enter and exit freely.

After finally finding the center of the formation in Si Yunzhou, all the people from the two sects entered the giant tree. Seeing the five houses in front of them, everyone ran over to look for treasures. Unfortunately, there were no treasures except some daily necessities for women.

Thinking about how he had worked so hard to find treasure with everyone, but in the end all the good stuff was taken away, Liu You yelled in his heart, "Who is it? Who is playing a trick on me?"

When Si Yunzhou saw the hidden formation, he wondered if it was Pei Cangli's trick. But when he saw the compound formation at the back and the empty house, he felt that it definitely wasn't Pei Cangli. In his opinion, Cangli was not that kind of person.

If Pei Cangli knew Si Yunzhou's thoughts now, he would only smile and ask, "I am not that kind of person? In your heart, what kind of person am I?" In Pei Cangli's view, from beginning to end, Si Yunzhou only liked the Pei Cangli in his imagination.

After coming out of the giant tree, the people from the Qingying Sect looked at Liu You with their eyes blazing with anger. This is what you call having a lot of treasures. I don’t know how many there are, but they were all taken away. Don’t you know that?

Liu You said confidently, "There are so many people in the secret book, maybe they are from Luoshui Sect, and it is unknown if they took it away in advance, but it won't happen next time. This time I will definitely lead everyone to find the treasure."

Chu Junmo thought about it and felt that at least it proved that Liu You did have a magic weapon that could be used to find treasure. He was unlucky this time and someone got there first. He should speed up and he would definitely be able to find the treasure next time.

Then he said, "Since it has been robbed this time, let's speed up and keep up. We must see the treasure next time, otherwise our alliance will have no need to exist."