Sister, I don't want to be a furnace anymore. I'm about to become an immortal.

Chapter 101: Crystal Ball

In the suburbs, a mysterious building stands here. Its exterior is made of huge stones, and its surface is covered with traces of time. It is rough and vicissitudes. Under the dim skylight, it looks extremely vague and mysterious, as if shrouded in a layer of ancient mist.

And this is the ruins of the Daoyi monster that has been making a lot of noise in recent times.

At this moment, a large number of independent cultivators and sect disciples have gathered outside the ruins, surrounding the place tightly and quietly waiting for the formation outside the ruins to disappear.

This is also the reason why after discovering the ruins, they could only conduct a simple survey on the periphery and did not rush in immediately.

At this moment, in the ruins ahead, a layer of light blue light curtain enveloped the entire building. A monk stepped forward and tried to break through, but the attack on him returned to him intact, which was very strange.

Fortunately, the formation has become increasingly dim after being consumed over this period of time. It is estimated that it will completely disappear at noon today.

Their guess soon came true. As the sun slowly rose in the sky, the protective formation outside the ruins finally lost its last bit of luster and disappeared completely.

Immediately afterwards, the independent cultivators stationed here rushed into the ruins at a rapid speed, fearing that if they were a step slower, the opportunity would be seized by others, while the teams from the sects all stood there watching motionlessly.

At this moment, on a small hill not far away, Xiao Yichen was eating breakfast leisurely. Xiao Zi, who was standing beside him, stared at the bun in his hand and wanted to reach out to grab it, but was dodged by him.

"Xiao Zi, you've already eaten twenty of them. Leave some for me." Ignoring Xiao Zi's complaints, Xiao Yichen stuffed the last bun into his mouth, then put on his mask and quietly watched the big enemies who were rushing forward in the distance.

"Hey, those who cultivate immortality have become so stupid that they are all so eager to die."

As expected, not long after the group of wandering cultivators stepped into the ruins, all kinds of screams were heard from inside, which were extremely creepy.

Just at this moment, a large amount of purple mist drifted out from the entrance of the ruins, and wherever it passed, even the stones and soil were melted away completely.

Seeing this, an elder of the sect shouted "Retreat!" and all the disciples of the sect moved backwards. Anyone with eyes could see how terrifying the purple mist was.

After about ten minutes, the purple mist slowly dissipated, and no more screams were heard from the ruins. It seemed that everyone was dead, and the various sects also sent disciples to check.

After a while, the disciples who entered the ruins sent a message to the outside, saying that they were temporarily safe. After receiving the news, the sect members began to pour into the ruins in large numbers.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Xiao Yichen picked up the still angry Xiao Zi and rushed into the ruins.

He actually didn't want to bring Xiao Zi in, but since the little girl transformed, her IQ is really not as high as when she was in the snake state. Just yesterday, she was almost tricked away by a human trafficker with a string of candied haws. If she was left outside, she might have been abducted by the time Xiao Yichen came out.

Entering the ruins, what comes into view is an empty hall with dozens of teleportation arrays around it. Apart from that, there are no magic weapons, elixirs, secret books or the like. Only in the center of the hall, a human-shaped stone statue stands quietly with an extremely exaggerated facial expression.

"This must be Daoyi the eccentric, just as the rumors say, with a strange and unpredictable temperament."

The discussions around him reached Xiao Yichen's ears. He didn't stay here for long. He found that almost all the people here were independent cultivators, and there were few cultivators from sects. He thought they must have entered the teleportation array.

"I don't know what's behind these teleportation arrays."

Suppressing the doubts in his heart, Xiao Yichen walked towards the path in front. He did not feel any discomfort. He only felt a flash of trance before his eyes, and he and Xiao Zi were teleported into a cave.

The legendary formation behind them had disappeared when they appeared in this cave, and there were still bursts of light coming from the depths of the cave. Strangely, there was no sound around.

"Am I the first one to enter this teleportation array?"

Without thinking any further, Xiao Yichen took Xiao Zi's hand and slowly walked towards the depths of the cave. They soon reached the deepest part of the cave.

The shiny object that Xiao Zi just discovered was a crystal ball. Xiao Zi wanted to touch it out of curiosity, but was stopped by Xiao Yichen. In this unknown place, moving around is a big taboo.

After checking around, he found no secret passages or teleportation formations. Just when he was hesitating whether to touch the crystal ball, Xiao Zi suddenly pointed behind Xiao Yichen and shouted.

Although he didn't understand the reason, he reacted very quickly. He picked up Xiao Zi and dodged to the side. After reaching a safe place, he looked back at the previous place, but found nothing.

"Xiao Zi, what did you see just now?" Xiao Yichen asked.

"I saw...brother...brother." Xiao Zi said word by word.

Xiao Yichen was a little confused. Was it necessary to scream so loudly just because he saw him?

At this moment, his pupils suddenly dilated, and he retreated backwards holding Xiao Zi, looking towards the place where Xiao Zi was just now, but there was nothing there.

But he was definitely not dazzled. He actually saw another Xiao Zi behind Xiao Zi, who looked exactly like the girl in his arms.

"Is it an illusion or something else?" Xiao Yichen stared at his surroundings vigilantly.

Just at this moment, I heard the sound of conversation behind me. It should be the wandering cultivators outside who broke in.

Xiao Yichen held Xiao Zi and found a secret place to hide. Fortunately, the cave was large.

Not long after, a group of men and women arrived here. At first, some people wanted to touch the conspicuous crystal ball, but were stopped by their companions, just like Xiao Zi just now. Then, like Xiao Yichen, they began to look for clues everywhere.

But Xiao Yichen in the dark discovered something unusual. The spiritual energy in their bodies was actually leaking out, slowly falling to the ground, and then flowing silently towards the crystal ball.

If Xiao Yichen hadn't observed from the perspective of an outsider, it would have been difficult to notice.

He hurriedly checked Xiao Zi and himself, and found that the power of the heavenly tribulation in their bodies was completely motionless. It seemed that the crystal ball was not able to steal the power of the heavenly tribulation.

But Xiao Zi's body not only contains the power of heavenly tribulation, but also spiritual energy. At this moment, most of her spiritual energy has been sucked away.

Xiao Yichen suppressed his inner surprise and whispered to Xiao Zi to mobilize the power of the heavenly tribulation to wrap up the spiritual energy in his body to prevent it from leaking out again.

That group of people didn't even notice until most of the spiritual energy in their bodies was stolen.

It must be said that the owner of the crystal ball predicted their prediction.

Normal people would usually go forward and touch and check when they see there is only a crystal ball in the cave, but most monks would not do that, fearing it is a trap.

The owner of the crystal ball took advantage of their caution, giving the crystal ball enough time to absorb their spiritual energy.

This method is so advanced that even Xiao Yichen was fooled. Fortunately, the other party could not absorb the power of the heavenly tribulation.

Just when the group of people searched in vain and wanted to touch the crystal ball, the crystal ball suddenly emitted a dazzling light.

Immediately afterwards, a group of people who looked exactly like them appeared in the cave, including clones of Xiao Yichen and Xiao Zi.

"What's playing tricks?" A cultivator shouted and was about to rush forward, but suddenly found that most of his spiritual energy had disappeared without him noticing.

"Oh no, we've fallen into a trap." The others also discovered the problem at this time, and their faces looked very ugly.

The two sides started fighting without much nonsense. Only Xiao Yichen and Xiao Zi's clone did not move forward. Instead, they turned their attention to where they were hiding and ran towards this side.

"Haha, have you been discovered? You're quite particular and only target your own body." Xiao Yichen laughed and no longer hid, walking out openly.

He immediately summoned a magic sword and shot it forward, wanting to test the opponent's strength.

Unexpectedly, his clone was as thin as paper. With just one blow, it was pierced through and then turned into dust and fell to the ground.

"So weak?"