Transmigration: A person in a martial arts world, cultivating to ascend to immortality

Although the fluctuation of spiritual energy was very weak, it was enough to attract Jiang Yuchuan's attention.

Therefore, after the old man entered the main hall of the city lord's mansion under Ning Xiangfei's guidance, Jiang Yuchuan immediately released his divine sense to follow him.

Under the influence of his divine sense, Jiang Yuchuan discovered that the main hall was quite lively. Apart from Ke Lianba, who had not appeared for a long time and was sitting in the main seat at the head of the table, the seats on both sides were filled with the leaders of various forces.

When the old man entered the main hall, everyone, including Ke Lianba, stood up and greeted him warmly.

The old man was only at the peak of the first-rate level, yet he was able to make the four grandmasters present stand up to greet him. If outsiders knew this, they would be astonished.

Through the greetings of the crowd, Jiang Yuchuan learned that the old man's name was Qu Ziming, and that he was a rogue cultivator from the Great Li Kingdom.

The reason this person was able to receive such a warm welcome from various powerful forces was entirely due to his profound mastery of celestial phenomena and geomancy.

To accurately locate the treasure in the vast, sandy desert where directions are hard to discern, the only way is to rely on Qu Ziming's special skills.

After Qu Ziming took his seat, the various factions officially began to discuss the rules for finding the treasure.

Jiang Yuchuan finally learned that this so-called treasure was actually an ancient kingdom called Beirong, which had been buried under the vast desert sands thousands of years ago.

Jiang Yuchuan had never heard of this ancient Northern Rong Kingdom during his time in Anhe City.

From everyone's conversation, Jiang Yuchuan learned that back then, the Great Desert was only known as the Scorching Land, and the environment was not as barren as it is now, nor was the climate as harsh.

The Northern Rong Kingdom, on the other hand, rapidly grew in strength by exploiting a rare mineral called "Sinking Sand," unique to the Scorching Lands.

But just as the Northern Rong Kingdom was thriving and its mining operations were in full swing, a cataclysmic disaster suddenly struck the Scorching Lands without any warning.

The earth trembled, and a fierce wind howled.

Countless swathes of yellow sand, appearing from an unknown source, completely buried the entire Northern Rong Kingdom in just half a day. The Scorching Land was also drastically altered in that massive catastrophe, transforming into its present state.

After the catastrophe subsided, people attributed the cause of this unprecedented catastrophe to the buried king of the Northern Rong Kingdom.

It is said that the king of the Northern Rong Kingdom was too greedy and did not restrain himself when mining the sandstone. He dug too deep and angered the immortal who ruled the earth. The immortal then sent down heavenly punishment, burying the Northern Rong Kingdom and all the sandstone mines.

Jiang Yuchuan naturally did not believe this claim. Nor did he believe that this catastrophe from a thousand years ago could be caused by methods left over from ancient cultivators.

Because the area of ​​the Great Desert is many times larger than that of Burial Immortal Valley and Fangzhang Island, and is even equivalent to six or seven tenths of the territory of the Great Qian Dynasty.

Such a vast area would be difficult for even a Nascent Soul cultivator to accomplish in just half a day, or even a full day, let alone a Golden Core cultivator.

Moreover, the highest level of cultivation this place can accommodate is only the Golden Core stage.

The Land of Annihilation, the Great Cataclysm a Thousand Years Ago, the Buried Ancient Kingdom, and the Sandstone Mine—there must be a significant connection between these elements.

After nearly an hour of discussion, the people in the main hall finally reached a consensus and decided to set off at dawn seven days later to search for the ruins of the ancient Northern Rong Kingdom.

This date was calculated by Qu Ziming through observing changes in the stars at night.

According to Qu Ziming, the changes in celestial phenomena began when abnormalities appeared in the climate of the Great Desert.

It was precisely because of the change in the celestial phenomena that Qu Ziming was able to roughly deduce the location of the ruins of the ancient Northern Rong Kingdom using the methods he possessed.

The news that the "treasure" of the Northern Rong Ancient Kingdom was about to be revealed was naturally leaked to the various forces by Qu Ziming.

Finding the ruins of the ancient Northern Rong Kingdom in the perilous wilderness was almost impossible for Qu Ziming to accomplish on his own.

Even if he was clearly told the location of the ancient Northern Rong Kingdom ruins, he still couldn't get there alive.

Only by leveraging the combined power of various factions, along with their own unique methods, could they truly unearth this ancient kingdom that had been buried for thousands of years.

After concluding their discussions, the various factions did not choose to suppress the news of their impending journey to search for the ruins of the Northern Rong Kingdom.

Therefore, in less than a day, the news spread throughout Anhe City, causing all the independent martial artists in the city to be in an uproar.

The fact that the major powers did not conceal this news means that they will not refuse or exclude these independent cultivators from traveling with them.

Although these independent cultivators all knew that the chances of successfully seizing treasures from the hands of major powers were extremely slim, it did not mean that it was impossible.

After all, even if the ancient Rong Kingdom was small, it was still a country.

With fewer than a hundred people dispatched by various powers combined, it would be impossible to plunder all the treasures of a country.

As long as they have some sense and don't fight over the valuable items or get into conflicts with the major powers, there shouldn't be any problems.

After news of the treasure hunt in the ancient Northern Rong Kingdom spread throughout Anhe City, various information about the Northern Rong Kingdom was quickly collected and published.

All the martial artists who wanted to go treasure hunting began to form groups and make preparations in the remaining few days.

Although Jiang Yuchuan, who always goes his own way, looks no more than a teenager, several groups of people still take the initiative to approach him, wanting to recruit him into their teams.

Jiang Yuchuan naturally did not agree.

However, there are very few independent cultivators like Jiang Yuchuan who intend to embark on a treasure hunt alone.

Jiang Yuchuan knew perfectly well why these people wanted to recruit him; they just wanted to use him as a scapegoat in a crisis.

And isn't this precisely why the major powers deliberately leaked the information, allowing these independent cultivators to travel with them?

Even knowing this, these independent cultivators still wouldn't change their minds.

For these martial artists who spend their lives traversing the desolate desert, every acquisition of resources is almost always accompanied by danger and the possibility of death. Therefore, they don't mind being used as scapegoats and cannon fodder by various forces.

The wages of avarice is death.

Even if they do perish on their treasure hunt, it's because they lacked the necessary skills, and they can't blame anyone else.

Seven days passed in the blink of an eye.

On the morning of the day of departure, the grand treasure-hunting team walked for almost the time it takes for an incense stick to burn before they all emerged from the city gates of Anhe City.

From a distance, the two distinct, dark groups looked more like they were going to war than searching for ancient ruins.