Immortality and Cultivation: This old man seeks enlightenment through mere survival.

After resting in the spacious hall, the group from Lingyao Valley...

Lu Zaian and Zhu Youzhi gradually regained their magical powers and spirits.

At Lin Feng's suggestion, Lu Zaian took the three treasures on the shrine.

Of course, it's impossible for Lu Zaian to completely possess it.

The eggs of the Six-Winged Cold Poison Centipede have already reached the strategic level of Foundation Establishment forces, making it almost impossible for them to be handed over to a disciple as a spirit pet.

The best way is for the sect to raise it and use it as a guardian spirit beast.

Another book, "The Art of Taming Beasts," also explains how to raise and control spirit pets.

The last few dozen ice beads in the jade plate shimmered with a faint, cold light, like stars in the sky.

These seemingly ordinary ice beads, after careful examination, were found to be first-tier Cold Heart Beads, meticulously crafted using the venom of the Cold Poison Centipede as a catalyst!

As the saying goes, medicine and poison are inseparable; everything in the world has two sides.

Every medicine has its side effects, and similarly, a poison, if used properly, can also become a good medicine.

Although this Cold Heart Pearl resembles a medicinal pill, it was not refined using a traditional alchemy furnace.

The Cold Heart Pearl's function is that once absorbed into the body, it can greatly enhance one's state of mind and comprehension in a short period of time.

It is a rare auxiliary treasure, especially when breaking through the bottleneck of cultivation techniques, deducing the changes of spells, and improving the skills of immortal cultivation, the Cold Heart Pearl is even more effective.

There are forty-five Cold Heart Pearls in total.

Since Lu Zaian and Zhu Youzhi were the first to discover it, and the entire battle was also completed by the two of them.

Zhu Youzhi's Yi Wood Evil-Repelling Thunder Nail played a significant role, and Lu Zaian even fought against four opponents single-handedly.

So in the end, Lu Zaian got 25, Zhu Youzhi got 15, and the plump female cultivator, who had played a role along the way, also got 5.

The other disciples of Lingyao Valley were envious, but since their senior brother hadn't spoken up, they couldn't bring it up.

"Now that we've divided the loot, let's hurry up and go rescue them!"

Junior Brother Leng and Junior Sister are trapped in the alchemy hall, and we don't know their situation.

Lin Feng led the team back along the passage they had come from.

On the way back, thanks to Lu Zaian's help, they saved at least an hour.

As an array master, Lu Zaian can break some array restrictions.

Even if it cannot be completely cracked, as long as a small opening is made, everyone can pass through smoothly.

This is much faster than the previous method where everyone could only rely on brute force to break through.

However, this is, after all, a secret realm for Core Formation.

As they went deeper into the area, Lu Zaian's role as a first-tier low-grade array master gradually diminished.

Even though many formations were already in ruins, Lu Zaian was still helpless.

Moreover, brute force was no longer an option under these circumstances, so the group had no choice but to take a detour and find a new direction.

After many twists and turns, and spending most of the day, the group finally arrived at a very spacious lobby.

At first glance, the entrance hall is at least ten zhang high and six zhang wide, giving people a sense of grandeur.

At the entrance, a frosty barrier, resembling an ice wall, emitted a faint blue light, blocking everyone's path.

"The alchemy hall is very spacious and has more than one entrance. This should be one of them, but we have never been to this place before."

"Junior Brother Lu, come and take a look."

Lin Feng quickly waved to Lu Zaian, who was standing to the side, signaling him to come forward and examine the restriction carefully.

Although some members of the team had entered the secret realm for the second time.

However, since the teleportation point is different each time, and the palace is as intricate as a maze, with various formations and restrictions everywhere.

Therefore, they were unable to reach the alchemy hall via the same route as last time.

However, after Lu Zaian stepped forward and examined it carefully, his expression hardened, and he murmured:

"There are traces of the Bloodthirsty Demon Flower Array left behind, it seems the disciples of the Blood Burning Sect have already entered it before us..."

"What?! Junior Brother Lu, are you saying that the people from the Blood Burning Sect were also here? And that they entered the formation before us after they eroded it?"

Lin Feng was startled and hurriedly asked.

Lu Zaian nodded and pointed to the center of the ice barrier, where a crack could be vaguely seen, along with dark red burn marks around it.

"These are marks left by the Bloodthirsty Demon Flower Array of the Burning Blood Sect. It looks like it was burned at least two hours ago..."

The Bloodthirsty Demon Flower Array is quite unique; strictly speaking, it is not an array in the traditional sense.

It was created using the juice of the "Bloodthirsty Demon Flower," a demonic plant that had devoured the essence and blood of cultivators.

The Bloodthirsty Demon Flower possesses the power to burn blood and erode spirits.

Therefore, even if they are not array masters, disciples of the Burning Blood Sect can form arrays with just a little guidance.

This is also the source of the Burning Blood Sect's confidence in overpowering the Spirit Medicine Valley and seizing its treasures in the secret realm.

"Junior Brother Lu, can you break through it? I'm worried about Junior Brother Leng and Junior Sister's safety," Lin Feng said, frowning.

If Leng Sheng and Jiang Qiuyue were to encounter the people from the Burning Blood Sect and the Refining Fire Sect first, it would be dangerous.

"...I'll give it a try. The cracks in this barrier haven't completely healed yet, so I might be able to take advantage of it."

Lu Zaian stroked his chin with one hand and spoke slowly.

The saying "practice makes perfect" is absolutely true.

Since entering this Core Formation Realm, the total number of formations Lu Zaian has faced and successfully broken far exceeds all the examples in "True Explanation of Talisman Formations: Volume 1"!

His frequent interactions with array formations made him increasingly adept at and thoroughly familiar with all sorts of basic array patterns.

At this moment, Lu Zaian thought to himself, "Perhaps I'm not far from reaching the level of a mid-grade first-tier array master..."

Next, Lu Zai'an focused intently on using his skills, cleverly placing several first-grade low-level spirit fire array patterns at the crack.

As the saying goes, quantitative change leads to qualitative change.

After these spirit fire array patterns intertwined and merged, they suddenly became one, transforming into a mid-grade first-tier spirit fire array pattern!

This spirit flame array pattern is dazzling and brilliant, like a raging fire, radiating a fiery red light.

With its appearance, the originally inconspicuous crack slowly expanded under its scorching heat.

Gradually, a narrow gap, barely wide enough for a person to pass through sideways, came into view.

"Enter!"

Lu Zai'an gave a low shout, and the narrow gap would disappear in a few breaths, so they had to hurry.

However, he did not enter it first, but instead stood by the crevice as if he needed to maintain the formation.

Lin Feng entered first, followed closely by a group of disciples who filed in.

"Junior Brother Lu, come in quickly!"

Seeing that everyone had entered and the narrow opening was beginning to shrink, Lin Feng hurriedly called out from inside.

Only after confirming that there were no ambushes inside did Lu Zaian feel at ease enough to slip into the narrow crevice.