CHAPTER 947: CHAPTER 947: MYSTERIOUS ARRAY

"Life and Death Technique, when cultivated to perfection, can simulate the breath of all things in heaven and earth, concealing oneself such that only a cultivator surpassing an entire realm cannot detect it."

"Indeed, a marvelous magic technique!"

Chen Nan couldn’t stop smiling after checking the jade scroll.

He had always lacked a technique to hide his breath, and now he had finally gotten his wish.

However, now was not the time for cultivation; after collecting all the spoils, he headed to the room he had smashed open.

This should be a hidden chamber, a large space equipped with a bed, a table, and an ancient-style alchemy furnace.

This alchemy furnace was unlike any Chen Nan had seen before, mostly because it was very large.

Ordinary alchemy furnaces, standing three feet high, were already considerable, with most being little more than one foot high for better fire control.

Yet the furnace before him stood a full one zhang high, towering over him!

Its three legs resembled ox hooves, and its body was as smooth as glass, with three wind holes.

Looking inside the furnace revealed the words "Chongyue" carved on the furnace wall.

Chen Nan tried to lift the furnace but found it quite strenuous with his own strength.

"Is this furnace not weighing over ten thousand pounds?"

"’Heavy Mountain’... truly fitting!"

He was delighted in his heart; not only could this furnace be used for alchemy, but in battle, it could be a secret weapon.

How many cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage could withstand the blow of a ten-thousand-pound furnace?

"Need to see how sturdy it is too."

Chen Nan summoned the Wind Roar Sword and fiercely struck at the Chongyue Pill Furnace. Several strikes later, the furnace remained unscathed, not even leaving a mark.

"Haha, indeed an excellent treasure; this furnace might even be seventh grade or possibly sixth grade!"

The Beast Furnace Jiang Zheng gifted him was merely sixth grade, but he didn’t take it with him when he left Qingshan Sect; the ones he used later were all of very low grade.

Thus, this furnace was perfectly to his liking.

"From now on, you shall be mine!"

Chen Nan’s heart moved and he promptly stored the furnace in his storage bag, feeling satisfied as he left.

There wouldn’t be only pill rooms in a sect, and the mountain where Chen Nan was located was vast, so he prepared to try his luck elsewhere.

But it wasn’t long before he saw skeletal remains by the roadside.

The clothes on the bones had already weathered, indicating they had been dead for a long time, some even had weapons impaled upon them.

"Could these be the sect cultivators? What exactly happened here in the past?"

Walking along a path barely recognizable, Chen Nan quickly discovered a cave, which also contained a skeleton.

The skeleton lay scattered, but on the cave wall were engraved words.

"I am the Elder of the Luoyan Sect. In the immortal calendar year 36,545, Luoyan Sect faced a crisis, and the sect fell. I fought desperately but ultimately failed, leaving my last words here..."

Through the engraved words, Chen Nan roughly understood the situation: Clearly, the sect had been breached, leading to the total annihilation of its members.

A glorious sect thus met its end; it’s hard to imagine how terrifying their enemies must have been.

"Over 36,000 years in the immortal calendar, what is the current year again? I seem to recall my master mentioning..."

Chen Nan pondered as he remembered the current year should be over 60,000 in the immortal calendar, meaning this sect had been extinct for over 30,000 years!

Reflecting on the mercilessness of time, Chen Nan found many traces within the cave, some at least hundreds of years old.

It seemed someone had been here when the Ancient Realm Secret Realm had opened previously.

"Were it plundered by others, what might still be left?"

Chen Nan grew anxious and hurried to other parts of the ruins.

Neither the Spiritual Artifact Pavilion nor the Library Pavilion had anything of value.

The jade scrolls stored within the Library Pavilion had long been destroyed; any treasures would have been taken by others long ago.

The spiritual artifacts in the Spiritual Artifact Pavilion had lost their spiritual nature due to the passage of time, even worse than mundane weapons, now nothing more than scrap metal.

"Little Gu, come out and help search. See if there are any treasures left on this mountain?"

Chen Nan reluctantly summoned King of Ten Thousand Gu, to use its Treasure Eye for a search, but unfortunately, it showed no reaction.

This indicated no treasures remained on the mountain, or if there had been any, they had long been taken.

"Seems securing the Chongyue Refining Furnace was due to the hidden chamber’s ongoing concealment, even my discovery was purely accidental."

He sighed and prepared to leave, seeking luck elsewhere.

After all, the Ancient Realm Secret Realm was vast, surely there were unexplored areas yet.

With King of Ten Thousand Gu in hand and its treasure-hunting talents, he was bound to reap abundant rewards.

However, just as Chen Nan was about to leave, he noticed a path overgrown with weeds leading to a rear mountain.

His heart stirred, and following the path, he arrived at the rear mountain, finding what was once a place to rear spirit beasts, though it was long empty.

Not far away stood the Spirit Medicine Field, where spiritual medicines were cultivated.

In the distance, he saw a fiery red spiritual medicine, conspicuously standing out among the weeds.

"Is that... Blood Burning Flower?"

Chen Nan’s heart suddenly shook, for this was a Sixth Grade Elixir, serving as the main ingredient for various elixirs and extremely precious.

"Such an important treasure, and you couldn’t sense it?"

He patted King of Ten Thousand Gu’s head and excitedly made his way to the Spirit Medicine Field.

With no other people here, this Blood Burning Flower solely belonged to him.

King of Ten Thousand Gu felt a bit wronged, as it indeed hadn’t sensed the Blood Burning Flower’s presence.

As Chen Nan reached the Spirit Medicine Field, he suddenly collided with a transparent barrier.

Then, the barrier began to glow, and Chen Nan realized it was an array!

No wonder the mountain ruins had been thoroughly searched, yet a Blood Burning Flower remained, and no wonder King of Ten Thousand Gu couldn’t detect it.

The entire Spirit Medicine Field was enveloped by an array.

Despite enduring tens of thousands of years, the array still functioned, a remarkable phenomenon.

Chen Nan summoned Wind Roar Sword, pointing forward with his finger, and Wind Roar Sword swirled like a rapidly spinning drill, fiercely striking the array barrier.

With a ringing sound, Wind Roar Sword was directly rebounded, while the barrier only rippled and remained sturdy.

"This hard?" Chen Nan raised an eyebrow, "I don’t believe it has no flaws after all this time!"

He circled, striking at the array repeatedly, trying to find a weak spot.

But as he walked into a patch of grass, the ground suddenly cracked underfoot.

A claw covered with scales suddenly reached up from below!