"Friend, do you see this kind of Star Light?"

Zhan Pingta's eyes flickered, and he suddenly pulled out a giant stone about half as tall as a person from the storage ring.

The entire stone was snow-white, with a massive Star Light on one side.

Seeing the white stone, Duan Gujin immediately recognized it as an Ice God Xuan Crystal.

"How could there be Ice God Xuan Crystals here, something only found in the Divine World?"

As this thought flashed through his mind, he quickly realized that the Ancient God Ruins might truly be the ruins of the Ancient Gods, where many Ancient Gods once lived.

Duan Gujin carefully counted the Star Lights and discovered that it was a Ten-star Star Light.

"Oh my! A Ten-star Ice God Xuan Crystal! Sect Leader, how did you acquire such a divine level Xuan Crystal?"

At this moment, Qing Lian's exclamation echoed in the hall.

Her cultivation method was the Heavenly Maiden Heart Technique, a method that incorporates the Ice Attribute.

In her previous life, she had relied on a large number of Ice God Xuan Crystals for cultivation.

Therefore, she was quite knowledgeable about Ice God Xuan Crystals, and recognized that the one in Zhan Pingta's hand was a Ten-star Ice God Xuan Crystal.

In the Divine World, the grading of Ice God Xuan Crystals is very straightforward. Generally, the quality of an Ice God Xuan Crystal is judged by how many stars are engraved on it.

Since engraving Star Lights requires the infusion of a lot of Spiritual Power, the number of Star Lights that can be engraved on an Ice God Xuan Crystal is not many.

Any complete Ice God Xuan Crystal is an extremely rare treasure, and the experts in the Divine World will bring out the full effect of a complete Ice God Xuan Crystal.

Generally speaking, Ice God Xuan Crystals with Six-star, Seven-star, Eight-star, and Nine-star Star Lights are more common, while Ten-star Ice God Xuan Crystals are the crème de la crème.

Qing Lian quickly asked, "Sect Leader, may I take a look at this Ice God Xuan Crystal?"

"You recognize this thing?"

Zhan Pingta's face changed dramatically, his eyes flickered. He immediately thought that Qing Lian was a Martial Artist from the Jiuzhou Continent, and there might be similar crystals there.

"Yes, Sect Leader, this is a rare ore from the Divine World. The piece of ore in your hand has been modified by an Artifact Refining Master from the Divine World!"

Qing Lian walked up to Zhan Pingta and carefully examined the Ice God Xuan Crystal.

After a while, she slightly furrowed her brows and said, "This piece of Ten-star Ice God Xuan Crystal is at least three thousand years old, and its internal energy has long since been depleted! What a pity!"

"Yes, yes!"

Zhan Pingta only knew a little about the Ice God Xuan Crystal, not as much as Qing Lian.

"We found this treasure in an underwater ruins. Do you think that place could be the site of an Ancient God Ruins?"

Zhan Pingta asked anxiously.

"It's hard to say. To determine whether it is indeed the site of an Ancient God Ruins, we need to go and investigate ourselves!"

Qing Lian replied.

"Yes, you're absolutely right!"

Zhan Pingta exhaled a breath. The spies he sent out only gathered some rumors, so he was uncertain if that place was truly the Ancient God Ruins.

Because, the spies gathered intelligence from the Taihuang Immortal Sect, and the spies were not high-ranking elders there, so they didn't have much information.

"It seems that I really need to send you three to gather more information! However, that place has recently drawn the attention of sea demons. We've noticed that those sea demons seem keen on entering to find the Ancient God Ruins too! Here are three maps! Each of you take one, and if you need any other special treasures, go to the steward to get them!"

Zhan Pingta immediately gave each person a storage ring.

Duan Gujin accepted the storage ring and found that, besides a map, there were also one hundred thousand Yuanzhen gold coins and some Elixir Pills for recovering power.

"When are you going to set off?"

Zhan Pingta asked.

"I think it's best if we leave now!"

Qing Lian replied eagerly.

"Why are you in such a hurry?"

Zhan Pingta was a bit puzzled.

"I want to know immediately what kind of Ancient God Ruins that place is. Sect Leader, let's put it this way: the greatest use of the Ten-star Ice God Xuan Crystal is for setting up an Array, which means that place has many similar Ten-star Ice God Xuan Crystals!"

Qing Lian replied.

"Oh, in that case, set off immediately! Be very careful, though. There are spies from the Taihuang Immortal Sect and sea demons there, and the sea demons have formidable strength, so be extremely cautious!"

Zhan Pingta warned earnestly.

"Understood!"

Duan Gujin and the other two bid farewell to Zhan Pingta, and then they teleported to the city closest to the Ancient God Ruins through the Teleportation Array in a nearby city.

In less than six hours, they were very close to the Ancient God Ruins.

As they approached the Ancient God Ruins, they detected many people wearing Taihuang Immortal Sect robes ahead, and they immediately deduced that those people should be Immortal Sect Disciples.

"We must not alert them! Let's go around from the side!"

So, the three of them circled around, avoiding the Taihuang Immortal Sect disciples ahead.

But after advancing some distance, they discovered an unusual Rule Power in the water ahead. If they forced their way into the water, their Water Avoiding Technique would fail.

Currently, they were using the Water Avoiding Technique to keep the water from soaking their bodies and clothes. If the Water Avoiding Technique failed, not only would their bodies and clothes be drenched, but their bodies would also be invaded by the unusual Rule Power, continuously bubbling out huge bubbles.

For Qing Lian, if her body and clothes got soaked, it would be very embarrassing.

And if they forcibly broke through, their bodies would continuously bubble up huge bubbles.

In this way, the three of them would be extremely easy to spot.

"No wonder those Taihuang Immortal Sect people are stationed there! It seems that's the only entrance!"

Duan Gujin had a flash of understanding.

"We need to get close to those Taihuang Immortal Sect disciples and see if there's a chance to sneak in!"

Duan Gujin whispered.

"Alright!"

After approaching the Taihuang Immortal Sect disciples, Duan Gujin released his Divine Sense, hoping to learn when those disciples would let down their guard so they could sneak in.

After a while, he heard the Taihuang Immortal Sect disciples secretly discussing.

After listening, he understood that the disciples were talking about which male and female disciples had recently hooked up, and some disciples were not only one dragon and one phoenix but even swapping in groups of three.

"These Taihuang Immortal Sect disciples have no moral compass!"

Qing Lian, who heard this, furrowed her delicate brows, a touch of Killing Aura flashing across her face.

Duan Gujin chuckled, "I can only marvel at their benefits!"

Qing Lian raised her brow and, through secret voice transmission, angrily rebuked, "Do you want to try?"

"Wouldn't dare!"

Duan Gujin took a deep breath, knowing Qing Lian wasn't someone who joked easily, and chose to drop the subject.