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Chapter 3355 An unexpected surprise

In the void.

An ancient celestial palace stands there.

Soon.

Two figures suddenly appeared here.

"Your Excellency, this Immortal Palace was one of the palaces where Venerable Danxin refined pills. However, there are restrictions left by the Venerable. Our Creation Immortal Pills are limited by the Venerable and cannot truly break through these restrictions."

However, with Your Excellency's strength, breaking this restriction should not be a problem!

Jian Xu's expression was respectful.

Shen Changqing looked at the immortal palace before him. It did indeed contain powerful Daoist restrictions, but this level of Daoist restrictions was of little use to him.

Punch out.

The celestial palace trembled violently.

The Daoist principles above crumbled and vanished inch by inch.

Compared to the restrictions outside the Celestial Palace, the restrictions here are undoubtedly much weaker.

Seeing Shen Changqing shatter the restriction with a single punch, Jian Xu's heart trembled, and cold sweat seemed to break out on his back.

Although he had said earlier that such restrictions on the Immortal Palace were nothing to Shen Changqing, there was still a sense of respect in his words.

In fact.

In Jianxu's view.

If Shen Changqing wants to break through this restriction, he will have to use some methods.

result.

The opponent shattered these restrictions with a single punch.

Such means.

How could Jian Xu not be alarmed?

Simultaneously.

He felt a sense of relief, as if he had survived a disaster.

fortunately.

He was a little too quick to beg for mercy.

If they had been even a fraction slower, they would probably be dead by now.

"Let's go!"

Shen Changqing opened the gates of the Immortal Palace and entered first, without doubting what dangers lay within.

After all, Jian Xu was already under the control of the Heavenly Soul Curse, so the other party naturally wouldn't dare to harm him.

Moreover.

Shen Changqing now has the confidence to deal with other troubles.

Upon entering the Immortal Palace, the view suddenly opened up, and a scorching aura that had not yet completely dissipated rushed towards us, accompanied by a rich fragrance of medicinal pills.

Subsequently.

Shen Changqing surveyed everything before him.

The main hall was spacious inside, with numerous jade bottles and gourds containing elixirs on the surrounding niches. The center of the hall was presumably where the alchemy furnace was located.

But now there is nothing here, and the alchemy furnace has also disappeared.

See this.

Shen Changqing felt a pang of regret.

"Pity!"

A pill-refining furnace capable of producing a Nine Tribulation Half-Saint can't be of low quality; it might even be a Primordial Emperor Weapon.

If I could obtain a Primordial Emperor Weapon, then this trip would have been worthwhile.

after all--

Given the opponent's status as a Ninth Tribulation Half-Saint, the probability of him possessing an Innate Emperor Weapon is at least 90%, if not 100%.

and.

The grade of such innate imperial weapons is destined to be quite high.

But a pity.

There is no alchemy furnace in the Immortal Palace now. Although Shen Changqing was disappointed, he quickly came to terms with it.

Subsequently.

He then took out all the other containers containing pills, unsealed them, and immediately a rich medicinal power burst forth.

Shen Changqing poured out the pills, and the once perfectly round and harmonious pills began to dim with an ethereal light at a visible speed, and their Daoist charm crumbled inch by inch.

In just a moment, the pill turned to ashes and scattered.

See here.

Shen Changqing then checked other areas.

however.

Without exception, all the pills lost all their medicinal power; they turned to dust the moment they were exposed to air, rendering them completely useless.

Jian Xu said, "It has been too long. Even if there is a longevity restriction, it is difficult to truly prevent the loss of the medicinal power of such pills."

"If Your Excellency had lived a hundred million years earlier, most of the elixirs here should have been preserved."

Hear the words.

Shen Changqing shook his head.

"Very well, since there's nothing left here, let's go look somewhere else!"

As he spoke, Shen Changqing's divine sense swept across the entire Immortal Palace, searching every nook and cranny without missing a single detail.

Subsequently.

Shen Changqing then had Jian Xu lead him to other immortal palaces.

There were more than a dozen celestial palaces in a row.

He couldn't find anything useful.

Over the long course of time, many top-tier elixirs have turned to dust.

Such a result.

Shen Changqing was helpless, but there was nothing he could do.

When he stepped into a celestial palace once again, he finally saw something useful there.

A piece of wood!

A piece of wood that was completely charred black!

If it were an ordinary person, they wouldn't even glance at this stick if it were lying on the road.

However, in Shen Changqing's eyes, this wooden stick was extraordinary. Especially when the Great Dao Immortal Eye was activated, the wooden stick trembled, and a terrifying and astonishing aura leaked out from it.

"This is the aura of a Venerable One!"

Jian Xu's expression changed.

Followed by.

He looked at the wooden stick in front of him, his brows furrowed, and after a moment, as if he had thought of something, he immediately spoke.

"I remember now. If I'm not mistaken, this wooden stick should be the one that the Venerable One used to start a fire to refine pills back then!"

"Fire poker!"

Shen Changqing was taken aback.

He considered many possibilities, but he never imagined that the wooden stick in front of him was just a fire poker used by Venerable Danxin when he was refining pills and starting a fire.

Jianxu said, "Back then, when the Venerable was refining pills, he drew upon a supreme earth fire, but that earth fire contained some impurities, so this stick was used to clean it."

I never expected that this item would remain after the Venerable One had been gone for so many years!

Upon hearing Jian Xu's words, Shen Changqing's expression became clear.

Immediately.

He reached out and grabbed the fire poker, and immediately felt a weight as heavy as a billion pounds, causing Shen Changqing's expression to change slightly.

The wooden stick, which appears to be only a few feet long, contains such an astonishing weight that even an ordinary Immortal Emperor might not be able to lift it.

but.

Shen Changqing's physical body has been tempered to the extreme of the Immortal Emperor level.

Even if this object weighed over a billion jin, it would have little effect on him.

Only when Shen Changqing truly grasped the fire poker could he truly feel how terrifying the Daoist power contained within it was.

Although the fire stick is not a Primordial Imperial Weapon, the power it contains is far more terrifying than that of a Primordial Imperial Weapon.

Just because.

This contains the Daoist essence accumulated by Venerable Danxin over hundreds of millions of years.

This item was not a particularly special treasure at first, but after spending countless years with a Ninth Tribulation Half-Saint, it was nurtured by the Daoist aura of such a top-tier expert, and naturally underwent a transformation.

But the same thing.

The profound meaning within this is not infinite.

When the Daoist essence is exhausted, the object will lose its divine power.

But no matter what.

Obtaining this fire poker was a completely unexpected surprise for Shen Changqing.

With the Nine Tribulations Daoist essence contained within this item, if it were activated at full power, even a half-saint might be able to contend with it.

Immediately.

Shen Changqing's mind stirred.

This means to collect this fire stick into the heavens and the universe.

The moment the latter fell into the celestial universe, it instantly caused the vast universe to tremble and the void to shake violently. It was as if a phantom of a real dragon was coiled in the void, and an extremely powerful dragon roar resounded throughout the nine heavens.

But the next breath.

The fire poker was filled with celestial light and Daoist charm, and the entire universe instantly fell silent.

Even the illusory image of a real dragon fell silent.

not only that.

Shen Changqing could feel that the Daoist power within this object was gradually merging into the Heavenly Universe, causing the latter to undergo some subtle changes.

However, such changes are very slow, almost to the point of being negligible.

But even so.

Shen Changqing could also discover this.

Under the nurturing influence of this Daoist philosophy, the foundation of the universe seems to have been elevated somewhat.

This is how it was discovered.

This made Shen Changqing even more satisfied.

Elevating the foundation of the universe is no easy task.

But he didn't expect that.

The longevity essence contained within this fire poker can also have such wondrous uses.

Even if this item has no power to fight enemies, it can be called a top-tier treasure simply because of its function of enhancing the foundation of the universe.

after all.

The Celestial Emperor seeks the ultimate in immortality.

One's own foundation is of paramount importance.

If one's foundation is not strong enough, then when breaking through, even if one can survive the Heavenly Tribulation, it will be difficult to overcome the Five Signs of Decay of Heaven and Man.

"Congratulations, Your Excellency, on acquiring this priceless treasure!"

Jian Xu, who was standing nearby, offered his congratulations at the opportune moment. Upon seeing this, Shen Changqing casually bestowed upon him another Creation Pill.

Jian Xu, as if he had found a priceless treasure, swallowed the Creation Elixir immediately, and his aura increased significantly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for bestowing this miraculous elixir of creation upon me. I am deeply grateful!"

"I have always been fair in rewarding and punishing. You have given me this treasure, so I will naturally not treat you unfairly."

Shen Changqing spoke calmly, then swept his divine sense across the entire Immortal Palace, but apart from the fire poker in the Heavenly Universe, there was nothing else.

but.

Even so.

Shen Changqing was quite satisfied.

After all, obtaining such a treasure makes the trip worthwhile.

at this time.

He looked at Jian Xu beside him.

"Are you familiar with the Heaven-Crossing Mystic Pill?"

"The Heaven-Crossing Mystic Pill?"

Jian Xu paused for a moment, then nodded.

"The Heaven-Crossing Mystic Pill is a supreme treasure that can help cultivators overcome the five signs of decay in the celestial realm, as I know. However, to my knowledge, there is no Heaven-Crossing Mystic Pill in this Immortal Palace."

If Your Majesty is seeking the Heavenly Profound Pill, I fear you will be disappointed.

However, as for whether the formula for the Heaven-Crossing Mystic Pill exists, this subordinate has no idea!

"You mean, there's no Heaven-Crossing Mystic Pill in this Immortal Palace?"

Shen Changqing raised an eyebrow.

Jian Xu nodded: "Of course. I might not know much about ordinary immortal pills, but I am very familiar with eighth-grade immortal pills like these."

"I can say with certainty that there is absolutely no Heaven-Crossing Profound Pill here."

"I see--"

Shen Changqing's expression was subtle.

The absence of the Heaven-Crossing Mystic Pill within the Immortal Palace of Longevity means that the Xuanqing Immortal Sect's plans are doomed to fail.

but.

Shen Changqing always felt that something was wrong.

After all, Xu Yangzi's confident demeanor suggested that he was already certain that the Heaven-Crossing Mystic Pill was located here.

But to say that Jian Xu is lying is impossible.

This way.

That leaves only two possibilities.

Either the information from the Xuanqing Immortal Sect is incorrect, or the Xuanqing Immortal Sect has ulterior motives, and the so-called Heaven-Crossing Mystic Pill is merely a pretext. (End of Chapter)