Chapter 50

Jining felt the space-time shift, reminiscent of the sensation when he had jumped into the Six Paths of Reincarnation back then.

In an instant, everything calmed down.

"Here..." Jining observed his surroundings, finding himself in a grand corridor, a hundred feet wide and a hundred feet high. When he turned his head to look behind, he was greatly startled. Behind him was the exit of the corridor, and beyond the exit was an endless expanse of water. However, the water could not penetrate into the corridor, as if there was an invisible barrier blocking it.

"What's going on?" Jining cautiously walked over, an arrow appearing in his hand, which he thrust outward.

Swoosh!

The arrow hit the invisible barrier but could not penetrate it.

"I don't believe it," Jining took ten steps back, then took out the 'Jiayong' great bow, letting out a low grunt. A faint red glow enveloped his body, clearly indicating the full eruption of divine power. He nearly drew the bow to a full circle and then shot an arrow, which shot like a streak of light at the invisible barrier.

The arrow shattered into pieces and fell to the ground.

"This—," Jining frowned, carefully observing the corridor.

"The corridor is a hundred feet wide and high," Jining looked through the invisible barrier at the endless water outside, "This structure must be incredibly large, at least a few miles long and wide. And it's built underwater..."

"Under the Winged Snake Lake?" Jining shook his head.

The Winged Snake Lake was only a hundred miles in circumference, and it would be difficult to accommodate such a large structure. The Ji family would have likely discovered it long ago.

"Earlier, the space-time shift felt like a spatial passage," Jining thought, "I must have entered another space."

Having read many books, he knew a lot.

Books recorded that over the ages, some immortals and divine beings could create small spaces. Even a grain of sand could be turned into a world! Some immortal residences and divine relics were often located in these small spaces or worlds, which were usually impossible to find. One might accidentally enter when an opportunity arose.

However, these relics left by powerful beings were also fraught with danger. After all, how could immortals and divine beings not leave some defensive measures? Most who entered the relics died, and those who managed to escape with their lives were considered lucky. As for obtaining treasures and rising to prominence, as in legends, Jining didn't dare to hope!

"Can't be greedy! Focus on surviving and escaping," Jining observed carefully.

The unknown represents opportunity.

But it also represents great danger!

"Let's call this the Winged Snake Water Palace for now," Jining decided on a name. Since he couldn't leave the corridor for the moment, he decided to move forward.

...

The corridor was wide and grand, the floor seemingly cast as a single piece. Jining tried every means but could not leave a scratch on the floor or walls.

After a short walk,

At a turn, Jining's pupils constricted. He saw numerous skeletal remains on the corridor floor. Some skeletons were almost completely decayed into ash, but strangely, there were very few weapons or magical treasures on the ground. Only beside the most intact skeleton on the left side were there armor, weapons, and other magical treasures.

"Where are the magical treasures of the other skeletons?" Jining wondered, "Even if they didn't have magical treasures, there should be some divine weapons, right? How could there be none?"

"Whoosh!"

With a thought, Jining used his divine sense to scoop up the skeleton with armor and weapons, instantly bringing it to his side.

Thud.

As soon as he placed it on the ground, the skeleton trembled and shattered.

"It seems they've been dead for a long time," Jining looked at the armor and weapons, immediately picking them up and infusing his innate true essence to refine them. Upon refining, he discovered that because the previous owner had been dead for too long, there was no residual magical power in the two magical treasures, and Jining easily refined them.

"I can refine them, so they must be low-grade magical treasures," Jining thought, "It seems the deceased was only at the innate level."

Jining then carefully examined the skeleton and soon noticed a ring on one of the fingers. He immediately picked up the ring and quickly refined it. Indeed, this ring was a storage magical treasure. Upon a brief inspection, Jining was greatly surprised. The storage space was not large, smaller than Tie Mu's.

However,

"There are so many magical treasures," Jining was astonished. In the storage magical treasure, various magical treasures floated, each with a unique aura, including weapons, arrays, armor, and storage magical treasures.

"Why would someone carry so many magical treasures?" Jining looked at the numerous skeletons in the distance, none of which had magical treasures, "They must have collected the magical treasures of their predecessors."

Jining quickly refined the treasures.

Upon refining, he discovered that there were 112 storage magical treasures, 136 weapon magical treasures, 31 armor magical treasures, and 16 other unique magical treasures. There were also many Dao talismans, but due to the long time, the magical power within them had dissipated, leaving only a dozen or so that could still be used.

"I can refine them, so they must be low-grade magical treasures," Jining muttered, "The previous owners of these magical treasures were all innate beings. It seems that each generation that came to this corridor was made up of innate beings."

Jining chose a storage magical treasure with a space of nearly a hundred feet and wrapped a storage belt around his waist. The storage belt looked like a simple, sturdy belt on the surface. Jining also chose a good piece of armor and refined it to fit his skin.

The armor magical treasure was much better than the Jincheng robe, which was now retired and stored by Jining.

Actually, Jining wasn't overly excited about obtaining these magical treasures because, as the next lord of the Western Manor of the Ji family, obtaining such treasures was relatively easy.

"However, the quantity is considerable. All together, they might be equivalent to a single entry-level magical treasure," Jining thought. The previous person had obtained so many magical treasures but still died here. Getting out alive was the most important thing.

Jining held two Beiming swords and cautiously moved forward, as there was no other way but to proceed!

In terms of power, the Beiming swords were no less than these low-grade magical treasures, and they didn't require the consumption of innate true essence. Jining, of course, preferred to use the Beiming swords.

...

Jining moved forward step by step, cautiously.

When he reached the area with the skeletons, he was even more cautious. Suddenly,

Snap! Snap! Snap! Snap! Snap! Snap!

Golden beans suddenly appeared out of nowhere, a large number of them appearing around him, each falling to the ground with a crisp sound. These golden beans quickly melted into a golden liquid, and each drop of the golden liquid rapidly coalesced into a golden-armored celestial soldier holding a weapon.

Golden and dazzling, the towering celestial soldiers stood around.

"Transforming beans into soldiers?" Jining was taken aback, also sensing that each golden-armored celestial soldier was not weak, all possessing innate strength, "And there are eighty-one of them?"

"Who dares to intrude on the immortal residence, prepare to die!" the eighty-one golden-armored soldiers shouted in unison, then immediately attacked.

Jining, holding two Beiming swords, immediately understood. The previous skeletons were likely killed by these eighty-one golden-armored soldiers. Without hesitation, he used the Wind-Wing Escape Technique, swiftly stepping on the corridor wall, like a great roc spreading its wings, instantly leaping over the eighty-one golden-armored soldiers and continuing forward.

"Form the array!" the eighty-one golden-armored soldiers shouted in unison.

Immediately, a misty fog rose at both ends of the corridor. When Jining reached the fog, he found that he couldn't pierce through it with his sword.

"You won't escape," the eighty-one golden-armored soldiers charged again.

"Trapping array?"

Jining looked at the misty fog at both ends, "It seems I can't leave without killing these eighty-one golden-armored soldiers. The previous people all died, but I'm not one of those fragile ones."

Whoosh!

Jining used the Wind-Wing Escape Technique to quickly step on the wall and move behind the golden-armored soldiers, then directly attacked one of them.

Clang, clang, clang! Three quick strikes.

Puff!

Jining's sword pierced through the golden-armored soldier's head, but the soldier still thrust its spear.

"What?" Jining jumped back in shock.

"Even a divine being with innate strength would almost certainly die from a head wound. How can this golden-armored soldier not die?" Jining was immediately anxious. In the brief exchange, he discovered that the soldier's spear technique was only at the subtle level, but its strength was not inferior to Jining's.

The most fatal was that even a head wound didn't affect it.

"Kill!" Jining's strike through the golden-armored soldier's head seemed to enrage the other soldiers, who roared and attacked him fiercely.

Jining used his footwork to move among the soldiers, facing a maximum of three opponents at a time. With his two Beiming swords, he repeatedly pierced the soldiers' chests and heads, but the soldiers remained unharmed.

"Water and Fire Lotus!" Jining was desperate.

Swish, swish, swish~~~

Three huge water lotus leaves and three huge fire lotus leaves appeared around Jining, enveloping the area. The two layers of lotus leaves slowly rotated in opposite directions, and six golden-armored soldiers trapped under the water and fire lotus leaves were quickly crushed into liquid.

This golden liquid quickly flowed out of the range of the water and fire lotus leaves and reformed into six golden-armored soldiers.

"How can this be?" Jining was incredulous. Even after being crushed into liquid, they could still re-form?

"It's not that the previous innate beings were too weak, but that these eighty-one golden-armored soldiers are virtually indestructible," Jining was at a loss on how to deal with these soldiers. After all, even when crushed into pieces and turned into liquid, they could still re-form.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

The six crushed golden-armored soldiers seemed to enrage the others even more.

"Form the array!" the eighty-one golden-armored soldiers roared in unison. They quickly flew out and completely surrounded Jining.

These golden-armored soldiers formed two circles, with twenty-seven in the inner circle and fifty-four in the outer circle, all holding spears and glaring at Jining.