Wang Liang nodded, "Then let's do it together! If there's something truly there, it shall belong to whoever is fated to have it."

Chu Mo smiled and thought to himself, If you can really do it, then, what does it matter if I let you go this time?

The current Chu Mo had already stepped into the Spirit Refining phase, and faced with cultivators of the same realm, he held an absolute psychological edge. If Wang Liang were truly as he claimed, then sparing his life wouldn't really matter.

After that, the two of them entered the dilapidated ancient temple from different directions.

Wang Liang naturally didn't know that Chu Mo could now very precisely determine the location of treasures, so after they split up, Wang Liang almost instantly... lost any sense of Chu Mo's presence!

This startled Wang Liang greatly, and he quickly withdrew and then went to the place where Chu Mo had vanished, only to find it empty, void of any figure.

"This..." Wang Liang's mouth twitched, and then with some reluctance, he searched around, eventually finding nothing and could only shake his head, moving towards another area.

Although the great hall still appeared to be intact from the outside, many parts inside had completely collapsed. The place Wang Liang most wanted to find was naturally the temple's scripture repository!

The most valuable place within any sect... was there.

However, much to his disappointment, he roamed around the grand hall for a long while, and besides finding an incredibly worn alchemy furnace, he found nothing else.

At that moment, there came a sound of talking from afar, and Wang Liang's heart tensed up. After thinking for a bit, he calmly emerged from his place of concealment.

The group that had been talking ceased their conversation immediately and all turned their eyes towards the worn alchemy furnace in Wang Liang's hand.

The several people who arrived were none other than that Spirit Refining cultivator from the small tavern and his few friends. The one from the Netherworld ancient sect who had old grievances and did not enter due to "uprightness and integrity" was missing. Thus, there were a total of three of them.

But Wang Liang remembered there were supposed to be more than just these few.

"Fellow Daoist, you have a nice find?" The Spirit Refining cultivator looked at Wang Liang with twinkling eyes, asking with a smile.

"What nice find? I've been searching for half a day and only found these broken alchemy furnace," Wang Liang raised the alchemy furnace in his hand and then asked, "By the way, how did you guys come together so quickly? There should be others, right?"

At that moment, the expression of the Spirit Refining cultivator darkened as he said, "Don't mention it... Most of the people we came across are dead!"

"Dead... dead?" Wang Liang's eyes slightly narrowed, and he became more wary when he looked at the Spirit Refining cultivator.

The Spirit Refining cultivator gave a bitter smile, "I don't have that kind of ability. Among those people, there were several in the Spirit Refining phase, and even if I had really made a move on them, how could I possibly not have gotten injured? Besides, my own people were also among the dead!"

"Then what happened?" Wang Liang asked with a puzzled look on his face.

The Spirit Refining cultivator explained, "This place is terrifying, nobody knows how many years it has existed, and some of the creatures inside are so powerful they are almost abnormal. Creatures in the Mahayana phase are everywhere. If not for our luck, we probably would have been killed a long time ago."

Wang Liang's mouth twitched, just about to say something.

"By the way..." The Spirit Refining cultivator suddenly seemed to remember something and looked towards Wang Liang.

"Hmm?" Wang Liang was slightly startled and looked back at him.

Just at that moment, the Spirit Refining cultivator suddenly made a move against him.

A dazzling light shot straight at Wang Liang's forehead!

"You!" Wang Liang erupted in anger, completely not expecting the other party to take advantage of this opportunity to make a move on him.

This was indeed when he was most off guard, with no defenses against an attack from the other party.

But Wang Liang's power was not for nothing; at the crucial moment, he suddenly used the worn alchemy furnace in his hand as a shield in front of his face.

A poor cultivator, how could he possess any decent dharma instruments? So, using the just-found worn alchemy furnace to block the attack... was also an instinctive act.

Inside, Wang Liang thought: My life is over!

Clang!

A massive sound erupted!

It was like an ancient bell being struck, shaking the very sky continuously.

Wang Liang's body was violently knocked back, flying backward.

But shockingly, he seemed to have not sustained any serious damage!

Even the worn alchemy furnace in his hand appeared to have not changed at all!

It was still just as dilapidated, covered in a layer of dust, both dirty and old.

But at this moment, everyone's gaze toward Wang Liang, or more accurately… the gaze at the pill furnace in Wang Liang's hands, underwent a tremendous change!

They were filled with greed!

If they didn't realize this was a treasure by now, then they had all lived in vain.

Wang Liang also sensed something, and with a whoosh, he leapt up, then his body soared into the air, standing midway up, he shouted angrily at the three people opposite him, "You are shameless!"

The Spirit Refining cultivator said coldly, "Hand over the pill furnace, and you shall not die!"

"Out of the question!" At this time, Wang Liang was clutching the pill furnace tightly, his heart overwhelmed by immense joy to the point of being somewhat flustered, even forgetting that even if he could escape this place, he still couldn't take the furnace with him!

At a time like this, he had to protect this treasure in his hands at all costs.

The Spirit Refining cultivator said coldly, "If you don't hand it over… don't blame us for being merciless!"

As he spoke, he charged towards Wang Liang with the two Primordial Infant peak cultivators by his side.

Just then, an immense breath surged towards the heavens!

A beam of blood-red light shot from the broken ancient hall behind them straight into the sky!

"Ah!" Everyone was shocked stiff on the spot.

Wang Liang murmured, "Could it be he really found the treasure?"

"Who?" the Spirit Refining cultivator asked loudly.

Wang Liang looked at him and sneered, "That wealthy young master you all paid no attention to, hmph, he is the truly secretive and capable one! He arrived here before us, and now he has obtained such a great opportunity!"

Leading disaster away!

Who said honest people were necessarily simple?

The eyes of the Spirit Refining cultivator flickered with cold light, staring at the blood-red light that pierced the sky, he muttered, "A supreme treasure... It must be a supreme treasure! Even if it can't be taken away, we must obtain it!"

With that, he turned to Wang Liang and said coldly, "Want to make a deal?"

Wang Liang looked slightly startled, "What deal?"

"We join forces, kill that man, the pill furnace is yours, but the items on that man… are ours!" said the Spirit Refining cultivator.

Wang Liang's face revealed a moment of hesitation before he said, "I've already formed an alliance with that man…"

"Hahaha, are you really that naive, or is there something wrong with your brain? Did you know each other beforehand?" the Spirit Refining cultivator sneered.

Wang Liang shook his head.

"Then that settles it, doesn't it? Since you don't know each other, what alliance is there to speak of? I can swear by my primordial spirit that if you agree to my terms, I will definitely not harm you!" promised the Spirit Refining cultivator.

Wang Liang hesitated for a while before finally nodding and sighing, "That Daoist friend, don't blame me… I am also compelled!"

At that moment, from the depths of the great hall, a faint voice came, "Once you've made your choice… have no regrets!"

The voice sounded extremely weary, as if struggling against something with all its might.

Wang Liang clenched his teeth and said, "I'm sorry!"

Then, there was no more sound from the depths of the great hall.

The Spirit Refining cultivator whispered harshly, "Charge!"

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