Arriving at the restriction, using the sensing ability of the Thousand-Answering Insect, Zhou Xun quickly discovered the spiritual node of the restriction.

Zhou Xun took out an object for breaking the ban, a black cone-shaped magical artifact.

It was obtained from a Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Gao Family.

Injecting mana, the Breaking Forbidden Cone immediately floated in the air.

Zhou Xun carefully sensed the circulation of spiritual power within the restriction.

"It's now!"

When the spiritual node was revealed, Zhou Xun controlled the Breaking Forbidden Cone to attack it.

There are two most common ways to break a restriction.

One is to break it by force, attacking it directly.

The other is to find the vein of the restriction and attack the spiritual node, which has the effect of utilizing force effectively.

What Zhou Xun adopted was naturally the second method.

The Breaking Forbidden Cone precisely struck the spiritual node of the restriction in front of him.

However, a surprising scene unfolded before Zhou Xun.

The restriction flickered a few times and then returned to normal!

"This... this is at least a quasi-third tier restriction!"

With his current array skills, combined with his cultivation at the ninth layer of Qi Refining,

even when precisely hitting the spiritual node with the Breaking Forbidden Cone, he still couldn't cause any substantial damage to this restriction.

It must at least be a quasi-third tier restriction to achieve this.

And this was just the outer area!

At this time, Zhou Xun also believed what that scholar had said.

At least the relics of a True Pill cultivator, possibly even higher.

No wonder the scholar and his companion have known about the relics for two years but have still not made a move, as it truly cannot be broken.

A quasi-third tier restriction, even if the spiritual node is found, requires the power of a late-stage Foundation Establishment to break.

If the node cannot be found, a Fake Pill Great Power would also need to spend a lot of time grinding it down!

Seeing that he couldn't break it for the time being, Zhou Xun didn't force it.

The most important thing for him now is to advance to Foundation Establishment, and the matter of relics can wait until his cultivation increases and his array skills improve, then he can return to tackle it.

This place is extremely hidden, plus the restriction is hidden in the air.

If Zhou Xun hadn't used the Thousand-Answering Insect to carefully explore, he wouldn't have discovered it either.

As for the scholar, it was only triggered incidentally during a battle with a demon beast.

Such a concealed restriction is impossible to be discovered by others in a short period.

After pondering for a moment, Zhou Xun memorized the location and then tidied up the traces.

He left the place and headed towards White Cloud Immortal City.

...

Several days later, Zhou Xun returned to his cave mansion in White Cloud Immortal City.

He placed the Profound Armor Armadillo into the beast cage.

Zhou Xun then entered the cultivation room to count the spoils from killing the middle-aged man and the scholar.

Hundred Savage Mountain is neither safe nor secretive, it's truly not suitable for doing this.

First, he took out the pitch black large shield from the middle-aged man.

This is a top-grade defensive magical artifact, but unfortunately, its spirit light was damaged by Zhou Xun's Golden Wheel Magical Artifact and needs an artifact refiner for repairs!

However, Zhou Xun didn't plan to take it out for a while.

After all, Foundation Establishment cultivators frequenting Hundred Savage Mountain are surely noted in White Cloud Immortal City, and such a person's magical artifacts are easily recognizable.

Even in magical combat, Zhou Xun needs to use it cautiously.

Just like the Fire Cloud Sword and Defense Golden Ring, Zhou Xun wouldn't take them out unless he is certain of victory.

He took out all the treasures from the two's storage bags, removing some personal items.

The haul was tremendous, the cultivation room couldn't even store it all.

The most space-consuming were the materials from the five Tier Two Low-Grade demon beasts inside.

The Tier Two demon beasts are huge, so the collected materials aren't small either.

Just these materials alone are worth over ten thousand spirit stones.

In addition, there were a total of thirteen thousand spirit stones!

No wonder they were Foundation Establishment cultivators, wealthy beyond measure!

Among these, Zhou Xun also found a woman's magic robe, along with some hairpins, earrings, and other magical artifacts exclusive to female cultivators.

"It seems these two have done quite a bit of Tribulation Cultivator schemes!" Zhou Xun speculated.

Apparently, many of these five demon beast materials were obtained from ambushing other cultivators.

These two were skilled in Tracking Technique, and if an ordinary early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator encountered them without some bottom-of-the-box treasures, they would definitely have a hard time escaping their hands.

The other miscellaneous elixirs, talismans, and materials also added up to several thousand spirit stones in value.

Suddenly, a circular disc magical artifact caught Zhou Xun's attention.

The disc was not large, about the size of a palm.

Its design was quite ancient, inscribed with some Eight Trigrams of the Zhou Dynasty runes.

It seemed to be quite similar to a treasure recorded in Zhou Xun's Divination Technique jade scroll.

Zhou Xun immediately took out the jade scroll that recorded the Divination Technique to check, and indeed.

Inside was a recorded treasure called the "Divination Compass"!

Its greatest function was to enhance the Divination Technique.

The description was almost identical to this disc, but after careful inspection, Zhou Xun still found differences.

The rune similarity of the two treasures was only ninety percent.

It seems the disc is a replica of the "Divination Compass".

However, even as a replica, it's extremely rare, and the value of just the refining materials is no less than a magical treasure.

Zhou Xun was delighted by the find and immediately injected mana, using the disc as a medium to perform the divination technique.

To his surprise, it significantly enhanced his Divination Technique.

The disc, even as a replica of the "Divination Compass", was a rare find and immediately elevated Zhou Xun's divination technique to a new level.

Aside from the disc, what delighted Zhou Xun's the most were two Tier Two Demon Pills.

Unfortunately, there was only one set of auxiliary ingredients for a Foundation Establishment Pill.

Suddenly, a circular disc spiritual artifact caught Zhou Xun's attention.

The disc was not large, only about palm-sized.

To make the Foundation Establishment Pill.

Time flew by, a month passed swiftly.

Zhou Xun sat cross-legged in the cultivation room of his cave mansion.

Three pill furnaces were placed in front of him.

In addition, the materials for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill were laid out in front of him.

"Tier Two Demon Pill!" "Dragon Heart Fruit!" "Earth Spirit Grass!"

Zhou Xun had pondered many times over the process of refining the Foundation Establishment Pill during this month, simulating the alchemy in his mind multiple times, theoretically reaching perfection!

"It's about time." Zhou Xun took a deep breath, feeling the massive spiritual power flowing through his body.

He picked up the first batch of spirit medicine and put them into each of the three pill furnaces in front of him.

Meanwhile, he released his divine sense into the furnaces.

Then, a spell struck under the pill furnaces, and the fire of the Dragon Spirit Wood Charcoal ignited immediately.

All three furnaces emitted a scorching flame simultaneously, starting the refining process concurrently.

If Zhou Xun's divine sense wasn't so strong now, he wouldn't be able to refine this Foundation Establishment Pill on his own.

After several hours passed, the medicinal liquid was finally prepared.

The next step was to fuse the liquids.

Zhou Xun waved his hand, and the lids of the three furnaces opened, then three streams of medicinal liquid intertwined in the air, merging together.

Hanging suspended in the air, they intertwined and fused.

This was the art of Master Fengyue's alchemy inheritance.

Thereupon, all the medicinal liquid fell into one of the furnaces.

Next was the condensing of the pill.

Sparing no effort, Zhou Xun released spell after spell, his divine sense meticulously guiding the process.

After several hours, a wondrous scent of medicine began to permeate the entire cultivation room.

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