Chapter 470: Golden Seal Heaven Governing Art!
Chapter 470: Golden Seal Heaven Governing Art!
“Spare… spare my life!”
“I am a mid… high-level Formation Master!”
“Without me, what will you do if you encounter anything related to formations?”
Shi Qinxian lost her nerve. She never expected this so-called grandson to be so ruthless, turning on her in the blink of an eye.
She was a Human-Grade Golden Core cultivator. While not overwhelmingly powerful, she should not have been easy to deal with.
Yet, she never imagined that this grandson of Rong Long before her would possess such terrifying strength.
A single strike had left her severely injured.
She now strongly suspected that Qiao Baiyang outside was already dead.
However, once Jiang Chen’s killing intent was stirred, he would not easily retract it. Moreover, the person before him no longer had any value or reason to live.Therefore, the Heavenly-Grade Golden Core in his Qi Sea rotated slightly, releasing surging Magic Power. The spirit armor on his body immediately erupted with a dazzling silver-white radiance.
Lightning crackled and intertwined, the air continuously sizzling.
A terrifying aura rapidly spread outward.
Shi Qinxian’s expression drastically changed. “It isn’t that I’m unwilling to speak of the alliance’s matters, but I signed a soul contract. If I leak a single word, my soul will scatter and perish!”
Hearing this, Jiang Chen remained silent, merely relentlessly increasing his power.
With a mere flash, his ‘grandma’ was instantly decapitated.
Immediately, a Human-Grade Golden Core flew up from her Qi Sea. It looked tiny as it spun wildly in the air.
Upon reaching the Golden Core stage, if a cultivator faced a life-or-death crisis—especially the destruction of their physical body—they could temporarily entrust their soul, consciousness, and spirit to their Golden Core.
In this way, they could survive for a period of time. With enough luck, they could even possess certain objects, such as spirit plants, heavenly treasures, or injured Demon Beasts.
However, as soon as it flew up, a beam of Five-Colored Divine Light appeared.
With just one sweep, the remaining soul, consciousness, and spirit were all reduced to nothingness.
The next second, it fell into Jiang Chen’s hand. “A Golden Core is a fine treasure. Not only can it be used for alchemy and artifact refining, it can even serve as a formation’s eye.”
Now, both Qiao Baiyang and Shi Qinxian were dead. Although they had lived for several centuries and reached the mid and late Golden Core stages respectively…
…facing Jiang Chen, who was only at the initial Golden Core stage, they hadn’t a shred of resistance. They were slaughtered in moments.
It couldn’t be helped. Before a Heavenly-Grade Golden Core, Earth-Grade and Human-Grade Golden Cores were all as weak as ants on the ground.
Not only did they pose no threat, but they could also be crushed to death with a single stomp.
Jiang Chen stored the Golden Core away, then surveyed his surroundings. “How strange. If I remember correctly, wasn’t there a youth with them? Why did he disappear after entering?”
Finding it odd, he remained vigilant.
He then focused his attention on the inner layer of the cave dwelling.
This Gengjin Spirit Guardian Tree was a valuable treasure; it certainly couldn’t be destroyed so easily.
After some searching, he found a horizontal stone tablet beneath the tree.
It bore little text, with only three characters carved upon it: ‘Earth Bears Metal.’
Seeing this, Jiang Chen tentatively injected his Magic Power. Because he possessed a Five Elements Spirit Root, he could freely convert his Magic Power between any of the five attributes.
As his Magic Power flowed in, the stone tablet immediately emitted a hum and vibrated slightly.
Immediately after, the murderous Gengjin Spirit Guardian Tree actually began to rise at a visible pace, soon revealing an entrance beneath it.
Jiang Chen chuckled lightly. “Hidden quite deeply, aren’t we.”
However, he did not enter right away. Instead, he turned his gaze toward the decapitated corpse nearby. After a moment of thought, he prepared to refine it into a basic puppet.
For safety’s sake, it was best to let ‘her’ scout the way.
After all, her sole wish before death had been to explore this cave dwelling.
A moment later, a headless puppet staggered to its feet.
Jiang Chen pointed toward the entrance. “Go ahead, grandma!”
The corpse stumbled forward, disappearing into the passageway step by step.
Although he could not share its vision, he could share its senses.
If the puppet encountered any attacks or danger, Jiang Chen would immediately detect it from the outside.
After a long while, seeing that the puppet remained intact and hadn’t encountered any danger,
Jiang Chen finally stepped inside, only to pause in surprise.
Beyond the inner entrance lay a grand hall, one that looked quite exquisite.
The floor was carved with a mural of two fish—one earth-brown, the other pale gold.
Upon closer inspection, he found that their eyes were inlaid with Thick Earth Crystals and Gold Marrow Crystals respectively—both highly rare ores.
Toward the back of the hall sat a jade platform, holding a compass and two jade slips.
Surrounding the jade platform stood four lifelike stone statues.
Each statue held an item in its hands: a compass, a golden sword, a spirit brush, and a map.
Of course, these were not real artifacts; they were merely symbolic carvings.
Jiang Chen thought aloud, “An Earth-Metal Taiji Formation?”
If someone was driven by greed to dig out the eyes of the two fish, it would undoubtedly trigger a killing formation.
Therefore, he directly leaped into the air, soaring over the tempting formation to land beside the jade platform.
The compass looked extraordinary. Its face was forged from pieced-together Thick Earth Jade and Gold Crystals, measuring one chi in diameter.
The face was divided into an upper and lower layer, each marked with distinct scales.
It looked incredibly complex; even Jiang Chen found it somewhat difficult to understand.
He summoned it into his grasp, inspecting it as a whole. He soon discovered characters carved onto its bottom, likely inscribed by the master of this cave dwelling.
“Earth Veins are the mother, and mineral veins are the children. To seek metal, first seek earth. To form metal, first form earth.”
This vaguely indicated that the complex, profound compass was specifically designed for locating Earth Veins and mineral veins.
Seeing that it hadn’t triggered any traps, Jiang Chen quickly stored it away, then turned his attention to the two jade slips on the platform.
The left one was inscribed with ‘Golden Seal Heaven Governing Art,’ seemingly a cultivation art.
The right one was inscribed with ‘Nine Gold-Splitting Slashes,’ likely a spell.
These were all excellent treasures. Naturally, Jiang Chen didn’t hold back and pocketed them all.
Sweeping his gaze across the room, he noticed further passageways on the left and right sides of the hall.
He immediately flew to the left. Looking inside, his eyes lit up.
Good heavens. If he wasn’t mistaken, this was a storage room, and it contained quite a few treasures.
Not only did it hold the Thick Earth Jade and Gold Marrow Crystals he’d seen in the Yin-Yang fish eyes earlier, but it also held a massive quantity of spirit sand.
There was even a stash of the rather rare Gold-Patterned Profound Iron. This was a premium artifact refining material, easily fetching a price of one thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones per jin.
And here, although Jiang Chen hadn’t weighed it, he estimated there were over a hundred jin of it.
Moreover, it wasn’t just filled with refining materials; there were even finished pills.
Earth-Gold Body Refining Pills. They were dual-colored brown and gold, their surfaces covered in interwoven earth and gold patterns. There were nine bottles in total, each containing eight pills. Their effect was to strengthen the physical body upon consumption.
Earth Vein Nourishing Golden Pills. They were deep brown, densely covered in tiny golden specks. There were nine bottles in total, each containing fifteen pills. Their effect was to accelerate the efficiency and speed of absorbing Metal Spiritual Qi upon consumption.
All were excellent treasures. Naturally, Jiang Chen took whatever he could, emptying the entire storage room in one fell swoop. He even dug three feet into the floor to ensure no hidden compartments were left unchecked.
Only after confirming nothing remained did he head to the right side of the hall. However, upon clearly seeing what was inside, he was left utterly dumbfounded!