Cultivating To Immortality

"This mountain is where the ancient Immortal Cave is located. Don't be fooled by its ordinary appearance; there's more to it than meets the eye," Xiao Yu said with a smile, then walked towards the mountain peak.

Fang Hong and Liu Qian exchanged glances, then followed her.

When the three of them approached the mountain peak within a hundred zhang, something astonishing happened.

The entire mountain surface suddenly glowed with a silver light, followed by a visible, fine wind wall slowly rising, enveloping the entire mountain peak.

"A formation? Sister Yu, is this the Immortal Cave restriction you mentioned?" Liu Qian looked up at the mountain peak, a hint of surprise in her expression.

She could feel that this wind wall was not simple.

"Yes, the ancient Immortal Cave's restriction should have two layers, and this wind wall is one of them," Xiao Yu confirmed with a nod.

"This wind wall is a wind-attribute formation. If we have a fire-attribute spiritual artifact, we should be able to break it," Fang Hong said in a deep voice, his gaze fixed on the constantly swirling wind wall, his tone confident.

Xiao Yu was greatly surprised by his words, a hint of admiration appearing in her eyes.

"Brother Fang, you actually understand the Dao of formations, to be able to discern the attribute of this restriction at a glance. Truly impressive."

"Heh heh, I wouldn't say I'm proficient; I just occasionally set up small formations," Fang Hong said with a faint smile, his tone humble.

"This is indeed a wind-attribute formation," Xiao Yu nodded in response, "and I've already prepared the tools to break the formation. With just the assistance of the two of you, we can quickly break it."

With that, Xiao Yu took out an antique spiritual artifact from her storage bag.

It was an ancient mirror, its surface glowing red and emitting a scorching aura, clearly a top-tier fire-attribute spiritual artifact.

"Later, you two just need to inject your Magical Power into this ancient mirror, and I will guide the spiritual artifact," she instructed while quickly beginning to cast her spell.

She aimed the mirror at the mountain peak before them, her hands rapidly forming incantations, injecting Magical Power into the ancient mirror.

With a sharp "whoosh" sound, a dazzling red light suddenly shot out from the mirror, falling directly onto the surface of the wind wall.

Under the illumination of the red light, the wind wall quickly turned a crimson color.

Immediately after, visible flames rose on its surface, the fierce flames rolling and burning the entire wind wall bright red!

Fang Hong and Liu Qian, seeing this, did not dare to delay and immediately injected their Magical Power into the ancient mirror.

Instantly, the red light from the mirror greatly intensified, and the flames on the mountain burned even more fiercely.

"Excellent, just like this. Maintain this state, and it won't be long before this wind wall is completely incinerated," Xiao Yu said with great joy, her face showing anticipation.

…

Time flew by, and two days passed.

With the combined efforts of Fang Hong and the other two, the wind wall was finally burned to ashes by the raging flames, and the first restriction was completely lifted.

As the wind wall shattered, the ground at the foot of the mountain suddenly trembled.

Immediately after, a tall stone door appeared out of thin air.

The stone door was three to four zhang high, with faint golden runes flowing on it. This was the second layer of restriction Xiao Yu had mentioned.

As long as the restriction on this stone door was also broken, they could truly enter the ancient Immortal Cave.

At this moment, Xiao Yu and Liu Qian were sitting cross-legged on the ground, each holding a spirit stone, eyes closed, Cultivating to restore their Magical Power.

Breaking the restriction over these two days had consumed a lot of their Magical Power, and they needed to recover to their peak state to avoid any dangers they might encounter inside the Immortal Cave.

Fang Hong also sat on the ground nearby, silently adjusting his breath. He had Cultivated the Essence Emperor Art, and his Magical Power was exceptionally abundant, so this amount of consumption was nothing to him.

Another day passed, and the two women finally restored their Magical Power to its original state.

Xiao Yu opened her eyes, her gaze falling on the stone door, and said in a deep voice.

"The restriction on this stone door is much simpler compared to the previous wind wall. We don't need the help of a formation; we just need the three of us to combine our strength and attack with all our might to break it."

"If that's the case, then let's begin." Liu Qian said decisively.

She then flipped her hand, conjuring a long sword shimmering with blue light, which was her Life bound Treasure.

Lightning flickered on the long sword as Liu Qian performed the Giant Sword Art, her Magical Power surging out like a spring and injecting into the sword. The entire long sword rapidly grew in size in the air, its aura sharp and formidable.

"Oh? Is that sky thunder bamboo?" A hint of surprise flashed in Fang Hong's eyes.

Liu Qian's long sword Spiritual Treasure should also be refined from sky thunder bamboo, but its age was not as high, probably only a thousand years of Dao.

The electric arcs on the sword body were just ordinary lightning, far inferior to the Evil-warding Divine Thunder, but still very powerful.

At the same time, Xiao Yu also conjured her Life bound Treasure, a golden shimmering long spear, also refined from rare materials, with a sharp aura rushing forth, and faintly, the sound of a Dragon's roar.

Seeing that the two women were ready, Fang Hong no longer hesitated. Instead of using the more powerful Heavenly Thunder Needle, he took out a black-scaled spear.

This Spiritual Treasure was sufficient to deal with the current layer of restriction.

"You two, prepare to act." Xiao Yu whispered.

Break.

As the three of them roared in unison, their Spiritual Treasures transformed into three streaks of light, simultaneously striking the stone door with a thunderous impact.

Boom!

Amidst the deafening roar, the three Spiritual Treasures almost simultaneously landed on the stone door. The golden runes on the stone door flashed, stirring up layers of rippling defensive light screens.

This golden restriction was indeed extraordinary; even against the combined attack of three Late stage of Golden Core cultivators, it managed to withstand it for a moment without breaking.

Had it been an ordinary stone door, it would have long turned into dust under such power.

Bang!

The golden restriction only lasted for a moment before being breached by the combined attack of Fang Hong and the other two. The entire mountain peak flashed with golden light, and the restriction covering it was finally completely broken.

"Great, the restriction is finally broken." Xiao Yu's spirits lifted, joy evident on her face.

Liu Qian, however, remained vigilant, her lightning sword still in hand.

"Sister Yu, we must not be careless. This is, after all, an Immortal Cave left behind by a Nascent Soul Cultivator. There might still be dangers, so it's better to be cautious."

"You're right," Xiao Yu's expression became serious again.

At this moment, Fang Hong raised his hand and sent out a beam of Magical Power. The tall stone door then emitted a heavy "rumbling" sound, slowly opening to both sides.

Behind the door, a wide and deep passage appeared, leading straight into the depths of the mountain.

The three of them exchanged glances, nodded, and then each used their Divine Sense to probe the situation inside the passage. If they sensed anything amiss, they wouldn't go in.

"There's a strong Spiritual Qi fluctuation at the end of the passage, but no obvious danger has been detected." After sensing for a moment, Liu Qian spoke.

"Hmm, that Spiritual Qi seems to originate from some kind of spiritual object. It looks like there isn't much danger inside," Xiao Yu added, her expression slightly relaxed.

"Since we're already here, we might as well explore," Fang Hong suggested.

After speaking, he took out the Formation Flags of the "Hidden Mountain Formation" and set them up around the mountain peak.

As the formation activated, the surrounding scenery immediately became blurred, concealing their whereabouts and preventing anyone from ambushing them from behind.

He did not use the more powerful Heavenly Thunder Needle, but instead took out a black-scaled spear.