Chapter 1481: Secret Ground

　　Translator: Legge

　　“What should we do now?”

　　Extreme Fire asked.

　　Su Zimo said deeply, “This can’t continue. We’ve got to find a safe and quiet place to cultivate for a few days in peace.”

　　They roamed the Kunlun Ruins and fought the entire time. Although they had accumulated quite a bit of comprehension, there was no end to it.

　　They did not have the opportunity or time to consolidate those comprehensions either.

　　Furthermore, Nian Qi was severely injured right now and could not move much.

　　Even with her God race bloodline and immense regeneration capabilities, it would take at least half a month of recuperation for her injuries to heal.

　　“I do know of a place where malevolent ghosts won’t barge in,”

　　Extreme Fire said in a deep voice, “The secret ground I entered 5,000 years ago! I obtained Night Spirit and the Illumination Sword Formation from that secret ground.”

　　“Alright, let’s head there and recuperate for a period of time,”

　　Su Zimo made up his mind.

　　Firstly, Nian Qi could recuperate in peace.

　　Secondly, they had gained quite a bit of comprehension during the past few days of the battle. If they were to seize the opportunity to cultivate and settle down, their cultivation and combat strength would increase significantly.

　　For Su Zimo, he could also make use of this opportunity to refine the large chunk of Ashoka Wood in his storage bag!

　　At that time, the three of them would have a breakthrough in their combat strength and it would be safer for them to explore the Kunlun Ruins once more.

　　Extreme Fire took out a map from his storage bag and matched it. “That’s not far from here. Follow me.”

　　He said and led the way.

　　Su Zimo carried Nian Qi on his back and followed closely behind.

　　Every step in the Kunlun Ruins was treacherous.

　　The three of them did not move fast and another half a day passed before they arrived at their destination.

　　Before them was a towering mountain peak.

　　The mountain peak was filled with strange rocks and barren land without any signs of life.

　　Extreme Fire brought the two of them into a cave at the foot of the mountain.

　　There were countless karst holes in the cave and one could not identify the direction at first glance.

　　“Follow me closely. Don’t get lost,”

　　Extreme Fire reminded and followed the map in his hands closely into a karst hole.

　　There were many fork roads in this cave.

　　Extreme Fire often changed directions and walked towards one of the forked roads.

　　From time to time, it would head left and head right without any pattern.

　　A long time later, Extreme Fire stopped in his tracks.

　　Su Zimo looked over.

　　Before them was another extremely long tunnel with no end in sight. Within it, there were many corpses strewn all over the ground with weapons scattered all over.

　　Su Zimo swept his gaze.

　　Through the Dharmic weapons on the ground, he could deduce that most of the corpses belonged to the Dharma Characteristic realm and some of them were Conjoint Body Mighty Figures or even Half-Martial Ancestor experts!

　　The experts had died for a long time and their bodies were covered in dust.

　　Even for the Conjoint Body Mighty Figures and Half-Martial Ancestor experts with their indestructible bodies, they were left with nothing but empty bones and clothes.

　　Some of the corpses were humanoid, some were ferocious beasts and demons—there were all sorts.

　　However, every single corpse had a purple-gold ribbon tied around them.

　　“Kunlun race?”

　　Su Zimo murmured softly. He had a vague guess but he did not dare to confirm it.

　　The passage and the extremely complicated karst hole outside were clearly man-made. If one did not know the way, they would not be able to enter or leave!

　　He wondered who the owner of this secret ground was.

　　What was the motive for it?

　　He did not know what happened back then to cause so many people to die here.

　　“Master, this is where you got poisoned back then?”

　　Su Zimo asked.

　　After he entered, he had already released his spirit consciousness and scanned his surroundings. However, he could not discover any other living beings or danger.

　　Extreme Fire nodded and looked at the storage bag beside one of the corpses, sighing. “Back when I came here and saw so many treasures on the ground, I was naturally tempted.”

　　One could imagine how Extreme Fire, who was still a Dharma Characteristic Dao Lord back then, was naturally emotional when he saw so many Dharmic weapons and storage bags left behind by Mighty Figures.

　　He pointed at the corpse. “When I saw that there was no danger around, I went forward and wanted to open this storage bag to take a look.”

　　“To think that the moment this storage bag opened, a Gu worm ran out and bit me!”

　　“That single attack nearly buried me here!”

　　Su Zimo’s gaze shifted and not far away, he discovered the corpse of a Gu worm.

　　Without the need for Extreme Fire to take revenge, the Gu worm had already died a long time ago without its master’s care.

　　Extreme Fire reminisced with a sense of trepidation. “At that time, I felt my head spin and crushed the Transference Talisman in my hands without hesitation.”

　　“At the same time, I waved my sleeves and collected the items that fell out of the storage bag. Thereafter, I fell into the spatial tunnel and was teleported to the Cang Lang Mountain Range of the North Region.”

　　Later on, Extreme Fire used his remnant consciousness to open up a cave abode there and fought against the poison for 5,000 years before meeting Su Zimo and surviving!

　　In hindsight, everything could only be described as a freak coincidence.

　　Extreme Fire still felt emotional when he recalled the past.

　　“In that case, Night Spirit, the Illumination Stone and Illumination Sword Formation fell from that storage bag?” Su Zimo asked.

　　“No,”

　　Extreme Fire shook his head. “When I opened that storage bag, there were indeed many items that fell out. There was the Illumination Stone and the Illumination Sword Formation but Night Spirit’s egg wasn’t there.”

　　At the mention of that, Extreme Fire seemed to be immersed in his memories and frowned.

　　“At that time, my vision was already a little blurry. I felt as though Night Spirit’s egg had rolled over from the tunnel and leaped into the dimensional tear formed by the Transference Talisman to teleport out with me.”

　　“Eh?”

　　Su Zimo’s heart stirred.

　　If Extreme Fire was not wrong, it would mean that he was not the one who brought Night Spirit out. Instead, Night Spirit was sentient and chose Extreme Fire to leave the Kunlun Ruins with the latter’s help!

　　That was not impossible.

　　Back in the depths of Beiming Town, the Kun Peng egg hatched in the primordial divine spring possessed intelligence not weaker than an adult and had many complicated emotions.

　　That Kun Peng egg could even sense how terrifying the Martial Dao Prime Body was!

　　Back then, Night Spirit was only an egg—why was it in this secret ground?

　　Why would Night Spirit choose Extreme Fire and leave the Kunlun Ruins?

　　Su Zimo had a feeling that if he were to explore this secret ground once more, there was a high chance he would obtain the answer he wanted!

　　Right then, Nian Qi let out a drowsy sound on Su Zimo’s back.

　　“There’s no need to hurry and explore this secret ground,”

　　Su Zimo said deeply, “We’ll cultivate here first and it won’t be too late to explore this secret ground after we break through.”

　　“Alright!”

　　Extreme Fire nodded in agreement as well.

　　On both sides of the passage were many secret chambers.

　　Su Zimo and the other two arrived at the closest secret chamber and entered to cultivate in seclusion!