First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 97: Breaking the Prohibition

"Thank you, Senior Lu, for bringing everyone here to help," Shen Mo said gratefully as they walked away.

Once they were far away, Shen Mo sincerely thanked Lu Ming and the others.

"As disciples of the same sect, we should support each other. We can't just stand by and watch you being bullied by outsiders," Lu Ming replied casually, waving his hand as if it was not a big deal.

Hearing Lu Ming's words, Shen Mo was deeply moved.

In fact, Shen Mo had never really considered the disciples of the Linjiang Sect as his own people before.

After all, he was used to being alone.

"I have found many spiritual herbs within the mountains and rivers these past few days."

"This time, I can share them with my fellow disciples as a way of thanking you for your help."

Even though Shen Mo could have escaped even without their help, Lu Ming and the others had shown great loyalty by coming to his aid.

Shen Mo felt obligated to show his gratitude.

"You are too kind, Junior Brother Shen," Lu Ming replied, not refusing the offer. After all, the spiritual herbs were not just for him, but for all the Linjiang Sect disciples who had come to help. He couldn't speak for everyone.

But when he took out the spiritual herbs, Lu Ming and the others were genuinely shocked.

The spiritual herbs, spiritual minerals, and treasures that Shen Mo took out were only a small portion of what he had obtained in the past five days.

But even so, it was enough to astonish everyone.

"Shen Mo actually found so many spiritual herbs within the mountains and rivers?"

"The ones he can share with us are probably not even the full amount."

"It seems that Junior Brother Shen has some special means to explore on his own."

Lu Ming looked meaningfully at Shen Mo and asked, "What are your plans, Junior Brother Shen? Will you continue to explore on your own or will you follow our team?"

"Now that I have joined you, I won't do anything else," Shen Mo thought for a moment and said, "I will send a message to another friend to join us. For the next few days, let's act together as fellow disciples."

His reason for not wanting to join the team earlier was because he wanted to take advantage of the Spirit Burrow Rat to search for treasures.

However, the Spirit Burrow Rat had fallen into a deep sleep after accepting the inheritance mark from the Barbarian Bull Venerable.

It probably wouldn't wake up for a while.

Without its guidance, his efficiency in searching for treasures would naturally decrease significantly.

The condition for going solo no longer existed.

And in the next few days, as the time to leave the mountains and rivers approached, the situation of fighting and competing for treasures would probably become more common.

For the sake of safety, Shen Mo should change his original strategy of going solo.

Mountains and rivers, Southern Region.

Shen Mo sent a message to Cao Ren to join them.

With the addition of Cao Ren, there were now seventeen people in the group, including the original fifteen disciples of the Linjiang Sect, Shen Mo, and Cao Ren.

Lu Ming told Shen Mo that in the next few days, they would need to explore the tomb of the Lingfu Daoist.

But they didn't set off immediately.

Because this tomb would definitely have various dangerous levels.

During the exploration, if one was not careful, they might be trapped and have to break the teleportation talisman to escape.

Therefore, the agreed time between Lu Ming and the teams from the Yan Yue Sect and Gui Shi Sect was the ninth day.

This way, even if a disciple was forced to leave the tomb early, it wouldn't waste too much time exploring the mountains and rivers.

For the next three days, the team only wandered around the Southern Region, searching for treasures nearby.

It wasn't until the ninth day that they started flying towards the location of the tomb.

Barren land, the northernmost part of the Southern Region.

In front of them stood a towering palace tomb, like a roaring tiger standing between heaven and earth.

If one observed carefully, they could see a faint blue film above the palace, like a protective shield, blocking anyone trying to enter.

This film seemed fragile, but in reality, it was a carefully arranged mountain protection prohibition.

Those below the Spiritual Ocean Realm would have no power to forcefully break through.

But after years of passing, the once indestructible prohibition had gradually become shaky.

After Shen Mo and his group arrived, they set up camp outside.

They waited for the people from the Yan Yue Sect and Gui Shi Sect to arrive so they could break the prohibition together and enter the tomb to search for treasures.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

After a while, streaks of flying lights appeared in the sky as expected.

The first to arrive were the people from the Gui Shi Sect.

The leader of the Gui Shi Sect was now only Li Chen.

Xun Tian was heavily injured by Shen Mo and would take a long time to recover, so he ended his exploration of the mountains and rivers early.

"Have the people from the Yan Yue Sect not arrived yet?" Li Chen arrived and scanned the area, asking Lu Ming and the others.

"They should be here soon," Lu Ming replied calmly, his hands in his sleeves.

Upon hearing this, the disciples of the Gui Shi Sect also rested in place, waiting for the gathering of the Yan Yue Sect.

While waiting, many people's gazes would occasionally linger on Shen Mo.

There was scrutiny, shock, and hatred in those eyes.

Clearly, a few days ago, Shen Mo's counterattack had dealt a heavy blow to Xun Tian, the backbone of the Ghost Corpse Sect, and had caused quite a stir.

Shen Mo didn't care about these gazes.

Although he had grievances with the Ghost Corpse Sect, the matter had already been settled.

As long as the other party didn't provoke him, he wouldn't take action against them.

The tomb was ahead, and the primary task was to explore for treasures.

Sure enough, shortly after Li Chen arrived.

In the sky, a group of flowing lights flew over.

The arrivals were none other than Xiao Ling'er and her group, who had agreed to meet with Lu Ming at the Yan Yue Gate.

Xiao Ling'er was dressed in a blue robe, with long hair cascading down her shoulders. Her face was devoid of makeup, but she exuded an indescribable beauty, surpassing the Yan Yue Gate female disciples that Shen Mo had encountered before.

Not only was she beautiful, but like Lu Ming, Shen Mo, Xun Tian, and Li Chen, she was also an outstanding new disciple of the Yan Yue Gate.

"Now that everyone is here, let's get straight to it and break the restriction!"

After everyone gathered, there was no small talk or conversation.

They immediately prepared to break the restriction and enter to explore for treasures.

The Ghost Corpse Sect members took the lead.

Li Chen took out a bone flute and played it, causing black mist to fill the air and surge forward.

The other members of the Ghost Corpse Sect also used their own methods.

Some used immortal techniques, while others relied on magical tools.

But most of them opened their black coffins and let their own personal corpse puppets fight.

The method of refining corpse puppets that the Ghost Corpse Sect practiced relied on their own personal corpse puppets as a source of power.

"Boom!"

Dozens of attacks simultaneously struck the protective barrier above the tomb.

These attacks were like throwing a huge stone onto a calm water surface, causing ripples to spread.

However, that was all.

The ripples on the barrier quickly subsided and returned to calm.

These forces were not enough to destroy the restriction.

"Take action!"

At this moment, Lu Ming also ordered the disciples of the Lin Jiang Sect to take action together.

"Five Thunder Technique!"

He slightly curved his palm and raised purple thunder and lightning.

Shen Mo took out the Dragon Sparrow Sword and swung it, releasing the Qing Sword Qi.

The others also used their own methods.

Just as the Lin Jiang Sect was about to take action, the female disciples of the Yan Yue Gate also timely made their move.

"Clang!"

Xiao Ling'er took out a pair of black-colored dragon and phoenix rings.

She infused her spiritual power into them and gave them a slight shake.

The dragon and phoenix rings immediately burst forth with an extremely intense fluctuation, bombarding the protective barrier.

At the same time, the other female disciples of the Yan Yue Gate also made their moves one after another.

A total of more than fifty disciples in the three major sects joined forces, and the power they unleashed was quite terrifying.

Even so, the protective barrier resisted for nearly an hour and still didn't completely shatter.

"It seems that it's still difficult to break this restriction!"

Shen Mo thought to himself as he saw everyone's full efforts.

Just as this thought crossed Shen Mo's mind.

A "crack" sound came from the protective barrier ahead.

In the next instant, everyone's gaze converged on the source of the sound.

They saw the originally smooth protective barrier starting to show the first crack.

This crack was extremely small, almost impossible to observe with the naked eye.

But soon, the crack began to spread.

In the end, dense cracks, like a spiderweb, covered the entire restriction.

"Boom!"

When the cracks spread all over the barrier, the restriction that had guarded the tomb for who knows how many years finally couldn't bear it any longer and shattered with a loud noise.

The fragments of the restriction turned into fluorescent lights and slowly dissipated.

At the same time, the entrance passage to the tomb finally appeared in front of everyone without any reservation.

"The restriction is broken!"

Everyone's spirits were lifted as they looked at this scene.

They immediately entered one after another, eager to explore the inside of the tomb.

Shen Mo and Lu Ming, on the other hand, were calm and unhurried.

Because the barrier only blocked the first step of exploring the tomb, there were still many obstacles inside. It wasn't advantageous to enter early and seize the treasures.

Only after everyone had entered the interior of the tomb one after another did Shen Mo and Lu Ming step in.

(End of this chapter)