The original repairer

Chapter 323: Floating City Inner City

Three quarters of an hour later, Shi Chen stepped into the Spiritual Object Pavilion with its door open.

The layout of the first floor of the Spiritual Object Pavilion is very exquisite, with five spiritual objects placed on rows of shelves.

The spiritual power of each spiritual object fluctuates steadily, which shows that the spiritual objects are well cared for here. After a hundred thousand years, they are still well preserved.

These spiritual objects were only of the third rank, and Shi Chen had no intention of collecting them. He walked up the stairs to the second floor.

There is a compartment right outside the stairs. There is only soil left in the porcelain pot on the counter. It must have been used to plant spiritual flowers.

There is a passage on one side of the counter, with five rooms on each side of the passage, all protected by formations.

After a cup of tea, Shi Chen cracked the formation and opened the first room on the left. There were six fourth-level spiritual objects in the room, but unfortunately, there was nothing he wanted.

The stairs to the third floor are located at the end of the corridor on the second floor and are sealed by a forbidden formation, but this does not pose a problem for Shi Chen.

The layout of the third floor is different from that of the first and second floors. It only has one hall, which is ten meters in radius.

Of the sixteen jade platforms surrounding the hall, where spiritual objects were placed, only seven held spiritual objects, either elixirs, minerals, or elixirs in jade bottles. In the center of the hall stood a white jade platform, empty.

Shi Chen looked around and found that there was no spiritual object he was looking for. He wanted to find a way to a higher level, but found that there was no staircase, so this was the top floor.

He broke the restriction on the jade platform where the jade bottle of elixir was placed, picked up the jade bottle, and used his spiritual sense to sense it. The medicinal effect of this elixir was not the kind that could regenerate spiritual roots, but it was almost the same as the medicinal effect of the fusion elixir.

Since there are no spiritual objects and elixirs that can renew spiritual roots here, other commercial buildings probably won't have them either. But we still have to go to the elixir attic to have a look. Maybe there will be magical herbs and elixirs that can renew spiritual roots there.

So, Shi Chen put away the jade bottle, turned around and left the Spiritual Object Pavilion, and walked towards the Medicine Pavilion.

The Pill Pavilion has a magnificent appearance, its doors are tightly closed, and it is surrounded by a faint halo that contains complex formations and restrictions.

Shi Chen approached the gate and carefully examined the restrictions.

He found that this formation restriction was different from the one he had seen in the Spiritual Object Pavilion before. This restriction focused more on defense and concealment, as if to prevent the aura of the elixir in the pavilion from leaking out easily.

Shi Chen walked into the medicine attic, which was very simply decorated.

In the center of the hall stood a massive alchemy furnace, its body engraved with ancient runes. Though it wasn't refining any elixirs, it still emitted a faint warmth. The surrounding walls were lined with niches, each containing a jade bottle or box.

Half an hour later, Shi Chen walked out of the medicine pavilion with a look of disappointment on his face.

The Dan Pavilion has three floors. The first floor is filled with elixirs for use below the Nascent Soul stage, and the second floor is filled with elixirs for use below the Fusion stage. When he went up to the third floor, there was not a single jade bottle or jade box, only thirty-two empty niches. He had no choice but to collect the elixirs from the first and second floors and then leave.

Neither the Spiritual Objects Pavilion nor the Pill Pavilion found the spiritual objects and medicines they needed, and the other pavilions probably wouldn't have what they wanted either.

Shi Chen looked deep into the city and could vaguely see a huge mansion. In the hazy shadows, palaces and pavilions were looming.

This huge mansion may contain treasures that can help one renew their spiritual roots.

Shi Chen quickened his pace and walked towards the mansion. The closer he got, the more he could feel the powerful and mysterious aura emanating from the mansion.

The gate of the mansion is tall and engraved with intricate and ancient runes.

These runes flickered faintly, as if telling of the mansion's ancient history and past glory. On either side of the gate stood two massive stone statues, each carved with lifelike precision, resembling two majestic guardians, their gazes fixed squarely ahead, awe-inspiring.

Seventh-level formation?

After entering the floating city, except for the city defense formation which is a seventh-level formation, the other buildings and palaces are only protected by fifth-level formations. This place is at the same level as the city defense formation. The owner of this mansion must have a high status in the city.

Standing in front of the mansion's gate, his mind raced. No matter what, he had to break through the formation and go in to investigate.

He closed his eyes and directed his spiritual consciousness outward, feeling the flow of spiritual power in the formation in a more delicate way, especially the formation with flashing runes on the door.

Half an hour later, Shi Chen opened his eyes and exhaled.

Various battle flags flew out of his hands and flew towards various places in the mansion.

The formation pattern kept flashing. After a cup of tea, Shi Chen threw out the last formation flag, inserted it under the stairs in front of the mansion, and then quickly disappeared.

The mansion, which was originally as hazy as a phantom, was like mist blown away by a hurricane. In a moment, the entire huge mansion appeared clearly.

The red gate made of bloodwood is three feet high, with purple gold carved nails on it. Two golden-carved generals stand on the left and right, and a jade plaque with gold characters reads "Wushuang Mansion".

Walking along the mansion's outer walls, one sees exquisite relief carvings covering the walls. Some depict the spectacular scenes of immortal cultivators ascending to heaven, while others depict mysterious spiritual beings and powerful beasts. Every detail is vividly brought to life, seemingly telling stories of past glory.

Shi Chen slowly stepped forward and approached the mansion. In front of the door, two golden generals drew their swords and struck at him instantly.

"Swish! Chih!"

Shi Chen had no choice but to retreat to avoid the attack of the two generals in front of the goal. After he retreated six feet away, the two generals guarding the goal jumped back to their original position.

"Anyone who trespasses will be killed!" A voice like a loud gong came from the mouth of the guarding puppet in front of the door.

Shi Chen was shocked. These two gate-guarding puppets actually had the strength of the middle stage of fusion, which made them really difficult to deal with.

Its outer armor is made of refined gold mixed with various spiritual minerals, which can reduce the power of external attacks by half. If other cultivators were in this situation, even those who have reached the perfection of fusion would be in great trouble.

Shi Chen was very calm. After his trip to the underwater palace, he already had a way to deal with the puppets.

He concentrated his spiritual power in his hands and carved on the left and right sides of the space. Within half a breath, two reverse runes carved by spiritual power were generated.

Six feet away, Shi Chen pushed his hands forward, and two reverse spiritual power runes flew quickly towards the two generals in front of the door.

"Choo! Chick!"

Two runes flew in front of the two generals and were shattered in the instant their swords were unsheathed.

"If you commit the same offense again, you will be killed without mercy!" The sword-wielding puppet spoke, and the eyes carved on its golden face flashed with a sharp light, sweeping towards Shi Chen who was six feet away.

Suddenly, Shi Chen keenly sensed something strange about himself. Could this puppet actually perform a similar spiritual marking operation like a cultivator?

No, it wasn't divine consciousness, it was a rune marking of a formation, with the same effect as a divine consciousness mark. The golden light that had just emanated from the eye was it carving the rune mark.

Shi Chen cast a spell and carefully removed the rune mark engraved on his body, and sealed it in a jade slip.

Although he was not afraid of the two gate-guarding puppets, if he accidentally touched the surrounding forbidden formations while fighting with them in the floating city, he might be teleported out, and it would be troublesome to come in again.

Shi Chen took out a beast-shaped puppet he had collected from the underwater palace and transferred the rune mark onto it.

If he didn't immediately carve out the reverse rune and launch the same attack again, it would not be able to counter the two goalkeeping puppets.

Multiple reverse runes attacking together?

But with this attack speed, not to mention those with combined strength, even many cultivators below the Spirit Transformation Stage can avoid it.

For a moment, Shi Chen couldn't find a way to crack it.