If not for triggering the Purification Principle and being directly repelled, he might not have discovered it until now!

"Fellow Daoist, be careful! This mist is poisonous."

Fu Chengguang was well-off and didn't need him to provide a Detoxification Pill. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

Hearing the warning, he decisively took out a pill and swallowed it, while also using his Divine Sense to introspect, discovering the dissipated mist.

"It seems the spiritual objects in this valley are really extraordinary, achieving such an extent!"

"Yes, still, we must be cautious and not get too careless."

As he spoke, Li Zhirui cast a Purification Spiritual Light to completely cover himself, like a thin film, adhering to his clothes.

Fu Chengguang then took out a talisman, transforming it into a protective light shield.

The further they walked, the denser the mist became, and the stronger the toxins contained within.

Throughout this process, Li Zhirui initially analyzed and discovered that this was a highly effective illusion-inducing toxin. Once inhaled excessively, it would cause hallucinations as if they were reality.

This toxin is both strong and weak.

Primarily because it poisons you unknowingly, and most cultivators might die without realizing they were poisoned. However, once discovered and recognized, if there are countermeasures, it becomes less daunting.

Thus, Li Zhirui and Fu Chengguang quickly passed through the valley, reaching the innermost area.

A plain-looking flatland in the valley.

"Ha!"

Li Zhirui suddenly let out a cold laugh.

Because not far ahead, on that plain land, there were a large number of precious spiritual objects growing.

But the problem was, he wasn't muddle-headed due to poisoning, how could he not notice such an obvious flaw?

The Primordial Frost Fruit and the Earth Element Fire Lotus, two conflicting spiritual objects, would they grow together?

This is simply treating him like a fool!

"Forget it, let's not waste more time." Li Zhirui shook his head, a trace of spirit light flew from his fingertips, instantly erasing those illusory spiritual objects.

Afterward, he surrounded the seemingly ordinary small tree, not giving it the chance to continue its tricks.

Only to see the tree body shaking, a large amount of dense mist emanating from within, yet unable to pass through the Purification Spiritual Light.

Upon discovering that this method could not work at all, the ground suddenly trembled, countless resilient roots shot out, furiously waving toward the two of them.

Although Li Zhirui and Fu Chengguang did not expect it to have such abilities, this method could not cause them any harm.

As Fu Chengguang acted, a restriction appeared out of thin air, the power of the Forbidden Technique pressed upon the small tree, rendering it powerless, leaving it quietly standing there.

"Interesting, this Spirit Plant seems to have already developed Spiritual Intelligence?"

Hearing this, Li Zhirui nodded in agreement.

"Fellow Daoist, can you identify the background of this Spirit Plant?" Fu Chengguang asked curiously.

In the Secret Realm, the laws are incomplete, yet in this situation, spiritual objects giving birth to Spiritual Intelligence, even with their knowledge, they had only heard about and knew it to be extremely rare.

"This Spirit Plant seems to have undergone some unknown mutations, its true origin can't be discerned." Li Zhirui examined it seriously, shaking his head.

"Oh? Looks like we've gained another precious spiritual object."

Fu Chengguang's face revealed a slight smile, "Let's erase its Spiritual Intelligence, making it easier to take away."

The Spirit Plant, which was pretending to be dead, upon hearing this, no longer dared to continue its act, quickly using Divine Sense to plead, "I beg the two seniors to spare my life."

The two exchanged glances, clearly seeing a hint of amusement in each other's eyes, they were actually unsure if this Spirit Plant had really developed Spiritual Intelligence.

Because they hadn't found any clues indicating its Spiritual Intelligence, however, its previous performance seemed too intelligent, raising some suspicion.

The previous conversation was actually a trick to test it.

After all, growing in the Secret Realm, harming countless cultivators' lives, but not having contact with living beings, like a child, not knowing 'the wickedness of human nature', it was easily exposed with a little probing.

"Introduce yourself." Fu Chengguang was genuinely interested in its creation story.

"My creation resulted from a fortuitous coincidence. I don't know how many years ago, an old cultivator died in front of me, and I absorbed his power..."

From its narration, the two's expressions became a bit peculiar. It turned out its creation stemmed from a cultivator dying upon it, unwittingly absorbing the fragmented Spiritual Soul and dimly developing Spiritual Intelligence.

Over the following centuries, it continuously awakened its Divine Power to attract a few cultivators, taking their lives to absorb their flesh and blood essence, growing and strengthening itself.

"Fellow Daoist, can you let me have this Spirit Plant?"

Fu Chengguang contemplated, "If we don't find a spiritual object of equal value before the Secret Realm ends, I will compensate you, Fellow Daoist."

"Sure."

Li Zhirui readily agreed. Although the Spirit Plant seemed special, he wasn't very keen on it, as it didn't benefit his own cultivation. Further, he vaguely felt that there were many untruths in its words.

"Fellow Daoist, I fear this Devil Spirit's words are likely full of lies, don't be deceived by it."

Fu Chengguang looked over with a knowing smile, nodded, and said, "Rest assured, Fellow Daoist, I have long been aware, already planning in my heart."

Li Zhirui raised his eyebrows slightly, then refrained from mentioning it further. Since the other party knew, he naturally wouldn't say more, so as not to be meddlesome.

"Fellow Daoist, please disperse the Spirit Light."

As he spoke, the surrounding Purification Spiritual Light dissipated immediately.

Then, Fu Chengguang stepped forward, reaching to pull the Spirit Plant from the ground.

Don't be fooled by its mere height of five or six feet; its underground root system stretched dozens of feet deep with numerous roots!

This alone proved that the Spirit Plant wasn't really as naive as an innocent child.

Despite his rough actions, the man's assurance and the Spirit Plant's cooperation ensured it wasn't harmed.

The next moment, the Spirit Plant vanished, whereabouts unknown, stored somewhere by him.

As for the companions Wang Ping mentioned, they were nowhere to be seen, likely meeting the same fate as the pile of white bones in the clear spring.

"Fellow Daoist, this clear spring is also a spiritual object with many intact Storage Magical Treasures and various Spiritual Objects inside," Fu Chengguang suddenly said.

"Oh?"

Li Zhirui's eyes showed a hint of curiosity, he quickly stepped forward, getting close to the spring water, only then sensing the spring had a faint Spirit Light.

After a meticulous observation, he regrettably remarked, "It seems rather mysterious, I wonder what kind of Spirit Water this is."

"But this trip's harvest is quite substantial, comparable to all our previous gains combined."

Fu Chengguang, however, wasn't concerned with this, he just needed to know the Spirit Water's effect and use, delighted with the bountiful harvest ahead.

He grinned while extracting the white bones, Storage Magical Treasures, and Spiritual Objects from the spring water, separating them for easier sorting later.

Even though the spring was piled with white bones, quite filthy and gross, the two showed no signs of disdain, evidently unconcerned.

Stained with flesh and blood, soaked in white bones—so what? As long as it's useful, no one cares about these.

Moreover, having cultivated to this realm, haven't they used Spiritual Objects tainted with the lives of other beings?

Just sorting that pile of Storage Magical Treasures and Spiritual Objects took them two hours, then a bit more time to divide them into two shares.

They first each selected the Spiritual Objects they needed, then divided the rest based on value. Overall, the worth of Spiritual Objects each obtained was nearly equivalent.