Su Xing felt a surge of joy in his heart, for among these jade slips were many that could make up for his deficiencies in the practice of magical techniques.


    Beyond the jade slips, Su Xing also saw eight puppets.


    Of these puppets, seven were at the Nascent Soul Great Perfection level!


    "Goodness, these seven puppets are almost equivalent to seven Heavenly King level powerhouses!"


    "Previously, that damned Zong had used these puppets in a combined attack technique. If the seven puppets coordinate well, they would be comparable to a Cultivator at the Divinity Transformation Stage!"


    Su Xing tried to control the puppets, but failed.


    The puppets had prohibitions left on them, and breaking through these would likely require some effort.


    Especially since Su Xing had yet to master the art of puppetry, controlling these puppets immediately seemed difficult.


    "However, this eighth puppet, I seem to have never seen it before..."


    Su Xing was curious; it was a female puppet with an extremely beautiful appearance, seemingly crafted directly from a living person.


    Moreover, this female puppet was dressed in an elegant skirt, making her look rather beautiful.


    Most peculiarly, this puppet only possessed the cultivation level of the Foundation Establishment Stage, which rightfully should not have appeared in the collection of damned Zong.


    "Strange, what use could a Foundation Establishment Stage puppet have? Aside from looking pretty..."


    Saying this, Su Xing''s expression turned odd, recalling something he had read in damned Zong''s diary.


    "This female puppet... couldn''t be the Flower Fairy that cuckolded old Zong, could it?"


    With that thought, a chill ran down Su Xing''s spine.


    He hadn''t expected that damned Zong would have such peculiar tastes; this puppet was likely not meant for battle, but... for something else.


    With this in mind, Su Xing''s gaze moved past the puppet and onto the other treasures.


    More than ten huge jade chests, each half the height of a person, were piled in the corner.


    Su Xing opened one of the chests and his face immediately burst into ecstatic delight.


    These chests were all filled with various precious spiritual medicines!


    And since damned Zong had awakened from his long sleep, at least another century had passed.


    Why would there be so few spirit stones?


    Although it''s an era where the laws of cultivation are fading and spiritual energy is scarce, a Divinity Transformation Stage cultivator is basically a first-rate powerhouse in the Cultivation World.


    Apart from top-tier Cultivation Sects like the Wan Mu Sect, the Sect Master or Supreme Elders of average sects might also be cultivators at the Divinity Transformation Stage.


    Such powerhouses, in an era abundant with spiritual energy, having two or three hundred thousand spirit stones would be normal.


    Even in this era of decline, a Divinity Transformation Stage cultivator should have accumulated wealth, saving up a considerable fortune.


    Especially someone like damned Zong who enjoyed killing for treasure, he probably had even greater wealth than the average Divinity Transformation Stage cultivator at full maturity.


    "Something''s not right... there are too few spirit stones!"


    "Given damned Zong''s cautious character, after skulking around for thousands of years, it''s impossible for him to have only this few spirit stones..."


    "Could it be... damned Zong hid the spirit stones elsewhere?"


    Su Xing was puzzled, then started searching, but he couldn''t find any trace of the spirit stones.


    Suddenly, Su Xing had a flash of insight and muttered to himself:


    "Damned Zong loves writing diaries so much... could he have mentioned the hiding place inside his diaries?"


    Su Xing flipped through damned Zong''s diaries, starting from the most recent entries and working backward.


    Sure enough, after looking through a few, Su Xing found that damned Zong had hidden most of the spirit stones in a mountain called Five Elements Mountain ten years ago.


    "This Five Elements Mountain... where is it?"


    Still wondering, Su Xing continued to look through damned Zong''s diaries.


    For the next few hours, Su Xing perused one diary after another.


    Finally, Su Xing found records related to Five Elements Mountain, and even found a map interleaved in the pages of the diary.


    "In the year 2817 of the Xianwu calendar, while fleeing, I chanced upon a treasure map and decided to explore it..."


    "In the year 2818 of the Xianwu calendar, I found Five Elements Mountain, which was where the Sect Master of the Five Elements Sect chose to slumber hundreds of years ago, he consumed the Yellow Springs Elixir, and his tomb might contain endless treasures..."