“Senior Skull’s words were indeed true. These broken cauldrons are indeed the keys to entering the Medicine King True Cauldron!”

When Xiao Heng informed Su Xiaomei of this discovery, she couldn’t help but smile with joy.

“Now, this is good. As long as we follow the guidance, we should be able to find it soon.”

The three exchanged glances and then, sticking close to the edge of the abyss cliff, discreetly flew towards the depths below Cangwu Abyss.

Once they descended to about two hundred zhang above the ground, the scenery inside the abyss began to change drastically from the surface.

Due to the perennial presence of clouds and mist above, the further down they went, the darker the surroundings became.

The cliff walls were no longer bare rocks but were rooted with many strange plants.

There were luminous fine willows, predatory pines disguised as rocks,

and even lurking like giant pythons, waiting to attack when prey approached, were the withered black tall trees.

Accompanying these plants was the previously mentioned exotic beasts that needed to be guarded against.

Most of these exotic beasts were pitch black, making them difficult to discern in the dim abyss.

Their appearances were extremely bizarre, completely different from surface creatures.

They didn’t seem naturally evolved but rather forcibly pieced together from fragments of various creatures.

Long worms that split in the middle and preyed with open mouths,

strange apes with heads retracted into their stomachs,

and bizarre birds with countless wriggling worms as wings.

…

All sorts of grotesque forms chilled the observer.

Moreover, within this abyss, there seemed to be some mysterious force.

It suppressed the sensing range of cultivators’ divine consciousness.

This force became more prominent as they descended deeper.

During the cultivators’ descent, these strange creatures would suddenly emerge either from the abyss cliff walls or from the void in the center of the abyss.

They would launch attacks in groups at the cultivators as if they harbored deep enmity towards outsiders.

These attacks from the anomalies would only cease upon their complete death.

Fortunately, although there were numerous beings below the abyss, their strength was equivalent to the late Foundation Establishment stage at most.

For Su Xiaomei’s group, whose lowest strength was at the Golden Core stage, they posed no real threat.

With no major obstacles along the way, after nearly half a day, they finally approached a huge boundary monument embedded in the cliff wall.

Written on it in strikingly glowing red characters were the words “Thirty Thousand,” visible from afar.

And on this boundary monument, the continuous cliff wall was almost hollowed out inward.

Constructing a splendid city suspended above the abyss.

“This is the first resting point for exploring Cangwu Abyss.”

“Lincang City.”

“Going further down, the abyss becomes increasingly dangerous. So, providing a place for rest and replenishment here is very necessary.”

Xiao Heng looked at the endless stream of cultivators passing by, silently raising his vigilance.

Most of the cultivators who came to explore Cangwu Abyss were not easy opponents.

Their purpose in coming here, besides collecting the valuable specialties of Cangwu Abyss, was mostly to seek the fire meteor that fell from the sky that year.

In recent years, there have been various speculations about the true identity of the fire meteor.

It being the Medicine King True Cauldron that broke through ancient boundaries during the ancient era is just one of the widely circulated guesses.

Regardless, it made all the cultivators who witnessed it feel a sense of awe.

This fire meteor must be extraordinary.

As the saying goes, where there’s wealth, there’s death.

So it’s not hard to understand why there are always outside cultivators tirelessly searching for it.

“Let’s go.” Xiao Heng and the others did not enter Lincang City.

Straightforwardly flying past the boundary monument, they arrived at the second level, thirty thousand zhang below the surface.

The moment they passed the boundary monument, it felt like passing through an invisible barrier.

An unusual feeling surged in Xiao Heng’s heart.

“My strength has indeed weakened a bit, just as rumored.”

Feeling somewhat heavy-hearted, Xiao Heng inquired of Su Xiaomei and Zhang Haobo.

“Have you noticed the existence of the Immortal Suppression Force?”

“Yes, indeed, there’s a hint of it. But for now, the impact isn’t too significant.”

After a moment, both Su Xiaomei and Zhang Haobo responded this way.

“It seems that my strength has indeed weakened.” Seeing this, Xiao Heng felt somewhat helpless.

He could only hope that the location of the Medicine King True Cauldron would be within the range he could dive to.

The Immortal Suppression Force is the term used by cultivators to collectively refer to the mysterious force enveloping the Cangwu Abyss.

Specifically, as one delves deeper into the Cangwu Abyss, the strength of cultivators will also be correspondingly reduced.

Within the first level of thirty thousand zhang, it’s still not very apparent.

It only interferes with the coverage range of divine consciousness.

But upon entering the second level, the effect becomes immediately apparent.

Mid Foundation Establishment and below, once they enter, they will become no different from mortals.

Their spiritual power cannot be mobilized, and they lose the ability to fly.

There’s only one outcome: falling to the bottomless abyss without resistance, becoming food for the strange creatures along the way.

This means that at least cultivators at the late Foundation Establishment stage can survive on the second level of Cangwu Abyss.

However, in reality, as the depth increases, the creatures in the abyss are becoming stronger.

While cultivators’ strength continues to be suppressed.

This also leads to the exploration becoming increasingly difficult as they descend.

Xiao Heng and his group proceeded with even more caution into the second level, the Spirit Language Forest.

The trees deeply rooted in the abyss cliff walls extended their branches toward the void of Cangwu Abyss in an unreasonable manner.

Forming a primitive forest that stretches endlessly, occupying a space of fifty thousand zhang vertically.

In addition to the increasingly diverse and powerful dangerous creatures,

the murmurs emanating from the forest from time to time were even more lethal.

These sounds would induce various illusions in cultivators, causing them to lose their minds.

Those with weak wills would fly towards the center of the Spirit Language Forest as if they had lost their souls,

ultimately unable to return.

Xiao Heng and his group were all outstanding individuals with equally strong wills.

Moreover, their strengths were indeed formidable, so it took them almost a day to successfully traverse the second level.

They descended to a depth of eighty thousand zhang.

Here, the dense forest suddenly became sparse.

There seemed to be another source of light below, and the visibility suddenly became clear.

Instead of standing stone monuments like before, the boundary marker was now a giant eyeball growing on the cliff wall.

The pupil in the center of the eyeball was replaced by the two blood-red characters “Eighty Thousand.”

This eyeball seemed to be alive, constantly rotating and peering.

At this moment, sensing someone’s arrival from above, it instantly focused its gaze on Xiao Heng and his group.

A tremendous pressure came, causing Xiao Heng’s body to tense up in an instant.

Fortunately, the giant eye only glanced at them briefly before shifting its gaze away, no longer paying them much attention.

“Phew…”

Xiao Heng let out a sigh of relief.

“The second resting point of Cangwu Abyss, the Giant Eye City.”