Dapeng's Time Travel Life

Chapter 158 Breaking the Forbidden Barrier: The Secret of the Treasure Hunt

Zhang Peng stood before the restriction, his brow furrowed, his eyes fixed on the complex runes on the stone platform, trying to find the key to breaking the restriction. He mobilized his spiritual power, based on the power of the five elements, attempting to resonate with the restriction runes. As his spiritual power flowed in, the runes flashed, but instead of being broken as he hoped, they generated a powerful backlash, forcing him to retreat repeatedly.

Seeing this, Cao Long sneered mockingly, "Hmph, I knew you couldn't do it either. This restriction isn't so easy to break." Although he said this, he knew in his heart that he was equally clueless. Unwilling to give up, he tried again, gathering all his spiritual energy in his palm and forcefully pushing it towards the restriction. Just like Zhang Peng, he was bounced back by the powerful force and almost fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Li Ming and Lin Wan'er quickly stepped forward to help Zhang Peng. Li Ming asked anxiously, "Zhang Peng, are you alright? This restriction is too powerful." Lin Wan'er looked at him with a worried expression, her eyes full of concern.

Zhang Peng took a deep breath to calm himself down and said, "This restriction is indeed troublesome, but I feel that it is related to a certain frequency of spiritual energy fluctuations. Let's study it more carefully."

Just when everyone was at a loss, Zhang Peng suddenly remembered that there seemed to be a record of a similar restriction in the ancient books he had studied at Qingfeng Sect. He closed his eyes and tried hard to recall the contents of the book, and the obscure words and mysterious patterns appeared in his mind one by one.

“I think I’m getting a clue.” Zhang Peng opened his eyes, his eyes sparkling with excitement. “The ancient texts mention that this kind of restriction needs to be broken using a special way of circulating spiritual energy. We can give it a try.”

As he spoke, Zhang Peng began to mobilize the spiritual energy within his body, circulating it according to the spiritual energy circulation path he remembered. His hands quickly formed hand seals, and the spiritual energy formed a strange vortex around him, slowly approaching the restriction.

Seeing Zhang Peng's actions, Cao Long was consumed by jealousy. He thought to himself that he absolutely could not let Zhang Peng break the barrier first. So, disregarding the depletion of his own spiritual power, he attacked the barrier again with renewed frenzy.

"Cao Long, don't do anything reckless!" Zhang Peng shouted. "This will disrupt the balance of the restriction, and then no one will be able to get the treasure!"

But Cao Long wouldn't listen; he was blinded by greed. As his attacks intensified, the light from the restriction began to flicker violently, and the surrounding space began to fluctuate unstably.

Suddenly, a powerful beam of energy shot out from the barrier, heading straight for Cao Long. Unable to dodge in time, Cao Long was struck by the beam, sent flying again, crashing heavily to the ground and spitting blood.

"Now you know how serious it is!" Li Ming said coldly. He was very dissatisfied with Cao Long's selfishness and recklessness. If Zhang Peng hadn't reacted quickly, they might have all been implicated by Cao Long.

Zhang Peng ignored Cao Long and focused all his attention on breaking the restriction. As he continuously poured in his spiritual power, the light from the restriction gradually softened, and the runes began to resonate with his spiritual power.

"Almost there!" Zhang Peng shouted excitedly. He increased his spiritual energy output, and the speed at which he formed hand seals also increased. Finally, with a crisp sound, the restriction was successfully broken.

The golden box on the stone platform slowly opened, and a dazzling light shone out from it. Everyone looked closely and saw that inside the box was an ancient book radiating golden light and a bead shimmering with multicolored light.

Zhang Peng stepped forward and carefully picked up the ancient book and the bead. The moment he touched the book, the words on it automatically appeared and flew into his mind. It turned out to be a secret manual recording ancient cultivation techniques, possessing immense power. The bead, on the other hand, was a precious spiritual bead capable of enhancing cultivation.

"This...this is a treasure!" Li Ming said excitedly.

Lin Wan'er was also overjoyed: "Zhang Peng, you're amazing! Thanks to you, we were able to get these treasures."

Seeing Zhang Peng obtain the treasure, Cao Long was filled with jealousy and resentment. He struggled to his feet and said viciously, "Hand over the treasure, or none of you will leave here alive!"

Zhang Peng looked at Cao Long, a cold glint in his eyes: "Cao Long, don't go too far. This treasure is the result of our joint efforts. If you continue to cause trouble, don't blame me for being impolite!"

Cao Long snorted coldly. He knew he was no match for Zhang Peng and the others in a one-on-one fight, but he was unwilling to give up so easily. His eyes darted around, and suddenly an idea came to him.

"Hmph, since that's the case, let's compete fairly," Cao Long said. "There are other treasures in these ruins. We'll each search for them, and whoever finds them keeps them. Are you in the mood?"

Zhang Peng knew in his heart that Cao Long was definitely up to something again, but he didn't want to clash with Cao Long at this time. He thought for a moment and said, "Okay, as you say. But you'd better not try anything funny, otherwise you'll regret it."

So, the group split into two teams: Zhang Peng, Li Ming, and Lin Wan'er in one team, and Cao Long in another, and they began to continue exploring the ruins.