[103. Chapter 103 Exploration (Congratulations to Alliance Leader Ye Xun)]
It was late at night.
A tens-meter-long second-order black jade python replaced the original golden-winged vulture, coiled on the spiritual vein, raised its thick snake head, and spit out purple-black tongue towards the bright moon.
Hiss!
Amidst the terrifying hissing of the snake, strands of moonlight power fell, constantly tempering its physique and blood, allowing it to move towards a higher level.
At the same time, a layer of dark poisonous fog began to spread around the market town, with the monster as its center.
This is a second-level poison, enough to corrode the earth veins and even transform the environment!
If this black jade python continues to occupy this place, in a few dozen or hundreds of years, it may turn into a poisonous wasteland.
Outside the market, on the branch of an ancient cypress tree, a lifeless yellow bird was tilting its head, watching the scene.
suddenly!
A hand stretched out from nowhere and grabbed the yellow bird in its hand: “Huh? This thing is quite ingenious…”
The hand was as thin as a stick, but it was like an iron clamp that prevented the yellow bird from moving at all.
Boom!
The yellow bird suddenly turned into a ball of fire, which was the activation of the pre-set self-destruct program.
“Um?”
There was no sign of injury on the palm, not even a hint of blackness.
The owner of the palm was an old Taoist priest in a black robe. He had bright eyes, but was short and thin, with distinct facial features, a goatee, and a black Taoist robe, with a simple ebony hairpin on his head.
“There was no fluctuation of mana, which made me not check it for a while. It’s quite interesting!”
The skinny and shriveled old Taoist nodded, collected the residue from the yellow bird’s self-explosion, turned it into a stream of light, and instantly reached the sky!
In the sky, the wind is fierce.
But none of these could cause his Taoist robe to lift even a little bit.
The old Taoist waited for a moment, and two more streams of light came together.
Among them, the one with a rosy face and silver hair was none other than the Qingxuan Sect’s Grand Elder—Nie Feifeng!
The other one was a burly man wearing animal skins and with tattoos of various monsters on his body. He had an intimidating aura.
“Fellow Daoist Wu, why are you so slow? Is there any change in the market?”
When Nie Feifeng saw the old Taoist in black robe, he immediately started asking.
“Nothing has changed. I just saw a very interesting puppet, which delayed me for a while… The puppet didn’t even have the slightest fluctuation of mana. If I hadn’t used my spiritual sense to check the market one by one earlier, I might have missed it… There was even a self-destruct device in it, but I didn’t find it…”
Taoist Wu stroked his goatee, looking a little surprised: “It seems that the market established by Fellow Daoist Nie is like building a phoenix nest to attract the phoenix… There are actually puppet masters like this entrenched here.”
“Fellow Daoist Wu, you are too kind. At this time, I am afraid there are only a few independent cultivators left in the market.”
Nie Feifeng said calmly, “I am more interested in that second-grade superior black jade python… It has been breathing in the moonlight and tempering its demonic energy, so it must have condensed a demonic pill. This black jade python is very powerful and may even have a trace of dragon blood. If its inner pill is taken by Fellow Daoist Lian’s pet, it will surely be able to elevate it to a higher realm.”
Before he finished speaking, the burly man in animal skins moved his expression and touched the spirit beast bag on his waist.
He is the supreme elder of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect and is good at raising various spiritual pets.
Among them was a ‘horned snake’, which had the bloodline of a dragon and a very good bloodline grade, but at this moment it was only of the lower second grade.
If one could obtain this same kind of inner elixir, one might indeed be able to advance a small level.
But at this moment, his face remained expressionless: “Our trip is still mainly to the Mysterious Realm of Ten Thousand Laws… A certain family’s spiritual pet is just a small matter.”
“Fellow Daoist Lian is too modest. We all know each other… If your ‘horned snake’ is promoted to the second-level middle grade, it will surely be able to cooperate with the use of that secret magic, right?”
Taoist Wu chuckled, “The magical powers of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect are well-known. The more powerful the ‘Spirit Attachment Technique’ is, the more powerful it is… Add to that fellow Taoist’s cultivation level, and I’m afraid it’s enough to threaten even a cultivator in the middle or late Jindan stage, right?”
“No, no… Old Ghost Wu, why are you always asking about someone’s sect’s secrets instead of guarding your ‘Black Sky Temple’?”
The monk surnamed Lian had an expressionless face, and the tattoos on his body seemed to come alive. Faintly, one could hear the roars of beasts.
Taoist Wu waved his hands quickly: “Brother Lian, please don’t show off your power. This old Taoist can’t stand your magic… I’m just worried that if we rashly kill the second-level high-quality monsters here, will it be like last time, attracting third-level monsters or even a beast tide? In this way, the gain will not make up for the loss… After all, the three of us sneaked into this place alone, and there are many dangers…”
“Humph, if Fellow Daoist Nie had told us the secret of this place earlier, we could have arranged for the army to come and open up the wasteland sooner, and we wouldn’t be in such a passive situation…”
The monk surnamed Lian was also somewhat dissatisfied with Nie Feifeng.
According to the custom of local cultivators in developing secret realms, they would definitely clear the area with a large army first to prevent anyone from sneaking in to pick peaches, and then summon formation masters to study the flaws, fill them with human lives, and finally break the secret realm formation and take away all the benefits inside, leaving nothing behind.
But now, even the Qinglin Market is gone.
The escape speed of low-level cultivators is not as fast as that of these Jindan ancestors, not to mention the risks along the way.
It would be impossible to retake this place without several years.
“When monks gather together, it is also easy to cause beast disasters…”
Nie Feifeng shook his head: “After several explorations, I already know the general situation inside the secret realm… This time I specially brought a few third-level ‘Breaking Forbidden Talismans’ treasured by our sect. Old Ghost Wu should also have a ‘Breaking Vein Pearl’ in your hand. Together, you and I should be able to cause a momentary flaw in the formation restriction in the secret realm, which will be enough for us to take the treasure…”
The ban-breaking talisman is a special talisman that can disrupt the operation of the formation.
Generally speaking, a first-level forbidden-breaking talisman can disrupt a first-level formation for a few moments, or create a temporary escape route.
Of course, if there is a formation master presiding over it, or the person performing the formation is proficient in it, the effect will be different.
But the best result would be to stagnate the operation of a large formation of the same level for a moment or temporarily weaken the power of the formation by several times.
The Vein-Breaking Bead can break the connection between the earth vein energy and the formation, and is also a powerful weapon for breaking formations.
The third-level forbidden-breaking talismans and vein-breaking beads are strategic materials in the cultivated wasteland and are extremely rare even at large auctions.
“Nie Laogui, you seem to be quite clear about the old Taoist’s wealth…”
Taoist Wu’s expression changed.
“Otherwise, why would I look for you instead of other Taoist friends?” Nie Feifeng said nonchalantly, “Fellow Taoist Lian should have a ‘treasure-hunting rat’ spirit pet, which will be very useful in the secret realm… If not, why don’t I go directly to the Tianjian Sect to look for someone?”
Upon hearing the name of the Tianjian Sect, the cultivator surnamed Lian and the Taoist Master Wu fell silent.
“In that case, let’s make a quick decision… We will go to the Mysterious Realm of Ten Thousand Laws immediately.”
The monk surnamed Lian took a deep breath and said, “I have been coveting the secret treasure left by Master Wanfa for a long time…”
“Hehe, this person was able to build a foundation and form a pill with his inferior spiritual roots… and even had the opportunity to form an infant. He must be a person with great luck and has a lot of treasures on him… I am not greedy. As long as there are natural treasures in the secret realm that can improve the quality of the true pill, I will be satisfied.”
Taoist Wu chuckled.
“No regrets after the elixir is completed… Master Wu, you are so bold to think so.” Nie Feifeng laughed: “I would like to find a spiritual object for forming an elixir, you are not allowed to fight for it…”
“Humph, none of you have great ambitions.”
The cultivator surnamed Lian laughed loudly: “Then it’s settled. I just want the opportunity to increase my cultivation and break through the realm… In addition, if there is an opportunity to condense the Nascent Soul, you and I will rely on our own abilities… As for the secrets of the myriad laws, if we can get them, if it is a secret technique, everyone can copy a copy. If it is something else, it also depends on your own ability!”
“good!”
The three Jindan cultivators transformed into streams of light of various colors and headed towards the Five Scorpion Valley…
…
Happy Home Community.
Inside the practice room.
Fang Xing was sweating profusely, and every inch of his skin was emitting a faint golden glow, with illusory lines forming.
“If outsiders saw this scene of my mastery of the Dragon Elephant Technique, I’m afraid they would raise my opinion of me again… It’s good like this now.”
He is quite satisfied with his current life. Lan Fei is a good secretary and knows not to pry into other people’s privacy.
With such a representative of the Giant God Group here, no other forces will come to contact him.
As for those admissions teachers?
Fang Xing only met with a teacher from Wuyue University once, and his intention was basically confirmed.
If I fail to get into a top-notch university in the future, I will enter Wuyue University.
With a guaranteed university admission, he can focus all his attention on martial arts training. Now he has even completed the procedures for taking a leave of absence and announced to the public that he is fully preparing for the college entrance examination.
The current Yucai High School is indeed of no help to him.
The only person who could do that was the principal, Lu Guangming, who was a martial arts master after all, and it was impossible for him to teach him every day.
However, whenever he had the chance, Fang Xing would go to school just to listen to the private lessons of this martial arts Jindan teacher.
Bang!
During this period of martial arts practice, Fang Xing suddenly had an inspiration.
Bow step cannon punch, half step collapse punch, battle axe kick…
He performed various military boxing moves with ease, as if every part of his body had turned into a killing machine.
As the last punch was thrown, his martial arts will suddenly changed, and a murderous aura suddenly appeared on his body!
It was as if there were thousands of troops, and they wanted to annihilate all the enemies!
“The artistic conception of the military killing fist…”
Fang Xing murmured, and looked at the attribute panel. Sure enough, he had broken through the twelfth form of the military boxing:
[12 Military Boxing Styles: 1/400 (Master)]
…
“God rewards hard work, and hard work will be rewarded. The ancients were right!”
His face lit up, and he looked towards the realm:
[Fourth Level: Courage (90/200)]
“The baptism of the artistic conception of the Military Way Killing Fist has also led to a leap in the practice of the Courage Realm…”
“At this point, I’m almost halfway through… This means I’ve almost completed half of my training in the courage realm.”
Fang Xing knew that this cultivation progress was obviously abnormal.
Most martial artists at the courage level either go to the battlefield to fight for their lives and constantly hone their martial arts will, or practice hard behind closed doors and take precious mental d*rugs in order to make rapid progress.
They will not deliberately practice other martial arts to accumulate different martial arts realms.
After all, not everyone is like Fang Xing, for whom comprehending the artistic conception of martial arts is as easy as eating and drinking.
Due to the attribute panel, as long as he breaks through the ‘Master’ level, he will definitely be able to comprehend a trace of the power of artistic conception.
But for other warriors, there will be no such good thing.
It was precisely because of this that Fang Xing tried to continuously superimpose the power of artistic conception. Now it seems that it is indeed quite beneficial to the practice of the realm of courage and spirit.
“Even learning other martial arts is quite troublesome… With my understanding of the four major realms and the powerful foundation, even if I waste my time every day, the spiritual power in the Niwan Palace will grow rapidly…”
He grabbed a towel, wiped the sweat off his body, walked into the bathroom, closed the door, and pasted a “house protection talisman” on it.
With a flash of silver light, Fang Xing arrived at the underground camp.
“Um?”
In front of the screen, Fang Xing, who was checking the surveillance footage daily, was suddenly startled.
“Here… is there another expert here? The one who can detect my drone with his divine sense must be a cultivator at least at the foundation building stage…”
“An ordinary foundation-building cultivator would be foolish to go deep into the wilderness to die, unless he is… a Jindan cultivator?”
“If they come here, they have only one goal, which is the Mysterious Realm of the Five Scorpion Valley?”
…
Fang Xing was startled and quickly looked at the surveillance of the Five Scorpion Valley, only to find that most of them had self-destructed as programmed.
Only a few people several miles away managed to capture three rays of light falling into the canyon, followed by an earth-shaking roar. Presumably, the one-horned lion monster in the canyon had already died.
“The range of a Jindan cultivator’s spiritual awareness is probably around several miles… I’m really lucky that he didn’t pass by me… Or maybe he passed by but didn’t detect any life aura and ignored it?”
He pondered for a moment, and finally shook his head helplessly.
No matter what, Fang Xing had to admit that he still needed to get close to the Foundation Establishment cultivators to pose a threat, not to mention the Core Formation cultivators…
Even laser guns should not be able to threaten them…
The best way, of course, is to avoid the sharp edge!
He immediately took action to divert the original underground camp… A large amount of modern equipment was destroyed, and laser guns and other items were buried in different locations.
Fortunately, these items do not emit any spiritual energy and are not very eye-catching.
As for the warehouse, it can be kept.
The local cultivators all have the same personality as groundhogs, and having a few cellars and supply warehouses in the outside world is no big deal.
Even today, most of the secret realms and cave ruins in the world of immortal cultivation are luxurious upgraded versions of the warehouses left behind by their predecessors, and they still attract cultivators to explore them endlessly.
“Let’s go… It’s dangerous here. I’m afraid we’ll have to wait until winter break to come back.”
Although it might only take a few days for a Jindan cultivator to explore the secret realm, Fang Xing still decided to stay on the Young Eagle Star for a while.
…
Just as Fang Xing was leaving.
The secret realm of all things.
Surrounded by fairy air, the jade palace is magnificent, and countless pavilions and towers are looming.
The aroma of medicine filled the air, and several spiritual medicine gardens sparkled with colorful light. Through the thick layer of restrictions, one could see spiritual flowers and fruits, immortal ganoderma and exotic ginseng… simply everything.
Boom!
In front of a palace, Nie Feifeng and the other two were controlling their magic weapons, constantly bombarding a colorful restriction on the palace gate.
The three magical weapons’ lights kept flowing, emitting fluctuations of magical power that made even the foundation-building cultivators tremble with fear.
The aftermath of any ban that is broken here could leave them without a complete corpse.
And during this vibration, in an unknown space somewhere underground, a brass oil lamp suddenly flickered and emitted a faint light.
With this dim light, you can see that this space is not big. Under the brass oil lamp is a spiritual wood table that is still brand new.
The light on the oil lamp flickered continuously, as if trying to light the wick.
However, the largest area in the space is not the wooden table, but a coffin next to it.
The coffin is made entirely of white jade and has a chilling feel. It has no lid and a thick layer of black ice can be seen inside.
And in the mysterious ice, there seemed to be a figure lying quietly…
(End of this chapter)
