Born with immortal seed

Chapter 122 Golden-Winged Thunder Roc (Bonus Chapter 1)

"Six days have passed. I don't know if the flow of time in the secret realm is different from that in the outside world, or if the special space took too long to enter."

Bai Zichen learned the exact date from the third transfer station and thought to himself, "Oh no!"

I had arranged with my senior brother Gu Xisheng to go to Monkey Mountain five days later. Fortunately, news from the third transit station yesterday indicated that the major battle had not yet begun.

He took out the Sound Bamboo Sword, his body transformed into a bright sword light, and flew out at top speed.

"According to the battle report, Monkey Mountain is the last second-tier spiritual vein in front of Jade Moon Lake, and the planned sixth transit station will be built here."

Bai Zichen recalled the battle report he had seen before. The biggest reason why the attack had been unsuccessful was that there was a blue-eyed golden-eyed ape at the peak of the second tier on Monkey Mountain.

He was just one step away from becoming a third-tier demon king.

Moreover, ape-like demonic beasts are always more intelligent than other demonic beasts of the same level, making them extremely difficult to deal with.

This blue-eyed golden ape was equivalent to the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage in humans. Wielding a simple, polished iron club, no one in the pioneering army could match it.

It takes the combined efforts of many people to barely manage.

In addition, with more than ten second-tier demon monkeys on Monkey Mountain and first-tier apes covering the entire mountainside, they had not achieved much success in several battles.

This led to the continued transfer of personnel from within the sect, with even the hall masters of the Talisman Hall and the Transmission Hall personally attending.

"No matter how powerful that Azure-Eyed Golden-Eyed Ape is, it's useless. There are five thousand cultivators, nearly forty of whom are at the Foundation Establishment stage. They just didn't want to pay too much of a price before... When the time comes, we'll push the battle formation forward, use talismans to hold them back, eliminate the other second-tier monkey demons first, and then launch a final siege."

"Unless you're a third-tier demon king, there's no way you can escape alive!"

Bai Zichen was lost in thought about the battle at Monkey Mountain when he heard a clap of thunder behind him and a dark shadow chasing after him.

"What is that...? It's flying pretty fast."

The black shadow was much faster than the colorful white cloud robe, almost half the speed of the Sound Bamboo Sword at full speed.

Bai Zichen was curious, so he slightly withdrew his sword light and saw the rapidly enlarging black shadow.

It has wings on its back and its whole body is covered with golden feathers, as dazzling as the sun.

With a protruding head, its roar was like thunder, booming and deafening. It was a magnificent and powerful bird with wingspans of more than two zhang (approximately 6.6 meters).

Second-tier low-grade flying monster, Golden-winged Thunder Roc.

"Don't all Golden-Winged Thunder Rocs live at Thunder Cliff? How did they end up in this direction...?"

Bai Zichen certainly recognized this famous flying demon beast. Tianlei Cliff was only about three thousand miles away from the Qingfeng Sect's mountain gate, practically right next to their doorstep.

However, the terrain of Tianlei Cliff is treacherous, and only Foundation Establishment cultivators can climb it.

The Golden-Winged Thunder Roc, a flying demonic beast, is generally no match for Foundation Establishment cultivators, who easily find themselves at a disadvantage in aerial combat.

The Golden-Winged Thunder Roc Demon King is already a third-tier high-grade demon beast. He fought against True Person Ge Cang once ten years ago, and the battle ended in a draw.

Due to various factors, Qingfeng Sect opted for a more distant approach and did not include Tianlei Cliff in its development goals.

Upon seeing that it had closed the distance to its target, the Golden-Winged Thunder Roc that appeared here let out a sharp roar, and lightning flashed on its wings, increasing its speed by another 20%.

Before they even got close, a fierce, bloody wind swept through.

"Well done!"

Bai Zichen had been searching for a second-tier demonic beast to test his sword against without success, but now a demonic beast had actually come to him on its own initiative.

Moreover, the Golden-Winged Thunder Roc is a treasure trove, far more valuable than an ordinary second-tier demon beast.

For Bai Zichen, who was penniless and in debt, they were like walking spirit stones; he would never let them go.

He brought out the Bell of All Beings, and the bronze bell fell to his head.

The Golden-Winged Thunder Roc actually turned around and didn't collide with the illusory bronze bell. Instead, it flew away, only scraping the bronze bell with its hard golden feathers, producing a tooth-grinding metallic scraping sound.

Bai Zichen quickly realized why the sect was so wary of the Golden-Winged Thunder Roc, given the numerous records of Foundation Establishment cultivators being defeated by this flying beast.

The Golden-Winged Thunder Roc is not only incredibly fast, but also remarkably agile despite its enormous size. Several times it managed to brake and turn in the most impossible moments, flying away before attacking from bizarre angles.

With its sharp beak, claws, feathers, and wings, the Golden-Winged Thunder Roc uses every part of its body as a weapon.

Lightning occasionally condenses within the fleshy crown on its head, transforming into a bolt of lightning that strikes suddenly, leaving no time for anyone to react.

Bai Zichen intended to test the effect of the Bell of All Beings. He concealed the Sound Bamboo Sword in his hand, but used a little magic power to activate the sword light using the technique he had just learned last time.

Every few moments, the white sword light would strike where the Golden-Winged Thunder Roc was about to defend, leaving specks of blood on its body.

After extensive testing, the defensive effect of the Bell of All Beings is now very clear.

Bai Zichen made a hand seal, and the bronze bell soared into the sky, its light and shadow doubling in size, directly enveloping the Golden-Winged Thunder Roc.

It then rapidly contracted, making the Golden-Winged Thunder Roc's range of movement smaller and smaller.

Rumble!
The Golden-Winged Thunder Roc roared sharply, its fleshy crest glowing with blood. It unleashed several bolts of lightning while simultaneously flapping its wings rapidly to strike the target.

The illusory bronze bell was bombarded by lightning and then swiftly cut by the steel-like feathers on its wings, creating a large hole through which the Golden-Winged Thunder Roc burst out.

Bai Zichen retrieved the Bell of All Beings, his expression somewhat grim.

"Its conventional defense is barely better than the Crimson Pearl Umbrella, but its attack is terrible at trapping people. It can't trap opponents of the same level at all... It's good at both offense and defense, but its offense is not good and its defense is weak."

The Bell of All Beings appears to be a very powerful spiritual artifact, but in Bai Zichen's eyes, it's quite ordinary.

With the power of his flying sword, any offensive magical weapon that catches his eye is either extremely powerful or has a special function.

Having achieved his experimental objective, Bai Zichen, impatient to continue entangled with the Golden-Winged Thunder Roc, unleashed a dazzling sword light that pierced the air with the force of lightning and thunder.

Despite having its head pierced by a sword light, the Golden-Winged Thunder Roc still flapped its wings and pounced fiercely.

While marveling at the beast's incredible vitality, two more sword strikes were needed to pierce its heart, causing blood to gush out.

Finally, like a kite with a broken string, it fell vertically to the ground.

Just before it was about to land, Bai Zichen used his magic to hold back the Golden-Winged Thunder Roc, allowing its corpse to land slowly and intact.

“Not bad, the slit has shrunk by another two inches.”

Bai Zichen examined the three sword holes on the Golden-Winged Thunder Roc's body; they were all only the thickness of a little finger, and he smiled with satisfaction.

In the past, although he could defeat the Golden-Winged Thunder Roc, his sword light would most likely have blasted the monster into pieces.

It looks exhilarating, but it's actually impossible to control perfectly because the power of the sword light leaks out.

Now the sword light is contained, seemingly reducing its lethality, but in reality it is converging on a single point.

Beyond the sword light, there is no superfluous, uncontrolled power; within the sword light, there is pure, ultimate killing power.

He took out the Demon-Suppressing Peach Wood Sword, which had almost become his dedicated flying sword for collecting materials from demonic beasts.

First, the golden feathers were plucked off without missing a single one.

These feathers are enough to craft three to five high-grade magic artifacts, or one top-grade magic artifact.

In addition, there are the sharp beak, claws, and the even more valuable fleshy crest, which is where the Golden-Winged Thunder Roc stores its lightning-type spiritual power. Many weapon refiners will pay a high price to buy it.

"It's a pity that half of the blood was lost, otherwise the essence blood of a second-tier demon beast could be sold for quite a few spirit stones..."

Bai Zichen painstakingly filled two jade bottles with the essence blood of the Golden-Winged Thunder Roc. This essence blood could be sold to body-refining cultivators or made into high-grade talisman ink.

Talisman cultivators can significantly increase their success rate by using high-grade talisman ink mixed with the essence blood of second-tier demon beasts to draw talismans.

The flesh and blood of a second-tier demon beast are several times more valuable than that of a first-tier demon beast, and are estimated to be worth seventy or eighty spirit stones.

Holding onto the idea that even a mosquito's leg is meat, Bai Zichen took out another low-grade storage bag, specifically for storing the flesh and blood of demonic beasts.

"But at this rate, this storage bag will soon be full... It would be best to find another mid-grade storage bag to store only monster materials."

Bai Zichen has now personally joined the pioneering war, and has had many opportunities to fight against second-tier demonic beasts.

According to the sect's rules, Foundation Establishment cultivators can take any materials they kill from demonic beasts without the aid of battle formations.

It would be a pity if we missed out on a lot of monster materials because we didn't have enough storage space.

……

Monkey Mountain.

This place has neither famous mountains nor scenic spots, nor any treacherous natural barriers, yet it was that blue-eyed golden ape that blocked the pioneering army for a whole month.

However, with the arrival of Ying Zhong, the Hall Master of the Transmission Hall, Luo Qiuzhen, the Hall Master of the Talisman Hall, and Liang Yu, the Hall Master of the Enforcement Hall, three late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators have gathered here.

Even if the three of them couldn't subdue the Blue-Eyed Golden Ape immediately, they could still prevent it from escaping and rescuing the other apes.

"The newly arrived 1,200 independent cultivators have been trained and are now able to keep up with the battle formation... In three days, we will launch a general offensive as previously planned, and we must take Monkey Mountain!"

In the makeshift camp, Liang Yu assigned tasks to everyone.

Only the elders of the Qingfeng Sect are allowed to enter; other Foundation Establishment cultivators are not permitted to enter. They will be notified once they have reached a decision.

After Mo Qianyuan's death, there was no longer a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator in the cultivation families. The highest cultivation level in the other families was only mid-stage Foundation Establishment.

In such a setting, strength represents everything. If one is not strong enough, those cultivation families and independent cultivators naturally have no say.

"I heard from my subordinates that one of the sect's elders has not yet arrived... Senior Brother Liang, is this true?"

After all the matters were discussed and the meeting was about to end, Luo Qiuzhen suddenly asked a question.

“Senior Brother Liang, your Enforcement Hall is responsible for supervising the cultivators of the sect, so you can’t be negligent… Even if they are sect elders, any problems must be investigated.”

"That's right, this person is Bai Zichen. He didn't arrive with the rest of us. He said he'd arrive in five days, but a whole day has passed. I think he's afraid of the demonic beasts and is avoiding battle!"

Lan Hong spoke in a clear, cold voice.

"It's actually him!"

"No way, Bai Zichen is known as the sect's number one genius in the last hundred years, and his cultivation progress is rapid and vigorous... If he is afraid of enemies and avoids battle, how could he have the mental strength to break through the realm so quickly?"

Some elders held differing opinions and spoke out in rebuttal.

"It's hard to say. Who can say that Senior Sister Zhou Suqing isn't a cultivation genius... but she has absolutely no talent in combat and can only stay in the Transmission Hall to teach disciples and study spells."

"When I came out of seclusion, I heard that the sect had a new genius sword cultivator junior brother. I was thinking of sparring with him and discussing the way of the sword. But after seeing him today, I realized that he is a coward... With such a mentality, no matter how fast his cultivation progresses, he can forget about achieving much in the way of the sword!"

A middle-aged elder with a fierce expression leaned against the wall, holding a golden longsword, and said disdainfully.

He was Guangwu, the only Foundation Establishment Sword Asura in the Qingfeng Sect before Bai Zichen.

(End of this chapter)