Born with immortal seed

Chapter 466 Breaking the Illusion Array
The centipede had just taken shape when it was cleaved into pieces by the Moonlight Sword, leaving its severed limbs scattered all over the ground.

Even a grain of rice can shine brightly!

Bai Zichen figured out the battle formation and, through the cultivation of the same kind of Gu worms, used a third-tier Gu worm as the core to refine hundreds of similar Gu worms to amplify its power.

A fourth-tier Gu King was formed using the power of the formation.

Judging from this trend, it's possible that it's already included in the list of the five poisonous creatures, with scorpions, venomous snakes, and so on to follow.

Losing interest in further appreciation, he left only a cold, frost-like sword thread, which found a flaw in the battle formation in the most impossible circumstances.

The array flags held by several Core Formation cultivators of the Hundred Skills Sect were rolled back and forth by the sword threads, producing a clear tearing sound, leaving a long tear on the flag surface.

The battle formation was originally designed to be well-defended, and it could withstand the attacks of a Nascent Soul True Monarch for quite some time.

Who would have thought that he would encounter Bai Zichen, whose sword could break through all laws? Even a non-existent flaw would be forcibly created.

The disciples of the Hundred Skills Sect were violently shaken, falling backward like the receding tide, spitting out blood and letting out suppressed screams of pain.

The cultivators in the very front row, in particular, were only grazed by the sword threads from a great distance, their limbs severed, and they collapsed to the ground.

The leading cultivator at the peak of the Core Formation stage was about to fight again when a flash of sword threads appeared before his eyes, and it felt as if a needle had pierced his brow.

The sword hole pierced from between his eyebrows to the back of his head. The man's left hand had just reached for the storage bag at his waist when he fell straight down.

Once the battle formation was broken, hundreds of cultivators were like weeds in front of Bai Zichen. The sword light rolled back and forth twice, and most of them died.

Several Core Formation cultivators fell dead, and the damaged array flags of the Five Poisons Battle Formation were scattered all over the ground.

Judging from its performance, this Five Poisons Battle Formation is definitely much more powerful than the battle formations used by the Qingfeng Sect.

However, he had no time to collect his spoils. With a swift movement, he crossed several small bridges and streams and arrived at a pool of water.

A glint flashed in his eyes. The pool looked ordinary, just a pool of common water.

But that's precisely where the problem lies.

"A vital area in the back mountains of a Nascent Soul sect actually contains a sparsely spiritual and utterly unremarkable green pool... This is a futile attempt to cover up the truth, going too far astray!"

Bai Zichen followed the Bagua directions, pacing back and forth, to confirm that this was the location of the storage in Xin Youhuang's memory in the Soul Search scene.

"What an exquisite illusion array! Even with my divine sense, I couldn't detect anything unusual."

The Moonlit Sword flew up, its light, like moonlight, spilling onto the green pool.

With penetrating insight, one can dispel falsehoods and illusions, and see the truth.

With the help of the Supreme Pure Sword Box, they finally saw the defensive light shield beneath the blue waves, which was as smooth as a mirror.

However, it was still blurry and indistinct; only by looking closely could one discern any clues beneath the ripples.

"The upper limit of this technique is related to the grade of the flying sword. As a fourth-grade flying sword, Yuexuan is equivalent to a top-grade spiritual treasure. Its ability to break through illusions cannot exceed that of a Nascent Soul cultivator at the peak. My current spiritual sense strength is comparable to that of a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator. Compared to the ability to see through fire and use a sword as an eye, it is only slightly inferior."

This secret technique has virtually no limits, provided that the flying sword in your hand is of a high enough grade.

When one reaches the Core Formation stage, one will naturally be invincible.

At my current level of cultivation, it's gradually becoming insufficient.

"If we replace it with the Purple Star Thunderclap Sword, the effect should be better. Once it advances back to the fifth rank, we won't have to worry about the Insightful Insight losing its usefulness."

He thought this to himself, but had no intention of recalling the Ziwei Dazzling Thunder Sword.

His own natal flying sword, like a wild horse, was killing with gusto at the entrance of the formation.

The cultivators of the Hundred Skills Sect wanted to close the great formation, but the Purple Star Thunder Sword was an insurmountable mountain standing in their way.

The flying sword possesses a spirit; even without its master's control, its swordsmanship remains flawless and uninterrupted.

It's no different from being wielded by a seasoned swordsman.

That being said, when it comes to actual combat experience, the Ziwei Xuanlei Sword, which has experienced the ancient war, truly surpasses any other sword cultivator.

It is wishful thinking for a mere few Core Formation cultivators to think they can capture it.

It was precisely because of the protection of the Purple Star Thunder Sword that Bai Zichen was able to plunder spoils within the Hundred Crafts Sect without any restraint.

Otherwise, if they were trapped in the fourth-order formation and unable to break out, and another Nascent Soul True Monarch were to arrive, they would truly be in danger of being imprisoned forever, unable to advance or retreat.

“If Zhou Suqing were here, she might be able to break the formation with her level of formation mastery… My mediocre formation skills are so poor that I can’t even find the core of the formation.”

Bai Zichen glanced at it a few times. The core of this illusion array was changing every moment, and the direction of the array changed again as the water rippled.

With his limited array formation skills, he has no chance of breaking the array no matter how long he spends.

But there's never been a single way to break through an enemy formation.

"If it were a fourth-tier defensive formation, I would turn around and leave without wasting time. But it's just an illusion formation; who says it can't be broken by force!"

Bai Zichen was genuinely confident that he could handle a fourth-order illusion array that operated on its own without human intervention.

The twin swords Yuexuan and Fanghua were drawn from their sheaths, and Xiaobai's nascent soul spat out a mouthful of innate true essence. His plump white body immediately began to pant heavily and collapsed into his dantian.

The two sword lights surged several times in size, reaching the heavens and the earth, leaving only one color in sight.

The cold moonlight was mixed with a pale, chilling light, and the world was completely white. If a cultivator were to enter this area, he would feel as if his blood and thoughts were frozen.

They completely ignored the location of the array's core and the mysteries of the illusion array's operation, only pushing the flying sword to its limit.

Each sword strike carried his understanding of swordsmanship, from the thunderous sound of sword energy to the refining of swords into silk.

He abandoned all the exquisite sword techniques, relying on the sword box for assistance, and spared no expense in expending his true energy, making full use of every sword strike.

Like a large-scale musical piece with a tight rhythm, dozens of musicians played simultaneously, the melody was exciting and there was no pause.

It keeps you on edge, never daring to relax for a moment.

The emerald pool exploded, and the intermittently appearing mirror-like protective shield was exposed, revealing that perhaps only one of the dozens of sword lights would be effective.

The remaining attacks were redirected by the formation, leaving the surrounding area riddled with craters.

But with each strike, a clear crack appeared on the mirror's surface.

The dense, all-pervasive sword light, as numerous as the sands of the Ganges, rendered ninety percent of the attacks redundant and useless, yet it still did not alter the sword's path.

Because he could see clearly that although the attack efficiency was extremely low, the destructive power was clearly beyond what the illusion array could withstand.

If there is a fourth-tier array master in the illusion array, it is not a big deal; the damage can be repaired by changing the array.

They wouldn't give him a chance to hit the mirror repeatedly, so they hid the damaged area and used the power of the earth's veins to repair it.

Whether it's faster to attack or faster to restore the formation remains an open question.

Several hours later, a crisp cracking sound rang out, and the crack pierced through the mirror surface, shattering the entire defensive light shield into thousands of pieces.

The mirror shattered, and the treasure hidden behind the illusion array finally revealed its true form.

The stone hall, built of stacked dark basalt stones, was pierced through by two sword strikes, and an ancient aura emanated from within.

Bai Zichen stepped inside and found that the interior space was different from the outside. Layers of caves were dug down, and thousands of jade niches were carved out.

"There are so many pieces of purple-gold copper! They must weigh hundreds of pounds in total..."

The first jade niche was filled with all sorts of refining materials.

Each jade niche was surrounded by a layer of restrictions. He reached out and ripped the restrictions open.

Many of the jade niches were empty, presumably because there were no suitable materials for refining artifacts to put into the storehouse.

More than forty kinds of refining materials were taken in total, mostly third-tier materials, with a few fourth-tier materials.

It can only be said that this is indeed a Nascent Soul sect with thousands of years of heritage; its accumulated foundation is incomparable to that of the Azure Maple Sect.

I wonder what the scene is like in the vaults of even more powerful super commodities.

The materials used for refining artifacts here alone could probably be used to forge hundreds or even thousands of magical treasures.

The key is that many spiritual materials are hard to find, which ensures that when a sect cultivator wants to refine a special magic weapon, they can provide it immediately without having to purchase it from outside through other channels.

Bai Zichen simply took a quick inventory and put everything into his domain, where it piled up into a small mountain in an inconspicuous corner.

Only a few spiritual materials suitable for sword forging were specially collected and categorized.

The next level down contains various spiritual herbs, all of which are at least a thousand years old.

However, this layer has far fewer jade niches; at most one-fifth of them are equipped with protective barriers, while the rest are completely empty.

"It seems that the Hundred Crafts Sect does not have its own herb garden or secret realm, and it is still short of spiritual herbs... Thousand-year-old Vermilion Fruit, Thousand-year-old Polygonatum, are all spiritual herbs of low value."

Despite his complaints about the medicinal herbs, each thousand-year-old herb was actually packaged in a jade box.

Compared to the casual treatment given to spiritual materials, the difference in how much they value them is immediately apparent.

After all, even the worst thousand-year-old spiritual herbs can at least be used as auxiliary materials for third-tier pills, which can significantly improve the success rate of pill refining.

"Five thousand-year-old golden crown Ganoderma lucidum mushrooms in total!"

Bai Zichen happily put away the five Ganoderma lucidum mushrooms with their golden crowns, for one can never have too many Foundation Establishment Pills.

The stronger a sect is, the greater its demand for Foundation Establishment Pills.

However, the space in the herb garden secret realm is limited, and it is impossible to allocate too much to the Golden Crown Ganoderma, thus wasting a large number of spiritual materials that can be used to refine pills that help improve cultivation and break through realms.

After all, everyone says that the number of Foundation Establishment cultivators is the foundation of a sect and the beginning of its prosperity.

However, the latter type of spiritual materials is exactly what a Core Formation True Person or even a Nascent Soul True Monarch truly needs.

There will definitely be a bias in the cultivation of spiritual herbs in the secret realm of the herb garden.

It is said that two super sects in the Central Region are already working on the formula for Foundation Establishment Pills in order to solve this problem.

They attempted to replace the thousand-year-old Golden Crown Ganoderma with other elixirs, or to significantly increase the yield of the elixir, in order to fundamentally solve this problem.

However, the Foundation Establishment Pill formula is considered the greatest achievement in alchemy in the cultivation world over tens of thousands of years, and it is a formula that every alchemist must master, without exception.

Its refining frequency can also rank among the top three of all elixirs.

After such rigorous refinement and countless improvements by master alchemists, the difficulty of making further breakthroughs is unimaginable.

Current information suggests that several alternative elixirs have proven ineffective, falling far short of expectations.

However, by improving the auxiliary materials and changing the fire control techniques in alchemy, the yield of Foundation Building Pills per batch was increased, so it wasn't entirely without gain.

(End of this chapter)