Cultivation of Immortality: Start by Improving Spiritual Root Qualifications

Chapter 638: Understanding Cause and Effect, Substitute Gu!

Just as he was about to put the body of Master Fengyan into the storage bag,

suddenly--

A cyan translucent light flew out from his body and rushed towards Zhou Xun at an extremely fast speed.

When he reacted, the tiny shadow was only an inch away from his body.
next moment,
The shadow seemed to have hit something and was blocked outside.

It was Zhou Xun's Tianxuan Lingjia.

At this moment, Zhou Xun reacted and waved his hand.
Countless arcs of lightning appeared and instantly hit the tiny shadow, revealing its true face.

It turned out to be a strange insect the size of a little finger and with an extremely ferocious appearance.

"what is this?"

It was the first time he had seen this kind of spirit insect, so he cast several prohibitions and sealed it in a jade bottle.
Together with the body of Master Fengyan, it was put into the storage bag for future research.

After doing all this, Zhou Xun turned his gaze towards the battle group of the Red Noon Spirit Turtle and the Blood Demon General.

The Red Noon Spirit Turtle and the Blood Demon General were seen working in perfect harmony, fighting fiercely with the two Iron-backed Demon Dragonflies.

The Blood Demon's tall body exuded terrifying blood energy, and each of his attacks carried great power, forcing the Iron-backed Dragonfly to respond carefully.

The Red Noon Spirit Turtle relied on its hard shell and powerful defense to withstand the attacks of the Iron-backed Demon Dragonfly and launched counterattacks from time to time.

Zhou Xun nodded slightly, quite satisfied with their performance.

It was obvious at first glance that these two dragonflies were alien species with extremely strong strength. The fact that the Scarlet Noon Demon King and the Blood Demon General were able to defeat them in a tie was beyond Zhou Xun's expectations.

Next, it’s time for him to take action.

I saw his figure flash, and the whole person suddenly disappeared, and the next moment he appeared behind the dragonfly on the left.

There was a flash of lightning in his hand, and a ray of lightning appeared out of nowhere and struck towards the iron-backed dragonfly.

"Boom——"

There was an explosion,
The dragonfly was instantly struck by lightning, and let out a shrill scream, its body shaking.

Seeing this, the Blood Demon General took the opportunity to attack. A flash of blood appeared in his hand, which turned into a blood-red ghost-head sword and slashed towards the Iron-backed Demon Dragonfly.

The Scarlet Noon Spirit Turtle was not to be outdone. The tortoise shell shield in front of it shone brightly, and a red light shot out.
It transformed into a giant flaming hand several hundred feet in size and grabbed the other Iron-backed Demonic Dragonfly.
He used this move only to resist its attack and prevent it from coming to his rescue!

really,

The flaming giant hand collided with an illusory spike and blocked it.

On the other side, half of the dragonfly's body was gone.
He was first hit by Zhou Xun's lightning, and then slashed by the Blood Demon General. He was instantly seriously injured and lost his combat effectiveness.

Zhou Xun then abandoned it.

With a flip of his hand, a sharp blade appeared in his hand.

His figure flashed again and appeared above the intact dragonfly's head. He raised the sharp blade and stabbed it lightly.

"Pfft-"

A slight sound of metal entering flesh was heard, and the dragonfly died instantly.

At this time, another dragonfly was also killed by the Blood Demon.

All this happened in just a few dozen breaths, from the time when Yuangu Zhenjun and the other two appeared to now.

Zhou Xun waved his hand and put the two iron-backed dragonflies into the blood demon bag.

The Red Turtle and the Blood Demon will return to Zhou Xun.

"You did a good job today!" Zhou Xun

Zhou Xun patted the Red Noon Spirit Turtle on the shoulder to show his appreciation.

The Blood Demon General stood quietly aside, not saying a word, waiting for Zhou Xun's order. After dealing with Fengyan Zhenjun and the two Iron-backed Demon Dragonflies, Zhou Xun's gaze once again turned to the interior of the island.

Yuan Gu Zhenjun has been in it for some time.

I'd better hurry and follow him. If he takes away the inheritance of Lord Tianxing, I will regret it forever.

"Come on, let's go in and take a look."

After saying that, he flashed and flew towards the interior of the island, with the Red Noon Spirit Turtle and the Blood Demon General following closely behind him.

Along the way, Zhou Xun was cautious, guarding against sneak attacks from Yuangu Zhenjun.

Soon after, he found a palace covering an area of ​​several dozen feet. The palace gate was open and the restrictions on the gate were broken.

It was obviously opened by Yuangu Zhenjun.

Seeing this, Zhou Xun's heart sank.
It couldn't be that they were all taken away so quickly!

Zhou Xun walked in immediately.

However, the palace was completely empty. The wooden shelves inside were bare. In the very center of the palace, the light shield on the stone platform was also destroyed, and no treasures were to be found!
Zhou Xun's face suddenly became so gloomy that it seemed as if water could drip out of it.
He worked hard, but when he was ready to reap the rewards, someone else got there first.

At this moment, he had already regarded Yuangu Zhenjun as his greatest enemy in life.

"Do you really think you can get away?"

Zhou Xun sneered.
Then he took out the jade bottle containing the strange insect. He guessed that the reason why Master Fengyan obeyed Master Yuangu's words was because
It has something to do with this bug.

Combined with the spiritual poison technique that Yuangu Zhenjun is good at, all the truth comes to light.

He must have used this ancient magic to control Master Fengyan, which is why he could be so obedient.

Otherwise, since they are all in the middle Nascent Soul stage, no one would recognize the other as the leader.

Then, Zhou Xun took out his small compass.

Zhou Xun was seen mumbling something, making hand gestures, and pointing at the strange insect.
Then an invisible energy was drawn out and merged into the compass.
After a moment, the compass flashed and showed a golden arrow pointing somewhere upward.

"Found it, you were hiding here!"

Zhou Xun said, flipping his hand and taking out the jade cup again, slowly injecting magic power into it, emitting green light.

Filling up the entire hall,
Then, a surprising scene appeared.

The figure of Yuangu Zhenjun suddenly appeared above the palace, holding a phantom poisonous insect in his hand.

This Yuan Gu Zhenjun actually used the void power of the Gu worm in his hand to open up a temporary void cave at the palace, and then hid there.

What is utilized is the thinking that is dark under the lamp.

After all, when Zhou Xun came in and saw that all the treasures had disappeared, his first reaction was to leave and chase. Naturally, he would not have thought that Yuan Gu Zhenjun was hiding in the main hall.

Unfortunately, he did not expect that Zhou Xun actually possessed such a rare item as the Bu Tian Compass, which could calculate his position.
Then he used the Green Jade Cup to seal the void, and only then was he squeezed out of the void cave, revealing his figure!
"Good good!"

"Fellow Daoist Zhou is indeed a person that even Lord Yan Mo highly respects. He actually knows the legendary divination technique. No wonder he was able to find my hiding place!"

True Lord Yuangu showed admiration on his face.

"I can't compare to Yuan Daoyou's cunningness,"

"Zhou is curious, how did you know so long in advance that I had discovered the cave of Tianxing Zhenjun, and how did you use the forbidden talisman to lay out the plan?"

Zhou Xun asked.

At this moment, both of them tacitly agreed not to take action.

Because at this moment, neither of them was sure of defeating the other.

"Hahaha, haven't you already discovered half of this matter?" True Lord Yuangu laughed and looked at the poisonous insect in Zhou Xun's hand, which was the one that flew out of True Lord Fengyan's body.

"Could it be that among my subordinates, there are also your spies?"

Zhou Xun suddenly realized!

"Yes, this is the Xuan Kui Gu, which is divided into the son Gu and the mother Gu!"

"The mother Gu in my hand can control the child Gu, so anyone who is parasitized by the Xuankui Gu can only be controlled by me. Everything he knows will be known to me!"

True Lord Yuangu did not hide anything and explained directly.

"This spiritual Gu technique is indeed mysterious, it actually has such magical powers!"

After all, Master Fengyan is a cultivator in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, yet he can only be controlled by this poisonous insect.

"Since Fellow Daoist Zhou finds it mysterious, why don't you join my Xuan Gu Sect? Not only will I pass on all my Ling Gu techniques to you, but I will also share with you the inheritance of Tianxing Zhenjun that I obtained today!"

Yuan Gu Zhenjun did not hide his admiration for Zhou Xun at all.
With his ability, he had naturally figured out that Zhou Xun was less than two hundred years old.

"Thank you for your kindness, Yuan Daoyou. I think we should just forget about this matter!"

Zhou Xun didn't believe a word this person said.

"Well, it seems that a fight between you and me is inevitable!" Yuangu Zhenjun sighed softly, as if it was a great pity.

"Then please go ahead. This place is the former residence of Senior Tianxing Zhenjun after all. Since we have inherited his legacy, please don't destroy it!"

Zhou Xun said calmly.

"That's it!"

Then the two of them flew out of the palace together and stood in the air.

The two men confronted each other in mid-air, and the atmosphere instantly became tense.

Zhou Xun looked solemn, and a faint shadow appeared on his body, which was his Tianxuan Lingjia.

Yuan Gu Zhenjun's face was equally calm, playing with the mother Gu in his hand.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, one of us is bound to be injured in the battle today. I still hope you can reconsider my proposal and join the Xuan Gu Sect. Wouldn't it be great if we can explore the path of cultivating immortals together?" True Lord Yuangu persuaded again.

"No need to say more. People with different ideals cannot work together. In today's battle, each of you will rely on your own abilities. Go ahead!" Zhou Xun responded firmly.

"In that case, let's fight." As soon as Yuan Gu Zhenjun finished speaking, the mother Gu in his hand suddenly flew up and disappeared from the spot.

The next moment, he appeared about ten feet in front of Zhou Xun!
It’s actually the power of teleportation!
However, Zhou Xun was prepared. He had a tortoise shell-shaped shield in front of him. He had been paying close attention to Yuan Gu Zhenjun's movements.

The black tortoise shield in his hand really came in handy!
Then, the poisonous insect actually shot out an illusory beam of light, which directly hit the black tortoise shield.
"Zizi-"

The spiritual light on the surface of the Black Turtle Shield dimmed instantly, and it suffered heavy damage from such a blow!
Zhou Xun's heart trembled

This Black Turtle Shield is one of the top-grade magic weapons. However, after being attacked by this insect, its spiritual light was damaged and its power was greatly lost.

This insect is indeed extraordinary!

Then he opened his mouth, and 72 thunder seeds flew out instantly, covering Yuan Gu Zhenjun.

This person had seen the power of these thunder species from Master Fengyan, so he was not willing to be covered by them. He immediately retreated violently, retreating thousands of feet away.

"The dignified Yuangu Zhenjun can only run away?" Zhou Xun said.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou's thunder array is extremely powerful, and I am naturally aware of this. But since you have a thunder array, do I not have an array? Look at my insect array!"

As he spoke, he flipped his hand, took out a purple-black golden bowl, and threw it into the air.
Then,

"Om-"

A few clear buzzing sounds were heard.

A cloud of insects as black as ink flew out and covered the sky!

Zhou Xun took a quick look and estimated that the number should be in the hundreds of thousands!
Zhou Xun's eyes narrowed, and facing the overwhelming cloud of insects, he couldn't help but feel a little heavy in his heart.

He didn't expect that this person had such means!
Zhou Xun did not dare to be careless at all. He kept changing the spells in his hands, and seventy-two thunder seeds surrounded him.
Arcs of lightning extended out and eventually turned into a dense lightning net, covering his insect cloud!

The cloud of insects seemed to be one, suddenly forming tentacles that blocked the lightning net outside and prevented it from advancing!
Seeing this scene, Zhou Xun became calmer.

At this time, these hundreds of thousands of poisonous insects became like the nanorobots in Zhou Xun's previous life's science fiction books, able to combine and transform into anything.
It is indeed extremely magical!
"Humph, you think you can confuse me with just a mere insect array?"

Zhou Xun snorted coldly, waved his hands, changed his spell, and pointed at the lightning net.
"Thunder transforms into thousands, explode!"

With a light shout,
These lightning nets instantly transformed into arcs of lightning, chasing after these poisonous insects.

Then it exploded instantly and turned into dazzling flashes of lightning!

The next moment, these insects began to fall from the sky like raindrops.

A huge gap suddenly appeared in that huge cloud of insects.

"Sure enough!"

Seeing this, Zhou Xun was delighted. However, the next moment, the insects started to fly up again.

Just the breath has been greatly reduced.

Zhou Xun frowned, he realized that these insects were not ordinary spirit insects. They seemed to have some special abilities that made them immune to lightning attacks.

"However, you were able to withstand it the first time, but I wonder if you can withstand it the second time!"

After saying that, he used the same trick again!

There was only a constant rumbling sound and poisonous insects kept falling from the sky.

After repeated bombardments, some of the poisonous insects finally stopped flying and died.

Seeing this, Yuan Gu Zhenjun finally showed a look of surprise.

These poisonous insects are extremely tough and have strong vitality. Even a Yuanying Zhenjun would have to spend a lot of effort to kill them.
And he has hundreds of thousands of these poisonous insects!
Most of his fame comes from this!

The insect array failed, and he immediately thought of retreating. However, it was this slight thought that exposed his flaw and slowed down his movement!
Zhou Xun discovered him immediately, and with a flick of his magic formula, the seventy-two lightning seeds instantly shifted their positions and enveloped him.

Then, Zhou Xun clasped his hands together and shouted softly:
"Tianyuan Sword Formation, start!"

These thunders began to change, transforming into swords of lightning.
At the same time, under Zhou Xun's control, these lightning swords began to separate.
One handle became two, three, and four.
Don’t stop until you have ten handles!

A total of 720 lightning swords enveloped Yuan Gu Zhen Jun.

At this time, True Lord Yuangu finally showed a look of surprise!

"I wonder if you can handle the next magical power!" Zhou Xun smiled faintly.
As he said that, Zhou Xun pointed at Yuangu Zhenjun opposite him!
Seven hundred and twenty thunder swords turned into a torrent of flying swords and shot towards True Lord Yuangu!

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, let's talk nicely."

Sensing the terrifying momentum of the flying sword torrent, Yuan Gu Zhenjun finally panicked, but before he could finish his words,

Directly swallowed up!
Rumble,
I saw arcs of lightning flashing in the sky, accompanied by the continuous flickering of sword light.
After a dozen breaths,
These flying swords flew back and surrounded Zhou Xun's body, flying up and down.
In the distance, the physical body of Yuangu Zhenjun lay horizontally, floating quietly in the air, without any sign of life.

Seeing this, Zhou Xun was confused and flew over to check immediately!
The Nascent Soul in Yuangu Zhenjun's body disappeared at some point, leaving behind only the corpse of a thumb-sized poisonous insect.

"Substitute Gu!"

Zhou Xun's face was extremely ugly. He still let this colleague escape. You know, when the Tianyuan Sword Formation was set up, he used the Qingyu Cup to seal this void.

It is absolutely impossible to perform the teleportation technique.

"The art of spiritual poison is indeed amazing!" Zhou Xun sighed, and immediately took off the storage bag on Yuan Gu Zhenjun's waist.
"Fortunately, the things were not lost, they were recovered!"

(End of this chapter)