Lingyuan Immortal

Chapter 240: Gains and losses
In the extremely humid cave, water drips from time to time across the inverted stone pillars, gently dripping onto the deep pool, creating ripples.

Looking at the turtle who was talking nonsense, Chen Mu shook his head and smiled.

He naturally didn't believe her nonsense, so he ignored her and continued to ask with frowning eyebrows: "If your foundation-building momentum is displayed by spiritual objects, then where did the huge turtle beast that repelled the foundation-building cultivators come from?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the turtle that was lying on the side and chattering stopped talking immediately, and then its huge eyeballs kept moving, revealing a sense of agility that was not inferior to humans.

"That wasn't me, but an elder of my clan... If we were to count by generation, I'd call it Second Grandfather..."

Before he finished speaking, the turtle shook his head with a sigh and continued, "My elder has long been obsessed with the idea that our clan is the guardian spirit beast designated by the Dan Dingtian cultivators. Therefore, he has been adhering to his promise throughout his life, circulating in various magic arrays to prevent alien beasts from destroying or invading."

"It's just luck that you met this stubborn elder like me in the Qingshan Magic Array this time. Otherwise, I really wouldn't dare to show up and bluff you..."

Chen Mu calmed down a bit after hearing this. He nodded and said softly, "If that's the case, what's the situation outside now?"

He just counted on his fingers and found that two days had passed since he was swallowed, and the battle situation was changing rapidly. The situation would determine his next plan.

This time, the turtle didn't hold back and replied directly, "Those few of your companions have been driven out of this magic circle by the elders of my clan. You'd better not count on them."

"Kicked out?" Chen Mu raised one eyebrow when he heard that, feeling quite tempted.

If he took advantage of this gap, it might be one of his few chances to escape.

But after thinking about it for a moment, he rejected the idea.

Because he knew that if the human cultivators were so greedy, Chi Mingrong and the other two might be guarding outside the magic circle at this time, waiting for their friends to gather here to explore opportunities together.

"If this is really the case, I really can't act rashly..."

After thinking for a moment, Chen Mu looked around, then turned to the turtle and said, "You haven't told me why you came here?"

The turtle rolled his eyes upon hearing this and replied, "I also stumbled upon this place by accident back then. I discovered that there is a hidden spiritual energy here. There must be..."

Talking too much means you're not getting to the point.

Chen Mu didn't show it on his face, but he stepped heavily!
"What on earth is this for?"

The turtle screamed miserably, "Stop kicking me! I'm telling you, I'm telling you... I came here for the spiritual energy, hoping to use it to break through to the second level. Unfortunately, I've wasted decades and still haven't succeeded..."

Before he could finish his words, he was kicked again.

Chen Mu really thought that this turtle was talking nonsense, because the monster race did not have much demand for spiritual energy, so places such as retreats and caves were all environments that monsters liked.

For example, a mountain king prefers shade, so he would naturally not locate his cave dwelling in a place with strong yang energy, lest it would combine with his own yang energy, causing an imbalance between yin and yang, and resulting in half the effort and twice the result in his cultivation progress...

In addition, the demon race rarely encounters bottlenecks. Even if they do, they will not shut themselves up and practice hard. Instead, they will usually choose a more traditional method, which is to survive the thunder tribulation.

If one survives the thunder tribulation, one's cultivation will be greatly improved and life span will be greatly increased, but if one fails to survive, the worst case scenario is that one will be seriously injured and dying, or even reduced to ashes.

This is also the reason why monsters are often killed by lightning in secular legends...

Therefore, the rich spiritual energy here is a good place for human cultivators to build a cave, but if it comes to monsters, it may not be so attractive.

"If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will roast you!"

Chen Mu's heart moved, and he decided not to waste any more time with this turtle. The most urgent thing was to find a way to escape. Otherwise, even if he got more opportunities, he would not be able to survive against three foundation-building cultivators... "I'll give you two quarters of an hour to think it over. If you're still like this by then..."

A cold light flashed in Chen Mu's eyes, and lightning flashed on the fingertips of his slightly raised right hand, emitting bursts of cold and chilling power.

Then he stopped paying attention to the turtle and turned around to explore the cave along the stone wall.

He hadn't noticed it at first, but now, searching with his spiritual consciousness, he actually found some differences.

Coming to a protruding stone on the stone wall, Chen Mu frowned slightly, and suddenly used his magic power to tap it lightly.

In an instant, there was a loud "boom" and the stone wall in front of him suddenly moved away, revealing the scene behind it.

In a stone chamber three meters square, various pill bottles and many spiritual medicines and materials were placed randomly, making the spiritual energy in this stone chamber extremely rich and the aroma of medicines fragrant.

Unfortunately, all those pill bottles were empty, probably eaten by turtles.

Looking at so many rare resources in front of him, Chen Mu's mind was slightly fluctuating, but when his sight swept across a certain place, a strange color flashed in his eyes.

In a corner of the stone chamber, there were several storage bags randomly placed...

"It seems to belong to those monks."

When Chen Mu first entered this magic circle, he saw several cultivators being swallowed by the cloud turtle beast. It seemed that they were all taken away by this turtle.

Chen Mu's eyes flickered as he looked at the turtle beside him.

He also said that he could seal his cultivation to save his life... Fortunately, Chen Mu never believed such remarks.

A moment later, Chen Mu used his magic power and waved his hand. All the spiritual medicines and materials in the stone chamber were rolled up and put into his storage bag. Fortunately, the storage bag he had was a fine product, otherwise it would not be able to hold so many things.

Just as he was collecting the things hidden in the stone chamber, the turtle was pressed down by four cloud dragons and thrown aside like a rice dumpling.

Looking at Chen Mu's carefree movements, this guy felt heartbroken and his eyes rolled around. He was obviously thinking about how to escape, but he didn't know if he had thought of it.

After working for a full quarter of an hour, Chen Mu still couldn't find any other differences.

Instead, he saw a lot of purple-gold residue on the side, which should be the purple-gold gourd that the turtle asked him for.

Thinking of this, Chen Mu frowned even more tightly. Although he didn't know what kind of spiritual object this purple gold gourd was, just looking at the turtle's reaction, he knew that this object should be quite good, at least it should be very useful to monsters.

Otherwise, the turtle would not have ignored other elixirs and only loved this purple gold gourd.

"This beast got away with it!"

Chen Mu cursed inwardly, then stepped forward and summoned a bolt of lightning, striking the turtle that was lying on the ground pretending to be dead.

"Ah... stop it! Stop it! I said."

The turtle suddenly flapped its wings and screamed strangely.

Only then did Chen Mu disperse his thunder magic, his eyes indifferent, signaling him not to hesitate and to confess quickly.

　The second update will be a little later, please don't wait~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)