Starting with a daily divination to build an immortal clan

Chapter 179 Cloud Script Jade Pivot Lightning Summoning Technique
A flat area near water is called a stilt.

The two followed the stream and soon arrived at a flat area by the river.

"Yi Xian Ting..."

Chen Youran found a stone tablet beside the path covered with wildflowers and weeds, with three strong characters on it.

Although the inscription has been somewhat blurred by the passage of time, it is still evident that the person who carved it possessed profound skill in calligraphy.

"Brother, there seem to be stone tables and benches over there!"

Chen Youran looked around and suddenly spotted what appeared to be a stone table and benches in a patch of weeds.

The two crossed the lawn and came to a distance of about two zhang (approximately 6.6 meters) from the stone table and benches.

There used to be a pavilion here.

After glancing at the decaying pillars and scattered gray tiles amidst the overgrown weeds, Shen Chongming spoke.

Chen Youran nodded and immediately tried to walk towards the stone table.

She had already noticed an exquisite chess box on each side of the stone table and thought it might be a treasure.

"Wait a moment."

Seeing this, Shen Chongming reached out and stopped her.

"My third aunt said that the more obvious a treasure is, the more likely it is to be a trap, so we should be careful."

"These things in front of us should have been together with the previous pavilion. Now that the pavilion has decayed and collapsed, do you see any signs of erosion from the time on the stone table and stone benches?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Youran felt a chill run down his spine and carefully examined the stone table.

The tabletop is engraved with an ancient chessboard, with nineteen lines on each side clearly visible.

In the chess boxes on the left and right, the black and white chess pieces are brightly colored, as if someone had just been playing chess here.

Realizing something was wrong, Chen Youran didn't dare to move rashly.

The two stared at the chessboard and pieces in front of them for a long time before Chen Youran suddenly spoke up: "Brother, could these chess pieces and the chessboard be some kind of magical artifact?"

Shen Chongming shook his head slightly; he himself had no way of being sure.

Upon seeing this, Chen Youran took two steps back and untied the magical whip from his waist.

"Brother, step back a little."

Her idea was simple: since she felt this thing was a bit strange, she would not touch it directly, but see if it would react.

Although Shen Chongming felt something was amiss, he was still somewhat unwilling to leave without giving it a try.

“That’s a magical artifact. It would be a shame to destroy it if something went wrong. Let me do it.”

Taking out the Silent Guest Great Bow, a magical artifact, from his storage bag, Shen Chongming retreated more than ten feet, immediately drew the bow and nocked an arrow, imbuing the arrow with a golden light spell, and fired an arrow at the chessboard and chess pieces in the distance!
Whoosh!
A golden light flashed and accurately struck the stone chessboard!
Clang!
The arrow struck the chessboard with a crisp sound and bounced off, flying into the distance.

The imagined anomaly did not occur.

Shen Chongming looked at Chen Youran with some doubt. Chen Youran also frowned, and then said:

"Could it be that we're overthinking it?"

Shen Chongming did not answer. He slowly walked to the chessboard again, examined it carefully, and said, "If it were an ordinary stone, my arrow just now would have at least left some marks, let alone pierced it through."

"But look at the chessboard, it's still perfectly intact."

Chen Youran nodded, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes.

"In that case, it must be a treasure?"

Shen Chongming put the large bow back into his storage bag. After a slight hesitation, he directly activated his divine sense to try to put the stone table and the stone bench into his storage bag together.

However, the moment his divine sense touched the stone table, it was repelled by a terrifying force!

next moment!
The stone table and benches in front of them suddenly emitted a faint glow, and in an instant, everything around them seemed to stand still!
In a daze, Shen Chongming vaguely saw a figure radiating endless light sitting on a stone bench to the right of the chessboard in front of him.

The figure slowly turned its head.

In an instant, Shen Chongming felt as if his body had been swept by a powerful and terrifying divine sense, as if he had been stripped naked.

A faint divine sense suddenly entered his mind.

"Little one, don't be greedy. This is not your opportunity."

"A mutated lightning-attribute spiritual root. Let's go check on Brother Zhang."

When his consciousness disappeared, all the strange phenomena around him vanished instantly. The stream was still the same stream, and the surrounding wild grass remained lush.

"elder brother?"

Chen Youran's voice rang in my ears.

Shen Chongming snapped out of his daze and looked at Chen Youran with a serious expression, asking, "Did you sense something just now?"

Chen Youran shook her head slightly.

"I just noticed you suddenly froze, but I didn't see anything unusual."

Shen Chongming glanced at the stone table and benches again, confirming that he had not been hallucinating, and immediately said, "Let's go."

Since that figure said it wasn't his destiny, then he couldn't force it.

The powerful divine sense he had just witnessed had made him realize how terrifying the other party was. If he tried to take it by force, he might anger the other party and lose his life.

"Don't you want the things anymore?"

Chen Youran followed behind, somewhat unwillingly.

Shen Chongming did not reveal what he had just witnessed, but simply smiled and explained, "If it's not meant to be, we shouldn't force it. Let's go."

The two walked around the stone table and bench and continued on their way. Not long after, they came across a strange spiritual fruit on the mudflats by the stream.

Although he didn't recognize what the spiritual fruit was, Shen Chongming, with the mindset that he couldn't miss out on any benefits, picked all the more than ten bright red fruits from the tree and put them into his storage bag after confirming that there was no danger.

After picking the spiritual fruit, he originally intended to dig up the fruit tree and take it back with him, but after trying for a long time, he found that he could not move it at all, so he had to give up.

……

The secret realm of Seven Sages Mountain has attracted the attention of the entire Yangnao Land. Since the secret realm appeared, the most talked-about topic among cultivators has been related to it.

Such as which immortal sect's disciple found what kind of treasure in the secret realm, which aristocratic family's rogue cultivator obtained a great opportunity in the secret realm, and was eventually besieged and killed by other rogue cultivators, etc.

In addition to these, there are also some analyses of the unique opportunities found in various parts of the secret realm.

The Shen family of Heishuitan.

The middle-aged Zhao Jinhu hurriedly got off the carriage and went to the side room of the manor.

"Go and report to the head of the household that the goods have been purchased."

Zhao Jinhu went to the side room of the courtyard and asked a servant of the manor to find Shen Wenxing.

A moment later, Shen Wenxing and Wei Qiuling arrived at the side room.

"Master of the house."

Zhao Jinhu carefully took out a jade slip from his pocket and handed it over.

"Just this piece of junk, and it costs ten spirit crystals."

Wei Qiuling smiled faintly upon hearing this: "Tingfeng Valley has always made its fortune from this. Whenever a secret realm appears in Danzhou, they are able to produce such a guide and sell it on a large scale as soon as possible."

"In addition, they are skilled in various intelligence gathering, finding people and things, and claim that as long as you can afford the price, there is no information in Danzhou that they cannot obtain."

Upon hearing this, Shen Wenxing asked in surprise, "Is Listening Wind Valley really that powerful?"

"By openly revealing some secret information, aren't you afraid of offending some powerful figures and incurring public wrath?"

Wei Qiuling shook her head slightly and said, "Let's not even talk about how Tingfeng Valley's own strength is firmly among the top five of the major immortal sects in Qishan."

"Just the intelligence they possess is enough to make many people wary."

"For a celestial sect, reputation is sometimes more important than anything else."

"In order to survive, which of the major immortal sects in Qishan hasn't done some dirty deeds that no one knows about?"

"Which one of them is without flaws?"

"If anyone dares to make a move against Listening Wind Valley, forcing them to expose all their dirty deeds, their disgrace is a minor matter; their lineage could be destroyed as a result."

"Therefore, in private, the major immortal sects and Tingfeng Valley have an agreement to tacitly allow Tingfeng Valley to do this business."

"Listening Wind Valley is also quite sensible; they generally won't actually sell secrets that concern the life and death of other immortal sects."

Shen Wenxing nodded in realization, then chuckled and said, "The Listening Wind Valley has certainly mastered a very sophisticated way of maintaining balance."

"I'm just afraid that if there's enough profit to be made, they won't abide by the so-called agreement."

After taking the jade slip from Zhao Jinhu, Shen Wenxing probed it with his divine sense for a while before handing it to Wei Qiuling, saying, "The content is very little; spending these ten spirit crystals was a bit of a waste."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Jinhu cupped his hands and said, "The disciples of Fenggu said that the contents of the secret realm are updated every three months. At that time, you only need to bring this jade slip there, and they will update the contents with the latest information without any additional charge."

Wei Qiuling nodded: "This is the rule of Listening Wind Valley."

"Master, if there's nothing else, I'll head back now. My father hasn't been feeling well these past few days, I'm afraid..."

Zhao Jinhu bowed with a somber expression and spoke.

"Uncle Zhao?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Wenxing was taken aback: "Is he unwell?"

Zhao Jinhu laughed with relief, "It's nothing. I'm getting old, so naturally I'm not as young and strong as we are."

"Master, I'll head back now. Please give me any further instructions."

After bowing slightly, Zhao Jinhu left the manor.

Looking at his retreating figure, Shen Wenxing felt a little lost.

Zhao Shuan was originally a few years older than Shen Yuan, and before he knew it, he was already over seventy years old.

Ordinary people rarely live past a hundred years.

People like my father and Zhao Shuan, who were just ordinary people when they were young, worked too hard and ended up with some ailments.

Being over seventy years old is considered quite old.

"Sister-in-law, take this jade slip back and study it carefully. After Chongming and the others return, compare it with theirs."

"If there's nothing else, we can take it back for the disciples of Luoxia Mountain to use, which will save us ten spirit crystals."

Wei Qiuling nodded and left.

……

The Secret Realm of Qixian Mountain.

In the dense jungle, Shen Chongming and Chen Youran hid among a cluster of strange rocks, quietly watching several figures in the distant medicinal field.

Those people were the five-person team that had tracked them before.

"It's still a step too late."

Among the five-person cultivator team, the elderly man surnamed Chen, who was in charge, looked at the mess in the medicinal field in front of him and felt extremely distressed.

However, the five of them had really bad luck during this period. They went up the stream and found some spiritual herbs and fruits, but not only were they of low quality, they were also few in number.

According to the previously agreed-upon distribution rules, after the five people divided the spoils, each person received very little.

So, seeing that they were about to leave the secret realm, they decided to search the area thoroughly to see if they could find anything from the two of them.

After several days of searching, the five of them actually found traces left by Shen Chongming and Chen Youran and followed them all the way.

The two had just discovered the herb garden, but unfortunately, they had only harvested half of it when Chen Youran's "Rejuvenating Tree" technique sensed someone approaching.

The two disregarded the precautions for picking medicinal herbs, hastily stuffing the remaining herbs into their storage bags before hiding away.

"Brother, why are these five people so persistent?"

Chen Youran frowned and spoke in a low voice.

Shen Chongming narrowed his eyes, staring intently at the elderly man in his sixties among the five.

Throughout his time in this secret realm, he has always adhered to the principle of avoiding conflict with others whenever possible.

But these five people in front of me were still determined to do evil.

They chased after them relentlessly, time and time again.

Thinking of this, a flash of light appeared in his hand, and the magical bow, Silent Guest, suddenly appeared in his hand.

Seeing this, Chen Youran secretly raised his hand, preparing to cast a spell to coordinate with his attack.

"No need, let me test that old man's strength first."

He could sense that the elderly man surnamed Chen among the five was slightly stronger than him, but he wasn't quite sure how much stronger he was.

Using magical artifacts, the silent attackers were unable to determine their positions.

However, if Chen Youran makes a move and fails to kill the old man, the other party will inevitably notice.

Upon hearing this, Chen Youran slowly lowered his hand and quietly took out an invisibility talisman, ready to deal with any possible changes.

This is the tacit understanding that the two have developed over the years.

Shen Chongming slowly drew the Silent Guest Great Bow to its full extent, and a transparent stream of light flashed across the arrow.

Immediately afterwards, he released his finger, and the arrow flew out silently!
In the distant, abandoned medicinal garden, the old man surnamed Chen was carefully searching for any spiritual herbs he might have missed when he suddenly felt a chill run down his spine, as if a sharp killing intent was coming from behind him!

Without thinking twice, a yellowish-brown spiritual energy shield suddenly appeared on his body!
Bang!
The moment the spiritual energy shield appeared, an arrow slammed into it!

The terrifying force caused the spiritual energy shield to flicker, but ultimately failed to penetrate it!
Looking at the arrows lying on the ground, the old man surnamed Chen couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead!
Almost!
Just a little bit closer!

If his spiritual energy shield had been even half a breath later, the sharp arrow would have already pierced his skull instead of falling to the ground!

The remaining four people also realized what was happening and hurriedly erected spiritual energy shields, nervously looking around!
"Brother Chen, who attacked you?!"

The middle-aged female cultivator in the team spoke in a deep voice.

The old man surnamed Chen looked around with a gloomy expression: "This person's methods are very strange. This arrow flew without making a sound of it cutting through the air. I don't even know where the opponent is..."

In the distance, amidst the strange rock formations, Shen Chongming stared at the five people, pondered for a moment, and said, "That old man's cultivation level has not reached the eighth level of Qi Refining."

"The method he cultivates is not the orthodox one, and his spiritual power is somewhat lacking."

The so-called true method is the real cultivation method that can enable cultivators to directly reach the peak of embryonic breathing, not the Five Elements Breathing Method that Xu Xiu gave to the Shen family back then.

Although that breathing method can also allow cultivators to inhale and exhale the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to cultivate, the spiritual power cultivated is far less pure and rich than that of the orthodox method, and it does not have a true embryonic breathing method, so it is absolutely impossible to break through the embryonic breathing realm.

This shows that although the old man has the cultivation level of the seventh level of Qi Refining, his strength is not necessarily much stronger than his.

"You Ran, let's go."

Having understood the old man's strength, Shen Chongming did not continue to make a move.

After quietly leaving the rocky forest with Chen Youran, the two hid behind another mound and quietly observed the five people.

In the abandoned herb garden, the five people remained vigilant, constantly scanning their surroundings with their divine senses for any possible hiding places.

However, the spiritual sense of cultivators in the Qi Refining Realm can generally only cover a distance of more than ten zhang, and even the spiritual sense limit of those in the Qi Refining Perfection Realm is no more than one hundred zhang.

When Shen Chongming launched his sneak attack, he was at least two or three hundred feet away from the group. Now that he had moved to a different location, it was impossible for the group to discover his whereabouts.

"Has the other party left?"

The five people held up their spiritual energy shields and waited quietly for nearly fifteen minutes, but no further attacks came. The chubby young man couldn't help but speak up.

They don't cultivate the orthodox methods, and their spiritual power is far less profound than that of orthodox cultivators. Moreover, the spiritual power shield consumes a lot of spiritual power, so it's not feasible for them to keep holding on like this.

After confirming the situation several times, the elderly man surnamed Chen carefully put away the spiritual energy shield.

After a moment, seeing that the other party did not continue to attack, the others also withdrew their spiritual energy shields.

"Senior Chen, could the person who launched this sneak attack be...?"

puff!
The chubby young man was about to ask the old man surnamed Chen if the person who launched the sneak attack was the two people they had been tracking.

A sharp arrow pierced his skull from the back of his head, protruding more than an inch from between his eyebrows!
Scalding hot blood splattered all over their bodies and faces!
hum!
The four of them were horrified. They quickly erected a spiritual energy shield and looked around back to back!
Unfortunately, after their successful attack, Shen Chongming and Chen Youran had already moved to another location.

The remaining four searched intently for a long time, but failed to find them.

"Xu Ying, I'll protect you."

"Take all of Hou Shun's things with you, let's go!"

The elderly man surnamed Chen spoke in a solemn voice.

He had already realized how troublesome Shen Chongming was; the other party was clearly very good at sneak attacks. If they continued to drag it out, they might all be shot dead one by one.

The only option now is to leave this place as soon as possible.

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged female cultivator immediately nodded and reached out to pull the package off her dead companion's back.

"Walk."

"Hang in there, we'll remove the spiritual energy shield once we get to that rocky forest."

The elderly man surnamed Chen spoke.

The group quickly rushed towards the rocky forest where Shen Chongming and his companion had been hiding.

The rocky forest was filled with densely packed stone pillars of varying heights, unlike the desolate medicinal garden which was surrounded by open spaces. The four of them felt that if they could rush in, they would be much safer.

However, just as the four were still a few feet away from the rocky forest, a long vine silently followed them!
When the long vine was still more than ten feet away from the group, it plunged directly into the ground, and streaks of azure spiritual energy slowly spread out from the vine!

Influenced by this cyan spiritual energy, the thorns and weeds in front of the four people seemed to come alive suddenly, lashing out at them wildly!

The rogue cultivators were unaware that the immortal path possessed such bizarre and wondrous techniques, and even thought that these thorny and wild herbs were actually demons that had come to life in the secret realm.

The four were terrified and immediately raised their weapons, hacking wildly at the thorns and weeds. They were all putting all their strength into their weapons, channeling their spiritual power into them, and they didn't even dare to maintain their spiritual power shields.

This scene left Shen Chongming, who was watching from a distance, somewhat stunned.

"Are they crazy?"

"It's just some thorns and weeds, why are you so afraid?"

Chen Youran also slightly opened her mouth, her expression one of astonishment.

Her original intention was to use these ordinary thorns and weeds to block the four people and see if she could expose some weaknesses, creating an opportunity for Shen Chongming to make a move. Who would have thought that with just a slight attack, the four people would abandon even their spiritual energy shields and frantically hack at the ordinary thorns and weeds with all their might.

Shen Chongming would certainly not let this good opportunity slip by.

Two arrows were silently nocked onto the bowstring, and the Silent Guest's Great Bow was instantly drawn to its full extent.

Almost the instant the arrow flew, two of the four people in the distance fell to the ground!

The original five-person independent cultivator team was now reduced to just the old man surnamed Chen and a burly man with a full beard!
The two glanced at the chopped thorns and weeds in front of them, then at their two lifeless companions beside them. After a moment of stunned silence, they suddenly rushed into the chaotic rocky forest.

The two of them each chose a thick stone pillar and hid behind it.

The burly man with the thick beard closed his eyes and his body trembled slightly with tension as he shouted, "Fellow Daoists in the shadows, we know we were wrong!"

"You've killed them, your anger should have subsided by now. Could you please spare us?"

His voice echoed through the rocky forest, but no one responded for a long time.

The burly man with the thick beard gritted his teeth, immediately tore off the cloth bag from his body, and carefully handed it to the outside of the stone pillar.

"Fellow Daoist, these are all the gains we made in this secret realm."

"Take everything, just spare our lives!"

As he spoke, he threw the cloth bag far away and looked at the old man surnamed Chen behind the stone pillar next to him.

"Senior Chen."

The old man surnamed Chen touched the cloth bag on his body, his eyes filled with resentment and reluctance.

The five of them hadn't gained much from this trip to begin with, so if they handed it all over, wouldn't it be a waste of the ticket worth a spirit crystal fragment?

But he also knew that if he didn't hand over the item, the other party would definitely not let it go.

If I hand it over, I might still have a sliver of a chance to survive.

Thinking of this, the old man surnamed Chen ripped off the cloth bag from his body and threw it out with gritted teeth.

Seeing their actions, Shen Chongming sneered from a distance.

"He who kills will be killed by others."

"I never intended to take your lives. Wouldn't it be better if we all went our separate ways, searching for treasures and opportunities?"

"Now that they realize they've met their match, they're thinking of begging for mercy..."

"Youran."

He raised his large bow and shouted.

Chen Youran, standing beside him, slowly stood up. No longer hiding himself, he immediately formed hand seals, and the spiritual power within his body surged wildly.

The rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth gathered above his head, and slowly two thick wooden spears appeared!
Once the two spears were formed, they suddenly flew out of the sky and crashed into the rock pillar where the two were hiding!

Sensing the fluctuations in spiritual energy, the two survivors in the chaotic rock forest immediately realized that their opponent had no intention of letting them go!
The two immediately erected a spiritual energy shield, preparing to dodge.

But at this moment, Shen Chongming also made his move.

An arrow carrying a golden light flew straight toward the old man surnamed Chen's back!

Chen Youran's attack slammed into the old man's spiritual energy shield, and Shen Chongming's arrow followed closely behind!

It pierced straight through the chest of the old man surnamed Chen and nailed to the stone pillar in front of him!

The cultivators have a very strong vitality. The old man surnamed Chen was pierced in the heart but did not die immediately. Instead, he took the opportunity to escape to a distant place!

On the other side, the burly man with the thick beard was terrified when he saw that the old man surnamed Chen had been seriously injured by the opponent with just one move!

After his spiritual energy shield was shattered, he immediately disregarded everything else, summoned a breeze, and tried to escape on the wind.

"idiot!"

The old man surnamed Chen, who had already escaped dozens of feet away, saw him rise up on the wind and became even more frightened. He gritted his teeth and ran away at an even faster speed.

Just as the burly man with the thick beard flew more than ten feet into the air, a dazzling light suddenly flashed across the originally clear sky of the secret realm!

In an instant, a bolt of purple lightning suddenly appeared, and the burly man with the bushy beard didn't even have time to let out a scream before he was blasted into dust by the purple lightning!

Consequently, some of the stone pillars in the chaotic rock forest below were also shattered by the violent power of the lightning!

More than ten feet away, the seriously injured old man surnamed Chen was also affected, with a large amount of blood spilling from his mouth and his body becoming unsteady.

But he disregarded his injuries and, despite his exhausted body, fled in panic into the distance!

"Crack!"

Before the old man surnamed Chen could run a few steps, another bolt of lightning suddenly struck down from the sky, blasting him into pieces!

Shen Chongming and Chen Youran, who were some distance away, were instantly horrified when they saw this!
If the burly man with the thick beard was killed by lightning because he triggered some kind of restriction while flying, it would be somewhat understandable.

But that old man surnamed Chen didn't fly, so how did he also get killed by lightning?!

"You Ran, let's go!"

Realizing there was some danger, Shen Chongming immediately pulled Chen Youran away!
Chen Youran slapped the invisibility talisman on his body, and then used the Divine Speed ​​Technique to flee the place in a panic with Shen Chongming!

"Oh dear! There are still two poor reptiles..."

The two had just escaped a dozen or so feet when a majestic voice suddenly came from the sky behind them.

The next moment, a strange figure, several meters tall, entirely blue, with wings on its back, slowly appeared in the sky.

The figure resembled an energy body formed from gathered lightning, its entire body crackling with electricity and exuding an aura of destruction.

Staring at Shen Chongming and his companion fleeing in panic below, a hint of mockery appeared in the thunderous creature's eyes. It then slowly extended its enormous finger and pointed it into the air in the direction the two were heading!
Two streaks of purple lightning suddenly shot out and hurtled towards the two of them!

Shen Chongming, who was fleeing below, suddenly sensed danger and immediately shoved Chen Youran away, separating the two on the spot!

boom!
Two bolts of lightning struck the open ground beside them, instantly creating two large craters!
puff!
Chen Youran was affected by this energy wave, and her blood and qi surged, causing her to spit out a mouthful of blood.

Shen Chongming was also in a bad mood, but because he possessed a mutated lightning spiritual root, he had a slight resistance to this kind of lightning power.

After rolling awkwardly on the ground twice, he suddenly stood up, his eyes fixed on the strange lightning creature in the sky.

"The Wood-based Divine Thunder Spiritual Root?"

The thunderous creature, accompanied by a sky full of lightning, arrived above Shen Chongming's head. Its two enormous eyes, perched atop the eagle's face, scrutinized him with great interest.

Chen Youran struggled back to Shen Chongming's side, staring in horror at the monster above them.

"Young clan leader, we're afraid we're going to die here."

The lightning creature in the sky was too powerful; the faint pressure it emitted was enough to extinguish any thought of resistance in her mind.

Shen Chongming clenched his fists, knowing that the two of them were probably doomed this time.

However, sitting idly by and waiting for death was not in his nature.

Seeing the mocking gaze of the thunderous creature above him, he gritted his teeth, and with a flash of light in his hand, he directly drew the Dragon Slayer Sword.

"I'll hold him off for a bit, you take the storage bag and go first."

Shen Chongming stuffed the storage bag into Chen Youran's hand and slowly drew the Dragon-Slaying Sword, preparing to use the three sword energies within the sword to try and hold back the monster.

"Huh--?"

In the tense moment when the sword was about to be drawn, Shen Chongming was ready to fight to the death when the thunderous creature above his head let out a strange cry and then suddenly transformed into a bolt of lightning and rushed up!
The speed was so fast that Shen Chongming didn't even have time to react!
When he tried to retaliate, he discovered that the Dragon-Slaying Sword in his hand had vanished!
In mid-air, the enormous lightning creature that was over ten feet tall had shrunk to about three feet and was curiously playing with a red longsword.

Shen Chongming's face was filled with horror, and his heart sank to the bottom in an instant!

"Hahaha……"

But at that moment, the thunder monster suddenly burst into laughter!
He laughed so hard he tumbled in mid-air.

"died……"

"The old man is dead too!"

While they were laughing, the little thing suddenly burst into tears!
Streaks of lightning emanated from his body, like waving whips, forcing Shen Chongming to retreat continuously.

"Young clan leader, what... what's wrong with it?"

Chen Youran stared in astonishment at the seemingly crazed thunderous creature, her voice trembling.

Shen Chongming shook his head slightly, also unsure of what this thing was all about.

Clang!
The thunderous creature in mid-air alternated between crying and laughing. After going crazy for a long time, it finally flapped its wings and hurled the Dragon-Slaying Sword at Shen Chongming.

"Boy, where did you get this sword from?"

The Dragon-Slaying Sword was stuck straight into the ground in front of Shen Chongming, and the thunderous creature suddenly spoke.

"It was given to me by my third uncle." Shen Chongming pulled out the Dragon-Slaying Sword and felt the three sword energies inside disappear for no reason. His expression immediately turned ugly as he spoke.

"Is he the owner of those three sword energies?"

ThunderBio spoke again.

Although Shen Chongming was heartbroken that the three sword energies had been destroyed, seeing that the other party did not seem to intend to attack, he could only go along with it for the time being.

"The dragon keeper is dead."

"The one with the sword is dead too."

"The Lord of the Manor has disappeared..."

"How long have I been asleep...?"

Thunder Creature's voice was mournful, as if it were filled with endless sorrow.

Shen Chongming gripped the Dragon-Slaying Sword, turned around and glanced at Chen Youran, whose eyes also held a hint of confusion.

The thunderous creature had already descended from the sky and was sitting on a blue stone not far away, its voice weak and mournful, as if it were muttering something.

Shen Chongming glanced at it, then immediately gave Chen Youran a wink, and the two of them quietly prepared to leave first.

This bizarre thunderous creature is terrifying, and it's also completely insane.

If we don't leave now, he might go berserk in a moment, and a single bolt of lightning could kill us both instantly.

The two crouched low and carefully moved away, afraid of disturbing the thunderous creature.

"Young man, would you like a great opportunity?"

Shen Chongming had only walked a dozen or so feet when the voice of the Thunder Creature suddenly came from behind him.

His body stiffened, and he slowly turned around, only to see the thunderous creature staring at them with a strange look in its eyes.

"Senior, I..."

Whoosh!
Before he could finish speaking, the thunderous creature transformed into a bolt of lightning and rushed over, landing as if it had grown to the size of a normal human.

"The Seven Heroes of Yangnao were incredibly famous back then."

"Now that some are dead and others have disappeared, this tradition must still be passed down."

"Since your uncle has inherited the old man's legacy, I will also grant you an opportunity today."

"If he can pass the test, it will be a great help to Old Man Zhang. If he awakens the mystery of his birth in the future, he will owe me a huge favor."

After muttering to itself, the thunderous creature didn't care whether Shen Chongming agreed or not, and immediately flapped its wings!

The next moment, a bolt of lightning carried the two of them towards the distant mountain peak!
As the two figures disappeared, a strange smile appeared on the thunderous creature's lips.

"A mutated lightning-attribute spiritual root..."

"Boy, cultivate diligently. Whether I can leave this world in the future depends on you."

As soon as it finished speaking, its figure vanished instantly.

Shen Chongming was swept away by lightning, passing through the clouds and quickly flying towards the summit of a distant mountain.

When the lightning disappeared, the two were already in front of a cave on the mountaintop.

Surrounded by clouds and mist, it was like a real fairyland.

Chen Youran looked around warily, and only after finding no danger did she turn to Shen Chongming.

"Young patriarch..."

Shen Chongming stared straight at the cave dwelling in front of him, offering no response.

a long time--

"There is a hidden yet violent energy within that cave..."

"I'll go in and take a look. You wait here."

After saying this, Shen Chongming went straight inside.

The entrance to the cave was spacious and bright, with strange runes carved on the cliff walls on both sides. Shen Chongming guessed that these runes should be related to formations, but unfortunately he did not understand formations and could not understand them at all.

After walking a short distance along the entrance in front of you, you will come to a spacious stone chamber.

There is a skylight at the top of the stone chamber, through which one can see the sky. Directly below the skylight is a strange pool of water, which is dry, with only two irregularly shaped, deep blue crystals remaining.

When Shen Chongming came up to it, he only had to take a close look at the crystal before he could sense that it contained an extremely terrifying and violent power!

Spirit crystals?
Reaching out and picking up one of the crystals, he instantly felt a pure thunderous power emanating from within it.

The entire crystal seemed to be formed from the purest lightning power.

What a good thing!

Shen Chongming was overjoyed!
Although he didn't know whether this thing could be considered a spirit crystal, it was definitely a treasure because it contained such pure lightning energy.

After putting the two crystals into his storage bag, Shen Chongming continued forward and came to a stone carving.

Using the light shining down from the courtyard, he studied it for a long time before finally seeing the contents of the stone carving clearly.

It was a pool of lightning formed by the convergence of endless thunder, and in the pool was a figure submerged by the lightning!
Although the stone carvings and murals were inanimate objects, Shen Chongming only stared at them for a moment before he vaguely sensed the terror of the thunder and even heard the roar of thunder in his ears!
His gaze was fixed on the stone carvings and murals, and gradually, he suddenly realized that everything around him had changed.

The cave slowly disappeared, and he found himself in a vast sky, surrounded by surging clouds!

Suddenly, a thunderclap resounded ahead, followed by thousands of bolts of lightning rolling through the clouds and converging in the distance!
Amidst the flashes of lightning, a seemingly ancient pool appeared in the distant clouds!

The pool was entirely bluish-gray, its surface covered with crackling electricity. With each bolt of lightning that entered, liquid seemed to circulate within it!

Shen Chongming wanted to get closer to see more clearly, but suddenly streaks of lightning appeared in front of him. They grazed his body, and a numbing and painful sensation spread throughout his body, scaring him so much that he could only stay in place and dare not move.

The strange phenomena continued, and he didn't know how long he had been above the clouds.

All I know is that after everything in front of me disappeared, the light inside the cave went completely dark.

Upon realizing what had happened, Shen Chongming suddenly noticed that something had appeared in his mind.

After a thorough examination, it was discovered that it was a cultivation method!

"The Minor Technique of Drawing Thunder with Cloud-Seal Jade Pivot"!
After thoroughly studying this cultivation method, Shen Chongming's face showed an undisguised joy!

This is a supreme immortal technique specifically designed for those with lightning-attribute spiritual roots!

"Unfortunately, this is only a prequel and does not include the Golden Core technique..."

With his consciousness returning to his body, Shen Chongming looked at the stone carvings and murals in front of him with some disappointment. He secretly estimated that it must be because his strength was too low. He hadn't even dared to take a step in that strange phenomenon, which was why he hadn't obtained the later methods of the "Cloud Script Jade Pivot Thunder-Attracting Minor Technique".

But things are pretty good right now.

With this cultivation method, once my cultivation level improves in the future, I can simply come back again to try and see if I can obtain the subsequent methods.

Suppressing his thoughts, he thoroughly searched the cave and eventually found a pile of scattered, decaying bamboo slips, the writing on which was still legible.

Without studying the contents of the bamboo slips on the spot, he put all the bamboo slips into his storage bag, intending to hand them over to his grandfather, Shen Yuan, for further study when he returned.

Seeing that there was indeed nothing good inside the cave, Shen Chongming slowly walked towards the outside.

At the entrance of the cave, Chen Youran was sitting cross-legged in meditation. Hearing the noise, he immediately opened his eyes.

"Young clan leader, you've finally come out."

Upon hearing this, Shen Chongming asked with some curiosity, "Have I been in this cave for a long time?"

Chen Youran nodded: "Today is the eighth day."

Upon hearing this, Shen Chongming was somewhat surprised.

He felt like he had only been inside for less than half a day, but eight days had already passed!

"Let's go, it's time for us to go back."

Looking at the setting sun, Shen Chongming spoke.

Before coming here, he had heard about some of the rules of the secret realm, that cultivators who entered could only stay in the secret realm for a maximum of one hundred days.

Once the hundred days are up, a repulsive force will throw people out of the secret realm.

The two of them have been here for almost a hundred days, so it's time to go back for a visit.

They summoned a gentle breeze, and the two of them rode the wind and flew down the mountain.

Perhaps because it was that thunderous creature that had brought them up, they were not attacked by thunder this time when they flew down on the wind.

The two landed in a forest and prepared to rush to the outer edge of the secret realm to wait for the exit to open.

However, not long after they landed, they heard rustling sounds all around them!
"It's them!"

"My lord, I just saw with my own eyes the two of them flying down from the mountain peak!"

In the jungle ahead, a group of shadowy figures approached. One of the Western Wilderness cultivators looked at Shen Chongming and Yang Xun and respectfully spoke to Yang Xun beside him.

Yang Xun led a group of disciples from Hundred Beasts Mountain to a short distance away, his eyes fixed on Shen Chongming and the other person, a hint of greed flashing in them.

"Since you two are cultivators from the Western Wilderness, you should submit to the rule of my Hundred Beasts Mountain."

"As the chief disciple of Hundred Beasts Mountain, I am giving you a chance."

"If you hand over what you obtained from the mountaintop and explain how to fly through the secret realm without being attacked by the restrictions, I will make an exception and accept you as disciples of my immortal sect. How about that?"

Shen Chongming shielded Chen Youran behind him, glanced at the Hundred Beasts Mountain disciples and Western Wilderness cultivators who had completely surrounded them, and his face turned grim.

He never expected to be so unlucky. He was discovered by cultivators from Hundred Beast Mountain and the Western Wilderness Barbarian Clan as soon as he flew down from the mountaintop.

The Western Wilderness cultivators in front of him were not too difficult to deal with, but the dozen or so disciples from Hundred Beast Mountain were much stronger than him.

Especially the young man in front of him who claimed to be the chief of Hundred Beasts Mountain, he must be a disciple of a celestial sect who has reached the Great Perfection of Qi Refining!
The three sword energies in the Dragon Slayer Sword have already been destroyed by that thunderous creature. How can we possibly escape unscathed from its grasp now?

(End of this chapter)