Starting with a daily divination to build an immortal clan

Chapter 283 Breakthrough
Shen Yuan chatted with the Crimson Kite Master for a while longer, until the resounding bell rang out, but the child named "Cang He" on his right still hadn't arrived.

As the bell rang, Shen Yuan clearly felt a surge in his soul, followed by the continuous generation and transformation of supreme mysteries within his sea of ​​consciousness.

Before his consciousness was completely absorbed by this mysterious change, a thought couldn't help but pop into his mind.

What exactly is the Jiuyuan Zhexian Temple?
And what is this bell with its supreme mystery?
The two thoughts had barely surfaced in his mind when the bell had already rung three times. Then, the fourth bell rang, and Shen Yuan felt that his soul could no longer withstand it.

An overwhelming weariness overwhelmed him, causing his mind and soul to slowly drift into sleep.

When Shen Yuan woke up again, he found himself back in that mysterious palace.

Just like last time, the Dao disc in his hand disappeared without a trace.

"Who exactly are you!?"

The echoes of the resounding bell still lingered in his mind, and Shen Yuan's consciousness was in a daze.

Suddenly, a terrifyingly angry voice came from above.

Shen Yuan glanced up at the top of the ruined palace, and through the broken dome, he could see a pair of terrifying eyes filled with rage staring intently at him.

After seeing those terrifying eyes several times in a row, Shen Yuan realized that the owner of those eyes seemed unable to enter this mysterious palace, let alone do anything to him who was inside.

All the other side could do was roar helplessly and smash and shake the palace.

But none of these things affect me at all.

Ignoring the roar, Shen Yuan made a thought and used the white jade tortoise shell to leave the palace.

……

Inside the Blackwater Pavilion in Yunshui City.

After the soul was brought back by the white jade tortoise shell, the power that had frozen everything around it also disappeared.

Inside the dantian, the five inner cores, which were already on the verge of going out of control, suddenly started to operate. A terrifying repulsive force suddenly appeared between them, and the five inner cores almost exploded as a result!
Fortunately, Shen Yuan's spiritual power had recovered to its peak at this time, and because he had heard the four chimes of the Nine Yuan Immortal Temple, his spiritual power seemed to be even stronger than before.

Just as the five inner cores were about to go out of control, a massive divine soul power suddenly enveloped the entire dantian space.

Immediately, this divine soul power acted like a powerful hand that could turn the tide, swiftly suppressing the five rampaging inner cores.

Now, the first predicament he faced has been completely resolved.

The next step is to follow the method taught by Master Chiyuan and try to condense the Great Evolution Power that he is cultivating into an inner core. With the Great Evolution Inner Core as the core, fix the positions of the Five Elements Inner Cores and let them form a stable system to operate normally in the dantian.

After calming his mind and focusing his spirit, Shen Yuan gradually gathered the Great Evolution Power in his sea of ​​consciousness into his dantian.

The power of the Great Evolution is considered a power without attributes. After entering the dantian, it did not disrupt the balance of the Five Elements Inner Elixir.

With his powerful spiritual strength, Shen Yuan used a portion of his mind to stabilize the operation of the Five Elements Inner Core, and another portion to manipulate the Great Evolution Power, carefully approaching the center of the Five Elements Inner Core and attempting to condense it into an inner core.

This step started relatively smoothly.

But just as the Great Evolution Inner Elixir was beginning to take shape, new troubles arose!

During the operation of the Five Elements Inner Elixir, a strange squeezing force suddenly formed on the Great Evolution Inner Elixir in the center!

This squeezing force caused the Great Evolution Inner Core, which had been painstakingly condensed, to shrink by hundreds of times!
As its volume suddenly shrank, the rotation speed of the Great Evolution Inner Elixir also increased dramatically, making it difficult to synchronize with the rotation speed of the surrounding Five Elements Inner Elixirs.

Left with no other choice, Shen Yuan could only continuously draw the Great Evolution Power from his sea of ​​consciousness to his dantian to replenish the Great Evolution Inner Core.

However, he underestimated the pressure during the operation of the Five Elements Inner Elixir.

The ever-increasing flow of Great Evolutionary Power seemed to be filling a bottomless pit.

The massive amount of Great Evolutionary Power poured in did not increase the size of the Great Evolutionary Inner Core by much.

Seeing that his spiritual power had been depleted by more than half, Shen Yuan knew that he had to find a way to solve this problem.

Otherwise, when the power of the divine soul is exhausted this time, there will be no second chance to enter the Nine Yuan Immortal Temple.

After a moment's thought, his gaze suddenly fell upon the white jade tortoise shell in his sea of ​​consciousness!

The inner core formed by the power of the Great Evolution can be continuously compressed by the invisible inner core... What if I put this white jade tortoise shell into the inner core of the Great Evolution?

Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and forcibly summoned the white jade tortoise shell from his sea of ​​consciousness. Then he put it into his dantian, wrapped it with the power of the Great Evolution, and carefully placed it in the middle of the Five Elements Inner Core.

hum!
The moment the white jade tortoise shell was placed inside, the rice-grain-sized Great Evolution Inner Core in the center of the Five Elements Inner Core suddenly emitted a dazzling spiritual aura!

Immediately, a nearly transparent light shield firmly enveloped the entire white jade tortoise shell, forming a strange inner core.

This inner core was more than twice the size of the five elemental inner cores next to it. The power emanating from its rotation firmly controlled the surrounding five elemental inner cores, forming a stable system between them.

Sensing this, Shen Yuan's spiritual power slowly withdrew from the six inner cores.

Even without the restraint of divine soul power, the six inner cores were still able to operate perfectly.

As this strange system slowly rotated within his dantian, Shen Yuan could clearly feel the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the surrounding air rapidly converging towards his body.

This rapid gathering of spiritual energy gradually gave rise to strange phenomena.

At the center of the Blackwater Pool, a faint vortex of spiritual energy gradually appeared above the three-story Blackwater Pavilion.

At first, the people in the old house and the cultivators in the city didn't feel anything.

But as the vortex of spiritual energy grew larger and larger, it began to stir the clouds in the sky, and many cultivators saw this strange phenomenon.

"The direction of the spiritual energy vortex seems to be towards the Black Water Pool!"

"The only one who can go into seclusion at the Blackwater Pool should be the Ancestor, right?"

"Is our ancestor about to break through to the Golden Core stage?!"

"Miss Li'er has only recently broken through to the Golden Core stage, and our Shen family will soon have another Golden Core expert!"

"I heard that our ancestor didn't have any spiritual roots, but he cultivated to his current level through sheer willpower!"

Many cultivators from the Shen family in the city looked up at the increasingly powerful vortex of spiritual energy above them, which was about to cover the entire Yunshui City, and they discussed it excitedly.

Shen Yuan's existence is a legend to most of the younger cultivators in Yunshui City.

Apart from Mu Yan, Mu Chang, and other cultivators who had served the Shen family since their early years, most of the younger generation had only heard of Shen Yuan's deeds and had never seen his true face.

Most people only know that Shen Yuan, the patriarch of the Shen family, usually meditates in the pavilion in the middle of the Blackwater Pool, and only the direct descendants of the Shen family and some adults in the clan are allowed to set foot in that area.

At the gate of the old house, Shen Chongming stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at the vortex of spiritual energy above him, his expression somewhat excited.

Behind him, Shen Chonghong, Shen Chongxuan, and a group of third-generation juniors also rushed over from all directions.

"Ming-ge, is Grandpa about to break through?"

Shen Chongxuan, dressed in a dark blue scholar's robe and sporting a mustache, cupped his hands and spoke.

Shen Chongming shook his head slightly.

"This strange phenomenon does indeed resemble the precursor to Core Formation, but I reckon that Grandfather will not be able to break through to the Golden Core realm in one go this time."

Upon hearing this, Shen Chonghong asked, somewhat puzzled, "Why?"

Shen Chongming looked at him with a faint smile.

"You will be able to clearly feel it after you achieve the Golden Core stage."

"Although this strange phenomenon was very impressive, it never connected with the heavens."

"This means that Grandpa's breakthrough this time should be a kind of sudden enlightenment, which will allow him to reach the half-step Golden Core realm in one fell swoop."

He paused slightly, then chuckled and said, "However, half-step Golden Core is enough."

"If you can achieve the half-step Golden Core stage, and take your time in the future, there is a very high probability that you will be able to reach the true Golden Core stage."

As the brothers talked, the vortex of spiritual energy grew so large that it covered the entire Yunshui City.

"Chonghong, go and have someone activate the Renshui Concealing Spirit Formation."

Upon seeing this, Shen Chongming immediately spoke up.

Upon hearing this, Shen Chonghong bowed slightly and then left the old house.

A moment later, the light shield of the Renshui Concealing Spirit Array above Yunshui City slowly disappeared, and the huge vortex of spiritual energy once again spread out in all directions.

The vortex completely drained away a large amount of spiritual energy from the surrounding world, causing many cultivators in the city to tremble with fear.

Shen Chonghong was stunned and couldn't help but murmur, "With so much spiritual energy from heaven and earth, can Grandpa's body withstand it?"

"Moreover, this vortex of spiritual energy seems to accept everything, absorbing all the surrounding five elements of spiritual energy..."

Shen Chongming frowned slightly upon hearing this.

But when he thought about how Shen Yuan himself had no spiritual root and had previously broken through to the embryonic breathing stage without the help of the five elements' innate spiritual power, he realized that Shen Yuan had no spiritual root.

“Grandpa’s path of cultivation is different from ours, so there shouldn’t be any problems.”

Everyone looked up at the enormous vortex of spiritual energy, which seemed to devour a large amount of spiritual energy from all around.

It wasn't until two hours later that the enormous vortex of spiritual energy slowly dissipated.

The expected phenomenon of the Golden Core did not appear, which proves that Shen Yuan did not achieve the Golden Core Dao in one fell swoop.

The second floor of Blackwater Pavilion.

Sitting cross-legged, Shen Yuan used his divine sense to examine his dantian. He saw that within his dantian, with the Great Evolution Inner Core at its core, five Five Elements Inner Cores were slowly rotating. On the periphery of this system, a chaotic nebula formed by the convergence of the Five Elements spiritual power occupied the entire dantian, rotating synchronously with the operation of the Five Elements Inner Cores.

A strange feeling arose in Shen Yuan's heart.

If this trend continues, will I eventually cultivate a universe within my dantian?

Suppressing his thoughts, he slowly opened his eyes.

With a slight shift of his divine sense, Shen Yuan sensed several figures on the first floor of the Blackwater Pavilion and calmly spoke:

"Come up."

At the staircase, the three Shen brothers arrived one after another on the second floor.

"grandfather."

The three of them respectfully bowed with their hands clasped.

Shen Yuan nodded.

"sit down."

The three brothers sat down, and Shen Chongxuan busied himself fetching water to brew tea.

"Grandpa must have reached the half-step Golden Core realm this time, right?"

Sensing the subtle yet surging power within Shen Yuan, Shen Chongming cupped his hands and asked.

Shen Yuan nodded slightly.

In terms of realm alone, he has now formed an inner core, but he has not yet connected with the heavens, nor has he obtained the golden nature. He can indeed only be considered to be at the half-step golden core realm.

However, if we only consider the spiritual power within the body, there are six inner cores in the dantian, as well as the nebula spiritual power that occupies the entire dantian.

He's probably more than ten half-step Golden Core cultivators combined.

As for his actual strength, he hasn't shown his skills much in recent years, so no one knows exactly how strong he is.

"During the years I've been in seclusion, has anything significant happened in the clan?"

Without saying much about the issue, Shen Yuan looked at Shen Chongming and spoke in a deep voice.

This seclusion lasted for nearly four years. The situation in Yangnao Land was unstable, and many things must have happened in those four years.

Shen Chongming bowed slightly and gave a brief report on the major events of the past four years.

"Li'er has also achieved the Golden Core stage?"

Where is she now?

Shen Yuan was somewhat moved after hearing this.

Shen Li was chosen by the White Jade Tortoise Shell as the "Qilin Child," possessing a sacred body. She had been cultivating the art of witchcraft in her family since childhood, and now she had finally achieved the Golden Core.

Moreover, judging from Shen Chongming's description, Shen Li, who has broken through to the Golden Core stage, seems to be quite powerful.

Shen Chongming cupped his hands and said, "I just sent a message back three days ago, saying that she is going to Beidi County to look for some things, so that her grandson doesn't need to worry about her."

Shen Yuan nodded and asked again, "Your third uncle and Xu Zhan... still no news?"

Shen Chongming shook his head: "My aunt and several sword immortals from Qingluo Sword Pavilion have gone to search for them, but there has been no news yet."

Upon seeing this, Shen Yuan's mind stirred slightly, and he immediately used the power of the Great Evolution to make a slight deduction.

moment--

"There's no need to worry, their lives are not in danger."

Although he did not obtain the exact locations of Shen Wen'an and Xu Zhan through this deduction, he was able to confirm that the two were still alive and had not suffered any major disasters.

The four of them sat quietly for a while, and steam rose from the small red clay stove beside them. Shen Chongxuan got up, brewed a pot of spiritual tea, and then poured a cup for each of them.

Has Chongxuan broken through the Four Apertures of the Literary Mind realm yet?

Taking the teacup, Shen Yuan spoke in a deep voice.

Shen Chongxuan cupped his hands slightly and said with a wry smile, "I'm sorry to disappoint my grandfather. I'm still only at the third stage of my literary cultivation, and I've just begun to develop my third natal character."

The three apertures of the literary mind nurtured the third natal character, which is equivalent to the peak of fetal breathing in the literary cultivation system.

A cultivator who successfully cultivates their fourth natal character through the four orifices of the literary mind will possess the strength of an immortal golden core.

"It's alright, don't worry."

Shen Yuan took a sip of tea and said, "The Yangnao Land is currently in a chaotic world, with the collapse of social order and the scarcity of literary talent. This is indeed quite difficult for you literary cultivators."

Shen Chongxuan nodded.

There was nothing he could do about it.

In the present-day Yangnao land, the only remaining source of literary energy supporting the way of literature is the Shen family and the dozens of cities under the jurisdiction of Luoxia Mountain.

Moreover, because the common people in these cities lived in a chaotic world, most of them were more interested in the path of cultivation, and unless forced to, no one was willing to read books.

For literature and culture to flourish, a prosperous and well-governed era is needed.

"You brothers go ahead and get busy. I need to consolidate my cultivation."

After chatting for a while, Shen Yuan spoke up.

Upon hearing this, Shen Chongming and the other two immediately stood up, clasped their hands in greeting, and left Blackwater Pavilion.

……

Late at night, in Shen Chongxuan's small courtyard at the foot of the mountain.

Inside the study, Shen Chongxuan, who was reading late into the night by lamplight, seemed to suddenly sense something and looked up at the brightly lit courtyard.

Suddenly, they discovered a thin figure standing in the pavilion in the courtyard, dressed in a moon-white robe and radiating a faint fluorescent glow.

Upon seeing this, Shen Chongxuan's expression hardened, and he quickly got up and went to the courtyard.

The figure inside the pavilion slowly turned around and respectfully cupped his hands: "Uncle."

Shen Chongxuan was taken aback, then asked with a worried expression, "Xiu Bai, what's wrong with you?"

The figure that suddenly appeared was Shen Xiubai.

Shen Chongxuan could clearly sense that the Shen Xiubai in front of him was not real, and could not even be considered a soul.

It was like some kind of mysterious projection.

"Uncle, I'm alright."

After speaking with a faint smile, Shen Xiubai changed the subject and said, "I have come here to ask you for a favor, Uncle."

Suppressing his worries, Shen Chongxuan quickly said, "If there's anything your uncle can do, just tell me."

Shen Xiubai nodded slightly, then pointed a finger at his brow.

"Danzhou?"

After feeling the large amount of information that had suddenly appeared in his mind, Shen Chongxuan frowned slightly and murmured.

Shen Xiubai, standing before him, said solemnly, "If this matter succeeds, my Shen family will have no fear of the collapse of the Dao in Yangnao Land, nor will we need to live under someone else's roof and hide in the Dao Source Secret Realm to eke out a living."

"However, Uncle, you must be extremely careful on your trip to Danzhou. You only need to lay the foundation for the array in a few key locations, and then leave everything else to your nephew."

As they were speaking, Shen Chongxuan noticed a spatial rift suddenly appear in front of him and Shen Xiubai.

Immediately afterwards, seven pieces resembling white jade lotus roots slowly floated out of the crack.

"Uncle, please keep this safe. This is the foundation of the formation."

Shen Chongxuan glanced at the things floating in front of him and immediately waved his hand to put them all into his storage bag.

"Xiu Bai, you..."

Just as Shen Chongxuan finished storing the array base and was about to speak again, he discovered that the illusory figure of Shen Xiubai in front of him had disappeared silently at some point.

"Xiubai?"

Shen Chongxuan stood in the courtyard, looked around, and called out softly again, but received no response.

After standing there for a moment, he could only shake his head and sigh as he returned to his study.

The next morning, Shen Chongxuan got up early and found Shen Chongming.

"Brother Ming."

After bowing respectfully, he briefly recounted what had happened the previous night.

Upon hearing this, Shen Chongming's expression turned somewhat grave. "You're going to Danzhou alone this time..."

"Don't worry, Brother Ming, I will be extremely careful on my journey." Shen Chongxuan smiled and cupped his hands in greeting.

However, Shen Chongming shook his head slightly and said, "The dangers in Danzhou are far more complex than you think."

"Wait a moment, I'll write you a letter, take it with you."

"Once you arrive in Danzhou and meet the senior at the barrier, give him this letter."

"If that senior agrees, you can proceed with confidence."

"If that senior does not agree, after you arrive in Danzhou, you should first go to the Qingluo Sword Pavilion and use your aunt's green bamboo sword as a token to see if you can invite a sword immortal from the Qingluo Sword Pavilion to accompany you."

Shen Chongxuan thought about it carefully and nodded slightly, saying, "That's fine too."

He understood the importance of this matter and could not afford to make the slightest mistake.

Shen Chongming hurriedly returned to the room, and a moment later handed him a letter and a storage bag.

"This storage bag contains some talismans and pills. Take it with you in case you need it."

"Be extra careful once you arrive in Danzhou."

Shen Chongxuan accepted the letter and storage bag, bowed slightly, and left the old house, heading north.

……

Within the Danzhou barrier, Shen Chongxuan stood respectfully before the giant rock, gazing at Luo Tianxing before him.

Luo Tianxing held a letter in his hand, examined it carefully for a long time, and then gently shook it, burning the letter.

He turned to Shen Chongxuan and said, "The Shen family has more than one Golden Core cultivator, so why did they send you to Danzhou this time?"

Shen Chongxuan respectfully cupped his hands in greeting.

"I dare not hide it from you, senior. My third uncle and Xu Zhan went to the Western Wilderness to investigate something a few days ago and have not returned yet."

Western Wilderness?

Upon hearing this, Luo Tianxing frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Where in Danzhou are you going?"

Shen Chongxuan cupped his hands in greeting again and explained the general destination of his trip. Shen Xiubai had told him all of this the night before.

Luo Tianxing hesitated for a moment with a sullen face, then said, "Stretch out your hand."

Shen Chongxuan did as instructed.

Luo Tianxing extended his finger and used his spiritual power to leave a mysterious mark on his palm.

"If you encounter danger on this journey, activate this mark."

"Once I sense it, I will rush over to help you immediately."

"But remember, it will take me time to get there. If you can't hold on, and you die, don't blame me for not saving you."

After looking at the mark on his palm, Shen Chongxuan immediately cupped his hands in respect.

"Thank you, senior."

Luo Tianxing nodded slightly: "Go ahead."

After seeing Shen Chongxuan off, Luo Tianxing raised an eyebrow and then waved his hand, creating a vortex in front of him.

The next moment, in the small courtyard outside the Dragon Slaying Valley in the Western Wilderness.

Feng Jingyang was sitting cross-legged in the courtyard when the void in front of him suddenly distorted.

"What are you here for?"

Sensing the aura within that distorted space, Feng Jingyang did not open his eyes, and spoke in a cold voice.

"Is the Shen family's boy with you?"

Luo Tianxing's voice rang out from that distorted space.

Feng Jingyang opened his eyes, a sneer on his face, and said, "What, the old man hasn't said anything, why are you worrying about this?"

After retorting to Luo Tianxing, Feng Jingyang's tone softened slightly.

"The people are indeed in the valley, but they wandered in on their own, and it has nothing to do with me."

"The old man said back then that I have full authority to deal with any creature that trespasses into Dragon Slayer Valley."

"For his sake, I'm only asking them to help catch a few rats in the valley this time. Once they're done, I'll let them go."

Upon hearing this, Luo Tianxing secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "You already know the old man's attitude towards the Shen family."

"I will tell you today that the Shen family has done me a great favor."

"Therefore, I hope Brother Feng can know when to stop and not let anything happen to them, otherwise it will not look good."

"you!"

Feng Jingyang wanted to say something, but the distorted space in front of him had already disappeared.

His expression was somewhat unpleasant, and a hint of suspicion flashed in his eyes.

Xu Xiu and the Shen family had a past connection, and they were bound by karma, which he was well aware of.

However, Feng Jingyang found it hard to understand why Luo Tianxing had just said that the Shen family had been kind to him.

Those who have reached their level of cultivation place great importance on cause and effect, and karma.

Generally speaking, no one wants to get involved in the karma that they can avoid.

At this moment, Luo Tianxing actually took the initiative to admit that the Shen family had done him a favor, and that he had accepted this karmic debt.

Feng Jingyang was very curious about what Luo Tianxing had obtained from the Shen family.

After some thought, he understood.

Since Luo Tianxing suddenly appeared today and brought up this matter, he had to take it seriously.

Otherwise, if something unexpected happens, not only will it be difficult to explain to Xu Xiu, but Luo Tianxing will certainly not let it go.

Thinking of this, Feng Jingyang lost all interest in continuing to comprehend the supernatural powers.

He now needs to maintain a certain level of focus and pay attention to what is happening in the valley.

After all, among the members of the Calamity Fire Sect, there was one who was at the Purple Mansion Realm.

If the two sides encounter each other, even a moment's delay in his action will increase the danger for Shen Wen'an and his group.

……

Inside Dragon Slayer Valley.

Huang Lingshan and the other two surrounded Shen Wen'an, who was sitting cross-legged, and warily looked around.

After a moment, Shen Wen'an slowly opened his eyes and stood up.

"Third Uncle, how is it?"

Upon seeing this, Xu Zhan quickly came over to ask.

Huang Lingshan and Liu Qixuan also arrived.

Meeting the gazes of the three, Shen Wen'an said in a deep voice, "I can sense that this node was just destroyed."

"The energy from the surrounding array hasn't completely dissipated yet."

Upon hearing this, a sharp glint flashed in Huang Lingshan's eyes: "You mean someone from the Calamity Fire Sect just left here?"

Shen Wen'an nodded, then looked around: "The other side should have already discovered that we are chasing him, the array nodes here were destroyed in a hurry."

"Senior sister, Senior brother Liu."

“I think the four of us should split up and search this area.”

"If there are no clues in one hour, we will return here to gather again."

After a moment of contemplation, the three people in front of him all nodded.

"I'll go to the left!"

Xu Zhan cupped his hands in greeting, slung his spear behind his back, and dashed off to the left.

"Then I'll go to the right, old man."

Liu Qixuan's figure flashed and he disappeared from the spot.

The remaining Huang Lingshan and Shen Wen'an exchanged a glance and headed straight ahead.

Not long after the four separated, on a towering ancient tree more than ten miles away from the array node, two figures were trying their best to conceal their auras. Watching Liu Qixuan rushing past below, one of the slightly aged figures had a sinister look in his eyes and said in a low voice:

"Uncle-Master Wu, should we kill this old sword cultivator first?"

"Hiding from them isn't a solution..."

Before the old man, a disheveled, one-eyed middle-aged man stood with his arms crossed, pondering for a moment before speaking in a deep voice:

"These ants are nothing to fear."

"What I'm worried about is that if I make a move, it will attract that old man's attention."

"Liu Kaihe has already found the general direction of the Ten Thousand Dragons Formation's base."

"Our main task right now is to hold off these people."

"Once Liu Kaihe finds the array base and destroys it, no one can stop Tianlong Temple from seeing the light of day again unless True Lord Daying comes in person."

Upon hearing this, the old man's eyes flashed with excitement. Just as he was about to cup his hands and speak, a fire talisman suddenly emerged from the chest of the middle-aged man surnamed Wu in front of him!
The fire talisman burst into flames the moment it appeared!
This sudden turn of events startled the two of them, and their expressions immediately changed!
"Is Senior Brother Liu in danger?!"

The old man spoke with a grave expression: "Could it be that besides these four, there are others who have sneaked into Dragon Slaying Valley?"

The middle-aged man surnamed Wu had a gloomy face, his single eye was full of sinister intent, and his fists were clenched tightly.

"Liu Kaihe is dead, but we must retrieve the Imperial Dragon Shrine from him!"

"go!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he no longer cared about concealing his tracks. With a flash, he descended from the ancient tree and flew away into the distance!

Liu Qixuan was carefully searching his surroundings when he suddenly sensed movement not far away. He paused for a moment, then grinned and said, "Found you!"

With rapid footsteps, his figure moved swiftly through the jungle like a ghost, chasing after the direction from which the commotion came.

"Uncle-Master Wu, that old swordsman is catching up!"

The elder of the two from the Calamity Fire Sect glanced back and saw Liu Qixuan chasing after them at an extremely fast speed.

"Kill him first!"

The middle-aged man surnamed Wu spoke in an icy voice, immediately stopping in his tracks and turning to strike Liu Qixuan, who was chasing after him, with a palm strike.

As the azure palm struck with overwhelming force, an icy power froze everything around it!

"The Law of Frost?"

"Purple Mansion!?"

Liu Qixuan was chasing after them with great enthusiasm, completely unaware that his opponent was actually a cultivator at the Purple Mansion Realm.

After all, under normal circumstances, if the other party is at the Purple Mansion level, they wouldn't need to run away upon seeing you.

Since the two did not attack him immediately upon seeing him, Liu Qixuan assumed they were two Golden Core cultivators.

Feeling the terrifying, icy giant hand approaching with an extremely oppressive aura, Liu Qixuan clearly felt that he had been locked on and could not dodge. He could only grit his teeth and slap the gourd at his waist!

In an instant, one longsword after another flew out of the gourd and crashed into the giant palm that was attacking!
Within the Dragon Slaying Valley, the Ten Thousand Dragons Formation suppresses the Golden Core cultivators, preventing them from using their artistic conception techniques. Similarly, the limited power of laws possessed by Purple Mansion cultivators is also largely ineffective.

If this palm strike were outside, it would be enough to freeze the land for thousands of miles!
He, a Golden Core sword cultivator, didn't even have the courage to resist.

Right now, he can only place his hopes on the five magical swords he has nurtured, hoping they can withstand the opponent's palm strike.

boom!
boom!
……

Five magical swords of different shapes crashed into the giant icy hand that was attacking one after another!

A series of loud explosions rang out.

Within the area where the energy ripples exploded, the five flying swords that Liu Qixuan had summoned were blasted back one after another.

The once radiant and spiritually potent magic swords had all become dull and lifeless.

"puff!"

A sword cultivator's magic sword is almost inseparable from his own life. The damage to all five magic swords in succession directly caused Liu Qixuan to suffer severe injuries, and he spat out a large amount of blood mist!
He staggered back dozens of feet, and just as he regained his footing, the terrifying giant icy hand in front of him was already more than a hundred feet away.

Feeling the chilling aura seeping into his flesh and blood, a hint of despair flashed in Liu Qixuan's eyes.

The gap between the Golden Core and the Purple Mansion is not as insurmountable as that between Fetal Breathing and the Golden Core.

However, without extraordinary magical treasures and methods, even a cultivator at the Golden Core Perfection Realm would never be able to defeat someone who has just entered the Purple Mansion Realm.

Ultimately, it's because those at the Purple Mansion Realm are already able to integrate a trace of gold essence with the laws they've comprehended, giving them a level of control over the laws that Golden Core cultivators can't match.

Moreover, the Jiehuo Sect cultivator who made the move was clearly not an ordinary Purple Mansion cultivator.

Even with the suppression of the Ten Thousand Dragons Formation, the power of this palm strike was still too much for Liu Qixuan to withstand.

It looked as if the giant icy hand was about to obliterate him on the spot.

A lush, towering bamboo suddenly appeared before Liu Qixuan!
Although the Heavenly Sword Bamboo only appeared for a moment, it quickly dissipated under the dual suppression of the Myriad Dragons Formation and the Frosty Giant Palm.

However, the Heavenly Bamboo did play a role.

The terrifying icy giant hand paused for a moment, and Huang Lingshan, dressed in a pale yellow dress, had already stepped in front of Liu Qixuan.

As he stood there, a large amount of sword energy instantly appeared on his body!
These sword energies formed a huge cyan longsword, which soared into the sky!

Before the cyan giant sword was fully formed, Huang Lingshan let out a soft shout, using her body as the handle, and wielded the cyan giant sword to stab towards the icy giant hand!
boom!
The giant icy palm slammed down on the hundred-foot-long azure sword, its terrifying power shattering it into pieces!

Just as the longsword was about to shatter at the hilt, waves of spiritual energy suddenly surged in the void to the left of the giant icy hand!

The sound of rushing water came, and wave after wave crashed hard against the giant icy hand.

Finally, under the influence of dozens of waves, the direction of the giant icy hand shifted slightly, grazing past Huang Lingshan and Liu Qixuan's bodies and slamming hard into a small hill behind them!
A terrifying burst of cold air instantly froze the trees around the hill into ice sculptures, which then turned into ice shards scattered all over the ground.

Shen Wen'an flashed and arrived in front of Huang Lingshan and Liu Qixuan.

"Senior Sister, Senior Brother Liu, are you alright?"

Huang Lingshan shook her head slightly, her gaze falling on Liu Qixuan, who was pale and had blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.

She was only slightly disturbed by the cold air in her meridians, and the sword energy was fine after circulating through her body.

Liu Qixuan was different; his five magic swords, which were intertwined with his life force, were severely damaged one after another, and his injuries were very serious.

"Cough cough..."

"Can't die."

After coughing twice, Liu Qixuan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his weak voice still stubbornly insistent.

On the other side, the middle-aged man surnamed Wu from the Jiehuo Sect saw that his palm strike had failed to kill Liu Qixuan, and instead the three of them had cleverly neutralized it, which intensified his killing intent.

Previously, Shen Wen'an and Xu Zhan had successively killed four Golden Core cultivators from the Calamity Fire Sect.

However, due to having more important things to do, he did not choose to take action.

Now, another Golden Core cultivator from the Calamity Fire Sect named Liu Kaihe has encountered danger and is now likely to be in grave danger as well.

The Dragon Shrine on his body, specifically designed to destroy the array base, is definitely not going to be saved either.

The mission was likely to fail, and with both old and new grudges to settle, he naturally had no intention of letting Shen Wen'an and his group off the hook.

With a flash, the Wu surname Purple Mansion cultivator from the Calamity Fire Sect moved like a roc spreading its wings, directly attacking the direction where the three were!
Another elder at the Golden Core stage wanted to rush up and help.

But just as he took to the air, a figure engulfed in blood flames rushed from afar and intercepted him.

"Xu Zhan, retreat immediately!"

Upon seeing this, Shen Wen'an's expression immediately changed, and he shouted urgently.

With their combined strength, the four of them were no match for this Purple Mansion cultivator.

The only thing we can do right now is to run away and live as long as we can.

The force of that palm strike from the opponent was immense; the Nascent Soul True Monarch guarding Dragon Slaying Valley must have heard it.

They only need to hold out until that Nascent Soul True Monarch arrives, and they will have another chance to live.

Upon hearing this, Xu Zhan swept his spear horizontally, forcing the old man in the Golden Core realm to retreat, and then his figure flashed as he fled into the distance.

Shen Wen'an then looked at Huang Lingshan and said, "Senior Sister, take Senior Brother Liu and leave first. We have to separate."

Without hesitation, Huang Lingshan helped Liu Qixuan and immediately fled in another direction.

But seeing that the Wu-surnamed Purple Mansion cultivator had already reached him, Shen Wen'an realized it was too late to escape. With a determined heart, he immediately raised his Dragon-Slaying Sword and slashed at the void in front of him, creating waves of water, intending to use this to slightly hinder his opponent.

However, he still underestimated the terror of a Purple Mansion cultivator.

The Purple Mansion cultivator from the Calamity Fire Sect faced the waves created by the Tide Sword Technique without making any attempt to dodge.

The chilling aura emanating from its body instantly freezes the water waves upon approach, causing them to shatter into dust.

"You ignorant little beast!"

"Those Golden Core cultivators under my command were killed by you, weren't they?"

As the cultivator surnamed Wu spoke coldly, he suddenly waved his wide sleeves.

The next moment, countless icy spikes flashed like arrows, shooting towards Shen Wen'an's body.

Shen Wen'an gripped the Dragon-Slaying Sword tightly, ready to fight to the death, when he suddenly felt a gentle breeze coming from behind him.

The next moment, the ice spike that had already flown about ten feet in front of them suddenly exploded, turning into a shower of ice powder that slowly drifted down.

"Alright, this is none of your business."

Feng Jingyang's indifferent voice rang out behind him.

Upon hearing this voice, Shen Wen'an was overjoyed, while the two members of the Jiehuo Sect opposite him had their expressions suddenly change.

The Wu surname Purple Mansion cultivator, who had been swaggering just a moment ago, suddenly transformed into a streak of light and fled into the distance the instant Feng Jingyang's voice rang out.

"Humph!"

"If I let you escape in front of me again, all my cultivation will have been wasted."

As the sound rang out, Shen Wen'an felt a gentle breeze brush past him from behind.

The next moment, a terrifying explosion erupted in the distance!

As the explosion rang out, a shrill scream followed.

Immediately afterwards, Feng Jingyang, dressed in a plain white fairy robe, brought the corpse of the Wu family member to his side.

As for the Golden Core elder who was already terrified, Feng Jingyang simply turned around and glanced at him.

His physical body exploded with a bang, turning into a sky full of blood mist, and even his golden core was not left behind.

After easily dealing with the two, Feng Jingyang glanced at Shen Wen'an and said indifferently:
"How many of these rats that infiltrated did you kill?"

After recovering from the shock of the old man's death, Shen Wen'an cupped his hands slightly and said, "We've already killed four. Counting these two, there are only two left."

Feng Jingyang nodded and said, "The only remaining Purple Mansion has already been killed by me, so there shouldn't be any difficulties with the rest."

"The sooner this is resolved, the sooner you can leave."

After saying this, he casually tossed the corpse of the Wu surname Purple Mansion cultivator aside, and with a flash, he transformed into a gentle breeze and vanished before our eyes.

Shen Wen'an's expression changed, and then he glanced at the corpse of the Wu surname Purple Mansion cultivator, a look of joy flashing in his eyes.

A cultivator at the Purple Mansion level should possess quite a few treasures, right?
He arrived at the corpse full of hope, but after searching through it for a while, his expression suddenly turned ugly.

"Old man, what a stingy person!"

On the corpse of the Wu surname Purple Mansion cultivator in front of him, all kinds of magical treasures, robes and storage bags had disappeared. Obviously, they had all been taken by Feng Jingyang.

Sighing inwardly, Shen Wen'an kicked the corpse in front of him hard. After a moment's pause, he immediately chased after Huang Lingshan and Liu Qixuan in the direction they had fled.

When they found the two, they were surprised to discover that the other two people from the Green Vine Sword Pavilion, Qi Sanjue and Moonflower Sword Immortal, were also there.

"We just happened to find another member of the Fire Calamity Cult not far away."

"I had just killed him when I heard a commotion over here."

After explaining, the Moonflower Sword Immortal changed the subject and said, "I heard from Ling Shan that you encountered a Purple Mansion cultivator?"

Shen Wen'an nodded and smiled at Huang Lingshan and Liu Qixuan, who were looking at him with questioning eyes, and said, "That guy was killed."

"Was it that Nascent Soul senior who made the move?" Huang Lingshan asked softly.

Shen Wen'an nodded: "I thought there were still two of the eight members of the Calamity Fire Sect left, but now Senior Sister Yuehua and you have killed another one."

"Now there is only one person left."

"Once we find this last person, we can leave this hellhole."

He has been trapped in Zhanlong Valley for nearly two years and misses his family in Yunshui City very much.

"How is Senior Brother Liu's injury?" Suppressing his thoughts, Shen Wen'an asked in a deep voice.

Liu Qixuan shook his head with a wry smile: "We can stabilize things for now, but the fighting and killing will have to be handled by you guys."

Shen Wen'an nodded. The Calamity Fire Sect only had one member left, so dealing with him shouldn't be a big problem.

After resting for a while, the five left the valley to search for the last person.

(End of this chapter)