Starting with a daily divination to build an immortal clan

Chapter 284 Planning the Immortal Abode
Northland County.

A figure dressed in a moon-white long dress walked barefoot across the vast snowfield.

Ahead of him, the enormous golden toad sprinted a few steps across the ice that had been frozen for who knows how many years. Then, it suddenly lifted its four legs and, using the momentum, slid a distance of over a hundred feet with its belly pressed against the ice.

"This place is so interesting!"

"Master, can we stay in Beidi County a little longer?"

The golden toad, which had slid hundreds of feet away, slid back to Shen Li, raised its head and squinted.

Shen Li glanced at him and spoke softly.

"If you like it here, you can stay and have as much fun as you want after I leave."

Upon hearing this, the golden toad immediately lowered its head and lost all interest in playing.

He moved his body and followed Shen Li forward.

"Little Green, have you sensed the location of the Mystic Ice Marrow?"

As Shen Li walked forward, she looked at the Heavenly Capital Grass Sword Insect in her palm and asked softly.

Such a gentle attitude made the golden toad following behind him extremely envious.

The tiny sword-like insect, barely an inch long, raised its head, carefully sensing the surroundings for a moment, before letting out two strange squeaking sounds.

Clearly, the Xuanbing Marrow was hidden too deeply. Even if they didn't fly and walked close to the ground, the Tiandu Grass Sword Insects would have a hard time pinpointing its location.

Mystic Ice Marrow is the key for the Heavenly Capital Grass Sword Insect to transition from its larval stage to its adult stage, and Shen Li has been searching for it in the Northern Prefecture for a long time.

"Master, should we try to capture a monster from the snowfield and ask it what's going on?"

"Where there is Xuanbing Marrow, there must be something unusual about it."

After traveling for a while, the golden toad realized that continuing like this was not a solution, and after some thought, it spoke up.

Shen Li paused slightly, then nodded and said, "I'll leave this to you. Go ahead and see if you can find any monsters."

"Remember, don't go too far."

“There are many extremely hidden presences deep within this snowfield. If you accidentally provoke something you shouldn’t, I won’t come to your rescue.”

The golden toad pursed its lips, said nothing, and transformed into a streak of light, flying away into the distance.

Beidi Prefecture was the largest prefecture in the former Yu Kingdom, with a total length of more than 5,000 li. The far northern snowfield alone occupies 90% of the entire Beidi Prefecture.

The cold intensifies the further northwest you go in the snowfield. Before the spiritual energy revives, this snowfield is a forbidden land for living beings.

After the spiritual energy revived, the cold became even more severe, and some cultivators were reluctant to set foot here.

Therefore, finding a demonic beast in this vast snowfield to inquire about the whereabouts of the Xuanbing Marrow is obviously not an easy task.

The human and the demon searched for several days on the snowy plains.

Just when the golden toad was about to give up, it suddenly discovered a huge ice pillar hundreds of feet high not far ahead.

Under the sunlight overhead, the golden toad could vaguely see many lights shimmering on the surface of the ice pillar.

Upon seeing this, the golden toad assumed that there must be some kind of rare and precious material inside the ice pillar, and it became very excited.

Its body suddenly accelerated, transforming into a golden light as it rushed towards the ice pillar.

A thousand feet away was covered in the blink of an eye.

When the golden toad landed not far from the ice pillar, it discovered that all the flashes of light it had seen in the distance had disappeared.

The entire ice pillar stood tall in the cold wind, and there was nothing particularly remarkable about it.

"Strange, could I be hallucinating?"

The golden toad was still somewhat unwilling to give up. It cautiously approached the ice pillar and examined it from top to bottom and back to back for a long time, but it still couldn't find anything different.

It scratched its head with its forepaws, and just as it was about to turn around and leave in confusion, the ice pillar hundreds of feet behind it suddenly moved.

Before the golden toad could even turn around, the entire ice pillar melted and dissipated rapidly, like flowing water!

After tumbling a few times, the ice blocks that slid down suddenly extended slender limbs that looked as if they were carved from ice, and two eyes that shone with a scarlet light appeared in front of the ice blocks, in the position that resembled a head!
In an instant, the enormous ice pillars that had stood there for hundreds of feet transformed into more than a thousand strangely shaped ice spiders!

These ice spiders spread out like a tide, quickly surrounding the golden toad.

A hint of surprise flashed in the golden toad's eyes as it nervously surveyed the thousands of ice spiders of varying sizes around it.

He was very puzzled.

You should know that he had carefully examined the icicle for a long time, almost face to face, but he did not find anything unusual.

Who would have thought that the entire icicle was actually made up of these strange ice spiders?

These guys are really good at concealing their presence!

Squeak!

squeak!
After thousands of ice spiders surrounded the golden toad, countless scarlet eyes stared intently at his enormous body.

The snowfield is sparsely populated, and for these ice spiders, the sudden appearance of the golden toad is a godsend, so they naturally do not intend to let it leave easily.

Thousands of ice spiders, led by several enormous spiders that clearly possessed the aura of the late-stage embryonic breathing realm, continued to approach the golden toad.

The golden toad showed little fear in its eyes.

This is because his current strength has reached the Great Perfection of the Fetal Breathing Realm, and his Golden Core Realm master and the abnormally powerful Heavenly Capital Grass Sword Insect are only a few dozen miles away.

The strongest of these ice spiders is only at the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, while those that are only the size of a head are only at the Qi Refining stage, so there is no need to worry about them at all.

Seeing that the ice spiders had already surrounded him, the demonic energy within the golden toad surged instantly.

Its gaze was fixed on the Frost Spider directly in front of it, whose strength had reached the mid-stage of the Fetal Breathing Realm, and it suddenly opened its mouth!

The scarlet tongue shot out like a spear, aiming straight for the head of the ice spider!

This was originally the innate ability of the golden toad.

Its tongue not only possesses speed far exceeding its own capabilities, but is also exceptionally sharp.

Normally, beings of the same realm, if caught off guard, could be instantly killed by his attack.

The scarlet, spear-like tongue was about to pierce the head of the ice spider when a thin, transparent thread radiating extreme cold suddenly appeared!
The next moment, the thin thread struck the golden toad's tongue precisely!

Bang!
The two collided, producing a low, explosive sound!

The toad's tongue retracted with lightning speed.

"Bah bah bah!"

"Howl..."

After being struck by the icy spider silk, the golden toad found that its tongue seemed to be frozen and numb, and it could no longer speak clearly.

Sensing the terror of the ice spider silk, the slight contempt in his heart instantly vanished, and he stared solemnly at the ice spiders around him.

He knew that these guys weren't as easy to deal with as they seemed.

The demonic energy within its body surged once more, and the golden toad's body sank slightly, its rapidly swelling abdomen seemingly accumulating some terrifying power.

next moment!
Its mouth suddenly opened wide!

Whoa!

A deep, penetrating cry, carrying a visible sound wave, swept forward!

Wherever its sound waves passed, the ice surface that had been frozen for countless years instantly shattered!

The shattered ice surface swept forward in a fan shape, and the ice spiders surrounding it were also blown away along with the broken ice!
The larger ice spider, which had already reached the level of embryonic breathing, was alright; it was only thrown back by the impact, and its body, made of solid ice, developed many fine cracks.

Those little spiders who were only at the Qi Refining stage weren't so lucky.

As their bodies were blasted away, they were then attacked by several sonic waves, their bodies, each the size of an adult's head, were instantly shattered!
Despite slaying over a hundred ice spiders in a single strike, the golden toad felt little joy.

As a demon beast at the peak of the Fetal Breathing stage, its full-force attack only managed to kill some small spiders at the Qi Refining stage.

Although the remaining giant spiders at the Nascent Soul stage were mostly severely injured by the sonic waves, they did not die directly, which is enough to prove how terrifying the strength of this strange ice spider is.

Jin Chan suspected that if there was a powerful demon among the ice spiders that had also reached the perfected stage of fetal breathing, he might not be a match for it at all.

The thought had barely crossed his mind when a series of booming sounds suddenly came from beneath the ice surface that had been shattered by his sonic wave!
Immediately afterwards, a terrifying burst of cold air suddenly erupted from deeper within the already broken ice surface!

The soaring cold air shattered a large amount of hard ice, creating ice shards that scattered all over the sky!

The ice spiders that had surrounded the golden toad quickly retreated into the distance.

After the ice mist dissipated, the golden toad suddenly discovered that on the broken ice surface lay a giant spider, nearly two zhang long, whose body, supported by eight thick limbs, was much taller than itself!

Upon seeing the enormous spider that looked as if it had been sculpted from ice, the golden toad suddenly felt like slapping himself twice.

Some things you really shouldn't think about.

The giant spider that emerged from beneath the ice was none other than a great demon at the peak of the Fetal Breathing Realm!
Judging from the way those small ice spiders swarmed behind him, this big guy was clearly the leader of the entire ice spider swarm.

After the giant ice spider appeared, its scarlet eyes first swept over the golden toad, and then dozens of ice silk spider threads suddenly shot out from its abdomen. These ice silk spider threads spread out and accurately wrapped up the small ice spider corpses that had been killed or injured by the golden toad, pulling them in front of it.

Under the astonished gaze of the golden toad, the giant ice spider swallowed all the corpses of the smaller ice spiders whole.

A hint of seriousness flashed in the golden toad's eyes, and it instinctively took a few steps back.

Among demon cultivators, those who devour even their own offspring are the most terrifying.

They belong to the "evil spirits" among demon cultivators.

This terror does not stem from the opponent's strength, but from the characteristics of their race.

Although the cultivators in the Southern Frontier used to capture commoners and cultivators from Yangnao Land as food.

However, they all used the essence and soul within those human bodies to refine pills, and did not directly devour the bodies of their own kind.

The golden toad, which had taken a few steps back, suddenly felt as if it had bumped into something.

When he looked up, he realized that Shen Li had appeared behind him at some point.

"Owner."

"This guy is tough to deal with."

Shen Li, standing barefoot on the cold ice, remained silent.

Its eyes quietly observed the giant ice spider in the distance.

moment--

"It's a pity. Its consciousness is too chaotic, and its soul seems incomplete. There's no way to subdue it."

The moment she saw the giant ice spider, the thought of subduing it arose in her mind.

However, upon closer inspection, it was discovered that this giant ice spider's consciousness contained only savagery and slaughter, and its soul seemed to be just some kind of incomplete fragment.

Even if you beat this kind of monster half to death, it will never submit and there is absolutely no possibility of bringing it under your control.

Thinking of this, Shen Li immediately raised her palm.

"Little Green, why don't you give it a try?"

Upon receiving the order, the Heavenly Capital Grass Sword Insect in the palm of the hand spread its wings and instantly transformed into a green light, rushing towards the giant ice spider!

The speed of the Heavenly Capital Grass Sword Insect is something that even Golden Core cultivators fear.

The moment the green light it transformed into shot out, it appeared as if by teleportation, directly in front of the giant ice spider's head.

Under normal circumstances, this giant ice spider would already be considered dead.

After all, the Heavenly Capital Grass Sword Insect has another characteristic: it is indestructible.

This characteristic allows it to penetrate even the protective spiritual energy shield of a late-stage Golden Core cultivator.

However, when the green light formed from its body struck the head of the giant ice spider, the expected fatal blow did not occur!
The giant ice spider's head only had a hole about an inch deep from the impact of the green light.

Several cracks appeared around the hole.

squeak!
Suddenly struck by a severe blow, the giant ice spider became extremely enraged, its scarlet eyes radiating an even stronger aura of savagery!

With a strange cry, its abdomen suddenly shuddered!
In an instant, a large amount of ice silk gushed out from its tail!

These ice threads, like a sharp rain of arrows, all shot towards the Heavenly Capital Grass Sword Insect that had transformed into a green light!

Moreover, along with the giant ice spider's attack, the hundreds of smaller spiders remaining behind it were also busy!

One after another, they leaped up, spraying out large amounts of ice silk spider threads of varying thicknesses from their tails!
In the blink of an eye, the surrounding space of several hundred feet was completely enveloped by dense spider silk, and the Heavenly Capital Grass Sword Insect was also trapped in the middle, with its range of movement greatly reduced.

Upon seeing this, the golden toad beside Shen Li's expression changed slightly, and it was about to rush over to help.

Although he kept saying that he looked down on the "little thing" that was the Heavenly Capital Grass Sword Insect.

However, as fellow battle beasts and worms of Shen Li, the Golden Toad, the Heavenly Capital Grass Sword Worm, and the Silver Thread Centipede have an excellent relationship.

"Let me do it."

Shen Li stopped him, then made a hand seal in front of her chest.

The next moment, a mysterious power suddenly emerged from his body.

This mysterious power slowly coalesced into a figure dressed in a nine-colored feather robe and a wreath of flowing, colorful flowers on its head.

The figure held a bronze staff, its head, whose face was obscured, was slightly raised as it gazed up at the sky.

"The cricket cries..."

As the mysterious and strange sound rang out, the surrounding earth, which had been frozen for countless years, suddenly exploded!

Numerous ice blocks of varying sizes floated eerily in mid-air.

Influenced by some strange force, these ice blocks quickly coalesced into two ice giants, each nearly two zhang tall and exuding a powerful aura!

After the two ice giants appeared, Shen Li slowly stretched out her hand and pointed to the space surrounded by countless ice silk spider threads.

Upon receiving the order, the two ice giants immediately strode forward and charged!
The ice giant rushed forward and swung its massive fist, without any fancy moves, just randomly punching and smashing the tangled ice threads!
This scene left Jin Chan speechless.

"Master also knows such magic?"

Shen Li smiled faintly, "It's just a variation on the puppetry techniques from the art of witchcraft, but I didn't expect it to be so effective."

As they spoke, the two ice giants had already torn the spherical area formed by countless tough ice spider threads into a mess!
After the two ice giants tore through the impenetrable spider web, the freed Heavenly Capital Grass Sword Insect suddenly burst out, transforming into a streak of green light and charging towards the giant ice spider.

The smaller ice spiders behind the giant ice spider were about to continue spraying ice silk spider threads to block the Heavenly Capital Grass Sword Insect.

But Shen Li manipulated two ice giants to block her way.

The silk sprayed by these ice spiders contained terrifying coldness, which even made the golden toad somewhat wary.

However, the bodies of the Frost Giants were formed from countless blocks of ice, and the terrifying cold air from the spider silk had no effect on them.

Countless ice threads shot out, but the two ice giants swung their thick arms and blocked them all.

With a slight thought, Shen Li changed the hand seals, and the two ice giants under her control instantly swung their arms incessantly, trying to pull all the ice spiders in front of them.

However, this action suddenly led to a very comical scene.

The ice giant swiftly dragged the spider silk, and the little spiders on the other end could only keep spinning silk to avoid being pulled over.

In the blink of an eye, the two ice giants were enveloped in a large amount of ice silk spider threads.

Meanwhile, the ice spiders on the other end seemed to have been hollowed out, all of them lying weakly on the ground, unable to move.

Seeing this, Shen Li slightly changed her hand gestures, and the two ice giants instantly melted away like flowing water, breaking free from the dense ice silk spider webs, and quickly condensed into new bodies.

Looking at the pile of ice silk spider threads not far away, Shen Li realized that this thing might be a good material for refining weapons. He immediately waved his hand and put both large clumps of ice silk spider threads into his storage bag.

The numerous smaller ice spiders were still no threat, but the giant ice spider was now riddled with wounds after being repeatedly attacked by the Heavenly Capital Grass Sword Insect.

Its thick, icy armor can somewhat withstand the attacks of the Heavenly Capital Grass Sword Insect.

But each time it resisted, the icy armor was severely damaged.

At this moment, the giant ice spider's head had been riddled with holes by the Heavenly Capital Grass Sword Insect.

This is why the young Heavenly Capital Grass Sword Insect is countered by various extreme power attributes; otherwise, the Giant Ice Spider would probably be a corpse by now.

Despite suffering repeated heavy blows, even though this giant spider's consciousness was filled with nothing but killing and savagery, its fragmented soul clearly still knew what fear was.

After being attacked by the Heavenly Capital Grass Sword Insect again, the giant Frost Spider immediately mobilized its demonic energy, spraying out a large amount of spider silk to force the Heavenly Capital Grass Sword Insect back. Then it directly transformed into a whirlwind of cold air, rapidly sweeping up a large number of small Frost Spiders behind it and fleeing into the distance!

The small ice spiders, weakened by having much of their silk drained by the ice giant, now became nourishment for this giant ice spider.

After quickly devouring them all, the giant ice spider's wounds healed at a visible speed.

But it also knew that it was no match for the Heavenly Capital Grass Sword Insect and Shen Li.

At that moment, all I could think about was escaping for my life as quickly as possible.

After dodging the spider silk attacks, the Heavenly Capital Grass Sword Insect let out a strange cry and immediately gave chase.

"Little Green."

Behind it, Shen Li called out to it.

The Heavenly Capital Grass Sword Insect hovered in mid-air, glanced at the giant ice spider, then looked back at Shen Li, before reluctantly flying back.

"Squeak..."

As it landed in Shen Li's palm, the Heavenly Capital Grass Sword Insect cried out in a somewhat impatient manner.

Sensing the fluctuations in her consciousness, Shen Li nodded slightly and said, "I also guessed that the demon was related to the Xuanbing Marrow."

"But you can't push too hard."

"It was seriously injured this time. After escaping, it should be looking for the Xuanbing Marrow in order to recover quickly. We just need to follow it from a distance."

The group of ice spiders I encountered had very strange powers.

Without special rare and precious treasures, a Frost Spider at the Perfected Nascent Soul stage could never possess such formidable strength.

Shen Li suspected that these ice spiders must have obtained some kind of opportunity before.

The Heavenly Capital Grass Sword Insect had just stated that he sensed the aura of Xuanbing Marrow on the giant Frost Spider.

Clearly, that thing had come into contact with the Xuanbing Marrow. But seeing that the giant ice spider had already disappeared into the distance, Shen Li immediately lightly touched the ground with her toes and landed on the back of the golden toad beside her.

"Let's go, fly higher, and follow from a distance."

"Don't let it find us."

After nodding slightly, the golden toad transformed into a beam of golden light and flew into the void, following the giant ice spider that was running wildly across the snowfield below.

This giant ice spider had a damaged soul and seemed to be somewhat dim-witted.

At this moment, it had no idea that Shen Li was using a long-term strategy to find the Xuanbing Marrow.

Despite being severely injured, it devoured its own offspring to heal the wounds on its body.

However, its internal injuries and the exhaustion from repeated battles made it instinctively want to quickly return to the place where it had previously discovered the Xuanbing Marrow, to devour some of those strange treasures again, replenish its energy, and recover from its injuries.

The giant ice spider raced for hundreds of miles, passing through the ruins of some strange, frozen buildings.

Standing on the back of the golden toad, Shen Li looked down at the dilapidated ancient building ruins below, feeling a sense of curiosity.

"The extreme cold here is so great that even ordinary cultivators at the embryonic stage would not dare to venture here easily."

"I never imagined that someone had lived there before."

The golden toad replied in a deep voice, "It should be a relic left behind by some ancient forces."

"Master can write this down and have the cultivators from the Shen family explore it later."

Shen Li nodded.

Few people had ventured into this far northern snowfield before, and perhaps there really are some treasures hidden within.

Especially if there are indeed ruins beneath these frozen, dilapidated buildings, it would be great for the family to explore them.

"Master, it has stopped!"

Noticing that the giant ice spider, which had been running wildly for hundreds of miles, suddenly stopped in front of a continuous ice mountain range, the golden toad quickly concealed its aura and flew into the higher void.

Below, the giant ice spider, having stopped, looked around to make sure no one else was paying attention. Then, it swung its sharp forelimbs and quickly broke through the thick ice in front of it, revealing a cave hidden beneath the solid ice.

"Squeak!"

In the void, the Heavenly Capital Grass Sword Insect suddenly let out two excited cries the moment the cave was broken open.

At this moment, when Shen Li scanned the area below with her divine sense, she clearly sensed a peculiar aura that was faintly visible.

"Let's go."

"Let's go down and have a look."

Having already discovered the destination of the giant ice spider, she was no longer afraid of disturbing its birthplace.

The golden toad descended from the void and landed in front of the cave.

After jumping down, Shen Li carefully sensed the surroundings and was able to confirm that there was a treasure deep within the cave containing a rich power of heaven and earth.

Now we can be sure that regardless of whether the treasure in the cave is Xuanbing Marrow or not, this trip has not been in vain.

"Master, I'll go in first, you follow me."

The golden toad uttered a few words in a deep voice and then burrowed directly into the cave in front of it.

Shen Li followed closely behind, carrying the Heavenly Capital Grass Sword Insect.

The interior of the cave was extremely complex. After walking a short distance, they came to a four-way intersection.

Fortunately, the giant ice spider was not cautious to begin with, and this time it was obviously eager to recover from its injuries with the treasure, so it rampaged through the cave, leaving a lot of marks on the ice walls on both sides.

Following the trail it left behind, Shen Li and Jin Chan easily found their way forward.

Continuing onward, after passing through four forks in the road, the golden toad suddenly stopped.

"Master, it's that guy's aura."

As his voice rang out, a soft rustling sound came from the passageway ahead.

Shen Li and Jin Chan continued along the passageway and soon found themselves in a huge open space!

This space resembles an underground city, with numerous frozen buildings faintly visible beneath the thick ice surface.

Although the ice overhead was also very thick, it seemed to have no other obstruction. The sunlight from the outside refracted through layers, making everything around bright and dazzling, which was quite peculiar.

As her gaze shifted, Shen Li noticed that the giant ice spider they had been chasing was glaring at her and the golden toad not far away.

Beside it, on the hard ice surface, was a huge ice pit, more than ten feet in diameter and several tens of feet deep. From Shen Li's position, one could vaguely see half of an ancient blue stone well cover protruding from the bottom of the ice pit.

The giant ice spider seemed surprised that Shen Li and the golden toad had followed it here.

This is his biggest secret, and now that the secret has been exposed, the giant ice spider is extremely angry.

Its scarlet eyes stared at Shen Li, and its massive body moved rapidly along its eight thick legs, carving lines on the hard ice below as it charged forward.

Both the Golden Toad and the Heavenly Capital Grass Sword Insect were planning to take action to defend themselves.

But Shen Li clearly didn't want to waste any more time.

A moon-white phantom suddenly burst forth from its body.

The next moment, the moon-white phantom transformed into an entity identical to its original form, moving with lightning speed as it charged towards the giant ice spider that was rushing towards it.

The figure moved with the grace of an immortal, rushing to the giant ice spider. She gently raised her delicate hand and patted the giant ice spider's forehead!
The attack did not cause much of a commotion.

The giant ice spider, struck by a palm strike, stiffened. Its scarlet eyes flickered a few times before slowly going out.

Due to inertia, the enormous body slid quickly along the ice surface, only stopping after colliding with the golden toad's body.

Seeing the corpse being offered to it, the golden toad immediately opened its mouth wide, and a strange vortex appeared in its mouth, ready to swallow the giant ice spider's corpse.

However, a slap gently landed on his forehead, instantly silencing the swirling vortex in his mouth.

"Some of its parts are good materials for refining weapons, it's a waste that you swallowed them all."

As Shen Li spoke, she slowly walked to the corpse of the giant ice spider.

Spiritual energy flickered in his hand, quickly condensing into a sharp short knife.

After circling the giant ice spider's corpse, they finally chose to take its eight legs and the silk sac on its abdomen.

"Alright, the rest are yours."

With permission granted, the golden toad opened its mouth once more, creating a vortex that swallowed the enormous body whole.

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

After glancing at the ice pit dug by the giant ice spider, Shen Li slowly walked over.

"This looks like a well."

The golden toad jumped into the ice pit, looked at the well cover that resembled a piece of bluestone, and asked curiously.

Shen Li arrived at the manhole cover, waved her hand, and unleashed a stream of spiritual energy that shattered the solid ice on the other side.

This well must have been dug a long time ago, and the ice on its surface is all recent, not nearly as hard as the surrounding ice that has been frozen for who knows how many years.

After clearing away the surface ice, Shen Li once again lifted the blue stone well cover.

An even more terrifying chill instantly gushed out from the wellhead.

The curious toad, which was perched on the well's edge, was accidentally struck by the terrifying cold air, and its entire body was covered by a thick layer of frost at a visible speed.

With its demonic energy surging, the golden toad hurriedly shook off the frost from its body, shivering and muttering, "So cold..."

Shen Li waved her hand and set up a spiritual energy shield, protecting herself and the golden toad within it.

"Little Green, this should be the Xuanbing Marrow."

"The rest is up to you."

She couldn't offer much help in the evolution of the Heavenly Grass Sword Insect.

Now that we've brought it to the Mystic Ice Marrow, whether it can withstand the extreme cold and successfully complete the crucial step of evolution with the help of the Mystic Ice Marrow depends entirely on itself.

The Heavenly Capital Grass Sword Insect nodded slightly, then transformed into a green light, flew out of its protective spiritual energy shield, and slowly landed on the edge of the blue stone well.

The terrifying cold air emanating from the wellhead instantly covered the tiny body of the Heavenly Capital Grass Sword Insect with a layer of frost, which then spread and froze it to the edge of the well.

Seeing this, the golden toad couldn't help but ask, "Master, won't the little one freeze to death?"

Shen Li ignored him, simply tapped her toes, and flew directly out from the bottom of the pit.

As she suddenly left, the spiritual energy shield that had been protecting against the cold also vanished instantly.

The golden toad shivered from the cold and immediately kicked its leg, leaping out of the pit.

During the long wait that followed, Shen Li sat cross-legged on the ice to cultivate.

The golden toad, on the other hand, treated the place as a natural ice rink and had a great time.

……

Danzhou.

Shen Chongxuan traveled throughout Danzhou with the array bases given to him by Shen Xiubai, burying them one by one in special locations.

Normally, with his peak Nascent Soul cultivation, it would have been wishful thinking for him to travel all over Danzhou and safely bury the seven array bases.

At that time, there were many cultivators in Danzhou. Disciples from various sects went out to search for cultivation resources or to gain experience. The entire Danzhou region was full of cultivators.

But now, after the bloody massacre by the Calamity Fire Sect, all the major forces and immortal sects in Danzhou have become frightened birds.

Unless absolutely necessary, the cultivators would never dare to wander around like they used to.

"The nodes of the earth's veins..."

Zhuixian Lake in Danzhou is where the master of array formations, Fu Yang, practiced in seclusion.

After arriving here, Shen Chongxuan buried a piece of array base in his hand into the bottom of Fallen Immortal Lake. Suddenly, a thought popped into his mind, and he released his divine sense to carefully sense the condition of the earth veins here.

He discovered that the places Shen Xiubai had him bury in the array base happened to be the nodes where multiple earth veins converged in Danzhou.

However, even now, he still doesn't understand what Shen Xiubai is planning.

Having emerged from the bottom of Fallen Immortal Lake, Shen Chongxuan had clearly experienced the strange and powerful forces of the lake. He dared not fly, so he obediently swam to the shore and sat cross-legged on the boulder where Fu Yang used to meditate, to regulate his breathing.

After a long while, he slowly stood up, took out the last array base from his storage bag, and flew towards the westernmost end of the Qishan Mountains.

Danzhou Barrier.

Luo Tianxing was sitting cross-legged when a figure suddenly flew in from afar on the wind.

Sensing the movement, Luo Tianxing slowly opened his eyes.

"Greetings, senior."

Shen Chongxuan, dressed in an indigo blue scholar's robe, came to the boulder, lowered himself, and respectfully bowed to Luo Tianxing.

Although I didn't need Luo Tianxing's help when I came to Danzhou, he still gave me a talisman.

"Is everything done?"

Luo Tianxing nodded with a smile.

He suddenly realized that several members of the Shen family he had met were quite interesting.

Especially Shen Chongxuan in front of him, gentle and polite, exuding a very comfortable feeling from the inside out.

"Thank you for your concern, senior. I have finished my business. Please take back this talisman."

After answering respectfully, he slowly opened his palm.

The existence of the talisman means that he can summon a Nascent Soul True Monarch to help him at any time.

It was obtained by the Shen family through favors and connections.

Now that the talisman was no longer needed in Danzhou, Shen Chongxuan thought of returning it so that the Shen family would owe him less of this favor.

"Heh... Do you know the value of this talisman?"

Luo Tianxing smiled faintly and looked at him as she spoke.

Shen Chongxuan nodded slightly.

Seeing that he understood the value of the talisman but still insisted, Luo Tianxing sighed slightly, then raised his hand and sent a beam of spiritual light onto the talisman.

The talisman in Shen Chongxuan's palm did not disappear directly; instead, it suddenly underwent some changes.

After the change disappeared, just as Shen Chongxuan was frowning in curiosity, Luo Tianxing explained, "I modified this talisman."

"If you encounter danger in the future, you can activate the talisman to briefly mobilize the power of the laws and randomly appear a thousand miles away."

Consider this a life-saving charm I'm giving you.

Upon hearing this, Shen Chongxuan was slightly taken aback, then quickly and respectfully cupped his hands, saying, "Thank you, senior."

Luo Tianxing waved his hand: "Go back as soon as you're done with your business."

"Go back and tell your Shen family patriarch that outside cultivators have already noticed the Yangnao Land. From this day forward, when the Yangnao Land collapses, your Shen family must be extra careful."

"Compared to the outside world, the cultivation system and various arts of immortal cultivation in Yangnao Land are still too weak."

"I truly hope that your Shen family can safely weather the collapse of the Dao and gradually grow stronger."

"Perhaps we'll be able to see what the real cultivation world is like then."

His words left Shen Chongxuan stunned.

But before he could think about it, Luo Tianxing seemed to suddenly sense something and immediately waved his hand gently, sending a soft force that directly lifted his body and sent him to the other side of the barrier.

After Shen Chongxuan's figure disappeared, Luo Tianxing calmly stared at the void in front of him.

"Aren't you tired of hiding all the time?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the void in front of him suddenly distorted, and then a blurry figure appeared.

The figure was shrouded in mist, making it impossible to discern its exact appearance.

Upon seeing this, Luo Tianxing couldn't help but sigh and shake his head.

"Brother Zeduan, what you need to be wary of is not this old man..."

After a slight pause, he changed the subject and said, "You should know the old man's strength and methods."

"All of Brother Zeduan's skills were taught to him by him. If he wants to find you, what use is it for you to hide at the ends of the earth?"

The blurry figure in the distorted void before him remained silent for a moment upon hearing this, then smiled faintly and said, "I naturally understand that I cannot escape his grasp."

"But over the years, I have discovered many secrets of the Great Ying Immortal Mansion."

"I'm really not happy about this now."

Upon hearing this, Luo Tianxing slowly wiped the smile off his face, his expression turning solemn: "It's merely returning the item to its rightful owner. Brother Zeduan, do you intend to keep that immortal abode for yourself?"

"If the old man knew what you were thinking, he would be in big trouble."

Upon hearing this, the illusory figure shook its head with a wry smile.

"Yes, let alone the fact that I am merely his nominal disciple."

"Back then, Senior Brother Yu was his personal disciple, leading his clan to painstakingly raise dragon beasts for him for hundreds of years. In the end, wasn't he still wiped out by his own hands for a trivial mistake?"

"The Immortal Abode was something he cherished like his own life. If I hadn't happened to cultivate the 'Heavenly Concealment Technique' back then, which could perfectly conceal the aura of the Immortal Abode, he would never have entrusted it to me for safekeeping."

The illusory figure paused for a moment before sneering, "However, we cultivators contend with heaven and earth. Now that I have seen a glimmer of hope, how can we be willing to give up?"

Luo Tianxing remained silent upon hearing this.

He understood Zhang Zeduan's feelings; like a frog at the bottom of a well suddenly seeing the outside world from the edge of the well, he wanted to take a chance no matter what.

But he understood Xu Xiu's methods even better.

Back then, he dared to entrust such an important thing as the Immortal Abode to Zhang Zeduan for safekeeping, so he must have left behind foolproof measures for the Immortal Abode.

Xu Xiu had already clearly mentioned this point last time.

Luo Tianxing also understood that the old man told him this because he wanted to use him to tell Zhang Zeduan not to have any improper thoughts.

After all, he was a Nascent Soul True Monarch, and the old man probably wouldn't want to give him up unless absolutely necessary.

“Brother Zeduan, listen to my advice, don’t let greed cloud your judgment.”

After some thought, Luo Tianxing spoke earnestly.

The two had some friendship back then, and their relationship wasn't as bad as his relationship with Feng Jingyang.

"After the matter in Yangnao Land is settled, Brother Zeduan can leave here with me. With our cultivation levels, we may have the opportunity to find other opportunities to advance further and leave the Cangmin Sea to go to a place where the laws of the Great Dao are complete."

The blurry figure in the distorted void remained silent for a long time after hearing this, then shook his head and said, "Thank you for the reminder, Brother Luo."

"I have come here precisely because I have something to discuss with Brother Luo."

"I know that old fellow must have left a backup plan in the Immortal Mansion, but if this succeeds, I am very confident that I can render his backup plan useless and he will be unable to do anything to me."

"Perhaps Brother Luo and I can even use this to comprehend the secrets of that immortal abode, thereby obtaining supreme immortal techniques and opportunities, and completely escaping the Cangmin Sea."

Upon hearing this, Luo Tianxing's expression became somewhat strange.

His original intention was to persuade Zhang Zeduan not to covet the Immortal Abode. He suggested that after the matter in Yangnao Land was resolved, the two of them could leave together and first go to find Beichen Immortal Mountain, one of the Three Immortal Mountains.

With Beichen Immortal Mountain as their base, the two could then roam the entire Cangmin Sea, searching for opportunities and a way out.

Who would have thought that Zhang Zeduan would turn around and try to persuade him to join forces with him to annex Xu Xiu's Daying Immortal Mansion?

I've known Xu Xiu for quite some time now.

He was very familiar with the other party's methods, strategies, calculations, and ruthlessness.

As his disciple, Zhang Zeduan should have known his master well.

Luo Tianxing was very curious about what kind of discovery could make Zhang Zeduan think that he could beat the old man.
(End of this chapter)