Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 417 Ancient Ruins, Teleportation Array [Please Subscribe]

After leaving Muli Lake, Zhou Chun and Luo Qingni prepared to walk back along the route they had taken.

However, after flying only a few hundred miles, the two saw a large number of "Multi-Winged Clan" mages heading towards Muli Lake, and their figures were naturally spotted.

Immediately, four or five high-level "Multi-Winged Clan" mages led twenty or thirty mid-level mages to chase after them.

The "Winged Race" are born with the ability to fly, and their mages are also very fast at flying, possessing many spells that can increase their flight speed.

Therefore, despite having the advantage of distance, Zhou Chun and his companion were unable to shake off the pursuit of those mages.

"Fellow Daoist Zhang, this can't go on. Let's split up and escape, then reunite in Tianyuan Immortal City!"

After fleeing for some distance, Luo Qingni gritted her teeth and took the lead in proposing to Zhou Chun that they should go their separate ways.

It's not that the two of them are too conspicuous; it's just that she has other ways to shake off her pursuers.

However, her method only worked for herself and couldn't help Zhou Chun escape.

So rather than waiting until you're forced to leave, it's better to take the initiative to suggest splitting up and escaping; that would save face.

Of course, this also depends on Zhou Chun being sensible and knowing how to back down gracefully.

Zhou Chun, being a sensible person, wouldn't refuse such a gesture.

He quickly replied, "Alright, then we'll meet again in Tianyuan Immortal City!"

After saying that, it immediately changed direction and flew towards Muli Lake.

He also knew that the "Multi-Winged Clan" were good at flying but not at swimming, so he planned to use the water environment to shake off his pursuers first, and then find an opportunity to return to the Great Zhou Kingdom.

However, when they separated to escape, Zhou Chun also glanced at Luo Qingni, wanting to see how she managed to shake off her pursuers.

He hadn't looked at it before, but once he did, he fell silent.

After separating from him and fleeing, Luo Qingni immediately landed on the ground, and then her body flashed with a green spiritual light, and she instantly disappeared from the spot.

When she reappeared, she was already more than ten miles away.

She then repeated this process, disappearing completely from Zhou Chun's sight in just a few dozen breaths.

"Wood Release: Technique? No wonder she was so confident!"

Zhou Chun muttered to himself, finally resolving his doubts.

Mastering any one of the Five Elements Escape Techniques will grant you extremely strong life-saving abilities.

However, the true Five Elements Escape Techniques are very difficult to master. Even the relatively easier Wood Escape Technique and Water Escape Technique generally require at least the cultivation level of the Purple Mansion stage to master.

However, to truly succeed in cultivating these two escape techniques during the Purple Mansion stage, one must not only possess extremely high aptitude and comprehension, but also cultivate a top-tier technique of the same attribute.

Just like Zhou Chun, his "Golden Cauldron Mystic Art" also contains a method for cultivating the art of metal escape.

However, among the five elemental escape techniques, the metal escape technique and the fire escape technique are the most difficult to master. The speed of the metal escape technique can even be compared with the wind escape technique and the lightning escape technique.

If Zhou Chun's cultivation level is below the late stage of the Purple Mansion realm, he shouldn't even think about mastering this kind of escape technique.

Even if he reaches the late stage of the Purple Mansion realm, he probably won't spend a lot of time cultivating this kind of escape technique.

With that kind of effort, why doesn't he first form his core?

Once the Golden Core is formed, it will be much easier to cultivate the Golden Escape Technique later.

Since Luo Qingni has cultivated the Wood Escape Technique to the point where she can travel more than ten miles at a time, it is impossible for any Grand Mage to catch her unless they personally intervene.

Zhou Chun suspected that even if the Grand Mage himself took action, he might not be able to actually capture her.

No one should underestimate the wealth of a master alchemist!

If Luo Qingni suddenly pulled out a few fourth-order magic talismans, Zhou Chun wouldn't be surprised.

Otherwise, knowing that Luo Qingni still had the Five Elements Spirit Fruit, knowing that as a master alchemist she must be extremely wealthy, and knowing that she knew many of his secrets, why didn't he take advantage of the situation and kill her earlier?

It's not that I don't want to, it's that I simply can't!

If you rashly make a move and fail to kill your opponent, you will have made a huge enemy, making it even more difficult to survive in the Great Zhou Kingdom in the future.

It would be better to befriend others and win the friendship of a future Golden Core stage alchemy master for yourself and your family.

Seeing Luo Qingni's skillful escape, Zhou Chun had no more worries and immediately activated the "Flowing Golden Rainbow" secret technique to flee.

When it comes to long journeys, he is second to none, since he has no fear of not absorbing spiritual energy from heaven and earth to restore his magical power.

After chasing him for hundreds of miles, Zhou Chun eventually returned to Muli Lake.

Upon seeing the water shimmering silvery-white in the sunlight, he didn't hesitate at all and plunged straight into the water.

After entering the water, Zhou Chun released the Thunder Dragon Bai Bai, letting Bai Bai carry him to a deeper part of the lake.

When the "multi-winged" mages reached the lake, they looked at the shimmering surface and exchanged speechless glances, their faces grim.

After discussing for a while, several mages released several diving beasts from their spirit beast pouches and drove them into the water to try to find Zhou Chun's whereabouts.

However, the lingering aura of the Thunder Dragon in the water frightened these demonic beasts so much that they ran back to the surface as soon as they entered the water, and no matter how their master urged them, they dared not go down again.

This situation left the "multi-winged race" mages both surprised and helpless.

Finally, they glanced in the direction of the seven-colored clouds, leaving only a grand mage with a dozen intermediate mages to continue patrolling the lake, while the rest flew towards the location of the seven-colored clouds.

On the other side, Zhou Chun soon discovered that the number of "Multi-Winged Clan" mages had decreased significantly.

But he had no intention of going up to kill and escape.

Ever since he heard about the "Vengeful Blood Eagle," he told himself that unless absolutely necessary, it was best not to kill these "Multi-Winged Clan" mages on the Dolan Plains, lest he attract powerful enemies at the level of archmages to hunt him down.

He preferred to hide and waste time with those "multi-winged" mages rather than let himself be targeted by the archmage.

"Now that that strange phenomenon has appeared, countless powerful alien beings have likely arrived around Muli Lake. Since I've already missed my best chance to leave, I might as well hide in this lake and cultivate for a few years, waiting for this turmoil to end before returning to the Great Zhou Kingdom!"

At the bottom of the lake, Zhou Chun's eyes flickered, and after a moment of contemplation, he came up with a new plan.

With the purification jar in hand, he could meditate and cultivate even in the wild.

Not to mention that he had previously exchanged many pills with Luo Qingni to improve his magical power.

Having made up his mind, Zhou Chun had Lei Jiao move around at the bottom of the lake to find a suitable place for him to cultivate.

Even if he could cultivate in the wild, in order to achieve the best cultivation results, he would definitely need to find a place where spiritual energy gathers and has spiritual veins.

Muli Lake has a vast expanse of water, and its bottom must be rich in spiritual veins.

Dragons have enhanced senses in water, and some even have a natural talent for finding spirits, making it easier for them to locate treasures and spiritual veins in the water.

Zhou Chun hid alone at the bottom of the lake, letting Bai Bai do as she pleased. A few days later, Bai Bai found a place rich in spiritual energy and came to pick him up.

"Is this the spiritual vein site you were looking for, Bai Bai?"

Deep within the dark, deep lake, Zhou Chun stood atop the dragon's back, gazing at the dark area ahead, his eyes seemingly able to pierce through the darkness and see clearly what was happening there.

And that is indeed the case.

Under Zhou Chun's divine sense, a vast ruin was found at the bottom of the lake ahead. The broken architectural styles and fragmented building materials in the ruins all indicated that they were the creations of human cultivators.

But why would such a pile of architectural ruins appear deep within Muli Lake?

It should be noted that this place is already nearly three thousand feet underwater. If it weren't for the Thunder Dragon providing him with protection, Zhou Chun would have had difficulty staying here for long using only his water-repelling magic artifact.

At this moment, Zhou Chun couldn't help but think of the secret island that Luo Qingni and Yan Qiyang had visited.

"Could it be that long ago, this Muli Lake was also the territory of our human cultivators?"

His guess was not without basis.

While the territory of the human race is certainly larger than it was long ago, it doesn't mean that all the areas where the human race was active in the past have been encompassed by the various human nations of today.

In some alien lands, or in natural strongholds like the Black Mist Swamp, one can sometimes find the remains and caves left by human cultivators.

Judging from the current state of this underwater ruin, it is clear that even if there were any treasures, they have long been destroyed by the erosion of time.

Anyway, after Zhou Chun rode the Thunder Dragon around for a while, he didn't gain anything much except for some minerals containing spiritual energy.

According to Bai Bai, this place was originally the territory of a third-tier fish demon, but the fish demon had been frightened and driven away.

After checking the area and finding no hidden dangers, Zhou Chun cleared a clean spot in the ruins and used it as a place for cultivation.

He had considered all sorts of situations before his trip, and he had a set of array plates made from water-repelling beads and combined with the principles of array formation.

In order to refine this array plate, he almost replaced all the water-repelling beads in the hands of the Scaled Frog alien race.

Fortunately, this item is of no use to the scaled frog race itself, and they are happy to exchange it for other useful items.

At this point, the four array plates were placed around the four sides of the cultivation site, and the power of the entire array was activated. Finally, a waterless area of ​​three or four acres was created at the bottom of the water.

Then Zhou Chun released the several spirit pets from the spirit beast bag, letting them absorb and exhale spiritual energy to cultivate on their own. He then took out a "Spirit Enhancement Pill" and swallowed it, then sat down to meditate and cultivate.

The spiritual energy in this ruined area is extremely rich, even better than the cultivation caves inside the Su family's mountain gate in Jiangzhou.

While Zhou Chun was hiding at the bottom of Muli Lake, cultivating in seclusion, a series of great battles broke out at the location of the seven-colored clouds.

First, there was a great battle between the "Winged Clan" mages and human cultivators, followed by a great battle between mages from different tribes.

Later on, even teams of Golden Core cultivators who rushed from the Great Zhou Kingdom engaged in fierce battles with the Grand Mages.

The reason for this was that the Golden Core cultivator surnamed Yuan, who had escaped back to the Great Zhou Kingdom, spread the news of the location of the seven-colored clouds throughout Tianyuan Immortal City.

According to him, what lies below is the ruins of an ancient cultivator's mountain gate, which not only contains many rare spiritual herbs and fruits in the cultivation world today, but also powerful magic treasures and extraordinary techniques, and may even contain treasures that can help one form a Nascent Soul!

The news caused an uproar in Tianyuan Immortal City.

The ruins of an ancient cultivator's mountain sect, completely sealed for countless years, are such an incredible opportunity that it's a once-in-a-millennium event in the cultivation world.

This is an opportunity that even Nascent Soul stage cultivators would covet.

Because their cultivation had reached the Nascent Soul stage, most pills made from spiritual herbs had no effect on them.

The ingredients for pills that can help them improve their magical power are extremely difficult to find, if not completely extinct, in the outside cultivation world.

However, there is a great chance that they exist in the ancient cultivators' ruins that have been sealed for a long time.

Because these relics have been sealed for too long and the spiritual energy inside is extremely rich, some of the medicinal herbs inside will undergo mutations, with both their medicinal age and potency greatly increased.

Even the legendary "transformation elixir" may exist.

Therefore, even though the ancient cultivator's remains were on the Dolan Grassland, the Nascent Soul stage cultivators of the Great Zhou Kingdom, upon learning the news, did not hesitate to lead a large number of Golden Core stage cultivators to rush up there, not wanting such a treasure land to be monopolized by alien races.

These people fought a great battle in the sky and on the ground. Even when Zhou Chun was hiding deep in Muli Lake, he could often feel the tremors, which further strengthened his determination to cultivate in seclusion.

Fortunately, after a series of battles, the Nascent Soul stage cultivators of the human race seem to have reached some agreement with the holy mages of the "Multi-Winged Race". Both sides' fifth-order beings will not enter the ruins, but only fourth-order and third-order beings will be allowed to enter to decipher the ruins and compete for treasures.

Therefore, Zhou Chun didn't feel the earth shaking much after that.

As the sun rose and set, Zhou Chun spent three years cultivating in seclusion at the bottom of Muli Lake.

Over the course of three years, he took one "Zengyuan Pill" each year. The effect of each "Zengyuan Pill" after refinement was roughly equivalent to his own cultivation in Tuyun Ridge for two years.

Therefore, through three years of arduous training, he actually gained the equivalent of nine years of cultivation.

This also significantly increased his magical power, bringing him closer to the mid-stage of the Purple Mansion realm.

After three years of secluded cultivation, Zhou Chun felt that the disputes on the shore should be coming to an end, so he had the idea of ​​returning to the Great Zhou Kingdom.

After all, although he could cultivate in the wild, the dark underwater environment was clearly not a place for long-term cultivation.

Even if he can stand it, the Golden-Winged Tiger and the Wood Spirit cannot.

Once this idea took hold, Zhou Chun no longer hesitated and immediately sent out the demonic insect puppet to investigate.

He continued his investigation for several days, but everything was normal, and he found no trace of any "multi-winged" mages.

This put Zhou Chun completely at ease, and she prepared to leave.

Just as Zhou Chun was about to leave, a strange light suddenly appeared at the bottom of the deep, dark lake, and a powerful spiritual energy fluctuation instantly emerged.

Such an unusual sign startled Zhou Chun, who couldn't help but look towards the source of the strange light.

Several silver-white beams of light rose from a certain spot on the lakebed ruins, and then the figure of a human cultivator appeared in the middle of the beams.

"This is...could it be the legendary teleportation array?!"

Zhou Chun stared in shock at the suddenly appearing human cultivator and blurted out.

He had only ever heard of teleportation arrays.

In today's cultivation world, such things are extremely rare, because activating a teleportation array requires spirit crystals as an energy source.

Nowadays, spirit crystals are a strategic resource in the cultivation world, and even Golden Core cultivators don't all have them.

Who would be willing to use such a precious consumable treasure to power a teleportation array?

Zhou Chun had only seen it in some ancient books. In ancient times, some powerful forces would build teleportation arrays at their mountain gates or in certain important places for the purpose of quickly transmitting important information or evacuating in critical moments.

After all, teleportation arrays involve profound spatial principles, and even Nascent Soul stage cultivators would find it difficult to disrupt or interfere with them through the mountain-protecting array. It is the best means of safe evacuation in times of crisis.

But why is there a teleportation array in these ruins at the bottom of the lake? And why is it still usable?

not good!

Suddenly, as if realizing something, Zhou Chun hurriedly gathered several tens of percent of his magic power to condense the strongest "Sky-Splitting Blade" and attacked the location of the teleportation array. At the same time, Lei Jiao Bai Bai also directly unleashed "Heavenly Divine Thunder" under his command.

At this moment, the cultivator who had been teleported over also recovered from his brief moment of distraction and quickly noticed the presence of Zhou Chun and Lei Jiao Bai Bai.

However, his reaction was noticeably slower than Zhou Chun's. He only had time to shout "Stop!" and activate his protective measures to safeguard himself.

Boom!

With a loud, violent explosion of lightning, the dark lakebed was instantly illuminated as if it were daytime.

The teleportation array that had been set up on the ground countless years ago was completely blasted into pieces in the explosion.

The cultivator who was teleported over was extremely skilled. He withstood Zhou Chun's most powerful "Sky-Splitting Blade" and Lei Jiao Bai Bai's "Heavenly Divine Thunder" without dying on the spot.

Although he survived by sheer luck, he was severely injured.

Before he could use any other methods after being severely injured, Lei Jiao Bai Bai had already appeared beside him and lifted him up with one claw.

At this moment, Bai Bai could easily crush him with a single movement of his dragon claw.

He naturally understood this.

He didn't dare move an inch, only repeatedly saying, "Fellow Daoist, spare my life! I didn't know the teleportation array led to your secluded cultivation place. I had no intention of disturbing you. Please have mercy and spare my life. I'm willing to offer a generous gift as an apology!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun calmly replied, "If I kill you, everything you have will be mine!"

Before he could finish speaking, the storage bag on the man's body was already pried off by Bai Bai's claws and flew into his hand.

This scene caused the man's expression to change slightly, but he dared not say anything more. He simply said in a low voice, "Fellow Daoist, killing me would be as easy as turning your hand, but I am here to scout ahead for our sect's elders, and I bear the mark of a Nascent Soul stage cultivator. If I were to die here, a Nascent Soul stage cultivator from our sect would arrive in no time!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun's expression changed.

This is exactly what he was worried about.

He immediately said calmly, "Since that's the case, I'll spare your life for now."

The man visibly breathed a sigh of relief as soon as he said that.

But as soon as he breathed a sigh of relief, everything went black before his eyes. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning struck his head, and he instantly lost consciousness.

"Hmph, do you really think I'm a fool? If you really have a mark planted by a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, keeping you around won't prevent them from coming after you soon enough."

With a gloomy expression, Zhou Chun gave Lei Jiao some instructions, and then Lei Jiao left with his men.

He then quickly took the man's belongings and left the spot.

Shortly after, Zhou Chun threw the man's storage bag and all his belongings to a spot at the bottom of the lake, and then quickly moved in another direction.

Several hours later, Zhou Chunren had reached the shore and hidden in a forest along the shore of Muli Lake.

Shortly after Zhou Chun went ashore, a golden light at the Golden Core stage flew over Muli Lake and quickly determined a location before diving underwater.

Later, in a cave deep underwater, the owner of the golden light, a man with a topknot dressed in a golden robe, discovered a second-tier fish demon.

The man with the topknot casually killed the fish demon and found undigested human remains inside its body.

"How could a mere second-tier fish demon possibly kill Junior Nephew Yuanwu? It seems the murderer captured Junior Nephew Yuanwu and then deliberately threw him, who was powerless to resist, to this fish demon to devour!"

"So, after Junior Nephew Yuanwu was teleported to this area, he encountered a Grand Mage of the 'Multi-Winged Clan'?"

"No, no, no, if it were a Grand Mage of the 'Multi-Winged Clan,' there would be no need for such an unnecessary step... Could it be a Golden Core cultivator?"

The man with the topknot frowned, sensing the thorny nature of the situation.

The murderer's methods were too clean. Now, besides finding the place where his junior apprentice died, he doesn't even know where his junior apprentice was captured while fighting with someone.

Not to mention finding the murderer himself.

"There is a trace of lightning power remaining in the remains of Junior Nephew Yuanwu. This suggests that the murderer is likely a cultivator of lightning-based techniques, or possesses extraordinary lightning abilities. Perhaps we can start our search from this clue!"

Thinking of this, the man with the bushy hair immediately collected the remains, then searched the nearby underwater area before leaving the Muli Lake area.

In the following two weeks, multiple streaks of light descended upon Muli Lake, and even a Nascent Soul stage cultivator personally arrived.

Eventually, the ruins where Zhou Chun had stayed were also found by the Nascent Soul stage cultivator.

However, by this time, the aura he left behind had long since dissipated. Even with the abilities of a Nascent Soul cultivator, he could only detect a faint dragon aura, indicating that a dragon had once roamed this place.

After failing to find anything useful in the ruins, the people who had come to search for the area quickly dispersed.

It wasn't until a year later, when Zhou Chun, who was hiding in the forest and dared not show himself, quietly sent Lei Jiao to the bottom of the lake to retrieve his abandoned storage bag.

(End of this chapter)