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Chapter 416 Earth Dragon Turns Over [Subscribe]

In a cave at the bottom of Muli Lake.

A bright water-repellent bead was embedded in the top of the cave, forming a water-repellent barrier that expelled the lake water from the outside and created a waterless space of several feet in size.

At this moment, Zhou Chun and Luo Qingni were sitting cross-legged facing each other in this waterless space.

This was originally the nest of a second-level water monster. Because of the arrival of the two, the water monster became Lei Jiao Baibai's food, and the nest was also occupied by them.

"The thunderstorm was too loud. There are also mages from the Multi-Winged Tribe hunting monsters in the vicinity of Muli Lake. They will definitely attract some people to come and check it out. I'm afraid we'll have to hide for a while before we can leave."

Inside the cave, Zhou Chun looked at Luo Qingni and was the first to speak, breaking the silence.

When he was looking for activities around Muli Lake before, he had seen the "Multi-Winged" mages flying in the sky hunting water monsters.

But relatively speaking, the "Multi-Winged Clan" mages rarely enter the deep areas of Muli Lake.

After all, although the water area of ​​Muli Lake is vast, there are very few islands to rest on. If you go too deep, some low-level and mid-level mages may not have enough physical strength to come out.

When it comes to fighting in water, these winged "multi-winged" mages are even less adaptable than human cultivators.

But the noise made by Lei Jiaobai's previous attack was really too loud. Zhou Chun was worried that it would attract the senior magicians of the "Multi-Winged Clan" to come and check, so he quickly persuaded Luo Qingni to dive to the bottom of the lake together, and temporarily settled down in this water monster cave.

After hearing Zhou Chun's words, Luo Qingni also said, "Fellow Daoist Zhang is right. It would be safer for us to hide first."

As soon as she said this, she rolled her eyes and seemed to have let go of some of her worries. She suddenly looked at Zhou Chun and said, "But I really didn't expect that Fellow Daoist Zhang is so powerful. Even Yan Qiyang died at your hands."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun shook his head and said, "Master Luo, you are joking. If it weren't for Yan Qiyang and Master Luo who consumed a lot of mana and trump cards in that secret realm, how could Zhang be their opponent with this little strength!"

As if he was afraid that Luo Qingni would continue to ask about the "Heavenly Thunderbolt", he immediately changed the subject and said, "I am also confused. What if a high-level magician from the 'Multi-Winged Clan' really comes to investigate and discovers that secret realm?"

How could Luo Qingni not see what he was thinking, but she didn't care. After all, everyone has secrets, and she certainly didn't want outsiders to touch on some of her own secrets.

So he followed Zhou Chun's words and replied: "Fellow Daoist Zhang, you can rest assured about this. Not to mention that even if a high-level magician comes to investigate, even if a great magician comes, he still won't be able to find anything!"

Hearing this answer, Zhou Chun's curiosity grew even stronger, and he couldn't help but ask, "Can you tell me about that secret place? Of course, if Master Luo feels embarrassed, just pretend that I didn't ask."

He just couldn't help but give it a try and didn't have too many expectations.

Unexpectedly, after hearing his words, Luo Qingni hesitated for a moment, then quickly nodded and said, "Anyway, my goal has been achieved now, so it doesn't hurt to talk about it."

Then he told Zhou Chun about the secret island.

It turns out that the secret island was a secret cave created by a human cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage. Its specific existence time can be traced back to before the Tianyuan Immortal City was built. In short, it was very long ago.

More than a hundred years ago, when Luo Qingni was adventuring on the Dolan grassland, he obtained some information about the secret island from a relic cave, as well as three tokens for entering and exiting the secret island.

She first used the token to enter and search inside, then discovered that the real treasure troves inside were guarded by powerful prohibitions, puppets, and monsters, which were simply not something she could handle alone, so she came up with the idea of ​​finding teammates to explore together.

So after some investigation, Yan Qiyang and another cultivator named Mo were included in her selection list and were finally confirmed as her teammates.

After the three of them formed a team, they entered the secret island to explore many times and gained a lot of good things.

But when they explored the "Hundred Fruit Garden", things went awry because of the presence of the colorful dragon fish.

The casual cultivator named Mo died directly in the battle with the five-colored dragon fish. Yan Qiyang and Luo Qingni were also seriously injured. They had to give up the [Five Elements Spirit Fruit] and escape from the secret cave.

The rest of the story was simple. The two of them knew very well how powerful the Five-Colored Dragon Fish was, and they were unwilling to give up the [Five Elements Spirit Fruit], a rare spiritual object that could help them form an elixir. So they spent many years collecting treasures that could deal with the Five-Colored Dragon Fish, and they successfully seized the [Five Elements Spirit Fruit] during this trip to the secret island.

It was only because Yan Qiyang wanted to keep the treasure for himself that the two of them became enemies, and there was another fierce battle after they successfully seized the treasure.

In the end, Luo Qingni was more skilled and successfully defeated Yan Qiyang through the hidden chess piece Zhou Chun which she had arranged long ago.

In fact, what Luo Qingni said here was a bit vague. For example, she must know who the Nascent Soul stage cultivator who left the secret island was, and even knew what treasures were inside. She might not even intend to let Yan Qiyang leave alive.

But Zhou Chun would definitely not expose this.

If it were him, he would definitely not explain the matter in too much detail, and he might not even be willing to tell outsiders.

He estimated that if Bai Bai's previous "Tiangang Divine Thunder" had not been too powerful and frightened the other party, Luo Qingni might not be willing to talk about what is happening now.

But after listening to Luo Qingni's words, Zhou Chun felt very sorry.

Unfortunately, the storage bag on Yan Qiyang was blown to pieces by the "Tiangang Divine Thunder", and the things inside were also destroyed.

Otherwise, the token that can enter and exit the secret island would be his now.

But he could only think about this in his mind. He looked at Luo Qingni calmly and asked, "I have another question. What if Zhang didn't arrive here in time as Master Luo arranged? What would Master Luo do? Why would Master Luo believe that Zhang, whom he had only met a few times, would follow your arrangement and come to help you?"

Hearing him ask about this, Luo Qingni immediately replied: "If Fellow Daoist Zhang hadn't come, I would have had no choice but to fulfill my promise and give a [Five Elements Spiritual Fruit] to Old Thief Yan. After all, given my condition at the time and being in a foreign land like the Dolan Grassland, it would have been impossible for me to really fight him to the death!"

"As for why I believe that Daoist Zhang will follow the arrangement, I am actually not completely sure that Daoist Zhang will come. I just did it just in case. After all, Daoist Lu Chong and I are even less familiar with them, and I don't know if they are in collusion with Yan Qiyang. Daoist Zhang is the only one I can trust."

At this point, he glanced at Zhou Chun meaningfully and said, "Now it seems that I was right about Fellow Daoist Zhang. In fact, I overestimated Fellow Daoist Zhang!"

Zhou Chun was also speechless after hearing her answer.

Is the truth so simple?

As for his previous speculations, were they because he thought too badly of people or was he just being too self-indulgent?
But in my heart, I was still glad that I chose to believe Luo Qingni and came here.

Otherwise, you would have missed a great opportunity to form a pill in vain!

Thinking of the [Five Elements Spiritual Fruit] that he had snatched from Yan Qiyang, Zhou Chun's heart moved again. He couldn't help but look at Luo Qingni again and asked, "Since Yan Qiyang came to explore the secret realm with you, Master Luo, and now he has died here, Master Luo, aren't you afraid of being held accountable by his master when you return?"

"Yan Qiyang swore a vow not to reveal the existence of the secret island to anyone else in any form. He would never dare to break his vow if he could obtain the [Five Elements Spiritual Fruit], so the Huangshi Sect would definitely not know about the existence of the secret island."

"As for the fact that he died while adventuring with me on the Duolan Grassland, it would be a bit troublesome if the Yellowstone Sect knew about it. However, he did not die at my hands. I can swear a vow to prove that I did not lie. I think the Yellowstone Sect will not be able to do anything to me at that time."

"Besides, after I return to Tianyuan Immortal City, I will go into seclusion to form a golden elixir. Once I succeed and come out of seclusion, who would bother me, a golden elixir cultivator, for the sake of Yan Qiyang, a dead late-stage purple mansion cultivator!"

While answering Zhou Chun's questions, Luo Qingni looked at Zhou Chun with a half-smile and said, "I have answered all of Daoist Zhang's questions. Now Daoist Zhang, can you satisfy my curiosity and answer a few questions for me?"

"Oh, what does Master Luo want to ask?"

Zhou Chun's heart trembled, and he immediately became highly alert, but he did not refuse directly.

Under the current circumstances, it is unlikely that he and Luo Qingni would have a fight again. In fact, because of their previous cooperation experience, their relationship may even deepen.

Therefore, Zhou Chun would naturally be happy if he could further establish a good relationship with Luo Qingni, the alchemy master who is about to successfully form a pill.

But that doesn't mean he's willing to reveal some of his secrets.

Luo Qingni seemed to see Zhou Chun's inner vigilance, and immediately smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhang, don't be nervous. I'm just asking you a few common questions. If you don't want to answer, you don't have to."

"Then Master Luo, please ask."

Zhou Chun pondered for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

"Fellow Daoist Zhang, what is your real name? What does your real appearance look like? Where are you from? Why did you accept this escort mission? Do you have any extra Millennium Dragon Grass?"

Luo Qingni stared at Zhou Chun and asked a series of questions at a rapid speed.

She thought that these questions were not particularly private, and if Zhou Chun was unwilling to tell her these, it was obvious that he was not really willing to establish a friendship with her.

But what people don’t know is that for Zhou Chun, these questions are more difficult to answer than some matters involving personal privacy.

After a moment of hesitation, Zhou Chun still bowed to Luo Qingni and said, "Master Luo, please understand. It's not that I don't understand human feelings. It's just that I can't tell outsiders my real name and appearance. Otherwise, I might get killed!"

"As for why Zhang accepted the escort mission, it was purely coincidental. Zhang came all the way to the Great Zhou Kingdom to travel. In addition to seeking the help of the alchemy master to refine the 'Dragon Pill', he also wanted to see if he could get some pills to improve his magic power. In addition, he was curious about the Dolan Grassland and wanted to come and see the scenery of this alien land!"

At this point, Zhou Chun saw that Luo Qingni's face had become unhappy, and he gritted his teeth and whispered, "I do have another Millennium Dragon Grass in my hand. If Master Luo wants it, I am willing to exchange it with you!"

At present, it seems that the person in the Zhou family who may be able to use the Thousand-Year Dragon Grass is Zhou Daoquan. His Blood Flame Dragon Python has a good foundation. After being cultivated to the upper second level, it does have a chance to transform into a Blood Flame Dragon.

As for the monsters of the rest of the people, even though there are already quite a few second-level dragon-descended monsters, in fact, those monsters do not have the potential to transform into dragons at all, and it is impossible for them to successfully transform into dragons at the third level.

Therefore, it is not impossible to exchange a thousand-year-old dragon grass for the treasure.

This is the greatest sincerity Zhou Chun can show at the moment.

After all, he and Luo Qingni were not really familiar with each other, so it was impossible for him to tell this person his true background now.

That is like gambling with your own life on the other person's character.

Fortunately, after hearing him say that it could be exchanged for the Millennium Dragon Grass, Luo Qingni's complexion improved slightly.

But he still said, "Fellow Daoist Zhang is too cautious. I have even told you about this secret island. You also know that I have the [Five Elements Spiritual Fruit] and that Yan Qiyang died because of my calculations. You should know that I would never betray you!"

"Master Luo, please forgive me. The person I offended was quite powerful, so I dare not let him know easily. If I am no longer afraid of that person in the future, I will definitely apologize to Master Luo in person!"

Zhou Chun bowed and apologized repeatedly with a wry smile on his face.

Luo Qingni didn't dwell on this matter and quickly skipped over it and said, "It would be great if Fellow Daoist Zhang is willing to exchange the Millennium Dragon Grass. I can exchange it with 'Zeng Yuan Dan' or other elixirs that can improve mana cultivation, and I guarantee that you won't suffer any loss."

Hearing her words, Zhou Chun neither agreed nor refused. He just looked at her curiously and asked, "I would like to ask, Master Luo, what do you want the thousand-year-old dragon grass for? Do you also raise a dragon-born monster with the potential to transform into a dragon?"

"That's not the case. I just know that a Jindan-stage cultivator has been trying to find a 'Dragon Transformation Pill' for his pet snake demon, and he also happens to have something very useful to me. I want to refine another 'Dragon Transformation Pill' to exchange with him for that thing."

Luo Qingni shook her head slightly and stated her intention in a deep voice.

Is that so?

Zhou Chun nodded thoughtfully, and then said, "If that's the case, Zhang is naturally happy to help Master Luo with this small favor."

"Thank you very much, Brother Zhang."

Luo Qingni's face lit up with joy, and she finally uttered words of thanks.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "I dare not ask Master Luo to thank me. I just hope that Master Luo can open the furnace to refine pills for Zhang a few more times when he has time in the future!"

"That's easy. When I go back and succeed in forming the elixir, Fellow Daoist Zhang, as long as you provide the materials, I can help you refine the elixir three times for free. In the future, I will also give you priority in helping you refine the elixir!" Luo Qingni smiled lightly and agreed readily.

She knew that Zhou Chun was just like those monks who tried every means to make friends with her. They were all interested in her alchemy skills and wanted her help in making pills.

Instead of being angry, she was very happy.

Because she is not afraid of others plotting against this, but she is afraid of others plotting against other things of hers.

For her, it doesn't matter who she helps to make pills, as it can help her hone and improve her alchemy skills.

Next, Zhou Chun took out another thousand-year-old dragon grass on the spot, and Luo Qingni also took out two "Zengyuan Pills" and five "Yujing Pills" in exchange.

It is hard to say who is at a disadvantage in this exchange. After all, if the Millennium Dragon Grass meets someone who needs it, there will be people who will buy it for 100,000 spirit coins.

The pill that Luo Qingni took out was exactly what Zhou Chun needed.

Especially the five "Jade Crystal Pills", which are elixirs that can be used by late Purple Mansion cultivators to improve their magic power. Each pill is worth 15,000 spirit coins.

In the following time, Zhou Chun also seized the opportunity to ask Luo Qingni about the materials of elixirs such as "Dragon Spirit Pill" and "Zengyuan Pill" to see if he could gather the materials for one or two furnaces of elixirs.

If possible, he would certainly like to exchange those elixirs that can improve his magical powers directly with Luo Qingni.

But when Luo Qingni exchanged the pills with him, she said that all the pills of this type in her hands were now given to him.

After all, Luo Qingni was already a cultivator in the late Purple Mansion stage and had no use for this kind of elixir. Even if she made this kind of elixir, she would take it out and exchange it for other treasures.

Even for a master alchemist like her, it is not easy to gather all the materials needed to make a furnace of pills.

In fact, the reason why a self-employed alchemy master like her can so easily help other cultivators to make pills is that, in addition to wanting to hone her alchemy skills and earn spirit coins, she also wants to build a network of contacts through this.

After this circle of contacts is established and managed well, these alchemy masters can look for materials from their circle of contacts when they are short of any materials for making elixirs.

However, using one's network of contacts to search for the elixir would mean using up one's own favors.

Luo Qingni and Zhou Chun's relationship has not reached that point yet, so it is naturally impossible for her to do this just to make pills for him.

Zhou Chun had to find the materials himself, and she helped to refine them.

What disappointed Zhou Chun was that Luo Qingni did not know how to refine the "Dragon Spirit Pill". This kind of pill seemed to be the unique elixir of Master Ge Yun, and he was the only one in Tianyuan Fairy City who could refine it.

However, the good news is that one of the main ingredients of "Zengyuan Pill" is the third-level demon pill. After showing his snake lizard inner pill to Luo Qingni, the other party said that it fully met the requirements, but he still needed him to find three thousand-year-old elixirs and many auxiliary materials.

Zhou Chun compared the list of materials provided by Luo Qingni and found that two of the thousand-year-old elixirs in the Zhou family's collection could be used as replacements. He only needed to find another thousand-year-old elixir and some auxiliary materials.

In addition to the "Zengyuan Pill", the "Huangjing Pill" and two other elixirs that can improve the magical powers of Purple Mansion period cultivators, Luo Qingni also provided a list of main materials and some more difficult-to-find auxiliary materials. After he has collected them all, he can also give them to Luo Qingni to refine.

With these gains, Zhou Chun was completely satisfied with this trip to Dolan Prairie.

He also did not plan to continue wandering around the Dolan Grassland. He planned to return to his family to practice for a few years after returning to the Great Zhou Kingdom, put the [Five Elements Spiritual Fruit] back to the family for storage, and collect some related materials by the way.

Then, after Luo Qingni succeeds in forming the elixir, he will continue to travel to the Great Zhou Kingdom to collect materials and ask her to refine the elixir.

The plan was all good, but Zhou Chun and Luo Qingni had only been in the cave at the bottom of the lake for seven days when suddenly there was an earthquake and the ground shook violently, almost causing the cave they were in to collapse.

"What happened? Did we just encounter a ground dragon turning over?"

The violent vibration lasted for about a hundred breaths and finally stopped. Luo Qingni held up a green protective shield and looked at Zhou Chun with a suspicious expression and asked.

The so-called "earth dragon turning over" is the explanation of earthquake imagined by cultivators.

According to the world of immortal cultivation, earthquakes occur because the energy in the underground veins becomes chaotic and unstable.

In fact, this statement is not wrong, because if a cultivator uses great supernatural powers to interfere with the earth's veins in an area, he can indeed create local earthquake phenomena.

After listening to Luo Qingni's words, Zhou Chun released his spiritual sense to sense it, and said solemnly: "I'm afraid this is not a normal earth dragon turning over!"

"What do you mean by this, Mr. Daoist Zhang?"

Luo Qingni looked at Zhou Chun with a puzzled expression, and the suspicion in her eyes became even stronger.

"When a normal earth dragon turns over, the vibration should not be just once, but will continue to vibrate, and there should be no abnormal signs beforehand!"

Of course, Zhou Chun would not explain the terms of earthquake phenomena such as aftershocks, longitudinal waves, and transverse waves at this time. He just answered in words that Luo Qingni could understand.

After saying this, he added in a deep voice: "Let's wait and see if there will be any follow-up shocks!"

However, they then waited for another hour, but there was no second vibration.

This made Zhou Chun more certain of his speculation.

Luo Qingni couldn't help but ask, "If it's true as Daoist Fellow Zhang said, could it be that a powerful cultivator's battle disturbed the earth veins?"

Without waiting for Zhou Chun's response, he shook his head and said, "But this is not right. Powerful cultivators usually fight in the sky. When they disrupt the earth veins, it usually happens during the attack on the mountain protection formation. It can't be that the mountain gate station of a large tribe of the Multi-Winged Clan is being attacked!"

"Just go out and take a look and you'll know what's going on!"

As Zhou Chun spoke, he released a few "Black Armor Golden Feathers" to fly onto the water surface to check, so as to avoid encountering the "Multi-Winged Clan" magicians after going out.

After a while, he found that there was no problem, so he and Luo Qingni came to the surface of the water, concealed his magic power and flew high into the sky to check.

When they flew high into the sky, the two soon discovered something strange.

But in the sky far away, a large patch of colorful clouds suddenly appeared.

"That is... could it be a spiritual cloud formed by the concentrated spiritual energy of heaven and earth?"

Zhou Chun looked at the colorful clouds with a look of surprise and doubt, and couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"I'm afraid it's what you said, Fellow Daoist Zhang. Judging from the momentum, it's either some forbidden ancient ruins that have been unearthed, or a natural treasure land that has been opened, and the spiritual energy has leaked out to form this auspicious sign!"

Luo Qingni made an excuse with a serious expression.

After she finished speaking, she looked at Zhou Chun.

It just so happened that Zhou Chun was looking at her at this moment.

The two looked at each other and saw the worry in each other's eyes.

Then Luo Qingni spoke first: "It seems that Fellow Daoist Zhang and I have the same idea. We can't stay here for long. We should leave quickly!"

"Yes, no matter what the situation is, this area will immediately become a place of trouble, and it is not something we can get involved in!"

Zhou Chun sighed softly and said with a hint of regret.

In fact, he and Luo Qingni both knew that whether it was the emergence of ancient relics or the opening of a treasure land, it was a great opportunity for cultivators.

Unfortunately, this place is in the Dolan grassland, the territory of the alien race "Multi-Winged Tribe".

Now that even they can see this strange phenomenon, there is no way the mages of the "Multi-Winged Tribe" cannot fail to see it.

And if there were any great masters who were equivalent to Jindan stage cultivators, these Zifu stage cultivators would not be able to escape.

So this is not something they can get involved in at all.

What's more, both of them have reaped rich rewards now. With the [Five Elements Spirit Fruit], a precious treasure for forming elixir, in their hands, there is no need to take any more risks.

After reaching a consensus, the two of them immediately set out together to return to the Great Zhou Kingdom.

However, just because Zhou Chun and his companion, who had reaped great rewards, were able to control their greed and not take the risk of joining in the fun, it did not mean that other cultivators on the Dolan Grassland shared the same idea as them.

Just when the earthquake occurred and colorful clouds appeared, a group of cultivators arrived at the scene.

In other words, the colorful clouds were created by these immortal cultivators.

I saw a bald man in red clothes looking at the colorful clouds above his head with an unpleasant expression, and then he looked at the group of people beside him with anger and roared: "Damn bastards, what did you do? Didn't they say that the formation can cover up the anomaly? Why did it become like this now!"

Faced with the wrath of such a Jindan-stage cultivator, those Zifu-stage cultivators were so frightened that they trembled in fear and dared not say a word.

The formation master who was being stared at by the bald red-robed man muttered to himself with a look of despair, "This shouldn't be the case. The Seven-Star Soul Locking Formation I set up, with seven Purple Mansion Stage cultivators in charge, shouldn't be unable to lock the leaking spiritual energy. What went wrong..."

Seeing him like this, the bald man in red became even more angry and wanted to slap him to death on the spot.

Fortunately, at this time, another Jindan stage cultivator present spoke.

"Brother Yuan, calm down. Now is not the time to hold these youngsters accountable. Since this strange phenomenon has already appeared, this place can no longer be concealed. Before those great wizards of the Multi-Winged Clan arrive, let's quickly go in and search!"

The person who said this was an old man in green with kind eyes. He had white hair and was holding a copper cane in his hand. He really looked like an old immortal.

But the bald man in red seemed to be very afraid of the old man. After hearing what he said, he first glared at the formation master, then forced a smile at the old man in green and said, "Mr. Chen, you are right. Then please go first."

"Haha, since Brother Yuan is so kind, I will not refuse."

The old man in green laughed and immediately jumped into a yellowish-brown vortex in front of him that was gushing with spiritual energy.

Seeing this, the bald man in red glared at the Purple Mansion cultivators again, and then ordered in a deep voice: "You form a formation to guard here, and make sure you hold out until we get out!"

After saying that, he jumped into the ochre-colored vortex.

There were only eight Purple Mansion Stage cultivators left there, looking at each other in frustration.

"What should we do? What if a few 'Multi-Winged Tribe' wizards really come? Are we really going to risk our lives for those two old monsters?"

A Purple Mansion cultivator whispered with a worried look on his face.

Hearing this, a Taoist monk in black with a goatee rolled his eyes and said, "What else can we do if we don't fight hard? Do you have a way to remove the 'Heart-burning Curse' that Old Monster Yuan has planted on us?"

This Taoist in black was actually the mid-stage Purple Mansion cultivator who had recruited Zhou Chun in Tianyuan Immortal City that day!
When the Taoist in black mentioned the three words "Burning Heart Curse", several Purple Mansion Stage cultivators present couldn't help but shudder, and no one spoke anymore.

(End of this chapter)