Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

Chapter 227 Mysterious Realm Spirit Gu
"Fellow Daoist Lu, are you ready? If you are, let's enter the secret realm now!" Liu Miaozhen said in a deep voice.

Liu Miaozhen and other Golden Core cultivators of the Spirit Gu Sect had been preparing for nearly a year, but they had only waited until now because Lu Cheng'an had not given them any definite news.

The Linggu Sect currently has a total of six cultivators at the Golden Core stage. Besides Liu Miaozhen, who is at the late Golden Core stage, there are two other cultivators at the mid-Golden Core stage: Shang Lan and Huo Yong.

Shang Lan and Huo Yong are a couple who cultivate together. They both entered the Ling Gu Sect when they were young.

Both of them possessed a spirit gu similar to the Deep Affection Gu, but their spirit gu was called the Fate-Sharing Gu.

The Shared Fate Gu will allow them to communicate telepathically, and their cultivation speed will be extremely fast when they cultivate with the help of the Shared Fate Gu.

Shang Lan and Huo Yong are both still quite young. If they continue to improve their cultivation at their current rate, it's a certainty that they will become cultivators at the Golden Core Perfection Realm in the future.

Of course, the Shared Fate Gu also has a major drawback: once either party dies, the Shared Fate Gu in the other party's body will also slowly die, and the owner of the Shared Fate Gu will also die at the same time as the Gu worm.

Shang Lan and Huo Yong are not weak, but their strength is still quite different from that of the Azure Flame Lion.

The fact that Lu Cheng'an was able to fight the Azure Flame Lion without being at a disadvantage proves that his strength is definitely greater than Shang Lan's and the other two, which is also the main reason why Liu Miaozhen decided to invite Lu Cheng'an.

The remaining three Golden Core cultivators of the Spirit Gu Sect are all at the early stage of the Golden Core realm. These three are Gao Yuan, Liao Wenjing, and Mai Feng.

Mai Feng's cultivation had only recently broken through to the Golden Core realm, and his strength was still very weak.

Of the six Golden Core cultivators from the Spirit Gu Sect, five, excluding Mai Feng who had just broken through to the Golden Core realm, will enter the secret realm.

Because there is more than just the Jade Silkworm Gu in the secret realm, Lu Cheng'an and Liu Miaozhen will do their best to kill the Jade Silkworm Gu.

Shang Lan and the others were responsible for stopping the other Gu worms in the secret realm.

“I’m ready. Let’s enter the secret realm now, as Fellow Daoist Liu suggested!” Lu Cheng’an said.

He had already made preparations within the clan, upgrading the two magical treasures, the Earth Flame Purple Gold Bell and the Seven Birds Divine Fire Fan, to the middle grade of the third rank, and also successfully refining the Fire Cloud Gourd.

However, he has not yet revealed his mid-stage Golden Core cultivation level. Relying on the Minor Transformation Technique, let alone Liu Miaozhen being a late-stage Golden Core cultivator, even if she were a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, she would not be able to see through Lu Cheng'an's true cultivation level.

This is because Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu practiced the Minor Transformation Technique together, and during their dual cultivation, they also comprehended this minor supernatural power together.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of dual cultivation, he cultivated this minor supernatural power to perfection!
Once this minor supernatural power reaches its perfect state, the power it displays becomes even more formidable.

It not only allows cultivators to change their appearance, physique, and aura, but also has a strong concealment effect.

"Alright, let's enter the secret realm now!"

When Liu Miaozhen heard Lu Cheng'an agree so readily, a look of joy immediately appeared on her face.

Without any hesitation, she led Lu Cheng'an away from Yingke Peak and into the Linggu Sect's mountain gate.

The interior of the Linggu Sect's mountain gate is vast, filled with spiritual peaks. A jade-like stream flows through the peaks, creating an exceptionally beautiful landscape.

The entrance to the Spirit Gu Sect's secret realm is located at the deepest part of the mountain gate.

Liu Miaozhen led Lu Cheng'an into the secret realm, which required them to traverse the entire Linggu Sect.

Throughout the journey, Lu Cheng'an observed the situation of the Spirit Gu Sect. He sensed that there were extremely powerful formations between the various spirit peaks, and these formations were interconnected to form a terrifying array.

This is the strength of the ancient Golden Core sects; their mountain gates have long been fortified to be indestructible.

Even if the sect's power declines, it can continue to be passed down as long as the number of Golden Core cultivators is not completely cut off, relying on the sect's foundation.

"The Heavenly Flame Sect's foundation is far inferior to that of the Spirit Gu Sect, but it is still a Golden Core sect that has been passed down for over a thousand years. Destroying it will certainly not be an easy task!"

After seeing the situation inside the Linggu Sect, Lu Cheng'an couldn't help but think of the Tianyan Sect.

He had previously made a promise with Qingyi of the Spirit Clam Clan and swore that when he was strong enough, he would help the Spirit Clam Clan destroy the Heavenly Flame Sect.

In terms of combat strength at the Golden Core level alone, Lu Cheng'an and the Spirit Clam Clan do indeed have the capability to destroy the Heavenly Flame Sect.

However, this requires that the cultivators of the Tianyan Sect, such as Chongxu, are not in the sect. If they rely on the formations inside the Tianyan Sect to defend themselves, Lu Cheng'an cannot break through their defenses now.

Of course, there is another very important point: because of the existence of the Hong'e Mountains and the Sacred Heart Sect, two major enemies, the Ancient Desolate Sect will not allow large-scale battles to occur between the Golden Core forces within its territory.

While Lu Cheng'an was thinking about these things, he still kept a portion of his attention on the situation outside.

Soon after, Liu Miaozhen led Lu Chengan into the deepest part of the Linggu Sect and arrived at the entrance to the secret realm.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, the entrance to the secret realm is right here. I will open the entrance now, and you will enter the secret realm with us shortly!"

The entrance to the secret realm is located in a mountain peak that is tens of meters high. There are no spiritual veins on this mountain; it is just an ordinary mountain.

The entrance to the secret realm was halfway up the mountain. After giving Lu Cheng'an some instructions, Liu Miaozhen had a brown, stone-like Gu worm appear in her palm.

The Gu worm is dead, and its corpse has been refined into a secret treasure to connect to that secret realm.

After taking out the Gu worm, Liu Miaozhen quickly cast a spell, and then a brown spiritual light emerged from the Gu worm's body.

In an instant, a hole of light condensed in front of Liu Miaozhen and the other Golden Core cultivators.

The other side of this light cave leads to the secret realm.

"Shang Lan, you all go in first!"

Once the light cave stabilized, Liu Miaozhen immediately called out, instructing Shang Lan and the other cultivators from the Spirit Gu Sect to enter the secret realm first.

Without any hesitation, Shang Lan and the other Ling Gu Sect cultivators flashed into the light cave and disappeared in an instant.

After Shang Lan and the other Ling Gu Sect cultivators had all gone inside, Lu Cheng'an followed without hesitation into the light cave.

Only then did Liu Miaozhen put away the brown Gu worm and become the last to enter the secret realm.

After Liu Miaozhen entered the secret realm, the light hole also disappeared rapidly.

This secret realm of the Spirit Gu Sect is much larger than the Azure Spirit Secret Realm that Lu Cheng'an entered before, and the spiritual energy inside is also much denser. "Fellow Daoist Lu, if we go a little deeper into the secret realm, the third-tier spirit Gu such as the Jade Silkworm Gu will actively come out from the depths of the secret realm to attack us after sensing our presence!" Liu Miaozhen said.

Before she decided to invite Lu Cheng'an, she had entered the secret realm once. She had tried her best to hide her aura, but the Jade Silkworm Gu still detected it, and she hurriedly left the secret realm.

They didn't conceal their aura when they entered the secret realm, so they should be detected by the Jade Silkworm Gu and other third-tier Gu worms very soon.

"I will follow Fellow Daoist Liu's arrangements and have no other objections!" Lu Cheng'an said with a smile.

He was not familiar with this secret realm of the Spirit Gu Sect, so naturally he would not rashly offer any other opinions.

After Lu Cheng'an agreed, Liu Miaozhen led Lu Cheng'an and the other Golden Core cultivators of the Linggu Sect into the depths of the secret realm.

They did not venture too deep into the secret realm; after traveling about a hundred miles, they stopped.

This is an extremely open space with relatively thin spiritual energy, and no treasures have been nurtured within it.

No matter what kind of damage this place suffers, it will not cause any loss to the Linggu Sect.

After Lu Cheng'an and the other Golden Core cultivators entered this place, they waited for less than a quarter of an hour before the third-tier spirit Gu from the secret realm, including the Jade Silkworm Gu, came rushing towards them from the depths of the secret realm.

These spirit gu were cultivated by cultivators of the Spirit Gu Sect using secret methods. Even though the Jade Silkworm Gu's cultivation level has reached the top grade of the third rank, its intelligence is still not developed, and it is still a low-level life form that acts solely on instinct.

Perhaps this situation will only change when its cultivation level breaks through to the fourth rank.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, this is a top-grade third-tier Jade Silkworm Gu, its strength comparable to a cultivator at the Golden Core Perfection stage!"

Liu Miaozhen spoke in a deep voice, her gaze falling on the enormous Gu worm that was several meters long, her face full of solemnity.

The Jade Silkworm Gu is entirely jade white, several meters long, and its shape resembles a silkworm, hence its name.

A violent aura emanated from its enormous body. After appearing in the sight of Lu Cheng'an and the other Golden Core cultivators, the Gu worm's gaze fell on Liu Miaozhen, and it immediately launched an attack on her.

This is because Liu Miaozhen exudes the strongest aura, and her physical body and soul are more attractive to the Jade Silkworm Gu.

Only by completely devouring Liu Miaozhen can it advance further!
When Lu Cheng'an saw the Jade Silkworm Gu and other Gu worms, a look of surprise appeared in his eyes, because the appearance of these Gu worms was completely unexpected.

For example, this jade silkworm gu was several feet long, which was very different from the gu insects he remembered.

Besides this top-grade Tier 3 Jade Silkworm Gu, there are five other Tier 3 Gu worms.

Of the five third-tier Gu worms, two were Jade Silkworm Gu, two were Golden Snake Gu, and one was Flying Scale Gu.

The two Jade Silkworm Gu are both of the middle grade of the third rank, while the remaining three Gu worms are of the lower grade of the third rank.

After the top-grade third-tier Jade Silkworm Gu attacked Liu Miaozhen, the other five third-tier Gu worms also made their move at the same time.

The third-tier top-grade Jade Silkworm Gu waved its jade-like cicada wings, and in an instant, two beams of azure light shot out.

The azure light, carrying extremely profound azure runes, shot out from the Jade Silkworm Gu's cicada wings and transformed into two sharp azure blades, slicing down towards Liu Miaozhen's body.

At the same time, the Jade Silkworm Gu opened its ferocious mouthparts, revealing rows of sharp fangs.

At this moment, a powerful suction force emerged from its mouth. This suction force solidified into a tangible form, and wisps of jade-white light appeared, instantly sweeping towards Liu Miaozhen's body.

Liu Miaozhen reacted immediately, quickly summoning a dark gold magic sword, which was of the third rank and of the highest grade.

The golden magic sword met the attack of the two blue blades. With a clang of metal on metal, the golden magic sword was knocked away by the two blue blades after holding out for a moment.

However, the two cyan blades had little power left at this point, and as the golden magic sword struck down again, the two cyan blades shattered in an instant.

Then, a dark golden Gu worm the size of a fingernail emerged from Liu Miaozhen's body. The moment this tiny Gu worm left Liu Miaozhen's body, it instantly transformed into a dark golden Gu worm several meters long.

This dark golden Gu worm is Liu Miaozhen's natal spirit Gu, the Golden Stone Gu.

The Golden Stone Gu is a high-grade third-tier gu. Although this gu is not weak, it is still somewhat inferior to the Jade Silkworm Gu.

After observing for a moment, Lu Cheng'an no longer held back. He struck out with his palm, and the surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth frantically gathered towards his palm.

A moment later, a huge, fiery red palm print appeared between heaven and earth, covering most of the sky.

Lu Cheng'an flipped his palm down, and the huge, fiery red palm print pressed down on the third-grade top-quality Jade Silkworm Gu.

This palm print was formed by Lu Cheng using the Myriad Flames Burning Heaven Palm. This minor divine power and the Returning Origin Fire Fiend Seal are both minor divine powers attached to the Earth Flame True Scripture.

However, the Ten Thousand Flames Burning Heaven Palm is more difficult to cultivate than the Returning Origin Fire Fiend Seal, and this minor divine power is also more formidable.

As the enormous palm print formed by the Myriad Flames Burning Heaven Palm pressed down, the Jade Silkworm Gu immediately took action to defend itself. It rapidly flapped its azure cicada wings, and streaks of azure blades shot out.

However, these incredibly sharp blue blades failed to break through the massive fiery red palm print.

A moment later, the Myriad Flames Burning Heaven Palm struck the Jade Silkworm Gu's body, and only then did the terrifying power contained within the palm print fully erupt.

This force caused the Jade Silkworm Gu's enormous body to tremble violently, with its cicada wings suffering the most severe damage.

The cicada wing's defensive power was relatively weak, and after being attacked by the Myriad Flames Burning Heaven Palm, it was torn apart by nearly half.

While Lu Cheng'an was using the Myriad Flames Burning Heaven Palm, a minor divine power, to attack the Jade Silkworm Gu, he also summoned the Seven Birds Divine Fire Fan, a mid-grade third-tier magic weapon.

The Seven Birds Divine Fire Fan is very easy to activate. After Lu Cheng'an channeled his magic power into the Seven Birds Divine Fire Fan, this third-grade mid-level magic weapon trembled slightly, and then a ball of cyan-gold flames was fanned out from the fan.

The cyan-gold flames swelled with the wind, instantly transforming into a vast cyan-gold sea of ​​fire that roared towards the Jade Silkworm Gu's body.

The power contained within the cyan-gold flames was extremely terrifying, even stronger than the power of the Myriad Flames Burning Heaven Palm.

The third-tier top-grade Golden Silkworm Gu had already been injured by Lu Cheng'an's Myriad Flames Burning Heaven Palm. Now, after sensing the terrifying power contained in the cyan-gold sea of ​​fire, it immediately let out a sharp cry.

This cry is also an extremely terrifying attack method, and it is an attack on the soul!

(End of this chapter)