Immortality and Cultivation: I Have Too Many Talents

Chapter 235 Deadly Intent in the Poisonous Forest (Please Subscribe)
Among the waiting cultivators, the Tianhua Guan family and the Luoyan Zeng family were the leaders.

Lin, the head of the Lin family, stepped forward and bowed to Guan and Zeng, the heads of the Guan and Zeng families.

Shen Xuan sized up the Foundation Establishment cultivators beside the two family heads.

Two of them are from their own family.

However, the other four Foundation Establishment cultivators made Shen Xuan extremely uncomfortable.

The four members of the Guan family were all filled with a bloodthirsty aura.

Clearly, he is a cultivator undergoing a tribulation.

Once you reach the Foundation Establishment stage, you won't act rashly unless you're absolutely certain of success.

Ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators, even when engaging in combat, rarely face life-or-death battles.

Only a Foundation Establishment cultivator would have so many lives on their hands.

On the other hand, the four members of the Zeng family left Shen Xuan speechless.

Although disguised, they concealed their true appearance and aura.

But Shen Xuan's [Insight Technique] reveals everything.

All four were demonic cultivators, and their strength was considerable.

"Blood Spirit Sect, Corpse Refining Sect, White Bone Sect."

There's another one that Shen Xuan can't see through either.

"It's neither the Netherworld Sect nor the Yin Sha Sect, it can only be the Joyful Union Sect!"

Among the six major demonic sects of Liang Kingdom, the Hehuan Sect is the most mysterious.

They rarely openly clashed with the Daoist sect.

Tianxiang Pavilion is its peripheral organization, maintaining neutrality to the outside world.

Let's look at the helpers hired by the other families.

Most of them are not ordinary good monks.

Average ability.

They're probably recruited rogue cultivators.

The Qi family, being the weakest among them, only has one spot.

Shen Xuan was secretly alarmed.

The cultivator beside the Qi family head was dressed in black, his face covered by a black cloth, so even he couldn't see through him.

"This person is no ordinary individual who dares to enter the Azure Spirit Secret Realm alone."

Shen Xuan could only tell that she was a female cultivator.

The seven heads of the family gathered together.

After discussing it for a while...

The Guan family head announced in a loud voice, "Everyone, everyone is here. Let's open the Azure Spirit Secret Realm now."

"I'm sure you're all already aware of the rules. I'll only emphasize one thing: Within the secret realm, use your abilities freely, and let life and death be secondary! Outside the secret realm, settle all grudges, and refrain from further fighting!"

"Otherwise, we, the seven cultivators, will join forces to attack him!"

After speaking, Patriarch Guan gestured to the other six patriarchs to join forces in casting a spell to activate the formation.

Each of the seven people chose an area, set up a formation flag, and cast spells by making hand seals.

As streams of spiritual energy were injected, the once empty ancient battlefield plain was instantly transformed, revealing a hazy yellow city wall.

Within the city walls stood an ancient city gate, which slowly opened under the infusion of spiritual power from the seven family heads.

"Everyone, proceed quickly in order!"

The four cultivators from the Guan family were the first to transform into streaks of light and enter the city gate, their figures vanishing in an instant.

Subsequently, the Zeng family and other cultivators also flew into the secret realm.

Shen Xuan and Qianzhu Jushi exchanged a glance and simultaneously transformed into streaks of light and entered.

……

After entering the city gate, Shen Xuan was plunged into darkness, feeling as if he were floating on a piece of duckweed, pulled by a suction force.

After about one stick of incense.

Suddenly, a bright and clear view appeared before them, with patches of seven-colored spiritual light forming clusters of extremely dense spiritual energy that condensed into wispy mist.

During the [Insight Technique], there was no trace of cultivators nearby; one could only sense the vibrant spiritual energy and thriving life within the secret realm.

Shen Xuan took a deep breath.

Refreshing and happy.

"With such a dense concentration of spiritual energy, it's no wonder that rare and precious materials that don't exist outside can grow here!"

Shen Xuan estimated that the spiritual energy in this secret realm was comparable to that of a training room connected to a mid-grade second-tier spiritual vein.

And this is only the outer perimeter of the secret realm.

Shen Xuan tried his best to control his body and slowly reduced his speed.

suddenly.

A burst of seven-colored spiritual light instantly enveloped him, and he became completely dazed.

It felt like being in an elevator from a past life, suddenly losing weight, and then being rapidly transported while enveloped by a ball of spiritual light.

Shen Xuan kept his mind focused.

Soon, the seven-colored aura dissipated.

Shen Xuan suddenly felt weightless and fell from the void.

Fortunately, Shen Xuan was prepared. He made a hand seal, and auspicious clouds appeared under his feet, allowing him to ride the clouds.

After regaining his balance, Shen Xuan looked around and saw that he was a hundred feet above the ground.

He summoned the Crimson-Winged Roaring Serpent Corpse Beast and rode on it.

It sped towards the ground.

Before long, they arrived at a meadow where low-level spiritual plants were growing wildly.

Shen Xuan took out the jade slip depicting the geography of the Azure Spirit Secret Realm and began to locate his position by referring to the markings on it.

Although the Azure Spirit Secret Realm is a small secret realm, its area is actually quite large, with a diameter of a thousand miles.

The geographical jade slip divides it into the outer perimeter, inner perimeter, and core area.

Actually, it's just a simple division.

The closer you get to the center, the denser the spiritual energy becomes, and the higher the quality of the rare and precious materials and the monsters.

The Worry-Free Fruit is located in the core area.

The geographical jade slip marked some common spiritual creatures and monsters in the secret realm.

In the outer area, most of the items are of the first rank.

Although there were also groups of demonic birds and beasts, which made things a little more troublesome.

Overall, it poses no threat to Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Once you reach the inner perimeter, you'll encounter spirit creatures and demonic beasts of rank two or higher.

The core area contains not only rare natural treasures, but also second-tier high-grade demonic beasts.

Opportunities and risks coexist.

Now that he was here, Shen Xuan naturally intended to explore the area.

This is a hidden realm with a unique environment, and it contains many second-tier demonic beasts.

In particular, the essence blood of water-attribute demon beasts is exactly what he urgently needs right now.

Within a hundred feet of him, there was no one else but himself, and Shen Xuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Being in the secret realm, Shen Xuan dared not be careless and summoned the Golden Claw Divine Eagle Corpse Beast.

The eagle's eyes provide a wide field of vision, serving as a warning.

A map of the secret realm appeared in Shen Xuan's mind. "I am currently located on the edge of the Primordial Slope in the westernmost part of the secret realm, which is still three hundred miles away from the core area I need to reach."

Shen Xuan took out the Spirit Bamboo Jade Pendant to check the location of the Thousand Bamboo Hermit.

The Azure Spirit Secret Realm will only be open for forty-nine days.

Forty-nine days later, regardless of the outcome, you must leave the secret realm.

Otherwise, they will be trapped in the secret realm and wait for sixty years.

Almost no cultivator can live alone in the Azure Spirit Secret Realm for sixty years.

Shen Xuan needed to hurry and meet up with Qianzhu Jushi first.

"Fortunately, the location isn't too remote; it's still in the outer area, only about a hundred miles away."

For a Foundation Establishment cultivator, a distance of a hundred miles is only a short half-hour journey.

However, dangers lurk everywhere in this secret realm.

The jade pendant made of spirit bamboo indicates that the hermit of a thousand bamboos was not fast.

Clearly, she was on guard while traveling.

After thinking for a moment, Shen Xuan rode the Crimson Winged Serpent and had the Golden Clawed Divine Eagle circle in the sky as they headed towards the direction of the Thousand Bamboo Hermit.

The Shadow Octopus Corpse Beast was also summoned, hiding and lurking on the Crimson Winged Serpent, ready to act as a meat shield to block attacks at any time.

Soon, a place filled with billowing poisonous gas appeared in front of Shen Xuan, obscuring the sky and the sun.

"The gas is so thick!"

With the "Immune to All Poisons" skill at its peak, this level of poison naturally couldn't harm Shen Xuan.

However, for safety's sake, Shen Xuan still chose to land on the ground and put away the two corpse beasts, the Golden Claw Divine Eagle and the Crimson Winged Roaring Serpent.

This is a notorious poisonous area within the Azure Spirit Secret Realm: the Poison Bone Forest.

It was blocking Shen Xuan's way.

Even if you want to take a detour, you can't find the way.

Shen Xuan looked around and realized that the Poison Bone Forest was the only way to meet up with the Hermit of Thousand Bamboo.

The fastest shortcut is to go straight through here.

With a slight thought, Shen Xuan sent out a black cloud from the insect pouch at his waist, which contained thousands of Yin-devouring demonic insects.

Centered on Shen Xuan, it spread outwards in all directions.

In recent years, the Yin-devouring demonic insects have multiplied rapidly, and their numbers have increased dramatically.

Logically, Shen Xuan should recognize the newly born Yin-devouring demonic insects as their master using his essence and blood.

However, Shen Xuan is diligently cultivating, hoping to break through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage as soon as possible.

They couldn't bear to waste their life essence.

Let the newly born Yin-devouring demonic insects live and die on their own.

Raising Yin-Devouring Demonic Insects is nothing more than the essence and blood of cultivators, the flesh of demonic beasts, and the corpse energy of Yin spirits.

However, no matter how much demonic beast meat and Yin spirit corpse energy Shen Xuan threw in, some Yin-devouring demonic insects were unable to compete for food due to being ostracized by their own kind.

Then, a bizarre scene unfolded.

The weak Yin-devouring demonic insects were devoured and shared by their stronger counterparts!
In this way, the number of Yin-devouring demonic insects raised by Shen Xuan remained at five or six thousand.

Although the number of the Yin-devouring demonic insects that spawned later was large, only a very few with exceptional talent had the chance to survive.

Moreover, among these five or six thousand Yin-devouring demonic insects, seven first-tier top-grade ones appeared, each forming their own followers.

This made Shen Xuan feel more at ease.

He only needs to control the seven leaders of the Yin-Devouring Demon Insects to command the swarm of five or six thousand insects.

The Yin-devouring demon worms are resistant to poisonous gas and have a high degree of poison resistance.

After the Yin-devouring demonic insects dispersed, Shen Xuan summoned the Azure Water Sword and slowed down to fly at low altitude.

Under the cover of the Yin-devouring demonic insects, they headed towards the Poison Bone Forest.

The Poison Bone Forest covers an area of ​​several tens of miles.

Upon entering the Poisonous Bone Forest, the floating poisonous gas became increasingly concentrated, significantly hindering spiritual consciousness and causing the flow of spiritual energy to stagnate.

"This kind of place is more suitable for poison cultivators."

Shen Xuan sighed inwardly.

The Azure Spirit Secret Realm is not merely a place abundant with spiritual energy.

There are also many murky places.

Poison Bone Forest is just one of them.

Some areas are even places teeming with demonic energy.

Spiritual energy and demonic energy are both components of the primordial energy of heaven and earth; they are two sides of the same coin and complement each other.

"Therefore, those demonic cultivators who entered the Azure Spirit Secret Realm may not necessarily be there for the cultivators."

Shen Xuan thought to himself.

There is no opportunity to form a core in the Azure Spirit Secret Realm.

However, there are still many rare and precious materials worth plundering for cultivators in the early and middle stages of Foundation Establishment.

Monsters are one of them.

Along the way, there were all kinds of monster corpses everywhere, new and old, big and small, all kinds of strange shapes and sizes.

Beside these monster corpses grew small, purplish-black flowers, some of which even bore brightly colored, scaly fruits.

Shen Xuan glanced at it curiously a few times.

The description in the jade slip containing information about the secret realm appeared in his mind.

"Dragon fruit is formed by absorbing the poisonous gas of monsters. It is highly poisonous and should not be touched."

This highly poisonous dragon fruit is a rare spiritual object for poison cultivators.

Shen Xuan had no intention of picking them.

He wasn't afraid of the dragon fruit's potent poison.

However, dragon fruit is not easy to preserve and requires a special jade box; it cannot be mixed with other fruits.

Shen Xuan was too lazy to collect them.

Under the cover of the Yin-devouring demonic insects, Shen Xuan continued forward.

Just then, the warning sound of the demon insect leader rang out.

Shen Xuan separated a wisp of his divine sense and possessed the leader of the demonic insects to examine it.

Three miles ahead, two groups of cultivators were facing off.

One of them, dressed in black with a black veil covering her face, was the female cultivator from the Qi family.

The other group was the Wei family of Liushi, who were on par with the Wohu Lin family.

Both men exuded a murderous aura and wore wicked smiles as they blocked the Qi family female cultivator from both sides.

"These two are clearly cultivators who have undergone tribulation!"

"Instead of collecting spiritual treasures for cultivation, they came here to ambush the female cultivator from the Qi family. This is clearly premeditated."

Shen Xuan did not rush forward. Instead, he used his divine sense to possess the leader of the demonic insects and lay in wait to observe the situation.

"Qi Wanqing, how dare you enter the Azure Spirit Secret Realm alone! You're just making things easier for us brothers!"

One of the tall, thin cultivators, with a lewd grin on his face, summoned a wolf-tooth sword magic weapon and slowly approached Qi Wanqing.

Another, shorter, stockier monk, wielding a yellow stone tortoise shield, joined the flanking maneuver.

Qi Wanqing's face paled.

"Fellow Daoists, I no longer wish to accept the Purple Spirit Flower. In consideration of our shared Daoist origins in Weiwu County, would you allow me to leave?"

(End of this chapter)