Cultivating Immortality in a Family: I Prove Immortality Through the Chaotic Dao Realm

Chapter 128 Exploring the Grottoes: The Insect-Breeding Stone Chamber!
As Chen Laozu drew a golden arc with his sword finger, shattering the blood mist, the demonic cultivator had already fled a hundred feet away. However, the remaining corrosion marks on the bluestone ground resembled a conspicuous path of death.

Old Master Chen naturally wouldn't let him go and quickly gave chase.

Inside the cave passage, the sounds of their fierce battle echoed continuously before fading into the distance.

"With such a commotion here, why didn't any demonic cultivators come in to check the situation?" Chen Qian was somewhat puzzled.

This is actually quite normal. The other demonic cultivators are only at the Qi Refining stage. Seeing that even Foundation Establishment cultivators are being chased and killed, they naturally dare not venture into this mess.

Chen Qian stopped thinking about it. The body of the alluring woman was gradually being engulfed by the flames, and no one else appeared here.

He went into the cave, opened the iron cages imprisoning Chen Yunzheng and Yan Fei, and pulled the two out.

Both of them appeared to be in a dazed, half-asleep state.

After examining the wounds, Chen Qian found no other serious injuries.

That makes sense. This is the body that will be implanted into the Soul-Eating Insect. If it is damaged, wouldn't that be putting the cart before the horse?

Therefore, these demonic cultivators use methods such as drugging and knocking unconscious people to abduct them.

It will not cause too much physical harm to these people.

The specially made pills that Yan Fei and the other person took were designed to weaken a cultivator's soul defenses, putting them into a semi-conscious state.

After stopping the medication, you only need to rest for a while and you will recover naturally.

There's no need for any special treatment.

Seeing that the two of them were drowsy, Chen Qian simply punched each of them again, knocking them completely unconscious, and then threw them into the Gray Pearl World.

Freed from his burdens, Chen Qian began exploring the grottoes to see if he could find anything of value.

This place is where many captured cultivators and martial artists are imprisoned, and it is personally guarded by a Foundation Establishment demonic cultivator. It must be a very important place, and there is a high probability that there are good things here.

But a quick glance revealed that apart from a few stone platforms and dozens of iron cages, there was nothing else of interest to examine in the vast cave!

This is clearly unreasonable.

Chen Qian refused to believe it. He took a long breath, activated his innate divine soul to its fullest extent, and opened his divine eye technique to its fullest extent. Like two searchlights piercing through the gloom, he scanned the cave from all sides.

This time, his efforts weren't in vain; he figured out something about it.

On the right side of the back of the cave, signs of yin-type spiritual energy surging and flowing appeared.

Chen Qian stepped forward and carefully examined the space. His divine sense was finally able to penetrate a little bit of the distance, and he realized that this was a space hidden by an array.

Although he discovered the secret here and found the right location, Chen Qian did not understand what kind of formation it was, nor was he able to break it.

The Dao of Formations is truly mysterious and wondrous. This stone wall feels no different from the normal stones around it, but Chen Qian's innate divine soul clearly knows that this is merely an illusion formed by the power of the formation.

He activated the Five Elements Primordial Chaos Technique with all his might, causing the vortex of Qi in the center of his dantian to rotate violently. His meridians throbbed, and his feet spun slightly, generating power from the soles of his feet, which traveled up his calves, thighs, and waist to his abdomen. He then gathered the power from his shoulders and neck, concentrating it all on his right arm...

This punch was undoubtedly the strongest attack Chen Qian could unleash before. The gray and red light on his fist almost merged into one, and with a roar, he slammed it hard into the array membrane of the mysterious space.

The array membrane instantly generated a strong rebound force, which made Chen Qian's fist go numb, but it also fluctuated violently and became clear and transparent.

Unfortunately, before I could even feel happy, a halo of light swept through the barrier, and everything returned to normal.

Chen Qian: "...?!"

Clearly, his attack power was insufficient to achieve the effect of breaking through magic with force.

Chen Qian shook his head and sighed, realizing he was at a loss and had to think of another solution.

Yin energy surged on the diaphragm. Since it was a Yin-based magic array, could the Nine Nether Array Plate be effective?
Although it is merely a crude imitation of the Ten Thousand Ghosts Sect's treasure, its grade is already infinitely close to the third tier. The Yin Sha Escape Array on the array plate is an independent module that can be used without refining.

Do it as soon as you think of it, without hesitation.

Chen Qian flipped his hand and took out the Nine Nether Array Plate, then inserted the two array flags into the auxiliary flag hole and the concealment hole.

Suddenly, the familiar ghost head reappeared, and the entire grotto turned into a gloomy and terrifying ghost realm.

The giant mouth of the ghost head opened and immediately devoured the surging Yin energy on the stone wall, turning it into wisps of black energy that flowed into the array plate.

The Yin Sha Escape Formation was activated immediately, completely enveloping Chen Qian and making his figure appear to blend into the air.

He tried to touch the array barrier in front of him, only to find that it seemed to have disappeared and could be easily passed through.

Chen Qian was overjoyed. It was indeed effective. This formation was unexpectedly powerful!

"Let's go in first!" Chen Qian stepped over the array barrier without hesitation and entered this hidden space.

Upon entering the hidden space, a dense, almost tangible, yin energy rushed towards him, causing Chen Qian to shiver involuntarily.

The space was not large, only about ten feet square, but the walls were covered with complex and strange magic array patterns. Those patterns seemed to be alive, shimmering with a ghostly green light, and constantly flowing and moving.

In the very center, a huge stone incubation pool exuded a chill. Thick, grayish-black liquid churned within, and tiny black shadows struggled and writhed within it. Judging from their appearance, they were the larvae of the Soul-Eating Worm.

At the edge of the cultivation pool, several mid-grade spirit stones were embedded. These stones were now enveloped by array patterns engraved on the pool, continuously transforming spiritual energy into yin and demonic energy to nourish the Soul-Devouring Insects.

Chen Qian glanced around and noticed several monster corpses piled up in the corner, their grade at least mid-to-lower level of the second tier.

These corpses were well-preserved. Although they had lost their lives, they still emitted powerful demonic energy fluctuations, clearly indicating that they were carefully selected as energy sources to support the growth of the Soul-Eating Insects.

"These are all treasures!" Chen Qian was overjoyed. If these monster corpses were taken out, they could be used for selling, refining pills and weapons, or even as a supplement to Jin Dou's diet.

He quickly stored the corpse in the Gray Pearl World, then turned his gaze to the magic runes on the wall.

The Nine Nether Array Plate continued to devour Yin energy frantically. Chen Qian activated his innate divine soul, attempting to analyze the principles behind these arrays.

Although he couldn't understand them, he discovered that these magic arrays were not only for maintaining the hatching and growth of the Soul-Eating Insects, but also concealed some restrictions and defense mechanisms that could be triggered if one was not careful.

After looking at it for a while, Chen Qian gave up. These things were too advanced for him, and he wouldn't gain much from studying them in a short time.

After a careful search, Chen Qian found a storage bag in a hidden recess.

Upon picking it up, it was discovered that its original spiritual aura was rapidly dissipating, likely belonging to the fleeing demonic cultivator. It was estimated that the ancestor had already killed it.

He used all his divine sense to disperse the original aura, and finally opened the storage bag after a dozen breaths.

It contained hundreds of special pills, which should be specially made pills that can dismantle a cultivator's soul defense.

In addition, there were dozens of mid-grade spirit stones and several animal hide scrolls, but it was unknown what was recorded on the animal hides.
Now is not the time to check; let's put it away first.

"These pills might be useful for researching methods to control the soul." Chen Qian put away the storage bag.

The harvest this time was not bad; these few second-tier demon beast corpses and dozens of mid-grade spirit stones were quite a good haul.

"But the most valuable thing here is the Soul-Eating Worm larvae in the stone cultivation pool, and the cultivation method for these larvae."

Chen Qian looked at the cultivation pool in the middle of the stone chamber, as well as the array patterns engraved on the surrounding walls.

But he couldn't take these things with him; the people from the Beast Taming Sect would be arriving soon. These were important evidence and achievements.

(End of this chapter)