Starting from the two realms, cultivating immortality by taming beasts

Chapter 586 The Celestial Cicada's Fortuitous Encounter

There are also unknown powerful figures lurking in the shadows!

Upon suddenly hearing the unfamiliar voice, the Foundation Establishment female cultivator froze on the spot, her hair standing on end, and her scalp tingling.

The reason is simple: Ma Wenli is a true disciple of the Thousand Gu Sect, a major sect at the Profound Realm Nascent Soul stage, and possesses the [Opportunity-Seeking Gu] bestowed upon her by the sect's elders.

As a renowned third-tier mid-grade treasure gu of the Thousand Gu Sect, the Seeking Opportunity Gu has tentacles as fine as silk, capable of probing and sensing Golden Core cultivators within a radius of four hundred miles.

The moment the voice rang out, the Seeking Opportunity Gu on her body fell silent and showed no reaction, indicating that the newcomer's cultivation level had already surpassed that of the Golden Core stage, far beyond what a Foundation Establishment cultivator could contend with, and was very likely an unfathomable Nascent Soul old monster.

The other Foundation Establishment male cultivator reacted extremely quickly.

Even though his legs were weak and his back was soaked with cold sweat, he quickly composed himself, clasped his hands in a respectful bow to those in front of him, and said, "I am Li Xianzong, and I greet you, senior."

"No need for formalities, turn around."

As soon as Chen Beiwu finished speaking, the two exchanged glances and could both see the sweat trickling down each other's temples.

Emerging from the wolf's den, only to fall into the tiger's mouth!

Their luck was truly terrible. They had just used the poisonous corpses of the miasma-filled land to deal with a Golden Core cultivator, and now they were being targeted by a mysterious powerhouse.

"Greetings, senior."

Li Xianzong and Ma Wenli turned around and bowed at the same time, not daring to raise their heads.

All that talk about not needing to be overly polite is just empty talk!

The Xuan Yan and Bei Yan realms are known for producing powerful individuals with eccentric temperaments. If they were to believe this, their heads would probably fall off in the next second.

Chen Beiwu glanced at the two of them, then asked with interest, "Are you cultivators at the Northern Transformation Realm or the Profound Transformation Realm?"

"We are cultivators from the Thousand Gu Sect at the Profound Realm." The two dared not lie.

"The cultivators of the Thousand Gu Sect have always been conservative and xenophobic, and they rarely leave the Xuan Yan territory."

Chen Beiwu spoke up, "You two appear here, being coerced by a Golden Core cultivator. Could it be that something has happened within the Xuan Yan Realm?"

"What does Senior wish to know?" Ma Wenli took a deep breath and looked directly at Chen Beiwu. "Is it the Thousand Gu Sect's relics?"

Li Xianzong grew anxious and quickly tried to dissuade her: "Junior sister, how can you be so reckless—"

But Ma Wenli waved her hand to interrupt him halfway through her sentence, her tone sorrowful: "Senior brother, the sect is already destroyed. Even if you want to continue hiding it, this information won't last long. It's more practical to tell the whole story and exchange it for some cultivation resources!"

Li Xianzong sighed, seemingly resigned to his fate. He was persuaded by his junior sister and did not speak again.

"Interesting. So, you're working together to kill a Golden Core cultivator in this way?"

Chen Beiwu smiled slightly: "Feeling that the Poisonous Demon Corpse can't deal with me, you're planning to use the Thousand Gu Sect's relics as bait to lure me into the Corpse King's Cave?"

He possesses the three profound abilities of Heavenly Eye, Heavenly Ear, and Heavenly Heart, which allow him to easily see through the thoughts in the minds of Foundation Establishment cultivators. How could he possibly fall for such a trick?

Li Xianzong and Ma Wenli's eyelids twitched, and they subconsciously showed puzzled expressions, feigning ignorance as they asked, "Senior, what are you talking about?"

"Playing dumb won't work on me."

Chen Beiwu's divine sense stirred slightly, releasing a wisp of aura to lock onto the two of them. He asked succinctly, "Where is the Thousand Gu Sect's treasure?"

"Deep within the miasma-ridden land," Ma Wenli said.

"I see, it's also the Corpse King Cave deep within the miasma." Chen Beiwu smiled.

Make the empty appear real, and the real appear empty.

The cultivators at the Profound Realm are quite cunning; fearing he might see through their scheme, they went so far as to use the truth to cover up their lies.

However, Chen Beiwu was not very interested in the Thousand Gu Sect's relics; he only asked about them casually.

The reason is simple: most of the relics known to Foundation Establishment cultivators are decoys, or fake relics left by the Thousand Gu Sect to cover up the real relics, and are of little value to Nascent Soul True Monarchs.

"The cultivators of the Thousand Gu Cultivators are never afraid of death. You won't get the exact location of the relic from us!"

Unexpectedly, Ma Wenli and Li Xianzong showed resolute expressions, formed hand seals, and their auras surged, as if they wanted to perish together.

"What's the rush? I didn't say I was going to kill you."

Chen Beiwu was speechless. With just one glance, the two men's surging aura stopped abruptly, and they froze in place.

"Leaving aside the relics, the Thousand Gu Sect was one of the overlords of the Profound Realm, and few cultivators dared to provoke them. How could it have suddenly perished?"

Chen Beiwu stepped forward to Li Xianzong and, using his Heavenly Heart Sensing ability, couldn't help but reveal a strange look in his eyes.

Li Xianzong remained silent, his mind racing as he frantically recalled past events.

Although he was a Foundation Establishment cultivator, he knew a bit about the mind-reading techniques of Nascent Soul cultivators.

As for the soul-searching technique, Li Xianzong was not afraid at all.

There was a restriction left by the Nascent Soul Ancestor in his spiritual sea of ​​consciousness, so even if the other party tried to search his soul, they would not be able to obtain the core inheritance of the Thousand Gu Sect and the method of cultivating high-level Gu worms.

"Oh, so it was attacked by a lower sect's True Monarch. It can't even control its affiliated sects. No wonder the Thousand Gu Sect can only occupy a corner of the Profound Realm." Chen Beiwu chuckled and his figure disappeared from the spot.

After seeing Chen Beiwu off, Li Xianzong and Ma Wenli stared in astonishment, realizing that they were gradually regaining control of their previously immobile bodies.

"Strange, this Nascent Soul cultivator doesn't need us to lead the way. Could it be that he's afraid we'll lead him into a trap?" Ma Wenli transmitted her thoughts.

"Junior sister, be careful what you say." Emperor Li Xianzong's expression turned serious.

Their cultivation levels were low, and the fact that they were able to survive and leave the miasma-ridden land and successfully reach the Northern Realm back then involved a great deal of luck.

If he were to face that mysterious powerhouse again, Li Xianzong would not have the confidence to survive deep within the miasma-filled land. Otherwise, he would not have sought death so desperately in order to unleash the power of the Thousand-Sound Cicada within his body.

There was nothing they could do; their opponent was a powerful figure who dared to venture alone into the Miasma Ruins, and his strength was likely at the mid-Nascent Soul stage, or even possibly a rare late-Nascent Soul cultivator in the Profound Transformation Realm.

To be able to survive from such a powerful figure without paying a heavy price, and to merely be observed by Guan Xin, the two of them are already incredibly lucky!

Thinking of this, a look of doubt flashed in Li Xianzong's eyes.

Logically speaking, once his and his junior sister's intentions were exposed, their fate was almost certainly sealed.

The reason is simple: if he were that mysterious expert, and he knew that two Foundation Establishment cultivators wanted to use the power of the miasma to harm him, he would have killed them with a single palm strike.

But why did they survive?

Deep within the miasma-ridden land, poisonous miasma permeates the air.

"Are we just going to spare their lives like this?" The golden egg raised its three dragon heads.

If Chen Beiwu hadn't stopped it, a single breath from it would have instantly reduced those two ungrateful and mentally unstable Foundation Establishment cultivators to nothing.

Why keep it?

Chen Beiwu smiled calmly: "If it weren't for them, I wouldn't have had any unexpected gains."

"Huh?" (What unexpected discovery?)

Schiller's eyes brightened, and he immediately perked up.

"Eek?" (A remnant of the Thousand Gu Sect?)

Zhi Ling's strange eyes flickered as she guessed.

"That's right." Chen Beiwu snapped his fingers.

To prevent core disciples from leaking secrets, sects in the Southern Wilderness usually set up special restrictions on the disciples' spiritual platforms and seas of consciousness to prevent disciples from being harmed and having their inheritance forcibly seized by powerful figures from other sects through methods such as soul searching and spirit refining.

However, these special restrictions are not foolproof!

At least in the face of his Heavenly Mind Profound Understanding, neither Li Xianzong nor Ma Wenli could hide their secrets.

"Woof?" (Is this not a fake relic to deceive people?)

Tie Dan looked up and asked.

"Yes and no."

Chen Beiwu's lips curled slightly as he looked at Xue Le: "Do you know about the Heavenly Cicada Gu?"

Schiller shook its head; it had never heard of such a thing.

"The Heavenly Cicada Gu, also known as the Life-Extending Gu, is a fifth-order Yuan Gu passed down through generations of the Thousand Gu Sect."

"This Gu is a unique type of Gu. It needs to be nurtured by the corpse energy of the Heavenly Corpse King for ten thousand years to take shape. After it hatches from its egg, it falls onto a piece of Yang sandalwood, where it can transform from extreme Yin to extreme Yang, growing into a life-extending cicada that possesses both Yin and Yang energies," Chen Beiwu explained.

Upon hearing this, Aji, who had been keeping his eyes slightly closed, became interested.

Even it cannot perfectly master the two energies of Yin and Yang, yet there is a life-extending cicada in this world that possesses both Yin and Yang energies.

This thing sounds interesting!

"Huh?" (What's the use of that life-extending cicada?)

Schiller blinked and said bluntly.

"You can die in my place, allowing the cultivator who refines the Heavenly Cicada Gu to comprehend the Dao in death and advance to the half-step Nascent Soul realm." Chen Beiwu's eyes revealed a smile.

The Profound Realm truly lives up to its reputation as a flourishing ancient cultivation power in the Southern Wilderness; its foundation is incredibly strong, even managing to pass down such a peculiar existence as the Heavenly Cicada Gu.

"Woof?" (Does he really have to die?)

Tie Dan stared wide-eyed, his expression revealing deep worry.

How could two mere Foundation Establishment cultivators possibly know about such a treasure? There might be a trap involved.

"Regardless of whether it's a trap or not, let's get our hands on the Heavenly Cicada Gu first." Chen Beiwu looked at Li Xianzong and Ma Wenli not far away.

The Corpse King Cave is a high-level corpse-raising ground set up by the Thousand Gu Sect in the miasma-filled land using special secret methods in order to cultivate the Heavenly Cicada Gu.

However, with the sudden death of the previous generation's Supreme Elder, the Thousand Gu Sect, having lost its secret techniques, gradually declined. The Ten-Thousand-Year Heavenly Corpse King, nurtured within the Corpse King Cave, also began to gradually lose control, regarding the Heavenly Cicada Gu as a treasure and indiscriminately attacking anything that approached it.

Only the Heavenly Sound Cicada, passed down through generations of the Thousand Gu Sect, could bring peace to that ten-thousand-year-old Heavenly King, but its whereabouts have long been unknown.

Hearing this, Jin Dan still didn't understand what use two Foundation Establishment cultivators were.

"Li Xianzong's identity is not simple. He is a descendant of the Supreme Elder of the Thousand Gu Sect, and his body carries a Thousand Sound Cicada."

Chen Beiwu succinctly stated, "Although that Thousand Sound Cicada was merely an experimental product researched by the Supreme Elder of the Thousand Gu Sect to recreate the Heavenly Sound Cicada, and it has many flaws and its power is less than one-thousandth of the original, it was still able to locate the Corpse King's Cave and calm the Heavenly Corpse King for a second."

...

Meanwhile, deep within the miasma-ridden land.

"Master, the Corpse-Seeking Gu is trembling restlessly. The Corpse King Cave should be nearby." A thin cultivator looked down at his natal Gu on his right arm, which was squeaking and frantically devouring flesh.

"Find the exact location." The black-robed monk said calmly.

At this moment, if there were any cultivators at the Profound Realm here, they would recognize at a glance that the black-robed cultivator was none other than Tie Musheng, the peerless expert who led his sect to fight against the Thousand Gu Sect a hundred years ago.

Beside Tie Musheng, two Nascent Soul True Monarchs stood respectfully, their faces filled with awe, their auras both at the late Nascent Soul stage.

"Sect Master, may I make a move?" Li Xingyuan asked.

"Approved." Tie Musheng glanced at Li Xingyuan.

With his cultivation level, aside from the great terror within the miasma-filled land, he could be fearless of almost anything.

The ten-thousand-year-old Heavenly Corpse King nurtured within the Corpse King Cave is one of the few exceptions!

The reason is simple: although it is said to be ten thousand years, Tie Musheng discovered from his research of the ancient books of the Thousand Gu Sect that the Heavenly Corpse King had been buried in the Corpse King Cave for at least thirty thousand years, and its strength surpassed that of a half-step Nascent Soul cultivator, so it should not be underestimated.

Even though Tie Musheng was confident in his powerful cultivation and that he could suppress a half-step Nascent Soul cultivator with all his profound abilities, he did not want to rashly fight to the death with a peerless ferocious corpse.

His only goal was the Heavenly Cicada Gu, passed down through generations of the Thousand Gu Sect, not to compete with the Heavenly Corpse King.

Li Xingyuan nodded and took out a jade tube from his sleeve.

The seal was lifted, the jade tube was opened, and a beetle the size of a thumb, completely black, quietly crawled out, its antennae swaying gently.

Li Xingyuan frowned slightly, bit his tongue lightly, and spat out three drops of golden blood.

boom!

Nourished by the golden blood, the six legs of the Bone Nether Gu trembled slightly, its tentacles turning into gold, pointing towards the southeast.

Upon seeing this, Li Xingyuan relaxed and looked at Tie Musheng.

"good."

Tie Musheng gave a thumbs-up and looked to the left at the green miasma.

"Snap, snap!"

As the sound of bones breaking echoed continuously, a poisonous corpse hidden in the miasma, powerful enough to terrify a mid-stage Nascent Soul True Monarch, instantly turned to ashes, without even the slightest chance to resist or struggle.

"The sect leader's strength has increased again!" Li Xingyuan's heart skipped a beat, and his mind raced with thoughts.

Could it be that the rumors are true, and that Sect Master Tie inherited the lineage of the Six Crippled True Venerables, which is why he was able to attain the Nascent Soul stage at less than two thousand years old and suppress a half-step Divine Transformation being?

If that's the case, then it would be a fortunate thing.

With the Iron Sect Master's talent, he only needs to obtain the Heavenly Cicada Gu to step into the half-step Nascent Soul realm, unify Xuan Yan, and even use the Great Xuan Tong to open up the Three Ruins Lands and lead Xuan Yan cultivators to conquer the Northern Yan Realm.

On the other side, in the miasma forest surrounding the Corpse King Cave.

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As they went deeper, Chen Beiwu vaguely sensed that something was wrong.

The surroundings were deathly silent, devoid of any corpse odor, only thick poisonous miasma, as if we had wandered into the wrong place.

Chen Beiwu refused to believe in superstitions and wandered around based on Li Xianzong's memories, only to find himself back where he had just killed the Poisonous Demon Corpse with a single finger.

Is it the interference of the array's restrictions, or is the corpse energy here too strong, disrupting my divine sense and preventing me from detecting its location?

Chen Beiwu frowned slightly and summoned the spirit of the artifact, the Heart Diamond.

Xinling activated the Star Compass, drawing upon the starlight of the heavens, then shook her head at Chen Beiwu, indicating that the formation here was strange and definitely not an ordinary fifth-order formation, and that she could not break it either.

"Leave it to me!"

The golden dragon's eyes glowed as it looked at Li Xianzong and Ma Wenli, activating the Great Evolution True Mystery to rewrite their consciousness with illusion.

"Disciple Li Xianzong greets the Supreme Elder."

Upon regaining consciousness, Li Xianzong saw Chen Beiwu and immediately bowed in greeting.

"I asked you to do something, why are you dawdling like that?" Chen Beiwu glanced at Li Xianzong, his tone indifferent.

Li Xianzong was startled and quickly apologized. Then, with his right hand and fingers like a knife, he made a sharp cut at his dantian, splitting open the flesh and revealing a long, thin, and strange Gu worm, which was the fourth-grade supreme [Thousand Sound Gu].

"Buzz!"

Li Xianzong put down the Gu worm, which immediately transformed into a silver streak and rushed towards the southeast.

It was the same path, the same road, but with earthworms and worms leading the way, the surrounding environment changed dramatically.

Soon, after passing through the withered bamboo forest and crossing the dried-up riverbed, an ancient stone gate came into Chen Beiwu's view.

Half an hour later, at the entrance to the Corpse King Cave.

"Some cultivators entered the Corpse King's Cave ahead of time."

Standing before the ancient stone gate, Tie Musheng's eyes were slightly cold.

"Could they be remnants of the Thousand Gu Sect?" Li Xingyuan asked cautiously.

Tie Musheng said indifferently, "Whether it is true or not, just kill him."