Traversing countless worlds from the primordial era

Chapter 24 The Cave Becomes the Enemy's Den

After Lei Ming contacted Zhong Lingdao, Wang Song quickly received the news.

"He actually achieved Foundation Establishment!" Wang Song was somewhat incredulous. Lei Ming was the first person in the entire Yellow Maple Valley to achieve Foundation Establishment with five elemental spiritual roots. Wang Song dared to say that there were very few people like him in the entire cultivation world.

"No, I have to think of a way. I really underestimated him before!" A sense of crisis suddenly rose in Wang Song's heart, and he immediately contacted several of his fellow disciples.

Creating a cave dwelling was quite simple. Lei Ming found a mountain peak with relatively abundant spiritual energy, and with a few spells, a simple cave dwelling was built.

Afterwards, Lei Ming set up arrays outside the cave, but these arrays could only serve a simple defensive and concealing purpose. In terms of the art of arrays, Lei Ming was only a beginner.

After dealing with matters at the Hundred Herbs Garden, Han Li went to Lei Ming's cave. Inside the cave, Lei Ming had specially set aside an area for Han Li to cultivate spiritual herbs. Lei Ming had set up many Five Elements restrictions in this area, and also laid out a demon-binding net, making it impossible for even a Nascent Soul stage cultivator to inspect it with their spiritual sense.

"It's absolutely safe here, Brother Han, you can rest assured," Lei Ming said confidently.

Han Li was also very happy: "If that's the case, these spiritual herbs will mature in just a few months, and I can start trying to refine Foundation Establishment Pills."

"I've also prepared a gift for Brother Han."

Lei Ming took out a Concentration Fruit and a branch of the Concentration Fruit tree from his storage bag: "I brought these from the forbidden area."

Han Li looked at it and suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "This is a ripe Mind-Concentrating Fruit?"

Lei Ming nodded.

"Brother Lei, how did you manage to fool the Spirit-Sniffing Rats?" Han Li was initially delighted, as the Concentration Fruit was a rare and precious medicinal herb that had long since disappeared.

Lei Ming smiled and said, "It's a small matter. If I wanted, all the gains from the forbidden area could be kept secret."

On that day, Lei Ming sealed the Concentration Fruit with the Five Elements Forbidden Technique and wrapped the jade box with the Demon Binding Net. Although the Spirit-Sniffing Rat had a strong sense of smell, it could not detect any scent at all.

"Based on my experience with Foundation Establishment, the stronger the primordial spirit, the smoother the Foundation Establishment process. Brother Han, you can consume half of these eight Spirit Condensation Fruits first, and use the other half for alchemy," Lei Ming said.

Han Li nodded hastily: "In this way, my chances of reaching the Foundation Establishment stage have increased even more."

After the cave dwelling was built, Lei Ming cultivated upstairs while Han Li cultivated spiritual herbs downstairs. Lei Ming was currently cultivating basic techniques, which he had already mastered and should have transitioned to more advanced ones, but he didn't.

After Lei Ming reached the Foundation Establishment stage, Huangfeng Valley opened up Foundation Establishment stage inheritances for him to choose from, but these techniques were not what Lei Ming wanted. Lei Ming wanted to comprehend the Dao of the Five Elements and refine the Qi of the Five Elements, so he needed a single Five Elements technique.

Of course, this does not mean that Lei Ming does not need advanced techniques.

"Just because Huangfeng Valley doesn't have advanced Five Elements techniques doesn't mean other places don't." Lei Ming already had the idea of ​​leaving Huangfeng Valley in mind.

Although he was cultivating a basic technique, with the aid of the Five Elements Pine Nuts, Lei Ming absorbed spiritual energy at a very fast speed. While he cultivated, a large amount of Five Elements spiritual energy surged from the surroundings, significantly increasing the spiritual energy concentration throughout the cave. Han Li, meditating below, sensed this change and was quite surprised.

Several months passed in this way, and the spiritual energy in Lei Ming's dantian was almost saturated. Five rays of light emerged from the Five Elements Pine Nuts, which were gold, cyan, black, red and yellow respectively. The five rays of light flickered, causing the sea of ​​spiritual energy to tremble.

Lei Ming opened his eyes with delight, ending his seclusion.

"The Five Elements Divine Light has already established its foundation. As long as it continues to absorb the spiritual resources of the Five Elements, the Five Elements Divine Light will grow stronger!"

The Five Elements Divine Light nurtured within Lei Ming's Dantian is one of the innate divine powers of the Five Elements Great Dao. The Five Elements Great Dao is very special. While a single Five Elements Dao ranks low among the Three Thousand Great Daos, the Five Elements Great Dao as a whole is no less powerful than any other Great Dao.

The Five Elements Divine Light is derived from the origin of the Five Elements. Kong Xuan refined the Five Elements Divine Light into one with his own natal feather, forming the Five-Colored Divine Light Great Divine Power, capable of sweeping away anything, including living beings and treasures. However, because of this, his Five Elements Divine Light was not pure enough and deviated from the Great Dao.

Lei Ming was determined from the very beginning to cultivate the purest Five Elements Divine Light.

However, Lei Ming's Five Elements Divine Light is only at the beginner level, and he is still far behind Kong Xuan.

Lei Ming emerged from seclusion, preparing to search for Han Li, when he heard other commotion outside his cave. Someone was attacking the formation. Lei Ming flashed into the formation and saw Wang Song leading four Foundation Establishment cultivators to surround the mountain peak. The one attacking the formation was a horse-faced cultivator who was constantly striking the formation with a transparent crystal ball, gradually weakening its light.

Lei Ming waved his hand to open the formation and flew out.

"So it's Senior Brother Wang, and a few other senior brothers." Lei Ming still had a smile on his face. "This is my cave dwelling. I wonder why you senior brothers are making such a fuss."

Upon seeing Lei Ming emerge, the horse-faced cultivator immediately ceased his attack and put away his crystal ball magic weapon.

"So Junior Brother Lei has already reached the Foundation Establishment stage! Congratulations!" Wang Song exclaimed in surprise. "I remember Junior Brother Lei has five elemental roots, right?"

Lei Ming nodded, and the other four Foundation Establishment cultivators were also somewhat pleased to see this.

Wang Song then smiled and said, "Junior Brother Lei, you've managed to establish your foundation with five elemental spiritual roots, and your cultivation speed is so fast. I wonder what your secret is? Could you share it with us?"

"Indeed, we are all fellow disciples, so of course we should share treasures!" the horse-faced cultivator said greedily. "There must be treasures in your cave. Just now, the spiritual energy from all around surged here, making the spiritual energy here more concentrated than other nearby peaks. Junior Brother Lei, let us see your treasures."

Lei Ming was stunned, not expecting that the other party had such a plan.

Lei Ming feigned displeasure and said, "We cultivators are most averse to prying into the secrets of others. What you senior brothers are doing is going too far!"

The old man beside him gave a sinister smile: "Junior Brother Lei, things have come to this point, and I'm afraid you have no choice in the matter. Originally, we didn't believe Junior Brother Wang when he said it, but since we've come all this way, how can we leave empty-handed? If you cooperate, that's fine, but if you don't, we'll have no choice but to take it by force."

"Aren't you afraid of the sect rules?" Lei Ming retorted.

"Your location is secluded, and I've set up an array around here. As long as this doesn't get out, who will know?" said a cultivator in a green robe with narrow eyes.

"Alright, it seems my senior brothers have considered everything very thoroughly." Lei Ming clapped his hands and said, "In that case, I won't stand on ceremony."

Wang Song sneered, "You've only just established your foundation, so what? I advise you to obediently hand over the treasure, otherwise..."

"Enough nonsense! I've wanted revenge for a long time. Your coming here to die saves me a lot of trouble. Prepare to die!"

Before Wang Song could finish speaking, Lei Ming swung his straight sword at him. The four-foot-long sword seemed to grow longer in the wind, transforming into a five- or six-meter-long giant sword that crashed down. Wang Song casually tossed a shield, blocking the giant sword.

"Attack!" Wang Song didn't hesitate and called on the others to surround and attack Lei Ming. The others also attacked without hesitation.

The horse-faced cultivator seemed to be a formation master. He took out a crystal ball, and a mist immediately rose within a radius of a hundred meters. This mist could not only obscure vision but also confuse spiritual senses.

dong dong dong...

A series of millstone-sized rocks, each about ten feet in size, were thrown from the old man's hand, forcing Lei Ming to dodge. The old man smiled calmly, and an earthen wall appeared behind Lei Ming. Before Lei Ming could move, three more earthen walls trapped him.

"What exquisite earth-attribute Taoist magic!" Lei Ming exclaimed with a smile, as a golden light shot out from his hand, breaking through the earthen wall.

The green-robed cultivator opened his mouth, and a small flag flew out, growing taller in the wind to stand atop his head. The flag spewed out gusts of black wind, like a raging river, surging towards Lei Ming. Lei Ming immediately summoned the Dingyuan Bell, whose azure light clashed with the black wind, but it was clearly at a disadvantage.

"Junior Brother Lei, you'd better hand over the treasure obediently, lest your primordial spirit dissipate." Wang Song summoned a tower-shaped magic weapon and smashed it towards Lei Ming, while simultaneously using words to undermine Lei Ming's fighting spirit.

Lei Ming snorted coldly and said nothing. The straight sword flew back into his hand, and the Dingyuan Bell spun around, casting a protective light shield around his body.

The green-robed cultivator commanded the black wind, which gradually engulfed the Dingyuan Bell. Just as he was feeling somewhat smug, Lei Ming suddenly withdrew the Dingyuan Bell. The black wind immediately enveloped Lei Ming, cutting into his body like a venomous knife.

(End of this chapter)