Starting from the two realms, cultivating immortality by taming beasts

Chapter 480 Golden Lotus of Salvation

"boom!"

The golden arrow struck like thunder, arriving in an instant.

Chen Beiwu hastily activated his True Knowledge Body Protection, forming a Heavenly Barrier with flowing five-colored light.

"Roar!" "Woof!" "Hey!" "Eek!"

Golden Egg, Iron Egg, Schiller, and Zhiling reacted a beat slower, but they all activated their profound abilities and blasted at the golden arrow.

Just then, the golden arrow flashed mysteriously, traversing space and ignoring the Heavenly Barrier and the mystical powers unleashed by the golden egg, piercing Chen Beiwu's brow out of thin air. "Crack!"

Chen Beiwu's head was unharmed, but his body stiffened, and a sound of shattering glass came from within him.

The next second, the light vanished from Chen Beiwu's eyes, his physical body began to disintegrate, and a three-inch-tall nascent soul left his body, attempting to escape beyond the Shaoyang Realm. "You can't escape!"

As Chen Beiwu's nascent soul fled, the void ahead cracked open, and a figure stepped out.

His cheekbones were high, his face was thin and pale, and he had three long wisps of beard on his chin. He was wearing a Daoist robe from the Soul Refining Sect, and then he summoned a Yinming Mystic Pearl.

"Buzz!"

The Yinming Mystic Pearl burst forth with brilliance, forming eerie green chains that sealed off the heavens and earth.

The chains immediately contracted rapidly, completely capturing and sealing Chen Beiwu's nascent soul.

"The so-called potential for becoming a deity... is nothing more than this."

Yu Xianghua looked at Chen Beiwu's Nascent Soul and spoke in a condescending tone.

After speaking, Yu Xianghua made a fist with his right hand, and the Yinming Xuanzhu immediately returned, bringing the three-inch nascent soul into his palm.

He then looked around and saw Jin Dan, Tie Dan, Xue Le, and Zhi Ling, who were furious and surrounded him.

"A bunch of stubborn beasts. Your master is in my hands. If you dare to utter another word, I will crush Chen Zi'ang's nascent soul," Yu Xianghua threatened.

"Are you so sure that what you have in your hand is my Nascent Soul?"

Upon hearing the sound beside him, Yu Xianghua's pupils contracted sharply, and he instinctively activated his escape light to retreat rapidly.

At the same time, he suddenly clasped his hands together, and the Yinming Xuanzhu in his hands shone brightly, trying to form a protective shield for himself.

The next instant, Yu Xianghua realized that the flow of the Heavenly Gang True Essence within his body had suddenly stopped.

"When?"

Yu Xianghua looked down and found that his body had been almost cut in half at the waist.

At the same time, through the half-broken body, he saw Chen Ziang standing behind him with a calm expression.

The latter is sheathing his sword.

What a quick knife!

The blade is so fast that it cuts through the flesh without leaving any pain; even a late-stage Nascent Soul True Monarch cannot detect the slightest trace of it.

"How is this possible? How could I possibly lose!" Yu Xianghua exclaimed incredulously.

"Nothing is impossible. You rely too much on your divine sense and five senses, leaving too many obvious flaws," Chen Beiwu said indifferently.

"Is that so? It seems my acting skills still need improvement."

Yu Xianghua's surprise vanished, and he chuckled, "However, the fact that I managed to lure you into this means that it's reasonable for me to deliberately reveal my weakness." Before he finished speaking, Yu Xianghua's body, which had been split in two, suddenly closed up again, and his injuries were completely healed.

Instead, Chen Beiwu's eyes changed slightly as he looked at the bright red knife mark that had suddenly appeared on his chest.

"Tick-tock!"

"Tick-tock!"

"Tick-tock!"

Seeing the blood dripping from Chen Beiwu's body, Yu Xianghua revealed a mocking expression: "The Mirror Moon Daoist is renowned throughout the three realms, and his fame is illustrious. He can even suppress and kill the Crimson Dragon True Monarch. How could I possibly underestimate him?"

"Fellow Daoist Chen, consider this a small gift from me. How does it feel?"

"Your sword intent is still lacking; it seems you cannot fully synchronize with mine."

Chen Beiwu remained calm and unmoved. With a pat of his small hand, Xue Le on his shoulder activated the Five Essences Transformation Mysterious Power.

"Hey."

In an instant, five-colored divine light flowed, and the shocking knife marks on Chen Beiwu's body slowly faded away and disappeared without a trace.

Upon seeing this scene, a look of solemnity flashed in Yu Xianghua's eyes.

"There's nothing I can do. I'm not good with the sword. I can only use Xuan Tong to synchronize forty percent of the sword intent, which is already my limit. I just don't know how many more strikes Fellow Daoist Chen can make?" Yu Xianghua asked tentatively.

"Do you think I can't see that you're stalling for time?" Chen Beiwu glanced at him, directly exposing his purpose.

The same grievances befell True Lord Yu Xianghua!

As a True Monarch powerhouse of the previous generation of the Soul Refining Sect, and a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, Yu Xianghua was known in the Western Evolution Realm for his prudent and life-saving approach.

Yes, that's right. Although Yu Xianghua cultivates the ancient cultivation method of the Soul Refining Sect, "The Great Ceremony of Tragic Fate and Soul Injury," which is skilled at using himself as a traitor, bearing and returning injuries, fighting life for life, and cursing and killing other cultivators, he acts cautiously and never fights with True Monarchs of the same realm. He only attacks the weak.

"There's nothing I can do, Fellow Daoist Chen, your strength is too great." Yu Xianghua smiled and said matter-of-factly, "I'm old and not good at fighting. If I don't waste time and fight you directly, wouldn't that be asking for trouble?"

boom!

With a flash of black light, Tie Dan activated the Flame Annihilation Technique, transforming into the God of Flames. Enraged, he unleashed a claw strike, and thousands of Flame Annihilation threads intertwined to form a net, directly attacking Yu Xianghua's head.

"Turning misfortune into life!"

"Eighteen Truths!"

Yu Xianghua clasped his hands together in a hand seal, and his body suddenly expanded and exploded, splitting into seventeen illusory figures.

The next instant, the seventeen figures solidified, their faces, auras, and cultivation levels identical to Yu Xianghua's. Then, they all closed their eyes and uttered strange syllables.

This is the supreme secret technique of the Soul Refining Sect, the "Soul-Slaying Curse of Obtaining Evil and Summoning Life," which requires the divine soul as the evil and the nascent soul as the foundation in order to form the curse and activate its power.

boom!

As the embers of the elixir fell, the eighteen figures remained unharmed, as if they existed in another world.

Moreover, with each syllable Yu Xianghua uttered, Chen Beiwu felt a growing chill, as if he were being watched by something.

"The Soul Refining Sect's principle of sharing fate with one's nemesis is indeed somewhat strange."

Having personally experienced the Soul Refining Sect's secret technique, Chen Beiwu's divine sense stirred, and he no longer held back, unleashing ninety percent of his sword intent. The chill in his heart vanished instantly. "Heavenly Eye, open!"

Chen Beiwu activated the True Monarch Profound Power, his eyes locking onto Yu Xianghua's true form.

? ? ?

Yu Xianghua's heart skipped a beat. He immediately stopped casting the Soul-Killing Curse and chose to use his escape technique to flee.

The reason was simple: at that moment, Yu Xianghua felt a sense of impending death, as if his life was no longer in his own hands.

"Do you think you can escape?"

Chen Beiwu stood still, drew his Xuan Blade, and gently slashed down at Yu Xianghua.

Yu Xianghua's expression changed drastically, and he exclaimed in terror, "Fellow Daoist Chen, I am willing to give up..."

Before he could finish speaking, Yu Xianghua sensed an extremely terrifying sword intent sweeping across the heavens and earth, forcefully annihilating the eighteen True Truths and Profound Realms, and then slashing towards his Nascent Soul.

"Spare me...spare me!"

Yu Xianghua froze, and the light in his eyes slowly faded.

"Is he/she dead?"

Jin Dan looked at Yu Xianghua, who was completely unharmed.

"Of course, don't be fooled by his unharmed physical body, his nascent soul has already been destroyed by me." Chen Beiwu sheathed his sword.

"Huh?" (Why didn't you just kill him with one strike from the start?)

Schiller blinked, looking puzzled.

"The Demonic Sect's profound and mysterious techniques are bizarre and impossible to guard against. Experiencing them once under controllable risks will help us deal with such demonic cultivators next time we encounter them," Chen Beiwu said frankly.

To put it simply: he has a high attack but low defense. There is no harm in getting in touch with some mysterious and secret techniques in advance. On the contrary, it can broaden his knowledge and make him more vigilant.

Although Yu Xianghua couldn't withstand his near-full-force strike, this only proves that the power of the Half-Step Sword Intent Soaring to the Heavens is terrifying, not that the former is weak. It's no exaggeration to say that Yu Xianghua is one of the top experts among late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators in the Southern Wilderness.

If Chen Beiwu had not mastered the Soaring Blade Intent, he would have needed to unleash the Myriad Spirits Tribulation and the Primordial Dharma Form simultaneously to kill Yu Xianghua while only at the mid-Nascent Soul stage. Even then, he might have been able to escape if he was not careful.

"Oh, I see."

Schiller nodded, looking thoughtful.

Indeed, Yu Xianghua, a mere late-stage Nascent Soul demonic cultivator, was able to injure Chen Beiwu without anyone noticing.

If a Nascent Soul Peak demonic cultivator were to lurk in the shadows and use a profound secret technique to attack, Chen Beiwu might not be able to react in time given the lack of intelligence.

"Buzz!"

Just then, a ray of light fell upon Chen Beiwu from the dome of the Lesser Yang Realm.

Please select the relocation location:

"Mountain and River Hall, Supreme Treasure Hall, Treasury Hall, Heavenly Treasure Hall, Evolution Hall, Heavenly Refinement Hall, Myriad Array Hall, Subduing Dragon Hall."

Chen Beiwu scanned the area with his divine sense and found that the names of the first three halls were lit up and could be used for teleportation, while the names of the last five halls were slightly dimmed and did not react at all when touched with his divine sense.

"Hey!" (Mountain and River Palace!)

Schiller spoke up immediately.

Its intuition told it that the Mountain and River Palace was most likely a place where the Taixu Array Sect cultivated high-grade medicinal herbs, and might even store a large number of precious mystic medicines. "Go to the Treasure Hall!" The golden egg's eyes lit up.

What is a supreme treasure?

If nothing unexpected happens, there should be many precious magical treasures, even fourth-tier profound treasures, inside the Supreme Treasure Hall that can be devoured.

"Eek."

Zhiling was rather cautious and recommended the Zanglu Hall.

The Library Hall is located in the Kan position of the Taixu Array Sect. As the name suggests, it is mostly a place to store classic books and treasures, which can help the Northern Martial Arts Academy better understand the Lieyang Relics "Wang".

Tie Dan looked at Chen Beiwu.

It has no opinion; its owner decides where it goes.

After a moment's thought, Chen Beiwu chose the Mountain and River Hall for teleportation.

Logically speaking, the later the main hall is, the more important it should be. If he wanted to maximize his benefits, he should have chosen the Hall of Records to obtain more information and facilitate subsequent actions.

However, Chen Beiwu already possessed a considerable amount of array techniques from the Taixu Array Sect. No matter how much information he had, it was not as valuable as the Xuan Medicine he had acquired.

What's more, he also possesses an irrational intuition!

The ruins of Lieyang, the Shanhe Palace.

Chen Beiwu scanned the area with his divine sense and found himself standing at the entrance of a magnificent hall.

Outside the main hall, from north to south, are terraced fields, one above and one below the Mountain and River Hall, one visible and one hidden, covering a hundred miles and gathering vast spiritual energy. Above the terraced fields is a jade carving that draws the earth's spring water from below to above, nourishing this hundred-mile-long medicinal field.

Outside the medicinal field, a group of cultivators were locked in a standoff, neither willing to yield.

"Junior Brother Chen."

Upon seeing the newcomer, Xin Yu's face lit up with joy. He activated his escape light and arrived in front of Chen Beiwu without hesitation.

Senior Brother Zheng may have gone deep into the ruins and has not appeared since. She also did not trust Ji Yue, a guest elder who had just joined the Mirror Moon Sect, and felt a vague unease in her heart.

"Fellow Daoist Chen."

Ji Yue followed closely behind Xin Yu and landed in front of Chen Beiwu.

"Very good, Chen Zi'ang has arrived as well." Ning Liangyu's beautiful eyes flickered slightly as she began to make plans in her mind.

Ning Wujiu's defeat at Chen Zi'ang's hands was a great loss of face for the sect, but as the sect's supreme elder, she would not take action against Chen Zi'ang for such a trivial matter.

However, the patriarch had said that if given the chance, Chen Zi'ang must be killed within the Lieyang Ruins.

Now that Zheng Zhongyuan is not here, the Mirror Moon Sect only has three Nascent Soul stage True Monarchs left, which is undoubtedly a good time to make a move. However, she is afraid that the people from the Heavenly Crafting Talisman Array will get involved and cause trouble.

"It's not good to delay any longer. How about we all gather herbs according to our own abilities?" Su Lanyue suggested.

The cultivators from various factions had been locked in a stalemate for half an hour, unable to reach a suitable solution in their struggle to divide the profits from the Mountain and River Palace's medicinal fields. As a businesswoman, she couldn't tolerate wasting time.

"The restrictions here are difficult to break. If we rely on our own abilities, the Heavenly Craftsmanship Talisman Sect will probably benefit the most. After all, everyone knows that the Heavenly Craftsmanship Talisman Array True Monarch is skilled in both talismans and arrays," said the Blood Fortune Sect True Monarch with dissatisfaction.

"Absolutely right, absolutely right." The group of Nascent Soul True Monarchs who were not skilled in array formations echoed this sentiment.

"This won't work, that won't work, are you all just going to let this stalemate continue and watch the opportunity slip away?" Su Lanyue said seriously. "What's the situation now?" Chen Beiwu asked telepathically.

"They're all eyeing the 5,000-year-old Golden Lotus of Salvation in the medicinal field," Xin Yu revealed.

Chen Beiwu was startled, and his eyes showed surprise.

"The terraced fields' restrictions will isolate divine sense. Junior brother, you can walk to the edge of that medicinal field and observe it with your naked eye to confirm."

Xin Yu was not surprised by her junior brother's reaction.

The Golden Lotus of Salvation is a renowned fifth-tier primordial medicine in the Southern Wilderness, existing only in ancient texts and legends.

This medicine is not just a simple herb; it can only appear in places where the corpses of fifth-tier demon lords fall, making it a rare and precious treasure.

The reason is simple: the Golden Lotus of Salvation is the main ingredient for refining the Divine Transformation Pill.

Even without being refined into a pill, consuming the Golden Lotus of Salvation directly can increase the chances of a Nascent Soul Perfected True Monarch attaining True Venerable status by 15%, demonstrating its preciousness. It's only because the Golden Lotus of Salvation is located deep within the medicinal field, protected by numerous restrictions, that no one can take it; otherwise, the Nascent Soul True Monarchs present would likely have already disregarded the previously established rules and begun fighting and scrambling for it at all costs!

Chen Beiwu walked to the terraced fields and looked through the misty spiritual air in the direction Senior Sister Xin pointed.

A golden lotus, about two feet tall with slender stems and translucent blue-green leaves, shimmered faintly in the sunlight. The halo extended for ten feet, where mosquitoes and pythons remained silent, insects did not invade, vegetation did not wither, and dew did not evaporate; only the golden light shone forth.

"Gurgle."

Hearing the sound of swallowing, Chen Beiwu looked to the left of his shoulder.

Schiller's eyes gleamed as he stared intently at the Golden Lotus of Salvation, ignoring the many precious and mysterious herbs in the medicinal field.

"Are you confident?" Chen Beiwu asked in his mind.

Schiller's ever-changing profound abilities allow him to conceal himself at will based on the five elements' generating and restraining relationships, freely entering and exiting formations; even fourth-order profound formation restrictions cannot stop him. "Hey."

Schiller stared blankly at Du'e Jinlian, then shook his head helplessly.

It's impossible; even the most ever-changing and profound mysteries have their limits!

Its ability to freely enter and exit fourth-order profound arrays does not mean it can traverse even fifth-order elemental arrays, including those that have fallen into disrepair. To achieve this, it would need its bloodline to have transformed into the Chaoyuan Vine and possess over nine thousand years of cultivation before it could attempt it.

"It's alright. If even you can't do it, the array masters of the Heavenly Crafting Talisman Sect probably can't either."

Unlike Schiller's reaction, Chen Beiwu felt relieved.

There are no fifth-tier Yuan Array Masters in the Southern Wilderness.

With the Gate of Ten Directions as a starting point, barring any unforeseen circumstances, this Golden Lotus of Salvation will eventually be his.