Immortality begins with inheriting the myriad arts of cultivation.

Chapter 72 Lord of the Western Wilderness

Near the entrance to the underground cave.

Teng Feng's disheveled figure appeared here, with a long, diagonal wound clearly visible on his chest.

If he hadn't dodged in time, that claw would probably have torn him in two instead of just leaving a wound.

While panting heavily, Teng Feng took out medicinal powder from his storage bag and poured it onto the wound to stop the bleeding and help it heal.

"Something's not right. What's going on? How can there be so many monsters here!" Teng Feng thought back on his experiences along the way, still feeling a lingering fear in his heart.

Not long ago, he hadn't gone far from the underground cave when he was discovered by a rat demon. He barely managed to shake off the rat demon, but soon encountered a green-striped spider...

He was fine before entering the underground cave, but after coming out, how did it turn into a wild wasteland full of monsters?

Moreover, as Teng Feng recalled his previous encounter, he felt increasingly uneasy. It was as if those demonic beasts were deliberately blocking his way back to the Immortal City, preventing him from leaving this place.

As long as he goes back, he won't encounter any monsters, but if he dares to go forward, monsters will keep appearing.

The long, slanted wound on his chest was caused by the sharp claws of that green-striped spider.

"Huff..." Teng Feng panted, his mind racing.

From the moment he entered the cave until he left, scenes kept flashing through his mind. Everything seemed normal, except…

As his breathing gradually calmed down, Teng Feng suddenly whispered, "I wonder what happened in the Cloud Mist Mountains. Since I can't leave, I'll just cultivate here for a while. Since a protective formation can be set up here, there must be a spiritual vein here."

He muttered to himself, "Anyway, once they know I'm missing, my elder brother will definitely come looking for me! He's a Core Formation cultivator; these demonic beasts can't possibly stop him."

After saying that, he actually struggled to get up and was about to search for the location of the spiritual vein, seemingly prepared for a long period of seclusion.

The moment he stood up, a cold voice rang in his mind: "Hehe... kid, I suggest you don't choose to cultivate in seclusion here."

"Who? Who is it?" Startled by the suddenness of the voice, Teng Feng looked around frantically, trying to find the source of the voice.

"No need to look for me, kid, I'm right inside you now."

The voice rang out again, but this time its words were even more terrifying, making Teng Feng's hair stand on end and causing him to inwardly groan.

Forcing himself to calm down, Teng Feng cautiously asked, "Who are you, senior? I wonder how I can help you?"

"Heh heh kid... Didn't we just meet not long ago? And you even buried my remains." The cold voice made no attempt to hide its true intentions, and its words finally confirmed Teng Feng's suspicions.

Before Teng Feng could react, the cold voice continued, "Don't worry, kid. I died long ago, and even most of my soul has dissipated. I can no longer become a ghost cultivator. What exists now is just a remnant soul, which poses no threat to you whatsoever."

Teng Feng carefully deflected the question: "Then, senior?"

"Heh heh... kid, if I were you, I wouldn't be asking so many questions. If you keep dawdling, you might lose your life." The cold voice seemed to enjoy watching the drama unfold: "I sense a third-tier demonic beast flying this way. I wonder if your Core Formation brother has any way to come and save you immediately?"

Upon hearing this, Teng Feng couldn't help but gasp: "A third-tier demonic beast?"

"Your only way out now is to leave this place through that teleportation array," the cold voice said calmly. "If you wait until that third-tier demonic beast arrives, it will be too late to leave."

Teng Feng took a deep breath before tentatively asking, "Senior, may I ask what's on the other side of that teleportation array?"

"They're here." The cold voice seemed a little anxious: "Why are you talking so much, kid? If you don't leave soon, I'll suffer with you. I can only tell you that the other end of the teleportation array is very safe."

With the chilling voice's warning, Teng Feng also heard the immense roar of a meteor falling from the distant sky, and felt an involuntary sense of dread when facing a high-level life form.

He knew he had no other choice.

Even if my elder brother were only at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, or even if he were truly at the Core Formation stage, it would be too late to save him now.

"Let's go!" Teng Feng quickly made a decision: "Let's trust this old guy this once."

He understood perfectly well that what the old ghost said was half true and half false, but he had indeed lost the ability to possess another body; otherwise, he wouldn't have wasted so much breath talking to him!

If he were killed by a third-tier demonic beast, he would also be doomed.

The other end of the teleportation array is most likely safe.

Whoosh!

He dashed into the underground cavern and sped toward the teleportation array.

Shortly after he entered the cave, a fiery bird with a wingspan of nearly forty feet landed at the cave entrance.

"Humans, they stole my child!" The Fiery Arrow Eagle's eyes flashed with hatred. Without hesitation, it squeezed into the cave. The hard rock was as fragile as tofu in front of its golden claws.

Rushing headlong into the cave, the Fiery Arrow Eagle quickly flew into the underground cave.

Then it saw a hazy pillar of light shooting into the sky, protected by a multicolored light shield, and the human presence it had sensed earlier slowly disappeared at that moment.

Wow~

The Fiery Arrow Eagle suddenly opened its mouth, spewing out terrifyingly hot flames that instantly incinerated the protective array, the towering palace, and the teleportation array within it into nothingness!

All that remained was a pile of ashes.

……

In a distant region, on an ancient octagonal teleportation array of the same design.

Teng Feng's figure gradually appeared and finally solidified. Ignoring the discomfort caused by the teleportation, he quickly looked around and found himself in a pitch-black cave.

Sensing there was no danger around, Teng Feng asked, "Senior, can you now tell me where this is? And who is this person?"

The cold voice chuckled sinisterly, "Hehe... Even if you hadn't asked, I would have told you anyway. After all, I still need you to do some things for me."

"My status is far more noble than you imagine. In fact, the entire Western Wilderness was granted to me as a fiefdom. In theory, I am the master of the Western Wilderness. But that is all in the past. As for my current state... you can just call me Minggu. As for this place... it is the Great Zhou Dynasty."

"The Lord of the Western Wilderness, the Great Zhou..." Teng Feng was extremely shocked.

The voice of the Nether Bone continued to echo in his mind: "Back then, for certain reasons, I was forced to swear an oath to go to that desolate land of the Western Wilderness and never return to the Great Zhou. Heh... I've already made such a vicious oath, yet they still wouldn't let me go, secretly poisoning me and causing me to fall into this predicament!"

"Back then, just to be on the safe side, I ordered my cultivators to cross the vast sea to the Western Wilderness, while I went alone via the teleportation array. However, the methods I used to control those subordinates were too ruthless back then, and now I'm in this state, so I don't dare to appear in front of them at all, to the point that I have no one left to use."

"Boy, I'm giving you a great opportunity. As long as you listen to me obediently, you'll have a chance not only to reach the Foundation Establishment stage, but also to reach the Core Formation or Nascent Soul stage."

……

"Nascent Soul Formation!" Teng Feng gasped, but he didn't immediately believe the promise Ming Gu made.

At that moment, another thought popped into his mind: those monsters were all brought here by this old ghost, forcing me to escape through the teleportation array. Now that the other teleportation array has been destroyed, I can't go back.

"Senior Minggu, what should I do now?" Teng Feng asked with a wry smile.

"Hehe... Learn the language of the Great Zhou first, then find a place to cultivate. Your cultivation level is really too low."