txolops Chapter 158 The Deal: The Gift of the Mount Arrives
Chapter 158 The Deal: The Gift of the Mount Arrives
The Eastern Sea Kingdom is located near the sea.
Above the vast ocean, dark clouds gathered and lightning flashed.
Above this thick cloud of mist lies a floating island, and beneath the island, piled up strange rocks, are inscribed numerous wind-attribute array patterns.
That is why gusts of wind lift the entire island into the air.
On the island.
Inside the cave in the mountain, a pale-faced old man in black robes sat cross-legged on a futon made of spiritual herbs, his orange-yellow vertical pupils gleaming with interest.
Having lived for so many years, what happened this time completely shattered his worldview.
"interesting."
"A Foundation Establishment stage Spirit Eye demon, how strange."
"Such talent!"
"What a pity!"
"Now that it has escaped to the territory of the Southern Yue Kingdom, it will take some effort to catch that little demon with the spiritual eye again."
"We can only try making a deal."
The old man in black robes was a snake demon named Ku Teng, who was in the Nascent Soul stage. Among the Nascent Soul stage cultivators in the Star Sea, he could only be considered a mid-to-lower level Nascent Soul stage cultivator.
Ku Teng knew that the little demon with the spirit eye might have a significant opportunity, enough for him to invest some resources.
Within the territory of the Southern Yue Kingdom.
There were also quite a few demon cultivators there, including many Nascent Soul stage demon cultivators. He had some connection with one of them, and the two had met more than a hundred years ago in a secret realm in the Eastern Sea Kingdom.
They each left behind a jade slip for communication.
With a thought, Ku Teng retrieved the communication jade slip from the depths of his storage bag. A wisp of Nascent Soul stage magic power fell onto the jade slip, and the next moment the jade slip released a dazzling, warm spiritual light. A milky white halo spread outwards in circles from the jade slip as the center.
"Fellow Daoist Kuteng, it's been over a hundred years. May I ask what brings you to this communication jade slip?"
In the blink of an eye.
A deep, hoarse old man's voice came from the jade slip.
"Fellow Daoist Lingchan, I have a request. How about exchanging a fourth-grade Spirit Crossing Pill for it?"
Ku Teng got straight to the point and offered his price.
"Spirit-Crossing Pill!"
"It's good stuff, tell me about it."
"I have been in seclusion for a long time, and it is time for me to go out and stretch my legs. If what I ask for is not too difficult, then I would certainly like the pill."
The voice from the jade slip rang out again.
"Help me capture a Foundation Establishment stage demon with spiritual eyes. As long as you hand it over to me alive, I will gladly offer you the Spirit Crossing Pill."
Ku Teng spoke calmly.
"A Foundation Establishment stage spirit-eyed demon?"
"Does the other party have a Nascent Soul stage cultivator as a backer?"
The voice inside the jade slip paused, hesitated for a moment, and then asked.
No.
"The other party fled from the territory of Dongming Kingdom to Nanyue Kingdom. Otherwise, I would never have asked you to come out of seclusion to help me."
"If Fellow Daoist Lingchan is willing to take action, it will be a piece of cake."
"I am only constrained by my status. Once I enter the territory of the Southern Yue Kingdom, I am afraid that those old guys in the mid-stage or even late-stage of the Nascent Soul realm in your Southern Yue Kingdom will not let me go easily if I want to come out again."
"That's why I thought of asking you for help once."
"The Spirit Crossing Pill will also be offered."
"The withered vine said."
"It would be difficult if we didn't have a Nascent Soul stage cultivator as a backer."
"Fellow Daoist, please wait for my good news."
The voice from the jade slip fell.
The withered vine then raised its hand and transmitted the location information of the little demon with the spiritual eye to the old toad opposite it via a communication jade slip.
The black snake junior under his command had its soul blood controlled by the other party. He only sensed it after he went into seclusion. After that, he refined the black water serpent junior and was able to find out the location of the spirit-eyed demon.
Furthermore, through the reverse application of soul blood, the curse mark formed by the Black Water Serpent junior was transferred onto the other party.
In this way, he can easily control the opponent's position.
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The Kingdom of Nanyue.
Leizhou.
The canyon where a fourth-order spiritual vein is located is called the Ten Thousand Poisons Canyon.
Countless poisonous creatures reside here.
No other cultivator forces within a radius of five thousand miles dared to approach this place. The poisonous creatures here devoured each other and grew, giving birth to at least fourteen Nascent Soul stage poisonous demons in the canyon, each occupying a territory.
now.
Within the fourth-order spiritual vein in the center of the Ten Thousand Poison Gorge, there is a seemingly inconspicuous low peak. The cave is spacious inside, and the surrounding area is littered with skeletons, exuding an extremely heavy aura of corpses.
The cave, which had been pitch black, suddenly became bright.
Several millstone-sized, milky-white flames rose from the sky, illuminating the entire cave.
"Spirit Crossing Pill".
"That old ghost withered vine is really going all out!"
"That Foundation Establishment stage demon with spiritual eyes must possess a spiritual object."
"And it's quite extraordinary."
"Let's find out more about that little demon with the bright eyes. Maybe we can actually get some good stuff. Wouldn't that be wonderful?"
"As soon as I came out of the customs, someone came to give me a gift."
"That feels so good!"
A toad demon emerged from the dense green aura. The toad demon appeared to be very thin, wearing a simple gray robe and holding a cane. It slowly walked out of the secluded stone chamber.
A smile crept onto its lips, and its large, yellow frog eyes were filled with greed.
It has only recently recovered from the injuries it sustained in Lingxu City more than 30 years ago, regaining about 90% of its former magical power.
In this state, it is naturally no match for other Nascent Soul stage cultivators.
But dealing with a Foundation Establishment stage Spirit Eye demon is an easy task.
After sensing the message transmitted through the jade slip, Ling Chanzi took a step forward and transformed into a swift black streak of light, flying out of the cave in the blink of an eye.
They headed straight for the location where the withered vine ghost had sent the message.
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One day later.
It was midday.
On the border of Yunzhou, outside the Three Immortals Mountain.
A cyan flying boat broke through the clouds and landed in front of three giant peaks thousands of feet high. The concentration of spiritual energy near the three immortal mountains was already much stronger than in the surrounding areas.
As far as the eye can see, the three sacred mountains are covered in lush greenery, teeming with birds and beasts.
The white mist, accompanied by the roars of beasts and the cries of cranes, truly created an atmosphere of celestial beings.
This place is located on the border of Yunzhou. If you continue westward, it won't be long before you reach the border mountains of the Southern Yue Kingdom.
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Above the boundary mountain, the Nine Heavens Gale, at the Nascent Soul level, assaults the area. Even mid-Nascent Soul cultivators would find it difficult to pass through. Only great cultivators at the late Nascent Soul stage or above can rely on their powerful magic power and magical treasures to cross the gale and leave the cultivation worlds of Nan Yue and Dong Ming.
now.
The cyan flying boat hovered outside the formation of the Three Immortals Mountain.
On the flying boat was Lin Li, who had traveled here. At this moment, Lin Li still looked like a fox spirit. Looking at the Three Immortal Mountains in front of him, he felt a little more at ease.
One must know the world within oneself.
That eerie vertical pupil magic mark is still there, and it's impossible to erase it.
The methods used by the Nascent Soul stage are still difficult to eradicate for Lin Li in his current state, unless he can advance to the Nascent Soul stage in this life and unlock a fourth-order Nascent Soul stage entry as a foundation for his next life.
In this way, when facing Nascent Soul stage cultivators in the future, they will not have to be forced to flee in such a passive manner.
"Little brat."
Why bother?
"No matter how far you run, how can you escape the grasp of a Nascent Soul stage cultivator?"
"Good, let's stop here. There's no need to keep running."
now.
The voice from the snake-eyed seal echoed in Lin Li's mind, causing him to frown. He knew he would have to fight this old guy once he reached the Nascent Soul stage.
Lin Li, atop the flying boat, raised his hand and formed a hand seal.
He unleashed a spiritual connection seal that only Xuanmen cultivators could know. As soon as the seal was unleashed, the spiritual energy within a hundred feet around him vanished. The spiritual connection seal formed a yellowish-brown spiritual tortoise several feet in size. Outside the Three Immortals Mountain, the tortoise resembled a powerful demon in the early stage of Core Formation, emitting low growls.
This spirit communication seal is a esoteric technique that Lin Li knows of, possessing certain offensive capabilities.
At first.
He had discussed many questions about minor magical arts with Zhou Jing. If one cannot cultivate great supernatural powers, then one can only cultivate those minor supernatural arts.
Three breaths later,
From the void before Lin Li's flying boat, a Daoist boy of eleven or twelve years old appeared out of thin air. He was wearing a white robe, with red lips and white teeth. He had an otherworldly temperament, his hair was tied up in a Daoist bun, and a wooden hairpin was inserted in his hair. His appearance was exactly the same as when Lin Li met Lin Chuan in his previous life.
"Could it be fellow Daoists from the thirty-six caves of Qianyuan Mountain in person?"
Lin Chuan looked Lin Li up and down. With Lin Chuan's divine sense, which was comparable to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, he could tell that the person on the flying boat was a Spirit Eye Demon Clan cultivator at the late stage of the Foundation Establishment realm.
However, this Spirit-Eyed Demon has exceptional talent.
It seems to be the aptitude of the late Nascent Soul stage. With such aptitude, there is already a possibility of breaking through to the Divine Transformation stage. If we want to revitalize Xuandu Cave, we should bring such low-level but potentially promising fellow cultivators into the cave.
For Xuandu Cave, this is a good thing.
Spirit Clan cultivators capable of reaching the Nascent Soul stage are extremely rare in the cultivation worlds of Nan Yue and Dong Ming.
"Junior Liu Ya greets Senior."
"I only recently awakened to some mystical arts and supernatural powers, and remembered some things about the thirty-six caves of Qianyuan Mountain."
"Unfortunately, they were just minor spells. Later, in the ruins of Fallen Immortal Valley, we discovered the marks left by our predecessors, which is why we made our way to Three Immortal Mountains!"
Lin Li honestly explained his situation in an extremely sincere tone.
"It seems that you must have been a cultivator from one of the thirty-six caves of Qianyuan Mountain in your previous life."
"Ugh."
"Many cultivators from the thirty-six caves of Qianyuan Mountain were left with only a faint remnant soul when they fell to this world. The number of those who were able to successfully reincarnate with their remnant souls is certainly not many."
"I am now Lin Chuan, the acting sect master of Xuandu Cave, one of the thirty-six caves of Qianyuan Mountain. I wish to pass on the orthodox lineage of our Xuanmen sect in this lower realm."
"Your talent has now reached the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, which already meets the qualifications for the core disciple I have been looking for."
"Would you be willing to become a disciple of the Xuandu Cave?"
After hearing what Lin Li said, Lin Chuan was also quite moved.
To be able to encounter the reincarnation of the Thirty-Six Caves cultivators again within the territory of the Southern Yue Kingdom is an extremely rare and fortunate opportunity.
Furthermore, even if Lin Ji does not possess the aptitude of the Nascent Soul stage or above, Lin Chuan will still take him into the Xuandu Cave, even if it's just as a nominal disciple by his side.
Lin Chuan held great goodwill towards the cultivators associated with the thirty-six caves of Qianyuan Mountain.
Back then, Lin Chuan was just a Daoist boy from Xuandu Cave. Those who traveled to and from various spiritual peaks and secret realms of Xuandu Cave were all the high-ranking senior brothers from the other thirty-six caves.
Moreover, the thirty-six caves are very united with each other. Although there have been some frictions between the cultivators of individual caves, they are all due to individual differences. Overall, they all cultivate together as a group.
After all, in the vast and boundless realm of the Spirit Realm, where all races vie for supremacy and the law of the jungle prevails, the thirty-six caves can only stand firm by banding together.
That is why Linchuan would take Liu Ya into his sect as soon as he learned that Liu Ya was related to the cultivators of the Thirty-Six Caves.
"This disciple is willing!"
"Disciple Liu Ya greets Master!"
Lin Li acted decisively and successfully latched onto a powerful figure!
With this powerful backer, the chances of me reaching the Nascent Soul stage are practically guaranteed.
"good!"
"From this day forward, Liu Ya, you will be my first and foremost disciple."
"You are a cultivator who is connected to our Thirty-Six Caves. If you can awaken more memories in the future, you may be able to recall more."
"The number of cultivators from the Thirty-Six Caves is already extremely small."
"It is already quite remarkable that you were able to return to the Thirty-Six Caves."
Linchuan is in a good mood.
Within the territory of the Southern Yue Kingdom, after leaving the Fallen Immortal Valley, he came here and took control of the three Core Formation Perfection cultivators of the Three Immortal Mountains, becoming the mastermind behind this place.
Before this, Linchuan had always secluded himself in his cave.
While he was in seclusion, he sensed the mystical aura of the Spirit Communication Seal technique outside the Three Immortal Mountains, which suddenly awakened him. He immediately flew out of his seclusion.
When Lin Chuan came out of Fallen Immortal Valley, he had already exhausted a lot of his energy.
If it weren't for Zhou Jing and the others' help, Lin Chuan wouldn't have been able to emerge so quickly. However, Lin Chuan himself was also greatly affected and has now spent a considerable amount of time recuperating before finally raising his cultivation to the late Nascent Soul stage.
He is currently consolidating his cultivation and searching for top-tier Nascent Soul spiritual objects, preparing to use the profound methods of the Xuanmen sect to fuse them into a Nascent Soul object.
However, due to the scarcity of cultivation resources in this cultivation world, it takes a great deal of time to find top-tier Nascent Soul stage spiritual objects. The current plan is to first raise one's cultivation level to the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul stage in these Three Immortal Mountains.
Once he reached that point, Lin Chuan prepared to search for those top-tier Nascent Soul spiritual objects himself.
"Disciple, look, the messenger who came to deliver your mount is here."
At this moment, Lin Chuan looked at Lin Li on the flying boat with great satisfaction. Then, as if he had noticed something, he looked up at the sky and looked in the direction behind Lin Li, and spoke in a calm tone.