bookbashuk Chapter 170 Digging the Array, Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator
Chapter 170 Digging the Array, Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator
Inside the cave dwelling of Penglai Mountain.
Before them was a gray mist that obscured their senses.
Even though the Spirit Toad was a Nascent Soul cultivator in the early stages, the range of its divine sense was compressed to a radius of two hundred feet around it.
Spiritual energy is scarce.
Miasma raged.
A deathly atmosphere pervaded the air.
There was also a demonic martial aura that I had never sensed before.
As soon as the spirit toad entered, it sensed its surroundings and a hint of apprehension appeared in its eyes.
Within the territory of the Southern Yue Kingdom, I had seen some brief information about the Penglai Mountain ruins, but no cultivator had ever discovered any spiritual objects of the fourth rank or higher from them.
It can only be considered a third-tier secret realm at most.
Such a high-level secret realm is nothing to Nascent Soul stage cultivators.
The toad continued its journey deeper.
The divine sense was continuously released.
"Um?"
"A demonic puppet at the Core Formation stage!"
At this moment, the spirit toad seemed to sense something, took a step and transformed into a gray stream of light, disappearing from its original spot. In the blink of an eye, it appeared hundreds of feet away. On the ground of this cave, there was a Core Formation stage demon puppet wearing bronze armor, with a wolf's head and a human body.
When the demonic puppet saw the spirit toad, it bared its fangs and tried to pounce.
But when the toad reached him, it raised a finger and smashed his head open.
It turned straight into dust and scattered into the void. The headless demon puppet was tightly bound by a rope formed from the magic power of a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, and could not move at all.
It was then put into the storage bag by the spirit toad.
Simultaneously.
On the ground around the demon puppet, there were several Yin-attribute spirit stones. These spirit stones were as black as ink and exuded a dark and cold aura.
These Yin-attribute spirit stones are extremely rare and highly sought after by many demon and monster cultivators.
These rare items were naturally packed up by the spirit toad, to be handed over to its master after it left.
Half an hour later.
The spirit toad dealt with two more Core Formation stage demon puppets. Just like the first one, it pierced their heads with a single finger, bound them up, and put them into its storage bag.
In the hands of the Spirit Toad, demonic puppets at the Core Formation stage are nothing more than ants, which can be manipulated at will.
They collected more than twenty spirit stones with Yin attributes.
"Array restriction!"
"Top-tier Tier 3..."
The spirit toad has now reached the depths of the cave. In front of it is a dark gray stone door, on which are engraved unknown and mysterious runes, as well as various ferocious patterns, including birds and beasts.
However, each of them has a very strange appearance and various patterns on their bodies.
They were quite different from the demon cultivators of Nan Yue and Dong Ming.
Ling Chan frowned slightly. Judging from this stone gate, the demon puppets and the strange array restrictions here were different from those in Nan Yue.
From this perspective, the location of the Penglai Mountain ruins may indeed have originated from other parts of the earth.
It is even quite possible that its origin is somewhat similar to that of the one in Fallen Immortal Valley.
The spirit world?
"Not necessarily."
"If this were the spirit realm, these demonic puppets wouldn't be of such a low level."
The toad pondered for a moment, then opened its wrinkled mouth, from which a wisp of gray-black light flew out and transformed into a giant black axe nearly ten feet in size, about ten steps in front of it.
A cold glint flashed on the axe blade.
boom!
The giant axe fell and slammed heavily onto the stone gate, leaving an axe mark more than ten feet long. Spiderweb-like cracks spread out from the deep mark, and the stone gate shook violently.
The various patterns engraved on it began to emit colorful light, as if a layer of multicolored glow covered the outside of the stone gate.
Under the attack of this giant axe, the entire barrier began to falter.
The spirit toad remained calm, and upon sensing with its divine sense, the restrictive power on the stone gate was weakened by nearly one-fifth.
It's at most a top-tier, bizarre restriction at the third rank.
Even though it's stronger than ordinary restrictions of the same level, it's just a matter of hitting a few more times when facing an attack from a Nascent Soul cultivator.
Boom boom boom…!!
The next moment, the spirit toad continued to control the giant axe magic weapon to strike down. After several strikes, the stone gate in front of it suddenly shattered and collapsed from the inside.
The light that the toad transformed into entered it.
After passing through the stone gate, the spirit toad flew down to the side of a stone platform several feet above the ground. Around the platform, in each of the eight directions, stood an oval stone tablet about three feet high, with silver-gray patterns on it.
Spatial power!
"Teleportation array!"
When the spirit toad saw the stone platform, its Nascent Soul stage divine sense also perceived the faint spatial power emanating from it.
This is clearly a teleportation array.
"This is good stuff."
This is clearly a teleportation array.
"This is good stuff."
"Unfortunately, two stone tablets were damaged."
The spirit toad looked around and saw that two of the eight stone tablets around the stone platform were only half left, as if they had been broken by external force. It would not be easy to repair them.
In particular, this kind of ancient teleportation array has long been lost in the cultivation history of both Nan Yue and Dong Ming.
To find a formation master who can repair the teleportation array, one must be at least a fourth-level formation master. However, according to Lingchan's knowledge, there is only one fourth-level formation master in the Nan Yue Kingdom, and he is usually elusive.
Immediately, the toad took out a recording talisman and recorded everything inside the cave.
After doing all this, the spirit toad transformed into a streak of light and turned to leave the place.
...
Not long after.
Outside the ruins of Penglai Mountain.
Lin Li, aboard the flying boat, looked at the image-recording talisman handed over by the spirit toad. After activating it with a wisp of magic power, scenes of light and shadow appeared before Lin Li's eyes in the blink of an eye.
"Owner."
"According to this old servant's investigation, the teleportation array within the Penglai Mountain ruins is unlikely to be repaired."
"Within the territory of the Southern Yue Kingdom, there is only one fourth-tier array master."
"There seem to be very few fourth-tier array masters in the Eastern Sea Kingdom."
"Moreover, those fourth-tier array masters all possess the strength of the Nascent Soul stage. Although this old servant has some strength, when facing those fourth-tier array masters, this old servant's cultivation is truly insufficient."
Ling Chan analyzed.
"Is it only a fourth-tier array master who can repair it?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Li began to ponder.
I'm afraid even my master from Linchuan has the ability to repair it!
If this Penglai Mountain ruin contains an ancient teleportation array, then are all the other nodes in the Penglai Mountain ruins also teleportation arrays?
A hint of doubt arose in Lin Li's mind.
After all, there are many key points in the Penglai Mountain ruins within the territory of the Thousand Shadows Pavilion. Although they are not as large as the Penglai Mountain ruins themselves, they are all worth exploring.
As for Yuan Heng, who was at the Core Formation stage, and the other party's disciple, they were allowed to leave this place after Lin Li placed a unique Xuanmen restriction on them.
That restriction is a spirit slave restriction, which can be passed down from generation to generation. As long as they are the other party's bloodline offspring, they will be protected by the restriction. However, after ten generations, the spirit slave restriction in the other party's bloodline will disappear.
This mystical restriction is extremely suitable for Lin Li.
After cultivating the Xuanmen techniques in his next life, he can completely control Yuan Heng and the direct bloodline of his disciples by relying on this spirit slave restriction.
Letting them go would pave the way for Lin Li's next life; this is a feasible plan!
"Let's go to the next ruin location, explore it a bit, and see if there are any other teleportation arrays."
Lin Li did not hesitate for long.
After putting the spirit toad into his high-level spirit pet bag, Lin Li controlled the flying boat, carrying Bai Ling'er, and headed straight for the next Penglai Mountain ruins.
"Senior brother."
"If we're going to live in seclusion, shouldn't we find a remote place?"
"Senior brother, I've heard that there are quite a few demon cultivators in Xizhou, because it's close to the Boundary Mountain and has quite a few spiritual veins."
On the flying boat, Bai Ling'er offered Lin Li her suggestion: if there were many demon cultivators in the Western Continent, then she would have more Foundation Establishment stage evil demons to devour.
Moreover, Xizhou was the westernmost state of the Southern Yue Kingdom, which perfectly fit the idea of living in seclusion.
"It can be used as an alternative."
Lin Li nodded slowly.
Xizhou was indeed under his consideration, but the Nine Heavens Gale above the Boundary Mountain would be too difficult to pass through.
If only there were a intact teleportation array among the ruins of Mount Penglai.
For Lin Li, repairing the teleportation array and carrying it with him meant he could go anywhere to live in seclusion without any worries.
Even if Master Linchuan fails to advance to the Nascent Soul stage and is subsequently investigated by Nascent Soul stage cultivators within the Southern Yue Kingdom, he can simply teleport away if they come after him.
Not long after.
Lin Li led Old Gray to the second Penglai Mountain ruins, but at this moment Old Gray seemed to sense something, his eyes darkened, and he looked at the blood-red rainbow flying in from the horizon.
That streak of crimson light moved with incredible speed. After appearing on the horizon, it drew a red line across the clear sky and arrived here in the blink of an eye.
"Master, he's a Nascent Soul stage cultivator!"
"Early Nascent Soul stage!"
"I'm not familiar with this old servant!"
Just then, the spirit toad transmitted its voice to Lin Li.
Two breaths later.
From the red rainbow light emerged an old man dressed in a bright red robe. The old man had a wrinkled face, and strange, blood-red eyes grew on his exposed skin.
Even the old man in the blood-red robe had several eyes on his neck, nearly thirty eyes blinking as he looked at the spirit toad, as well as Lin Li and Bai Ling'er behind the spirit toad.
Even the old man in the blood-red robe had several eyes on his neck, nearly thirty eyes blinking as he looked at the spirit toad, as well as Lin Li and Bai Ling'er behind the spirit toad.
"Greetings, fellow Daoist!"
My name is Bloodhand.
"May I ask your name, friend?"
Bloodhand bowed politely, but his mind was racing.
To encounter a fellow Nascent Soul cultivator outside the Penglai Mountain ruins was quite surprising to Blood Hand. The reason Blood Hand came here was entirely because of the Yin-attribute spirit stones within the Penglai Mountain ruins.
After purchasing some Yin-attribute spirit stones in other places, I followed the trail of information to this place.
There is only one Nascent Soul power in this Shazhou region. They originally thought that after obtaining some Yin attribute spirit stones, they would explore the area to find out what was so strange about it and why so many Yin attribute spirit stones had been born, before leaving.
Unexpectedly, they encountered a demon cultivator in the early Nascent Soul stage.
"Gray clothes".
Lingchan returned the greeting with clasped hands and spoke calmly.
"So it's Fellow Daoist Hui. Could it be that Fellow Daoist Hui has also come for the Yin-attribute spirit stones in this secret realm?"
Bloodhand asked with a smile.
"good."
The toad nodded in response.
"Since Fellow Daoist Hui has this idea, why don't we enter this secret realm together, and each keep the Yin-attribute spirit stones we collect?"
"it is good."
At Lin Li's behest, Ling Chan nodded in agreement.
With the Spirit Toad present, there's nothing to fear from a cultivator who's only at the early Nascent Soul stage.
Whether there is a teleportation array within this Penglai Mountain ruin is what Lin Li cares about most.
immediately.
The toad then swept up Lin Li and Bai Ling'er, transforming them into a gray streak of light and entering the Penglai Mountain ruins above the sea of sand.
After entering the black mist.
On the cracked bluestone slabs on the ground, the occasional Foundation Establishment stage demon puppets that appeared were all collected by Bai Ling'er. These were her sustenance for advancing her cultivation, so naturally the more the better.
Several dozen breaths later.
They arrived at the entrance to this secret realm in the Gobi Desert. After the gray light entered, it went into a cave.
Inside this cave.
There was still a Core Formation stage demon puppet guarding the place, but there was only one. Moreover, the restriction at the entrance to the Penglai Mountain Secret Realm was only a third-order low-grade restriction, which was easily broken by the spirit toad.
After quickly gathering a batch of Yin-attribute spirit stones, the spirit toad entered the restriction.
"Teleportation array!"
Once inside, Lingchan and Lin Li saw that within this small restricted area was a teleportation array, much smaller than before, and the eight stone tablets surrounding the array were all intact.
The only problem is the lack of the crucial space-type spirit stone.
Once you find a space-type spirit stone, activating this teleportation array will not be difficult.
"Get to it, dig!"
Lin Li hurriedly spoke up.
"Yes, Master."
Upon hearing what Lin Li said, a glint of light flashed in the eyes of the Spirit Toad. It raised its hand, and two streams of Nascent Soul stage magic power transformed into two giant hands, which dug up the stones below the teleportation array.
These two giant hands were like two enormous shovels, scooping the teleportation array off the stone platform from the left and right.
Furthermore, during the process of digging the array, the spirit toad kept its divine sense probing every move on the array plate, and the spiritual platform on the teleportation array was not damaged in the slightest.
Immediately, Lin Li, who was standing to the side, put it into his storage bag.
Just as they put the teleportation array into their storage bag, the spirit toad behind them sensed the aura of the blood-handed person who had entered the area with them, and it appeared not far behind them.
"Fellow Daoist Gray".
"So your purpose was the teleportation array within this secret realm!"
"This teleportation array, whose lineage has been severed, is extremely valuable, far more so than that Yin-attribute one."
"Seeing is believing, so why don't you let me take a look at that teleportation array and imprint a few teleportation array diagrams on my fingernails?"
The blood-red hand, hovering hundreds of steps behind them, spoke with great interest.