Chapter 399: From Metamorphosing Spirit Chicken to Beast-Taming Immortal Cultivation Chapter 398: Luo Ya Order

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Protagonist:

Yu Zhangsheng

Beneath the abyss, the Golden-Winged Great Peng sped away into the distance, and behind it, six Ghost-Faced Mantises pursued relentlessly at tremendous speed; however, the evolved Golden-Winged Great Peng had gained a massive boost in speed, so for the moment the latter could not catch up.

And once they had left a certain range, the figures of those six Ghost-Faced Mantises, after emitting several earth-shaking roars amidst their struggle, dissolved into mist and vanished, as if their range of activity were completely confined within a certain scope of the White Bone Tower, unable to escape.

And the slowly burning Bone Torches, after continuing to burn for a while, gradually extinguished their flames and returned to silence once more, as if nothing had happened.

Seeing this, Yu Zhangsheng glanced behind him, his mind slightly eased; he stepped lightly, and the Golden-Winged Great Peng's speed also dropped, finally turning into a streak of flowing light that was recalled into his Inner Landscape by Yu Zhangsheng.

The Golden-Winged Great Peng's profile was too large; unless it was an emergency, it was not suitable to use it for travel in this abyss, lest it attract other prying accidents, and they were not in a hurry either.

"It seems those bizarre Ghost-Faced Mantises still have some limitations."

Yu Zhangsheng muttered, letting out a long breath, but regarding those Six-Eyed Mantises, he did not have much dread either.

But this kind of thankless trouble was not worth entangling with further; at Golden Core Peak he now had confidence to defeat one, but if there were many, it would give him quite a headache.

Especially the other side's seemingly undying, indestructible characteristic, which left Yu Zhangsheng rather at a loss.

"Moreover, these don't seem to be living bodies, but a special kind of existence; things like this, and that White Bone Tower — why would they exist in the abyss?"

"This abyss, after vast years have passed, who knows how many mysteries it now contains..."

Yu Zhangsheng pondered, shook his head to suppress these thoughts, sensed his own state, and a sharp light flashed in his eyes.

"That wave just now, battling such opponents, would certainly have consumed me greatly in the past, yet now I remain almost at peak condition; indeed, the abundant spiritual energy in this abyss supplements me nearly endlessly, so I need not worry about endurance."

"Besides that, there is the empowerment from the Heavenly Dao Qi; the blood-fiend resentful qi that has accumulated as mist in the abyss for ages is, to me, the best combat power for raising cultivation... this is merely a thousand li deep; if it were deeper, one can imagine the empowerment would be even more astonishing!"

Yu Zhangsheng exhaled a deep breath of turbid qi, his eyes brightened, and his mood improved considerably; looking at the group of disciples behind him, he gave a slight nod toward Li Minghan beside him.

A smile appeared on Li Minghan's face; without changing expression he fell back half a step behind Yu Zhangsheng, followed closely, and after finding a direction, walked on.

Inside the abyss, spirit mist hung hazy, dim light bloomed; within, vague figures seemed to constantly emerge, but fortunately, perhaps the imposing momentum of a group gathered together was terrifying enough, so apart from that White Bone Tower, they encountered no other mishaps, and the journey was fairly quiet.

"Right," Yu Zhangsheng thought a moment, then asked Li Minghan in a low voice, "That White Bone Tower just now — Ming Han, have you ever heard of it? What is it?"

Li Minghan hesitated, frowned and thought carefully, then shook his head and replied, "I don't know; I've also never heard of such a strange existence in the abyss."

"Perhaps it's some change that occurred later; anyway, no great danger occurred."

Yu Zhangsheng nodded, thoughtful: "Oh." Then a hint of doubt appeared in his eyes, and he pondered silently.

"Building a tower from white bones, using ghost fire as a guide, a blood-sacrifice formation, turning into torches illuminating the eight directions — this feeling, why does it give me a sense of a sacrificial ritual summoning someone to come..."

"Coordinates?"

Yu Zhangsheng fell silent; he wasn't particularly versed in formations, yet he could still make out some clues.

"Forget it, no more thinking about this," Yu Zhangsheng shook his head, adjusted his brow slightly, glanced at Li Minghan, and patted the latter's shoulder.

"Go take a look according to the intel you gave; if it exists, then you can prepare well."

A surge of excitement welled in Li Minghan's eyes; after suppressing it, he drew a deep breath, nodded at Yu Zhangsheng, then silently closed his eyes and comprehended for a while, pointed in a direction, and the Star Shadow on his palm emitted a faint silvery radiance.

Yu Zhangsheng lowered his gaze, glanced at the Star Mark on the other's palm, said nothing, and silently followed the guidance.

This journey took three days' time; the depth of the abyss also descended from the original one thousand li to around one thousand five hundred li.

However, the feeling this gave Yu Zhangsheng was considerably more vast; moreover, the terrain was vastly different from before — strange plants grew one after another, black rivers flowed within the earth, and the soil also presented a dark red color.

And the surroundings were not pitch black; all things became light sources, emitting dim light, connecting into a piece that illuminated the mountains and rivers; the density of spiritual energy was even more elevated here.

And such high spiritual energy density naturally nurtured the growth of many spirit objects; the living beings within grew more numerous and more active.

"This abyss interior is far larger than it appears on the surface; inside there is a separate world, or could it be that the space here has a problem, seeming to be folded?"

At this moment, on the earth, Yu Zhangsheng's party advanced at an unhurried pace; after casually plucking a spirit herb by the roadside and storing it away, Yu Zhangsheng nodded in satisfaction, and a flash of spirit light passed through his eyes.

And the other companions also each had satisfaction in their eyes; compared to before, their cultivation bases had all increased to a certain degree; looking at Yu Zhangsheng, besides awe, there was more gratitude.

No other reason: these three days, Yu Zhangsheng could be said to have helped them too much; having such a high-grade bodyguard plus an alchemist, one could say that all the way down, no matter what good things existed, none escaped Yu Zhangsheng's eyes; among them, aside from a small portion Yu Zhangsheng needed for himself, the vast majority were directed for them to go harvest themselves.

For instance, Nurturing Spirit Fruit... Soul-Nourishing Grass... and other spirit objects; these things are all valuable in the outside world and rarely recognized by anyone; if not for Yu Zhangsheng, even if they passed by them they would not know; and now under Yu Zhangsheng's direction, each of them could be said to possess quite a few of such spirit objects.

Their cultivation bases also saw considerable improvement in this process, and all along the way, if there was danger, they would be warned in advance to avoid it; how could this not make them even more grateful toward Yu Zhangsheng? And even more convinced by him.

As for this, Yu Zhangsheng merely smiled faintly and did not take it to heart; toward this group of disciples, as long as they were obedient, Yu Zhangsheng did not mind letting them cling to his thigh.

"But this abyss interior actually contains so many spirit plant treasures — this does surprise me a bit; I was just worrying that the materials for later alchemy were running out, and now I can accumulate quite a lot again." Yu Zhangsheng turned the thought over, somewhat pleasantly surprised, yet his heart still maintained vigilance, so his steps subconsciously slowed a bit.

As the depth decreased and spiritual energy density rose, while the number of heavenly materials and earthly treasures increased, the ferocity within also presented an exponential increase.

The rise in spiritual energy density naturally also meant that the living beings in the abyss had more universally profound realms; around one thousand li, the living beings Yu Zhangsheng encountered mostly gave him a feeling merely comparable to Foundation Establishment, but here, the spirit beasts encountered had almost all reached a level comparable to Golden Core.

"In a certain sense, this place is no different from a unique secret realm."

Yu Zhangsheng thought thus; amidst deep breathing, the Tongling Dao Body activated and exerted its effect; large swaths of spiritual energy sprayed onto his body, gradually forming a small spiritual energy vortex centered on him; thus the spirit mist in all directions surged and gradually cleared solemnly, but was quickly refilled; under Yu Zhangsheng's deliberate control, it maintained a certain range and did not cause too great a disturbance.

And on Yu Zhangsheng's face, a trace of enjoyment involuntarily surfaced.

Toward this, the other companions merely glanced; although their hearts still occasionally shocked at his cultivation speed, they had seen it enough to not find it strange.

"Worthy of the Young Sect Master; no wonder his cultivation speed is so fast — just look at this speed and efficiency of breathing in spiritual energy, it's more than ten times mine!"

"Rumors say some special constitutions can indeed achieve this; the Young Sect Master's natural gifts are peerless, so this cultivation speed counts as normal..."

Some were amazed, some envious, but no one was jealous; only Li Minghan beside Yu Zhangsheng silently fell back a bit farther away from Yu Zhangsheng, and with resentment mixed with a trace of envy, glared at Yu Zhangsheng.

If he stayed too close to Yu Zhangsheng, under the other's terrifying breathing he could absorb not a wisp of spiritual energy; around him, even though Yu Zhangsheng had deliberately controlled it, a spiritual energy vacuum was still cleared out.

It was also under such circumstances that Yu Zhangsheng's cultivation base rose steadily.

"This place truly is the most suitable land for my Tongling Dao Body cultivation!"

With the Myriad Spirits Jue circulating, Yu Zhangsheng's thoughts were light; his divine sense remained extended outward, sensing his cultivation base growing drop by drop within his body; Yu Zhangsheng smiled faintly, his mood fairly good.

"Just a pity I still dare not completely let loose; if not for fear of alarming the other existences in this abyss, if I could devour without any scruples, completely letting go, perhaps in a week's time I could break through again and reach Golden Core Late Stage..."

Yu Zhangsheng silently swallowed a mouthful of saliva, discarded these impractical thoughts, glanced at the crowd behind him, a strange color flashing in his eyes, controlled the Tongling Dao Body's might, and continued forward.

The earth was dim, mountain rocks tumbled chaotically, vegetation reached the sky, revealing strangeness; the river showed a pitch-black color, waves churning as all kinds of strange living beings emerged, the soil blood-red, the air permeated with a bloody fiendish aura; occasionally a figure of a living being flashed past, but under the concealment of the Mysterious Turtle's Guixi Technique, most ignored the existence of this group of people.

Therefore along the way, it was still considered alarming but without danger.

Until another hour later, Yu Changsheng and the others' footsteps finally paused, looking ahead with eyes slightly narrowed.

"This is……"

"How come it's this thing again?"

"Could it be that in the Abyss, there are many of this thing?"

A series of startled and doubtful gasps came from the group of disciples behind; hearing this, a sharp light flashed in Yu Changsheng's eyes, he did not speak, but his thoughts became slightly heavy.

Ahead, shockingly, it was the same thing Yu Changsheng and them had encountered before, similarly white bones piled into towers, towering several tens of meters, the ground above dimly showing strange blood-colored patterns, connecting to the bone towers, the bone towers snow-white, filled with traces of time, ten in total, arranged orderly according to some inexplicable rule.

And what most attracted Yu Changsheng's mind and spirit was, among the ten White Bone Towers, the most central one's tower tip, a small exquisite jade token floating suspended!

This token emitted a gentle light, floating lightly suspended, on it a crescent moon pattern engraved, though unremarkable, it was the first time to attract all of Yu Changsheng's gaze.

"Luoya Token……"

Yu Changsheng swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his gaze shifting down from this Luoya Token, observing the surrounding situation.

Nether-green ghost fires floated around the White Bone Towers, swaying unsteadily; where the firelight passed, frost covered the ground, not a blade of grass grew, a gloomy cold aura permeated, a range of several kilometers, a piece of silence; under the envelopment of the White Bone Towers, not a single living being's figure.

Only some huge demonic beast corpses, lying haphazardly on the ground, some flesh and blood still remaining, seemingly dead not long ago, some only left with white bone frames, silently narrating this place's terror.

Obviously, these were all those who rashly intruded in here, ultimately killed by the strangeness and left within.

"Not quite right, these White Bone Towers, seem able to shield a person's perception; under my Divine Sense there was no sign whatsoever…… however they seem visible to the naked eye; if not for that, rashly intruding would probably be fraught with unknown danger……"

Yu Changsheng's eyes slightly narrowed, looking at the front scene, a faint sense of crisis rose in his heart; in his Divine Sense picture, the front should have been empty, nothing existing at all.

But to the naked eye, these ten White Bone Towers, yet were all truly appearing before the eyes; not only did he himself see them, a group of disciples also saw them clearly, and the faint sense of crisis hanging in his heart also proved this point.

"Automatically shielded Divine Sense, huh…… and if not for me crazily absorbing Spirit Mist all along, clearing the front vision, I'm afraid I would also be like those living beings who died inside, rashly intruding within……"

A gloomy light flashed in Yu Changsheng's eyes, his thoughts slightly sinking; after thinking a bit, his body swayed, speed exploding, from not far away he caught a demonic beast silently peeping, one hand gripping its neck, arriving outside the White Bone Tower zone.

This demonic beast was a deer-shaped appearance, whole body blood-red, forehead growing one eye, a cultivation base just entered Third Rank; at this moment held by the neck by Yu Changsheng with one hand, three eyes looking at Yu Changsheng in panic, trembling.

Seeing this, a group of disciples looked at Yu Changsheng in surprise, and did not question further. (Chapter End)