Chapter 441: Western Pure Land

When Demon Heart Cave Master proposed to recruit the Old Monster in the Stone, Lu Hongtu allowed it immediately.

It was just unexpected that the recruitment failed many times.

Lu Hongtu naturally knew the dark thoughts of Demon Heart Cave Master and others, but he could not care about it; after all, he needed people before the great battle.

But he could not let these people play small tricks, so after thinking about it, he decided to take action himself, bringing the two Nascent Souls, Demon Heart and Blood Shadow, to put pressure on the Old Monster in the Stone and force the latter to come out of the mountain!

Deep in the cave.

Unlike Ning Zhuo opened his eyes slowly, although exhausted, his eyes were full of joy.

"Stone Casting Earth Treasure supernatural power... 60%!"

He was preparing to rest, but found that Sun Lingtong was missing.

"Eh? Where did the boss go?"

The flying letter Sun Lingtong left behind circled around Unlike Ning Zhuo like a bird.

Unlike Ning Zhuo took the letter and immediately knew the cause and effect.

"Boss, you've come up with something new again."

Unlike Ning Zhuo shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly.

He immediately chiseled open the stone skin and saw the Fetal Breath Spirit Boat that had become a stone boat. The full text of the "Heaven-Born Earth-Raised Fetal Breath Great Art" was shining brightly.

Unlike Ning Zhuo came to the stone boat and penetrated his spiritual sense.

Sun Lingtong sensed it and immediately communicated with Unlike Ning Zhuo via spiritual sense.

"Little Zhuo, it's so fun."

"Relying on this method, my physical foundation has skyrocketed, and I can also know the past experiences of the Old Monster in the Stone."

"As an earth essence, it's really boring. But occasionally, many new things happen."

"You come and play too!"

Sun Lingtong enthusiastically invited Unlike Ning Zhuo.

Unlike Ning Zhuo breathed a sigh of relief: "Boss, it's good that you're okay."

"I'd better go back to the Ten Thousand Mile Wandering Dragon to rest."

"This is the Thousand Peaks Forest, after all, the enemy's territory. We should mine as soon as possible to avoid accidents."

Unlike Ning Zhuo had just finished speaking when a powerful power fluctuation occurred.

The fluctuation quickly covered the entire mountain peak.

On the periphery, a huge magic array was activated, and the formation boundary formed shrouded the entire Heavenly Pillar Giant Wood!

Sun and Ning:??!!

Sun Lingtong could no longer care about cultivation: "Not, not good, could this be a trap? Little Zhuo, let's run."

Unlike Ning Zhuo reacted faster.

Just as Sun Lingtong sent the spiritual sense, he grabbed the Fetal Breath Spirit Boat, took the boat and Sun Lingtong, and plunged into the Ten Thousand Mile Wandering Dragon.

The stone skin on Sun Lingtong's body was already several inches thick, and he was struggling with his small arms and legs.

Unlike Ning Zhuo had already mastered 60% of the supernatural power, and with just one glance, he saw the bottom line, and told Sun Lingtong via spiritual sense: "Don't mess around, boss. I'll solve this stone skin. Wait a moment, let's leave here first!"

As a result, after Unlike Ning Zhuo came to the dragon head cabin, he discovered an extremely bad reality.

"Boss, we can't run. This formation suppresses space, and the Ten Thousand Mile Wandering Dragon cannot shuttle at all. Forcing it to start is like an egg hitting a stone wall," Unlike Ning Zhuo sent out his spiritual sense.

"?!!" Sun Lingtong was suddenly struck by a bolt from the blue.

"I'll let you out first." Unlike Ning Zhuo just reached out, preparing to untie Sun Lingtong's stone skin.

The voice of Ink Abyss Cave Master resounded throughout the mountain peak: "Six Caves Sect Lu Hongtu, accompanied by Cave Masters Demon Heart and Blood Shadow, comes to visit the mountain."

"Old Monster in the Stone, come out and talk, how about it?"

The sound wave was magnificent, penetrating all the way along the cave entrance, and finally reached the depths of the cave bottom.

The Ten Thousand Mile Wandering Dragon vibrated slightly in the sound wave.

In the dragon head cabin, the hearts of Unlike Ning Zhuo and Sun Lingtong also jumped fiercely.

"Lu Hongtu? The Great Cave Master of the Six Caves Sect!"

"And Demon Heart, Blood Shadow... why did they come?"

"They want to contact the Old Monster in the Stone, with such a posture, they want to force him out of the mountain!"

Sun and Ning communicated via spiritual sense, almost instantly realizing the severity of the situation.

The Ten Thousand Mile Wandering Dragon could not shuttle through the void, and the space that could be moved became extremely limited.

Once the three Nascent Soul cultivators discovered that the Old Monster in the Stone was dead and had traces of mining, they would definitely not

By then, will the Ten Thousand Mile Wandering Dragon be able to continue hiding and evade the search of these three people?

The possibility is too slim!

Because before this, Sun Lingtong had already tried. In the main hall of the Six Caves Sect's headquarters, they were discovered by the Cave Master of the Demon Heart.

And now, the Cave Master of the Demon Heart is right inside.

Not only that, the Great Cave Master of Ink Abyss, whose strength is publicly acknowledged to be even greater than his, has also arrived in person!

A desperate situation!

The ups and downs of life have come too fast, too suddenly.

Just a moment ago, Sun and Ning were still in a state of joy, imagining the future in a beautiful reality, but the very next moment, it took a sharp turn for the worse, falling into a desperate predicament.

The pressure of death rushed toward them.

Unlike Ning Zhuo's face was pale, and he felt that even breathing was difficult: "How can we break this deadlock?"

Sun Lingtong, meanwhile, was subconsciously struggling with all his might within the thick stone skin.

Suddenly, Sun Lingtong's movements came to a sharp halt, and his spiritual sense fluctuated violently: "Little Zhuo, I—I've thought of a way!"

"We will both drill into the stone ball and let the stone skin wrap and cover us."

"In this way, we can disguise ourselves as the Old Monster in the Stone."

Unlike Ning Zhuo shook his head: "I've thought of that. It's not reliable! Because Ink Abyss and the others will inevitably test the Old Monster in the Stone. We aren't even familiar with the Old Monster in the Stone's tone or manner of speaking..."

Having said this, Unlike Ning Zhuo paused.

He suddenly remembered Sun Lingtong's exchange with him not long ago.

By actively enduring the divine ability of the Stone-Casting Earth Treasure, as well as the Fetal Breath Spirit Boat, Sun Lingtong entered a fetal breath state and learned many of the Old Monster in the Stone's memories.

Tone and manner of speaking were naturally not a problem!

Outside the cave.

Ink Abyss, Demon Heart, and Blood Shadow hovered high in the air, waiting for a moment, but saw no response from the Old Monster in the Stone.

"Hmph, this old monster is extremely dull; could he still be in a deep sleep?" the Cave Master of Blood Shadow snorted coldly.

"That won't be it. We have sealed the void and suppressed the earth element. Although the Old Monster in the Stone is a Nascent Soul, he was born as an earth essence, and the instinct to burrow and flee has long been deep in his bones. This time, earth-burrowing has been forbidden, so he must have already reacted. It's just that seeing that our side has a Great Cave Master present, he doesn't dare to come out!" the Cave Master of Demon Heart flattered the Cave Master of Ink Abyss.

The Cave Master of Ink Abyss had an indifferent expression: "Let's go, we will go together to meet the Old Monster in the Stone."

As he spoke, he took the lead and flew down.

The two cave masters, Demon Heart and Blood Shadow, looked at each other and followed closely behind.

The cave system inside this Heavenly Pillar Giant Tree was complex, with secret passages everywhere, but it could not stump a Nascent Soul-level cultivator.

Moreover, they had previously dispatched cultivators to come and pay their respects, figuring out the path.

Although these cultivators were killed by the Cave Master of Demon Heart, the information they brought back had not been destroyed.

Therefore, Ink Abyss and the other two soon arrived at the final stone-walled cave hall.

The huge cave entrance was pitch black, as if it had swallowed even the light.

The previous batch of Six Caves Sect cultivators had stopped here, set up a magic array, and even sacrificed many companions.

From beginning to end, they had not dared to venture deep into the giant cave.

Ink Abyss and the other two, however, did not slow down, heading straight forward, passing directly through a section of the passage, and seeing the stone ball at the bottom of the cave.

Ink Abyss and the three cultivators stopped voluntarily when they were ten steps away from the stone ball.

"Old Monster in the Stone," Ink Abyss called out softly.

Demon Heart and Blood Shadow had solemn expressions, secretly on guard.

Although they had strength in numbers, this was, after all, the Old Monster in the Stone's territory, and the latter possessed the advantage of the terrain.

The Old Monster in the Stone had lived here for many years and might have managed some formidable trump cards here. In short, being careful and cautious could never be wrong.

They did not know that the Old Monster in the Stone had long since passed away, and what was hiding inside the body at this moment was a mechanical wandering dragon, as well as Sun and Ning.

Both Sun Lingtong and the Fetal Breath Spirit Boat had been taken out and were pressed tightly against the stone ball.

As for Unlike Ning Zhuo, he was panting heavily, almost exhausted to the point of collapse.

Just a moment ago, he had raced against time, squeezing his essence, qi, and spirit to the limit to activate the Stone-Casting Earth Treasure divine ability in his spirit sea dantian.

With more than half of the divine ability used, and under the massive magic power provided by the Ten Thousand Mile Wandering Dragon, Unlike Ning Zhuo had still narrowly managed to restore the stone ball to its original state before the three cultivators arrived.

Previously, Unlike Ning Zhuo would never have imagined that he would one day actively help the stone ball return to its old appearance.

The stone ball temporarily bluffed the three Nascent Soul cultivators.

But such a severe test of life and death had only just begun.

When the Cave Master of Ink Abyss called out "Old Monster in the Stone," Sun and Ning had to respond.

Not responding would be to show contempt for Lu Hongtu, this Nascent Soul-level expert!

Thus, Sun Lingtong, following the content of the memory fragments, emitted an aged and weary voice: "Lu Hongtu, the Thousand Peaks Earth Vein Map you promised to make for me, is it finished?"

The Cave Master of Ink Abyss's expression immediately sank.

This involved an old incident.

The Cave Master of Ink Abyss was proficient in the art of painting, and back then, he wanted to seek a breakthrough in his personal painting skills, wishing to depict the Earth Vein Map of the Thousand Peaks Forest.

He had actively sought out the Old Monster in the Stone, spent a lot of time, and paid a considerable price to finally persuade the Old Monster in the Stone to cooperate with him.

The Old Monster in the Stone himself was an earth essence; if he could control the Thousand Peaks Earth Vein Map, it would be quite helpful for his own cultivation.

As a result, the two joined forces, and just as they completed thirty percent of the exploration, they suffered the ruthless suppression of the Ginseng-Beard Long Wang.

The Ginseng-Beard Long Wang was a Soul Transformation-level existence and the undisputed strongest in the Thousand Peaks Forest, possessing the most faith, with thousands of dragon whiskers reaching deep into the earth, spreading across many Heavenly Pillar Giant Trees, roots and vines intertwined.

Although the Cave Master of Ink Abyss and the Old Monster in the Stone were a strong alliance, they were, after all, only at the Nascent Soul level and were simply no match for the Ginseng-Beard Long Wang.

Moreover, their attempt to explore the earth veins of the entire Thousand Peaks Forest had touched upon the interests of the Ginseng-Beard Long Wang.

Such important things as earth veins were naturally only safe when mastered in one's own hands.

Without any surprise, the Great Cave Master of Ink Abyss and the Old Monster in the Stone suffered a devastating failure.

The two's first cooperation ended in failure.

The Old Monster in the Stone was severely injured and held a grudge against the Great Cave Master of Ink Abyss. Because beforehand, Lu Hongtu had guaranteed that the possibility of success was extremely high, boasted for a long time, and severely ignored the existence of the Ginseng-Beard Long Wang.

Now, Sun Lingtong actively brought up this old incident with two purposes.

The first purpose was naturally to indicate his identity and solidify the fact that he was the Old Monster in the Stone.

The second purpose was to preemptively block any invitations from the three cultivators. Because, once the Old Monster in the Stone had to move, he would no longer be in the form of a stone ball, and Sun and Ning would be exposed!

Lu Hongtu said coldly: "Old monster, do you still have the face to bring up what happened back then?"

"If it weren't for you pulling out early, if we had fought side by side, we would have been able to sever the Long Wang's hundred ginseng whiskers."

"As a result, you fled in the face of battle, leaving me to fight alone; I severed more than thirty ginseng whiskers and had no choice but to admit defeat and surrender."

"You were indeed severely injured, but did I not suffer as well?"

"And ever since then, my Six Caves Sect has had to set up a Long Wang Temple and offer incense to the Ginseng-Beard Long Wang from then on!"

"It was precisely because our side paid a huge price that the Long Wang's anger was calmed. From this perspective, you owe me a favor."

Sun Lingtong immediately retorted: "Hmph, if it weren't for your instigation back then, I was staying perfectly fine on my own; how would I have been injured?"

"This time, no matter what you say, I will not go out."

"If the armies of the Two Note Kingdoms come to conquer, then let them come. At worst, I'll just leave the Thousand Peaks Forest!"

Sun Lingtong's heart was pounding.

Even wrapped in stone skin, it was hard to remain calm.

These words of his were not improvised on the spot, but were suggested by Unlike Ning Zhuo.

In Sun Lingtong's view, these words were too dangerous, as if they were meant to provoke the three Nascent Soul cultivators into taking action!

Lu Hongtu's expression sank further.

Sun Lingtong's words hit the point he was most worried about deep in his heart.

If the Old Monster in the Stone had threatened to surrender, he would have been easier to deal with. At the very least, taking action would have occupied the moral high ground of the Thousand Peaks Forest natives!

But if the Old Monster in the Stone wanted to leave, he could not easily stop him.

Once he took action, this operation would be too overbearing and would provoke the resentment of many forces and figures.

The Old Monster in the Stone was a rather special existence among Nascent Soul cultivators.

He only occupied this one Heavenly Pillar Giant Tree, stayed at the bottom of the cave all year round without moving, and rarely had conflicts with the surrounding forces.

For such an existence, Lu Hongtu taking action to eradicate him would be unjustifiable and would trigger wariness and suspicion within the native alliance of the Thousand Peaks Forest.

And these were things Lu Hongtu very much did not want to see.

Thus, Lu Hongtu smiled lightly, took a portion of soil from his bosom, and displayed it in public.

This was a portion of white mud, which appeared bright white and pure without a flaw. It had no earthy smell, but instead emitted a faint fragrance, like a breeze brushing against the face, resembling the sandalwood of a temple.

An Earth-element Merit Treasure, and also one of the Buddhist treasures, the Western Pure Land!

A poem says:

Bright earth generates light to illuminate the soul,

Ten thousand thoughts purified, Buddhist law is born.

Western Bliss, the stainless soil,

Washes away worldly troubles to return to the pure realm.

Where this soil exists, it is a pure land that transcends the secular, capable of cleansing dust, purifying pollution, eliminating evil obstacles, offsetting the erosion of demonic qi, and transforming everything it touches into purity and harmony.

Not only that, for those who cultivate, it can also purify the mind, eliminate worries and attachments, and guide the practitioner into the sacred realm of the Western Pure Land.

Once this soil appeared, Buddhist fragrance lingered.

The two cave masters, Demon Heart and Blood Shadow, immediately took a step back, revealing expressions of disgust and wariness.

Sun and Ning:?!

They had not expected that the Cave Master of Ink Abyss had come prepared, and that coercion and inducement were his methods. Secretly establishing a magic array was his coercion, while taking out the Western Pure Land was his inducement.

"Old Monster in the Stone, haven't you always wanted to seek the Western Pure Land?" Lu Hongtu smiled, "Now, it is right before your eyes."

Sun Lingtong and Unlike Ning Zhuo consulted urgently.

The "Old Monster in the Stone" was silent for a moment before speaking: "Leave the Pure Land; when the army attacks this place in the future, I will naturally take action."

Lu Hongtu laughed: "The Western Pure Land is such a heavy treasure; how could I let you obtain it so easily?"

"This place of yours is not some important location; the kingdom's army might not even attack here."

"Don't say such things about taking advantage; spare yourself from being looked down upon by us."

Having said this, Lu Hongtu paused and revealed a shocking plan: "The vanguard army of the Two Note Kingdoms has already stationed itself below the Thousand Peaks Forest."

"The commander-in-chief, Du Tiechuan, is also commanding the central army, located in Wood Wheel Town."

"Both of these places are heavily defended, so we will not take them."

"Azure Forest Xiancheng is the rear base for this war and has been training and reorganizing the new army."

"Our side has learned that one of the Forbidden Armies, the Golden Halberd Army, has already arrived at Azure Forest Xiancheng. They are about to set off for Wood Wheel Town to rendezvous with the central army."

"Therefore, we have decided to assemble most of the Nascent Soul and Golden Core cultivators of the Thousand Peaks Forest, ambush them on their marching route, and carry out a surprise attack!"

"If you want the Western Pure Land, sign this contract, and we will all take action together at that time."

Sun and Ning:...

Lu Hongtu took out a divine decree, reminding them on the surface while actually applying pressure: "I must make it clear to you beforehand, old monster; this is a divine decree personally crafted by the Ginseng-Beard Long Wang. Once you sign it, you must execute it, otherwise, you will surely suffer divine condemnation."

"The Long Wang's might, we have both experienced it, haven't we?"

Sun and Ning:...

After the Cave Master of Ink Abyss finished speaking, he stared quietly at the Old Monster in the Stone.

The atmosphere in the cave gradually became heavy.

The expressions of the Cave Masters of Demon Heart and Blood Shadow became increasingly dangerous, and they were ready to move.

"Fine." Sun and Ning, forced into a corner, had no choice but to agree.

What other way was there?

The situation was very clear; if they didn't agree, a fight would break out!

Let's just escape this disaster first and worry about the rest later.

The two had no choice but to hold their noses and sign the contract.

Seeing the Old Monster in the Stone's performance, the Great Cave Master of Ink Abyss's expression softened: "On the day of the operation, you and I will rendezvous at the summit of Desolate Wood Peak."

Sun Lingtong snorted coldly and said in the Old Monster in the Stone's tone: "No need, I will go to ambush the Two Note Kingdoms' army on my own."

The Cave Master of Ink Abyss nodded, left the Western Pure Land, and took the two cave masters, Demon Heart and Blood Shadow, and turned to leave.

The three cultivators' figures disappeared into the pitch-black cave, and the Cave Master of Ink Abyss's final instruction echoed: "Old Monster in the Stone, do not play any tricks of putting in effort without working; the constraints of the Long Wang's divine decree far exceed what you or I imagine!"