Chapter 885

Wind-Thunder Gorge!

A perilous place in the Southern Border since ancient times.

Here, the earth veins are scattered, and a large amount of turbid earth Qi constantly leaks out during its fusion and collision, forming biting, bone-scraping gale winds within the long, narrow gorge.

Because that gale is formed from turbid earth Qi, it has a strong destructive power against a cultivator's protective Qi shield; it is like a blade, and if a cultivator is not careful, they will be torn to shreds inside, which is why it is also known as Blade Wind.

Above, as the earth Qi rises and rubs against the void, a lightning field is constantly accumulating.

It is precisely because of the perennial Blade Wind and lightning field that this place is named Wind-Thunder Gorge.

Ordinary people would never come here to cultivate.

It was not until several hundred years ago, when a cultivator fled inside to escape a pursuit and lived there for a long time, that the mysteries of this place were gradually discovered.

Whether it is the Blade Wind or the falling lightning, they only exist in the empty spaces of the gorge.

As long as one does not rashly fly through it, but instead climbs along the perilous mountain walls on both sides of the gorge, the risk of being struck can be greatly reduced.

As time passed.

More and more desperate cultivators gathered here.

They cultivated cave dwellings on the mountain walls on both sides of the gorge as places for cultivation.

Later on, a large number of rogue cultivators came here by reputation, just for the scattered spirit veins that cost nothing.

Every person who cultivated a cave dwelling could be called a Cave Master.

And the thirty-six most powerful among them are also honored by the outside world as the Thirty-Six Cave Masters of Wind-Thunder Gorge.

At this moment!

Under the guidance of Cheng Bai, Luo Chen was walking slowly along a path simply cultivated between the mountain walls.

Everything about Wind-Thunder Gorge, under Cheng Bai's detailed narration, gave Luo Chen a preliminary impression.

"Blade Wind?"

After hearing this, Luo Chen was very interested.

In Cheng Bai's terrified gaze, he actually reached out his hand boldly and touched toward the outside of the path.

Chi...

A gust of wild wind seemed to have discovered prey and rushed over.

"Senior!!!"

Cheng Bai screamed, but the next moment, Luo Chen's hand, which was extended in the air, twisted and slowly retracted.

Luo Chen chuckled, "It's actually a bit itchy."

Cheng Bai was stunned.

The Blade Wind, which countless cultivators feared and dared not touch in the slightest, actually only made this senior feel "itchy"?

For a moment, his cognition almost went awry, and he even wanted to try it himself.

Fortunately, Luo Chen's next words interrupted his delusions.

"No need to dawdle, take me directly to see Cave Master Brother Minglei; I presume he has been waiting for a long time."

When saying this, he looked at Cheng Bai with a half-smile.

The other party swallowed a mouthful of saliva, "Ba-

Xiu Senior, do you know that I secretly notified the Cave Master?"

Luo Chen smiled and said nothing more.

He saw the other party's little actions, but he didn't care at all.

Suddenly!

A powerful aura erupted from a protruding stone platform on the steep mountain wall.

The aura was astonishing, causing many cultivators on both sides of the mountain wall to look sideways.

"What happened to Cave Master Brother Minglei?"

"Could it be that his realm has broken through again?"

"No, this seems to be actively declaring his existence."

Amidst the discussion, Luo Chen looked up.

He saw a middle-aged man crossing more than ten miles of land, looking at him from afar.

The aura was overwhelming, actually stirring up wind and clouds, causing a large amount of lightning to fall with a crackle.

However, in Luo Chen's view, it was nothing more than "fierce in appearance but weak in reality."

The mere first layer of the Nascent Soul realm, the reason it could stir up wind and clouds and change the weather, was solely due to the special geographical environment nearby.

He gave a ferocious smile, and his whole body's source power shook.

Boom!

Blood and Qi rose into the sky like wolf smoke.

Under the majestic power, the gale retreated, the falling lightning fell silent, and it actually forcibly broke through Cave Master Brother Minglei's Nascent Soul domain.

Afterward, he took a step forward.

Dong!

The void exploded, and the next moment, Luo Chen's figure shot out like an arrow from a bow, landing directly on the huge rock platform protruding from the mountain.

"Brother Minglei, is this your way of welcoming guests?"

As the words fell, the tall Luo Chen looked down at the tiny Cave Master Brother Minglei in front of him.

An aura that wanted to devour people rushed toward him!

Cave Master Brother Minglei subconsciously took two steps back, breaking away from the shroud of Luo Chen's figure.

His lips parted slightly, and there was clearly a hint of terror in his eyes.

The person in front of him did not reveal the slightest magic power realm, but that aura that wanted to devour people seemed to make him mistake this for a ferocious beast from the ancient wilderness!

He took a deep breath and bowed to Luo Chen.

"Sorry, just now it was only to test the ability of Fellow Daoist Qi Tian."

Luo Chen smiled contemptuously, "Then how is the test result now?"

"Certainly above me!" Cave Master Brother Minglei frankly admitted that he was not as good as Luo Chen.

After all, the well-prepared Nascent Soul domain was broken by the other party's aura in one go, which shows the huge gap between the two.

However...

Cave Master Brother Minglei shook his head, "But that Feng family Supreme Elder Feng Buyan, who covets this Wind-Thunder Gorge, is a long-standing Nascent Soul, and he is not that easy to deal with!"

Luo Chen sneered: "If he were really that powerful, could you stop him?"

Cave Master Brother Minglei said frankly:

"Outside, I am indeed no match for him. But if it is in this Wind-Thunder Gorge, he can do nothing to me."

While speaking, his abdomen bulged slightly, like a frog.

The next moment, a thunderclap exploded in his body.

Heaven and earth seemed to respond, and then lightning flashed and thundered in the void, and strips of silvery-white lightning danced like dragons and snakes.

Luo Chen raised his eyebrows, put away his contempt, and looked outward solemnly.

What method was used to make his own Nascent Soul domain harmonize with heaven and earth, actually being able to guide the power of heavenly thunder?

Afterward, he retracted his gaze and landed on Cave Master Brother Minglei's lower abdomen.

"Gu insect?"

Cave Master Brother Minglei did not avoid it and said frankly: "Exactly! I originally had a rather special lightning spirit root, and a hundred years ago, I refined a Lightning Frog Gu, thereby advancing to the Nascent Soul realm. With the help of the geographical advantage of Wind-Thunder Gorge, even a mid-stage Nascent Soul powerhouse, I dare to fight! And this is also the reason why that old fellow Feng Buyan is wary of me."

So that's it!

Luo Chen couldn't help but look at the person in front of him with higher regard; being able to fight across levels, even if it was only by relying on special Gu insects and the right time and place, was quite remarkable.

But Cave Master Brother Minglei was not proud of this; once he left Wind-Thunder Gorge, he was just a normal person who had just entered the Nascent Soul realm.

Even if his attack methods were a bit sharper, he could not exceed the category of the early Nascent Soul stage.

"Fellow Daoist Qi Tian, I'm afraid you don't know, the Feng family is determined to get this Wind-Thunder Gorge. That Feng Buyan is still inviting fellow Daoists, trying to attack and take it down in one battle, are you sure you want to get involved in this muddy water?"

Luo Chen asked back: "Don't you want this seat to help?"

Cave Master Brother Minglei shook his head, "It's not that I don't want to, on the contrary, I am begging for it. But I am more afraid that at the critical moment, you will withdraw and leave me to fight alone. Rather than that, it is better to clarify your thoughts early, at worst I will abandon this place of enlightenment and change to another place to cultivate."

He was a rogue cultivator who attained the Dao.

It is a pity to abandon a good cave dwelling.

But as long as his life is preserved, relying on the Nascent Soul realm, he can go anywhere in the vast world.

Therefore, there is really no need to risk his own life for a place of cultivation that is not particularly good.

The help of this strange powerhouse, Ba Xiu Qi Tian, is indeed an unexpected joy, but if it becomes a shackle that drags him into the water, that would be bad.

Luo Chen had also been a rogue cultivator, so he naturally heard the sincerity in the other party's words.

He didn't hesitate much and said confidently: "No matter how many people the other party calls, as long as it is not a Soul Transformation great power, this seat can take it for you."

Cave Master Brother Minglei's pupils shrank slightly, actually able to be so confident?

Or rather, is it arrogance?

Luo Chen walked to the cliff wall with his hands behind his back, looking at the deep, bottomless scenery below.

"But the premise is, you must

bring out a reward that satisfies this seat."

Cave Master Brother Minglei thought for a while and said: "That depends on what you want, Fellow Daoist, and what I have."

Luo Chen smiled slightly, "Not difficult, not difficult!"

As the only Nascent Soul True Person in Wind-Thunder Gorge, Cave Master Brother Minglei's cave dwelling is naturally the best among them.

A fourth-order spirit vein runs through the underground, and the spirit cave is misty, which is in his cave dwelling.

As a guest who came to help, Luo Chen received preferential treatment and was arranged to stay in the best room that day.

In the dead of night, Luo Chen slowly disengaged from his cultivation state.

He frowned slightly, and a look of deep confusion appeared on his face.

"Strange!"

"This cave dwelling, although there is indeed a fourth-order spirit vein, it can't be considered excellent at all, it's just the most ordinary fourth-order spirit vein."

"Moreover, because of the chaotic earth Qi in Wind-Thunder Gorge, the spirit Qi drawn into the cave dwelling is quite mixed, and one needs to stay focused at all times when cultivating and refining."

"This grade of spirit vein might be dreamed of by Core Formation cultivators who want to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, but for those of us who have attained the Dao, it is far from excellent."

"Then Feng Buyan, as a long-standing Nascent Soul, why would he take a fancy to such a place?"

After Luo Chen experienced it himself, he was quite puzzled.

The Feng family where Feng Buyan is located, according to the introduction of Cheng Bai and Cave Master Brother Minglei, is the largest force within a radius of ten thousand miles.

In terms of foundation, it has been passed down for a thousand years!

With such a force, there must be a deep-rooted excellent spirit vein, how could they take a fancy to this kind of place?

After some thought, Luo Chen still didn't get the answer.

He didn't continue to delve into it; this place was just his first stepping stone to set foot in the Southern Border, and through the introduction of local powerhouses in the Southern Border, he would gradually integrate into the group of high-level cultivators in the Southern Border cultivation world.

At that time, it would be more convenient to inquire about the whereabouts of the Demon Heart Gu Emperor.

His hand flickered, and a jade box appeared in front of him.

After opening it, a sleeping little insect came into view.

"Strength Gu!"

In ancient times, body cultivators in the Mountain-Sea World were very popular.

In the Southern Border, there is also a special path of body cultivation.

By relying on some special Gu insects, increase the purest physical strength of the cultivator.

This first-order Strength Gu is the most ordinary and representative one among them.

After a cultivator refines it, they can increase their strength a little, making their fists and feet more powerful.

After Luo Chen checked it, he determined that Cave Master Brother Minglei had not done anything to it, and then wrapped it with source power and slowly swallowed it into his abdomen.

The cultivation technique operated, and it was refined in an instant!

Luo

Chen clenched his fist, no feeling!

But he did feel that he had a subtle improvement.

"It should be that my body cultivation realm is too high, so this kind of low-level Gu insect has no effect on me."

He savored the process of refining the Strength Gu earlier and deduced the principle of the Strength Gu increasing the cultivator's strength.

Qi Refining has two paths, one is to inhale the spirit Qi of heaven and earth and take it from the outside. One is the early refining essence into Qi of Wang Yuan, extracting spirit Qi and magic power from one's own powerful essence and Qi.

And this Strength Gu is obviously a Gu insect containing a large amount of spirit Qi.

After a cultivator refines it, it is not directly converted into spirit power and magic power, but relies on the body cultivation technique to do the work of refining Qi into essence.

Refining essence into Qi is Qi Refining, refining Qi into essence is Body Refining.

It's reversed!

"Unfortunately, it's useless to me!"

Luo Chen said it was a pity, but there was clearly a look of expectation on his face.

Since someone can make this kind of Gu insect, and it is still circulating in the world now, it shows that the body cultivation path in the Southern Border has not been completely cut off like in the Eastern Wasteland.

A cultivation system that is still complete is the best goal for him!

First-order Strength Gu is not good, what about higher-order ones?

"And the secret technique mentioned by Cave Master Brother Minglei!"

For a moment, Luo Chen recalled a piece of news revealed by the other party during the straightforward conversation with Cave Master Brother Minglei during the day.

Since attaining the Nascent Soul realm, Cave Master Brother Minglei naturally was not willing to close his doors and build a car.

Therefore, he often went out to travel, trying to make friends with other Nascent Soul True Persons in the Southern Border to exchange cultivation experiences together.

It was also in this process that he was noticed by the nearby Feng family Supreme Elder.

Not to mention the grievances between the two, just the one Nascent Soul gathering that Cave Master Brother Minglei participated in earlier is worth mentioning.

In that gathering, Cave Master Brother Minglei, as a rogue cultivator, suffered from not having a Nascent Soul period cultivation technique, so he spent a great price to buy some cultivation techniques and secret arts that were useful to him.

"Lightning Flash Technique" was one of the gains from that time.

According to him, at the gathering at that time, someone also took out a high-level body cultivation technique, but limited by the harsh cultivation conditions and extreme danger, no one finally took it.

If Luo Chen wants to go further on this path, Cave Master Brother Minglei thinks that the body cultivation technique might be useful to him.

At the very least, it can also have some reference effect.

As long as Luo Chen helps him solve the crisis this time, he promises to introduce Luo Chen into that circle and help him obtain that high-level body cultivation technique.

"Circle, I want to enter. That high-level body cultivation technique, I also want to get it!"

Luo Chen pursed his lips, slowly closed his eyes, and continued to cultivate.

Even if the spirit Qi concentration here is average and refining spirit Qi is more troublesome, cultivation is a matter of accumulation over time, and it cannot be let go at all.

In another room not far away, Cave Master Brother Minglei gently put down the box in his hand.

Cheng Bai was full of expectations, but seeing this scene, his heart couldn't help but sink.

"Cave Master, is this Faceless Gu not working?"

Cave Master Brother Minglei sighed, "It's not that it doesn't work, if it is catalyzed by a secret technique, it can indeed help me cultivate the 'Lightning Flash Technique'. But in terms of time, it's too late."

Cheng Bai was stunned, and immediately thought of the agreed time between the Feng family and Cave Master Brother Minglei.

It is indeed coming soon!

At that time, if Cave Master Brother Minglei does not take the initiative to hand over Wind-Thunder Gorge, the other party will resort to force.

In such a short time, relying on the Faceless Gu catalyzed by secret techniques, it is difficult to get started with the "Lightning Flash Technique", let alone reach great success.

Cheng Bai said cautiously: "With the help of Senior Qi Tian, whom I introduced, should we be able to survive this disaster?"

"I'm afraid it's very difficult!" Cave Master Brother Minglei was not very optimistic about this battle.

He can have helpers, how could Feng Buyan, as a long-standing Nascent Soul, not have connections?

If Qi Tian hadn't exaggerated so much, releasing the wild words that he could deal with anyone as long as it wasn't a Soul Transformation, he might still have some confidence in his heart.

But since the other party boasted like this, the impression score would be greatly reduced.

In cultivator battles, the realm is one, various magic treasures and secret arts are two, and combat experience cannot be ignored at all.

Qi Tian is a body cultivator, a school that had long since declined.

Presumably, he is also quite lacking in magic treasures.

And his temperament is so rampant, I'm afraid that during the battle, it will be easy for him to be lured into a trap.

"Still need to contact the fellow Daoists I met at the last gathering more, to see if they can spare time to help me!"

Cave Master Brother Minglei thought this way, and his eyes noticed Cheng Bai's expectant face.

He smiled slightly, "Before I formed the Nascent Soul, you followed me, counting it up, it has been a hundred years now!"

Cheng Bai nodded vigorously.

A hundred years is very long, but also very short.

In the blink of an eye, it is like yesterday.

Cave Master Brother Minglei smiled: "In these hundred years, you have contributed a lot to me, and now you have found the Faceless Gu for me, and introduced a helper for me, you really have heart."

Cheng Bai said sincerely: "This is what the small one should do, if it weren't for the Cave Master, I wouldn't be able to break through the Foundation Establishment period."

Cave Master Brother Minglei accepted this gratitude as a matter of course.

But his tone changed.

"If this Wind-Thunder Gorge cannot be kept, what will you choose then? Will you join the Feng family, or flee far away with me?"

Cheng Bai didn't hesitate, "Naturally, I will follow the Cave Master!"

"You have to think clearly, the current Southern Border is surging with wind and clouds. The Life-Death Gate has closed its mountain gate and ignores worldly affairs. Inside, the Fierce Mountain Fierce Alliance is making trouble, and outside, the Heavenly Origin Dao Sect is ready to move, I am a lone person, drifting outside, I'm afraid it will be full of dangers if you follow me!"

Cheng Bai's eyes flickered, and he was a little shaken.

Cave Master Brother Minglei waved his hand, "Forget it, go back and think about it again! I also have to use more means here, Wind-Thunder Gorge is my place of enlightenment after all, how can I be willing to easily hand it over to others."

After dismissing Cheng Bai, Cave Master Brother Minglei took out several message Gu, but after sending them out, they were like stones sinking into the sea, with no echo.

He is a rogue cultivator with no background after all, who can help him?

His blank, wandering gaze fell on the lonely jade box on the table.

Inside, the juvenile Faceless Gu was crawling quietly.

In an instant, a fierce look flashed in Cave Master Brother Minglei's eyes.

"Cheng Bai, come back!"