Chapter 467

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

As Cangyan Peak drew ever closer.

As an Intermediate Array Master, Shi Qingyan always felt something was off: "Strange."

Qiao Baiyang beside her asked doubtfully upon seeing this: "What is it?"

Shi Qingyan frowned and said: "The baleful qi of this mountain has changed."

Before leaving last time, I set up an array myself, named the Lock Mountain Devour Spirit Array.

Using the mountain's baleful qi, the vein's spiritual essence, the miasma's qi, thereby enveloping the entire mountain.

Anyone who enters inside, if they are an ordinary person, will be trapped.

If they are a cultivator with spiritual power or magic power, they will suffer attacks from the fierce baleful qi.

Upon hearing this, Qiao Baiyang's eyes brightened instead: "Doesn't this mean my obedient disciple is about to nurture the Guardian Spirit Tree to death!"

Shi Qingyan was stunned for a moment: "Is that so?"

Qiao Baiyang urged: "Don't be so suspicious, we're both Golden Core True Persons, and you're even an Intermediate Array Master, what problem could there be?"

The two have been staking out this Cave Abode for a long time, only just now finding a way to enter.

Therefore, although the change in baleful qi aroused Shi Qingyan's alertness.

The words of the person beside her instead made her relax her vigilance.

When it comes down to it, both are Golden Core True Persons, their confidence is still ample, immediately flying toward the mountainside position.

And at the moment of entering, Xu Zhangqing in the corner moved his mind, instantly activating the jade stones at three positions.

In a flash, the original Lock Mountain Array suddenly transformed into the Three Momentum Array.

From then on there was no obstruction, the whole person entered openly and aboveboard, not only failing to alert the two ahead, but even their every move was instead crystal clear to this side.

Qiao Baiyang, Shi Qingyan, Li Muyao, Sun Shangxiang — all four were at the mountainside.

"These are the two new disciples you accepted?"

"Not bad."

"The girl is not bad, but the one beside her?"

"This child's marvel lies not in spiritual root or constitution, but in luck path!"

"How long do you plan to nurture him?"

"If I fail to break through to Nascent Soul, then he is..."

The two stood behind, sizing up the children ahead while conversing.

The first several sentences Li Muyao and Sun Shangxiang could hear clearly, only the last sentence was vague and unclear.

As they spoke the sound suddenly vanished, cutting off abruptly.

However, Li Muyao could clearly feel Master's ill-intentioned gaze.

His heart tightened inexplicably, yet there was no way out.

Initially, he thought it was the start of a beautiful cultivation journey.

Now it seems, he fears he has stepped onto a dead end.

After a while, Qiao Baiyang stepped forward and asked with a beaming smile: "Disciples, has the Guardian Spirit Tree been nurtured to death?"

Sun Shangxiang shrank into Senior Brother's embrace, unknown whether she dared not speak, or did not want to speak, or perhaps both.

Li Muyao hurriedly replied respectfully: "Master, after Junior Sister's continuous efforts for several days, this tree is nearly withered."

Instantly, Qiao Baiyang and Shi Qingyan exchanged a smile.

The wait was worth it.

By their estimation, this is at least a Golden Core True Person's Cave Abode.

Although unclear exactly who, it can already be confirmed as a Metal Spirit Root without doubt.

Only, because a Guardian Spirit Tree exists, they dared not act rashly.

Once they forcefully barge in, it would instead trigger the taboo inside.

The marvel of this tree lies in its root system penetrating deep into the mountain, connecting the spiritual vein with the Cave Abode.

Destroy the tree, and the spiritual vein will destroy the Cave Abode, at which point everything inside will follow into smoke and ashes, not even slag remaining.

The solutions currently are only two.

Either reach Nascent Soul Stage, using powerful strength to erase all concerns.

Or find an ordinary person without spiritual power or magic power, but with a special constitution.

Coincidentally, Sun Shangxiang is precisely this ordinary person with a special constitution.

Qiao Baiyang is quite obsessed with qi luck and luck path aspects, early on he followed a Guan Tian Sect Nascent Soul True Lord, gaining a smidgen of star divination knowledge from him.

He once thought, after several hundred years of disappointment, now his luck would finally turn.

Time flew, and another three days passed.

During this period, Qiao Baiyang forced Sun Shangxiang to continuously contact the Guardian Spirit Tree, even sleep time was greatly reduced.

Crying, useless.

Eldest disciple Li Muyao pleading was also useless.

Regardless of whether it was Qiao Baiyang or Shi Qingyan, both wanted to see the result faster.

Fortunately, as Sun Shangxiang's contact time grew longer and longer, the Guardian Spirit Tree, which had originally still been able to persist for a while, finally withered completely before the four people's own eyes.

Originally tall and sturdy, now both exhausted and limp.

Immediately after, the entire mountain began to tremble, as if triggering some kind of violent reaction.

As the frequency of the trembling grew greater and greater, not long after, behind the Guardian Spirit Tree, the hard rock wall suddenly split open a crack, revealing an entrance.

A mass of golden mist drifted out from inside; wherever it passed, even the rocks were left riddled with holes.

Qiao Baiyang yanked his two disciples away in one grab, only thus avoiding the perilous golden mist.

Shi Qingyan was excited beyond measure: "As expected, it's exactly as we guessed — it really is some Golden Core True Person's Cave Abode, and it's precisely a Metal Spirit Root."

Qiao Baiyang called out a greeting: "Go, let's go inside and take a look."

The party of four flew inside.

However, not long after, a figure appeared out of thin air.

Xu Zhangqing stroked his chin: "The main body can't possibly enter; I can only switch to another avatar again, and conveniently test Leijin Kui's power."

Ever since obtaining this spirit insect, I've already cultivated it for nearly five years, yet never tried it once.

Conveniently borrowing this opportunity, I'll see how the power is.

Therefore, he decisively summoned Leijin Kui to proceed...

As the "zila" sound of electric current rang out, the spirit insect abruptly manifested, slamming straight toward Xu Zhangqing.

However, at the moment of contact, it transformed into tens of thousands of fine electric currents, winding around his four limbs and torso like living things.

Magic power rapidly consumed; Xu Zhangqing's body and the thunder light intertwined into a semi-transparent light cocoon, from within which came the "kaka" sound of metal meshing, and the "wengweng" sound of wings vibrating at high frequency.

When the light cocoon exploded open in that instant, a set of "Insect Armor" studded with lightning was embedded on his body.

The skull was wrapped in a layer of silver-white; at the brow guard was something similar to Leijin Kui's Dragon Horn, except stretched from the originally short and thick shape to half a chi long, the tip three-edged, the surface engraved with spiral lightning patterns, electric current roaming inside every pattern, like a lightning spear.

The eye sockets were covered with a layer of semi-transparent black membrane, numerous small eyes clustering into large compound eyes.

The breastplate resembled Leijin Kui's layered structure; curved armor plates layered downward from the collarbone, covering to the waist and abdomen, the edge of every plate bearing serrated thorns, wound with ring-shaped electric currents.

On the back, two miniature elytra unfolded backward from the shoulder blades, the wing tips drooping two semi-transparent wing membranes; the "wengweng" sound of the wing membranes vibrating synchronized with Xu Zhangqing's heartbeat.

The forearms were covered in silver vambraces, the outer side protruding three ridges, covered in half-inch long Dao Guan; when raising a hand they would automatically spread open, gathering at the thorn tips into three-inch long electric sabers.

The outer thighs were curved silver greaves, with two rows of protruding thorns.

The lower legs resembled same-colored tassets, drooping down from both sides of the greaves, covering to the knees.

Both feet seemed to have put on heavy boots; the boot tips were claw-shaped, looking extremely sharp.

Swoosh—

Xu Zhangqing, clad in the spirit armor, instantly lunged into the Cave Abode, leaving only an afterimage in place!