Chapter 538: Eternal Life: My Steady Farming-Style Cultivation Chapter 538 — No One Manages It!

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

After staying in Fengrao Commandery for three days, Xu Zhangqing finally led Hu Bugui and the others away, swiftly returning inside the Broken Moon Flowing Frost floating in the air.

Su Jinli, Miao Huayu, and Spirit Rong Night had no objections to this; after all, this was originally a task arranged by the Immortal Sect.

Now that it was smoothly completed, it was instead a joyous occasion.

Xu Zhangqing retook control of the Broken Moon Flowing Frost, swiftly piloting it along the route designated by the Immortal Sect, streaking away at extreme speed.

Hu Bugui opened his mouth and asked: "You two, do you think those kids' personalities will change?"

Zhao Ziyue took up the conversation: "If I were Lin Xiaoman, I might not withstand the temptation."

At this, Hu Bugui smiled: "Immortal and Mortal Distinction; if it were us, our attitudes would probably be even more humble!"

But to speak frankly, just leaving the Immortal Sect and it's already this stimulating, making them increasingly expectant of what happens next, even a bit impatient.

As for Lu Wu and Yu Shi, these two remained expressionless throughout, as if they didn't care about any of it at all.

They joined this team merely to satisfy the Immortal Sect's headcount requirement for grouping; they had little interest in the task itself.

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As time passed, the group completely flew out of Fengrao Commandery's range, even beginning to distance themselves from the territory ruled by the Great Yue Dynasty.

Although the Tianyuan Realm is divided into the Five Great Domains of East, West, South, North, and Center, they are not directly connected to each other; instead, vast buffer zones lie between them.

And this buffer zone is called the "No-Management Area".

Evil Cultivators, villains, scoundrels, and such fellows often hide here.

Xu Zhangqing and the others had just approached the No-Management Area when they detected, through Divine Sense, no fewer than five lingering Spirit Power Waves; obviously a battle had just occurred.

One moment they're calling each other sworn brothers, the next they're stabbing each other in the back for profit.

Or relying on profound cultivation to specifically bully the weak, commit evil, and rob.

Of course, there are also disciples from other Immortal Sects who deliberately come here for Experience Training, to temper their strength in danger, and even seek Opportunities.

In short, in the No-Management Area, although it is extremely dangerous, it also comes with opportunities.

And the further forward they went, the more desolate the scenery became.

The ground was either exposed black rock or withered trees entwined with black vines.

Wind drilling through rock crevices stirred up a faint fishy smell, like the scent of rotten leaves.

Sensing something was wrong, Spirit Rong Night transformed into a gust of wind and instantly flew out to scout.

At first there was no problem, but after a while, dense fog appeared ahead.

This fog looked extremely unusual; it was actually green.

Faintly, a barely audible "buzzing" sound could be heard.

Spirit Rong Night tried to make Contact; the next second, bone-chilling Yin Cold Qi eroded toward his body's interior, as if to freeze his whole person.

Even his Skin inexplicably itched, as if ants were burrowing into his flesh and blood; this feeling was indescribably Strange.

Spirit Rong Night swiftly returned; before he even stepped onto the Broken Moon Flowing Frost's Ship Deck, he had already reported his discovery: "There's fog ahead, and there's something in the fog!"

Hearing this, everyone's expressions changed, except for Su Jinli and Yu Shi.

You see, although Spirit Rong Night likes to deceive people, or rather tease them.

But at Critical Moments, he has never dropped the chain; if he says there's fog and something in the fog, then there absolutely is, and he would absolutely not stir up trouble at this time.

Therefore, Xu Zhangqing and the others exchanged glances and all became Alert.

One by one they released Divine Sense and Spirit Sense, continuously scanning the surroundings.

At first no abnormality was discovered; after all, they had not yet entered the range Spirit Rong Night had previously scouted; outside, it was still the desolate scene of black rocks and withered vines.

However, after a moment, as they approached the range Spirit Rong Night had just scouted, they didn't even need Divine Sense; the Naked Eye could see a thick mass of green fog billowing not far away.

Normal fog moves without sound, silently.

But this green fog actually emitted a "buzzing" hum, as if in Resonance.

Xu Zhangqing, having learned the Ten Thousand Insects Secret Record, took one look and one listen and immediately judged: "Everyone, this isn't any fog at all — it's an Insect Swarm!"

At these words, even Lu Wu and Yu Shi, who had shown no expression changes, simultaneously raised an eyebrow.

Even Su Jinli's pupils now flickered with unfathomable light.

Spirit Rong Night realized: "No wonder I felt Uncomfortable; turns out this isn't fog."

Hu Bugui hurriedly asked: "Lao Xu, didn't you switch to Spirit Insect Cultivator? What do we do now?"

Xu Zhangqing pondered: "If it's an Ownerless Insect Swarm, I could handle it in minutes……"

But before he finished speaking, the green fog ahead — the Insect Swarm — should have detected the group; like surging angry waves, it swept toward them.

The surging speed of the green fog was even faster than imagined; in just a few breaths, it was already close at hand.

Following Xu Zhangqing's reminder, everyone observed carefully and indeed saw the fog's true form.

Each insect was even smaller than a grain of rice, its whole body shimmering with a dark green luster.

Their wings vibrated at extreme speed; even people of their caliber had trouble seeing clearly.

Even more terrifying, as the Insect Swarm swept over the ground, the exposed black rock instantly coated itself in a layer of White Frost.

In barely a blink, fist-sized black rocks shattered into powder with a "Crack!" sound.

Everything contacted froze and cracked at extreme speed, finally turning into piles of crushed ice and debris.

Xu Zhangqing's pupils contracted slightly: "These are Ice Erosion Insects."

Ice Erosion Insects are a type of Strange Insect; few in number they are nothing to fear, but seeing this dense swarm before us, it is absolutely man-cultivated.

It must have been carefully cultivated for many years to reach such a scale today.

Fortunately, everyone in the group reacted extremely quickly.

Seeing the insect swarm approach, Su Jinli flipped her wrist, and the Red Umbrella she usually held in her hand suddenly unfolded; the Umbrella Surface flipped forward, and as the Umbrella Ribs turned, crimson flames poured out like a waterfall, instantly forming a wall of fire.

The flames were scorching; as soon as they touched the insect swarm, a "zizizi" burning sound came.

The front-line Ice Erosion Gu Insects were burned to black ash in an instant, and the surrounding extreme cold aura was dispelled somewhat.

"Wind comes!"

Seeing this, Spirit Rong Night flashed to beside the Red Umbrella, his Cultivation Method operating, mobilizing the mana in his Golden Core; two strong winds with whistling sounds were released from his palm, and instantly the wind aided the fire.

The crimson flames immediately surged to dozens of zhang, and also gave birth to tongues of fire, which licked toward the depths of the insect swarm.

The insect tide that was originally surging forward was actually forced by this wall of fire, especially these strangely angled tongues of fire, to begin retreating.

Hu Bugui's eyes brightened: "I thought it was something powerful, but it's just this?"

Zhao Ziyue glanced at Xu Zhangqing, seeing that the other party did not show a pleased smile, and said in sudden surprise and doubt: "Could it be not over yet?"

Xu Zhangqing said seriously: "This swarm of insects is merely cannon fodder sent to test our abilities; the truly terrifying ones are still behind!"