Chapter 340: Return to the Illusion Array

Sitting cross-legged within the tree trunk, Zhang Nuo pinched a magic seal in his hand, and faint Spiritual Qi drifted from the Divine Tree; as his body was nourished by the life-source power within the Divine Tree, he immediately felt much more comfortable.

Looking inward, he saw that six of his ribs had been shattered by the red-clothed woman's strike, and that was not even the worst of it; dozens of meridians within his body were also severely damaged!

"If I do not avenge this grudge! I shall not be a man in this life!"

Gritting his teeth to endure the waves of intense pain within his body, Zhang Nuo said to himself in his heart.

Just after Zhang Nuo had activated the teleportation Array Disk, in a certain Cave Abode on Chen Jie Xian Shan, an old man was sitting cross-legged in meditation when he suddenly raised his brows slightly and quickly opened his eyes! After a moment of contemplation, the old man could not help but laugh in surprise!

"Father! What are you laughing at?"

A voice like heavenly music rang out beside the old man; the speaker was a young girl, and this girl was so beautiful she could topple cities and states, elegant and refined—she could be described entirely by two words: enchanting monster!

The girl was none other than Su Haizhen, and the old man beside her was Su Mucheng!

"Girl! The teleportation array disk I gave to Zhang Nuo before has been used by him!"

Upon hearing news of Zhang Nuo, Su Haizhen's pretty face changed slightly, and a hint of longing appeared in her beautiful eyes, but she immediately thought of a problem! Since Zhang Nuo had used the teleportation array disk, it meant he had encountered a life-threatening danger; otherwise, he absolutely would not have used such a treasure!

One must know that even within the Su Family, not everyone possessed a teleportation array disk!

"Father! Something must have happened to him!"

The usually quiet Su Haizhen's expression sank, and she suddenly said loudly.

"What are you rushing for?"

Rarely seeing his daughter like this, Su Mucheng's thoughts shifted, and he said with a light laugh. It seemed his daughter was very concerned about that boy named Zhang Nuo!

"The array disk I gave him can teleport him tens of thousands of miles away in an instant; even if a Nascent Soul stage cultivator were chasing him, he would have enough time to escape. Furthermore, since Zhang Nuo had time to activate the array disk, it shows that things are not as bad as you imagine!"

Hearing the old man's words, the expression on Su Haizhen's small face finally eased, but she was still somewhat uneasy! She moved her lotus steps to stand before Su Mucheng, reached out her jade hand to gently grab the old man's arm, and shook it, saying:

"Father! Can I go outside and take a look? Perhaps I might even be able to bring Zhang Nuo back? He is a rare cultivator and is very useful to our Su Family!"

Squinting his eyes slightly, the wrinkles on Su Mucheng's old face were almost smiling open. He naturally knew exactly what the girl was thinking in her heart; after a moment of hesitation, he finally spoke:

"No! We have only just obtained Chen Jie Xian Shan, and our foundation is not yet secure. If you were to leave just like this, I fear some accident might occur!"

Having been flatly refused by the old man, the face that had just been smiling turned slightly angry, her small mouth pouted high, and she turned around and ignored Su Mucheng!

The old man only gave a faint smile and did not take the initiative to pay attention to the girl, instead closing his eyes again to sit in meditation! Without her father's permission, the girl did not dare to leave Chen Jie Xian Shan without authorization, so she could only pray silently in her heart, hoping that nothing would happen to Zhang Nuo!

About a month later, the broken bones in Zhang Nuo's body had finally healed, but the damaged meridians would not recover so quickly!

Sighing softly, Zhang Nuo looked up toward the Divine Tree. After a moment, as his Divine Sense moved slightly, several tender green branches and leaves appeared above his head; wrapped within the foliage, a Nascent Soul resembling an infant appeared before him with its eyes tightly shut.

This Nascent Soul was Xiong Kui's, but at this moment, it appeared that there was not a shred of Spirit Power on the surface of the Nascent Soul; it was entangled by strands of branches and leaves, as if the primordial spirit power within its body had been drained dry!

Zhang Nuo tentatively cast a magic art, which vanished into the Nascent Soul in the blink of an eye, but the result was that the other party still had no reaction at all! A hint of joy appeared on his face; it seemed the power within the Nascent Soul had been completely drained by the Pure Underworld Divine Tree! Now it was merely an empty shell!

With a light wave of his hand, the branches and leaves wrapping the Nascent Soul retracted back into the tree trunk. For what came next, Zhang Nuo could only hope that the Divine Tree would produce a fruit resembling the Nascent Soul.

Another month passed, and the damaged meridians in Zhang Nuo's body had healed by a small half; he could barely perform a few divine abilities, but it would still take a long time to fully recover!

During this month, cultivators would occasionally fly over the sky above where Zhang Nuo was located. When these cultivators' Divine Sense swept over the Divine Tree, they did not discover anything unusual, and naturally, they would not investigate a tree any further.

Now that his body could move, Zhang Nuo could no longer sit still. Counting on his fingers, nearly four months had passed, and he did not know how things were going with Chunyangzi! If the attempt to break the Restriction failed, in his state as a Remnant Soul, it would be very difficult for him to survive in the outside world! After considering it for a long time, Zhang Nuo finally decided to take the risk.

He put away the Pure Underworld Divine Tree, and with his escape light rising, he flew toward the location of the Illusion Array! While flying, he checked the map inside the Measuring Heaven Ruler! The place where he had been was still at least four or five days of flight away from the Illusion Array!

It was a pity that the teleportation array disk Su Mucheng gave him could only be used once; otherwise, if he could teleport one more time, he would have been able to reach the location of the Illusion Array.

Along the way, Zhang Nuo kept as low a profile as possible. Whenever he encountered a cultivator, even if their cultivation was only at the Foundation Establishment Stage, he would walk around them. Fortunately, his Divine Sense far exceeded that of ordinary cultivators of the same rank; before the other party could discover him, he would have a premonition and immediately make a judgment!

Just like this, when he had been flying until the fourth day, Zhang Nuo could finally vaguely see the location of the Illusion Array. For the sake of safety, he landed on the ground, the Nine Dragon Sword Case within his body turned slightly, and he restrained all his aura, relying only on foot travel to run forward!

Most cultivators who could come to the Xian Mountain were above the Foundation Establishment Stage, so very few people would travel by land; Zhang Nuo doing this saved him quite a bit of trouble!

Because the location of the Illusion Array was relatively close to the peak of Tianqi Immortal Mountain, there were more cultivators coming and going. Unexpectedly, two months had passed, and those forces that had come to fight for the mountain were still fighting fiercely; occasionally, the sound of Magic Treasures colliding would drift down from the sky.

Zhang Nuo carefully concealed his figure, passing through numerous thickets. After half a day, he finally arrived at the outer perimeter of the Illusion Array. Looking out, there were no cultivators present. With a sudden flash of his figure, Zhang Nuo submerged entirely into the Illusion Array. Sweeping his gaze toward the small lake below the broken wall, he saw that pink lotus flowers were still blooming on the surface of the lake.

"Could it be that he is still breaking the array?"

Zhang Nuo's heart felt slightly nervous; the lotus flowers on the lake indicated that Chunyangzi might not have succeeded! Without delay, he walked quickly toward the lakeside. When he reached the shore and looked into the lake water, the koi that had been swimming in the lake before were still just as active!

"Senior! Senior!"

With a movement of his Divine Sense, Zhang Nuo sent a sound transmission toward the bottom of the small lake, but after a moment, there was not a single echo! This time, Zhang Nuo was truly anxious! He was very concerned about whether the Restriction of the Purple Mansion Immortal Cave could be broken, but he was even more concerned about Chunyangzi's safety! Even if the Restriction here could not be opened, all he would lose was a Purple Mansion Immortal Cave, but if something were to happen to Chunyangzi, what he would lose was a pillar from the Immortal World!

Although there was no nominal master-disciple relationship between Zhang Nuo and Chunyangzi, in a certain sense, Chunyangzi's guidance to Zhang Nuo was extremely important! He was like a living cultivation encyclopedia; for many problems regarding cultivation, as long as Chunyangzi gave a little guidance, Zhang Nuo would avoid many detours!

Just as Zhang Nuo was anxiously sending sound transmissions toward the bottom of the lake, an escape light flew across the sky. At the same time, the cultivator within the escape light swept their Divine Sense downward, and suddenly, with a look of great joy, they dove straight down!

By the time Zhang Nuo sensed something unusual, the escape light from the sky had landed on a flat area dozens of feet away from him. The escape light faded, revealing an old man!

Zhang Nuo was terrified; his body had not yet fully recovered, and even a cultivator at the Golden Core Initial Stage would likely be very difficult to deal with!

Turning his head, Zhang Nuo's gaze fell upon the old man. Once he saw the old man's face clearly, he immediately flew into a rage, and streaks of blood rapidly spread across his eyes!

"Nanxuan old dog!"

Gathering all the fury within his body, Zhang Nuo's throat rolled as he let out an angry curse!

The old man in front was none other than Nanxuan Laozu. He had been searching for Zhang Nuo in the Xian Mountain for many days, and later heard that Zhang Nuo was also being hunted by cultivators from Taixu Palace, which made him feel a burst of secret joy! Whoever killed Zhang Nuo was a good thing for him; at least no one would know about everything he had done to Zhang Nuo!

For the sake of finding Zhang Nuo, he had almost abandoned everyone in the Nanxuan Sect. After days of flying, he had not seen a shadow of Zhang Nuo, and just when Nanxuan Laozu thought Zhang Nuo might have perished, he did not expect to discover his tracks here!

"Hehe! Little doll, you really have a big life! You still didn't die like this!"

After a cold laugh, Nanxuan Laozu carefully sized up Zhang Nuo, seeing that his Spirit Power fluctuations were chaotic and his face was pale; he must have been seriously injured!

"Haha! Heaven is truly helping me! I didn't expect you to be injured! This old man will send you on your way!"

As he spoke, Nanxuan Laozu flicked his sleeve with one hand, and two White Jade Round Plates flew out from it. After he cast a few magic arts at them, the surface of the discs flashed with spiritual light, and several white Fowen condensed upon them.

Zhang Nuo watched all of this, his eyes almost splitting open. It was very clear that the other party intended to kill him to silence him. Not to mention that he was seriously injured at this moment, even in his prime, he was no match for Nanxuan Laozu!

"Nanxuan old dog! You despicable villain! Even if I become a ghost, I will not let you off!"

Zhang Nuo cursed loudly! At the same time, disregarding his damaged meridians, he slapped the Storage Bag at his waist with one hand, and immediately a thick Golden Light flashed out from it!

Seeing this, Nanxuan Laozu frowned slightly; looking at Zhang Nuo's condition, his injuries were not light, so how could he still forcibly use a Magic Treasure?