Chapter 344: Zifu Tianqi Immortal Cave

Everything outside is no longer important to Zhang Nuo at this moment! He turned his head slightly; behind him was a light curtain Restriction. The moment he rushed in, the Restriction suddenly closed. If he had been even a fraction of a second slower, he likely would have been crushed to death inside this Restriction!

Sighing softly, Zhang Nuo cast his gaze forward again. He saw a deep, dark cave entrance in front of him, pitch-black inside, making it impossible to see anything. Even after his Divine Sense probed a few zhang deep, it could not move any further forward!

"Senior, are you saying this is the Purple Mansion Immortal Cave?"

Looking at everything before him, Zhang Nuo found it hard to believe. The immortal cave he had imagined was nothing like this; the massive contrast made it difficult for him to accept!

"Whether it is or isn't no longer matters! Being able to get in doesn't mean one can necessarily get out!"

Chunyangzi's voice came from the Sword Box within his body, though it was very faint.

"That's true!"

Zhang Nuo gave a bitter smile. To enter this place, Chunyangzi had used almost all his strength. Looking at his current state, perhaps it would take decades of recovery to improve!

"This old man nearly lost a layer of skin this time! The rest is up to you. By the way, how did you end up so badly injured?"

Sensing Zhang Nuo's body, Chunyangzi said with slight surprise. Given Zhang Nuo's cultivation level, even if he had encountered a few existences of the same rank, he shouldn't have been injured this severely!

Without hiding anything, Zhang Nuo recounted his experiences over this period. After listening, Chunyangzi shook his head and sighed repeatedly! Although the words were simple, he could guess a fraction of the danger involved.

"You brat really have a lucky life! Rest here for a while first! Once you have the strength, we will go into the cave to take a look!"

Nodding slightly, Zhang Nuo sat cross-legged on the ground. With his eyes slightly closed, he felt that the Spiritual Qi in the surroundings was extremely dense, several times higher than the area outside the Illusion Array!

After about three days passed, Zhang Nuo could no longer sit still. He slowly stood up and walked toward the cave entrance!

"I say, Zhang brat, aren't you going to prepare? What if there is something strange in this cave?"

"Is there still a need for that? Even if there is something strange in the cave, it is not something I can deal with! Let fate decide!"

After speaking, Zhang Nuo gave a bitter smile and strode into the cave. Chunyangzi was slightly stunned, but what Zhang Nuo said was not without reason. With his Remnant Soul and Zhang Nuo's severely injured body, even if there were something strange, it was not something they could handle!

As soon as he walked into the cave, Zhang Nuo felt a chill. The sensation of cool air entering his body was like a breath of freshness in the sweltering summer! Every pore on his body opened up because of it!

"So comfortable!"

Zhang Nuo took a deep breath of the air here and couldn't help but exclaim! He continued walking into the cave. This place was like a long corridor; after turning a few corners, a glimmer of light suddenly appeared ahead!

Stopping in his tracks, Zhang Nuo probed his Divine Sense toward the source of the light. A moment later, a look of wild joy appeared on his face!

"Senior! This place might really be the Zifu Tianqi Immortal Cave!"

After speaking, Zhang Nuo quickened his pace and rushed toward the source of the light in a few flashes. When his body was bathed in the soft radiance, everything before him left him almost unable to believe it!

Ahead was a hall about a hundred zhang in size. In the center of the hall's ceiling hung a luminous pearl about a foot in size! These soft white rays were emitted by this pearl.

On the side of the hall near the wall, there was a stone couch with a lotus-like Putan on it. Even from a distance, Zhang Nuo could clearly feel wisps of Spiritual Qi!

Additionally, on the left and right sides of this hall, there were several stone tables with many Jade Slips and books. It seemed that when the incident occurred on the Xianhuan Continent, someone was still cultivating in the Cave Abode!

"What dense Spiritual Qi!"

Chunyangzi also said in surprise. Zhang Nuo walked forward a few steps and felt that there were no Restrictions placed within this Cave Abode. He immediately quickened his pace, walked right up to the stone couch, and stroked the Putan with one hand, feeling waves of Spiritual Qi surging from it like a tide!

"Senior, this might be where the Spirit Vein of Tianqi Immortal Mountain is located; otherwise, there absolutely wouldn't be such dense Spiritual Qi!"

"Never mind that for now, go quickly and check other places!"

Chunyangzi's excitement was no less than Zhang Nuo's; he was more concerned about what treasures were in this Immortal Cave!

Hearing this, Zhang Nuo turned his body and walked toward the other stone chambers connected to the hall. The layout here was very similar to the layout of the mysterious cultivator's Cave Abode, also possessing places like an alchemy room, but with an additional Lingchong shi used for raising Spirit Beasts!

He saw the chamber door was tightly shut, with a layer of faint blue light flickering on it. Zhang Nuo did not dare to enter rashly, fearing that if some powerful Spirit Beast were being raised inside, he would be unable to deal with it!

"Go in! Tens of thousands of years have passed; even if there really were some rare and exotic beast inside, it would have long since died!"

Seeing Zhang Nuo hesitating, Chunyangzi said helplessly. Thinking about it carefully, it was true; tens of thousands of years had passed, so even if there were some rare beast, it should be dead by now.

Immediately, Zhang Nuo pushed slightly against the stone door. The layer of faint blue light on the surface of the stone door dispersed like water ripples, and the stone door slowly opened!

As the stone door opened bit by bit, Zhang Nuo's gaze swept inside. After seeing everything clearly, Zhang Nuo gasped. He saw that this Lingchong shi was dozens of zhang large, and inside the beast chamber, a huge ferocious beast over a zhang long was lying prone!

Zhang Nuo couldn't name this ferocious beast at all. Its entire body was colorful, its huge claws were covered in red scales, its head was like a lion's, its body was like a giant leopard, and streaks of golden patterns looked like bright, blooming flowers!

However, there were no signs of life on this beast; it seemed to have been dead for a long time! Zhang Nuo let out a long breath. It was fortunate that this big guy was already dead; otherwise, if it had pounced on him, his little life would have been finished!

When Zhang Nuo walked to the side of the ferocious beast and touched its body lightly, with a soft 'whoosh', the beast instantly turned into ashes! Only four sharp claws emitting a cold glint remained.

"Do you recognize this beast?"

Zhang Nuo asked Chunyangzi.

"Let me think, I seem to have seen its appearance in some classic!"

While recalling, Chunyangzi said vaguely. After a moment, he exclaimed:

"I remember! This beast is named 'Lufeng'! It is an extremely powerful wind-attribute Spirit Beast from ancient times! I once heard that someone in the Immortal World had raised this Spirit Beast!"

From Chunyangzi's words, it was not hard for Zhang Nuo to imagine how majestic this beast was, yet after tens of thousands of years, it had turned into dust! Picking up the four remaining claws of the 'Lufeng beast', Zhang Nuo felt a sharp aura faintly as he stroked them! He did not expect that even after dying for many years, this beast would still have such great might!

"The claws of the 'Lufeng beast' are indeed rare materials. When this old man has time, I will use them to refine a Magic Treasure; I imagine its power will be extraordinarily great!"

With a flash of red light, Chunyangzi rushed out from Zhang Nuo's body. After turning into a human-shaped phantom, his body was slightly dim! He looked at the four 'Lufeng beast' claws in Zhang Nuo's hand and said repeatedly.

Immediately after, Chunyangzi's gaze swept to other parts of the beast chamber. Suddenly, in a corner, he discovered something the size of a goose egg.

His figure drifted over, and he reached out to pick it up and examine it carefully for a long time!

"What is this thing?"

Zhang Nuo also walked over curiously.

"I don't know!"

Shaking his head slightly, Chunyangzi said, greatly puzzled. With his discernment, he was actually unable to distinguish what it was, so Zhang Nuo was even more confused!

Simply, Chunyangzi put this thing that looked very much like a goose egg back in its original place, and the two of them left the Lingchong shi one after the other, returning to the hall.

"Zhang brat, you should heal the injuries on your body first; leave the rest to me!"

Looking at the weak Zhang Nuo, Chunyangzi said with some concern. Zhang Nuo just nodded slightly and didn't say much. The damage to the meridians in his body was not a small matter, and coupled with the fact that he had been discovered by Nanxuan Laozu earlier and had forcibly used a large amount of Spirit Power, it was adding insult to injury!

Drifting over, Zhang Nuo sat cross-legged on the Putan on the stone couch. As soon as he sat steady, he immediately felt the surrounding Spiritual Qi become a few times denser. With his eyes slightly closed, his Divine Sense could clearly feel those Spiritual Qi that were like dots of starlight!

"The Purple Mansion Immortal Cave is truly worthy of its reputation!"

After sighing, Zhang Nuo began to regulate his breathing and meditate, entering a state of deep concentration, while Chunyangzi turned his figure and continued to search within the Cave Abode!

This Purple Mansion Immortal Cave was several times larger than the Cave Abode of an ordinary cultivator; it took Chunyangzi nearly two months just to finish looking through the Stone Chamber where the Pills were stored!

He found several types of Pills useful for Zhang Nuo's injuries and brought them to the main hall! For Zhang Nuo, two months was simply a drop in the bucket; apart from stabilizing the injuries within his body, there had been no other progress!

"I have checked all these Pills, there are no problems; take them first! They will be very helpful for your injuries!"

Chunyangzi swept a glance at Zhang Nuo and said with a deeply furrowed brow; although he had known before that Zhang Nuo was injured quite heavily, he had never imagined it would be to this degree—after two months, there was not even a sign of improvement!

Slowly opening his eyes, Zhang Nuo was also at his wit's end; the cultivation techniques he had previously practiced, the "Shangqing Sword Art," "Immovable Underworld King," and "Inner Scene Art," each had several important meridians damaged, making it very difficult to continue practicing for the time being!

It seemed that when Hong Yu Niang ambushed him, she had aimed precisely for his vital points, which was why she had injured him so severely!

"It seems that if I want to resume cultivation, it will still take a few years!"

Zhang Nuo also let out a long sigh; to have been ambushed by a cultivator at the Nascent Soul Stage and still be alive was already good enough! Even if there was hatred in his heart, it was of no use!