Chapter 398: They can all speak

It has been a full two hours since entering the mystical realm.

Wei Yuan already has the supplies of six people in his hands, and at the same time, the information gathered from the surveillance stones distributed everywhere is increasing. Apart from the Bao family, he has already discovered five loose cultivators from the East Sea, three from Qiongshan Immortal Island, five guest ministers of the Bao family, and five disciples. However, up to now, he has only seen that strange monk from the Great Bao Hua Pure Land and has not yet seen anyone else.

Wei Yuan has already explored quite a bit of the terrain and is now in the middle section of the mystical realm, gradually approaching the depths.

Wei Yuan pauses here for a moment, first setting up a Feng Shui array to once again boost his own Qi luck, and only then continues to venture deeper.

This time, he hasn't walked far when Wei Yuan suddenly feels something. Turning his head to look, he sees a small silver-gray beast crouching at the entrance of a cave, quietly watching him.

Shadowless Flying Sable!

Wei Yuan does not move immediately. The Shadowless Flying Sable can traverse the void and move freely underground, able to escape several miles away in an instant, while Wei Yuan would need to dig bit by bit to get there.

Wei Yuan crouches down, takes out a delicate round ball, slowly places it on the ground, then takes a bit of the aura of the Langya Divine Wood, places it on the ball, and then slowly retreats.

The Shadowless Flying Sable loves to eat spiritual energy, especially things related to the Metal element. Seeing the aura of the Langya Divine Wood, its nose twitches, and one small claw slowly moves forward, taking a step.

Wei Yuan transmits an intention of exchange, and then waits for its decision.

The Shadowless Flying Sable hesitates for only a breath before raising its small claw, signaling Wei Yuan to retreat further; being this close makes it feel insecure.

Wei Yuan is startled, not expecting this little thing to be so intelligent. He immediately retreats several more yards, and then sees the little sable suddenly flash to the top of the round ball, inhale the aura of the Langya Divine Wood in one gulp, and then spit out a puff of white air.

However, after inhaling the Langya Divine Wood, it does not leave, but instead spits out two more puffs of white air, then looks at Wei Yuan with eager eyes.

Wei Yuan chuckles and flicks out two more points of Langya Divine Wood aura.

The Shadowless Flying Sable swallows them in one gulp, satisfied, and then disappears from the spot; Wei Yuan didn't even see how it left.

Wei Yuan's heart tightens; this Shadowless Flying Sable's escape technique is indeed formidable. If he didn't happen to have the aura of a Metal-element immortal tree in his hand to exchange, he really would have been helpless against it.

With the key item—the Flying Sable's aura—in hand, the Crouching Dragon and Young Phoenixes once again found a use for their talents. That's right, there is now more than one pair of Crouching Dragons and Young Phoenixes among the mortals, and the sheer danger and ingenuity of their schemes have opened even Wei Yuan's eyes.

Wei Yuan picks up the round ball from the ground. This round ball is the "Beast-Taming Immortal Heart" developed by the old Daoist Chuhe, and its effect is indeed obvious, narrowing the distance between Wei Yuan and the flying sable.

The flying sable is also very satisfied. Today, there were actually two-legged beasts offering food, and the plea transmitted from the round ball was very sincere, making it feel happy. In the end, it casually spat a few mouthfuls of saliva as a reward, and the two-legged beast was still overjoyed.

Wei Yuan crosses the middle section of the mystical realm and officially enters the deep-layer area. It has become significantly more humid here, and the air is beginning to be filled with various fishy and foul odors. These were left by the fierce beasts active in this underground area to declare their sovereignty and mark their territory.

Wei Yuan does not want to provoke these fierce beasts for now, so he suppresses his aura, carefully bypasses their territory, and ventures deeper all the way.

The terrain gradually slopes downward, and the moisture in the air becomes heavier and heavier. Small pools of water appear on the ground from time to time, some of them bottomless.

As Wei Yuan walks, the view suddenly opens up, and he has actually arrived at an extremely magnificent underground space. The dome of this space is over a thousand yards from the ground, and there are several isolated peaks on the ground, with bottomless canyons between the peaks.

This area does not appear on the map, so Wei Yuan scans the entire space from left to right. The panoramic map in the "Ten Thousand Worlds of Mountains and Rivers" is raised by more than ten yards accordingly to display the newly added area.

Wei Yuan looks back and forth several times, filling in the details of the area's terrain, and is just thinking about his next move when an area on the map suddenly lights up; the analysis suggests that this area is very likely to have a spiritual vein.

This area is not far ahead, so Wei Yuan rushes over. In this open space, he dares not fly at will. Most flying fierce beasts have terrifying eyesight, which is the nemesis of someone like Wei Yuan who relies on hiding his aura to sneak around.

Soon, Wei Yuan arrives at a stone mountain, bends down to pick up a few stones, and crushes them to observe carefully. After one of the stones is crushed, a few small particles like blue star fragments fall out from inside.

Sure enough, there is spiritual ore.

Wei Yuan notes down this location and continues to explore deeper, but stops suddenly several dozen miles away, crouching down to look at the marks left on a rock. He reaches out and rubs them, seeing some slippery, greasy mucus on his fingertips. Wei Yuan brings it to his nose and sniffs; there is a slight bitter, fishy smell of seawater, but it is very faint.

According to the data, these are the traces of the Hai Li tribe's activities. This mucus not only allows the Hai Li tribe to move quickly underwater but also has a certain spell-warding effect, reducing the power of Daoist arts that land on them by thirty percent.

Wei Yuan explores another few dozen miles deeper and does not find the Hai Li tribe's nest, but the traces they left behind have clearly increased. It seems that he is not far from the area controlled by the Hai Li tribe.

All the elements are ready, and this is a suitable venue. Wei Yuan immediately returns to the spiritual ore vein, summons all dozen or so "Enlightened Dao Foundation Warriors," opens the various storage equipment, pours out a large amount of materials and supplies, and begins to set up.

The group of warriors has already seen the blueprint, each with clear division of labor, and they quickly build various fortifications and traps.

A moment later, a cultivator also enters this space. This is an unknown area not marked in detail on the map, and he advances cautiously. Suddenly, he stops, seeing a small silver-gray figure on a steep rocky mountain ahead. Shadowless Flying Sable!

Just as he is pleasantly surprised, a large net suddenly springs up from the ground, netting the Shadowless Flying Sable in one go! Subsequently, a cultivator disguised as a rock appears, picks up the net, and is about to leave.

The cultivator has no time to think; he raises his hand and points, and a water thunder descends from the sky, striking at his opponent. At the same time, his Dharma Form emerges, which is a two-headed, two-clawed sea snake.

The sea snake continuously spits water thunder, bombarding the man, not letting him escape with the flying sable. At the same time, the cultivator reveals his Qiongshan identity, brandishes two axes, and flies directly toward the stone mountain.

The cultivator holding the sable resists with all his might, blocking and fleeing, flying directly into a cave on the top of the mountain, but then drills back out; clearly, that cave is a dead end.

The Qiongshan cultivator's spirit is greatly boosted, his speed increases by another thirty percent, and he pounces directly on his opponent!

Yet at this very moment, a sudden, stinging sensation came from his rear flank! He turned in alarm, his peripheral vision catching only a flash of fire before an object flew toward him at an incredible speed. He struggled to turn, barely managing to block his front with his giant axe.

With a "Boom," the giant axe instantly explodes into a turbulent flow of light, cracks appear on the surface of the axe, and it flies out of his hand!

The Qiongshan cultivator could not withstand the immense power and was sent flying backward. Then came another boom; this time, the Qiongshan cultivator could no longer see the incoming object clearly. His protective magic could only deflect it slightly, and in the next instant, his left shoulder shattered, and an arm was torn from his body.

Then countless flying swords shoot out from three directions simultaneously. At this time, the Qiongshan cultivator's protective magic power has shattered, and he is riddled with holes in an instant.

The surroundings become quiet. The cultivator who originally intended to escape puts down the flying sable in his hand and cautiously creeps toward the cultivator's corpse. Just at this moment, a stream of light breaks through the air and arrives; the cultivator jumps backward violently, and three long arrows instantly appear where he was standing.

A cultivator walks out from the shadows, dressed as a loose cultivator, holding a long bow. A calm and peaceful smile is on his face, but in this environment, this smile appears indescribably strange.

Subsequently, one cultivator after another walks out from the darkness. Their clothing is different, clearly belonging to different forces, and there are even two wearing the Bao family's colors. These cultivators do not speak either, each with a smile on their face, approaching the cultivator step by step.

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This scene is truly strange. The cultivator's face shows fear, and he slowly retreats, leaning toward the netted flying sable.

At this time, a soft and pleasant voice rings out, saying: "The sea of bitterness is boundless, turn back and you will reach the shore. This benefactor, please stay away from this poor monk's flying sable."

So that's how he talks... Wei Yuan, hiding in the dark, suddenly feels a bit unhappy. He picks up a specially made long gun, loads a warhead into it, then stuffs three medicine pillars inside, and closes the gun mechanism.

This gun is the latest design work by mortals, with inspiration coming partly from Xu Wenwu's data, and mostly from the mortals' own improvisation. It is six feet long and designed with a gun mechanism; when firing, it needs to be loaded with a warhead and medicine pillars, and the power depends on the number of medicine pillars.

This gun is extremely powerful and can injure a Dharma Form with one shot. And after hearing the monk speak, Wei Yuan silently adds another medicine pillar. Now, one shot can severely injure a Dharma Form.

After loading is complete, Wei Yuan silently takes out a second gun and starts loading, then a third, and a fourth.

Now, before the "Crouching Dragon and Fledgling Phoenix" duo can think of a better way, Wei Yuan mainly relies on having more guns to solve the problem of continuous damage.

While Wei Yuan is lurking in the dark bunker, watching like a tiger, the monk finally appears. He is wearing a cyan monk's robe, his appearance as beautiful as jade, and his look is excellent.

Just at this moment, another sonorous and powerful voice, like the roaring of the sea and mountain torrents, rings out: "Monk, if you talk like that, then I won't be sleepy anymore."

The monk turns around, his expression appearing somewhat solemn, and he bows, saying: "So it is Benefactor Zhao Fusheng. Could it be that Benefactor Zhao has also come for this poor monk's flying sable?"

Zhao Fusheng, who is a whole head taller than ordinary people, appears and shouts to several cultivators wearing Qiongshan colors beside the monk: "A bunch of trash, still not coming over?"

His voice is like thunder. The faces of several Qiongshan cultivators show struggle, but they are still replaced by peaceful and serene smiles, standing still.

The monk says: "All things of yesterday died yesterday. They have an affinity with my Buddha and have devoutly converted. Benefactor Zhao should have the magnanimity to help others achieve their goals."

Killing intent appears in Zhao Fusheng's eyes, and he sneers: "Stealing a flying sable isn't enough, and now you're eyeing my subordinates?"

The monk says: "This sable has an affinity with me, and the benefactor's subordinates also have an affinity with me."

"Then does that mean I also have an affinity with you?"

"Benefactor Zhao is dull-witted, his spiritual platform is covered in dust, and it is difficult for him to achieve the right fruit; he cannot enter my sect. The benefactor has no affinity with my Buddha, so it is better not to have wishful thinking."

Zhao Fusheng laughs and says: "The monk is indeed one who can speak; ordinary people would probably really be unable to do anything to you. It's just a pity that you are unlucky and met me, Zhao Fusheng! I don't want the flying sable, I just want to beat you down. If I kill you, this neither-man-nor-woman monster, whether there is a flying sable or not, I am the winner!"

Zhao Fusheng strides forward, punches toward the monk, and shouts: "I may not be able to solve the problem, but I can solve you!"

Wei Yuan, hiding in the dark, feels his heart surging and really wants to participate.

(End of chapter)