Cultivating Immortality in Two Realms

Chapter 295

Stab it!

Qin Ruxue made hand seals, activating the array flags.

Countless silver-white runes converged, swimming like tadpoles, and then scattered in an instant, revealing a void passage.

Let's go!

With a flick of his sleeve, Fang Qing sent a group of Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Azure Sea Sect swarming in like locusts.

Since this secret realm will be completely destroyed after this, we should naturally move everything that can be moved.

Putting everything else aside, this time the Azure Sea Sect even sent out their most treasured third-grade superior spiritual plant master, just to transplant that 'Five Elements Fruit Tree'!

Now that the secret realm is about to collapse, the restrictions protecting the Five Elements Fruit Tree will obviously be weakened, making transplantation much easier.

Moreover, even if it's difficult to survive after escaping, it's still much better than being annihilated in the secret realm.

To this end, the Azure Sea Sect specially created a near-fourth-tier spiritual field with balanced five elements.

Cui Zhe attached great importance to this. If he could successfully transplant a Five Elements Fruit Tree for the sect while he was in charge, he would be honored with a separate hall after his death, and his status would be second only to Ancestor Bi Hai...

After the Foundation Establishment cultivators filed in, Cui Zhe and Qin Ruxue also transformed into streaks of light and entered the spatial passage.

Fang Qing saw Zhan Hongxiu enter the spatial passage, glanced casually at Xiang Dahu who seemed to be a guard beside her, and then immediately entered the passage.

Swish!

One by one, the array masters waved their array flags, resealing the passage.

"Alright, we'll reopen the passage in ten days."

Xiang Dahu looked at the surrounding cultivators, a hint of majesty on his face...

……

"This secret realm..."

The Secret Realm of Zhou Tian Xing Palace.

Fang Qing stood in the void, gazing at a dark slit in the sky.

"As expected... it's gradually collapsing..."

"This secret realm, which greatly aided my rise, has finally come to an end..."

A flash of light appeared in his hand, revealing an iron scroll, the 'Zhou Tian Xing Gong Scroll' he had obtained earlier. Unfolding it revealed the complete map of the secret realm.

"I don't need to deal with these resource points on the periphery... Even in the core area, many halls have already been emptied, and the Azure Sea Sect will handle the Five Elements Fruit Trees..."

"Is this all that's left...?"

Fang Qing looked at a mark, on which was recorded the name of the hall: "Hall of Nourishing Souls"!

He had tried to enter this palace after obtaining the Devouring Sea Token, but the restrictions were quite strong then, and even with Qin Ruxue, they were helpless.

But this time it's different!

It's not just that he's become stronger, but also because the secret realm is constantly weakening and the power of the restrictions is declining!

A slight smile appeared on Fang Qing's lips. He told Qin Ruxue to go and gather resources on her own. Within his Purple Mansion, his supernatural powers shifted, transforming into "Hidden Forest".

The supernatural powers within the Purple Mansion can change, but within the Dantian Qi Sea, it remains "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix".

His figure suddenly became blurry and disappeared...

'Although there's no bloodline to conceal it, the power of the supernatural ability itself is still quite good...'

"At least, those below the Nascent Soul stage shouldn't be able to detect me, right?"

Fang Qing smiled slightly, took out the 'Water Dividing Ring' to protect himself, and headed towards the 'Soul Nourishing Hall'.

……

Boom!

Two strange beasts, resembling wolves and leopards, lay on the ground, their blood spreading outwards.

With a flick of her wrist, Zhan Hongxiu summoned a cyan, nail-shaped magical artifact back into her delicate, fair palm: "Old Turtle..."

"They're just two stone leopards... they must be descendants of the one from back then."

Within his sea of ​​consciousness, the old tortoise's voice echoed: "If you go any further, you'll reach the 'Hall of Nourishing Souls'... The restrictions there should be on the verge of collapse. Use the technique I taught you again, and you'll surely be able to break them."

"it is good."

Zhan Hongxiu continued forward, past the two strange beasts, and climbed to the summit, where she found a plaza paved with black jade.

At the end of the square stands an ancient bronze hall, and in front of the hall is a stone tablet inscribed with the two large characters "Nourish the Soul".

"This is the place."

Zhan Hongxiu silently performed the incantation, her hands constantly changing hand seals.

As the power of the "Turtle and Crane Longevity Mantra" surged, streaks of silver-white runes flashed and continuously disappeared into the restrictions of the Soul Nourishing Hall.

Splash!

The original fourth-order restriction aura continued to fall, transforming into various colors, and finally exploded like fireworks.

Whoosh!

A gust of decaying wind blew by, carrying an unsettling atmosphere.

"Old Turtle?"

Zhan Hongxiu said in a low voice, "Where exactly is this place? I suddenly feel inexplicably uneasy."

"Don't worry, it's just a place to store treasures, there's no danger... Besides the Nine Soul Agate, there are quite a few other treasures here, and there's even a piece of Soul-Nourishing Wood that's been cultivated for many years, it should be around ten thousand years old..."

Old Turtle sighed, "It's all because of you. Last time you gave up those Soul-Nourishing Prayer Beads. This spiritual sense is quite useful for cultivation, combat, and even for studying other skills... Fortunately, we have this piece of ten-thousand-year-old Soul-Nourishing Wood, so we can carve another string of Soul-Nourishing Prayer Beads..."

"Oh? So this is where the Soul-Nourishing Wood is located. No wonder there was a chilling wind..."

Hearing this, Zhan Hongxiu felt somewhat relieved and entered the Soul Nourishing Hall.

The hall was not large; she could see to the end with a single sweep of her divine sense.

There were jade platforms around the perimeter displaying treasures, but they were all empty, with many boxes scattered on the ground, creating a mess.

In the very center of the hall, there was a small patch of dark earth, its color a deep black. It seemed that a small tree had once grown on it, but now it too had vanished...

"this……"

When Zhan Hongxiu and Turtle Elder saw this scene, they were both dumbfounded.

"Where are the treasures? What about the Nine-Soul Agate and the Soul-Nourishing Wood?"

Even the old tortoise couldn't accept it, muttering to himself, "Could it be that someone beat me to it?"

"No, that's not right. If someone beat us to it, the restrictions on the Soul Nourishing Hall shouldn't exist anymore... Oh no, be careful!"

Old Turtle's stern shout and a strange, sharp laugh came almost simultaneously.

Before Zhan Hongxiu could react, the void behind her tore open, and a small hand reached out.

The tiny hand, much smaller than a baby's, was clenched into a fist the size of a longan and slammed into Zhan Hongxiu's back.

Boom!

A terrifying surge of magical power erupted, comparable to the Nascent Soul level!

A piece of emerald green scale armor appeared on Zhan Hongxiu's body, and a seven-star lamp above her head burst forth with seven points of fire.

But in that instant, her scales shattered, and the seven points of light on the Seven Star Lamp extinguished six of them!

The woman's face turned pale instantly, and she spat out a mouthful of blood.

She instantly retreated, took out a fourth-grade high-quality tortoise shell to protect herself, and a cyan wooden nail floated in her hand as she gazed at the void.

Then a baby-like laugh rang out, and the little hand that had been there had vanished.

"Here we go again, on the left!"

Blood trickled from the corner of Zhan Hongxiu's mouth, but her consciousness moved in response to the old turtle's reminder. The turtle shell landed on the left and transformed into a large, pitch-black shield.

when!

A flash of light appeared in the void, and a Nascent Soul materialized, its small hand landing on the tortoise-shell shield. The force of the recoil made Zhan Hongxiu's face turn pale again, almost causing her to vomit blood: "A Nascent...Nascent Soul? How can there be a Nascent Soul cultivator's Nascent Soul here?"

Her divine sense finally revealed that the elusive attacker was a Nascent Soul cultivator!

It was only the size of an adult's fist, with fair and tender skin, completely naked, yet radiating nine-colored light. Its facial features were indistinct, with only two eyes that were completely black, without any whites.

"Who are you, senior? Why are you trying to make things difficult for me?"

With a sharp shout, Zhan Hongxiu unleashed her natal magic weapon, the Azure Emperor's Longevity Nail, which instantly flew out, transforming into a streak of light that carried unparalleled sharpness and divine sense attack as it pierced towards the Nascent Soul.

"whee!"

The nascent soul chuckled and vanished in an instant.

When it reappeared, it was already within three zhang of Zhan Hongxiu.

"It really is Nascent Soul teleportation!"

Zhan Hongxiu's forehead was covered in cold sweat, and she thought to herself, "Old man Turtle, think of something quickly!"

Her true strength is such that she'd be lucky to survive against someone in the late Core Formation stage, how could she possibly be a match for someone in the Nascent Soul stage?

Even though he had escaped from the hands of Nascent Soul stage monsters several times before, it was all by chance, with the help of Turtle Elder.

In a true battle against a Nascent Soul stage expert, one couldn't even withstand two moves!

Moreover, the separation of the Nascent Soul from the body is a sign that a Nascent Soul monster is fighting desperately!

Before she arrived, she never imagined that a Nascent Soul cultivator would be hiding in the Soul Nourishing Hall, and that he would come specifically to ambush her!

"Wait... this doesn't seem to be the Nascent Soul of a Nascent Soul expert. Although it looks similar... its magical power is still slightly inferior to that of an early Nascent Soul cultivator. It's similar to a Dharma Body Nascent Soul cultivator, but its divine sense is even weaker... Ah, I see, I understand now!"

Within his sea of ​​consciousness, the old tortoise cried out, "This is that 'Nine Soul Agate'! The Nine Soul Agate hidden in this hall back then was of such high quality that it had already become sentient... It has developed sentience and, taking advantage of the weakening of the restrictions, must have devoured the ten-thousand-year-old Soul-Nourishing Wood and countless other rare and precious materials, transforming into a demonic infant!"

"what?"

Zhan Hongxiu examined it again with her divine sense and indeed found that this 'Nascent Soul' was different from the Nascent Soul of a cultivator. Not only was it more slender and smaller, but its body was also more transparent, and the overflowing nine-colored hues were similar to the description in the Nine Soul Agate...

"So how do we deal with it?"

Zhan Hongxiu raised her hand and released several talismans, which transformed into identical "Zhan Hongxiu" and instantly flew out of the Soul Nourishing Hall from several directions, while asking Elder Turtle questions.

"There's nothing we can do... Although this demonic infant is weaker than a cultivator's Nascent Soul, doesn't know how to cultivate, and lacks the secret techniques and combat experience of a Nascent Soul expert, its instinctive Nascent Soul teleportation is already an incredible supernatural ability... and it also possesses power comparable to a Dharma Body Nascent Soul."

The old tortoise sighed, "Your strength is too weak. Even with my help, you can only protect yourself... but capturing the demon infant is too difficult unless... unless several cultivators at the late or even perfect Core Formation stage come together, set up an array... and borrow a Void Treasure to seal its ability to teleport in the void... then there is only a slight chance of capturing it."

"Tsk tsk... What a pity. If you could capture this demonic infant, it might have allowed you to cultivate the great supernatural power of the second Nascent Soul during the Core Formation stage, and rise to the top in one step..."

The old tortoise pounded his chest in frustration: "If we can't capture this demonic infant this time, who knows where it will run off to once the secret realm collapses..."

The demon infant's essence is extremely high; it can roam the void like a nascent soul, so it certainly won't perish along with the secret realm.

But who knows where they'll end up...