Wind Spirit Flower

Chapter 99 Wind Spirit Flower

Three hours later, two flying ships drifting silently in the distant sky came into everyone's view.

"Hahaha, Jiao Du, is there no one left in your Corpse Demon Sect? To think they only sent you, a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, to preside over this secret realm exploration."

Suddenly, a sinister voice exploded in everyone's ears.

The voice did not sound loud, yet it clearly reached the ears of every person on the flying ship.

"Hmph!"

A cold snort rang out. The hunchbacked old man who had previously stood behind Jiao Du flew out from the flying ship alone.

"Old Ghost Xiu Jun, are you mocking my Corpse Demon Sect for lacking capable people?"

That sinister voice sounded again.

"I was wondering who it was. So it's you, Xiang Qi, you old zombie."

At this moment, a voluptuous female cultivator flew out from the other flying ship, exuding the alluring aura of a mature woman.

The female cultivator said, "Senior Brother Xiu Jun, Senior Brother Xiang Qi, since everyone has arrived, let us undo the seal and open the secret realm."

The origin of the Withered Blood Secret Realm could no longer be verified. Its entrance opened once every thirty years. To prevent outsiders from intruding, the three great Sects had added another sealing formation outside the entrance of the Withered Blood Secret Realm.

Xiu Jun said, "What Fairy Illusionary Feather says is correct. Let us attend to proper business first."

A palm-sized black token appeared in each of the three people's hands.

The three tossed the tokens into the air and simultaneously began to channel their Magic Power.

The three tokens emitted a crimson glow. The light gradually intensified, dyeing the surrounding sky a bloody red.

Streaks of profound black runes emerged within the bloody light. A moment later, they transformed into a hundred-zhang Formation with complex and arcane patterns.

The Formation abruptly plunged toward the towering mountains below.

With a loud "boom."

Rocks shook, and trees shattered.

The Formation landed in a mountain valley.

As the bloody light on the Formation faded, a faintly glowing entrance appeared in the valley. It seemed utterly empty inside, as if even the air had ceased to exist.

A voice suddenly echoed in everyone's ears.

"The opening below is the entrance to the secret realm. You can enter the secret realm by passing through it."

"Remember, the secret realm will only remain open for seven days. If you cannot return in time after seven days, you will be trapped within. To leave, you will have to wait thirty years for the secret realm to open again."

"Depart!"

At the command, the Qi Refining disciples from the three large ships leaped down one after another, plummeting into the secret realm entrance.

Upon entering the secret realm, Song Wen felt his vision spin. Flowing colors filled his sight as a sense of weightlessness washed over him.

A moment later, the sensation of solid ground returned beneath his feet.

Looking up, he found himself standing in a desolate expanse of rocky desert.

Looking around, all he saw were rocks of varying sizes. Occasionally, low-growing shrubs rooted themselves among the scattered stones, clinging tenaciously to life.

Song Wen looked around. There was not a single person around. Passing through the secret realm entrance triggered a random teleportation; everyone's location would be different.

After confirming his temporary safety, he took out a jade slip and pressed it against his glabella.

This jade slip contained a map of the secret realm, distributed by the Sect while they were on the flying ship.

It recorded the terrain, the distribution of Demon Beasts, and the locations of Spirit Grass within the previously explored areas of the secret realm.

Of course, the contents of the jade slip were not necessarily entirely accurate, as the map had been drawn thirty years ago. The terrain and Spirit Grass distribution likely had not changed much, but Demon Beasts were a different matter. Demon Beasts would migrate for various reasons.

There were five large red dots on the map, highly conspicuous.

These five locations marked the presence of powerful Demon Beasts, as well as extremely precious Spirit Grass.

After comparing the terrain of the rocky desert, Song Wen roughly determined his position.

He looked toward the southeast. According to the map, about five hundred li to the southeast stood a large mountain. On its peak grew the Heavenly Spirit Fruit.

This was one of the three locations in the secret realm where the Heavenly Spirit Fruit grew, and it was also the closest one to Song Wen. He decided to head there first.

Song Wen did not use a flying boat. Instead, he simply ran across the ground. With his current strength, his speed on foot was already extremely fast. A flying boat in the sky was too large a target and would easily attract attention.

Song Wen traveled for less than half an hour before leaving the rocky desert. Ahead of him lay a lush, verdant forest.

A lake suddenly appeared before him. In the center of the lake sat a small island.

According to the map, Wind Spirit Flowers grew on this island. This was an auxiliary ingredient for refining Foundation Establishment Pills, possessing the effect of harmonizing the fierce medicinal properties of the Heavenly Spirit Fruit. Since he had encountered it, he naturally had to harvest the Wind Spirit Flowers. They could be consumed together with the Heavenly Spirit Fruit later.

Casting a flight technique, Song Wen soared into the air, flying toward the small island in the center of the lake.

Simultaneously, he released two Black-armored Gu. The cultivation of these two Black-armored Gu had surprisingly reached the ninth layer of Qi Refining. They were the only two among Song Wen's eight Black-armored Gu that had advanced to the ninth layer of Qi Refining.

The two Black-armored Gu flew below Song Wen, skimming close to the water's surface.

Although the jade slip indicated that no powerful Demon Beasts lived in this lake, one could never be too careful. What if some Demon Beast found the scenery here appealing and decided to migrate?

What Song Wen worried about did not happen. He landed smoothly on the small island in the lake.

Suddenly, the Black-armored Gu scouting ahead transmitted a message. Beside a bottomless deep pond up ahead grew seven stalks of Spirit Grass brimming with abundant Spiritual Qi, blooming with blue flowers.

It was exactly the Wind Spirit Flower!

Just as Song Wen prepared to head toward the pond, he heard the sound of something tearing through the air overhead.

Looking up, he saw that a cultivator had arrived.

Moreover, it was someone Song Wen recognized.

Wu Sheng!

Song Wen could not help but sigh. The path of enemies truly was narrow.

Wu Sheng had not noticed Song Wen on the ground. He simply flew over Song Wen's head, landing directly beside the pond a thousand meters ahead.

After Song Wen's Mental Power advanced to Divine Sense, the detection range of his Divine Sense reached five hundred meters, far exceeding the two hundred meters of a cultivator at Qi Refining Perfection. Furthermore, with the aid of his Black-armored Gu, Song Wen could detect things up to about two thousand meters away.

Through the Black-armored Gu, he watched as Wu Sheng directed a corpse puppet to harvest the Wind Spirit Flowers. Suddenly, two massive pythons lunged out from the bottom of the pond and ambushed him. Seeing this, Song Wen abandoned his plan to assassinate Wu Sheng with the Black-armored Gu.

The two large pythons were incredibly strong. Wu Sheng was no match for them at all and was quickly forced into a retreat.

His corpse puppet was bitten in half at the waist by one of the pythons and dragged into the pond, becoming its meal.

Wu Sheng himself narrowly escaped with his life. Having lost his corpse puppet, he was somewhat furious. He wanted to turn and leave, yet he felt unwilling to give up the prize.

Just as Wu Sheng hesitated, two more cultivators flew over from the sky. These two wore the attire of Profound Yin Cult disciples, and they also flew straight toward the pond.

Down on the ground, Wu Sheng spotted the pair from afar. He hurriedly concealed his aura, hiding in the bushes a hundred meters away from the pond.

The duo consisted of a man and a woman. The man's cultivation was at the seventh layer of Qi Refining, and the woman's was at the sixth layer of Qi Refining.

The pair's encounter mirrored Wu Sheng's exactly. Just as they prepared to harvest the Spirit Grass, they were ambushed by the two large pythons lurking in the pond.

However, these two were much stronger, engaging in a fierce back-and-forth battle with the two pythons.

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