Chapter 734: Chapter 338: Immortal Vine Cave (Part 3)
"Later, a great battle wave emanated from within Zhong Mountain. I rushed over and saw the cloaked person battling the crowd. I joined in, using talismans, but discovered the opponent had hidden tricks, so I escaped..."
Listening to Li An, Xu City and others couldn’t help but nod.
It matched their investigation.
The initial seclusion place of Li An was close to Xu Yuan, but they learned from the mouths of two other disciples that when the battle erupted, Li An was rushing from the outskirts to the inside. They indeed found a cave residence on the outskirts with an eerie aura, which was naturally where Li An was.
In fact, though Li An was outstanding, the biggest suspicion was actually on Chen Hui. How he discovered the demon was a puzzle to Xu City and the others, but Chen Hui is dead, leaving no way to verify.
"The talismans you used are quite powerful... they must have some origin? We have dealt with Purple Cloud Mountain for years and never heard of them."
Mu Lingkong spoke.
"To report to my esteemed master, when I was at Purple Cloud Mountain, I was a Seven-Petaled True Immortal, and also an Immortal Talisman Master. The talismans were made by myself."
Mu Lingkong and others also nodded: "No wonder you are a disciple of Golden Immortal Leng Rufeng!"
"You fought that demon for a long time, did you find any clues?" Master Refined Flame suddenly asked.
Li An shook his head: "The cloak on that person can shield divine sense, making it impossible to perceive his true appearance, life aura, etc., but the green knife he used in his hand is definitely not a common item. As far as I can see, it should be a Profound Immortal Level or even higher immortal treasure, only due to his limited strength, he couldn’t fully utilize it."
"This person’s realm should be that of an Immortal, or a Profound Immortal, not too high; otherwise, I couldn’t have resisted him."
Everyone nodded, Li An’s conjectures were not far off from theirs.
"Thanks to you, if not for your intervention, I’m afraid the geniuses of my Fire Phoenix Nest in this battle would have been annihilated."
Master Refined Flame spoke calmly, "You spent thirty years of life saving them, that was a substantial sacrifice. I have already contacted several fellow Daoists to help refine a furnace of Third-Transformation Immortal Pills for you. It shouldn’t take long before you can take them to extend your life by a hundred years."
Li An knew this was just an empty promise, and that he had ruined Master Refined Flame’s plans. He could only guess how much hate there was, but now he was just putting on a show in front of everyone. Still, Li An respectfully saluted and excitedly said: "Thank you, Palace Master!"
"Alright, you may go down and rest."
Li An then retreated.
"Since the death of the Heaven-Devouring Great Demon, people of the Demon Dao went silent. Now they actually reappear and dare to attack my Fire Phoenix Nest. They deserve death!"
Mu Lingkong said heavily, his words full of killing intent, lamenting the death of a Profound Immortal level genius from their lineage, a huge loss.
"Indeed, though anomalies are odious, those of the Demon Dao are even more worthy of vigilance!"
"Palace Master, we should immediately pursue and kill the demon!"
Everyone spoke one after another.
But Master Refined Flame sighed: "Everybody, the resurgence of the Demon Dao is not really surprising."
"Do you forget, Leng Rufeng of Purple Cloud Mountain once plotted to seize the Heaven-Devouring Demon Pot and ended in failure...He did suffer a setback, which shows that within Purple Cloud Province, there must be experts in Demon Dao!"
Everyone nodded.
In fact, Master Refined Flame could draw their attention to the Demon Dao because previously everyone, through Gu Fan, knew of Leng Rufeng’s attempt to seize the Demon Pot, forming a preconceived notion about the existence of Demon Dao. He then shifted attention to Demon Dao seamlessly.
"If we focus our energies on pursuing the Demon Dao, it wouldn’t be wise, as it would expose ourselves to the scrutiny of Purple Cloud Mountain, leading to our doom."
Xu City said: "Are you saying we should let this matter go?"
Master Refined Flame replied: "Of course not."
"But the urgent matter remains the Life Nourishing Immortal Skill...now that there are still seven geniuses, who got through the Celestial Tribulation, although not completely successful, it’s a foundation. If there are further opportunities, there might still be a glimmer of hope."
"Do you remember Immortal Vine Cave, one of the three celestial lands in Purple Cloud Province?"
Immortal Vine Cave!
Everyone pondered slightly.
"Purple Cloud Mountain, Fire Phoenix Nest, Immortal Vine Cave, these are the three celestial lands of Purple Cloud Province from the Heavenly Court era, each with an immortal legacy. Purple Cloud Mountain is Zixiao Master’s dojo, Fire Phoenix Nest is the birthplace of a Fire Phoenix, and Immortal Vine Cave is said to be formed by a Taichu Immortal Vine gaining essence and becoming immortal..."
"Fire Phoenix Nest, Immortal Vine Cave, both are secret realms, but when anomalies descended, Lvbo County in Purple Cloud Province was completely covered by anomalies, and Immortal Vine Cave, being in Lvbo County, is presumably gone."
The crowd was perplexed.
Master Refined Flame said calmly: "I’ve had it checked, Immortal Vine Cave wasn’t eroded by anomalies."
"Inside Immortal Vine Cave, there resides a Primordial Root, upon which the entire Immortal Vine Cave exists. When anomalies descended, that root had its own celestial consciousness and hid, avoiding the catastrophe. It’s no longer in Lvbo County."
Upon hearing this, everyone was slightly surprised, asking: "Where is it now?"
"Broken Dawn Mountain!"
Broken Dawn Mountain!
"Back when anomalies descended, Taiyi Golden Immortal Zixiao Master tried hard to resist, drawing 30,000 miles of purple clouds into a dragon, truly a divine power against heaven, but was ultimately killed, the purple cloud dragon broken, Zixiao Master’s form disintegrated...where he perished, is called Broken Dawn Mountain!"
"But, Broken Dawn Mountain...is too close to Purple Cloud Mountain!"
"If that’s the case, wanting to obtain it would mean a battle with Purple Cloud Mountain..."
The great masters frowned.
"Not so—"
And Master Refined Flame smiled: "The power of the Life Nourishing Immortal Skill can resonate with the Primordial Root. Now the plan is to have the geniuses who passed the Celestial Tribulation go to Broken Dawn Mountain. Then it’s highly likely they’ll enter Immortal Vine Cave, at that time controlling the Primordial Root, and fly the Immortal Vine Cave away from Broken Dawn Mountain!"
The masters were slightly moved, while beside them, Li Nianxue raised her teacup, sipping it lightly, without a word, and lowered her head, seemingly lost in thought, staring at what was in her hands.
In her hands were ashes of talisman paper.
...
Good night.
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