Immortal Venerable of the Beast Race
Chapter 486 - 394 The gathering of masters (end for today)_1

Chapter 486: 394 The gathering of masters (end for today)_1

A vast plain spread out under the sky, with thick golden lightning tearing across the heavens, striking down towards the ground below.

Chu Buyu stood on a low hill, shrouded in a thick red light screen, which bore a flame pattern on its surface.

A Gold-Winged Thunder Eagle, its wingspan exceeding thirty feet, circled unpredictably in the sky above, casting down thick bolts of golden lightning to attack Chu Buyu.

Chu Buyu manipulated the Lihuo Flag, unleashing giant fireballs to block the incoming golden lightning.

The booming sound of explosions filled the air as golden lightning and crimson flames lit up the skies, with shockwaves rolling through the atmosphere.

Chu Buyu’s willow brows tightened as she took out a foot-long yellow jade ruler and gave it a gentle shake, producing a yellow light screen that enveloped her completely.

Her body slowly began to sink, as if she intended to escape underground.

Once Chu Buyu used her earth escape technique, the Gold-Winged Thunder Eagle would be unable to pursue her.

The Gold-Winged Thunder Eagle opened its beak and released a thick bolt of golden lightning that struck the red light screen precisely, enveloping Chu Buyu’s figure in golden lightning.

A flash of golden lightning appeared, and the Gold-Winged Thunder Eagle materialized above Chu Buyu’s head, its sharp claws diving straight towards the golden light.

Its claws entered the lightning, and a muffled sound rang out as though they had been blocked by something.

A snow-blue Fire Phoenix emerged from the lightning, colliding with the body of the Gold-Winged Thunder Eagle, and a wave of snow-blue flames engulfed it.

Its body rapidly froze, turning into an ice sculpture.

A golden flying knife shot forth, splitting the ice sculpture in half.

The lightning dispersed, revealing Chu Buyu unharmed.

"Without the power of transformation, intelligence is low, so easily deceived," she muttered to herself as she collected the remains of the Gold-Winged Thunder Eagle.

The snow-blue Fire Phoenix flew into her sleeve, constituting a fourth-tier Spirit Flame.

She had spent over a hundred years searching for Spirit Flames, finally nurturing her own to the fourth tier.

"A secret realm? Or the cave of a powerful being at the end of his lifespan? Or a site of ruins?" she wondered aloud, full of curiosity.

She sensed something, and the yellow light screen around her brightened as she dove into the ground and disappeared.

After a while, over a thousand green Monster Beasts, led by a Wolf King at the late stage of the fourth tier, came running from afar.

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Outside the dojo, a golden Escape Light approached rapidly from the distant horizon and stopped with a flicker.

The light gathered, revealing a golden Flying Boat over thirty feet long, with four men and a woman aboard, among them were Wu Yue and Wu Xian.

"Is this a Secret Realm? Or the ruins of some major sect?" Wu Xian asked with curiosity as he gazed at the purple light gate in mid-air.

"We can’t tell anything from the outside, let’s go in and find out," Wu Yue suggested, forming a spell with her hands, guiding the golden Flying Boat towards the purple light gate.

The golden Flying Boat entered the purple light gate without triggering any prohibitions.

An hour later, a Purple Centipede over thirty feet long arrived from afar and halted in mid-air.

Standing atop it were three men and a woman, led by a portly old man in golden robes.

"A purple sun? Could it actually be the dojo of the Ziyang Monarch?" a voluptuous woman in a golden dress speculated curiously.

"Hard to say. We’ll know once we go in. Even if it’s not the dojo of Ziyang Monarch, it’s likely the ruins or secret realm of a major power," the old man in golden robes said gravely.

Wu Tianxin, a Nascent Soul at the middle stage.

"It’s likely that some Cultivators have already gone in to treasure-hunt. Let’s go in and seek our fortune as well. Hopefully, we’ll find something significant," the woman in the golden dress suggested.

Wu Tianxin tested the purple light gate and, finding no prohibitions, finally steered the Purple Centipede into the light gate.

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A gigantic valley surrounded by mountains on three sides, within the valley lay a vast manor.

Most of the manor had collapsed, revealing numerous vacant fields, with the Hundred Eyes Cicada perched on top of the Fire Qilin Beast’s head, and the Green-Eyed Spirit Fox beside it.

Shen Long walked out from within a mostly collapsed green pagoda, his face revealing a thoughtful expression.

"This is actually the cultivation site of the Ziyang Monarch! It seems there must be an inheritance from the Ziyang Monarch here."

Shen Long muttered to himself.

Having found this manor, he had not discovered a single Spiritual Medicine but did find some jade slips.

A few jade slips mentioned the alchemy insights and cultivation insights of the Ziyang Monarch, who in his early years had discovered an unknown Secret Realm and found numerous age-old Spiritual Medicines.

Using these Spiritual Medicines for alchemy, the Ziyang Monarch continually improved his alchemy skills and later transformed this place into his cultivation site, where he pursued his practice.

As for where the Ziyang Monarch’s inheritance was, the jade slips did not mention it, but it should be here.

"If there really is an inheritance, the place where it is stored must be protected by powerful restrictions, unlike this place, which is merely a Spirit Medicine Garden."

Shen Long analyzed.

"I’ll have to rely on you."

Shen Long took out a golden ginseng and fed it to the Hundred Eyes Cicada.

The Hundred Eyes Cicada emitted joyful cicada sounds and its eyes shone with dazzling golden light.

"Eh, a cultivator from the Soul Shattering Palace, Mu Lang is also here."

Shen Long uttered softly with a frown.

The Green-Eyed Spirit Fox opened its mouth and spewed out a large expanse of green fog, enveloping the entire manor.

Not long after, the green fog dissipated, and the manor disappeared, leaving the valley overgrown with weeds.

After a while, a golden lightning flash lit up, revealing a severely wounded Gold-Winged Thunder Eagle.

With a gentle flap of its wings, the Gold-Winged Thunder Eagle flew dozens of li and plummeted rapidly towards the ground.

Its massive body smashed heavily onto the ground, creating a large crater, and its body disintegrated into blood and water at a speed visible to the naked eye, leaving no bones behind.

A green Flying Boat over ten zhang long approached from the distance and halted with a flash, carrying Mu Lang and four others on it.

"No Absorbing Thunder Pearl or Leading Thunder Pearl."

Wu Jiao said with a frown.

"No matter, there actually was a Gold-Winged Thunder Eagle of the fourth tier, late stage here, it’s just unknown whether there are any fifth-tier Monster Beasts."

Mu Lang spoke.

"There is a spatial restriction here. Junior Brother Xu’s Lihuo Falcon has been annihilated by the restriction. It’s unnecessary; we better not fly through the air and trigger the restrictions. That would be troublesome."

Wu Jiao suggested.

Mu Lang nodded, pinching the spell, and the green Flying Boat slowly landed.

After putting away the green Flying Boat, the five of them walked towards a patch of dense green woods not far away and disappeared into the forest.

From beginning to end, they paid no attention to the gigantic valley.

An hour later, a Spiritual Light lit up within the gigantic valley, Shen Long appeared, donning a Concealing Spirit Cloak.

The Illusion Technique of the Green-Eyed Spirit Fox was indeed formidable; Mu Lang didn’t even notice anything unusual.

"A Nascent Soul, late stage, and four Nascent Soul, middle stage, passing through here? Or did they come specifically for the cultivation site?"

Shen Long spoke to himself.

"It seems I need to get ahead of them to obtain the Ziyang Monarch’s inheritance."

Shen Long continued to talk to himself.

Mu Lang and Wu Jiao’s idle talk reminded Shen Long that there were strong spatial restrictions here and it was best not to fly through the air, which significantly reduced their efficiency in exploring the cultivation site; this was good news for Shen Long.

He had the Hundred Eyes Cicada and the Purple Pupil Bead, which made scouting more convenient.

Shen Long took out the Purple Pupil Bead, and it emitted a blinding purple light. He ran towards the northwest, in the opposite direction of Mu Lang and the others.