Immortal Venerable of the Beast Race
Chapter 489 - 397 Great opportunity obtained (none left today)_1

Chapter 489: 397 Great opportunity obtained (none left today)_1

The doors of Ziyang Hall were tightly closed. Shen Long’s Divine Sense touched the doors and was blocked by a mysterious force.

Shen Long flicked his sleeve, and a talisman emitting yellow light flew out, turning into a tall, yellow-robed youth.

With a pinch of his spell, the yellow-robed youth strode towards Ziyang Hall and arrived at its entrance.

The youth’s fists moved, slamming hard against the great doors of Ziyang Hall. Two dull thuds resounded, but the doors of Ziyang Hall didn’t budge an inch.

Countless arcane runes emerged on the doors of Ziyang Hall, quickly coalescing into the pattern of a purple sun, from which a thick purple pillar of fire shot out, striking the yellow-robed youth.

A huge booming noise erupted, and the purple fire engulfed the figure of the yellow-robed youth.

Shen Long was startled and, with a flicker of his body, appeared dozens of yards away.

Numerous yellow talismans emerged in front of him, taking the form of the yellow-robed youth, whose talismanic runes on his body were dim—clearly, the Rune Soldier was heavily damaged.

Shen Long took out the Lihuo Stick and infused it with mana.

The Lihuo Stick burst forth with dazzling red light, smashing towards the great doors of Ziyang Hall.

With a thunderous boom, the doors shattered into pieces, revealing a spacious and bright hall with a bluestone corridor on each side, the hall itself was completely empty.

The eyes of the Hundred Eyes Cicada shone brightly with golden light as it failed to detect any prohibitions in the hall.

Shen Long made a pinching motion, and the Rune Soldier walked in and made a round inside the hall without encountering anything unusual.

The Rune Soldier headed down the bluestone corridor to the left, with Shen Long following closely behind.

After a dozen steps or so, Shen Long arrived at the end, where three tightly shut stone chamber doors came into view.

Shen Long opened his mouth and a clump of blue flames flew out, landing on the door of the stone chamber.

The flames engulfed the door, which quickly showed numerous cracks. The cracks expanded, and the door shattered, revealing a stone chamber over a hundred yards in size.

Inside the chamber was a formation several dozen yards wide, upon which lay thousands of uniformly sized sockets, each containing a greyish-white stone.

Shen Long collected the Spirit Stones from the sockets, causing the chamber’s restraints to cease operating.

He then opened the door of the second stone chamber; in the bottom left corner was a green stone shelf filled with numerous Jade Slips and a red cushion on the floor.

Shen Long strode in, approached the shelf, and picked up a green Jade Slip, immersing his Divine Sense into it.

Less than half an hour later, Shen Long put down the last Jade Slip.

The content of these Jade Slips was variegated, mostly related to the Qianyang Realm. One of the Jade Slips mentioned the Tianyuan Realm and contained two fifth-grade Pill Formulas.

"Jiuyan Pill, Seven-Treasure Glaze Pill."

Shen Long’s expression was one of excitement.

The Jiuyan Pill had the effect of advancing essence spiritual power, while the Seven-Treasure Glaze Pill could help Nascent Soul Cultivators in their assault on the Divinity Transformation Stage, increasing the chances by ten percent, though the effects were not cumulative.

A Jade Slip mentioned the cultivation of the Seven-Treasure Glaze Fruit tree, indicating that this place might have one.

Shen Long collected all the Jade Slips and walked out.

He opened the door to the third stone chamber and saw a hundred-yard stone chamber with some red dead skin scattered on the floor, similar to that shed by Spirit Beasts.

Shen Long and the Rune Soldier left the bluestone corridor and went to the one on the right. After a dozen steps, they reached the end, which also had three tightly shut stone chamber doors.

Shen Long breathed out a stream of blue flames, which landed on the door of the first stone chamber, and soon, the door shattered into pieces.

"Seven-Treasure Glaze Fruit tree!"

Shen Long’s gaze landed on a silver fruit tree over two yards tall with elliptical green fruits hanging from the branches, the leaves shimmering silver.

The ground was littered with numerous fruit cores. The Seven-Treasure Glaze Fruit tree had matured many times, its fruits falling naturally without proper storage, culminating in their destruction.

The Seven-Treasure Glaze Fruit tree had a long growth cycle of four thousand five hundred years, and its fruits would only mature when they turned silvery-white, which had not happened yet.

Shen Long collected the fruit cores from the ground, summoned the Tree Person, laid down a Formation, and then brought out the Qinglian Vase, carefully transplanting the Seven-Treasure Glaze Fruit tree.

He opened the door to the second stone chamber, where a unique fragrance of medicine wafted out.

Inside was a hundred-zhang pool filled with a silver-white liquid, where two Qixia Jade Lotuses could be seen. Their buds were blooming, revealing a miniature Seven-Colored Rainbow Bridge within.

"Qixia Jade Lotus!"

Shen Long gasped in astonishment, his voice trembling.

Qixia Jade Lotuses that were over ten thousand years old could greatly increase the mutation chances of Spirit Beasts, Spirit Insects, and Spirit Birds below the fifth rank; and these two Qixia Jade Lotuses were indeed over ten thousand years old.

"This must be Silver Moon True Water."

Staring at the silver liquid in the pool, Shen Long murmured softly.

Silver Moon True Water is a fifth-rank Spirit Water, formed maybe once in tens of thousands of years. The Qixia Jade Lotus must grow in the Silver Moon True Water, as cultivation with any other Spirit Water would result in their quick demise, making them extremely precious.

Shen Long carefully excavated the two Qixia Jade Lotuses and brought out a blue gourd to collect all of the Silver Moon True Water.

He opened the door to the third stone chamber, which contained a Six Cleansing Bamboo that had grown for tens of thousands of years.

"Six Cleansing Bamboo!"

Shen Long’s expression turned excited.

With the help of the Tree Person, along with a fourth-rank Array and the Qinglian Vase, Shen Long managed to transplant the Six Cleansing Bamboo with ease.

"It seems highly likely that Ziyang Monarch has met with an accident. If he ascended to the Spirit Realm, he wouldn’t have bothered to plant Spiritual Medicines and Spirit Fruits here specifically."

Shen Long speculated.

Ziyang Monarch was from the ranks of Loose Cultivators; he had no reason to go to such lengths to remodel a Secret Realm and plant Spirit Wood, Spiritual Medicine, and Spirit Fruit Trees before his ascension.

Shen Long had a daring guess: Ziyang Monarch had been cultivating in secret all this time, and upon going out to deal with an affair, he met his demise.

"It seems this is my great opportunity! The result of Fairy Du’s divination must be the second great fortune."

Shen Long said excitedly, striding towards the exit.

The Hundred Eyes Cicada emitted a piercing chirp, making Shen Long’s eyebrows furrow.

"Eh, a Witch Clan Cultivator! Humph, enemies really do cross paths often."

Shen Long let out a light ’eh’, his face full of murderous intent.

"No, that’s a fifth-rank Monster Beast!"

Shen Long’s complexion changed.

He quickly retracted the Tree Person and the others into the Spirit Beast Bracelet and transformed into a streak of Escape Light, descending at the foot of the mountain.

A deafening boom echoed from far in the sky, as a huge ball of red firelight shot up, extremely conspicuous.

Shen Long’s body radiated a brilliant yellow glow as he dove underground, leaving the place.

Passing swiftly over a lush green mountain range, Wu Yue was in a state of panic.

Her right leg was gone as if severed by an invisible force, blood streaming down.

A loud roar echoed, and a gigantic red beast claw appeared out of nowhere, swooping down easily shattering Wu Yue’s Protective Spirit Light.

Wu Yue brought out a golden shield to fend off the red beast claw. The shield hit her hard, its surface cracking all over.

Wu Yue plummeted towards the ground, spitting out a mouthful of Essence Blood, her energy faltering.

A red firelight illuminated the void, revealing a massive Fire Qilin Beast that appeared out of nowhere, its limbs wrapped in scorching flames, emitting terrifying Spirit Pressure.

The Fire Qilin Beast opened its gaping maw, spewing out a beam of red light that enveloped Wu Yue’s body, sweeping her into its mouth and swallowing her whole.

The Fire Qilin Beast let out a resounding roar and turned into a streak of Red Escape Light, flying back the way it came and leaving the area.