Immortal Venerable of the Beast Race
Chapter 532: Fifth Order Flood Dragon_1

Chapter 532: Fifth Order Flood Dragon_1

"Fairy Chu, why did you personally go out to scout for information?"

Shen Long casually asked.

"Since I’m free anyway, my incarnate form still falls short compared to my true body, so it’s better I take action myself,"

Chu Buyu explained.

After all, an incarnate is only an advanced puppet, incapable of independent thought, with many shortcomings.

It was safer for Chu Buyu to personally go out and gather information.

"Fairy Chu, how is the situation at the front lines?"

Shen Long broached the serious topic.

"It’s intense. The Jade Huan Realm and the Purple Charm Clan have joined the battle, increasing the casualties. Many veteran Nascent Soul Cultivators from our Qianyang Realm have fallen, and, by the way, the Tianyuan Tribe is offering a high bounty for our heads. The Human Clan also knows about our attack on the Green Flood Dragon Mountain Range and that you have a Divine Soul Divine Treasure,"

Chu Buyu slowly said.

"Many veteran Nascent Soul Cultivators have died?"

Shen Long’s brow furrowed tightly, just as he had expected—Nascent Soul Cultivators were merely high-level cannon fodder in this war.

"If we return to the front lines, we’ll have to fight the Tianyuan Tribe and the Purple Charm Clan sooner or later, and we’ll probably die at the hands of heterodox cultivators. The Soul Transformation Cultivator from the Black Tiger Tribe is personally leading the chase to capture us. If we show ourselves on the front lines, he might personally take action against us,"

Chu Buyu’s expression was grave.

Now, returning to the front lines was not a wise choice, the disadvantages far outweighing the benefits.

Shen Long’s brows were tightly knitted. Being targeted by a Soul Transformation Cultivator, if they showed themselves on the front lines, they would be lucky to even leave behind an intact corpse.

"Then let’s just stay here and continue our cultivation. Anyway, we’re not short of resources,"

Shen Long said.

Shen Hai took out an array plate that was flickering with yellow light and said with a frown, "The outer warning array has been triggered. There’s a living being approaching."

Shen Long’s brow knitted, and he released the Hundred Eyes Cicada.

The eyes of the Hundred Eyes Cicada lit up with a piercing golden light as it scouted the outside situation.

"It’s a Tianyuan Tribe cultivator,"

Shen Long said with a frown.

"What are they doing entering the North Cold Ice Plain? Are they looking for us?"

Chu Buyu asked somewhat nervously.

"It’s unlikely. There are only three of them. Let’s go out and see what they want,"

Shen Long suggested.

A continuous expanse of white mountain ranges, where gusts of cold wind blew fiercely, and snowflakes fluttered.

Three Tianyuan Tribe cultivators, two men and a woman, flew through the sky, their aura indicating that they were all at the Nascent Soul Stage.

A tall and thin young man in a white robe held a Law Disk that pulsed with white light; their expressions were tense.

"We’ve got the short straw this time. I hope we don’t run into it,"

The young man in the white robe said with a worried face.

A piercing, ear-splitting shriek rang out, causing the three of them to feel dizzy and tumble down from the sky.

A flash of red light revealed a towering red spire, appearing directly above the trio.

The red tower sprayed out a beam of red light that enveloped the three people in white robes, pulling them into the tower.

Shen Long and Chu Buyu emerged from underground, with Chu Buyu flying into the red tower.

Shen Long flipped his right hand, and the Purple Pupil Bead appeared. He infused it with mana, and the bead emitted a blinding spiritual light.

Within a radius of five hundred miles, Shen Long did not detect any other Tianyuan Tribe cultivators.

Before long, Chu Buyu flew out from the red tower and said, "There’s actually a fifth-stage Ice Flood Dragon here."

"What! A fifth-stage Ice Flood Dragon? How come the other Tianyuan Tribe cultivators don’t know about this?"

Shen Long exclaimed in surprise.

When they went out to scout the area, they usually went far and wide, targeting cultivators from other tribes of the Tianyuan Tribe.

Shen Long had killed over a dozen Nascent Soul cultivators from the Tianyuan Tribe, and after searching their souls, none were aware of the existence of the fifth-stage Ice Flood Dragon.

"The fifth-stage Ice Flood Dragon has appeared for over a hundred years and has always been in the North Cold Ice Plain. As for why the Tianyuan Tribe hasn’t exterminated this dragon, first, the space in the depths of the North Cold Ice Plain is unstable, and second, our Human Clan has been making advances, causing the Tianyuan Tribe’s higher-ups to seal off the news and periodically send people to patrol, mainly to prevent the dragon from leaving the North Cold Ice Plain and causing chaos,"

Chu Buyu explained.

"I wonder why they set up a warning array at the entrance, it’s to prevent this jiao from escaping. Are these three here to patrol?"

Shen Long wondered.

"Yes! They brought with them the Spiritual Treasure, the Flood Dragon Seeking Disk. This treasure has a strand of the Ice Flood Dragon’s essence blood refined into it. When controlled by a Nascent Soul Cultivator, it can sense the position of the jiao within five hundred li. They’re mainly investigating whether the fifth-grade Ice Flood Dragon is in the North Cold Ice Plain."

Chu Buyu spoke slowly.

"Flood Dragon Seeking Disk! What do they need to investigate the whereabouts of a fifth-grade Ice Flood Dragon for? To kill the Ice Flood Dragon or is there another purpose?"

Shen Long asked curiously.

"Not clear. The Soul Transformation Cultivators of the Tianyuan Tribe didn’t tell them the specific purpose. This place is no longer safe; we should move somewhere else!"

Chu Buyu suggested.

"What’s the purity of the bloodline of this fifth-grade Ice Flood Dragon?"

Shen Long pressed on.

"It can already speak the human tongue, not easy to deal with, or else the Soul Transformation Cultivators of the Tianyuan Tribe would have slaughtered it long ago."

Chu Buyu explained.

"It seems it really isn’t safe here. Let’s move to another place!"

Shen Long said, and they left the area.

In the depths of the North Cold Ice Plain, a hidden underground ice cave.

A gigantic White Flood Dragon lay on the ground, motionless, with its eyes tightly shut.

Not far away stood a thirty-foot-tall white fruit tree, on which hung dozens of oval-shaped white fruits, with white leaves shaped like blades.

The White Flood Dragon suddenly opened its eyes, opened its huge mouth, and with a fierce inhale, the stems of three white fruits snapped.

The three white fruits flew into its mouth and were swallowed down. The Ice Flood Dragon then closed its eyes.

...

In the Tianyuan Mountain Range, the Tianyuan Garden.

Yin Shi, Yin Qing, Yin Hao, and a pale-faced old man in golden robes gathered inside a blue stone pavilion, discussing something.

"Taoist Friend Bi, you’re finally back. What happened exactly, how did two fellow cultivators perish?"

Yin Shi asked with a frown.

"We were traveling from the Purple Pupil Realm to the Qingmei Realm. While passing through the inter-world passage, we were caught in a crossfire between two Monster Beasts. My defense treasures were all destroyed, and I suffered heavy injuries. Taoist Friend Yin and the others had their paths extinguished."

The old man in golden robes explained.

Bi Yuan, Soul Transformation Middle Stage.

"Affected by the Monster Beasts’ fight?"

Yin Qing asked in surprise.

"Strictly speaking, it affected the interface passage. I was at the front and made it to the Qingmei Realm before the passage was destroyed, also with heavy injuries. Taoist Friend Yin and the others weren’t so lucky; they were erased by the aftermath of the fight."

Bi Yuan explained.

After convalescing for many years in the Qingmei Realm, he once again used the Tianyuan Sword to break through the interface and returned to the Purple Pupil Realm.

"What kind of Monster Beasts’ fight was so fierce that just the aftermath could erase a Soul Transformation Cultivator?"

Yin Hao said with a frown.

"The aftermath isn’t what’s scary, but rather the inter-world forces. We can’t survive within the Real Domain; forces like the primal wind, space storms, and the like are all threats."

Bi Yuan said.

In simple terms, for a cultivator to travel to another world, they need to establish an inter-world passage between the two worlds.

Once the inter-world passage is destroyed, cultivators stranded within the Real Domain have a very low chance of survival.

"Did you find out where the spatial node from Qingmei Realm to Tianyuan Realm is?"

Yin Qing asked.

"I did find out, but they’ve sent several Soul Transformation Cultivators to guard it. I wasn’t completely confident, so I had to return first."

Bi Yuan explained.

"It’s good that you’re back. You had a hard time. Rest well first."

Yin Shi consoled.

After chatting idly for a while, Bi Yuan went down to rest.