Ch 122: Dueling Heaven’s Fortune, Invading the Mysteries of the Sun and Moon!
Island, near the center.
In a jungle.
Several Exploration Team members slowly climbed out of the hollow of a giant tree.
“Truly worthy of the 《Spirit-Bright Perception True Understanding》.”
Looking back at the complex and twisted vine dense forest behind them, the Golden-haired Captain couldn’t help but exclaim.
The surrounding team members, upon hearing this, also looked deeply convinced.
They were top talents recruited by Alfonso from all over the world, some had lived alone in the remote wilderness for two years, some had domesticated three lions in the wild, and some had successfully passed six extreme challenges including wingsuit flying… almost all of them possessed unique skills.
Before coming to the island, they had also received a large amount of training related to the island’s ecology, and everyone was full of confidence, believing that they would be able to create unprecedented results and obtain various gains including trophies and fame.
However, after they actually came to the island, they found that the harshness and danger of the island’s environment far exceeded their previous expectations.
Fortunately, after paying a certain price, they still stumbled and walked here, discovering the biggest gain of this trip—the God Tree.
It was a crystal clear tree that looked incredibly magical, located deep in the jungle, and was discovered by chance after repeated patrol flights by a large reconnaissance UAV.
The problem was that some creatures seemed to inhabit the area around the God Tree, and if that was all, they could still clear those creatures through the UAV and try to protect the God Tree.
But because it was deep in the dense forest, not only did a large number of trees grow around it, but also countless thick vines extended and surrounded it, and in some places, let alone UAVs, even mice couldn’t get in.
The Exploration Team had also considered using fire to create a passage, or using chainsaws and oil saws to carve out a path, or even implementing an air drop to land directly near the God Tree.
In the end, these plans were difficult to implement because they had to protect the God Tree, avoid making too much noise, and prevent alarming potential ferocious beasts, and so on.
Later, they formulated a set of the most simple plan, directly letting the Exploration Team walk near the God Tree.
It has to be said that this did indeed save them a lot of trouble, but at the same time, it also brought them new problems.
The environment in the forest was too complex, and in many places, there were no paths after walking for a while, and they could even get lost inside if they were not careful.
They originally had to use various scanning equipment that sometimes worked and sometimes didn’t to explore inside, but fortunately, at this time, Qi Xuan taught the 《Spirit-Bright Perception True Understanding》 on the spot, and the team members were immediately overjoyed, willing to risk offending the investors behind them, and wanted to find a way to learn this Cultivation Technique first.
Fortunately, Alfonso was sensible and gave them the final time.
It is said that sharpening the knife does not delay the work of chopping wood, and that is indeed the case.
After more than half a day of cultivation, the worst in the team had reached the second layer of the 《Spirit-Bright Perception True Understanding》, and the best Innate was about to cultivate the fourth layer.
And with everyone’s mastery and proficiency in this exploration method, they became more and more relaxed in the process of finding their way, and finally successfully found a safe road to the God Tree, arriving near the God Tree at least two or three days in advance.
Looking at the God Tree that was within reach, the team members were all very excited.
A Curly-haired team member suddenly seemed to remember something and murmured:
“The leaves are crystal clear, the branches are like jade… Could it be that the God Tree in front of us is the Clarity Spirit Mother Tree?”
Hearing this speculation, everyone present couldn’t help but look at each other.
The more they looked, the more they felt that the God Tree in front of them was very consistent with Qi Xuan’s description in the Live Stream.
It’s just…
“Don’t you think this tree is too small? According to Qi Xuan, the Mother Tree should be very majestic.”
“Could it be a Sub-tree Clarity Spirit Tree?”
“It should be a Sub-tree.”
“But even if it’s a Sub-tree, we’re rich!”
Confirming the identity of the Clarity Spirit Tree, a group of team members couldn’t help but breathe rapidly.
That was the Clarity Spirit Tree, the Clarity Spirit Tree guarded by a Land Immortal.
Although the Land Immortal had turned into a Four-Armed Monster, the mere existence of the Clarity Spirit Tree could play a huge auxiliary role in researching the identity and related information of the Four-Armed Monster.
And most importantly, the Clarity Spirit Tree also produced Clarity Spirit Jade Dew, which could treat the 【Bone-Spur Disease】.
This Clarity Spirit Jade Dew might be used to deal with the Four-Armed Monster.
At the very least, it could be used to prevent 【Bone-Spur Disease】.
Although everyone hasn’t contracted 【Bone-Spur Disease】 yet, no one can say for sure whether the pathogenic factors of 【Bone-Spur Disease】 have already spread, and whether everyone has become a potential carrier.
Even to avoid the onset of the disease, every household must have at least one portion of Clarity Spirit Jade Dew.
What is this?
This is an unprecedented blue ocean market!
It is conceivable how terrifying the prices those world-class pharmaceutical companies will offer to seize the Clarity Spirit Jade Dew to develop drugs.
Even if they, as the discoverers, only occupy the most insignificant share of it, it is enough to make everyone’s lives worry-free for the rest of their lives.
Thinking of this, even the most calm team members usually couldn’t restrain their inner excitement.
However, discovering that they can occupy a share, successfully harvesting Clarity Spirit Jade Dew will occupy a larger share.
No one will dislike having less money, and everyone immediately discussed how to take control of this Clarity Spirit Tree first.
After all, there are still many creatures inhabiting this tree, and some of them look quite dangerous.
With the previous series of tragic cases, even the most insignificant Insects, everyone dared not be careless anymore.
Just as they were discussing the action plan, a huge Light screen suddenly appeared in the sky.
Seeing this scene, the Golden-haired Captain immediately ordered:
“Johnny, Tucker, the two of you are responsible for watching and recording the Live Stream, and if there is any important information, remember to notify everyone in time, and the rest of you continue to discuss the action plan.”
The two team members immediately took out the miniature cameras they carried with them and recorded the Light screen in the sky.
At the same time.
The Live Stream Room that had just been opened was immediately flooded with countless Barrage:
“Why teach such a useless Cultivation Technique?! I’m divorced now, are you happy? The harmony of society is being destroyed by people like you!!”
“Thanks to Qi God, I have recognized the true faces of the people around me, otherwise I wouldn’t know how long I would be deceived, and it’s just that this Live Stream Room can’t be rewarded, otherwise I would have to give him a hundred rockets!”
“Damn what kind of bullshit Cultivation Technique! If it weren’t for my curiosity to use it in the changing room, I wouldn’t have been caught in the police station! Scam! Big scam!”
“Thank you Qi God! Thank you Qi God! If someone hadn’t helped to solve the pyramid scheme case through the Cultivation Technique, my son might not have been found for several more months, and it’s all thanks to you that our family could reunite! I’m really grateful, wuwuwu…”
“Thank you Uncle Qi Xuan, my dad said that thanks to using the Cultivation Technique to discover the thugs hiding a knife, otherwise, if he wasn’t careful, he might have been stabbed, thank you Uncle Qi Xuan for protecting my dad.”
“Wuwuwu, Qi God, do we have a simpler exploration Cultivation Technique? I’ve practiced for almost a day and haven’t even gotten into the first layer, what should I do? I say I don’t want to learn it outside, but I really can’t learn it, save the child!”
“I found that this Cultivation Technique can be used to distinguish the strength of the Innate, and those who can cultivate the fourth layer in a short period of time must be geniuses with great talent, and it is possible to achieve Land Immortal in the future, and those who cannot learn the fourth layer will definitely be Android Innate, and they may only be a Grandmaster in this lifetime.”
“Grandmaster? I heard that someone has already broken through to Grandmaster.”
“Are you kidding? How long has it been? How could someone break through to Grandmaster?”
“Fake news undoubtedly, not Qi God, with such a great Martial Dao talent, it’s impossible to think about it.”
“The most important thing is that we don’t have so many Spiritual Items on the ground to supplement people, Innate is fine, Grandmaster is like a dream.”
“Forget about Grandmaster, let Qi God teach another Cultivation Technique, there are many people who can’t practice the 《Spirit-Bright Perception True Understanding》, at least teach another one to give everyone more choices!”
“Ah yes yes yes, that’s it! Although I have already practiced the 《Spirit-Bright Perception True Understanding》 to the fourth layer, I unconditionally support your appeal, my friend!”
“Another one! Another one!”
“Encore! Encore!”
“Haha, it’s a star-chasing scene.”
……
In front of the camera, Qi Xuan, riding Sunday, smiled calmly:
“It has been almost twenty hours since I taught the 《Spirit-Bright Perception True Understanding》. Although the last three layers of this Cultivation Technique are a bit difficult, the first few layers are still very easy. I believe everyone should have practiced to the third or fourth layer, right?”
The netizens couldn’t hold back when they heard this:
“You motherfucker, make up for the layers I owe!”
“Ah? I actually practiced to the third layer a long time ago, and I can’t get started?”
“Hahaha, I said I was already on the fourth layer, right? Why lock me up in a mental hospital?!”
“Qi God, I suggest you learn from Bai Juyi, Bai Juyi would first ask the nearby elders if they could understand before composing a poem, you might as well ask Sunday how well they understand before teaching the Cultivation Technique, so you can teach the Cultivation Technique in a simple and easy-to-understand way.”
“Is it possible that Sunday can learn it, but some people can’t?”
“Damn, people are not as good as pigs, it’s embodied at this moment.”
……
After chatting and rambling for a few more sentences, Qi Xuan didn’t delay any longer and soon got to the point:
“When we killed that Illusionary Body Demon Vine before, we had already discovered the specific location of the Clarity Spirit Mother Tree. We traveled a long distance yesterday, and it is estimated that we should be able to reach the destination today. Let’s see what the situation of the Clarity Spirit Mother Tree is? What will be the fate of those hidden geniuses?”
Saying that, he casually patted Sunday.
Sunday went forward quickly, da da da.
Along the way, the person and the pig both seemed more vigilant.
Because this area should belong to the Nangong Family’s Territory, even if they don’t encounter the Four-Armed Monster that was previously transformed by Nangong Wuji, they might encounter other Monsters transformed by Foundation Stage.
Of course, if it’s other Foundation Stage, the threat might be much smaller than Nangong Wuji.
Because in the entire Nangong Family, the only one who could defeat Nangong Wuji was the Patriarch who asked for help from the Upper Sect and then mysteriously disappeared. The other party was a real Foundation Stage Complete, although he had lost the hope of advancing to Golden Core due to old age and physical decline, his combat power was beyond doubt, and only Foundation Stage Complete could compete with him if Golden Core didn’t appear.
In addition, the Nangong Family also had two other Foundation Stage Later Stage, one of whom was the Second Elder who died suddenly from illness, and the other was the Fourth Elder Nangong Wuji.
Besides them, the crazy Great Elder and the murdered Third Elder were both Foundation Stage Mid-Stage, as for the other Elders and family retainers, they were only at the Foundation Stage Mid-Stage to Foundation Stage Early Stage.
Therefore, in theory, as long as they don’t encounter the Patriarch and Nangong Wuji, even if they encounter other Foundation Stage in this area, they can at least escape.
After all, two hundred years have passed, and even Nangong Wuji, who was so strong, has now regressed to Foundation Stage Early Stage, and the remaining Foundation Stage Mid-Stage and Early Stage may have already regressed to Qi Condensation, or even died on the spot.
In comparison, the danger of exploration may be more concentrated on the Demon Beasts and even Demon Plants lurking in various places.
Many Demon Beasts and Demon Plants, even if their Realm is not high, often cause unexpected harm because of their special talents or properties.
For example, the Single horn Cultivator who stole the Jade Void Token before, Nangong Wuji sent the family’s law enforcement team to investigate, and the team members were all at the Qi Condensation Later Stage, and under normal circumstances, it was easy to encircle and kill Qi Condensation Complete, who would have thought that they would eventually die under the explosion of the seeds of the Earth Firefly Tree, becoming food for the seeds to develop.
Therefore, they must be careful of the fatal crisis hidden in the surrounding environment.
After running forward for more than half an hour, Qi Xuan’s footsteps slowly stopped.
The netizens in the Live Stream Room were wondering, and then they saw Qi Xuan pointing to the area overgrown with grass and trees, and said calmly:
“A battle once broke out here.”
“As for why I can make this judgment, it’s not just because the surrounding Woods are growing unevenly and at different heights, and it’s obvious that they have experienced different degrees of destruction, but also because I saw some weapon fragments.”
“But the most important thing is those few Bloodsucking Vines.”
Saying that, Qi Xuan pointed to those vines in the grass that looked withered and shriveled as if they had died long ago.
“Don’t look at these vines as if they have already withered, but that’s all an illusion.”
“This is the Bloodsucking Vine in a state of starvation, in order to avoid being starved to death, deliberately reducing consumption and entering a state of suspended animation.
At the same time, this state of suspended animation is also a very good disguise, which can make Cultivators or Ferocious beasts ignore it.
And once they pass by nearby, the Bloodsucking Vines will suddenly erupt and immediately entangle them for sucking.
At first, the victims may still struggle, but the Bloodsucking Vines will continuously inject hallucinogens and painkillers into the victims’ bodies while sucking.
Therefore, if they are accidentally entangled by the Bloodsucking Vines, and they can’t break free at first, they may not be saved later.”
“Let’s do an experiment first.”
Saying that, Qi Xuan casually threw a stone, knocking down a poisonous snake that was about to launch a sneak attack on him.
Then he threw the wrist-thick poisonous snake directly into the vines.
The seemingly withered vines suddenly came alive and pounced on the poisonous snake like lightning.
As if aware of something wrong, the poisonous snake struggled violently, but the thorns all over the Bloodsucking Vines had already pierced into the poisonous snake’s body.
Watching the poisonous snake, which was still struggling fiercely just now, become slower and slower, while the Bloodsucking Vines sucked more and more quickly.
Even the netizens could hear the faint gurgling sound.
Later, the wrist-thick poisonous snake seemed to have turned into a snake jerky.
Even the flesh and blood were devoured by the Bloodsucking Vines.
And after devouring enough flesh and blood, several Bloodsucking Vines became green and shiny, very brilliant.
Then, as if they hadn’t eaten enough, they rushed towards Qi Xuan.
“The teaching explanation is complete, so it’s time to take down this guy next.”
Qi Xuan took out the Magic Artifact remnant blade, rushed directly to the front, and casually waved it a few times, and the fiercely pouncing Bloodsucking Vines were immediately chopped to pieces.
To be honest, the more Qi Xuan dealt with these Demon Plants, the more he found this Magic Artifact remnant blade useful.
If he didn’t have this thing, relying on the equipment in his hands, he wouldn’t know how long he would be entangled by these tough things.
After he finished cutting, Qi Xuan explained in detail the various characteristics and methods of exterminating the Bloodsucking Vines.
Deep in the jungle of the Island, Johnny and Tucker, who were watching the Live Stream, couldn’t help but be startled.
“Stop! Captain!”
“Stop it!”
They finally stopped the team members who were about to clear the creatures around the tree.
Seeing their puzzled expressions, Johnny said in a hurry with the fastest speed of his life:
“That’s not the Clarity Spirit Tree at all!!”
“That’s a whole tree made up of countless Bloodsucking Vines!”
He pointed to the creatures surrounding the tree and said:
“Have you noticed that those creatures don’t move much, and they all look like they’re asleep, with very poor energy?”
“That’s not because they have poor energy, but because they are used as food and are deliberately kept nearby by the Bloodsucking Vines.”
“On the one hand, to attract Ferocious beasts from outside to hunt, and on the other hand, they can be used at any time when they are hungry.”
“The Bloodsucking Vines are glowing green all over, and the branches and leaves are crystal clear like jade, precisely because they have eaten enough.”
“But even if they have eaten enough, they will still launch a strong attack when faced with food delivered to their door.”
“Don’t go there to die!!”
Saying that, he hurriedly unfolded the miniature camera to everyone.
After watching Qi Xuan’s detailed explanation of the Bloodsucking Vines in the recorded broadcast, everyone present, including the Golden-haired Captain, couldn’t help but break out in a cold sweat.
It’s okay to mistake the Spiritual Item, and there’s no gain.
But if they really went forward and lost their lives in vain, that would be a loss to their grandmother’s house.
“Leave here quickly and spread the news!”
The group of people didn’t delay any longer, and quietly retreated, even daring not to make a sound of breathing.
Along the giant tree hollow they came from, they slowly climbed to the outside, retreating all the way, until they couldn’t see the brilliant and crystal clear Bloodsucking Vine Tree in the distance, and everyone couldn’t help but breathe a long sigh of relief.
The Golden-haired Captain simply collapsed on the ground.
He made a cross gesture on his body and murmured to himself:
“I, I will donate a school to Da Qian after I go back, I heard that they like schools very much, and Qi God should be happy to see it too.”
Hearing his words, the people around also gave rise to various thoughts of repaying the favor.
……
After the Live Stream ended, Qi Xuan didn’t leave the place.
He simply took out a claw of the Six-Clawed Black Serpent and started digging on the ground near the Bloodsucking Vines, like plowing the land.
Sunday, seeing this, also used a pair of sturdy front legs to dig hard on the ground.
After a while, the person and the pig dug out several large pits.
And they turned out many skeletons from the pits.
After piecing them together, there were probably seven.
In addition to the skeletons, there were also some rusted weapons, and even the clothes, shoes, and other things that hadn’t completely rotted.
“Sure enough, a battle took place here.”
The Bloodsucking Vines shouldn’t have grown in this place, because the environment here conflicts with its preferences.
But the Bloodsucking Vines were found here.
The truth is only one—
Someone planted the Bloodsucking Vines here.
Or rather, someone used the Bloodsucking Vines as a weapon here.
Yes, the Bloodsucking Vines can also become weapons.
Not to mention the various control-type spells that Cultivators can master, just by raising and taming the Bloodsucking Vines in the early stages, they can become good helpers in battle.
When fighting, releasing the Bloodsucking Vines can make them attack the designated opponent, and even if they can’t kill the opponent, they can greatly limit the opponent’s range of activities.
It is even more possible to lock in the victory in advance with the cooperation of the controlling vine Cultivator.
So the question is, which two parties were involved in the battle?
Judging by the clothes, accessories, and the remaining battle marks on the scene.
One side is naturally the Cultivators of the Nangong Family.
The other side comes from another group, or rather, a family.
The reason why they say that is because they all carry the same token.
And their attack marks are very similar, indicating that they are practicing the same type of Cultivation Technique.
As for why these two parties would fight?
According to the traces on the scene, it is very likely that the Cultivators of the Nangong Family were ambushed.
Among the seven dead, five belonged to the Nangong Family, and if nothing unexpected happened, they should be the family geniuses who rushed to the Clarity Spirit Mother Tree.
Considering that many family members had opposed Nangong Wuji and were unwilling to let the family geniuses enter the Mother Tree.
Then it is normal for this group of geniuses to be intercepted and killed.
Someone must have leaked the information to the opposing family, or simply bribed the Evil Cultivators.
After all, only the family geniuses enjoyed the final benefits of the Mother Tree, but they could only linger outside and die in pain, and everyone would feel unbalanced.
Since they wanted to protect the family geniuses so much, then kill them all, and let Nangong Wuji’s efforts be completely in vain, so that the Clarity Spirit Jade Dew condensed by the Mother Tree might be distributed to them.
Qi Xuan understood the thoughts of those people almost instantly.
“Really ruthless.”
Qi Xuan looked at a Nangong Family genius whose sternum had been shattered.
This genius was also Qi Condensation Complete.
The attacker was undoubtedly Foundation Stage.
Foundation Stage leading the team, a group of Qi Condensation Later Stage assisting.
With such a lineup, it stands to reason that it would be easy to destroy a group of Qi Condensation geniuses.
But perhaps before these geniuses left, Nangong Wuji knew that the road would not be peaceful, so he prepared weapons for defense and even escape in advance.
That’s why only five people died, and they even counterattacked and killed two of the other side.
The rest should have escaped.
It is unknown whether they can successfully reach the Mother Tree.
After all, there may be ambushes on this next section of the road.
And these ambushes may come from other families.
“The families are fighting each other, and the Dueling Heaven Sect doesn’t take good care of them.”
“These are all its Subordinates.”
“But then again, the Dueling Heaven Sect itself may have problems, so how can it have the mind to care about the lives of the families below.”
Qi Xuan shook his head and sighed.
Mentioning the Dueling Heaven Sect, he couldn’t help but think of the Heaven-Seizing Hand Ring he picked up before.
He didn’t know what relationship this Jade Ring had with the Dueling Heaven Sect.
Qi Xuan looked at the hand ring on his left wrist.
Suddenly, he noticed that something was wrong.
When he took off the hand ring and turned it over to look inside.
He saw that the original 【Heaven-Seizing】 characters had, at some point, turned into a line—
【Seizing the Fortune of Heaven and Earth, Invading the Profound Secrets of the Sun and Moon】.
