Chapter 294: The Ten-Thousand-Year Divine Wood (Part 2)
"..."
Chen Sansi gently lowered the raised Zi Lei Bow.
Perhaps I don't need to help after all.
Moreover...
He looked at the heavenly materials and earthly treasures before him, wanting to cultivate them for ten thousand years. It seems he would need to consume the entire half-bottle of Divine Wood Spirit Liquid he had seen previously.
But time is absolutely insufficient.
Even if it's accelerated growth, it takes time. Otherwise, the Bai Family members wouldn't need internal assessments every few years to exchange qualifications for Opening Scenic God.
Either, in that case, they previously consumed the other half of the Spirit Liquid entirely to cultivate Shock God Willow Wood, which doesn't make sense either.
If that were the case, where would the Bai Family's resources come from over the years?
Two possibilities.
Firstly, the Bai Family secretly has a large amount of nine-colored Divine Wood Spirit Liquid.
Secondly, it's Chen Sansi's prior judgment. The Bai Family has been hiding something that's not Divine Wood Spirit Liquid, but something else, which coincidentally can also cultivate heavenly materials and earthly treasures, having a similar effect to Spirit Liquid.
Combining dialogues and observations, it's clearly more likely to be the latter.
What the Bai Family said, preparing to present the treasure to someone, is probably referring to the Qingxu Sect.
Chen Sansi didn't act rashly and continued to observe secretly.
Bai Xifeng raised the Thunder Sword high, resembling a Divine Willow growing for ten thousand years unfolding above his head. Each willow branch emitted azure spirit light, dancing wildly with the storm, looking like dense thunder rolling.
His one-arm sliced down with the sword, and thousands of transformed thunder rolled down!
"Boom——"
How could Zhao Xun and the others dare to take it head-on? They displayed their strongest escape techniques to scatter in various directions, but even so, they couldn't entirely avoid the impact.
In the sweep of the storm, Jiang Shang spun like a top in the air, flying backward for hundreds of feet before barely stabilizing himself by embedding the more than ten-foot golden blade into the ground.
Under the Eighth Prince Zhao Xun, the Zouwu immediately died violently under several thunderbolts containing storm, while he himself spewed a mist of blood, crashing onto the broken stone tablet of "Night Spring Pond," and couldn't stand up for a long time.
The Hall Master of the Seven Kill Sect, Cao Dongjun, managed to prevent injury by presenting several defensive magical artifacts, but didn't dare to approach rashly.
Additionally, two early-stage Foundation Establishment demon cultivators died on the spot!
"Bones of the grave!"
Zhao Xun's face twisted fiercely, forcing himself to climb up and wipe the blood off his mouth with his sleeve: "Everyone, don't panic, use formation to stall him, he won't last long!"
"Array initiate!!!"
"..."
Blood-red iron chains emerged from the ground, flying like venomous snakes towards the one-armed old man.
Under the night sky, the Thunder Sword swung, and within the storm, azure thunder, wherever it passed, destroyed all evil.
The Second-Tier Array couldn't harm Bai Xifeng, who wielded the Divine Willow of ten thousand years, but he himself was a flickering candle in the wind, how could he sustain long-term driving of magical treasure?
With every swing of the Thunder Sword, the speed of the one-armed old man visibly slowed down, needing to take elixir pills and breathe heavily each time after his moves later on.
Even so, no one could get close!
"Bai Xifeng!"
Zhao Xun shouted fiercely: "You've used heavenly materials and earthly treasures to extend your life multiple times, your lifespan has long reached the limit, and today you're heavily injured, how much longer can you live?!
"What are you still holding onto?
"Even if you leave with the golden clay sculpture, you absolutely can't achieve a Golden Body!"
"Old Zhao, don't be anxious. Before I die, I'll take you with me!"
"Ah——"
Bai Xifeng roared to the sky, consumed essence blood again to drive the Ten Thousand Years Thunder Sword, thrusting a sword towards the heavenly dome like Kang Jinlong soaring to the sky.
"Boom——"
After a ground-shaking tremor, the formation arranged by demon cultivators in advance also created a huge gap, unable to trap people anymore.
The Wind Breathing Technique is a rare martial arts technique that can fly in the True Power Realm.
Bai Xifeng stepped on the Thunderbolt Sword, almost turning into a bolt of lightning, disappearing in the blink of an eye, vanishing without a trace.
All disturbances abruptly stopped, around Night Spring Pond, only remnants of broken wood, corpses, and destroyed magical artifacts were left.
People didn't pursue further.
"Hiss..."
The Eighth Prince Zhao Xun clutched his chest, taking deep breaths, trembling as he sat down on the ground, started recuperating by consuming elixir pills.
Jiang Shang snorted coldly: "This old undead indeed had an ace in his hand! Luckily, Master Cao had prepared a chain of strategies, next, it should be foolproof."
Cao Dongjun folded his hands behind his back, just stared in the direction the old man left, without saying a word.
"Hehe~"
Zhao Xun reopened his eyes, sneered: "Bai Xifeng never dreamed, we knew all along that we couldn't keep him, intentionally let him go, with this departure, the grand plan is already half achieved."
"Yes."
Jiang Shang said angrily: "If it weren't for those fools from the Shengyun Sect suddenly running to Beiyang, things wouldn't be so troublesome. Going round and round, in the end, it's just to hold back Shouzhongzi!"
"Someone's coming."
Cao Dongjun looked into the distance and said: "The plan is complete, it's not safe to stay here any longer."
"Let's go!"
"Buzz—"
Various flying artifacts appeared, and everyone left one after another.
"Deliberate?"
Chen Sansi caught key information from bits and pieces.
These people...
They actually deliberately handed the Golden Earth Clay to the Bai Family Ancestor?!
Could it be that there's something wrong with the Golden Earth Clay?
Chen Sansi suddenly recalled that the appearance of the Golden Earth Clay was because the Demon Cultivators used a special item as bait to lure it out.
This indicates that this group is very familiar with the Golden Earth Clay and likely tampered with it in advance.
He had no evidence for this suspicion, but once he went back, he could at least warn the Bai Family to be cautious.
Chen Sansi no longer stayed in hiding, used the Earth Tunneling Talisman to leave the area, and then disguised himself as a Loose Cultivator watching the excitement, heading back to Night Spring Pond.
The commotion just now was quite large, at least dozens of people were gathering around.
"What's going on?!"
"It must be that another treasure has appeared!"
"..."
Chen Sansi had changed his appearance in advance, so he didn't worry about being exposed, deliberately approaching ahead, wanting to see if he could encounter a few sect disciples.
The main resources he needed to collect, he had finished gathering, and next, it was time to deal with the matters related to the Guiyuan Sect.
Sure enough.
Disciples from the Shengyun Sect, Guiyuan Sect, and a few other sects arrived one after another, expressing their amazement in unison.
"Last time, a Demon Locust Tree Heart appeared near here, I suppose just now another Third Rank treasure has appeared!"
"We came too late!"
"Knowing this, we shouldn't have left after searching during the day."
"Right, Brother Wang Jun?"
"..."
"Senior Brother is right."
Wang Jun answered respectfully: "But if it's meant to be, it's meant to be; if not, then it's our fate. We shouldn't be upset over this, there are many unexplored areas in the Secret Realm, there are sure to be more treasures."
"Makes sense."
Zhang Jincheng nodded: "In that case, let's hurry, the stray dogs of Guiyuan Sect act quickly, they've already gathered many good things this time, let's not let them outpace us again."
Not long after the Shengyun Sect disciples left, it was Spirit Silence Cave and Guiyuan Sect's turn.
To assert their identities and ensure safety, these people wore special sect battle robes, making them easy to identify.
"Senior Brother Liu Feng, look, when we came during the day, the pond's water was clearly dried up, how come at night it turns like this?"
"Seems like we've missed the treasure."
Liu Feng shook his head and sighed.
"Then forget it."
Fellow disciple said: "Let's go join Senior Brother Xu and Brother Qian."
"Alright."
The two Guiyuan Sect disciples chose to leave as well.
Chen Sansi followed quietly from behind, hoping to trace back to the main force of the Guiyuan Sect.
After walking a few miles, a sandstorm equivalent to a First-tier Array suddenly kicked up within the forbidden area.
Occurrences like this happen from time to time within the forbidden area.
Taking this opportunity, Liu Feng suddenly changed direction, quietly separating from his fellow disciples, and went alone to the entrance of a cave a hundred feet away, bending to pluck a spirit plant with an age of eight hundred years: "Finally got it! Glad he didn't see it!"
These sect disciples, under the sect's protection, naturally paid a price.
All treasures obtained in the Secret Realm need to be "taxed" according to a certain percentage, and even directly reclaimed.
This Guiyuan Sect disciple, named "Liu Feng," clearly intended to pocket some spirit plants for himself.
Not missing the opportunity, Chen Sansi stood a mile away, drew a bow and strung a flying sword, the bowstring released, and the flying sword penetrated the cultivator's throat with precision, True Power ravaging, destroying life force, he didn't even have time to cry out before falling to the ground, life snuffed out.
He walked forward, altering his face to match that of "Liu Feng."