Lonely Immortal

Zhang Zhiwen knew that if the Jadeite Cicada continued to scream like this, he would not be able to hold on for long, especially since the Xuanyin Jade Embryo was on the verge of collapse. Therefore, he used all his strength to squeeze it hard. This squeeze, let alone ordinary stones, even low-level spiritual tools might not be able to withstand it, but the Jadeite Cicada blocked it with the power of sound waves, and the two sides formed a wrestling match.

"Explode!"

Zhang Zhiwen could no longer hold on. Even if the Xuanyin Jade Embryo collapsed, it would be either him or the Jadeite Cicada who would die. Therefore, he fought hard!

Finally, when Zhang Zhiwen was about to collapse, he crushed the Jadeite Cicada in his hand, and the Jadeite Cicada exploded and rotted into a pile of white jade liquid in his palm, and this white jade liquid quickly seeped into Zhang Zhiwen's skin and flesh.

Zhang Zhiwen had just gotten out of the crisis, and he never thought that the chalcedony cicada would have such a reaction after exploding. But soon, he breathed a sigh of relief, because the white jade liquid brought a hint of coldness to Zhang Zhiwen's skin and flesh, and continued to repair his Xuanyin Jade Embryo. Not only that, Zhang Zhiwen could also clearly feel that the Xuanyin Jade Embryo seemed to be unusually happy. This feeling made no sense at all, it was all based on feeling.

The death of the chalcedony cicada finally calmed everything down, and Zhang Zhiwen was completely exhausted. He sat down in meditation and had no time to care about other things. He had to recover from his injuries as soon as possible, because his injuries were too serious.

In this way, I don't know how much time has passed. When Zhang Zhiwen opened his eyes again, he found that it was dark all around, but he could still see the situation around him clearly. There were no remains of monster corpses or scattered cultivator corpses on the ground. There was no need to guess that they were all swallowed by the yellow-brown corrupt liquid. What was left was a pile of spiritual tools, estimated to be no less than hundreds, low-level, medium-level and high-level, scattered everywhere, and there was a dead silence all around, and no one else came here at all.

Zhang Zhiwen still felt a little sorry for the monster corpse being swallowed, but there was nothing he could do. It was not easy for him to survive in this battle. Fortunately, he had looted a lot of beast pills and bones at the beginning, otherwise he would have lost everything.

But the most important thing was that he got the jade cicada, and this jade cicada could actually enhance the power of the Xuanyin Jade Embryo, and it was not just that simple. It seemed to improve the quality of the Xuanyin Jade Embryo. Zhang Zhiwen could clearly feel that the Xuanyin Jade Embryo had begun to evolve. Although the speed of this evolution did not seem fast, it was indeed evolving.

This naturally surprised Zhang Zhiwen. He knew that the Jade Cicada should be what the four major families really wanted, but this thing was only the effect of the powerful Xuanyin Jade Embryo. It should be useless for the four major families, right? Zhang Zhiwen was also a little puzzled about this.

However, Zhang Zhiwen did not think much about it. He stood up and went to collect all the scattered spiritual tools on the ground. These were all money.

Soon, he put all the spiritual tools into the Immortal Mansion. The rich harvest also surprised Zhang Zhiwen. Not to mention the low-level spiritual tools, there were more than 100 pieces in total, and there were nearly 100 mid-level spiritual tools. Even the high-level spiritual tools had more than 30 pieces. The value of these spiritual tools added up to at least more than 100,000 low-grade spiritual stones. When did Zhang Zhiwen have so many spiritual stones? This was indeed an unexpected windfall.

But Zhang Zhiwen didn't get carried away. Instead, he was very calm at the moment. This beast tomb was very large, and the core area might not be just this place. Maybe other places were also core areas. This was the first reason. Second, in addition to the core area, there were other slightly peripheral places, and many casual cultivators had not arrived here. Therefore, although many casual cultivators died here, compared with the number of casual cultivators who entered the beast tomb, it was actually nothing. Third, he had been to the core area and even got the Jade Marrow Cicada, but why hadn't the portal to leave here appeared? Could it be that there were really other core areas? We still need to wait until other casual cultivators got the Jade Marrow Cicada? But the Jade Marrow Cicada was not so easy to get. If Zhang Zhiwen's body was not strong enough, the Jade Marrow Cicada would probably kill him. As for other casual cultivators, they definitely didn't even think about it.

Zhang Zhiwen didn't understand this, because if the Jade Marrow Cicada was what the four major families really wanted, then why did they think that a follower of the third level of Qi Refining could get this thing? This was simply impossible! Or did Zhang Zhiwen misunderstand it from the beginning to the end? Wrong?

Zhang Zhiwen had no idea what was going on, so he stopped thinking about it for now. He decided to find a way to leave here as soon as possible.

So, Zhang Zhiwen got up and walked outside. When he came out, the corridor was still dark, and it seemed no different from when he came in. Everything seemed very peaceful. When Zhang Zhiwen just walked out of the corridor, he heard a noise behind him. Zhang Zhiwen couldn't help but look back. He saw that the space where the chalcedony cicada existed began to slowly close up. The soil on the walls on both sides seemed to have life, squirming quickly, and then merged together, and finally completely closed. For a moment, it was impossible to tell that such a space had ever existed here.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Zhiwen always felt that this place seemed very strange, and this space seemed more like a nest of some insects. Isn't the chalcedony cicada a larva? Aren't a large number of monster corpses nutrients? And this place also attracted a large number of casual cultivators, and eventually became nutrients. Perhaps this speculation is quite reasonable, but this is too incredible. A larvae's hatching nest is so big, and the aisles here are connected in all directions. How big is the beast tomb?

Generally speaking, there must be a large number of larvae in an insect nest, and this is just one of tens of thousands of larvae nests. Thinking of this, Zhang Zhiwen felt a chill. He looked at the wall again. These soils were like living things, as if they were exuding a strange breath all the time. This kind of place is too dangerous.

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhiwen couldn't help but speed up his pace. He wanted to stay away from this place as much as possible. He felt that if he continued to go deeper, he might encounter something more dangerous.

So, Zhang Zhiwen walked along the way he came. After an unknown amount of time, he finally saw a ray of light. He looked from afar and saw that it seemed to be the corpse of a demon beast. He walked over. He was not too worried about any other casual cultivators here. It was estimated that all the casual cultivators nearby should be dead.

Sure enough, at this moment, there was indeed a corpse of a demon beast lying in the aisle. It was a demon beast of the seventh level of Qi Refining. Zhang Zhiwen was not polite and directly looted the beast pills and bones. He didn't want to take the rest away. During the looting process, the demon beast of the seventh level of Qi Refining also briefly revived strangely, but Zhang Zhiwen was well prepared and chopped off its head with a sword.

So, Zhang Zhiwen continued to move forward. Along the way, he encountered some corpses of demon beasts of the sixth and fifth levels of Qi Refining. Naturally, he was not polite and collected all the beast pills and bones. Anyway, these things didn't take up much space, so he just threw them into the Immortal Mansion.

Zhang Zhiwen walked back all the way, and he didn't know how long he had walked. Suddenly, a strange wind came from the corridor. After the wind came, Zhang Zhiwen felt that the corridor began to tremble, and then a strange force came. Zhang Zhiwen turned around and saw a light spot behind him. The light spot came towards him quickly. Before Zhang Zhiwen could see it clearly, the light spot rushed in front of him.

This time, Zhang Zhiwen saw clearly that it was actually a portal, but the portal came quickly, and Zhang Zhiwen quickly dodged it, but it directly passed Zhang Zhiwen and continued to fly forward. Zhang Zhiwen hurriedly chased after it. He didn't want to be trapped in this place, so of course he had to catch up with the portal.

The speed of the portal was very fast, but Zhang Zhiwen's speed was not slow either. However, the portal did not fly forward all the time. It would turn from time to time, and every time it turned, it attracted a casual cultivator. These casual cultivators were just like Zhang Zhiwen. When they saw the portal, they naturally chased after it desperately. Not long after, a large number of casual cultivators followed behind the portal. Some of them were Qi Refining Stage 3, emitting light all over their bodies, and some should not be Qi Refining Stage 3. Anyway, Qi Refining Stage 3 could also catch up with the portal. At this time, more and more casual cultivators came behind the portal one after another, and Zhang Zhiwen actually saw the triangular-eyed man and the burly man. He did not expect that these two people were not dead, but they looked a little embarrassed, with wounds all over their bodies, and their hair and faces were unkempt. They chased after the portal desperately, almost using all their strength. This shows how eager they are to leave here.

There were many casual cultivators who were in a similar situation to the triangular-eyed and burly man. They all survived. As there were more and more casual cultivators, those who knew each other and those who didn't knew each other seemed to start talking to each other, and Zhang Zhiwen naturally heard some news that he had never heard of.

These people generally talked about things in the core area. Some of them heard about it, and some participated in it, but they all came to the same conclusion, that is, some people seemed to have obtained the Jade Spirit Cicada. They said that this Jade Spirit Cicada was very strange, and it looked like it was dead, as if it was the product of something's skin molting. If you are lucky, you can still pick up one or two, and this Jade Spirit Cicada can be used as medicine to make pills. The pills made can improve the spiritual roots of cultivators, or directly taking them can also improve the spiritual roots of cultivators.

After hearing this news, Zhang Zhiwen seemed to be suddenly enlightened. Yes, the core area should be the nest of the Jade Medallion Cicada, but the Jade Medallion Cicada will evolve and transform. Once it transforms, won't there only be the cicada molting? The jade cicada should be the cicada molting, and he happened to meet the jade cicada that was molting.

At this time, these cultivators also talked about the jade cicada, saying that the jade cicada was even more powerful, and after swallowing it, it could directly upgrade the spiritual roots by one grade, but they had never seen the jade cicada, which was rarely seen in a hundred years, and everyone just heard about it.

The so-called upgrade of one grade of spiritual roots means that if the cultivator originally has low-grade spiritual roots, then taking the jade cicada can be promoted to a level and reach the middle-grade spiritual roots. This is quite a remarkable thing, because for cultivators with poor spiritual roots, the jade cicada may not be a big deal, but for cultivators with good spiritual roots, it is definitely extraordinary. Imagine that a cultivator originally has a top-grade spiritual root, then after taking the jade cicada, can he step into the earth-grade spiritual root? If he goes up, wouldn’t it be the heaven-grade? Immortal grade?

For a cultivator with heavenly spiritual roots, the speed of his meditation practice alone surpasses the speed at which Zhang Zhiwen can improve by taking elixirs. If he could reach the immortal level, how terrifying would that be?