Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

Zhang Yuanjing's action was not reckless; rather, he wanted to test whether the ancient treasure "Sky-Shielding" could evade the divine sense and perception of a Transformation stage being.

This wild man's divine sense might not be strong, but his five senses must be superior to Core Formation cultivators of the same realm.

He summoned his flying sword and ascended to a height of fifty or sixty feet, speeding towards the mountain range on the inner side of the valley.

The Transformation stage demon beast punched away the Ruin-Universe Sword and strode after him. Now, each step it took left a pit half a zhang deep in the ground, and the earth shook accordingly.

Daoist Fire Crow followed far behind, occasionally using the Ruin-Universe Sword to interfere with the demon, and sometimes even deploying the Xuan Iron Gourd to spew out flames.

The Transformation stage demon beast roared angrily, either punching or using its invisible power to dissolve Daoist Fire Crow's attacks. However, this demon was not irritable; on the contrary, it was very calm, constantly approaching the direction in which Zhang Yuanjing was fleeing. Clearly, in its view, Zhang Yuanjing, a Core Formation cultivator, could not escape at all. As long as it chased him, Daoist Fire Crow would not be able to escape, which could be described as killing two birds with one stone.

Zhang Yuanjing raised his flying sword and crossed the mountain range. Ahead was the stone peak that pierced the clouds. This mountain was almost entirely covered with giant rocks, but in the gaps between the stones, many plants grew, some vines and others towering trees. However, the section near the summit was barren, just a bare patch. Xun Fang had previously seen the giant absorbing the essence of the morning sun, perhaps at this very spot.

Zhang Yuanjing climbed upwards along the mountain's slope, his divine sense scanning the mountain, discovering many Profound-rank fourth-grade spiritual herbs. Near the summit, there was also a Profound-rank fifth-grade spiritual fruit.

His escape to this place caused the Transformation stage demon beast behind him to become violent. It not only roared like thunder, but also suddenly accelerated its pursuit, running like the wind on the treacherous mountain slope, occasionally leaping up, as if about to soar into the sky and grab Zhang Yuanjing. It even ignored Daoist Fire Crow's attacks from behind, relying on its sturdy body to resist directly, only avoiding vital points such as the eyes.

As a result, its aura was weakened somewhat by the Ruin-Universe Sword.

"Yuanjing, it seems this place has something cherished by this Transformation stage demon. You might as well hide in the earth here," Daoist Fire Crow transmitted.

Zhang Yuanjing had the same thought, and immediately turned his flying sword, landing towards a stone crevice overgrown with weeds below.

Seeing this, the Transformation stage demon beast became even more violent, pulling up a three- or four-zhang-tall tree and throwing it at Zhang Yuanjing.

Its strength was extraordinary. A lush, thick tree was thrown with the momentum and speed of a flying spear.

Zhang Yuanjing did not dare to be careless, and quickly raised his flying sword, dodging the incoming tree and landing to the side.

The Transformation stage wild man broke off another giant tree and threw it forcefully, smashing it over.

Zhang Yuanjing turned his flying sword and simply detoured around the side of the mountain peak, using the protruding rocks and towering trees as cover, finding an opportunity to suddenly plunge into the soil between the stones.

The Transformation stage demon beast soared into the air, holding a giant tree that was ten zhang long in its hand, and thrust it into the ground where Zhang Yuanjing had entered, until the entire giant tree was inserted into the soil.

At this time, Zhang Yuanjing had already penetrated deep into the earth for dozens of zhang. Inside the stone peak, giant rocks were staggered, and the soil layer was only in the gaps. Zhang Yuanjing drilled left and right, and it took a long time to reach more than a hundred zhang below. He then tried to tunnel towards the place where he had discovered the Profound-rank fifth-grade spiritual fruit, but it was difficult to find a path. He had no choice but to continue to dive down, until he was more than three hundred zhang below, where there was more soil.

Only then did he turn towards the direction where the spiritual fruit grew.

The Transformation stage demon beast stood on a giant rock, completely silent. It cocked its ear, trying to capture Zhang Yuanjing's movements.

In the sky above, Daoist Fire Crow did not let it get its way, controlling the Ruin-Universe Sword to hover over its head, looking for opportunities to attack its vital points.

The Transformation stage demon beast was annoyed, but remained patient, tracking Zhang Yuanjing's whereabouts.

Daoist Fire Crow pondered for a moment, and his divine sense covered a hundred li radius around the mountain, discovering a place thirty li away on the side of the peak where the forest was lush. This was a narrow strip of soil formed by three giant rocks squeezing against each other, only two zhang wide but a hundred zhang long, growing a kind of broad-leaved giant tree, more than ten zhang tall, with a milky white fruit hanging on its crown, of very high grade.

With a thought, he launched his flying sword and landed in the forest.

The Transformation stage demon beast saw his movements and a flash of anger appeared in its eyes, but it ignored him and lay prone on the ground, pressing its ear to the soil to listen.

Soon, it discovered Zhang Yuanjing's movements, heading in the same direction as Daoist Fire Crow. It then locked onto Zhang Yuanjing's movements and followed on the ground.

Daoist Fire Crow landed his sword on a giant tree and reached out to pick a milky white fruit, discovering that this fruit had reached the Profound rank, but its aura was complex and chaotic, seemingly unsuitable for cultivators.

The Transformation stage demon beast took his actions into its eyes, but did not care. Clearly, this fruit was not what it cherished.

Daoist Fire Crow took out the sound transmission jade and said, "Yuanjing, that Transformation stage wild man is watching you closely as you drill into the ground. Perhaps the spiritual object it is guarding is growing in the soil. You should search for it in the ground."

Zhang Yuanjing listened to this and thought for a moment, then released the blood worm and let it search the soil near the ground for the place where the spiritual power was most condensed.

This worm moved very quickly and had a keen sense of smell. Before long, it turned back, leading him towards the direction of the foot of the mountain.

Near the halfway point of the mountain, the blood worm began to move towards the ground. The giant rocks on both sides gradually compressed the space, until only a two-foot-wide gap remained, and he could only move sideways.

When he was only a hundred zhang away from the ground, a tree root as thick as a well rope appeared in his divine sense. This root was dark black, with tens of thousands of root hairs growing on it. Each root hair was gently absorbing the spiritual power in the soil.

A few zhang further up, there were more of these tree roots, a dozen of them coiled together, with the root hairs intertwined, like cotton ropes. Scanning upwards with his divine sense, there were more than a hundred of these tree roots ten zhang above, densely packed, like tangled snakes.

He tunneled to the place where the tree roots gathered, and immediately felt that the spiritual power around him was much richer, as if he had entered the Profound Heaven Palace in the sect. There was no doubt that there was a large spiritual cave under this mountain, and the place where these tree roots gathered was equivalent to a spirit gathering array, gathering the spiritual power escaping from the spiritual cave as much as possible.

He did not continue to go up. A hundred zhang distance would certainly not be able to hide his tracks from the Transformation stage demon beast, but at least it could ensure that it could not hurt him without special spiritual treasures.

He took out the sound transmission jade, told Daoist Fire Crow the situation, and waited in the soil.

Before long, a huge roar sounded above, most likely Daoist Fire Crow attacking the Transformation stage wild man with the Xuan Iron Gourd.

Immediately afterwards, he heard the wild man roaring repeatedly above, stepping on giant rocks, the soil layer shaking, seeming somewhat exasperated.

For the next half hour, explosions rang out one after another, mixed with the Transformation stage wild man's roars, making it quite lively.

"Yuanjing, you should move away from that place first, avoid the Transformation stage wild man's perception, listen for my signal, and then look for an opportunity to approach," Daoist Fire Crow transmitted, and the above suddenly became quiet.