Daily Divination From Market Rogue Cultivator To Immortal Venerable - Chapter 323

Chapter 323 The Astounding Array Techniques, Zi Xi’s Suspicion (Seeking Further Subscriptions)

“Li Chang’an!”

Cui Baihong’s eyes narrowed slightly as his gaze fell on Li Chang’an.

For him ,

encountering Li Chang’an here was truly a pleasant surprise.

Just as Gu Yunqi had said, he coveted the opportunities Li Chang’an possessed; otherwise, he wouldn’t have asked his master, True Monarch White Tiger, to intervene. However, Li Chang’an was too well protected by the Zixia lineage.

But today, Li Chang’an was only accompanied by Zi Xi, and this place was not in the heart of the Southern Region.

“Truly a godsend!”

Cui Baihong immediately unleashed his magic weapon, firmly locking onto Li Chang’an’s aura.

“Fellow Daoist Gu, you stop Zi Xi for me.”

“Alright!”

Gu Yunqi nodded; that was exactly what he had in mind.

He and Zi Xi were old rivals; stopping her was no problem, enough to create an opportunity for Cui Baihong to kill Li Chang’an alone.

Zi Xi’s delicate brows furrowed slightly, sensing the two’s intentions.

She telepathically told Li Chang’an, “Fellow Daoist Li, this battle is perilous. I can only hold one person off. If you’re not confident, enter my spirit beast pouch, and I’ll help you escape.”

“I’ll give it a try,”

Li Chang’an replied calmly, casually producing a protective magic item.

Without further ado,   the two sides’ auras intertwined, and they attacked simultaneously.

”   Boom!”   Terrifying magical power surged forth, sweeping across all directions.   The battle instantly split into two.   Gu Yunqi blocked Zi Xi, using every means to prevent her from helping Li Chang’an.   Meanwhile, Cui Baihong charged straight at Li Chang’an.   ”Roar—”   A deafening tiger’s roar echoed within the ruins.   Behind him, a massive white tiger phantom appeared, its eyes bloodshot, fangs and claws sharp, its aura ferocious, as if an ancient beast had been resurrected.   Its claws slammed down, seemingly tearing the heavens apart, leaving a terrifying trail in the sky.   This attack… even   a late-stage Golden Core cultivator couldn’t withstand it, let alone an early-stage Golden Core cultivator?   Li Chang’an didn’t take the blow head-on. He swayed and retreated into a third-tier remnant array, using its power to fight his enemy.   This place was filled with countless arrays, infinitely mysterious, extremely advantageous for a magic-based opponent.   ”Boom!”   The white tiger’s claws suddenly struck the array, domineering and ferocious, causing the earth to shake.   Numerous array-setting treasures exploded simultaneously, collapsing completely in an instant.   Inside the array.   Li Chang’an swayed again, retreating into another array, avoiding the remaining power of the white tiger’s claws.   A deafening roar followed, and a startling claw mark appeared where he had stood.   ”A third-tier array master?”   Cui Baihong’s eyes narrowed, staring at Li Chang’an.   ”Even so, I can still kill you!”   He coldly snorted, his magical power surging, showing no mercy as he unleashed more than ten spells in succession.   In the blink of an eye.   One array after another was broken.   Cui Baihong didn’t use any techniques, purely relying on brute force to break the arrays, crushing everything!   ”Break!”   His expression was icy, the white tiger phantom behind him shone brilliantly, gathering countless magical powers, and roared fiercely.   In an instant ,   a gust of wind swept through, destroying everything in its path, like a whirlwind sweeping away clouds, instantly destroying hundreds of low-level formations.   The entire world became much clearer. In   this area,   only a dozen or so third-tier broken formations remained.   ”I’ll see how long you can hide!”   Cui Baihong stared at the remaining formations, his eyes surging with killing intent.   These formations were no different from the other third-tier broken formations he had destroyed before.   After a few breaths   , only the last formation remained in this area.   As Cui Baihong’s spell fell, a “boom” was heard, and this formation completely collapsed.   Li Chang’an’s figure appeared within it.   ”Slash!”   Without any words, Cui Baihong waved his hand, sealing off the surroundings with powerful magical power.   In an instant, a terrifying spell pierced through Li Chang’an’s body.   He vanished instantly, turning into nothingness.   ”Hmm?”   Cui Baihong frowned slightly, realizing that he had only killed a phantom.   Just then,   the spiritual energy between heaven and earth suddenly showed an anomaly.   The hundreds of arrays he had destroyed earlier were not completely destroyed; some of the array-setting treasures and array patterns remained.   At this moment, many of the remaining array-setting treasures glowed simultaneously, dazzling and brilliant, like countless glittering stars floating and sinking between heaven and earth.   Array patterns also lit up one after another, intertwining and connecting with the many array-setting treasures, transforming into an astonishing array that blotted out the sky.   Cui Baihong was at the center of this array!   This sudden scene   slowed down the movements of Zi Xi and Gu Yunqi in their fight.   ”A quasi-fourth-order array!”   The terrifying aura emanating from the array allowed the two to determine its rank.   Gu Yunqi frowned deeply; he never expected that Li Chang’an would possess such profound array-making skills.   Zi Xi was surprised.   She could tell that this formation was far more powerful than a typical fourth-order formation.   ”His formation skills are astonishing, even surpassing his alchemy and weapon-forging abilities.”   This was the first time Li Chang’an had fully revealed his formation skills.   Even though Zi Xi had suspected it, she still couldn’t calm down.   She had thought Li Chang’an would eventually succumb and be forced into her spirit beast pouch, but the situation had exceeded her expectations.   At this moment, the initiative had officially shifted into Li Chang’an’s hands.   He remained hidden in the shadows, not revealing himself.

“A mere near-fourth-order formation isn’t enough to kill a holy son of Cui Baihong’s strength, nor is it necessary. Otherwise, it would likely bring down the White Tiger True Monarch,”

Li Chang’an pondered.

During their previous exchange, he appeared to be constantly fleeing, but in reality, he was secretly drawing array patterns.

The numerous remaining treasures and array patterns here were subtly connected by his own drawn patterns.

Cui Baihong hadn’t noticed

because he had also used some fourth-order divination techniques.

“Array activated!”

With a thought, Li Chang’an summoned even more treasures and array patterns, layer upon layer, countless in number.

The surrounding spiritual energy surged wildly, converging into the great formation, transforming into a terrifying beam of light that heavily struck Cui Baihong.

Boom!

Cui Baihong trembled violently, but his body remained still.

Without using any other methods, he actually withstood the formation’s bombardment.

Immediately afterward, wave after wave of array power descended from the sky, each exceeding the limits of the Golden Core stage, as if divine punishment was relentlessly bombarding Cui Baihong.

An ordinary late-stage Golden Core cultivator would have long since been reduced to dust.

But Cui Baihong remained unmoved!

His pupils narrowed, his body shimmering with spiritual light, like a statue cast from a high-grade metal elemental treasure, a faint tiger’s roar emanating from him, yet he remained completely unharmed

. Seeing this ,

Li Chang’an immediately recalled a type of physique he had read about in ancient texts:

“White Tiger Vajra Body!”

According to records,

if a cultivator possessed a “White Tiger Spirit Body,” they might awaken the White Tiger Vajra Body.

When faced with danger, they could temporarily enhance their physical strength to an unimaginable degree.

“As expected of the Holy Son of a Nascent Soul sect, it would be difficult to kill him with ordinary means.”

Just as he was thinking this

, Cui Baihong began his counterattack within the array.

A talisman flashed in his hand.

“Break!”

he shouted coldly.

Golden light blazed on the talisman, its intricate spiritual patterns transforming into golden flames, releasing a fourth-tier aura.

This was indeed a fourth-tier talisman!

Cui Baihong’s own strength was insufficient to shatter a near-fourth-tier grand formation, so he resorted to his trump card.

In an instant,

the formation shimmered with dazzling golden light.

A golden sword beam appeared, traversing the sky and striking a corner of the formation in a flash.

This power, comparable to a Nascent Soul cultivator’s strike, was naturally unstoppable by the near-fourth-tier formation, instantly blasting a path through it.

“Li Chang’an, what other skills do you have?”

Cui Baihong’s figure flickered, appearing outside the formation.

His expression was grim, his killing intent growing increasingly intense.

Just to kill Li Chang’an, a mere early-stage Golden Core cultivator, he had been forced to use the White Tiger Vajra Body, and even had to resort to a fourth-tier trump card.

Truly humiliating!

He was about to attack again when a sudden warning struck him.

Around him, spiritual patterns flickered, emanating a dangerous aura.

Another formation was about to take shape.

Cui Baihong retreated rapidly, instantly appearing beside Gu Yunqi.

Gu Yunqi and Zi Xi had stopped fighting, standing at a distance, facing each other.

He frowned, saying, “This place is riddled with remnants of various formations, and there are countless hidden array treasures and patterns, which are advantageous to a formation master like Li Chang’an. I’m afraid we can’t kill him today.”

Before this battle began, Gu Yunqi had never imagined such an outcome.

If everything had gone smoothly,

Li Chang’an would have been killed by Cui Baihong long ago.

His opportunity would naturally belong to Cui Baihong, and his corpse would be taken by Gu Yunqi to report to True Monarch Huangsha.

But the previous battle made Gu Yunqi realize that

in this place, killing Li Chang’an would be even more difficult than killing Zi Xi!

Cui Baihong was unwilling to give up and asked via voice transmission, “Fellow Daoist Gu, do you have any other methods?”

“There is no other way!”

Gu Yunqi naturally had some trump cards, but he was unwilling to waste them here.

Even if he used all his trump cards, he might not be able to kill Li Chang’an.

At this moment,

Li Chang’an also came to Zi Xi’s side, confronting the two from a distance.

Zi Xi secretly transmitted her voice: “Fellow Daoist Li, could you perhaps be an ancient cultivator?”

Li Chang’an asked in surprise: “Holy Maiden, why do you ask such a question?”

“I observe that your array formation skills have some of the style of ancient array formations.”

For Zi Xi, the Hidden World Coffin was no secret.

In the Nascent Soul sects, there were records of ancient cultivators awakening in later generations.

If Li Chang’an was indeed a disciple of an ancient Divine Transformation sect, then his unfathomable skills could be explained.

The capabilities of the Divine Transformation sects were far beyond the imagination of the various Nascent Soul forces in the current cultivation world.

“Holy Maiden, I am not an ancient person, but I have obtained some ancient opportunities.”

Li Chang’an answered truthfully.

The word “opportunity” encompasses everything; anything is possible.

Upon hearing this, Zi Xi stopped asking questions, but her doubts only deepened.

She suppressed her questions for the time being and confronted Gu Yunqi and Cui Baihong.

Meanwhile,

Gu Yunqi and Cui Baihong also ended their discussion.

They both knew that if they couldn’t kill Li Chang’an today, continuing the fight would only be a waste of time and might cause them to miss many opportunities.

“Li Chang’an, once we leave this place, I’ll cut off your head!”

Cui Baihong uttered a murderous threat before transforming into a streak of light and disappearing.

Gu Yunqi said nothing and also departed.

Their auras quickly vanished into the horizon.

Li Chang’an and Zi Xi resumed their journey, continuing to delve deeper into the ruins.

In the following days,

Li Chang’an reaped considerable rewards, even obtaining more than ten kinds of auxiliary ingredients for Nascent Soul Pills.

Zi Xi didn’t argue with him; her master, True Monarch Zixia, would prepare these things for her.

One day,

at midday,

the two suddenly sensed a familiar aura.

“Zi Yun!”

Following his senses, Li Chang’an arrived at a near-fourth-order incomplete array not far away.

Zi Yun’s aura emanated from the broken formation.

“Fellow Daoist Zi Yun, are you inside?”

“Fellow Daoist Li?”

Zi Yun’s surprised voice rang out.

Li Chang’an nodded: “It’s me, Fellow Daoist Zi. Are you in danger?”

“It’s not exactly danger, but I’m trapped inside and can’t escape,”

Zi Yun recounted her experience.

She was rather unlucky, transported to this near-fourth-order formation by that strange force.

Although the formation had long since decayed and broken over time, she knew nothing about formations and had no idea how to get out, remaining trapped until now.

She said to Li Chang’an, “Fellow Daoist Li, please find my sister and have her use a fourth-order talisman to break this formation…”

Before she could finish

, the entire formation suddenly collapsed.

Li Chang’an, holding the formation’s core, raised his hand and collected numerous treasures used to set up the formation.

Seeing this, Zi Xi was dumbfounded, her little face filled with disbelief.

“Fellow Daoist Li, you…you’re actually a near-fourth-tier array master?”

“Yes.”

Li Chang’an smiled, offering no further explanation, his eyes scanning the entire array.

This array contained a large number of alchemy treasures.

When Zi Yun was trapped within, she dared not move carelessly, fearing it would disrupt the array.

Now,

these treasures naturally belonged to Li Chang’an. Only

after he collected all the treasures did Zi Yun finally calm down.

“Fellow Daoist Li, you wouldn’t be hiding other cultivation techniques, would you?”

“No, just these few.”

“Really?”

“Yes, I, Li Chang’an, never lie.”

Li Chang’an smiled confidently.

A hint of suspicion flashed in Zi Yun’s eyes as she circled him several times, as if trying to see through him completely.

A moment later,

the three set off, continuing their journey deeper into the ruins.

Along the way, they found more than ten more cultivators from the Purple Cloud Sect.

About three days later

, they met with Mu Hongyu, Mu Chen, and other cultivators from the Vermilion Bird Sect.

Thus…

Only Wu Shuo and a few others remained undiscovered.

“Fellow Daoist Zi, you’ve arrived just in time. Do you have any methods to break this formation?”

Mu Hongyu and Mu Chen were struggling with a fourth-order formation.

Through the formation,

a medicinal field was vaguely visible, containing many precious spiritual herbs.

However, the formation’s grade was too high; although it had decayed over time, becoming a remnant formation, it remained difficult to break.

They had even used several fourth-order talismans to try and break it, but to no avail.

Zi Xi looked at Li Chang’an and asked, “Fellow Daoist Li, are you confident you can break this formation?”

“Not very confident.”

Li Chang’an’s skills were still at the near-fourth-order level.

Although the formation was incomplete, he wasn’t very confident he could break it; he was only confident he could open a tiny crack.

Mu Hongyu was somewhat surprised and asked, “Fellow Daoist Li, are you perhaps proficient in array formations?”

Li Chang’an replied, “I only have a rudimentary understanding.”

“Fellow Daoist Li, if you can lead us into the array, you can choose the treasures within first.”

Although Mu Hongyu and the others had discovered this place first, they lacked the ability to break the array, hence this promise.

Li Chang’an naturally wouldn’t refuse.

He stepped forward, using his array formation techniques and his magic-breaking treasures, and stood before the array observing for a long time.

The others remained quiet and didn’t disturb him.

After a moment…

Li Chang’an arrived at the edge of the formation, carefully breaking through a broken opening.

Soon, the entire formation trembled, and a crack about ten feet wide appeared at the breach, large enough for everyone to pass through.

“It’s done!”

Li Chang’an breathed a sigh of relief, then inserted the prepared formation to prevent the crack from closing.

Zi Xi and the others had expected this.

Mu Hongyu and the other members of the Vermilion Bird Sect looked astonished.

“This Li Chang’an is not only a third-tier high-grade alchemist and weapon refiner, but also a near-fourth-tier formation master. He’s truly a prodigy. No wonder Zi Xi values him so much. It’s a pity his spiritual root talent is poor.”

Thinking of Li Chang’an’s low-grade spiritual root, Mu Hongyu felt a pang of regret.

Next,

everyone followed the crack and entered the formation.

Before their eyes was an extremely vast spiritual field.

Dense spiritual energy transformed into a misty fog, permeating the spiritual field.

Within the spiritual fog

were hundreds and thousands of various spiritual herbs.

Looking around, numerous spiritual herbs shimmered with vibrant colors and rich radiance, dazzling the eye.

Li Chang’an immediately spotted the herb he needed.

It was a fiery red, nine-petaled, seemingly burning blood-red Ganoderma lucidum.

“A near-fourth-tier spiritual herb, the Nine-Headed Blood Sparrow Ganoderma! This can be used for the later stages of body refinement. I originally planned to use other spiritual herbs instead, but I didn’t expect to find it here. This trip has been incredibly profitable.”

Even without the Myriad Demon Blood Stone from the divination, Li Chang’an had already made a fortune.

He moved swiftly towards the herb.

However,

someone else attacked at the same time.

The Vermilion Bird Saint Son, Mu Chen, transformed into a blood-red afterimage, appearing beside the Nine-Headed Blood Sparrow Ganoderma in the blink of an eye, attempting to take it away.

Li Chang’an frowned slightly and immediately cast a spell to block him.

“Fellow Daoist Mu, we agreed beforehand that I should have priority in choosing.”

He raised his hand and swept away the Nine-Headed Blood Sparrow Fungus, along with the fourth-grade spirit soil beneath it, without any hesitation, storing it in his spirit beast pouch.

Seeing this, Mu Chen’s eyes darkened.

He cupped his hands in a gesture of respect: “Fellow Daoist Li is right, I was presumptuous, but this treasure is useful to me. Would Fellow Daoist Li be willing to part with it? I am willing to exchange it for other treasures.”

“This treasure is also useful to me.”

Li Chang’an shook his head slightly, not agreeing.

He flickered away, leaving the area to continue choosing other treasures.

Mu Chen remained expressionless, giving him a deep look at his departing figure.

Not long after,

Li Chang’an finished choosing.

He had selected almost all of the most valuable spirit herbs from the spirit field.

In addition, he had also taken most of the fourth-grade spirit soil.

After this,

Mu Hongyu and the others began distributing the spoils.

Once everything was finished, Mu Hongyu walked to Li Chang’an’s side and spoke to him.

“Fellow Daoist Li, that Nine-Headed Blood Sparrow Fungus is indeed beneficial to our Vermilion Bird Sect’s cultivation techniques. Mu Chen didn’t intentionally argue with you, so please don’t take it to heart.”

“Of course not,”

Li Chang’an replied telepathically. He wasn’t about to hold a grudge over such a small argument.

Soon, the group set off again, venturing deeper into the ruins.

Two days later.

Li Chang’an suddenly sensed Wu Shuo’s presence.

(End of Chapter)