Daily Divination From Market Rogue Cultivator To Immortal Venerable - Chapter 324

Chapter 324 Celestial Beasts, Increased Fortune (Seeking Subscriptions)

Following Wu Shuo’s aura

, Li Chang’an searched carefully and found a shattered magic weapon.

“This is a magic weapon that Fellow Daoist Wu is skilled at using. It’s shattered here. Could something have happened to him?”

He picked up the magic weapon and examined it.

This treasure seemed to have suffered an irresistible force, its entire body riddled with cracks.

Zi Xi and the others arrived, their gazes falling on the shattered magic weapon, their expressions somewhat solemn.

Unless absolutely necessary,

cultivators rarely discard their magic weapons.

Even if a magic weapon is shattered, its materials are still valuable, and a weapon refiner can be asked to reforge it. Moreover, Wu Shuo himself is a weapon refiner.

“Let’s spread out and search. Perhaps Fellow Daoist Wu is trapped nearby.”

“Alright, everyone be careful. This place is fraught with danger.”

The group quickly spread out, searching for traces of Wu Shuo in this ancient and decaying ruin.

Li Chang’an secretly released his Fiend Soul, allowing it to command numerous souls to search together.

Soon.

The evil spirit brought news.

“Master, beneath these ruins lies a vast, dilapidated underground palace.”

“Some of the high-level formations within are still intact, but my strength is insufficient to break them. I suspect Wu Shuo is trapped within one of these formations.”

Following the evil spirit’s guidance,

Li Chang’an ventured deep underground and quickly discovered the underground palace it described.

He broke through several near-fourth-tier formations, discovering numerous treasures, but failed to find Wu Shuo.

Finally,

he arrived at the depths of the underground palace and stood before a fourth-tier formation.

“Fellow Daoist Wu, are you inside?”

Li Chang’an used his magic power to project his voice into the formation.

After a while,

he heard Wu Shuo’s response.

“Fellow Daoist Li?”

“It’s me.”

“Great! I thought I was going to be trapped here to die!”

“Fellow Daoist Wu, why were you trapped here, and why did you leave your magic treasures outside?”

Li Chang’an examined the formation while questioning Wu Shuo inside.

Wu Shuo sighed deeply: “Alas, I’m plagued by bad luck, unexpectedly encountering more than ten third-tier poisonous insects…”

He recounted his previous experience.

More than ten third-tier poisonous insects, equivalent to more than ten Golden Core poison cultivators.

Wu Shuo was not good at fighting, how could he be a match for those poisonous insects?

His magic weapon was shattered in an instant, and in order to escape, he fled into the formation of this underground palace.

Fortunately,

the third-tier poisonous insects did not follow him in.

However,

he himself could not get out!

“I see.”

Li Chang’an nodded slightly.

Based on Wu Shuo’s words and his observations,

he judged that this fourth-tier formation was the kind that only allowed entry and not exit.

If no one helped, Wu Shuo inside the formation would most likely be trapped until the end of his lifespan!

“Please, Fellow Daoist Li, save my life!”

“Fellow Daoist Wu, do not be anxious, let me take another look at this formation.”

Li Chang’an stood outside the formation, pondering for a moment.

This formation was not intact either, it had become damaged over time, and he quickly found a breakthrough.

After

a while, Li Chang’an opened a crack in the formation and entered.

The inside of the formation was empty.

Wu Shuo was excited and thanked him repeatedly.

“Fellow Daoist Li, I never imagined your array skills were so astonishing! You’ve saved my life multiple times; from now on, my life is yours!”

“Fellow Daoist Wu, are there any treasures within this array?”

Li Chang’an looked around, somewhat surprised.

A fourth-order array like this should theoretically contain some treasures protected by it.

But the array was completely empty!

Wu Shuo shook his head, saying, “I had the same question when I first entered. There are indeed no treasures within this array, but there is a very strange gate deep within it.”

“A gate?”

Li Chang’an’s figure blurred, transforming into a blur, and he instantly arrived at the deepest part of the array.

Just as Wu Shuo had said,

a simple, ancient gate, hundreds of feet high, stood there.

“Fellow Daoist Wu, what lies behind the gate?”

Li Chang’an tried to probe inside with his divine sense, but was quickly met with resistance.

Wu Shuo said with some doubt, “There seems to be another formation behind the door, but I don’t know much about formations and can’t make a definitive judgment. Fellow Daoist Li, why don’t you take a look for yourself…”

With that, he released a burst of magical power, lifting the heavy door.

Behind the door

was a semi-transparent barrier shimmering with spiritual light.

Li Chang’an’s divine sense was blocked by this barrier, unable to penetrate deeper.

He stepped forward, stood before the barrier, and observed carefully.

Through this barrier,

another world was vaguely visible.

Mountains and rivers, exotic flowers and rare herbs, birds and beasts—everything was there, but most were blurry and hazy.

The light and shadow were illusory, indistinct.

“It seems to be a small secret realm,”

Li Chang’an mused.

Secret realms within secret realms were quite common.

The place where Mu Xiaoqing was trapped was a small secret realm within the Thousand Lakes Secret Realm.

“This barrier is indeed a formation, but its grade far exceeds my current understanding. It might be a fifth-order grand formation, or even higher.”

Li Chang’an reached out and placed his hand on the barrier, carefully sensing it.

The grand formation felt perfectly intact to him, seemingly unaffected by the passage of time.

“There should be many treasures in this small secret realm, but my abilities are insufficient to enter.”

Li Chang’an tried several methods, but all were useless; he couldn’t budge the unknown-grade array.

Just then,

a voice suddenly rang out from behind the barrier.

“Don’t waste your energy. This array only allows exit, not entry. With your limited array skills, you can’t even enter this world.”

Hearing this, Li Chang’an was startled.

He immediately retreated, away from the gate, and warily watched the barrier.

A moment later,

a very strange demonic beast appeared behind the barrier.

Its head resembled a dragon’s head, but its body was that of a horse, with wings on its back. Its entire body was crimson, and its flowing mane seemed to be burning, exuding a very powerful aura.

After seeing the demonic beast’s appearance

, a name instantly appeared in Li Chang’an’s mind.

Dragon Horse!

He stepped forward and asked, “Are you the Dragon Horse?”

“Indeed! You little cultivator do have some knowledge.”

The Dragon Horse held its head high, its eyes filled with arrogance, and its tone was full of pride.

This arrogance was not without reason.

The Dragon Horse was a celestial spirit beast.

The so-called “Heaven and Earth Spirit Beasts” refer to natural creatures born between heaven and earth, possessing extremely noble bloodlines, with even the lowest being Heaven-grade bloodlines!

According to ancient records, throughout the long history of the cultivation world, fewer than five dragon-horses have ever appeared.

“It’s actually a dragon-horse!”

Wu Shuo also approached, his eyes filled with fervor.

Such a Heaven and Earth Spirit Beast is something ordinary cultivators would never see in their entire lives.

He had heard that

the dragon-horse was the most supreme mount in the world.

If one could make it willingly sign a spirit contract, the entire world would be more welcoming to the cultivator who signed the contract.

The cultivator’s own fortune and blessings would increase dramatically.

In ancient times, even Nascent Soul stage experts desired to have a dragon-horse follow them.

With a glimmer of hope, Wu Shuo asked, “Dragon-horse, would you be willing to leave this small secret realm and follow me to see a wider world?”

“You?”

The dragon-horse glanced at him, its face full of disdain.

“You are old, lacking potential, and weak. Why should I follow you? To care for you in your old age and see you off in your final days?”

“I…”

Wu Shuo opened his mouth, unwilling, but the dragon horse was telling the truth.

He couldn’t refute it and had to give up.

Li Chang’an’s heart stirred slightly, and he asked, “Would you be willing to follow me?”

“You too!”

The dragon horse was equally disdainful and refused to leave the formation.

“You are merely a low-grade spiritual root, lucky enough to form a core. You won’t even reach the Nascent Soul stage in this lifetime. Why should I follow you? My master, even if he isn’t a Nascent Soul Heavenly Lord, must have the potential to become one!”

This celestial beast had extremely high standards and looked down on Li Chang’an.

Li Chang’an didn’t force him.

His luck was already high enough; he didn’t need to improve it by contracting with this dragon horse.

“Fine, I can’t force it.”

Li Chang’an noted the location of this small secret realm.

He would break the formation here when his array skills were stronger.

“Fellow Daoist Wu, let’s go.”

“Alright.”

Wu Shuo suppressed his resentment and helplessness, taking one last look at the small secret realm.

The two were about to leave

when

another voice suddenly rang out from within the small secret realm.

“Wait, you pale-faced scholar, I, Old Ox, am willing to go with you!”

“Hmm?”

Hearing this, Li Chang’an subconsciously glanced at Wu Shuo’s face.

Wu Shuo’s face was sallow, certainly not worthy of the title “pale-faced scholar.”

He and Wu Shuo turned around together and looked back at the small secret realm.

There,

beside the Dragon Horse, appeared another strangely shaped demon beast.

This demon also had a dragon’s head, but its body was that of an ox, entirely black, and its aura was equally extraordinary.

Li Chang’an looked puzzled and asked, “Who are you…?”

“I, Old Ox, am naturally a celestial spirit beast, Dragon Ox!”

“Dragon Ox?”

Li Chang’an was somewhat astonished.

He had only heard of the Dragon Horse, never the Dragon Ox.

In all the ancient books he had read, there was no record of the Dragon Ox.

Wu Shuo, standing beside him, also looked utterly astonished.

Clearly…

He hadn’t heard of it either.

The dragon ox looked disappointed and asked, “You haven’t heard of it either?”

Li Chang’an shook his head: “No.” “

Where there’s a horse, there’s an ox; oxen and horses are often indistinguishable, so this isn’t hard to understand, is it?”

“Indeed, it’s not hard…”

Li Chang’an suppressed his surprise.

The temperament of this beast before him was indeed very similar to that of the dragon horse; it should also be a celestial spirit beast.

He asked, “Dragon ox, do you really want to follow me?”

“That’s right. You, with a low-grade spiritual root, have managed to form a core; you must be someone with great fortune. Perhaps you can go further on the path of cultivation. Old ox, I’m willing to take the gamble!”

The dragon ox’s attitude was completely different from the dragon horse’s.

The dragon horse didn’t understand this.

“Old ox, do you really want to go out?”

“Yes, I was born in this small world, and I’m really tired of it.”

“But this formation only allows exit, not entry. If you go out, you won’t be able to come back.”

“It’s alright!”

The dragon ox’s mind was made up, and he looked at Li Chang’an.

A celestial spirit beast like him didn’t need to follow anyone.

But he vaguely felt that following Li Chang’an would bring him many benefits.

“White-faced scholar, what do you say?”

“Good!”

Li Chang’an immediately agreed.

He had enough resources to support a celestial spirit beast.

After receiving his affirmative answer, the dragon-ox stepped out of the formation and came before Li Chang’an.

It opened its mouth and exhaled a wisp of pure energy, which transformed into a spiritual contract in front of them.

“White-faced scholar, sign a contract with me.”

This spiritual contract was the celestial spirit contract recorded in ancient books.

Li Chang’an did not hesitate and immediately signed the spiritual contract.

In that instant,

he vaguely sensed that he seemed to have received some kind of improvement.

“It should be luck.”

The power of luck is invisible and intangible; one can only roughly judge the level of luck through one’s own experiences.

Li Chang’an’s luck was quite good, much higher than that of ordinary cultivators.

“Alright, the spiritual contract is complete!”

The dragon-ox swallowed the spiritual contract, stood upright, and learned Li Chang’an’s identity through the contract.

“So your name is Li Chang’an. Although I follow you, you can’t treat me as a mount.”

“Of course.”

After signing the spirit contract, the man and the bull felt a greater sense of understanding and kinship.

After some conversation,

Li Chang’an learned that this dragon-bull’s rank had reached the late stage of the third tier.

Its bloodline was noble, its talent remarkable, and in terms of true strength, it was no less than the holy sons and daughters of Nascent Soul sects.

“Your dragon head is too conspicuous. Could you use a transformation technique to become an ordinary bull’s head?”

“Of course!”

The dragon-bull transformed, turning its dragon head into a bull’s head, and its body size shrank, becoming roughly the same size as Li Chang’an.

At the same time, its aura changed, gaining a touch of demonic energy.

Now,

it looked like an ordinary third-tier bull-headed demon beast, having no relation to any celestial spirit beast.

Of course,

even if it revealed its true form, most people probably wouldn’t recognize it as a celestial spirit beast.

Li Chang’an said to Wu Shuo, “This matter is of great importance, please keep it a secret for me, Fellow Daoist Wu.” “Don’t worry,   Fellow Daoist

Li, even if I die, I will not reveal this!” Wu Shuo repeatedly assured him, immediately swearing an oath with his Dao heart. To   be on the safe side,   Li Chang’an secretly left a wood seed within him.   Through the divine sense within this seed, he could detect Wu Shuo’s every move.   ”Alright, it’s time to leave this place.”   Li Chang’an departed with the man and the ox.   Before leaving,   the dragon ox bid farewell to the dragon horse through the array.   ”Old horse, we’ll meet again!”   ”Old ox, remember my words, one day you’ll regret following this brat!”   The dragon horse still wore an arrogant expression, disapproving of the dragon ox’s choice.   And so,   the ox and horse parted ways, embarking on different paths.   …   Not long after.   Li Chang’an returned to the ground.   Everyone breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing Wu Shuo unharmed.   Zi Yun curiously glanced at the dragon ox and asked, “Fellow Daoist Li, who is this?”   Before Li Chang’an could respond, the dragon ox introduced itself.   ”I, Old Ox, am Fellow Daoist Li’s contracted spirit beast. You may call me Black Ox.”   ”So it’s Fellow Daoist Black Ox.”   Everyone was puzzled by Li Chang’an’s suddenly appearing contracted spirit beast, but no one asked further.   Every cultivator has secrets.   Besides, this Black Ox’s aura was unremarkable; there was no need to pay it much attention.   After resting for a while,   the group set off again, continuing their journey deeper into the ruins.   Over the next few days, they reunited with the last few scattered cultivators.   Thus,   the people on the flying boat were reunited.   They had reached the deepest part of the ruins.   In this area,   many low-level formations no longer existed.   What appeared before them was a massive flying boat resembling a mountain range.   Although the flying boat was damaged, it faintly emitted an astonishingly terrifying aura, suggesting its grade was extremely high.   ”Could it be a fifth-tier flying boat?”   Zi Xi and the other disciples from the Nascent Soul sect made their judgment.   They had all seen fourth-tier flying boats within their sects, and the aura of a fourth-tier flying boat was far inferior to that of this damaged flying boat before them.   There should be many treasures inside such a flying ship.   Furthermore…

Ahead of the flying ship, on the ground,

lay a withered corpse, clad in a bright yellow dragon robe, sitting cross-legged with its head slightly bowed. Though its age was unknown, it still exuded an indescribable sense of oppression.

“The body is incorruptible, and it retains the aura of its former life—could it be the remains of a Nascent Soul Celestial Lord?”

Sensing the powerful aura, everyone’s faces showed surprise.

Even the remains of a Nascent Soul Celestial Lord were extremely precious treasures.

They were all tempted, but unable to approach.

Even a slight approach made it difficult to breathe under the oppressive pressure.

Zi Xi instructed, “This senior’s strength in life far surpassed ours. Do not attempt to touch his body. Let our sect members handle it.”

Mu Hongyu also said, “Fellow Daoist Zi is right. Everyone, please step back. Our opportunity is not in this corpse; it should be in that flying ship.”

Hearing this, everyone retreated.

They looked up, their gazes returning to the flying ship.

“Could the Myriad Demon Bloodstone mentioned in the divination be among them?”

Li Chang’an pondered to himself.

He didn’t act immediately but turned to look into the distance.

Gu Yunqi, Cui Baihong, and other cultivators from the Yellow Sand Sect and White Tiger Sect had also arrived before the flying boat.

Qin Hong, whom he controlled, was among these cultivators.

The two sides had fought for many years, and their enmity ran deep.

As soon as they met,

a tense atmosphere arose before the flying boat.

However, no one attacked immediately.

“Seize the opportunity first!”

Although there was no exchange between the two sides, they made the same decision.

The opportunity was right in front of them.

There was no need to fight to the death.

Faced with this uncertain opportunity, they still used the old method, sending puppets to scout ahead first.

Soon,

they discovered that

there was an extremely powerful array protecting the flying boat.

Neither the puppets, spirit beasts, servants, nor the puppets themselves could break through the array.

Besides Li Chang’an, there were several third-tier array masters present.

But they were all helpless against the array.

Zi Xi’s attempts all ended in failure, forcing her to turn to Li Chang’an.

“Fellow Daoist Li, do you have a solution? “

Gu Yunqi and Cui Baihong also turned their gazes to Li Chang’an.

In terms of array formation skills,

Li Chang’an was the most skilled among those present.

If even he couldn’t solve it, the others would have to leave disappointed.

After observing for a long time, Li Chang’an shook his head slightly.

“This array is of extremely high grade, probably a fifth-order grand array, and it shows no signs of decay. I can’t find a breakthrough point, so I’m powerless.”

Hearing this, everyone felt unwilling.

If it really was a fifth-order grand array, even if they used all the resources of their Nascent Soul sect, they might not be able to break it.

They had fought for so many years for the opportunities deep within these ruins.

Were they going to be blocked at the last hurdle?

Cui Baihong frowned and shouted, “This Li Chang’an is probably not telling the truth. His array formation skills are extremely high; perhaps he wants to deceive us, make us leave, and then monopolize the opportunities here!” Upon hearing this

, everyone turned to look at Li Chang’an, their gazes becoming increasingly subtle.

Cui Baihong’s words were not without merit.

Although the others remained silent, the atmosphere between the two sides grew increasingly strange.

Gu Yunqi seized this opportunity to say, “Fellow Daoists, why don’t we join forces to capture Li Chang’an first, and then discuss the matter of opportunity? Don’t forget, Li Chang’an is merely a rogue cultivator, not a member of our sect!”

“Although Fellow Daoist Li is a rogue cultivator, he is my friend,”

Zi Xi said calmly, summoning a magic weapon to make her stance clear.

The two sides’ auras clashed, locked in a fierce confrontation.

It seemed a great battle was about to erupt.

Just then,

a voice that chilled everyone to the bone suddenly rang out in front of the flying boat.

“Why…why is it so noisy?”

In front of the flying boat, the withered corpse slowly raised its head.

(End of Chapter)