Daily Divination From Market Rogue Cultivator To Immortal Venerable - Chapter 355

Chapter 355 The Little Azure Dragon Mechanical Beast, the Power of the Earth’s Veins (Seeking Subscriptions)

The nine major sects were destroyed in the great calamity.

The ancient Mo family also disappeared in that calamity.

Today, many of the traps and mechanisms in the ruins of various places in the cultivation world were left by the ancient Mo family.

Li Chang’an really didn’t expect that

Mo Qingxue’s Mo family was actually related to the ancient Mo family.

“So, the Mo family has continued for more than a thousand years. Why is there no record of anything older in the family library?”

“My Mo family has not always been at its peak.”

Mo Qingxue slowly explained.

The ancestor of the current Mo family was just an ordinary disciple of a branch of the ancient Mo family.

After the ancient Mo family disappeared, many branches of the Mo family were destroyed one after another in the great calamity, leaving only a very few disciples to survive.

Her ancestor only had a part of the Mo family’s inheritance. In

the years that followed,

relying on this part of the inheritance,

the Mo family prospered and declined several times, and was almost completely wiped out many times.

The family’s inheritance and records also became more and more incomplete in the midst of each upheaval.

More than a thousand years ago.

After yet another crisis of annihilation,

only a handful of members remained of the Mo family. Their historical records were destroyed, and their legacy consisted only of a portion of the third-tier puppet inheritance.

Fortunately,

among those few survivors

was one exceptionally talented individual who, amidst suppression and pursuit from all sides, continuously grew stronger, achieving the Golden Core stage in dire straits and reviving the Mo family!

From then on, the Mo family became one of the seven great families of the Southern Region.

“So that’s how it is.”

After listening to Mo Qingxue’s explanation, Li Chang’an understood everything.

The Mo family had truly endured hardship, repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt, as tenacious as wild grass on the plains.

Mo Qingxue said softly, “That ancestor once said that the ancient Mo family was not completely wiped out and would one day return. At that time, our Mo family will truly prosper.”

As she spoke, she took out a completely black token and handed it to Li Chang’an.

The token’s material was unknown, but it bore the character “墨” (Mo) on its front, exuding an ancient and weathered aura.

“This is an identity token of the ancient Mohist school. Even if the holder isn’t a disciple of the Mohist school, they are still a distinguished guest,”

Mo Qingxue explained.

Currently, the Mohist school only possesses two such tokens.

She gave this token to Li Chang’an to provide him with an extra layer of security.

If the ancient Mohist school truly returned, and Li Chang’an faced a life-or-death crisis, he could use this token to obtain the Mohist school’s protection.   Li Chang’an did not refuse.

”   If the Mohist school truly still exists, the value of this token is immeasurable.”   He solemnly accepted the token, placing it in the corner of his storage bag, alongside the Immortal-Suppressing Stele.   In return,   Li Chang’an modified the entire Mohist school’s formation.   A full thirteen quasi-fourth-order formations, each of higher quality than ordinary quasi-fourth-order formations, layered and interlocking, making the Mohist school’s territory impregnable.   Having done all this,   he bid farewell to Mo Qingxue and returned to Changqing Mountain, entering the underground palace deep within.   Inside the underground palace, poisonous gas permeated the air.   In each secret chamber, a large number of poisonous insects were cultivated.   Over the years,   Li Chang’an had spent a great deal of treasures to cultivate more than ten third-tier poisonous insects.   ”The path of fourth-tier poisonous insects is indeed much more difficult than the path of faith.” He had not completely given up   on this path   , but he no longer valued it as much as he had at the beginning.   Once he collected all the fourth-tier array treasures, he would have a chance to defeat the Fire Cloud God Lord and achieve Nascent Soul through faith.   Just as he was thinking this ,   within the Fire Cloud Secret Realm   , two God Emperors who had already submitted to Li Chang’an quietly went to the Fire Cloud Temple, intending to betray Li Chang’an and inform the Fire Cloud God Lord of Li Chang’an’s affairs.   They were unaware that within them was a wisp of divine consciousness left by   Li Chang’an. No matter what they did, Li Chang’an would detect it.   ”Two more traitors.”   Li Chang’an was not surprised and immediately ordered the two to explode, ending their lives.   In the past few years, more than ten God Emperors had betrayed him.   The reason for their betrayal was naturally because they feared the Fire Cloud God Lord and worried that the Fire Cloud God Lord would really achieve fourth-tier body refinement.   ”We need to gather the materials as soon as possible. If we can’t gather them all within five years, we’ll abandon the fourth-tier grand formation and directly attack the Fire Cloud God Lord,”   Li Chang’an pondered.   The Black and White God Emperors he controlled often sparred with the Fire Cloud God Lord.   It must be said that the Fire Cloud God Lord was very talented in body refinement, and had made another breakthrough in just a few years.   Now, his aura was quite close to the fourth tier.   Li Chang’an estimated that within twenty years, the Fire Cloud God Lord had a chance to cross the threshold of the fourth tier.   To be on the safe side,   he set the timeframe at five years.   If he still couldn’t gather the materials for the fourth-tier grand formation after five years, he would risk taking action. Under no circumstances could he allow the Fire Cloud God Lord to become a fourth-tier body refiner.   Once the Fire Cloud God Lord succeeded,   Li Chang’an would not only be unable to defeat him, but would also face a crisis.   ”I’m afraid the Fire Cloud God Lord will discover the location of the entrance to the secret realm.”   A fourth-tier body refiner could completely break the formation with brute force, directly shattering the near-fourth-tier formation he left at the entrance to the secret realm.   At that time,   the entire Changqing Mountain would not be at peace.   He would most likely have to abandon his Changqing Mountain base and flee to cultivate elsewhere.   ”Tomorrow I’ll go to the ancient ruins again and dismantle those fourth-order incomplete arrays that Qian Tong told me about. Hopefully, there are array element stones inside.”   Li Chang’an’s figure flickered, and he returned to his secluded cultivation spot in his cave to continue his cultivation.   Just then   , the dragon-shaped jade pendant in his storage bag suddenly heated up.

Li Chang’an immediately took it out and probed it with his divine sense, hearing Chi Qingxuan’s voice.

“Fellow Daoist Li, regarding the fourth-tier body-refining technique, I’ve found you an opportunity.”

“What opportunity?”

Li Chang’an’s heart stirred slightly, and he immediately inquired.

Chi Qingxuan explained, “My master’s youngest daughter, Zhuo Wanshuang, is coming to the Southern Region of Zhao Kingdom in search of a treasure. As a cultivator from the Southern Region, you should be quite familiar with it. If you can help her and gain her favor, the matter of the technique might change.” “

I understand, thank you, Fellow Daoist Chi.”

Li Chang’an understood Chi Qingxuan’s meaning perfectly.

If he could get the Azure Dragon True Lord’s daughter to personally persuade him, perhaps the other party would lower his conditions and give him the fourth-tier body-refining technique.

According to Chi Qingxuan,

the Azure Dragon True Lord doted on this youngest daughter.

“The more he dotes on her, the greater the opportunity!”

Li Chang’an made up his mind. He

had to help!

The problem was, how could he help?

“Fellow Daoist Chi, what treasure does Miss Zhuo wish to find?”

“An ancient mechanical beast.”

After some conversation,

Li Chang’an learned of Zhuo Wanshuang’s purpose.

She wanted to find a “Little Azure Dragon Mechanical Beast.”

This kind of mechanical beast was a treasure created by the ancient Mohist school, reaching the fourth rank, and possessing extremely powerful strength.

Furthermore, the Mohist school would extract the demon soul of a fourth-rank flood dragon and seal it within the Little Azure Dragon Mechanical Beast, making the mechanical beast even more agile.

A complete Little Azure Dragon Mechanical Beast was enough to fight against a Nascent Soul True Monarch.

Of course,

the Little Azure Dragon Mechanical Beast that Zhuo Wanshuang wanted to capture was no longer at the fourth rank.

Over tens of thousands of years, some of its materials had decayed, degenerating to a near-fourth rank.

With Li Chang’an’s strength, as long as he found the Little Azure Dragon Mechanical Beast, subduing it would not be difficult.

He immediately agreed to the task.

…

Time flew by, and half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

Zhuo Wanshuang and the others were about to arrive.

Late that night,

Li Chang’an was soaking in the medicinal bath of the eighth level of Body Refinement, quietly cultivating.

As midnight approached, a golden light appeared before his eyes.

[The divination has been updated]

[Today’s Divination: Auspicious]

[You have helped Zhuo Wanshuang, daughter of the Azure Dragon True Lord, subdue the little Azure Dragon mechanical beast, gain Zhuo Wanshuang’s favor, and obtain a fourth-tier treasure, the Array Essence Stone.]

“An Array Essence Stone!”

Li Chang’an’s eyes lit up.

He was still searching for this treasure, and unexpectedly, he had found a clue so quickly.

“Hopefully, the Array Essence Stone in the divination is large enough; it should be at least half the size of a fist.”

He looked at the divination results, secretly hoping.

…

The next day, as dawn broke.

A dragon-headed flying boat, entirely azure, sailed from the horizon and came to a steady stop at the edge of Changqing Mountain.

Chi Qingxuan and Chi Qingwu stood on the flying boat.

Beside them

was a petite girl.

The girl had delicate features and bright, lively eyes, curiously observing Changqing Mountain.

“Senior brother, senior sister, is this Li Chang’an’s Daoist temple? It looks quite impressive; the spiritual energy concentration is almost at the fourth level.”

“Yes, this is Fellow Daoist Li’s Daoist temple,”

the two replied in unison.

It was their first time here, and they were both quite surprised by the concentration of spiritual energy in Changqing Mountain.

This spiritual vein was already incredibly close to the fourth level; with a little nurturing from a fourth-level spiritual vein master, it could become a true fourth-level spiritual vein!

Just then,

Li Chang’an’s laughter rang out from below.

“Fellow Daoists, you have traveled a long way to come. I apologize for not greeting you properly.”

He dispersed the Changqing Mountain formation and invited everyone to sit in the courtyard.

Soon,

five figures landed in the Changqing Mountain courtyard.

Besides Chi Qingxuan and the other two, there were two cultivators with impressive auras.

Chi Qingxuan introduced them to Li Chang’an.

“Fellow Daoist Li, this is Fellow Daoist Yan Hao. Like you, he is also a quasi-fourth-tier formation master.”

“Fellow Daoist Yan.”

Li Chang’an cupped his hands in greeting and looked Yan Hao up

and down. Yan Hao smiled warmly.

“Fellow Daoist Li, like you, I am also a rogue cultivator, cultivating in the Five Dragons Mountain of the Yuan Kingdom. I have come here today to assist Fellow Daoist Zhuo.”

The two, being rogue cultivators, quickly became acquainted.

As for the last person,

his name was Yu Tao, an elder of the Azure Dragon Sect.

He possessed considerable strength, reaching the peak of the Golden Core stage, and also held two near-fourth-tier skills: a near-fourth-tier Feng Shui technique and a near-fourth-tier Spiritual Vein technique. He held a very high position within the Azure Dragon Sect.

He was here today to help Zhuo Wanshuang.

Both of them

had been invited by Zhuo Wanshuang herself.

Only Li Chang’an had been invited by Chi Qingxuan and Chi Qingwu.

After getting acquainted, they didn’t waste time and immediately began discussing the specific plan for their operation.

Zhuo Wanshuang explained, “Not long ago, while searching for treasure, I accidentally released a small Azure Dragon mechanical beast from an ancient Mo family ruin. After a battle, I injured it, but it was quite powerful and escaped from my grasp.”

As she spoke, she took out a piece of decaying material.

This material

came from that small Azure Dragon mechanical beast.

“Fortunately, I cut this piece of material from it, and with the guidance of the treasure-hunting compass, I found its trail again, this time in the Southern Region.”

“What is a treasure-hunting compass?”

Li Chang’an asked Zhuo Wanshuang, looking puzzled.

Zhuo Wanshuang chuckled and took out a disc-shaped treasure from her storage bag, placing it in front of Li Chang’an.

The object was entirely earthen yellow, with a pointer on its surface; it was of considerable quality and emitted a fourth-tier aura.

She explained, “This is a treasure my father found in the secret realm ruins. It’s quite peculiar; it can guide treasure hunters based on the treasure’s aura.”

Upon hearing this, Li Chang’an immediately understood.

Finding treasure based on aura wasn’t particularly strange.

However, this treasure-hunting disc could point to extremely distant locations.

Zhuo Wanshuang was clearly far away in the Yuan Kingdom, yet this treasure could point her to the Zhao Kingdom.

“The reason I want the Little Azure Dragon Mechanical Beast is for the material from its eyes—two ‘Azure Dragon Eye Stones,’ which will greatly benefit my cultivation techniques. As for the other materials on its body, you can dispose of them as you see fit.”

As she spoke,

Li Chang’an secretly used divination techniques, attempting to deduce the Little Azure Dragon Mechanical Beast’s location.

But the resulting divination was completely blurry.

Clearly,

the mechanical beast possessed a treasure that concealed its secrets.

Zhuo Wanshuang continued, “That mechanical beast is hidden beneath the southern land. It’s quite intelligent and will likely use the earth’s veins and the formations of underground ruins to protect itself.”

That’s why

she invited Yan Hao and Yu Tao.

Li Chang’an is also a near-fourth-tier formation master, overlapping with Yan Hao’s level, but having another person wouldn’t hurt.

After some discussion, the group boarded a flying boat and left Changqing Mountain, searching for the little azure dragon mechanical beast according to the treasure-hunting compass.

Not long after,

they stopped not far from the Black Dragon Mountain Range.

“That mechanical beast is nearby.”

Zhuo Wanshuang looked at the constantly trembling pointer of the treasure-hunting compass and jumped off the flying boat.

Li Chang’an and the others followed.

Soon,

the group disappeared into the depths of the earth.

Zhuo Wanshuang held the treasure-hunting compass, constantly changing direction.

“That little azure dragon knows we’re looking for it, but it can’t escape!”

Zhuo Wanshuang smiled confidently.

Chi Qingxuan and Chi Qingwu stayed by her side, protecting her every step of the way.

About fifteen minutes later,

they suddenly entered a vast underground world.

Before them stood a colossal stone dragon.

This dragon was entirely yellowish-brown, its body covered in undulating scales, its form stretching tens of thousands of feet, its limbs powerful and lifelike, as if the work of a master sculptor.

A hint of life had already appeared in its stone eyes, as if it might come to life at any moment.

“This is an earth dragon, a creature born of the earth. Every vein of earth can give birth to an earth dragon. If it receives hundreds of thousands of years of nourishment from heaven and earth, perhaps it can develop sentience and soar into the sky,”

said Feng Shui master Yu Tao, stepping forward to observe carefully.   They were all familiar

with earth dragons.   There was a foundation-building spiritual object called “Earth Dragon Saliva,” which dripped from the mouth of this type of earth dragon.   ”Strange, could the treasure-hunting compass be malfunctioning? It was clearly searching for that little green dragon mechanical beast, so why did it lead us to this earth dragon?”   Yan Hao asked, puzzled.   He also stepped forward to carefully observe the earth dragon.   Just then…   Yu Tao’s expression changed slightly, and he grabbed him, retreating rapidly.   ”Retreat quickly! This earth dragon is dead; its life force was forcibly interrupted, and its resentment lingers, forming a dead dragon’s aura!”   His words had barely finished   when a dragon’s roar filled with resentment suddenly resounded within the stone dragon’s body.   Immediately afterward, a wisp of black smoke emerged from the stone dragon’s eyes, transforming into a ferocious black dragon.   Its eyes were filled with ferocity and hatred, like a vengeful ghost, staring intently at the group, its aura clearly exceeding the limits of the third rank.   ”Suppress!”   Yu Tao shouted, his hands forming hand seals.   Then…

A series of unique forces surged from all directions, weaving into a vast net that tightly bound the vengeful dragon.

“What a strange power,”

Li Chang’an sensed vaguely.

At this moment, Yu Tao seemed to have become the darling of this land, able to mobilize endless power.

Yu Tao explained to him, “Fellow Daoist Li, this is the power of the earth’s veins. Any Feng Shui master can mobilize it. The higher the rank of the Feng Shui master, the more power they can mobilize. With my current near-fourth-rank Feng Shui technique, the power I can mobilize is enough to crush ordinary Golden Core peak cultivators.”

“I see, thank you for informing me, Fellow Daoist Yu.”

Li Chang’an had also received Feng Shui inheritances before, but they were all low-rank inheritances, and he didn’t understand them much.

After all, practicing Feng Shui requires spending years in the mountains, and he preferred to stay on Evergreen Mountain for peaceful cultivation.

Every cultivation technique should not be underestimated.

According to Yu Tao,

if one’s Feng Shui technique reaches the fourth rank, one can fight against a Nascent Soul True Monarch using the power of the earth’s veins!

During their conversation,

he had already dealt with the dead dragon.

“The life force of this earth dragon must have been deliberately interrupted by that little azure dragon mechanical beast, just to stop us.”

“That’s right, that should be it.”

Everyone agreed with his guess.

In the following hours,

they encountered more than ten dead earth dragons, many of which had given birth to dead dragon evil spirits.

Fortunately, they had Yu Tao, the feng shui master.

They weren’t stopped for too long.

Not long after,

the group was blocked by a near-fourth-order incomplete array.

This time, Yan Hao took action and easily broke the array.

“It seems I invited the right people. I’ll have to trouble you two fellow Daoists today.”

Zhuo Wanshuang thanked the two sincerely.

Then, she secretly transmitted her voice to Chi Qingxuan and Chi Qingwu.

“Senior brother and senior sister, I’ve already told you, I don’t need your protection, and you don’t need to invite anyone for me. I can handle this myself.” Hearing this

, Chi Qingxuan and Chi Qingwu exchanged a glance, both somewhat helpless.

Chi Qingxuan replied telepathically, “Junior Sister, that little green dragon is very cunning; we must not let our guard down.”

“Don’t worry, you and Fellow Daoist Li can just watch. You don’t need to intervene; that little green dragon won’t escape!”

Zhuo Wanshuang smiled confidently,

holding her treasure-hunting compass, and led the group in continued pursuit.

Just then ,

Li Chang’an suddenly noticed that the Mo family token in his storage bag was heating up.

“Huh?”

He was puzzled, took out the token, and poured his magic power into it, but received no feedback.

There was no sensation whatsoever.

However,

as time passed, the token became increasingly hot.

“Could there be ancient Mo family ruins nearby?”

Li Chang’an pondered, carefully probing his surroundings with his divine sense.

Suddenly,

the depths of the earth where they were located trembled violently.

“Buzz—”

The tremors grew stronger, as if some monster that had slumbered for countless years was awakening deep underground.

Immediately afterward, countless fine and piercing sounds of mechanisms operating echoed around them.

“Oh no! Everyone, be careful!”

Yu Tao shouted, drawing upon the power of the earth’s veins to protect everyone.

(End of Chapter)