Daily Divination From Market Rogue Cultivator To Immortal Venerable - Chapter 393

Chapter 393 Blood Seed Reappears, Thousand Corpses Go Mad (Please Subscribe)

Cui Ling refused to admit defeat.

In his view, Li Chang’an was merely skilled in offensive tactics.

If he didn’t confront him head-on and instead focused on escaping, Li Chang’an wouldn’t be able to stop him.

“Don’t worry, everyone, Lin Fan can’t destroy my physical body!”

He insisted firmly, gritting his teeth.   Everyone was somewhat helpless

in the face of this.   Judging from the current situation, Li Chang’an indeed couldn’t destroy Cui Ling’s physical body.   However, what happened next was once again beyond their expectations.   ”Activate the formation!”   Li Chang’an waved his hand, and a complete fourth-order formation instantly appeared from the void.   During the previous battle, he had been quietly setting up the formation.   At this moment,   both of them were within the formation.   The powerful formation sealed off all directions, completely extinguishing Cui Ling’s hope of preserving his physical body.   ”How could this be…”   Cui Ling looked around in disbelief.   From beginning to end, he hadn’t noticed any fluctuations in the formation, yet the formation had already taken shape.   In other words,   this battle had been controlled by Li Chang’an from the very beginning.   Zixia, Zhuque, and the others, watching from afar, were equally unaware, staring in disbelief at the grand formation.   Zhuque Zhenjun asked, “When was this formation set up? Did any of you notice?”   Qi Jiuyang shook his head: “No.”   ”Me neither.” ”   Fellow Daoist Lin’s talent in formations is probably no less than his talent in swordsmanship; perhaps he’s not far from becoming a mid-grade fourth-tier formation master,”   Qi Jiuyang sincerely praised.   A mid-grade fourth-tier formation master is considered one of the most elite formation masters in the entire cultivation world.   Above that,   the lineage breaks down.   The protective formations of the major sects are all mid-grade fourth-tier formations.   They are not single formations, but multiple exquisite formations stacked together; while their power doesn’t reach the high-grade fourth-tier, it’s enough to intimidate mid-Nascent Soul cultivators.   Qi Jiuyang glanced at Baihu Zhenjun.   ”Fellow Daoist Baihu, with this formation in place, your junior brother has no chance of winning. Try to persuade him to concede.”   ”Hmm.”   Baihu Zhenjun remained expressionless, his mood unreadable.   However,   everyone could guess what was going on.   His mood wasn’t good.   As Cui Ling’s senior brother, he naturally stood on Cui Ling’s side, hoping Cui Ling could win this battle.   But Cui Ling’s defeat was too humiliating.   ”Junior brother, admit defeat.”   The White Tiger True Monarch’s tone was indifferent, without the slightest fluctuation.   Hearing this,   Cui Ling’s face was full of resentment, but he had no other choice.   Under the continuous bombardment of the fourth-order formation and sword formation, he was finding it increasingly difficult to resist, and was about to reach the brink of despair.   In the end, he had to suppress the raging anger in his heart and bow his head to Li Chang’an.   ”Fellow Daoist Lin, I was wrong to begin with today’s matter, and I am willing to admit defeat.”   After saying that,   he opened his storage bag.   Countless spiritual lights flew out, floating and sinking within the formation, shimmering like a starry sky.   Each spiritual light was a treasure.   This was his gift of apology.   Before this battle, he didn’t need to apologize at all.   But now, his life was in Li Chang’an’s hands.   Sincerity had to be sufficient!   ”Fellow Daoist Lin, are you satisfied with these gifts of apology?”   ”Yes.”   Li Chang’an glanced at them briefly; several were treasures he could use at the fourth level of body refinement.   The quality of the remaining treasures was also quite good.   With a wave of his hand, he collected all the treasures and dispelled the fourth-level grand formation.   The sword energy swirling around him dissipated into the world, and the sharp sword intent emanating from his body gradually subsided.   Thus,   the battle officially ended.   Li Chang’an suffered no losses; on the contrary, he gained a large number of treasures.   Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and came closer.   True Monarch White Tiger said calmly, “Fellow Daoist Lin, my junior brother is always impulsive; please don’t hold it against him. If you have time in the future, please come to my White Tiger Sect as a guest.”   After saying this, he didn’t linger and left with Cui Ling.   Everyone could tell that his so-called “guest” was just a polite formality.   After the two of them left,   the atmosphere at the scene relaxed considerably.   Qi Jiuyang said sincerely, “Fellow Daoist Lin, although rogue cultivators are carefree, they ultimately lack a foundation. If you had come to my Great Qi before forming your Nascent Soul, and received the Nascent Soul formation insights from my predecessors, you would surely have formed a True Nascent Soul.”   Li Chang’an smiled, “That’s all in the past, why bring it up again, Fellow Daoist Qi?”   ”Indeed, but Fellow Daoist Lin’s descendant has not yet formed his Nascent Soul.”   Qi Jiuyang continued the conversation, mentioning Li Chang’an’s descendant.   Everyone present knew that   Li Chang’an had been collecting Nascent Soul formation treasures.   He was naturally collecting them for himself, but his excuse to the outside world was always “descendants.”   ”Fellow Daoist Lin, why not have your descendant come to my Great Qi and become my Great Qi’s Holy Son? I am willing to devote myself to nurturing him and paving the way for his True Nascent Soul.”   Qi Jiuyang invited him with utmost sincerity.   As soon as he finished speaking,   the others also chimed in.   ”Fellow Daoist Lin, my Zixia Sect can also cultivate your descendants.”   ”Fellow Daoist Lin, your strength is considerable, but ultimately you only have the experience of forming a pseudo-Nascent Soul, unable to see further for your descendants. My Qinglong Sect has many predecessors with True Nascent Soul experience.”   ”Fellow Daoist Lin…”   They all offered very good terms.   As long as they could win over Li Chang’an, their sects would gain another combatant comparable to a True Nascent Soul.

If Li Chang’an’s descendants could achieve Nascent Soul stage, that would be even better.   Li Chang’an didn’t directly refuse

the invitations , but politely indicated he needed to consider them further.   After some conversation,   Li Chang’an casually made an excuse and left alone.   Watching him depart, the crowd’s expressions varied.   The old tortoise looked strange, hesitant to speak.   He had a guess, but couldn’t confirm it.   …   A few days later.   Inside the cave on Changqing Mountain.   Li Chang’an sat cross-legged, examining the information in his hand.   He had prepared all the treasures to deal with the Thousand Corpse True Monarch, lacking only an opportunity.   This opportunity,   he planned to create himself.   ”The Thousand Corpse Demon especially loves the Corpse Fragrance Demon Flower. This flower in my hand is enough to lure him out of the Netherworld Soul Sect.”   ”Now, all I need to do is let him know this news…”   Li Chang’an planned to capture a disciple of the Thousand Corpse True Monarch alive. He   would refine that disciple into a puppet,   then control that person to tell the Thousand Corpse True Monarch about the Corpse Fragrance Demon Flower, leading him into a pre-laid trap.   The information he possessed contained detailed information about all the disciples under the Thousand Corpse True Monarch.   The Thousand Corpse True Monarch had dozens of disciples.   His most trusted was the Golden Core disciple, “Blood Lotus True Person.”   Not long ago, this Blood Lotus True Person was merely a Foundation Establishment cultivator. She unexpectedly obtained a Corpse Fragrance Demon Flower, offered it to the Thousand Corpse Old Demon, and was taken in as his personal disciple. Under his guidance,   she successfully formed her Golden Core. Li Chang’an quickly decided to capture this Blood Lotus True Person!   This woman was currently on the battlefield between the righteous and demonic paths.   She frequently made moves, displaying remarkable skill, and killed many righteous cultivators.   Not long after,   Li Chang’an quietly left Changqing Mountain, heading straight for the righteous-demonic battleground in the Northern Region.   With his current strength, as long as he was cautious, capturing a Golden Core cultivator alive wouldn’t be difficult.   …   The next day.   In the mountains of the Northern Region.   A great battle had just ended, leaving the ground littered with the corpses of righteous cultivators. The one   who killed them was a demonic female cultivator riding a Blood Lotus magic weapon.   It was none other than the Blood Lotus True Person!   ”This woman’s strength is indeed remarkable.”   Li Chang’an, hidden in the shadows, glanced at the corpses on the ground.   Among the righteous cultivators killed by True Person Blood Lotus, at least three were Golden Core True Persons of the same level as her.   ”The Thousand Corpse Demon must have bestowed many treasures upon her. Let’s see if there’s anything special about her; we can’t afford to be caught off guard.”   With this in mind,   Li Chang’an took out his Stone Eye treasure and used it to observe True Person Blood Lotus.   This had become a habit of his.   No matter who he was dealing with, he would always use his Stone Eye beforehand.   He had assumed there wouldn’t be anything special about her.   However,   this one look revealed a problem!   Within True Person Blood Lotus’s body, there were countless fine, dense blood-red threads.   These threads originated from a blood-red seed below her heart, piercing through her flesh, bones, and even meridians, making her resemble a puppet on strings.   ”A Blood Seed!”   Li Chang’an’s gaze sharpened as he looked closely.   He was certain.   That was undoubtedly a Blood Seed!   This True Person Blood Lotus had been refined into a Blood Seed puppet.   ”Could it be that the Thousand Corpse Demon Lord has cultivated the Demon Seed Technique?”   Li Chang’an pondered.   After killing Murong Kang, he hadn’t encountered any Blood Seed Puppets again.   But he knew that since this demonic art had spread, it must have been practiced by more than one person.   If the Thousand Corpse True Monarch truly cultivated the Demon Seed Technique, then he must be extremely well-hidden, far from being as weak as he appeared.   Given the wonder of the Demon Seed Technique, even if he was only a fake Nascent Soul cultivator, he would be enough to rival a true Nascent Soul cultivator.   To deal with him,   it would be best to possess Nascent Soul divine sense and techniques for attacking with divine sense.   Even Mo Qingkuang back then had fallen victim to divine sense; how much more so a junior who had cultivated his technique?   Alas.

Li Chang’an was not a true Nascent Soul cultivator.

Although his divine sense far surpassed that of a peak Golden Core cultivator, it was still no match for a Nascent Soul True Monarch.

“Fine, let’s spare this Blood Lotus True Person for now and check on the Thousand Corpse Demon’s other disciples.”

“If his other disciples aren’t blood-seed puppets, then the problem lies with this woman.”

Li Chang’an put away his stone eye and quietly retreated.

For the next half month,

he didn’t return to Changqing Mountain but remained on the battlefield of the Righteous-Demon War, observing more than twenty disciples of the Thousand Corpse True Monarch.

There were Foundation Establishment and Golden Core disciples.

These disciples were all normal cultivators, without any blood seed within them.

Furthermore,

Li Chang’an also observed a large number of demonic cultivators from other sects, and similarly found no blood seeds.

On the vast Righteous-Demon battlefield, it seemed that only the Blood Lotus True Person had been refined into a blood-seed puppet.

“The person cultivating the Demon Seed Technique shouldn’t be the Thousand Corpse Demon, but someone else,”

Li Chang’an secretly analyzed.

The Blood Lotus True Person obtaining the Corpse Fragrance Demon Flower was most likely not an accident.

Someone was secretly controlling her, using the Corpse Fragrance Demon Flower to approach True Monarch Thousand Corpses and gain his trust.

That person’s ultimate goal was most likely Thousand Corpses himself.

Although his strength was weak, he was ultimately a false infant.

“His false infant cultivation is a great tonic even for a true infant powerhouse.”

“If we could devour him with the Demon Seed Technique, we could probably avoid decades or even centuries of arduous cultivation.”

The Blood Seed Technique differed from Li Chang’an’s Wood Seed Technique. The

Blood Seed Technique could devour a large amount of a puppet’s cultivation,

while Li Chang’an’s Wood Seed Technique could only devour a trace.

However,

his Wood Seed Technique was better at control, allowing him to constantly sense the puppet’s state.

After observing for another half month,

Li Chang’an gradually confirmed his conjecture.

He quietly acted, capturing another Golden Core disciple of True Monarch Thousand Corpses.

This person’s Daoist name was “Black Fiend,” and he possessed early Golden Core cultivation. He had been a disciple of Thousand Corpses for many years and enjoyed his deep trust.

Subsequently,

Li Chang’an found a shady and cold place suitable for the growth of the Corpse Fragrance Demon Flower at the foot of the mountains in the Northern Region.

He planted the Corpse Fragrance Demon Flower deep within this place and carefully arranged it.

A few days later,

he controlled Black Fiend True Man to return to the Netherworld Soul Sect.

To avoid alerting the enemy, he made no unnecessary moves, not even checking the Netherworld Soul Sect’s treasury. He simply stayed in Black Fiend True Man’s dojo, quietly awaiting the divination.

That night at midnight,

a golden light appeared before his eyes.

[Divination Updated]

[Today’s Divination: Auspicious]

[You controlled Black Fiend True Man, using the Corpse Fragrance Demon Flower as bait, lured Thousand Corpse True Monarch into a trap and successfully killed him without any unexpected events.]

“Auspicious divination!”

Seeing the divination’s content, Li Chang’an felt relieved.

It seemed that

Thousand Corpse True Monarch indeed hadn’t cultivated the Demon Seed Technique.

If he were a practitioner of the Demon Seed Technique, this battle wouldn’t have been without its unexpected twists.

“It’s time to act.”

Li Chang’an controlled Black Fiend True Man, heading straight for Thousand Corpse True Monarch’s dojo.

Soon,

he arrived before a palace built of piled bones and projected his voice into it.

“Master, your disciple has urgent news to report.”

“Come in.”

The voice of the Thousand Corpse True Lord echoed from the depths of the palace.

“Yes!”

Li Chang’an respectfully stepped into the palace.

The Thousand Corpse True Lord was sitting cross-legged among thousands of corpses, cultivating a special demonic art.

He opened his mouth and inhaled, and the thousands of corpses opened their mouths simultaneously, wisps of black gas flying out, which he inhaled into his stomach.

After more than ten breaths,

he slowly opened his eyes, his two eyes as black as ink, and glanced at Li Chang’an.

“Black Fiend, what is it?”

“Master, your disciple has discovered a Corpse Fragrance Demon Flower, but your disciple does not understand the art of spiritual plants and is afraid of damaging the demon flower, so he dares not pick it easily.” “

Hmm? Where is that Corpse Fragrance Demon Flower? Tell me quickly!”

The Thousand Corpse True Lord’s tone changed, becoming more urgent.

Li Chang’an immediately sent out a beam of spiritual light, informing the Thousand Corpse Demon Lord of the location of the trap he had set.

He also sent out a wisp of the Corpse Fragrance Demon Flower’s aura.

Sensing this aura, Thousand Corpse True Monarch closed his eyes slightly, his face filled with enjoyment.

“Indeed, it is the Corpse Fragrance Demon Flower!”

A moment later,

his figure flickered, transforming into a shadow as he left the palace, instantly disappearing into the horizon.

Inside the palace, only his last words echoed in Li Chang’an’s ears.

“Black Fiend, if that Corpse Fragrance Demon Flower is genuine, your master will surely bestow upon you a great treasure!”

“Respectfully bidding farewell to Master!”

Li Chang’an smiled, gazing in the direction where Thousand Corpse True Monarch had vanished.

This matter was settled.

This puppet should naturally be dealt with.

However, Li Chang’an did not immediately destroy Black Fiend’s body, but instead went to the Nether Soul Sect’s treasury.

He used all of Black Fiend’s remaining contributions to exchange for 500,000 souls of decent quality.

After years of effort,

the number of souls in his Soul Banner had already exceeded 50 million. He   was still halfway to reach

the 100 million souls mentioned by the artifact spirit.   Once he gathered 100 million, he could allow the Fiend Soul’s strength to break through to the fourth rank, comparable to a Nascent Soul True Monarch.   ”At the current pace, I should be able to gather 100 million soul fragments before I advance to the Nascent Soul stage. Having an extra fourth-tier trump card will provide more security during my tribulation.”   With these 500,000 soul fragments, Li Chang’an controlled Black Fiend to leave the Netherworld Soul Sect.   Several hours later,   True Monarch Thousand Corpses entered that icy land, heading straight for the location of the Corpse Fragrance Demon Flower.

In the blink of an eye, a strange flower appeared before him.

“It really is the Corpse Fragrance Demon Flower!”

Thousand Corpse True Monarch was overjoyed and immediately rushed towards the Corpse Fragrance Demon Flower, intending to pluck it.

But just then,

a fourth-order grand formation suddenly appeared from the void, instantly enveloping the surrounding world, turning this place into a prison.

“Not good!”

Thousand Corpse True Monarch’s heart trembled, and he immediately retreated, but it was too late.

He was already trapped in the formation.

Killing intent filled the surroundings.

He warily looked around and said in a deep voice, “Which fellow Daoist is this? I am Thousand Corpse of the Netherworld Soul Sect. If I have offended you before, please forgive me!” As soon as he

finished speaking,

a dazzling sword light flashed across the void and arrived in front of him in an instant.

“Lin Fan!”

Thousand Corpse True Monarch shouted sharply and immediately activated his protective treasure.

He had fought with Li Chang’an many times and recognized Li Chang’an’s methods almost at a glance.

Boom!

Sword energy crisscrossed, sword shadows multiplied, and unleashed unimaginable power.

Thousand Corpse True Monarch’s expression changed drastically. He was sent flying backward, crashing heavily into the edge of the formation.

“How is this possible? Why have you suddenly become so much stronger?”

In their last encounter,

Li Chang’an could put pressure on him, but he wasn’t completely crushed.

But this time, Li Chang’an had mastered the Yin-Yang balance method, greatly increasing the power of the sword formation.

In just a few exchanges,

Thousand Corpse True Monarch felt his life was hanging by a thread.

“No! I have cultivated for many years, how can I be defeated by a mere youth like you!”

He roared in unwilling anger, spewing out billowing black gas.

In an instant,

the entire formation was filled with black gas, permeated with the stench of decaying corpses.

This was his trump card, a breath of decaying corpse gas that he had nurtured for countless years.

Li Chang’an immediately noticed.

Within the formation, everything was decaying and dying.

The array patterns he had inscribed in the void were no longer dazzling, and the many treasures he had placed had become dull and lifeless.

“You do have some skill, but this corpse energy alone isn’t enough to break my formation.”

Li Chang’an’s expression was cold and stern, his sword energy crisscrossing as he manipulated the power of the sword formation and the overall formation to besiege Thousand Corpse True Monarch.

Thousand Corpse True Monarch’s face grew increasingly grim.

He knew perfectly well that

the difference in their strength was too great.

If this continued, he would surely die today.

Thinking of this, he didn’t hesitate and immediately swallowed several pills that squeezed out his potential, causing his aura to surge instantly.

As a pseudo-Nascent Soul cultivator, his cultivation path had reached its end, and he no longer cared about his potential.

“Lin Fan, do you really think this formation can trap me?”

Thousand Corpse True Monarch roared, his body igniting with scarlet life flames, his aura surging once more.

The next instant,

a deafening roar was heard.

His physical body instantly disintegrated, and his aura soared to its peak at that moment.

“Break!”

His Nascent Soul appeared, wielding a short sword, and with unparalleled momentum, he madly crashed into a corner of the formation.

Boom!

The formation trembled, and countless treasures used to set it up exploded instantly.

“Huh?”

Li Chang’an was somewhat surprised.

This Thousand Corpses was only at the Nascent Soul stage, yet it used various methods to break the formation by brute force, forcefully blasting open this fourth-order formation.

Ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators, even if they pushed themselves to the limit, would find it difficult to break the formation by force.

Clearly,

the short sword Thousand Corpses’ Nascent Soul was carrying was quite extraordinary.

Thinking that Li Chang’an couldn’t stop the Nascent Soul, it glanced back after breaking the formation, its eyes filled with ferocity and hatred.

“Lin Fan, next time we meet, I will definitely cut off your head!”

(End of Chapter)