Daily Divination From Market Rogue Cultivator To Immortal Venerable - Chapter 415

Chapter 415 Famous Throughout the Three Kingdoms, A Gift from the Black Market (Please Subscribe)

Hundreds of heads dripped blood, turning into a rain of blood in the howling wind.

Li Chang’an, clad in a blood-red robe, his body radiating a dense aura of blood, resembled a demon emerging from purgatory.

“Li Fan!”

Tengshe Zhenjun roared, his eyes bloodshot, staring intently at Li Chang’an.

With near-madness and overwhelming killing intent, his ugly features twisted to the extreme, his Nascent Soul power erupted instantly.

In an instant, the wind and clouds shifted.

The surging power transformed into a giant blood-red serpent, its eyes venomous, its fangs sharp, roaring beneath the sky, charging towards Li Chang’an with fury.

“Slash!”

Li Chang’an casually pointed, and a sharp sword aura flew out.

The dazzling sword light illuminated the entire sky in an instant, colliding with the blood serpent in the vast天地 (heaven and earth), tearing the blood serpent’s body apart in the blink of an eye.

The sword energy, undiminished in its momentum and dazzlingly bright, like a rainbow piercing the sun, instantly reached Tengshe Zhenjun.

Tengshe Zhenjun was prepared.

“Suppress!”

Layer upon layer of snake shadows appeared around him, rapidly exhausting the power of the sword energy.

Immediately afterward, a beam of spiritual light flew out from his storage bag, transforming into a fourth-order flesh and blood puppet thousands of feet in size.

This puppet resembled a long snake, but had wings, its entire body as black as ink, covered with a layer of black scales that looked like crystals.

It was Tengshe!

Of course, not the Tengshe of ancient legends, but a snake demon with Tengshe blood.

Even so, it should not be underestimated. If controlled properly, this Tengshe puppet was enough to rival an ordinary early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

It roared to the sky, its demonic energy surging, as if a creature from ancient mythology had been resurrected, suddenly unleashing an astonishing demonic technique.

Li Chang’an’s expression remained unchanged, and he also used his puppet.

“Go!”

The fourth-tier low-grade puppet obtained from Xun Yuanjia flew out, meeting the formidable Teng Snake head-on, its aura no weaker!

Appearing alongside it was the Fire Cloud God Lord, who had been preparing for some time.

Li Chang’an ordered, “Fire Cloud, coordinate with the puppet to suppress that Teng Snake.”

“Yes!”

The Fire Cloud God Lord showed no fear and immediately charged forward.

Seeing this,

a slight change appeared on the twisted face of the Teng Snake True Monarch.

Although he was furious and crazed, he hadn’t truly lost his mind and realized how troublesome Li Chang’an was.

Li Chang’an also had a fourth-tier puppet, and an assistant who had reached the fourth-tier body refinement level, and whose Nascent Soul foundation was stronger than his.

But the Teng Snake True Monarch did not retreat.

He remained silent, still staring intently at Li Chang’an, unleashing various spells.

The battlefield instantly split into two: one between Li Chang’an and the Teng Snake True Monarch, and the other in the higher, dark clouds.

“Boom!”

Thunder roared beneath the sky.

In the flashing lightning, a Teng Snake thousands of feet long could be vaguely seen swimming and roaring within the thunderclouds.

In the blink of an eye, the two sides exchanged hundreds of blows.

The entire region was left in ruins.

Mountains crumbled, rivers dried up, and all things withered, obliterated by the power of the Nascent Soul.

“Prison of Ten Thousand Serpents!”

Tengshe Zhenjun suddenly shouted coldly, and thousands upon thousands of illusory serpent shadows surged from his body, seemingly endless, blotting out the sky, all rushing towards Li Chang’an.

In the blink of an eye, a cage formed of serpent shadows was about to take shape.

“Break!”

Li Chang’an’s expression was indifferent, and sword energy danced around him.

Layer upon layer of sword intent erupted instantly, sweeping in all directions, cleansing the universe, and annihilating all the serpent shadows.

The next instant.

Two more serpent shadows roared in, transforming into two sharp longswords, one above and one below, rolling with killing intent, locking onto Li Chang’an’s aura, as if to cut him in two.

This was Tengshe Zhenjun’s natal magic weapon, Tengshe Scissors!

Li Chang’an instantly disappeared, avoiding this astonishing attack, but Tengshe Zhenjun’s killing intent followed closely.

“Die!”

An almost invisible serpent darted across the sky, instantly entering Li Chang’an’s sea of consciousness.

This was a divine sense attack technique that True Monarch Tengshe had never revealed to the public before. The

Yin Serpent Annihilation Technique!

If it were an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator, they would most likely be caught off guard.

But Li Chang’an remained calm, having prepared in advance. He used his fourth-level divine sense to activate the near-fourth-level treasure, the Divine Suppression Pearl, and forcefully blocked the attack.

“Buzz!”

He trembled slightly, his face paling a little.

At the Nascent Soul level, the grade of the Divine Suppression Pearl was somewhat insufficient, but it could still withstand some of the attack.

Li Chang’an himself was capable of blocking the remaining offensive power!

“Fortunately, my divine sense has broken through to the fourth level, otherwise the outcome of today’s battle would be uncertain, and the divination would most likely indicate an unexpected outcome.”

He stabilized his breathing and looked at True Monarch Tengshe.

True Monarch Tengshe’s condition was much worse than his.

His ugly face instantly turned deathly pale, blood streamed from his eyes, and his aura dropped significantly.

He didn’t retreat, swallowing a large number of pills and forcing himself to continue fighting Li Chang’an.

Streams of spiritual light flew from his storage bag, transforming into hundreds and thousands of fourth-tier talismans, burning simultaneously in the heavens and earth like a rain of fire and shooting stars.

“Talisman array, suppress!”

Tengshe Zhenjun roared, and all the talismans instantly formed an array, suppressing Li Chang’an with unimaginable power.   Li Chang’an had anticipated

this .   The information gathered by Luo Qiantong mentioned that Tengshe Zhenjun was a fourth-tier low-grade talisman master and had created his own talisman array technique.   At this moment, each of his fourth-tier talismans posed a threat to an ordinary early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.   The array of numerous talismans was incredibly powerful.   But Li Chang’an immediately saw the flaw.   ”The power is too scattered; out of ten percent of his power, only one-tenth is used, and over nine-tenths is wasted.”   Just as the artifact spirit had said.   In the current cultivation world, many techniques and spells seem amazing, but their power is not solid enough; they are merely superficial.

With a thought, Li Chang’an conjured countless sword energies, instantly transforming them into a cyan-gold sword array that flew out from his side, heading straight for the talisman array.

Sword array against talisman array!

Boom!

The violent and terrifying power collided in an instant, shaking the heavens and earth, deafeningly loud.

In the blink of an eye, the talisman array shattered, all the talismans burned away, leaving only the dazzling sword array piercing the sky, heading straight for Tengshe Zhenjun.

His expression changed again, and he used multiple talisman arrays to block the sword array.

In the previous battle,

Li Chang’an had not used the sword array technique.

This was because the technique was too powerful, and he was worried that it would scare away Tengshe Zhenjun.

But now there was no need to worry anymore.

“Great array, activate!”

He waved his hand, and a great array that blotted out the sky instantly appeared, covering the battlefield between the two.

In the previous battle, he had been quietly setting up the array.

Now, the array was complete!

“A fourth-order great array.”

Tengshe Zhenjun’s eyes were gloomy, and the madness in his eyes lessened a bit as he surveyed the surrounding situation.

This suddenly appearing fourth-tier grand formation sealed off all his escape routes, leaving him trapped.

He didn’t know how to break formations.

Moreover,

one sword formation after another was flying towards him.

If this continued, he would be worn down to death!

Thinking of this,

True Monarch Tengshe immediately used the Burning Life Technique, his body engulfed in blood-red flames, attempting to break the formation with all his might.

But he suddenly realized that his own magical power was stagnating.

“Poisoned?”

True Monarch Tengshe had considerable combat experience and instantly realized the problem. He swallowed dozens of various antidote pills, but they failed to cure him, not even providing a slight relief.

He immediately realized that Li Chang’an was not only a fourth-tier formation master but also a fourth-tier poison master!

His methods were numerous and bizarre; he was simply a monster.

In this brief moment of thought,

he struggled to block more than ten sword formations again, but the signs of poisoning became more and more obvious, and his breathing became increasingly chaotic.

“Li Fan! I have lost this battle!”

Tengshe Zhenjun roared, the madness on his face completely gone.

He suppressed his aura, as if preparing for a final, desperate struggle.

“However, no matter how many tricks you have up your sleeve, you cannot stop me!”

With that,

a loud “boom” resounded .

His half-human, half-demon body instantly disintegrated, and a dazzling nascent soul flew out, clutching a short sword, crashing heavily into a corner of the formation.

Li Chang’an was quite familiar with this scene.

Back then, Qianshi Zhenjun had also used a short sword to break the formation.

That short sword, in both form and aura, was almost identical to the one in Tengshe Zhenjun’s hand, as if they were made from the same mold!

“Tianming Zhenjun’s sword.”

Li Chang’an’s expression turned solemn as he fully activated the formation.

After a loud explosion, the entire formation trembled violently, a crack appearing in it.

Before the formation could heal, Tengshe Zhenjun’s nascent soul had escaped.

“Li Fan, once I recover, I will fight you again, sever your body, and destroy your nascent soul to avenge today’s humiliation!”

His tone was fierce, his killing intent undiminished.

But before he could escape far, a large net descended from the sky, trapping him tightly.

Immediately afterward,

Li Chang’an unleashed seven Nail-Suppressing Nails, freezing his nascent soul.

He took out a new Nail-Suppressing Bottle, placed Tengshe Zhenjun inside, and sealed the bottle’s opening.

The battle was over!

“Come!”

He raised his hand and summoned the broken short sword into his grasp.

The residual aura within the short sword matched that of the Thousand Corpse True Monarch’s short sword, confirming it was indeed a sword bestowed by the Heavenly Nether True Monarch.

Li Chang’an shattered it completely, erasing the remaining aura and power, and used refining techniques to directly restore it to material, which he then tossed into his storage bag.

He dispelled the formation and took away the fourth-tier Teng Snake puppet.

“Not bad, not much damage.”

In the previous battle, Li Chang’an had fought with great restraint, precisely to avoid damage.

In his eyes, this Teng Snake was already his own treasure, so naturally he couldn’t destroy it; he had to preserve its value and combat power as much as possible.

Subsequently, Li Chang’an erased all traces of the battle and its aura, and quickly fled the area.

About half an hour later.

A mid-Nascent Soul stage demonic cultivator arrived at the scene.

This person’s Daoist name was “Yin Ling,” and he was the Supreme Elder of the Nether Soul Sect, and the second strongest person in the entire Nether Soul Sect on the surface, with cultivation second only to the Heavenly Nether True Monarch.

He had been tracking the aura of the Teng Snake True Monarch, but the trail ended near this location, with no further traces.

Not long after.

True Lord Wanhun, True Lord Qingxie, True Lord Hongluo, and other Demonic Realm True Lords rushed to the scene.

The matter had escalated so much that over thirty Demonic Realm True Lords quickly gathered.

True Lord Yinling slowly spoke, “The aura of Tengshe has ceased here. I have used both magic and treasures, but I cannot find any further traces. Does anyone have a solution?”

True Lord Hongluo shook his head, “My tracking treasures are also useless.”

“My spirit beast is also ineffective; it has not detected any trace of Tengshe.”

“It seems Tengshe is in grave danger…”

“…”

After some discussion,

they were basically certain that

a great battle had taken place here, and True Lord Tengshe was the defeated party.

“If Tengshe had won, there would have been no need to erase his aura.”

“Even if he lost, as long as he could escape, he wouldn’t have left no trace behind. I’m afraid he is in grave danger.”

“Why don’t we go and check his soul lamp?”

“Alright!”

True Lord Wanhun immediately contacted the cultivators within the Netherworld Soul Sect, ordering them to check True Lord Tengshe’s soul lamp.

Soon, everyone learned…

Tengshe Zhenjun’s soul lamp was not extinguished, but it was much dimmer than before, as if he was seriously injured.

Qingxie Zhenjun frowned and said, “Since he’s not dead, why doesn’t he respond to my messages? Could it be that he doesn’t trust me and is hiding somewhere to heal?”

“No, there are many possibilities for a dim soul lamp.”

Xuehe Zhenjun slowly shook his head.

He also had a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivation, had lived long enough, and had extensive knowledge.

“I once read in an ancient book that if a Nascent Soul is suppressed, its own soul lamp will also dim.”

“Suppress a Nascent Soul?”

Everyone looked at each other, somewhat surprised.

“Could it be that Li Fan has a treasure to suppress a Nascent Soul?”

“It’s just a guess. Perhaps he does, otherwise why would he be so crazy in provoking us?”

“Fellow Daoist Xuehe is right. Li Fan was originally just a rogue cultivator of the demonic path. To have reached this point, he must have obtained some amazing opportunities. It’s not surprising that he has such a treasure.”

Wanhun Zhenjun’s expression was solemn, agreeing with Xuehe’s words, simply because he thought of Qianshi Zhenjun.

Qianshi Zhenjun’s soul lamp was also dim, and he had not responded.

Previously,

they all believed that True Monarch Thousand Corpses might be trapped in some secret realm.

Now, thinking back, True Monarch Thousand Corpses most likely encountered the same thing as True Monarch Tengshe.

“I never thought that rogue demon cultivator could grow to this level back then,”

True Monarch Ten Thousand Souls sighed inwardly.

“If I had known what would happen today, I should have directly killed him back then!”

Unfortunately,

there are no “ifs” in this world.

“That kid has become a Nascent Soul cultivator, standing at the same level as us. He has no disciples, no relatives, and no descendants. If he insists on revenge, I’m afraid it will cause us considerable trouble.”

“What do you all think?”

“This matter is somewhat difficult. Let’s go ask Tianming.”

After thinking it over, everyone couldn’t come up with a good solution, so they could only go to True Monarch Tianming.

At the same time,

both the righteous and demonic paths were waiting for the outcome of this matter.

Many people felt that since many Nascent Soul cultivators from the demonic path had already made their move, Li Chang’an wouldn’t fare well even if he didn’t die.

However, as time passed, all the sects of the demonic path fell into an eerie silence.

No more news came out.

The Tengshe True Monarch, who had been frantically pursuing Li Chang’an, had also vanished without a trace.

“What happened?”

“Tengshe True Monarch’s disciples were all killed, so why did he suddenly disappear and stop targeting Li Fan?”

Various factions discussed the matter, gradually arriving at a shocking conclusion.

If Tengshe True Monarch were still alive, even if he hadn’t found Li Chang’an, he would have vowed revenge and searched for him at all costs; he couldn’t have suddenly disappeared without a trace.

The current situation could only be explained by one thing:

he was killed by Li Chang’an!

And most likely,

even his Nascent Soul stage hadn’t escaped.

This speculation quickly spread between the righteous and demonic paths, causing an uproar.

“Is Li Fan really that strong? I heard he’s just an ordinary Tribulation Cultivator.”

“What Tribulation Cultivator? Senior Li Fan is clearly a righteous cultivator who stands up for justice; he has never committed any robbery. He cannot be slandered!” “

…”

In the black market outside Changqing Immortal City, almost every cultivator was discussing the matter.

Luo Qiantong looked at the messages in his hand, his whole body trembling with excitement.

“Uncle Li… he really became a Nascent Soul cultivator?”

Although he had suspected it, he still couldn’t calm down.

Just then,

Zhao Shichen, the local black market lord, suddenly approached him.

“Fellow Daoist Luo, I wish to invite Senior Li Fan to join the black market. Could you please inform him? You should have Senior Li’s contact information here.”

“Alright, Fellow Daoist Zhao, please wait a moment.”

Luo Qiantong immediately contacted Li Chang’an to inform him of the matter.

Li Chang’an wasn’t surprised. With

his identity—neither righteous nor demonic—and his Nascent Soul strength, he was naturally being courted by the black market.

Not long after,

Li Chang’an arrived at the black market and met Zhao Shichen.

Zhao Shichen was very respectful, explaining the black market’s recruitment intentions before asking him to wait a moment.

“Senior Li, my uncle ‘Zhao Qinan’ is on his way. He is also a Nascent Soul True Monarch; he will explain more to you.”

“Hmm.”

Li Chang’an nodded slightly, not in a hurry.

A while later ,

a dark-skinned middle-aged man entered the black market.

He smiled and cupped his hands in greeting to Li Chang’an.

“I am Zhao Qinan. This must be Fellow Daoist Li Fan?”

“That’s me.”

“Fellow Daoist Li, congratulations on achieving Nascent Soul! This is a congratulatory gift from my black market; please accept it.”

Zhao Qinan didn’t directly discuss business but first presented a congratulatory gift, his attitude very courteous.

Li Chang’an accepted the gift, and after a brief sensing, a hint of surprise flashed through his mind.

Inside the gift was a magical artifact that carried souls.

It contained a full ten million souls!

Truly a grand gesture!

“As expected of the black market that controls underground transactions, a mere ten million souls in a single gesture,”

Li Chang’an thought to himself.

After confirming that the gift contained no markings, he stored it in his storage bag.

“Fellow Daoist Zhao, no need for formalities, let’s get straight to the point.”

“Haha, Fellow Daoist Li is indeed direct.”

Zhao Qinan immediately explained his purpose.

He had come to invite Li Chang’an to join the black market and serve as the inspector of the entire Southern Region of Zhao Kingdom’s black market.

The inspector’s duties were not heavy; he only needed to occasionally visit various black markets to ensure that the local black market lords were fulfilling their responsibilities.

“Fellow Daoist Li, if you agree, you can become the Southern Region Inspector, receiving an annual salary and having priority in trading treasures throughout the Southern Region.”

“Including Nascent Soul treasures?”

“This…”

A hint of embarrassment appeared on Zhao Qinan’s smiling face.

He truly hadn’t expected Li Chang’an’s question to be so sharp.

It hit the nail on the head right away.

He had to tell him that

priority in trading didn’t include Nascent Soul treasures.

Hearing this, Li Chang’an immediately lost interest.

He only considered the black market as a backup plan; there was no need to agree now.

The duties of the Southern Region Inspector, while seemingly few, were actually quite tedious and would delay his cultivation.

He directly asked, “Fellow Daoist Zhao, what is the purpose of your black market? Is it merely to control underground trading, or are you secretly plotting something?”

“Fellow Daoist Li, I cannot disclose this matter for now. If you are willing to join the black market and gain the recognition of other Nascent Soul cultivators within a hundred years, becoming a core member, you will naturally find out.”

Hearing this,

Li Chang’an’s interest waned further.

Seeing his dejected expression, Zhao Qinan quickly added, “Fellow Daoist Li, we are accumulating strength, awaiting a change in circumstances, and that change will arrive soon.”

(End of Chapter)