Daily Divination From Market Rogue Cultivator To Immortal Venerable - Chapter 448

Chapter 448 Slaying Nascent Soul Stage Enemies in Succession, Frenzied Treasure Hunting (Seeking Subscriptions)

After some discussion,

everyone decided to first explore their surroundings.

Once they had a good grasp of the situation, they would then discuss how to deal with the current predicament.

Li Chang’an was in a much better state of mind than the others. This

was not only because he had obtained an auspicious divination, but also because he could deduce the locations of the other righteous Nascent Soul cultivators through their auras.

“Let’s first calculate where the old tortoise is.”

He sat cross-legged, took out numerous divination treasures and a wisp of the old tortoise’s aura, and used his divination skills to their fullest extent.

Soon, he calculated that the old tortoise was due north of him.

Li Chang’an immediately decided to first converge with the old tortoise.

“The old tortoise sensed treasures in this world, so let’s go and take the treasures he sensed first, and then explore other areas.”

He put away his divination items, concealed his aura, and headed straight north.

Not long after, he stopped.

Before him,

a tall city appeared.

The city seemed long abandoned, its interior and exterior marked by traces of battle, mostly buried by sandstorms.

Li Chang’an stopped because he sensed the aura of several broken fourth-order formations.

“Disperse!”

He waved his hand, sending the sand burying the desolate city billowing into the distance.

The original appearance of the entire city appeared before him.

In the previously buried area, countless collapsed pavilions and palaces lay scattered.

He moved swiftly, entering the city and arriving before a tall building riddled with cracks.

“This building is protected by a broken fourth-order formation. There should be treasures inside. Even if there aren’t, it doesn’t matter; these formation treasures are all quite valuable, and some haven’t completely decayed.”

“Good luck, finding treasures as soon as I arrived!”

Li Chang’an’s lips curled slightly. Using his formation skills, he easily broke the broken formation and collected the remaining high-grade spirit stones that maintained it.

A large number of formation treasures fell from all sides, most turning to dust before even hitting the ground and dissipating in the wind.

Only a few remained.

Li Chang’an wasn’t disappointed and contentedly collected the treasures.

He stepped into the high-rise and found it filled with various treasures: pills, talismans, complete formations, and so on.

“This building must have been a shop back then,”

Li Chang’an thought, casually picking up a pill bottle and taking out the pills inside.

Due to their age, the pills had lost all their potency and turned to ashes the moment they touched Li Chang’an.

He searched through all the treasures in the high-rise, only taking a very few that still had value.

Afterward,

Li Chang’an went to the locations of several other fourth-order incomplete formations and collected all the treasures used to set them up and anything of value within the formations.

Having done all this, he was about to leave and continue his journey to the old tortoise’s location

when suddenly he sensed an unfamiliar aura.

“Someone is spying on me.”

Li Chang’an’s eyes deepened as he looked towards the outside of the city.

The unfamiliar aura came from a low mountain outside the city and wasn’t particularly strong, probably around the late Golden Core stage.

He took a step forward and instantly appeared on the low mountain.

He looked around.

The mountain was covered with jagged rocks, devoid of any life.

“They’re well hidden,”

Li Chang’an remarked, walking straight to a giant rock and slapping it down.

*Bang!

* The rock trembled and let out a scream.

“Ah…”

It suddenly leaped up, transforming into a stone giant several meters tall, desperately fleeing into the distance.

Li Chang’an made no other move, simply beckoning.

“Come back!”

The stone giant screamed again, flying backward and landing heavily in front of Li Chang’an.

He quickly rolled over, kneeling before Li Chang’an, kowtowing repeatedly, his voice filled with terror.

“Senior, spare me! Senior, spare me! This junior was merely passing by and had no intention of spying on you.”

Li Chang’an remained silent, observing the man with interest.

He had never seen such a strange race before.

There were no records of this race in the various ancient texts he had read.

This person’s strength was roughly at the late Golden Core stage, but he didn’t possess a Golden Core within his body, only a round, grayish-brown stone ball, the rest of his body being light gray stone.

A moment later,

Li Chang’an asked him, “What race are you?”

The stone man hurriedly replied, “Senior, this junior is a member of the ‘Desolate Sand Clan.'”

“Desolate Sand Clan?”

Li Chang’an tried hard to recall, confirming he had never heard of such a clan.

In ancient times, there were countless races, though called “Ten Thousand Races,” there could actually be hundreds of thousands, millions, or even more races.

Of course, not every race was as numerous as the human race.

Many races had only one member, such as some naturally born and raised strange creatures, unique existences in the world.

Li Chang’an then asked, “What’s your name?”

“Reporting to Senior, this junior is called ‘Shi Shijiu’.”

“That’s an interesting name. Are there perhaps eighteen, seventeen, and others before you?”

“Yes, this junior comes from a tribe.”

Shi Shijiu explained to Li Chang’an with a flustered expression.

He was the nineteenth strongest member of his tribe, hence the name Shi Shijiu.

After some conversation…

Li Chang’an confirmed that the stone man was indeed a native of this world.

He then inquired about the specifics of this world.

Shi Shijiu explained that in this world, only the Desert Sand Clan existed; no other races followed.

They existed in tribes.

If the strongest member of a tribe only possessed first-tier strength, that tribe was considered a first-tier tribe.

The most powerful were fourth-tier tribes, whose strongest members possessed fourth-tier strength, comparable to a Nascent Soul True Monarch.

Shi Shijiu’s tribe was a fourth-tier tribe.

After his explanation,

Li Chang’an basically understood the situation of this world.

He pointed to the desolate city behind him and asked, “When did this desolate city exist? Why was it abandoned?”

“This junior does not know. This desolate city existed for countless years before this junior was born,”

Shi Shijiu said. In this world, there are countless desolate cities.

Many desolate cities are larger than this one, and they are all full of traces of battle.

Hearing this, Li Chang’an’s heart stirred slightly.

There should be more treasures that have not completely decayed in the larger desolate cities.

His purpose for this trip is most likely in one of the desolate cities.

“I need a map of this world. Give me one, and I will let you leave.”

“Senior, my strength is shallow, and I have always only moved around near the tribe. I do not have a complete map of this world, but my tribal chief should have one. Would you be willing to go to the tribe with me to get the map?”

Shi Shijiu asked cautiously.

Li Chang’an did not answer directly, but calculated with his fingers and, finding that there was no danger, agreed.

Subsequently, following Shi Shijiu’s guidance, Li Chang’an soon saw a tribe.

This tribe was located in a valley less affected by wind and sand.

The tribe was filled with the aura of thousands of stone golems.

In the very center of the tribe, there was a stone golem of the early fourth tier, its aura nearly equal to that of a human in the early Nascent Soul stage.

“Senior, we’ve arrived,” Shi

Shijiu said respectfully, head bowed.

“Our tribe’s chief should still be resting. May I go and awaken him?”

“Alright, go.”

“Yes!”

Shi Shijiu, his face tense, ran off quickly into the tribe.

Just then ,

his humility and respect vanished, replaced by a loud laugh.

“Hahaha, Shi Da, come out quickly! I’ve brought you prey!”

“Prey?”

A tall stone golem stepped forward.

His aura was powerful. He glanced at Li Chang’an, a smile appearing on his face.

“Such tender flesh and blood!”

He patted Shi Shijiu’s shoulder, his words full of satisfaction.

“Shijiu, you’ve done well. After I capture this flesh and blood, I will reward you with its heart and lungs!”

Hearing this,

Shi Shijiu swallowed hard, his face showing desire and greed.

He pointed at Li Chang’an and said, “Shi Da, this prey is quite strong. Don’t underestimate him.”

“Don’t worry, watch how I take him down.”

Shi Da laughed confidently and strode towards Li Chang’an.

Inside the tribe, countless stone men appeared, each with a fanatical expression, cheering and encouraging Shi Da, like a group of newly awakened wild beasts, full of primitive and savage energy.

Shi Da, holding a stone club, shouted at Li Chang’an, “Outsider, if you commit suicide on the spot, you can avoid some suffering.”

Li Chang’an remained calm and silent.

His previous conversation with Shi Shijiu and Shi Da had made him realize that this world wasn’t just inhabited by stone men like the Desert Sand Clan; there were also flesh-and-blood beings whom they considered prey.

If he didn’t subdue them, they probably wouldn’t tell the truth.

With this in mind,

Li Chang’an soared into the sky, lightning surging around him, countless bolts of lightning appearing.

His aura was astonishing, his robes fluttering, like a god of thunder from mythology, as he raised his hand and unleashed a devastating bolt of lightning.

“Boom!”

Terrifying lightning instantly pierced the heavens and earth, causing the entire land to tremble.

“Ah—”

Shi Da’s scream echoed amidst the lightning, filled with unbearable pain, as if he were suffering excruciating torture.

When the lightning dissipated,

the entire tribe was charred black.

Thousands of stone golems had all shattered, leaving only the wailing Shi Da.

“Souls, come!”

Li Chang’an raised his hand, and the souls of thousands of strange stone golems instantly appeared.

He was somewhat surprised: “Huh, it really can be summoned, and the Soul-Revering Banner senses it and can collect them.”

Before today, the Soul-Revering Banner only worked on human souls, completely ineffective against demons.

At this moment…

The many members of the Desert Sand Tribe were still bewildered, not understanding what had happened.

But soon, the rubble and corpses on the ground made everything clear to them.

“We’re dead?”

They panicked, terrified. Some knelt and begged for mercy, while others cursed Shi Shijiu.

“Shi Shijiu, you bastard, why did you bring such a powerful outsider here?”

“I…I…”

Shi Shijiu murmured, looking at the corpses of his tribesmen scattered on the ground, and slowly knelt down.

The blankness on his face gradually turned into pain and despair.

“I…I shouldn’t have brought this outsider back, I’m a sinner…”

He was filled with remorse, but it was too late to say anything now.

Li Chang’an waved his hand.

“Collect!”

The soul banner fluttered, collecting the souls of all the Desert Sand Tribe members.

Looking at these strange souls, the evil spirits clicked their tongues in amazement.

“Where have you gone, sir? Why have you suddenly collected a bunch of strange things?”

“Just a small world.”

Li Chang’an replied calmly, instructing the evil spirits to interrogate the Desert Sand Tribe members.

“Ask me carefully, I need to know everything about this world.”

“Alright!”

The Fiend Soul immediately took action, ordering his subordinates within the Soul Banner to interrogate them one by one.

Li Chang’an arrived before Shi Da.

Under the lightning sword, Shi Da was already severely injured and unable to fight any longer.

He was also in pain and despair, regretting his actions in provoking Li Chang’an, and pleaded, “Senior, I am willing to be your slave, please spare my life.”

“Alright, first tell me the true situation of this world.”

Li Chang’an activated the Wood Seed Technique, flicked out a wood seed, and refined it into a puppet.

Although this stone man was no match for him, its strength was not weak, enough to rival an ordinary early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, and it would be a pity to kill it directly.

Subsequently, Shi Da truthfully told him everything.

Previously, Shi Shijiu had indeed lied to Li Chang’an; the Desert Sand Clan was not the only race in this world, but only the main race.

In this world, there were also a few demonic beasts.

However,

most of those demonic beasts were not strong.

In the eyes of the Desert Sand Clan, demonic beasts were just delicious food.

As for the rest, Shi Shijiu did not lie.

Shi Da explained, “Senior, this world has many desolate cities, and many of them contain treasures. However, those treasures are shrouded in formations, and our clan doesn’t understand formations, so we can only break them with brute force, and we don’t obtain many treasures.”

“Do you know the origins of those desolate cities?”

“They were probably left behind by some powerful alien races,”

Shi Da said, recounting the legends passed down through generations of his clan.

It is said that the

Desert Sand Clan was merely a slave race of

certain powerful races. They remained here to guard the territories of those powerful races.

However, those powerful races disappeared for some unknown reason, leaving only them here.

While he was speaking,

Li Chang’an went to examine the tribe’s treasure vault.

The vault contained mostly earth-elemental treasures, useless to him but useful to Evergreen Vine and Big Yellow.

He unceremoniously stored all the treasures in his storage bag.

After doing so,

he casually ordered, “Give me a map of this world.”

“Yes!”

Shi Da dared not disobey and immediately sent over a complete map.

At the same time, the evil spirits within the Soul-Honoring Banner also received considerable interrogation results, confirming that Shi Da’s words were accurate.

Li Chang’an took the map and examined it. It marked thousands of desolate cities of varying sizes.

He was currently in the southern part of the world, and to reunite with the old tortoise in the north, he would have to pass through many of these cities.

“The desolate city I explored earlier was relatively large.”

“The largest cities are located in the center of this world, where many treasures are buried. I must get there as soon as possible and not let others get there first.”

With this in mind,

Li Chang’an immediately contacted the old tortoise.

“Fellow Daoist Turtle, have you sensed any opportunities?”

“Yes, in the central part of this world! Fellow Daoist Lin, do you have a map? If not, search carefully around here; you should be able to find some small tribes.”

The old tortoise informed him that he had also just subdued a desert tribe.

The tribe’s leader, whose strength was also at the fourth rank, gleamed at the sight of him, clamoring to capture him and stew him into old tortoise soup.

After a brief discussion,

the two agreed to meet in the central region.

Li Chang’an immediately put away the stone tablet, unleashed his escape technique to its fullest extent, and headed straight for the central area of this world.

Along the way, he would slow down slightly when passing through abandoned cities, sensing for any treasures.

Within a short hour,

he passed over twenty abandoned cities.

These cities were small in scale, and the treasures were few; most were decayed, resulting in little gain for him.

Soon,

a massive abandoned city appeared before him.

“According to the map, this city ranks among the top three in the entire south; it should have many treasures,”

Li Chang’an mused.

Sure enough,

even before approaching, he sensed the aura of a spirit herb garden.

However, at the same time, he also sensed the auras of two Demonic Dao True Monarchs.

The two were attempting to open the spirit herb garden when they suddenly noticed Li Chang’an’s aura, and their expressions changed drastically.

“Lin Fan!”

They soared into the sky, unleashing various treasures, their Nascent Soul power surging, warily watching Li Chang’an.

One of them, whose Daoist name was “Nether Serpent,” was one of the five publicly known Nascent Soul True Monarchs of the Five Poisons Valley, possessing early Nascent Soul cultivation.

The other person’s Daoist name is “Evil Shadow”. He is a newly promoted Nascent Soul cultivator in the Netherworld Soul Sect and is also in the early stage of Nascent Soul.

Xie Ying said in a deep voice, “Lin Fan, you can take half of the treasures here, and we’ll share the other half. What do you think?”

“No good.”

Li Chang’an’s expression was cold, and without slowing down, he attacked directly.

Boom!

Thunder roared throughout the heavens and earth.

“Slash!”

Lightning transformed into a sword, descending from the sky with terrifying force, aimed directly at the two demonic Nascent Soul cultivators.

Sensing the terrifying aura, the two’s expressions changed again. Lacking the courage to fight, they immediately fled in different directions, hoping Li Chang’an would pursue the other.

But before they could get far, they were blocked by the Soul-Seizing Technique and the Netherworld Domain, respectively.

The next instant,

their bodies were engulfed by endless lightning.

When it was all over, only two charred, withered skeletons remained.

Their Nascent Souls hadn’t even had time to fly out before Li Chang’an used the Nascent Soul Suppressing Nails to freeze them, sealing them both into the Nascent Soul Forbidden Bottle.

After a while,

Li Chang’an collected all the treasures in the desolate city and headed to the next location.

Several hours later…

He encountered five Nascent Soul cultivators from the demonic path in succession.

Without exception, he severed the physical bodies of all five and captured their Nascent Souls alive.

The treasures in their storage bags naturally all belonged to Li Chang’an.

Among them were quite a few Nascent Soul-forming treasures.

Li Chang’an once again gathered a batch of Nascent Soul-forming pill ingredients and even discovered a low-quality Nascent Soul-forming pill.

“This Nascent Soul-forming pill is of decent quality, only slightly inferior to the genuine product. Its medicinal effect should be about 80% of a normal Nascent Soul-forming pill.”

“If I use the reverse refining method to refine all the main and auxiliary ingredients, add some more medicinal materials, and refine it again, I should be able to improve its quality.”

Li Chang’an carefully put the pill away.

Besides these, there were also a few treasures for overcoming tribulations and inner demon tribulations.

One item in particular caught his eye.

“The Mind-Clearing Hoop!”

This item was a golden hoop. If worn on the head, it could instantly enter a state close to “enlightenment,” greatly aiding in resisting inner demon tribulations.

In terms of quality, it was even higher than the Profound Heart Pearl that Qi Jiuyang had given Li Chang’an; it was a top-tier tribulation-crossing treasure!

Treasures of this quality are considered priceless by all the major Nascent Soul factions, and it’s impossible for them to exchange them.

“Zi Xi used three top-tier treasures to overcome her inner demon tribulation, and Lin Xuan Yan also used three. Today, I’ve finally obtained one.”

Li Chang’an smiled, in high spirits.

The “Heart-Questioning Stone” mentioned in the divination is also a top-tier tribulation-crossing treasure.

Although he hasn’t obtained it yet, barring any unforeseen circumstances, it will surely fall into his hands.

In this way,

he already has two top-tier treasures.

He has taken another big step forward on the path to Nascent Soul formation!

“Indeed, the fastest way to accumulate treasures is to plunder. I must take advantage of today’s opportunity to kill a few more demonic Nascent Soul cultivators.”

If he were in the Yan Kingdom’s territory, Li Chang’an would still have some reservations, worried about attracting Tian Ming.

But Tian Ming hasn’t come to this small world.

Thinking of this,

he took out a large piece of ten-thousand-year-old cold jade from his storage bag. This item was also a spoil of war he had obtained.

Then, he used his wood-elemental magic to generate spiritual fire and refine the jade, refining more Nascent Soul-Binding Bottles as he traveled.

On the road ahead, he would kill two more demonic Nascent Soul cultivators.

Just as he was chasing the third Nascent Soul cultivator, a streak of blood-red light suddenly flew from the horizon, blocking his sword energy.

“Lin Fan!”

Blood River True Monarch slowly appeared, his expression grim, for Li Chang’an was chasing his disciple.

He stared at Li Chang’an, his body surrounded by a river of blood, the nine short spears in his hands gleaming.

Years ago, when the two first met, these nine spears easily broke Li Chang’an’s formation.

At that time, Li Chang’an was no match for Blood River True Monarch and could only stand behind Bright Cloud True Monarch.

But things were different now.

“I never imagined that the little fake Nascent Soul cultivator could reach this point.”

Blood River True Monarch’s voice was deep, all nine blood-red spears already locked onto Li Chang’an.

“I should have killed you back then, but it’s not too late now!”

(End of Chapter)