Daily Divination From Market Rogue Cultivator To Immortal Venerable - Chapter 460

Chapter 460 The Vermilion Bird’s Fortuitous Encounter Leads to a Spectral Increase in Strength (Please Subscribe)

The jade slip was warm, retaining a

faint fragrance of lotus leaves. Li Chang’an grasped it, and a vague sense of it quickly arose in his mind.

As time passed,

the vague sense gradually became clearer.

“The Vermilion Bird Secret Realm?”

He was secretly surprised.

The location indicated by the jade slip was indeed the Vermilion Bird Secret Realm!

Moreover, if his senses were correct, the location should be within the Vermilion Bird’s Nest.

He released the jade slip and asked Gu Yuhe,

“Fellow Daoist Gu, where did you sense the location?”

“In the Vermilion Bird Secret Realm.”

Gu Yuhe did not hide anything and generously told him.

Li Chang’an nodded: “It seems that, like me, I also sensed the Vermilion Bird Secret Realm, somewhere within the Vermilion Bird’s Nest.”

“Fellow Daoist Li, you also sensed it?”

Gu Yuhe was somewhat surprised; she had thought that Li Chang’an would not have any senses.

She did not suspect that Li Chang’an was lying to her; there was no need to lie about such a thing.

Li Chang’an smiled and said, “Perhaps it’s because I admire Senior Dan Chengzi, and thus I can gain Senior Mu’s approval.”

Hearing this, Gu Yuhe had some doubts, but she didn’t ask anything further.

She could see that Li Chang’an’s admiration for Dan Chengzi was genuine, more sincere than that of many Dan Ding Sect disciples.

“I wish to enter the Vermilion Bird Secret Realm. Fellow Daoist Li, would you be willing to come with me?”

“That’s exactly what I’m thinking!”

Li Chang’an readily agreed.

It concerned his inner demon tribulation, so he naturally had to go.

Subsequently, the two set off together for the Vermilion Bird Sect.

On the way, Gu Yuhe reminded him, “Fellow Daoist Li, even if the place indicated by this jade slip is truly Senior Mu’s inheritance, we may not be able to obtain it. I’m afraid there will be a test before the inheritance.”

“I understand,”

Li Chang’an replied with a smile.

“In any case, we must try.”

“It’s good that Fellow Daoist Li has this mindset.”

Several hours later,

the two arrived at the Vermilion Bird Sect.

At this moment, the Vermilion Bird True Monarch was still holding a funeral for the Cold Maple True Monarch.

They each presented a gift, and then discussed with the Vermilion Bird True Monarch the qualifications for entering the Vermilion Bird Secret Realm.

Because of the matter of the old Vermilion Bird’s relics, Li Chang’an had made a great contribution to the Vermilion Bird Sect.

In gratitude, the Vermilion Bird True Lord had promised him three opportunities to enter the Vermilion Bird Secret Realm.

Li Chang’an hadn’t used any of these opportunities yet.

Today,

he could enter the Vermilion Bird Secret Realm without paying any price.

As for Gu Yuhe, she had given up several fourth-tier treasures beneficial to the Vermilion Bird Sect’s cultivation techniques, and with Li Chang’an’s guarantee, she successfully obtained the opportunity to enter the secret realm.

Soon after, the two bid farewell to the Vermilion Bird True Lord and headed to the entrance to the secret realm outside the Vermilion Bird Sect.

Before leaving,

Li Chang’an subtly glanced at the back mountain of the Vermilion Bird Sect; he could clearly sense Cang Hong’s aura.

“That old thing refuses to show himself; I wonder if the White Hong Feather Stone can lure him out,”

he thought to himself as he and Gu Yuhe entered the Vermilion Bird Secret Realm.

In an instant,

a scorching heat rushed towards them.

The world turned fiery red, and countless earth fires of varying grades burned fiercely on the ground.

A strange light appeared in Gu Yuhe’s eyes.

“This Vermilion Bird Secret Realm was under the control of my Dan Ding Sect during the era of the Nine Great Immortal Sects. However, back then, there wasn’t so much earth fire in it, and the fire element aura wasn’t as strong. It seems that the Vermilion Bird Secret Realm underwent some special changes in the past 90,000 years.”

“Fellow Daoist Gu, what did the Vermilion Bird Secret Realm look like back then?”

“Green mountains and lush forests…”

On the way to the Vermilion Bird’s Nest, Gu Yuhe recounted the situation back then.

At that time,

this secret realm was also called the Vermilion Bird Secret Realm.

Many of the Nascent Soul predecessors of the Dan Ding Sect had entered and explored the Vermilion Bird’s Nest.

However,

even until the Great Calamity broke out, the Dan Ding Sect still hadn’t fully explored every area of the Vermilion Bird’s Nest.

They hadn’t even thoroughly studied the outermost array of the Vermilion Bird’s Nest.

That array wasn’t the fifth-order array that the Vermilion Bird Sect had guessed; its grade must be above the fifth order, because even the peak fifth-order array masters of the Dan Ding Sect couldn’t break it.

Hearing this, Li Chang’an was somewhat surprised.

It seemed the rumors were true.

In the mythical era of the Vermilion Bird, there existed powers surpassing the fifth rank.

Gu Yuhe continued, “My martial uncle was a peak fifth-rank array master. He and other fifth-rank array masters attempted to break the array together, but they couldn’t even open a crack, let alone break it.”

“Fellow Daoist Gu, have you found any treasures related to the Vermilion Bird in the Vermilion Bird’s Nest?”

“No.”

Gu Yuhe shook her head slightly.

After a moment, she added, “Perhaps we have, but I’m only a Nascent Soul True Monarch, not at the top of the sect, and I can’t access the most core secrets.”

Li Chang’an asked again, “Fellow Daoist Gu, are you aware of the existence of the Azure Dragon Palace?”

“Yes.”

Gu Yuhe replied.

In ancient times, the Azure Dragon Secret Realm was also a secret realm controlled by the Dan Ding Sect.

That’s why

there are branch ruins of the Dan Ding Sect within the Azure Dragon Secret Realm.

However, the Dan Ding Sect’s successive Nascent Soul cultivators only explored a small portion of the Azure Dragon Palace area; most areas were inaccessible, only barely confirming that the Azure Dragon Palace was a treasure from the mythical era.

Perhaps, in those mythical times, there once existed a Azure Dragon of unimaginable power, using that Dragon Palace as its cultivation ground.

However, no matter how powerful the Vermilion Bird, Azure Dragon, and other divine beasts were, they could not withstand the power of time, and now they have all vanished.

As they spoke,

the enormous Vermilion Bird’s Nest came into view in the distance.

Looking at its familiar appearance, a trace of nostalgia flashed in Gu Yuhe’s beautiful eyes.

“Fellow Daoist Li, the Vermilion Bird’s Nest is fraught with danger; we must not be careless.”

“Fellow Daoist Gu, rest assured, this isn’t my first time entering the Vermilion Bird’s Nest.”

Li Chang’an quickly calculated the auspiciousness of this trip.

Soon, a hint of surprise flashed through his mind.

Another extremely auspicious omen!

The extremely auspicious omen, almost unseen before, appeared once again.

“Strange!”

Li Chang’an was somewhat puzzled. What treasure could he obtain this time?

He calculated several times in succession, and all the results were extremely auspicious, without the slightest deviation.

With this question in mind, he and Gu Yuhe passed through the great formation outside the Vermilion Bird’s Nest and entered its interior.

Illusions attacked as usual.

Both of them possessed fourth-level divine sense, easily resisting the illusions within the passage, and their speed did not decrease significantly.

About an hour later, the two gradually approached the place they sensed.

The intense heat followed them like a shadow.

The closer they got, the more obvious the heat became.

They felt as if they were traversing a scorching furnace, their surroundings already crimson red.

A moment later, raging flames appeared before them.

The two stopped simultaneously and looked ahead.

“Boom…”

The flames surged, forming a vast, boundless expanse with no end in sight.

If it were ordinary flames,

the two could easily pass through.

But these flames were no ordinary ones; they were clearly Vermilion Bird Fire, wielded only by a Vermilion Bird Spirit Body!

Moreover, the quality of these Vermilion Bird Fires surpassed even those wielded by the current Vermilion Bird True Monarch.

Their extreme heat seemed capable of incinerating everything.

Even Gu Yuhe, a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator with a fire spirit root, felt extremely uncomfortable facing this sea of Vermilion Bird Fire.

She took out a puppet and manipulated it into the sea of fire.

In the blink of an eye,

the puppet was reduced to ashes.

She frowned slightly and said to Li Chang’an, “Fellow Daoist Li, the location I sensed is within this sea of Vermilion Bird Fire.”

Li Chang’an nodded, “Me too.” “

In that case, we need to find a way to pass through this sea of fire, otherwise we won’t be able to obtain Senior Mu’s inheritance.”

“Fellow Daoist Gu, this sea of fire might be a test left behind by Senior Mu.”

“A test?”

Gu Yuhe was taken aback.

Her beautiful eyes narrowed slightly as she gazed at the sea of fire, lost in thought for a long time.

Li Chang’an was also observing.

The moment he arrived, he realized that the fire forming this sea of fire was both Vermilion Bird Fire and Pill Fire.

The sea of fire contained a special alchemy technique.

He could see through it because he had been personally taught by Dan Chengzi, making him half a disciple of Dan Chengzi and half a junior brother of Mu Yixin.

This sea of fire could not be forced through; it could only be traversed through the techniques of controlling Pill Fire.   Even powerful figures like Tianming and Fusheng might perish

if they forced their way in.   At this moment,   Gu Yuhe also noticed something amiss.   ”Fellow Daoist Li, perhaps only an alchemist can pass through this sea of fire.”   With that, she waved her hand, using her fire control technique, and the Vermilion Bird Fire before her instantly separated.   She looked delighted and said to Li Chang’an, “Fellow Daoist Li, once I obtain the inheritance, I will definitely make a copy for you.”   ”Alright, then I will await your good news.”   Li Chang’an smiled but did not act.   The sea of fire was fraught with danger, and he didn’t want to take any risks.   It would be best if Gu Yuhe could obtain the inheritance; if not, Li Chang’an would intervene personally.   Next,   under his watchful gaze,   Gu Yuhe slowly stepped into the sea of fire, constantly using her alchemical fire techniques to cautiously navigate the raging flames.   Initially, her speed was quite fast.   But the further she went, the more strained she became, and her speed slowed down.   Gradually…

Fine beads of sweat appeared on her fair forehead.

“The further along you go, the higher the required fire control skills seem to become,”

Li Chang’an noticed.

As a core disciple of the Dan Ding Sect, Gu Yuhe’s fire control techniques were naturally excellent, but unfortunately, the one who set this test was Mu Yixin.

Mu Yixin’s alchemy skills might even surpass those of the entire Dan Ding Sect.

Before long,

Gu Yuhe found herself unable to make any progress.

She gritted her teeth and used more than ten fire control techniques from the core inheritance of the Dan Ding Sect, but the Vermilion Bird Flame before her only flickered slightly and did not separate on its own.

The location she sensed was still some distance away from her.

Seeing this, Li Chang’an sighed inwardly.

“Fine, I’ll have to do it myself.”

He calculated with his fingers, and the divination indicated no danger, so he stepped into the sea of fire.

The flames before him parted on their own, quickly clearing a path to the depths of the sea of fire.

This incredible scene stunned Gu Yuhe.

She stared blankly at the endless road, her mind going blank for a moment, almost swallowed by the Vermilion Bird Flame.

“Fellow Daoist Li, you…”

“I have some knowledge of fire control.”

Li Chang’an came to her, grabbed her, and tossed her out of the sea of fire.

Then, alone, he strode forward through the crimson passage, quickly approaching the location he sensed.

A short while later,

a fiery red token appeared in his perception.

This token rose and fell in the sea of fire, seemingly ordinary, yet it could withstand the Vermilion Bird Flame’s burning heat year after year. The character “Mu” was engraved on

its front. Li Chang’an approached and examined it carefully.

“This doesn’t seem to be an inheritance.”

He frowned, carefully holding the token.

In that instant,

he sensed it again.

However, this time the sense was very vague, the location uncertain, seemingly not even in the current cultivation world.

“It really isn’t an inheritance. There’s no storage space inside; it seems to be just a key to unlock it.”

“That Senior Mu really likes to torment people. Couldn’t he just put the inheritance here?”

Li Chang’an said helplessly.

He clutched the token and searched the surrounding area, quickly scouring the entire sea of fire, but found nothing else.

Left with no other choice, he had to return with the token.

Gu Yuhe was still waiting outside the sea of fire.

She still found what had happened unbelievable.

“Fellow Daoist Li, are you also an alchemist?”

“Yes, I once displayed my alchemy skills at the Azure Dragon Sect. Fellow Daoist Gu, are you unaware of this?”

“I don’t know.”

Gu Yuhe gently shook her head.

“If I knew, I would certainly discuss alchemy with you.”

“There’s plenty of time in the future. Fellow Daoist Gu can discuss with me anytime.”

Li Chang’an was happy to discuss the Dao with a mid-grade fourth-level alchemist like Gu Yuhe.

Furthermore, he suspected that Gu Yuhe possessed a high-grade fourth-level alchemy inheritance, but it wasn’t appropriate to ask directly for now.

He could subtly probe during future discussions.

“Fellow Daoist Gu, the only thing I can sense is this token.”

With that, he handed the token to Gu Yuhe.

“Is this what you sensed?”

“Yes, it is! Could it be that there is no inheritance within this thing?”

Gu Yuhe took the token and sensed it carefully, a look of doubt quickly appearing on her face.

Like Li Chang’an, she could only sense it vaguely and could not pinpoint its exact location.

“Strange, that location seems to be outside the current cultivation world. Could it be a small world independent of the current cultivation world? Or perhaps we are not qualified enough to obtain the true location…”

Gu Yuhe pondered for a moment and voiced her guess.

In any case , neither

of them could obtain Mu Yixin’s inheritance for the time being, so their trip was essentially a waste.

“Well, since we’ve come all this way, we can’t just go back now. I want to explore this Vermilion Bird Nest. What do you think, Fellow Daoist Li?”

Gu Yuhe turned her head and asked Li Chang’an.

She suddenly froze.

Because there was nothing beside her.

Li Chang’an, who had been standing next to her, had disappeared without a trace, as if he had never existed.

“Fellow Daoist Li?”

Gu Yuhe’s expression changed slightly. She looked around and spread her divine sense.

No matter how hard she searched, she couldn’t find any trace of Li Chang’an.

She immediately took out her communication artifact and tried to send a telepathic message to Li Chang’an, but there was no response. Li Chang’an

seemed to have vanished into thin air.

“This place is strange, I can’t stay here any longer, leave quickly!”

Gu Yuhe felt a great sense of crisis and quickly fled with her token.

…

Meanwhile.

Li Chang’an found himself in a pitch-black space.

He had no idea how he got here; he only felt a sudden darkness before he found himself here.

The surroundings were deep and strange, so dark that he couldn’t see his own hand

in front of his face. He vaguely sensed a powerful and fiery figure directly in front of him, indescribably powerful.

Before that figure, he was no different from an ant.

However.

When he sensed more closely, he also sensed a weakness.

Extreme power and weakness appearing in the same figure seemed contradictory.

Li Chang’an suddenly remembered that he had a similar feeling when he retrieved the old Vermilion Bird’s relics.

Just then,

a calm voice suddenly rang out in the darkness in front of him.

“You obtained the Heaven-Mending Stone?”

Upon hearing this, Li Chang’an’s heart sank.

He was confident that he had concealed it extremely well, erasing all traces of the Heaven-Mending Stone, so why could it still be sensed?

Faced with such a powerful being, Li Chang’an dared not hide anything.

“Senior, this junior did indeed obtain a Heaven-Mending Stone.”

“Let me see it.”

“Yes.”

Li Chang’an didn’t hesitate and took out the Heaven-Mending Stone from his storage bag.

The other party didn’t speak immediately, seemingly probing the authenticity of the stone. After a while, a voice finally came through.

“I need thirty percent of this Heaven-Mending Stone.”

This made Li Chang’an breathe a slight sigh of relief.

The other party seemed reasonable, not an unreasonable person; otherwise, they would have simply snatched the entire stone.

At this moment, a fiery red light flashed.

“Crack!”

The entire Heaven-Mending Stone was split in two.

One smaller piece, only about thirty percent, slowly flew into the darkness ahead and disappeared.

The larger piece fell back into Li Chang’an’s hand.

A moment later.

The voice sounded again.

“Don’t worry, I won’t forcibly take your treasure. In exchange, I’ll give you a wisp of ancient wood essence to perfect your Ancient Wood Evergreen Technique.”

Hearing the words “Ancient Wood Evergreen Technique,” Li Chang’an wasn’t surprised, after all, he had obtained the follow-up techniques of the Ancient Wood Evergreen Technique in the Vermilion Bird’s Nest.

He remained calm and asked the other party,

“Senior, what is ‘Ancient Wood Essence’?”

“I don’t know either. It was given to me by an old friend. Many people believe that he created the Ancient Wood Evergreen Technique.”

The other party spoke calmly, explaining slowly.

“But this technique involves the power of time, and it wasn’t created by him. It should be related to ‘immortals’,” the other party

said, as a wisp of greenish-blue spiritual light appeared before Li Chang’an.

Before Li Chang’an could react, this spiritual light flew into his dantian and merged into his immortal golden core.

The next instant,

the spiritual energy of heaven and earth surged wildly, flowing into his golden core, causing his strength to rise steadily.

When it all ended, Li Chang’an was astonished to find that his cultivation hadn’t increased at all.

However…

The golden core power within his body was several times more refined than before.

If we disregard the power of faith and the external force borrowed from the Xuan Shui Turtle, considering only his own golden core cultivation, his strength had increased several times over, far surpassing his previous power at the same realm!

“At the same realm, the strength of an Immortal Golden Core far surpasses other Golden Cores, and now I’m actually several times stronger than an Immortal Golden Core.”

Li Chang’an was secretly astonished, carefully sensing his own power.

His golden core seemed to no longer be described as an Immortal Golden Core; like the Flying Immortal Intent he had comprehended, it possessed a special immortal intent.

Furthermore, his cultivation speed was also much faster than before, no longer that of an ordinary Heavenly Spiritual Root.

Li Chang’an circulated his cultivation technique, carefully sensing, and quickly concluded,

“The increased cultivation speed is comparable to a spiritual awakening!”

In other words,

his current cultivation speed could rival those geniuses who simultaneously possessed both a Heavenly Spiritual Root and a spiritual body!

That wisp of green spiritual light had caused a tremendous change in him.

“Such an opportunity exists in the Vermilion Bird’s Nest! No wonder the divination is so auspicious!”

Li Chang’an was secretly delighted and bowed respectfully to the person in front of him.

“Thank you, Senior!”

“No need to thank me, it’s just an equal exchange.”

A hint of weariness suddenly appeared in the other person’s voice.

“Is there anything you want to know?”

“Yes!”

Li Chang’an immediately seized the opportunity.

Facing this powerful being, he asked a question he had always wanted to know.

“Senior, does the Immortal Realm truly exist?”

(End of Chapter)