Daily Divination From Market Rogue Cultivator To Immortal Venerable - Chapter 489

Chapter 489 Half-human, half-tree, a divine transformation scheme (Seeking further subscriptions)

On the Bloodline Book, crimson patterns gathered and dispersed, seemingly trying to form a character, but never quite succeeding.

This had never happened before.

Whether it was the Xuan Shui Turtle or a member of the Luo family, the Bloodline Book could quickly detect their bloodline.

“Regardless of my past or present life, I am human, not some other race. Why hasn’t the Bloodline Book determined it yet?”

Li Chang’an wondered.

Could it be that

his current body is a descendant of some alien race?

According to ancient records, a few races resemble humans.

For example, the Dragon-Human race.

This race can even completely disguise themselves as humans.

Chi Qingxuan is a descendant of the Dragon-Human race, but she has always believed herself to be human. Her master, the Azure Dragon True Monarch, and other Azure Dragon Sect cultivators have not noticed anything unusual.

“No, even if I am truly a descendant of an alien race, this Bloodline Book should have already made a judgment.”

Li Chang’an frowned slightly, waiting patiently.

He wanted to see

what kind of result the Bloodline Book would ultimately give.

Under his gaze, the crimson patterns shifted and changed, finally slowly coalescing into a blurry “human” character after a dozen breaths.

“Human?”

Li Chang’an’s gaze sharpened as he stared at the “human” character.

But the next instant,

the “human” character collapsed, reverting to countless crimson patterns.

After another dozen breaths, these patterns gradually formed another blurry ancient character:

Tree!

Seeing this character, Li Chang’an was even more puzzled.

What did this “tree” character mean?

“I am a flesh-and-blood being; I couldn’t possibly be a descendant of some kind of demonic plant.”

Just as he was thinking this

, the “tree” character on the Bloodline Book also collapsed.

After that, all the crimson patterns slowly disappeared, never forming any more characters.

“It’s over?”

Li Chang’an was truly bewildered. He reactivated the power of the Bloodline Book to examine his own bloodline.

But the Bloodline Book showed no reaction, displaying nothing.

It seemed to have completely lost its function.

“Could it be broken?”

Li Chang’an once again took out the Xuan Shui Turtle and used the Bloodline Book to test it.

The words “Mysterious Water Turtle” quickly appeared on the book.

This proved that

the Book of Bloodlines was not the problem.

The problem lay with Li Chang’an himself.

He tried to examine his own bloodline again, but the Book of Bloodlines still did not react.

“The problem lies with myself,”

Li Chang’an pondered to himself, the words “human” and “tree” flashing through his mind.

He was unlikely to be a descendant of the demonic plant race; the only connection he had to “trees” was the Ancient Evergreen Technique he cultivated.

But cultivation techniques couldn’t change bloodlines.

The more Li Chang’an thought about it, the more confused he became, pondering for a long time without understanding.

“Never mind, perhaps the existence of the divination symbol influenced the judgment of this item.”

“As long as I can continue to cultivate, it means there’s no problem with my bloodline. Thinking too much is useless; improving my cultivation is the most important thing.”

He shook his head, put away the Book of Bloodlines, and continued searching for other treasures.

Before long,

he had explored the entire ruins.

Apart from the Book of Bloodlines, the other gains were not many, but better than nothing.

He then proceeded to the next level of the ruins to search for treasures.

“The aura of this level isn’t as ancient as the one below, but it still belongs to the ages of countless races. The spiritual herbs and elixirs are almost all decayed.”

Li Chang’an casually picked up a elixir bottle and poured out the pills inside.

These pills were completely black, without any fragrance, only a putrid smell. They turned into black dust after rolling around in his hand.

After searching for a while, he found almost no usable pills.

Only some weapons and armor still had value, as they were made of metal and stone, which decayed very slowly.

Li Chang’an could refine them again to extract the useful metal and stone materials.

Over the next few hours,

he searched all the ruins he had discovered during the battle, and his haul was quite good.

“It’s time to leave.”

He returned to the surface, using earth elemental power to erase the traces of the battle, restoring the place to its original state.

Having done all this,

Li Chang’an headed straight for the depths of the secret realm to find the Netherworld Fear Crystal needed to refine the Seven Emotions Fire.

Just as Ning Cailian had said, this Netherworld Secret Realm was fraught with danger, containing not only various perilous areas but also a large number of powerful demonic beasts.

If one’s physical cultivation was insufficient, even a Nascent Soul True Monarch would find themselves unable to move an inch.

In just two hours,

Li Chang’an had killed over thirty demonic beasts.

More than half of them had reached the near-fourth rank in terms of physical strength.

“The flesh and blood of these demonic beasts can be refined into Qi and Blood Pills, and their scales, bones, and essence are all quite valuable.”

Thanks to his mid-fourth rank physical cultivation, Li Chang’an encountered no danger, acting as if he were there to buy supplies, killing as he went.

Soon, another two hours passed.

He paused, his gaze deep, looking towards a valley.

At the end of that valley lay a jet-black crystal, his very purpose:

the Netherworld Fear Crystal!

However, that valley was a completely forbidden area, and outside the valley were two early-stage fourth-rank demonic lords.

Faced with this situation, most cultivators would retreat and search in other areas.

But Li Chang’an walked straight up.

He looked at the two demon lords and said in a deep voice, “Gentlemen, could you please make way?”

“Huh? Human flesh and blood delivered to our doorstep?”

The two demon lords laughed, their faces contorted with rage, and charged forward simultaneously.

A quarter of an hour later.

Outside the valley, the air was thick with the stench of blood.

Both demon lords lay dead, lifeless, their bodies mangled beyond recognition.

Li Chang’an remained composed, his breathing slightly erratic, but quickly regained its composure.

“These two demon lords are both earth-elemental beasts; they can nourish Da Huang and strengthen his foundation.”

He waved his hand, collecting the two corpses, not even letting a drop of blood escape.

Then, he vanished in a flash, appearing deep within the valley, his gaze fixed on the Nether Fear Crystal.

“According to records, touching this object will involuntarily instill a sense of fear in one’s heart.”

Li Chang’an cautiously channeled a wisp of magic power, touching the Nether Fear Crystal.

The next instant,

an indescribable fear rose within him,

as if he were about to face something utterly terrifying.

With a thought, he dispersed his magic power, and the fear vanished.

“Indeed, it is the Nether Fear Crystal!”

Li Chang’an smiled, putting the Nether Fear Crystal away.

Refining the Seven Emotions Fire only requires a thumb-sized piece of Nether Fear Crystal, but this Nether Fear Crystal was the size of a human head.

That was enough!

He didn’t explore any other areas and turned to return.

…

Several hours later.

Li Chang’an returned to Changqing Mountain.

He summoned Luo Yunshu and threw more than ten Luo family disciples out of the spirit beast pouch.

“Yunshu, they are all unharmed. Take them back and awaken them.”

“Thank you, Ancestor!”

Luo Yunshu breathed a sigh of relief and took the Luo family disciples away.

After she left,

Li Chang’an waved his hand, sealing the cave entrance.

He took out the Heart-Searching Technique and the Five Aperture Bodhi Seed and continued to improve the technique.

This improvement took more than ten days.

During this time,

Li Chang’an tried hundreds of solutions, all of which ended in failure.

But he vaguely felt that he was getting closer and closer to success.

“Even just improving it is so difficult. How did Mo Qingkuang create this technique back then?”

he sighed inwardly.

Even with the help of the Five Aperture Bodhi Seed, his comprehension was still far inferior to that of Mo Qingkuang back then.

“In another half month, the improvement should be successful.”

Li Chang’an collected his thoughts and focused on the Mind-Asking Technique.

Just then,

a seven-colored communication artifact in his storage bag suddenly heated up.

Li Chang’an took it out, probed it with his divine sense, and heard Ning Cailian’s voice.

“Fellow Daoist Li, there’s news about the ‘Thousand Evils Fruit’ you wanted.”

Hearing this, Li Chang’an’s spirits lifted.

Only the Thousand Evils Fruit and the Myriad Desires Pill were needed to complete the Seven Emotions Fire.

He immediately asked, “Fellow Daoist Ning, please tell me in detail.”

“Alright.”

Ning Cailian slowly recounted.

Not long ago,

a disciple of the Myriad Array Sect went out for training and unexpectedly discovered a site of ancient ruins of myriad races in the northern part of the Myriad Array Domain.

He did not rashly enter the ruins but rushed back to his sect to report.

According to him,

there were many withered spirit vines on the outer perimeter of the ruins, among which were “Thousand Evils Vines.”

The spirit fruit that these vines bore was the Thousand Evils Fruit that Li Chang’an needed.

“Fellow Daoist Li, I suspect that there might be a complete Thousand Evil Fruit or Thousand Evil Vine within those ruins. Would you like to investigate?”

“Of course. Please tell me the exact location, Fellow Daoist Ning. If this succeeds, I will reward you handsomely!”

“Fellow Daoist Li, don’t worry,”

Ning Cailian informed him. The ruins had been taken over by the Wanzhen Sect.

The Wanzhen Sect had issued a conscription order, requiring affiliated forces such as the Seven Emotions Sect and the Thousand Demon Sect to investigate.

Changqing Mountain was not within the scope of this conscription.

If Li Chang’an went alone, he would likely be stopped.

Ning Cailian advised him, “Fellow Daoist Li, you shouldn’t go alone. It’s best to tell Senior Yao and ask her to take you with you.”

“Senior Yao is also going to those ruins?”

“Yes.”

“Alright, I’ll find her right away.”

Li Chang’an immediately used his communication artifact to contact Yao Lanqin.

He had helped Yao Shichen and Ye Qianqing before, and his relationship with Yao Lanqin was far better than when they first met. Asking her for this small favor shouldn’t be difficult.

Sure enough ,

after learning of his request, Yao Lanqin did not refuse, but simply told him to go to the Wanzhen Sect’s mountain gate as soon as possible.

“Thank you, Senior Yao!”

Li Chang’an breathed a sigh of relief; his identity issue was resolved.

He immediately left Changqing Mountain and headed straight for the nearest teleportation array to reach the Wanzhen Sect.

Before long,

the Wanzhen Sect’s mountain gate came into view.

Three fourth-tier flying boats were parked outside the gate, seemingly preparing to depart.

Yao Lanqin’s aura was on the third flying boat.

Li Chang’an flew to the outside of that flying boat and respectfully asked, “Senior Yao, could you please activate the flying boat’s array?”

“Li Chang’an, you arrived quite quickly.”

Yao Lanqin waved her hand, and the flying boat’s array instantly dissipated.

Li Chang’an landed on the flying boat and bowed.

“Thank you, Senior.”

“It’s nothing. Having you on this trip won’t hurt. If outsiders ask, just say you’re a guest elder of my sect.”

Yao Lanqin spoke calmly, casually handing him a guest elder token.

With this token,

Li Chang’an could pretend to be her guest elder, his status no lower than that of an ordinary Golden Core cultivator within the Wanzhen Sect.

He put away the token, thanked her again, and then stepped aside to meet Ning Cailian, Yao Shichen, and the others.

Ning Cailian asked curiously, “Fellow Daoist Li, how did you arrive so quickly? Did you use top-grade spirit stones?”

Li Chang’an nodded, “Yes, I didn’t want Senior Yao to wait too long.”

“That’s really extravagant…”

Ning Cailian was somewhat envious, guessing that Li Chang’an had quite a few top-grade spirit stones.

Li Chang’an smiled and said, “Fellow Daoist Ning, if I can obtain the Thousand Evil Fruit on this trip, I will give you three more top-grade spirit stones as a reward.”

“Alright, it’s a deal!”

Ning Cailian smiled and said cheerfully .

At this moment, Yao Shichen, who was standing to the side, suddenly spoke up.

“Fellow Daoist Li, if I find the Thousand Evil Fruit, can I exchange it for top-grade spirit stones?”

“Of course.”

Li Chang’an immediately agreed.

Hearing this, Ye Qianqing was somewhat tempted.

She also asked, “Fellow Daoist Li, can I too?”

“Of course, all of you are welcome to exchange it.”

Li Chang’an smiled and said that not only the Thousand Evil Fruit, but any treasure that was useful to him and of high value could be exchanged for top-grade spirit stones.

For example, the fourth-order dragon blood mentioned earlier.

Although his body refinement had broken through to the fourth rank, he still needed more fourth-rank dragon blood for his future path.

In addition, he needed some relatively rare fourth-rank body refinement elixirs, treasures for cultivating spiritual plants, and so on, but there were too few trading channels outside.

Many treasures only circulated within the nine major immortal sects.

Ning Cailian, Yao Shichen, Ye Qianqing, and the others before him all had the potential to break through to the Nascent Soul stage in the future, gaining the qualification to exchange for precious treasures within their sects.

Li Chang’an was investing in his future by cultivating good relationships with them.

As they talked,

the flying boat slowly set off, heading north.

On this flying boat, besides Li Chang’an, were all cultivators from Yao Lanqin’s lineage.

Ning Cailian introduced Li Chang’an: “Fellow Daoist Li, the other two flying boats belong to Senior Yao’s senior brother ‘Ren Huan’ and senior sister ‘Mei Mengxuan.’ Those two seniors will be exploring that ruin with us; please don’t clash with their disciples.” “Don’t

worry, Fellow Daoist Ning, I know my limits.”

Li Chang’an glanced at the two flying boats, seemingly lost in thought.

The owner of the first flying boat, Ren Huan, was the one who had previously gone to the Blood Crystal Secret Realm to investigate the Blood Sacrifice Array.

He possessed late-stage Nascent Soul cultivation and his array formation skills reached the upper-level fourth rank, surpassing Li Chang’an’s array mastery, yet he hadn’t noticed anything wrong with the Blood Sacrifice Array.

Li Chang’an had always suspected that this person was related to the Blood Sacrifice Array.

“The activation date of the Blood Sacrifice Array seems to be approaching.”

He calculated with his fingers, the blood-red light before him more intense than before.

Currently, the Blood Crystal Secret Realm was teeming with tens of thousands of cultivators; once the Blood Sacrifice Array was activated, the consequences would be unimaginable.

“A Nascent Soul cultivator shouldn’t be able to bear such consequences. There must be a Deity Transformation cultivator plotting behind this. Fortunately, I escaped early.”

Li Chang’an withdrew his gaze, temporarily suppressing the matter, and discussed their destination with the others.

Ning Cailian informed them.

At this moment, many disciples from affiliated sects were already exploring the secret realm.

Based on preliminary investigations, the Myriad Arrays Sect determined that the ruins belonged to the “Black Bone Clan,” one of the ancient myriad races.

This race’s appearance is almost indistinguishable from humans, except their bones are all jet black, hence the name Black Bone.

Two days later.

The ruins are now in sight.

Looking around, the ruins are incredibly vast, stretching as far as the eye can see.

The buildings within the ruins are peculiar; they are not traditional pavilions and palaces, but rather rows of black towers of varying heights.

Besides the black towers,

the ruins are filled with various withered spirit vines.

Soon, three flying boats slowly descended and stopped outside the ruins.

“We’ve arrived.”

Yao Lanqin led the rest of the group out of the flying boats and into the ruins.

Meanwhile…

Disciples from the Seven Emotions Sect and the Thousand Demon Sect stepped forward, presenting the treasures they had found over the past few days, along with their observations of the ruins.

The leader of the Thousand Demon Sect was none other than Cui Hui, the Holy Son of the Thousand Demon Sect whom Li Chang’an recognized.

He approached Yao Lanqin and bowed respectfully.

“Your Excellency, there aren’t many treasures within these ruins, but they are fraught with danger. There are many demonic plants, including several third-tier ones, and even a fourth-tier one.”

“Many disciples of the Thousand Demon Sect have perished; many have been completely destroyed.”

A hint of sorrow crept into his voice.

Yao Lanqin nodded: “Don’t worry, once this matter is resolved, the sect will compensate the Thousand Demon Sect; their deaths will not have been in vain.”

“Thank you, Your Excellency!”

Cui Hui bowed again, presented the map he had scouted, and then withdrew.

Yao Lanqin made multiple copies of the map and distributed them to her disciples.

Li Chang’an also received a copy.

He probed it with his divine sense and examined it carefully.

The map explored by the affiliated sect only showed the outer area of the ruins; the interior remained shrouded in darkness.

“Just on the outer perimeter, a fourth-tier demonic plant has appeared; there are likely many more inside. We must be cautious and not be careless.”

Li Chang’an quietly cast a divination, receiving an auspicious result, which reassured him somewhat.

According to the divination, even if he didn’t obtain the Thousand Evil Fruits, he would still acquire treasures of considerable value.

The journey wouldn’t be too dangerous.

Afterwards,

he and the others followed Yao Lanqin, slowly venturing deeper into the ruins.

Everywhere they looked, there were withered spirit vines.

“Thousand Evil Vines!”

Li Chang’an’s gaze sharpened, and he quickly spotted a Thousand Evil Vines.

Several fruits bore on the vine,

but they were all shriveled.

He channeled a wisp of spiritual energy, slowly approaching one of the fruits; the moment he touched it, the fruit turned to ash and vanished.

“What a pity,”

Li Chang’an sighed inwardly; these few Thousand Evil Fruits were now useless.

Ye Qianqing comforted him, “Fellow Daoist Li, don’t be discouraged. There might be some Thousand Evil Vines that haven’t withered yet deep within the ruins.”

Yao Shichen also said, “The affiliated sects have already discovered many living spiritual plants; perhaps we’ll find the Thousand Evil Vines soon.”

“Thank you both for your kind words,”

Li Chang’an replied casually, while secretly sending a wisp of his divine sense deep into the ground.

He wanted to see if the vine had completely withered.

As long as the roots still had a trace of vitality, he could save it.

But the roots of the Thousand Evil Vines, like the fruit, turned to ashes the moment they were touched.

Unless Li Chang’an could reverse time and turn back the clock, it was impossible to bring it back to life.

“Never mind, I can only go deeper into the ruins to take another look.”

He withdrew his divine sense and went into the ruins with the others.

Several days later.

They had passed through the outer perimeter and entered the interior of the ruins.

Before long, a vibrant, verdant spiritual plant appeared before them.

A guest elder skilled in spiritual plants stepped forward, smiling as he introduced, “This is a high-grade third-tier ‘Azure Cloud Vine.’ The ‘Azure Cloud Fruit’ it bears is extremely beneficial to wood-element cultivators.”

He then prepared to use his spiritual plant abilities to take the entire Azure Cloud Vine away.

But just then, an unexpected turn of events occurred.

The Azure Cloud Vine suddenly erupted, its vines attacking him like venomous snakes.

“Slash!”

Yao Lanqin acted swiftly, shattering all the vines and uprooting the entire vine.

Within the dense, fine root system, countless shattered and twisted bones were found!

(End of Chapter)