Chapter 637 - 276: Power of Origin
Chu Ning felt a sense of wonder in his heart.
The Spiritual Qi at Celestial Mist Peak, where he had previously cultivated, and the core area with the Gold Spirit Seed in the Spirit Realm were both incredibly dense with energy.
But it was never as exaggeratedly concentrated as it was here.
Chu Ning even thought that if he could cultivate the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique here, he would surely make rapid progress.
Accelerating his climb towards the bottom of the cliff, as he landed, Chu Ning faintly heard some beastly roars.
"The level of the Demon Beasts here is likely higher than those outside, so I must be more cautious."
Just as Chu Ning was pondering this, he suddenly became alert.
With a flash of the Thunder Shock Step, he appeared ten feet away!
At that moment, where Chu Ning had just been standing, a monkey-like black-haired demon beast swiftly passed by.
Having failed to attack Chu Ning, the Monkey Demon let out a piercing scream.
To Chu Ning’s surprise, this Monkey Demon also had the strength of the Peak of Tier Four.
Without any hesitation, Chu Ning directly used several Secret Techniques of the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique.
Within a few punches, he had already killed the demon beast.
"Hmm, a Wind Attribute Beast Crystal."
Upon extracting the Beast Crystal from the demon beast, Chu Ning unexpectedly found it to be of the Wind Attribute.
He had never encountered this before, involuntarily feeling slightly surprised.
After carefully sensing the surroundings, there were no other demon beasts, so Chu Ning felt slightly relieved.
Then he continued walking forward.
Originally, Chu Ning had no direction or clue on how to proceed.
But after walking less than a hundred feet, his gaze was involuntarily drawn in a direction.
"I can clearly feel that the energy in that direction is more abundant and dense."
Without any hesitation, Chu Ning proceeded according to his perception.
Since he came to explore the Beast Mountain Forbidden Land, the place with the densest energy is most likely where secrets are hidden.
During his journey, he occasionally encountered some demon beasts, including those equivalent to Fake Pill Realm beasts with the strength of Peak of Tier Four.
Without hesitation, Chu Ning exterminated all he encountered, preventing them from slowing his progress.
However, upon entering a certain area, where the energy concentration exceeded a certain level.
It caused the absence of demon beasts.
"No wonder there are only demon beasts of Peak of Tier Four here. Given the density of energy.
If they continued cultivating, my intuition tells me these demon beasts could definitely break through a bottleneck.
Normally, after reaching the Peak of Tier Four, demon beasts advance by forming their Demon Core.
These beasts have already formed Beast Crystals; if they advance another level, what would happen?"
Since Chu Ning hadn’t encountered higher-level demon beasts, he naturally couldn’t find an answer.
However, he felt a great sense of relief in his heart.
If there really were demon beasts continuously absorbing this energy for thousands or even tens of thousands of years, they could potentially surpass Golden Core level strength.
Even if he came here, he could only flee in panic.
Now, the energy density had reached an astonishing degree.
The surprising part for Chu Ning was that despite the dense energy, it hadn’t transformed into fog or even liquid like Spiritual Qi.
Chu Ning could clearly feel his body being enveloped by the dense energy.
However, this energy was intangible and invisible.
He had walked roughly forty miles.
In front of Chu Ning were two small mountains, leaving a gap of about a foot between them.
Chu Ning vaguely felt he had arrived at the place with the densest energy.
He couldn’t help but feel a sense of anticipation as he passed between the two peaks.
He came upon a small valley.
Upon seeing the scene before his eyes, he was stunned.
There was an area resembling a Spirit Medicine Garden, filled with rare fruits and treasures from No-Spirit Island.
But compared to those from outside, these were evidently of a much older age.
Above them was the energy imbued by this realm.
Behind the Spirit Fruit Garden stood a stone house.
It was clear that someone had actually lived here.
Although he thought that if someone had lived here, it was most likely in the past, Chu Ning didn’t dare to be overly presumptuous.
He immediately cupped his hands and called out loudly:
"Junior Chu Ning has unintentionally intruded upon Senior’s Cave Mansion, I ask your pardon.
Could Senior come out and meet me?"
After calling out three times without any response, Chu Ning continued walking forward.
He went through the Spirit Fruit Garden and reached the stone house.
Once more, Chu Ning called out, "Junior Chu Ning has unintentionally intruded upon Senior’s Cave Mansion.
I don’t know if Senior is available, but I have something to inquire about."
After calling twice more without a response.
Chu Ning gently pushed the stone chamber door with his hand.
The stone gate didn’t budge, forcing Chu Ning to apply more force.
Only then did he manage to push the heavy stone door open.
"Luckily, due to the absence of Spiritual Qi, neither Qi Lihua’s stone cave nor this stone chamber had any restrictions set."
Thinking this to himself, Chu Ning looked around inside.
The stone chamber was extremely simple, containing only a stone bed.
At one corner of the chamber, some items resembling an Array were arranged.
After scanning the room, Chu Ning’s face suddenly showed joy.
He quickly moved to the Array, gasping in amazement without realizing it.