Chapter 739 - 340: Senior Li An
Li An took the puppet Zhao Tong and swiftly headed towards Broken Dawn Mountain.
He checked that Zhao Tong had many magical treasures on him, among which was even a Golden Immortal level treasure, evidently bestowed by Leng Rufeng, possessing immense power.
These items should be enough.
He planned to stealthily infiltrate Broken Dawn Mountain, assess the situation, and act accordingly.
If the Immortal Vine Cave was indeed there, he would seize the opportunity to snatch it. But if it wasn’t, or if the defenses from Lianyan Zhenren and the others were too strong for him to capture it... Then he would send a message to Purple Cloud Mountain, letting their experts come over, in any case to disrupt Lianyan Zhenren’s plan.
Broken Dawn Mountain extended endlessly, its vast region spanning thousands of miles. Li An then put the puppet into his ring of holding, caught a giant serpent, crawled into its belly, and employed beast taming techniques to drive it, thus infiltrating the mountain.
After all, the high-ranking members of the Fire Phoenix Nest were certainly at Broken Dawn Mountain, and though the surroundings seemed peaceful, there must be experts guarding it, and approaching recklessly would surely lead to detection.
Only in this way, under the concealment of his Life Nourishing Immortal Skill, even if a divine sense scanned the giant serpent, they would merely perceive Li An as food recently swallowed by the serpent, given that he was squeezed among a heap of dismembered flesh and blood inside the serpent’s belly.
And the people of the Fire Phoenix Nest acted with utmost secrecy, unwilling to cause any commotion and thus attract Purple Cloud Mountain’s attention, so unless they clearly spotted an anomaly, the experts of Fire Phoenix Nest would not kill a serpent pointless...
The spirit beasts in this mountain were countless; how could they guard against them!
Li An continued to move with the giant serpent "squirming" through the mountain forest. Just as he anticipated, he felt powerful divine senses probing twice midway, but Li An remained motionless without any hint of life signs, and no one paid him any attention.
Thus, he made his way into the mountain.
In reality, if it were anyone else, they would not have managed. Experts in the Fire Phoenix Nest who practiced the Life Nourishing Immortal Skill were highly sensitive to life forces, and even if someone practiced the Concealing Breath Immortal Skill, they couldn’t escape their detection.
But precisely because of this, the covert investigators had great confidence in their cultivation techniques, believing the serpents they had checked held no suspicions, allowing Li An to pass unimpeded.
The giant serpent wandered aimlessly, traversing the mountain forest, while Li An silently attuned himself, resonating with the earth, the mountain winds, and the vegetation. Gradually, he sensed something in a certain direction — a subtle life essence...
Different from all living beings!
"Could it be the so-called Taichu Immortal Root?"
Li An then guided the giant serpent to slowly approach...
...
At this moment.
"According to the information, the Immortal Vine Cave should be in this area."
"We need to search for the exact location ourselves!"
"Operate the Life Nourishing Immortal Skill, this technique will definitely sense the existence of the Taichu Immortal Root..."
In a mountainous field, Xu Yuan and several cultivators were searching for the specific location of the Immortal Vine Cave. Apart from them, Xu City also brought several senior cultivators, guarding from the sides!
Xu City’s face was cold and solemn, sending out divine sense repeatedly, extremely wary of the surroundings.
Although the chaos within the Fire Phoenix Nest pointed to a Demon Cultivator, they were not foolish and had harbored some doubts about the palace as well. This time, he had further consulted with Mu Lingkong and another respected master, planning for them to follow the Palace Master and guard outside, while he personally came to protect the geniuses of various clans.
After all, there’s always a second time after the first; the chaos aimed at numerous geniuses at the Fire Phoenix Nest was clearly targeted at these many talented individuals. This time, although a chance, might as well be a calamity.
Xu Yuan and several geniuses continually operated their immortal skills, gradually integrating with the surrounding environment, slowly experiencing the wondrous harmony with creation, seemingly resonating lightly with all vitality within the in-between of creation.
This was the wondrous aspect of the Life Nourishing Immortal Skill!
"Feeling some sense, but it’s very vague, needs to be slowly confirmed..."
...
"It should be right here—"
At this moment, Li An had already infiltrated beneath a mountain peak. The mountain peak was covered with steep rocks, yet the rocks were overgrown with green pines, seeming quite handsome and peculiar.
"There is an array."
Li An had the serpent coil around a giant tree, silently sensing it and had discovered the oddity of this place.
Sure enough, someone had prepared in advance.
The person laying the setup was a legitimate Immortal Dao cultivator, and the array techniques were very strong. However, since the array was set up with orthodox array techniques, it not only couldn’t mobilize the creative power of this place but was also highly incompatible with the anomalous aura-laden environment.
Usually, orthodox Immortal Dao array masters couldn’t perform in anomalous environments because the heavens and the earth are fundamentally different, not existing, and this covert array master should have around the Celestial Immortal level of proficiency, thus able to suppress the creative energy here using an array plate through powerful array cultivation.
Precisely because they are incompatible, allowing Li An to catch a clue. If it were an array master walking the anomalous immortal path, Li An might have difficulty discerning it.
"My array cultivation proficiency to break it is quite difficult, but due to the anomalies here, I could leverage and manipulate the anomalous creative energy of this place, leading to a flaw in this array; it isn’t that difficult after all..."
Li An muttered softly.
"Those people are too slow, why haven’t they arrived yet?"
Li An furrowed his brows slightly, as Xu Yuan and the others hadn’t shown up yet.
...
"I sensed it!"
After a long search, finally, a young cultivator cheerfully said, "The Taichu Root, appearing and disappearing, must be within that mountain ahead!"
The young man named Mu Gang, at the Profound Immortal level of cultivation, was the strongest among them, and upon sensing this, everyone was delighted.