Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

The three insects, suddenly losing track of their enemy, all paused in their movements, halting for a moment.

Zhang Yuanjing, having prepared for this for a long time, seized the opportunity to release the Yin-Yang Creation Furnace (replica). This furnace shot into the sky and quickly flew in front of the three insects.

When the Yin-Yang Creation Furnace flew out from the ground, the three insects felt a surge of fear, knowing they had encountered a formidable object, and twisted their bodies, wanting to escape.

However, the furnace arrived incredibly fast, as if it had just appeared, and was already in front of them, the aura it emitted binding them like chains, making it impossible for them to flee.

The Yin-Yang Creation Furnace gently rotated, releasing a powerful suction force, heading towards the three insects simultaneously.

The three insects couldn't muster any resistance at all, and in less than a breath, they were all dragged into the furnace's belly.

This unbelievable scene was naturally witnessed by Lu Tianying and the Core Formation cultivator from the Heavenly Devil Abyss.

Lu Tianying softly uttered a surprised "Oh," but didn't speak further, instead turning his sword towards the last Core Formation cultivator from the Heavenly Devil Abyss.

This Core Formation cultivator was already fearful of Lu Tianying's strength, and seeing that his opponent also had a magical treasure that specifically countered demonic insects, his heart filled with terror. Gritting his teeth, he took out a cyan spirit talisman, crushed it forcefully, and immediately a cloud of cyan mist enveloped him, then, like a whirlwind, he sped wildly towards the west.

"It's a Wind Escape Secret Technique! What bad luck! Yuanjing, I'll chase after him first, you follow behind!"

Lu Tianying cursed, sent a message to Zhang Yuanjing, and then, like a streak of sword light, rapidly pursued the cyan mist.

Zhang Yuanjing collected the Creation Furnace, summoned his flying sword, and hurriedly followed.

Lu Tianying's escape technique was also extremely strong, and he quickly disappeared from sight. Fortunately, there was a sound transmission jade, and Lu Tianying occasionally sent a message, allowing Zhang Yuanjing to barely keep up.

However, what surprised Zhang Yuanjing even more was that the Heavenly Devil Abyss Core Formation cultivator stubbornly escaped for two hours, and Lu Tianying still couldn't catch up.

Lu Tianying was truly enraged, and when communicating with Zhang Yuanjing, every message was filled with anxiety and anger.

They had originally come out to catch a rare insect to take back and experiment on for the Core Formation cultivators of Flowing Cloud City. As a result, they caught the rare insect, even three of them, but ran into a cultivator skilled in escape techniques. If they lost him, this matter would be a complete failure.

Lu Tianying chased for another hour, then suddenly calmed down, transmitting a message to Zhang Yuanjing, telling him not to follow too closely, and if he noticed anything unusual, to immediately hide in the earth.

Hearing this, Zhang Yuanjing also became cautious.

The stronghold they had broken through was very close to Flowing Cloud City, but the array was not very strong, and the strength of the few Core Formation cultivators was also limited. What was the purpose of setting up such a stronghold?

To say it was monitoring the Immortal City, the distance was too far. To say it was serving as an advance camp for attacking the Immortal City, the strength was too weak. Thus, the possibility of it acting as bait was the greatest.

Flowing Cloud City had been leaving this nail in place without removing it, perhaps because they had seen through this point. Yu Tianwan would definitely remind Lu Tianying about this, but this Uncle-Master Lu clearly didn't take it seriously, even having a 'knowing there are tigers in the mountain, yet still heading towards it' kind of attitude.

Since this stronghold was acting as bait, it meant that not only were the few Core Formation cultivators in the stronghold certainly skilled in escape techniques, but there must also be an ambush nearby, and the distance wouldn't be too far.

At this time, they had already left that stronghold by more than ten thousand li, surrounded by vast mountains with no end in sight.

Zhang Yuanjing's heart skipped a beat, and an ominous premonition arose.

He knew this place, called Clustered Mountain. The so-called 'clustered' meant 'the intention of clustering', referring to the fact that there were many peaks, as if gathered together. The mountains were full of demon birds, although most were only at the Spirit Awakening stage, once they moved as a group, even Core Formation cultivators would flee in terror.

It was said that there were many natural treasures in the mountains, but few cultivators came here to seek them.

Where else could this Heavenly Devil Abyss Core Formation cultivator go, but he insisted on coming here, clearly not because he didn't know the way, but intentionally leading Lu Tianying to this place.

Lu Tianying certainly knew Clustered Mountain, but he didn't stop the pursuit, following the Heavenly Devil Abyss Core Formation cultivator all the way towards the depths of Clustered Mountain, it was unknown whether he was overly confident in himself, or believed that his opponent couldn't possibly set up an ambush in Clustered Mountain.

Although Zhang Yuanjing also didn't believe that the Heavenly Devil Abyss would arrange for people to hide in Clustered Mountain, he had to be on guard, so he stopped flying in the air and instead switched to escaping underground, his speed naturally slowing down immediately.

He didn't go too deep into the earth, only thirty zhang deep, heading towards the location Lu Tianying mentioned.

Half an hour later, Lu Tianying's somewhat bewildered voice came from the sound transmission jade: "I'm lost! It seems like I've been going around in circles, but I can't see any traces of an array operating. Don't come over here yet!"

Lost? A late-stage Core Formation cultivator could get lost in the mountains? Zhang Yuanjing only felt it was unbelievable.

His first reaction was to recall the Misty Rock Mountain near Washing Sword Mountain, where Liu Yuanqing used the unique spiritual environment of the mountain to set up the Qian Yuan Eight Gates Formation and trap and kill four Core Formation cultivators from Thousand Sword Sect. Could it be that the Heavenly Devil Abyss, in the depths of Clustered Mountain, also used this trick?

True Person Tong speculated that the Heavenly Devil Abyss was a subordinate force of a super sect, or simply a front created by this sect, taking out an array like the Qian Yuan Eight Gates Formation wouldn't be difficult.

Zhang Yuanjing hesitated for a moment, then transmitted this question to Lu Tianying.

After a long while, Lu Tianying's message finally came: "I've carefully investigated, and it really does seem like what you said. For now, this array is only trapping, no other effects have been seen. Let's wait and see if the array setters will attack. Don't inform Senior Brother Yu's side yet."

Before leaving the city, Yu Tianwan gave Lu Tianying a high-grade, low-rank sound transmission jade, which could transmit messages within a range of one hundred thousand li.

This item was quite precious, and Yu Tianwan didn't have many in his possession, most of which had been given to cultivators performing important tasks, only sparing one for Lu Tianying and Zhang Yuanjing to use to contact Flowing Cloud City.

Lu Tianying had always been unrestrained, and didn't want to be directed by a sound transmission jade, so he threw it to Zhang Yuanjing as soon as he left the city, telling him not to contact Yu Tianwan unless necessary.

Zhang Yuanjing pondered for a moment, then shook his head unconsciously, took out the high-grade, low-rank sound transmission jade, and used his Qi to control his voice, briefly reporting the matter to Yu Tianwan.

He knew very well that since Hu Tiancong had gone out to seek opportunities, and Tong Tianfu had specially summoned this Uncle-Master Lu Tianying, who had been away for many years, back, he must have high hopes for him, so he couldn't be easily lost here.

However, the Heavenly Devil Abyss's plan to lure the enemy out of the mountain was very obvious, exactly the same as what Yu Tianwan was planning. Clearly, the Heavenly Devil Abyss wanted to open a battlefield in Clustered Mountain, luring Tong Tianfu to come, and then focusing all their efforts on attacking the Profound Origin Hall, in order to capture him, Zhang Yuanjing.

He smiled sarcastically, both sides devising ingenious plans, who would have thought that he, this crucial chess piece, wasn't where he should be.

Yu Tianwan quickly sent a message back, telling him to find a place to hide, keep a close watch on the situation in the mountains from afar, not to take risks, and wait for his arrangements.

Zhang Yuanjing sneaked to the foot of a thousand-zhang peak, surveyed the surrounding area, and seeing no enemies hiding, he emerged from the ground in a hidden location, climbed to a place near the peak, hid in the deep grass behind a rock, and peered into the depths of Clustered Mountain through the gaps in the grass leaves.

In the thick of the night, within the ten thousand mountains, like a lurking behemoth, a band of gray-white light was swirling non-stop, appearing and disappearing intermittently.

The spiritual energy permeating the mountains and fields, like drifting mist, slowly floated towards the white band of light.

Zhang Yuanjing sighed softly, knowing that his previous guess was correct, it really was an extremely brilliant array.

This array was hidden within the mountains, if Lu Tianying hadn't broken into it, and exerted his full strength within the array, no traces could be seen from the outside.

Once this array absorbed enough spiritual energy from heaven and earth, completely suppressing Lu Tianying, it would hide itself again, like an invisible net, quietly waiting for the enemy to come later.