Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record
#44 - Chapter 44 Captured
Zhang Yuanjing meditated for two hours, recovering some of his magical power. Seeing no further movements outside, he knew the two wouldn't dare to enter again. He stood up and went to examine the corpse of "Junior Brother Xu." Half of the man's head was gone, brain matter splattered everywhere, and a pungent, fishy smell permeated the air.
Zhang Yuanjing reached out and grabbed his storage bag, then picked up the somewhat deformed Mother-Son Crutches. Only then did he use Earth Escape, heading towards "Senior Brother Guo."
"Senior Brother Guo" had been pinned under the massive pile of earth for so long that his magical power was exhausted, but he stubbornly clung to life. The Spirit-Seeking Beast in his arms had been crushed to death when the earth collapsed. Sensing Zhang Yuanjing's arrival, he struggled desperately, seemingly wanting to do something.
Zhang Yuanjing used Earth Escape to burrow into the ground, finished him off with a palm strike, took his storage bag, and snatched away the curved blade. Then, he burrowed several miles through the earth, emerging on the other side of the mountain and greedily breathing in the fresh air.
It was midnight, the starry sky was brilliant, and all was silent.
Zhang Yuanjing stepped onto his flying sword and flew through the forest valleys, traveling a thousand miles before finding a secluded spot, setting up a maze formation, and meditating to recover.
In the morning, he opened his eyes and looked towards the horizon, seeing the red sun shining obliquely, framing the high mountains and great rivers with a layer of gold.
The two men had not pursued him. Whether out of fear or incompetence, it meant that he had finally escaped the threat and could travel with ease.
He continued his journey, stopping and starting, without deviating from the route to Mount Shumi, although he had taken quite a detour. Mount Shumi was still nearly one hundred seventy to eighty thousand miles away, and even with full-speed flight, without rest, it would take fourteen or fifteen days.
"I wonder how Uncle Yu is? I hope he escaped safely," Zhang Yuanjing thought to himself.
He tried several times to send a message with the Sound Transmission Spirit Jade, but each time it was like a stone sinking into the sea. This indicated that the two were too far away, beyond the thirty thousand mile range of his mid-grade, low-quality Sound Transmission Spirit Jade.
At the same time, he began to worry about the road ahead. Since Tianmoyu had repeatedly taken action, he couldn't guarantee that he wouldn't encounter enemies on the next leg of the journey.
However, unexpectedly, his journey was very smooth. On the sixteenth day at noon, he entered the majestic Mount Shumi area without any obstruction. He took out the Sound Transmission Spirit Jade and contacted Yu Tianwan again, but the signal went unanswered.
"Could it be that Uncle Yu had an accident? Or could he not break through the blockade and returned to the sect first?"
Zhang Yuanjing decided to go to Horseshoe Valley, where the seal was located. There was another Core Formation Elder from the sect, Ying Tianwen, and the other Foundation Establishment cultivators on rotation should have arrived as well.
Along the way, he traversed forests and valleys, not seeing a single person, but he saw traces of cultivators fighting from time to time. He didn't pay much attention to this, because before he left Tianque Mountain, the sect had already sent a large number of cultivators to fight here.
He even guessed that the sect must have won a battle, driving the Tianmoyu cultivators out of the Mount Shumi area, and were now engaged in a fierce battle somewhere outside the mountain.
Horseshoe Valley was located in the southeast of Mount Shumi. He entered the mountain from the east, and it wasn't far. Soon, he arrived at his destination. From a distance, the huge "Lei"-shaped rune remained the same, but the surrounding gray cyclone was far larger than it had been twenty years ago. Around the cyclone, tongues of lightning flashed, sometimes like silver snakes dancing wildly, sometimes like heavenly fire raging, its power extremely terrifying.
Zhang Yuanjing was shocked. Such changes indicated that the seal was extremely unstable and could crack at any time, leading to spatial collapse. This also meant that it was impossible to enter it to explore the Mustard Seed Space.
"Why did such a change occur! Where are the elders guarding the seal?" He craned his neck and searched around Horseshoe Valley, but found no one.
Flying closer, he discovered several cave dwellings opened on the cliff face opposite the "Lei"-shaped rune. One person was sitting cross-legged on a large rock, staring blankly at the lightning in front.
Perhaps influenced by the power of the lightning, Zhang Yuanjing did not use Qi Observation to observe the other party's aura. Instead, he directly asked, "Which junior brother is below? Is Elder Ying here?"
The man was startled and immediately turned his head, asking, "Who are you? Which elder are you with? This is Elder Sun's place; there is no Elder Ying here!"
At this moment, Zhang Yuanjing realized that this person was extremely unfamiliar, and he had no impression of him at all. The man's dress was also not in the usual style of Xuantian disciples. He immediately shouted, "Are you a Tianmoyu cultivator?"
The man was stunned for a moment, then reacted, "You are a Xuantianzong cultivator! Junior Brother Ji, Junior Brother Luo, come out quickly, there is a Xuantianzong cultivator here!"
Before he could finish speaking, Zhang Yuanjing turned and ran.
Seeing this, the man quickly sacrificed his flying sword, which followed with a "whoosh" sound. At the same time, the stone doors of several cave dwellings opened, and five or six Foundation Establishment cultivators rushed out, quickly chasing in the direction Zhang Yuanjing was escaping.
After a few breaths, Sun Zelin, and the Core Formation cultivator who had intercepted Yu Tianwan with him that day, also came out.
Sun Zelin's face was full of sorrow. He raised his eyes to look at the group of people flying into the sky and shook his head. "Junior Brother Chen, go ahead, catch him back and see if you can get anything of value out of him."
"Junior Brother Chen" responded and took a step forward, disappearing in a few steps.
Zhang Yuanjing flew for half a quarter of an hour. Seeing several people chasing closely behind, he descended from his flying sword and burrowed into the mountains and forests, winding around.
The Tianmoyu cultivators had many people and quickly divided into two groups. One group of three followed him through the mountains and forests, and one group of four stared at his movements from the sky above.
Zhang Yuanjing naturally knew that hiding like this was impossible to escape. However, his purpose was only to determine the other party's cultivation level so that he could decide on the next course of action.
After turning around for half a quarter of an hour, no new pursuers appeared, and he had a good idea of the situation. Among these seven people, although there were two Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivators, with their divine sense not exceeding ten miles, they could not detect movements more than a dozen feet below the ground.
Therefore, in a dense forest, he used the Earth Escape technique to descend to a depth of more than ten feet underground, calmed his breath, and sat still.
"Huh, how did he disappear after entering this forest!"
"Could it be a Breath Concealment technique?"
"Junior Brother Yu is here; a sweep of his divine sense will make Breath Concealment useless."
"Or some kind of stealth spirit tool or talisman?"
"That's possible. However, as long as he moves, there will be traces to follow. If he doesn't move, we'll just wait here and see how long he can last."
After a few words, the three stepped on their flying swords and stood quietly above the forest. The one in front was the "Junior Brother Yu." He took out the Sound Transmission Spirit Jade and communicated with another Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivator in the sky above. After a few breaths, a green-robed cultivator flew down from above.
"Junior Brother Ling is here!"
"Greetings, Junior Brother Ling!"
The green-robed cultivator nodded to the three of them. "I'll take a look. Several elders led teams to sweep around, but they didn't catch a single Xuantianzong cultivator. We're lucky; one came to our door, and we can't let him get away."
The others bowed in agreement. Even "Junior Brother Yu," who was also in the late stage of Foundation Establishment, was exceptionally respectful, showing that this person had a high reputation.
Two hours passed, and there was still no movement in the forest. The others felt quite bored, but the green-robed cultivator in the lead did not speak, and the others had no choice but to remain silent.
At this time, a black shadow flashed and landed beside them.
"Greetings, Elder Chen!" The green-robed cultivator was the first to react and quickly saluted.
The others also reacted and greeted him unevenly.
"No need to be so polite!" Chen Zhen looked at the green-robed cultivator gently. "Zhi Jian, have you found anything?"
This green-robed cultivator was named Ling Zhijian. He was tall and slender, with a jade-like face and an otherworldly temperament. He was a Tianmoyu cultivator, and also a Daoist talent.
He had a great background. He was a direct descendant of Ling Xiao, the current Tianmoyu Mountain Lord. He had outstanding talent and extraordinary roots. At just over eighty years old, he had the complete Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivation. Mountain Lord Ling Xiao valued him very much, regarded him as a clan successor, and did his best to cultivate him.
This time, coming to Mount Shumi was Ling Xiao's personally arranged training. Although Chen Zhen was a Core Formation cultivator, among the nearly one hundred Core Formation cultivators in Tianmoyu, he was just an ordinary elder, so he would not put on airs in front of Ling Zhijian.
Ling Zhijian lowered his head and said, "Disciple is ashamed; I could not find that person's whereabouts."
Chen Zhen smiled and said, "You can't be blamed for that. That person's methods are a bit strange and not easy to guess."
Ling Zhijian cupped his hands and said, "Please enlighten me, Elder."
Chen Zhen waved his hand and said, "It's not about enlightenment. It's just that my divine sense is stronger than yours, so I can see clearly. That person, I don't know if he's relying on a spirit tool or talisman, is actually hiding in a place more than ten feet underground. Hehe, not only that, but he can also travel underground."
Ling Zhijian revealed a look of understanding. "Oh, so it's a means similar to Earth Escape. We didn't think in that direction."
Chen Zhen said, "If I hadn't been able to directly discover him, I wouldn't have thought of it either. A Foundation Establishment cultivator actually used the Earth Escape technique that can only be seen on cultivators above the Core Formation stage. This has really opened my eyes."
Ling Zhijian's eyes flashed with a sharp light. "I want to see what kind of spirit tool or talisman it is. If it can be mass-produced, the combat power of our Tianmoyu cultivators will definitely be greatly improved!"
Chen Zhen nodded and said, "Come with me. This person has already escaped several miles away. Too far away, and my divine sense is difficult to penetrate deep underground."
After waiting underground for two hours, Zhang Yuanjing began to slowly burrow. With his current cultivation and the eighth layer of the Thick Earth Qi Nurturing Art, Earth Escape could only descend to a maximum of fifteen feet, and the speed of traveling in the earth varied depending on the depth of descent.
At a depth of more than ten feet, he could travel a maximum of two feet per breath, while in the soil layer within three feet, his speed could reach four feet per breath.
Therefore, after traveling five or six miles at a depth of more than ten feet underground, he began to climb upwards while tunneling forward, finally maintaining a depth of about five feet and traveling at a speed of more than three feet per breath.
In this way, after estimating that he had tunneled nearly a thousand miles, he felt excessively exhausted, so he emerged from the ground, preparing to find a place to hide and meditate to recover.
This was a hillside in the mountains. Apart from the grass being relatively deep, it was ordinary and unremarkable. He stood up and peered in all directions through the gaps in the grass, finding nothing unusual.
Not far behind him was a lush green forest. Just as he was about to turn around and find a place to rest in the forest, suddenly a green vine flew over from mid-air and bound him tightly.
In a panic, he tried to exert his strength, but he did not break free at all. Then, the green vine flashed with a green light, and several forces invaded his spiritual meridians and Dantian, completely restraining him, making it difficult to mobilize even a trace of magical power.
At this time, eight cultivators slowly landed in front of him.
A young cultivator in a green robe looked at him gently and asked, "May I ask for this fellow Daoist's name?"
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