Chapter 822: Do not move from here.
Chapter 822: Do not move from here.
..."It's truly strange and odd... this Chen Niu... went back to buy soy sauce?
What about the Divine Descent?
What about the avatar?
He's not coming down?"
Hua Jin the True One looked up at the sky, her face filled with confusion.
Before her, the remaining three pieces of premium Celestial Jade Marrow had all fully formed.
She only needed to reach out to take these three pieces of premium Celestial Jade Marrow into her possession.
The reason she hadn't moved was purely due to caution.
Chen Niu was a Demon Immortal who controlled the rules of earth, proficient in the earth element among the five phases. Since Celestial Jade Marrow grew from the ground, it was hard to guarantee Chen Niu wasn't playing some trick; he might have set traps around the Celestial Jade Marrow.
But after waiting for a long time, she still hadn't detected even a trace of Chen Niu's aura.
The northern horizon had just erupted with a shocking Sword Intent.
At the same time, Demonic Energy had spread, that Demonic Energy showing about eighty percent of a Demon Immortal's might, yet it was completely not Chen Niu's aura, instead resembling Wu E, one of the Four Great Protectors under Divine Joy Emperor.
Who was so powerful they could fight against Wu E at this time?
Hua Jin was dying of curiosity, but with Chen Niu not appearing, she didn't dare move.
She spread her Divine Sense out to investigate, but before it could even get close, it was torn to shreds by inexplicably ferocious Sword Intent. After several failed attempts, and following the principle of caution, she withdrew her Divine Sense to avoid attracting trouble.
"Chen Niu, what ghostly trick are you playing now?"
Hua Jin the True One scanned her surroundings, her eyes icy cold.
The other party was a Demon Immortal, using immortal power to conceal his aura. Although she had already reached the peak of Feathered Transformation, she indeed might not be able to detect the other's traces.
No one responded.
Hua Jin gritted her teeth secretly: "If you don't come out now, these three pieces of premium Celestial Jade will be mine! If you want to fight, come out and fight! Hiding your head and tail like this, are you even worthy of being a Demon Immortal?"
Chen Niu cared about face; in the past, saying such things would have made him jump out immediately to fight three hundred rounds with her.
But now, not a single movement...
Hua Jin the True One pursed her lips, moving as slowly as a snail toward the three pieces of Celestial Jade Marrow. She reached out her hand, her movements very slow, her Divine Sense covering the surroundings, observing everything. At the slightest sign of movement, she would immediately retreat to a safe distance.
One second... two seconds... ten minutes!
Hua Jin's hand finally touched the first piece of premium Celestial Jade Marrow.
Still no movement.
She put the premium Celestial Jade into her Storage Pouch.
Chen Niu was still absent.
He's really not coming?
Died in the Immortal Realm?
Is there such good fortune?
Hua Jin the True One felt a surge of joy in her heart and quickly collected all the premium Celestial Jade into her embrace.
This reincarnation cycle, perhaps because of the birth of a Celestial Jade Lion, a rare creature of heaven and earth.
The output of premium Celestial Jade was very low, not much at all.
In previous reincarnation cycles, the two major forces, Kunlun Immortal Palace and Great Thunder Temple, could generally each obtain about ten pieces of premium Celestial Jade. This time it was greatly reduced; in total, she only got five pieces.
This was also partly due to the variable taking action to seize some.
Divine Joy Emperor's side was miserable; his Four Great Protectors had managed Great Thunder Temple for so long, yet they hadn't obtained a single piece of premium Celestial Jade. She could almost imagine how severely Divine Joy Emperor would be suppressed by Lingxiao Palace in the future. If the Buddhist Kingdom didn't intervene, even the Extreme Joy Barren Domain might be swallowed by Lingxiao Palace.
But upon second thought, Hua Jin the True One felt a bit troubled again.
Her five pieces of premium Celestial Jade were also completely insufficient...
In previous reincarnation cycles, ninety-nine percent of the premium Celestial Jade would be reclaimed by Lingxiao, leaving her only one piece of premium Celestial Jade and some medium and low-grade Celestial Jade. This reincarnation cycle, even if they left her nothing, it probably still wouldn't be enough for the Immortals within Lingxiao Palace to use.
"Ah... when the Immortals of Lingxiao Palace ask, how should I respond?"
Hua Jin the True One stood before the gradually withering Celestial Jade crystalline clusters, drinking the northwest wind for a while.
Suddenly recalling the soaring Sword Intent and Demonic Energy she had sensed earlier, she thought about going to investigate, only to discover that, at some unknown time, that Demonic Energy and Sword Intent had already disappeared.
"Finished fighting?" Hua Jin the True One frowned slightly: "I wonder who that Sword Cultivator is, never seen in previous reincarnation cycles...
Fighting fiercely with a Demon Immortal, could it be one of Lingxiao's Sword Immortals?
Hopefully not one of those variables..."
This thought had just arisen when Hua Jin the True One rejected it.
It was purely scaring herself.
If it were truly a variable, the first thing after fighting would be to come seize the premium Celestial Jade.
Moreover, if there really was such a powerful existence among the variables, why wouldn't they act earlier?
With matters here concluded, Hua Jin the True One prepared to return to Kunlun Immortal Palace first.
She had previously given Zhang Yibai a Divine Summoning Incense, which had probably already invited Kunlun Immortal Palace's ancestor down.
She would just go back to report, hand over the premium Celestial Jade, and see what the ancestor had to say, what arrangements were made for future development.
Besides, she couldn't deduce the traces of those variables and the Celestial Jade Lion through heavenly secrets, but the ancestor had already attained the Dao and become an Immortal. Using an Immortal's power to seize heavenly secrets.
Wouldn't finding those variables be as easy as turning over a hand?
Then the previously lost premium Celestial Jade could all be recovered, killing two birds with one stone!
...
On the other side.
After Chen Huaian beheaded the Divine Descent Wu E and collected the Demon Core, he immediately swept up Muscle Tyrant, concealed his aura, and fled ten thousand miles away.
His sword path was free and unrestrained, extremely effective at concealing traces and aura.
Just after leaving the North Sea, Dao Rhythms completely restored the North Sea's environment, as if nothing had happened.
At the same time, under the concealment of the Great Freedom Dao Rhythms, unless a Great Immortal reversed the flow of time and space above the North Sea, no one could deduce his existence based on any clues.
The so-called Great Freedom, Great Unrestraint, first meant being uncontrolled and unbound, staying if one wished, leaving if one wished.
In plain terms, he was now a 'street wanderer'.
"Big Boss, stop running for now... Your current situation is very unfavorable."
Chen Huaian rolled his eyes at Muscle Tyrant's words, but still stopped.
Having reached this place, it was already impossible for anyone to track him; he was guarding against Hua Jin the True One.
"This Venerable One doesn't feel the situation is unfavorable at all."
Chen Huaian appeared casual.
Judging from the current situation, although the immortal-mortal passage had opened and the entire Earth Star was enveloped in the dense Spiritual Energy erupting from the Well of Heaven, Immortals obviously couldn't casually enter the Earth Star's Mortal Realm; they must need to pay some price.
Otherwise, why would Wu E choose Divine Descent?
Why not just descend to the mortal world and deal with him?
Since there was a cost, and within the threshold the other party could bear, it was impossible for them to descend in large numbers; at most, only one would come down.
One Immortal...
Chen Huaian felt that once his main body's cultivation progressed a bit further, reaching the Great Ascension Three Tribulations realm, even if Wu E's main body descended, he'd probably beat him until he crawled on the ground.
If it really didn't work.
He could still retreat to the Cangyun Realm.
"Big Boss... Big Boss? Are you listening to me?"
Chen Huaian snapped back to reality and gave Muscle Tyrant a reassuring look: "Isn't there still you to attract attention?"
"Me..." Muscle Tyrant pointed at himself, smiling awkwardly: "Against a Divine Descent Immortal, I can only fight evenly... barely."
"No big problem." Chen Huaian thought of the countless treasures in the Cangyun Realm's Beast Taming Sect that could enhance demonic beasts' combat power, his eyes shifting:
"This Venerable One will now set up an array for you. You stay here and don't move. This Venerable One will go get some good stuff for you!"
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