Chapter 86 Encountering a Nascent Soul Demon Beast
Yunxi then set up another layer of magic, turned her back to the group of people from the Northern Ridge Holy Land, and took out a seven-colored stone.
What's amazing is that this seven-colored stone is similar to the one Baili Xingzhou is holding, but it is noticeably darker, as if it has endured tens of thousands of years of wind, frost, rain, and snow.
Lan Yue glanced at the rock, and suddenly the system screen in front of her popped up.
[The Stone for Patching the Sky:]
grade:***
(The stones that the immortals used to mend the sky, when gathered together, might have a magical effect.)
"Quickly put it away, you absolutely cannot take this out in the early stages!"
Lan Yue looked nervous; this stone was probably only discovered by the female lead later on.
Since the Central Holy Land was shattered and the four regions were separated, no powerful cultivators in the entire cultivation world have ascended to the Immortal Realm; everyone is trapped here.
No one has ascended to immortality in the past ten thousand years.
Later, the female protagonist used these stones to repair the formation, rebuild the central holy land, and ascend to the immortal realm with her friends, thus opening the path to immortality.
However, they are all still novices right now, so they must keep this treasure safe.
Yunxi naturally trusted her completely and quickly put her into her storage ring. Feeling it wasn't safe enough, she even placed her in the array plate her father had given her and locked it securely.
Lan Yue finally breathed a sigh of relief. Luckily, they used an array to cover it up, otherwise she wouldn't know how to explain it.
"I wonder where Yuan Shuo fell." She looked at the distant forest, a sense of unease creeping over her.
"Let's go, let's continue." Seeing that the people from the Northern Ridge Holy Land were ready, Lan Yue followed them.
Ahead lay a dense forest, from which the occasional cries of monsters could be heard.
"Everyone conceal yourselves. Let's speed up and head towards the center of the ruins. Try not to get held up by these monsters." Baili Xingzhou fiddled with the array plate in his hand, directly activating a stealth array that covered everyone. The others also concealed themselves.
The people from the Northern Ridge Holy Land shared the same idea, and Lan Yue and the other two also wanted to get there as soon as possible.
Although the twins haven't been found yet, they've landed in the ruins and will definitely try to get to the center of the ruins. Rather than wasting time searching aimlessly, it's better to move towards the center of the ruins.
On the way, they encountered several territories occupied by fourth-tier Golden Core stage demonic beasts, and they all took detours around them.
Only when encountering a third-tier Foundation Establishment stage demon beast will they kill it directly to save time.
The ruins were indeed full of spiritual herbs; even the Foundation Establishment stage demon beasts guarded herbs that were at least a thousand years old.
It's estimated that the territories guarded by those Golden Core stage demon beasts might still contain spiritual herbs that are ten thousand years old.
However, one must be alive to obtain such a spiritual herb.
All of them were at most at the peak of Foundation Establishment, and killing monsters of higher levels was something not everyone could do.
The female lead and the main characters are fine, but the female lead is only at the Qi Refining stage and hasn't even reached the Foundation Establishment stage yet. Making her fight against a Golden Core stage demon beast is just deliberately making things difficult for her.
Because they didn't provoke those fourth-tier demonic beasts, they walked very quickly and soon arrived at the center of the forest.
"To reach the center of the ruins, you'll have to cross this forest. There are especially many high-level demonic beasts in the middle of the forest, so you must be very careful." Baili Xingzhou had just finished giving these instructions when the group from the Northern Ridge Holy Land were terrified.
Because on the huge tree in front of them, there was a spider web as tall as a building, and a mountain of spiders guarded the center of the web, their dark eyes staring at them.
Feeling this intense pressure, everyone's hair stood on end.
Because this demonic beast's aura has reached the level of a fifth-tier Nascent Soul stage demonic beast!
If it were a fourth-order Golden Core stage cultivator, they might still have a chance to slip through, but a Nascent Soul stage demon beast is simply a nightmare!
They seriously underestimated this ruin; it even contained a fifth-tier Nascent Soul stage demonic beast.
"Run!" Baili Xingzhou only had time to utter one word before everyone fled at top speed.
Outside the ruins.
The elders of various sects also changed their expressions. With their keen eyesight, they could naturally see that the cultivation level of this demonic beast had reached the fifth rank.
If they were outside, they could easily crush a Nascent Soul stage demon beast with a single palm strike; it wouldn't even be enough for them to practice on.
However, for those disciples whose highest level was no more than the peak of Foundation Establishment, it was a devastating blow.
If things go wrong, those disciples might all be wiped out.
The elders of the Southern Spirit Sect turned pale and clenched their fists tightly.
Others may not understand what those disciples meant, but they understood perfectly well.
Including Lan Yue and Yun Xi, these are people who can save the entire cultivation world and the Southern Spirit Sect.
If they perish in this tiny ruin, they will regret it to death.
It is likely that the Southern Spirit Sect will not be able to recover its strength for hundreds of years to come.
However, there's nothing they can do right now, because it's not time for the ruins to open yet.
Moreover, the ruins restrict entry to cultivators above the Foundation Establishment stage!
"Well, this Xuan Tian Black Spider is already so black it's almost purple. It might have reached the late stage of the sixth-order Nascent Soul realm. If we disciples enter the ruins, aren't we just sending ourselves to our deaths?" the Flame Dragon Sect elder suddenly said.
"Last time, a late-stage Golden Core demonic beast appeared in our sect's ruins, and it already wiped out most of our disciples. The demonic beast in this ruin has reached the late-stage Nascent Soul stage; all the disciples who went in will surely perish!"
"We, the Flame Dragon Sect, are not playing with you anymore. Let's go back to our sect!"
As he spoke, Yan Feng rode away on his longsword, and even as he left, he shamelessly asked for the gift he had given him back.
Finally, under the watchful eyes of everyone, he left with about ten disciples as if his pants were on fire.
Seeing that the Flame Dragon Sect had already left, other sects were also eager to make their move, because they also felt that letting their disciples enter the ruins would definitely be suicide.
"Elder Chi, it's getting late. Our sect will head back now. The sect leader has something to discuss with me. See you later."
"Brother Chi, I won't beat around the bush with you. This ruin is far too dangerous. Our sect already has very few heirs, so we have to be careful."
The Second Elder returned all the belongings of those sects that left.
In the end, only a few sects remained in the original location, including the Crimson Moon Sect and the Yao Guang Sect.
"Which sect are you from?" Chi Yue asked, finding it somewhat intriguing to see that three sects hadn't left yet.
"We are from the Qing Shi Sect," the elder said tremblingly.
Actually, when he looked at the Nascent Soul stage demonic beast, he also wanted to leave with his disciples, but he had no choice. The sect leader had given a death order that they must enter this ruin.
Even if those disciples don't go in, he will suppress his cultivation and go in anyway; these are the sect leader's exact words.
Bah! That old geezer doesn't come himself; all he does is give orders all day. Even if he came by himself, he probably wouldn't be able to defeat this late-stage Nascent Soul demon beast without suppressing his cultivation.
And yet you still insist on making things difficult for him!
The elder's face was full of resentment.
"We are from the Xuan Ye Sect," another elder said.
Actually, he wanted to leave too, but his arch-rival, the Qing Shi Sect, hadn't left yet. How could they possibly give up? So he stubbornly insisted on staying here!
Upon hearing the names of these two sects, Elder Duanmu glanced over specifically.
"Suit yourself. Just don't cry when your disciple is gone." The Crimson Moon Sect Master yawned.
"No way!" the two sect elders said in unison.