Great Immortal With Boundless Mana

Chapter 174: Spring River Pearl

Zhang Chunjian was undoubtedly extremely surprised, but there was not a hint of joy in his expression!

He stared at Gao Xian intently for a while before suddenly saying, "You killed Xu Lingyun!"

Gao Xian's smile grew even wider on his face, and he snapped his fingers in approval. "Old Zhang, your brain has not been wasted."

Zhang Chunjian had no energy left to be angry. He slowly said, "With such formidable cultivation, you pretended to be a Qi Refining cultivator lurking in the sect. Who exactly are you?"

"Even at the brink of death, you still think about the sect. You truly are a loyal servant," Gao Xian praised with his mouth, but his eyes were full of mockery.

He held a bronze token in his hand and handed it to Zhang Chunjian. "A communication token, I crushed it earlier. No one else will be able to come for a while."

The communication token was a magical tool specifically used to transmit messages. Foundation Building cultivators used it to contact each other, and within a range of about ten to twenty miles, they could locate each other through the token.

Through the special magical fluctuations on the communication token, they could also transmit simple information.

Several Foundation Building cultivators from the Yun Sect used the communication token to easily support each other.

Gao Xian had long noticed the communication token hanging on Zhang Chunjian's wrist. The intense magical impact from the fierce battle just now naturally formed a shield, making it impossible for the communication token to transmit any information outward.

Of course, the intense magical aura emitted from the battle would still attract other cultivators.

The difference was that there was no communication token to pinpoint the exact location of the battle. It wasn't so easy to accurately locate a battle within such a vast underground palace.

Zhang Chunjian glanced at the communication token and slowly said, "Don't be too proud. The things you've done will be exposed sooner or later."

"Perhaps," Gao Xian said indifferently. "But you won't be able to see it."

He raised his hand and pointed at Zhang Chunjian. "Old Zhang, do you have anything else to say?"

Fear and despair filled Zhang Chunjian's clouded eyes. He struggled to say something, but a shining ice cone had already pierced through his forehead.

The terrifying magical impact of the ice cone caused Zhang Chunjian's eyes to burst open, his head deformed, and his breath completely cut off.

"You wanted to say something, but I didn't want to listen," Gao Xian sneered. This old man insisted on making things difficult for him and causing so much trouble. Personally resolving the situation gave him an indescribable sense of relief and satisfaction.

Although Zhang Chunjian had died, there was a subtle flow of magical power in his chest. Gao Xian's divine sense did not sense this subtle magical power, but the Flower-Reflecting Spirit Mirror saw this change in magical power.

Golden light shimmered in his hand as countless golden threads, like numerous tentacles, reached into Zhang Chunjian's chest, but they didn't touch anything.

The golden threads cut through Zhang Chunjian's chest muscles like knives and dug out a green pearl from inside.

The green pearl seemed to be filled with water, shimmering slightly, and immediately rippling with waves.

Gao Xian even faintly heard the sound of rushing water from a great river. Suddenly, he understood that it was this pearl that had been providing Zhang Chunjian with pure magical power, allowing him to withstand wave after wave of spells.

His divine consciousness sank into the blue bead, where he sensed the remnants of Zhang Chunjiang's divine consciousness. This is equivalent to Zhang Chunjiang leaving a message with his divine consciousness inside the blue bead, similar to the principle of transmitting skills through a jade slip.

Zhang Chunjiang was talking incessantly, not only to buy time, but also to store their conversation in the blue bead.

His calculations were quite deep, but unfortunately, he had the Flower Spirit Mirror that could see into the netherworld, but it couldn't observe the more subtle and profound levels like divine consciousness.

"Let's call it the Chunjiang Bead, as a kind of commemoration for Old Zhang."

Gao Xian put the Chunjiang Bead into his storage bag, separately storing the remaining items such as the storage bags of the others, their magical tools, and robes.

Finally, Gao Xian put all the bodies of the others into a storage talisman.

Leaving the bodies here would expose a lot of information, and leaving them here, no one would take care of them. He helped bury them deeply, which could be considered a good deed.

These matters may seem trivial, but in reality, from the moment he started to the end, it only took two minutes.

Gao Xian didn't go far before finding a broken stone chamber to hide in.

From this distance, he could easily see the battlefield through the Flower Spirit Mirror. He was curious about who would come over.

The sudden appearance of the Rat Spirit made Gao Xian dare to say that the other party was definitely not a human, but most likely a demon from the Eastern Wilderness.

Yun Qiushui had mentioned that the demons from the Eastern Wilderness and the demonic cultivators were becoming restless, and it was very likely that they would invade Mingzhou in the near future.

After returning to Lianyun City, Gao Xian specifically searched for some records and found some information about the demons and demonic cultivators.

Demonic cultivators were practitioners who cultivated demonic techniques. However, demonic techniques were fierce and cruel, and demonic cultivators often killed a large number of cultivators, and even ordinary people, in order to cultivate.

The cruel methods of demonic cultivators disrupted the balance of the cultivator world and greatly undermined its foundation, which in turn caused public outrage.

Many major sects joined forces to drive the demonic cultivators out of the Nine Continents.

Since then, demonic cultivators have taken root and grown in the Eight Wildernesses. Many demons have learned demonic techniques and quickly become powerful. Demonic cultivators have become closely associated with demons.

Strictly speaking, anyone who cultivates demonic techniques is called a demonic cultivator, including humans, demons, and so on.

Demons, on the other hand, are a special race of beings. They have human bodies but retain some distinct and obvious animal characteristics.

According to the records, they are descendants of ancient demon saints.

Gao Xian used to think that demons were like cat girls or bunny girls, but now that he saw the Rat Spirit, he realized that demons were truly ugly.

This also destroyed his beautiful imagination of demons.

If all demons were like this, and thousands and thousands of such creatures gathered together, it would be terrifying.

In his previous life, he was just an ordinary person who admired heroes, but he never thought of becoming one. The dreams before the age of seventeen don't count!

Gao Xian just wanted to live a peaceful life. If a large number of demons really flooded in, he would definitely leave Lianyun Sect.

Yes, he would bring Qianniang and Yuling with him!

The first to arrive were Lu Lingfei and Pang Su. After carefully inspecting the battlefield, both of them had a look of distress on their faces.

Although they didn't find Zhang Chunjiang's body, they could almost confirm that Zhang Chunjiang was dead.

Although Zhang Chunjiang was only in the early stage of Foundation Building, he had been cultivating for over a hundred years and was considered a formidable figure in the Lianyun Sect.

He had brought dozens of Qi Refining cultivators with him, and with these people as shields, they would have had time to retreat even if they encountered a strong enemy.

But he ended up dead like this!

What's even more bizarre is that there was a huge crater on the ground, and it was unclear who had used a spell to attack the ground, leaving traces behind.

After discussing with Pang Ban, Lu Lingfei decided to dig into the big pit.

Even though they didn't know what was inside, they had to open it and take a look.

When many Qi Refining cultivators caught up, a group of people quickly dug out the rat demon buried in the soil.

The rat demon had almost turned into a puddle of flesh, but it still retained the characteristics of a demonic creature.

Lu Lingfei and Pang Su both sensed that something was wrong, and their faces grew even darker.

There are actually demonic creatures!

They both knew that the Eastern Wilderness was the world of demonic creatures, but it was the first time they had seen them with their own eyes.

If the Seven Killing Sect were to join forces with the demonic creatures, the Lianyun Sect wouldn't be able to withstand it.

This matter concerned the survival of the sect and their own lives, so the two Foundation Building cultivators naturally felt heavy-hearted.

With this shocking discovery, the two Foundation Building cultivators discussed and decided to collect the body of the rat demon, and quickly withdraw with their people.

Gao Xian followed behind the group from a distance, until they returned to the surface. They didn't encounter anyone from the Seven Killing Sect.

The two Foundation Building cultivators, feeling as if facing a great enemy, actually set up a protective formation around the camp.

After eight flags were set up, the camp was enveloped in a cloud of smoke.

Gao Xian observed for a while, then returned to the underground ruins.

Everyone knew that he was with Zhang Chunjiang's team, and now that the entire team was dead, if he were to return, he would undoubtedly be interrogated.

It would be better to wait until Yun Feiying arrived.

Since Yun Feiying said she would protect him, she should be able to handle this small matter, right?

In any case, judging from the battle traces at the scene, no one would suspect that his and Zhang Chunjiang's deaths were related.

As for escaping alone, that was not a big deal at all.

Gao Xian found a sealed stone chamber in the underground ruins, and first sent his clone wearing the Shadowless Robe inside to take a look around and confirm that there was no danger before he followed in.

In this sealed stone chamber, there was only a stone bed, indicating that it was either a bedroom or a secluded meditation room.

In this enclosed space, Gao Xian finally had the opportunity to inspect all the gains he had obtained.

Mu Yunxiu's robes and swords were all intact, worth at least thirty to forty thousand spirit stones. Zhang Chunjiang's swords were slightly damaged, but still mostly intact, worth around twenty thousand spirit stones...

As for the various treasures and pills left behind by the numerous Qi Refining cultivators, there were too many to count.

These cultivators were all at least in the mid-stage of Qi Refining, and their wealth was quite abundant. Although they didn't bring many spirit stones with them when they went all out, their pills, treasures, and talismans were all top-quality.

When everything was added up, there were over ten thousand spirit stones.

Gao Xian felt that the most valuable items were two pearls. The earth-element pearl belonging to the Rat Spirit was obviously of a higher grade, as it could even allow the Rat Spirit to use earth-escape.

Gao Xian studied the pearls in his hand for a while, but could only sense the pure and abundant earth spiritual energy within them, without knowing how to guide or use it.

The grade of Zhang Chunjiang's pearl was also quite high. In his opinion, it was at least a second-grade superior item.

"These two pearls, if we estimate their value, should be worth at least a hundred thousand spirit stones, right?"

Gao Xian happily played with the two pearls, a smile unconsciously appearing on his lips...

The response from the Cloud Soaring Sect was very quick. Wang Chuan arrived the next day, bringing three Foundation Building cultivators with him, including Zhu Qiniang, as well as several hundred Qi Refining cultivators.

Yun Feiying privately found Zhu Qiniang and informed her of Gao Xian's death.

She regretfully said, "Fellow Daoist Gao had extraordinary insight and remarkable temperament. His death is truly lamentable!"

Yun Feiying explained further, "It was Zhang Chunjiang who forcibly took Fellow Daoist Gao with him. I was not aware of this..."

Zhu Qiniang calmly said, "Gao Xian has always been lucky and quite resourceful. Perhaps he is still alive, who knows."

Yun Feiying outwardly agreed, but inwardly she didn't think so. Zhang Chunjiang was already dead, and there were also demons involved. What reason did Gao Xian have to survive?

As the youngest Foundation Building cultivator in the sect, Yun Feiying had a very poor relationship with Zhang Chunjiang and Pang Su, the other old Foundation Building cultivators.

The reason was simple: the old Foundation Building cultivators controlled various resources and powers within the sect. If she wanted to rise up, conflicts with the old Foundation Building cultivators were inevitable.

Although the Sect Master supported her, he couldn't always stand up for her in trivial matters.

After suffering a few losses, Yun Feiying realized that she had to win over a few Foundation Building cultivators and form her own faction in order to establish a firm foothold in the sect.

With this goal in mind, she deliberately befriended Gao Xian, both because she saw his potential and because she wanted to win over Zhu Qiniang.

She believed that Gao Xian was bound to die, but she couldn't discourage Zhu Qiniang.

She said, "Since there is no body, among so many cultivators, there must be some with good luck. I will send a team to help you search..."

Zhu Qiniang understood now that Yun Feiying was trying to win her over. She didn't hold back either and said, "Thank you, Fellow Daoist Yun."

To Yun Feiying's surprise, Zhu Qiniang brought Gao Xian back the next day.

Looking at the lively and energetic Gao Xian, Yun Feiying was both astonished and speechless...

(End of this chapter)