Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

The Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast wasn't seriously injured, likely because the Spirit Control Sect wanted to capture it as a spirit beast and didn't strike with full force. Of course, it was also due to its extraordinary talent, especially its skill in escaping and avoiding enemies.

After swallowing the Skin-Yin Worm, its aura rapidly recovered, and its injuries also healed significantly, clearly indicating that this worm had a considerable restorative effect on it.

Before rescuing the two Golden Apes, they needed to settle Yuan Zhilin and the others. A battle between a group of Core Formation cultivators would be a death sentence for these people.

However, Azurefall Valley was located in a territory of numerous demons, and with the six sects' Core Formation cultivators entering the mountains to kill beasts, it was truly a dangerous place. Zhang Yuanjing was hesitant to make a decision.

Fire Crow Daoist pondered for a moment and directly asked the Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast where nearby they could hide people. This demon beast was very intelligent and, understanding Fire Crow Daoist's intention, it ran wildly north along the river. The group followed.

Three hundred miles downstream, a small lake of more than ten acres appeared. The Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast directly jumped into the water and dove into the bottom of the lake. At the bottom of the lake, in a place covered by aquatic plants, there was actually an underground waterway. Going upstream along the waterway, a stone cave appeared, which had been transformed into a cave dwelling.

When everyone saw it, this was a true cultivator's cave dwelling, not as crude as the one Ape Twelve had arranged.

"It's actually a predecessor's abandoned mansion! No wonder the Ape Clan Leader likes human-style architecture; it turns out he obtained inheritance from this cave dwelling!" Fire Crow Daoist laughed.

The Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast surveyed the cave dwelling, a look of nostalgia in its eyes.

The cave dwelling was not large, with eight rooms, each only two or three zhang square, fully furnished, but already covered with dust, obviously having been unoccupied for a long time.

After carefully inspecting it, Zhang Yuanjing said, "Senior, this place is quite safe. Should we set up another formation for protection?"

Fire Crow Daoist nodded, "Leave this matter to this old Daoist. I will set up a blocking formation at the entrance of the cave dwelling to prevent any accidents. The bottom of the lake will remain as it is to avoid making things worse."

Zhang Yuanjing said, "Senior's consideration is thorough; thank you for your trouble!"

After settling the younger generation, Zhang Yuanjing and Fire Crow Daoist, led by the Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast, flew quickly towards the northwest.

The journey was not far; in less than three hours, the two people and one beast arrived at the foot of a mountain range.

Looking from afar, this mountain range resembled the back of a ferocious beast, thick and broad with strange peaks rising, shimmering with golden light under the rising sun.

At this time, at the protruding position of the mountain range, smoke and dust filled the air. This was the smoke released by the Spirit Control Sect cultivators to block vision.

The situation within the smoke and dust was unclear, but the roaring sound could be clearly heard even from a hundred miles away.

Hearing the sound of the two Golden Apes still fighting fiercely, Zhang Yuanjing's heart was relieved. This at least meant that Ape Thirteen had not fallen into a desperate situation and was still able to engage the enemy.

Zhang Yuanjing asked the Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast, "Suanni Beast, besides the Ape Clan Leader and Ape Brother, how many human Core Formation cultivators are there in that smoke and dust?"

The Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast "squeaked squeaked squeaked squeaked squeaked," calling out five times.

Fire Crow Daoist frowned and said, "The Spirit Control Sect sent seven of their eight Core Formation cultivators, practically emptying their nest. Could it be just to capture that Golden-Eyed Snowscale Lion? Although that beast is strong, it's not more important to the sect than a Core Formation cultivator."

Zhang Yuanjing pondered for a moment and said, "The situation in the smoke and dust is still unclear. The Suanni Beast can see it but cannot describe it. Senior, I will use the Earth Tunneling Technique to go over first, secretly observe the situation, and then decide on a plan."

Fire Crow Daoist, thinking of the two Gold-Piercing Rats released by Yu Zhan, instructed, "Yuanjing, you must be extra careful. Your Earth Tunneling Technique was indeed a miraculous technique in the Foundation Establishment realm. However, in the Core Formation realm, there are many available methods. The Spirit Control Sect is known for controlling beasts and may have demon beasts skilled in listening or moving underground. Therefore, do not rely too much on this technique, and especially do not assume that the enemy has not noticed you and act rashly!"

Zhang Yuanjing had indeed intended to use the Earth Tunneling Technique to ambush the Spirit Control Sect cultivators. Hearing this, he was immediately shocked, cold sweat broke out on his back, and he quickly bowed and saluted, "Thank you for the reminder, Senior. I will definitely be cautious."

He used the Earth Tunneling Technique, drilling into the ground, going down more than seventy zhang, towards the mountain range obscured by smoke and dust.

At this time, relying on the Source Stone, he could descend to a depth of one hundred seventy or eighty zhang in the earth. However, in that kind of environment, he would bear immense earth pressure, unable to stay for long, let alone move. If he only descended one hundred thirty or forty zhang, he could still tunnel, but the speed would be quite slow. At this depth, unless a Core Formation cultivator with extremely strong divine sense, it would be impossible to discover his existence. However, he would also be unable to ascertain the situation above ground.

The use of divine sense is actually relative. If he could use his divine sense to "see" his opponent, then this also meant that his opponent could also "see" him, unless his divine sense far surpassed his opponent's.

A depth of seventy zhang, of course, could not completely conceal his tracks. However, as long as the Spirit Control Sect cultivators were not deliberately monitoring the underground, then before he made any noise, he would basically not be exposed.

Tunneling to the foot of the mountain range, he slowly released his divine sense. Before it reached the surface, the roaring sound of the Golden Ape pierced his ears.

He made a slight judgment, knowing that the battle was still more than ten li away. Therefore, he slowly tunneled towards the direction from which the sound was coming.

This was on a hillside on one side of the mountain range, with tall trees like canopies and deep grass like satin. The violent wind howled, and the roaring of the Golden Ape, the shouts of the cultivators, the sound of flying magical treasures, and the sound of colliding forces were mixed together, seeming to suppress even the sound of the wind.

Zhang Yuanjing did not dare to use his divine sense to check the several cultivators, but judging from the movements, there were indeed five people.

The situation of the two Golden Apes was not good. Ape Thirteen fought relentlessly, looking fierce, but its aura was weak, obviously having consumed a great deal of energy after a long battle. Ape Twelve was quite weak, seeming to have suffered extremely serious injuries.

Of the five cultivators, two were entangled with Ape Twelve, not striking with full force. The other three were fully besieging Ape Thirteen. One of them, with extremely strong strength, always firmly controlled Ape Thirteen's range of movement, preventing it from approaching Ape Twelve.

The Spirit Control Sect cultivators' plan was obviously to use Ape Twelve as a hostage, preventing Ape Thirteen from breaking out and escaping, and to exhaust its strength through a rotation battle.

At the moment when Zhang Yuanjing tunneled into the earth here, the blood-colored ribbon wrapped around the wrist of the strongest cultivator in the field suddenly moved. Then, a head resembling a snake's head lifted, and two small, sapphire-like eyes looked towards Zhang Yuanjing's location in the ground.

It made two "chirp chirp" sounds, like birdsong.

The cultivator looked down at it, gently shook his wrist, and the blood-colored ribbon-like spirit worm disappeared. He ignored it and continued to drive the two burly demon beasts, attacking Ape Thirteen fiercely.

After pondering for a moment, Zhang Yuanjing took out the Sound Transmission Jade and told Fire Crow Daoist about the situation here.

Fire Crow Daoist replied extremely quickly, "This old Daoist will first find a place to set up a formation. You wait in the ground. After setting up the formation, this old Daoist will immediately go to participate in the battle with the Azure-Eyed Suanni Beast. Then, you attack from the ground, first rescue the Ape Clan Leader, and then break through to the formation site, relying on the formation to deal with the opponents!"