Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

Zhang Yuanjing stored the two beasts in his spirit beast pouch and flew on his sword towards the small mountain. From hundreds of miles away, he saw Fire Crow Daoist riding on a black iron gourd, waiting for him at the peak of the mountain.

"Senior, has Bao Xueyang been hiding under the mountain soil all along? Has he not moved?" Zhang Yuanjing asked directly as he approached.

Fire Crow Daoist nodded: "That's right. Gold Dharma King also knows a earth escape technique. He once drilled into the soil to investigate, but was almost injured by a ghostly insect beast. Fortunately, he was wearing magic armor, protecting his vitals, and was able to save his life."

"Insect beast? What kind of insect beast is it?"

Zhang Yuanjing suddenly remembered decades ago, when he fought Bao Xueyang in Dragon Mountain Marsh, he had seen that insect beast like a blood-colored ribbon, which was very troublesome to deal with in the soil. Back then, he used Nethergrass to lure out the insect and relied on the Dingzhen compass to succeed. Now that he no longer had Nethergrass, he was not sure that he could kill the insect in the soil.

"You have to ask Gold Dharma King about this. However, he doesn't seem to have seen it clearly either." Fire Crow Daoist led Zhang Yuanjing to a pond at the foot of the mountain.

This place had half an acre of green water, covered with green shade. Gold Dharma King, Chang Guangming, and Xing Guanghan were each sitting on a bare rock, chatting.

"Oh dear, Vice Envoy Zhang, you've finally arrived. That Bao Xueyang, at least he's the master of a sect, but he's shrinking in the soil like a rat. No matter how much we scold him, he doesn't dare to come out, truly shameless!" Gold Dharma King spoke quickly. As soon as he saw Zhang Yuanjing, he rattled off a string of words. After he finished speaking, he realized that his words were a bit inappropriate, and his expression became embarrassed.

Zhang Yuanjing smiled, as if he didn't notice, and asked, "I wonder if Dharma King saw clearly what the insect beast of Bao Xueyang looks like?"

Gold Dharma King quickly shook his head: "I didn't see it clearly. Although I, Old Gold, know a little bit of earth escape technique, it's very superficial. I can only drill down a hundred or so feet, and my divine sense is much slower to react. The insect beast bit me before I knew it was there. As soon as my divine sense landed on it, the insect beast disappeared. I felt that I couldn't deal with this beast, so I quickly drilled out of the ground."

Zhang Yuanjing pondered for a moment and then asked, "What is the realm and strength of the insect beast? Can you sense it?"

Gold Dharma King pondered for a moment and said, "The strength should not be strong, perhaps the Spirit Awakening Realm, at most the early stage of the Demon Core Realm. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been able to bite through my magic armor!"

Zhang Yuanjing asked two more questions carefully, feeling that the insect beast might be another blood-colored insect beast, probably recently cultivated by Bao Xueyang in the past few decades, and its strength should be much worse than the last one.

However, this was only obtained from Gold Dharma King's one investigation. How could he know if it was not Bao Xueyang's plan to lure the enemy, and that he actually had other tricks up his sleeve?

He extended his divine sense into the soil. At a depth of more than one hundred and fifty feet, he discovered Bao Xueyang's figure. This person was wrapped in a beast skin, not revealing a trace of skin. He could only judge that it was this person from his aura.

The last time they fought, this person did not reveal that he possessed earth escape techniques, and this time he was dressed so strangely. Zhang Yuanjing judged that this person was able to hide in the ground due to external objects, rather than truly mastering this technique. And this person knew that he excelled at earth escape, but he used this trick, he must have something to rely on, and it must not be that insect beast.

He thought about it again, and this kind of speculation seemed inappropriate. If they were only staring at him on the ground, then, unless this person could stay in the ground all the time, sooner or later he would have to drill out of the ground on his own because he couldn't hold on.

In this way, he immediately understood that what Bao Xueyang really relied on was the beast skin he was wearing. In addition to resisting the pressure of the earth, this thing could either allow cultivators to escape quickly in the ground, or it could allow cultivators to hide their aura in the ground, so as to ensure his final escape.

"Yuanjing, if you find this person difficult to deal with, don't force yourself. Killing or not killing a Bao Xueyang will not affect the overall situation, and they will not be dissatisfied because of this," Fire Crow Daoist transmitted his voice.

Zhang Yuanjing nodded imperceptibly, smiled and said to Gold Dharma King, "Dharma King, I will go down and take a look. If I can win, I will eliminate this traitor for the Divine Sect. If things cannot be done, then I can only let this person live a few more days for the time being."

Gold Dharma King originally saw that this "Vice Envoy Zhang" had not spoken for a long time, and thought that he would not agree. Unexpectedly, this was the result, and he was immediately overjoyed, and repeatedly cupped his hands: "Thank you, Vice Envoy Zhang, for taking action!"

Zhang Yuanjing was originally quite tempted by the section of Evil Thunder Bamboo in Bao Xueyang's hand. Because he did not practice the Mysterious Heaven Art, he could not practice any of the Thunder Techniques of the Mysterious Heaven Sect. However, if he had Evil Thunder Bamboo, he could use this thing to stimulate thunder-type moves, adding a powerful trump card to make up for the shortcomings of the Thick Earth Art, which was good at defense but not good at offense. Now, there was also that beast skin, which was also extremely extraordinary. For these two things, he was willing to take a risk and try.

He went through all the possibilities in his mind, confirmed that he could deal with them, and at least be able to save his life, then he turned his cultivation method and escaped into the ground, heading straight for the place where Bao Xueyang was hiding.

Before he reached fifty feet, his divine sense sensed something approaching rapidly. In an instant, it was already close at hand. He guided the Source Stone, transforming it into stone armor to protect his whole body, allowing the insect beast to bite him.

"Zhang Shi, can this insect hurt you?"

"Reporting to Master, Zhang Shi is fine. This insect has only just entered the Demon Core Realm, and its strength is still weak! Zhang Shi won't let it go and let it bite. It can't bite through!"

Zhang Yuanjing was relieved, so he ignored the insect and went straight to Bao Xueyang, who was wrapped tightly in beast skin.

Bao Xueyang did not react, and stopped motionless in the soil. However, when Zhang Yuanjing approached within five feet of him, his figure suddenly disappeared from the soil.

"Yuanjing, be careful of this person's killer moves, leave quickly!"

Immediately afterwards, it was Gold Dharma King's voice transmission: "Vice Envoy Zhang, be careful, that old boy is playing dirty!"

Zhang Yuanjing had a thought, communicated with Zhang Shi, and at the same time quickly poured his mana into the Source Stone, and Zhang Shi took him and suddenly accelerated to escape to the side.

He unfolded his divine sense and constantly swept through the soil behind him for several feet, but he never found any movement.

He thought for a while, and sent a thought to Zhang Shi, asking him to continue to accelerate and escape into the soil six hundred feet deep.

When he fell to a depth of four hundred and sixty feet, there was finally movement three feet behind him. A faint black shadow pierced through the thick soil and quickly chased after him at a speed far exceeding that of the Source Stone.

Zhang Yuanjing was startled, but he was not flustered. According to the previous plan, he urged the Source Stone to swell suddenly, like an enlarged stone ball, squeezing around, while his escape technique suddenly slowed down, allowing the black shadow to stick to him.

The black shadow was originally only the size of a person, but after hitting the Source Stone, it immediately spread out like a net, covering the Source Stone tightly, leaving no gaps.

Zhang Yuanjing probed with his divine sense, but was blocked by this black shadow. Upon closer inspection, this black shadow was the beast skin, but now this beast skin seemed like a layer of light and weightless gauze, obscuring everything.

While he was hesitating, this gauze suddenly spread out, presenting a space of six or seven feet in radius. A figure emerged from the black shadow, it was Bao Xueyang with a gloomy face.