Chapter 1000 A Search That Never Ends

After making the necessary preparations, Ji An continued forward, knowing that enemies were lurking in the shadows, but nothing could stop him.

For him, there was no need to worry as long as the enemy was still at the Three Flowers Realm level. Even if the enemy was numerous, they would only fight for a short while longer.

This confidence comes from the stone tortoise and his own hard work; his combat prowess has been proven in the Vast Ocean Realm.

The environment of the Primordial Ancient Mine suppressed him to a certain extent, but his cultivation level was much stronger than when he entered the Vast Sea Realm. Even under the suppression, his true combat power was much stronger than when he was in the Vast Sea Realm.

If the enemy is at the Cave Heaven level, there's no point in being cautious.

The inner world of the Cave Heaven Star Lords is a self-contained system. They are like walking worlds, and unless they activate certain special secret techniques, their magical power is almost inexhaustible.

In the eyes of the Celestial Lord, cultivators at the Three Flowers Realm are merely stronger ants. This is not an exaggeration, but the truth.

Cultivators at this level rarely appear in public. They have higher pursuits. If they enter the Primordial Ancient Mine, they go straight to the bottom of the mine or travel through the starry sky searching for the star souls that are born there.

Wuyue Sanren followed about ten feet away. His heartstrings tightened slightly, but he wasn't particularly concerned.

With his sovereign by his side, he fears no danger; this is a psychological fortress he has built up over many years.

He had only one task: to protect himself when a powerful enemy attacked.

Deep within the mine, the Holy Lord of the White Night stood on a magic array that shimmered with a pale, spiritual light.

Two humanoid bone demons and a sinister-looking man with a hooked nose were growing around the magic circle.

The man had a somewhat square face, wore a yellow hemp robe, was barefoot, and had a blood-red gourd around him.

The White Night Saint Lord activated his soul fire, and the deep black flames flickered, instantly condensing a layer of white frost inside the cave, spreading outward from the edge of the magic array, leaving only a blank area in the area where the man was located.

The frost grew thicker and thicker, and soon it was covered with solid ice.

A white bone beast floated in the soul fire, seemingly possessing all the attack organs of a fourth-tier creature, making it look extremely ferocious.

It has one long and two short horns on its head, each as thick as an arm; two rows of triangular sharp teeth in its mouth; countless half-foot-long bone spurs on its back; and slightly shorter bone spurs on the joints of its limbs.

Its claws are like tiger claws, and its thick tailbone is not only covered with bone tumors, but the end is a giant club-like hammer.

Baiye Saint Lord slowly withdrew his soul fire, then quickly cast spells towards the bone beast. Countless black runes appeared in the void and entered the bone beast's body.

Like a drop of water disappearing into a lake, it vanishes without a trace.

A moment later, she stopped casting the spell, panting, and looked at the bone beast with anticipation. The man outside the magic circle also stared intently at the bone beast.

A few breaths later, black patterns began to appear on the bone beast's ivory-like body surface, quickly covering its entire body.

The pattern occupies a small area, but it connects all the bone spurs together.

A ghostly blue flame ignited on the bone beast's body, with the flames becoming even more intense at each joint.

A ghostly blue flame also ignited in its empty eye sockets, and the temperature in the cave dropped even further.

The bone beast opened its mouth and let out a deep, awe-inspiring roar, then slowly approached the White Night Saint and prostrated itself at his feet in submission.

When the soul fire ignited on the bone beast, the soul fire in the eye sockets of the bone demon outside the magic circle began to throb wildly, a natural suppression etched into the soul fire.

The man laughed twice and said:

"Congratulations, Junior Sister, on mastering the White Bone Demon God. You are the only disciple of our generation to have accomplished this feat."

The White Bone Demon is a closely guarded secret of the White Bone Temple and a symbol of status.

A white bone demon's combat power is comparable to that of a top-tier demon beast at the peak of the Three Flowers Realm.

What's even more awe-inspiring is that the Bone Demon, like a living creature, can devour the souls of living beings to grow, or use souls as nourishment to heal its injuries; even if it only has a head left, it can recover.

Bai Ye Shengjun clutched her chest, a huge weight lifted from her heart. To refine this white bone demon, she had staked everything she owned and even borrowed heavily from her fellow disciples to gather enough spiritual materials.

All of them are top-grade fifth-tier materials; if she fails to refine them, she will lose everything.

A charming smile played on her lips as she cupped her hands in a respectful gesture towards the man.

"I don't deserve your praise, senior brother. Only with this skeleton of a demon god do I deserve to be ranked alongside you."

Among the White Bone Temple, there are two most powerful paths. One is the path she walked, which is also the most well-known White Bone Path.

The other path is the Blood Soul Path. The senior brother in front of me, the Holy Lord Baiyue, is a master of this path. He cultivated a Blood Soul at the Perfected Three Flowers Realm several hundred years ago.

When encountering an enemy, one only needs to release the Blood Soul to pounce on the enemy, and the opponent's entire body of essence, blood, flesh, bones, and even nascent soul will turn into food for the Blood Soul.

Refining the White Bone Demon God requires a special environment. The sect's secret location was sealed for recuperation, and she was unwilling to wait for long. So she asked her senior brother to accompany her, and they crossed the starry sky to the Primordial Ancient Mine on Ziwei Star.

The Holy Lord of the Moon nodded indifferently, "With the White Bone Demon God, Junior Sister should have no problem killing that cultivator who killed Junior Brother in the Slaughter Temple in the Vast Sea Realm, right?"

To suffer such a crushing defeat in the Vast Ocean Realm is an utter disgrace.

The Holy Lord of the White Night reached out and patted the head of the White Bone Demon God, answering confidently:

"No problem. From the information I have, the enemy is on Ziwei Star."

I don't know the enemy's specific information, but he has a companion named Yunmiao Sanren from Haixing City. I once bought a lot of sea beast bones from him through the black market.

"Simply go to Starfish City and investigate Yunmiao Sanren's friends to confirm the enemy's information."

Those who are able to explore the Vast Ocean together must be people you know well and can trust.

The Holy Lord of the Moon raised an eyebrow slightly. "In recent years, I've been feeling restless and restless. Let's go together after we leave the mine."

After hearing his junior sister talk about the enemy's special characteristics, he was certain that the enemy must be a very high-quality blood soul ingredient.

He is currently working on cultivating his second blood soul to the fifth-tier top-grade level, and having this prey is perfect.

"Haha, with my senior brother by my side, killing enemies will be as easy as slaughtering chickens. When shall we set off?"

"No rush. My second blood soul has just reached the middle grade of the fifth rank. I will hunt for a while longer and leave when it is close to its transformation."

Junior sister has just refined the White Bone Demon God, so her energy must have been depleted. You should recover first.

The Holy Lord of the Moon waved his hand gently, and a plume of red smoke gushed out from the blood-red gourd, which then transformed into a cultivator dressed in a Taoist robe.

The monk's face looked as if it were covered by stockings, and only his features could be vaguely discerned.

This is the second blood soul he is nurturing. When it transforms into a fifth-tier top-grade blood soul, its appearance will be no different from a human's.

Blood Soul bowed and then floated away silently, obviously to go hunting.

For Blood Soul, cultivators are a great tonic, but if it wants to improve, it can only devour cultivators at the Three Flowers Realm level. Where are there so many cultivators to kill at will?

The monsters in the Primordial Ancient Mine are a decent alternative; he cultivated his first Blood Soul here.

Baiye Shengjun cupped his hands and said, "I'll trouble you to protect me, senior brother. Once I've recovered, we'll search and hunt together in deeper places."

Wuyue Sanren sensed a cold aura lingering on his body, which then vanished instantly. When he looked around, he found nothing.

Is it overreaction, or is he being watched by a hidden enemy?

He didn't know the real reason, but out of caution, he still transmitted his voice:

"Your Majesty, I sensed an unusual aura just now. Could it be an enemy appearing from the shadows?"

Ji An continued flying forward at the same speed, replying telepathically:

'Don't show it, let's move forward and observe how things unfold.'

After flying for a while longer, they arrived at the end of the mine tunnel. Ji An stopped and said:

"Let's take a break, then we'll start digging."

As he spoke, he released four puppets.

There are currently six puppets in the Calabash World. Ah Yun is a fifth-tier puppet, while the others are all fourth-tier top-grade puppets.

Making these puppets do the work of miners is not a waste of their talents. The stones here are hard, and those of lower quality are simply no match for these stubborn rocks.

Suspecting the presence of demonic cultivators lurking in the shadows, he didn't dare summon his beasts. Only the golden-haired beast stayed by his side, sensing where the spiritual energy was denser, guiding him in the direction of the excavation.

Since the puppets have no flesh and blood, and the gourd world has enough high-grade spirit wood reserves, Ji An is not afraid that they will be damaged in battle.

Normally, when digging, a magic array would be set up around the perimeter to conceal the process. However, in order to lure potential enemies nearby, they did not do so, but simply remained vigilant and kept an eye on their surroundings.

Ji An arrogantly exuded spiritual pressure belonging to the late stage of the Three Flowers Realm, displaying an arrogant and conceited demeanor.

The Holy Lord of the Moon sensed the blood soul rapidly returning, conveying boundless joy.

Soon, Blood Soul drifted into the cave and explained what he had discovered.

The Holy Lord of the Moon laughed with delight, "Haha, good! When luck comes, you can't stop it."

Hearing the noise, Baiye Shengjun opened his eyes and asked:

"Why are you so happy, senior brother? What happened?"

"Just now, I released my blood spirit to go out hunting and foraging. It found two cultivators. Judging from the strength of their blood and qi, one has reached the mid-stage of the Three Flowers Realm, and the other is at the perfect stage of the Three Flowers Realm."

The blood, qi, and spirit of cultivators are the best for nourishing the blood and soul, followed by fellow demonic cultivators, while the flesh and blood of Buddhist cultivators are the worst choice.

The bald men have special cultivation methods, and the flesh and blood of some practitioners of these special methods are poisonous to the blood soul and cannot be eaten at all.

If his blood soul could devour these two cultivators, the Holy Lord Baiyue believed that his blood soul could directly undergo a transformation and grow to the fifth-order high-grade level.

Blood Soul's utilization rate of cultivators' flesh and blood is extremely high, beyond human imagination. This is the fundamental reason why he is so keen on hunting cultivators; he would never miss an opportunity.

He would create opportunities to hunt even if there were none. Every kill was proof of his wild power, and he enjoyed seeing cultivators fall into despair.

Bai Ye Shengjun smiled sweetly, "Congratulations, Senior Brother, you will soon have your wish fulfilled. I have recovered most of my strength. Let's set off together for the hunt in half an hour."

Although there were cultivators among the enemies who appeared to be at the peak of the Three Flowers Realm, the Primordial Ancient Mine was the home ground of demonic cultivators, who thrived there.

The environment here naturally suppresses cultivators and is not very friendly to Buddhist cultivators, so she felt that hunting down a cultivator at the peak of the Three Flowers Realm was not a difficult task.

The eighth level of the mine, where escape through teleportation is impossible, is a natural and excellent hunting ground. They are undoubtedly excellent hunters, while the others are, of course, prey.

"Alright, junior sister, please speed up. I will send my strongest blood spirit to monitor the situation."

The Holy Lord of the Moon activated the Blood Gourd, and a thick black and red smoke emanated from it, transforming into a beautiful female cultivator.

With skin as white as snow, long black hair reaching her waist, she wore a black Taoist robe and a matching belt that accentuated her slender waist and alluring curves.

The female cultivator gave a wicked smile and vanished in a wisp of fragrant breeze.

The Holy Lord of the Moon watched her leave, a strange emotion flashing in his eyes.

The Blood Soul's appearance is that of a junior sister he was infatuated with back then. She rejected his advances, so he took the opportunity to cruelly kill her and turn her into a Blood Soul.

When the Blood Soul reaches the fifth-tier top-grade level, it can fully reveal its face and can change in countless ways, just like a real person. He habitually makes the Blood Soul transform into this appearance, and sometimes he will even let the Blood Soul satisfy his desires.

The golden retriever, holding a gleaming silver mineral above its head, jumped proudly in front of its owner.

"Your Majesty, this is excellent!"

It couldn't discern the grade of the ore, but it sensed that the spiritual energy within it was as dazzling as the bright moon in the night.

Ji An used his object manipulation technique to grab the head-sized ore in his hand, extended his divine sense to examine it for a while, and then laughed:

"Very good, it's a fifth-grade high-quality Xuan Yin Cold Iron, just what I need."

Xuan Yin Cold Iron is a spiritual object with Yin metal properties, which is exactly what is needed to upgrade the Plain Cloud Banner.

However, the amount of spiritual substances in this ore is not large; after being completely melted down, it would only be about the size of a quail egg.

He put away the magical item and shouted joyfully:

"continue."

He faced the rock wall and transmitted his voice:

"I sensed you were being watched too. We're definitely being targeted. When the fight breaks out, all you need to do is defend yourself."

As he spoke, he shrunk the fifth-grade high-quality earth-elemental defensive spirit treasure to the size of a fist, made a hand seal, and placed it in the gravel at his feet.

'Take this magical treasure and activate the incantation.'

This magical treasure was specially crafted to pass through a certain relic formation in the Vast Ocean Realm. It has no offensive capabilities within the magical restrictions, and all its talents are focused on defense.

This has one advantage: the spirit treasure's defensive capabilities are strong enough.

The Hermit of Five Mountains responded telepathically, "Understood."

An enemy lurking in the shadows will only attack if they are certain they can defeat them; otherwise, they are of little help in the fight.

As the weaker link between the two, all he could do was not cause trouble.

A moment later, the Holy Lord Baiyue and the Holy Lord Baiye arrived at their destination. Blood Soul conjured a bronze mirror by making a hand seal.

Rippling water was reflected in the mirror, followed by an image—this was what Blood Soul had detected.

Upon seeing a figure that had appeared countless times in his dreams, Bai Ye Shengjun's almond-shaped eyes widened suddenly, and he uttered a low shout:

"It's like searching high and low without finding it, only to have it come to you effortlessly."

"Senior brother, this cultivator who was offered ore by the demon beast is the enemy we encountered back in the Vast Sea Realm!"

The Holy Lord of the Moon smiled wickedly, "What a coincidence."

(End of this chapter)