Free Web NovelChapter 645: Chapter 25: Opportunity or Crisis? (Part 2)
The Tier Four Beast Hide was extremely tough, and only this supreme sharp High-Grade dagger could easily cut it. Suddenly, Zhou Xun’s eyes sharpened,
he waved the dagger in his palm, and a cold light flashed by.
"Sssh—"
The beast hide was evenly divided into several suitably sized pieces, not a bit more, not a bit less.
Having done that, Zhou Xun flicked his finger, and a piece of beast hide floated up automatically, suspended in front of him. Then, his hands swiftly formed a spell, with mana surging from his fingertips,
and in an instant, a bright yellow flame ignited on the surface of the beast hide, causing the temperature of the cultivation room to soar instantly.
This was the Nascent Fire unique to Nascent Soul Cultivators!
Under the high temperature of the melting process, the beast hide gradually softened, emitting wisps of black smoke—these were the impurities in the beast hide.
As time went by, the beast hide began to melt, turning into a pool of translucent liquid, faintly glowing, showing the powerful spiritual power within the beast hide,
Zhou Xun was pleased, but dared not be distracted in the slightest.
He danced with his hands, with the spirit light flashing at his fingertips, as if an invisible force appeared, carefully controlling that pool of liquid.
He slowly stretched and extended it, as if shaped by invisible skilled hands,
gradually, an object in the style of talisman paper appeared,
at this moment, Zhou Xun’s eyes focused, chanting incantations mouth, and numerous spells were cast into the liquid in the shape of talisman paper.
Finally, the liquid gradually solidified, turning into a blue-green talisman paper with flowing spirit charm on its surface, and specks of golden light shimmering,
thus, the Tier Four Treasure Talisman Paper was completed,
Zhou Xun stored it in a pre-prepared spirit wood box for preservation.
In the following few days, Zhou Xun, apart from going out to receive True Monarch Thunder Prison, was refining this treasure talisman paper. Five days passed in a flash,
and he ended up with thirteen finished pieces, which he placed in a wooden box and stored them in his storage bag, planning to proceed with talisman making after accumulating forty pieces.
Having done these, Zhou Xun opened the door to the cultivation room and stepped out with big strides!
As soon as he came out, he saw Jiang Wanning sitting in the hall, her hair delicately pinned up, carrying herself with graceful composure,
yet wearing a semi-transparent gauzy dress, subtly revealing her abundant curves, alongside ankles that resembled carved jade lotus roots,
causing Zhou Xun to feel parched!
What a picture of a marvelous beauty!
"Young master, you’ve emerged!" Jiang Wanning said, wearing such an outfit for the first time, feeling a bit shy, with her head lowered, not daring to look Zhou Xun in the eyes.
"Indeed, yet it is Wanning’s attire today that holds a distinct charm!" Zhou Xun laughed heartily, sitting down beside her!
"Your compliments embarrass me, young master!" Upon hearing Zhou Xun’s words, a blush instantly spread across Jiang Wanning’s cheeks, extending to her earlobes!
Delightfully alluring!
She said, taking out a set of tea leaves and utensils, intending to cast a spell to brew tea!
"Wait!"
Zhou Xun immediately halted her action,
"With such beautiful scenery, wouldn’t drinking tea be an injustice!" With that, he got up, wrapped her in his arms and effortlessly lifted her, striding towards the bedroom!
...
The next day,
Zhou Xun lounged against the bedhead, feeling refreshed,
with Jiang Wanning nestled in the crook of his arm, her cheeks still flushed with lingering hues of passion.
"Young master is teasing me again!"
"Hahaha... with beauty by my side, earthly delights... By the way, how is your reading of the ’Hundred Insects Scripture’ going?" Zhou Xun laughed continuously and then changed the topic!
"I’ve roughly read through it once, and I’m planning to go to the city shops to purchase some insect eggs!" Jiang Wanning answered honestly.
"That’s good. Once you’ve bought the insect eggs, get a different Insect Room, if placed together with the Phoenix Butterfly, it might end up as its prey!"
Zhou Xun advised,
"Also, if you’re planning to buy insect eggs, wait for me to go with you, Shopkeeper Gao at Wuli Pavilion has a good relationship with me, perhaps we can get true collectors’ insects then!"
Jiang Wanning was delighted, nodding immediately!
"Thank you, young master!"
...
After getting up, Zhou Xun left the cave mansion!
His destination was the library of the Sea Suppression Immortal City.
Since he agreed with True Monarch Thunder Prison to explore for treasures, he naturally had to learn more about the notorious forbidden land ’Thunder Prison’,
the Sea Suppression Immortal City has stood in the South Sea for thousands of years, its library might have records regarding this place.
...
Following the main road, after about half an hour, he arrived at the Sea Suppression Hall, with the library located just behind the hall.
"Greetings, Elder Zhou!"
At the entrance of the hall, two guards checked the token and respectfully saluted him, allowing him entry immediately,
At that moment, True Monarch Qianchuan was informed and came out to greet him!
"Brother Zhou has arrived, please come to the side hall for a seat. I have just acquired a pot of spirit wine, let’s try it together!" True Monarch Qianchuan was extremely enthusiastic.
"Thank you for your kind invitation, Brother Fang, but I have urgent matters today. As for the spirit wine, shall we drink it another day?" Zhou Xun cupped his hands and said,
"What’s the matter?" True Monarch Qianchuan asked in curiosity,
Not even Tier Four spirit wine could tempt him; it seemed the issue was significant.
"It’s merely a cultivation problem, I’d like to visit the Library," Zhou Xun voiced his intention, but refrained from mentioning the critical topic of ’Thunder Prison.’
Firstly, he had promised True Monarch Thunder Prison not to leak any information, secondly, he didn’t want others to know his future plans.
"Since Brother Zhou has matters to attend to, then another day it shall be!"
"As for the Library, it is the seven-story tower west of the Sea Suppression Hall. With the Elder Order, you may review all its contents!"
"Thank you, Brother Fang!"
The two did not engage in much casual conversation and bid farewell to True Monarch Qianchuan. Zhou Xun then proceeded directly to the Library, a seven-story tower occupying over thirty zhang.
Upon entering the first floor, an elderly man with white hair and beard sat leaning on a chair, holding a jade scroll and reading attentively,
Sensing someone entering, he immediately moved the jade scroll aside and glanced over, sensing the mana aura of a Nascent Soul Cultivator from Zhou Xun,
His face changed dramatically and he stood up to bow,
"Junior Feng Qiuyu greets the senior!"
"I wonder what scriptures the senior wishes to search for, please feel free to instruct!"
"No need, I’ll browse on my own!" Zhou Xun waved his hand!
"The first to fifth floors contain scriptures for Core Formation and below, while the sixth and seventh floors are for Nascent Soul Level books!" The elderly man replied with a smile.
"Thank you!"
With that said, Zhou Xun went to the stairs and proceeded upward, stopping at the stairway on the sixth floor where a restriction was in place,
Sparkling with talismanic light, he could naturally discern its Tier Four Middle-Grade level.
He took out the Honored Guest Token and imbued it with mana, casting it forward, spirit light flew out and merged into it, after a moment, a person-sized hole appeared, and Zhou Xun entered.
In view were rows of wooden shelves, on top of which were jade scrolls.
They were categorized according to cultivation techniques, Cultivation Hundred Skills, secret techniques, oddities, etc.,
Zhou Xun went straight to the oddities section, picked up a jade scroll, and began to examine:
"’Fengg Yu’s Travelogue,’ records the travel experiences of an ancient Nascent Soul Cultivator True Monarch Fengg Yu..."
In a hurried glance, but unfortunately, there was no mention of Thunder Prison!
Zhou Xun shook his head, placing it down and picking up another one...
In this manner, he flipped through over thirty jade scrolls and saw no mention of Thunder Prison,
Suddenly—
A jade scroll titled ’Human Realm’s Strange Land’ appeared before him, Zhou Xun’s heart stirred, and he immediately used his Divine Sense to examine it,
Indeed, it contained records of Thunder Prison.
After a long time, Zhou Xun lifted his head, his expression was enigmatic,
"So, it turns out Thunder Prison has existed since ancient times, universally acknowledged as one of the Seven Forbidden Lands in the Human Realm. This place contains abundant Thunder Spirit Power, such that if a Thunder Cultivator could cultivate here, the speed is several times greater than the outside,"
"Unfortunately, it seems there is some sort of taboo, human cultivators cannot stay in it too long!"
"Moreover, this place is also fraught with dangers, it is said that more than one Great Cultivator who ventured there vanished!"
"In addition, there are enormous opportunities within, there have been Low-Tier Cultivators who came out of it and soared to the skies afterward, many even achieving the status of Great Cultivator!"
Seeing this, Zhou Xun couldn’t help but think of True Monarch Thunder Prison, he was one such case!
"More importantly, Thunder Prison is actually related to the Ancient Thunder Night Sect!"
Zhou Xun’s eyes shone brightly,
It is noteworthy that the ’Purple Sky Thunder Technique,’ which he is currently cultivating, originates from this sect.
Their Celestial Feather Sect in the Eastern Wilderness, as well as the relics discovered last time in the Celestial Essence Secret Realm, all stem from this sect!
"It seems, this Thunder Prison is a place I must go!"
Zhou Xun had a premonition that this Thunder Prison expedition might not be so simple.
He continued to search, but apart from this one, he found no other records concerning Thunder Prison.
So he left the Library and headed towards his cave mansion.
Upon stepping into the door, Red Noon came up to him, smiling broadly,
"Congratulations, Lord. Just now a True Monarch Nascent Soul visited, they came specifically to customize talismans with you!"
