Longevity: My Talents Are a Bit Abundant

Chapter 792: Chapter 661: Heaven and Earth Spirit Root

Along the way, he ran into Tier Three demon beasts exuding ferocious auras several times, pairs of bloodthirsty eyes lighting up in the darkness.

Shen Xuan did not get entangled with them; each time he summoned the Fiery Light Flame Saber, sending out a streak of crimson-gold saber Qi containing pure solar True Flame.

The scorching aura of Supreme Yang and Firm, like a blazing sun in the dark night, instantly dispelled the chill, startling those demon beasts into retreating with furious howls.

He took out two Geography Jade Scrolls and carefully compared the routes.

The abyssal underground passage was staggeringly complex, with countless forks, like a gigantic labyrinth.

If not for Tian Wenxi and Ding Chunhua’s Geography Jade Scrolls, with their detailed markings that corroborated each other, it would have been very easy to lose his way.

"In just this short stretch of road, I’ve run into seven Tier Three demon beasts..."

Shen Xuan’s brows furrowed slightly, doubts rising in his heart.

"The Heavenly Dao Rules of the Spirit Stream Secret Realm suppress cultivations above Foundation Establishment. Why, then, are there so many Tier Three demon beasts here? Even if most are dark-attribute and yin-attribute."

"Could it be that this place has already slipped free of the Heaven and Earth rules of the Spirit Stream Secret Realm?"

An hour later, the passage suddenly opened up.

At the end, there was not the expected underground cavern, but an enormous stone wall covered in ancient, abstruse runes.

It emanated a wave of Ancient Array Restriction that felt old and desolate.

"An Ancient Array Restriction?"

Shen Xuan’s gaze sharpened as he halted the Flood Dragon Snake.

He carefully studied the patterns on the stone wall, growing more shocked the longer he looked.

The layout and aura of this ancient array were seventy to eighty percent similar to the Five Heavens Demon Sect remnant he had seen in the Demon Realm back then.

"This place truly isn’t simple!"

He did not dare be careless. With a sweep of his sleeve, nine Array Flags radiating different Spiritual Lights howled out, embedding precisely into nine specific positions around the stone wall.

"Rise!"

Shen Xuan gave a low shout, both hands forming seals.

"Weng!"

The nine Array Flags lit up simultaneously, shooting out nine dazzling pillars of light that wove together in midair into a gigantic Spiritual Net, shrouding the stone wall.

The Spiritual Light rippled like flowing water, repeatedly washing over the stone wall.

A moment later, nine nodes of flickering Spiritual Light abruptly surfaced on the stone wall.

"Nine array eyes."

Shen Xuan’s gaze turned razor-sharp as he pointed repeatedly with joined fingers.

Nine streaks of pure Spiritual Power shot from his fingertips, striking the nine array nodes at the same time.

After a series of heavy, grinding sounds from moving mechanisms, the massive stone wall slowly split open from the middle, revealing a deep stone gate barely wide enough for one person to pass through.

"It’s done!"

A weight lifted from Shen Xuan’s heart, only to be replaced by even greater puzzlement.

"When Tian Wenxi mentioned this place back then, he never spoke of an ancient array guarding it. Could the array have evolved and repaired itself? Or is this array itself but a part of some greater formation with the ability to ’shift stars and change constellations, perfecting itself’?"

He recalled the legends of Tier Four and higher heaven-penetrating arrays, and his heart grew solemn.

Whether what lay beyond the gate was fortune or disaster remained unknown.

With a thought, Shen Xuan drove the Two-Headed Flood Dragon Snake to dart into the stone gate first.

At the same time, he split off a strand of Divine Thought to attach to the snake’s body, sharing its sight.

As soon as the Flood Dragon Snake emerged, the scene before its eyes changed abruptly.

Within its field of view was an Immortal Realm of clouds and multicolored radiance.

Towering spirit trees were everywhere, reaching up into the heavens.

Extremely pure Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was so dense that it condensed into faint Spiritual Mist, spreading through the air.

The concentration of Spiritual Qi here surpassed that of the Spirit Stream Secret Realm by more than tenfold.

However, before Shen Xuan could look more closely—

"Whoosh!"

A piercing eagle’s screech that could split metal and stone exploded from high above like thunder.

A giant eagle with a wingspan of several dozen zhang, talons like hooks, was diving down from the clouds.

Its pair of sharp eagle eyes were locked firmly onto the Two-Headed Flood Dragon Snake.

The powerful demonic aura emanating from its body had clearly reached Tier Three Middle Stage.

What was even more frightening was that, behind this giant eagle, more than a dozen massive figures flew out from within the clouds one after another—every single one of them a Tier Three giant eagle.

"Not good!"

Shen Xuan’s expression shifted slightly.

He made his decision on the spot!

He controlled the Flood Dragon Snake not to retreat, but instead to let out a provocative hiss and streak toward the side of the Immortal Realm.

Drawing this terrifying flock of giant eagles away.

At the very moment when the eagles’ attention was captured by the Two-Headed Flood Dragon Snake—

Shen Xuan, concealed outside the stone gate, completely retracted his aura. Like a transparent shadow, swift as lightning, he slipped silently through the stone gate and flew toward a distant, faintly visible silhouette of palace buildings.

Behind him, the dozen-zhang-long Two-Headed Flood Dragon Snake, golden light blazing and harder than refined steel,

was seized by the leading giant eagle, which extended its talons, tore out a chunk of flesh, and tossed it into its beak to chew.

This Tier Two Upper Grade Two-Headed Flood Dragon Snake Corpse Beast was, in the end, put to its fullest use.

...

Shen Xuan sped along all the way.

From time to time he used [Yin-Yang Walking], slipping into the void.

Only thus did he shake off the pursuit of the giant eagle flock.

At last, he arrived before an ancient complex of buildings.

These palaces were already dilapidated beyond repair, their walls overgrown with eerie green moss, broken beams scattered all about.

From the architectural style and the runes that remained, Shen Xuan judged that this must be the ruins of some ancient Daoist Sect.

At the very center of the ruins, a grand main hall towered majestically, firmly protected by a thick, solid light barrier.

Runes flowed ceaselessly across the barrier, emanating a powerful pressure that made one’s heart palpitate.

"A Tier Four ancient array, and the array’s Spiritual Power hasn’t been cut off."

Shen Xuan’s gaze grew intent.

Just sensing it from afar, he knew that with his current ability he could not break this array.

However, that was fine.

He hadn’t intended to enter the main hall anyway.

Following the indications on the Geography Jade Scroll, Shen Xuan swept off in another direction.

Before long, he stopped at the edge of a forest where the Spiritual Qi was unusually dense.

What grew here were not ordinary spirit trees, but Purple-Jade Liuyun Trees.

According to ancient records, this tree could be considered a heaven-and-earth marvel.

Within the Liuyun Flowers blooming at the top of its crown, a single drop of Primordial True Water could naturally be nurtured.