Cultivation Starting from Full Talent-Chapter 270 - 268 Fire Devouring Ant Saves the Master
Chapter 270: Chapter 268: Fire Devouring Ant Saves the Master
Chapter 270: Chapter 268: Fire Devouring Ant Saves the Master
Three months had passed in the blink of an eye.
Under the relentless forging of Big Stupid Deer’s Return to Nature Level Wanxiang Cloud Thunder Hammer Technique, a new Qiushui Sword began to take shape, and after repeated hammering, it was finally forged into a sword identical to the previous Qiushui Sword!
At the moment the treasure sword was sharpened, a deep blue anomaly “whooshed” up into the sky from inside the cave mansion!
Instantly, experienced blacksmiths and casting masters in the city were dumbfounded, stirring up various discussions.
“Is this… a sign of a Divine Weapon’s birth?”
“My heavens, it seems that anomaly came from Array Master Ning’s cave mansion…”
“Incredible, could it be that Array Master Ning, aside from being a third-tier Array Master, is also a Divine Craftsman? No, that can’t be right, Array Master Ning doesn’t appear to have the look of a blacksmith; his demeanor is more refined.”
“Array Master Ning truly has extraordinary talent, even being a Divine Craftsman. How strange. Why would Lin Talisman Master leave considering he had such a good Daoist couple?”
“I heard that it was a stormy night. Someone saw Lin Talisman Master leaving Array Master Ning’s cave mansion with a face full of sorrow. In my view, Array Master Ning must have let her down.”
“It’s such a pity. Lin Talisman Master is so graceful and talented. Why would Array Master Ning betray her? Oh, Array Master Ning, you are really confused…”
The rumors in the city, Ning Daoran didn’t care about, nor could he manage them.
He decided to leave Immortal White Dragon City around the age of two hundred because he felt that he might be able to advance to the Golden Core Middle Stage by then. He planned to visit home once and then think about going to Ningzhou Ji City to learn the Dragon Demon Heart Scripture.
However, before this, there was another matter to attend to.
Although the Green Water Turtle had advanced to the Late-stage Foundation Establishment, it seemed to lack some aspects of the Wood Attribute rules, so Ning Daoran planned to find a treasure land rich in Wood Attribute spiritual energy and cultivate with the Green Water Turtle for a while, contemplating the secrets held in the carvings on the turtle’s back.
Coincidentally, hundreds of miles east of Immortal White Dragon City, there was Bamboo Wind Lake.
Below this lake lay a Second Order Wood Attribute Earth Vein deep underground, unexploitable due to its depth and location beneath the lake, leaving this precious second order high-grade earth vein barren.
Golden Core Stage cultivators could engage in long-term submerged cultivation, but a second-order earth vein was beneath their notice.
Cultivators below the Golden Core Stage couldn’t stay submerged long enough to cultivate effectively, temporarily turning the Wood Attribute earth vein into something of little use.
However, these were not issues for Ning Daoran.
Thus, on a stormy night, he changed his appearance and left the cave mansion with the Green Water Turtle, using Earth Escape Skill and Water Escape Skill to reach the underground of Bamboo Wind Lake.
He established a temporary cave mansion underground and resumed cultivation with the Green Water Turtle.
Months later, benefiting greatly, silver inscriptions on the turtle’s back had partly turned golden, becoming increasingly complete—it was clear that coming to Bamboo Wind Lake was the right decision!
Furthermore, absorbing the Wood Attribute Earth Vein spiritual energy during this period proved extremely beneficial for the Green Water Turtle’s future Core Formation.
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Thus, Ning Daoran continued his underwater cultivation in Bamboo Wind Lake with the Green Water Turtle, and half a year passed.
One deep night.
Ning Daoran sat cross-legged within the cave mansion, refining his body with the Eternal Green Technique.
“Squeak squeak~~”
Suddenly, the Fire Devouring Ants kept in his Spirit Beast Bag within his belt gently chirped, resonating with their master’s Divine Soul.
Because he was out cultivating, Ning Daoran had left the Spirit Garden Cave Heaven, Big Stupid Deer, Little Bai and others in the cave mansion in Immortal White Dragon City, only bringing the Green Water Turtle and thousands of Fire Devouring Ants with him.
At this moment, the sharp cries of the ants seemed to be an alert.
The next moment, a few second-class Paperfolk hidden near the lake surface also resonated spiritually with their souls, followed immediately by an overwhelming surge of energy enveloping the entire Qiushui Lake, causing the water level to sharply drop several meters!
“Not good!”
Ning Daoran turned pale with fright—it was Nascent Soul Spirit Pressure!
He immediately released thousands of Fire Devouring Ants from his Spirit Beast Bag and quickly, with his Golden Core Divine Sense, detected dozens of pitch-black insects with frantic wriggling antennae beneath the lake trying to find his location through the aura.
He had seen these insects before in the Ten Thousand Insects List.
Soul Seeking Worms, ranked 147th on the Ten Thousand Insects List, not highly ranked, but extremely sensitive to spiritual energy and could locate the aura of a target within several hundred miles, even if an Isolation Array couldn’t block these worms from detecting spiritual energy.
Obviously, someone was using Soul Seeking Worms to find him, and the only person with such persistence and possessing Nascent Soul Cultivation level was one.
Ancestor Xu!
This old creature still wouldn’t give up, having probably noticed something in Ning Daoran’s city cave mansion, and actually found Ning Daoran’s new cave mansion outside the city at Bamboo Wind Lake!
At this moment, tremendous spiritual pressure crashed down, directly distorting the Sea Ice Array Ning Daoran had set under the water, causing the water to continuously seep in.
A second-tier array was clearly inadequate to stop the overwhelming power push of a Nascent Soul cultivator.
“Jianjia, my friend,”
Ancestor Xu’s voice transmitted directly underwater, “At last, I’ve found your resting place. Shouldn’t you entertain me properly as a host?”
“Old Dog Xu!”
Ning Daoran didn’t sugarcoat his words, “I am now a member of the Slaying Immortal Tower. You still dare to kill me? Aren’t you the slightest bit worried about Shen Building Master pursuing this?”
“Scared?”
Ancestor Xu sneered, “Shen Luoyan is currently patrolling Slaying Immortal Tower in Ningzhou, probably too busy to bother with you. As for the Slaying Immortal Tower in Yizhou… hmph, do you really think someone would offend this Nascent Soul Cultivator over a mere Golden Core Stage cultivator like you?”
Damn, he made some sense.
Ning Daoran didn’t panic. He stored the Green Water Turtle into the Spirit Beast Bag, then lifted his hand and pointed. Immediately, thousands of Fire Devouring Ants turned into a chain of fire and dove underground, striking at the Soul Seeking Worms that could lock onto his scent. First and foremost, destroy these Soul Seeking Worms!
At once, the Fire Devouring Ants squealed loudly as they tunnelled into the soil with a bloodline advantage, swiftly grabbing and devouring those Soul Seeking Worms. In a blink, only severed legs remained of dozens of Soul Seeking Worms.
“Do you think by killing the Soul Seeking Worms you can escape with your life?”
As Ancestor Xu activated the Nascent Soul Spirit Pressure and dived into the water, he quickly closed in while ridiculing, “Old man still has thousands of Soul Seeking Worms, can you kill them all?”
Ning Daoran coldly snorted as well.
As a Nascent Soul Old Monster, Ancestor Xu’s perspective was obviously too narrow.
A few thousand Soul Seeking Worms called many?
During his years in the Immortal White Dragon City, Ning Daoran constantly fed his Fire Devouring Ants with Purple Jade Spirit Rice and True Blood Pills; he now had an impressive tally of seventy to eighty thousand ants, never as arrogant and complacent as Ancestor Xu.
“Swoosh!”
He lightly tapped his Storage Bag, and immediately various Array Flags and Array Plates flew out, directly setting up an array underground!
At the moment when Ancestor Xu, his body wrapped in blood-colored Spiritual Pressure, rushed into the Dilapidated Cave Mansion, a blood-colored array rose majestically, enveloping a piece of the underground world within it!
Flowing Fire Demon God Array, a Third-tier High-quality Killing Array!
Instantaneously, a Fourth-tier Middle-stage Demon Tiger’s Dharma Image rose within the array, resembling a saber-toothed tiger with fangs several meters long and fur of strikingly mixed colors. It raised its sharp claws and slashed at the opponent.
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“An Array?!”
Ancestor Xu roared, palm raised, immediately summoning a blood-colored claw that pressed fiercely against the head of the Demon Tiger, pushing it right back into the array.
Trying to kill a Nascent Soul Ancestor with a Third-tier High-quality Array was obviously impossible.
“Charge!”
Ning Daoran flicked his left hand, sending countless Class A Paperfolk and Second-class Paperfolk charging towards Ancestor Xu.
Simultaneously, several Golden Silk Swords shot through the air.
“Trivial skills!”
Ancestor Xu sneered, with a light flick of his finger, the Chi Dragon Bi on his belt surged with light. The Chi dragon coiled within rose, transforming into a Spiritual Object. Accompanied by the dragon’s roar, its claw swept across, easily deflecting the Golden Silk Swords, unable to penetrate at all!
The Chi Dragon Bi was also a Magical Treasure, but in the hands of a Nascent Soul Ancestor like Ancestor Xu, it was indeed far beyond the reach of someone at the early stages of Golden Core like Ning Daoran.
“Still trying to fight like a cornered beast?”
Ancestor Xu swept his robe sleeve, and instantly Nascent Soul Power swept across, making the Flowing Fire Demon God Array buzz loudly. Although it still continuously launched flames at the opponent, the entire array seemed to be wailing, numerous cracks appearing under the robust Nascent Soul Power.
“Hopelessly stubborn, truly laughable!”
Ancestor Xu’s gaze turned cold as numerous dusky flying swords appeared around him, their Sword Qi criss-crossing down. He too was a Sword Cultivator. During the last battle at sea, this Nascent Soul Early Stage old monster hadn’t shown his true capabilities.
For a moment, flying swords swept across the sky, shimmering like stars.
Ning Daoran kept maneuvering the Golden Silk Swords to block, running the Liangyi Sword Technique up to the Returning to Nature level, but the power disparity was too great—he couldn’t keep them out. In an instant, a dusky flying sword found a gap, shooting down and landing on the Wanxiang Cloud Thunder Armor!
“Pfft!”
The Wanxiang Cloud Thunder Armor clanged, sparks flying, and soon showed a breach. Then, that flying sword pierced through Ning Daoran’s heart, severely damaging his heart meridian!
“Pff…”
He spat out blood and his body rushed backward.
At that point, he had no chance of winning.
Throwing out a spell, he quickly dived into the deep waters of Bamboo Wind Lake using the Water Escape Skill, simultaneously retracting the Golden Silk Swords and the Array Flags and Array Plates of the Flowing Fire Demon God Array. As a distraction, countless Class A Paperfolk and Second-class Paperfolk were swept away by the overwhelming Nascent Soul Power!
They couldn’t withstand it at all—even the Class A Paperfolk exploded one after another under the mighty power of the other party.
“You little beast, do you think you can escape?!”
Ancestor Xu furiously pursued him, and once more in the water and soil, more Soul Seeking Worms capable of tracking his scent appeared.
Ning Daoran’s face turned pale as he frantically commanded the Fire Devouring Ants to intercept. Instantly, dozens more Soul Seeking Worms were killed by the ants, and simultaneously, thousands of Fire Devouring Ants soared into the air, turning into a fiery wind that attacked Ancestor Xu!
“Hmm?”
Ancestor Xu roared angrily, swiping his iron palm and continuously smashing the Fire Devouring Ants, said solemnly, “Ranked among the top ten Spiritual Beasts? So what, can they withstand my Void True Intent?”
As he spoke, he pushed his palms horizontally, instantly generating a whirlpool around him. Thousands of Fire Devouring Ants, like falling into a frying pan, cracked open with explosive snaps!
However, even so, more Fire Devouring Ants emerged from the ground, attacking Ancestor Xu, buying Ning Daoran a chance to escape.
