Immortality: Raising an Ant Queen to Cultivate by increasing stat points-Chapter 563 - 555 - Living Plants
Chapter 563 -555: Living Plants
The Great Immortal Envoy manipulated the white cloud to carry them directly over the Immortal City.
They could feel formidable fluctuations from the arrays, and as soon as the Great Immortal Envoy formed a seal with his fingers and pointed downward, the fluctuations vanished. They were thus able to pass smoothly over the domain of the Immortal City.
Once past the Immortal City, the landscape below underwent a drastic change, revealing vast barren mountain ranges and large expanses of swamps filled with black poisonous miasma, with no rivers in sight.
Occasionally, they saw ponds brimming with black water.
In stark contrast to the beautiful scenery of the Immortal City, the land below was all desolate mountains and evil waters, exuding an aura of death.
“This place has been known as a barren land for thousands of years, with dangers lurking everywhere. Even Immortal Envoys might perish here if they are not careful. The gate of my Hundred-Tempering Immortal Sect is ahead. To become an official disciple, one only needs to traverse the thousand-mile barren land in front of us. I wish you all good luck!”
As soon as the Great Immortal Envoy’s voice fell, everyone felt the white cloud beneath them starting to dissipate, and its carrying power seemed to decrease, as they began to descend rapidly toward the ground.
“Great Immortal Envoy, is it necessary to cross this thousand-mile barren land on foot?”
“Not necessarily, as long as one has the skill, all methods are permissible.”
The figure of the Great Immortal Envoy gradually faded and then disappeared in front of everyone.
When the white cloud, carrying more than a hundred people, was about fifty to sixty meters above the ground, it had become extremely thin. If one’s strength was insufficient, their feet would sink directly downward, and it seemed that the entire person would fall through the cloud.
With the Misty Rain Elusive Step and the cultivation of an Immortal Master, Qin Niu was easily able to stabilize his stance.
Unexpectedly, it automatically split into smaller white clouds and began to carry everyone down toward the barren land below.
However, everyone’s landing location varied.
Generally speaking, those with weaker strength landed on the ground earlier. The more powerful Immortal Masters were carried by the white cloud rapidly toward more distant places.
“So this is how they separate each challenger?”
Qin Niu felt that the Great Immortal Envoy was thinking too simply.
If the challengers intended to unite and take on the challenge together, they could regroup after landing. Or, they could simply hold hands in the air, preventing the cloud beneath them from dissipating.
He soon also descended toward the ground.
Luckily, the area below was a mountain ridge filled with withered branches and fallen leaves. The vegetation here seemed difficult to sustain, with either a mix of rocks and dark red soil or dead plants in sight.
About three to four meters above the ground, he suddenly sensed danger and instinctively drew the Ink Blade, on full alert.
However, after checking the ground repeatedly, he couldn’t find any living creatures.
Where was the danger coming from?
Since he was only three to four meters above the ground, which was the blink of an eye, he had already landed. There was no time left for him to consider the source of the danger.
As soon as he landed, the withered branches and fallen leaves seemed to spring to life like fierce ghosts.
One by one, black tender branches crawled out from the ground and then wound around his ankles and body.
“Seeking death.”
Qin Niu wasn’t afraid of these plants that attacked humans, casually swinging his blade to cut them off.
After being severed, the plants bounced chaotically on the ground, and a dark green blood seeped from the wounds.
They were like living creatures.
“The blood of the Banyan Tree can nurture an Insect Pet; the blood of these plants should also have a good effect.”
Once Qin Niu realized this, he immediately took out a small jar to start collecting it.
But as he reached out to pick up a severed branch on the ground, the branch immediately grew many spikes and roots, wrapping tightly around Qin Niu’s right hand, resembling an octopus.
The spikes pierced directly into his skin, greedily sucking his blood and flesh.
Intense pain and panic caused him to shake his hand violently in instinct.
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But it was of no use at all.
After absorbing his blood and flesh, the severed branch began to grow and expand at a remarkably astonishing speed.
It was rapidly wrapping itself around Qin Niu’s arm.
At this rate, it would take only a short time to entwine his entire body.
He had never imagined a severed branch could be so terrifying.
Who would have thought, had they not experienced it themselves, that a severed branch could easily kill an Immortal Master?
Fortunately, Qin Niu quickly regained his composure and immediately thought of the best method to constrain plants.
The Fire Lotus was swiftly summoned, and flames covered his entire right arm in an instant.
The branch caught fire immediately, released Qin Niu’s arm, and fell to the ground.
Seeing that the flames were effective against these sinister plants, Qin Niu immediately harnessed the energy of the Fire Lotus and covered his whole body with flames. In this way, any plant that touched him would immediately ignite.
If the third challenge involved only dangerous plants, it might have been okay to let Xiao Qing participate.
Xiao Qing possesses the seed of the Purple Flame Divine Fire, and the flames she could control were ten to a hundred times more powerful than Qin Niu’s, easily incinerating these plants.
As this barren region stretched for thousands of miles and his cultivation power was limited, he definitely couldn’t sustain the flames covering his body for an extended period. He hurried, dashing forward as quickly as he could.
However, he found the plants here to be very peculiar and took out a metal can, placing a small section of the severed branch inside.
After sealing the lid, he attempted to put it into his storage bag.
It wouldn’t go in at all.
This meant the plants were likely living entities, similar to animals, and were considered to have life.
The storage bag was only meant to hold non-living items.
But if it were an ordinary small tree, it would certainly fit inside.
“I might as well carry it with me, I’m not afraid of it,” he thought.
Qin Niu intended to bring this small section of the branch back to Shuangfeng Village and plant it in the mountains.
They were like natural guardians.
Nevertheless, these plants were far too eerie, and planting them required consideration of the consequences.
If after planting them, they would annihilate all living beings within the Perching Phoenix Mountain Range, the area would become a barren wasteland.
In that case, he would certainly need to start by experimenting with a small area first.
Only after understanding the habits of these plants would he consider planting them on a large scale.
He ran forward for about fifty to sixty miles without stopping. Other than the plants that would suddenly burst from the ground to attack, he did not encounter any other danger along the way.
Earlier, he had heard what seemed to be the dying screams of humans ahead, but now that he reached the spot, there was no one to be seen.
He began to look around in search of others.
Right now, it was like the Eight Immortals crossing the sea, each displaying their Divine Skills to pass the challenges.
Qin Niu certainly wasn’t going to play the good Samaritan, rashly looking to rescue anyone who called for help.
His reasoning was simple, if he encountered someone who could be saved, rescuing them would be an act of merit. As long as the person saved wasn’t ungrateful, they would likely remember his life-saving grace.
They would be in the same Hundred-Tempering Immortal Sect for cultivation in the future, which could mean mutual support.
If it was too dangerous and he was unable to save the person, at the very least, he could learn how that individual died. Moving forward, he would take the lesson to heart and try to avoid similar dangers.
After a thorough search, a faintly noticeable dark shadow caught his attention.
