The Journey of Immortal Cultivation-Chapter 752 - 418: The Disrupted Situation_2

"Did you really copy the ’Dragon Transformation Technique’?"

"Listening to their nonsense." Changtian nibbled on a piece of Chongyang Cake, chewing slowly, "...This cake is too bland, not fragrant enough. How has your skill regressed?"

"...The osmanthus honey I bought at Nian Family Village ran out! Don’t change the subject, answer quickly."

"Before the Azure Dragon was devoured, I indeed had Yin Jiu You search through his fragmented soul and found many Divine Power Techniques, exclusive to the Divine Dragon. This ’Dragon Transformation Technique’ is one of them." He elegantly yet swiftly finished the cakes on the plate.

She immediately seized the key point: "So, it’s not your handwriting, but Yin Jiu You’s!"

"You’re getting sharper." He shrugged his shoulders, "After tens of thousands of years, such a misinterpretation is not surprising. Originally, Yin Jiu You’s handwriting was very similar to mine."

Thorny Hall checked back and forth in Dianqing Pavilion seven or eight times, then deduced that the ’Dragon Transformation Technique’ was indeed lost a few days ago, possibly on the same day as the explosion in the Immortal Plant Garden. So, the destruction of a large amount of precious Spiritual Medicine in the Immortal Plant Garden was actually a decoy, and the real motive of the suspect was to steal this ’Dragon Transformation Technique’ amidst the chaos? Now everyone understood, especially since Dianjing Pavilion is not far from the Immortal Plant Garden, the crowd surged on this path after the explosion, providing the suspect with plenty of opportunities to infiltrate the normally difficult-to-access Dianjing Pavilion.

After deriving this conclusion, the demon crowd of Hidden Stream almost gnashed their teeth in anger. In their view, the loss of the Immortal Plant Garden was no less significant than the loss of this ’Dragon Transformation Technique’, and anyone daring to use the Immortal Plant Garden for such actions deserves to be slashed a thousand times. However, everyone also understood that the person behind the scenes had a thorough understanding of Hidden Stream, whether it was the distribution of medicinal herbs in the Immortal Plant Garden, the location of the books in Dianjing Pavilion, or the arrangement of barriers and mechanisms. This insider must have significant connections.

A few days later, another piece of bad news came: the Blood Parasol was dying. This fragile plant, since its roots were damaged by the explosion, barely clung to life for several days under the full rescue efforts of the Hidden Stream Alchemist and the demon child, and was finally about to give up.

This time, breaking the tradition of not allowing outsiders near, even Xu Nongyou was invited over. The old man stayed in the greenhouse for a day and a night, and when he returned, his face was filled with sorrow and exhaustion: "Nothing can be done, it’s doomed!" 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Generally, spirit wood that has been burned by the Nirvana Fire powerful enough to destroy a Phoenix would be utterly lifeless. The birth of the Blood Parasol itself was considered defying the Heavenly Dao, hence it is not as robust and strong as the ordinary Parasol trees; not only is each one frail, but also very rare in existence. Xu Nongyou estimated that there would not be more than three Blood Parasols on this Continent.

Seeing such a rare treasure gradually decay, even an outsider like Xu Nongyou felt heartache and sadness, not to mention the people of Hidden Stream.

After closely questioning Xu Nongyou and learning that the Blood Parasol could live for at most another twenty days, Ning Xiaoxian showed no signs of sorrow, but instead spent her days practicing Divine Skills, brewing tea, and cooking, living a more carefree and comfortable life than anyone else in Hidden Stream. Xu Nongyou, angered, pointed at her nose and said, "A Divine Artifact of the world like the Blood Parasol is dying, and you’re completely unmoved, are you still an alchemist?"

"If I were moved, could it come back to life?" She shut the old man up with her retort.

The third matter was that Jiumo Sect Leader, who had previously insisted on direct confrontations, finally wavered and sent an expert from Rose Hall to snatch the third envoy who entered the Immortal Plant Garden from Tianya Sea Pavilion. Capturing this person barely took any effort, as he had been mutilated by Hidden Stream at Ba Snake Mountain Range beforehand, having his limbs cut off and reduced to a mere stump. Tianya Sea Pavilion, resentful of Hidden Stream’s cruelty, took good care of him within their sect.

Once this guy returned to Hidden Stream, his legs went soft from fright. Without needing Thorny Hall to resort to any torturous techniques, he spilled everything like pouring beans from a bamboo tube. It turned out that on that day, following the orders of a sect elder, he had secretly placed a few insect eggs into the mouthpiece of his nurtured Gu Worm, pretending to steal the seeds of the Five-Colored Tang, pouring the eggs into the ground. Hidden Stream’s Lin Wei, no matter how strong, couldn’t monitor such minute actions of a tiny insect in the soil. He had no idea what kind of eggs they were, but since the elder had instructed so, he just did it.

This guy didn’t know much, so Hidden Stream once again took action, intending to capture the Tianya Sea Pavilion elder who had instructed him. But by that time, the sect had already realized that an important live person had vanished and heightened their vigilance. Eventually, this elder was brought into the Bashe Forest, but the journey was extremely grueling. The Northwest Immortal Sect Alliance launched no less than five encirclements and pursuits, and Rose Hall paid the lives of four experts to complete this task.

This originally was friction between sects, but since both sides saw blood, the scale of the conflict immediately escalated, subtly shifting towards a localized war. Both sides began clashing at the Red Cloud Plateau. This was also after many years that the world reacquainted itself with the military strength of Hidden Stream. Trained in the Dou Gu Skill by Changtian, the ferocity and bravery of the demon soldiers during combat made every cultivator’s heart chill.

The combat power of the two sides was not on the same level. After all, cultivators are selfish; expecting them to charge and plunge into battle like mortal soldiers, risking their lives, is impossible. However, they had seen more than one Hidden Stream demon soldier, who, with his belly slit open and intestines spilling onto the ground, could still grimace with a smile, tie his intestines into a knot, stuff them back into his belly, then pick up his weapon and charge forward again; many from the Insect Race even managed to keep fighting until the very last drop of their blood was spilled, or until they were completely torn apart. (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit qidian.com to cast your recommendation, monthly ticket, and support me. Mobile users please read on m.qidian.com.)