Chapter 30: The Ancestor
Lü Bu Zhen is currently a sixth-grade warrior, and his "Divine Awareness of Heaven and Earth" has already taken shape. However, he has been stuck in the middle of the sixth grade for a long time and cannot make progress. This is because the foundation of his "Divine Awareness of Heaven and Earth" is unstable. If he can obtain this fourth-grade peak inner elixir, it will be enough to make up for the weakness in his "Divine Awareness of Heaven and Earth".
He has been ranked sixth among the eight senior councilors in the sect all along, and if he can break through to the sixth grade later on, his status will be elevated to fourth.
Xuantian Sect is an ancient sect with a history of nearly a thousand years, under the leadership of the sect leader, there are eight elder council members, all of whom have cultivation above the sixth rank. Wherever there are people, politics are inevitable, and externally they are united as one, but the eight elders also frequently vie for power in secret. If his strength increases greatly, his right to speak will naturally increase.
Of course, such an ancient and long-standing sect would naturally have unimaginable strength.
The masters and elders of the various sects, who are known as the strongest warriors in the Han country, are not enough to explain the true strength of the Xuantian Sect. Then there is an irrefutable factor that makes people look up to them and makes other powerful sects in the Han country willing to admit defeat: their sect has the existence that makes the entire Han country fearful, the second-ranked super guest elder on the Han country's power ranking list.
The Han nation is a vast country on the continent of Yuan, and the source of its sects has been lost to history. The various sects stand tall, their conflicting interests unavoidable, and they are embroiled in endless struggles and secret battles with each other, devouring one another through deceit and cunning. Almost every year, countless large and small sects perish in the midst of these struggles, cruelly and vividly illustrating the jungle law of the food chain.
The struggle between factions is a contest of combat effectiveness. Whichever faction has stronger combat effectiveness will gain the upper hand.
If a sect can have fresh blood, young and talented people emerging one after another, it will certainly increase the strength of the sect. However, growth requires a long time, and also depends on opportunities.
Thus, it became a natural phenomenon for sects to use their own resources and wealth to hire some super strong individuals who did not originally belong to the sect to sit in formation and protect the safety of the sect, becoming a conventional practice. On the mainland, the profession of guest elders was born.
The senior guest elder himself does not care about the internal affairs of the sect, nor is he bound by the rules and regulations of the sect. He is free to come and go as he pleases. As long as at some critical moments, slightly support the sect. These super strong men, first focus on their cultivation, do not like worldly affairs; secondly, their own cultivation needs a large amount of elixir and resources.
Having a channel to exchange for what is needed, one will naturally be happy and willing.
The path of cultivation is a single road, and the figure standing at the top of the tower was originally rare. To be able to take on the role of Guest Elder, one's abilities naturally cannot be lowly. A powerful Guest Elder is often the focus of intense competition among the major sects, with each side sparing no effort to win them over. Because having a powerful Guest Elder means that the sect has an additional guarantee of safety and security. When facing major events, they have an additional source of strong support. Even the disciples under their gate are proud to have a Guest Elder with extraordinary strength and reputation within the sect. When disciples from different sects chat, they inevitably compare the strongest Guest Elders in each other's sects. Sometimes, they even argue over which Guest Elder is the strongest until their faces turn red.
Lü Bu Zhen was able to rise to the sixth rank, an important reason being that he had been guided by a super strong guest elder from his sect due to a chance encounter back then.
Just think about it, Guest Elder casually pointed out, and let the sect increase a powerful expert, which shows the greatness of Guest Elder. With such a guest elder sitting in town, who dares to spy?
A dimly lit and empty cave, with a large area occupied by the body of a massive python. Apart from that, there is nothing else.
Lü Bu Zhen slowly walked closer, carefully picking up the fist-sized inner elixir from the scattered flesh and blood of the python corpse, his heart excitedly pounding rapidly.
Is this the inner elixir of a fourth-grade demon beast? He felt the surging medicinal power in his palm, and his eyes narrowed.
The Han State is vast and boundless, with countless ferocious demons hidden in the ancient forests and lakes. However, a fourth-grade demon is not easy to encounter, at least he has been searching for decades and still can't find one. Otherwise, he would have obtained a demon-crowned python here, knowing that it was impossible, and immediately willing to hand over his most powerful treasure "Qing Lei Hou Xian" to his trusted disciple to come.
This "Fourth-Rank Inner Elixir" is released into the market, and it's absolutely a treasure that countless sects and wealthy families are fighting for!
What's that noise? Lv Bu was stunned for a moment, then looked up at the shiny "mirror" on the ceiling.
A mirror hung on the wall dozens of feet high, emitting a faint, dark glow. Without its weak light, the black hole would be terrifyingly pitch-black and invisible to the naked eye. Under it, a soft "sizzling" sound was being emitted.
"What could be such a treasure?" Lü Bu's face lit up with joy.
This cave is hidden deep in the mountains, and if it weren't for the guidance of the demon crown scaled python, it would be impossible to detect. And that "mirror" on top is obviously something a monster can't make, could this place be some ancient cultivator's training ground?
He put the elixir in a square box and placed it on a flat rock beside him. He would go up first to see what it was, then come down to get it.
The cave was high and wide, reaching a height of 70 to 80 zhang. The stone wall was smooth as a mirror, and ordinary people couldn't climb up even if they knew there were "treasures" above. Lü Bu Zhen slightly concentrated his energy, and with a blink of an eye, he had already climbed halfway up...
"The mirror" was a semicircular stone, not a real mirror. However, the stone was flat and smooth, and it seemed to have some kind of light source inside, which emitted a strange glow. Lv Bu Zhen examined it carefully, and as he touched it with his hand, he felt a chill run from his arm throughout his body.
What kind of stone is this, why is it so strange? He pressed it lightly, and the soft sound of "mirror" actually stopped. After observing for a while, he found that there was a scratch on the left and right positions of the mirror, as if the mirror could rotate.
Lü Bu didn't think twice and used force to twist it.
All I could hear was the sound of "za za za" coming from below, and to my surprise, an ancient gate swung open in the southeast direction on the wall of the cave.
The sixth-grade warrior's eyesight was extraordinary, and with a single glance, he immediately realized it. He didn't care about the "mirror" in his hand, which fell down like a piece of paper. Since this cave had a hidden chamber, it confirmed his previous guess that this place must be a secret training ground for some cultivator.
At this moment, an overwhelming and unmatched pressure filled the entire cave, even a super strong man like Lü Bu felt suffocated.
His face changed greatly, terrible!
The ancient gate that had just appeared was tightly closed, exuding a thick and desolate atmosphere.
However, no human figure appeared, and on the north-facing passageway side, a faint red-headed snake emerged.
This strange snake is about two meters long, the only distinctive feature is that the head of the snake is bright red, like the color of a ripe cherry. Its body is far from being as large as the Crowned Scale Viper, but this overwhelming pressure is precisely emitted by it.
Lü Bu was extremely sensitive to danger, and while still in mid-air, he already knew that disaster was imminent. Before his body had even landed on the ground, he hastily retreated back through the hole from which he had come.
Even the hard-won inner elixir obtained by being laid on the ground is abandoned!
As a sixth-grade super warrior, he clearly felt what it meant to be frightened! This snake is absolutely a monster from the ancient times! Damn it, isn't this supposed to be the lair of the Crowned Scaled Python, but instead it's the lair of this thing?!
His terrifying cultivation was desperate to escape, and his speed could be described as approaching the speed of light.
It was like a flash of cold light, and in the blink of an eye, he had already flashed to the entrance of the cave.
The red snake gazed lazily, seemingly careless yet expressing disdain. As it watched Lü Bu Zhen escape to the cave entrance, its snake head suddenly swelled up, and its bright red head transformed into a small mountain-like size in an instant. Before Lü Bu Zhen, a cultivator of nearly a hundred years and a pervert-level human warrior, could even let out a miserable cry, it swallowed him whole.
Lin Heng was hiding inside the python's belly, and as soon as the python died, the stomach wall relaxed its grip on him. He could now move freely. However, he didn't dare to make any movement, for if Lü Bu Zhen had obtained the python's internal elixir, he would definitely kill Lin Heng to keep it a secret, fearing that others might find out about his treasure.
As soon as the red snake appeared, he strongly felt a terrifying pressure in his abdomen. Even through the thick scales of the python's body, his soul almost couldn't withstand the urge to shatter and disperse. It was too frightening; this was the first time in his life that he had encountered such a soul-stirring situation. What exactly was outside? He couldn't see the circumstances from inside, but he clearly knew that a formidable "master" had arrived outside. This master was many times more powerful than the human strongmen before!
Lü Bu's battle with the Crowned Snake General, he had already sensed Lü Bu's terrifying aura, but his own aura compared to this man outside was simply insignificant, like a firefly compared to the bright moon.
The red snake shrunk back to its original size and slowly slithered back and forth inside the cave.
From its appearance, apart from the red snake head, it is almost identical to an ordinary snake.
Lin Heng was separated by a thick layer of scales, and he had already held his breath with the Taixi method, stopping his heartbeat and breathing. So, the red snake's terrifying strength did not detect his existence. Of course, the most important reason is that who would have thought that after being swallowed into the belly of the Youguan Lianmang, he could still survive?
Lin Heng felt an increasingly heavy and oppressive aura surrounding him, as if something was constantly patrolling around him, and he didn't dare to move.
The red snake disappeared again, and when it raised its head to look at the strange "mirror" on the top of the cave, its tail suddenly swelled up like a thousand-foot-old vine shooting towards the top of the wall.
With a "click", the mirror returned to its original position.
The red snake slowly disappeared into the black hole.
