pertwk Chapter 2359 The Immortal of Mount Ling
Chapter 2359 The Immortal of Mount Ling
Chapter 2359 The Immortal of Mount Ling
Aunt Zhu asked with some worry, "Can this secret realm still hold out?"
"If it only struggles with Mother Earth for control of the entire wasteland, it can hold out for a while longer. But Mother Earth can't wait that long and will definitely make her move sooner."
Dong Rui also said, "The Earth Mother isn't stupid. If we delay taking down the Panlong Ruins by even one day, several more people from Ling Mountain will arrive."
“But when Mother Earth attacks, she isn’t as aggressive and reckless as she usually is,” He Lingchuan pondered. “The information Liu Qingdao gave me shows that she prepared for more than two months before attacking Bailiang Mountain. She should also be quite cautious when dealing with the famous Panlong Ruins. Her usual ‘aggressiveness’ is more like a protective camouflage.”
“Yes, otherwise there would have been no need to test them like that before.” Aunt Zhu agreed. “The Panlong Secret Realm still has the power to resist. If it were me, I wouldn’t have taken action in a short time.”
"We should make good use of this short gap, but we can't let it drag on for too long."
Next, He Lingchuan casually picked a palm-sized stone carving from the wall of the South Gate, threaded a black thread through it, and blew on it. The stone carving shrank rapidly, becoming smaller than a thumb.
“We’re inside the Great Pot, so communication is difficult. This is ‘Wind-Following Ear.’ Wear it, and we can talk.” He Lingchuan handed it and a mirage horn to Dong Rui. “Also, change your face. The Dead Leaf Butterfly has already seen your face, so the immortals will be able to recognize you in the city.”
The inside and outside of the secret realm are two completely different worlds, requiring special communication tools.
"Okay." Dong Rui wrapped the rope around his hand twice, concealed his figure with the skin of the Boshan King, and jumped into the blessed pool.
Before leaving, he turned around and saw He Lingchuan sitting cross-legged on the battlement, slowly closing his eyes.
The black dragon statue also came to life, and began to roam the city walls, looking extremely majestic.
What is this guy planning to do now? Dong Rui shook his head, quickly passed through the Fuchi Pond, and returned to reality.
"Huh?" He realized something was wrong as soon as he came out, and looked around. "Shouldn't I have come out of Fuchi?"
He jumped into the blessed pool of the Panlong Secret Realm, but when he returned to reality, he was in a tall, circular building with a door but no windows, and it smelled damp and musty.
It's a large warehouse.
"The secret realm is now under my control." As the actual controller, they can show their faces wherever they want. "There are too many bird demons in the sky; they are all the Earth Mother's spies. You can no longer fly back on the crane. Check around for withered leaf butterflies, and then leave on the snail toad."
Dong Rui peered cautiously from the barn doorway, glancing left and right. He saw nothing, but the bat in his arms stirred twice, a reminder to him:
A dead leaf butterfly rests on the brick of Fuchi Pond.
It uses camouflage to cover itself as soon as it lands, but bats usually don't use their eyes to track prey, which is why they can quickly spot it.
It turned out that their hiding place was the warehouse of the Mitian Temple, not far from the Fuchi Pond.
As expected, Master Sihai and others noticed the anomaly here and sent the Dead Leaf Butterfly to observe it closely.
The warehouse was safe; there were no spies around. Dong Rui summoned the snail toad and quietly left the Panlong Ruins underground.
On the way to Blackwater City, under Dong Rui's control, the snail toad carefully avoided the corrupted areas to avoid attracting the attention of the Earth Mother.
……
Ling Jinbao sat down in the lobby on the first floor of the inn. He had just drunk two cups of wine and the dishes he ordered had not yet been served when he was called upstairs by Master Sihai.
He thought for a moment, then grabbed a plate of fried peanuts from the table and tucked it into his sleeve.
"My esteemed immortals, what has happened?"
As soon as he entered the guest room, Venerable Mingyao set up a protective barrier before saying:
"Someone went into the blessed pool in the Panlong Ruins. There were two people, including a scorpion demon."
"Huh?" Ling Jinbao was taken aback. "Going inside means...?"
"They entered the secret realm. Because they haven't come out since." The water in Fuchi is only knee-deep; who could hold their breath and play in there?
"How long have you been in there?"
“Several hours later,” Venerable Mingyao said, “my Dead Leaf Butterfly discovered that one of them cut his finger, dripped the blood into the pool, and then the three of them jumped into the pool and disappeared.”
After he finished speaking, the immortals all stared at Ling Jinbao, making the latter feel uneasy.
Yeah, this kid spilled a whole bucket of earth dragon blood, why doesn't he try cutting his own finger?
“Ah…” Ling Jinbao scratched his head, “Then I’ll go to the ruins and give it another try.”
"It would be too dangerous to go now. Not long ago, the Earth Mother made a move to test the waters at the Panlong Ruins." The Dead Leaf Butterfly was the eyes and ears of Venerable Mingyao, and she saw the Earth Mother's battle with the Panlong Ruins clearly.
"I estimate that even the Earth Mother hasn't figured out the extent of the damage, but she has already dispatched bird demons and monsters to monitor the ruins from all directions, from the ground to the sky," Master Sihai said to Ling Jinbao. "If you go now, you'll alert the enemy; half the monsters of Ghost City will be chasing after you."
Ling Jinbao immediately shrank back: "Then forget it. But who would know how to open the Panlong Secret Realm?"
"It's hard to say." Master Sihai glanced at him sideways. "There are quite a few people who have entered the secret realm. Perhaps the eyewitnesses they found are more reliable and have explained the details clearly."
Ling Jinbao chuckled: "I reckon it's not just anyone's blood that's suitable. Otherwise, countless people would have tried the blood-dropping technique over the years."
How do you know they didn't go in?
"Uh..." Ling Jinbao quickly changed the subject, "Are those three still in the pool? Oh, I mean, are they still in the secret realm?"
Venerable Mingyao replied, "The withered leaf butterflies are monitoring Fuchi. Unless they hide when they come out, they can't escape my notice."
“They arrived later and didn’t know your spies were nearby,” Master Sihai deduced. “If they had discovered it earlier, they would have hidden themselves when they entered the pool. Therefore, they must still be in the secret realm.”
Venerable Mingyao took out a blank scroll, then took a brush, dipped it in ink, and tossed it onto the scroll.
The brush tip gently landed on the scroll and began to draw neatly on its own.
This is called the "heart's brush," which doesn't need to be held by the owner; it can draw exactly what the owner sees and thinks, and it's done in one go with almost no corrections.
In just a quarter of an hour, the portraits of the two people and the scorpion appeared on the paper, with clear details on their faces.
Venerable Mingyao handed the portrait to Ling Jinbao: "There are more and more cultivators in the city. You have a wide circle of friends. Take this and ask which faction it belongs to."
"Okay." Ling Jinbao put it away and then asked, "So, what do we do now?"
"No rush to make a move." Master Sihai waved his hand. "By the way, we also received news from Mount Ling that the reason those two Heavenly Demons came to the Earth Mother is because they want a divine artifact in her possession, the 'Yangguan Road.' It was left behind by the ancient immortal, Master Shou'an, and it might be of great use to the Heavenly Demons' large-scale divine descent plan."
(End of this chapter)