167: Retreat

“Who is it? How dare they lay hands on Tongxian Hall in broad daylight?”

“Fellow Daoist, you must be new here, right? A lot has happened in our Iron Mountain Market today; even Yan Warden has become someone else’s Immortal slave!”

On the street.

The passing Cultivators all stopped to listen to the commotion inside Tongxian Hall. Many of them had been scammed by Tongxian Hall, and now seeing their predicament, they all showed expressions of delight.

Iron Mountain Market had been established for over twenty years, and Cultivators from thousands of miles around liked to come here to trade Cultivation resources. Destroying it was impossible; it was just that its owner would change from now on.

After today, the name of Wang Teng, the Hall Master of Netherworld Soul Hall, would completely resound throughout the surrounding Cultivation World.

After dealing with Tongxian Hall,

Qin Feng directly led Yan Sandao back to Wo Niu Mountain.

On the flat ground of the mountain, neat and orderly medicinal fields were filled with Spirit Medicine. Each Spirit Medicine was decades old, emitting rich Spiritual Qi in the medicinal fields, making the air throughout the mountain peak filled with a sweet aroma.

“These Spirit Medicines are quite valuable!”

Yan Sandao followed Qin Feng into the Wo Niu Mountain Formation. Upon seeing the Spirit Medicine in the medicinal fields, his eyes immediately showed surprise.

Qin Feng said nothing, while Wang Dalong showed a look of disdain and pointed in another direction.

That was the location of Qin Feng’s Immortal Cave.

In the flowerbed at the entrance of the Immortal Cave, two trees, one large and one small, were growing.

The large tree had lush green branches and leaves, with tender buds emerging from them, emitting a sweet and refreshing scent. Just one breath made one feel refreshed and invigorated.

The smaller tree was over a foot tall, with large leaves, each naturally growing symbols resembling a tiger's head, which was extremely peculiar.

Seeing these two trees, Yan Sandao's eyes immediately widened, and he exclaimed, “These… these are two extremely rare Spirit Trees!”

“Just wait. Following the Master, there will be even more things for you to learn about. I’m just afraid you won’t want to leave even after a hundred years.”

Wang Dalong rolled his eyes. He disliked people like Yan Sandao who wanted both face and to cling to life. His earlier persuasion to surrender was merely because he wanted an extra helper.

Other than that, he truly looked down on people like Yan Sandao…

“Alright, you two can find a place to make an Immortal Cave. I probably won’t be going out for a while.”

Qin Feng instructed the two, then walked straight into the Immortal Cave, moving the stone door to block the entrance.

Inside the Immortal Cave, besides basic items like a stone bed and stone table, only a set of Xuan Kun Devouring Heaven Formation was most valuable.

“Now that Wo Niu Mountain has two Nascent Soul Stage cultivators, plus the Devouring Sky Snake, the defensive capabilities are maximized.”

Qin Feng’s eyes showed excitement, and then he took out a fist-sized, brown, apricot-kernel-like object from his storage ring.

His gaze fell upon the object, and a line of small text immediately appeared in his vision:

[enlightenment fruit seed: An extremely rare seed. After planting, it blooms once every thousand years, bears fruit once every thousand years, and matures in a thousand years. Consuming the enlightenment fruit can lead to comprehension of the Dao and Origin Dao…

Already at the peak, cannot be synthesized further]

“It can comprehend Dao and Origin Dao. This fruit is much more powerful than Spirit Fruit!”

Qin Feng’s eyes showed shock, and he sighed repeatedly, then exclaimed, “If you look at it that way, three thousand years of waiting isn’t a loss. After all, something like Origin Dao… should only be comprehensible by Immortals, right?”

Qin Feng had seen the names Dao and Immortal Arts in books, but the four characters 'Origin Dao' felt very unfamiliar. However, just by hearing the name, he could feel that Origin Dao was more powerful than the previous two!

Placing the enlightenment fruit seed on the stone table, Qin Feng immediately took out a sound transmission talisman and shot it outside.

“You go help me collect something…”

Yan Sandao had just been brought under his command; he needed to be put to work!

Besides the enlightenment fruit seed, Qin Feng also took out the Mystic God Great Art.

[Mystic God Great Art: A Profound Rank top-tier Divine Soul Cultivation Technique. After Cultivation, it can strengthen the Divine Soul, making it more than three times stronger than Cultivators of the same Realm. Cultivating to the Perfection Realm has a chance to make the Divine Soul as hard as iron, fearless of any attack methods… ]

Qin Feng planned to go into seclusion.

This Mystic God Great Art was what he intended to focus on Cultivating.

Previously, during battles, he had several times suddenly suffered Divine Sense attacks from others, causing his brain to ache and making him unable to react.

If he didn't make up for this shortcoming, even a momentary mistake in future battles could cost him his life.

“Now it’s time to try copying the Cultivation Technique!”

The Immortal Cave was dim, but to Qin Feng, it was as bright as day, not affecting his vision at all.

He immediately took out paper and brush, copying according to the characters of the Mystic God Great Art. At the same time, his Divine Sense merged into the original Mystic God Great Art, allowing him to feel the green Soul Power pulsating within it.

The Mystic God Great Art had a total of six hundred and eight characters. The Divine Soul contained within each character, upon touching Qin Feng’s Divine Soul, would transform into small figures constantly twisting and striking various poses.

This was the essence of the Cultivation Technique, and only Cultivators above the Core Formation Stage could observe the Divine Soul power left on the Cultivation Technique.

If one only copied the text without replicating the Divine Soul symbols, it could at most be considered a profound Cultivation Technique, but others would find it very difficult to get started, and even if their Realm was low to a certain extent, they wouldn't be able to copy it even by imitating it.

There were many rumors in the secular world about the Nameless Heavenly Book, and nine out of ten were about someone finding a top-grade Cultivation Technique but being unable to see the characters on it…

Swish swish swish…

Time flowed continuously in the Immortal Cave, with only the sound of the brush moving on the paper.

After copying three books consecutively, Qin Feng suddenly felt his eyes dry and his head swollen and dizzy.

Copying Cultivation Techniques was indeed hard work!

Qin Feng put down the paper and brush, immediately sat into the Xuan Kun Devouring Heaven Formation, and used Cultivation to restore his Divine Soul.

Not much spiritual power was consumed, but the Divine Soul consumption was huge. If he didn't replenish his Divine Soul, he would either die from mental exhaustion or faint for ten days to half a month…

In the following days, Qin Feng remained in seclusion in the Immortal Cave.

Copying Cultivation Techniques.

Cultivating!

Copying Cultivation Techniques.

Cultivating…

…

At the same time,

the Netherworld Soul Hall mountain gate also welcomed a group of uninvited guests.

“I am Ye Chulan, the Holy Son of the Divine Sword Sect! You all, quickly let Wang Teng come out and die!”

Ye Chulan wore a white robe, with a long sword on his back, staring coldly at the Formation covering the area around the Netherworld Soul Hall mountain gate, his killing intent undisguised.

Behind him stood more than ten men and women, all Disciples of the Divine Sword Sect.

“Who is Wang Teng?”

Inside Netherworld Soul Hall.

Tie Zhu was discussing the future development of the Sect with White Little Fly when he suddenly heard a report from a subordinate, and his eyes immediately showed confusion.

“Deputy Hall Master, are you… alright? Wang Teng is our Hall Master!”

“…Damn it! I almost forgot!”

Tie Zhu patted his forehead, then looked at White Little Fly next to him, and asked, “Elder Bai, how should we handle this matter?”

White Little Fly frowned and said, “I think it’s better to first send someone to inform the Hall Master. Divine Sword Sect is not an ordinary Sect; Netherworld Soul Hall cannot afford to provoke them.”

“How strong is the strongest person in Divine Sword Sect?”

“It is said that the Grand Elder of Divine Sword Sect entered the Soul Transformation Stage Cultivation many years ago.”

“Our Four象Mystic Tortoise Grand Formation at the mountain gate, what level of Cultivator can it resist at its highest?”

“With the use of Spirit Stones and the support of many Disciples within the hall, it should also be able to resist a Soul Transformation Stage Cultivator.”

“Then don’t inform the Hall Master. Let’s just do it directly!”

Tie Zhu knew that Qin Feng had an issue with the Divine Sword Sect, and informing him would only lead to them fighting.

It would be better to fight first and reduce the burden on Feng Ge!