Chapter 546 - 234: Silent Calamity Forbidden Land: First Meeting with Su Li
Chapter 546: Chapter 234: Silent Calamity Forbidden Land: First Meeting with Su Li
The Compassion Sea.
The Cangming Sea Region, home of the Cangming Immortal Sect.
"Sect Leader, this is bad!"
The Internal Affairs Elder wore a tense expression. "Six hours ago, someone triggered the Inspection Array set up by the sect."
True Monarch Tie Shan, who had been deep in thought while staring at the invitation in his hand, looked up with a sharp change in expression. "Who was the disciple on watch? Why didn’t they report this immediately!"
Before the Internal Affairs Elder could answer,
the True Monarch pressed on, "Which Inspection Array was triggered? What was the intensity of the signal? Have the other junior brothers in the sect been notified?"
Dealing with the situation was the top priority.
"To answer the Sect Leader, the warning came from the Silent Calamity Forbidden Land. It seems a Golden Core Cultivator crossed it. And... I haven’t informed the other masters yet. I’ll send the Sound Transmissions now."
As he spoke, the Internal Affairs Elder took out a Sound Transmission Spirit Sword.
"Wait. The Silent Calamity Forbidden Land?"
True Monarch Tie Shan frowned slightly. "Why would anyone still be thinking of going to a place like that?"
"Are you certain the Inspection Array’s alert was for a Golden Core Cultivator?"
The Internal Affairs Elder understood the unspoken meaning and nodded quickly. "Reporting to the Sect Leader, I am absolutely certain of what I saw."
A flicker of light crossed True Monarch Tie Shan’s eyes. "I understand. From this moment on, lock down this information. Anyone who leaks so much as half a word will be dealt with according to sect rules."
"Also, go back and properly educate that disciple of yours on watch."
"This kind of delay in reporting a warning will not be tolerated a second time. Understand?"
The Internal Affairs Elder nodded quickly in agreement, but his eyes were quietly sizing things up. He grew ever more curious about what kind of place the sect’s Silent Calamity Forbidden Land truly was.
Meanwhile,
on Silent Calamity Island—also known as the Silent Calamity Forbidden Land—Xiao Chen was scouting the surrounding area.
His intuition told him that the snake from before seemed to have mutated under the influence of some kind of power.
He had no desire to be suddenly eaten by a Demon Beast in the middle of his sleep or run into any other form of bad luck.
While searching, Xiao Chen chewed on some sea fish meat and organized his plans for what to do next.
The island appeared to be deserted, but that was fine.
Now that he had reached the Compassion Sea, it probably wouldn’t be long before he encountered other Cultivators.
As a Magic Cultivator, he had already reached the Middle Stage of the Golden Core realm.
For the foreseeable future, he would need to steadily focus on the Refinement of his True Essence, while also looking for Spiritual Objects that could help him break through his current small bottleneck.
As for his path as a Body Cultivator, his progress had fallen behind considerably. He was still at the Early Stage of the Golden Core realm because he had been focused on breaking through to the Middle Stage as a Magic Cultivator.
Just eating sea fish meat was obviously too slow. Considering he had a relatively abundant supply of Spirit Stones now, he could think about purchasing some Body Refining Spiritual Objects that boosted Qi Blood once he got to a Marketplace. A two-pronged approach was the way to go.
Before he had encountered the bank of white fog, it had already been nearly dusk.
Now, after a period of searching, night had fallen without him realizing it, and a bright moon had quietly risen.
As the brilliant moonlight spilled across the land, he suddenly saw specks of silver light twinkling within a clump of dark green vines ahead.
"Oh? What’s this?"
Leaning over and parting the dense leaves, Xiao Chen’s pupils contracted abruptly.
Three stalks of Moon-Dyed Jade Marrow Ganoderma were emitting a mercury-like moonlight, and under their round caps, a few drops of vibrant green Spirit Dew had condensed.
’No way. Is this something I can just pick up off the ground?’
’Can I really be this lucky?’
The reason Xiao Chen was in such disbelief was because to a Golden Core Cultivator, the Moon-Dyed Jade Marrow Ganoderma was as significant as the Five-Colored Golden Lotus was to a Qi Refining Cultivator.
The Jade Marrow Infant Pill, refined with this as its main ingredient, was a renowned Tier Breakthrough Spirit Medicine.
’One jade marrow line, two... four jade marrow lines.’
After counting, Xiao Chen determined that these three stalks of Moon-Dyed Jade Marrow Ganoderma had been growing for over four hundred years, perfectly meeting the requirements for harvesting.
He immediately took out the White Dew Willow Gloves and a Sealed Medicine Jade Box from his Vast Sea Ring.
Whatever the situation was, since he’d stumbled upon them, he would pick them first and ask questions later.
However, before Xiao Chen could get any closer, a powerful pressure of Spiritual Power, far exceeding that of a Golden Core Cultivator, suddenly filled the air.
It was a Nascent Soul True Monarch!
He immediately retreated in vigilance, only to see a female Cultivator in white robes, draped in moonlight, walking toward him through the air with bare feet.
Her starry eyes shone like polished lacquer, and her pearly teeth seemed laced with frost. Her simple gauze robes were like swirling mist, and her Ring Pendants appeared to hold the light itself. Snow-white hair cascaded down her sides like a waterfall of silver. Between her brows was a single vermilion dot, like a red plum blossom in bloom. With each light, lotus-like step, the Red Thread Bell tied around her ankle made a soft, "DING."
The moment she saw Xiao Chen, a flash of unconcealable surprise shot through Su Li’s otherwise calm eyes.
The perimeter of Silent Calamity Island was protected by a Tier Four Illusion Array. An ordinary Golden Core Cultivator would be unable to even see the island, let alone set foot on it.
She had been living alone on this isolated island for a hundred years and had almost forgotten what the outside world was like.
One could only imagine her shock at suddenly seeing a stranger.
Their gazes met mid-air. Su Li was slightly taken aback; she could clearly see that there was no trace of fear in the other’s eyes.
"You’re quite brave."
She spoke, her voice as clear and cold as an icy spring.
The blood of the Ancient Witch Race flowed in Su Li’s veins, and she was born bearing the curse of the [Lunar Eclipse].
Under the curse’s influence, to a normal person’s eyes, her entire body would be wrapped in twisted, dark purple curse marks, and her right cheek would be covered in a spiderweb of blood scabs, making her look like a demon that had crawled out from the depths of hell.
"Uh, this junior has just arrived and was unaware that Senior was cultivating in seclusion here. I meant no offense. Please forgive me, Senior."
Because Xiao Chen’s Divine Protection Veil made him directly immune to the curse, he was seeing Su Li’s true appearance and naturally felt no fear.
Being caught red-handed by the owner while trying to pick the Spirit Grass was, to say the least, a bit awkward.
’I should have known,’ he thought. ’With my luck, I’m only good for finding common Red Sandstone.’