Chapter 304 - 262-263: Bountiful Harvest, Secrets of the Great Realm

Chapter 304: Chapter 262-263: Bountiful Harvest, Secrets of the Great Realm

WHOOSH!

A streak of light flashed across the sky.

A middle-aged, Mid-stage Nascent Soul Cultivator hovered in midair, gazing down at the horrific scene on the ground.

Scorching-hot auras lingered in the air. The Spiritual Qi was chaotic and extremely unstable.

The scars of Magical Combat were everywhere, with craters hundreds or even thousands of feet wide. The earth was cracked and devoid of life, like a barren wasteland.

"This..."

Sensing the residual auras, the middle-aged Cultivator’s heart pounded in his chest.

Even a Late-stage Nascent Soul Great Cultivator going all out couldn’t produce an aura of this magnitude.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

Two more streaks of light followed.

They were all Cultivators of the Nascent Soul Realm, and seeing the signs of Magical Combat all around, they had the same reaction as the middle-aged Cultivator.

The destruction left at the scene was one thing, but the lingering auras were what truly terrified them.

"Could it be... a Great Cultivator of Divinity Transformation made a move!"

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

Streaks of light flashed one after another. As time passed, more and more Cultivators gathered.

An old man in a Profound Yellow Robe stared at the devastated landscape stretching for hundreds of miles, his heart thumping with fear.

This elder was the master of the Celestial Knowledge Tower Main Building, an Early-stage Nascent Soul Cultivator.

Through a Secret Technique, he sensed that the tracking mark he had left on a Jade Scroll had last appeared in this vicinity before vanishing.

He had already relayed the method for sensing the mark’s connection to Canglan Hall.

And now, a scene of Magical Combat like this...

’Could it be...’

The old man couldn’t help but connect the two events.

...

Xu Chang’an was unaware of these subsequent events. At this moment, he was in extremely poor condition.

Unleashing his Talent Divine Techniques in succession had already severely overdrawn his Flesh and Blood Essence Qi. And that was to say nothing of using the Blood Burning Secret Technique, which burned his Essence Blood and converted it into Cultivation Energy.

Now, Xu Chang’an was incomparably weak, his spiritual state utterly listless.

In his current state, he was weaker than even an ordinary Core Formation expert. Any random Core Formation Cultivator could easily take him down.

He forced himself to stay conscious, fleeing as an Escape Light. He was currently within the territory of the Human Race and was not safe; he needed to leave as soon as possible.

However, after flying as an Escape Light for some time, Xu Chang’an felt his mind reach its limit. If he continued to fly, he would likely fall right out of the sky.

Spotting a lake nearby, he dove headfirst into it.

He reached the bottom of the lake without so much as a splash.

After mustering the strength to set up a Concealment Defense Array, Xu Chang’an fell into a coma.

Beneath the Concealment Array, the area where Xu Chang’an lay seemed to hold nothing at all.

The lake was silent, as if nothing had ever happened.

The fish that had been startled away slowly began to swim about again.

「Three days later.」

Xu Chang’an’s eyes snapped open, and he scanned his surroundings warily.

He tried to erupt with his Demon Sense to investigate the area but found himself in an extremely debilitated state. He struggled immensely just to extend his Demon Sense from his body.

’My Flesh and Blood Essence Qi and my Essence Blood are severely depleted!’

Three days of passive recovery had only just been enough for him to awaken from his coma.

His condition was now even worse than before!

"As expected of a Great Cultivator of the Divinity Transformation Realm. I’m in truly miserable shape this time," Xu Chang’an said with a bitter smile.

He managed to retrieve several high-quality Healing Elixirs from his Storage Bag and swallowed them in one gulp.

His physical injuries weren’t severe; the main issues were the aftereffects of the Blood Burning Secret Technique and the depletion of his Flesh and Blood Essence Qi.

Simply taking Healing Elixirs wouldn’t be enough to effectively resolve his current predicament.

Still, it was better than nothing.

It would help, at least a little.

The Array he’d laid before falling unconscious wasn’t comprehensive enough. It wasn’t very secure.

Thus, Xu Chang’an once again forced himself to set up two more Tier Four Arrays.

They provided isolation, illusion, and Defense!

Only after finishing all this did he sit down cross-legged and begin the slow process of recovery.

Xu Chang’an’s luck was good; no pursuing Cultivators arrived as he had feared.

Half a month passed like this, and he managed to recover a sliver of Vitality. Although he was still very weak, he at least possessed the combat power of a Core Formation expert.

He had regained a basic ability to protect himself.

Xu Chang’an looked at the simple, ancient bracelet on his wrist, his heart filled with joy.

This was a Storage Bracelet, a higher Grade than a Storage Bag and incomparably precious!

Most importantly, this bracelet had belonged to a Great Cultivator of the Divinity Transformation Realm!

With a flicker of his Demon Sense, Xu Chang’an tried to enter the Storage Bracelet to take inventory of its contents.

But to his surprise, his Demon Sense couldn’t enter smoothly.

"What a powerful Restriction!"

Normal Storage Bags might have some Restrictions, but they were usually not very strong.

But the Power of Restriction on this Storage Bracelet was extremely potent.

For the time being, Xu Chang’an was unable to deal with it.

Therefore, Xu Chang’an could only temporarily give up on inventorying the resources inside the Storage Bracelet.

He turned his attention to several Spiritual Treasures.

The Canglan Mountains and Rivers Map, the Seven-Colored Ultimate Spirit Sword, and the Quasi-Spiritual Treasure, the Void Shifting Disc!

Xu Chang’an had clearly felt the power of these Spiritual Treasures during their earlier Magical Combat.

With the might of these Spiritual Treasures, one could normally suppress a Late-stage Nascent Soul Cultivator with ease.

If not for his heaven-defying combat prowess, he too would have likely fallen prey to these Spiritual Treasures.

Looking at the Spiritual Treasures, Xu Chang’an’s gaze held both delight and a trace of desire.

’The Artifact Spirits within the Spiritual Treasures can be absorbed by the panel and converted into Energy!’

Artifact Spirits possess a degree of Spiritual Wisdom. While it might not be very high, they will instinctively defend themselves when faced with a life-or-death threat.

’In my current weakened state, now is not a good time to absorb the Artifact Spirits!’

Besides, he was quite tempted by the functions of these Spiritual Treasures.

Whether to absorb them all, or just one or two, was something Xu Chang’an still needed to carefully consider.