Starting with a daily divination to build an immortal clan

Chapter 167 Taking Advantage of the Situation to Launch an Attack
The two proceeded cautiously, and Chen Youran would occasionally use the Withered Tree Rejuvenation Technique to try and sense the approximate locations of those poisonous monsters.

However, the poisonous miasma and spiritual energy within this jungle seemed to have undergone some kind of mutation, severely hindering her perception.

"Young clan leader, that direction makes me feel... uneasy."

Chen Youran suddenly frowned and pointed to the left front, opening his mouth.

Although the "Rejuvenation of Dead Trees" technique cannot be perceived in any concrete form, every time she uses it, she can vaguely sense an extremely cold and sinister power lurking to her left front.

Upon hearing this, Shen Chongming slowly withdrew his foot and looked around with a solemn expression.

Unlike Shi Miao's carefree attitude and Zhao Tuan's overly cautious nature, Chen Youran is more down-to-earth. The fact that she said this means she must have really discovered something amiss.

After carefully observing his surroundings, Shen Chongming hesitated for a moment before saying, "Let's use the Divine Speed ​​Technique first."

The two of them each cast a speed spell on themselves.

"Stand back a little."

Shen Chongming raised the Silent Great Bow in his hand, his spiritual power surging within him, and immediately imbued the arrow with a fire attribute spell—Burning Flame.

A fiery red aura instantly emanated from the jet-black arrow.

What Wei Qiuling gave to the Shen family were some minor Five Elements techniques that even Qi Refining cultivators could practice.

Shen Chongming did not possess a fire-attribute spiritual root, so he was unable to unleash the full potential of this fire-attribute spell.

It has another purpose in being attached to the bow and arrow.

After glancing at Chen Youran, who had already retreated about ten feet, Shen Chongming immediately drew his bow to its fullest extent and fired an arrow at the strangely swirling mist to his left!
The arrows were silent.

But when it was shot into the mist, it caused a strange sound!
The once eerily quiet jungle was suddenly filled with a series of low, piercing shrieks that made your teeth ache!

Suddenly, it seemed as if a colossal creature had been awakened, its body undulating and stirring up the poisonous miasma!

Through the thick fog, Shen Chongming could only vaguely see a dark, scale-like object flash by!
Before he could figure out what kind of monster it was, he heard rustling sounds coming from the jungle ahead.

Imperceptible to the naked eye, the moment he released his divine sense, he felt an extremely cold and sinister divine sense sweeping towards him!

puff!
Caught off guard by that chilling divine sense, Shen Chongming felt as if his own consciousness had been struck hard by a sledgehammer!
This caused a shock to his soul, and he couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood.

"Young patriarch!"

Chen Youran had been keeping a close eye on him. When she saw him injured and coughing up blood, she suddenly lashed out with her long whip, pulling Shen Chongming's body right in front of her and helping him run away into the distance.

On the way, Shen Chongming shook his somewhat dazed head and, after recovering, said, "You Ran, I'm fine."

Chen Youran then let go of him, and the two hurried towards the agreed location.

Soon, the two rushed out of the area shrouded in mist, but before they could run far, hundreds of giant centipedes of varying lengths emerged from the mist behind them!
These centipedes were entirely black, some as short as a foot, others nearly ten feet long!
Countless centipedes emitted sharp screechs and chased after the two!

Because of their Swiftness Technique, the two were much faster than the centipedes behind them.

As Shen Chongming ran, he glanced back at the road.

"There are quite a few. The smaller ones haven't even transformed into demons yet, but the larger ones are probably at the fourth or fifth level of Qi Refining."

Chen Youran also glanced back, seemingly disliking these things, and frowned, saying, "Young Clan Leader, will this be difficult to control?"

In the past, when they used mountain monsters to deal with those barbarian cultivators, it was always one or two at a time.

This time there were over a hundred of them, with at least a dozen or twenty being demonic beasts. The rest, while not demonic beasts, were clearly highly poisonous, and if a cultivator were to be bitten by one, it would be quite troublesome.

"It's alright, we can always use talismans."

"This way."

After glancing at the terrain ahead, the two adjusted their direction.

Meanwhile, more than ten miles away, Zhao Tuan and Shi Miao were perched on an ancient tree, their bodies emanating faint spiritual energy fluctuations, and their forms appearing ethereal.

"Tuan-ge'er, how effective is the invisibility talisman that the old patriarch crafted?"

"Can we fool that one-eyed guy?"

"Stop talking nonsense." Zhao Tuan said in a low voice, "Even an invisibility talisman can't hide your voice. If you keep talking nonsense, you'll be exposed sooner or later."

Upon hearing this, Shi Miao immediately shut her mouth.

Not far from the two, a group of more than ten barbarian cultivators dressed in animal skins were slowly searching forward.

A series of divine senses swept over the tree where Zhao Tuan and Shi Miao were hiding, passing over it without pausing.

"The Shen family is really lucky. They have gained the favor of two immortal sects and are on good terms with other immortal sects. Not only do the youngsters know a lot of magic, but they also carry a lot of talismans, pills, and spirit crystals with them."

Compared to them, we're just a bunch of poor wretches!

From within the barbarian ranks, a one-eyed, bald old man spoke out menacingly.

They discovered Shen Chongming and his three companions' whereabouts yesterday.

During the chase, they encountered another small group from a barbarian tribe.

The two teams each had more than ten people and originally did not intend to join forces, each wanting to take the bounty for themselves.

Only after getting to know them did they realize that, in terms of cultivation level alone, each of their teams was stronger than Shen Chongming and his group of four. However, in terms of external strength such as spells and magical treasures, the gap between them and the four was quite large.

Shen Chongming and his three companions each possessed a magical artifact and were well-versed in various Five Elements techniques.

There were even elixirs and talismans.

In contrast, only a few of them at the fourth level of Qi Refining had magical artifacts, while the other cultivators were still holding ordinary curved swords.

Using magical artifacts and spells, the four appeared and disappeared unpredictably, occasionally surfacing to attack their brother.

After losing several members, the two teams realized how difficult the four were to deal with and immediately chose to join forces.

"Senior Gega, once we catch those two brats, we must torture them thoroughly. If we can force a spell or two out of them, we'll have struck it rich!"

A short, stout man standing next to him, carrying a huge axe, squinted and spoke.

Although they are all cultivators, these cultivators from the Western Wilderness Barbarian Tribe are not only wealthier than the disciples of the Immortal Sect, but even ordinary aristocratic family cultivators are wealthier.

This is also impossible.

There are nearly ten million people in the entire Western Wilderness, and a large number of cultivators, many of whom are independent cultivators from small tribes. It is impossible for Hundred Beast Mountain to provide them with so many magical artifacts and pills.

If we give them the items, but the tribe migrates away after a while, and we can't find them, wouldn't that be a complete waste?

The group was still thinking about how to capture Zhao Tuan and Shi Miao, then plunder some good things from them and force them to reveal some magic techniques.

They had no idea that Shen Chongming and Chen Youran had already brought hundreds of ferocious centipedes to within two or three miles of them.

"Brother, I think I heard some strange noises in that direction..."

Among the barbarian cultivators, a young man of about eighteen or nineteen years old looked suspiciously to his left.

Hearing this, the others also looked over.

"Could it be those two members of the Shen family!?"

Someone exclaimed in surprise, and then immediately rushed forward!
"Senior Gega, shall we go take a look?"

The short, stout, and burly man spoke.

The one-eyed old man nodded, and a group of more than ten people immediately rushed over!

"Young clan leader, he's a barbarian cultivator!"

On the other side, Chen Youran saw shadowy figures in the distant jungle. Upon closer inspection, she spotted the barbarian cultivators charging towards them. Seeing this, Shen Chongming's face lit up with joy.

"You Ran, prepare an invisibility talisman."

Chen Youran nodded and immediately took out an invisibility talisman from her small bag and held it in her hand.

On the other side, a group of barbarian cultivators were stunned when they saw the two of them, and then they were overjoyed!

"It's those two Shen family members who ran away!"

"Haha... Thank goodness for Sirius! After all this time, we've run into each other again!"

"Hurry up, don't let them get away again!"

More than a dozen barbarian cultivators saw Shen Chongming and Chen Youran running towards them and immediately shoved them away.

"Capture him alive! That little brat is supposedly the young patriarch of the Shen family!"

"If we capture him and present him to the lord, we can definitely exchange him for a lot of magical treasures and elixirs!"

Upon seeing Shen Chongming, the one-eyed Goga immediately shouted.

"Young clan leader, that's about enough."

Seeing that the two sides were getting very close, Chen Youran became a little worried.

Seeing that there were already barbarian cultivators on the other side drawing their bows and nocking arrows, Shen Chongming couldn't help but smile.

Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Several arrows shot at him, and he immediately grabbed Chen Youran's hand.

A flash of light, and the two figures vanished instantly!

A gentle breeze blew by, and a few fallen leaves drifted up. The two people had vanished from sight.

More than a dozen barbarian cultivators caught up with them, frowning as they looked around.

"Search carefully, they didn't run away... What is that!?"

Before the barbarian elder named Goga could finish speaking, a rustling sound came from afar!

When he turned his head, he saw hundreds of giant centipedes exuding a murderous aura rushing towards him!
Several arrows that were originally aimed at Shen Chongming and Chen Youran now flew directly towards the head of the giant centipede that was nearly ten feet long at the front.

Ding!
Ding!
The arrow, imbued with spiritual power, struck the giant centipede's head, but only produced sparks; it did not cause any damage.

But the centipedes had been chasing Shen Chongming and his companion all the way, and they had never caught up with them. Their target had suddenly disappeared.

When he had nowhere to vent his anger, he was attacked by barbarian cultivators.

squeak!
The centipede demon, nearly ten feet long, let out a sharp shriek and immediately charged towards the barbarian cultivator in front of it!
"It's a monster!"

"A poisonous monster!"

"Run!"

Seeing the swarm of giant centipedes rushing towards them, the barbarian cultivators had no intention of fighting them and turned to run away.

"Want to run?"

On a large tree in the distance, Shen Chongming and Chen Youran had already moved away from the battlefield. Seeing that the barbarian cultivators did not even intend to resist, they immediately raised their large bows.

"If you really get away, wouldn't all my hard work have been for nothing..."

As soon as he finished speaking, an arrow pierced through the layers of tree canopy and flew towards the one-eyed Goga!

Before this, he had also tried to ambush the old man with arrows.

However, this old man was extremely difficult to deal with. His one eye seemed to have cultivated some kind of pupil technique, and he could always easily dodge his arrows.

But that's different now.

Among the giant centipedes chasing after them were many demonic beasts that had already reached the Qi Refining Realm. Suddenly, they were interfered with by Shen Chongming's arrows, and the one-eyed old man was so angry that he cursed loudly!
"What a cunning little beast!"

"Don't let me catch you!"

As he dodged the arrows, his speed also slowed down.

"what!"

"Uncle, save me!"

"Brother!"

In that brief moment of delay, a piercing scream rang out from the crowd.

These giant centipedes charged forward, their sharp claws and teeth like cold killing machines. Several of them, which had reached the level of demonic beasts, even stirred up their demonic energy, indiscriminately spewing out large amounts of pitch-black poisonous mist in all directions!
In an instant, the dozen or so barbarian cultivators were enveloped in thick, dark fog.

A brief battle broke out in the thick fog, with flashes of magical light.

Within a few breaths, a series of screams erupted, until finally, the one-eyed old man let out a resentful curse, and the commotion in the poisonous fog slowly subsided.

"What a powerful poisonous creature!" Shen Chongming and Chen Youran, hiding in the shadows in the distant tree canopy, couldn't help but exclaim in amazement when they heard that the battle was over.

He guessed that these centipede monsters would be difficult to deal with, but he didn't expect them to be this ferocious.

In just over ten breaths, a small team of more than ten people, composed entirely of cultivators, was defeated.

Under their watchful eyes, the pitch-black poisonous mist was slowly sucked back into the bellies of several giant centipedes at the Qi Refining Realm.

After the dense swarm of small centipedes dispersed, only a pile of withered bones and scattered weapons remained on the ground.

After dealing with these barbarian cultivators, several giant centipedes of demonic beast level raised their heads and looked around, seemingly still trying to find Shen Chongming and his companion.

The two hid in the tree canopy and held their breath.

After searching unsuccessfully, the centipedes reluctantly left.

Once they were sure the animals had gone far away, the two climbed down from the ancient tree, where Zhao Tuan and Shi Miao, who were not far away, also came to their side.

"Where did the young clan leader find this group of centipedes? They're terrifying!"

Shi Miao had obviously witnessed what had just happened and couldn't help but speak up, still feeling a bit scared.

Shen Chongming squinted at the direction where the centipedes had disappeared, his face showing deep thought.

"Grandpa said that wherever powerful monsters dwell, there is a high chance that extraordinary treasures will be born..."

"So many centipede demons were born in that poisonous miasma, and there's an even bigger one that hasn't caught up yet... Could there be some treasure there?"

Upon hearing this, their eyes lit up instantly.

Zhao Tuan then said with a solemn expression, "These demonic beasts are too strong. We are afraid we cannot deal with them. We cannot take the risk."

Shen Chongming nodded.

Having witnessed the terror of these poisonous creatures, he naturally wouldn't be so foolish as to venture deeper.

“These people have been dealt with, and there are no other barbarian cultivators around. Let’s go back first.”

"As for that area, we can tell Uncle San later and have him take a look."

The magical artifacts in the hands of the barbarian cultivators had been corroded beyond recognition by the deadly poison, and were now completely useless.

The four of them didn't bother to pick it up and immediately headed towards the mountain camp.

(End of this chapter)