Creation of the Universe

Shen Zhan casually pulled out a few leaves and wiped the book briefly. A few large characters were still vaguely visible on the mottled surface, "Xuan Yang Zheng Qi Jue".

In his previous life, Shen Zhan was very familiar with this technique, because at that time there was a master-level figure of the righteous Xuanmen who first opened the mountain gate and established the sect, and the technique he taught to his disciples was the "Xuan Yang Zhengqi Jue".

The master promoted righteousness and upheld justice, and his disciples also acted in an upright manner and exuded a sense of righteousness.

After that, the sect grew rapidly and became a pillar among the righteous sects, and the Xuanyang Zhengqi Jue became famous throughout the world and was regarded by many practitioners as the supreme skill they had longed for throughout their lives.

What Shen Zhan didn't expect was that the secret manual of this technique would actually appear in the body of a seven-eyed evil spider. With the passage of time, he didn't know what the sect's current situation was, and why its disciples would come to the extremely dangerous spirit beast forest.

Shen Jingjuan covered her nose, approached cautiously, and asked, "What's that dirty thing in your hand?"

"Do you want a secret manual of martial arts? I can give it to you."

Shen Zhan said seriously.

However, Shen Jingjuan decisively refused. She didn't want this dirty thing that came out of the spider's belly.

"When I return to the Jinning Palace, I'll have all the skills I want. Who would care about the one you have?"

Shen Zhan raised the corner of his mouth and smiled.

It is true that a rotten tree cannot be carved. Although the Xuan Yang Zheng Qi Jue was not a top-level martial art in those days, it had many practitioners, and many of them were powerful and accomplished.

Compared with the low-level skills that Shen Jingjuan could obtain in the Jinning Palace, it was many times stronger. She actually sneered at it. Therefore, if you want to make progress in your cultivation, you still need an opportunity.

Shen Jingjuan was destined to have no chance of getting the Xuan Yang Zheng Qi Jue, so Shen Zhan didn't say anything more.

Having said that, if Shen Jingjuan had nodded to indicate that she wanted it, he would never have thought of actually giving it to her. After all, this technique was about nurturing the righteousness of heaven and earth and producing supreme elixir.

Given Shen Jingjuan's personality, it would be a waste even if she obtained this technique, not to mention that she rejected it as expected.

The camp returned to normal, but after being attacked by the seven-eyed evil spider, many people were killed by their companions. As a result, the manpower going to get the Earth Spirit Fruit was reduced, and everyone's morale was extremely low.

The next day, Shen Zhan was resting his eyes against a large rock when he heard someone shouting happily in the distance, "We found it! We found it! Keep going southwest, and that's where the Earth Spirit Vein is!"

It turned out that when it was just daybreak, Wu Jian discussed with Wu Baiding that they must find the Earth Spirit Vein as soon as possible, otherwise the night would be long and full of dreams, and if they encountered the same situation as last night again, they would be almost dead, and there would be no way to get the Earth Spirit Fruit by then.

So they divided their men into teams and went out to search for the location of the earth spirit vein. Since they had lost the marks they had made earlier, they could only define a rough area and then conduct a careful search.

As a result, they were lucky and one of their teams successfully found the earth's spiritual vein. This good news made everyone excited.

Shen Zhan stood up and followed Wu Jian and others to their destination. The location where the earth spirit vein was hidden was under the trunk of a giant tree lying horizontally. If you didn't look carefully, it would be difficult to find that there was a pitch-black cave hidden here.

Wu Jian stopped at the cave entrance and ordered in a serious tone, "Leave two people to guard the cave entrance, and the others will go in with me. The Earth Dragon Turtle inside is huge. Don't make a fuss when you see it, and don't make a loud noise, otherwise I will kill him first!"

Then the team lined up and entered the cave one by one.

Shen Jingjuan noticed that Shen Zhan was staring at the fallen giant tree at the entrance of the cave, as if the tree interested him more than the things inside the cave.

"What are you looking at?"

"This tree has grown so huge, I wonder how much of the essence of nature and earth it has absorbed from this place. It's a pity."

Shen Jingjuan said dismissively: "It still fell in the end, what's the big deal?"

Entering the cave, torches illuminated the interior environment. It was stuffy, damp, dark...all these factors made people feel uncomfortable, but for the sake of the Earth Spirit Fruit that was about to be obtained, they would not give up.

Later, everyone found that every time they walked forward a few hundred steps, two or three forks in the road would appear in front of them. After walking so many times, people would feel very confused and wondered whether they were going in the right direction.

Several people walking in front of Shen Zhan were talking to each other.

"Are we taking the right path? It feels like every fork in the road is the same. It's like we're just going in circles."

"Yes, I feel the same way. Don't be trapped here. I don't want to die in this damn place."

Shen Zhan smiled faintly and said, "We'll decide whether we can get out or not when the time comes. At least we're not going in the wrong direction right now, so you don't have to guess blindly."

One of them looked back at Shen Zhan and asked him, "How do you know you're not in the wrong place? This place looks exactly the same, doesn't it?"

Shen Zhan raised his hand and pointed, signaling the other party to look up.

Only then did they discover that just above their heads, there was a faint silver light flowing, looking like a river winding forward...

"Could this be the Earth Spiritual Vein?"

"So we'll get the Earth Spirit Fruit soon!"

They began to rejoice. For ordinary practitioners, it was often impossible to reach a very high level of cultivation through their own efforts and innate talents. Therefore, they could only achieve the goal of improving their cultivation by obtaining some rare treasures.

The Earth Spirit Fruit is a very precious spiritual fruit. After taking it, it can improve your cultivation and at least save two years of cultivation time. Who wouldn’t want it?

But the good times didn't last long. After the team passed through another long and narrow passage, the view ahead suddenly opened up. At the same time, they heard bursts of low and deep noises, which felt very oppressive.

"What made that noise?"

Shen Zhan answered Shen Jingjuan's question, "Of course, the only one with such powerful spiritual power here is the Earth Dragon Turtle. This also means that we have arrived at the destination."

Soon, Wu Jian, who was leading the way in front, drew out the sword in his hand. When facing the Earth Dragon Turtle, one must be extremely alert, as it is a huge spiritual beast, and it is in the latter's nest.

Shen Zhan quickly squeezed forward, and Shen Jingjuan hurriedly followed. Then they both saw the huge creature lying in the cave and falling asleep.

This earth vein dragon turtle, as tall as a small mountain, just happened to block the entrance to the corridor leading to the growing earth spirit fruit. It seemed that the only thing left to do next was to take action...