Chapter 424: Returning Clam Swallows the Earth
Chapter 422 – Returning Clam Swallowing the Earth
In the dark void, several Rift Whales were chasing and playing with each other.
If one were to look closely, one could notice that on one of them stood a black-feathered red-tailed bird.
The bird was somewhat happily strolling across the wide body of the fish.
And the Rift Whale was not the least bit aware of this.
This black-feathered red-tailed bird was naturally Li Fan.
He breezed through the Immortal Overwhelming Formation, and after seeing the Rift Realm Whale group, he was struck by a sudden thought.
He wanted to try out how effective the actual deception of the Melting Furnace Ten Thousand Phase Technique actually was.
That was what led to this.
“The Rift Whale is extremely sensitive to the outside world’s scent, and can track even mortals for ten thousand miles.”
“I’m so close, yet they don’t have any stressful reactions, I’m afraid that in their eyes, I’m no different from a real bird.”
Li Fan was satisfied with the results of the test.
Lifting his wings and flying rapidly, he left the Split Realm Whale group and rushed towards the entrance of the Xuan Huang Realm at the bottom of the Market Abyss.
“If Da Xuan really broke away from the Xuan Huang Realm due to the efforts of the Rift Realm Whales. Then will it be directly captured by the [Immortal Ruins]? Just like that Pill King’s True Cauldron?”
“Whose handiwork was this group of boundary rifting whales back then?”
“But it shouldn’t be the work of the Ten Immortal Dao Sects. They knew of the existence of the [Immortal Ruins], so if they let the rift whales scoop up the small world, wouldn’t they be digging their own graves?”
The light of the Immortal Cultivation World was not far ahead, and looking back at the Rift Whale that seemed to never tire, a thought suddenly surfaced in Li Fan’s mind.
It was only a flash of light, without the slightest pause in his figure.
The next moment, Li Fan reappeared above the ocean.
The sea and sky were one color, and the salty wind brushed lightly.
Li Fan inhaled deeply and sighed.
“It’s still a nice blue sky.”
After spending hundreds of years in the depressing world shrouded by the Xuan Net, it was only now that Li Fan, who had returned to the very beginning, realized how valuable this kind of unrestrictedness was.
Without going to join the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance first, Li Fan discerned the direction and instead flew towards the junction of the Cong Yun Sea and Shi Lin Prefecture.
His destination was none other than the ruins of the Tian Ji Sect in the White Stone Cave Heaven.
It was also the place where Kou Hong and Dao Xuanzi had found the Thousand Chance Jade Huan Gold Chapter.
In his previous life, Xiao Heng, with the help of Linghu Chang, had unearthed several other techniques from the relics in addition to the Golden Chapter.
Including the secret technique [Only Hands Cover the Sky].
Naturally, Li Fan could not miss it.
Although his appearance was only a mortal bird, Li Fan’s flying speed was not slow at all.
After more than twenty days, Li Fan arrived outside the Hundred Stone Cave Sky.
The so-called Hundred Stone Cave Heaven was a huge underground cave at the border of Shiling Prefecture.
Countless roads branched out and intertwined within the cave.
At regular intervals, there would be openings that formed a wide underground hall.
The hall was jagged with strange rocks that grew savagely from the top downwards and the walls facing outwards.
They were of various shapes, resembling human beings and beasts, causing palpitations.
Many cultivators have lost their way in it and never returned.
And this hundred stone cave sky, exactly how big, is no one knows.
As a stone Linzhou a number of ferocious land, even if you know here may hide what secrets, but is willing to come to explore the cultivators are few and far between.
Li Fan kept going deeper and deeper towards the interior of the cave and froze without encountering a single person.
The deeper it went, the more complicated the path became.
Often, there were as many as seven or eight forks in the road at a single intersection.
And, it wasn’t just divine sense that would be affected to a certain extent.
This cave itself, would also occasionally change.
After coming in fine and wanting to go back, one would find that the original path had inexplicably disappeared.
The geology in this cave was so hard that it was impossible to open up a road.
This was also the reason why the Hundred Stone Cave Sky was so dangerous. “According to that Linghu Chang, this Hundred Stone Cave Sky is likely to be the result of the death of a foreign beast from the ancient times, the [Returning Clam].”
“The Returning Clam lives deep underground, feeding on the mountains and veins of the earth, and is a notorious terrain destroyer, even capable of hollowing out the entire underground of a state.”
Li Fan recalled the insights that Han Wuyou had heard.
“However, one thing leads to another.”
“Inside its body, a [Stone Spirit Bug] often accompanies the existence of a [Stone Spirit Bug].”
“The Returning Clam is greedy by nature, devouring the earth veins without the slightest restraint, and may even prop itself up to death.”
“And in the vast majority of cases, they are too late to digest and absorb the power of the earth veins in their bodies.”
“So much so that they condense patches and patches of Earth Vein Stones within their bodies.”
“This Stone Spirit Bug likes to feed on Earth Vein Stones. While helping the Returning Clam alleviate the pressure of digestion, it itself is completely free from worrying about food.”
“A perfect companion relationship.”
“I’m afraid that the intricate tunnels within this Hundred Stone Cave Sky are probably dug out by the Stone Spirit Insects.”
Li Fan flew while carefully searching for the Stone Spirit Insects in the dark.
After a small half day.
“That’s you!”
Li Fan appeared in his prototype and the Five Elements Silent Sword was quietly sheathed.
A deep hole appeared right on the stone wall of the tunnel.
The greenish-gray figure flashed through, about to flee deeper into the wall.
“Binding Worm!”
Li Fan suddenly unleashed his divine ability and captured it.
A chubby, greenish-gray, baby-sized giant insect suddenly appeared in front of Li Fan.
It couldn’t move at the moment and couldn’t help but let out a chirping, urgent chirping sound.
Li Fan gently knocked on it, making a dull sound.
The flesh of the Stone Spirit Bug’s entire body shook continuously, and under Li Fan’s warning, it instantly became honest.
Instilling his aura into its body, Li Fan closed his eyes and sensed the body structure of the Stone Spirit Insect.
Although it was able to swallow the stones of the earth’s veins, the complexity of its physiological structure was not even as good as the mortal bird that Li Fan had previously transformed into.
Not long after, Li Fan let go of his restraints.
In the next moment, a golden light enveloped his body as he transformed into a Stone Spirit Bug appearance.
The original fat bug dropped to the ground with a plop, not caring about Li Fan, his newly appeared companion, and fled in a panic by digging into the ground.
The hole dug out by it did not appear for long, as far as Li Fan’s gaze was concerned, it did not take long, but it slowly healed.
“This place, it’s really weird. Although the Returning Clam is dead as if it is alive, if there is no special method to explore it, it is really a bit troublesome.”
“But now well ……”
Li Fan shook his insect body and dove headfirst into the stone wall.
He only felt that these hard and incomparable stones were transformed into crunchy delicacies.
Li Fan carved out a path with unparalleled ease.
The rough direction of the Tianji Sect’s ruins emerged in his mind, and Li Fan strode straight ahead in that direction.
Seven days later.
An underground hollow that was closed on all sides.
From the stone walls suddenly came a faint rumbling sound.
Not long after, the stone spirit worm that Li Fan had transformed into roughly drilled out from it.
It fell to the ground with a thud.
Turning over its belly, it did not move.
It wasn’t until the Earth Pulse Stone in his body was completely digested into energy that Li Fan reshaped back into his human form.
“It actually ate and held on.”
Li Fan shook his head, secretly speechless.
(End of chapter)