Chapter 2110: Escape from the Tiger's Mouth, Unexpected Joy

An endless, vast sea of flowers stretched to the horizon. In its center stood a golden flower over ten zhang tall, its stem covered in sharp golden thorns. Its bud was tightly closed, swaying gently in the wind.

A middle-aged man, dressed in the robes of the Myriad Spirit Sect, sat astride a massive black eagle. His expression was panicked, and he kept glancing behind him, seemingly trying to evade someone.

Ahead, a fierce gust of wind suddenly erupted. A monstrous golden bird, with a wingspan of over a hundred zhang, abruptly appeared, blocking his path.

The golden monstrous bird had a long, slender neck, and its sharp red talons were covered in red bristles. Its tail feathers were extraordinarily long. This was a sixth-tier demonic bird.

The middle-aged man's face paled. With a flick of his right hand, a talisman shimmering with an unstable blue light flew out. Judging by the terrifying spiritual energy fluctuations it emitted, it was clearly a sixth-tier talisman.

With a muffled *thud*, the blue talisman abruptly burst, transforming into a blue fire cloud over ten thousand zhang in size, radiating terrifying high temperatures.

The blue fire cloud surged directly towards the golden monstrous bird. Before it even got close, an overwhelming heatwave washed over them.

The golden monstrous bird gently flapped its wings, sending gales swirling. Hundreds of golden winds swept forth, striking the blue fire cloud. At the same time, it let out a sharp, piercing shriek and suddenly vanished from its spot.

The middle-aged man seemed to realize something. He quickly formed a hand seal, and a dazzling spiritual light flared around his body. He then completely merged into the black giant eagle, disappearing from view.

The black giant eagle's aura greatly surged, approaching the Void Refinement stage.

A gust of wind swept past, and the golden monstrous bird abruptly reappeared directly above the black giant eagle. Its sharp talons lunged towards the black giant eagle. Though the black giant eagle reacted with extreme speed, its left wing was still struck by the golden monstrous bird's talons. A large number of black feathers fell, and blood flowed incessantly.

The black giant eagle opened its mouth and spat out a beam of dark light towards the golden monstrous bird. At the same time, it flapped its wings and flew into the distance.

As the black giant eagle appeared above the sea of flowers, the bud of the giant golden flower abruptly bloomed open. Countless golden threads shot out, entangling the black giant eagle's body.

The black giant eagle struggled fiercely, but it could not break free from the golden threads.

The giant golden flower emitted a pungent, foul-smelling gas. The black giant eagle inhaled some of it, and its resistance gradually weakened until it was pulled into the flower bud by the dense golden threads.

With its prey stolen from its grasp, the golden monstrous bird naturally wouldn't stand for it. It changed its target and attacked the giant golden flower instead.

It flapped its wings fiercely, and hundreds of golden winds whistled past, heading towards the sea of flowers.

In an instant, air currents churned, and countless spiritual flowers were swept up by the fierce winds.

A streak of blue light rapidly flew from the distance, moving with extreme speed.

Wang Changsheng stood on the Azure Phoenix Boat, his expression anxious. The sixth-tier demonic worm was relentlessly pursuing him, acting as if it wouldn't give up until it devoured him.

Wang Changsheng's divine sense detected a sixth-tier demonic bird fighting with a demonic flower.

His gaze shifted, and an idea came to him.

He took out a talisman shimmering with an unstable blue light. Its runes flickered as he slapped it onto his body. With a flash of blue light, an identical Wang Changsheng abruptly appeared in the void, complete with an identical aura.

It was a fifth-tier elemental spirit talisman, capable of conjuring a doppelganger with an aura identical to the original. It had no great magical powers; its main purpose was to deceive enemies.

"Go," he commanded.

Wang Changsheng flicked his sleeve, and a shimmering yellow metal sphere flew out. He struck it with a hand seal, and with a mechanical whir, it transformed into a yellow centipede over a hundred zhang long, its entire body covered in profound spiritual patterns.

He formed a hand seal, and the Azure Phoenix Boat's escape light surged, flying towards the high sky at more than double its previous speed.

Not long after, Wang Changsheng vanished into the horizon. The black fleshy worm also caught up, and as soon as it did, the yellow centipede began to attack it.

Meanwhile, the "Wang Changsheng" doppelganger flew towards the golden monstrous bird. The black fleshy worm naturally wouldn't let it go, and its thick tail slapped towards the yellow centipede.

With a muffled *clang*, the yellow centipede was sent flying backward. The black fleshy worm pursued the "Wang Changsheng" doppelganger, while the yellow centipede continued to attack the black fleshy worm.

After Wang Changsheng had escaped over two hundred thousand li, the wisp of his spirit attached to the yellow centipede was destroyed. However, it was of no great consequence.

His ability to escape this time was largely due to the elemental spirit talisman and the fifth-tier puppet beast.

A day later, Wang Changsheng appeared above a continuous mountain range.

Wang Changsheng's divine sense was fully extended, not daring to be careless in the slightest. Fortunately, he didn't detect any sixth-tier demonic beasts.

Ahead was a steep giant peak. At its base was a cave several zhang wide. Wang Changsheng's divine sense had already swept through it, detecting no demonic beasts, so he presumed it was an unowned cave and flew inside.

Before long, he reached the end, and a stone cavern several hundred zhang in size appeared before him.

Some incomplete white beast bones were scattered on the ground. There were no spiritual medicines or spirit fruit trees.

He flicked his sleeve, and hundreds of yellow command flags flew out. He formed a hand seal, and the flags lined up. After their surfaces lit up with dazzling yellow light, they transformed into hundreds of yellow streaks of light, disappearing into the stone wall.

A yellow light illuminated the cave entrance, and a yellow stone wall materialized out of thin air, blocking the entrance.

He released his Qilin Turtle and a fifth-tier puppet beast, instructing them to guard the cave entrance.

Wang Changsheng took out a blue porcelain bottle and poured out a pale golden pill. It emitted a unique, fragrant aroma.

It was the Golden Qilin Sun Pill, a fifth-tier healing elixir.

Wang Changsheng put the Golden Qilin Sun Pill into his mouth and circulated his energy to heal his injuries.

Seven days passed quickly. Wang Changsheng sat cross-legged on the ground, enveloped in a layer of blue spiritual light, his complexion ruddy.

After a while, Wang Changsheng opened his eyes, and the blue spiritual light around his body dissipated.

He exhaled a long breath. That had been a truly close call; if he hadn't encountered the sixth-tier demonic bird in combat, escaping would have been very difficult.

He only had one sixth-tier escape talisman and was reluctant to use it unless absolutely necessary. The Mysterious Spirit Cave had too many unknown dangers; using the sixth-tier escape talisman right away would leave him with no way to escape if he encountered a powerful enemy later.

He deactivated the formation and flew out.

His gaze carefully surveyed the mountain range, a thoughtful expression on his face.

After a while, an excited expression appeared on Wang Changsheng's face.

"That's right, this is it," Wang Changsheng said excitedly. "This is the place Senior Uncle Liu mentioned." Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan were ascended cultivators, and Liu Che had mentioned several locations to them; this was one of them.

The Qilin Turtle let out an excited roar, and golden and blue electric arcs surged around its body.

"Let's go find the treasure," he said. "I hope it's still there."

Wang Changsheng put away the fifth-tier puppet beast and flew into the distance. The Qilin Turtle transformed into a streak of blue light and followed him.

A quarter of an hour later, Wang Changsheng appeared in a narrow, long valley overgrown with weeds.

At the end of the valley was a cave over a hundred zhang wide, its edges covered in moss.

According to Liu Che, there was a Blood Bodhi Fruit tree inside the cave. The Blood Bodhi Fruit bloomed once every thousand years, bore fruit after another thousand years, and matured after yet another thousand years. It had the effect of enhancing qi and blood; body cultivators who consumed it could strengthen their physical power. It was also the primary ingredient for refining the fifth-tier healing elixir, the Blood Bodhi Pill.