Chapter 2480: Shadow Sky Beast

A dense red bamboo forest stretched out, its ground uneven and pitted, with many red bamboo stalks lying scattered.

Two Yaksha tribesmen lay on the ground, each with a large, bloody hole in their chest, emitting a burnt smell.

A young woman in a green ruqun stood nearby. She had delicate features, including cherry lips, a finely shaped nose, star-like eyes, and white teeth. This was Ximen Yue.

Beside Ximen Yue stood a burly old man in a red robe. His tiger-like eyes commanded respect without anger, and he held a miniature Nascent Soul in his hand.

He took out a shimmering golden talisman, affixed it to the miniature Nascent Soul, and placed it inside a jade box.

"Seventh Uncle, did you find any useful information?" Ximen Yue asked curiously.

"They are searching for two Void Refinement cultivators: a female cultivator at the early Void Refinement stage and a male cultivator at the middle Void Refinement stage," the red-robed old man said, a strange expression on his face. "These two escaped from a Yaksha named Bayin, who is at the Grand Perfection of Void Refinement. Bayin holds these two human Void Refinement cultivators in high regard. For a Grand Perfection Void Refinement cultivator to attach such importance to them, these two must be extraordinary."

"They escaped from a Yaksha at the Grand Perfection of Void Refinement? Are there no more specific details about them?" Ximen Yue asked, puzzled.

"The woman is a sound cultivator, and the man is a body cultivator. Oh, and the storage ring contains a shadow bamboo that recorded their images," the red-robed old man said. He took a shimmering green bamboo piece from a golden storage ring, infused it with spiritual power, and a green light flew out. It clearly showed two men and one woman engaged in fierce combat, though the image quickly became blurred, evidently disrupted by the fluctuations of the battle.

"Oh, True Monarch Taihao! Fairy Tianqin!" Ximen Yue exclaimed softly, a surprised expression on her face.

"What? You know them?" the red-robed old man asked, puzzled.

"Hundreds of years ago, I went to Zhulong Mountain to search for the Ten-Thousand-Year Sky Thunder Grass and was injured by a sixth-tier demonic beast. Fortunately, three Void Refinement cultivators saved me. Two of them were from the Wang Family of Green Lotus Island. Later, I sent people to investigate Green Lotus Island, and discovered that these two are the patriarchs of the Green Lotus Wang Family, also known as the Green Lotus Immortal Couple," Ximen Yue explained.

"The Green Lotus Immortal Couple! To be able to escape from a Grand Perfection Void Refinement cultivator, they certainly possess some skill," the red-robed old man praised. He then took out a shimmering green spell disk, which emitted astonishing spiritual energy, clearly an amazing spirit treasure.

"The Yaksha tribe is hunting the Green Lotus Immortal Couple. True Monarch Taihao is a body cultivator, and Fairy Tianqin is a sound cultivator. If you encounter them, you must save them; their clansmen once saved Yue'er," the red-robed old man instructed.

After speaking, he put away the spell disk, incinerated the two corpses, and departed with Ximen Yue.

Across a boundless grassland, a streak of green light and a streak of golden light swiftly flew from the distant horizon. Before long, the two streaks of light halted. They were Jin Zhuan and Qing Liao. Jin Zhuan's face was pale, and blood flowed continuously from Qing Liao's left shoulder.

"Damn it, there was no chaotic energy at all; it was an illusion created by a seventh-tier Silver-Eyed Spirit Fox," Jin Zhuan cursed. "It inherited the bloodline of the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox and is proficient in illusions." They had led a large group of experts to the supposed location of the chaotic energy, only to discover it was an illusion created by a seventh-tier Silver-Eyed Spirit Fox, resulting in a significant loss. An ordinary Silver-Eyed Spirit Fox would be no match for them, but this one inherited the bloodline of the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox, which is one of the true spirits and highly skilled in illusions, making it impossible for them to contend with.

Escaping was not difficult with their divine abilities, but they were ambushed by a Body Integration cultivator from the Lizard Tribe, causing them to be severely wounded. They only managed to escape by using the Spiritfire Tribe's unique escape art, the Nine Blazes Spirit Dispersion Grand Art.

"Fortunately, this demon was only a low-grade seventh-tier beast. If its rank had been higher, we might not have escaped," Qing Liao said weakly, a hint of fear in his eyes.

"The Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox is one of the true spirits on par with the True Dragon and Celestial Phoenix. That Silver-Eyed Spirit Fox inherited its bloodline. If we could subdue it, it would definitely be a great asset," Jin Zhuan said, his eyes gleaming with fervor. A seventh-tier spirit beast proficient in illusions could provide significant assistance during combat.

"Let's leave this place for now! We'll remember this debt and settle it with the Lizard Tribe another day," Qing Liao said, his face filled with murderous intent. Besides the two of them, all their other clansmen had perished, either killed by the Silver-Eyed Spirit Fox or by the Lizard Tribe.

The two transformed into streaks of light and departed.

In a dense green bamboo forest, a corpulent old man in a green robe stood beneath a green bamboo stalk. The old man had a round face and small eyes, with colorful spirit patterns on his skin. His face was pale, and his left arm was missing.

A mound of earth swelled up, and a tall, slender young man in a golden shirt and a graceful young woman in a green skirt emerged from the ground. Both had colorful spirit patterns on their cheeks and arms.

"Where have you two been? Didn't I tell you to rejoin me immediately?" the green-robed old man asked, his face full of anger.

"Fifth Uncle, please calm your anger. We discovered a sixth-tier Fissure Beast, which possessed spatial divine abilities. We painstakingly slew it and obtained several spirit beast eggs. However, we encountered experts from the Yaksha tribe, so we had to disperse to break through," the golden-shirted young man explained carefully, taking out a completely black spirit beast egg. The green-skirted young woman also produced a black spirit beast egg, her expression respectful.

"A Fissure Beast? Only two?" the green-robed old man frowned.

"We obtained a total of four spirit beast eggs, one for each of us. The remaining two are with Buxin and the others; we don't know if they managed to escape safely. By the way, Fifth Uncle, how did you end up like this? What about the other clansmen?" the golden-shirted young man asked curiously.

"Hmph, I thought we had found the whereabouts of chaotic energy, but it turned out to be an illusion created by a Silver-Eyed Spirit Fox. Everyone else perished. Anyway, let's not dwell on this; let's leave this place first!" The green-robed old man put away the two spirit beast eggs and, with his two clansmen, submerged underground.

In a hidden underground cave, yellow light flickered on the stone walls, revealing two simple stone chambers.

The Bi-pupil Rat lay in a corner, gazing towards one of the stone chambers.

A moment later, Wang Changsheng emerged from the stone chamber, his face looking slightly haggard.

The Bi-pupil Rat scurried over and quickly climbed onto Wang Changsheng's left hand. It let out a series of piteous cries, seemingly trying to express something.

"I'm fine, don't worry," Wang Changsheng said with a smile, affectionately stroking the Bi-pupil Rat's head.

They had passed their period of weakness and were now out of danger.

It was thanks to the Bi-pupil Rat leading them in an underground escape that they finally shook off the Yaksha tribe.

Wang Changsheng felt somewhat fortunate; it was a good thing he had exchanged two sets of sixth-tier array talismans with Monk Yuanxiao, otherwise, it would have been difficult to escape this time.

Wang Changsheng recalled something and took out three storage rings of different colors. These three rings were obtained from the corpses of the purple-shirted man and the Xuanqing Sect disciples.

With a gentle shake, three streaks of colorful light swept past, leaving a pile of items on the ground, including a large demonic beast carcass and a huge black spirit beast egg.

"A Fissure Beast!" Wang Changsheng carefully examined the demonic beast's corpse and identified its origin.