Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1652: Chapter 1014: Contest of Spells (Part 2)

But when he entered the void, what greeted him was a square seal about ten feet wide.

With a loud bang, the seal struck his Divine Wood Treasure Cauldron.

”Kun Yuan Wan Yue, myriad peaks lock spirit!”

The man softly recited one phrase, and the next moment Yang Zhenshan realized the surrounding Qi mechanism had changed.

The originally stagnant void space suddenly erupted with intense Qi fluctuations.

It was mentioned before, the denser the Qi mechanism, the slower one travels through the void.

This person actually used a method of altering the spiritual energy density in the real world to change the Qi mechanism in the void space.

Such a technique, Yang Zhenshan had seen for the first time.

”I told you, you can’t escape!” the man said once more.

Yang Zhenshan knew that today he had no choice but to fight desperately, under such circumstances, he couldn’t escape to Huaxian Sect.

Just then, the environment around the void changed again, the yellow-brown seal spun rapidly, emitting waves of Qi fluctuations, while the surrounding void seemed to be locked in place, giving Yang Zhenshan a feeling of being unable to move.

Yang Zhenshan’s mind fluttered, and a three-inch long jade green gourd appeared in his hand.

”Conceal light, hide edge!”

The small jade green gourd poured out light blue spiritual mist, wrapping Yang Zhenshan tightly, and instantly, Yang Zhenshan’s Qi mechanism vanished without a trace.

This jade green gourd was one of the spiritual artifacts Yang Zhenshan acquired in Sun Cave Heaven, a low-grade spiritual artifact.

Originally, Yang Zhenshan thought the gourd should be biased towards recovery-type spiritual treasures, similar to his Divine Wood Treasure Cauldron.

However, after refining it, Yang Zhenshan discovered this jade green gourd was indeed a concealment spiritual artifact.

Inside this gourd, there was only one Green Mist Hidden Dust, and no other effects.

The Green Mist Hidden Dust wrapped around him, completely suppressing the spiritual power fluctuations and Dao Rhyme on Yang Zhenshan, leaving no hint of Qi leakage.

The man repeatedly searched with spiritual sense, touching only empty air as if probing into nothingness, never finding a single trace.

”Young one, you still have such a spiritual artifact, hehe, but I said, you can’t escape!”

Although the man couldn’t find Yang Zhenshan’s whereabouts, he didn’t show the slightest anxiety or anger, instead having leisure to continue mocking.

Yang Zhenshan stood in place without moving, quietly observing the opponent’s reaction.

Green Mist Hidden Dust was one of the worldly wonders, akin to Exotic Fire and Strange Water, though it was a wood-earth dual attribute wonder.

Its greatest function was to suppress Qi mechanism.

This might sound like a trivial feature, but for a Golden Core Cultivator, it’s a rather good ability, being able to suppress Qi mechanism in the void is equivalent to having invisibility in the real world, making one invisible and untouchable.

However, Green Mist Hidden Dust also had a drawback; its transformation was slow, once forming a encasement layer, further changes would be even slower.

Which meant, once Green Mist Hidden Dust was released, Yang Zhenshan couldn’t act recklessly anymore, else he would easily reveal the Qi mechanism.

Yang Zhenshan remained motionless while the man repeatedly searched the surroundings with spiritual sense.

In the empty void, the Qi mechanism triggered by the spiritual energy density in the real world maintained a wave-like form, and the binding power of that mysterious seal made the entire void resemble a quagmire.

Yang Zhenshan’s spiritual sense quietly observed the man’s every move, his spiritual sense having the cover of Seven Treasures Soul Suppressing Tower, he was not afraid of exposure.

”Who exactly is this person?”

”His cultivation should be at Golden Core Middle Stage, or even Late-stage Golden Core, and he can control a third-order Demon King, definitely not an unknown figure!”

”His divine skills should be earth attribute skills, Kun Yuan Wan Yue? It should be merging the essence of Kun Yuan with the spiritual axis of myriad peaks, attracting the souls of distant peaks to gather, making earth and mountains extensions of oneself, able to crush with might of the peaks, or build an indestructible barrier with mountain souls.”

”Having such divine skills, it’s no wonder he’s not afraid of me escaping!”

Yang Zhenshan felt a bit troubled.

The opponent’s divine skills leaned towards control, very suitable for battle within the void, able to alter the Qi mechanism fluctuations in the void, giving him geographical advantage.

Fighting with such a person, he would end up constrained everywhere, unable to escape or fight back, caught between a rock and a hard place.

As for Withered and Flourishing Divine Power, it can only consume the opponent’s three hundred years of lifespan, even using it would serve no purpose, unless the opponent gets frightened away like Yellow Springs Old Ghost.

But would the opponent be scared away?

Yang Zhenshan had no confidence.

Actually, he had another way out, which was to return directly to Immortal Palace, risking the exposure of the Immortal Palace.

Golden Core Cultivators aren’t Foundation Establishment Cultivators, Life Realm Immortal Palace hides within the void, Foundation Establishment Cultivators can’t enter the void, naturally they can’t discover the existence of Life Realm Immortal Palace, but Golden Core Cultivators can move through the void, and they can also trace Qi mechanism to find Life Realm Immortal Palace.

Life Realm Immortal Palace also had a function of hiding Qi mechanism, but if Yang Zhenshan actively connects to Life Realm Immortal Palace, he would inevitably leave traces within the void, at that point the opponent very likely will trace his Qi mechanism to find the location of Life Realm Immortal Palace.

”Hehe, youngster, you do have some tricks, but relying on these little tricks to fool me, it’s simply wishful thinking.”

After searching for a while, the man started mocking again.

Then he unexpectedly took out a soil-colored flag.

”Another spiritual artifact!” Yang Zhenshan’s mind sank.

These veteran Golden Core Cultivators were indeed difficult, carrying an unknown number of spiritual artifacts, which is why he wasn’t willing to get entangled with him.

Across the flag face were patterns with brown scales, exuding dense Dao Rhyme, and as the flag waved, dull earth rumblings sounded in the void.

The next moment, Yang Zhenshan felt the surrounding void begin to shake, as if it was a sieve, causing the entire void to vibrate violently.

”Can’t drag this out any further!”

Yang Zhenshan thought to himself.

The concealment ability of Green Mist Hidden Dust wasn’t without weaknesses, its greatest flaw was its difficulty in morphing, while the whole void was vibrating, Green Mist Hidden Dust couldn’t adapt to the oscillation to cover up gaps.

In the short-term there was no issue, but should the vibration last too long, Green Mist Hidden Dust’s concealment would inevitably develop flaws.

After pondering these, Yang Zhenshan flipped his hand, taking out the Golden Crow Eight Trigrams Furnace.

He had four spiritual artifacts, Golden Crow Eight Trigrams Furnace being the earliest, with Divine Wood Treasure Cauldron and Green Wood Purple Lightning Sword as evolved lifebound magical treasures, the jade green gourd was obtained in Sun Cave Heaven.

Besides these four, he had acquired three other spiritual artifacts in Sun Cave Heaven.

A spirit sword, given to Yun Xiao.

An alchemy furnace, though mid-grade spiritual artifact with sealing capability, it was inferior to Golden Crow Eight Trigrams Furnace, so he gave it to Zhang Hexuan and Yang Zongyuan for alchemy.

The last was a treasure mirror, given to Hong Fuxiu and Kou Ta.

Golden Crow Eight Trigrams Furnace was a mid-grade spiritual artifact, sharing its grade with Green Wood Purple Lightning Sword, but its power far surpassed Green Wood Purple Lightning Sword.

The reason was simple, the artifact spirit Golden Crow was an ancient entity existing for thousands of years, despite its playful and mischievous demeanor like a child, it was actually a rather powerful existence among artifact spirits.

While Green Wood Purple Lightning Sword’s artifact spirit was as immature as a baby, incomparable to Golden Crow.

”Golden Crow, it’ll all depend on you later! Use as much fire as you can muster!”

Yang Zhenshan dropped hundreds of thousands of spirit stones into the chamber of the Eight Trigrams Furnace, among which were tens of thousands of mid-grade spirit stones.

Feeling the abundant energy, experiencing the rare void again, Golden Crow cawed gleefully: ”Master, rest assured, watch me burn him to ash!”

”Don’t act recklessly, we can’t defeat him, finding a chance to escape is the true path!” Yang Zhenshan immediately calmed the excited Golden Crow.

”Uh, alright then!” Golden Crow replied obediently.

Just then, the man suddenly paused, then said: ”Hehe, youngster, I’ve found you!”

The vibration of the void still affected Green Mist Hidden Dust, revealing a sliver of Yang Zhenshan’s Qi mechanism.

Just this sliver of Qi mechanism allowed the man to capture it.

”Eight Trigrams Heaven and Earth, True Sun Fire!”

Yang Zhenshan’s eyes flashed with determination, his mana surged like torrents of rivers, flooding into the Golden Crow Eight Trigrams Furnace.

Before, he dared not use mana to activate the Golden Crow Eight Trigrams Furnace, as the Eight Trigrams Furnace would drain him dry, but now he was a Golden Core Cultivator, able to use his own mana to power the Golden Crow Eight Trigrams Furnace.

Of course, he could also use spirit stones, and to ensure the Golden Crow Eight Trigrams Furnace unleashed sufficient power, he had just given Golden Crow hundreds of thousands of spirit stones.