Chapter 531 - 483: Golden Core!

Chapter 531: Chapter 483: Golden Core!

Chu Mu looked at Wangcai, a hint of confusion in his eyes.

"WHIMPER..."

Wangcai let out another low growl, as if to prove his point. He suddenly shot out of the Flying Boat, hovering in the air. Tipping his head back, he roared twice toward the sky to the front and left of the craft.

At that moment, Chu Mu seemed to realize something and his pupils constricted. He took a single step, instantly appearing at Wangcai’s side, and placed his right hand on Wangcai’s head.

In an instant, his immense Divine Sense surged into Wangcai’s body.

A dense Qi Blood surged through the Demon Body. Its bones were like steel, its blood thick as paste, and its organs all shimmered with a jade-like luster. The full, immense power of Wangcai’s Demon Body was laid bare to Chu Mu’s senses.

Chu Mu ignored all of this. The Divine Sense he poured into Wangcai’s body was like a vast net, enveloping and perceiving everything from the inside out.

Deep within Wangcai’s bloodline, the Bloodline Divine Technique that had been gestating was now gone without a trace.

In its place, a simple, ancient Inscription floated and surged, seeming to contain the ultimate principles of the world. When his Divine Sense tried to focus on it, he couldn’t make out its true form. It was as if countless transformations were intertwined, a thousand evolutions occurring in a single instant!

’A Bloodline Divine Technique!’

Chu Mu’s heart trembled. ’This is the first time I’ve ever observed the root of a Bloodline Divine Technique so closely!’

In the past, Wangcai’s Bloodline Divine Techniques hadn’t yet manifested, and Chu Mu’s own Cultivation had been too low to probe it. He could only vaguely perceive some traces, which had led to his theories about them.

After reaching the Golden Core realm, he had gained the ability to perceive Bloodline Divine Techniques, but obviously, no other Demon Beast would willingly open up its body without reservation for him to study so wantonly.

And Cultivators with Bloodline Divine Techniques were even less likely to allow him to probe them.

As for Wangcai, its Bloodline Divine Technique had been gestating ever since its evolution to Tier Three. It had been shrouded in a mass of Chaos, making it impossible to see anything at all.

But now...

...a fully manifested Bloodline Divine Technique, and one he could study at will...

Chu Mu’s heart burned with excitement. He observed for a moment longer, but then remembered Wangcai’s strange behavior. He forcibly suppressed his eagerness and withdrew his immense Divine Sense. His voice, still tinged with excitement, rang out.

"Where is it? Lead the way!"

"ROAR!"

Wangcai roared, bent its forelegs, and shot forward. Its afterimage flickered across the sky, and in a mere instant, it was nearly out of Chu Mu’s sight.

With a sweep of his sleeve, Chu Mu sent the hovering Flying Boat into his Storage Space. He took a single step, his body flashing across the sky as if using Shrinking Inches, and followed closely behind Wangcai.

After a short while, the speeding Wangcai finally came to a stop. It growled twice at Chu Mu, then lifted its head and roared several times at the space ahead.

Chu Mu’s figure appeared in a flash. Hovering in the sky, he glanced back, his mind working.

’About... a hundred miles...’

A rough estimate surfaced in his mind. Chu Mu then looked ahead. Faintly, he could feel the lingering, turbulent fluctuations of Spiritual Qi. The traces of residual Magical Power were distinct, proof that Cultivators had been engaged in a deadly Battle here not long ago.

’Six Foundation Establishment Cultivators were fighting here...’

He swept the area with his Divine Sense. After a moment of perception, the conclusion was crystal clear.

Whether for a Cultivator or a Demon Beast, any combat technique, even a purely physical attack, inevitably uses Divine Sense to mobilize power. Thus, the scene of a Battle will always leave behind incredibly clear traces.

Many Tracking Techniques in the Cultivation Immortal Realm are based on this very principle.

For this very reason, Chu Mu had developed the habit of clearing away his tracks ever since he first stepped into the Cultivation Immortal Realm.

These Battle traces clearly showed one party hunting another. Neither the pursued nor the pursuers would have had the leisure to clean up the signs of their fight.

At this moment, Wangcai let out a few more low growls, as if trying to say something.

Chu Mu raised an eyebrow. His Divine Sense flowed out once more, carefully tracing the Battle signs left in the sky.

After just a dozen breaths, he detected a faintly familiar Divine Soul Aura, and his expression turned suspicious.

He knew quite a few Foundation Establishment Cultivators, but there weren’t many whose Divine Soul Aura he would recognize.

Especially here in Bazhou, in these Foreign Lands, the number was even smaller.

And it was someone familiar enough that even Wangcai could recognize their Divine Soul Aura...

Chu Mu’s expression remained skeptical. He tried to carefully sense the remnant Divine Soul Aura, but in the end, he had to give up on trying to identify it.

He hadn’t cultivated any identification Secret Skills. Based solely on the residual traces from the Battle and a vague sense of familiarity, it was simply too difficult to be sure.

And right now, there didn’t seem to be any need to force it.

It seemed like a good time to test Wangcai’s unknown Bloodline Divine Technique again.

Chu Mu looked at Wangcai and gave a command. Wangcai barked twice and shot off again without a hint of hesitation.

’It must be some kind of tracking Divine Technique, one that can even ignore the interference of Array Prohibitions to identify a target...’

’This dog’s nose is really something else!’

Seeing Wangcai dart away, Chu Mu couldn’t help but chuckle, but his expression quickly grew serious again.

A tracking Divine Technique that could ignore the interference of Array Prohibitions was incredibly useful.

’Treasure hunting, tracking enemies...’

In an instant, countless possibilities for this Divine Technique flashed through his mind.

But this was no time for contemplation. He took a step, leaped into the air, and flew after Wangcai.

As he flew after Wangcai, the signs of Battle along the path grew increasingly clear. He could even see the lingering remnants of spattered Blood Qi, a clear sign that a Cultivator had been severely injured.

And as the Battle traces grew more distinct, that faint sense of familiarity also became stronger.

’It’s her?’

Finally, Chu Mu gazed at the chase unfolding not far away, his eyebrows raised in clear surprise.

In the sky not far ahead, several streaks of Tunneling Light shot past.

The two leading streaks of Tunneling Light belonged to figures in a sorry state, trailing wisps of blood as they made their Flying Escape. Several more streaks of Tunneling Light pursued them closely, from which Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivators periodically unleashed Magic Techniques and attacks from various Spiritual Artifacts.

Under such a relentless assault, the two people in the lead were clearly on the verge of collapse, looking as if they could fall to an attack at any moment.

The Tunneling Light streaked by, their figures within difficult to see with the naked eye. To his eyes, however, the mere concealment of the Tunneling Light was meaningless.

His gaze swept over them, seeing everything clearly.

The Cultivators within the two pursued streaks of Tunneling Light came into full view.

’Zhao... Zhao Shuang...’

Chu Mu searched his memory for a moment before the somewhat hazy name finally matched the face within the faltering Tunneling Light nearby.

His gaze then shifted to the several Foundation Establishment Cultivators in pursuit. They were all dressed in black robes with a Crescent Blade insignia on their chests, clearly identifying them as Cultivators from the same power.

’The Overlord Saber Alliance.’

Chu Mu’s expression grew a little grim.

’Why are the Zhao Shuang sisters, whom I met in Great Chu all those years ago, here in Bazhou? And why are they being hunted by the Overlord Saber Alliance?’

Chu Mu pondered for a moment, weighing whether he should intervene.

A few mere Foundation Establishment Cultivators were nothing; he could eliminate them with a wave of his hand.

However, his very purpose in coming to Bazhou was to attend the Overlord Saber Alliance’s millennial celebration.

He needed something from the Overlord Saber Alliance!

’Even though she’s an old acquaintance, I have to consider if it’s worth it.’

While Chu Mu was deliberating, Wangcai suddenly stirred beside him. It roared several times toward the Southwest sky, then looked up at Chu Mu with clear urgency.

Chu Mu looked to the Southwest. About a dozen breaths later, a turbulent wave of Spiritual Qi fluctuation came whistling toward them. It drew closer and closer, its aura growing more and more distinct.

With his Divine Sense, which far surpassed that of someone in the Early Stage of Golden Core, he could perceive it with perfect clarity.

’A Golden Core!’

Chu Mu’s pupils constricted. When he looked again at the hunted Zhao Shuang sisters, a strange light glinted in his eyes.

’To have provoked the Bazhou Alliance, to be hunted down with such a show of force, and to even cause a Golden Core expert from the Bazhou Alliance to shamelessly make a move on juniors...’

Chu Mu’s eyes narrowed. After a moment of thought, a faint spatial ripple flickered and the Flying Boat materialized. With a wave of his hand, he scooped up Wangcai and stepped aboard. Accompanied by another faint spatial ripple, the Flying Boat vanished into the void, disappearing without a trace...

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