Chapter 709 - 299: Immortal King’s Tomb

Chapter 709: Chapter 299: Immortal King’s Tomb

Li Qiushui’s power was growing at a visible rate.

She led Chu Lingguang through the Ancient Perilous Land, searching for Guo Wei. They followed the scent of the Heaven-Swallowing Python’s blood, but the Ancient Perilous Land was vast. Moreover, the smell of blood easily attracted other Demon Beasts. The trail was intermittent, and Guo Wei’s team had quickly concealed it.

Chu Lingguang followed Li Qiushui closely. Their relationship had warmed considerably since the battle outside the canyon.

「Three days later.」

The pair entered a new forest.

"Why do my master and his team keep getting farther away? Are they heading to a specific place?"

Having failed to find Guo Wei for three consecutive days, and with the blood trail left by the Heaven-Swallowing Python having vanished completely, Chu Lingguang couldn’t help but grow anxious.

"Sect training excursions typically last one to three months. You don’t need to be so anxious. Your master and his team were capable of hunting a Heaven-Swallowing Python, so ordinary Demon Beasts can’t harm them."

Li Qiushui said reassuringly.

"Can you contact any of the other disciples?"

Chu Lingguang asked.

"I’ll see what I can do."

There was something Li Qiushui left unsaid. She had realized that following the blood trail from the beginning had been a mistake. The trail didn’t seem to have been left behind by Guo Wei’s team through carelessness. But by the time she realized something was wrong, it was too late. She and Chu Lingguang had already entered a new forest.

Within the area covered by her Jade Scroll’s fluctuations, she could no longer find any other disciples from their sect.

The Ancient Perilous Land was incredibly vast, and every forest concealed powerful Demon Beasts.

"Senior Sister, what’s that up ahead?"

Just then, Chu Lingguang spotted something snow-white in the forest below them.

He sent out a fluctuation of his Spiritual Sense.

Li Qiushui dove down, taking him with her.

When the snow-white thing appeared before their eyes, they both froze.

"Snake bones!"

"Senior Sister, these can’t be the bones of the Heaven-Swallowing Python, can they?"

Chu Lingguang exclaimed.

"They are."

Li Qiushui nodded.

"Then my master... No, that’s not right. We’ve been going the wrong way from the start, haven’t we? There’s no way my master and his team could have been dragging such a huge skeleton around."

"It wasn’t my master who left the trail of blood. It was someone else!"

Chu Lingguang’s eyes gradually sharpened as he realized the problem.

"I didn’t mean to deceive you. I only recently realized we were heading in the wrong direction. It seems now that the ones who hunted the Heaven-Swallowing Python weren’t your master’s team. Perhaps your master..."

Li Qiushui didn’t dare to finish the sentence.

"What happened to him?"

Chu Lingguang pressed.

"While hunting the Heaven-Swallowing Python, your master must have run into an even more powerful Demon Beast. That beast brought the python’s head here. We didn’t see your master at the scene, so I’m guessing the beast that dragged the skeleton here stole it just as the Heaven-Swallowing Python was about to be defeated."

Li Qiushui said, her tone as gentle as possible.

Chu Lingguang’s expression froze.

He murmured, "The Demon Beast that took the snake head away... it must have just wanted to eat the snake meat. It definitely wouldn’t have hurt my master. A beast that can carry such a huge head this far away wouldn’t bother with my master... right?"

"That’s right. We haven’t seen any other people on our journey here. Your master probably left with the others. Maybe they’ve already returned to the sect."

Li Qiushui said comfortingly.

"That has to be it. Senior Sister, let’s go back. Take me to the rendezvous point. My master must be there."

Chu Lingguang said, nodding.

"Alright."

Li Qiushui summoned her Flying Sword again.

SCREECH!

But just then, a piercing cry came from deep within the forest, followed by a furious gust of wind that surged toward them.

"A Nine-headed Bird."

Li Qiushui’s expression changed drastically.

She knew that any Demon Beast capable of dragging the Heaven-Swallowing Python’s house-sized head here was no ordinary creature, but she never expected it to be a Nine-headed Bird.

Without a moment’s hesitation, she gripped Chu Lingguang’s shoulder and flew with him at a low altitude through the forest.

"What kind of Demon Beast is that?"

Chu Lingguang sent out a wave of his Spiritual Sense.

He discovered a black cloud bearing down on them from behind. With his level of cultivation, neither his Spiritual Sense nor his Telekinesis could clearly make out the creature’s form.

This was a testament to how powerful the Nine-headed Bird’s aura was.

’If this was the creature that snatched the Heaven-Swallowing Python’s head, then Guo Wei...’ He feared the worst. Chu Lingguang didn’t dare to let his imagination run wild.

"A Primordial Great Demon."

Li Qiushui said, her expression grave.

CRASH!

It sounded as if the forest behind them was being flattened by a giant silhouette.

WHOOSH!

At the same time, jets of flame and frost shot toward them from a distance.

That power erupted from two of the Nine-headed Bird’s heads. Chu Lingguang had never seen a Demon Beast capable of spewing forth two powers of different attributes.

But what struck him as odd was that the Nine-headed Bird didn’t actually have nine heads.

It only had three.

One of the heads was still very small, its eyes heavy with sleep as if it couldn’t fully open them.

"The Nine-headed Bird is a Primordial Great Demon. It doesn’t need to cultivate much, as its physical body and bloodline automatically awaken over the river of time. The more heads it grows, the stronger it becomes."

"Once it grows all nine heads, even a Nascent Soul Strong Person might not be its match."

As if sensing Chu Lingguang’s confusion, Li Qiushui explained voluntarily.

"It only has three heads right now, so what’s its power level?"

Chu Lingguang pressed.

"Immortal Dao Foundation Establishment."

Li Qiushui replied without hesitation.

"What? But one of its heads hasn’t even fully grown out yet."

Chu Lingguang pointed out.

"That still counts as Immortal Dao Foundation Establishment."

Li Qiushui said speechlessly.

"Senior Sister, you’d better pick up the pace!"

Chu Lingguang couldn’t resist patting Li Qiushui on the shoulder.

He knew that Foundation Establishment was divided into five major realms: Human Dao Foundation Establishment, Immortal Dao Foundation Establishment, Divine Dao Foundation Establishment, Earth Dao Foundation Establishment, and Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment.