Chapter 507: Chapter 505 Fortune (Seeking Monthly Pass)_1
Deep within the Secret Realm,
atop a mountain peak that resembled a colossal cauldron, pitched-black as ink.
A cluster of golden light transformed into clouds that were incessantly devouring a flock of peculiar double-headed birds.
"Hmph!"
With a cold snort, Fan Yin’s second Nascent Soul teleported in an instant, penetrating deep into the flock of double-headed birds to appear before the largest one.
The little figure formed by the Gold Silkworm Worm clenched its tiny fist and threw a punch!
Amidst flashes of golden light, this punch directly shattered the double-headed bird leader’s Body Shielding Light Cover, creating a bloody hole in the body of the third-grade premium bird.
"Screech!!"
With a pitiful scream, a radiance appeared on the double-headed bird leader, enveloping it as it vanished without a trace in the blink of an eye.
Its escape was so rapid that even the second Nascent Soul, transformed from the Gold Silkworm Worm, didn’t react in time.
"I didn’t expect, this bizarre bird leader actually harbored a Heaven-grade worm?"
With a flash of golden light, Fan Yin retracted her second Nascent Soul, feeling somewhat regretful, "In normal circumstances, I would definitely pursue and seize that worm, but at this moment..."
She shook her head, watching the double-headed birds scatter in disarray after seeing their leader flee. She did not give chase but instead landed on Sky Disk Mountain.
The pitch-black mountain peak revealed nothing out of the ordinary at a glance.
Yet Fan Yin’s face was full of excitement as, guided by the second Nascent Soul on her shoulder, she approached a piece of pitch-black rock.
This rock was bare and indistinguishable from the surrounding landscape.
Even after consecutively scanning with her Divine Consciousness, Fan Yin could not detect the slightest anomaly.
"Clearly, there’s an Array hiding something here, but not a trace can be found..."
"The Divine Skills of ancient cultivators are truly beyond imagination."
Fan Yin muttered to herself as the second Nascent Soul approached the black stone.
A strange scene unfolded!
The moment the second Nascent Soul touched the black stone, it merged into it as though entering water.
Fan Yin closed her eyes, clearly concentrating on sensing her second Nascent Soul.
After a short while, a smile appeared on her face, indicating she had confirmed there was no danger inside. She then took a step forward.
In an instant, her figure too merged into the black rock and disappeared.
Fan Yin carefully observed the space behind the pitch-black rock.
What stretched before her eyes was a long corridor. Embedded in the walls of the corridor, at regular intervals, were fist-sized night pearls emitting a gentle radiance.
Feeling the joy of her second Nascent Soul ahead, she quickened her pace, suddenly entering a cavern within the mountain.
This cavernous space was vast, as if the whole interior of Sky Disk Mountain had been hollowed out.
And on the four walls, there were countless indentations pointing inward, densely packed like a Buddhist grotto.
In each of these niches, astonishingly, there was a worm enshrined.
With only a glance, Fan Yin’s gaze could no longer be diverted, "Green Scorpion Gu, Heavenly Snake Worm... These are worms second only to the Gold Silkworm Worm."
And as her Divine Consciousness swept over, she noticed that in the higher ’niches,’ even more advanced worms were enshrined.
Among them, even though some were broken, the remnant aura still made Fan Yin deeply apprehensive, "Heaven-grade worms..."
In one of the niches, she even saw a Gold Silkworm Worm!
"No, not enshrined!"
Seeing the Gold Silkworm Worm wrapped in a layer of stone skin, resembling a pupating silkworm, Fan Yin had a chilling realization.
As a Grandmaster of worm cultivation, she finally understood, "This is an Array... a Worm Array! This array is continuously extracting power from countless high-grade worms, sacrificing something... Could this be the origin of the fifth-grade worms?"
If the Gold Silkworm Worm is considered the king amongst worms, then without any doubt, the fifth-grade worm is the supreme of the worm kind!
How terrifying must it be, the supreme worm formed from the essence of countless Earth-grade and Heaven-grade worms?
Fan Yin was extremely excited, her Divine Consciousness swiftly scanning each inch of the ground.
Then, her expression shifted as she moved to a corner of the grotto.
There lay a set of bones sitting cross-legged, seemingly Having Sat and Transformed many years ago, with even its Spiritual Robe largely decayed.
The bones were still lustrous like jade, exuding an indescribable aura, revealing that the cultivator in life must have been of a high realm, even having practiced some kind of bone-refining secret skill.
In the hands of the skeleton was a bronze cauldron.
On the surface of the bronze cauldron were inscribed countless dense and intricate cauldron patterns, these characters resembling myriad insects, looking extremely fierce and profound.
"This is Worm Script... a writing system created by worm cultivators."
As a Supreme Elder of the Immortal Bewitching Sect, Fan Yin naturally recognized this ancient script and could read it effortlessly.
She paid her respects to the dried bones and then unleashed a Magic Spell, causing the bronze cauldron to float in midair as she began to quickly decipher it.
"This..."
After reading just a few sentences, Fan Yin was greatly shaken, "This seems to be an ancient worm refining magic spell..."
On the bronze cauldron was the self-narrative of the worm cultivator who Sat and Transformed, with an accompanying worm refining technique.
This technique required the arrangement of a Worm Array, the collection of the essence of myriad worms, and then seizing the creation of heaven and earth, relying on the passage of years, taking a long time, and a coincidental opportunity, in order to succeed!
"According to the above, the establishment of the Valley God Secret Realm was to seal an terrifying entity that was attracted to the Mortal Realm during a Higher Realm descent..."
"This ancient cultivator was one of the participants, taking the initiative to guard the Secret Realm. Due to the peculiar environment, he had the thought of refining worms..."
"Once this worm is refined, it will undoubtedly reach the fifth rank!"
"Has everything been completed up to now, with only the final step remaining before its emergence?"
Fan Yin’s eyes shone brightly, "Isn’t this a heaven-sent opportunity? Who else if not I should be the master of this worm?"
She approached the center of the Worm Array, infusing a torrent of Nascent Soul-grade Magic Power into one of the array patterns.
Hum hum!
On the ground, array patterns one after another lit up, spreading across the entire grotto like some kind of network.
The Gold Silkworm Worm, originally enveloped in stone skin and barely alive, was now completely reduced to a pile of stone dust under the extraction of the Worm Array...
Immediately, golden streams of light were drawn by the worm array, traveling along incomprehensible and complex patterns to a certain spot.
In the void, a translucent cauldron faintly appeared.
Within the cauldron, a ball of five-colored mist was continuously transforming, quite peculiar in nature.
Fan Yin’s second Nascent Soul saw the ball of mist and transmitted feelings of shock and fear, as if facing a natural predator.
"This fifth-rank worm is a creation of this predecessor, named—’Fortune Worm.’ It is exceedingly mystical and will automatically seek out those with great destinies to acknowledge as its master..."
Fan Yin proudly smiled, "Indeed, this worm is Heaven’s gift to me..."
In terms of destiny, she had cultivated to the Nascent Soul realm and naturally had her share of extraordinary encounters, deeming herself endowed with immense fortune.
Moreover, by a stroke of luck, she came to Sky Disk Mountain and discovered this worm-refining grand array and the ’Fortune Worm,’ which was just one step away from completion—how could it be anything but huge fortune smiling upon her?
’Fifth-rank worms...’
A savage grin surfaced on Fan Yin’s face as her magic power surged out wildly.
In the translucent cauldron, the ball of five-colored mist churned even more violently...
As time trickled away, the various rare worms bound atop the surrounding Buddha niches met their deaths one after another, their worm essence pouring into the cauldron.
Fan Yin could clearly sense that the ’Fortune Worm’ was almost complete, just lacking that final bit to be fully refined.
Crack!
It was at that moment, the worm array let out a pathetic whimper, as the surrounding worms were depleted.
Fan Yin had no choice but to take out her carefully refined worms one by one, throwing them into the Buddha niches to maintain the final moments of refinement.
"No... just a hair’s breadth, the very last hair’s breadth!"
Seeing the ’Fortune Worm’ just a line away from being refined, her eyes filled with veins of blood, she fiercely pinched out a magic spell.
A beam of golden light surfaced—the second Nascent Soul transformed from the Gold Silkworm Worm!
The second Nascent Soul’s expression was filled with madness, and suddenly it opened its mouth, spewing out a stream of golden essence energy.
The stream of essence energy fell into the five-colored mist, where the worm within seemed to take form amidst the turbulent clouds.
This second Nascent Soul, serving as Fan Yin’s primary refined worm, had been fed innumerable precious materials, abundant in essence, far superior to that shattered Golden Silkworm Worm.
Seeing this, Fan Yin pinched out magic spells again, and the second Nascent Soul continued spewing essence energy until it became feeble.
At last...
The five-colored mist was completely absorbed by the worm, and the Fortune Worm was wholly formed!
"It’s finished!"
A hint of joy surfaced on Fan Yin’s face as she quickly formed hand seals with both hands.
In the void, bluish chains appeared—previously set up prohibitions by her—and began to close in from all sides, ready to fully refine the Fortune Worm.
But in the next moment!
A burst of five-colored radiance erupted from the Fortune Worm, tearing apart the net of bluish chains!
Swoosh!
The Fortune Worm vibrated and instantly turned into a stream of five-colored light, vanishing into the void at an inconceivable speed.
"No, my fifth-rank worm! Urgh!"
Upon seeing this scene, Fan Yin could no longer hold on and, her vision darkening, she spurted out a mouthful of essence blood.
...
"Damn it... The Sacred Fire Sect’s people are always so domineering and aggressive."
Qi Baiyu harnessed an Escape Light and thought fiercely, "If I obtain fortune and condense my Nascent Soul, I’ll make you pay ten-fold, a hundred-fold!"
He was a late-stage Core Formation cultivator, from a minor sect nearby.
The changes in the Valley God Secret Realm were quickly discovered by a disciple of his sect, who reported it to the Core Formation elder.
He then personally rushed over to inspect and confirmed it as a chance encounter within a secret realm, plunging into a chaotic battle with other cultivators who arrived.
Shortly thereafter, a Spirit Boat from the Sacred Fire Sect arrived.
This man made a decisive decision, entering the secret realm to escape calamity.
As Qi Baiyu flew through the realm, he too encountered some opportunities, collecting a few spiritual objects and worms, but these were evidently insufficient for his Nascent Soul condensation needs.
Anxious in his heart, he unwittingly arrived at a dark and murky swamp.
"This place... seems a bit off."
Qi Baiyu’s expression grew grave as he checked the Body Shielding Light Cover around him, grasping a fourth-rank defensive Spirit Talisman in his hand.
This was a life-saving item he got from an auction, spending nearly half of his net worth.
No creature stirred in the deathly black swamp, concealing untold dangers within.
Yet Qi Baiyu, believing fortune favoured the bold, pressed on deeper.
Eventually...
He reached a relatively firm patch of pitch-black soil amidst the swamp and saw there, in the midst of this open ground, a block of black stele.
The stele seemed to have broken, with only half remaining, featuring a few ancient characters on it.
"Valley God... immortal... mysterious mother..."
Qi Baiyu read aloud unwittingly, and in the next moment, his Spirit Sense went into overdrive with warning signals, causing him to unhesitatingly tear the fourth-rank defensive Spirit Talisman in his hand—the Blazing Sun Fire Talisman!
A dazzling Great Sun appeared, enveloping him within.
Under such Blazing Sun True Fire, all evil spirits should keep their distance!
Qi Baiyu exhaled in relief and thought about how he was almost entranced moments earlier, causing him to be alert as he summoned his life-bound magical artifact—the Clear Heart Bell.
This magical artifact had the ’Nine Clears Mysterious Sound,’ which could stabilize a cultivator’s mind and was highly effective against Heart Demons.
Clutching the ’Clear Heart Bell,’ Qi Baiyu couldn’t help but exhale in relief.
But just then, a sharp pain struck his chest!
Qi Baiyu looked down in disbelief, only to see a bloodied green hand stretching out from his own chest...