Chapter 248: Chapter 148: First Steps into the Marsh

With the breakup of the quasi-Fourth Tier array, the entire Qingyin Valley was in shock!

It was too sudden.

Inside Qingyin Valley were all craftsmen providing military support for the Righteous Army.

Mainly pill masters and talisman masters who face the highest consumption on the battlefield.

Continuously supplying the frontline with military readiness.

However, among the craftsmen providing support here, aside from Li Jizhou, a high-tier talisman master who could draw Tier Three or even quasi-Fourth Tier talismans, the rest weren’t of high rank.

Mostly Tier Two, at most early to middle-tier pill masters, talisman masters, targeting Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators who were the most numerous and easily injured on the battlefield.

Such craftsmen are generally not specific targets for the enemy.

And high-tier craftsmen usually have not low cultivation realms, can attack or retreat to alchemy and talisman making, so they mostly join combat at the frontline.

Li Jizhou is an exception, and previously Alliance Leader Yu even asked his opinion, whether he would like to go to the frontline, where there’s a lot of high-tier cultivators for protection, possibly safer.

But was refused by Li Jizhou.

However, Alliance Leader Yu promised absolute confidentiality, not to reveal that the Celestial Thunder Talismans were drawn by him.

Thought this place wouldn’t be a target.

But now, it’s clear that the opponent sent Nascent Soul True Monarchs here with a clear purpose.

Coupled with the Demon Sect’s attention to corpse nourishment at the Southern Domain Spirit Veins.

No doubt, talisman masters who could supply a large number of Celestial Thunder Talismans to the Righteous Army naturally became the Demon Sect’s serious trouble.

Must kill!

Li Jizhou felt a deep sense of crisis, Nascent Soul True Monarchs have too many methods, and are incredibly mystical.

Moreover, the opponent is a demon cultivator, possibly possessing special abilities not recorded in conventional ancient texts.

No time now to think who leaked this matter.

The talismans he drew, were personally transported by Capitan Zhou, the most trusted by Alliance Leader Yu, kept confidential from others.

“Boom~” at the moment sensing the Nascent Soul demon cultivator, Li Jizhou instantly activated the teleportation talisman in hand.

The next moment, Li Jizhou was already near three thousand miles west of Qingyin Valley.

But as soon as he appeared, an obscure divine sense fell upon him.

Li Jizhou’s heart sank further, recalling the scene from years ago when crazily pursued by a Great Success Golden Corpse.

“Boom~” without any hesitation, several teleportation talismans were activated in succession.

At this moment, he most wanted to go once to the Fire Domain, as back then when pursued by the Great Success Golden Corpse, to burn away the mark left on him with true flames.

But the Fire Domain was at the junction of the Alliance and Demon Sect controlled area, heading there would be walking into a trap.

Helplessly, he could only keep heading west, hoping to shake off the Nascent Soul demon cultivator’s pursuit.

He barely faced them, unlike back then with the Great Success Golden Corpse, perhaps only his aura was sensed this time.

If he could quickly create distance, might escape.

With this thought, Li Jizhou continuously activated ten Tier Three teleportation talismans.

In an instant, the consumption of three thousand Middle Grade Spirit Stones directly increased the distance by thirty thousand miles.

Fortunately, with the precedent of being pursued by the Golden Corpse last time, he was consciously stockpiling teleportation talismans, still had over a hundred in the storage bag now.

Each teleportation talisman could flee three thousand miles, a hundred meant thirty thousand miles.

For thirty thousand miles, even the Nascent Soul True Monarch’s Nascent Soul swift travel would take months.

“Hum~” yet just as Li Jizhou fled thirty thousand miles, preparing to catch his breath, a sudden spatial fluctuation came from behind.

“Spatial transmission treasure?” Li Jizhou’s complexion changed instantly.

According to ancient texts, early-stage Nascent Souls definitely couldn’t cross the void, with life span just over a thousand years, crossing the void now, could only be from spatial transmission-type treasures.

Demon Sect spared no effort to kill the talisman master who draws Celestial Thunder Talismans.

“Boom~” before the opponent surfaced, Li Jizhou activated another teleportation talisman.

This time, already with trepidation, Li Jizhou dared not be stingy, activated over thirty consecutively,

at once arriving a hundred thousand miles west of Qingyin Valley.

Even penetrating ten thousand miles into the Ten Thousand Poison Swamp.

“Humph!” Meanwhile, a mass of black mist flew out from the Space Domain Gate confusedly.

Snorting coldly.

He swept a thousand miles with his primordial spirit, yet with no sensation at all.

“Who exactly is so deliberately targeting the master’s plan?” the black mist gradually dispersed, revealing an extremely delicate face.

Gazing the Ten Thousand Poison Swamp ahead, his long, phoenix-shaped eyes slightly squinted.

“No matter who you are, you must die!”

Done talking, spat out a Four-winged Golden Cicada.

“Xiaojin, don’t worry, the consumption of the Gu Source this time won’t be wasteful, I’ll certainly compensate you with that person’s organs!”

The Four-winged Golden Cicada Gu understood his words, slightly flapped its wings, then flew into his dantian and vanished.

Following this, a Seven-Colored Butterfly flew out from his brows.

As the Seven-Colored Butterfly left his brows, a flowing light flashed around him,

then as if radiant transformation, his entire being abruptly changed.

The suffocating yin sha qi vanished, even his entire aura transformed.

A delicate, gentle woman appeared in place.

“Haven’t returned for years, this lady is longing for home, so let’s take a walk home then!”

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“Ten Thousand Poison Swamp… indeed as recorded, no Spirit Vein, yet abundant Spiritual Qi!”

“These poison mists are rather strange, fearing late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators without corresponding detoxification items, might find survival difficult in this place!”

Blending with the dead trees around, waiting for long without sensing pursuers from back, Li Jizhou felt slightly relieved, started probing famous Ten Thousand Poison Swamp.

The poison mist dense, grayish with a hint of red, almost corroding all life forces underneath.

Looking about, all was deadwood and withered grass.

Even in the vast swamps, was too dry grass over black water.

However, this poison mist posed no threat to the mana shield of Li Jizhou’s early-stage Golden Core, or his identity as a Tier Three poison master.

Of course, that only concerns survival, but wanting to cultivate stably here would be rather laborious, as poison mist and Spiritual Qi entwined, during cultivation the dantian naturally absorbs Spiritual Qi with poison mist included, needing special expulsion, too draining energetically.

Moreover, poison mist penetrating into the dantian excessively, its quantitative change might inevitably spark qualitative transformation.

Luckily, Li Jizhou had already investigated Ten Thousand Poison Swamp thoroughly, knew quite a bit about internal situations.

Within this domain, some sub-areas were untouched by poison mist from the onset of counterfeit Ancestral Source explosion,

Some say due to remains and blood essence of a gifted Earth Spirit Master, poison retreat.

Something says due to Spiritual Qi density so ample, blocks poison mist.

A part of reasons notwithstanding, poison mist-free patches this domain holds were seized long ago by major forces.

Among them sits the absolute hegemon of Ten Thousand Poison Swamp, Ten Thousand Poison Sect!

Rumored its sect leader attained Divinity Transformation Dao Respected a thousand years ago, even rumored Refining Void Divine Monarch achieved.

Nevertheless, within this domain because of the poison mist peculiarity, and because major forces here practice unconventional ways, so without much conflict among themselves.

No desires of emperor-like control of domain events occur.

But this doesn’t imply domain safety.

Neither orthodox nor heterodox, whimsical wills.

A while ago possibly a charity implausibly rescued a beggar, next time maybe slaughtered a city merely for an unwanted glance.

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