The Master of Beasts

Chapter 488 - 104

Earth Spirit Immortal City

Earth Spirit Immortal City was one of the five main cities of the Five Elements Sect. It was ruled by Elder Yue Cunyi of the Earth Lineage, an elder with Golden Immortal Cultivation. Combined with the city’s Defense Magic Array, it was formidable enough to withstand an attack from over ten Golden Immortals.

Yue Cunyi greeted the suddenly visiting Wen Wan and Miao Pan with a beaming smile. "Third Holy Daughter, Fellow Daoist Wen, have you also come for the Jade Flood Dragon Secret Realm this time?"

Wen Wan replied with a polite smile, "There is a young one inside who has some connection to the Eight-direction Saint. As the Eight-direction Saint’s junior sister, Her Highness naturally needs to take a look."

The Eight-direction Saint? Yue Cunyi mused, then chuckled. "Then please stay at my residence. Once the Jade Flood Dragon Secret Realm opens, it won’t end for another hundred years."

"Very well," Wen Wan replied, not refusing the offer.

After entertaining them for a while, Yue Cunyi excused himself, citing urgent city affairs.

Having held it in for a long time, Miao Pan complained, "Aunt Wen, what are we doing here? It’s so boring!"

"Your Highness, the Eight-direction Saint is your senior brother; you should have come for that reason alone. Most importantly, the Elder who collected the Five Elements Spiritual Beasts for you previously is about to return. He is an Elder of the Earth Lineage and will come here first," Wen Wan explained helplessly.

"Fine, fine."

***

The Five-Colored Mountain, piercing into the clouds, stood on the ground as sharply as a sword.

Dragons, phoenixes, Qilin, and other wondrous Divine Beasts lived within the mountain range, and various Spirit Plants grew rampantly among them.

At the very summit of the mountain, a vast palace stood tall. This was the Main Hall of the Five Elements Sect, surrounded by various auxiliary halls serving specific functions. In one of these auxiliary halls, an old True Immortal, who had lived for an unknown number of eons, was, as usual, holding a handkerchief woven from Immortal Silkworm Silk and wiping the Disciples’ Life Plates.

The Life Plates, made of Immortal Jade, were naturally spotless, but this had become a habit for the old True Immortal.

Carefully picking up a Life Plate, gently wiping it, and then returning it to its place, the old True Immortal chuckled softly to himself while looking at the densely packed Life Plates. "What a prosperous sight. Our Five Elements Sect will undoubtedly become the strongest Sect!"

SNAP!

The faint sound made the old True Immortal stiffen. He turned mechanically. A Life Plate had cracked down the middle and fallen to the ground. This signified that a Disciple had perished.

CRACK! CRACKLE! POP!

Before the old True Immortal could react, the continuous sound of Life Plates shattering echoed. Over a hundred Life Plates had shattered all at once. A look of tremendous panic washed over the old True Immortal’s face.

Staggering to the corner of the auxiliary hall, he grabbed a mallet and struck it hard against a bronze gong. The piercing sound of the gong alerted the Sect’s Elders and even startled many of the reclusive old figures.

Dense streams of light continuously converged on the auxiliary hall. In an instant, the previously empty hall was packed to the brim, without a single space remaining.

Wearing a tall crown and clad in purple robes, Liu Taihong, the current Sect Master of the Five Elements Sect, asked in a deep voice, his eyes piercing, "What happened?"

The old True Immortal bowed tremblingly and gestured to the shattered Life Plates on the ground. "Sect Master, just a moment ago, over a hundred Life Plates shattered simultaneously."

Liu Taihong looked down. Seeing the broken Life Plates and the names on them, he suppressed his anger and asked, "What were these Disciples assigned to?"

Great Elder Jiang Hang said grimly, "The Jade Flood Dragon Secret Realm."

"Investigate!"

At Liu Taihong’s command, the vast Five Elements Sect sprang into action. A giant Flying Boat emerged from the Five-Colored Mountains.

「Jade Flood Dragon Secret Realm」

A delicate Jade Flood Dragon coiled around his fingertips. Chen Jiuge chuckled, "You must be the smallest Flood Dragon here, right?"

ROAR!

The little Jade Flood Dragon ’roared’ indignantly, but its body was so small that the sound was extremely faint.

Wufu carefully prodded the Jade Flood Dragon between its claws, curiously asking, "Master, is this really a Flood Dragon?"

Brushing away Wufu’s claw, Chen Jiuge took the small creature into the treehouse, saying, "And why wouldn’t it be?"

Just as he was about to guide the next Spiritual Beast’s mutation, a fireball plummeted into the courtyard.

BOOM!

The ground, reinforced with numerous Earth Element Techniques, was instantly blasted, leaving a crater nearly ten meters deep and stirring up clouds of dust.

With a light flick of his sleeve, a gust of wind swept away the dust. Chen Jiuge stood at the edge of the crater, looking down to see a disheveled young man struggling to his feet.

"Brother Jia?" Chen Jiuge exclaimed in surprise.

The young man looked up, a mix of excitement and sheepishness on his face. He cleared his throat twice before saying, "Ah, Brother Chen."

"This is Bibo Immortal Tea, a unique Immortal Tea from the Supreme Ocean Sect. Not only can it clear the mind and refresh the spirit, but its first consumption can also slightly increase one’s Cultivation. Brother Chen, would you like to try some?"

Jia Ke, now dressed in a fresh red robe, gracefully prepared the Bibo Immortal Tea.

Chen Jiuge sipped it, somewhat preoccupied. Instantly, the flow of his immortal power quickened by thirty percent, and his Sea of Consciousness became much clearer, as if a layer of dust had been wiped away from it.

"Excellent tea. But Brother Jia, what happened to you?" Chen Jiuge couldn’t suppress his curiosity.

From Chen Jiuge’s perspective, Jia Ke’s Cultivation was very high, at least True Immortal 15th Layer Heaven or above. Such strength, while not the absolute peak in the Jade Flood Dragon Secret Realm, was still quite formidable.

COUGH. COUGH.

Jia Ke coughed lightly, his eyes darting around before he sighed. "It’s rather embarrassing, but I encountered the Jade Flood Dragon."

"The Old Jade Flood Dragon of the Jade Flood Dragon Secret Realm, not one of the newly spawned ones."

Chen Jiuge knew about this. The information transmitted via the Token had mentioned the Jade Flood Dragon Secret Realm. The Old Jade Flood Dragon was indeed a significant entity within the Secret Realm, and there were many descriptions of it.