Immortal Reincarnation Tribulation

Chapter 182 Level 4 Magical Beast

Outside Dongshi Mountain.

"Fellow Daoist Qianxun, among these young fellows undergoing trials at Dongshi Mountain, are two of them not rogue cultivators?" The stunningly beautiful woman smiled gently, her lips slightly parted, and spoke softly to Elder Qianxun.

"As expected of Fairy Qingxuan, you have keen insight. That's right, those two people are indeed disciples of our sect, and one of them is even a direct descendant of Qian."

"But fellow cultivators, rest assured, these two are only going in to handle a personal matter and it won't affect this trial."

Chihiro naturally wouldn't try to cover up such a small matter, so after a moment's thought, she directly admitted it.

"Fellow Daoist Qianxun, please don't misunderstand. How could I have such thoughts? I was just asking out of curiosity."

Qingxuan's beautiful eyes flashed slightly, and she smiled as she spoke.

"Fellow Daoists, what are your thoughts on this group of rogue cultivators participating in the trial?" Qianxun smiled slightly, his gaze sweeping over the other Golden Core elders as he spoke calmly, his words carrying a hint of probing.

"They're just a bunch of rogue cultivators, what kind of outstanding talents could they possibly have?"

This major battle with the other side is almost inevitable. Once this battle begins, the number of disciples and members of our sect who will be drawn into it will be no small number. Our use of the trial as an excuse to gather these rogue cultivators is nothing more than a last resort.

Their role is, at most, to act as cannon fodder in place of our sect's disciples, thereby reducing the losses of our respective sects and preventing our sects from suffering too much damage to their foundations.

We are all well aware of this matter, so why does Fellow Daoist Qianxun bring it up in the open?

Of course, if one or two exceptionally talented individuals unexpectedly emerge among these independent cultivators, it's not impossible that we would bring them back to our sect for further training.

The old man, dressed in white robes and exuding an air of otherworldly wisdom, stroked his beard and shook his head as he spoke.

"Hehe, I understand what Fellow Daoist Gu is saying. You don't think much of these rogue cultivators. Even if you eventually select some disciples from them, they will only be used as cannon fodder in the future war."

Chihiro felt a sense of relief, but her expression remained unchanged. She chuckled and said this.

"Could it be that Fellow Daoist Qianxun has taken a liking to a certain rogue cultivator?" The old man surnamed Gu asked with a glint in his eyes, somewhat puzzled.

"Fellow Daoist Gu, you're overthinking it. If there really were a junior that I had my eye on, why would I let them participate in this trial? The survival rate in Dongshi Mountain is not high." Qianxun shook his head and said calmly.

The old man surnamed Gu was slightly taken aback, then the doubt on his face disappeared, and he said nothing more.

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"Your cultivation level..."

When Du Fan arrived in front of the man and woman, even the usually composed young man was taken aback, staring blankly at Du Fan, momentarily stunned.

The aloof woman widened her beautiful eyes and looked at Du Fan with disbelief, as if she were looking at a monster.

If the other party is a cultivator at the seventh level of Qi Refining, whose spiritual power surpasses that of the two of them, it is still incredible, but it is also something that can be accepted.

After all, there are still many mental techniques in the cultivation world, so there have been quite a few cultivators throughout history who have surpassed others by one or two minor realms in terms of spiritual sense.

But the other party's cultivation level was clearly only at the fifth level of the Qi Refining stage...

The most critical thing is that this person is now standing right next to them. They can clearly sense that his spiritual sense is not just slightly stronger than theirs, it is not at all at the level of two hundred feet.

"Ahem... I am Du Fan. May I ask what brings you two fellow Daoists here?" The astonished expression on the other person's face naturally caught Du Fan's eye. He coughed lightly, cupped his hands in greeting to the two of them, and spoke quite politely.

"Oh, it's Fellow Daoist Du. It's a pleasure to meet you." Upon hearing Du Fan's words, Qian Yu was the first to recover. He returned Du Fan's greeting with a gentle and polite manner.

Qian Yu paused, his eyes flashing, then smiled slightly and spoke again:

"With the cultivation of the fifth level of Qi Refining, Fellow Daoist Du possesses a powerful divine sense comparable to that of the Foundation Establishment Realm. To be able to do this, while not unprecedented, is certainly close."

"At least in the thousands of years of history of our Netherworld Sect, such a thing has never happened before. I admire you!"

"Fellow Daoist Qian, you flatter me. My cultivation is low, and even if my divine sense is strong, it would be useless," Du Fan said calmly, his expression unchanged.

"Haha... Fellow Daoist Du, why be so modest? Oh, I forgot to introduce you. This is my junior sister, Liu Xianglian, and we are both core disciples of the Netherworld Sect."

If I'm not mistaken, Fellow Daoist Du has gained quite a bit from this trip. In that case, you and I are practically fellow disciples, so Fellow Daoist Du doesn't need to be overly cautious around me."

Qian Yu first chuckled, then his expression turned serious as he stared at Du Fan and said something meaningful.

"Fellow Daoist Qian is too kind. How could I possibly think that way? If you two harbored any ill will towards me, I would probably have perished by now," Du Fan said with a slight smile.

"Fellow Daoist Du is quite a humorous person. Since we are all friends, I will speak frankly about something."

To be honest, Fellow Daoist Du, my junior sister and I came here with absolutely no interest in the Nether Stones or the rewards. We came solely for a magical beast in this mountain, but this beast is quite troublesome, and we may have to ask for your help.

"By the way, there are over two hundred Nether Stones in the cave where this demonic beast dwells. After we work together to deal with this beast, all those Nether Stones will belong to Fellow Daoist Du. What do you think about this?"

Upon hearing about the more than two hundred Nether Stones, Du Fan's heart skipped a beat. However, after a moment's thought, he realized there was something wrong with the matter. Even with level three magical beasts, he had used his divine sense to explore their caves, and the largest number of Nether Stones he had ever encountered was only fifty or sixty...

"May I ask, Fellow Daoist Qian, if it is a level three magical beast, with your abilities, it shouldn't be difficult to deal with, right? Why do you need to ask me for help?" Du Fan's face showed a look of confusion, but in reality, he was testing him.

"Fellow Daoist Du, since you've already guessed it, why bother... Never mind, I'll just say it directly. It's a level four magical beast. Our purpose isn't to kill it, but rather for Junior Sister Liu to take it as a magical pet."

Therefore, all we need to do is weaken the beast's various abilities, exhaust it, and finally use the demon-subduing formation to subdue it, and we will have accomplished our mission.

Although a level four magical beast is comparable in power to a human cultivator in the early stages of Foundation Establishment, we two have made thorough preparations before coming here. With Fellow Daoist Du's assistance, the success rate will reach over 80%.

Qian Yu's expression became more serious as he slowly spoke.

"It's not that I'm shirking my responsibility, but my cultivation is too low. If something unexpected happens while I'm subduing this beast, wouldn't that implicate you two?" Du Fan frowned and hesitated before speaking.

"Fellow Daoist Du, you misunderstand. I absolutely did not mean for you to directly confront this beast. Rather, I have a mental artifact here that has the wondrous effect of suppressing the opponent's consciousness."

When it comes time to fight, the frontal attacks of this monster will naturally be taken by me and Junior Sister Liu, while Fellow Daoist Du only needs to activate that magic tool from the rear to assist us.

Of course, this spiritual artifact also has limitations. It requires a high level of spiritual power from the user. In fact, both Junior Sister Liu and I can barely activate it, so for Fellow Daoist Du, it's naturally a piece of cake.

Upon seeing this, Qian Yu immediately laughed and slowly began to explain to Du Fan with great patience.

Du Fan sighed inwardly. The other party had already gone this far, and their attitude had been polite from beginning to end. This was clearly a case of trying to win him over with courtesy first, and he was afraid that he had no choice in the matter.

"If that's the case, it would be rather unreasonable of me not to agree. Alright, I agree to this matter and will do my best to control that mental artifact."

However, this beast is, after all, a level four magical beast. If anything unexpected happens, I will flee immediately. I hope Fellow Daoist Qian will not blame me then.

After a moment's thought, Du Fan let out a soft breath and spoke cautiously.

"That's natural. If we were clearly outmatched when dealing with this beast, let alone Fellow Daoist Du, the two of us would have turned and run away as well."

So you don't need to worry about that. Just focus all your energy on controlling that magical artifact, and that will be a huge help to both of us.

The beautiful woman, who had remained silent until now, finally recovered from the shock of the other party's powerful spiritual sense after such a long time. She parted her red lips and spoke, her tone and attitude noticeably softened.

"In that case, I have no further questions," Du Fan nodded to the two of them and said.

When Qian Yu saw that Du Fan had agreed, he immediately showed a very satisfied smile.

"Fellow Daoist Du is indeed a straightforward person. This is the spiritual artifact that I mentioned earlier. The method to activate it has already been imprinted within it. Fellow Daoist Du will know everything after a brief exploration with your divine sense. Take a look at it first."

As soon as Qian Yu finished speaking, his wrist suddenly twitched, and a yellow light flashed in an instant, which he then grabbed in his hand.

The yellow light faded, revealing in his hand a yellowish-brown ring about ten inches in diameter, its color dull, resembling an unremarkable bronze bracelet.

With another flick of his wrist, Qian Yu tossed the earthen-yellow ring to Du Fan.

Du Fan's expression shifted, and with a slight exertion of his object manipulation technique, he caught the ring steadily in his hand. However, he did not immediately use his divine sense to examine it, but instead looked it up and down with flashing eyes.

"Fellow Daoist Du, this demonic beast has a rather special physique. Its combat strength is greatly related to the corresponding time of day. My junior sister Liu and I have already studied this before. Midnight is when this beast is at its weakest, so we will choose that time to make our move."

Qian Yu smiled slightly and spoke.