Chapter 2172 Arrival, Thunder Element Array

Chen Xuan looked very happy.

He never expected that this retreat would yield such great results.

This allowed Chen Li to successfully advance to the mid-stage of the Celestial Immortal realm.

This means that he now has two powerful demonic beasts at the mid-stage of the Celestial Immortal realm by his side.

They can be of great help to him in future battles.

After dealing with Chen Li's matter, Chen Xuan left directly.

When they reappeared, they were already beside the cold pool.

At this moment, Chen Chong was still in seclusion in the cold pool, healing his injuries.

However, Chen Xuan could tell that Chen Chong's injuries were significantly less severe than before.

According to Chen Xuan's estimate, Chen Chong's injuries will definitely heal in a few hundred years.

"Chen Chong's injuries are quite severe this time. In that case, let him continue his cultivation in the icy pool!"

Chen Xuan muttered softly.

Realizing he couldn't afford to waste any more time, he vanished from the cave in a blur.

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More than ten days later, above Blood Cloud Valley.

A young figure appeared, extremely cautious.

He looked around for a while, and after confirming that there were no problems, he carefully descended into the depths of Blood Cloud Valley.

At that moment, a surprised voice suddenly came from Blood Cloud Valley.

"Eh? Fellow Daoist Xuan Chen? I didn't expect you to return safely. This old man is truly surprised!"

Yu Hui's surprised voice rang out from Blood Cloud Valley.

Soon, Xin Long, Liu Haizhou, Qian Yukun, Zhao Ziqian, Zhou Rumo, Ma Xianglong, and Liu Erniang also emerged from seclusion.

Upon seeing Chen Xuan return safely, everyone's faces showed an indescribable surprise.

Seeing this, Chen Xuan frowned slightly.

"What do you mean by this, fellow Daoists? Do you not wish to return safely?"

Seeing Chen Xuan's unfriendly tone, Yu Hui immediately looked extremely embarrassed.

"Fellow Daoist Xuan Chen, you may not know this, but we were quite surprised to see you return safely. After all, your cultivation level isn't the highest among us. Moreover, many of us witnessed you being chased by four giant bone corpse demons, a truly perilous situation!"

Hearing this, Chen Xuan's expression softened somewhat.

"Hehe, fellow Daoists are absolutely right. If I hadn't been chased by those giant bone corpse demons, I wouldn't have arrived so late!"

"However, I see two fellow cultivators who haven't shown themselves yet. Could it be that they are still in seclusion cultivating?"

Chen Xuan looked curious.

Upon hearing this, Xin Long's expression immediately darkened: "Fellow Daoist Xuan Chen, you are unaware of the situation. Those two fellow Daoists who have not yet returned are probably in grave danger. Even if we manage to return safely, we will all be injured."

"I see. I thought I was the only one being chased by those giant bone demons!"

Chen Xuan looked astonished.

He never expected that the giant bone demon's pursuit would pose such a huge threat to everyone.

It even caused the direct demise of two powerful cultivators at the Celestial Immortal level.

"Fellow Daoist Xuan Chen, now that you have returned safely, why don't you take this opportunity to meditate and recuperate here for a while? Once you have recovered sufficiently, we will set off immediately for Ancestor Xuanming's cave!"

"To be honest, we're not far from the cave dwelling of Ancestor Xuanming."

Yu Hui's gaze swept over Chen Xuan, and he immediately gave him a reminder.

"Thank you very much, Fellow Daoist Yu Hui!"

After thanking him, Chen Xuan found a place to sit cross-legged and quickly activated the Free and Unfettered Sword Technique to meditate and cultivate, restoring the immortal power within his body.

As for the others, because they had rested in Blood Cloud Valley for a long time, their immortal power had already reached its peak, and they did not need any additional meditation or breath adjustment.

However, upon seeing Chen Xuan return safely, everyone appeared calm on the surface, but inwardly they were all astonished.

Soon, everyone secretly communicated with each other.

"Fellow Daoists, is this Fellow Daoist Xuan Chen really only at the mid-stage of the Celestial Immortal realm? I have a feeling that this Fellow Daoist Xuan Chen is somewhat mysterious?"

"Indeed! I personally witnessed a giant bone corpse demon king chasing after Fellow Daoist Xuan Chen. Unexpectedly, he returned safely. This is enough to prove that Fellow Daoist Xuan Chen's strength is no less than that of us late-stage Celestial Immortals!"

"Alas, Fellow Daoist Xuan Chen has been extremely cautious throughout his journey, and his combat strength is exceptionally formidable. We should still be careful. One can never be too careful!"

The crowd whispered amongst themselves for a while, their expressions becoming incredibly complicated.

However, Chen Xuan had no interest in paying attention to any of this.

He calmly meditated and cultivated himself.

After just one day, the immortal power within his body was fully restored to its peak state.

At this moment, he finally put away his martial arts technique.

Seeing Chen Xuan appear before them in high spirits, Xin Long immediately smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Xuan Chen, since you are meditating and adjusting your breathing, let's hurry on our way!"

"no problem!"

Chen Xuan nodded.

They followed the crowd and moved forward quickly.

For safety reasons, none of them chose to travel through the air this time.

Instead, they chose to walk on the ground.

All of them were at the Celestial Immortal level, so even walking on foot, their speed was not slow.

However, Jinling Mountain is not safe.

The area along the way was filled with the territories of powerful monsters.

Even though Chen Xuan and his companions were extremely careful along the way, they still managed to stumble into the territories of many powerful demonic beasts on several occasions.

Most of the monsters were killed by the group working together.

However, a Di Kui Beast at the half-step Golden Immortal realm, with its powerful physical body, caused everyone a great deal of suffering.

This earth-monster beast even went berserk, chasing the group for nearly a hundred miles.

It made everyone's heart pound with fear.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, the Earthly Beast actually gave up the pursuit.

Otherwise, in Chen Xuan's view, there would probably be more casualties among them.

Even so, after only two months, the group finally appeared deep within Jinling Mountain.

The ethereal atmosphere here is noticeably richer than in other places.

The surrounding mountains and ridges are dotted with the ruins of ancient immortal caves.

However, due to their great age, the protective array originally placed outside the caves of these ancient immortal relics has long lost its power.

Many of these caves have been entered many times.

Inside, it was cleaner than a face.

But when everyone saw these ancient cave dwellings, they were all excited.

"Fellow Daoists, it seems we have arrived at our destination!"

"Who says otherwise? There are quite a few ancient cave dwellings in this area. Presumably, the cave dwelling of Ancestor Xuanming should be nearby as well?"

"Haha, fellow Daoists are absolutely right. Fellow Daoist Xinlong and I just tested it and found that Ancestor Xuanming's cave is nearby. Fellow Daoists, let's hurry up and search for it!"

"In that case, let's form teams and split up. If we find the Xuanming Ancestor's cave, notify the others as soon as possible."

After discussing it, the group formed teams and began searching the vicinity.

Chen Xuan was no exception.

However, to Chen Xuan's great surprise, not only did Xin Long and Yu Hui want to team up with him, but even Liu Erniang planned to team up with him.

After some argument, Chen Xuan finally teamed up with Yu Hui.

Liu Erniang and Xin Long teamed up.

As for the others, they also began to form their own teams.

Soon, everyone split up and took action.

Chen Xuan and Yu Hui didn't dare waste any time.

The two released their divine senses, chose a direction, and silently searched forward.

After the two had searched for dozens of miles and still could not pinpoint the location of the Xuanming Ancestor's cave, Chen Xuan immediately frowned.

"Fellow Daoist Yu Hui, is the cave dwelling of Ancestor Xuanming that you mentioned really here?"

"Hehe, Fellow Daoist Xuan Chen, why do you doubt me so much? Rest assured, I have my reasons for saying that Ancestor Xuanming's cave is here. However, we two have indeed not found Ancestor Xuanming's cave along the way. If that's the case, Ancestor Xuanming's cave should be in the direction that others are searching!"

Yu Hui, however, remained calm and composed.

Even when Chen Xuan suspected him, he remained calm.

"Fellow Daoist is so confident. It seems that Fellow Daoist Yu Hui and Fellow Daoist Xin Long know a great deal about Ancestor Xuanming's cave." Chen Xuan said with a smile.

"Haha, although Fellow Daoist Xinlong and I know the location of Ancestor Xuanming's cave, we do not know what is inside."

Yu Hui chuckled.

Chen Xuan didn't believe that Yu Hui had no idea what was inside the Xuanming Ancestor's cave.

"That old guy is really tight-lipped!"

Chen Xuan cursed under his breath, but quickly regained his composure and continued searching with Yu Hui.

Several hours later, a streak of light suddenly shot out from a distance.

Soon, the stream of light transformed into a communication talisman and fell into Yu Hui's hands.

Yu Hui did not hesitate.

With a flick of his finger, he activated the sound transmission talisman right in front of Chen Xuan.

Soon, Xin Long's excited voice rang out from the communication talisman.

"Fellow Daoists, come quickly! I have found the cave dwelling of Ancestor Xuanming!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Xuan and Yu Hui's eyes lit up.

The next instant, the two rushed towards Xin Long's location.

When the two arrived, they found that the others were already waiting there.

However, Chen Xuan was surprised to find that the expressions on the faces of everyone present were rather unpleasant.

This made him look curious.

Wow!

The Heavenly Illusion Demon Eye was activated at lightning speed.

Before long, Chen Xuan had a clear view of the surrounding area.

Sure enough, on a cliff hundreds of feet away from them, there was an ancient cave.

Unlike other ancient cave dwellings, this ancient cave dwelling is surrounded by a complete protective array.

Moreover, pale golden lightning flashed incessantly on the protective array, and terrifying lightning tribulation power was constantly emanating from it.

Let alone these Celestial Immortal level experts, even Golden Immortal level experts would be severely injured if they accidentally entered this protective array, even if they didn't die.

"What a powerful protective array. It seems this is most likely the cave dwelling of the Xuanming Ancestor. But why do all these people look so worried? Could it be because of the array in front of us?"

Chen Xuan was secretly curious.

At that moment, Xin Long's voice also rang out.

"Fellow Daoists, the cave ahead is the cave of Ancestor Xuanming!"

"However, and it should be obvious. There is an extremely powerful lightning-attribute protective array outside the cave of Ancestor Xuanming."

"Based on our tests just now, this grand formation should be the famous Thunder Element Grand Formation!"

Upon hearing this, Yu Hui's expression turned extremely ugly.

Even Chen Xuan showed a rare look of solemnity.