41. Random Side Quest!

  "Host triggers random branch mission, Black Cloud Dungeon."

  Lin Feng was stunned for a moment before reacting, he still hadn't thoroughly completed the task at hand, yet this system had already released another new task.

  Is this going to be another limited-time completion, otherwise it's a wipe?

  Lin Feng's heart was racing as he nervously opened the task description.

  Random side quest, Black Cloud Dungeon.

  Task background: The underground palace was originally the cave dwelling of Hei Yun Zhenren, a loose cultivator from a hundred years ago. When Hei Yun Zhenren opened up the cave dwelling in the past, he accidentally broke through the void and connected the lowest part of the underground palace to the You Ming Blood River, causing Hei Yun Zhenren to fall into disaster.

  Mission objective: The host must obtain Hei Yun Zhen Ren's lost Ben Ming Fa Qi, the Black Cloud Flag, which is hidden deep within the cave.

  Task deadline: 7 days, overdue and uncompleted, task will be cancelled.

  "Mission aborted?" Lin Feng blinked his eyes and let out a long sigh of relief.

  Although the system is very disappointing, it has always been clear that it will not secretly harm people. Since it's stated that there's no penalty for overtime uncompletion, there shouldn't be any danger.

  It seems that only the mainline tasks have death penalties, while the branch line tasks are much better. Completing them will likely result in rewards, and not completing them is no big deal.

  Lin Feng's mind started turning: "Hei Yun Zhen Ren, Zhen Ren... That is a Golden Dan stage cultivator?"

  The Tianyuan Great World has some established rules. Golden Elixir cultivators can be called True Men, while Yuan Ying cultivators can be called True Lords or Old Ancestors.

  These titles are universally recognized and cannot be taken lightly. If a cultivator in the foundation-building period dares to call himself a certain True Person, it's not just a matter of inviting ridicule, but also possibly courting disaster.

  It was only mentioned in the task background that the deepest part of this Black Cloud Abyssal Palace is actually connected to the Nether Blood River, which instantly made Lin Feng's head ache.

  It is said that in the depths of the underworld, within the Yin Cao Di Fu, there exists a river called the Blood River, which flows endlessly and boundlessly. The waters within are all polluted blood, known as the True Waters of the Blood River.

  Xuehe Zhen Shui is one of the six great true waters in heaven and earth, but it is also a water that is extremely evil and filthy. It is the most polluted thing in the world. No matter how powerful the divine power or how magical the artifact, as long as it comes into contact with even a little bit of Xuehe Zhen Shui, it will immediately be contaminated and lose its efficacy.

  The previous master of this cave, Hei Yun Zhen Ren, was buried in this Blood River, and such danger made Lin Feng quite hesitant.

  It's likely that the fierce wind will blow away those people, who are only active on the upper layer of the underground palace and may not even know that there is great danger here.

  "Let's take it one step at a time, anyway we have to go down to find Zhu Yi, and if not, we won't go to the deepest part." Lin Feng thought for a moment, made up his mind, and then said to the two disciples beside him: "This underground palace is extraordinary, you follow me closely and don't run around."

  Xiao Yan and Xiao Wu could see that their master's expression was serious, thinking that even a "divine" master like him was so solemn, the two of them hastily nodded.

  Lin Feng waved his sleeve: "Let's go."

  …………

  In the depths of the underground palace, a strong wind was blowing, and a group of cultivators were hurrying forward, carrying Zhu Yi with them.

  They had just walked out of the tunnel, and in front of them was a huge deep pit. A group of people were walking along the edge of the pit, the narrow path only allowing one person to move forward sideways, looking extremely dangerous.

  A tall man in black clothes walked and said: "Everyone pay attention to their feet. If they fall from here, they won't even be able to find their bones."

  Zhu Yi's eyes flashed in the team, and he lowered his head.

  The tall man in black seemed to know what he was thinking, and said coldly: "Don't get any wrong ideas, everyone here can crush you like a mosquito."

  Zhu Yi remained silent and did not speak.

  A fierce gust of wind blew, and a monk asked: "Head, isn't this our secret base in the heart of the Great Zhou?"

  The man in black said, "This is a cave left behind by a senior expert, which has been abandoned for a long time. The spiritual energy and filthy energy coexist, so no one has found it until now. Our sect also discovered it unintentionally not long ago."

  "After scouting, it was found that this place is not suitable for training, but can be used to set up a teleportation array. The location is not far from the capital city of Zhou Dog, so it will be used as an evacuation route, making it convenient for us to retreat after taking action."

  The big man in black looked a bit ugly, and he touched the scars on his face with a lingering fear: "But there are still many things in this underground palace that we don't understand, especially deep in the underground palace. The brothers who went in to explore have not returned, all of them have disappeared!"

  At this point, all the Galewind Will monks involuntarily glanced down at the dark and seemingly bottomless chasm below their feet, which was like an abyss that seemed to swallow everything that dared to peek into it.

  Zhu Yi also felt his scalp numb, staring at the deep abyss below, his expression dazed.

  Everyone lost the mood for speaking, in the darkness only the fireflies in people's hands emitted a faint glow, swaying gently.

  A group of people bypassed the giant pit, and in front of them appeared the entrance to another tunnel. Zhu Yi carefully observed it for a moment, and unlike the previous tunnel they had passed through, this one was obviously newly excavated.

  Passing through this tunnel is where the teleportation array set up by Lie Feng is located, which can move through the void between two fixed locations, but it can only be used once. If not absolutely necessary, Hei Yī Dà Hàn (Black-clothed Big Man) would rather not use it.

  Especially after this exposure, this cave mansion will inevitably be discovered by the Great Zhou, and it's impossible to re-arrange the formation even if they want to.

  The man in black shook his head: "Wait a little longer here, if Hui Ku and the others still can't catch up, we have no choice but to move on first."

  "It doesn't matter if others can't catch up, as long as we can."

  The tall man in black clothes felt a sudden pang in his heart and was caught up again.

  A surge of powerful magical fluctuations emerged around them, and the fierce winds sank everyone's hearts to the bottom of the valley.

  Seven, all seven Foundation Establishment cultivators surrounded them.

  They were a group of people, except for the black-clothed strongman who was in the foundation-building period, the others were all in the energy-gathering period. The other side had as many as seven foundation-building period cultivators, and just half of them would be enough to take care of them all.

  A middle-aged man in a purple robe laughed and said, "Leave them all for me." His two hands rose simultaneously, and nine light circles flew out from his palms, heading towards the heads of the crowd of Lianfeng Hui cultivators.

  The halo seems to be flying slowly, and when it reaches the upper mouth, it suddenly stops. Each halo emits a white light column that shines on the opponent's body.

  A fierce gust of wind blew, and the monk let out a loud shout, casting a water-based spell to resist it. He set up a water screen in front of him, but it had no effect whatsoever. The light pillar shone through unimpeded, illuminating his body.

  A white light pillar shone on his body, but nothing changed. The fierce wind made the cultivator stunned, unable to understand why a foundation-building cultivator would do such a meaningless thing.

  But the next moment, the light column suddenly changed from white to red. Under the illumination of the red light column, Lie Feng's eyes widened and his whole body stiffened, as if he had been struck by a petrification spell, unable to move even a finger.

  At this time, the light ring in mid-air fell down along the red light pillar and landed on the opponent's neck. Then, it directly lifted the gust will cultivator into the air, causing his body to involuntarily fly towards the middle-aged man in purple clothes who had released the light ring.

  Nine rays of light, one by one, built up their strength and in an instant captured nine fierce storm cultivators.

  These fierce winds will make it impossible for monks to even meditate, let alone cultivate themselves.

  He pulled back the nine people, and the purple-robed middle-aged man loosened the light halo around their necks. However, these people were still unable to move. The purple-robed middle-aged man did it again, and with a wave of his hand, the nine light halos flew towards the remaining Lie Feng Hui cultivators once more.

  A tall man in black clothes shouted loudly, raised a small drum and started beating it. The loud noise made the seven foundation-building cultivists opposite him frown involuntarily.

  The drumbeat brought up waves of invisible ripples, blocking nine light circles in mid-air, unable to fly over.

  A middle-aged man in purple robes furrowed his brow and said to others, "Please help out, friends from the Five Elements Sect."

  Among the remaining six people, five of them wore clothes with the same style but different colors, which were white, green, black, red and yellow, symbolizing the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire and earth.

  The leading old man in yellow clothes coughed and said, "Fellow Taoist, no need to be polite, it's our own business."

  In an instant, a strong surge of magical power erupted from the five people's bodies, filling the entire space.

  The black-clothed man's face changed slightly, and he shouted: "I, Lie Feng, have been operating here for many years. How dare you be so presumptuous?" After speaking, he crushed a jade token, and the originally chaotic spiritual energy in the underground palace suddenly became orderly.

  A dazzling array of law appeared in mid-air, emitting a piercingly bright light, and from the array came waves of wind sounds.

  The next moment, one after another huge tornado burst out of the law array, like a dragon, roaring towards the seven Houfu cultivators.

  A dozen or so tornadoes crisscrossed each other, turning the cave into a world of raging storms.

  Everything that stood in front of the tornado was torn to shreds, and deep gullies were left on the stone wall.

  In an instant, fierce winds howled, mountains collapsed and the earth split, as if it were the end of the world.

  In front of this formation, even a Foundation Establishment cultivator would be torn apart. Only those with Golden Core strength could protect themselves.

  The five cultivators of the Five Elements Sect did not tense up, instead exchanging a glance with each other. The old man in yellow robes smiled and said, "Let me show you our skills."

  Five people perform the spell together and shout in unison: "Invert the Five Elements Seal the Demon Array!"

  A colorless divine light shot up into the sky, instantly illuminating the entire cave, even the dark abyss below became bright.

  The five of them came from the same sect, each cultivating a different attribute of Taoist magic. The five of them joined forces to lay down this Inverse Five Elements Sealing Array, enough to suppress all opponents below the Golden Elixir stage!

  The violent storm was enveloped by a five-colored divine light and was instantly fixed in mid-air, unable to continue its rampage.

  The black-clothed man was sweating profusely at this time, on the one hand manipulating the small drum to counterattack the purple-robed middle-aged man's light circle, and on the other hand also urging the formation of a law array to counter the opponent's reverse five-element sealing magic array.

  Caught between two opposing forces, even with geographical advantage, they were still at a disadvantage.

  Just as he was getting anxious, a voice sounded unhurriedly: "How can this be so slow? Seven against one, and it still takes so long?"

  The next moment, a figure floated in mid-air, standing still in the void above the abyss, looking down at everyone.