Chapter 612: Chapter 607: Daoist Fellow, Please Stay

“However, it’s rather presumptuous of a mere Dharma Image Realm cultivator like you to come seeking trouble with me, Wei Wusheng!”

From within the cave, a chilling and harsh voice echoed, hoarse and unpleasant to the ear, like the muffled sound of metal grinding deep underground, causing people’s eardrums to ache and a chill to rise in their hearts.

Accompanying the voice were long, ink-black ropes, slithering like snakes, swiftly entwining towards Qin Feng. They wrapped around him layer by layer as if they intended to encase him entirely, trapping him like a cocooned pupa.

These pitch-black ropes each emitted a cold and ghostly aura, resembling the Soul-Hooking Rope from the Netherworld, not only exuding the power to erode the soul and corrode bone but also revealing all sorts of eerie and bizarre presences, immediately making it obvious that they were no ordinary magical treasures.

At the same time, a tall and thin figure dressed in a gray robe floated out from the dark depths of the cave like a ghostly entity: “Youngster, since you’ve discovered my presence, I can’t possibly let you leave. Just in time to test the power of the Lifeless Ghost Rope I’ve recently refined!”

“Hmph, you think these rotten ropes can do anything to me!”

Qin Feng let out a cold snort, and just as the ropes were about to fully envelop him in a cocoon, he stepped forward. In the next moment, his entire being merged into the void, slipping through the gaps between the ropes as swiftly as a white colt passes a gap, escaping from their grasp.

Following that, he flipped his palm and plucked a leaf from the Spiritual Tree previously stored inside the Demon Refining Pot. With a flash of Spirit Light in his hand, the lush green leaf transformed into a Spirit Fruit right before the face of the self-proclaimed Demon Cultivator Wei Wusheng.

Ignoring the bemused expression of the demon cultivator, Qin Feng tossed the Spirit Fruit towards him, “Stop your babbling. Here, take this and don’t bother me again!”

As he spoke, Qin Feng had already freed himself from the entanglement of the Lifeless Ghost Rope and turned to continue the pursuit in the direction the Spirit Turtle had fled.

Wei Wusheng frowned, puzzled by Qin Feng’s behavior. Could it be that Qin Feng was trying to confuse him and take the opportunity to flee?

Before he could complete his thought, two ferocious auras flew towards him from afar.

The two Fierce Beasts spotted the Spirit Fruit in front of Wei Wusheng immediately and, sensing its aura, this time it seemed genuine!

They rushed towards the Spirit Fruit frantically, completely disregarding the presence of a Demon Dao Cultivator before it.

But Wei Wusheng was unaware of their intentions. Seeing the two Fierce Beasts charging at him so aggressively, he dared not take them lightly.

“Damn it!”

He cursed angrily.

Having mingled in the Demon Path for a thousand years, he had seen countless schemes and frames, especially since Qin Feng had openly transformed a leaf into the shape of a Spirit Fruit right before his eyes. Seeing the two spiritual beasts charging at him now, how could he not know he was being set up to take the fall!

But as irritated as he was, facing two Primordial Spirit Realm fierce beasts, he couldn’t just stand by idly, let alone explain the situation to them.

So he waved his hands, and the Lifeless Ghost Ropes that had not been retracted swiftly sprang towards the two fierce beasts like Spiritual Snakes…

Qin Feng, oblivious to what had unfolded behind him, wouldn’t have cared even if he knew.

After having used the Turtle Demon’s manipulative tactics against it, he left the area.

Usually, if he encountered demon cultivators, as long as the disparity in strength wasn’t too great, he would choose to fight and try to kill these lingering demons.

But now was different from before; relative to a Primordial Spirit Realm demon cultivator, he was more concerned about the Turtle Demon!

It wasn’t because he bore a petty grudge and insisted on retaliation, but rather he had taken an interest in this turtle.

Such a clever beast possessing unique divine abilities was indeed rare, not to mention that the Turtle Demon had managed to create opportunities to escape from others several times, which was already quite remarkable.

Moreover, Qin Feng had long intended to find a spiritual beast with formidable defense capabilities, but due to the Demon Refining Pot having only nine layers of space, with the Ruyi Golden Snake occupying one, he had not nurtured a primarily defensive spirit beast.

Now that he had reached the Dharma Image Realm and a layer of space had become vacant in the Demon Refining Pot, he happened upon a remarkable Turtle Demon here, prompting Qin Feng to ponder over the possibilities.

Although it was evident this Turtle Demon’s talent was not defensive divine abilities, it was no matter; with the Demon Refining Pot, all he needed to do was to find a Spirit Turtle skilled in defense and infuse its bloodline into the Turtle Demon.

The key was that in addition to mastering defense, it also possessed other special capabilities, which was the main reason why Qin Feng truly valued it.

After such a long period of exploration, Qin Feng had gained a deep understanding of the Demon Refining Pot.

For instance, it was originally very difficult to remove prohibitions from the bodies of spiritual beasts subdued by the Demon Refining Pot, but after he had refined it into his Lifebound Spiritual Treasure, as long as it was not one of the main spirit beasts like the Swallowing Sky Toad occupying one of the nine layers, he could manipulate the Demon Refining Pot to easily withdraw the prohibitions within those spirit beasts. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have given Qin Yan a juvenile Fire Lizard nor sent a Phoenix Egg to Qin Huang’er.

These were the creatures they raised as their Lifebound Spiritual Beasts. If they still remained under the control of the Demon Refining Pot, they would have no way to refine them into Lifebound Spiritual Beasts.

As for the Ruyi Golden Snake, that was an exception. After all, the Demon Refining Pot was its Lifebound Magical Treasure and naturally wouldn’t cause any trouble when he integrated the Ruyi Golden Snake.

With the increasing controlling power over the Demon Refining Pot, his understanding of the main Spirit Beasts within improved as well. He gradually discovered that no matter how many bloodlines they fused with or how many Divine Skills they learned, their most fundamental Bloodline Divine Ability was always the strongest and was the main direction of their cultivation.

For instance, the Swallowing Sky Toad’s most powerful attack method in its early years was the Star Divine Power, but now the Space Divine Power had caught up and become superior, relegating the Star Divine Power to an auxiliary role.

Take the Death Curse Crow, for example. Though it was also proficient in various Bloodline Divine Powers, particularly adept at fire-related Divine Skills, all the Divine Power Magic on it revolved around its most fundamental Curse Divine Power. Whether it was the different types of attack spells or the fire nurtured within, everything was influenced by the Curse Power. Even the fire in its body had long since turned into a bizarre flame capable of burning Qi Fortune.

The other Spiritual Beasts were mostly the same, including his own Lifebound Spiritual Beast, the Ruyi Golden Snake.

Even now, having integrated it into the Dharma Image, he found that the strongest Primordial Divine Power of his Dharma Image was still the Ruyi Spiritual Golden Light.

The Turtle Demon, though a decent choice for defense, was only good at that. With the rise of his Cultivation Realm, Qin Feng felt that with his current strength, he did not need a turtle that could only defend. In such cases, it would be better to refine a Defensive Magical Treasure.

However, the creature that calculated against him not only had the potential to become a defensive Spirit Beast as a Spirit Turtle but more importantly, it might also possess a capability he had long admired–Divination!

Be it Divination, or the use of Eight Trigrams Chart, Astrology, Ziwei Dipper, Plum Divination, the Prediction Calculation, Peeping Fate, and other methods, all of them were profound skills that involved the Heavenly Mechanism Calculation, and were extremely difficult to master.

Therefore, there wer not many cultivators in the Cultivation World who were skilled in Divination, and even fewer could reach the level of performing Heavenly Mechanism Calculations.

Great Powers like the Dayan God Monarch and the Gui Ling Ancestor, who could not only perform Prediction Calculations but also cast spells to conceal Heavenly Mechanisms, confound Qi Fortune, and shield from other Great Powers’ perception of Heavenly Mechanism, were scarce. In the entire Biluo Cultivation World, there were only a dozen or so.

Qin Feng knew of Gui Ling Ancestor’s prowess and naturally coveted his ability to predict Heavenly Mechanism. Not to mention anything else, the mere ability to predict good and bad fortune alone could be endlessly useful to him.

Therefore, upon sensing that this Spirit Turtle might possess such a skill, Qin Feng’s interest was immediately piqued.

This was also why he disregarded the Demon Cultivator and persistently chased after the Turtle Demon.

He had a hunch that the Spirit Turtle possessed a talent for Divination, but he did not realize the shock that Elder Long Qian, who secretly followed behind him as his Dao Protector, experienced the moment he caught sight of the Spirit Turtle.

Qin Feng might not know this, but as a Supreme Elder of the Sect, he knew many secrets. For example, the reason Gui Ling Ancestor embarked on the path of predicting Heavenly Mechanism in his cultivation was because, early on, he had subdued a Divine Turtle that naturally had an Eight Trigrams Chart on its shell!

It was rumored that this Divine Turtle had the bloodline of a Great Power from the Heavenly Demon Great World that invaded Biluo. The Gui Ling Ancestor once mentioned that it seemed as if the Heavenly Dao had covertly intervened; otherwise, the Divine Turtle might not have been born with such astonishing talents.

Whether it was the subconscious push of the World Will or the conscious assistance of the Spring and Autumn Saint remained unknown. But one thing was certain: the Spirit Turtle made the Gui Ling Ancestor who he was, allowing him to take a different path. He not only achieved great merits alongside the Jue Tian Ancestor during the tail end of the Ancient Great Tribulation but also guided the Beast Taming Sect from weakness to strength with his Deduction Ability!

Now, seeing another Spirit Turtle with Eight Diagrams on its back and a talent for Divination, why wouldn’t Elder Long Qian feel astounded!

Such talents were rare since predicting Heavenly Mechanism could involve world secrets and incur the jealousy of Heaven. This was also why many Heavenly Mechanism Mages rarely disclosed directly what they deduced to others but often spoke in riddles, lest they diminish their Qi Fortune and lifespan!

To be honest, even Long Qian was tempted to seize the Spirit Turtle and bring it back to the Beast Taming Sect; even if he couldn’t refine it himself, handing it over to Gui Ling Ancestor for slow cultivation would work.

But he quickly suppressed that thought since he was serving as Qin Feng’s Dao Protector.

At the same time, he realized that the appearance of this Spirit Turtle might not be his chance but was likely to fall into the hands of Qin Feng, the Master of Qi Luck.

Had he been the one destined for this opportunity, he would not have to wait until now to encounter this Spirit Turtle, as he had visited the God Burying Abyss in his early years!

Therefore, Elder Long Qian quickly composed himself, not making a move to help Qin Feng subdue it. Some things had to be experienced personally by these Masters of Qi Luck; if he intervened, it might even lead to unforeseen mishaps.

Thus, he followed at a distance, careful not to get too close lest his Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivation and Qi Fortune affect Qin Feng.

Elder Long Qian remembered the advice of Gui Ling Ancestor and adhered strictly to his role as a Dao Protector. Unless Qin Feng faced certain death, he would not act. Hence, he did not even concern himself with the Demon Cultivator, simply trailing behind Qin Feng.

Ahead, the turtle moved like lightning, piercing through the clouds and ripping through the Gang Wind. Its four small legs worked furiously to shake off the relentlessly pursuing and increasingly close Qin Feng.

Unfortunately for the turtle, Qin Feng’s Light Escape was incredibly fast, and in no time, he closed the gap behind it.

“Daoist Fellow, please halt!”

Looking up at the rapidly approaching Spirit Turtle, Qin Feng couldn’t help but chuckle softly, “Daoist Fellow, you went to great lengths earlier to help me obtain the Spiritual Tree. Our karma is now tied, so let us settle this debt before you talk of leaving.”