The Eldest Miss's Deadly Tribulation

Zhou Ning left Luyou Island, intending to return directly to Bamboo Creek Island.

In her letter, Gu Xiangning indicated that she was keeping the appointment early and might have already departed from the Azure Mystic Sect.

However, Zhou Ning thought of the place where Su Changhe had mentioned picking the Purple Monkey Flower.

Now that more than two years have passed, it's time to go and explore; maybe there are other treasures inside.

Zhou Ning inspected the offensive weapons: Fire Furuncle Fruit, Straw Puppet, Thunderfire Awl, stacks of talismans, and the Flowing Plainness Boat.

He thought to himself, "Within the territory of Cuiwei Lake, there shouldn't be any Qi Refining cultivator who can stop me."

So Zhou Ning continued flying towards Bamboo Creek Island, landing on an island midway, then abandoning the flying boat, concealing his presence, and flying towards Long Mountain Island.

Long Mountain Island is the largest island in the lake, with a terrain resembling a dragon's spine, stretching for dozens of miles.

This island has a second-grade superior Spirit Vein, Su Household Su Changshuo and his son Su Yuanye, along with other direct descendants, reside on this island.

Even Nie Yi, the Foundation Establishment cultivator and son-in-law of the Su Household, is not qualified.

When Zhou Ning was twenty miles from Long Mountain Island, he changed direction and followed the direction indicated by the island's tail, as if Long Mountain Island were continuously extending in the lake.

After flying for about ninety miles, Zhou Ning found an unnamed island, about half a mile in circumference.

Half of the island is mountainous with lush vegetation, and there is also a black pond with a strange smell, where numerous poisonous mosquitoes swarm and buzz.

There are no Spirit Vein on the island, so naturally there are no cultivators. In addition, there are many snakes and insects, and it is close to the edge of Cuiwei Lake, so ordinary people would not come to live there.

Zhou Ning flew through the air, channeling his Divine Sense into the rocks, and finally found the inconspicuous cave beneath the small waterfall.

He descended, cast Law Technique, and entered the cave, continuing to descend along the crevice.

It was pitch black and gloomy all around, and Zhou Ning could only sigh at how cultivators would squeeze into any nook and cranny in their search for fortuitous opportunity.

The further down you go, the more abundant the Spiritual Qi becomes. After a hundred steps, the concentration of Spiritual Qi surpasses that of Bamboo Creek Island where Zhou Ning is located.

After three hundred steps, the surroundings suddenly opened up, and as they entered the underground cave, a surge of abundant Spiritual Qi greeted them.

Zhou Ning felt completely refreshed. Although it wasn't as rich as the Earth Spirit Milk Cave in Dead Wood Ridge, it definitely surpassed the scope of a second-tier Spirit Vein.

If he cultivates here, his cultivation speed can increase by 10% or 20%.

Zhou Ning unleashed a Flash Technique, revealing a space of about twenty feet, where the ground was damp, showing signs of receding tides.

There was a pool of water three zhang (approximately 10 meters) in size, with a spring bubbling up in the center, from which all the Spiritual Qi came.

Zhou Ning even overlooked the few young Purple Monkey Flower around him, incredulous:

"The Spring of the Spirit Eye?"

He conjured a large hand of spiritual energy, scooped up some spiritual spring water, and examined it closely to confirm his suspicions.

Zhou Ning was surprised. He had checked the Su Household's collection of books and found that only places with third-order Spirit Vein could give birth to the Spring of the Spirit Eye.

Besides the Spring of the Spirit Eye, there are also the Stone of the Spirit Eye and the Jade of the Spirit Eye, the latter of which can only be born from fourth-order Spirit Vein.

Zhou Ning recalled the shape of Long Mountain Island and the location of the Spring of the Spirit Eye, and suddenly came to a conclusion.

"This Spring of the Spirit Eye was probably once connected to the Spirit Vein of Long Mountain Island, which is why it was born."

But then tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of years passed, mountains shifted and seas changed, and the connection was severed.

However, once the Spring of the Spirit Eye is formed, it will not easily dry up and can continuously emit the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi. If one has the means, it can even be moved.

"I've struck gold! If the Spring of the Spirit Eye remains, I can set up a concealment array here in the future. The spiritual Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi within the cave alone will be enough to condense my Immortal Foundation, without needing to rely on any other family's second-tier Spirit Vein!"

As Zhou Ning gazed at the bubbling spiritual spring, thoughts began to surface uncontrollably in his mind.

This place has almost solved his worries, except for a perfect formation!

At the same time, he also thought of Long Mountain Island.

"The Spirit Vein of Long Mountain Island must be third-tier Spirit Vein, enough to allow Foundation Establishment cultivators to break through to Core Formation!"

Moreover, a newly discovered third-order Spirit Vein must be accompanied by many rare spiritual herbs and precious spiritual minerals!

The Su Household kept this news hidden!

"Damn it, the Su Household actually aspires to Core Formation stage!"

Zhou Ning wished he could join the Panshan Sect and remove the Su Household's third-tier Spirit Vein.

To be honest, this method is indeed feasible... At the very least, moving the Spring of the Spirit Eye would work.

"Next time I enter Land of Wei, I'll go to the Panshan Sect and ask. It's a pity I don't know if Ma Huangshan has been included in the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram '..."

Zhou Ning lingered around the Spring of the Spirit Eye for a while, then looked at the sprouting Purple Monkey Flower, and finally sighed, deciding not to pick them.

After all, the guests who had mistakenly entered this place before had only picked mature spiritual flowers.

He wasn't heartless and cruel enough to harm the delicate and vulnerable.

Half a day later.

Thirty miles outside the nameless island, Zhou Ning deactivated his concealment and stepped onto the bamboo leaf Law Artifact.

Upon confirming that Long Mountain Island possessed a third-tier Spirit Vein, his first thought was to report the Su Household.

After all, even a dilapidated third-tier Spirit Vein in Forget-Return Market was enough to make the Lei Household and the four major False Core Lineage fight tooth and nail for it.

Now that the Su Household Su Household has been exposed, won't they all be wiped out on the spot?

However, if Cuiwei Lake is occupied, Zhou Ning will probably have to pack his bags and leave.

Now that he has no way to move the Spring of the Spirit Eye, wouldn't his discovery have been for nothing?

"Sigh!" Zhou Ning sighed, abandoning the idea of perishing together with the Su Household.

He glanced at the directions, thinking of the newly acquired Clear Yang Melon, and Su Youyou was very greedy but whose array formation skills were unfathomable.

To set up a concealment array for the Spring of the Spirit Eye Cave in the future, we need to either go to Land of Wei to "buy" a high-level array plate.

He could either travel all the way to the Purple Palace Immortal City that Old Jia mentioned, where they should also sell array plates, but the price would definitely be exorbitant, and as a Qi Refining cultivator, he would easily be robbed and killed if he bought one.

"I wonder what Su Youyou's formation is like? Perhaps we could rent it from her in the future."

The art of array formations differs from talisman crafting and weapon forging. As long as you are smart enough, even Qi Refining cultivator can develop array formations to block Core Formation Cultivator.

That's absolutely incredible.

He was quite willing to befriend her, though this had nothing to do with Su Youyou's exquisite and captivating appearance.

Although she was the female cultivator Zhou Ning had ever seen in this world who most resembled a fairy.

Zhou Ning was piloting a bamboo leaf Law Artifact when he saw a red streak of light approaching from the horizon, followed by a cluster of obscure spiritual light.

"What is that?" Zhou Ning asked, puzzled.

He didn't linger, but sailed away in his bamboo-leaf flying boat.

However, that streak of red light moved extremely fast, like a red ribbon streaking across the sky.

Zhou Ning activated his fully-developed Spirit Eye Technique and finally saw clearly that it was Su Yunjin, the eldest daughter of the Su Household!

Su Yunjin frowned, her face was pale, and there was blood at the corner of her mouth.

Zhou Ning instantly realized. "Does he have a death wish? Who would dare to hunt down the young lady in the Cuiwei Lake area?"

Miss Su, having not cultivated the Spirit Eye Technique, did not recognize Zhou Ning.

If even Miss Su could be hunted down, the person behind her must be at least at the Foundation Establishment, right?

"Running away is the best policy!"

Without hesitation, Zhou Ning cast the Concealing Shadow Technique, changing his appearance.

Then they replaced the bamboo leaf Law Artifact with the Guo Household's black boat and turned to flee.

Su Yunjin took the refined items from the Duan Household today and went straight home.

She had not returned for seven years, and her longing for home was intense.

Unexpectedly, they were ambushed by the gray-robed man on the way.

At first, Su Yunjin didn't pay much attention. She had the Azure Nether Guard protecting her, was at the Qi Refining Ninth Layer Perfection, and had Talisman Treasure given to her by her elder brother. She was hard to find an opponent in the Qi Refining Realm.

However, the gray-robed man's fighting skills were extremely high. He unleashed a whole set of talismans, but before she could even use any of her own techniques, she was struck in the shoulder by a hidden poison Law Artifact, leaving her no choice but to retreat.

As she used her Law Power to propel the flying boat forward, she discovered that the poison was like a deeply ingrained carbuncle, impossible to eradicate. "Despicable!"

Even as he ventured deep into the territory of Cuiwei Lake, Daoist Mu remained calm and unhurried, staying close behind Su Yunjin.

His eyes were filled with resentment. "The Su Household has gone too far, treating me like a stray dog on the street!"

"Today I'll kill one of your geniuses!"

The Daoist Mu shouted using a special sonic wave, "Hey, Miss Su, I only want one key ingredient for Foundation Establishment from you. Why are you keeping me at arm's length?"

Upon hearing the voice, Su Yunjin felt her Qi and Blood surge, and the toxins spread rapidly. An unusual blush appeared on her face, as if blood was about to drip from it.

Her head was spinning, and her vision was blurry when she saw a ball of light ahead. Relying on instinct, she pushed the spirit boat with all her might, as if grabbing at a spark in the darkness.

Looking at the trembling red boat, the Daoist Mu chuckled, "We won't need the Mystic Thunder Orb now, time to close the net!"

He then inserted a Spirit Stone into the shuttle, and the gray shuttle suddenly accelerated.

Since his defeat to an Alchemist during the last chase, he has been determined to learn from his mistakes and spent a lot of money to have his flying magic Law Artifact modified!

Zhou Ning realized that the more he ran, the closer the red flying boat got to him!

"Stop chasing me, you bastard!"

Zhou Ning relentlessly exploited the Black Boat's magical Law Artifact, but it still couldn't make him run fast!

He was even prepared to use the Flowing Plainness Boat.

Only then did he see the appearance of the person chasing him clearly; it was none other than the old man in gray.

Zhou Ning felt a chill in his heart and made a snap decision: Flowing Plainness Boat was probably unusable...

He fired a signal talisman, and a dazzling red light shot straight into the sky.

A furious shout came from behind, "You brat, how dare you!"