Chapter 414: Chapter 156 Heaven Silkworm Cave! Heaven Silkworm Divine Intent Picture! (10,000-word mega chapter)_5

Of course, such an action was very presumptuous and could easily lead to misunderstandings, but if it came down to it, he was prepared to apologize sincerely, even offering a demon monster’s crystal core as a gift of amends!

Knowing that there was someone within the Spirit Taoist Sect who could help him reconnect his meridians, how could Su Changkong just sit around and wait?

First, he returned to the inn in the small town dozens of miles away, where Su Changkong made some preparations.

Su Changkong’s plan was simple, disguise himself as a disciple of the Spirit Taoist Sect, enter the sect stealthily by night to gather intelligence, and then figure out the retreat location of Old Man Qishi, before paying him a visit.

When nighttime arrived at the foot of Zhongling Mountain, Su Changkong, who had altered his physical appearance, looked up at the peak of the mountain. Zhongling Mountain was much higher than Iron Heart Mountain he had visited previously, but that made no difference to Su Changkong.

“Hoo!”

Su Changkong took a deep breath, his focus gathered, as nature’s spiritual energy converged. A white crane phantom with a wingspan reaching two zhang slowly took shape, its feathers clear and visible.

Whoosh!

The white crane’s claws grasped Su Changkong’s shoulders while it flapped its wings, lifting him up like an arrow leaving the bowstring, soaring nearly ten zhang alongside the cliff before he used the rugged and protruding surfaces of the mountain wall to propel himself upward again.

Having reached the 10th realm of the Five Animal Frolics, Crane Play endowed him with such exquisite lightness of body technique that he could easily leap over the tallest of mountains, provided its walls were not as smooth as mirrors without a single spot to leverage for breath – otherwise, nothing could impede Su Changkong’s advance!

In no time, Su Changkong had scaled several hundred meters up the precipitous cliffs of Zhongling Mountain and reached its summit.

Not far away was the encampment of the Spirit Taoist Sect. Even at nighttime, it was still illuminated with fires, with disciples dressed in white walking back and forth on patrol, vigilantly on guard.

“Let’s go have a look.”

Su Changkong focused his thoughts and a phantom of a Spirit Deer with white fur emerged in front of him, the very Deer Play from the Five Animal Transformation!

Su Changkong lunged forward, crouching atop the Spirit Deer’s phantom.

Whoosh!

The Spirit Deer moved its limbs, carrying Su Changkong like a breeze through the buildings, a more covert approach for long-distance travel compared to the Crane Play transformation.

Su Changkong’s gaze shifted, and he swiftly hid behind a rockery. Soon after, a group of disciples from the Spirit Taoist Sect passed by with light footsteps, completely unaware of Su Changkong’s hidden presence.

Inside the heavily guarded Spirit Taoist Sect, unless one was an Innate Martial Artist, no one could detect Su Changkong’s presence at close range.

The sharpness of Su Changkong’s perception for spiritual energy also enabled him to easily identify the location of each patrolling or watching martial artist, allowing him true freedom of movement!

The Spirit Taoist Sect probably could not imagine that a martial artist with severed meridians would move so freely within their domain.

“Next, I need to calmly observe and gather information to find out where Old Man Qishi is in seclusion.”

Su Changkong thought silently to himself, very patient, knowing that he couldn’t rush matters!

When dawn came, Su Changkong left, directly descending from the cliff’s edge by conjuring the phantom of a white crane, which carried him down.

Every night thereafter, Su Changkong continued to infiltrate the Spirit Taoist Sect, secretly investigating.

In this way, after the passing of more than half a month, Su Changkong had almost figured out the layout of the Spirit Taoist Sect, knowing which were the dwellings of the disciples and which areas were off-limits.

“The Heaven Silkworm Cave in the forbidden area behind the mountains of the Spirit Taoist Sect, that must be the retreat of Old Man Qishi. There’s a Martial Artist guarding that place who has reached the pinnacle of the Qi-Blood Realm. Every three days, a dedicated disciple goes to the entrance of the Heaven Silkworm Cave to deliver water and food!”

Su Changkong also figured out the seclusion location of Old Man Qishi and during this time, he learned the schedule of the disciples delivering the meals, as well as the security forces guarding the restricted area.

“Tonight… I’ll visit the Heaven Silkworm Cave.”

Upon returning to the town, Su Changkong slept during the day at the inn to fully rest, having decided to check out the Heaven Silkworm Cave that night.

In the deep of night at the forbidden area behind the Spirit Taoist Sect, atop a mountain-facing cave, three large characters were inscribed: “Heaven Silkworm Cave.”

At the entrance of the cave, a burly man sat in silence.

This burly man had an extraordinary air about him, and according to Su Changkong’s perception of spiritual energy, the man was enveloped with a massive flow of spiritual energy, definitely at the peak of the twelfth transformation of the Qi-Blood Realm, not inferior to Hong Zhenxiang from before.

He was of the sort that, if he acquired even the slightest whiff of Innate Qi, he had a high probability of breaking into the Innate Realm!

And from the conversations between the successive Spirit Taoist Sect disciples he saw delivering food, Su Changkong learned that this imposing man was named Qian Rui, a man of high status and position in the sect, second only to a few others, and it was he who was entrusted to guard the Heaven Silkworm Cave, ensuring that no one disturbed the meditating Old Man Qishi.

“I must act first and subdue him!”

Behind a protruding rock, Su Changkong secretly planned in his heart.

If Su Changkong made his presence known, before he could explain his intentions, Qian Rui would consider him an enemy and a major commotion might alert everyone in the Spirit Taoist Sect, even Sect Master Helian Yuan and other Innate Martial Artists, which would be troublesome – therefore, he needed to employ a thunderous approach to subdue this guardian of the Heaven Silkworm Cave!

“Hmm?”

The burly man Qian Rui was meditating quietly with his eyes closed at the entrance of the Heaven Silkworm Cave, but suddenly, he sensed something, opened his eyes, and found himself baffled.

Not far away, a Spirit Deer with white fur was rushing towards him at high speed. Its white fur shone brightly and exuded a spirit-like aura!

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