Chapter 526
Altar
Qi Ping followed the terrifying golden crow for more than half a month.
Along the way, Qi Ping saw many spirit beasts and rare herbs that had long since disappeared into the river of time, and even found many things that tempted him.
If these things were brought back to the Star Sea World, they could significantly boost the strength of everyone, including him.
This was also the first time he had so clearly perceived the specific differences between the two worlds.
Qi Ping even sensed no fewer than five auras that made him feel extremely dangerous, but he did not act rashly because of the intimidation of the bald golden crow.
"It seems that without the support of the Dao Fruits of Earth Immortal and Spirit Emperor, there are quite a few beings in the Integration Stage who can threaten my abilities."
"If the Forest Sea Demon Realm alone is like this, one can only imagine how many tigers and dragons lurk throughout the entire universe."
The more he saw, the less arrogant Qi Ping became.
What he should pursue is not the invincible spirit or the ability to sweep aside all his contemporaries.
His true pursuit is to lie low, try every means to obtain more cultivation knowledge and resources, and then cultivate silently to become stronger. He will never reveal his identity and strength unless absolutely necessary.
Furthermore, although Qi Ping was extremely tempted by the resources of the Forest Sea Demon Realm, he had no intention of plundering them.
In his view, the only way to maximize benefits is to maintain a long-term friendly relationship and for both worlds to leverage their respective strengths and grow stronger together.
"Brother Jin"
When Qi Ping felt he couldn't hold on any longer, he asked the bald-headed golden crow to slow down. The bald-headed golden crow finally slowed down.
This made Qi Ping secretly breathe a sigh of relief.
He strongly suspected that the bald Golden Crow was doing it on purpose, deliberately pushing himself to the limit to continue testing his depth.
In particular, the opponent continued to release the oppressive aura of an eighth-tier Golden Crow divine beast, which tormented him greatly.
"What's wrong, Brother Qi?" Bald Golden Crow turned around, a hint of schadenfreu flashing in his eyes.
This sight left Qi Ping speechless; this guy was definitely doing it on purpose!
However, Qi Ping didn't dwell on it and asked:
"Why is it so far? How much further is it?"
Qi Ping even deliberately acted as if he was panting heavily, thus fulfilling the wish of the giant golden crow.
But the bald golden crow seemed to have seen through Qi Ping's trick, and transformed back into its original bald, burly form, laughing as it spoke:
"We're almost there, but Brother Qi, I didn't mean to mess with you just now. It was Old Turtle's order to let you get used to this situation. This opportunity isn't so easy to come by."
"Hmm? Senior Xuanjia gave the order?" Qi Ping was somewhat surprised.
"Otherwise, would I be the kind of person who would make fun of my friends?" The bald Golden Crow touched his shiny head and said with certainty.
"Isn't that so?"
Qi Ping was certain that the bald-headed golden crow's actions were entirely in accordance with his true feelings, and his druidic perception on this point was absolutely correct.
As the bald-headed Golden Crow had said, the two flew for just over an hour before reaching their destination.
It was a lake surrounded by four sacred mountains, and within it was a bottomless pool of high-quality spiritual liquid. There were even spiritual entities formed from the extremely concentrated spiritual liquid, some of which had an aura as high as the seventh level. Qi Ping even discovered an aura comparable to the Mahayana stage! "This..." Upon seeing such a massive amount of high-quality spiritual power, even with Qi Ping's current composure, he couldn't help but breathe rapidly.
This level of energy and its quality is one of the things that the Star Sea world lacks most today.
Such a massive amount of energy is more than enough to support the birth of a Mahayana cultivator!
"The opportunity Senior Xuanjia was talking about shouldn't be this, right?" Qi Ping asked after calming his breathing.
Although the spiritual liquid before him was incredibly tempting, he didn't believe it was an opportunity bestowed by the Xuanjia Old Turtle.
“Naturally, although these spiritual liquids are quite valuable, they are not worthy of the old tortoise’s attention!” The bald golden crow nodded affirmatively.
Qi Ping felt a sense of helplessness. "They're so rich and powerful, aren't they?"
If he possessed so much spiritual liquid, he wouldn't have to worry about the energy needed to break through to the Mahayana stage.
Unfortunately, it belonged to someone else, and he couldn't ask for it.
However, Qi Ping's greatest interest was still in that opportunity. What exactly was it that couldn't even compare to this spiritual liquid?
At this moment, Qi Ping's interest grew even more.
The bald Golden Crow did not keep Qi Ping waiting any longer. His expression became extremely serious and devout at this moment. He quickly formed hand seals, and the vast true fire of the sun continued to pour into the spiritual liquid below.
Immediately afterwards, a spirit pool rose from a strange, pitch-black altar!
What truly sent chills down Qi Ping's spine was the sight of drops of scarlet blood seeping from the altar, sending a shiver of dread through him.
Even with his current level of cultivation, Qi Ping felt a fear stemming from his very life-or-death instinct.
However, this situation did not last long. Four enormous chains, as large as the Milky Way, appeared out of thin air from the four gods and forcibly suppressed the restless altar.
Then, the four beast spirits with auras as deep as the abyss—the Earth Beast, the Phoenix, the Kunpeng, and the Xuanwu—manifested themselves from the chains, and their respective powers blasted the altar through the chains, forcibly suppressing the seeping, strange blood back down.
"what is this?"
The scene before him was completely beyond his comprehension, especially the altar in the center.
What made Qi Ping even more uneasy was that he sensed a familiar aura on that strange altar!
"It's the altar of the Immortal Alliance!" At this moment, Qi Ping seemed to stop breathing.
This feeling was very faint. If it weren't for the fact that his druid's perception was very special, he wouldn't have been able to detect it at all using the methods of a cultivator!
Although the altar of the Immortal Alliance was countless times smaller than the altar in front of him, and even looked completely different, Qi Ping was certain that they must have the same origin to some extent!
"This was the natal magic weapon of a strange creature that once invaded the Demon Realm of the Forest Sea. It took the sacrifice of five demon ancestors to suppress it in that battle."
Then the bald-headed Golden Crow sighed again and said:
"That's all there is to it. This altar cannot be destroyed, weakened, or even suppressed into the void of space far from the demon realm. It will simply return in some unpredictable way."
As the bald-headed golden crow described it, Qi Ping couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine!
He couldn't help but wonder if the many Immortal Alliance altars he had destroyed in front of the boundary battlefield were truly destroyed.
This made Qi Ping feel somewhat uneasy, but thinking of the methods he had left behind in the Star Sea World, he stopped thinking about it. There was no point in worrying about things that hadn't happened yet; the most important thing now was to improve his strength as soon as possible.
At that moment, a spatial portal filled with a wild aura appeared.
The words of the bald-headed Golden Crow then rang out:
"Brother Qi, the gate won't last long. Once inside, you'll understand the full picture of that war. As for what opportunities you can gain there, that depends on your own abilities." (End of Chapter)