Crafting an Immortal Race with Daily Hexagrams-Chapter 273 - 187: The Eccentric Cultivator

Seeing its expression, Shen Chongming hid the smile on his face.

"Giant Centipede, the Southern Border you mentioned is..."

He knew the name of Yangnao Land, but this so-called "Southern Border" was something he was hearing about for the first time.

A hint of confusion flashed through the compound eyes on the Giant Centipede’s massive head, and it shook its head twice before saying, "I’m not quite sure where the Southern Border refers to either; perhaps it’s just that region."

Its gaze turned to the south and muttered, then abruptly turned its head: "Better let the one with the sword come. Your cultivation is only at the Qi Cultivation Eighth Layer, I fear..."

Hearing the thick apprehension from its words, Shen Chongming pondered for a moment and said, "Perhaps I should go and have a look first, and then decide whether or not to bring Third Uncle along."

Third Uncle Shen Wen’an is currently at a critical moment in breaking through the Middle Stage of Fetal Breathing; unless it’s something particularly urgent, it’s better not to disturb him.

The Giant Centipede nodded its head, saying, "My treasure is about to mature, I cannot leave."

"Just let a few kids from the Qi Cultivation Realm accompany you there."

After saying so, it let out a strange cry.

In an instant, four Giant Centipedes over a zhang in length emerged from the surrounding poisonous miasma.

Shen Chongming glanced at them and found that among these four Poisonous Miasma Centipedes, there was an "old acquaintance".

It was the Silver Thread Centipede, with a silver line running through its back from head to tail.

Back then, stealing the Water Smoke Stone ore vein of Hundred Beasts Mountain was its handiwork.

At that time, the Silver Thread Centipede was at the Qi Cultivation Fifth Layer, its cultivation higher than his.

Now, Shen Chongming was at the Qi Cultivation Eighth Layer, while the Silver Thread Centipede had just reached the Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer.

"You should go and take a look."

The Giant Centipede urged him, seeming quite anxious.

Shen Chongming didn’t delay further, immediately leaping and transforming into a streak of lightning, shooting out of the poisonous miasma!

Below, the four Poisonous Miasma Centipedes also let out a strange cry, rushing out with him.

After leaving the poisonous miasma, they headed south.

Worried about the threat mentioned by the Giant Centipede, Shen Chongming didn’t fly too high, instead following the few Poisonous Miasma Centipedes below, swiftly weaving through the forest.

In half a day’s time, they had traveled hundreds of miles.

By then, Shen Chongming sensed something was amiss.

When the Shen Family cultivators patrolled this area before, they assessed it as having scarce spiritual qi, holding little value.

Yet, at this moment, this area seemed to have undergone some changes.

Though the surrounding spiritual qi remained thin, there appeared to be a strange aura mingling within this sparse spiritual qi.

Extending his divine sense, Shen Chongming carefully sensed for a while, but he could only feel this peculiar aura carried an ancient, distant feeling, with a hint of something inexplicable mixed within.

If one likened the spiritual qi of this world to a pool, the density of the spiritual qi represented the depth of the pool of water.

This area might have been part of the pool’s edge, where the water used to be shallow.

But now there was a flow of water different from the pool slowly pouring in...

"Stop for now."

Glancing around, Shen Chongming spoke up.

The four Poisonous Miasma Centipedes ahead understood him and stopped in succession.

"Squeak squeak..."

The Silver Thread Centipede looked around, then turned and let out a strange cry to Shen Chongming.

Then, it cautiously started crawling toward the dense bushes ahead.

Seeing this, Shen Chongming followed it slowly.

He watched its iron-like sturdy body press down the dense bushes, revealing a gigantic skeleton behind the shrubs. Shen Chongming frowned.

He approached that skeleton to examine it closely, roughly concluding it was a Tiger-type Demon Beast.

Judging by the skeleton’s size, its body must have been nearly three zhang when alive, but the essence of its bones had completely vanished, seemingly dead for a long time.

"Squeak squeak..."

The Silver Thread Centipede circled the skeleton and found a sharp tiger tooth over a foot long from it.

Seeing this, Shen Chongming picked up the tiger tooth, and after examining it, his brow furrowed. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Judging by the decay of the skeleton, this Tiger-type Demon Beast must have been dead for over a decade, perhaps even longer.

Yet, the tiger tooth remained fresh, as if it had just fallen off within the past month.

Such a bizarre situation made him realize something was off.

Looking around, everything was eerily quiet.

This place is not safe...

The sixth sense of a cultivator alerted him to an uncomfortable feeling, as though something was secretly watching over them and the four Poisonous Miasma Centipedes.

Silently, he stored the tiger tooth in his storage bag, then stepped back a few paces, lightly patting the Silver Thread Centipede beside him and gently said, "Let’s head back."

The Silver Thread Centipede seemed to also dislike the area, as it immediately moved its many long legs to crawl away.

Once far from this area, Shen Chongming finally manipulated the wind to lead the four Poisonous Miasma Centipedes back the way they came.

In the Poisonous Miasma Forest.

Upon hearing the commotion, the Giant Centipede immediately came forth to meet them.

"How was it?"

"Did you find out what it was?"

Shen Chongming nodded slightly, then took out the tiger tooth and said, "We traveled several hundred miles south with the Silver Thread Centipede but didn’t see anything else..."

As he said this, Shen Chongming suddenly froze!

Throughout the journey, he had sensed something was off, yet couldn’t figure out what exactly.

Now, however, he suddenly noticed something strange!

This is Hidden Dragon Mountain!

A deep forest with numerous demon beasts and ordinary beasts, but during their journey south, spanning several hundred miles, not a single demon beast or even a common animal was seen!

"This is the Mountain Monarch’s tooth from Tiger Leaping Cliff..."

The Giant Centipede moved its massive head close to Shen Chongming’s tiger tooth, felt it for a while, and then said in a low voice, "The Mountain Monarch’s strength was greater than mine, yet it has already died..."