Cultivation Starting from Full Talent-Chapter 256 - 254 Encounter with the Shadow Wolf King

Chapter 256: Chapter 254: Encounter with the Shadow Wolf King Again

Chapter 256: Chapter 254: Encounter with the Shadow Wolf King Again

South of the city.

Light rain started to fall from the sky, quickly drenching everyone’s straw raincoats.

Chen Wen, Zhang Yi, and the other Foundation Establishment Cultivators didn’t bother to use their mana to ward off the autumn rain, considering they were Foundation Establishment Experts who had weathered many years of wind and rain, they didn’t fuss over it.

Ning Daoran, wearing a green robe, floated down above a prohibition that had just been undone. With a wave of his hand, an Array Plate buried deep underground rustled as it floated up.

The Array Plate was riddled with cracks, and many of the spiritual patterns on the edges had been eroded by time.

“It’s worn down quite severely.”

Ning Daoran frowned.

“Senior Ning may not be aware,”

Chen Wen said, “This Purple Lightning Frost Array belongs to a third-tier middle-grade array, with a history of over two hundred years. It was crafted by a third-tier high-quality Array Daoist Master many years ago and has always been the stronghold of Immortal White Dragon City. The Array Flags and Array Plates have been buried deep underground and although there are prohibitions for protection, it is inevitable that the aura of the earth’s depths will seep in. The fact that it has held up for over two hundred years is no small feat.”

As he spoke, his face showed a hint of embarrassment, “Previously, the City Lord also invited a third-tier lower-grade Array Master from Qingzhou to repair the array. Unfortunately, after inspecting it, the Array Master left without providing a solution. As second-order Array Masters, we couldn’t even understand the combination of spiritual patterns, let alone repair them. I wonder if Senior Ning can understand the mysteries within this array?”

“Allow me to study it,”

Ning Daoran released his Divine Sense and painstakingly examined every one of the countless spiritual patterns on the Array Plate, then fell into silence.

These patterns rearranged themselves in his mind, quickly transforming into another pattern entirely.

Although Ning Daoran had exceptional talent in the Array Path, he had not practiced the legacy of the Purple Lightning Frost Array, so he could only deduce it bit by bit, while paying special attention to the worn and missing patterns that needed to be carefully replaced.

Indeed, the ten thousand Spirit Stones offered by the Immortal White Dragon City were not easy to earn.

The next day, Ning Daoran began crafting and repairing the Array Plate. Half a day later, after repairing the Array Plate and Flags, he reburied them underground and then started to repair another Array Plate.

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This Purple Lightning Frost Array was a grand array, consisting of seventy-two Array Flags and Plates, each needing to be checked for damage, then repaired one by one.

Therefore, Ning Daoran, accompanied by Chen Wen, Zhang Yi, and a few other Foundation Establishment Cultivators, busied themselves outside the city. During this time, Long Zhuojun paid a visit and highly praised Ning Daoran’s repair work before heading off.

…

Several days later, in the bamboo forest south of the city.

With the emergence of an Array Plate, Ning Daoran let out a sigh of relief; this Array Plate was intact. Although the patterns on it had slightly faded, it would be as good as new with just a bit of added materials and some crafting.

“Senior Ning,”

Chen Wen, who was nearby wanting to help but unable to offer any assistance, said with a face full of shame, “I’m truly useless… I can’t understand any of these patterns or spiritual patterns…”

“You’re a second-order Array Master; it’s normal not to understand,”

Ning Daoran glanced at him and said, “You can take the array pattern diagrams I’ve drawn; studying them might help advance your understanding of arrays.”

“Thank you, Senior!”

Chen Wen was ecstatic; in this way, he practically received a portion of the third-tier array patterns’ inheritance, something ordinary second-order Array Masters wouldn’t even dare dream of.

“Senior Ning,”

In the distance, a figure drifted down; it was Foundation Establishment Cultivator Zhang Yi.

“A merchant convoy arrived from afar, seeming to belong to the Linlu Trading Company. They will soon pass through the bamboo forest; should we hide the Array Plate to prevent them from discovering it?”

“Alright.”

With a slight raise of his hand, Ning Daoran turned that Array Plate into a streak of light and buried it underground. He then swept his hand and the Evergreen Technique moved the earth, quickly concealing any trace of the array’s location.

At this moment, the sound of rolling carts came from afar, heavy, indicating that they were laden with weighty goods.

The flags were fluttering; it indeed was Linlu Trading Company’s convoy, with more than twenty carts, each fully loaded with goods.

Ning Daoran released his Divine Sense for a sweep and immediately understood—the carts were filled with resources like spirit sand and metal, each insignificant on its own, but their combined value from so many carts was considerable.

“Senior Ning!”

Suddenly, the curtain of one of the carts lifted, revealing the extremely delicate face of the same young lady from the Linlu Trading Company he had encountered in the Tianluo Sea, Lu Wanting!

“It’s Miss Lu, a pleasure,” Ning Daoran responded with a nod and a smile.

“Oh?”

A manager exuding the aura of a late-stage Foundation Establishment Practitioner narrowed his eyes and said with a smile, “Miss knows this Senior?”

“Indeed,”

Lu Wanting replied, “During the last sea crossing with the fleet across the Tianluo Sea, we were fortunate to encounter Senior Ning.”

“That’s so.”

The old manager smiled indifferently.

But Ning Daoran’s eyebrows knit together in concern. There was a fleeting sharpness in the old manager’s gaze towards him, and even though the old manager tried his best to conceal it, Ning Daoran saw a dark shadow behind him when he activated the Grey Eyes Technique—a Demon Beast.

“Miss Lu, long time no see.”

From the group of city guard cultivators, mid-stage Foundation Establishment Zhang Yi stepped forward. He seemed to know Lu Wanting and, with great enthusiasm, he greeted her with a smile, “I believe it’s been three years since our last encounter.”

“Zhang Yi, be careful!”

Ning Daoran suddenly issued a warning.

However, it was already too late. As Zhang Yi rashly moved forward, his abdomen was pierced in the blink of an eye by a dark grey energy glow, followed by a claw clutching his heart, protruding from behind!

“Ugh!!!”

Zhang Yi had never imagined that he would meet such a mysterious death, but when he looked up, he saw Linlu Trading Company’s old manager squinting his eyes, raising one hand to conjure a strand of dark grey demon Qi—it was he who had killed him.

“Be careful!”

Ning Daoran fiercely brought out the Chi Long Ding, its body a translucent emerald green, humming as it expanded dozens of meters, shielding Chen Wen and the others behind him.

“Elder, that is…” Chen Wen exclaimed in horror.

“A Third-tier Late-stage Demon Beast, prepare to retreat!”

Ning Daoran’s brow was tightly knotted; as soon as the old manager made a move, his Unmoving Ming King Divine Technique had already seen through all the illusions. The old manager was just a shell; what was hidden within was a ferocious Third-tier Demon Beast with fur fluttering violently and pupils that changed color, extremely bewitching.

A name suddenly lit up in Ning Daoran’s heart.

Shadow Wolf King!

Could it truly be coincidence that he encountered the Shadow Wolf King here?

“Retreat!”

Chen Wen was decisive. He had already sensed that the old manager possessed the aura of a Third-tier Late-stage Demon Beast. With everyone present fighting head-on, there would only be one outcome—death!

“Activate the City Protection Array, inform the City Lord, quick!”

The group quickly withdrew.

Ning Daoran also held the Chi Long Ding, covering everyone as they retreated.

Of course, at this time, Ning Daoran was merely a Class A Paperfolk; his true self had long since escaped underground through Earth Escape.

…

“Manager Yang, what has come over you, why did you suddenly commit murder?”

A leader of the Foundation Establishment followers of Linlu Trading Company shouted while drawing a Magic Sword from his Storage Bag at his waist.

“Mind your own business!”

The manager’s palm waved, and a powerful demon Qi rolled over immediately, and in an instant, the body of the Foundation Establishment follower leader spread across the ground like bloody mud, completely unable to resist.

At the same time, the old manager revealed a pained expression, his body splitting open continuously. Accompanied by the burst of flesh and skin, tufts of fur appeared below, and his figure rapidly swelled, transforming into a Demon Beast at least three stories tall in an instant!

The Shadow Wolf King, indeed it was!

“This person is so alert …”

The Shadow Wolf King, from afar, glanced at Ning Daoran’s retreating figure alongside Chen Wen’s and frowned, then turned to look at Lu Wanting and the others, and with a voice that could speak human language, said, “Hmph, I’ll accept your blood essence as my own.”

“It’s a Third-tier Demon Beast, run for it!”

In the caravan, someone shouted, and instantly everyone scattered like birds and beasts, but most were held in place by the Spiritual pressure of the Shadow Wolf King and were drained of their blood essence in a moment.

Lu Wanting too abandoned the caravan, activating a Third-tier Lower Grade Divine Speed Talisman in her hand, her long jade legs stepping on the void, instantaneously displaying a movement technique, breaking through the air towards the west!

“Thinking of escaping!?”

The Shadow Wolf King laughed boisterously, turning into a phantom in hot pursuit.

At the same time, the aura of the Golden Core erupted from beneath the ground, as strands of golden sword light pierced the surface of the earth, moving with incredible speed towards the Shadow Wolf King!

“You…”

The Shadow Wolf King turned around and saw the cultivator in green robes emerging from the ground—it was indeed his old adversary, Independent Practitioner Jianjia!

“Little beast, I’ve finally caught you!”

The Shadow Wolf King shrieked, spewing a stream of green that flew out into the air, extending into rings in mid-air and swiftly binding Lu Wanting tightly, suppressing her within a bamboo forest.

“Back in the day, you were nothing but a good-for-nothing at the Foundation Establishment, and now that you’ve reached the Great Success of Golden Core Stage, you think you can contend with me?”

The Shadow Wolf King turned and walked towards Ning Daoran step by step, his eyes filled with hatred, “Little beast, back then, you caused me terrible suffering. I made no progress in my cultivation for thirty years, all thanks to you! Today, I shall flay you, extract your tendons, refine your soul to burn as lamp oil, and make you wish you were dead!”

“The past is the past, the now is now.”

Ning Daoran raised his hand, and suddenly strands of golden silk swords appeared above his shoulders, swaying uncertainly, their tips pointing straight at his opponent.

“Seeking death!”

The Shadow Wolf King didn’t wish to waste words; he pounced instantly, and alongside the Wolf King, a pair of wings that resembled cicada’s appeared, vibrating with a series of sharp cries echoing in the ears.

It was a type of Devil Sound that could disturb the mind, similar in a strange way to the Soul-devouring Demon’s Soul-locking Bell.

“Buzz!”

Ning Daoran shook his Azure Dragon Spear, the Unmoving Ming King Divine Technique running instantly at Return to Nature. Steady as a mountain, unaffected by the Devil Sound, he struck like thunder with his spear. At the same time, strands of Spirit Cage Silk descended from all directions, enveloping the area!

“Hmm?”

The Shadow Wolf King was taken aback, not expecting the Golden Core Stage Independent Practitioner Jianjia to be so terrifyingly powerful. He stomped on the ground forcefully, releasing a shockwave from within him. Within the shockwave, enveloping tiny hairs as thin as cow hairs, known as Wolf Hair, exploded outward.

Ning Daoran saw it clearly; the Big Green Dragon moved, watertight, and with the sound of “ding, ding, dang, dang,” it blasted all the incoming Wolf Hair to pieces. At the same time, with a wave of his left hand, dozens of Class A and Second-class Paperfolk spread out, with Wild Elder, Miao Fu, the young and strong, and maidens—all sorts of fiercely-faced cultivators attacked the Shadow Wolf King!