The Master of Beasts-Chapter 572 - 143:

Lei Mou laughed heartily and patted the elder on the shoulder, saying: "You won't regret your choice!"

"Who!"

With Lei Mou's icy blue eyes glaring, the sound of thunder echoed, and the light screen of the Imprint Stone completely vanished.

"The Golden Clan is cooperating with the Thunder God Temple?" Qiu Ruo exclaimed in shock.

"Impossible, the Golden Clan has deep enmity with us. How could they possibly cooperate?" Despite watching the recording, Tian Yue was still unconvinced.

"Although a Golden Immortal cannot intervene, verifying the authenticity of an Imprint Stone is no issue," Dark Centipede Elder said calmly.

"Regardless of authenticity, how did you come to know of such a secret meeting?" Chen Jiuge found it hard to comprehend. Both sides must have been extremely cautious about such significant matters. How could it be so coincidentally encountered by Dark Centipede Elder, even leaving behind an imprint?

As for the Golden Clan Blood, Chen Jiuge had some understanding. They were a great clan with many Heavenly Immortals in their ranks. Despite the Curse Immortals having less direct combat power, their numbers could make up for the lack of quality.

The most crucial point was that this Blood wasn't fond of the Thunder God Temple, often opposing them. How could they easily reach a cooperation now?

Hearing Chen Jiuge's inquiry, Dark Centipede Elder explained somewhat sheepishly: "I don't know about the authenticity, but this imprint was indeed an unfortunate incident!"

"Due to the war between the two sects, the environment here was very unstable. In the past, I made quite a few mistakes in the Golden Desert, and both sects are on the hunt for me."

"Believe it or not, at my level of cultivation, it's more about understanding the Dao. I rarely roam outside now. The meeting place was just one of my meditation cave mansions."

Qiu Ruo asked, somewhat oddly: "Are you saying you were meditating at home, and then two people from the Thunder God Temple and the Golden Clan suddenly appeared outside your cave mansion plotting?"

Dark Centipede Elder smiled bitterly, saying: "That was indeed the case. Otherwise, why would I have inexplicably fought with the Three Flowers Heavenly Immortal of the Thunder God Temple during such a special period? How could I make such a low-level mistake?"

"You really have some absurdly good luck!" Chen Jiuge said sympathetically.

Is this what they call disaster coming from heaven even when sitting at home?

As for why Dark Centipede Elder didn't directly join the Thunder God Temple, it was related to the style of the Thunder God Temple!

The cultivators of the Thunder God Temple were domineering, wild, bloodthirsty, and arrogant. A loose cultivator joining them would likely have to take a Heavenly Dao Oath to become their cannon fodder, losing freedom despite receiving more resources!

These were conditions that strong loose cultivators couldn't accept. A loose Three Flowers Heavenly Immortal like Dark Centipede Elder could get a good Guest Elder treatment from a sect like the Five Elements Sect. Why would they be willing to be forcibly trapped by the Thunder God Temple?

But it was precisely because of the style of the Thunder God Temple that large numbers of loose cultivators joined the Five Elements Sect, creating a standoff, even suffering a loss at times.

The four of them discussed for a bit and decided to let Gu Zhengyu take Dark Centipede Elder to meet the Golden Immortal Great Power in the First Exploration City to report this intelligence.

Actually, the best person for this would be Tian Yue; after all, his master was there. However, Tian Yue's level of cultivation was a bit low. If Dark Centipede Elder had ill intentions, Tian Yue might not be able to withstand it.

But Gu Zhengyu was different. Not only did he reach the Two Flowers Celestial Immortal level, but he was also a Core Disciple of the Sect. It was said that he practiced several Great Divine Powers within the sect, making his combat strength formidable, capable of briefly engaging with Dark Centipede Elder, making him the most suitable candidate.

"Senior Brother, I'll leave it to you!" Chen Jiuge instructed.

Gu Zhengyu nodded, then hesitated, saying: "Junior Chen, if this matter is true, then significant changes are about to happen here."

"I understand. The Thunder God Temple won't let it go easily," Chen Jiuge naturally understood this principle.

Watching the two depart, Chen Jiuge turned back to his tent, sat down cross-legged, and began to communicate with his contracted Heavenly Immortal Spiritual Beasts to strengthen the defenses here.

....

The following day

Nearly a hundred Heavenly Immortal Disciples from the Thunder God Temple appeared at the border of the defense zone.

Ye Cheng stood with arms crossed, watching the relentless sandstorm before him, and said in a deep voice: "Lei Mou, your mistake led to the leak of our cooperation."

"Although because of this leak, the Golden Clan Blood had to cooperate with us, merit does not offset fault. You've already received the benefits, so you need to personally make up for the mistake, right?"

Lei Mou, his face marked by several new pink scars, slightly bowed his head and said: "Brother Ye, I will resolve it."

"Alright then, let's set off, and conveniently deal with this so-called Spiritual Beast defense zone."

All these Thunder God Temple Disciples were in the Heavenly Immortal Realm, though most were in the One Flower Realm, but they couldn't be underestimated.

"Bang" "Bang"

Watching the disciples dive into the sandstorm like cannonballs, Ye Cheng sneered disdainfully: "Let me see, what exactly is hidden in this defensive area that caused our sect to lose several Three Flowers Heavenly Immortals?"

He drew his right hand, and his fingertips gathered a blood-colored thunderbolt, which shot out with a 'biu' sound. A small sand rat was scorched by the thunder, releasing a fragrant smell.

"Mere child's play!"

In the tent, Chen Jiuge opened his eyes, said heavily: "There is a master present, and they have discovered the reconnaissance of Spiritual Beasts."

"That's unexpected. I remember Junior Chen, your reconnaissance Spiritual Beast is a sand rat, right? Those little things, the barbarians from Thunder God Temple wouldn't notice them." Tian Yue said, puzzled.

"Senior Brother, do you know the appearance of that person?" Qiu Ruo asked.

"Yes."

After roughly describing it, Qiu Ruo's face turned grave: "Ye Cheng, a true disciple of Thunder God Temple, reportedly reached Three Flowers Heavenly Immortal Realm thousands of years ago, cultivating the mightiest Blood Thunder Path."

"This is definitely not good news." Tian Yue's expression also looked grim.

Thunder God Temple is different from the Five Elements Sect; because of their violent nature, those elders generally don't take direct disciples, at most some registered disciples for interest exchange.

This results in each true disciple having extremely strong talent, being on the same level as the core disciples of the Five Elements Sect.

Originally, such disciples would be handled by our own core disciples, but the external sect situation isn't good, so only Gu Zhengyu, who recently broke through to Two Flowers Celestial Immortal, came to aid.

"No worries, we just need to be careful. At least, given how seriously Thunder God Temple treats this now, Dark Centipede Elder's information should be true. We just need to delay them as much as possible." Chen Jiuge analyzed.

"Right."

"Let's change locations first, try to move toward the back of the defensive area."

"Okay."

Packing up the tent, Chen Jiuge summoned the Wind God Roc, not the initial one, but one cultivated later. Though its cultivation is One Flower Heavenly Immortal, both its potential and speed are inferior compared to the initial one.

However, it's enough for evacuation now, thanks to the current weather. Otherwise, the risk would be considerable.

"Kill all intruding cultivators with full force."

After issuing this command to the Contracted Spiritual Beasts, the three quickly evacuated.

.....

The environment of the Golden Desert is terrible, with no forests, no valleys, and no green mountains or clear waters, not even an oasis in this most marginal defensive area.

A kilometer underground

A gigantic scorpion over a hundred meters long suddenly opened its eyes, a hint of spirit light flashing in its massive eyeballs: "Intruders? With full force?"

Its eyes constantly sparkled with spirit light, as the Sandstorm Scorpion King stretched out a tongue full of barbs, licked its lips, emitting sparks: "Seems the incoming ones are strong, need to be cautious, can't be the first to show up."

Despite Chen Jiuge's breakthrough to the Heavenly Immortal Realm, the number of Spiritual Beasts contracted is still limited, as their cultivation is not low.

The key issue is, to stabilize the defense of this area entirely, the Spiritual Beasts cannot all be Fierce Beasts without spiritual wisdom, as contracting a Spiritual Beast with developed spiritual wisdom consumes too much Divine Soul Power.

Thus, the contracts Chen Jiuge uses on Spiritual Beasts are not very binding, only controlling life and death to ensure loyalty, and not for more precise operations.

One by one, the storm scorpions drilled out slowly from underground, dyeing the golden surface black within a thirty-minute span across several miles.

The Sandstorm Scorpion King waved its huge pincers, cunningly saying: "Charge, my children!"

These little scorpions' cultivation isn't high, mostly Seventh Rank, occasionally mixed with Eighth Rank, with few reaching True Immortal Level.

The actions of the Sandstorm Scorpion King are also reflective of most other Spiritual Beasts; those with spiritual wisdom mainly have cultivation at the Heavenly Immortal Level, and their relationship with Chen Jiuge is generally ordinary, naturally not willing to risk their lives.

Though there are a few Spiritual Beasts slightly different.