Chapter 3661: Successful Infiltration (Two)
Before long, five Immortal Emperor great elders stood side-by-side near the protective formation of the Immortal Sect of Colossal Elephants. They were the leaders of the five branches.
When the sect was sealed up, regular elders no longer possessed the authority to open the formation. They could only control the formation by assembling the tablets of highest authority from the five branches.
Behind the five of them stood several Immortal Monarchs and several dozen Nine-heavenly Xuan Immortal disciples.
“Open the formation!” With Xiang Bai’s order, the great elders of the five branches all took out a tablet. As they channelled their energy, the tablet began to shine with dazzling light before producing a beam of energy that struck the formation.
Immediately, a ten-metre-wide gate silently appeared in the powerful formation that could stop late Immortal Exalts.
“Do you remember what we instructed you to do?” Xiang Bai turned towards the people behind him.
“Please don’t worry, great elder. We will definitely complete the mission.” The Immortal Monarchs answered together with the several dozen Nine-heavenly Xuan Immortal disciples.
In the next moment, they all took to the skies, flying outwards.
At the same time, Jian Chen concealed himself on a towering tree outside the protective formation of the Immortal Sect of Colossal Elephants. He hid his presence with the mask from the Illusionary Daemon race carefully, without leaving behind any traces.
At this moment, as if he had sensed something, he suddenly looked towards the Immortal Sect of Colossal Elephants as his lips curled upwards. He murmured to himself, “It’s finally happening.”
He activated the Divine Armour of Heavenflight and completely vanished.
Using the Divine Armour of Heavenflight’s concealment, he silently arrived before the opening in the formation.
Disciples of the Immortal Sect of Colossal Elephants constantly flew out of the ten-metre-wide gate. Through the gate, Jian Chen could even clearly see the five Immortal Emperors standing there.
They were calm and composed. They did not seem to be wary at all.
It was as if they were only here because opening the formation required them. They were not worried that any enemies would use this opportunity to infiltrate.
As a result, when the Immortal Monarchs of the Immortal Sect of Colossal Elephants flew out with several dozen Nine-heavenly Xuan Immortals, they did not even release the senses of their souls to inspect the surroundings.
Jian Chen did not barge in rashly. Instead, he studied the formation closely. Sure enough, he noticed a thin film of energy where the formation opened up. Whatever passed through could not avoid this film of energy.
Whether it was through the Laws of Space or concealing his traces through various different methods, none of it seemed to allow him to bypass the film of energy directly.
“The Divine Armour of Heavenflight is a high quality god artifact after all, and it ranks among the very best of high quality god artifacts. As a result, the protective formation of the Immortal Sect of Colossal Elephants should be beneath the Divine Armour of Heavenflight in terms of quality. I just don’t know if the Divine Armour of Heavenflight can let me in without raising any attention at all,” Jian Chen thought to himself. He hesitated slightly outside the formation before slowly extending an arm towards the energy film.
He could not be careless with infiltrating the Immortal Sect of Colossal Elephants. After all, the formation was very powerful. If he were trapped in the sect for three years, then he would be in danger.
After all, if the Immortal Sect of Colossal Elephants faced lethal danger, the ancestors of the sect could return within three years. Jian Chen did not want to face off against several Immortal Exalt ancestors of the Immortal Sect of Colossal Elephants.
“If I can’t infiltrate the sect silently, then I’ll have to give up on it. After all, they are a peak organisation that rules over an entire region. Their heritage runs very deep. I’ll probably struggle to achieve anything when they’re prepared.” Jian Chen calculated.
In the end, his arm passed through the energy film silently. He did not trigger the formation at all.
The result immediately made Jian Chen beam with joy inside.
It was as if he had entered an entirely different space after activating the Divine Armour of Heavenflight, a space that resided in a different dimension to this world. Even the powerful formation of the Immortal Sect of Colossal Elephants that could stop late Immortal Exalts sensed nothing.
Of course, this was only the case with this film used for alerts. If the Immortal Sect of Colossal Elephants’ formation was shut, then even the Divine Armour of Heavenflight would not be able to pass through.
At this moment, as the last Nine-heavenly Xuan Immortal emerged from the Immortal Sect of Colossal Elephants, the open gate slowly began to close up as well.
“As for how I leave, whatever. I’ll worry about that when the time comes…”
Seeing how the formation was about to close, Jian Chen no longer hesitated. With an immediate flash, he entered the Immortal Sect of Colossal Elephants.
Five seconds later, the opening in the formation had closed completely. The Immortal Sect of Colossal Elephants was cut off from the world again.
The two Ninth Heavenly Layer Immortal Emperors, Xiang Bai and Xiang Zhiru, were both present, but neither of them sensed Jian Chen’s infiltration.
At this moment, the entire Immortal Sect of Colossal Elephants was unaware that an unwelcome guest had entered their sect.
Through the disguise of the Divine Armour of Heavenflight, Jian Chen searched through the Immortal Sect of Colossal Elephants and observed their current strength to come up with a plan.
Because he had snuck in secretly, he obviously was not bold enough to use the senses of his soul. After all, there were several Eighth and Ninth Heavenly Layer Immortal Emperors inside the Immortal Sect of Colossal Elephants. If he used the senses of his soul rashly, it would be very easy for him to be discovered.
However, if he could not use the senses of his soul, then he could only rely on his short-range senses to understand what the Immortal Sect of Colossal Elephants was hiding.
“This should be the medicinal garden where the Immortal Sect of Colossal Elephants grows their heavenly resources. They truly are a peak organisation on the Reverent Observance Heaven. Sure enough, they’re wealthy. These colossal mountains are all covered in various heavenly resources.” Very soon, Jian Chen stopped over a series of mountains covered in spiritual Qi. The sight before him brought him quite a bit of shock even with his mental fortitude.
Before him, various heavenly resources were neatly grouped according to their variety, planted on square plots. The fields spanned one after another, covering several mountains. There were a million of them at the very least.
A million of them were all at the Immortal Tier, while a small portion of them had reached supreme grade.
Meanwhile, the furthest medicinal mountain was covered in God Tier heavenly resources. There were over a hundred thousand of them as well.
Among these God Tier heavenly resources, over ten thousand of them had reached mid grade.
As for high grade God Tier heavenly resources, the number plummeted drastically. There were less than three hundred of them.
Gazing at this stretch of heavenly resources, Jian Chen’s heart burned with desire.
“Hmm? No, this isn’t all of it. This is only part of it.” Jian Chen’s eyes narrowed. He gazed into the horizon with shining eyes.
Even further away, he discovered another mountain range. Each mountain was covered in various heavenly resources.
He strode through the air, covering several dozen kilometres in just a few flashes. He discovered another medicinal garden on the same scale. Immortal Tier and God Tier heavenly resources were scattered across the mountains, also reaching past a million in quantity.
“The Immortal Sect of Colossal Elephants actually has two medicinal gardens of such scale. How wealthy!” Jian Chen sighed from the bottom of his heart. This was the first time he had ever found a sect growing two million heavenly resources at the same time.
He could not even begin to imagine how much spiritual Qi was used up each year to support the successful growth of so many heavenly resources.
Jian Chen did not touch these heavenly resources, instead continuing making his way through the Immortal Sect of Colossal Elephants. Unable to use the senses of his soul, the only way for him to accurately grasp where everything was located in the Immortal Sect of Colossal Elephants was to pay a visit personally.
However, he discovered that he had still ended up underestimating the Immortal Sect of Colossal Elephants’ wealth. The Immortal Sect of Colossal Elephants had a total of five medicinal gardens on the same scale as the one he saw before. Each medicinal garden was composed of several mountains with a million heavenly resources growing.
The five medicinal gardens amounted to a total of five million heavenly resources.
The number left Jian Chen rather dumbfounded.
The five medicinal gardens were arranged like a pentagon. In the centre of the five medicinal gardens was a tower protected by a formation.
The tower was constructed from fire crystal. It was blood-red in colour like there were flames burning. Heat radiated from it.
From time to time, even wisps of the fragrance of pills would drift between the mountains.