bookbashuk Chapter 42: Ancient Immortal Traces
Chapter 42: Ancient Immortal Traces
"There are actually cultivators in this world? This time, I'm going to be caught off guard and suffer a crushing defeat!"
The willow tree spirit was filled with remorse.
Previously, Wei Wuji found it and told him that among the three new forces that entered the "Black Abyss", there were two corpses of "Grandmasters".
The willow tree cultivates evil arts, relying on absorbing people's blood and energy to enhance its strength.
The blood and energy of a 'Grandmaster' is the most nourishing, surpassing that of hundreds of martial artists at the End-stage Realm!
Therefore, it went to investigate yesterday.
Originally, upon noticing the extremely cold aura emanating from the coffin, it knew the visitor was no ordinary person and wanted to abandon the idea.
But Wei Wuji used the Black Abyss Ancient Palace as bait.
The willow tree spirit also knew that there was an ancient immortal lineage within the ancient palace, and hoped to use it to find immortal techniques and break through its shackles.
The two sides then reached an agreement to ambush and kill three grandmasters at the Black Spirit Pool.
In the willow tree spirit's view, as long as it personally casts the Soul-Capturing Illusion, it would be enough to make a grandmaster lose his mind for a short time.
We will be able to kill it then.
Of course, the illusionary form itself is required for the soul-capturing spell to be effective.
If the distance is too far, the effect will be negligible.
Furthermore, even if it fails to kill, it can burrow underground and retreat, showing no fear of Grandmasters and thus ensuring its survival.
So the willow tree spirit decided to take a gamble.
Previously, when the willow tree spirit's branches were frostbitten by the coffin, it simply assumed it was due to the master's cultivation of icy true energy.
After all, its former subordinate, the "Demon King," had been injured by Yang Xuan's icy true energy.
I've planned it all out.
No one could have predicted that in this mortal kingdom where cultivators had vanished, such an anomaly as Yang Jiuli would appear.
"That's the only place I can go!" Frustrated, the willow tree spirit quickened its pace and fled in a familiar direction.
Li Chun followed.
The willow tree spirit vanished in a flash.
They soon arrived at an underground area filled with rocks.
Through Li Chun's perspective, Yang Jiuli saw some ancient buildings underground.
I saw a bluestone path, and ahead stood a dilapidated palace.
At that moment, the willow tree spirit flew directly towards the palace like a streak of green light.
"There's actually an underground palace?" Yang Jiuli exclaimed in surprise. "Could it be an ancient celestial site?"
He muttered to himself, and 'Li Chun's' divine sense probed into the interior.
After confirming that there was no major danger, they quickly followed and flew into the palace.
As soon as he flew into the palace, blue arrows shot towards 'Li Chun'.
Arrows and spears rained down, their momentum overwhelming, enough to annihilate even a grandmaster.
However, golden light emanated from Li Chun's body, forming a golden shield that protected him.
Clang clang.
The arrows rained down on the "golden shield" but failed to shatter it.
Instead, Li Chun made hand gestures and cast a "Golden Light Cage" spell.
But then they saw golden light emanating from beneath the willow tree spirit in the palace ahead.
The golden spiritual energy surged upwards like a tide, transforming into a three-foot-high cage that trapped the willow tree spirit within.
The willow tree spirit shone with emerald light, its branches like spears, piercing the golden light barrier, but it could not penetrate it no matter what it did.
At this moment, the barrage of arrows outside the palace had disappeared.
Li Chun reached out and summoned the golden cage in the main hall to his front.
He looked coldly at the willow tree spirit inside the golden cage.
"Fellow Daoist, spare my life!" Upon seeing this, the willow tree spirit was terrified and hurriedly bowed and begged for mercy.
"Spare my life?" 'Li Chun' sneered. "You lured me here, then activated an ancient restriction to ambush and kill me, and you still think you can save your life? Do you really think I'm a three-year-old child?"
Before entering the palace, Yang Jiuli had used the divine sense of 'Li Chun' to explore the situation inside the palace.
He sensed a faint restrictive force inside.
Based on his experience over several lifetimes, he could tell that the power of the restriction had been greatly reduced due to the lack of spiritual energy.
Even if activated, it would only have the power of a single strike comparable to the eighth level of Qi Refining.
His past life was perfectly capable of handling it.
Therefore, Yang Jiuli did not hesitate at all and immediately controlled the body of 'Li Chun' to fly into the palace and capture the willow tree spirit.
"Senior, I know a great secret... If you spare my life, I will tell you everything!" the willow tree spirit said in fear.
"You are now a prisoner, so aren't your secrets my secrets too?" 'Li Chun' said coldly.
As he spoke, he exerted force with his palm, and within the golden cage, golden light, sharp as blades, sliced the willow tree sword into pieces.
The willow tree spirit was cut into a trunk, and its vital energy was greatly diminished.
"Memory Reading." At the same time, Li Chun spoke slowly, and a talisman was injected into the willow tree spirit between his brows.
hum!
In an instant, the willow tree spirit felt its soul tremble as a talisman was forcibly implanted into it.
Its memories flooded into the talisman like a tidal wave, and were read in their entirety by Yang Jiuli.
At the edge of the Black Spirit Pool, Yang Jiuli's eyes gleamed as he looked into the distance.
By implanting the consciousness of his past life into the tree spirit, he gained a complete view of the willow tree spirit's memories.
It turns out that this willow tree spirit absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, gradually awakening its intelligence.
It also mutated because it absorbed some evil energy from the surrounding area.
Through its roots extending throughout the Black Abyss, it discovered some ancient secrets of immortality.
He also learned puppetry.
However, they were all incomplete, which meant that although it knew about the immortal path, it only knew some superficial magic.
Because the spiritual energy here is scarce, it takes decades for its cultivation level to advance once.
He has only reached the peak of the seventh level of Qi Refining so far, and has been unable to break through to the eighth level for a long time.
The next moment, Li Chun's eyes flickered as he looked towards the front of the palace.
But on the platform at the far end of the palace, there was a throne, upon which sat a desiccated corpse.
The mummified corpse had its hair tied up with a crown, its long hair cascading down like a waterfall, and its clothes were torn and covered in dust.
There was an arrow between his eyebrows, as if he had been shot through the head and died from the injury to his soul.
His eyes were closed, and he held a dusty jade box in his hands.
Yang Jiuli was shocked when he saw it through Li Chun's perspective.
I felt a terrifying aura pressing down from the front, like the sky pressing down on me, or like an unparalleled force sweeping in.
His consciousness almost collapsed.
Li Chun staggered backward, his illusory body dimming and nearly collapsing.
Fortunately, the 'past life talisman' between his eyebrows rippled and formed a light shield that protected him.
It neutralized that terrifying pressure; otherwise, this 'past life' would probably have already collapsed.
At the edge of the Black Spirit Pool, Yang Jiuli staggered backward, his face slightly pale.
"Jiu'er, what's wrong?" Upon seeing this, Yang Xuan immediately helped Yang Jiuli up and asked.
Yang Qin also looked over from the side.
At this moment, Qin Shisan and the others made their move and killed those ordinary 'fierce demons'.
After the willow tree spirit was captured, it was unable to control the "evil demons," causing these evil demons to be easily beheaded, leaving them dumbfounded.
Seeing Yang Jiuli's appearance, Qin Shisan and the others all looked solemn and concerned.
"Ninth Young Master..." Qin Zhixue pursed her lips, her face full of worry.
"I'm fine!" Yang Jiuli said.
Hearing his son speak like that, Yang Xuan breathed a slight sigh of relief.
"Father, Uncles, please wait here! I'll be right back!" Yang Jiuli said with a bow after a slight hesitation.
Then, with a flash, he flew away into the distance, leaving the three martial artists watching from afar.