Chapter 299: All Magic Is Forbidden (Part 2)
It's just...
During the escape earlier, he caught a glimpse of a cluster of blood energy hidden within the woman's Dantian. Now, it has completely vanished, and he doesn't know the reason.
Why did the woman lend a helping hand? Was it for some motive, or did she simply act on a whim?
"Miss?"
Chen Sansi felt the atmosphere was somewhat frozen. Though the other person hadn't cast any spell, he still felt as if he were surrounded by ice and snow. He couldn't help but ask: "May I ask for your name?"
"Qingxu Sect."
The blind woman replied extremely succinctly: "Jiang Xiyue."
"Qingxu Sect?"
Chen Sansi was slightly taken aback.
It's actually...
someone from the Qingxu Sect.
That's right.
Some time ago, Bai Family Master Bai Liangbi mentioned that they had already established communication with the Qingxu Sect, and would soon send someone over.
Unexpectedly, the other person appeared first in the Nine幽 Forbidden Land.
Wait a minute.
Her surname is Jiang?
Could she be the Jiang Xianzi mentioned in Fourth Senior Brother's last wishes?
"Help me."
Before Chen Sansi could inquire, the blind woman spoke.
"Help?"
Chen Sansi agreed: "Jiang Xianzi just helped out. I'm indeed feeling I cannot repay you. Just tell me what you need, and I will do my utmost."
What's free is often the most expensive.
The other's disclosure of her motive actually gave him some peace of mind.
But...
This Sword Cultivator from the Qingxu Sect is far above his realm. What can he offer assistance in?
"Follow me."
Jiang Xiyue, sparing words, after uttering three more words, continued to fly forward, heading straight to the destination.
Chen Sansi summoned Qian Xun, closely following behind.
The woman's speed in Controlling the sky was also top-notch. Riding Qian Xun with the Wind-splitting Seal, he barely managed to keep from falling behind, even though she wasn't fully engaging in Sword Control.
"Miss Jiang!"
Chen Sansi called loudly: "You still haven't said what you need me to do?"
"Get something."
Jiang Xiyue replied calmly.
"..."
Chen Sansi understood.
It seems this Jiang Xianzi came to the Nine幽 Forbidden Land also for a treasure hunt.
But still, why does she need him, given that his realm is not as high as hers?
After half a day winding around above the Boundary, Jiang Xiyue finally lowered her flying sword and entered the narrow gap between two mountain peaks.
A winding staircase appeared on the cliff to their left, leading up to a pitch-black cave at the end.
Upon entering the cramped canyon, Chen Sansi gradually felt uncomfortable, as an indescribable force attacked from all directions, seemingly imprinting runes on him, weakening his Mana, True Power.
Yellow Stone Mountain!
This place, like Yellow Stone Mountain, with its ability to suppress all cultivators' realms to the Qi Refinement Realm, had laws that suppressed cultivation.
Chen Sansi could feel that if he continued a few more steps, his realm would be suppressed to Qi Refinement and Transcend Mortality, or even lower.
"Miss Jiang?"
He began to hesitate.
The blind woman said nothing, only gracefully landing on the steps, starting to walk forward step by step, her realm quickly suppressed to the Qi Refinement Realm.
"..."
Chen Sansi pondered silently.
Their strength was inherently greater than his. If they had other intentions, they could have directly taken action against him, without the need to bring him here.
Under the same Qi Refinement condition, he as an Immortal and Martial Dual Cultivator was stronger.
With this thought.
Chen Sansi didn't hesitate for long, decided to retract Qian Xun, and followed closely into the range of law suppression.
"Hiss~"
This feeling of being unable to exert force made him extremely uncomfortable.
"Miss Jiang."
Chen Sansi quickened his pace: "Might I ask, do you know Qingxu Sect's Master Yu Ling?"
"My master."
Jiang Xiyue said concisely.
"Master Yu Ling is your master?"
Chen Sansi pondered in his heart.
In this case, they could be considered "acquaintances" in some sense.
Should he take out the Jade Pendant Token and discuss the follow-up cultivation technique and seeking help?
After careful consideration, he decided to focus on solving the matter at hand first.
After traversing a long staircase, the two arrived at the entrance of the mountain cave.
On the stone tablet beside them, the words "Guardian's Cave Mansion" were carved.
"Another Guardian, and the boundary was arranged using the Guardian Token as the Array Eye. What is it that my master originally passed on to me through this token?"
Chen Sansi constantly calculated in his heart, following the blind woman into the cave.
"Boom——"
As they crossed the threshold, the torches on the stone walls on both sides of the passage lit up, illuminating the scene inside.
In fact, even in darkness, Chen Sansi could perceive everything. He saw corpses everywhere on both sides, with strange purple flowers attached to them.
It seemed a battle had taken place here.
After walking a dozen steps forward, a closed stone gate appeared ahead.
"Wait for me."
The blind woman took out a compass-shaped magic artifact from her waist and began to decipher the restrictions on the stone gate.
Chen Sansi quietly waited beside her.
During the process, he bent down to pick up some scattered jade scrolls, among which were cultivation technique legacies from ancient times, though unfortunately, they were damaged to varying degrees, making them unusable for cultivation.
[Skill: Reading (Great Success)]
[Progress: 125/2000]
These ancient texts bore many similarities to the texts Chen Sansi encountered in his daily cultivation of "talisman" and "formation" skills. Despite their crude appearance, he could manage to understand them.
Through the fragmented records within the jade scrolls, he finally understood what these purple flowers capable of manipulating ancient corpses were.
"A typical Demon Path seed cultivated by the Ancient Demon Cult 'Undying Sect', 'Corpse Demon Vine'."
Chen Sansi browsed the content: "If properly used, it can refine elixir pills greatly beneficial to corpse cultivators, but if left to parasitize, it will utterly erode one's consciousness."
"Generally, it can only be used to create corpse puppets."
"Low-level corpse puppets have purple flowers that awaken when they sense blood, while high-level corpse puppets have red flowers that immediately awaken and attack indiscriminately upon sensing the presence of living beings."
"Moreover, cultivating the 'Corpse Demon Vine' also requires corresponding secret techniques, otherwise it will quickly wither."
He took the previously picked 'Corpse Demon Vine' from his storage bag and found that it had indeed completely withered.
"Forget it, these sinister paths lead to trouble if misused."
Chen Sansi simply discarded it.
In the direction the flower fell, he noticed a corpse.
The corpse's death was gruesome, with half of its spine extracted. The spine looked as pure as jade, with dense golden runes flowing across its surface.
"Divinity Transformation Cultivator!"
Chen Sansi was greatly surprised.
He remembered the records from the books he had read, which said only Divinity Transformation Cultivators who grasped part of the Heaven and Earth Laws would have "golden" runes appear on their bones.
This meant that in life, the corpse before him was actually a Divinity Transformation Cultivator!
Divinity Transformation is above the Nascent Soul, and it's said to allow one to ascend to the Upper Realm!
The Upper Realm is a place where true "immortals" exist.
Even the earlier ancient Nascent Soul corpse was so difficult to deal with; if a Divinity Transformation Cultivator were to awaken, who knows what kind of destructive power might arise.
Chen Sansi instinctively took a few steps back.
"Buzz——"
On the other side, the blind woman successfully opened the stone gate.
As soon as the stone gate swung open, numerous wandering souls swarmed out. Trapped for hundreds of thousands of years, they charged forth like mad beasts, showing their fangs ferociously!
"Beware!"
While Chen Sansi was warning, he had already gripped the Purple Thunder Bow, and four Golden Scale Flying Blades shot out, accurately smashing several wandering souls into fragments, dispersing them completely.
"Demon... "
"Run!"
"..."
From deep within the stone gate, mournful howls echoed, and soon a beast-like tide of wandering souls flew by. They seemed to have encountered something extremely terrifying, racing towards the exit in panic.
The foremost figure appeared familiar.
It was none other than the Divinity Transformation Cultivator at Chen Sansi's feet!
And the faces of the wandering souls behind him corresponded to many of the Golden Core and Nascent Soul corpses inside the cave.
"Go, go now!"
The Divinity Transformation Cultivator roared with all his might: "All laws are forbidden, all laws are forbidden!"