Chapter 300: All Are Mortal Flesh_2
The core roots of the Corpse Puppet Demon Vine either parasitize the heart or the head; once these two places are destroyed, the corpse puppet will subsequently "die."
Chen Sansi drew his long spear and continued to deal with the rest of the ancient corpses. Aside from a few ancient martial cultivator corpses, dealing with them was unexpectedly easy.
Basically, it was like a martial arts expert with a divine weapon dealing with a group of ordinary people who only knew basic boxing moves.
Within a short time, the ten magic cultivation corpses around, along with a few martial cultivator corpses, were all lying askew on the ground, once again falling into slumber.
"Strange."
Chen Sansi walked to the side of an ancient corpse in the Golden Body Realm, raised his foot, and stomped on its chest, hearing a "crack" as the rib bones were directly broken.
He then used the Dragon Abyss to cut through the flesh, seeing that the bones inside were indeed golden but very fragile, no different from those of ordinary people.
He swiftly followed up with a sword slash to the Jade Bone, easily slicing it, no different from a mortal.
"This law is really formidable."
Chen Sansi thought to himself.
It seems.
Not only is the cultivation level reduced, but the physical strength is also weakened, and all aspects are akin to those of a mortal, including himself!
"All laws prohibited."
Chen Sansi took out the National Fortune Xuanzhu, staring at a stream of clean energy within it.
This clean energy was gifted to him by Mr. Mei, who said at the time that it could prohibit all laws once—could this be the effect?
If so, it would be an unparalleled trump card.
But so far...
Chen Sansi had not figured out how to use this clean energy.
Maybe he could discover something here!
His master had great respect for Mr. Mei and possessed the token of the Guardian. This place was the Guardian's cave mansion, and with the law that all laws were prohibited, there might be some connection.
Once he understood the use of the clean energy, even if it couldn't be used at this Daze Fang City, it would definitely play an extremely important role in the future.
Thinking so, Chen Sansi picked up the long spear from the ground and continued walking deeper, catching up with the blind girl's pace.
After his cultivation was reduced, he felt somewhat "tired" after a short while, as if returning to the early days of practicing martial arts.
The end of the medicine garden was a suspension bridge, the end of which led to a larger underground palace.
"Screech—"
A piercing eagle cry came from above, followed by pairs of ghostly green vertical eyes lighting up in the darkness, countless and overwhelming.
One raptor spread its wings, moving so fast that it left an afterimage, and instantly appeared before the two of them, with sharp claws like blades.
Chen Sansi instinctively raised his spear to pierce, only to feel an unstoppable impact, staggering backward a few steps.
This fierce beast...
Even in the "all laws prohibited" state, its physical power was stronger than that of ordinary people, and there were many of them.
"Miss, fall back."
Chen Sansi blocked the front, took out a long-sealed Kaiyuan Bow from his storage ring, and then drew the bow and nocked an arrow, continuously shooting at the fierce beasts blocking the way above.
Every arrow shot extinguished a pair of ghostly green eyes, and every shot hit its target without fail.
Inside the cave mansion, for a time, only the sound of bowstrings vibrating and the wailing of fierce beasts remained.
Yet these unknown fierce beasts were so numerous that even if Chen Sansi stood there shooting for three days and nights, he might not finish them all.
So he paved the way with bows and arrows while leading the blind girl forward, continuously pulling the bowstring, and feeling his arms ache.
Until now.
Chen Sansi roughly guessed why the blind girl sought his help.
The encounters in the cave mansion seemed easy, but if he weren't a martial artist with solid skills, he would've died countless times.
Even Jiang Xiyue, with her beautiful swordsmanship, still had some flaws from an expert's point of view.
Judging by her familiarity with this place, she must have visited once before.
The two of them crossed the suspension bridge, passing over a deep abyss to the outer area of the underground palace, facing five passages in different directions.
"Which way to go?"
Chen Sansi asked aloud.
By now, he was also intensely interested in the depths of the cave mansion.
Jiang Xiyue, her face veiled in a black silk band, tilted slightly as if listening to sounds in the passages, standing there without moving for a long time.
"How is it?"
Chen Sansi, drawing his bow and nocking an arrow, couldn't help but ask as more fierce beasts flew towards them: "Which path should we take? Didn't you come here before, Miss?"
Certainly, as a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, he couldn't carry too many arrows, and continuing like this would quickly deplete his stock.
"I..."
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Jiang Xiyue paused and calmly said, "Forgot."
"Forgot?!"
Chen Sansi was momentarily speechless. After shooting his last arrow, he picked up his long spear again to deal with the fierce beasts flying towards him, shouting, "Quick, just find any path for now!"
"..."
The blind woman finally chose the passageway to the left of the center.
Chen Sansi followed closely behind.
The passage was narrow, making it a lot easier to deal with the pursuing fierce beasts. The beasts seemed to realize this, and after advancing a hundred paces, they gradually gave up the chase, and the surroundings suddenly became quiet.
"Whew!"
Chen Sansi let out a long breath, adjusting and recovering his breathing.
The narrow passage wasn't suitable for using a spear, so he switched to the Dragon Abyss sword, cautiously leading the way. Fortunately, there were no more ancient corpses encountered and no strange traps in the passage.
The two of them reached the end unimpeded.
"Is it here?"
Chen Sansi asked the blind woman.
Jiang Xiyue said nothing but gently shook her head.
"Looks like we took the wrong path."
Chen Sansi was about to turn back the way they came when he suddenly noticed movement ahead and listened carefully. It seemed like someone was whispering!
Is there someone here?!
He immediately gripped his sword hilt and cautiously moved towards the front.
At the corner at the end of the passage, there was a stone chamber. Inside the chamber, faint candlelight flickered and the sound of voices could be heard.
"Damn it!"
"Bai Yujing's people lured the tiger away from the mountain, tricked the other elders into leaving, and actually brought all disciples here to kill!"
"What should we do then?"
"Senior brother sent a message, saying he would cover for us, telling us to take the items and leave!"
"Then what are we waiting for, let's go!"
"No good, they're here!"
"All Swords Return to the Ancestor..."
"..."
Immediately after, came the sounds of battle.
"Wait."
Chen Sansi realized something was wrong: "All techniques are forbidden here, how could there be a battle?"
Furthermore, listening to the conversation, it sounded like Bai Yujing's people, reminiscent of some event during the outbreak of the Nine Nether Forbidden Grounds war?
Indeed.
When Chen Sansi stopped concealing himself and directly looked into the stone chamber, he found that inside, there were only a few residual souls conversing, and the fighting was mere posturing.
It seemed as if two people were trying to leave, only to be ambushed and ultimately killed by Bai Yujing's disciples here.
Moreover, these remnant souls kept repeating.
"Damn it!"
"Bai Yujing's people lured the tiger away... "
As if they were performing a play, endlessly enacting this scene from their lives.
Chen Sansi strode in, and it seemed his presence as a living person disrupted some kind of balance, causing the residual souls in the stone chamber to dissipate into thin air.
He was also able to see the full view of the place.
The stone chamber was not large, and its setup was simple. The walls were lined with medicine cabinets, with various heavenly materials and earthly treasures labeled on them.
In the center, there was an alchemy furnace over a person's height.
Unfortunately...
Without special preservation measures, the heavenly materials and earthly treasures on the medicine cabinets had all dried out over the tens of thousands of years, completely losing their spiritual nature.
The alchemy furnace also had a massive crack in the middle, clearly no longer usable.
With the thought of not making this trip in vain, Chen Sansi started rummaging through everything, hoping to find something useful.
Emperor Heaven does not disappoint those who put in effort.
In the end, he found a single jade slip preserved in perfect condition.
Inside the jade slip, several ancient pill recipes were recorded, including those that could help improve the realm at various stages of the Foundation Establishment, various auxiliary pill recipes, and even recipes for elixirs that could aid Martial Arts Practitioners in Golden Body Condensation.