novelapdf Chapter 35: Ancestor, things are not good!
Chapter 35: Ancestor, things are not good!
"Father..." Thinking of this, Qin Zhixue felt a warmth in her heart, her eyes welled up with tears, and she looked into the distance with a look of guilt.
"Heavier than an ordinary coffin!" Wei Wuji's eyes flashed as he said, "What a fine Snowdrift Manor, what a fine Sword Master Manor! I underestimated you!" As a Grandmaster, he naturally guessed that the person lying in that coffin was probably a Grandmaster.
Because a Grandmaster's weight is more than twice that of an ordinary Grandmaster.
"Ancestor, things are not good!" Wei Zhan said to Wei Wuji.
A Grandmaster alone overwhelmed his ancestor, nearly causing him to perish at Snowdrift Manor.
Now that both families are carrying coffins into battle, they are clearly confident in summoning the spirits of their two ancestors.
Otherwise, would Mingjian Manor be carrying their ancestor's coffin out to play?
Wei Da also looked at Wei Wuji, and he too had some worries in his heart.
"A grandmaster like you shouting and yelling at every little thing, what kind of behavior is that!" Wei Wuji scolded.
Wei Zhan felt ashamed, lowered his head and shrank his neck, but still couldn't help but glance at Wei Wuji out of the corner of his eye.
This matter concerns their lives and livelihoods.
It also concerns the rise and fall of the Great Wei royal family, so how could Wei Zhan remain calm?
"Last time 'Yang Xiangru' appeared, his actions lasted less than a quarter of an hour, clearly indicating that their 'appearances' also have time limits." Wei Wuji's gaze swept across the sky, revealing a glint of wisdom. "As for the addition of 'Qin Jianmei' now, it is indeed somewhat troublesome..."
His mind raced as he considered countermeasures.
Wei Zhan remained silent.
"If the two Grandmasters join forces, they will surely be able to kill Wei Wuji with overwhelming force!" Qin Zhixue thought to herself.
Wei Wuji was only at the early stage of the Grandmaster realm, which was much weaker than Yang Xiangru and Qin Jianmei, who were at the later stage of the Grandmaster realm.
"But now that I'm a hostage, it will limit 'Ancestor's' ability to act. If I want to escape, it won't be so easy."
Qin Zhixue was also considering the possible variables that might occur during the confrontation between the two sides.
"Heh heh, do you really think that having one more Grandmaster will give you the upper hand over our sect?" Wei Wuji suddenly burst into laughter.
He seemed to have come up with a solution.
"Third Grand Uncle, do you have a solution?" Wei Zhan asked, his eyes gleaming.
Wei Wuji nodded, then looked at Wei Dadao and said, "Go and send a message immediately, telling them to go to the 'Black Spirit Pool' to meet with our sect."
"Yes!" Wei Da nodded, then turned and left with his men.
The Black Abyss is dangerous, and he dares not act alone, so he needs several people to accompany him.
"Go!" After Wei Da and the others left, Wei Wuji moved his hand, and the purple energy bound Qin Zhixue, causing them to fly away from the place.
Wei Zhan followed closely behind.
……
At dusk.
After traveling 120 li, Yang Jiuli and his men chose a mountain basin to set up camp.
That night, all three families were on high alert.
Yang Jiu sat cross-legged on the couch inside the tent, collected a wisp of pure fire element and injected it into the Three Lives Stone to analyze the concentration of spiritual energy.
A short while later, a row of data appeared next to the Three Lives Stone.
Pure fire element... Spiritual energy level: 1.
It has been determined that there is a first-order or higher spiritual vein in this place!
"Finally reached level 1!" Upon seeing this, Yang Jiuli finally breathed a sigh of relief.
A slight smile appeared on his face.
We haven't reached the true depths of the 'Black Abyss' yet, and there's still a chance to upgrade the level of the spiritual veins.
Even if it's upgraded to level 1.5.
He has the Three Lives Stone to purify his spiritual energy, giving him a great chance to establish his foundation.
Yang Jiuli saw hope when he could establish his foundation.
In the future, there will be time to explore and understand this cultivation kingdom that once reached level 9.
However, after determining his spiritual energy level, he did not enter a state of cultivation.
He began to release his divine sense to sense the surrounding situation.
The disappearance of his two brothers yesterday made him more wary of the "Black Abyss".
In the Black Abyss, the visual distance during the day is no more than three zhang (approximately 10 meters).
Now that it's nighttime, visibility is even lower.
Fortunately, torches were lit at the encampment, making it brightly lit.
Yang Jiuli focused his divine sense on the location where the supplies were stored.
The three groups together numbered nearly two hundred people.
Besides guarding, most of them were responsible for transporting supplies.
The area responsible for guarding the supplies has been reinforced with additional personnel.
Each household has five people watching over the supplies at the same time.
The others also gathered in small groups to rest or take turns on duty.
At that moment, a breeze blew by.
Everyone acted as usual, but they couldn't help but glance to the side.
Even Wei Zhong and the other two kept looking around, appearing quite vigilant.
Yang Jiuli scanned the area with his divine sense for two hours, but found nothing unusual.
When midnight arrives...
A dark shadow suddenly appeared on the low hill near the nearby camp.
The black shadow flashed like the wind, moving with incredible speed, and appeared at the encampment in just a few swift movements.
Yang Jiuli scanned it with his divine sense and saw it clearly.
There were sixteen shadowy figures in total, and they were all people.
To call it a person is an understatement; it would be more accurate to call it a mummified corpse.
These mummified corpses had green eyes and were enveloped in a thick, dark green aura, like a malevolent mist.
After taking a look at the two people in the middle, Yang Jiuli's eyes flashed.
"These are the servants from Mingjian Manor..." Yang Jiuli thought to himself.
"The other one is from Tangjiabao!"
The two people's clothes were still very new.
As for the other fourteen people, most of them had tattered and filthy clothes.
The only thing they had in common was that they had all become dried-up corpses, their blood essence completely drained.
"Disappeared for only a day and already turned into a dried corpse?" Yang Jiuli's eyes flickered. "Could there be evil cultivators in the 'Black Abyss'?"
Yang Jiuli carefully examined the area before leaving.
However, they discovered that the mummified corpses had holes as thick as spears in their chests and abdomens.
Some of the holes are about the thickness of a chopstick.
This wound is truly bizarre.
"What kind of evil spirit left this wound?" Yang Jiuli murmured.
"He's clearly dead, yet he can still move... There must be some evil spirit controlling him from behind."
Immediately, he had a thought and used a secret technique, the "Spirit-Breaking Technique," which could see through some hidden unorthodox talismanic marks.
Instantly, Yang Jiuli's divine sense opened as if he had a divine eye, and he could see the situation inside those dried corpses clearly.
However, one could see that each of these dried corpses had a wisp of emerald green energy between their eyebrows.
There is a 'Qi Talisman' hidden within this Qi.
In addition, the gas transformed into countless strands, seeping into the meridians of the dried corpse.
"This is a 'Corpse Puppet Talisman Seed'." Yang Jiuli's eyes flickered, and he immediately recognized the origin of the 'Qi Talisman'.
"This evil cultivator's strength should be around the sixth level of Qi Refining."
"If someone had reached the eighth level of Qi Refining or the Foundation Establishment stage, Father wouldn't have been able to leave last time!"
Yang Jiuli could almost certainly determine that there were evil cultivators in the 'Black Abyss', and he could also make a preliminary assessment of their strength.
Last time, Yang Xuan entered the "Black Abyss" and was severely injured by the so-called evil demon.
Yang Jiuli learned from his father that those evil demons were filled with malevolent energy and were fearless of death, unlike humans.
It doesn't seem like a ferocious beast either.
Therefore, it is called a "demon".
Now it seems highly likely that it was a puppet controlled by a cultivator.
If one has reached the seventh level of Qi Refining or above, with many puppets working together, it would be enough to capture a Grandmaster.
As for Foundation Establishment cultivators, their divine sense is powerful, and if they also possess magical artifacts, even Grandmasters might not be able to escape unscathed.
Yang Xuan had no chance of leaving alive.
Therefore, Yang Jiuli determined that the evil cultivator's cultivation level did not exceed the eighth level of Qi Refining.
Note: (A Grandmaster in the late stage can be comparable to, or even stronger than, a cultivator at around the seventh level of Qi Refining in close combat.)
The only drawback is that grandmasters lack divine consciousness.
If a Qi Refining cultivator masters a soul-secret technique, the probability of a Grandmaster being killed is extremely high.
"It seems that the 'Black Abyss' is not as simple as it appears, just as I expected."
The discovery of the puppet added some unknown risks to Yang Jiuli's trip.
Fortunately, it seems that the evil cultivator's strength does not pose too much of a danger to him at present.
In this way, he can still continue to explore the 'Abyss'.
For Yang Jiuli, finding the source of the spiritual vein and repairing his spiritual root was the most urgent task.
Meanwhile, the dried corpses had already arrived outside the camps of the three major forces.
Their eyes were bloodshot, and upon seeing the guards, they pounced on them.
"Kill!" The three guards were on high alert, waiting for the murderer to appear. When the corpse puppet appeared, they immediately took up their weapons and attacked.
The corpse puppet had no weapons; it simply used its claws as weapons to pounce and tear at the three martial artists.
Clang!
The swords and blades of the three martial artists slashed at these dried corpses.
But these dried corpses hardly dodged; instead, they reached out their hands, using their palms as blades, and stabbed at the opponent's chest.
This made everyone in the family feel apprehensive, and several martial artists were almost pierced through the body.
Several people were also punctured, putting them in grave danger.
"This is the 'Demon of Fiends' that is not afraid of pain, beheading them!" Yang Qin, wielding his battle halberd, charged over upon hearing the sound.
Qin Jianhe also held a sword, and with a flash of sword light, a dried corpse was beheaded.
"That's Xiao Yi..." At Mingjian Manor, Qin Feng's eyes flickered, and he used his sword to cut off the arm of a 'Demon'.
Upon seeing the newcomer's face, the sword in his hand trembled slightly as he stared blankly at the monster before him.
This was none other than his former brother.
But now it has become like this.
Just as Qin Feng stared at 'Qin Xiaoyi' in shock, the latter strode forward, closed in, and extended his withered hand, which was as sharp as a blade, stabbing towards Qin Feng's chest, striking his heart meridian squarely.
Qin Feng felt a chill run down his spine.
brush!
Just then, a burst of sword energy swept across the area, severing Qin Xiaoyi's head.
It was Qin Shisan who made the move.
At this moment, Qin Xiaoyi's hand, which had been piercing Qin Feng's chest, stopped its advance.
Blood was flowing from Qin Feng's chest, and Qin Xiaoyi's finger had pierced half an inch into his flesh.
If it went any deeper, Qin Feng would die.
"Xiao Yi has transformed into a 'Fiend Demon,' so don't be careless!" Qin Jianhe stepped forward and said.
He pushed Qin Xiaoyi to the ground.
"Hmm!" Qin Feng finally regained his composure, his back already drenched in cold sweat.
Qin Shisan, on the other hand, unleashed a torrent of sword energy, slaying two 'fierce demons' in succession.
On the other side, Tang Yuan also made his move, and with the passage of his long sword, a "fierce demon" was immediately slain.
In the blink of an eye, all sixteen "fierce demons" were killed.
With three grandmasters present, these 'fierce demons' are nothing to fear right now.
Yang Xuan also took action and killed two of them.
Yang Jiuli walked to his side.
"Are these 'evil demons' the same as the ones Father saw before?" Yang Jiuli asked.
"The aura is similar, but it's much weaker!" Yang Xuan said.
Among the 'fierce demons' he encountered, many had reached the half-step Grandmaster realm.
Even worse, one of the 'Demon Kings' used some kind of secret technique that made him lose his mind and was injured.
That's why Yang Xuan immediately retreated, only to be ambushed and seriously injured by Lin Yu and Wei Zhan.
"The auras are similar!" Yang Jiuli breathed a slight sigh of relief. He was afraid that if the auras were different, there might be a second evil cultivator.
The evil demon was slain.
The area where they were stationed quickly returned to calm.
The three manor owners gathered together, their expressions solemn.
"Master Qin, Master Tang, you see, it really wasn't us who made the move earlier," Wei Zhong said to Qin Shisan and Tang Yuan.
Qin Shisan and Tang Yuan remained silent.
The appearance of the evil demon made them feel uneasy.
They had encountered the evil demon before, but that was in the deepest part of the 'Black Abyss'.
Even though this place is still considered the outer perimeter, the presence of so many 'fierce demons' shows that the 'Black Abyss' has undergone tremendous changes in recent years.
But since things had come to this point, they couldn't simply back down.
Finally, Qin Shisan and Tang Yuan looked at Yang Jiuli and asked, "Nephew, do you think these 'fierce demons' are the murderers?"
"No!" Yang Jiuli shook his head and said.