Li Jingyu had the idea of using the bronze cauldron to break the magical restrictions on the Daoist robe and was prepared to stand in front. However, when Ji Yutang mentioned it, for some reason, a strange thought arose in her mind. She glanced sideways at Ji Yutang, seeing a layer of spirituality floating around her, not appearing fake, and quietly suppressed that thought, looking at Ye Guguang and calmly said, “Is this bronze cauldron of yours the Dragon Pattern Star Sand Taotie Cauldron?”
Ye Guguang’s eyebrows twitched, and his gaze finally shifted to Li Jingyu. His face, resembling tree bark, twitched, appearing somewhat distorted. He made a strange hoarse sound, his gloomy eyes staring at Li Jingyu, and replied, “Correct, the young one’s eyesight is quite good.”
“This bronze cauldron’s blood energy is volatile, and it can only devour one person at a time, right? Otherwise, the intertwining of various attributes would weaken the cauldron’s effectiveness.” Li Jingyu paused, then slowly added, “I wonder who Senior Ye plans to use to sacrifice the cauldron?”
The words “Senior Ye” fell into Ye Guguang’s ears, and he found them particularly pleasing. He grinned, revealing a sinister smile, and said, “What do you think?”
Li Jingyu deliberately said, “I think that fellow Daoist over there is quite suitable.” She pointed forward, and the cultivator opposite had been in a deep sleep, unable to refute.
Ye Guguang didn’t respond, he cheerfully looked at Li Jingyu and said, “The young one is afraid of death, huh?”
Li Jingyu replied, “Without one’s life, how can there be a future path of Dao? It’s only human nature.”
Ye Guguang nodded and said, “Very reasonable.” But in the next moment, his expression suddenly turned fierce, and he reached for Li Jingyu, saying, “But what does your life and death have to do with me? I just don’t want you people to have your way!” He spoke through gritted teeth, his gray eyes filled with intense hatred.
In the stone chamber, apart from the old Daoist himself, everyone’s magical power was suppressed. At this moment, Li Jingyu was like fish on a chopping board, facing the old Daoist’s grasp without any ability to resist. In a breath, she was captured above the bronze cauldron by the old Daoist. With a thud, the heavy cauldron lid was lifted, hitting the ground with a heavy sound.
In the same blood-colored prison, Ji Yutang couldn’t react in time. She retracted her hand, only managing to grasp a wisp of air, her brows filled with anger and unwillingness. The fire beneath the Taotie Cauldron was blazing, and Ye Guguang no longer paid attention to the others in the stone chamber. He cast several spells in succession, conjuring the image of the Taotie.
Behind him, a beast with a sheep’s body, human face, tiger teeth, and human claws also manifested! Ye Guguang, this demonic cultivator, practiced a man-eating demonic art, naturally envisioning the Taotie as the evil beast.
Blood energy swirled within the bronze cauldron, emitting a scorching aura. If it were a cultivator with magical power, they might resist for a while, but now, with their power suppressed, their mortal bodies were no different from ordinary flesh, likely to be completely refined soon.
Although Ji Yutang resented the humiliation from her “fiancée,” she couldn’t just watch her die in front of her. The intention in her heart grew stronger, and the mysterious Dao rhythm seemed to draw closer.
The “Dao De Tian Shu” doesn’t cultivate magical power, and at this moment, Ji Yutang had no magical fluctuations, but the spiritual charm and Dao intent became increasingly apparent, causing Ye Guguang, who was igniting the flames, to glance sideways involuntarily.
In the Niwan Palace, the heavenly book suspended above the divine dragon turned a page, and a divine light suddenly shone in Ji Yutang’s eyes. She shouted, “The softest in the world rides the hardest in the world!” The scripture was shouted from her mouth, but it represented the divine intent of the Dao, the essence of the Dao.
The Dao is formless and soft, enveloping the heavens and earth. It can cut through copper and iron, swift as the wind and lightning, traversing the sun and moon! The moment the scripture was chanted, a powerful force surged towards the Taotie Cauldron.
Ye Guguang’s face showed a trace of astonishment, caught off guard by this sudden force. His magical power surged, and he shouted “Stabilize,” steadying the shaking bronze cauldron, but the remaining force struck the talismans in the stone chamber, erasing any spiritual light that didn’t resonate with this Dao rhythm!
Tortured to the brink of death by the blood vine, Tu Danzhu seized the moment. When her magical power flowed again in her dantian, she didn’t choose to sever the terrifying blood-sucking vine but instead activated the seal planted on her by her mentor.
Ji Yutang, after all, was new to the “Dao De Tian Shu,” and this power could only be maintained for a moment. Once Ye Guguang recovered, his face turned ashen, and several talismans floated from his sleeve, once again suppressing the magical power flowing in the stone chamber. He looked at Ji Yutang with a sinister gaze. If it weren’t for the need to refine the Dao Heart with the Taotie Cauldron, he would have already dissected her heart! Black energy surged around him, and he formed a spell, causing the vines entwined on the blood-colored wooden cage to shoot towards Ji Yutang like sharp arrows!
At this moment, Ji Yutang could no longer sense the mysterious Dao rhythm. Trapped in the cage, she had nowhere to hide! As she watched the vines shooting towards her, her expression changed abruptly, and she instinctively curled up. Just as the vines were about to hit her, a strange sound came from the Taotie Cauldron. Then, a series of thuds like urgent rain echoed, and cracks appeared on the bronze cauldron, while the Taotie illusion suspended in mid-air let out a wail and dissipated into a wisp of smoke!
The continuous changes made Ye Guguang’s face extremely gloomy. Black smoke floated around him, and he used his magical power to suppress the Taotie Cauldron’s eruption. But after a few breaths, the black smoke dissipated, and a powerful force burst from the Taotie Cauldron, shattering it into pieces! Pure water light surged out like a silver ribbon, and a silver crescent moon appeared in mid-air, as cold as frost and snow.
“The magical restriction on the treasure?” Ye Guguang looked at Li Jingyu with suspicion, pondering her origins. But no matter what, this enmity was formed, and regardless of whose disciple she was, she had to die here today!
A sinister light flashed in Ye Guguang’s eyes, black light floated around him, and the evil beast Taotie manifested behind him, roaring with its mouth wide open! This evil beast devoured everything, and the shadow behind it wrapped around, swallowing several wooden cages in an instant. The sound of chewing echoed, and Ye Guguang’s aura surged again.
A Golden Core stage cultivator was two major realms higher than a Transcendence stage cultivator, making it extremely difficult to overcome. Even if Li Jingyu activated the restrictions on the Tribulation Moon Heavenly Robe, it would be hard to resist for long. However, her goal wasn’t to kill this Golden Core stage old demon but to use the power of the treasure to destroy the magical restrictions in the stone chamber. Even if she only gained a trace of magical power, the true disciples of the Spring and Autumn Heaven Palace would surely find a way to activate the literary seal and send out the message!
The Taotie devoured the cultivators in the stone chamber.
Ye Guguang’s magical power could completely suppress Ji Yutang and Li Jingyu, but he was wary of that mysterious power and the activated treasure, so he didn’t directly confront the two. At this moment, a piercing cry of a large bird came from outside the cave! Ye Guguang had a contract with this demon bird and quickly sensed its state. His consciousness shifted, and through the bird, he saw a female cultivator in a blue Confucian robe. She held a scripture in her hand, with the words “Song of Righteousness” on the cover, clearly a true disciple of the Spring and Autumn Heaven Palace!
A cold light flashed in Ye Guguang’s eyes as he turned to Tu Danzhu and cursed, “Did you send the message? If so, what’s the point of keeping you alive?” He shouted angrily, and the vine piercing through Tu Danzhu’s body wrapped around her entirely, while on the other side, the Taotie transformed into a dark wind, ready to devour her whole!
“Fellow Daoist Tu, be careful!” Ji Yutang, unable to protect herself, couldn’t help but shout.
Tu Danzhu’s dantian was already devoid of magical power, unable to resist. She looked indifferently at Ye Guguang, thinking that her mentor had arrived. As long as they could eliminate this man-eating demon, sacrificing her life would be worth it. However, the Taotie, transformed into a dark wind, collided with a water light, and before it could reach Tu Danzhu, it was repelled.
Li Jingyu stood in front of Tu Danzhu. She couldn’t use magical power herself, but the restrictions on the Tribulation Moon Heavenly Robe had been refined in the cauldron, and the treasure automatically protected its master, able to resist a Golden Core stage cultivator’s attack for a limited time. Ye Guguang suddenly attacked Tu Danzhu, which could only mean that the Spring and Autumn Heaven Palace cultivators had found their way here. Were they really that fast? Well, that’s good. Li Jingyu’s eyes flickered; she couldn’t let Tu Danzhu die here.
Seeing his attack fail, Ye Guguang frowned. With his insight, he could naturally see that she couldn’t resist for long. However, the clear “Song of Righteousness” was already drifting in from outside the cave, and faintly, words like “Heaven and earth have righteousness, mixed and shaped. Below, it is rivers and mountains; above, it is the sun and stars. In people, it is called vastness, filling the heavens and earth” could be heard.
If that person fully deployed the vast righteousness, his demonic power would have no room to play!
Ye Guguang snorted coldly, brought his two fingers together, and raised them, shouting, “True Reverse Form, Blood Fiend Birth Seal!” This was a spell called “Blood Fiend True Seal,” capable of bypassing treasure restrictions and planting a blood fiend seed.
Once planted, it would grow within a cultivator, consuming their flesh and blood. They might be taken back by the disciples of the Spring and Autumn Heaven Palace, but who knows what price the Spring and Autumn Heaven Palace would be willing to pay to expel the Blood Fiend True Seal!
As his words fell, three circles with mysterious patterns formed, drilling into the bodies of Ji Yutang, Li Jingyu, and Tu Danzhu!
After doing this, Ye Guguang cursed “Damn it” again and transformed into a smoke, leaving from the dark. As a Golden Core stage cultivator, he could easily deal with Foundation Establishment and Mortal Shedding stage individuals, but facing true disciples of the Eight Great Immortal Sects of the same realm, he had little chance of winning, so he chose to avoid them. Just after Ye Guguang left, a figure surrounded by vast righteousness stepped into the stone chamber.
Tu Danzhu only had time to shout “Master” before fainting.
Li Jingyu wiped the bloodstains from her face, looked at the newcomer, and bowed, saying, “Senior, that demon has escaped.”
The female cultivator said warmly, “No matter, there are still people from my Spring and Autumn Heaven Palace outside; he won’t escape.” After a pause, she added, “Judging by your appearance, are you Brother Ran’s daughter?”
