Chapter 64 Yin and Yang (Please read on, please vote!)

The remains of the underground palace.

Situ Hong, Liu Jinxian, and Gu Zhengshun were inside Ningyue Palace, the core of this ancient sect's ruins, which indeed held many mysteries.

One year ago.

Liu Jinxian, who was the first to enter, broke through the outer restrictions of the palace with a barrier-breaking talisman and gained many benefits, including spiritual materials, pills, spell manuals, and so on.

Among them, the most helpful to the current situation was a second-tier high-grade magic weapon, which she found difficult to control even with her cultivation level.

Just as she was about to break into the palace.

An unexpected event occurred.

Suddenly, a Foundation Establishment corpse demon rushed in and started beating her. After a short while, it began to show signs of defeat and had no choice but to use its trump card to break the second layer of restrictions.

Unexpectedly, Gu Zhengshun and Situ Hong suddenly entered, and they were chased by a giant queen bee that was three meters tall, followed by a swarm of bees the size of water tanks.

Needles and venom were sprayed continuously.

The two men called out to Liu Jinxian as soon as they entered, clearly knowing she was there. Their intention was to divert attention from her, but well…

The Queen Bee and the Foundation Establishment Corpse Demon have teamed up.

The three were beaten so badly they screamed in agony. Left with no other choice, they joined forces and used a second-tier barrier-breaking talisman to break into the inner layer of the Condensing Moon Palace. But who would have thought that the venom of the Poisonous Bee Queen seemed to have mutated.

It also has an eroding effect on prohibitions.

The large hole created by the second-tier barrier-breaking talisman hadn't had time to heal before the venom slowed down the healing process, causing the corpse demon and the queen bee to rush into the second layer of the barrier at the same time.

The interior of Ningyue Palace is divided into two parts by a Yin-Yang pattern and mechanical floor tiles.

One side belongs to Yang, and the other side belongs to Yin.

The three landed on the yin side, while the queen bee and the corpse demon landed on the yang side. According to observation, both sides need to cooperate sincerely and stand at the yin eye and yang eye at the same time. Only by activating the array eye with spiritual power can the third palace gate be opened.

The Yin-Yi formation was filled with ice. The three of them were immediately frozen upon entering. Although they could break free, they would freeze again after only a few steps. The closer they got to the Yin Eye, the lower the temperature became.

The Yangyi layout was unbearably hot, and burning iron chains emerged from the floor tiles, binding the corpse demon and the queen bee tightly, causing them to suffer the constant pain of being burned alive.

And so, the two sides remained locked in a standoff.

During this year, Liu Jinxian and the others did try, but after they went there on their own initiative, the fiery iron chains binding the corpse demons would loosen considerably.

From being unable to move, he can now move freely within a ten-meter radius.

The Yang Eye was right between the two Foundation Establishment demons, which was simply torture!

They even suspected that Ningyue Palace was haunted, otherwise such an arrangement would be too disgusting. The stalemate dragged on for a year.

"At the edge of the Yin Yi pattern," Gu Zhengshun said, trembling.

"It's been a year, and your subordinates still haven't come down. I can't hold on much longer."

Upon hearing this, Situ Hong shook off the ice shards covering his body. A demon wearing an ice mask hovered around him, protecting him from the cold outside.

"Brother Gu, the barrier-breaking talisman for entering the second floor was provided by me."

"Senior Sister Liu has broken into Yangyi's formation more than once during this period. Among the three of us, only you kept nagging, but you were reluctant to leave."

"Don't you think it's time for you to move around a bit?"

Gu Zhengshun immediately fell silent, while Liu Jinxian, who was also covered in frost, appeared calm and unhurried.

With her eyes closed, she sat in meditation, using her spiritual energy to resist the cold. A blood-red mosquito perched on her shoulder, staring intently at the queen bee. She said:

"It will be soon, at the latest in half a month. I don't know about the people from Five Yin Peak, but the disciples from Gu Poison Peak will definitely come."

The implication was clear to both of them; after all, as long as the matter of using poison on a fellow disciple wasn't discussed openly, no one would dare to cause trouble.

Situ Hong became even more anxious, glanced at Liu Jinxian, and said urgently.

"Gu Zhengshun, if you don't make a move soon, the disciples of Gu Poison Peak will come down, and neither of us will have a chance."

Gu Zhengshun shrank his neck, as if that would keep him warm. The way he looked at Situ Hong seemed to say something.

Am I an idiot? Would I take action?

"you……"

The three were evenly matched, and none of them would concede to the others.

Sudden.

There was a commotion outside, with footsteps and conversations.

This unexpected turn of events instantly broke the deadlock.

Liu Jinxian stood up abruptly, channeled her spiritual energy into her throat, and called out loudly, "Where are the disciples of Gu Poison Peak!"

"Senior sister."

"Senior Sister Liu!"

A large group of Gu poison disciples appeared outside the second-level restriction barrier. At first glance, there were at least a hundred of them. The leader noticed the three inside and quickly moved closer.

"Senior Sister Liu, we're here. How do we break through this barrier?"

Just as Liu Jinxian was about to speak, Situ Hong interrupted her, saying, "Everyone, could you look over there? Two Foundation Establishment demons, do they really want to come in?"

Everyone's expression changed immediately. They had paid too high a price to come down here. The Xuanjing Flower was one issue, but the large swarm of venomous bees they encountered after entering the underground was even more troublesome.

The prematurely born bee worms could only drive away ordinary poisonous bees, and had no effect on the subjects of the second-tier poisonous bee king. Of the nearly three hundred people who marched in a mighty procession, only one hundred and seventy or eighty remained when they reached Ningyue Palace, having already done their best.

Moreover, those who needed Liu Jinxian's spiritual power to soothe the Gu worms in their bodies were only a few newcomers who had broken through to the late stage of Qi Refining.

Upon witnessing the scale of the underground palace ruins, the Qi Refining mid-stage disciples who were not being manipulated immediately harbored rebellious thoughts, and reached a tacit understanding as they exchanged glances.

Just as Liu Jinxian was about to speak, she saw the crowd at the door scatter in a panic, leaving only five people in the blink of an eye: three newly promoted to the seventh level of Qi Refining and two at the sixth level of Qi Refining.

Upon seeing this, Situ Hong burst into laughter!

"Those who know when to yield are the heroes; Senior Sister Liu is indeed very popular."

Indeed, taking the risk was already a huge gamble, and trying a second time would be a bit too risky. But these scattered disciples wouldn't know that the people from Wuyin Peak had blocked the road again, and they couldn't get out.

"Shut up!"

Liu Jinxian turned and glared at Situ Hong, barely managing to stop him before turning to her subordinates and saying, "I brought eighteen skilled fighters with me back then. Did you see them when you came down?"

The disciple from Gu Du Peak shook his head: "No, but we saw a lot of tattered clothes on the road, but no remains."

This situation caused Liu Jinxian to glare at Situ Hong again.

The other party waved his hand repeatedly.

"It wasn't me. Neither Brother Gu nor I have that ability."

"However... four were killed by the Queen Bee, two died at my hands, and I really don't know where the other twelve went."

The atmosphere fell silent instantly. They had no idea that ten people had died at Wang Yu's hands—half of them.

But what Liu Jinxian thinks is unknown.

“Step back a few steps and come in to help me activate the core of the Yangyi Formation.”

"Yes, ma'am."

Next, she took out the second-tier high-grade magic artifact she had previously acquired, which was a seal. She imprinted it on the restriction and used spiritual power to cleanse it.

A small hole was quickly created, and the five people crawled in one by one. They were all spotted by the queen bee and the corpse demon, and they all shivered.

A fierce battle is about to begin!

(End of this chapter)