Chapter 71 Countdown to the Exposed Identity
Huali squatted on the ground and poked the still-smoking Taku with her finger.
"What's going on? Does this lightning have gender distinctions?"
After being pinched hard by Huali, Tuowu slowly regained consciousness, and several bolts of lightning struck him back to his senses.
The Lord actually imprinted her mark on the Nero Chan Palace? No wonder she was unharmed.
Tuowu's gaze towards Huali changed repeatedly. Finally, he took a deep breath. Cuihua was truly terrifying.
Ao Bai thought for a moment, "Perhaps. The array outside Sunset City is very tight. Even someone with the cultivation of the Nascent Soul stage would have to go through a lot of trouble to find it, let alone others. The demonic cultivators here are all men, so this method is indeed feasible."
Huali nodded in sudden realization, "Thank you for leading the way, but don't move yet." She took out the blood-replenishing herb she had picked from the Hundred Herbs Garden from her Qiankun bag, and skillfully crushed it and applied it to Tuowu's torn and bleeding arm, "Your arm is bleeding."
Tuowu was stunned. He watched as Cuihua finished bandaging him and even tied a bow. He immediately turned his head to the side.
Tuowu is not someone who can be bought off with small favors, Cuihua, give up.
After confirming that Tuowu was not dead, Huali returned to the Cicada Palace. She walked cautiously, but the lightning and fire seemed to have never appeared, and not a single one struck.
The moment she pushed open the door, the glittering sea of gems almost blinded her. Fist-sized luminous pearls were embedded in the dome, and piles of gems were stacked one after another.
Huali pinched her philtrum hard, "Mom...Mom, I think I saw heaven."
Ao Bai let out a howl, and the entire cat leaped into the pile of gems, completely buried. Its round head was the only part visible, with a few gems still scattered on top, which rustled off as its ears twitched.
It took all of Huali's strength to force herself to look away.
Gold and silver jewelry may be nice, but they have nothing to do with her. She only has one life, and if she loses it, that's it.
She walked up the steps made of chalcedony to the second floor, and the scent of ink mixed with camphor suddenly filled her nostrils, while tens of thousands of jade scrolls floated in the air.
Huali was about to pluck one down with her vines when the jade slip seemed to sense her intention and flew into her hand automatically.
When Huali opened it, it turned out to be a medical book.
Ao Bai was blinded by wealth and power, and was so engrossed in the pleasure of rolling around in piles of jewels that he could not extricate himself. Hua Li had no choice but to return the jade slip.
It seems that the three levels of the Cicada Palace are classified according to their importance. The spirit stones on the first level are just casually placed, while the jade slips on the second level are controlled by an array. She glanced at the third level and continued to walk upwards out of curiosity.
Unexpectedly, only three items were placed in the three-story, thousand-foot-square space.
Hua Li stepped forward and took a closer look. Besides a book called "Xuan Tian Gui Ji", there was a jade pendant. Finally, the square, pale yellow object turned out to be the blanket she had given to Wen Jin in the royal city.
She said she hadn't seen it for a while, and it turned out it was placed here.
Suddenly, the jade pendant around Huali's neck began to glow. To her surprise, she took it out and discovered that the jade pendant given to her by Madam Xu was exactly the same as the one in front of her.
No wonder the Soul Oath could control the Demon Lord; this thing was indeed related to him.
With a panoramic view of the three floors, Huali turned and went down to the second floor. In a flash, all the books on plant cultivation rushed up to her.
Caught completely off guard, Huali was buried in the rubble. "Oh my god, help...help me!"
*
In the cultivation world, Mo Ziyan, dressed in a green robe, killed the last demonized beast, sheathed his sword, and looked up, "Junior Sister Wanwan, are you injured?"
Tang Wanwan wiped the blood splattered on her face. "The Burning Heaven Tower is so annoying. Why did it have to disappear just before the Secret Realm Trial started? I finally broke through to the Golden Core stage and haven't even had time to consolidate my essence yet."
Mo Ziyan shook his head in disagreement, “The Burning Heaven Tower is a divine-level magic artifact that has always been guarded by the Spirit Sword Sect. Its sudden disappearance is really not a good thing. Now all the disciples above the Golden Core stage have been mobilized to find the tower before the Dream Mirror opens.”
Tang Wanwan's eyebrows shot up. "If I find out who this person is, I'll beat him to death!"
"Let's go quickly. I hope it can be resolved in half a month. I ordered a really beautiful dress from Tianji Pavilion and I'm waiting to wear it to see my idol."
The Dream Mirror Trial opens once every twenty years, and disciples from the Sword Sect, Talisman Sect, Buddhist Sect, Astrology Platform, Sunset City of the Demon Clan, Holy Capital Demon Realm, Witch Clan, Cangming, and other sects will come to participate.
Mo Ziyan sighed helplessly, "An idol? Did you learn that from Huali again?"
Tang Wanwan nodded, but when she mentioned Huali, a hint of sadness flashed across her bright eyes before igniting into a raging fire. "That brat ran away from the bottom of the cliff without saying a word. When we meet again, I'll give her a piece of my mind!"
*
Heavens above!
If she is guilty, she can be killed by being struck with spirit stones, instead of spending time in this Cicada Palace full of gold and jewels trying to understand these obscure books.
The jade slip was returned to its original location, and there wasn't much of the small mountain left.
Because Sunset City has been corrupted by demonic energy for a long time, nothing can grow in its soil.
But she had just read the ancient records, and it was clearly not like this hundreds of years ago. The continent was full of spiritual energy, and Sunset City did not have an eternal twilight.
Huali scratched her head and felt a little itchy; maybe her brain was starting to grow.
Ao Bai finally snapped out of his daze amidst the money-grubbing environment and charged towards Hua Li like a small cannonball, "Host, look what I found!"
Huali looked closely and saw that it was carrying a tattered book in its mouth, the pages of which were yellowed and the edges were wrinkled.
"I just found this at the bottom of the sixteenth pile of spirit stones," Ao Bai said proudly, raising his chin. "Usually, the more inconspicuous a book is, the more likely it is to be a secret manual or treasure. Take a look!"
Huali's eyes lit up. "Quick, quick, open it!"
The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. The first page turned out to be about the Five Elements Formation.
Both the person and the cat drooped their heads.
Just as she was about to close the book, Huali's eyes suddenly caught sight of the small print at the bottom, "Wait, Five Elements Nourishing Qi Array?"
*
The setting sun, like congealed blood, seeped across the dome. Wen Jin leaned against the window, watching the sunset, while Xi Wu knelt at the boundary between light and darkness, expressionless.
"My lord, whether it is true or not, we can find out by removing the veil."
Seeing the Demon Lord pause in tapping on the window frame, Tuowu became unusually anxious. "Perhaps it's just a resemblance, otherwise why didn't I recognize him?"
But nobody paid any attention to him.
Xiwu continued, "My lord, shall we kill them?"
Wen Jin had already heard Tuo Wu recount all the details concerning Chenliu City, the constant death and rebirth within the Sea of Time...
The window frame turned to dust in Wen Jin's palm, and he was completely unaware that wooden splinters had pierced his palm.
After watching the Demon Lord's figure disappear, Xi Wu slowly stood up from the ground and turned around to meet Tuo Wu's eyes, which were as angry as a pufferfish.
Xiwu: "?"
Tuowu's burly body was charred black, but a garish pink bow was tied around his arm. "Get out of my way!"
Xiwu: "What?"
"What else can we do? Of course, we'll go collect Cuihua's body. Since we've known each other, at least we should ask the master to leave her with a complete body... Uh, let me go."
Xi Wu covered his mouth expressionlessly, "If you go now, you'll be the only one left with a whole corpse."
*
Wen Jin's figure solidified in the dimly lit room. Inside, Hua Li's long hair was loose and she was curled up in the sunset, with a half-open book lying on her pillow.
The notes fell like snowflakes, covering the open belly of the ugly cat that was fast asleep nearby.
He picked up a piece of paper; the scribbles on it were written with characters he couldn't understand, and it looked more like some kind of modified magic array...
Wen Jin's eyes were unfathomable as he slowly reached out and grasped the veil on Hua Li's face...
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