Chapter 36 Hibernation
The two children acted immediately, putting away their weapons and using magic to change into ordinary clothes that were less conspicuous, before blending into the crowd.
Everyone was out for the early morning market. The vendors were calling out their wares, but many looked up at the sky and lamented that the weather wasn't very good.
Ruan Linglai and Aju asked around, but everyone seemed to know nothing about it and said that nothing unusual had happened recently.
But fate was unkind; at this very moment, it actually started to rain heavily, and the vendors who had set up their stalls all packed up and ran away.
Ruan Linglai and Aju hid under a roof to discuss their next move, and a man in black also hid inside.
They were taking shelter from the rain under the same roof. After Aju noticed, she tugged at Ruan Linglai's sleeve without making a sound, then asked in a childish voice with a smile, "Big brother, are you taking shelter from the rain too?"
On the other side, Yan Shiqun and Wen Tianyu arrived at a cliff.
Yan Shiqun squatted down, wiped some mud off the cliff with his hand, and smelled it.
"Nothing else seems amiss. Is this the valley?"
“I’ve been to places before, so I can’t be wrong,” Wen Tianyu was indeed very confident about this, but what he was unsure about was that everything below was still unknown, and it was very likely that they would be infected with the Gu poison and would no longer be able to use their spiritual power: “We can’t go down rashly.”
“Wrong, it’s that I can go, but you can’t.” Yan Shiqun stood up: “My Blood Lotus True Body doesn’t mobilize spiritual power, but death energy, and I’m immune to Gu poison, but leaving you here alone will definitely cause trouble.”
Wen Tianyu paused for a moment, then said, "Well, and we not only need to go down, but more importantly, we need to find the antidote and the key ingredient... And I'm very curious about the future I saw regarding this matter. Why is Young Master Yun covered in blood here? Immunity to the poison might be an advantage, but it still can't guarantee victory."
"Should we just stand there on the cliff edge? Or should we send a message to our master and the others to come and resolve the situation?"
Wen Tianyu said, "When I arrived here, I had already sent a message to my master."
"You're quick to react in this regard."
"But Master did not reply; he is probably too busy to attend to everything."
Yan Shiqun said in a deep voice, "...This is troublesome. Even they can't solve this problem..."
The combination of "Daytime Cleansing Technique" and "Clearing Technique" is already invincible; add the young master of the Yun family on top of that.
If there are such powerful individuals in the world, is there any need to use something like Gu?
“It’s not necessarily because we can’t win. Maybe we’re just too busy running around. I’ll draw a formation here so that if anything happens, we can come back instantly and then go down again.”
"Alright, that's all we can do for now. If all else fails, I'll just burn everything down here."
The two arrived at the bottom of the valley together. It was not as cold and damp as it looked on the outside. On the contrary, as Wen Tianyu said, the further they went in, the hotter it became.
But almost no mortals come down here, and even cultivators with slightly lower levels of cultivation might not be able to reach it. It is indeed a good place to raise Gu.
Besides the fact that the temperature here is contrary to the cool climate that the Gu worms usually need to survive,
Yan Shiqun waved his hand to shoo away the mosquitoes swarming around him and said, "What do you think was that person's purpose in targeting the Yun family?"
Wen Tianyu also shook his head: "...It is still unknown, but someone who can research such a terrifying Gu poison must not be underestimated. I think he has probably been lying low here for at least several decades...Wait, something's not right."
Yan Shiqun and he noticed at the same time, their eyes sharpening: "...Step back behind me, there are people here."
They heard footsteps and saw the shadow of a man appear before them.
Qingjue and his group followed the trail of the men in black to a wasteland.
"Is this Liuchun?" Qingjue landed with Yunyue, and Jiezhou followed closely behind. Only after confirming that his disciple had caught up did he ask, "Why is there such a desolate place?"
This area stretches along a dead sea, and there aren't even any fishermen for miles around; it's one of the most remote parts of Liuchun.
Qingjue estimated the time; they had rushed here overnight, and it should have been dawn by now, but there was no sign of sunlight.
The sky was still overcast with thunder, and you could feel that it was raining in the city.
The coastline is already windy, and the sand and stones blown up make it difficult for people to see clearly.
Qingjue opened his folding fan and held it in front of him as he walked forward, saying, "My spiritual power tracked me here. If I didn't use some kind of shielding method, he should be nearby. Be careful at all times."
Jie Zhoujian also drew out the floating mist, constantly alert to the surrounding movements.
Although Yun Yuelin cannot use spiritual power, his martial arts skills and physical techniques are better than those of ordinary people, so he is not necessarily at a disadvantage in a fight.
Qingjue had just tested the man's martial arts skills and found them to be not very strong. What was frightening was that he possessed a poison that they currently could not cure.
“Walls have ears, so it’s best if we exchange important information like this. Tianyu just shared a message with me; they’ve found a place that’s suspected to be the source of the Gu poison.” Qingjue didn’t speak out of caution, but used his mind to tell the two of them, “We need to finish this quickly so we can go and support them as soon as possible. Also… Linglai and Aju have arrived in Liuchun.”
"What are they doing here?" Xie Zhoujian replied, "Weren't we told to stay at home?"
"Your two junior brothers and sisters have such personalities, they can't possibly stay still. It's alright, I've drawn protective talismans for each of you. They're smart, they won't take any risks rashly."
Qing Jue does have the ability to forcibly teleport the two of them back to the Qing family, but since they're already here, it's one more hope.
Yun Yuelin could hear, but couldn't transmit it using spiritual power, so she could only say, "Your disciples are all quite capable; they might even surpass you in the future."
"I've always felt that they are the future pillars of the cultivation world."
"Master is too kind."
The three arrived at the edge of the Dead Sea. Qingjue closed his two fingers together and raised his hand to chant a spell.
He opened his eyes again.
He's not here anymore.
Yun Yuelin frowned slightly and said, "The Dead Sea... He deliberately led us here, wanting us to follow that spirit?"
"Don't worry, he couldn't possibly have completely removed all of my spiritual energy. This illusion is very clever, using the residual spiritual energy from a few days ago to temporarily replace it today... But he was absolutely forced to do it, because this is the only place he left traces of three days ago. He doesn't want us to catch up with him, so he had to make a choice."
Qingjue said, "Since it's obviously a trap, let's accept it. His cultivation level can't break through my barrier, so let's see what he did here three days ago."
Jie Zhoujian: "Master, what can be done?"
Qingjue turned to face Yun Yuelin and said, "Let me try probing your spiritual veins first."
"Are you crazy? You know this will cause you to get infected..."
“Just now, I had such direct contact with him, and he didn’t choose to use the Gu poison on me. Instead, he chose to run away. I think it’s not that he didn’t use it, but that the Gu poison had no effect on me.”
Yun Yuelin refused: "That won't do! There's always a chance of something going wrong. If you get infected too, who will be responsible for the fight?"
“We still have Zhoujian. Even if I am infected, we are not afraid of our combat strength. Besides, Qingfeng and the others have also been infected with this poison. We must find a way to break it no matter what,” Qingjue smiled at Jie Zhoujian. “Let me investigate and I will know why.”
Yun Yuelin smacked her lips hard and finally gave in.
Yun Yuelin's spiritual veins had indeed been severely eroded, yet he still acted as if he were completely at ease. Just now, he saw that the disciples outside the door were in excruciating pain. This guy really knows how to endure.
However, Qingjue felt no discomfort when he withdrew his spiritual power.
Qingjue can clearly sense that the antibodies do not come from himself.
I had that feeling when we fought earlier; something on him had a purifying effect.
The poison was initially planted on Yun Yuelin's golden core, gradually spreading and attaching itself to the spiritual veins. It would kill him once it spread throughout his entire body.
Spiritual veins...
Jie Zhoujian asked cautiously, "If this poison is attached to the spiritual vein, will Sister Muyuan be alright?"
“…That’s right,” Qingjue said, taking out something from his Qiankun bag after being reminded. It was the wooden whistle that Muyuan had given to him. “This wooden whistle carries the aura of Miss Muyuan and can be used to summon her at any time. It must be part of the demon core in her body. Divine wood can affect the magnetic field of spiritual energy and can also isolate the Gu poison based on the attachment to the spiritual vein.”
Qingjue handed the wooden whistle to Yun Yuelin. The black lines that had appeared on Yun Yuelin's neck had indeed retreated a bit, but since he had already been infected by the Gu, the wooden whistle could only suppress them.
Yun Yuelin quickly returned the item to Qingjue. He believed that since he had already been tricked, it would be better to leave this life-saving item to someone who hadn't been tricked yet, as they would benefit more.
Qingjue, considering the overall situation, withdrew it.
He reiterated his earlier statement to the misunderstanding-ridden man: "So... does that mean..."
Yun Yuelin wasn't quite sure what they were discussing, and felt it best not to say anything, so she silently went to the beach to check her surroundings.
Qingjue, who understood everything, continued, "Could this be the reason they burned the sacred tree? If they just wanted that power, they could have simply dug up the tree and taken it. Why did they burn it?"
"Should we call Sister Muyuan over to take a look?"
“It’s too dangerous. After Yuanmuyuan became a wasteland, it lost its foundation to nourish its demonic power, and its abilities were already greatly reduced. We’ll summon her after we’re sure it’s safe here,” Qingjue thought calmly for a moment, then continued, “Back then, besides the Xie family, several other families also participated. It’s a pity that Qing Jiujie’s manuscript was also burned. Those bastards…”
The curse placed on that wooden box became one of Qingjue's deepest concerns.
If he had been more careful and attentive, perhaps those papers wouldn't have been burned by the demonic fire.
They are no longer completely confused.
When Qing Jiujie died, his soul was torn apart. Even if you set up some kind of soul-summoning formation, it would be useless. His remnant soul was scattered everywhere and could not be found or slowly nurtured.
Moreover, their situation is urgent and pressing.
Led by the Xie family, and joined by an unknown family hidden among the various cultivation sects, they lay dormant for a hundred years.
They finally decided to target the Yun family.
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