It was a young girl dressed in black, her face as bright and beautiful as a pearl. Golden light shimmered around her; these were golden cicadas fluttering about.
An ominous aura emanated from the depths of the cave, a sound like the roar of a beast emanating from within. The voice did not sound like that of a human, and a chilling aura permeated the air.
Demonic energy, dense demonic energy.
But he's not strong enough to be Lou Munan.
This place was discovered by one of the Golden Jade Cicadas. Although Golden Jade Cicadas are good at concealing their tracks, they cannot break the restrictions. They cannot enter this place, so only A Yao can do it herself.
After looking around, A Yao transformed into a long rainbow and headed deeper into the cave. There were many restrictions here, but these restrictions were too simple for A Yao. She didn't need to stop at all and could continue moving forward without triggering them.
Deep within this cave lies a spacious area. In this vast space stands a massive white jade cauldron, adorned with numerous golden runes that shimmer with golden light. The entire cauldron radiates a soft glow, but it is riddled with cracks from which black mist emanates, suggesting that a colossal beast is sealed within.
The giant beast roared and crashed inside, and with each roar and crash, the white jade cauldron and the entire space trembled violently.
At a glance, Ayao recognized the cauldron as one of the Lu family's ancestral immortal artifacts—the Mingyu Cauldron.
So many cracks...
If her own father saw this, he would be furious.
Of course, she was also very angry, since she had already taken the Mingyu Cauldron as her own when she arrived.
You bastard!
The Five Elements Sect borrowed something but didn't take good care of it, letting it get into this state. What was sealed inside?
A Yao probed her divine sense into the Mingyu Cauldron and witnessed the following scene:
Inside the Mingyu Cauldron, black mist filled the air, and a young man dressed in black was constantly roaring, appearing as if he had gone mad.
The youth had horns on his head, long, purplish-red fingernails, and his entire body was covered in fine, purplish-black threads. His eyes were bloodshot, and he appeared to have lost his mind. He kept throwing punches, creating huge fist imprints as he attacked the Mingyu Cauldron.
A Yao had never seen this person before. He looked very similar to the Five Elements Sect Master. Recalling the conversation between the Five Elements Sect Master Qi Yun and his disciple He Wenxiu, A Yao guessed that this person was the Five Elements Sect Master's son, Qi Shaofeng.
Qi Shaofeng roared and transformed into a cloud of black mist. The black mist, like a giant python, slammed into the wall that had been transformed inside the Mingyu Cauldron. The wall, which already had many cracks, suddenly developed even more cracks.
Ayao gritted her teeth; if she hit the cauldron again, it would fall apart.
The black mist suddenly transformed into human form again. Qi Shaofeng fell to the ground with a wail, a sliver of clarity briefly appearing in his eyes, but his expression quickly returned to its previous madness.
This guy...
She stared at Qi Shaofeng, wondering if he had been possessed by someone, or rather, by a demon.
It possessed the body, but not completely.
The Mingyu Cauldron possesses the power to suppress evil spirits. Qi Yun wanted to suppress the demon within Qi Shaofeng's body, but it was clear that although Qi Shaofeng had not been completely possessed, he had merged with the demon's soul, and they were inseparable.
If it were a True Immortal like A Yao, she would have a way to separate Qi Shaofeng from that demon, but she doesn't have that ability now.
Qi Yun borrowed the cauldron a hundred years ago, before A Yao was even born. At the time of borrowing the cauldron, Qi Yun did not specify what he intended to use it for.
At first, he wanted to buy the Mingyu Cauldron, but Ayao's father refused. Finally, after Qi Yun spent a lot of money, Lu Xiuwen agreed to lend it for a hundred years.
Ayao roughly guessed Qi Yun's thoughts. His son had been possessed by a demon for some unknown reason, but not completely.
Humans, demons, and even demonic cultivators are all mortal enemies of the demon race. Given Qi Shaofeng's situation, regardless of whether other forces will help him, I'm afraid even the Five Elements Sect itself will advise Qi Yun to kill Qi Shaofeng.
Unlike the Lu family, the Five Elements Sect is quite united, even though A Yao's mother and her brother seem like they've lost their minds. All major decisions are made by Lu Xiuwen.
Lu Yunshen, as well as Lu Yunli and Lu Yunchuan before him, had all held the power of stewardship, but that was just the power of stewardship. They could allocate internal resources, and major decisions required Lu Xiuwen's approval.
What Lu Xuening did was nothing to Lu Xiuwen, who had lived for thousands of years. If it had truly damaged the Lu family's foundation, Lu Xiuwen would never have allowed Lu Xuening to live another day, no matter how much Xu Lianxin threatened to kill him.
The Lu family is led by Lu Xiuwen, with the three patriarchs in charge, and the other elders are all loyal and united.
The Five Elements Sect is different; their internal forces are very complex, and many of the elders have their own agendas. Even though Qi Yun is the sect leader, he couldn't withstand the pressure and mobilized the entire sect's resources to save Qi Shaofeng.
Qi Yun couldn't bring himself to do it. He used the Mingyu Cauldron to seal Qi Shaofeng while trying to find a way to separate Qi Shaofeng from the demon, but he failed.
"So that's how it is..." Ayao murmured, "So Sect Leader Qi borrowed the Jade Cauldron to seal his own son!"
"Sect Leader Qi really loves his child!"
As A Yao spoke, she turned to look at Qi Yun, who was standing ten steps away from her. Qi Yun held a long knife in his hand and looked at A Yao with a gloomy expression.
Qi Yun often came here to check on Qi Shaofeng's condition, and he never expected A Yao to be here. How did she enter without triggering any restrictions? Has this woman's restriction technique reached its pinnacle?
The Lu family is truly blessed! To have such a gifted young talent! Qi Yun sighed inwardly.
Qi Yun stared coldly at A Yao, already harboring murderous intent towards her.
Ayao had already noticed Qi Yun. She looked at Qi Yun and said, "If it were me or my brothers who were possessed by the demons, even if there was only a sliver of hope, my father would probably stab them without hesitation."
Looking at the composed A Yao, Qi Yun suddenly remembered her saving Nangong Qi. A glimmer of hope rose in his heart. He put away his magic weapon and asked, "Since my niece already knows, I won't hide it from you. A hundred years ago, my son Shao Feng went to the Endless Abyss, encountered the demons, and was possessed by them."
"He resisted desperately, so the possession was not completely successful. I borrowed the Lu family's Jade Cauldron to suppress the demon within him..."
As Qi Yun was speaking, another loud noise came from the Mingyu Cauldron, followed by Qi Shaofeng's heart-wrenching roar. Hearing this sound, Qi Yun, as a father, felt as if his heart was being torn apart.
Qi Yun looked at A Yao and asked, "I have heard that my niece once received guidance from a senior in the Integration Stage. If my niece has a way to save my son, I will reward her handsomely, even if it means giving up my old life."
Ayao sighed, "I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do."
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