Chapter 87 Chapter 87 Immortal Tomb
Although Yun Miao persuaded Master Chang and Xiao Hei, a new problem soon arose. The Tongtian Rhino had long been extinct, and its horn was unknown to the public because its function was too niche and useless, so there were very few horns left.
Over the years, the few remaining rhino horns had been collected by the Changsheng Sect. The Xuantian Sect's treasury, though rich in treasures, held every item of immense value, lacked the horn of the Tongtian Rhino. Similarly, the looted treasures of the Demon Sect and the Changsheng Sect contained no trace of the horn.
Chu Beiliang knew where to find it. Because rhino horn was so rare and precious, and so essential to the Changsheng Sect's plan, it was kept by Sect Leader Huo Huazhi herself. She would only grant a piece of rhino horn to the Holy Son once he had grown up.
So the problem returned to the starting point. No matter what Yun Miao and the others wanted to do, they had to find Huo Huazhi first.
Yun Miao's eyes moved slightly. She did have a way to find Huo Huazhi. Huo Huazhi had only concealed the secrets of heaven, making it impossible for people to find her through stargazing, divination, etc. However, Yun Miao and Huo Huazhi were connected by cause and effect. As long as she activated the cause and effect line, she could easily go to Huo Huazhi's side.
There was only one reason why she didn't do this. She couldn't defeat Huo Huazhi alone, and teleporting directly would easily result in her being killed.
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On the second day, a female cultivator in white appeared outside the mountain gate of Xuantian Sect and asked to meet the Sect Master.
"My name is Xiaohong. Xiaohong's Xiao, Xiaohong's Hong."
"It's her?!"
When Master Chang, who was in Xuantian Palace, received the news, he was shocked. Then he activated his magic power, and his body turned into a shadow. He soon appeared at the mountain gate and took the initiative to invite the female cultivator in white in a very polite manner.
"I didn't know you were coming, and I'm sorry for not welcoming you. Please come in."
Although the white-robed female cultivator was a powerful Mahayana cultivator, she was alone, making it easy for the Xuantian Sect to capture her. The fact that she dared to come alone today, putting herself in a passive position, was itself a display of sincerity.
Considering that what the white-robed female cultivator had done before was basically against the Changsheng Sect, Sect Master Chang had a hunch that her arrival might very well bring a new turn for the Xuantian Sect.
The two of them quickly flew into the hall of Xuantian Palace. Sect Master Chang tapped his finger lightly, and the fine tea was automatically brewed and landed on the small table next to the chair of the white-robed female cultivator for easy access.
The female cultivator in white politely took a sip of tea and then said straight to the point, "I can take you to find Huo Huazhi."
Sect Leader Chang's eyes narrowed, and before he could say anything, the white-robed female cultivator continued, "I planted a mark on Huo Huazhi last time. With this mark, I can use secret techniques to teleport directly to Huo Huazhi's side at any time. But I can't defeat her, so I've been holding back these days."
She mentioned that she had a secret realm with her. If the people of Xuantian Sect were willing to enter it, she would teleport to Huo Huazhi's side and then open the secret realm to let everyone out. Then they could join forces to defeat Huo Huazhi and completely eradicate the Changsheng Sect.
Sect Leader Chang didn't know how to respond for a moment, so he drank his tea tactically, his eyes thoughtful. He certainly wanted to get rid of Huo Huazhi as soon as possible and eradicate the Changsheng Sect. The question now was... whether he should believe what this person said.
If this person set up a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in the secret realm, and he led his men directly in, wouldn't he be jumping into a fire pit on his own initiative?
Suddenly, a white-haired woman appeared out of thin air in front of the white-robed female cultivator.
"Can you really find Howard?"
Sect Master Chang immediately stood up and said, "Elder Yuchen."
This is the sect’s supreme elder.
The female cultivator in white glanced at the white-haired woman and nodded to indicate that she could do it.
Elder Yuchen also looked at the white-robed female cultivator in front of him, his eyes moving slightly: "I don't believe it, swear."
The female cultivator in white did not feel offended. Instead, she calmly expressed that she also hoped that both parties could make a heavenly oath to each other to ensure the smooth progress of cooperation.
"readily!"
Elder Yu Chen was also a straightforward person. She immediately raised her hand to swear to the Heaven. Sect Leader Chang quickly advised her that this was not a trivial matter and it would be better to wait until the other peak masters and elders arrived before making any plans.
Elder Yuchen rejected the proposal. "With the Heavenly Dao Oath, this cooperation is worth a gamble. What's there to discuss? If you don't want to go, then I'll go by myself. I missed the opportunity last time and I was almost obsessed with it. This time, I must kill her once and for all."
Back then, Elder Yuchen would have left Huo Huazhi's body intact because of their former sisterhood, but now Elder Yuchen only regrets that she was not ruthless enough.
If she hadn't been soft-hearted, how could the Huo family be wiped out twice, Mo Chi's demon core be dug out and his body be mutilated, and the Changsheng Sect be filled with bones and mountains of corpses and seas of blood?
These three thousand years were stolen by Huo Huazhi, she should have died long ago!
Elder Yu Chen first made a resounding oath to the heavens. Upon seeing this, the female cultivator in white also decisively made a oath to the heavens, also with full sincerity.
Both of them were very satisfied. Seeing this, Master Chang also had more confidence in this cooperation, so he also made a heavenly oath on the spot to show his sincerity in the cooperation.
Following the message from Sect Master Chang, the other peak masters and elders also rushed over and swore a heavenly oath together.
There was no time to lose. In order to prevent the news from leaking out and letting the slippery loach Huo Huazhi escape again, Sect Master Chang only arranged for peak masters and elders such as Meng Shi to guard the house, and then led Che Ruojin and others to enter the secret realm of the white-clothed female cultivator.
What comes into view is a large and vibrant spiritual field. The high-level spiritual plants in it have entered the mature stage, have blossomed and borne fruit, and can be picked at any time. The rich spiritual energy is refreshing.
If Tian Laokou were here, he would have been able to tell at a glance that several of these spiritual plants were special varieties he had cultivated, seeds only found in the Xuantian Sect. Unfortunately, as the Pill King, Tian Laokou's combat power was relatively weak. This time, he was assigned to guard the sect again. Therefore, he did not enter the secret realm.
However, Sect Leader Chang and the others only had ordinary knowledge about these spiritual plants and could not tell the difference between the flowers and plants. Moreover, they were all thinking about Huo Huazhi and had no time to appreciate these flowers and plants.
Outside the secret realm, the female cultivator in white did not hesitate and immediately pulled the black line in the causal space. The next second, her figure quickly disappeared from the spot.
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The Yuanzhou Ten Thousand Poisons Forest is a humid rainforest teeming with poisonous creatures. Years of devouring each other have left these creatures with a terrifying accumulation of toxins. Even a Mahayana cultivator would be hard-pressed to save them if bitten. Therefore, this place is sparsely populated and rarely visited.
Huo Huazhi didn't want to come either, but now the cultivation world was looking for her everywhere, so she could only build the new headquarters of the Changsheng Sect deep in the Ten Thousand Poison Forest.
Because the Dragon Blood Pool was destroyed, the Pagoda Tree was gone, and the treasure house of the Changsheng Sect headquarters was also looted, the new headquarters of the Changsheng Sect cannot function normally. It can only use the small amount of Pagoda Fruit and Immortal Shedding that were left over from before for research, which is purely relying on old capital.
Seeing that the strongholds scattered across the country were constantly being discovered by the Xuantian Sect, Huo Huazhi had no choice but to cut off his rear to survive. He sent people to secretly take away the items and talents stored in the warehouses of each stronghold, and abandoned those empty strongholds.
Because of his previous injuries and the fact that he consumed a lot of his energy by using the blood-stained weapon, Huo Huazhi has been hiding deep in the new headquarters to recuperate these days.
The empty, undecorated room was empty. She sat alone on the futon, her face pale and her brows shrouded in anger. Although she felt a pang of hatred, she could only console herself by saying, "I'll have enough time to live on." She would wait for the future...
Suddenly, a moment of palpitations struck her heart. Huo Huazhi opened her eyes abruptly and subconsciously drew her long sword to block to the side. With a clang, a red sword slashed at her long sword.
The long sword missed the target, but suddenly the sword body flashed with brilliant light, and the red color faded away, turning into the appearance of colorful glass. The gorgeous seven-color rainbow light instantly illuminated the dim quiet room and almost blinded Huo Huazhi's eyes.
Huo Huazhi immediately closed her eyes, and took the opportunity to thrust her sword diagonally towards her forehead. However, although her eyes were blind, her consciousness was intact. She immediately dodged and retreated, putting some distance between herself and the white-robed female cultivator who had appeared out of nowhere in the quiet room.
The female cultivator in white tutted her tongue: "None of this will work."
"You again!"
Huo Huazhi was angry at first, then he suddenly sneered: "How dare you come to me alone? You are really courting death!"
She used her magic power, and the long sword instantly turned into a sky full of afterimages and pounced towards the female cultivator in white.
The white-robed female cultivator's sword turned back to red, and rays of sword light quickly cut through the remaining shadows. "You are wrong. I didn't come here alone."
Just as he finished speaking, another sword light suddenly shot out, followed by Elder Yuchen's cold voice: "Huo Huazhi, long time no see."
"Senior Sister?"
Huo Huazhi's pupils shrank, and he instantly lost his will to fight. His first reaction was to run away.
However, as soon as she turned around, Sect Master Chang blocked her way.
Bang bang bang!
Suddenly, there was a fierce fighting sound in the newly established headquarters. The powerful force instantly tore apart the large formation that had not yet been fully arranged. Without the protection of the formation, the surrounding buildings collapsed instantly on a large scale.
Some unlucky members of the Changsheng Sect were blown into pieces in the aftermath before they knew what had happened. Countless gray-robed people fled from the ruins in panic. Ge Yan, Zuo Beixing and Shui Yaoguang followed and flew out, hovering in the air.
After Ge Yan's inner demons were resolved, not only did his lameness heal without medicine, but his cultivation, which had been stagnant, also suddenly broke through, leaping from the Spirit Transformation Stage to the Void Refinement Stage.
At this moment, the three of them formed a triangle and surrounded the entire headquarters of the Changsheng Sect. They did not actively chase and kill any gray-robed people who wanted to escape the encirclement. They would kill one if they came, and kill a pair if they came.
Those gray-robed men were quickly killed and huddled in the ruins, not daring to flee.
Huo Huazhi knew that he had no chance of winning against Elder Yu Chen who was in the Tribulation Crossing Stage, so he did not hesitate and used the Burning Blood Technique to forcibly increase his strength to the Tribulation Crossing Stage.
Boom!
The knife and the sword collided with each other, and the huge aftermath produced by the collision of the two powerful forces of the Tribulation Period instantly annihilated everything around them.
Even though the Mahayana master Chang and the white-clothed female cultivator and others used their magic power to resist, they still felt the strong wind that made it almost impossible for them to stand.
Those gray-robed men who were close to them did not have such powerful magic to protect them, and they screamed immediately. The better ones were hit by the aftermath and died of vomiting blood, but at least their bodies were intact. The less unlucky ones were directly chopped into a pile of minced meat by the aftermath.
Huo Huazhi became even more panicked. After all, her strength was forcibly increased through the secret technique of burning blood. It was like a castle in the air. With just one blow, she realized that even though she and Yu Chen were in the same tribulation period, she was still no match for Yu Chen!
Run! She must run quickly!
Huo Huazhi secretly took out a high-level teleportation talisman from her storage bag. Elder Yu Chen was very familiar with Huo Huazhi's character. Seeing her unusual actions, he immediately guessed what she was thinking.
However, Elder Yu Chen had no intention of stopping him, and the tip of his sword was still heading towards Huo Huazhi's eyebrows.
"Thinking of using the teleportation talisman to escape? I advise you to give up on that idea. The array we just activated has already locked this space. Neither the teleportation talisman nor the secret realm key nor anything else will work."
Huo Huazhi paused when activating the teleportation talisman, but he continued to input magic power without giving up. The priceless high-level teleportation talisman quickly turned into ashes. The tremendous power surged out, but was blocked by another invisible force and had no effect.
Huo Huazhi's expression changed, and then he turned the tip of the knife and rushed towards the female cultivator in white, preparing to carve out a bloody path with a brief burst of burning blood.
The powerful pressure of the Tribulation Period was like a mountain pressing down on one's head. The gray-robed man who was in the same direction as the white-robed female cultivator felt like an ant under Mount Tai, and had no thought of resisting at all. Some of them were pressed to the ground, bleeding from all seven orifices, and some were directly crushed to pieces.
Although Huo Huazhi felt sorry for talented people, she couldn't care less at this point. As long as she was still alive, there would naturally be many people willing to join her.
The female cultivator in white did not dodge or evade. She used her magic power to resist the pressure while pointing her sword at the attacking Huo Huazhi.
There was a flash of sarcasm in Huo Huazhi's eyes. She didn't think that the female cultivator in white could stop her who was in the Tribulation Crossing Stage. This person had ruined her plans time and time again. Before she escaped today, she must kill this female cultivator in white first to relieve the hatred in her heart!
However, at the critical moment, Huo Huazhi suddenly felt his magic power, which had been running at high speed, stagnate. An unspeakable pain shot through his internal organs. The spiritual power in his dantian began to riot, and his tendons and veins were broken inch by inch...
Elder Yu Chen wanted to chase after her, but he paused when he saw this. He saw that Huo Huazhi's figure, which was as fast as lightning, suddenly slowed down, and his body leaned forward weakly, as if he was heading towards the sword of the female cultivator in white. The red sword pierced through her eyebrows directly.
The long knife in Huo Huazhi's hand fell from a high altitude and pierced straight into the ground. There was still pain and disbelief on her face, and she seemed unable to understand what was happening.
Bang!
Huo Huazhi's body fell from a high altitude to the ground. She decayed at a speed visible to the naked eye. Wrinkles covered her cheeks and her black hair turned into dull white hair.
Her entire body seemed to be leaking air, and the magic power she had accumulated over thousands of years of hard practice dissipated between heaven and earth in the blink of an eye, leaving her without even the ability to explode herself and die with everyone else.
She lay weakly on the ground, her face full of disbelief: "How...how..."
"This is the poisonous incense that the Huo family uses to deal with traitors."
Elder Yuchen landed on the ground, looking at his dying junior sister with complicated eyes: "Now that you have died on it, it can be considered karma, retribution."
"Poisonous fragrance..."
Huo Huazhi began to bleed from all seven orifices, and her throat made a noise because of the blood: "What is it called..."
Master Chang: "It has no name."
This incense was originally developed by the Huo family specifically for their own family members. It only works on Huo family members who use the secret technique of burning blood, so the developers did not give it a name. Its production method is only passed down orally among the clan leader and the junior clan leader.
"I'm not wrong."
Huo Huazhi stared at Elder Yuchen intently. In her last moments, she still stubbornly repeated, "I'm not... wrong, I'm not..."
Elder Yuchen didn't answer. She watched as her junior sister, who had grown up with her, gradually died, her eyes still open. Then she slowly stepped forward, closed her eyes, and said softly, "I know, it's just... we don't share the same ideals."
This action drained away the last bit of warmth from Elder Yuchen. Having already been fooled once, she stood up and waved her sleeves expressionlessly...
There was no earth-shattering noise, only a gentle breeze.
The shriveled corpse on the ground was instantly crushed into powder by the powerful force, leaving only a shriveled head remaining in place. The powder was silently blown away by the wind, and the bones were ground into ashes. That was it.
This time, Huo Huazhi no longer had the chance to fake his death.
Huo Huazhi's storage bag fell to the ground. Elder Yuchen took it in her hand through the air, erased the spiritual imprint from it, and probed inside with her spiritual sense. When she noticed the dirty things inside, her brows furrowed slightly, but after confirming that the rhino horn of Tongtian Rhino was inside, her brows relaxed again.
Sect Leader Chang stepped forward, put the shriveled head into his sleeve, and prepared to return to the sect and hand it over to Huo Xin.
Then he paused and turned his head with Elder Yu Chen and others to look at the place where the white-clothed female cultivator had just stood. There was no one there. The white-clothed female cultivator had disappeared silently again, just like last time.
Soon, under the deliberate arrangement of Xuantian Sect, the news of Huo Huazhi's death quickly spread throughout the entire world of cultivation. After such a long siege, the Changsheng Sect was already severely damaged with many casualties. Now even its only backbone was dead, and the remaining gray-robed people were naturally panicked.
They weren't good people to begin with, with sharp personalities. Without Huo Huazhi's cohesion, they instantly became a mess, each acting on their own. This time, there was no need for Xuantian Sect to intervene; the other major sects guarding the various states had already dealt with these remaining forces.
Due to the deliberate delay by Master Chang and others, it took three months of preparation before the rhino horn of Tongtian Rhino was placed in front of Yun Miao.
During these three months, they had collected numerous spiritual treasures, formations, and talismans to protect the body and soul. They had fed Yun Miao numerous natural treasures to enhance her physical and spiritual strength, and had also taught her various hidden skills and secret techniques.
Even the Tiandi Ding and Xuantian Ring were given to Yun Miao for free, asking him to bind them and recognize them as his master. The entire Xuantian Sect only has these three top-grade spiritual treasures, and the Xuantian Ring is the symbol of the sect's leader. But now they are all in Yun Miao's hands.
Although they also knew that no matter how powerful these things were in the world of cultivation, they could not match the power of the riot of immortal energy. The Changsheng Sect had been experimenting for so many years, and these methods must have been used long ago.
If Yun Miao really encountered any danger in the Immortal Tomb, these things would be of little use, but they still did their best, fearing that what they did was not enough or good enough.
Yun Miao was a little anxious at first, not understanding why her master kept delaying when they already had the rhino horn. Until she understood her master and the others' intentions, her impatience instantly disappeared, and she was filled with infinite patience instead.
At that moment, she suddenly thought that no matter whether this was the real world or not, she would treat it as it was and she was willing to do her utmost to protect it.
In a room in the inner hall of Xuantian Sect, Zuo Beixing, the master of Zhenfeng, once again checked the numerous formations that had been set up, and then nodded to Sect Master Chang.
Sect Leader Chang looked at Yun Miao hesitantly. As a master, he wished he could go through this journey on Yun Miao's behalf, but as the Sect Leader of Xuantian Sect, the heavy responsibility on his shoulders restrained his reason.
Yun Miao raised his usual smile towards his master and said confidently, "Master, believe me. I won't die. Don't forget, I'm a genius."
When she said this, Sect Leader Chang's eyes turned red. But he also knew that he was only a master after all, and his apprentice had to walk her own path, and no one could help her move forward.
So he took a deep breath, suppressed the worry and bitterness in his heart, and walked out with everyone. Only Yun Miao and Chu Beiliang were left in the room.
Even if everyone hadn't noticed Chu Beiliang's intentions before, they understood them now. However, in this life-or-death situation, no one broke the silence, and no one even cared about this little thing.
They had clearly dreamed that the savior would appear soon, but people are divided into close and distant groups. When this matter really happened to their own children, they only hoped that Yun Miao could come back alive, as long as he came back alive.
A single piece of rhino horn was only enough for one person. On the table sat two plates, each containing two jade-smooth pieces of rhino horn, each with a hole through it. Yun Miao and Chu Beiliang each lit a piece of rhino horn. A milky white mist immediately flowed out of the hole.
Yun Miao first smelled a strange fragrance, then she felt herself become light and dazed, floating forward involuntarily. When she came to her senses again, she found herself standing at a gatehouse.
This gate tower is majestic and tall, with flying eaves and pointed corners, and is carved with thousands of auspicious clouds and auspicious auras. It does not look like something that can be built by humans, but rather like the product of the painstaking construction of a giant hundreds of feet tall. Compared with it, Yun Miao is like a small ant.
As Chu Beiliang had said, the front of the gatehouse was shrouded in a vast expanse of white mist. Above it stood the shadowy figure of a bronze sundial, as majestic and tall as the gatehouse itself. The shadow rotated constantly, seemingly possessing an endless mystery.
Yun Miao inexplicably felt an invisible attraction. She couldn't help but lift her foot forward, but a hand grabbed her arm.
She turned her head and saw Chu Beiliang standing beside her. She raised her hand and pressed it on Chu Beiliang's hand: "I have my own trump card, I will not die, so no matter what happens next, don't do anything stupid."
Chu Beiliang looked at her quietly: "I will always wait for you."
"I know."
Yun Miao met those stubborn eyes and didn't know what to say. She was silent for a moment and promised, "When I come back, I will become your Taoist partner."
Chu Beiliang said, "As long as you come back alive, it doesn't matter if you keep having affairs."
Yun Miao: ...I didn’t expect this guy to be so generous.
She pulled her hand back and pinched Chu Beiliang's face: "I will come back alive."
Then she turned her head and walked into the thick fog without hesitation, leaving Chu Beiliang standing there watching quietly.
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The author has something to say: Chu Beiliang: It doesn't matter if I have no name or status. I just want you to come back alive.
After Yun Miao came back alive, Chu Beiliang said: It’s time to forget my roots!
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