Chapter 79 Heavenly Dao (I) If I can’t find Chi Xingji’s whereabouts again…
The fall lasted for a long time, and Lian Qiang almost thought that she could not reach the ground. Finally, she landed after a long time.
She was enveloped in a dense veil of spiritual energy, resting safely on the ground, unharmed. At the bottom of the cliff, in pitch darkness, Lian Qiang looked up at the abyss, a hundred feet deep. She couldn't imagine how Chi Xingji had managed to reach it.
Is he safe and sound, or...
Shaking her head, Lian Qiang tried to dismiss this frightening thought. Just the thought was enough to fill her with dread. Lian Qiang used her spiritual power to illuminate the area, the thick miasma mingling with the foul-smelling demonic energy that enveloped her, seemingly permeating every pore.
The discomfort she had ignored since waking up surged back. Previously, she could barely adapt, but now, after being affected by Chi Xingji's immortal roots, she couldn't even tolerate the slightest bit of demonic energy...
Lian Qiang covered her mouth and nose, but it was of course useless. She suddenly remembered that this was how Chi Xingji lived with her in the demon world.
The more she thought about it, the more sour her nose became. Lian Qiang comforted herself that finding him quickly was more important than anything else.
Lian Qiang forced herself to stay awake. There was a mountain wall in front of her, so if she wanted to look for it, she had to start from the other end. She turned around, but a scream was squeezed in her throat - behind her was a face covered with magic patterns!
This person was far more demonized than the last one she'd seen before falling off the cliff! Lian Qiang's back was already covered in cold sweat. She stared intently into those sharp eyes, slowly relaxed herself, and tried to retreat. "...I wonder who this senior is?"
She was gambling. Although Lian Qiang had a profound cultivation base, the details of the Demon Abyss were still unknown to her. She hadn't even considered that there were any living people down there. Looking at her eyes, she didn't seem to have completely lost her mind.
"It's rare that someone sees me and isn't frightened to death..." the man began, his voice hoarse and indistinguishable from male or female. "Is today an auspicious day? It's rare that two people from above have come..."
Catching the key to his words, Lian Qiang hurriedly continued to ask, "Excuse me, senior, do you know the whereabouts of the other person? I'm looking for him."
The man said nothing, but moved closer to her. His nose twitched, and he muttered in a dreamy voice, "What a sweet smell..."
Lian Qiang was alert. There was no strange smell on her body, and seeing her intoxicated look, it seemed as if he treated her as a mouth-watering delicacy, she had to be extremely cautious.
Her defense was not without reason. The man sniffed a few times, opened his bloody mouth, and pounced at her with sharp teeth exposed!
Lian Qiang swung her body vigorously, and her spiritual power automatically transformed into an unbreakable barrier in front of her, successfully blocking the man's ridiculous behavior! Immediately, she said in a loud voice, "Senior and I are meeting for the first time. Why are you hurting me?"
Seeing that he had failed, the man licked his lips regretfully. "Why? I haven't tasted fresh flesh and blood in a long time. The power in you is pure and alluring. I wanted to use you as a sacrifice to satisfy my own internal organs, but I couldn't do anything to you. Never mind. It's fate."
Although this person was full of malicious intent and it would be easy for her to kill him, Lian Qiang had no intention of silencing him. She asked again, "Senior, do you know the whereabouts of the other person?"
"Why are you looking for him?" He finally began to face Lian Qiang's question. "Look down, maybe you can find him."
Lian Qiang obeyed, but all she saw was a sea of white bones. She hadn't noticed before, but now she could see clearly! She raised her eyes to scold him, but the man used the same trick again and pounced on her again!
"Looking for death!" Lian Qiang was furious. He struck out with his palm, and the man was strangled by the throat by an invisible force and clamped to the ground!
"I don't want to hurt you, Senior. I just want to find that person's whereabouts. He is very important to me. If you want to hinder me, I will kill you first and then find him."
Lian Qiang doesn't have much patience for someone who refuses to change despite repeated warnings. If she can't find out where Chi Xingji is, she might really take action.
"Ahem...don't be so anxious...you said that person was extremely important to you, so why did you let him come here alone? You must have heard a lot about what's going on here while you were out there, right?"
Life and death are just a matter of a thought, yet he's still smiling. Lian Qiang slowly let go of him and said, "It seems like asking you is pointless."
After saying this, she turned and tried to leave. Freed from his shackles, the man sat up, coughed a few times, and said, "I haven't had a good conversation with anyone in ages. It's beyond my power to please you. How about you just spend a few words with me and I'll tell you?"
Lian Qiang kept walking: "Why should I believe you?"
"He's been here for quite some time now, so he still has enough energy to protect himself. He can afford to wait a little longer. But you, on the other hand, are unfamiliar with the area. Don't you think that gathering some clues from me might help you?"
Lian Qiang turned around slowly. What he said made sense, but this man had tried to harm her time and time again, and he acted like a madman. If possible, she really didn't want to have any more dealings with him.
"Killing me is just a matter of your doing anyway, so why not give it a try?"
He was still lying on the ground motionless, his eyes following Lian Qiang, as if he regretted not being able to eat her.
"Did you hurt him?" Pondering the meaning of his words, Lian Qiang walked closer to him and remembered another thing she almost forgot.
Since the two of them had met before, and this person was so hungry that he might not attack Chi Xingji, she wanted to confirm it.
"No," the man sighed, "He said he was born with a sword bone and came here to suppress the rioting demonic energy. A temporary saturation will bring long-term peace. I still know how to choose."
"What do you mean?" Lian Qiang's face became more serious. He didn't hide it anymore: "Have you ever seen someone with as many magic patterns on my face?"
After Lian Qiang shook her head, he continued, "Logically speaking, someone like me, whose flesh and bones are being replaced by demonic energy, would have died long ago up there.
"But here, as long as you come down and don't die immediately, no one will kill you. These evil spirits will keep you alive no matter what, turning you into a living dead."
Lian Qiang took a step back in shock upon hearing this. She had never heard of such a thing. She only knew that demonic energy could turn people into mindless walking corpses, but she had never heard of the living dead.
As he spoke, his eyes grew brighter, as if he had seen the light, but his mouth spoke the opposite, desperate words: "It's keeping us as containers! As long as we can't die, it will continue to keep us!
"It feeds us, and we feed it. No one can kill the other, and it goes on like this, round after round... It's truly a life worse than death!
"Having attacks again and again, and waking up again and again, what a feeling! I thought my life would just pass like this..."
He suddenly sat up, his eyes fixed on Lian Qiang, or rather, behind her. "Finally, he came and said he could put an end to all this. Tell me, why should I eat him?"
Lian Qiang could only remain silent. She could tell that the person before her was still conscious, but also warped and damaged by the prolonged torture, and could not be compared to an ordinary person.
Moreover, if what he said was true, it was too sensational.
"...You said that the demonic energy is nourishing you, but what is it doing for? Is it trying to break out?" Lian Qiang was immediately opposed when he guessed.
"No, rushing out is just the first step. It will swallow everything, everything..."
"Where are you from and how do you know all this?" Lian Qiang wanted to ask again, but the man stumbled to his feet, muttering to himself, and without paying any attention to her, he staggered into the dark miasma.
Lian Qiang was still confused and did not chase after him.
She didn't know what the man had just said, whether Chi Xingji knew, and if so, how much he knew. If his mission in life was to suppress this place and prevent the evil spirit from escaping, then why not just kill him, kill them?
Lian Qiang knew her idea was a bit cruel, but considering the current situation, it was the most effective solution. Killing them would solve the problem of the demonic energy being nurtured, and then sealing this place would naturally prevent the demonic energy from growing.
But Chi Xingji didn't do so. Was it because he didn't know the truth, or was it because he didn't want to do so? Lian Qiang walked towards the direction the man was looking at.
If she guessed correctly, Chi Xingji left from here.
Originally, Lian Qiang hoped not to encounter any more strange people, but this time, she hoped that someone or a living creature would appear to help her understand the situation.
As they walked, Lian Qiang also understood why Chi Xingji was walking in this direction. The reason was simple: the more she walked, the more she could feel the thicker the demonic energy was, almost as if it were tangible.
Every step Lian Qiang took felt like she was being enveloped by demonic energy. If it was originally just sparsely scattered around, now it was like she was wandering in a quagmire formed by demonic energy. She didn't dare to think about what the outcome would be if she continued walking.
Compared to this place, the Demon Abyss is nothing. It would be better to change its name to the Human World as soon as possible.
However, along the way, the corpses on the ground were much fewer. Lian Qiang checked and found that they were all killed in one blow, and they were all old sword wounds. It didn't look like Chi Xingji had done it. It must have been someone else who did it, not a demon cultivator.
It is probably because the attack methods of the demon cultivators are mostly demonic energy, which is not effective when facing the same kind.
Lian Qiang pondered, why were these demon cultivators sent here, not given a quick release, and not allowed to fight and compete?
Jiang Lang once mentioned that he guessed that there would be native evil creatures under the Demonic Abyss. After all, no one dared to approach it, let alone throw themselves into it. However, this theory was overturned by facts.
Just looking at the number of these bones, it is impossible for internal reproduction to achieve this.
Unfortunately, the clues obtained were limited, and Lian Qiang could no longer infer anything. He only felt that he was in it, and even his perception of the passage of time slowed down.
Gradually, people attacked her along the way, but she resolved all of them one by one. Lian Qiang wanted to question them in detail, but those people's minds did not allow her to do so.
She couldn't find out anything no matter how hard she tried.
Under such circumstances, the frustration and irritability caused by not being able to find Chi Xingji became more and more intensified. Lian Qiang attacked again and almost took the life of the person who attacked him.
The man wailed, and she finally realized what she had done. She almost killed him, and she could really do it!
Lian Qiang quickly withdrew her hand, frozen in place, helpless. Facing someone completely consumed by demonic energy, spiritual power would only exacerbate their suffering, not heal their wounds. She couldn't save him.
The man slumped like mud for a while, then finally stood up again with a groan, showing signs of improvement. Seeing this, Lian Qiang breathed a sigh of relief.
His messy hair covered his facial features, so Lian Qiang had no way of knowing his complexion.
After a moment, he seemed to have regained his composure and spoke. His voice was not hoarse enough for Lian Qiang to hear clearly: "...living person?"
It turned out to be a woman.
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The author has something to say: I couldn't sleep, so I came up here to update silently... I'm just so lazy that I work two days a week and rest five days a week...
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