Chapter 113 Evil Qi
Baiyun Mountain
"Mother!"
"Mother, Mother!"
Huo Huo's loud voice pulled Ye Li back from her pain, "Wake up, Mommy! If you don't get up, you'll be eaten by that stinky monster!"
Before she even opened her eyes, Ye Li sensed a malevolent aura.
I opened my eyes and saw a cave, with a foul smell hitting me.
Beside her, Pei Yun Que and Master Qiu were both hanging in mid-air, unconscious.
As for her, it's likely that Master Qiu had bound her with magical implements, which is why she wasn't hung up.
Seeing that no one was around, Ye Li lowered her voice and asked, "What happened?"
Huo Huo: "Oh my god, Mommy! You're finally awake! We called you for ages and you didn't respond at all. We were so scared!"
"..."
According to Huo Huo, that main hall was just a smokescreen; they had actually entered a monster's cave.
While Ye Li was being pulled into that mysterious memory within the Mirror of Return, Pei Yun Que and Master Qiu were both attacked.
Ye Li sensed something was wrong. "Now? Where did that monster go?"
Before she could finish her sentence, she heard a noise outside.
The monster is back!
Ye Li immediately fell back into her original position, squinting slightly as she stared at the cave entrance.
Upon closer inspection, the beast's silver scales shimmered with a metallic sheen, and its back was covered with a row of bone spikes.
Standing on its two hind legs, with its front legs slightly shorter, Ye Li saw its face as it turned its head and was instantly startled.
It actually has a human face?
Moreover, it seems to be transforming from a monster into a human.
Its left side of its body had some human-like features, but its right side still resembled a monster, making it look extremely terrifying.
While the demon beasts were out patrolling other places, Ye Li whispered the reason to Huo Huo and A Jin.
Do you know why this monster is like this?
Huo Huo: "Oh no, Mom! It must have stolen the Soul Return Mirror to cultivate!"
Ah Jin shook his head and agreed, "Mother, you don't know this, but this Soul Mirror can travel back to the past and into the future, absorbing the spiritual energy of that time. And since it has taken on half a human form, it must have been cultivating with this mirror for at least a thousand years."
millennium……
Ye Li's heart skipped a beat.
Ordinary people can cultivate for a thousand years and even reach the Mahayana stage.
A demon beast that has cultivated for a thousand years must be at least at the Nascent Soul stage; it seems she absolutely cannot confront it head-on.
Just then, the demon beast returned after completing its patrol.
Ye Li immediately closed her eyes, pretending to be fast asleep.
The demonic beast circled Pei Yun Que and Master Qiu once, but didn't linger for long.
Then, it walked towards Ye Li.
The footsteps grew closer and closer, finally stopping in front of her.
Ye Li could feel that warm breath sniffing her.
Just as Ye Li was secretly using her magic power, thinking about how to fight it to the death if it attacked, it suddenly let out an excited cry.
The sound was neither like a cow nor a horse, and it was extremely grating.
Ye Li could only close her eyes and endure it.
Upon hearing its voice, Huo Huo exclaimed, "Oh dear! I know! It's a Thorn-Bone Scale Demon! These beasts are lustful; it must have taken a liking to Mother!"
Ye Li, who had been pretending to be dead, suddenly got goosebumps all over her body.
What? !
Sure enough, no sooner had Huo Huo finished speaking than her breath reached her neck.
Ye Li was completely numb and couldn't keep up the act any longer. She immediately opened her eyes and shouted, "Get away!"
When the Thorn-Bone Scale Demon saw that Ye Li had woken up, it let out that cry again.
Just when Ye Li thought it was going to attack her, it actually spoke.
"Females, mate, do not kill."
Ye Li was surprised for a moment, then realized that it had already developed some human-like features, so it was not surprising that it could speak.
However, upon closer inspection, although the Thorn Bone Scale Demon had grown a human face, it was somewhat distorted, giving Ye Li goosebumps.
She said coldly, "Humans and demons are different. I'd rather die than mate with you..."
Ah Jin: "Mother, Mother, I have a plan. You keep it calm for now. Once you get the Soul Return Mirror, just recite my incantation and its magic will vanish!"
"...I feel quite honored."
The Thorn-Bone Scale Demon was originally just a low-level demon beast. Several hundred years ago, it accidentally came to White Cloud Mountain and obtained the Soul-Returning Mirror magic weapon. During this time, its power greatly increased, and it tormented countless mortal women and rogue cultivators. However, most of those women committed suicide, and even those who barely survived could not withstand its demonic form.
So seeing that Ye Li, this female cultivator, had such good taste, it finally showed a satisfied expression.
"But I have one request."
Ye Li tried her best not to show any murderous intent. "I want to see the Soul Return Mirror."
Upon hearing the words "Mirror of Return to Souls," the Thorn Bone Scale Demon instantly revealed its ferocious nature, "You, want to steal, the mirror!"
Ye Li moved her upper body, which was tightly bound. Her forearms were also wrapped with rope, and she could only move her fingers.
"I'm tied up like this, even if I wanted to steal, I couldn't leave. Besides, if you can catch me once, you can catch me a second time. What's the point of me running away?"
Fortunately, I had listened to Master Qiu's advice to the Crown Prince before, and now I can put it into practice. It's not too difficult.
The Thorn-Bone Scale Demon possessed powerful magic, but it rarely interacted with humans here and failed to discern Ye Li's scheme. However, out of caution, it did not immediately take out the mirror.
"Only through mating can a mirror be created."
This monster certainly doesn't suffer any loss!
But mating is impossible!
Ye Li came up with a solution, but she didn't know if it would work on the demon beasts.
"Okay, but you have to close your eyes first." Ye Li forced a smile. "I need to prepare myself."
The Thorn-Bone Scale Demon had cultivated a partial human form and its aesthetic sense leaned more towards mortal women. Seeing her graceful appearance, it closed its eyes.
"Open your eyes."
"..."
When the Thorn-Bone Scale Demon opened its eyes again, it found that "Ye Li" had become one of its own kind. It let out an excited howl and pounced on her.
Meanwhile, the real Ye Li, seeing the ugly sight of the Thorn Bone Scale Demon rubbing against the stone, felt nauseous but secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Xie Sixing's "Spiritual Void Soul Control Technique" not only includes solid soul cultivation, but also the technique of capturing soul illusions.
Ye Li used to be more accustomed to sword techniques and spiritual power; this was the first time she had used illusion magic, and she hadn't expected it to be so effective.
After a short while, Ye Li, having determined that the time was almost up, dispelled the illusion.
"Now can I take a look at the Soul Return Mirror?"
Perhaps the illusion was intoxicating, as the Thorn Bone Scale Demon was still somewhat dazed, and actually took out the Soul Return Mirror.
In an instant, Ye Li's eyes sharpened, the ropes binding her body burst open, and she snatched them away.
By the time the Thorn-Bone Scale Demon reacted, the mirror was already in Ye Li's hands.
It angrily attacked Ye Li.
Ye Li had no intention of fighting. She nimbly dodged, lightly touched the ground with her toes, and somersaulted behind it, immediately chanting a spell.
“The Spirit Mirror, the Spirit Mirror, the shadows of souls are both clear and dim.”
The path to return to the soul, a journey against the world to find peace.
The mirror reveals its divine radiance; the soul returns to the celestial realm!
As Ye Li finished reciting the last word, the demonic magic on the Thorn Bone Scale Demon vanished like a flood.
It charged wildly at Ye Li, its roar piercingly loud.
Ye Li pointed to a long sword, which grew several meters in length, and immediately went to meet the attack.
The scales on the Thornbone Scale Demon's body were hard, and a buzzing sound rang out when the sword struck down.
Instead of hitting its vital points, the attacks only enraged it.
Although it lost a lot of its demonic power, it was still a thousand-year-old demon beast and not easy to deal with.
The attack range was expanding. Hearing Ye Li's heavy breathing, A Jin, who was consulting ancient texts, quickly said, "Mother, the Thornbone Scale Demon is impervious to blades and spears. Attack its humanoid form!"
Ye Li's eyes sharpened, and as the Thorn Bone Scale Demon pounced again, she suddenly stabbed into its human face.
Sure enough, the blood kept flowing, and its cries grew increasingly mournful; it even tried to run away.
But Ye Li had finally found a weakness, so naturally she couldn't let it slip away.
With her final strike, she plunged the sword deep into its left side, where a human heart had already grown.
The Thorn-Bone Scale Demon twitched a few times before collapsing to the ground with a thud.
"..."
Ye Li was also exhausted. She leaned on her sword and let out a long sigh of relief.
As the Thorn-Bone Scale Demon disappeared, the Soul-Returning Mirror in her hand revealed its true form.
It wasn't gold, but bronze, with a mirror-like surface that shimmered with a bluish-green light, mysterious and serene.
She gazed at the Mirror of Return, recalling everything she had seen, and hesitated, "This mirror, can it only show my own memories? Can it show other people's memories?"
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