Chapter 203 Feng Jingxuan's Conspiracy
As soon as Feng Jingxuan finished speaking, countless vines, as black as ink, surged out from all directions and coiled around her like venomous snakes.
The vines were incredibly fast, closing in on her body almost instantly.
Ye Li swiftly swung her sword, the blade flashing like lightning, slashing at the vines.
Just as she was about to strike, she suddenly heard a familiar wail, as if she wasn't cutting vines, but... a person!
Ye Li's heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly withdrew her sword energy. "What is this!"
"You finally figured it out."
As Feng Jingxuan spoke, he approached, tapping the vines with the handle of his fan. In a compassionate tone, he said, "This place absorbs the souls of those disciples above. If you cut it off, they will never wake up again."
"you!"
They actually used their disciple's life to trap her; how wicked!
"I have other things to do. You can stay here and make your choice. Will you kill them and escape, or... hehehe..."
After Feng Jingxuan left, the laughter still echoed in the cave, extremely grating.
Meanwhile, the vines had already formed a circular cage, trapping her inside.
However, this did not stump Ye Li; she could easily use her soul to leave her body and rush out.
Just as she was reciting the incantation, Xie Sixing suddenly asked, "Guess why he trapped you here."
Ye Li opened her eyes. "He... is afraid that I will stop his plan to replace his disciples with those clay figures."
"No, no."
Xie Sixing deliberately changed his tone, like a storyteller patiently persuading, "As the sect leader, he has plenty of opportunities to lead his disciples in trials, why does he have to do this before you?"
"this……"
Ye Li's tone was hesitant.
Yes, Feng Jingxuan knew she would stop him, yet he still did all this. Wasn't he just asking for trouble?
Moreover, Feng Jingxuan knew she wasn't Jiang Li, and he would definitely guess that she could separate her soul from her body, so these vines couldn't trap her at all.
But he still used them, unless...
Ye Li blurted out, "His goal is to make me leave my body!"
Xie Sixing laughed, "So, who knows what kind of inescapable trap is laid here, waiting for you to show your face, and then... *snap*."
As the last two words were spoken, Ye Li's heart tightened.
She looked around, and the lifelike clay figurines were no longer human figures, but rather like the souls of the dead sealed within them, adding to the eeriness of the place.
Ye Li looked around at those pairs of unseeing eyes, and her heart strangely calmed down.
She said calmly, "But if I stay here, the disciples outside will become like this too."
Xie Sixing paused, then chuckled, "I almost forgot, young Taoist priest, you have the world in your heart, what's that saying again? Knowing there are tigers in the mountains, yet you still go towards them, I admire you."
"Although I can't help you, I'll support you verbally."
Having made her decision, Ye Li closed her eyes again.
The next second, the soul left the body.
She stood on the damp, sticky ground, looking in the direction Feng Jingxuan had left.
There is only one road here, as if afraid that people wouldn't be able to find it, leading straight to an unknown place.
This is a trap to lure the enemy into a snare.
Having come this far, she had no reason to back down.
Moreover, if the truth is not uncovered, she will still not have a peaceful end in this life.
The road was much longer than Ye Li had imagined. After walking for about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, she finally saw some light.
Before she could take a closer look, a powerful suction force suddenly pulled her in.
When she came to her senses, she found herself suspended in mid-air with nothing beneath her feet, unable to land no matter how hard she struggled.
All around were floating red runes, in circles and lines, each exuding an eerie aura.
"This is?"
"Tsk tsk, they really went all out, even creating this kind of spirit-sealing formation."
"What kind of formation is that?"
"See those talismans?"
Ye Li nodded.
"In a little while they will knead your soul like dough, roll it out and flatten it, and stuff it into that earthenware jar below."
Ye Li looked down, and when she saw the pottery jar Xie Sixing had mentioned, she felt it looked very familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere before…
Suddenly, something occurred to her.
Those are the pottery jars from Feng Jingxuan's residence!
The only difference is that those are jet black, while this one is blood red.
So those pottery jars are also filled with human souls?
After hearing her question, Xie Sixing thought for a few seconds, "Well, actually it's not quite the same. They went in voluntarily, while you were forced in."
Ye Li was completely confused and was about to ask what it meant to force it in when the talismans suddenly started to rotate.
In the darkness, the red runes that had been floating seemed to be pulled by invisible threads, twisting and turning eerily. They shimmered with a ghostly blood-red light and emitted a chilling hissing sound.
Then, the runes transformed into pairs of human eyes. The moment Ye Li's soul was stared at by those eyes, she felt a chill that penetrated to the bone.
With a buzzing sound, those eyes burst forth with a blinding red light.
The light seemed to have a physical form, pressing down on Ye Li from all directions.
Ye Li quickly formed hand seals, creating a white halo to resist the pressure.
But soon a gap appeared in the aperture, clearly indicating that it couldn't hold for long; she was only buying herself a little more time.
She held her breath, flipped her hand over the icicle, and the suddenly cold air seemed to freeze everything.
The next second, her eyes sharpened, and she suddenly shot the ice shards towards the location of those eyes.
"Pfft—"
A ghostly scream echoed through the air, and those eyes vanished under the impact of the icicles.
Before she could even catch her breath, the scattered red light quickly condensed again, transforming back into blood-red eyes that stared intently at her.
After repeating this several times, Ye Li realized that this was not a long-term solution.
At the same time, she also noticed something: when she dispersed those eyes, the subtle buzzing sound in her ears paused for a moment.
Perhaps this is the key to breaking through the formation.
So after dispersing the red light once again, she immediately pointed her sword at the ground and gathered spiritual power.
A white light gathered at the tip of her sword, growing increasingly dazzling until it illuminated the entire room as if it were daytime.
Her long hair flew upwards due to the powerful fluctuations of spiritual energy, and her face appeared more solemn and murderous in that magnificent light.
"open!"
With a low shout, a crack appeared where the sword tip was.
When the crack was big enough for her to squeeze through, she didn't hesitate and immediately pushed her way out.
Once back on solid ground, Ye Li, exhausted, braced herself against the earth and let out a long sigh of relief.
"Slap slap slap-"
Applause rang in his ears, and Xie Sixing said jokingly, "Impressive, little Taoist priest, you broke the magic array so quickly."
Ye Li didn't have time to pay attention to him.
Before she could catch her breath, she heard footsteps getting closer and closer, and faint voices.
"Your Majesty, she has already entered the formation. I will bring her soul back, so please rest assured."
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