Zhou Jiangchu had seen plenty of killing and bloodshed since he was a child. However, the sheer brutality of a single person's explosion truly shocked him.
"What's wrong? Are you alright?"
Zhou Jiangchu was momentarily stunned, then hurriedly helped up the barely alive Ji Xiaoxiao.
Ji Xiaoxiao collapsed into Zhou Jiangchu's arms, her breath growing weaker and weaker. In her daze, she seemed to see a little kid with wings on his back, waving and smiling at her.
Having lived through several lifetimes, her endurance, observation skills, and tenacity were beyond those of ordinary people. Ji Xiaoxiao circulated the last of her spiritual energy, and the bleeding from her wounds gradually stopped.
A slip-up led to disaster; carelessness resulted in the loss of Jingzhou. Since spiritual energy exists in this world, it's possible that cultivators also exist! Carelessness, utter carelessness.
A month ago, Ji Xiaoxiao secretly followed Leng Hanxuan in and out of the house. Finally, last night, Ji Xiaoxiao discovered the Leng family's secret vault.
I was anxious, but I tried my best to suppress it.
As night fell, Ji Xiaoxiao arrived at the small bungalow that housed the secret vault.
The small house was only about 20 or 30 square meters, and it was square in shape. Most of the white paint on the walls had peeled off, and the rest of the walls were black and yellow, looking like they had been exposed to the elements for many years.
Gently push open the door, and the small wooden door makes a creaking, broken sound.
The room was pitch black, so dark you couldn't see your hand in front of your face. Ji Xiaoxiao was prepared; she had her eyes protected by spiritual energy, so seeing wasn't a problem. She walked around and looked around, but found nothing amiss.
"That doesn't make sense. This must be it?"
Ji Xiaoxiao closed her eyes, and her divine sense surged like a raging torrent, flooding the small house inside and out.
"Found it."
In an inconspicuous corner at the west foot of the small house, there is a tiny protrusion.
Ji Xiaoxiao withdrew her divine sense, walked over and pressed the button. The ground of the small house suddenly opened up, revealing a bottomless tunnel, from which an elevator slowly rose.
I took the elevator and went straight down. A minute or two later, the elevator stopped.
Ji Xiaoxiao is a cultivator, and is extremely sensitive to the aura of vengeful spirits and ghosts. However, since people are underground and the dead are buried, there is no need to pay too much attention to some ghostly aura.
Ji Xiaoxiao walked along the road for a long time but didn't find a single guard. The red lanterns embedded in the wall seemed to flow with human blood. The clatter of her shoes on the ground echoed into the distance.
After an unknown amount of time, Ji Xiaoxiao finally realized something was wrong.
"Why does it seem like we're always taking a roundabout route?"
"Could it be?" Ji Xiaoxiao's head lit up.
Ji Xiaoxiao stomped her foot, using herself as the center, and a surge of powerful spiritual energy quickly spread outwards.
The spiritual energy surged wildly, gradually distorting and changing the dark environment. In the blink of an eye, the pitch-black passageway transformed into a bright, white tunnel.
Ji Xiaoxiao's lips curled up as she glanced at the yellow talisman pasted on the wall. "A little trick to taunt insects." With a wave of her hand, the yellow talisman spontaneously combusted.
Her divine sense spread out, extending unimpeded along the paths in front and behind. Ten minutes later, Ji Xiaoxiao turned and walked away.
As they drew closer to their destination, the brightly lit tunnel suddenly went dark.
“Young lady, we are both on the same path, and we both know that cultivation is not easy. It is fate that we have met. I see that you are young, so I will give you a chance. Now get lost! This is not a place for you.” The speaker’s voice was old and loud, and it was deafening.
Ji Xiaoxiao said, "The Leng family has done many bad things. Those who still have a conscience should be punished on behalf of Heaven."
The old man sighed, the tunnel growing even darker, and a threat loomed.
"If you don't want to leave, then leave your life behind!"
A ghostly wail echoed through the tunnel, and a chilling aura emanated from beneath her feet. As the energy gathered, it almost materialized, stinging Ji Xiaoxiao.
Ji Xiaoxiao reacted extremely quickly, automatically assuming a defensive posture. A faint layer of spiritual energy enveloped her entire body, blocking out the yin energy, while a warm current flowed through her.
Ji Xiaoxiao squinted comfortably, but she had only been cultivating for a short time and was currently at the peak of Qi Refining. Her spiritual energy shield consumed a lot of spiritual power, which made Ji Xiaoxiao worry and fret.
Looking at the dark, ghostly cave, Ji Xiaoxiao, a newcomer, was completely at a loss. Knowing oneself and one's enemy is the key to victory; all Ji Xiaoxiao could do was wander around and explore.
Trying her best to control the output of her spiritual energy, Ji Xiaoxiao wandered around the Ghost Cave and discovered that it truly lived up to its name, with probably hundreds of thousands of vengeful spirits and ghosts inside. Moreover, the resentment of the monsters within was far deeper than ordinary people could imagine or expect.
It takes a long time to cultivate such a monstrous place.
The enemy is strong and we are weak; time waits for no one. Ji Xiaoxiao must break this predicament as soon as possible.
Unable to find a loophole, Ji Xiaoxiao gritted her teeth and stomped her foot, deciding to break it with force.
Ji Xiaoxiao casually sat cross-legged in one spot, calmed her mind, and began to circulate her spiritual energy wildly in a certain way. Half an hour later, Ji Xiaoxiao suddenly opened her eyes, and a tremendous surge of spiritual energy erupted from within her body.
Wherever the spiritual power reached, ghosts and monsters didn't even have time to scream in agony before turning into wisps of green smoke, rising slowly and disappearing from the scene.
After persisting for about ten minutes, Ji Xiaoxiao finally managed to eliminate all the ghosts and monsters that surrounded her for nearly ten meters. Within that ten-meter radius, the darkness receded, and Ji Xiaoxiao saw the bright, white tunnel again.
With the light, Ji Xiaoxiao felt much more at ease.
Rushing forward recklessly will only lead to falling into the enemy's trap. Ji Xiaoxiao wandered around in the bright light, and when she found the secret underground vault, she condensed her spiritual power into a demon-slaying arrow, which shot straight towards the target location, leaving a small path in its wake.
To conserve her spiritual energy, Ji Xiaoxiao did not erect a spiritual energy shield. Instead, with each step she took, a small circle of light rippled beneath her feet. By the time she reached her destination, Ji Xiaoxiao had sustained quite a few injuries.
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