Chapter 12 - Immortal Alliance
Chu Linyuan said succinctly: "Suppress the dragon evil and sharpen the sword intent." He could feel that the perfect balance formed by the pure vitality inside this chalcedony and the inherent evil patterns would be of great benefit to him in further controlling the dragon evil power in his body and even guiding the evil energy to temper the Frost Silence sword intent.
"Oh?" Xie Zhao thought about it and immediately changed his mind, "So that's it! Senior brother is very far-sighted! Such sacred objects should be provided to senior brother for his practice first! Making soup with them? What a waste! It's a squandering of gifts!" He looked distressed, as if he was not the one who suggested making soup just now.
Luo Hongyi weighed the chalcedony, looked at Chu Linyuan, then at Xie Zhao, and a dangerous arc appeared on her red lips: "Suppress the dragon evil? Sharpen the sword intent? It sounds... more challenging than making soup?" A wisp of extremely fine colorful poisonous mist quietly emerged from her fingertips, as if she wanted to try to "seduce" out the evil pattern in the chalcedony.
The scene suddenly became subtle.
On one side is the master of poisonous cuisine (Luo Hongyi) who is obsessed with top-quality ingredients.
On one hand, there is the sword cultivator's desire for a whetstone (Chu Linyuan).
There is also a fence-sitter (Xie Zhao) in the middle who changes his stance according to the situation and tries to please both sides.
Tie Niu was concentrating on picking mushrooms.
The little white deer is concentrating on feeding the rabbits.
Su Tang's camera frantically switched between Chu Linyuan, Luo Hongyi, and Yucui, her inner gossip burning: Is a fight about to start?! Over a stone?!
Just as the "Battle for Chalcedony" was about to break out——
An extremely slight spatial fluctuation, which seemed to penetrate directly into the depths of the soul, spread quietly in the shadow of the southeast corner of the Guixu Sect's mountain gate like ripples on the water!
The fluctuations were extremely subtle, and if the perception of the people present was not far beyond that of ordinary people, it would be almost impossible to detect!
A blurry, twisted black shadow, seemingly merging into the shadows themselves, appeared without warning outside the crooked circle drawn by Uncle Chen's broom! The shadow's aura was extremely restrained, like a dead object. Only a pair of pure black eyes, devoid of any white, pierced through space like the eyes of the abyss, accurately locking onto the people "meeting" at the edge of the deep pit, especially... the Earth Core Jade in the hands of Chu Linyuan and Luo Hongyi!
Greed, scrutiny, and a hint of cold murderous intent spread silently like tangible poisonous snakes!
The shadow seemed wary of the circle and didn't enter directly. Instead, it clung to the shadows of the rock wall outside the circle like a gecko, trying to find a gap to spy. Its concealment was extremely sophisticated, almost blending in with the surrounding environment.
However, it ignores one "person".
Uncle Chen, who had been hunching over and sweeping the floor slowly, as if indifferent to everything around him, seemed to glance at the shadow in the southeast corner with his cloudy old eyes.
Then, as if his attention was attracted by the dust in that area, he slowly moved over.
The shadow instantly became alert, and its body retreated deeper into the shadows like flowing water! Its movements were as fast as a ghost!
But Uncle Chen was even faster! Or rather, he didn't take the shadow seriously at all!
Uncle Chen raised his tattered old broom with half of its side bald, and swept it lightly at the shadow area casually and with a little impatience as if to drive away an annoying fly!
The movements are casual, even a little clumsy.
There was no burst of spiritual power, no flash of light.
There was only an indescribable breeze, so heavy that it seemed to carry the power of the earth, blowing past with the waving of the broom.
However, at that moment when the breeze blew across the shadow!
"puff--!"
There was a dull sound like a rag bag being hit hard!
The nearly perfectly concealed black shadow was struck relentlessly by an invisible hammer! The shadowy camouflage instantly disintegrated, revealing a thin, masked figure in a tight nightgown! Blood gushed from his mouth, mixed with fragments of internal organs. His body, like a kite with its string cut, flew backward at a speed exceeding its limits, screaming in agony! In an instant, he transformed into a shimmering meteor on the horizon, disappearing into the swirling evil clouds deep within the God Burial Abyss!
The whole process was breathtakingly fast!
From the appearance of the black shadow, to the flick of Uncle Chen's broom, to the black shadow spitting blood and disappearing, it only took one or two breaths!
Everyone at the edge of the pit was stunned.
Chu Linyuan gripped the hilt of the Frost Silence Sword tightly.
The playful smile on Xie Zhao's face froze.
The poisonous mist at Luo Hongyi's fingertips was quietly retracted.
Tie Niu stopped picking mushrooms.
The little white deer hugged the rabbit tightly.
Su Tang's photo stone lens was still facing the chalcedony, and she didn't have time to turn it around!
Uncle Chen seemed to have merely swept away a cloud of unsightly dust. He lowered his head to look at the tip of his broom, where a small, dark-red drop of blood had stained it. His brows furrowed in disdain and dissatisfaction, and his hoarse voice carried an undisguised complaint:
"Bad luck! You've soiled my broom!"
He bent down and used the tip of the broom to pick at the gravel and soil where the black shadow had been hiding, as if he wanted to see if there was any other dirt.
"Pay compensation! You must pay compensation!" He muttered like an old child whose favorite toy was broken.
After a few scrapes, the broom tip unearthed a black token, half the size of a palm, neither gold nor jade, cool and heavy to the touch, from beneath the rubble. The token had a simple, ancient design, its edges engraved with intricate cloud patterns. On the front was a relief of a majestic dragon head entangled in chains! On the back, the ancient Chinese character for "alliance" was inscribed!
The token exudes an extremely faint, yet majestic aura, as if representing some kind of supreme rule!
Uncle Chen used the tip of his broom to fiddle with the token in disgust, as if he were fiddling with a piece of trash, and muttered, "What a piece of junk...it's worthy of dirtying my broom..." He raised his foot and casually kicked the token into a pile of gravel and garbage that he had just swept up, then continued to sweep his floor slowly, as if he had just swatted away a fly.
At the edge of the pit, there was silence.
There was only the sound of raindrops falling.
Xie Zhao was the first to react. His figure flashed, appearing beside the pile of rubble, and he carefully picked up the black token. It felt cold and heavy in his hand. The chain dragon head emblem and the word "alliance" on the back made him frown.
"Immortal Alliance... Supervisory Order?" He whispered to himself in a low voice, his tone solemn.
Chu Linyuan also walked over, his cold eyes fell on the token, sensing the faint but not negligible aura of rules, his eyes were as sharp as a knife.
Luo Hongyi put away the chalcedony box and pursed her red lips.
Tie Niu scratched his head: "Immortal Alliance? What is it? Can I eat it?"
Su Tang's clairvoyant eyes fixed on the token, her heart pounding. She "saw" an extremely pure golden energy flowing within it, like a chain of order! This token... was definitely not simple!
Xie Zhao weighed the token, looked in the direction where the shadow disappeared, then looked at the drop of dark red blood on the ground. Finally, his eyes fell on the hunched back of Chen Bo who was still slowly sweeping the floor. His peach blossom eyes narrowed slightly:
"It seems... our remote village has been targeted by some big shots."
The corners of his mouth curled up in a playful and cold arc.
"The Immortal Alliance... huh, it's getting more and more interesting."
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