Chapter 30: Lord of the Dark Cave



Although he is a snow tiger spirit, he has become the master of a cave, which makes him a big shot. You said you beat him, that's fine, but you actually said you rode him, isn't that infuriating!

Yi Xichen asked with a smile: "Have you ridden it? Is it fast?"

There is no doubt that this absurd thing naturally happened in the "demonstration" of the eldest grandson Jun.

After learning about the reward offered by Master Youyun, Yi Xichen and his eldest grandson Zijun left the crowd and made careful plans.

Yi Xichen murmured, "Does this Youyun Master have a grudge against the Snow Tiger Spirit? Does he want the Snow Tiger Spirit's demon pill because he wants others to kill the Snow Tiger Spirit? Or does he just need a demon pill with a deep cultivation base?"

The eldest grandson Zijun said: "If you just want the magic pill, give Feiji to him." Feiji is a natural born spirit beast after all. Although he is not as good as the snow tiger spirit when he is just born, he may not be worse than the snow tiger spirit if he is raised for a few more years.

The bag filled with fat was tightened.

Yi Xichen thought about it and agreed: "If we can't defeat the White Tiger Spirit, we can indeed try this method."

The Qiankun bag flipped up and down to show its protest.

The eldest grandson, Zijun, curled his lips in dissatisfaction: How can I not beat him? That means I have to keep this annoying fat bird.

Yi Xichen noticed that he seemed to be very disgusted with Feiji. Ever since he found out that he had brought Feiji's eggs out, the eldest grandson Zijun had repeatedly expressed his intention to throw Feiji away. He couldn't help but ask curiously: "You hate Feiji? Why?"

The eldest grandson Jun pursed his lips and said nothing.

"What's going on?" Yi Xichen asked, "Did he do anything bad?"

The eldest grandson Zijun remained silent again, but could not resist Yi Xichen's repeated questioning, so he said gloomily: "Are you sure you want to listen?"

Yi Xichen: “…”

Every time the eldest grandson Zijun said this, it was a warning to Yi Xichen: If you insist on listening, you will bear the consequences. However, knowing that the next words would be shocking, could he still resist his curiosity after saying this?

Yi Xichen wiped his face and stood firm with the help of his sword: "Tell me about it."

"He has designs on you."

Yi Xichen: “…”

Of course he knew what it meant to have evil intentions. In order to understand Changsun Zijun's "demon barrier", he and Changsun Zijun discussed the world view. In Changsun Zijun's eyes, Lu Ziyao also had evil intentions towards him, Gongsun Di also had evil intentions towards him, and almost all the young disciples in the mountain had evil intentions towards him... That's all! However! However, Feiji is just a bird!!!

Yi Xichen collapsed and said: "You are crazy! It's just a bird! A bird! Ah! I am not a rare treasure! Do you want to take anything with a bird in it?!"

The eldest grandson, Zijun: "..."

Yi Xichen held his forehead with his hands, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. He just complained a little, but he didn't get angry. After all... he was used to it. There was no doubt that the idea that a bird coveted him must be the delusion of Chang Sunzi Jun. He actually wanted to ask you why you still dislike Feiji when you knew it was a delusion? But if you think about it carefully, knowing and understanding are sometimes not the same thing. Chang Sunzi Jun already had a preconceived notion, so it was difficult to correct it. Even if he corrected it, he just endured it.

Holding it back? Yi Xichen was stunned, and suddenly thought of the thing that his eldest grandson Zijun misunderstood the most...

“But it can take human form.”

Yi Xichen was still lost in thought when he suddenly heard his eldest grandson Zijun talking. He was stunned for a moment, "Ah? What?" He suddenly realized who the eldest grandson Zijun was talking about and asked in surprise, "You mean Feiji?"

When a demon beast reaches a certain level of cultivation, it can transform into a human form. Natural spirit beasts can also do this. Yi Xichen certainly understands this principle. But when he picked up Feiji, Feiji was still just a bird egg, and he would never regard Feiji as a human being from the bottom of his heart. It's like a parent who raises a child from infancy. No matter how old the child is, he is still a child in their hearts. So, even if Feiji becomes a human, in his mind, he will only be a bird man.

"It will take several years for it to transform into a human form, right?" Yi Xichen said uncertainly. This was his first time encountering a natural spirit beast, and he wondered if this natural spirit beast, since it was so rare, was also gifted and could transform into a human form right after it came out of its eggshell?

Yi Xichen untied the Qiankun bag and called out into it: "Hey, Feiji, can you change into a human form?" He was really curious about what this gray little fat bird would look like in human form, a gray little fat man?

Feiji didn't react, maybe he was playing dead.

Yi Xichen shrugged and tied the Qiankun bag back on. It seems that Feiji is not yet so powerful, and he probably needs to practice for a few more years.

Although the eldest grandson Jun didn't like Feiji, since Yi Xichen thought that he could sell it for a good price, he would not compete with Yi Xichen for it. The more important thing at the moment was to find a way to obtain the Cangyun Sword first, so that they could go to the Void Realm to find the Void Sect Master.

Logically speaking, in order to prevent someone from getting the Cangyun Sword first, they should kill the Lord of the Cangming Cave as soon as possible. However, the two of them still spent a lot of time to find out about the Lord of the Cangming Cave. After all, the bounty had been on the list for three years and no one had been able to complete it, which showed that the Lord of the Cangming Cave was not that easy to deal with, and one or two days at night would not matter much.

Yi Xichen and his eldest grandson Zijun wandered around Xialin Town and finally found a small stall with a sign on it that read: Know everything in the world. Sitting behind the stall was a female alchemist with a demon eagle on her shoulder, a demon dog lying at her feet, and several demon butterflies resting on her fingers.

There is also a special school of alchemy called "Beast Alchemy". These cultivators have low cultivation levels and are very weak in fights, but they can attract monsters by refining pills and raise them for their own use. If they have superb skills and raise more powerful monsters, they can naturally do more things.

The female cultivator in front of him was obviously a beast pill cultivator. Her cultivation was not high, and her beast was not that fierce, and could not help her get into dangerous situations and defeat powerful enemies, but it was enough to help her run another business - the know-it-all.

Since she is a female cultivator, it is natural that Sun Zijun has a place to use his skills. Yi Xichen sat down across the stall and threw out two spirit stones as a fee: "Senior sister, I want to inquire about something."

The female cultivator accepted the spirit stone and asked enthusiastically, "What do you want to know, fellow Daoist?"

There must be a few "know-it-alls" in every town of cultivation. Their ears and eyes are connected in all directions, and they know clearly about all major events in the cultivation world. If it is a small matter, even if they don't know about it at the moment, they can help investigate.

Yi Xichen reported two names: "Master Youyun, Lord of Cangming Cave."

The female cultivator said "oh" in understanding. Since the bounty list had been up for three years, many people must have come to inquire about them. The female cultivator immediately knew that Yi Xichen and his eldest grandson Zijun came for the Cangyun Sword.

She said, "The Lord of Cangming Cave is called Hu Cang, and he is about 500 years old this year. His original body was a snow tiger spirit, and his cultivation is very deep, so he is not easy to deal with. Not only that, it is not easy for ordinary people to see him."

"What do you mean?"

"He lives in the Cangming Cave now, but the Cangming Cave is a deep cave with high mountains, rugged rocks, and interconnected caves, like a maze. The Snow Tiger Spirit is also a demon king with countless small demons under his command. It is not easy for ordinary people to pass through the layers of obstacles and enter the main cave."

The female cultivator kept talking about how she was looking for an ordinary person, staring at Yi Xichen and the eldest grandson Jun, and she seemed to be targeting someone. Her reaction was normal. Yi Xichen had just established his foundation, and she couldn't see clearly that the eldest grandson Jun had reached a certain level of cultivation. However, as a sword cultivator, his scabbard was empty, which obviously meant that the sword was broken for some reason. How powerful could a cultivator be if his sword was broken?

Yi Xichen seemed to be unable to hear her reminder and continued, "Senior Sister, do you know what kind of monsters are in the monster cave?"

The female cultivator had no choice but to tell her everything she knew. After she finished talking about the situation in the beast cave, she continued, "In the past three years, I know that more than a hundred people have entered the Cangming Cave. I heard that less than ten people were able to see the Lord of the Cangming Cave. Just three months ago, even a Jindan sword cultivator tried to enter, but was also severely injured and almost had his Dan Yuan shattered..."

"Yeah." Yi Xichen nodded, not looking frightened at all.

Seeing that the two of them were handsome, the female cultivator couldn't bear to see them taking risks, so she couldn't help but say, "Excuse me for being blunt... that Cangming Cave is indeed dangerous. It would be safer for you two Taoist friends to practice for a few years before going there."

Yi Xichen smiled and said, "How many years of cultivation? We have no grudges against the Lord of Cangming Cave in the past or present, so it would be fine to let him live a few more years. I'm afraid the Cangyun Sword can't wait for a few more years."

The female cultivator was stunned. This... this little sword cultivator looks cute, but why is his personality so unpleasant? He is just a foundation-building disciple, but he doesn't know his place!

Yi Xichen suddenly said seriously, "But the conditions set by Master Youyun are too harsh. If he just wanted to capture the Snow Tiger Spirit, it would be fine, but he wants its demon pill. He is simply going to kill the Snow Tiger Spirit! I want to know, is the Snow Tiger Spirit an unforgivable villain? Does it really need to be killed?"

Although they were both sword cultivators, they did not kill at will, nor did they discriminate against demon cultivators. If the Snow Tiger Spirit had done nothing evil, and Master Youyun had unreasonably wanted to kill him, they would not help him even if they had ten Cangyun Swords, let alone one.

Mentioning this, the female cultivator sighed repeatedly: "Speaking of which, it is really a bad fate. I don't know if you have heard of the name of Master Youyun in the past. He has always been unruly and has made friends with many demon cultivators. Even the Lord of Cangming Cave was once his best friend. For this, he has received a lot of criticism in the cultivation world... However, just a few years ago, the Snow Tiger Spirit had some conflict with Master Youyun and actually killed Master Youyun's Taoist partner... So the two of them formed a blood feud. Not only in Xialin Town, Master Youyun has posted a post on the bounty list of various cultivation towns, inviting heroes from all over the world. Whoever kills the Snow Tiger Spirit will be given the Cangyun Sword by him!"

Yi Xichen frowned. The Snow Tiger Demon had killed someone's Taoist partner, so it was no wonder that Master Youyun was sworn enemies with him. Since there was a life debt on his side, he and his eldest grandson Zijun could take on the task of killing the demon.

This is strange. The Cangyun Sword is a rare sword made of fine iron that Master Youyun retrieved from the sea of ​​fire a hundred years ago. The sword is full of fire. If a high-level monk gets this sword, he can cut through everything in the world. Is the Lord of Cangming Cave really that powerful? He wanted to exchange his life for such a precious sword, but he still couldn't get it in three years?

But Yi Xichen figured it out quickly. There are only one cultivator who can form a golden elixir in a thousand people, so a cultivator who has formed a golden elixir is worthy of being honored as a real person. Most of these real people are elders or even leaders in their sects. They are confident of their status and will not come out to make trouble. Moreover, every sword cultivator has his own sword that he has held for many years. The sword of a golden elixir cultivator is not bad. In addition, he has already combined his sword with his own sword, so he may not be willing to change to another one. As for the cultivators below the golden elixir, they may have many plans for the precious sword, but... Didn’t the female cultivator just say that they can’t beat the snow tiger spirit!

Yi Xichen asked the female cultivator Snow Tiger Spirit why she wanted to kill Youyun Zhenren's Taoist couple, but the female cultivator said she didn't know, and the two had never told the outside world anything. However, the matter was true, there was no misunderstanding, otherwise the Snow Tiger Spirit would not have never spoken out to defend itself after being hunted for so many years.

All in all, although I don’t know the details, the whole thing is clear.

Yi Xichen thanked the nun and took his eldest grandson Zijun back home.

The female cultivator looked at the two people's backs as they left, shook her head in pain, stroked the fur on the demon dog's back and sighed, "Two such adorable little sword cultivators... Alas! Alas! I just hope that the Lord of the Cangming Cave will show some mercy."

After getting the news, the two returned to their residence. Yi Xichen started to work on his magic weapon as soon as he entered the room. Originally, he had saved money to buy a sword for his eldest grandson, Jun, so he didn't buy the fairy materials he needed. But now that Jun's sword was initially available, he decided to finish his own magic weapon first, maybe it would come in handy when he went to Cangming Cave to fight the snow tiger spirit tomorrow.

The eldest grandson, Zijun, watched him busying around and was a little puzzled: "Why do you have to do all this?"

When it comes to fighting, the eldest grandson Zijun, Yuying Zhenren, and Qiu Jian have similar ideas - they are too lazy to think about it, and they basically rely on crushing in a fight. Anyway, with his level of cultivation, most opponents can only lie down and be crushed.

Yi Xichen said, "I finally got out of Tianjian Sect, and now I have a place to put my skills to good use. This is a chance for me to test myself! Leave some little monsters for me tomorrow so I can try out my new magic weapon." Although he had studied a lot of unconventional techniques in Tianjian Sect, he had no chance to use them due to the sect's rules. After he got out of the mountain, he was finally able to show his skills.

The eldest grandson Jun said nothing: "Oh."

Yi Xichen took out a light yellow lantern: "Look at this, I have been saving up the 'shape lantern' made of fairy materials and spiritual stones for several years. Originally, I only needed some lotus fairy leaves to twist and make wicks. Unfortunately, the lotus fairy leaves were not available in the market near Tianjianmen. On the way back just now, I saw someone buying them, so I bought some."

This "Shadow and Shape Lamp" looks like an ordinary lantern, but it has a lot of tricks inside. Mirror stones made of pure water blue crystal are placed on the four walls of the lampshade, and three high-grade spiritual stones of the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth are inlaid on the base. After the wick is lit, all the light and shadows around will shine into the pure water blue crystal, and the wick can burn for about a day. When the candle flame goes out, take out the pure water blue crystal and put it in a bowl of pure water. When the wick burns, the "shape" and "shadow" recorded by the pure water blue crystal will be released in the water. In other words, they can see what is recorded by the Shadow and Shape Lamp.

"Once this thing is done, it can be used in many ways!" Yi Xichen explained, "For example, when you are in a hurry, you can light a shadow lamp and look at it carefully later. Maybe you can find something you didn't notice at the time. Or if you want to observe a place but it is inconvenient for us to approach, you can secretly put the shadow lamp there and record what happened that day."

The eldest grandson Jun nodded.

This thing is not easy to make. Not to mention the immortal materials, just fifteen high-level spirit stones are needed, which are what the two of them saved after many years of frugality.

The magic weapon that had been built for many years was finally completed. Yi Xichen carefully inserted the wick into the lamp holder and couldn't wait to give it a try. He twisted a fire trick and threw it on the wick. The fire ignited in his expectant eyes, and then... went out.

Yi Xichen was stunned: "How come?"

He tried to light the lamp again, but the flame on the wick went out immediately.

He quickly took off the lampshade to check what went wrong, but when he took a look, he was stunned: "Where are my spirit stones?!" All the fifteen high-level spirit stones he had inlaid on the lamp holder were gone!

The eldest grandson, Zijun, quickly emptied the bag to see if the spirit stones were inside. But when they did, they were both dumbfounded again - the bag, which was supposed to be filled with a bunch of spirit stones, only had a few primary spirit stones emptied out, and all the intermediate and higher spirit stones were gone!

Yi Xichen screamed, rushed over, grabbed the Qiankun bag and put it in front of his eyes, but there was a bright and clear world inside, so he couldn't see anything. He immediately used his spiritual power to explore, but the Qiankun bag was indeed empty! Empty!

As a miser, Yi Xichen immediately broke out in a cold sweat. Where did all the money he worked so hard to earn go?

Stolen? Impossible! There is a secret spell on the bag, which cannot be easily deciphered! Lost? Impossible! There is no hole in the bag!

What happened to this Qiankun bag? Could it be that it contained something that would absorb the spirit stones?

Yi Xichen was startled and suddenly thought of something. He turned his gloomy gaze to Fei Ji who was squatting at the corner of the table.

At this moment, the plump bird's beak was moving, as if it was eating some delicious snacks...

Yi Xichen swooped over and Feiji was startled. He flapped his wings and flew into the sky, but was still caught by Yi Xichen. Yi Xichen shouted, "What did you eat? Spit it out!"

Feiji raised his head, obviously wanting to swallow the food in his mouth! The eldest grandson, Jun, quickly stretched out two fingers and poked Feiji's plump belly, and Feiji immediately opened his mouth and vomited it out.

“Bang!”

A fragment of an intermediate spirit stone fell onto the table.

"Ahhhhhh! Dead bird! How dare you eat my spirit stone!!! I'm going to roast you!!!" Yi Xichen went crazy!

Feiji rolled his eyes because of the pinch he was doing. He struggled to slip out of his hand and flew to the top of the cabinet.

This beast is born with spiritual energy, so it is impossible to eat grains and cereals. It can absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, so its cultivation is very fast. In addition to the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, it can also absorb other things with strong spiritual power, such as spiritual stones. It eats these things much faster than slowly absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Poor cultivators are reluctant to absorb spiritual stones casually, so why would a bird care so much? Anyway, the money is not earned by him!

Yi Xichen was so angry that he was shaking with anger. But he couldn't really roast Feiji and eat him, otherwise the loss would be even more serious. With red eyes, he stared at Feiji and said, "There are so many primary spirit stones here! You eat two! I accept it! You!! Actually ate all the precious ones!!"

Feiji let out a "chi" sound, stamped his feet, and turned his head away. Tsk, he wouldn't even bother to eat that kind of low-quality stuff!

Yi Xichen took a deep breath, and forced himself to calm down. He quickly counted the losses and figured out what price he should sell Feiji for after they got the Cangyun Sword.

After finishing the inventory, Yi Xichen, with a tearful face, went to fiddle with his other magical instruments.

Feiji hid on the top of the cabinet for a while, and when he felt safe, he finally stuck his round little head out. The eldest grandson, Zijun, was meditating, and Yi Xichen was gritting his teeth to repair the damaged magic weapon. It seemed that he didn't intend to settle accounts with it for the time being. It flew down from the cabinet again, and jumped around the room boldly, looking at this and that.

It jumped to the side of the small alchemy furnace made by Yao Budu and circled around it curiously - this alchemy furnace was almost as big as its body! It had never seen anything like it before!

"Chang Sunzijun! Take! Medicine! Now!"

Yao Bu Du's deep voice echoed in the room.

Feiji was startled and suddenly flapped its wings and flew up, then swooped down towards the small alchemy furnace, pecked at it fiercely, pecked the lid open, and tried to drill into the furnace.

The eldest grandson, Zijun, was quick-witted and quick-handed. He grabbed its wings with both hands and threw it away!

Bang!

Feiji bumped into the bedpost, saw stars and was dizzy for a while.

The eldest grandson Jun frowned and ate the pills that the small alchemy furnace spat out, and then put the small alchemy furnace away. He didn't care about the spirit stone, but this was something left to them by the master. If Feiji broke it, he would definitely gut this stupid bird!

Fei Ji regained consciousness and glared at his eldest grandson Jun. Jun glared at him coldly: "If you dare to touch this thing again, I will kill you!"

Fei Ji was frightened by his ferocious look, and knew that he was not joking, so he slipped into the Qiankun bag and never came out again.

Due to the huge property loss, Yi Xichen was in a bad mood the whole night. He fiddled with the magic weapon for a while, fearing that he would damage it by mistake, so he packed up his things in disappointment and went to bed.

He lay there for a while and saw that his eldest grandson Zijun was still sitting cross-legged in meditation, but he was not practicing or entering a state of concentration. He was mumbling something in his mouth, as if chanting a spell. He couldn't help but ask curiously, "What are you doing?"

The corner of the mouth of the eldest grandson Zijun, who was silently reciting the Heart Purification Mantra for the 800th time, twitched.

When he was still in the "demon barrier", no matter what he and Yi Xichen did, they would end up in bed, and he actually felt annoyed. So when Yi Xichen returned to normal, he was very happy at first, because this was the Yi Xichen he liked in his heart. The only thing he was not used to was that he could only sleep alone at night.

Now, in order to save money, he and Yi Xichen had to sleep in the same bed. He realized how lucky it was to sleep alone! He didn't want to embarrass Yi Xichen, and didn't want to affect their relationship. But even if he could control his heart, it was difficult to control the wild power imposed on his body by the twisted world!

Although Yi Xichen knew that his eldest grandson Zijun's delusions were very strange, he had not experienced those things personally, so he did not feel anything. Moreover, although his eldest grandson Zijun had said a lot of things that made him laugh and cry, he had never done anything to him. So he did not think there was anything wrong with sleeping in the same bed with his eldest grandson Zijun - they had slept like this for many years, and they were only separated when the disciples were divided into different rooms two years ago.

Yi Xichen asked: "Aren't you going to rest yet?"

The eldest grandson, Zijun, had no choice but to walk to the bed and lie down beside him.

Soon, Yi Xichen fell asleep.

The eldest grandson, Zijun, danced forward and backward and recited the Heart Purification Mantra a hundred times before finally falling asleep.

In the middle of the night, the eldest grandson Zijun woke up again in a daze. He picked up Yi Xichen, who was beside him, and hugged him in his arms, kissing him unconsciously on the lips.

Yi Xichen was sleeping soundly and did not resist.

This kiss made the heat in his body rise again. As usual, the eldest grandson Zijun reached his hand into Yi Xichen's clothes and stroked his smooth skin. His palm slid down gradually until it reached his waist. He was about to continue to move towards that secret place.

Hmm? It seems a bit tight?

etc……

The eldest grandson Zijun suddenly opened his eyes and woke up!

No, no, no! You can't do this! I made up my mind just two days ago to overcome the demon barrier! The eldest grandson Zijun grabbed his right hand painfully, trying to pull it back, but his right hand was tightly controlled by the power of the wild, as if it was stuck to Yi Xichen's body.

Come back! Right hand! Come back!

Please, come back soon! My dear right hand!

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