Qingshui City is still much the same as when Shi Xuan came before. Ever since Shi Xuan solved the beast tide problem for them that year, the scale of the beast tide has been particularly small in recent years.
The city lord also makes sure to send a gift to the Lianfeng Sword Sect every year to express his gratitude, which makes the matter of Shi Xuan's letter of thanks repeatedly brought up, and the "righteousness" meme remains popular.
However, the group was in a hurry to get going, so the spirit boat did not stop in Qingshui City, but instead went directly past Qingshui City and out of the border.
In reality, this entire border area is surrounded by mountains, with only a very narrow path for walking. However, cultivators can directly fly on their swords and do not need the path, and ordinary people would certainly not use such a path. As a result, plants have now grown on the path, making it somewhat indistinguishable.
Once the spirit boat crossed these high mountains, it had completely entered the territory of the demon race.
When such a large group of people entered someone else's territory, in order to avoid being seen as a large-scale invasion, they erected a circular marker with a pattern of the Heart-Clearing Grass on the spirit boat.
The heart-clearing grass is often seen as a symbol of friendliness, indicating that they have something to do, not to fight.
After passing the mountain boundary, we continued northwest for three days and indeed saw the canyon that Tu Yecheng had described.
Looking down from the air, it looks like the earth has been torn open with a huge wound, pitch black inside, with only the shallow rocks visible and no way to see the depths.
The spirit boat landed beside the canyon. There were more than 500 cultivators from the five sects in total. They stopped on both sides of the crevice, forming two long rows.
Tu Yecheng did not know how to break through the barrier to enter the Demon Abyss, so at this time, the high-level cultivators of the Luoyin Sect who knew formations began to explore and search for a way to break the barrier.
Shi Xuan remembered that Jin Dada had damaged the barrier when they were in the outer realm, so she immediately released Jin Dada to let it test the waters.
Jin Dada didn't hold back at all, but after spraying for a long time in several different places, there was still no reaction.
It seems the barrier here must be of a higher level.
Shi Xuan retrieved Jin Dada, abandoning the idea of letting it destroy the barrier here.
This is where the Tu family head accidentally wandered in during his panic while being chased by the Liu family head. Shi Xuan imagined various scenarios, such as perhaps falling into this rift and accidentally entering the Demon Abyss.
The situation reached a stalemate for a time.
Just then, a Nascent Soul stage disciple of the Yuxing Sect leaned half his body into the crevice, wanting to see what was inside.
Suddenly, a cloud of black mist rose from the crack and engulfed the disciple.
Everyone was horrified, and people nearby cried out in alarm, but it was too late.
The black mist vanished in an instant, along with the disciple who had been swallowed up.
"Jiacheng!" The Nascent Soul cultivator's master called out his name, but he vanished into thin air, completely disappearing without a trace. No matter how his master called out, there was no response.
The cultivators from the five sects were instantly enraged; this was a demonic cultivator threatening them!
Such blatant provocation! It's simply intolerable!
They immediately wanted to launch their attacks into the rift, but they were afraid of hurting the disciple who had just been caught in it, and for a moment they were caught in a dilemma.
They had already surrounded the rift valley, but not only could they not break the barrier, they were also being bullied by this group of demonic cultivators. This was truly intolerable!
"Calm down!" At the critical moment, Shi Mingxiu stepped forward.
He stopped the cultivators who wanted to make a move, "Calm down! Don't act rashly!"
The master of the disciple who had been devoured said urgently, "Are we just going to sit here and wait to die if we don't take any action? Jia Cheng has already been captured by them!"
"Then what do you intend to do?" Shi Mingxiu said, "The area below is full of demonic cultivators. If we go down alone, not only will it be useless, but it will also increase casualties. Is this the kind of thing you want to do, where our friends suffer and our enemies rejoice?"
Those impulsive individuals also stopped what they were doing. They knew in their hearts that Shi Mingxiu was right, but the feeling of being unable to vent their anger was extremely uncomfortable!
The people of the Hidden Sect are also working hard to find a way to break this barrier; they really shouldn't be causing trouble at a time like this.
That's what I say, but it's really hard to swallow this anger!
A group of people fell silent, feeling a genuine sense of helplessness and frustration at such a moment.
Time passed slowly, and the array cultivators of the Hidden Sect felt the pressure on their bodies increasing, yet they were still helpless against the barrier in this place.
An afternoon passed just like that, the sun gradually set, and the sky grew dark.
Just then, there was a sudden movement in the dark rift valley.
At this moment, black mist spread out, as if it were about to dissipate.
Everyone nervously took a step back, but the black mist did not continue to devour people.
On the contrary, he "spit" one out.
The cultivators from the five sects looked closely and recognized Zhang Jiacheng, the Yuxing Sect disciple who had just been swallowed up!
Zhang Jiacheng's master rushed forward to catch him.
"Watch out!" Shi Xuan happened to be right next to them, and she reached out and pulled Zhang Jiacheng's master.
"What are you doing?!" Zhang Jiacheng's master turned around, somewhat annoyed. With Shi Xuan pulling him, Jiacheng fell directly to the ground.
He felt that his disciple must have been injured, so he rushed over to check on him.
But Shi Xuan did not let go.
She was closely watching everything that was happening here. The moment the disciple was thrown up, Shi Xuan noticed that he was different.
“Something’s not right with him!” Shi Xuan said.
At this moment, everyone's eyes were focused on Zhang Jiacheng. He was sitting on the ground and slowly opened his eyes. In that instant, his entire eyeballs were black.
But once the eyes were fully open, the darkness disappeared.
But something was definitely wrong with him.
His expression seemed numb, as if he were out of control, and he suddenly grabbed at Shi Xuan.
Shi Xuan quickly retreated, shouting, "He's possessed by a demon!"
What? !
The cultivators guarding both sides of the rift could hardly believe what they were seeing. In less than an afternoon, a Nascent Soul cultivator had been so easily driven to demonic possession!
After a moment's thought, Shi Xuan understood what was going on.
Judging from the Tu family's cellar, these people must need the life force of living people to cultivate. But this time, they captured the disciple of the Yuxing Sect, but did not kill him. Instead, they used this method to forcibly convert him into a demon.
This forced demonic possession is different from ordinary demonic cultivation. It skips the cultivation process and directly pours in a large amount of demonic energy, causing the person to lose all consciousness!
The demonic cultivators probably wanted to see how they would treat this disciple who had fallen into demonic possession under such circumstances.
What a vicious thought!
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