The Immortals Poison

by Stayrr

This is the story of the youth Wen Leyang, born into the family with an expertise in the cultivation of the Art of Poison. The enemy may not always be evil, and neither does someone evil necessarily be the enemy. However, one thing is certain. Wen Leyang is a frank and honest young man, a delightful hero who posseses a kind disposition towards any living creature.

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Chapter 206: Pursuit

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

After the middle-aged white-robed man cursed venomously, he shut his eyes tightly. He ignored the others no matter what they asked. Xiao Sha grew impatient. He turned and asked Gu Xiaojun for instructions, "Chief, shall we use the method?"

The thousands of disciples had mysteriously disappeared from the Kunlun campsite. This Hua family elite had launched a sneak attack on them while they were badly injured. If it was not for Guo Hua acting in the nick of time, everyone at the scene would have died a tragic death.

From Xiao Sha's perception, the obscure cultivator Hua family in the Tanggula Mountains most probably had connections with the mysterious evil cultivator. He was prepared to extort information from him by torture.

Gu Xiaojun meditated in silence and had not said a word when Fei Fei shook her head. She said to her own brother, "From his looks… unlikely! He does not give much thought to our lives or deaths." She could analyze the other person's true thoughts from their expressions and tone.

The one who came to kill them did not care about the lives or deaths of the people he intended to kill.

Gu Xiaojun trusted Fei Fei a lot. He nodded and instructed Xiao Sha, "Tie him up for now. I'll tell you if we have to use the method!"

Xiao Sha immediately prepared the rope. Guo Huan had always been talkative and finally, he had the chance to talk casually. He laughed rigidly from the jade knife, "The Yin's Error's slash had already drained him of his spirit primordial energy. He is good for nothing for three to five months, there is no need to bind him…"

The group of people was discussing how they should deal with the Hua family disciple. However, African brother Tutatunte was unusually busy. At times, he stuck his ear to the ground like a reconnoiter. At times, he would sniff the ground like a hunting hound and crawl around swiftly. After a while, he suddenly growled and jumped up strongly. Then he squalled at Wen Leyang.

Maybe it was because Wen Leyang's final performance in the 'elimination rounds' was too eye-catching, the African brother believed in him the most. He would tell him everything first. Fei Fei quickly came over, intending to chase Tutatunte away with indignation. She was worried that he was bothering Wen Leyang who was recuperating.

Wen Leyang smiled and shook his head, "It's fine. Ask him what's he trying to say?" His method of practice was unique. The Poison of Life and Death within his body did not need his instructions and flowed out of his limbs and bones as it busied itself to repair his body. He did not need to be like Po Tu and Rangjung who had to focus their spirits and enter a trance to direct their life vitality with all their heart.

Even if Wen Leyang talked or thought or ate carrots, it would not hinder his body's swift recuperation.

Currently, Po Tu and Rangjung had already sealed their five senses. They closed their eyes and started to direct their life vitality to heal themselves with the hopes that they could recuperate as soon as possible. They entered a state where they completely forgot themselves, utterly had no idea about what was happening outside.

Normally, Fei Fei's communication with Tutatunte was quite smooth, but this time, Fei Fei was still puzzled even after gesturing with him. Xiao Sha laughed heartlessly at Wen Leyang from the side, "Looks like she's faced with a lot of new vocabularies now…"

Tutatunte grew more impatient as he talked. He picked up an ice fragment, squatted on the ground and drew a simple picture. It was a fist-sized circle with a long tail.

If it was before, Fei Fei would have asked him with a shout, "Why did you draw a balloon?" However, when the group saw this picture, everyone knitted their brows.

Xiao Sha's expression also turned grim. He asked his big sister in a low voice, "Did he draw… the strange tadpole in the ice fissure?"

Tutatunte did not stop after he finished his drawing. He pointed at the newly-drawn tadpole and then sprawled on the ground. He wriggled his body like a mudfish. He inched his way forward on the ice, then he went back on his feet at pointed towards the depths of the snow-covered peak.

Even Ji Song understood his meaning. He said with some fright, "There is a strange tadpole running towards that direction under the ice under our feet?" As he said this, he looked at the surrounding ice surface with alarm. However, he scoffed, "Old friend Rangjung said that this worm is a monster of utmost true water. Even a cultivator's telegnosis ability could not sense it. But you? You can sense its tracks?"

Tutatunte did not understand a word Ji Song said. He opened his mouth and smiled honestly at his bamboo pole brother. He exposed rows of big white teeth.

Fei Fei squinted her delicate eyes and said confidently to Wen Leyang, "Tutatunte isn't lying."

Old Gu coughed from the side, his expression was helpless. Xiao Sha broke into a laughter and said to Fei Fei, "Next time, report any findings to the chief first, Wen Leyang's not the one issuing your pay cheques!"

Xiao Sha's sentence earned him the eye-rolls of Gu Xiaojun, Fei Fei and Wen Leyang. He rubbed his hands embarrassedly and diverted the topic, "Tutatunte might not have seen this worm before. He couldn't have drawn it on a whim…"

Ji Song was unsatisfied. He looked to be the type who liked to argue, "Maybe he had seen it before in the mountain. If you guys can meet it, so can he!"

Wen Leyang shook his head, "Before the Hua family disciple made his move, Tutatunte noticed another abnormality before Po Tu did. Maybe he really does have a plan to…" As he said this, Wen Leyang could not help but smile. He recalled the performance of the African representative team during the 'elimination rounds', his expression quickly brightened up, "Maybe, this is their ability!"

Wen Leyang had guessed it right. The group of African evil cult followers led by Tutatunte had no magic powers of fighting abilities worth mentioning, but they had a sense sharper than a wild beast. They could sense danger before it happened. They could even sense a strange worm that could not be detected by the cultivator's telegnosis ability.

Fei Fei did not bother about Wen Leyang's words but looked at the white-robed middle-aged man on the ground with something on her mind. Wen Leyang did not disturb her. He moved his arm strenuously and signaled to Tutatunte to continue talking.

Tutatunte saw that he was recognized by Wen Leyang and his confidence soared. He ran forward a few steps and drew another big circle in front of the strange tadpole. He pointed at the far away direction of the snow-covered peak and continued making gestures. This time, Wen Leyang had no choice but to call Fei Fei over to translate.

After gesticulating for a long while, Fei Fei returned to Wen Leyang's side. As if on purpose, she increased her volume so that everyone would hear, "The strange tadpole is chasing after that big thing in front of it. However, even Tutatunte could not determine what that thing is."

When Fei Fei was talking, the corner of her sight was always on the badly injured Hua family disciple. After a brief moment, Fei Fei reopened her mouth and said seriously to Wen Leyang, "About this matter…" She had just said these three words when she suddenly remembered something. She hastily shut her mouth and turned towards Gu Xiaojun, "This matter is important! Because," As she said this, she pointed at the Hua family disciple, "He spilled the beans!"

The Hua family disciple's expression did not change from the viewpoint of Wen Leyang and the others, but he could not fool Fei Fei. Ever since Tutatunte discovered the worm, the Hua family disciple's expression started to have subtle changes.

Fei Fei could only see that his interest in this worm and the 'big circle' in front of it had reached an unbelievable level. About the details, it could only be extorted by torture.

Xiao Sha did not talk nonsense. He dragged the prisoner into one of the tents. At this moment, Tutatunte suddenly started squalling again. He gesticulated continuously towards the group with a face full of fright. Eventually, he stomped his foot at howled like a wild beast. His whole body arched. Like a black sharp arrow, he rushed towards Xiao Sha with swift movements and sent Xiao Sha flying with a shoulder tackle!

Xiao Sha scolded with fury, "What's your problem?" His body flew for a few meters. On the spot where he stood, a sharp ice spike protruded without warning! If it was not for Tutatunte, Xiao Sha would have been impaled by now.

Tutatunte's body was abnormally agile. He dodged in mid-air like an alert fish. Although he could not keep his center of gravity stable and was tossed aside by the great inertial force, he still managed to evade the ice spike.

Old Gu and Fei Fei finally reacted. They screamed in unison, "Someone is ambushing us!" They drew their guns with swift movements and ran towards Xiao Sha to support him. When the group was flustered, a white-garbed man suddenly popped out of the ice cap and propped the badly wounded middle-aged man up.

Gu Xiaojun and the others stopped in their tracks. They raised their weapons and aimed. Xiao Sha's body bounced up the moment it touched the ice. Xiao Sha raised his weapon.

Tutatunte and Ji Song stood side by side and gathered with Old Gu and the others. They spread out like a fan and faced their opponent.

The rescuer was someone whom Wen Leyang and the others have met. He was the white-robed youth they met not long ago.

The white-robed youth ignored the few enemies in front of him. He went about his own business and checked the wounds of the middle-aged man. He lifted his head after a while. His sharp gaze swept across the group of people. Finally, it stopped on Tutatunte's face, "Ugly ghost, you can see through my true body and Art of Escape?"

Tutatunte did not understand what he said. He shook his head steadily.

The white-robed man was stupefied. He seemed to be perplexed, "You can't see through?" Then, he stopped arguing with Tutatunte. His voice was hoarser because of the anger, "Who injured my uncle Quan, come out and meet your doom!"

His voice barely faded when a ghastly pale light suddenly flew past the top of his head. The huge Yin's Error appeared in mid-air. Guo Huan sneered rigidly, "A babe still wet behind the ears, flaunting his prowess, not knowing how high the heavens are or how thick the ground is, you won't even know why you died when you die!"

The white-robed youth was visibly shocked. He could tell that Yin Error's was a powerful magic weapon with a glance. It was not something that he could handle. He did not have to hesitate. He pulled the middle-aged Hua disciple named uncle Quan and escaped into the ice cap. They vanished in the blink of an eye. He only left a taunt, "You guys have destroyed my family's magic and harmed my family's elder. None of you may hope to go back alive!"

Nobody had expected that the Yin's Error did not move in the mid-air and allowed the other party to escape.

Old Gu would have liked to crush the jade knife there and then. He scolded angrily, "Why did you let him run?"

Guo Huan retorted, unwilling to show weakness, "What do you know? If I truly wanted Yin's Error Yang's Mistake to attack and injure the enemy, I would have to expend my life vitality! There is danger in every step in this snow mountain, of course, I'll have to use the best steel to make the knife's edge (Translator's note: use a material where it is needed most)!"

Although Guo Huan had healed, he was still a demonic soul. He could not use his treasured weapons as he wished. It was alright for him summon it out for a swing but every time he used the magic weapon, not only will the jade knife be damaged, his primordial soul's energy would also be greatly diminished. He would have to fall into a deep sleep to recuperate after a few times. Naturally, he would not want to waste an attack as powerful as a thunderbolt on the white-robed youth. It was enough to scare the opponent away.

Wen Leyang also understood that using Yin's Error Yang's Mistake to fight against the evil cultivator was more worthwhile compared to using it against the white-robed youth.

The white-robed youth had snatched their prisoner away and escaped unharmed.

Just as Wen Leyang had guessed, the only usefulness of Tutatunte's refined ability was a sharp sense. Not only could he detect the strange tadpole, even when the Hua family disciple of true water body cast his Art of Escape, it did not escape his eyes.

Faced with Xiao Sha and Fei Fei's gratitude, Tutatunte smiled honestly and shook his head. He waved his reed stem arms wildly, signaling them to not think too much about this. Then, he seemed to have remembered something and started gesturing with a flustered expression.

Fei Fei explained to the others in a low voice, "The white-robed youth, strange tadpole and the strange big circle." As she said this, Fei Fei pointed at the big circle drawn by the black man on the ground, "The direction they were heading in is the same. By the looks of things, the big circle is at the front, a strange tadpole is chasing after the big circle while the white-robed youth also went in pursuit after he rescued his uncle! Tutatunte said that if we do not move out immediately, he would not be able to sense their tracks once they get too far."

Wen Leyang was stupefied. He said with a frown, "That big circle is alive? It can run and move?"

Fei Fei nodded and looked at her leader.

Gu Xiaojun was in an awkward situation. Kunlun, Hua family, evil cultivator, nine-headed snake, water element strange worm had a complicated relationship. It was a complicated mess. If he wanted to make sense out of this, he would have to follow the lead in front of him no matter what. However, if he did that, it would be no different than seeking their own deaths.

Guo Huan understood the thoughts of the group. He said impolitely, "Don't get any funny ideas. I'm not going anywhere other than under Wen Leyang's neck!"

Wen Leyang diverted the topic. He suddenly asked Guo Huan blindly, "How many times can you stand using your treasured weapon to fight the enemy?" Guo Huan would not normally activate Yin's Error Yang's Mistake, but Wen Leyang was sure that he would not sit idly and wait for his doom at life and death moments.

As expected, Guo Huan did not conceal the truth as he replied with ill manners, "Twice. Thrice, at most!"

There was a hint of guilt in Wen Leyang's smile as he said probingly, "Actually… it's already good that you can use it once more, right?" Guo Huan always spoke with a habit of bragging. Last time, in the Gold-Consuming Lair, Guo Huan had resolutely said that he could help Wen Leyang block the bronze ants' Poison of Stream with 'Yang's Mistake', but it waved for two seconds and vanished, almost costing Wen Leyang his life.

The more one bragged, the more he would believe his own words…

Guo Huan grunted. He did not have the time to retort when he suddenly thought about Wen Leyang's objective. He quickly stated his stand, "You can go after it if you want, but don't go having any ideas about my treasured weapons! I won't be taking unnecessary risks with you!"

Wen Leyang smiled and acted shamelessly, "Then you may leave. Go on, leave!"

Guo Huan would have loved to have a go at Wen Leyang with his Moon's blade. He panted heavily and tried hard to make his voice sound calmer, "If you leave and an enemy comes, they will all die. It will only take you a day to recuperate…"

Wen Leyang did not say anything else. He looked at his two badly injured companions, his expression was hesitant.

At this moment, a fair and gentle voice sounded without warning, "Go in pursuit with ease. I'll hold this fort!" It was unknown when the lama Rangjung had woken up from his trance. He looked at Wen Leyang with bright eyes.

Naturally, Wen Leyang's thoughts were to have Tutatunte lead him to pursue the worm and the Hua family members. He was also badly injured and could barely fight a foe, but with Guo Huan's help, it would not be a problem to protect himself if he was truly in danger. However, his only worry was that if he left, the others would all be in a dangerous situation.

The lama Rangjung saw that Wen Leyang was still hesitating, his tone was filled with impatience, "If there's an enemy ambush, worst comes to worst, this lama will forego his life's cultivation base and invoke Yamantaka's godly appearance! Rather than wasting time here, why don't you go and find out clues about the enemy? Scram!"

After he finished, the lama paused. He shifted his gaze towards Ji Song. By his looks, he wanted Ji Song to aid Wen Leyang in this pursuit.

Ji Song looked to his left and right, pretending not to notice.

Wen Leyang did not hesitate. He nodded towards Fei Fei. Although Fei Fei was reluctant for Wen Leyang to take the risk, she did not stop him. She gesticulated towards Tutatunte and exchanged several strange syllables.

Tutatunte jumped over jubilantly. He carried Wen Leyang on his back and ran towards the boundless majestic snow-covered peaks!

The others stayed put and waited for their return. Old Gu, Fei Fei and Xiao Sha were ordinary humans. They could not keep up with Tutatunte's speed. They were also aware that they would only get in the way if they followed.

The big circle, worm and the two Hua family disciples were swiftly escaping in the ice. Tutatunte gave chase wildly on the snow. He quickly disappeared from sight.

Tutatunte had long legs. He looked just like an ostrich carrying Wen Leyang. The speed at which he ran was fast. Wen Leyang said nothing. He tried hard to expand his telegnosis ability towards his surroundings. He strived to find something. However, other than icy snow and the strong wind, there was nothing around them, it was completely empty!

They pursued until dusk fell. Tutatunte finally slowed down. He was covered in sweat. He placed Wen Leyang down beside him. Then, he sprawled on the ice surface again. He listened and sniffed as he busied himself. Guo Huan wondered within the jade knife, "What does this mean?"

Wen Leyang looked at Tutatunte's expression and shook his head with a bitter smile, "Looks like he has lost them!"

As expected, Tutatunte crawled back on his feet after a short while. His face was full of dejection. He first shrugged at Wen Leyang, pointed at the ice surface then gestured an exaggerated depth with his arms. He signaled that the big circle, worm, and the Hua family obscure cultivator had dove too deep. He could no longer pick up their tracks.

The ice cap on Geladaindong Peak was more than a hundred meters thick. If the other party was traveling in a shallow area, Tutatunte could still manage to keep up. However, when they reached this spot, the other party suddenly dove deep. The African brother could not do anything.

Wen Leyang caressed the fine hairs that sprouted up under his chin lately, he smiled bitterly with dissatisfaction showing on his face. They had pursued all this while. The end was just before their eyes but the other party unexpectedly took a deep dive underground. Now his body had healed greatly, but it still was not enough for him to use the Faulty Punch to penetrate this hard ice.

Of course, Guo Huan would not be willing to use his treasured weapons to crack the ice. Tutatunte was unsatisfied. He gesticulated towards Wen Leyang and asked probingly, "Do you want to look for the ice fissure so we can climb down and have a look?"

Tutatunte shook his head resolutely. Then, he skipped and ran towards the ice fissure dozens of meters away from them. He climbed down with agile limbs.

Guo Huan broke into laughter…

In no time, Tutatunte reappeared with ice shards covering his head. He joined his palms together and parted them while still joined at the wrist. This time it was Guo Huan who asked, "The fissure got narrower as it got deeper and you can't go down?"

Tutatunte shook his head resolutely again. He found another fissure and jumped down…

Wen Leyang seemed to have understood. He shook his head to say that he did not understand what you said.

On the snow-covered peak, many fissures intertwine with each other. The ice cap, which Wen Leyang was on, had an outrageous amount of ice fissures. They spread out like a spider's web. It was apparent that the contour of the peak was crooked and savage. However, these fissures were not very wide and were all shaped like a funnel, they could not go down too deep. Tutatunte seemed to know that his actions now were extremely important. He would not give up. He went up and down every fissure tirelessly.

Sometimes, he went down a fissure and surfaced from the neighboring fissure. Although he knew that there were natural passageways formed among these fissures, Wen Leyang still felt that Tutatunte's actions were strange. He had an urge after he observed for some time. If someone gave him a mallet, he would hit Tutatunte's head the moment he appeared…

After he tried all of the nearby fissures, Tutatunte ran to a further spot. Wen Leyang's expression shifted from a bitter smile to one of touched. The African brother did not even know why he had to do such things. He would go out of his way just because someone asked for his help.

Tutatunte labored endlessly, working from dusk till the crescent moon hung in the sky. He was exhausted to the point where he could no longer keep his back straight. His tall and lanky figure was the size of a matchstick in Wen Leyang's eyes.

Wen Leyang's wounds healed quickly now. He reckoned that he would be able to use his Faulty Punch to break the ice come dawn. If they waited until tomorrow's noon, his body would practically be healed.

Tutatunte carried him and pursued from dawn till dusk. It was meaningless to return to the campsite now. If they ran back, it would be daybreak when they arrived. During that moment, even if Rangjung and Po Tu were not completely healed, they could at least protect themselves when faced with an enemy.

Wen Leyang raised his volume and shouted at Tutatunte far away. He wanted to call him back and wait until tomorrow morning where he would break the ice with Faulty Punch and see for himself. However, Tutatunte waved his arms from afar, his face was full of joy. He pointed strongly in front of him and opened his arms in an exaggerated manner. He meant that this fissure was large. Then, he flipped and leaped. Like a nimble monkey, he climbed down swiftly.

A dozen minutes later, a slightly suffocating sharp cry came from the far away fissure!

A moment later, Tutatunte scrambled out of the fissure as if his pants was on fire. His face was full of fright as he squalled and ran towards Wen Leyang!

Wen Leyang was familiar with this expression. He stood up strenuously. He walked towards Tutatunte while he said to Guo Huan, "Something's wrong!"

Guo Huan laughed pompously, "You're bound to bump into the big worm when you tunneled into enough holes!" His voice barely faded when Wen Leyang's body suddenly shook. He noticed with surprise that his telegnosis ability detected an enemy!

Within Wen Leyang's telegnosis ability, eight figures were flying swiftly up the fissure like angered falcons. These people were not the white-robed Hua family but the small town's Tibetan people in old-fashioned clothes!

These Tibetans had been hiding and lying silently, waiting under that wide fissure. Their motives were unknown but they were unintentionally dug up by Tutatunte, who was searching frantically for the worm and obscure cultivators!

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Chapter 207: Firecracker

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Wen Leyang felt dizzy. They set out to investigate the reason the evil cult followers gathered but ran into a person who hid within a monkey within a dog-headed bird on Tuer town; they tracked the evil cult followers and discovered eight corpse pits and a cleanly-shaven Tutatunte; they chased after the Tibetan people and the evil cultivator into the mountains and ran into an obscure cultivator Hua family and a strange tadpole; they hunted the snow spider with Ji Song and found the empty Kunlun Sect campsite, they also discovered a murder and a great lie told by Guo Huan; they were pursuing the Hua family disciples, the strange tadpole and the unnamed 'big circle', and they ran into a group of Tibetan people!

These Tibetan people were the subordinates of the legendary King Gesar. They were corrupted by Foulness after they exited samsara and were subdued by the evil cultivator. They each had profound cultivation bases. They were much faster than Tutatunte. If Tutatunte did not have his ability to sense danger before it happened and escaped before the enemy showed up, he would not have any chance to escape.

Wen Leyang's body had healed considerably. However, this process meant that his fighting prowess would strengthen gradually. It was not that he needed a whole day to recover, but with every hour that passed, his fighting prowess recovered by one-twelfth. Nevertheless, up until now, he had no way of fighting the Tibetan people.

The Tibetan people wore their usual lifeless looks. Other than a hint of malicious Foulness which sparked in their cloudy eyes every once in a while, their faces were expressionless.

If the Tibetan people were like swift and fierce eagles, Tutatunte's speed could only be a grouse's. As he squalled and ran, carrying Wen Leyang on his back, the Tuer town's Tibetan people were already no more than a dozen meters from them…

A rigid yell which sounded like vairocana's saving Sanskrit scattered pleasantly in the howling wind! The huge Yin's Error erupted in a ghastly pale in the night sky. It suddenly slashed the Tibetan people!

A series of piercing rubbing sounds sounded hastily.

Without anyone noticing, Yin's Error's body-shattering tearing sound had shattered the strong wind's howl into a million pieces. The Tibetan people did not even manage to wail before they turned into a pile of broken bones and bloody flesh. What shocked Wen Leyang the most was that there was uncontainable fresh blood within these Tibetan people's bodies When every one of them was killed, they were like an exploded blood canister. Tall columns of blood gushed out of them!

What were they trying to celebrate with blood fountains?

Guo Huan had defeated the enemy in one swoop but Tutatunte's expression did not show signs of calming down. He continued to squall. He carried Wen Leyang on his shoulders and ran for his life!

The loyalty of this African brother was very valuable! He had not run very far when Wen Leyang felt a jolt from the ground. Tutatunte lost his footing and crashed heavily on the ground with Wen Leyang…

Loud crackling sounds could be heard continuously as if the entire snow-covered peak was crumbling. Wen Leyang and Tutatunte could not even stand up, let alone continue with their run.

Wen Leyang looked around him in fear. He asked Guo Huan in astonishment, "Is this an earthquake? Or… an avalanche?"

Guo Huan had just brazenly activated the Yin's Error. His consciousness was obviously weakened. He panted inside the jade knife, "Young lad, a great calamity is upon us!" His voice barely faded when a white sheet, which covered the heavens and the earth, abruptly barged into Wen Leyang's eyes!

The multitude of stars in the sky and the bright crescent moon were utterly swallowed by this savage and vast white sheet. Wen Leyang was stunned for a while before he realized what had happened.

A huge ice cap far away had been flipped over by someone. It was crashing down on him with the momentum of an avalanche!

The ancient ice on the snow-covered peak was more than a hundred meters thick. The ice cap that was crashing down on them with a roar had a volume not inferior to an ice mountain. Wen Leyang's eyes and mind were filled with a boundless brimless whiteness. Even if he was made of steel, if he was hit solid, he could only enter the house through the door's crack after this.

Tutatunte stopped running. He sat on the ground and held Wen Leyang tight. From afar, they resembled the Haier brothers…

"Demon Body Breaking Spell!" Guo Huan's yell was sonorous and strong. A crisp 'pa' sounded from Wen Leyang's neck. Yang's Mistake Sun's blade leaped out. The blazing black glow shattered the huge ice cap into pieces in a flash!

Wen Leyang did not even have the time to sigh in relief when he noticed in astonishment that it was not the only chunk of huge ice rock that flew at him! A dozen ancient ice rocks capable of filling a small pond flew consecutively towards them from afar. They came continuously as if there was a hot-tempered giant far away who was tearing the snow-covered peak and would not stop until he crushed them into mashed flesh!

"Demon Body Breaking Spell!" Guo Huan's voice made one want to vomit. Yang's Mistake's black glow did not diminish as it protected Wen Leyang whereas Yin's Error Moon's blade howled and spun towards the direction of the incoming ice caps with a roar. It continuously shattered the ancient ice and shot forward like lightning! A series of explosions were heard on the vast snow-covered peak. The ancient ice shattered into countless huge chunks and planted themselves into the ground in all directions!

It was true that Guo Huan had regained some primordial life vitality these few months but he could only manage to use his magic weapons twice. The first time, he had used it against the white-robed middle-aged man's low temperature sneak attack and he just used Yin's Error to kill the Tibetan people while Yang's Mistake protected Wen Leyang. After he depleted his primordial life vitality, he could only activate the demonic magic power 'Demon Body Breaking Spell' which was similar to the devil's dismantlement. He destroyed his own body to eke out primordial life vitality to activate his treasure.

Moon's blade shot out with a howl. If he did not annihilate the enemy attacking them, the Haier brothers would be crushed to death sooner or later. As expected, blazing puffs of blood joined together and shot towards the sky like an apocalyptic firework!

After the dozens of ice chunks were shattered, there was no more ice chunks thrown in their way.

The Moon's blade was like a vulture that was drunk after getting injured. It reeled back. Of course, such a rare treasure would not be harmed so easily. It was Guo Huan that was harmed. Wen Leyang pushed Tutatunte away with some force. He lowered his head and looked at the jade knife, which dangled before his chest. Another two obvious cracks appeared on the knife. It looked as if it would shatter at any time. Guo Huan's voice came from within the jade knife, "It was the Tibetan people from Tuer town who cast the spell to harm us. There were a total of more than thirty people, now they're all dead! This knife… can't hold on much longer. Young lad, go and find my immortal's cave… immortal's cave, find… find my split body, quick!" His voice was as rigid as always but his volume was getting softer. Eventually, he seemed to not have the energy to speak, he tried a few times before he finished his sentence.

There were still messy loud sounds around them. Wen Leyang did not quite catch what Guo Huan had said. He wanted to question closely when he suddenly realized that the ice was not raining on them anymore. Why did the crackling sound not stop… Wen Leyang did not have the time to look around him when his body suddenly sank. Amidst the ice shards and snow scraps, which erupted loudly, he fell into a fissure in the ground!

The ice cap, which they were standing on, had an abnormal number of fissures. As it was not very sturdy to begin with, under the consecutive impacts of the great force, Wen Leyang's wish was granted. He did not have to break the ice with his Faulty Punch but it had collapsed.

The loud explosion was like coarse wooden stakes. They mercilessly wedged themselves into Wen Leyang' ears. Wen Leyang and Tutatunte hugged into a ball as they fell downwards in wild confusion. Wen Leyang tried to exert force and adjust their falling position but he could not do it due to his injuries. Finally, with a loud bang, they crashed heavily onto the ground,

Wen Leyang clearly felt that his eyeballs lurched outwards, they almost flew out of their sockets…

Tutatunte got off Wen Leyang with embarrassment. He was lucky he had Wen Leyang break the fall for him. He did not even lose a single tooth.

Wen Leyang tried to exert force and stood up. He did not bother about his surroundings. He pointed upwards and gesticulated to Tutatunte, he wanted him to think of a way to find a path upwards.

Tutatunte was utterly puzzled. They were trying so hard to come down just now and now Wen Leyang wanted to climb up?

Wen Leyang understood what he meant. He shook his head and scolded with a bitter smile, "Careless!" Before this, they could have relied on the jade knife Guo Huan. The white-robed youth was no threat to them. However, Guo Huan had cracked… Wen Leyang had not finished gesticulating when the ice cap shook violently once more. The two dropped down again. Tutatunte was still on top while Wen Leyang was still the human mattress. After they got back to their feet a second time, Wen Leyang started to suspect that his African brother did that on purpose…

This time, beneath them, it was no longer the enchanting ancient ice but frozen soil. The layers of distant brilliant blue twinkled endlessly. Wen Leyang's heart relaxed. He understood that they had reached the bottom of the ice cap. They were standing on the true peak of Geladaindong! It was the same as the bottom of the ice fissure where they discovered the strange tadpole. They were standing on a crystallite vein.

Tutatunte seemed to have knocked his head during the second fall. He gritted his teeth and massaged his head.

Wen Leyang exclaimed softly in surprise. With an unknown source of strength, he leaped up suddenly! He had wanted to reach out and take some medicine for Tutatunte but he noticed from Tutatunte's unintentional glance that the ice surface at both sides was filled with countless densely packed figures!

It was dark outside. The bottom of the ice fissure was also pitch black. Tutatunte did not have Wen Leyang's eyesight. He had no idea what had happened. When he heard Wen Leyang's scream, he started searching hastily to look for him.

Wen Leyang grabbed Tutatunte, who was about to touch the ice wall. He lit up the flare that he brought and tossed it on the ground.

He did not have modern equipment with him like Old Gu and Fei Fei but the flares of the Place of Birth, Life, Sickness and Death was no ordinary object. The ember was small but it illuminated nicely. The brightness was not inferior to stage pyrotechnics. It did not have the glaring flash. The ember was as stable as a solid and it burned for a reasonably long time. Wen Buzuo had once said that if he were ever driven out of Wen family because of his nonsense talk, he would steal a box of flares to sell before he left. He could be a millionaire with just a box.

The gentle and ample light instantly shattered the darkness under the ice cap. Tutatunte finally noticed in shock that behind the two sides of thick ice walls stood a few hundred people. They were looking at them with peculiar expressions.

Green robes. Taoist hairstyles. Flying swords slung behind their backs. The people in the ice walls were all Kunlun disciples!

Wen Leyang was not a stranger to circumstances like this. However, last time it was only a dozen Kunlun disciples, now it was a few hundreds of them! They could all be Kunlun disciples! Wen Leyang pulled Tutatunte and tried his best to position themselves in the middle. They kept a distance of a few meters from both walls. After he searched for a brief moment, he gave up his vain attempt. He wanted to find Liu Zheng but the few hundred people blocked each other's faces. Other than the front row, he could not make out the details of the people at the back.

The Kunlun Sect disciples all had different expressions. They either smiled or frowned. However, the gaze that shot towards Wen Leyang and Tutatunte had thde same expression. Interesting.

It was as if a child who held an apple in his hand but looked at the pear on the table and thought about switching them.

Guo Huan had no more energy to activate his Yin's Error Yang's Mistake but he was not so exhausted that he must immediately fall into a deep sleep to cultivate his spirit. He had been acting dumb the first few months but he knew about the things that happened outside. His raspy voice said, "The strange tadpole! I knew it. The ones who ambushed the Kunlun campsite were these bugs that came and went like shadows."

Needless to say, these Kunlun disciples were controlled by those strange tadpoles. However, there was one thing that Wen Leyang did not understand. Even if these bugs went against the laws of nature and reproduced into this large number, they could not have controlled every disciple on such a short period of time. The campsite was neat and tidy with no signs of battle or retaliation.

Under the few hundred 'interesting' gazes, Wen Leyang only felt unsettled and short-tempered. He wished he could jump and curse. The chattering of his teeth was abnormally clear in the extreme silence under the ice cap.

Their back and front were blocked by the fallen ice rocks. To their flanks were the ice surface. Wen Leyang and the others were trapped. However, even if he had regained his physical strength, he could not climb up the rocks. Even with giant pangolin Po Tu's cultivation base, he was pulled by the strange tadpole-controlled Kunlun disciples the moment he came into contact with the ice wall. The ice cap was the bugs' territory!

Wen Leyang could not find a way to get back up the surface. He took a deep breath and relaxed his body. He sat down cross-legged. Tutatunte saw that he had sat down, he quickly imitated him and sat cross-legged as well. However, the African brother was not used to sitting crossed-legged. He could not sit very still and his body kept swaying like a vibrating phone.

Wen Leyang quickly produced the wound medicine and dressed Tutatunte's wounds strenuously while he said to the jade knife under his neck, "If we can hold out until tomorrow noon, my body will be fully healed."

Guo Huan grunted and asked, "Then what?"

"Then I'll break the ice. Liu Zheng had rescued me before at Painting Town. I can't just sit here while his disciples' bodies are ravaged by the bugs!" He paused briefly after he finished and squinted his eyes, "Besides, we can't go up. Let's give it a try, maybe… maybe it's a blessing, or maybe it's a disaster, we can't know for sure!"

These strange tadpoles contained utmost Poison of Water within their bodies. To Wen Leyang, it was great nourishment. However, if he truly broke into the ice surface, he was worried that he would only be able to pop a few bugs before the others invaded his body and turned him into the walking dead.

Wen Leyang had just finished talking when a hoarse and unpleasant sound sounded without warning from a dozen meters above the ice surface, "If you barge in here to kill the bugs, then the Taoist priests will become corpses!"

As he spoke, the white-robed youth carried his badly wounded companion and leaped down from the high ice surface.

Wen Leyang was astonished. He did not have the time to feel shocked and he questioned closely immediately, "These Kunlun disciples aren't dead?"

The white-robed youth carefully laid his elder in his embrace down on the ground. He nodded towards Wen Leyang. Wen Leyang added another question, "Can they… be restored to their original conditions?"

The white-robed youth seemed to have no more hostility towards Wen Leyang. He smiled and continued to nod. This youth was already snow white in complexion. When he smiled, he looked pure and brilliant. However, when he spoke, even the most beautiful face was torn by his hoarse voice, "I think there's a misunderstanding between us!"

Tutatunte regained consciousness. He stood up in alarm. He arched his body as if ready to pounce on the opponent at any minute. However, his hand that secretly pulled on Wen Leyang's arm revealed his true intentions. He was ready to bring Wen Leyang and run.

Wen Leyang suddenly realized that his African brother did not scream before the white-robed youth appeared. He turned and looked at him, perplexed, "Tutatunte, how come you're not sensitive this time?"

Tutatunte was not foolish. Although they did not share the same language, he understood Wen Leyang's question. He pointed at his injured head shame-facedly, then pointed at the two ice walls. The gazes of all the Kunlun disciples behind the ice walls shifted with his moving finger.

Tutatunte's ability was not an instinct but a skill refined after many years of training. When he used it, he needed complete focus. He had just knocked his head and saw a few hundred men in the ice, standing upright and looking at him with malicious smiles. He had tossed the bugs, white-robes and whatnot to the back of his mind. Due to his carelessness, he did not notice the other party.

Wen Leyang talked nonsense to clear his own mind up. He turned and looked at the white-robed youth, his face was expressionless, "Your elder had activated his magic powers when we were badly injured without even understanding the situation and nearly got us all killed! You're saying that this is a misunderstanding?"

The white-robed youth laughed and nodded, "That's right, it's a misunderstanding!"

Wen Leyang missed Fei Fei. If that girl was beside him, she could tell if the white-robe was telling the truth with a glance.

The white-robed youth laughed hoarsely for a while before he continued, "If I did not wish to talk or if I wanted to ambush you, I need not show myself."

Wen Leyang smiled with a scorn, "You better think of a way to deal with my Yin's Error Yang's Mistake before you even think of ambushing me!" As he said this, he pointed rudely at the middle-aged man who was lying down. He could not let his opponent know that he could not use Yin's Error Yang's Mistake.

The muscle on the white-robed youth's face twitched. He muttered for a while and opened his mouth slowly. He said straightforwardly, "I knew that there might be a misunderstanding when I saw you kill those Tibetan people." As he said this, his upper body inclined slightly. His clear gaze looked straight into Wen Leyang's eyes, "If you don't want to talk, I'll leave immediately."

Wen Leyang forthrightly said, "Let's talk!" Then, he rummaged in his pocket for a long while. He took out his brand-new cellphone and switched on the voice recorder function. He thought that if he could leave this place, he would let Fei Fei listen to the recording. She would know if the white-robed youth was lying or not.

He had learned from Chang Li's experience in the Miao stockade village and bought a model with a super long standby time. Although they had been in Tibet for a long time, he simply shut his cellphone off because there was no signal. Now, he learned from Old Gu and switched on his phone and started recording…

The white-robed youth was astonished. He looked on with curiosity, "What is this object?"

Wen Leyang did not have the patience to explain it to him. He shook his head and smiled, "Why don't you tell me how this is all a misunderstanding! You thought that we were on the Tibetan people's side but the way I see it, it is more likely that you guys are the Tibetan people's comrades!"

The white-robed youth knitted his brows and thought for a while. He seemed to ponder from which point he should start talking. Wen Leyang reminded him with a smile, "From the beginning! First, talk about the origins of the Hua family!"

The white-robed youth nodded. He opened his mouth forthrightly, "Our Hua family were originally obscure cultivators in the central plains. We practiced water element magic art for generations. However, a thousand and three hundred years ago, a dozen elite ancestors searched for the heavenly water spirit…" As he said this, the white-robe paused, his gaze had a hint of doubt.

Wen Leyang understood his meaning and nodded, "The heavenly water spirit is the ice soul's water spirit, that's what I know. As the Jianggendiru Glacier is the source of the Yangtze River, there should be a heavenly water spirit there. Your ancestors arrived here, found the heavenly water spirit and settled down here?"

Wen Leyang rarely interrupted a person's statements with this much nonsense but this time, he learned from Wen Buzuo to buy his body time to recuperate.

The white-robed youth shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Almost, but it's not that simple!"

The Hua family originated from the central plains and cultivated water element magic art. It was unknown how many of their ancestors from generations past have walked all over the world in search of the water element's utmost treasure, the 'heavenly water spirit'. They went to lakes, ponds and swamps. They naturally went to the sources of famous and great rivers too but to put it frankly, the 'heavenly water spirit' was a drop of water of unknown size. It could never be precisely found if it was mixed in the river. It was the same at the Jianggendiru Glacier. The heavenly water spirit could be the ice shards under their feet or a drop of water that fell off a stalactite. It was not an easy task to find it.

Not only did the Hua family ancestors who came to Geladaindong Peak more than a thousand years ago not find the heavenly water spirit, they were attacked by the strange bugs that resembled giant tadpoles.

The white-robed youth kept talking as he flipped his small fair hands. A fist-sized tadpole was sprawled on his palms. Wen Leyang grinded his teeth. If it were not for his unhealed wounds, he would have popped this abominable thing.

The white-robed youth chuckled, "We call these things 'firecrackers'."

Wen Leyang laughed hysterically, "Firecrackers? Hmm, indeed, this thing goes out with a loud bang!"

The white-robed youth reached out and touched the 'firecracker'. His expression was very gentle. He obviously liked this abominable thing very much. Then, his palms curled slightly. The obedience of the strange tadpole was comparable to 'You've Got Me'. Its body shuddered and crawled back into his sleeve.

Wen Leyang frowned, "You treat this evil thing as a treasure?" As he said this, he squinted his eyes fiercely and pointed at the ice wall, "How do you explain these Kunlun disciples?"

The white-robed youth quickly waved, "Listen, I can explain everything. If the Hua family wanted to enter the world and bring harm, we wouldn't coop ourselves on Tanggula Mountains for a thousand years! I can explain all this in detail, you'll be the judge if I'm a friend or foe!"

Wen Leyang nodded. He could not help but ask out of curiosity, "Are these things really bugs? They're living… organisms?"

The white-robed youth nodded, "Of course they're alive. From your perception, they contain utmost Poison of Water and can control other people, naturally, you would label it as something evil. But, from our Hua family's perspective, they're obedient little babies! You must let me finish, I guarantee that you and I will see eye to eye!"

Wen Leyang felt his hairs stiffened and made a signal for him to continue, "Then put away that obedient baby of yours and continue talking. Your ancestors were attacked by the bugs, then?"

Tutatunte did not understand what the two of them were talking about. He sat at one side and yawned…

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Chapter 208: The Bug's Temperament

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The Hua family was supposed to be the obscure cultivators of the central plains. They were trying to figure out a way to find the heavenly water spirit for generations. More than a thousand years ago, a dozen of Hua's first ancestors followed along the Yangtze river and arrived at the Jianggendiru Glacier of the Geladaindong Peak's southeast slope. However, they failed to find the heavenly water spirit and were even attacked by the strange tadpoles.

After the strange tadpole bore into the human body, it would immediately control its host to dive back into the ice sheet. If the host were to leave the ice sheet, the host would be similar to the Kunlun disciples that Po Tu caught, such that the host would open his mouth and spat out the bug. The host would turn into a dried corpse while the strange tadpole would then look for a new host.

Even the Hua family that cultivated in the water element magic art had never heard of such a local creature in the Geladaindong Peak. Seven of them were suddenly controlled by the bugs and dove into the ice sheet. The remaining Hua family members refused to give up on saving their tribesmen's lives, so they chased after them laboriously. After a series of twists and turns, with three more lives sacrificed, they finally seized back six of their tribesmen. One of the first ancestors named Hua Laogao, was controlled by the bug but managed to escape. He was never found regardless.

Wen Leyang could not help but laugh, "Hua Laogao? That name…" He occasionally interrupted the conversation in order to make the conversation last for a longer period of time. Not even by midday the next day, by the next daybreak, he would be able to regain most of his combat capabilities. By then, even if the white-robed youth were to carry out any malicious trick, he was capable of handling it.

The white-robed youth could not see through Wen Leyang's intention. He laughed as he shook his head. Even he found the name funny, "We are obscure cultivators. Our names are only our codes. As long as we can remember each other then it is alright."

Since that event, the Hua family suffered heavy casualties. The top master cultivators of the family were almost diminished by half. The remaining few persons did not dare to wander through the ice river anymore. They brought along their relatives' already withered corpses and returned to the central plains in low spirits.

At this point, the white-robed youth's face suddenly glowed, "No one expected that the first ancestor Hua Langgao who was already controlled by the bug and escaped into the ice mountain suddenly returned to his home. His grand old man did not die and his senses were restored completely!"

Even though he could not confirm if the white-robed youth was telling the truth, Wen Leyang could not suppress his emotions anymore and became slightly excited. He pointed towards the densely arranged Kunlun disciples on the two sides of the ice walls, "After being inhabited by that parasitic monster… by that 'firecracker', the human would not die?"

The white-robed youth nodded strenuously. His voice became more and more excited, "Not only was the first ancestor Hua Laogao alive, he achieved great advancement in his cultivation power. He refined into the embodiment of heavenly water!"

This species of strange tadpole would certainly pounce forward upon seeing a human. Once the tadpoles entered the body, there was no way for the human to resist. The living person would immediately turn into the bug's puppet, but unexpectedly this process was not a parasitic relationship but a mutualistic relationship!

The bug was a monster of utmost disposition in the water element. With the moistening of the water element, all things on earth lived in a mutualistic relationship! Not only was it not considered a disaster when the bug bored into the body, it was an extremely remarkable blessing.

After that the first ancestor Hua Laogao's body was taken over by the bug, his body was uncontrollable but his consciousness was still present. He could clearly sense that after the bug entered his body, his body was also slowly being transformed into the body of the water element. By the time his body's element category was exactly the same as the bug, the bug would then leave his body.

However, this entire process was not allowed to be interrupted. Before the body was fully transformed, if the bug were to leave its 'parasitic host', it would drain all the moisture from the host's body.

Wen Leyang's expression became dull in a moment. They were not aware of this reason earlier. Hence, Po Tu pried out all of those dozen Kunlun disciples from the ice sheet, killing them instead.

"I found a dozen of Taoist priests that were buried in the ice fissure on the northwest slope," The white-robed youth could make a guess of the sequence of events that took place. His voice was albeit hoarse and unpleasant, his tone of speaking was filled with consolation, "All of you do not know of the 'firecracker's' characteristic, there is no need to blame yourself. Even my family that spent generations cultivating in the water element magic art did not know what to do before we met the 'firecrackers', our effort to save the people turned into killing the people instead. "

In the boundless universe, there were many strange and inconceivable matters in the world. Not only the bug was capable of escaping through water and ice, the bug even contained the Poison of Water that was capable of controlling the human's body. Shockingly, after a period of time, when the bug was done helping its host to transform his body, it would even return the body back to its owner.

Wen Leyang heaved a sigh. He stopped worrying about that dozen of Kunlun disciples that had already deceased and refocused the topic, "This species of bugs contained the Poison of Water of utmost disposition, even though the amount is too little, it is purest to the greatest extent."

The white-robed youth was stunned. He looked towards Wen Leyang in excitement, "How did you know that?" The Poison of Water was also a formless matter. Unless one was poisoned with it, there was no way one could notice that. The Poison of Water was pure. Under normal circumstances, the person who was poisoned would die immediately. This concept was similar to 'no one knew how fast he was riding the motorcycle, those that have seen it died in the collision'.

Wen Leyang did not manage to answer, he gave a forced laugh as he continued, "I wanted to ask if the bug helped its 'parasitic host' to forge the embodiment of true water, would it be passing its Poison of Water to the 'parasitic host' as well?"

The white-robed youth laughed in a joyous manner. He intentionally stopped the story at a climax to keep the listener in suspense, "Do not be anxious. Listen to my story patiently. It is still early."

Being able to cultivate into the embodiment of true water, the cultivator would not only become 'formless true water', capable of escaping the detection of other cultivator's telegnosis ability. For cultivators that cultivated in the water element magic art, the embodiment of true water was akin to a person who cultivated in martial art was first trained in the Tendon Changing and Marrow Washing Qigong. His cultivation in the future would yield twice the result with half the effort. The misfortune that dawned upon the first ancestor Hua Laogao became a blessing in disguise. As he returned to his home, he told them about the sequence of events from beginning to the end. The Hua family's clan elder immediately decided to move the entire tribe to the west. They cultivated obscurely in hope that they could ascend into the heaven and become immortals. The people who were planning to leave the earth did not possess the concept of hometown and native land. Hence, ever since then, the Hua family turned from the central plains' obscure cultivators to the Tanggula Mountains' obscure cultivators.

As Wen Leyang mentioned, when the bug was in a parasitic process, not only would it help its host to transform his physique, it would even pass its Poison of Water of utmost disposition to its host.

The first ancestor of Hua family fumbled around for a period of time through trials and errors, before they finally formed the current cultivation method of the Hua family's disciples. They would first form a mutualistic relationship with the 'firecrackers'. From there, they received the embodiment of true water while simultaneously received a portion of Poison of Water of utmost disposition from the bugs. Following that, they used the Hua family's cultivation method and slowly refined the Poison of Water in their bodies into life vitality for the purpose of enhancing their cultivation method.

Wen Leyang frowned, he inquired closely out of instincts, "You can refine the Poison of Water into life vitality?"

The white-robed youth nodded, "That is our Hua family's special cultivation method, transforming Poison of Water into life vitality. Even though the 'firecracker's' Poison of Water is in a small amount, it is precious because of its utmost purity. After the process of refinement, the water element life vitality that is refined is exceedingly powerful."

Wen Leyang laughed as he shook his head and did not say anything. In his perspective, refining the utmost purest poison power into life vitality was more like steeping the best quality tea leaves in water. After a few soaks, one poured away all the tea and leave behind the tasteless tea leaves.

The white-robed youth could not tell what was Wen Leyang thinking in his heart, he continued, "But in the final analysis, the amount of Poison of Water that is contained in the firecracker is still too little. By the time it is passed on to the mutualistic host then it is even lesser to increase the life vitality. Over a period of time, we 'grow' the 'firecrackers' in our bodies for a period of time in order to absorb the Poison of Water in their bodies."

Wen Leyang's expression was slightly puzzled, a little confused about that statement.

On the other hand, the white-robed youth was very patient. He chuckled with his hoarse voice and patiently explained to Wen Leyang.

The 'firecracker' fancied occupying the human body, but once a 'firecracker' occupied the body, the other bugs would never come into contact anymore. To every member of the Hua family, the first 'firecracker' they acquired would be the one and only 'firecracker' in their lifetimes.

The 'firecracker' would help its host to transform his body. After it passed its Poison of Water, it would recuperate for a period of time afterwards and its toxicity would be restored again. At this point, the Hua family disciple would draw the bug into his body again and bore into the glacier to absorb the toxic. This process was repeated over and over again in the future.

After the 'firecracker' completed the 'mutualistic relationship' for the first time, it would recognize its master and turn into an obedient child from then on. It would never bore into another person's body anymore.

Wen Leyang had already seen and heard too much new information in his lifetime. Even a person could be sealed into the body of a monkey that was then sealed into the dog-headed eagle's body. Even though the matter of 'firecracker' sounded strange and eccentric, he could still accept it easily. He chuckled as he stretched his body lazily. He then stood up and moved his limbs. His body suddenly swayed once. In the extremely frightened gaze of the white-robed youth, one of Wen Leyang's fingers had already firmly pressed onto the area between his brows.

Until this point, the matter in discussion was albeit not considered intricate, it involved the cultivation method and the 'firecrackers'. It took some time for the white-robed youth to explain it. Wen Leyang's physical strength had already restored partially, this white-robed youth's cultivation base was still shallow. He could only rely on his embodiment of true body that brought along the ghost-like power. Hence, when he was unexpectedly suppressed by Wen Leyang, he had no room for resistance.

Wen Leyang's finger pressed onto the area between the white-robed youth's brows. He would only need to exert a little strength to be able to press a hole into the white-robe youth's skull!

The white-robed youth was both astonished and furious as he asked Wen Leyang loudly, "Why did you do that!"

Wen Leyang chuckled, "You are even willing to tell me all about the Hua family's cultivation method. Needless to say, you do not plan to let me walk away from all this alive."

The method of cultivation, whether it belonged to which sect, it was still considered an exceedingly important secret. Let alone the cultivation sects, even the ordinary martial arts sects, upon discovering the person who stole secrets from the sect they would chase and kill him for a thousand miles. The minor ones would be punished by digging out his eyes and pulling out his tendons, while the severe one would be punished by decapitation or digging out his heart. No one would behave like this white-robed youth, who joyously told about the cultivation method of his family to the others.

The white-robed youth seemed to be slightly confused, "So why did you choose to attack now when you could have just summoned your crescent blade earlier and take me out at that point?"

Wen Leyang blinked his eyes in confusion, he did not what to say. There was already a slight uneasiness in his heart. It seemed that his act of pretending to be a man of long experience was about to embarrass himself…

Regardless of whether it was the act of summoning the crescent blade of Yin's Error in the campsite to threaten the white-robed youth or the usage of Yang's Mistake on the snowcapped land recently to resist the ice cliff or the usage of the Yin's Error to slaughter the enemy, in the eyes of an outsider, Wen Leyang was undoubtedly an enormous power. Of course, the white-robed youth was unaware that the incisive weapon had already passed its expiry date. Since the other party was willing to come forward and discuss with Wen Leyang, he had already tossed the idea of life to the side, as for his purpose there was only two without exception: The better possibility was that he wanted to resolve the misunderstanding, so that Wen Leyang could save the Kunlun Taoist priests; the worse possibility was that he was planning to launch some unknown schemes and plots, such that he could destroy this strong and powerful enemy of his.

Whether the white-robed youth meant well or not, there was no way to distinguish yet at this point. However, since the man was daring enough to show up, it meant that he was already unafraid of dying. In the eyes of the white-robed youth, Wen Leyang's fingertip was totally the same as the violent crescent blade of Yin's Error.

As expected, the white-robed youth's expression had already became infuriated yet insulted, "Whatever I have told you are all superficial knowledge! The most crucial part of the Hua family's cultivation method was how to use the water element magic art to dissolve the firecracker's strong poison into life vitality and that is only one of it!" Upon saying that, the youth stopped for a moment, his following sentence truly startled Wen Leyang so much his primordial soul almost left his body!

"Secondly, there is no purpose for an outsider to know about the cultivation method of my family. The Hua family has been growing these bugs here for over a thousand years, we are familiarized with the bugs' temperament. I will only need to whistle once and I will guarantee you that all the 'firecrackers' will be crawling out of its hosts' mouths and turn those people that stole our bugs to cultivate into a bag of bones!" As he was saying that, the white-robed youth turned over his hands. His movements were swift as he placed a pale blue-colored whistle that was akin to be made from crystal into his mouth. His eyes were glimmering as he glared at Wen Leyang without a sense of submission.

In reality, as long as the Hua family could master the second trick, there would be nobody else except for their family to be able to use the 'firecracker' to cultivate. No one could survive if he was halfway through the transformation. When the Hua family member blew the whistle once, the bug would bring along all the moisture in his body and escape. That was why when the white-robed youth was talking about his family's cultivation method, he was completely unscrupulous, for no one was capable of stealing his sect's cultivation method!

Wen Leyang immediately retracted his finger. His face was filled with embarrassed smile, "It is my fault. This is unrelated to them! Please do not ever blow that whistle!"

Not that Wen Leyang was incapable of snatching the whistle, he felt that the white-robed youth made a fair point. Even if the Hua family's cultivation method was revealed to another person, the other person dared not take the risk to cultivate it. Whatever the white-robed youth told him was utterly not considered a secret for themselves. The white-robed youth was obviously infuriated by Wen Leyang. His cheeks were puffed up and his eyes were glaring as if he was hesitating whether he should blow the whistle. Wen Leyang appeared to be relaxed on the surface but the skin underneath on his entire body tightened. As long as the other party attempted to blow the whistle, before the sound of the whistle was heard, he would crush the white-robe youth's neck at one go!

Finally, the white-robed youth put away the whistle, he frowned as he gave Wen Leyang a fierce stare, "Why are you being so suspicious. If I wanted to kill you, I have my own way as well!"

Of course, Wen Leyang would not challenge his words, Wen Leyang apologized frantically, he was feeling extremely frustrated in his heart. If it was Wen Buzuo, he would certainly not behave as recklessly as Wen Leyang. At least he would clarify the situation first before he made the decision to attack or not.

The white-robed youth had a pretty good character. He did not mind the misunderstanding as much and dropped it after a while, refocusing the topic of discussion onto the situation on hand, "This is the Hua family's origin and cultivation method. My family spent generations living in seclusion in the Tanggula Mountains, we barely keep in touch with the outsider. We are safe and sound all the while, however…" As he was saying that, there was a sense of enmity and hatred that flashed past his face, he asked Wen Leyang in reply, "So what is going on with those Tibetan people and how about all of you? You ought to explain yourself."

Wen Leyang did not waste time talking nonsense. He asked the white-robed youth directly, "Have you ever heard of Xiang Liu?"

On the white-robed youth's face, the expression of recalling a memory floated. It seemed that he was thinking that the two words of 'Xiang Liu' sounded rather familiar but he could not recall where did he hear that. He had been quiet all along. Then, he was suddenly enlightened, "When the heaven and earth were born together, the nine-headed monster that caused troubles during the birth of the universe? I have heard of the family elders mentioned it before. Is it a story? So, it is real that this creature exist?"

Wen Leyang nodded. He explained the important incidents that took place ever since he discovered that the nine-headed snake's followers from all over the world gathered in the small town of the highland. He explained about the Tibetan people, the Kunlun disciples, the identities of the people that traveled with him clearly and finally he emphasized by pronouncing his words with strength, "We are unaware that there is a Hua family that is living in the Tanggula Mountains beforehand! Needless to say that we do not see all of you as the enemy." Upon saying that, he paused for a moment then he complemented out of his unwillingness to submit, "But it was that family member of yours…Uncle Quan, who wanted to kill us the moment he attacked us!"

The white-robed youth giggled surprisingly. His face was overwhelmed with the expression of joy. He shook his head to Wen Leyang, "Do not be impatient, it is still better to explain the matters one by one…"

Wen Leyang gave out a 'heh', "You have been talking for a long while but there is still not a definitive reason even until now!" The sky on the outside was already suffused with the first light of the day. His body was mostly healed but his prediction earlier was wrong. His body required slightly longer time to heal than his prediction.

The white-robed youth's laughter vanished as he continued, "The Hua family is peaceful for a thousand years. Until about ten days ago, a group of Tibetan people suddenly entered the Tanggula Mountains. These people were penetrating with evil and malevolent energy everywhere but our family would not start a feud with the outsiders, so we pay no regards to them. As long as they do not provoke us, we will never oppose them as well…" At this point, the white-robed youth suddenly became infuriated. He punched ferociously onto the ground as if he was venting anger. A stretch of blue-colored crystal mine was pounded with sand and stones flying everywhere.

The 'firecracker' that was hidden in his clothes suddenly sprung out and wrapped around a small chunk of crystal ore. The sounds of scraping and cracking echoed. It took only a while before half a chunk ate off the crystal ore.

The white-robed youth chuckled, "The firecracker's favorite food is the snow mountain's crystal or…"

At this point, the sound of ululation suddenly echoed from Wen Leyang's body. It was unknown since when did 'You've Got Me' was already awakened from its sleep. It suddenly realized that a water element bug was eating ostentatiously outside. The hard stings on its body stiffened as it dashed outside. That 'firecracker' recently passed on its toxicity to the white-robed youth and had yet to recover. It dared not risk its life to fight 'You've Got Me', so it hugged half of the crystal ore, refusing to let go and ran back to its master's side in a combination of scramming and running.

In comparison, the fire element's temperament was explosive, 'You've Got Me' was akin to a bully, it ululated in a threatening manner. While the water element's temperament was firm and unyielding, the 'firecracker' was akin to an honest child that was protecting its apple, it staggered and cried incessantly.

Ever since 'You've Got Me' woke up from the hangover recently, it developed narcolepsy. It curled up on Wen Leyang's chest and slept soundly all the time, barely waking up. Previously when Wen Leyang was fighting the strange tadpole, it was still drifting in its sweet dreams, completely unaware of the situation that was taking place outside, this time it met its opponent that was akin to fire and water (Translator's note: incompatible), it immediately became high spirited.

The moment 'You've Got Me' rushed forward, Tutatunte was like a monkey with its tail being stepped on. He suddenly jumped up. He was shrieking and jabbering. His skinny face was all twisted and contorted. It was pointing towards the two sides of ice walls desperately!

On the other hand, the white-robed youth stretched out his hand and retrieved the 'firecracker' into his chest pocket. He jumped up similarly with a panic expression on his face, his voice sounded hoarse and stern as he shouted loudly, "How can you still bring around this type of fire element bug. Put it away quick, put it away quick! Be careful you might lead to a great disaster!"

The moment 'You've Got Me' appeared those 'Kunlun puppets' that were standing quietly in the ice walls suddenly became agitated. Their strange and eccentric gaze became incisive yet sharp. Their expressions became savage in a flash. struggling in an attempt to dash out!

'You've Got Me' discovered a sworn about enemy and rushed outside for a fight. When it realized at that point that it was a lone warrior that was deep in the enemy's line, it utterly did not need the master's summon. The hard fur on its body turned limp in the blink of an eye, it ran towards Wen Leyang's chest swiftly, and refused to get out no matter what…

'You've Got Me' was a spiritualized bug. It had already recognized its master since earlier. On usual days, it would only need to hide in Wen Leyang's chest and its fire element's malevolence would be immediately concealed by the master's body, it would be difficult for a profound cultivator to realized that a bug was hiding on Wen Leyang's chest, that was why the moment its bored back to its nest now, its presence earlier vanished without a trace.

The 'Kunlun puppets' were akin to losing their target. Their gazes were in a frenzy. Their movement also became much slower but they still appeared slightly agitated. The white-robed youth's expression turned beyond solemn. He could not care about scolding Wen Leyang, his mouth continuously whistled. He stretched out his hand and rapidly scratched peculiar-looking ancient scripts onto ice wall. After a long while, before those puppets finally quieted down and turned back to their usual forms.

It was only then the white-robed youth exhaled a long breath. He stretched out his hand and wiped away the densely-dotted sweat on his forehead, turned around and glared at Wen Leyang.

Wen Leyang sniggered out of embarrassment, he made a joke, "My bug has lost this time, next time we will bring along your 'firecracker' to 'You've Got Me's' territory…" He was suddenly stunned.

The white-robed did not acknowledge Wen Leyang's expression but he laughed, "You've Got Me…what a name…" He thought for a moment before his eyes glowed, he burst out laughing, "You are such a malicious person, this bug's name is a trap!"

Wen Leyang followed and let out a rigid laugh. He frowned and spoke, he had just thought of something earlier, "Your 'firecracker' or my 'You've Got Me' are all legendary beasts, but …how can there be so many of them!"

Even for poisonous bugs like the fire-headed centipede, ghost-faced spider and green-eyed scorpion that were weaker than 'You've Got Me' by two levels were all the rare precious of the world. These bugs would never be like 'firecrackers', coming in a huge herd and large numbers. When Wen Leyang and the rest were in the campsite, they dared not conclude that the Kunlun disciples were attacked by this species of strange bugs, because theoretically, it was impossible for there to be so many such strange bugs in the world.

Even if the 'firecrackers' were limited by its environment, such that the 'firecrackers' could not leave the Geladaindong Peak, if its population was so enormous, then any other living creature on the snow mountain could not survive as well.

The white-robed youth laughed in a manner that was beyond proud, "The 'firecrackers' did not come in a large number initially. There was only one or two of them, but my first ancestor went on a trip of a thousand miles and found a group of master cultivators capable of raising insects and vermin in the Shu state. However, these people had a strange temperament. They were the same as us, refusing to come into contact with the outsiders. The first ancestor persevered with his effort and finally won over them, he begged for their help and finally found a way to breed the 'firecrackers'…"

Before the white-robed youth could finish his sentence, Wen Leyang suddenly burst out laughing. His chest was puffed up and he was filled with pride as he asked the white-robed youth, "The people that your first ancestor begged were they from the Nine Peaks Mountain on the west of Sichuan, the disciples of Wen Bucao, the Wen family!" Who else could be more outstanding than the Wen family in their abilities to manipulate poisonous bugs in between the heaven and the earth. Moreover, the people were from the territory of Sichuan.

The white-robed youth was startled by Wen Leyang's sudden burst of laughter, he waited for Wen Leyang to finish talking when he could not help but to laugh, "What kind of nonsense are you talking about? What do you mean by the Nine Peaks Mountain's Wen Bucao. My first ancestor went to the Seven Maidens Mountain's foothill in the middle part of the Shu State, he sought help from a group of Qing Miao clan!"

Wen Leyang's laughter stopped abruptly. He gave out another two 'uh' before he gave a few hollow laughs, "Those are the disciples of Miao Bujiao. They were of the same sect as our Wen family. We are as close as brothers!" This was the truth but because Wen Leyang made a poor judgment in the beginning, he sounded like he was lying in order to get on the good side.

As expected the white-robed youth's face was filled with disbelief, he pursed his lips and spoke, "You can always clarify if this is a misunderstanding. We are supposed to be bound by a common hatred for the enemy, there is no need to make up such a lie."

Speaking of the expertise in using poison, refining and breeding poisonous creature, the Wen family fully deserved the number one title in the world. However, if one was purely discussing fiddling of bugs and snakes, the Miao Bujiao that was skilled in using bugs for a spell was the true connoisseur!

If a scorpion was given to the Wen family, a Wen family could use it to poison a village of people; but if a scorpion was given to the Miao Bujiao, they could breed out countless scorpions…

Wen Leyang had been acting presumptuously twice towards the white-robed youth. As a result, he became passive, he gave a forced laugh as he hastily changed the topic of discussion, "So what happened after the Tibetan people enter the mountain?"

"Not long after the Tibetan people entered the mountain, there was a large battalion of Taoist school disciples that entered the mountain. We became even more curtained that, it was the enmity between these two gang of people. They chased and escaped all the way into the great mountain. In order not to cause any further misunderstandings, we recalled the disciples who were surveilling the situation. Yet, unexpectedly that caused a great disaster!" As he was saying that, the white-robed youth inhaled a deep breath, he calmed his emotions with great difficulties, "Do you still remember a few days ago, when we first met, there was a sharp howling noise that echoed through the entire mountain valley suddenly and I immediately withdrew afterwards."

Wen Leyang nodded, the white-robed youth continued, "That was the warning sign of the family. Something happened at home!"

Wen Leyang was suddenly enlightened, it was not a wonder this youth's expression immediately changed all of sudden, he no longer tried to talk anymore but left immediately…but Wen Leyang was still slightly puzzled, "So despite all that you still have the intention to seize back your robe?"

The white-robed youth gave a forced laugh and shook his head, "All of you suddenly attacked and revealed your hostility. Our family's robe is tailored one and only to each person, the more critically dangerous the situation is, the more I cannot let this item that can be used as an authenticating token to fall into your hands! Otherwise, if all of you were to possess evil intention and truly trap my family, I can never atone my sin even if I die a millionth times!"

Wen Leyang exhaled a long breath, the white-robed youth behaved calmly in an emergency, he was meticulous. Wen Leyang understood at that point that within this ice hole here, there was not only him that was experienced.

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Chapter 209: The Bug's Tide

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The blazing sun had just risen. Wen Leyang was severely injured by the prohibition spell in the campsite. Nevertheless, he managed to completely heal himself in a day and a night and the strength of his body had been fully restored. Hence, he was in a splendid mood. He even felt that the white-robed youth's extremely hoarse and broken-gong like voice sounded much more pleasant.

The white-robed youth paid no attention to Wen Leyang's change in his physique and his expression, as he continued on his own accord, "The 'firecracker' was a species of spiritual bug found on the great snow mountains. It was supposed to come in small amounts and was very rare and precious but we learned from the erudite people from the Miao stockade village in the middle of Shu State on how to breed, grow and control the bugs…" When the white-robed youth mentioned of the Miao Bujiao, his tone of speaking to his expression was filled with admiration and gratitude, "My family opened up a cave then we sent over a batch of disciples that were specially tasked to be in charge of caring for the 'firecrackers'. For over a thousand years, our family had been breeding a few thousands of 'firecrackers'!"

Wen Leyang knew that when the other party was explaining a crucial point, yet there must be a reason why he suddenly diverted the topic of discussion onto the 'firecracker'. Wen Leyang was trying to be patient as he waited for the white-robed youth to continue talking. However, when he heard of the amount of 'firecrackers', he was still startled and could not help but to ask, "Why are there so many of the bugs? How many people are there in your Hua family?"

There could only be one 'mutualistic relationship' formed between a person and a 'firecracker' in his entire lifetime. Now that the Hua family was growing thousands of 'firecrackers', could it be that the Hua family was made up of thousands of people as well? This amount seemed to be a little too huge right.

The white-robed youth was startled by Wen Leyang's question, he hastily shook his head, "Of course, there are not so many people in my family! But for us, the firecrackers are our best companions; they are the enemy's fatal opponent. Moreover, the bugs are very spiritual and obedient, naturally, the more the merrier. So we try to breed as many as we can!"

The 'firecracker' possessed exceedingly strong 'pet' instincts. The firecracker without a master would pounce on a human the moment it met one. It was naturally a blessing for the person who was pounced on by the firecracker but once the creature had pounced into the body, if it was summoned by the Hua family's people using a whistle, the end result would be awful. If someone were to try to cause harm to the Hua family, the Hua family had utterly no need to attack. They would only need to release the bugs then all was well and safe. Let alone a cultivator of ordinary cultivation sects, even the head lama Rangjung, who possessed profound cultivation base, was almost taken down by a 'firecracker'.

Wen Leyang was suddenly enlightened at this point. He squinted his eyes and stared at the white-robed youth with a spurious smile, "When you release the 'firecrackers', was it to deal with the Tibetan people or the Kunlun disciples?"

The dozen Taoist priests at the bottom of the ice fissure earlier and the hundreds of Kunlun disciples on his side were all attacked by the bugs. Needless to say, this was the trick launched by the Hua family.

Yet, unexpectedly, the white-robed youth shook his head, "It is true that these Taoist priests were raided by the 'firecrackers' but it was not controlled by our Hua family!" As he was saying that, he stopped for a moment, "Now that you have roughly understood the bugs and the Hua family's sequence of events, the rest of the matters would be much easier to explain!"

Wen Leyang hastily nodded, he understood that he was about to reach the climax of the topic.

Recently, first came the Tibetan people of the small town exuding with evil energy, then came the Kunlun disciples that were filled with a murder intent, following that it was Wen Leyang's group of eccentric people that entered the mountain. Even though the Hua family disciples did not acknowledge the matter, as it was unrelated to them, this white-robed youth could no longer suppress his curiosity. He jumped out to block Wen Leyang and his people's way, in an attempt to ask for an explanation as to why they entered the Tanggula Mountains. It was at that moment the Hua family's warning sign of a long whistle echoed through the entire mountain valley. The white-robed youth knew that something happened at home, he immediately treated every outsider that entered the mountain as his enemy as well.

Of course, due to Wen Leyang and the rest's way of conduct back then, anyone would be treating them as the enemy.

The white-robed youth snatched back his robe. He could no longer care about pestering them anymore but hastily rushed back home. He found out that the cave that they used to breed the 'firecrackers' was raided. Over twenty Hua family disciples who were guarding and caring for the bugs were killed. The people who committed the murder was the Tibetan people.

After the Tibetan people destroyed the cave, they released all the 'firecrackers'. They rapidly evacuated themselves as well. By the time the rest of the Hua family's master cultivators arrived, there was only a stretch of ruins and their tribesmen's corpses that were left behind.

At this point, the white-robed youth explained to Wen Leyang, "The 'firecrackers' are able to escape through water and ice inherently, that is why we use the treasured weapons of the fire element to separate the area between where the 'firecrackers' are bred and the outside's ice sheet. This way we can prevent the firecrackers from escaping. After those Tibetan people killed our people, they destroyed the treasured weapon and connected the ice sheet to the cave, releasing all the bugs.

Wen Leyang frowned, "So the Tibetan people were actually scheming for these strange bugs on the snow mountain? Did the bugs leave together with them? Were they aware of the method that was used to disperse these 'firecrackers?"

The white-robed youth shook his head ferociously, "No! They were not trying to seize the bugs, but they released the bugs. It is of the same concept as unlocking a cage, such that the wild beasts inside are set free!"

The white-robed youth's expression was a combination of infuriation and puzzlement, "We did not understand why were the Tibetan people opposing us and we did not understand why did the firecrackers that pounced onto a human the moment it saw one did not attack them!"

Wen Leyang did not speak. Yet, the jade knife Guo Huan hanging under his neck suddenly sneered and spoke, "Why is it so difficult to figure that out! Those Tibetan people are the living dead that opted out of being reborn! Your family's 'firecrackers' only pounce on the living human. They are not interested in these walking dead people."

The white-robed youth gave out a 'huh'. It was unknown whether he was startled by Guo Huan or he was startled by Guo Huan's words, it took a moment before he muttered and asked, "So those Tibetan people…they are all zombies?" As he was saying that, the expression of enlightenment appeared on his face. Even though the 'firecrackers' had a peculiar temperament and the Poison of Water was powerful, they did not pose an ounce of threat to the Tibetan people.

Guo Huan scoffed with slight contempt. It enunciated clearly to emphasize its speech, "The living dead!" Apparently, there was some difference in between the zombies and this small town's living dead that opted out of being reborn, but Guo Huan was too lazy to explain. It urged the white-robed youth to continue his story.

With such a critical event that took place, the entire Hua family was in a rage. Other than the disciples that were engaging in a mutualistic relationship with the bugs in the ice sheet, everyone came out to chase after the enemy, simultaneously searching for the 'firecrackers' that had escaped.

There was a huge difference between an obscure cultivator and the cultivators that engaged in cultivating in a sect. The obscure cultivator cultivated purely in the cultivation method to ascend to the heaven. Their method of cultivation did not involve too many tricks that were useful in battles and resisting the enemy. Just like Wei Mo from the Heaven-teller Sect, his entire capability lied in the skill of counting and telling. Any insignificant disciples of the Five Blessings that had engaged in the cultivation for a few years would have the ability to strike him so hard he would need to look for his teeth on the ground. While an orthodox cultivator of a sect, when engaged in the dispute and enmity of the cultivation world, he would often pursue the great power and great supernatural power in his cultivation method, and even to a certain degree, the act of cultivating for the ascension to heaven to become an immortal was just a minor detail for the disciple of the great sects.

The obscure cultivators had a higher percentage of achieving the possibility to ascend to the heaven as an immortal. Nevertheless, the probability to become an immortal was small on its own, whether it was one in a million or one in a hundred, even though the difference was by a hundred times, both appeared similarly unreachable. Let alone being compared to the orthodox sects, most of the obscure cultivator's cultivation method was far less inferior to the Giantbull or the Red Grandaunt.

The Hua family disciples possessed the embodiment of true water. Their movements and tracks were harder to be traced than a ghost. As such, it would improve their cultivation method's combat capability. They were more than capable of dealing with cultivators of Ji Song's level. However, once they encountered the Tibetan people that were corroded by malevolent energy and had since opted out of being reborn, they lost immediately.

The principle of this situation was akin to the falcon that was far agiler than the bear but the falcon could never succeed at killing a bear.

That was why it was not a difficult task for the Hua family disciples to locate the Tibetan people. When both parties fought, the Hua family never manages to avenge themselves. On the contrary, a lot of the Hua family disciples were injured.

The moment Guo Huan displayed his weapons, Yin's Error and Yang's Mistake, the treasured weapons smashed dozens of Tibetan people into pieces. However, the Yin's Error and Yang's Mistake were the incisive treasured weapons with indescribable powers. Even Chang Li attempted to steal this pair of treasure in the past, provoking Guo Huan.

At this point, Wen Leyang laughed as he shook his head. He consoled the white-robed youth, "Your Hua family's supernatural power was rather remarkable as well. The flash freeze that was launched by your Uncle Quan almost froze all of us into ice pillars!"

The white-robed youth gave a forced laugh as he shook his head, "That was the largest treasured weapon that was refined by our Hua family laboriously all these years. It was not supposed to be used to attack humans…even if it was used to deal with the Tibetan people, I am afraid that its effectiveness was still far less inferior."

Wen Leyang smiled but no longer spoke. Frankly, if none of the three persons Wen Leyang, Po Tu or Rangjung were injured at that time, they could firmly withstand the supernatural power of flash freeze.

A powerful enemy had confronted the Hua family. Even though they were counterattacking laboriously, they still managed to separate a portion of their people to hunt for the 'firecrackers'. These strange bugs were the foundation of their cultivation. Should they delay their time to hunt for the 'firecrackers', it would be extremely difficult for them to capture these bugs later that were capable of escaping in the ice sheet and swim everywhere and capable of escaping a cultivator's telegnosis ability.

Moreover, the rainy season had arrived. It would not take long before the entire highland would be covered by heavy snow. By then, no one knew if these bugs would be escaping out of the Tanggula Mountains with the ice and snow. If they were to truly escape into the mortal world, another chaos would break out.

Fortunately, the 'firecrackers' possessed the collective animal behavior to live in a group. Hence, they did not disperse in all directions like birds. Other than a very small amount that was separated from the big group, the rest of the bugs gathered together. As they were trapped in the cave for too long, when they could finally see the light of the day, they started moving at ease everywhere on the snow peak.

"I supposed the dozen of Taoist priests under the ice fissure of the west slope encountered a small pack of independently-travelling 'firecrackers'." The white-robed youth's tone of speaking sounded a little sorrowful.

It was unknown which method did the Kunlun Sect use, enabling them to follow the Tibetan people from the small town of Tuer all the way into the Tanggula Mountains. Their orthodox school's disciples possessed significantly high attainment in their cultivation. Of course, they would not be surging in a chaotic ball of mess onto the mountain peak like the obscure cultivators when they were marching forward. Other than the battalion's disciples, there were also a dozen troops of disciples that were wandering around the peripheral areas. They were in charge of finding new paths and giving out warning signs. One of the Kunlun disciple troops had encountered the dozen of 'firecrackers' that were traveling independently. Unfortunately, Wen Leyang and his group found the location randomly. Even though they did not have the intention to harm others, they accidentally destroyed the Kunlun disciples' lives.

Every time Wen Leyang thought of this matter, he felt apologetic from the bottom of his heart. He heaved a sigh and pointed to the two sides of surrounding ice walls, "So they…were raided by a large group of 'firecrackers' at their campsite?"

The white-robed youth was at a loss whether to laugh or cry as he nodded. This was an unlucky year for the Kunlun gang that offended the Tanggula Mountains. Their small troop of soldiers encountered a small group of strange bugs, while their large troop of soldiers encountered a large stretch of bug tide…

Wen Leyang was still a little confused, "The Kunlun Sect's disciples possessed rather remarkable cultivation base. Even if a large stretch of bugs were to arrive in a swarm, perhaps they would still be 'seized' in the end, they would never surrender without a fight. The campsite was all neat and tidy, there was utterly no signs of a struggle or fight.

The white-robed youth smiled as he explained to Wen Leyang, "This species of bugs are the embodiment of true water and the snow mountain's legendary beasts. You can think of it as a drop of water…a drop of water that fuses with another drop of water, it is still a drop of water, but it is slightly bigger."

Wen Leyang pondered for a moment before he was filled with fear, "So you are telling me that these bugs can fuse together with one another…and turn into a gigantic bug?"

The white-robed shook his head then nodded, "In reality, there are thousands and millions of tiny 'firecrackers', but on the outside, it appears just like a large-sized bug. Thousands of 'firecrackers' squeezing together can give free reign to their water element vividly. At first glance, it appears just like a lake."

Wen Leyang finally figured out what happened. The bugs did not arrive one by one, or troop by troop, or gush by gush, but they formed into a stretch of water and sprung out from underneath the ice sheet soundlessly, annihilating the entire campsite in the blink of an eye!

The 'firecrackers' inherently fancied pouncing on humans. They met an entire campsite's worth of 'hosts' in the middle of their sightseeing tour…

"Thousands of 'firecrackers' and almost a thousand of Kunlun disciples. How many of the bugs were left afterwards?" Wen Leyang did not forget to calculate the numbers despite being in the midst of astonishment.

The white-robed youth laughed bafflingly for a moment, there was a sense of gloating over others' misfortune in him, "The 'firecrackers' that managed to pounce onto its hosts, immediately brought along the humans and escaped into the depth of the ice sheet." As he was saying that he stretched out his hand and pointed to the rest of the Kunlun disciples with different expressions in the ice wall and then he continued, "The rest of the 'firecrackers' did not leave. Perhaps there was still unwillingness in their hearts. They wanted to wait for the next person's return to the campsite. So, all of them settled down in the ice sheet underneath the campsite!"

Wen Leyang drew in a cold breath, "When we arrived at the campsite, they…were underneath our feet? How was it that they did not bore out from the ground and pounced on us?"

The white-robed nodded strenuously, "The 'firecrackers' do not like the sunlight, unless they are startled and stimulated or that we intentionally disperse them. Otherwise, they seldom pounce onto humans during the day. Actually, my Uncle Quan had already discovered the large group of 'firecrackers' before your arrival. He was preparing the treasured weapon and the magic spell. However, when all of you came, you all triggered the campsite's prohibition spell…"

The Kunlun campsite's prohibition spell could not detect the true water's formless 'firecrackers' but the prohibition spell was exceptionally sensitive at picking up Wen Leyang and the rest's presence. The moment they entered the campsite, they immediately drew in the Kunlun magic spell's heaven-splitting and earth-shocking baptism, simultaneously startling the thousands of 'firecrackers' lying in dormant underneath the ice. The large group of bugs was eager to take action. They were watching the few hosts above joyously, as they started ascending to the surface of the ice sheet slowly.

When the large group of bugs was floating upwards, the bugs triggered the magic spell that was laid down by that Uncle Quan from Hua family, triggering the treasured weapon, thus triggering the Art of Freeze.

The 'firecrackers' were the water element legendary beasts of the snow mountain's ice river and there was only this form of freezing magic spell that was capable of suppressing them temporarily. Then the Hua family's master cultivators would conjure the Art of Moving Ice and Water to transport the bugs back to the prohibition spell formed by the fire element treasured weapon. Only then the task would be considered complete.

Wen Leyang finally understood the situation. He asked out of astonishment, "Uncle…Uncle Quan launched the magic spell, in order to capture the bugs? Not because he was trying to attack us?"

Before the white-robed youth could speak, Wen Leyang suddenly complained, "I am sure that he can at least inform us beforehand, right? Anyhow, he ought to wait for us to retreat out of the scope of the freezing spell. Your Hua family truly does not treasure the lives of the others!" At the end of his speech, his tone of speaking had already turned from dissatisfaction to interrogative.

The white-robed youth refused to show weakness. His bright eyes widened as he looked into Wen Leyang's eyes directly, "The first time we met all of you, you were attempting to attack me. Naturally, you were an enemy and not a friend. Let alone Uncle Quan, anyone would consider all of you in the same category as the Tibetan people. It would not be an injustice for us to freeze all of you into pieces!"

Wen Leyang's gaze was no longer as determined as before. His gaze started drifting away gradually. He thought of the moment they entered the mountain they had attempted to capture the white-robed youth. It was not an injustice for the other party to misunderstand their intention and considered them as the enemy.

The white-robed youth's expression calmed down, "It is true that Uncle Quan had the intention to kill all of you, but what is done is done. It is not worthwhile for us to deny! However…heh, I did not expect that all of you are capable of breaking Uncle Quan's magic spell!"

Uncle Quan's Art of Freeze could not cover that entire stretch of snow peak. Their Hua family's treasured weapon was weaker than Guo Huan's Yin's Error and Yang's Mistake by a few grades. The magic spell failed to take form in the end and was countercharged by the power of Yang's Mistake. The Hua family's treasured weapon was shattered. Hence, the large group of 'firecrackers' was only frozen for a while before it could move freely. These bugs were exceedingly intelligent. They knew that someone was coming after them. They could not care about 'capturing hosts' anymore and immediately started fleeing for their lives.

The white-robed youth was also pursuing the 'bug tide'. He was utilizing the collective animal behavior of this species of strange bugs. He released his 'firecracker' that had already recognized its master and pursued all the way. By the time he arrived at the area near the campsite, he was just in time to catch up with Xiao Sha who was about to extort confession by torture. He did not even consider before he jumped out and rescued Uncle Quan. As he was greatly startled by Guo Huan's crescent blade, he dared not seek revenge or launch his escape method but continued to pursue the bug tide under the guidance of his own 'firecracker'.

Wen Leyang was completely enlightened. He was at a loss whether to cry or laugh as he drew a huge circle on the ground, he asked Tutatunte, "So that huge circle that you drew is the combination of all the bugs?"

Tutatunte looked at this familiar huge circle. His mouth cracked into a smile as he laughed in an honest manner.

Wen Leyang gave him a thumbs up and gave a heartfelt praise, "You are extraordinary!"

Tutatunte was virtually a radar with high sensitivity. He could foresee danger. He could discover these water element strange bugs that could even render the cultivator's telegnosis ability useless. Of course, the radar would still be short circuited upon banging his head. The two rounds of cloth used to wrap around the wound on Tutatunte's head right now made him appeared like a Somali soldier.

Even though the bug tide fled swiftly after it was startled, it did not flee in any path out of fright. It was fleeing towards its companions that had just abducted almost a thousand hosts. The 'firecrackers' possessed strong animal collective behavior. Once they noticed the approaching danger, they immediately gathered with the bugs that had just 'recognized its master' in order to protect its companions that were engaged in the assimilation process. Under Tutatunte's guidance, Wen Leyang rushed all the way to this spot.

Wen Leyang was startled again. He clenched his teeth in fear as he glared at his surroundings, "So this nearby region…is infested with thousands of 'firecrackers' without masters?! They…how is it that they are not pouncing onto us?" The sky had just brightened outside. However, when they arrived at this spot it was still nighttime. How could the bugs not pounce on them?

The white-robed youth's face was glowing with pride, "Of course it is because of us! Before the both of you arrived here, our family's brothers and sisters had already rushed over to this spot. We exerted laborious efforts but finally managed to pacify the bugs, however… that group of Tibetan people still refused to give up!" As he was saying that, his face was filled with cruelty but the gaze that he used to look at Wen Leyang was filled with slight expectation.

The Hua family's people managed to rush over in time. They succeeded in controlling the large batch of firecrackers. However, the dozens of Tibetan people appeared at the same time. They dived under the ice fissure in an attempt to break the Hua family's shackles on the bugs. At that moment, Wen Leyang arrived at this spot. Tutatunte was bustling about up and down and finally dove head first into the wasp's nest, drawing out the Tibetan people. Guo Huan launched his Demon Body Breaking spell twice, instructing the Yin's Error and Yang's Mistake to launch its great martial prowess and annihilated all the Tibetan people at one stroke.

The Hua family disciples finally understood that Wen Leyang and the Tibetan people were not the birds of a feather. The white-robed youth encountered Wen Leyang on two occasions. Every time they met the situation was filled with hostility. It was also because of that, the white-robed youth's appearance would mean that they were most earnest and sincere. That was why he appeared now.

The white-robed youth finally finished telling about the course of events that took place. He exhaled a long breath, "It was not wild talks and lies when I told you earlier that I could deal with you. If I wanted to harm you earlier, I would only need to unlock the magic spell and release the thousands of bugs. Even if you had three heads and six arms, you would not be able to run out of here alive." As he was saying that, the white-robed youth suddenly remembered 'You've Got Me'. He hastily stretched out his hand and pointed towards Wen Leyang's chest, his tone of speaking was filled with solemnness, "Be sure to keep your eyes on that fire element bug of yours. The water and fire element inter-restricts one another. If it was released, it would easily stimulate the 'firecracker's' temper, such that the 'firecrackers' can truly struggle free from our magic spell…"

The white-robed youth suddenly laughed, "Actually it is fine as well. At the worst, consider it as a bargain for yourself. The embodiment of the true water shall be a gift for you! You annihilated the Tibetan people earlier. That is considered a great help to us!"

Wen Leyang hastily shook his head, "Small matter, there is no need to thank me." The matter of the embodiment of true water was too incredulous. No one knew if the Hua family disciples would wait for the 'firecracker' to bore into his body and blow the whistle to draw the firecracker out…

The white-robed youth could not read Wen Leyang's narrow-mindedness. He continued, "The tribe's elders were trying to figure out a way to deal with the enemies. Those that came rushing over to suppress the bugs were the juniors that were almost the same age as me. Our supernatural power was no match for those Tibetan people. The 'firecrackers' were ineffective towards them. If it was not you who came rushing over in time, we could only run away and allow them to free the 'firecrackers' at will. Moreover…" As he was saying that, the white-robed youth pointed to the Kunlun disciples, "the odds were against these Taoist priests."

Wen Leyang stretched out a hand and rubbed onto the area between his brows that he frowned so hard it turned sore, "So the Tibetan people from the small town of Tuer was not trying to deal with your Hua family but only wanted to release the bugs?"

The white-robed youth could not judge this situation as two separate matters as well as Wen Leyang could. He sneered boldly, "Releasing the bugs, is equal to driving the Hua family to its death!"

Wen Leyang coughed. He asked the old demon in the jade knife that was filled with schemes, "Do you think the Tibetan people releasing the bugs was related to that water element treasure that they were looking for?"

Now that Guo Huan understood the sequence of events, its tone of speaking sounded pompous and pretentious, "What else can there be other than that? They are all the living dead. They will not be so fussed to travel a long distance to the great snow mountain just so they can set the 'firecrackers' free because they pity the 'firecrackers'!"

The white-robed youth interrupted out of curiosity, "What is the water element treasure?"

Without waiting for Wen Leyang to speak, Guo Huan spoke in an unpleasant tone, "What an idiotic young lad! Other than the heavenly water spirit, is there anything else that is a water element treasure?"

The white-robed youth's expression was filled with astonishment. His mouth widened as he shook his head absent-mindedly, "So you are saying that they can locate the heavenly water spirit through the 'firecrackers'? Impossible! It is true that the Hua family spent over a thousand years in breeding 'firecrackers', but we have never given up on the idea to seek the heavenly water spirit…"

Guo Huan did not wait for him to finish talking before it sneered in an icy cold manner. Its voice sounded more rigid than the hardest million-year-old glacier in the depth of the snow peak, "That is why I said all you young lads have no knowledge at all! Just depending on a great snow mountain, you think that you can grow out such strange and eccentric bugs? Call it 'firecrackers' or tadpoles, this species of legendary bugs of the utmost element is most certainly related to the heavenly water spirit!"

The white-robed youth was both surprised and joyous. He could not hold himself back as he inquired closely, "So…if I am to release the bugs now…and follow them, I would be able to find the heavenly water spirit?" His voice was initially unpleasant and hoarse. Due to his intense tone, his voice turned sharper all of a sudden, making Wen Leyang felt uneasy in his heart.

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Chapter 210: The Collision

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Guo Huan's responded uncourteously, "I do not know! Ask the Tibetan people!"

This was a crucial matter, Wen Leyang became serious as he asked the white-robed youth, "After the 'firecrackers' left your family's cave, was there a specific direction the 'firecrackers' were heading to?"

The white-robed youth shook his head, "Ever since they escaped out of the Jianggendiru Glacier, they crawled onto the snow peak along the mountain slope, then they started wandering everywhere. There was not any direction that I could speak of…will the senior please show me the right path?" His final half of the sentence was meant for Guo Huan.

Guo Huan's spoke impatiently, "Stop being noisy before the old father! It is the bugs that your own family is breeding yet you are asking me this question. Where do you find such a principle under the heavens? If I say I do not know, I mean it. Guo Huan will never lie ever since he was born!"

Wen Leyang felt goosebumps erupting all over his body as he heard Guo Huan's words.

The white-robed youth appeared rather disappointed. He sat on the same spot and became a little distracted.

Wen Leyang's injuries were mostly healed at this point. He had a rough idea of the Hua family's events. He was concerned about his companions' situation in his heart, so he looked towards the white-robed youth but did not speak. He could not help but to cough softly, "So are we just going to idle here?"

The white-robed youth was suddenly jolted back to reality by Wen Leyang's words. He dropped the matter of heavenly water spirit temporarily, "We have already suppressed the 'firecrackers'. A few of my brothers and sisters are on their way to inform the family elders. I am waiting for their arrival here to launch a magic spell together. We will first send the bugs back then we will discuss further, as for the Tibetan people…" As he was saying that, the white-robed youth looked at Wen Leyang with glimmering eyes. His voice was albeit hoarse, but his tone of speaking sounded very sincere, "We are bound by a common hatred for the same enemy. Will you please help our Hua family?"

The Hua family's effort in dealing with the Tibetan people was futile, while the white-robed youth witnessed the supernatural power launched by Wen Leyang's group of people with his own eyes. Hence, he risked his life to show himself in order to locate Wen Leyang and revealed the sequence of events to Wen Leyang with the aim to form an alliance with Wen Leyang.

The white-robed youth stopped for a moment before he complemented, "Whether it is the snow peak or the Jianggendiru Glacier, my family's disciples know the places like the back of our hands. We also possess the water element magic to protect ourselves. There is utterly no way the Tibetan people can lose their trail before us. If all of you accept my family's assistance, the effort to deal with the enemy is as easy as turning over your hand. After we are done eradicating the Tibetan people, I will plead my family elders to gift all of you the embodiment of true water! I will never die peacefully if I were to break my promise…"

Wen Leyang realized that the other party was swearing an oath. He hastily laughed and interrupted, "There is no need to swear an oath. I will still need to discuss with my companions before I can make a decision on this matter. If everything that you have told me is the truth, we will join hands with the Hua family to deal with the enemy!" As he was saying that, he saved the voice recording and pocketed the cellphone. He would still need to depend on this item to determine if the white-robed youth's words were genuine from Fei Fei.

The white-robed youth did not waste time to persuade Wen Leyang. He nodded and laughed in an extremely joyous manner. He procured a small crystal clear icicle the size of the little finger from his chest. A streak of silver-colored mist enshrouded a talisman in the icicle. "You will only need to squeeze this into pieces, I will rush over to your side. I will be waiting for your good news respectfully."

Generally, the cultivation sects or the well-known families possessed treasured weapons similar to the flying sword that delivered messages, capable of being used to communicate in a relatively small area. If Wen Leyang were to bring along this stick of icicle to Hawaii and squeezed it there, the white-robed youth would never sense anything regardless.

Wen Leyang placed the icicle cautiously into his chest pocket; of course, this treasured weapon would not be easily melted away by Wen Leyang's body temperature. He stretched out his hand and pointed to the Kunlun disciples, "They…how long before they can…"

The white-robed youth pondered for a moment, "Our people who are engaged in the cultivation of water element magic art will need one to two years' time. If these Taoist priests were hoping to attain freedom, they will need at least another three to five years."

Wen Leyang gave a forced laugh as he shook his head. This matter was beyond anyone's control. The Kunlun disciples were considered extremely lucky that were given the opportunity to stay alive. Wen Leyang could only hope that it was as mentioned by the white-robed youth that several years later they would be awakened and received the embodiment of true water! However, Wen Leyang could not tell if the embodiment of true water was a good thing or bad thing as the Kunlun Taoist priests that engaged in the cultivation of their own cultivation method.

The Poison of Life and Death circulated within Wen Leyang's body as he looked towards the densely-arranged Kunlun disciples on his two sides. He suddenly recalled something else, "Once a 'firecracker' pounce onto its host, is there a necessity for it to capture the human as well?" The first time they encountered the Kunlun disciples that were controlled on their journey, the giant pangolin was dragged into the ice wall.

"The bugs are actually helping the other bugs to capture new hosts. These 'firecrackers' are rather sensible you see." As he was speaking, the white-robed youth used his hand to lightly glide past the ice surface. The Kunlun disciples' expressions appeared as if they were enjoying the process without exception, akin to a cat that had just stretched its body.

Wen Leyang laughed, "So these bugs pounce onto its hosts then attempt to help its companions. What is its ultimate plan then? So that it could enhance its cultivation power as well?"

The white-robed youth shook his head and laughed, "How can that be. Not only the act was not helpful in enhancing its cultivation power, it will even exhaust the power of water element in itself. It is only its natural instinct as such!"

Wen Leyang burst out laughing, "These bugs should be not called the 'firecrackers', but they should be called the 'Learn from Lei Feng'!" His clear laughter echoed in between the ice walls. The puppets smiled hearing his laughter, appearing unusually ghastly.

The white-robed youth did not understand such a profound sentence. He followed along and laughed foolishly for a few times before he spoke, "I will escort you to the top!"

Wen Leyang nodded in response, "I wish to take a look at the bug tide that had been frozen into ice and then I will gather with my companions." The white-robed youth understood that the action would prove his words genuine. He nodded in an exceedingly delightful manner.

It was until this point when the crisp sound of a crack abruptly echoed from an area far away. The sound was albeit soft, it was akin to an extremely sharp razor blade, that suddenly slashed the silence in the depth of the ice sheets into pieces! Soon after, the two sides of ice walls shook in an obvious manner, every Kunlun disciple inside abruptly opened their eyes. Their gaze brought along a layer of deep panic! Tutatunte jumped up, he started squalling and jabbering, his skinny face was contorted in fear…

It only took a moment, the muffled thundering sound and layers of shaking echoed from afar as if the snow peak above them had just experienced another enormous avalanche once again!

The white-robed youth was only stunned for a moment before he reacted to the situation rapidly. He frowned as he asked loudly, "What happened!" There were many youth disciples from his Hua family that were on garrison duty around the surroundings. Everything that was happening on the surrounding was under their surveillance, even if an avalanche were to appear, it should not happen so abruptly.

A similarly hoarse voice immediately answered, "Hua Xiaosan and Hua Xiaocha have already gone out to check!"

The white-robed youth was apparently an esteemed personage amongst his fellow disciples of the same sect. His voice was heard continuously as he issued a series of instructions, "Xiaoduo Xiaoshi Xiaofeng go out and reinforce Xiaocha. Immediately inform me of what had happened. Hua Xiaodai and Hua Xiaomi come down and pacify the 'firecrackers' that are still in the process of recognizing its masters. Hua Xiaoliu and Hua Xiaozhu go over and welcome the family elders. They ought to have arrived now! The rest of the disciples form the Tibetan Buddhism mudra and protect the bug tide!"

A series of hoarse and unpleasant replies echoed in unison. A male and a female porcelain doll-like charming white-robed youths jumped out from the protruding ice wall in a flash and nodded lightly to Wen Leyang, They started drawing unsophisticated yet complicated ancient scripts continuously on the ice wall, while simultaneously pacifying the Kunlun disciples that were already slightly chaotic.

Wen Leyang squinted his eyes as he carefully spread out his water-like telegnosis ability but the area that was shaking was still too far away from here. He could not reach it.

The white-robed youth clasped his hands behind his back. His gaze was filled with solemnness yet he sounded convincing as he comforted Wen Leyang, "We will find out what happened in a while. Please be calm and do not be agitated."

Wen Leyang nodded. He pointed to the two sides of Kunlun disciples in the ice walls, "Be sure to protect them. These Taoist priests are our friends, not foes. They entered the snow peak in order to pursue and killed those Tibetan people.

The white-robed youth spoke earnestly, "Don't worry!"

Wen Leyang and the Hua family's youth disciples were feeling uneasy and insecure as they waited for the people who went to find out the situation to return. Guo Huan was not concerned at all. It was muttering to itself in the jade knife, "Hua Laogao, Hua Xiaoshi…heh, your family elders are truly very lazy! Child, what is your name then?"

The white-robed youth could tell that the jade knife was an item of powerful influence. Even though he was slightly distracted, he still he gave out a forced laugh as he answered, "Hua Xiaoyao!"

The Hua family boy that was pacifying the puppet disciples in front of the ice walls turned around and laughed, "We address him by the name of Xiaoyao Er!" Perhaps it was the Hua family's cultivation that was causing some specific injuries to the throat, these Hua family's people. Whether it was that severely injured Uncle Quan or this group of youth disciples, all of them sounded like a broken gong. They did not even sound like a whole broken gong, at best they sounded like a half a broken gong.

Wen Leyang was stunned for a moment, whether it was Xiaoyao or XiaoYao Er, these were all female names. He observed the white-robed youth before him closely once again. The white-robed youth had crystal clear complexion and was unusually charming. However he was still young his small body had yet to grow and develop, judging on his innocent appearance, it was difficult to tell his gender, Wen Leyang could not help but to laugh and asked, "Mister Hua? Or Miss Hua?"

Hua Xiaoyao had yet to speak when the shaking in their surroundings had already turned stronger and stronger. The land under the snow peak was jumping ferociously as if there was an ancient gigantic beast that was roaring and attempting to break through the soil! There were large chunks of floating ice that started collapsing and rolling down continuously from the snow peak. Tutatunte could no longer care about squalling at this point. He stood on the ground, tumbled to the left and right and finally he crawled onto the ground and dared not budge anymore.

A layer of icy-cold rage enshrouded Hua Xiaoyao's body. He glared at the Hua family disciple that was reporting the enemy's situation as he spoke in rage, "What do you mean that they came by breaking the ice? Do not panic, please explain in detail!"

That Hua family disciple gestured with his hands continuously but there was no way he could describe what really happened. Out of anxiety, his forehead was dotted with sweat beads the size of a bean.

Hua Xiaoyao realized that he did not manage to find out the situation so he frowned and changed his question, "How many Tibetan people are there?"

The Hua family disciple that who went to find out the situation hastily answered, "I do not know!"

Hua Xiaoyao howled in rage, he clenched his teeth as he shouted, "Hua Xiaoshan are you kidding me? Go out again and find…" Before he could finish his sentence, Wen Leyang suddenly scoffed, "There is no need! There are a total of eight enemies that are coming!" The enemies had already dashed into his telegnosis ability's detection at this moment!

Hua Xiaoyao was slightly stunned for a moment, his expression obviously calmed down. He knew that it was difficult to deal with the Tibetan people. However, just by depending on the dozens of Hua family disciples, it was absolutely not difficult for them to fight the eight enemies. Nevertheless, Wen Leyang's face was more rigid than iron. He stretched out his leg and drew a circle on the ground. He then walked around the circle and drew another eight long lines in the area surrounding the circle like a child that drew out a sun, "Eight people, coming in from eight directions! Moreover, every single person is coming by breaking the ice!"

Eight Tibetan people surrounded them from eight directions. Every single person was rippling with unparalleled tremendous force, just like an incisive Icebreaker with unmatched horsepower, shattering the ice sheet as thick as a hundred meters and dashed towards them at full speed!

Hua Xiaoyao finally understood what happened. He turned ghastly pale as he almost fell on the ground. One person's strength was enough to blast through the ice sheet. Even a top master cultivator became too inferior in the face of such supernatural power and even so there were eight that were approaching them! He clenched his teeth ferociously then and left behind the severely injured Uncle Quan to his fellow youth disciples. His voice sounded hoarse as he issued a command rapidly, "Everyone…retreat!" His two final words were almost squeezed out from the gaps between his teeth! There would still be other opportunities to capture the bugs after the bugs were released but there would be no way for human lives to be resurrected after death. Hua Xiaoyao's command was blameless.

These Tibetan people's purpose could not be any clearer. They were here to release the bugs once again. Not only the bug tide that was frozen into ice but also the thousands of firecrackers that were assimilating with the Kunlun disciples.

In case the ice surface was shattered, the firecrackers would escape out of the Kunlun disciples' mouths. All the Taoist priests would turn into dried corpses.

Hua Xiaoyao looked towards Wen Leyang after he issued the command, he asked softly, "How about you?"

Wen Leyang shook his head, "I will give it a try at stopping them before I discuss any further!"

Guo Huan sniggered coldly, "These eight living dead are completely different from yesterday's rubbish that were slaughtered by the Yin's Error and Yang's Mistake. It is best for you to consider thoroughly! It is difficult to tell who will win in a match of one-on-one, let alone eight at once!" Upon saying that it stopped for a moment before it hastily bided, "Do not count on my demon body breaking spell anymore, I can no longer break anymore!"

Wen Leyang burst out laughing, he inhaled a deep breath and abruptly gave out a loud roar that sounded like a muffled thunder. He selected a location then jumped up high in the air. After he jumped past every single one of the Kunlun disciples' heads, he dove head first into the thick and hard ice!

The Tibetan people encircled the area in eight directions but some were approaching faster while some were slow. The slower ones were a few kilometers away from them, while the faster ones were already a stone's throw away! Wen Leyang headed towards the enemy that was closest to him.

The white-robed youth Hua Xiaoyao gave out a long and sharp howl simultaneously. He launched the water element escape spell to follow closely behind Wen Leyang. The rest of the Hua family disciples no longer guarded the Tibetan Buddhism mudra, they were akin to a school of agile silver fishes as they shuttled through the ice walls continuously akin to ghosts. They followed right behind Wen Leyang and Xiaoyao like a swarm of bees.

One strong person could triumph against ten martial art expert. Standing before the Tibetan people who were capable of blasting through the ice sheet and dashing madly all the way, their Tibetan Buddhism Sect's mudra was as fragile as the spider web. There was not even half an ounce of effectiveness from it.

All the white-robed disciples including Hua Xiaoyao realized in astonishment that the speed that Wen Leyang exerted his strange Art of Punching to break the ice was surprisingly even faster than their Art of Water Escape!

From the bird's eye view, this stretch of snow peak's ice sheet was akin to a sudden chaos. Two streaks of snow lines that blasted through countless gigantic ice cliffs all the way were akin to two trains that were approaching head on and refused to give way to one another. The trains approached nearer and nearer in lightning speed and finally exploded with a loud bang that blasted through the heaven and the earth, colliding into one another ferociously!

The bold and unrestrained tremendous force that felt like the heaven and earth was destroyed. Every single one of the white-robed disciples was blown away by the collision ferociously in the midst of their squalling sounds. A puff of avalanche that could measure up to a raging volcano surged skywards accompanied by wild roars and shattered the snow peak's already thin sunlight all at once.

Under the collision, Wen Leyang's countless joints on his entire body were rippling with the tremendous force of the Faulty Punch. The moment it came into contact with the air, it was converted into almost a hundred heavy blows at one go. Just like a storm, that slammed into the enemy's body magnificently! While at the same time a gush of a similar strong power of countercharge echoed from the Tibetan people's body, Wen Leyang felt as if he had truly collided with a train. He swung his limbs as he squalled and was blown away.

Fortunately, the 'train' was knocked down by him as well, making the Hua family disciples that escaped into the ice sheet once again cheered in joy. Wen Leyang stood up with his facial features contorted, while the Tibetan people convulsed for a few times, then he lied on the ground unmoved.

Wen Leyang felt as if the teeth in his entire mouth were shaking. He drew in a cold breath and felt as all his teeth gaps were leaking air. He could not help but say, "Oh my goodness!"

The jade knife Guo Huan gave out a 'heh', "I cannot believe that someone still knows how to launch this form of magic spell!"

Wen Leyang chose another direction this time. He continued to collide on a grand and spectacular scale as Guo Huan explained to him in a leisurely manner, "The Nine Tripod Cauldron is forged in the Xia Dynasty for the purpose of suppressing the entire country of China. There was a sect that cultivated in ancient black magic used this as a pretext for their spell, and called the spell the 'Great Xia's Nine Tripod Cauldron'! Anyone that was cast with this spell became hard and strong and robust as the Xia's Tripod Cauldron that could suppress the heaven, but that person would not last long, when the magic spell was exhausted, the person that was cast with the spell would perish with his bones shattered as well."

Wen Leyang was so furious he was clenching and grinding his teeth. It was only then he realized that the Tibetan people were using the trick of suicide bombing with them now. He knew that there was no need to acknowledge them obviously. It would not take long before these living dead were doomed but he could not just wait and watched helplessly as the living dead came running over and blasting the Kunlun disciples into pieces…

The second puff of snow raging flame that appeared grander than the world-crushing fireworks surged into the sky accompanied by a roar. Wen Leyang slammed heavily for the second time. After the second collision, he felt as if his eyeballs had already impeded his eyelids when he was blinking his eyes…

After the first round of intense collision, Wen Leyang fell backwards for a dozen meters. After the second round of collision, Wen Leyang directly fell from the intense spot back to Tutatunte's side, startling his African brother. Tutatunte thought that Wen Leyang's cultivation of suddenly appearing and disappearing was horrible.

Two were destroyed, there were still six Tibetan people left. Two of them were in front while two were behind. They dashed towards him without a pause.

Wen Leyang did not have the time to consider whether he could defend this place or not. He was attempting to stand firmly on the ground with great efforts. Every time after Tutatunte helped him to stand up, the moment Tutatunte loosened his grip, Wen Leyang fell on the ground with limp limbs like a marionette that lost its strings. Yet, Tutatunte was still persistent as ever…there was no way Wen Leyang could even catch a breath, he could not even speak but he was pondering in his heart whether he had ever offended the African brother…

Just as Tutatunte was letting go of him for the third time, suddenly a pair of strong huge hands firmly plugged under Wen Leyang's armpits. A voice that was filled with heroic spirit laughed aloud, "Let me help you this round, you can take a short rest!" As he was saying that, he placed Wen Leyang firmly onto the ground then turned around and bided Tutatunte, "Do not pull him to stand anymore alright!"

Another voice muttered and scolded, "The lama is always full of nonsensical talks, the opponent is already here, we shall brace them side by side…separately then!" Where the voice was heard, a huge tail that was covered in scales before Wen Leyang's eyes swung, accompanied by the demonic evil energy that rolled across the heaven and the earth. A gigantic shadow dove head first into the ice sheet and braced towards a Tibetan person!

The four persons of Old Gu, Xiao Sha, Fei Fei and Ji Song had already been escorted down by the pangolin. They looked towards the thousand Kunlun Taoist priests in the ice walls with their faces filled with astonishment.

After daybreak, Rangjung and the giant pangolin had already regained most of their combat capabilities. They immediately departed and sought after Wen Leyang. Xiao Sha had already patted the mechanism of 'Mystery in Every Step' onto Wen Leyang before he left. Even though they were traveling at a slow speed during the journey, it was just the perfect opportunity for the two master cultivators to recuperate. It was only when the ice surface was shaking earlier and the eight Tibetan people dashed over, Rangjung and the giant pangolin exerted their power simultaneously. Their telegnosis ability was spread out far and wide. As the African brother was so conspicuous, he was a great position indicator, they managed to rush over just in time for the crucial moment.

Wen Leyang's experience of the heaven's thunder that crashed into the hellfire for two times was fully reflected in Rangjung and the giant pangolin's telegnosis ability. Amongst these two persons, one was a wild and unyielding great demon, while the other devoted particular care to free his heart and his character. Their heroic spirits burst out entirely for a moment, the giant pangolin swung its tail and dashed out, while the lama Rangjung suddenly turned over his hands. His thick and plump palms were abruptly plated in thick gold dust. Tthe clanking sound of iron and stones was heard in the midst of his palms' cross strikes, he shouted loudly all of a sudden, "Oṃ vajra sattva hūm…" In the midst of his raging shouts of mantra, his plump and sturdy body shattered the layers of ice walls all the way. He chose a Tibetan people and braced forward as well!

Guo Huan laughed out aloud suddenly, "Good baldy! Good pangolin! Now that is what I call a good fight! A bold fight! A heroic fight! A most decadent fight!"

All of a sudden, the lama's mantra and Po Tu's raging howl turned into the sound of loud laughter. A pack of old demons' laughter echoed outrageously within the layers of the million-year-old glacier, startling the forever desolated world of the Geladaindong Peak to death!

An explosive yet muffled collision sound exploded with a loud bang!

The unrestrained, heroic sound of laughter that despised the entire world suddenly turned into agonizing screams…the lama approached with surging heroic spirits akin to a giant eagle that spread out its wings, yet as a result, he somersaulted and rolled back from the path that was opened up himself…

The sound of curses filled with Gansu province's accent echoed from the giant pangolin's side as well!

By the time the head lama clenched his teeth and stood up once again, the giant pangolin had already completed another collision. Po Tu was rather intelligent. As the first time it crashed with its head, the second time it changed to another direction, and used its body to block against the Tibetan people who was charging forward. The third time it changed to the other half side of its body and intercepted the Tibetan people that were closest to itself…

The lama also squalled once as he launched the Tibetan Buddhism Sect's Vajrasattva's mantra once again and used his lifetime's cultivation base to summon the embodiment of Avinasitva. He dashed into the ice surface with a loud crash.

It was still the same violent sounds of collision. The sixth Tibetan people had died a violent death. The giant pangolin's scolding became even louder, "The bald lama is not a good egg, you purposely arrive one step later!"

The lama refused to give the impression of weakness as he scolded back, "Then you could have dodged…"

Under the rivalry of the tremendous force without any fancy details, it was a clear judgment whose cultivation base was more profound. The giant pangolin resisted three Tibetan people by itself and it could still curse with great difficulties. Wen Leyang almost fell apart after he crashed away two Tibetan people, while the lama's physical fighting skill was the weakest, perhaps he could still survive after colliding with one, but it was truly beyond his power to collide with two.

Eight Tibetan people, six had already collided to death. The remaining two were still running wildly and approaching from afar. These Tibetan people were akin to the iron frogs that were wound tightly. They did not understand what was fear, they only knew that their sole purpose was to surge forward.

Wen Leyang had a sturdy body. After bracing the tremendous force of the two collisions earlier, he suddenly felt as if the bones of his entire body were shattered but he was not severely injured under the protection of the Poison of Life and Death. This was purely a trial of strength, the Faulty Punch held the supremacy over the entire world! Now that he had already rested for a while, he reminded Po Tu and the lama loudly, "There are still two more of them!"

The pangolin and the lama gazed towards one another while giving each other a forced smile. If they were to clench their teeth in determination and collided the two Tibetan people into pieces, perhaps it was doable out of desperation but the two cultivators were already severely injured. Their old injuries had yet to fully heal. If they were to suffer new injuries, their next recuperation would take more than just a day and a half for a full restoration.

Po Tu continuously collided for three times, it could tell about the knack of the collision, so it spoke with slight puzzlement, "It seemed that the Tibetan people were cast with the ancient legacy spell of 'Great Xia's Nine Tripod Cauldrons'. They would never live long even if we were to disregard them…" These two cultivators did not even understand the purpose of this battle. They were only doing so because they saw that Wen Leyang crashed forward and then crashed backward. That was why they roared and charged forward as well! However, after analyzing the situation, as long as the matter was not threatening its own or Wen Leyang's life, Po Tu would not be willing to risk its life.

On the other hand, the lama did not care about this. The small town's Tibetan people were already subdued by the evil cultivator. The mission of the lama's current trip was to eradicate them and that cunning evil cultivator. He suddenly clenched his teeth, his eyes widened into the size larger than bronze bells, he shouted akin to a Tibetan Buddhism Sect's wrathful deity, "Stop wasting your time talking nonsense, let us go again!"

It was at this exact moment, a sonorous and forceful voice echoed magnificently in midair, piercing into the depth of everyone's eardrums!

"Taoism code! The bullet swords! Execute the demon!"

This slightly hoarse voice sounded like the sounds of the nature that gladdened Wen Leyang's heart and refreshed his mind. Wen Leyang was both surprised and joyous as he jumped up and roared loudly, "Liu Zheng!"

The sky above the snow peak suddenly darkened.

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Chapter 211: The True Soul

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The thousands of swords hummed in unison, sounding like a raging roar. It was unknown how many of these long swords, which did not have a shine on their blades but was penetrating with sharpness and brutality all over its blades, rushed forward and covered the sky. The swords had already raided the snow peak in a flash!

Above the snow peak, the final two Tibetans were running wildly and breaking the ice all the way. Countless humongous ice chunks were blasted and rolled everywhere.

Under the blue sky, thousands of divine swords shook in rage accompanied by the shocking hum. The swords converged into a mighty torrent of steel akin to a divine dragon, which could agitate everyone's telegnosis ability and breath easily!

Layers of light green-colored radiance circulated around the little supreme leader Liu Zheng, who was sitting cross-legged and floating three feet from the ground. His eyes were widened in rage; his pupils were muddled and rippling with the sharp color of water. There were seventy-two Taoist priests with different body shapes and sizes following behind him. They built their formation based on the astrological position of the North Star in seventy-two blessed plots as they reinforced Liu Zheng to command the Kunlun's thousands swords.

The dark cloud-like sword formation arrived in a flash. The humming sound of metal had already turned into a sharp roar of heaven's thunder. The sword formation divided into two streaks of thick and violent sword dragons under the guidance of Liu Zheng and stabbed towards the snow peak in a loud bang!

The splattered ice and the shocking blood fountain were completely annihilated by the long swords' mighty torrent!

The final two Tibetans did not even have the opportunity to scream out in agony before they were pulverized by the Kunlun Sect's exceedingly magnificent sword formation. The 'corpses' splattered everywhere, covering an area of a few kilometers in circumference.

As compared to the great battle of the Weeping Buddha on Nine Peaks Mountain and the laborious battle of the soldiers of the netherland and Ning Jiao in the Painting Town, the power of the Kunlun's Thousand Swords Greeting formation had been enhanced by many folds!

The giant pangolin and Rangjung met Wen Leyang and were about to leap forward as the human figures before their eyes swayed abruptly. The group of Kunlun Sect's master cultivators had already jumped down to the bottom of the ice fissure. Liu Zheng was about to speak when he suddenly realized that the densely-arranged people in the ice walls were the disciples of his sect. His slightly relaxed expression suddenly turned cold and stern again.

The seventy-two disciples behind Liu Zheng almost squalled in unison. They lifted their flying swords and were about to break the ice to salvage their fellow disciples. Wen Leyang hastily shouted loudly to stop them. Liu Zheng could tell that there was something peculiar about the disciples in the ice walls. His gaze was icy cold and he glared at Hua Xiaoyao, who was standing next to Wen Leyang, "Is this your sorcery's trick?"

A group of white-robed youths behind Hua Xiaoyao whistled together and abruptly vanished into the ice walls. The Kunlun disciples shouted in rage once again and their flying swords hummed. The two parties were about to attack each other really soon again.

Wen Leyang hastily jumped in between the two parties. He explained about the firecracker's temperament and the sequence of events to Liu Zheng. As he was explaining, he peered at Fei Fei once. Fei Fei was listening to the cellphone's voice recording earlier. She nodded to Wen Leyang lightly at this point, signaling that Hua Xiaoyao was telling the truth.

Wen Leyang exhaled a long breath and finally nodded to Liu Zheng solemnly, "I vouch for the Hua family. The Kunlun disciples are safe and sound."

The white-robed youth Hua Xiaoyao complemented in an icy cold tone, "They are also safe and sound in the future. It will take at least three years, at most five years. Then, I will return you these thousand Kunlun disciples with the embodiment of true water!" Upon saying that, he paused for a moment and continued, "If you do not trust me, after the matter on hand is solved, I will stay with you and you can exchange my life with the Kunlun disciples in the future!"

Both the Kunlun Sect or Wen Leyang's group entered the snow mountain with the sole purpose of looking for the Tibetans. They had no intention to make the Hua family an enemy. Even though Hua Xiaoyao, who was the youth disciples' leader, had yet to achieve mastery in his cultivation method, his courage and resourcefulness were portrayed differently from others. The formidable force of the supernatural power launched by Liu Zheng earlier was shocking. Hua Xiaoyao was afraid that the firecrackers would cause a strong enemy for the family that was why he immediately followed Wen Leyang and stated his stand for the Kunlun disciples.

"There are almost a thousand Kunlun disciples, are you alone worthy of the exchange?" Liu Zheng was initially a happy-go-lucky and warm-tempered person but after his master teacher's sect went through drastic changes, his temperament became much more desolated and tyrannical. He no longer sounded as virtuous and sincere as he was before. However, upon saying this, he no longer continued to rebuke but waved his hand and commanded the disciples behind him to retract their flying swords. He had trusted Hua Xiaoyao's words.

When Liu Zheng turned around and looked at Wen Leyang, his gaze appeared slightly warmer than before. His tone of speaking became slightly gentler, "In the ice fissure of the southern slope, we found a dozen Kunlun disciples' corpses. Was it you who buried them?"

Wen Leyang blushed and nodded dimly.

Liu Zheng possessed a rather intelligent mind. After he learned about the habits and characteristics of the 'firecrackers', he could roughly make a guess of the dozen disciples' cause of death. He shook his head slowly at Wen Leyang, "It is difficult to avoid even if I were in your place. This enmity is not related to you." As he was saying that his tone of speaking turned savage again. On his shriveled and emancipated face, countless raging wrinkles engraved in his bones and printed on his heart appeared swiftly.

It was at this point, Gu Xiaojun laughed dryly. He helped Wen Leyang to divert the topic. He pointed to Liu Zheng and the group of Kunlun elder disciples behind his back, "So all of you were not in the campsite? What happened?"

Liu Zheng smiled, the raging wrinkles on his face faded quietly…

The Kunlun Sect entered the Tanggula Mountains in order to pursue the Tibetans. A dozen of smaller troops were separated from the large battalion that was led by capable and experienced disciples. They were in charge of warning, garrison and path-finding duties. After they circled around the Tanggula Mountains for a few times, they did not manage to locate the Tibetans. Hence, they made their way until the snow peak and were exhausted.

Liu Zheng issued the command to set up a campsite and recuperate. However, there were a few smaller troops that had yet to return and had lost contact with the main troop. Liu Zheng led his disciples and cast a domineering prohibition spell over their campsite, he speculated that even if the enemies were to sneak an attack on the campsite, they could hold up for a while. After that, he left with the Kunlun seventy-two esteemed sword seniors to search for the disappeared disciples.

Liu Zheng inhaled a long and deep breath. He spoke in a lowered voice, "Before the master teacher passed away, I once promised his grand old man that I would defend the Kunlun Sect's foundation of thousands of years! Every single one of the Kunlun disciples is my life!"

There were a total of five troops that made up about almost a hundred Kunlun disciples that had disappeared. Liu Zheng only managed to locate one of the troops at the end, which was the Taoist priests that were buried underneath the ice fissure by Wen Leyang. As for the others, perhaps they were assassinated by the Tibetans, perhaps they were pounced by the bugs and had entered the depth of the ice sheet.

Wen Leyang and the rest were taking a detour to the pyramidal peak to seek for Ji Song, that was why they were on different paths with Liu Zheng and the Kunlun disciples.

At this point, Liu Zheng suddenly diverted the topic, he turned around and looked towards Wen Leyang, "Do you still remember that I have mentioned that before my master teacher and his brother passed away, the master teacher passed down his remaining life vitality force to me and the Kunlun disciples. On the other hand, the master teacher's brother Tian Hua used his body to nourish the swords. He entered the Kunlun swords with his body."

Wen Leyang and the rest did not speak but nodded.

The so-called nourishing sword, in simpler words, meant that he passed down his life vitality force to the Kunlun's thousand of swords, such that the sword formation's formidable power was enhanced vastly. Just as Liu Zheng was searching for the missing disciples' whereabouts, he suddenly sensed that the Kunlun sword formation was about to achieve successful completion.

Liu Zheng dared not take rash actions. Along with the seventy-two esteemed sword seniors, they guarded their state of mind. They held their breaths and concentrated on sensing the sword formation's life vitality. This was the miraculous part of the Kunlun's magic, which Liu Zheng did not explain specifically. After all, it was just another process of a sword formation being reborn then recognized its master. The Kunlun Mountains and the Tanggula Mountains were albeit hundreds of kilometers away, the spirit primordial energy could break through the space and was utterly not confined to the limits of distance.

When the prohibition spell was triggered on the snow peak, the group of Kunlun master cultivators meditated to feel the sword formation's life vitality. They entered a state of nirvana and did not notice the anomaly that happened on the snow peak.

It was until daybreak, the sword formation was only considered officially achieved successful completion and became even more domineering and incisive. Liu Zheng and the rest did not procrastinate. They rushed back to the campsite and discovered that something bad happened. They immediately tracked and searched all the way and finally caught up to the final two Tibetans who were cast with the magic spell 'Great Xia's Nine Tripod Cauldron'. Liu Zheng did not even consider before he launched the recently nourished sword formation. Not only he intended to slaughter the enemy, he was also trying out the formidable power of the Kunlun thousand swords that had recently arisen from nirvana.

After he explained, Liu Zheng coughed lightly for a few times, "The master teacher's brother Tian Hua sacrificed his dharma body and finally refined himself into this set of Kunlun sword formation!"

Wen Leyang heaved a sigh. He stretched out his hand and patted Liu Zheng's shoulder, "Who was the wicked person that killed two sword immortals?"

Liu Zheng's gaze lowered. He was not looking at anyone, his voice sounded slightly nonchalant and desolated, "The enmity of the Black and White Island and the Kunlun Sect will not be avenged by the others. We will do this ourselves. There is no need for you to inquire anymore!"

At this point, Fei Fei, who was brooding in silence at the side, suddenly spoke, "Was it the enlightened person Tian Yin?" Liu Zheng's expression remained rigid, no one could read his true thoughts regardless. Nevertheless, he could not escape Fei Fei's observation. Every single change in Liu Zheng's expression would be reflected on his face, which would fall into Fei Fei's eyes.

Her voice sounded icy cold yet crisp. Her determination was as sharp as a blade that could cut through metal and jade, shattering every Kunlun disciple's desolation. The little supreme leader Liu Zheng suddenly raised his head. His eyes stared straight into Fei Fei. There was no hatred, threat and even less stern murder intent in his gaze, it was only akin to the wave-less dead water that was about to freeze that was so hard it suffocated those he looked at.

Xiao Sha immediately took a step forward. He blocked his sister behind him, he was afraid the Kunlun disciples would turn violent and revolted.

Fei Fei pulled her little brother. She refused to give any impression of her weakness as she glared back at Liu Zheng, "The three enlightened persons of the Black and White Island lived solitarily and guarded the heaven. They contributed boundless charitable and pious deeds to the living creatures and the world! The three enlightened persons of Tian Shu, Tian Hua and Tian Yin are just as described! Every one of them lived up to clear conscience. If you are to hide the truth, you have just looked down on them!"

Liu Zheng's gaze jolted. The gush of lifeless determination scattered slightly.

Fei Fei paused for a moment. She sounded much more gentle this time as she spoke of an awkward-sounding sentence, "The enlightened person Tian Yin is no longer the enlightened person Tian Yin, you ought to understand this point! That malicious and tyrannical bugger you know now, he does not deserve to be addressed as Tian Yin! I am no one but a common people, I cannot be of help to you, I can only hope that all of you work together as a team," As she was saying that she stretched out her hand and pointed to the both of Wen Leyang and Liu Zheng, "and kill that bugger, only then you can calmly dream of Tian Yin's gallant soul smiles in satisfaction in the netherworld!"

It was unknown since when two rows of slightly murky tears rolled down from Liu Zheng's eyes. His Adam's apple was trembling, continuously giving out the muffled sound of clicking in his throat as if a gush of thousand-year-old sulkiness that had already spiraled and entangled around his heart was trying to struggle free from its shackles strenuously and was attempting to surge to the outside! Finally, that gush of sorrow that consumed Liu Zheng turned into a series of bitter howls that tore through metal and stone and gushed out of Liu Zheng's mouth!

The seventy-two Kunlun disciples behind him followed their supreme leader's bitter howl as they burst into loud wails together!

Every single esteemed sword seniors were older than a hundred years. Grey hair covered their heads, yet they were behaving like children that had recently lost a relative right now. They wailed and thumped on their chests and stomped their feet in deep sorrow as they cried in grievance until all that was left were themselves! Anger, hatred, heartache, sorrow. This was the most bitter and forlorn howl in the world that echoed through the entire snow peak in a flash!

Wen Leyang wiped away the moisture on the corners of his eyes. He nodded towards Fei Fei earnestly to signal that he understood that Fei Fei had already examined Liu Zheng's expression and that he understood who was the real assassin here.

Liu Zheng refused to mention this matter from the beginning to the end, he regarded this matter as the humiliation of the Black and White Island and Kunlun Sect that could never be erased.

Fei Fei's words felt as though nectar was pouring down on them and tranquilizing their souls, that softened Liu Zheng's heart! The enlightened person Tian Yin had committed mass tyranny yet it was unrelated to himself! The three sword immortals, who were the solitary heaven guardian of the Black and White Island, would forever bear four words on their face. Not to be disgraced!

The bawling and howling did not stop for a long time.

Only after a long while, the little supreme leader gradually stopped howling. Tears covered his entire face, his expression remained mournful as before but his gaze was already glowing in the long lost liveliness and exuberance. He did not wait for Wen Leyang to inquire closely and he started revealing the truth of how the two enlightened persons Tian Shu and Tian Hua were murdered.

The three sword immortals of the Black and White Island cultivated in a very special cultivation method. Their progress was always much slower than the other sects but they were granted the lifespan of thousands of years. Even though their progress was slow, they cultivated for years and years until their cultivation power was high enough to look down on the world. Two thousand years ago, they pursued the demon cat Chang Li out of rage, they gathered the master cultivators of great sects and engaged in a heaven-shocking battle with the Grand Master Tuo Xie and Chang Li. The three sword immortals were injured and they returned to the Black and White Island.

At this time, Wen Leyang gestured and interrupted Liu Zheng, "Not long after the event, our Grand Master Tuo Xie traveled a great distance to the Black and White Island. He attempted to explain the matter that involved Xiang Liu's evil soul to the enlightened person Tian Yin…"

Liu Zheng's expression was obviously astonished, "Tuo Xie once came to the Black and White Island?" Following that he gave a forced laugh and shook his head, "About this matter, the great master and his brother were uninformed of this. Otherwise, how would they spent two thousand years and exerted all their efforts in searching for Xiang Liu's evil soul! It is best for you to continue to listen to my story!"

Amongst the three enlightened persons' cultivation power, the eldest brother disciple Tian Yin was the strongest. After the violent battle two thousand years ago, they were all injured rather severely but Tian Yin was in the best condition.

After they returned to the Black and White Island, the two persons of Tian Shu and Tian Hua immediately engaged in closed-door cultivation and recuperated. Tian Yin did not seem to be injured severely, that was why he did not need to engage in closed-door cultivation.

Wen Leyang nodded, he understood that when the Grand Master Tuo Xie traveled to the Black and White Island, he arrived just in time when the other two persons were engaging in closed-door cultivation, that was why he revealed about Lue Luo and Mi Xu's doings entirely to the enlightened person Tian Yin. In addition to that, he stripped away his witchcraft power and inserted the witchcraft power into the jade talisman then passed it to the enlightened person Tian Yin and requested Tian Yin to help him in passing on the jade talisman to his disciple's descendants on behalf of himself.

The enlightened person Tian Yin was the sword immortal that was the pick of the generation. His way of conduct was naturally dependable. Moreover, these two parties were albeit tied with profound enmity, their goal at that moment was the same. They wanted to figure out every possible way to suppress the nine-headed monster. The Grand Master Tuo Xie then left the Black and White Island and disappeared without a trace. However, whatever he was doing, it was mostly related to Xiang Liu.

After a period of time, Tian Shu and Tian Hua's health was completely restored but by the time they left the closed-door cultivation, they discovered in astonishment that the enlightened person Tian Yin who was initially injured the least was already on the verge of death.

According to Tian Yin's personal statement, he suffered hidden injuries from that battle that even he failed to realize that himself, his life vitality was scattered and he was about to die from the reversed blood flow into his heart.

The little supreme leader heaved a sigh, he shook his head gently, "Actually, at that time, the master teacher uncle Tian Yin was already behaving oddly but the master teacher and the master teacher's brother did not notice that."

The rest of the two enlightened persons realized that their brother disciple was dying soon. They did not hesitate as they transferred the cultivation power from their body into Tian Yin's body, helping him to protect the life vitality that would heal his heart meridian. Following that, Tian Yin engaged in closed-door cultivation and started using the Turtle Breathing Qigong to heal his injuries.

Tian Shu and Tian Hua almost exhausted their life vitality this time. They were only completely healed after over a hundred years. They started searching for the escaped Xiang Liu's evil soul everywhere while simultaneously setting up the Kunlun Sect to help them to walk amongst the mortal world. The Kunlun Sect was albeit originated from the Black and White Island, their cultivation method was widely different from the Black and White Island's. Of course, the enlightened person Tian Shu would not train his disciples the same way he did, he could not let his disciples spend thousands of years to slowly build their foundation establishment.

At this point, Liu Zheng suddenly gestured the word 'nine' to the people behind his back. Nine of the Kunlun esteemed sword seniors behind him immediately stepped forward, they stood side by side before Wen Leyang and the rest.

Liu Zheng pointed to the nine esteemed sword seniors, he diverted the topic, "These nine persons are the brothers that suckled on the same breast and their thinking are the same…"

Wen Leyang's face was filled with astonishment for the nine Taoist priests before his eyes came in different shapes and sizes. They did not appear similar to each other at all. Let alone calling them the nine brothers, no one would believe them even if they were from nine different species.

Liu Zheng noticed Wen Leyang's puzzled expression, he gave a rarely seen laugh, "I am only giving you an example. Of course, these nine seniors are not blood brothers." The Kunlun esteemed sword seniors were the senior disciples. Even though Liu Zheng was the supreme leader, his tone of speaking was still unusually respectful toward them.

"However, if these nine persons were to collaborate and launched a magic spell that was exceedingly complicated or combined their powers to operate an extremely precise instrument, it would never be enough just by depending on their empathy to one another," Liu Zheng's words were truly baffling but no one interrupted him. Everyone listened to him attentively as he continued, "They would still need a conductor, a conductor that was capable of exercising control over the entire scene!"

Upon saying that, Wen Leyang gave out a 'whoa', his face was filled with disbelief, he hesitated as he asked, "So you are talking about…Xiang Liu!" Wen Leyang's final two words were spoken through his clenched teeth.

Liu Zheng's expression was solemn all along. He nodded earnestly, "That is right, I am talking about Xiang Liu, the nine-headed Xiang Liu!"

The giant pangolin was clearly confused from listening to Liu Zheng as if it was enshrouded in mist. It could no longer restrain itself anymore as it swung its tail in rage, "Speak straight to the point! Is it fun to talk about something in riddles?"

Everybody else did not speak. Only Guo Huan who cursed in an icy cold manner, "The idiot that is foolish to the greatest extent! You cultivated for thousands of years in vain yet you cannot even understand this. He is telling you that Xiang Liu has nine head, but ten souls!"

At the sound of a muffled thud, the pangolin's huge tail slammed onto the ground…

Even the Black and White Island's swords immortals were unaware of this. There was one evil soul in each of Xiang Liu's nine heads but no one could have expected that, inside Xiang Liu's body, there was one more soul.

Xiao Sha chuckled. His eyes were already squinted until almost disappearing, "Xiang Liu's souls are truly worthless."

Liu Zheng curled the corners of his lips slightly and gave a forced smile, "Xiang Liu had nine heads and ten souls. The nine souls are separately used to control each head, while the soul in its body is the true soul that is exercising control!"

Old Gu, Fei Fei, Wen Leyang, Rangjung and the rest stood gazing at one another. They could already make a faint guess of the enlightened person's encounter. It was most likely related to the true soul of Xiang Liu.

As expected, Liu Zheng continued to speak, "None of us would have thought that when Chang Li crushed the water element heaven's cone nail, the soul that seized the opportunity to escape out its body was more than just the evil soul in that particular head. Even the true soul had escaped!"

The escape of the evil soul in that head had caused an unknown amount of disturbances in the past two thousand years. Xiang Liu's true soul that was obviously stronger also emerged. Wen Leyang's face flushed scarlet out of embarrassment. It was all because of his Grand Master Chang Li who did something at the spur of a moment, that resulted in all these events!

Liu Zheng's eyes squinted in a manner that was not easily noticed as if he had seen through Wen Leyang's thoughts. He spoke dully, "How many innocent lives had been involved due to the malicious disturbances that occurred in the past two thousand years. The Kunlun Sect would seek justice from the fairy maiden Chang Li sooner or later."

Wen Leyang's heart was suffocating with discomfort as he looked around at the Kunlun Sect, the jade knife Guo Huan, Po Tu's Qilian Immortal Sect, the obscure cultivator Hua family before his eyes. The Eyang Sect of the Five Blessings, the demon sects that were exterminated two thousand years ago, even their three families of Wen, Miao, Luo, everyone's misfortune, which followed along a sharp noise that was heard two thousand years ago, befell on them when the heaven's cone nail was crushed! The vision that suddenly floated before his eyes was of the first time he met Chang Li on the Zhanyan Peak back then, the way she smiled sweetly when she said, "If you want to charge, you must charge with a disaster!"

Due to the spur of a moment, malicious disturbances happened in the world!

Fei Fei noticed that Wen Leyang's expression. She stretched out her cold little hands, and lightly massaged his temples for a few times.

The head lama Rangjung was also aware of the process of the events, he suddenly spoke to Wen Leyang, "Free your heart and free your character. There is no need to be concerned about so many things!"

Wen Leyang was jolted awake, he frowned as he pondered attentively. Then, he suddenly spoke and burst out laughing, "The grand master came forward for Chang Li, he had already borne the matter. The descendants of Tuo Xie should naturally follow the grand master's lead! When all the masters look for the Grand Master Chang Li for revenge in the future, you will still need to overcome me first!"

The head lama Rangjung gave out an 'oh' that was filled with astonishment. His eyes widened into the size larger than bronze bells, as he looked towards Wen Leyang, "The lama did not mean that…what the lama meant to say was the past and the history is unrelated to you…"

Ever since Wen Leyang continuously learned about the terrible disasters that were caused by Chang Li two thousand years ago and all types of disturbances that came along with that, there was always a knot in his heart. There were truly too many innocent lives that were involved. Many of his close comrades by his side were actually deadly enemies of Tuo Xie and Chang Li…he could finally see the light at this moment, what was the thousands years' enmity, who was right and who was wrong… He patted on his shoulders loudly. He had decided to bear the resentment and let things be.

The people with the surname Wen had always helped their relatives but never helped the cause!

Wen Leyang continued to laugh aloud. He was like a small man entrusted with greatness that was beaming with joy, "Whether all of you are refining in cultivation or refining in treasured weapons, no one is stopping all of you. If you think that you have the ability to seek revenge, come and kill the Wen family first before facing my family's Grand Master Chang Li. By the time Xiang Liu's matter is solved, all of you that come looking for me and have a drink with me, remember to bring along some scrumptious dishes. Those that intend to seek revenge, do not forget to bring your knives. Everyone is welcomed!"

The Hua family's white-robed disciples had already bored out of the ice walls by now and were gathering around Hua Xiaoyao. They did not know about the past, so they did not understand what was going on. A group of master cultivators that were still bound by a common hatred for the enemy earlier discussed and somehow turned into the discussion of drinking and revenge. The white-robed disciples looked at Hua Xiaoyao strenuously, trying to understand the situation. They wanted to know once they started fighting, whose side should the Hua family help.

Tutatunte did not understand Mandarin but he could sense the gradually thickening heat, which was leading up to a fight. He jumped up and stood behind Wen Leyang and bared his teeth loyally towards a group of Kunlun disciples.

Liu Zheng was red with rage. He stared at Wen Leyang coldly for a long while. On his face that was already indescribably thin and pallid, a sincere smile that could only be derived from his moral nature bloomed. Even though the smile was not accompanied by laughter, his sonorous tone of speaking gave full expression to his heroic mannerism, "Very well, when the matter of nine-headed Xiang Liu is solved, Liu Zheng will come looking for you to have a drink and revenge!"

Po Tu slammed its huge tail. It was laughing aloud as well, "Our Qilian Immortal Sect will have a drink first, then…then discuss later!" The moment it thought of the agony of being plucked off its entire body's scales, its heroic spirit that had just surged from its great toes directly to its skull, bored back into his bone gaps and hid.

Wen Leyang and Liu Zheng gazed at one another and laughed. Their top priority at the moment was to execute the evil cultivator, to suppress Xiang Liu once again. As for the future matters, whether it was the act of having a drink or revenge, they were too lazy to care about it now!

Within the two young men's laughter, Guo Huan's rigid voice echoed back and forth in between the ice walls, "Do not forget that the person who shattered the heaven's cone nail, included me, the mountain ghost's portion of power! What an honor for Guo Huan to have the ability to cause this unprecedented calamity."

What an honor to have the ability to cause an unprecedented calamity!

The ability to become the world's enemy, just for the passion of a man and a woman's love; Coldly neglecting every single person in the world, just to warm the woman in his heart. That was Tuo Xie's real temperament!

The ability to bear patiently for two thousand years just for an entrustment that tore their time and age into pieces. That was the heroic spirit of the two marvels Lue Luo and Mi Xu!

Heroic spirit, real temperament, honor, Chang Li, Tuo Xie, Lue Luo, Mi Xu, the four persons each gave a slap, slapping the world with thousands of years of malicious disturbances!

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Chapter 212: The Possession

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The sound of laughter and squalling overlapped, continuously echoed in between the ice walls. A white-robed youth lightly poked his leader, "Xiaoyao, what are they so happy about?"

Hua Xiaoyao stared in bewilderment at Wen Leyang, Liu Zheng, the giant pangolin and the others. He muttered to himself, "They are all f*cking crazy!"

The laughter suddenly vanished. They turned around abruptly. Their gloomy and ghastly gaze stared straight at the white-robed youth!

Hua Xiaoyao's heart thudded loudly. His gaze was distracted as he backed away for two steps. Just as he was about to give a forced laugh and explain, the group of madmen started laughing wildly and loudly again. They stretched out their hands and pointed at him. They laughed so hard their tears were splattering. They laughed so hard that their saliva was flowing; they laughed so hard they were tumbling to the right and left as if they were watching the most interesting event in the world.

Tutatunte did not understand the reason. He stretched out his hand and pointed to the white-robed youth and followed Wen Leyang as he giggled foolishly.

Xiao Sha elbowed Fei Fei and asked softly, "What is going on with them?"

Fei Fei surprisingly heaved a sigh in the midst of her smile. She said something baffling, "Let them laugh, they have been suppressing themselves for too long. Their laughter is like crying…"

After a long while, their laughter stopped. After the wild laugh, everyone's face was filled with lethargy.

Wen Leyang made a hand gesture towards Liu Zheng, "Continue, tell us about Xiang Liu's nine heads and ten souls. When the heaven's cone nail was crushed, the true soul that had escaped as well…"

Liu Zheng dried the tears in the corners of his eyes from the laughter, he continued to tell the story.

Chang Li, Guo Huan and the solitary heaven guardian's sword immortals they fought into a ball of mess in the Black and White Island. The three enlightened persons of the Tian generation thought that Guo Huan and Chang Li were accomplices in the beginning. Needless to say, the battle was chaotic. The evil soul within the snake's head seized the opportunity during the chaos to flee the Black and White Island and finally escaped to the mortal world and seized San Wei's body from the Eyang Sect. On the other hand, the true soul did not seize the opportunity to run away in the chaos but hid within the enlightened person Tian Yin's body secretly and soundlessly.

Of course, this true soul was no creature of the mortal world. Even the enlightened person Tian Yin did not notice it.

Guo Huan was one of the main characters in the chaos of Black and White Island. When it heard of this part of the story, it could not help but tgive out a 'heh', "I did not expect that the primitive monster's true soul was by my side, the old father is lucky not to be possessed by the soul!"

Liu Zheng shook his head, "Xiang Liu's true soul fled in order to save its true body. Naturally, it would need to possess someone that was beyond familiar to the Black and White Island, for example, the three sword immortals' bodies that were permanently residing there. Even if you and Chang Li were brutal and tyrannical in your demon power, it would never choose you. Amongst the three of them, the master teacher uncle Tian Yin had the most profound cultivation base, that was why the true soul secretly bore into his grand old man's body."

At this point, Fei Fei suddenly interrupted, "Hold on, there is one more thing that I do not understand. These matters were the mysteries of two thousand years ago, I am certain that the two enlightened persons Tian Shu and Tian Hua were unaware of the situation. How did you find out then? After Xiang Liu's true soul took control of the immortal senior Tian Yin, did he sit down and tell you everything?"

Being meticulous, Fei Fei could tell that Liu Zheng was speaking the truth. However, theoretically speaking, before the successful hunt of Xiang Liu's true soul, there was no way the others could find out about these matters. Hence, she questioned Liu Zheng.

Liu Zheng continued to shake his head, "I will explain later when I tell you about the part where my esteemed master teacher and master teacher's brother were killed. If I were to talk about that now, it will only create more queries."

Wen Leyang seized the opportunity and hastily inquired, "If the true soul attached itself to the enlightened person Tian Yin's body so that he could look for the opportunity to crush the other heaven's cone nails, Xiang Liu should have been able to escape. Why did it wait for such a long period of time of two thousand years?"

The puzzlement caused by being pestered beyond endurance appeared on Liu Zheng's face. First, it was Fei Fei's shocking words right to his face, then it was Wen Leyang who laughed wildly to vent the frustration in his heart. The frost that had recently frozen Liu Zheng's face had already melted away. His expression gradually turned normal, "Xiang Liu's true soul did not know that the three seniors received the entrustment to protect the great formation of heaven's cone nails. Their bodies were laid with a seal, such that no matter how much they exerted their powers, they would never cause any harm to the great formation! In the eyes of the Black and White Island, the three of them were like the air, yet in the eyes of an outside enemy, they were the divine swords that executed the demon."

Wen Leyang was suddenly enlightened. It turned out the three sword immortals from the Tian generation had no way they could destroy a grass or a tree on the Black and White Island.

Liu Zheng seemed to be afraid that Wen Leyang might ask again. As Wen Leyang lowered his head to ponder, Liu Zheng hastily spoke faster and continued the story.

After the three sword immortals attack, Guo Hua squalled as he fought and explained while Chang Li continuously attempted to disturb their vision and hearing on the side. Xiang Liu's true soul understood that these two demons would not stay long on the Black and White Island, which was why it chose Tian Yin.

However, Tian Yin's cultivation base was rather remarkable. His primordial soul was under the secure protection of his life vitality. If Xiang Liu's true soul were to completely exercise control over his body, it would still need to go through a process. If the true soul were to revolt immediately, the other two enlightened persons would certainly notice. That was why even after the three enlightened persons chased Chang Li from the Black and White Island until the violent battle with Tuo Xie and returned to the Black and White Island again, the enlightened person Tian Yin was still himself. Xiang Liu's true soul was only lurking in his body secretly and did not make any move then.

It was until after they returned to the Black and White Island, when the two sword immortals Tian Shu and Tian Hua were engaged in closed-door cultivation to recuperate their injuries, the true soul seized the opportunity to launch its attack and seized Tian Yin's body!

"When your family's Grand Master Tuo Xie rushed over to the Black and White Island to explain to us about pursuing and killing the evil soul, if the timing was properly calculated, Tian Yin had already turned into Xiang Liu's true soul. That was why no one knew anything about Tuo Xie's visit to the Black and White Island," Liu Zheng paused for a moment before continuing, "Only the true soul knew about Tuo Xie's whereabouts."

Wen Leyang nodded, "You mentioned about the three sword immortals earlier…"

Before he could finish his sentence, Liu Zheng, who was startled, hastily waved his hands to stop Wen Leyang, "Big brother Wen, will you please at least wait for me to finish the story before you ask any more questions!"

Wen Leyang burst out laughing, "Big brother Wen is the name used to address my family's first uncle!" As he was saying that he made the hand gesture of 'please continue' to Liu Zheng and no longer asked any further questions.

Even though one of the heaven's cone nails was crushed, its magic power still existed. The heaven's cone nail was capable of suppressing Xiang Liu for a period of time. Similarly, it was also because the great formation's survival, Xiang Liu's true soul had fled. Before the rest of the eight heaven's cone nails were completely shattered, before Xiang Liu's flesh body was freed, there was no way the true soul could bore back into the body.

After Xiang Liu's true soul took possession of the enlightened person Tian Yin's body, it had only realized that its calculations based on wishful thinking did not fall through. Tian Yin's body was utterly useless in causing any damage on the Black and White Island. Xiang Liu's true soul was pinned down by the heaven's cone nail for many millenniums and megaannums, it was extremely weak and fragile. When it forcefully occupied Tian Yin's body once again, its primordial vitality was even more gravely injured, it was temporarily too weak to search for a new host.

When the two enlightened persons of Tian Shu and Tian Hua left the closed-door cultivation, Xiang Liu's true soul did not attack or kill them but it was deliberately counting on seizing the two persons' vitality power before it killed them, only then it pretended to be severely injured. The other two sword immortals did not expect the scheme, they exerted their lifetime's cultivation base in order to save their brother disciple. Xiang Liu's true soul was supposed to already prevail its trickery, yet as a result, it did not expect that its scheme was inferior to those made by heaven, its plan failed again…

The three sword immortals' cultivation method was passed down from one direct line of succession. They could inject their powers to one another. Moreover, there was one more special feature about their cultivation, which was the life vitality that was injected into the body would first pass through the primordial spirit. Xiang Liu's true soul could not be completely swallowed by Tian Yin's primordial spirit at the time. It was true that it tricked Tian Shu and Tian Hua into giving it their life vitality force but as a result, it helped Tian Yin's primordial soul that had just been suppressed earlier to grow stronger. He almost managed to seize back his body.

This form of unseen battle was equal to the spiritual power from the same source but was used by different souls in a chaotic fight.

Xiang Liu's true soul seized the opportunity when the other two persons had yet to discover the truth and hastily forced the body into engaging in closed-door cultivation. From then on, it went into reclusion in the Black and White Island for the period of two thousand years. Ever since then, the two enlightened persons Tian Shu and Tian Hua never see Tian Yin.

"The initial plan of Xiang Liu's true soul was to attach itself to Tian Yin's body and destroy the remaining heaven's cone nail while releasing its flesh body. Then, it would flee back to its original body, this way it could spare a lot of its strength and effort." At this point, Liu Zheng suddenly laughed. "This true soul was the leader of the rest of the nine souls, it was as intelligent as the heaven. The true soul did not expect that its seemingly clever doings turned out to be a foolish one instead."

The enlightened person Tian Yin's body could not cause any harm towards the great formation of heaven's cone nails. The true soul watched helplessly as the chains that were binding its flesh body was well within its reach yet it had no way to reach it. It wanted to return but it could not. While one of the nine evil souls escaped, the remaining eight souls acted on its free will. Without the true soul's control, the act of struggling produced half the results with double the effort, that was why it took two thousand years, the remaining eight heaven's cone nails were albeit shaky and unsteady, the nails were still suppressing the true body of the nine-headed monster.

If the true soul did not act on the strength of its own imagined cleverness and were to stay in its flesh body and conducted the rest of the eight evil souls to cooperate effectively, it was afraid that Xiang Liu would have already returned to the mortal world a few hundred years ago.

Not only that, the process of the true soul controlling the enlightened person Tian Yin's body was apparently full of twist and turns. The enlightened person Tian Yin's cultivation base of refining his soul to nourish his energy was extremely profound. In addition to his two junior brother disciples' unintentional assistance, he would not be so easily subdued.

The enlightened person Tian Yin's body was inhabited by two souls, one was a primitive great demon that was created at the same time as the heaven, while the other was the sword immortal of the generation with profound cultivation base. Even though Xiang Liu gradually occupied the absolute advantage point in the battle, Tian Yin depended on its 'home advantage' to hide and conceal himself. His power gradually grew weaker but he was not completely swallowed by Xiang Liu's true soul. Every once in a while, Tian Yin would jump out to create disturbances, just like a sting that was pricked into the lion's paw, he was piteously minute but his effect was enormous.

This was also the reason why Xiang Liu's true soul had no way to make trouble in the past two thousand years.

When Fei Fei heard of this, her expression was stunned, "So you are saying that the enlightened person Tian Yin is still alive?!"

Liu Zheng did not acknowledge Fei Fei's question but he diverted away from the climax of the conversation and refocused the topic back to the recent incident, "In order to pursue that escaped Xiang Liu's evil soul, the master teacher and the master teacher's brother Tian Hua were injured in Shanghai…"

Wen Leyang could not help but nod, he had already known the entire course of how the two enlightened persons were wounded. They were injured in the hands of their Tuo Xie's descendants.

Tian Shu and Tian Hua were severely injured, by the time the enlightened person Tian Hua regained consciousness, the both of them returned to the Black and White Island to recuperate. What was unexpected to the both of them was, their 'senior brother disciple' that was engaged in closed-door cultivation for two thousand years had surprisingly come out. What surprised them even more, their senior brother disciple launched a sudden attack on them viciously, he completely severed their chance of revival at one strike!

Even though Tian Shu and Tian Hua were suffering from fatal injuries, their cultivation base instinctively counterattacked on the verge of death and struck Tian Yin.

The three sword immortals of Black and White Island originated from the same source. Their cultivation method had a special feature, the two junior brother disciples' counterattack helped Tian Yin's soul to become stronger. Tian Yin and Xiang Liu were inhabiting in one body but Tian Yin was completely aware of the events. He turned mad from extreme rage, in addition to the help of his two junior brother disciples' life vitality force, he released his life vitality force entirely and surprisingly pinned down Xiang Liu.

For a short period of time, Tian Yin's body returned to its real master's control.

The enlightened person Tian Shu and Tian Hua were severely injured and it was certain that they would die but because of their profound cultivation base, they managed to hold on for a little while longer. The three solitary heaven guardian Sword Immortals of the Black and White Island finally reunited again after two thousand years, yet it was the last time they saw each other after they parted in life and would soon be separated by death!

The enlightened person Tian Yin utilized the time he had to explain the rough idea of the course of events.

Both Tian Shu and Tian Hua dragged along their remaining bodies and escaped the Black and White Island. They passed down the truth to the little supreme leader Liu Zheng. Then, one of them passed down his power to the disciples of his sect, while the other was buried in death and used his spirit to nourish the swords.

As Tian Yin's primordial spirit released its spirit primordial energy, his soul was dispersed not long after his two junior brother disciples returned to the Kunlun Mountains and his body was entirely seized by Xiang Liu's true soul as well. Due to pressing times for the three enlightened persons of the Black and White Island, Tian Yin did not manage to mention that Tuo Xie once came to the Black and White Island.

Wen Leyang felt very oppressed upon hearing that. He suddenly squalled and somersaulted as he stood up and punched heavily into the ground. Huge chunks of crystal ores were shattered and rolled around. A few firecrackers bored out of the white-robed youths' sleeves joyously. The firecrackers grasped onto the ore and started chewing happily, 'You've Got Me' was much more sensible this time, it did not move nor ululated, pretending that it was not around…

In order to prevent Tian Yin's primordial spirit from counterattacking, even though Xiang Liu managed to exercise control over Tian Yin's body for the past two thousand years, it dared not oppose the master cultivators all along, it was even more afraid to harm the two enlightened persons Tian Shu and Tian Hua. Hence, it seized the opportunity when the both of them were severely injured this time to launch an attack, even so Tian Yin still managed to take control of his body temporarily.

Master Rangjung chanted a phrase of unknown Tibetan Buddhism Sect's mantra softly that seemed to be some form of incantation used for releasing the gallant soul from purgatory upon one's peaceful passing. After he was done chanting, he heaved a sigh and spoke, "When Sir Tuo Xie first arrived at the island, if he were to meet the enlightened person Tian Shu or Tian Hua, the both of them would never be killed."

Wen Leyang was feeling rather uncomfortable initially for Tian Shu and Tian Hua were both injured in the hands of the both of Hanba and demon cat. If they were never injured, the true soul would never dare to launch an attack that added to their injuries, but the head lama's words immediately enlightened him. When Tuo Xie visited the Black and White Island, his sole purpose was to clarify the situation with the two brother disciples in restoring the great formation of heaven's cone nails and trapping Xiang Liu's evil soul.

If Tian Shu and Tian Hua were aware of Tuo Xie's plan, then they would not be fighting with the zombie or demon cat, naturally, they would not be injured, or even killed.

However, in the final analysis of the matter, it was still caused by Chang Li who crushed the heaven's cone nail, the descendant of Tuo Xie's sect could never justify that and did not plan to justify. If the group were to be alive after they dealt with the nine-headed monster, they could set the past enmity in order later on!

The little supreme leader Liu Zheng was finally done telling the course of events, this was not an overly complicated matter, it was only due to the involvement of Black and White Island's cultivation method and some unknown abstract concept of the true soul. It sounded slightly ambiguous but if one were to put it in simpler words, there was only a phrase in reality, the enlightened person Tian Yin's body was possessed by Xiang Liu and he killed both Tian Shu and Tian Hua.

A smile filled with kindness was hanging on Fei Fei's face, "I do not understand. It was truly admirable that the enlightened person Tian Yin had been fighting laboriously with Xiang Liu for the past two thousand years, but why are you…why are you constantly haunted by a gush of shameful intent?"

Liu Zheng shook his head and gave a forced laugh, "My family's senior was supposed to be the people in charge of suppressing and guarding Xiang Liu but in the end, he was possessed by the evil soul, this shame…heh! Liu Zheng's field of vision is too narrow!"

Fei Fei nodded and laughed, "The three immortal seniors stood upright on their two legs between heaven and earth, the Black and White Island's descendants are not allowed to belittle themselves."

If a common person were to tell the world's largest cultivation sect that they were not allowed to belittle themselves, anyone would laugh their teeth off at the thought of it but Liu Zheng nodded his head strenuously.

When Liu Zheng was mentioning about his master teacher's enmity, he was still filled with hatred as before but his solemnness had already started to feel livelier and started to feel aspired. It no longer felt like the horror of despair out of extreme disappointment.

Fei Fei still had questions to ask but she hesitated. She pondered for a moment before she continued, "There is something I am not sure if I should…"

"Ask away, it is alright!" Liu Zheng's voice sounded fair and loud, penetrating with thriving vitality.

Fei Fei seemed to be thinking how to phrase her question. After a while, she finally chose the most straightforward and most hurtful but also the most understandable words, "Please do not blame me for offending you! Once the enlightened person Tian Yin temporarily regained control of his own body, why did he not kill himself? I am saying that, killing his own body!"

Wen Leyang hastily stretched out his hand and pulled Fei Fei to his back, he was afraid Liu Zheng might jump up and tear her into pieces.

Liu Zheng's eyes widened for a moment, he first took a look at Fei Fei, then he shot his glare onto Wen Leyang's face in the end, "Are you bearing for this little girl as well?"

Could Wen Leyang say that he did not care? He could only give a forced smile as he nodded.

Liu Zheng clenched his teeth and nodded, "Very well! Even though her crime is not punishable by death, I will still need to hit you!"

Wen Leyang laughed aloud as he answered, "Very well, anyhow I am used to being hit, you can come looking for me anytime you feel like hitting me! I was also thinking to ask that question earlier, it is best for you to consider that it was me who asked that question!"

Since it was difficult for Tian Yin to avoid the predestined fate of dispersed soul in the end, why did he not seize the opportunity when he was in control of his body, to straightforwardly killed himself and destroyed his dharma body? It was still better than being occupied by the true soul into committing evil.

Liu Zheng's eyes swept past Wen Leyang from head to toe, he seemed to be considering which part of Wen Leyang's body should he hit, "The master teacher uncle's primordial spirit was already exhausted back then, he did not have the strength to destroy his own dharma body."

Wen Leyang suddenly felt that he was the loser in this deal, it was very unworthy for him to be hit. Looking at the giant pangolin and the head lama Rangjung's malicious smiles, he had already understood that this question was only significant for those who did not understand about cultivation method.

Master Rangjung's question was obviously more professional than Wen Leyang, Fei Fei and the rest, "If the head priest Tian Yin's dharma body was destroyed, then what would happen to Xiang Liu's true…that bugger?"

The situation right now had already shifted from the narration of the past to how to deal with the 'bugger', everyone was holding back their stomach full of questions.

Liu Zheng shook his head in an extremely straightforward manner, "I do not know!"

Rangjung frowned as he continued to ask Liu Zheng, "Does the Black and White Island know of a method to refine this true…bugger?"

"No!" Liu Zheng's expression clearly stated that the lama's questions were very foolish. The three sword immortals of the Black and White Island had utterly no idea that the nine-headed Xiang Liu possessed another true soul, they knew even less of how to deal with it.

The giant pangolin chuckled, "What is the f*cking purpose to consider so much!" As it was saying that it used its tail to slap on Wen Leyang, "Please request your family's grand master Chang Li and Fifth Brother Hanba to launch the attack and first deal with the enlightened person Tian Yin's dharma body before we discuss any further…" It was halfway through its speech when it suddenly stopped speaking. Moments later, it was suddenly enlightened, "No! If the bugger were to take fancy on Chang Li's cultivation base then it will be an even bigger trouble when it bore into her body!"

If Xiang Liu's true soul could enter and exit a body at its pleasure, then who was still capable of dealing with it. It was afraid when it failed to defeat 'Tian Yin', not that there was no other person more incisive than Tian Yin, but if it were to bore into another person's body then… the moment Wen Leyang thought of the possibility of Chang Li being possessed by the true soul, his mind was so chaotic and confused he felt as if he was fainting.

Fortunately, Liu Zheng finally laughed and spoke slightly comforting words, "On the contrary, it is not as dramatic as you described, the bugger and my family's master teacher uncle struggled for two thousand years. It had already fused with the master teacher uncle's power of dharma body as one before the dharma body was shattered, there was no way its primordial spirit could leave the body. Only by destroying the master teacher uncle's dharma body, that bugger could flee out of the body, perhaps it would still look for somebody else to possess. However… this bugger's soul power was rather profound, it could implode at any time, such that its primordial spirit could break away from the dharma body.

Po Tu pondered on Liu Zheng's statement. It finally understood, the fine scales of his entire face were twisted along with its brows, "After Tian Yin's dharma body is shattered, then Xiang Liu's true soul will come out and look for another person to possess again? All of you have no other method to deal or refine this true soul of Xiang Liu?" Upon saying that, it watched as Liu Zheng nodded strenuously, Po Tu continued to scold in rage out of exasperation, "In this case, who can do anything to that bugger! If Tian Yin's dharma body is shattered, it will attach itself to you or my body, then we can only watch as our primordial spirit is destroyed by it and our flesh bodies being used as its puppet?"

Liu Zheng nodded and spoke with righteousness, "Liu Zheng may be unworthy but he will never let his master teacher uncle's dharma body be defiled by that bugger!"

Now that everyone was discussing a series of professional issues like the primordial spirit, vitality power, dharma body and et cetera, Wen Leyang had to use all his brain cells before he could catch up to the group's discussion desperately.

The head lama Rangjung muttered to himself for a while then he continued Liu Zheng's topic slowly, "If that is the case, our effort in figuring out a way to destroy the enlightened person Tian Yin's dharma body can be a good deed actually, no matter whose body that bugger attached itself to as long as the person is not Chang Li or Hanba, as compared to it occupying the immortal senior Tian Yin's body, it is still less dangerous."

The enlightened person Tian Yin's dharma body had profound cultivation base, the power was exceedingly strong, if Tian Yin's body was used to commit evildoings and sins then it would certainly cause a terrible disaster in the mortal world. Even though the true soul had no way to utilize this dharma body into destroying the great formation of the Black and White Island, it could still use the body to execute its scheme, such that it could adopt another method to nourish Xiang Liu or destroy the Black and White Island's prohibition spell. By the time Xiang Liu's true body was returned to the mortal world once again, the true soul would only need to destroy Tian Yin's dharma body then it could bore back into its original body.

If Tian Yin's dharma body was shattered, as long as the true soul did not possess the body of unparalleled demon immortal like Chang Li or Guo Huan, no matter whose body it occupied once again, the danger would be greatly reduced.

At this moment, the jade knife Guo Huan that had not been speaking much all along suddenly scoffed in an icy cold manner, "After all that is said, everything is still nonsense! The old father wishes to ask all of you, if you were to request for the master cultivators like Chang Li or Hanba to come forward and deal with this bugger, you are only afraid that the moment the bugger meets them it will immediately explode its dharma body and then attached its soul to their bodies, right?"

Everyone nodded, Wen Leyang complemented, "That is why in the matter of dealing with the bugger, we can never request for them to launch an attack, otherwise we will help the bugger to achieve its aim instead, we can only figure out a way ourselves to look for the bugger and destroy the enlightened person Tian Yin's dharma body first before we discuss further!"

Guo Huan burst out laughing. Its voice was filled with contempt, "Then the old father asks you again, if Chang Li or Hanba does not launch an attack, how are all of you going to deal with the bugger that is possessing Tian Yin's dharma body?"

The issue that Wen Leyang and the rest were discussing was akin to a few criminals that were planning on how to beat up the supreme leader of the Wudang Sect. They did not consider that they could not even defeat the other subsidiary Wudang disciples, needless to think about beating the daylight out of the supreme leader.

Liu Zheng laughed with a preconceived idea in his heart, he had only spoken of the three words of 'Kunlun Sword Formation' when he was mercilessly interrupted by Guo Huan, "Bullshit! Just by depending on your thousand swords' power, you cannot even deal with Tian Yin's dharma body!"

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Chapter 213: Water Escape

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Liu Zheng was astonished. He looked at the jade knife with a stunned expression, "My master had told me before his passing that the thousand swords of the sword grave and my uncle's primordial soul complement each other. He could increase the power of the sword formation tremendously. When the sword formation is successfully cultivated, even he could not stop it during his prime."

The power of the sword formation just now was already out of Wen Leyang's speculations. He could not tell how much power was contained in it. The only thing he was sure of was that even with his steel tendons and iron bones, he could only run in front of the Kunlun Sword Dragon.

"Also, among the three master seniors, although uncle's cultivation base was the most profound, it was only slightly better than the other two. The sword formation, which his master could not stop, he might not be able to stop it either. Besides, there's me and the seventy-two esteemed sword seniors, even if he risked our lives, we must…" Liu Zheng continued to explain. Black and White Island was hit with a sudden disaster, Liu Zheng had momentarily lost his sanity, his mind was engrossed in revenge. He had chased all the way to Tanggula Mountains even before the sword formation was cultivated, he had not given the problem of prowess any thoughts. After he had calmed himself down and the sword formation was cultivated, it was his best reliance to face the true soul and destroy his uncle's dharmakaya.

He knew that Guo Huan was an outstanding great demon. Although he was now in shackles, his outlook on things would not be mistaken. However, he still explained with dissatisfaction.

Guo Huan's rigid voice mercilessly crushed Liu Zheng's hopes into pieces, "I do not need you to tell me about the magical powers of Black and White Island's three enlightened persons! You have said it yourself, that bugger pretended to be badly wounded two thousand years ago and conned Tian Shu and Tian Hua of their life vitality forces! Now, Tian Yin's body is destroyed and his soul scattered, every bit of his life vitality force is inside that leather bag! Not only that, the bugger's and Tian Yin's primordial spirits had been rolling and fighting each other for two thousand years. This is also cultivation for their bodies! Hehe, with your sword formation, forget it."

Although Guo Huan's voice was cold, he spoke the truth, "If you want to destroy Tian Yin's dharmakaya by force, you can only ask the help of another elite. You might just win if Chang Li or Hanba was willing to come and join forces with your sword formation."

Everyone was fretful. They had gone a full circle and returned to their initial topic. If Chang Lu or Hanba attacked, they would be possessed by the true soul; if they did not attack, nobody could fight against the true soul.

Liu Zheng's expression was indefinite. He lowered his head and kept quiet. Gu Xiaojun chuckled from the side, "It doesn't mean that we can't kill it even though we can't beat it. Let's just think of a way to cheat it!" Gu Xiaojun was an ordinary person but all these years he had dealt with cultivators who came to wreak havoc in the mortal world. At the end of the day, the cultivators, who were captured by him, were all cheated by him. No one could beat him on this kind of experience.

The group of people had talked for half a day but the Hua family elite elder had not arrived. White-robed Hua Xiaoyao felt anxious from the wait. He dispatched some people to fetch him while he could not help but interrupt Old Gu, "How do we trick it?"

Gu Xiaojun cursed rudely, "You'll have to take some time to think about what good stuff to have for dinner, you're delusional if you think that I could come up with a plan for such a huge matter instantly!" As he said this, he turned towards Liu Zheng and shifted into an earnest tone, "We cannot rush these things, nor can we be rash. Only by preserving our lives can we have the opportunity to cheat that… that bugger!"

At the end of the day, Old Gu was worried that Liu Zheng would fling caution to the wind and risk his life to fight the true soul.

Xiao Sha also consoled from the side, "Even a primordial undying monster such as Xiang Liu was pinned on Black and White Island in the end, let alone one escaped soul."

Po Tu did not have great ambitions like the others. Since it understood that True Soul would be a handful, it had sounded his retreat. If it did not rely on Wen Leyang to save the dwarf Taoist priest, it would have wagged its tail and left long ago, "It was the ancient gods who pinned nine-headed Xiang Liu on Black and White Island. It wasn't cheated by humans, don't lump these two things together…"

Xiao Sha pouted. He glared at Po Tu, unwilling to show weakness, "Did you see the situation with your own eyes? How can you believe such baseless rumors? If there really is a heavenly god, then we don't have to trouble ourselves. If Xiang Liu escapes, we can just ask him to pin it down again!"

Most cultivators believed in a heavenly god. After Xiao Sha spoke, even Guo Huan shook his head inside the jade knife. Although Wen Leyang was an atheist, he said to Xiao Sha with a bitter smile, "Cone Nail is one of the nine demon-subduing Heaven's cone nails. She personally said that it was the ancient god who subdued Xiang Liu and refined the Heaven's cone nails. Only, now, nobody knows where he went to…"

Fei Fei did not support Wen Leyang this time but picked the same side as Xiao Sha. She shook her head at Wen Leyang, "If you were born with godly magic powers and don't know the whereabouts of your parents, you would also think that your parents are gods."

Old Gu nodded strongly, "There are countless of alien species under the heavens, there are even more monsters, but has anyone seen a god?"

White-robed Hua Xiaoyao was young and robust, he could not help but chimed in the debate, "How many wise men in the past have crossed god's punishment and became immortals? If they did not become immortals or gods, where have they gone?"

If it was a fist fight, then Old Gu would be in the last place, but if it was an argument, as long as Guo Huan stayed silent, he would be the champion, "Maybe they shattered the void, maybe their bodies were destroyed! If they really became immortals, how come not even one of them had returned? There are too many things that we do not understand in the world. You can attribute all those onto a god, but who among you have seen gods?"

The head lama Rangjung did not join in the debate. He saw that they were getting off topic. He suddenly took a step forward and clapped his hands softly. A soft clap was heard. As if all sounds were gathered in his palms, the bottom of the ice fissure instantly quieted down. The lama saw that everyone did not open their mouths anymore. He nodded with a smile, "You guys are getting off topic. Whether the ones who refined the Heaven's cone nails were humans or gods, it has nothing much to do with our current predicament. However, Mr. Gu made a very nice point. No matter powerful that… that bugger is, we still have to face it. If we can't beat it, we'll trick it, if that fails, we'll fight it!"

The first part of the lama's words was like an erudite person, the second part was like an old gambler who was frustrated with loss.

When they mentioned about the matter of demon-subduing on Black and White Island, Wen Leyang suddenly recalled something. He turned and looked at Liu Zheng, "You had just said that the three enlightened persons were ordered to guard Black and White Island? Is there another mystic sword immortal above the three enlightened persons?" He had wanted to ask this question previously but was stopped by Liu Zheng.

Liu Zheng shrugged, "Of course there is. The three masters did not pop out of a crack in the rock. They naturally inherited their skills from their master. However, they have never told me about these things and I reckon that the grand masters of the previous generations had already passed away. If they were still around, they should've shown themselves when a serious matter such as the destruction of the Heaven's cone nails formation!"

Old Gu chuckled from the side. "The way I see it, the elites who subdued the nine-headed snake back then were the masters of Black and White Island's three Sword Immortals!" As he said this, he waved his hand, "We can't prove this either, so it's pointless to talk about this! After all, it's Xiang Liu and that bugger we're dealing with now. At the end of the day, we must go against anything that bugger wants to do. If he wants to sleep, we'll strike gongs; if he wants to take a wife, we'll take the woman by force; if he wants to answer nature's call, we'll block the toilet…"

Old Gu felt that his metaphors were vivid, he was amused at himself. He looked at Liu Zheng and continued, "What scheme did that bugger have on the highlands? How did you chase him to this place?"

Liu Zheng first shook his head, "Uncle had been in one body with that bugger for two thousand years. Although he was suppressed and could not free himself, he knew what that bugger had done." As he said this, Liu Zheng extended three fingers, "Uncle had told my master that the bugger had done three things in the outside world all these years!"

Xiang Liu's true soul had been desperately suppressing and hunting Tian Yin's primordial spirit. In the recent few hundred years, the enlightened person Tian Yin's force of retaliation diminished. Xiang Liu had mustered up its courage, sneaked out of Black and White Island and did three things.

One of the things was that the true soul had come to Tuer town a dozen years ago. It used treacherous methods and invoked the Foulness within the guardians. It subdued these living dead people. However, he did not leave the highlands but went to take a stroll around Tanggula Mountains; then it was as the monkey Qian Ren said, the true soul had returned to the small town once again. He ordered the townspeople to summon all the evil cult followers through telepathy but Tian Yin could not tell what scheme he had in mind.

Tian Shu returned to the Kunlun Sect before his death and told Liu Zheng everything. Liu Zheng followed the trails and chased onto the highlands. When he did not find the true soul in the town, he came to Tanggula Mountains immediately. He had met Wen Leyang twice throughout the whole process.

"You don't even know if that bugger is in the mountains? He could still be on Black and White Island?" After Wen Leyang heard this, he frowned and asked Liu Zheng.

Liu Zheng shook his head, "I don't even know where Black and White Island is. Even if I did, I can't pass through Black and White Island's Prohibition Spell. I can only follow this lead and kill all of his subordinates, foil his plans and force him to show himself."

Just as Old Gu had said, no matter what the true soul did, they just had to go against him. Maybe they were slightly under-equipped to fight Tian Yin's dharmakaya but it should not be difficult for them to annihilate the living dead of the Tuer town. Wen Leyang nodded, "What about the other two things that bugger did?"

Liu Zheng suddenly wore a strange expression, "The first thing was about five or six hundred years ago, this thing… is very mysterious! That bugger was already in control of my uncle's dharmakaya. When everything settled down, he left Black and White Island in a hurry. He searched for something for a very long time. Finally, he sneaked onto the Eyang Mountain of the Five Blessings. However, he was found out by a Taoist priest with a profound cultivation base, he was chased after for hundreds of kilometers…"

Wen Leyang pondered for a while and broke into a laugh. He told Liu Zheng everything about Xiang Liu's Wicked Soul and Eyang Sect's San Wei. After he finished, Liu Zheng also broke into laughter, "I get it! This bugger wanted to find the escaped Wicked Soul, but he ran into Eyang Sect. He did not know that Wicked Soul was already contained by Hanba and the Taoist priest San Wei then was already possessed by another primordial spirit!"

Things were not hard to guess. The true soul went to find Wicked Soul, but the Wicked Soul's body had switched ownership. The Taoist priest San Wei only knew that an elite had come to scout the mountain and immediately jumped out to fight. In terms of abilities, of course the true soul was not afraid of Taoist priest San Wei, but he had to suppress Tian Yin's primordial spirit. He was almost counterattacked by Tian Yin's primordial spirit, he could only escape in shame.

"The final one was no stranger to me!" Liu Zheng spoke more normally now. He had continued, "That bugger wanted to find three objects, big flat cake, broken gong, and the dog!"

Wen Leyang initially listened with a smile but when he heard Liu Zheng's final sentence, he felt that his head was heavily knocked by a castle-assaulting ram for ten minutes. His heart beat quickened, even his colors drained.

Fei Fei's eyesight was sharp. She glanced at Wen Leyang with astonishment. Then, she stretched out a cold finger and rubbed gently in between his brows but she did not ask him anything.

The unorthodox doctrine sects of the World Sect had been searching in a frenzy for the 'big flat cake, broken gong and dog' these few years. The right cultivation path's Five Blessings' leaders such as Liu Zheng had known this for a long time, it was no secret to them.

However, the outsiders did not know that the person who knew about the locations of these three treasures was the 'important personage who is significant to the destiny of the right and evil path of the cultivation world'. It was almost confirmed that it was the uncle of Heaven-telling Sect's Wei Mo, who was currently hiding in Wen Bucao's Place of Birth, Life, Sickness and Death.

Before Wen Leyang went to the highlands, the Wen family had set out to find this man. Their area of the target was confirmed in the dozen old men in the Place. Whether it was Wen Leyang or the old demon rabbit Bu Le, or the few Wen elders, they only treated this as a crucial point in the battle between good and evil. Nobody could have guessed that this matter was related to nine-headed Xiang Liu. The objects that Xiang Liu searched for mattered more than good or evil!

Wen Leyang took a deep breath. He tried hard to calm the fright that welled up within him. He dared not tell the matters of his family to Liu Zheng. He was worried that Liu Zheng would immediately make the sword-controlling gesture and send the thousand swords of Kunlun to the Nine Peaks Mountain after he finished. Even if he wanted to say it, he would have to wait until Liu Zheng had completely calmed down.

Although Fei Fei did not understand what had happened, she seemed to have seen through Wen Leyang's thoughts. She questioned Liu Zheng, "Why did that bugger look for these three objects?"

Liu Zheng unexpectedly shook his head, "This matter was also mentioned at my uncle's deathbed. He couldn't go into details about any complications. He only said that bugger was looking for these three objects."

Xiang Liu's true soul had only gone active in recent years. He left Black and White Island a few times. Even Tian Yin was not very sure of his intentions. In addition to that, they were running out of time, the clues he said were also blurry.

Although Gu Xiaojun was a mere mortal, he had wonderful sources. He knew that the World Sect also searched for these three objects recently. He frowned, "Those unorthodox doctrine sects aided that bugger in his search for the objects… they're also controlled by Xiang Liu?" After he finished he shook his head, "Logically speaking, that shouldn't happen. Although the World Sect is treacherous, they clearly knew Xiang Liu's harm. They shouldn't be so foolish to help him. The way I see it, that bugger must have kept his identity a secret or offered some generous rewards. When the people of the World Sect witnessed that bugger's magical powers, they wanted to seize this opportunity to bring about their own upswing. That's why they searched for them like a swarm of bees."

Wen Leyang had already calmed himself. Only the true soul knew the whereabouts of Grand Master Tuo Xie. Even if Wen Nine and Wen Thirteen knew, the true soul could not possibly have told them the whereabouts of Grand Master Tuo Xie forthrightly. Nevertheless, it would be another story if this 'big flat cake, broken gong and dog' was really helpful to Xiang Liu's Wicked Soul.

Perhaps, not only Grand Master's whereabouts, even the way to defeat Xiang Liu's true soul was related to these three objects.

Wen Bucao was a big household, they had plenty of big flat cakes… but whether these three objects were treasures, people or some metaphor, no one knew. Luckily, the Wen Bucao had already found the location of Wei Mo's uncle and got a head start. After he was finished with the issues in the highlands, finding Wei Mo's uncle and searching for the three objects would be his priorities.

Wen Leyang sighed without reason. The matters had grown more and more complicated. Many clues that seemed unrelated had all strung up with each other, but they made matters worse and more difficult to handle. He shook his head and decided not to think about it. He returned the conversation back to the topic, "If Cone Nail, the water element of the nine Heaven's cone nails returned to Black and White Island and restored the demon-subduing formation, what will happen to that bugger?"

Liu Zheng had not spoken when Guo Huan opened his mouth rigidly, "Since the true soul had already escaped, he was unrelated to the great demon-subduing formation. Even if the great formation was reactivated, he would not be affected. At the end of the day, we still have to settle that bugger. We can either destroy him completely or let him return to nine-head's body, then reactivate the formation. If we left him outside… Heh, shattering eight cone nails and nine cone nails would be of no difference to that bugger!"

Little supreme leader Liu Zheng finally told them everything about Xiang Liu's true soul. Everyone was not in a good mood. Not only because the three Sword Immortals of indomitable spirits had passed away, it was also because there was a constant change of events in the cultivation world, changes happened abruptly and were too severe.

Amongst the Five Blessings who have stood for thousands of years, it was Jilong Sect's supreme leader, the enlightened person Zi Que who first lost the treasured weapon of his sect and committed suicide on Nine Peaks Mountain. The second elite, the enlightened person Qing Niao broke his own arms and led his entire sect back to the mountains and retired from the world; then, Eyang Sect's enlightened person San Wei's two split bodies and the original body died and most of his elite disciples also died in action, only a split body who had most of his powers sealed was left behind, Eyang Sect existed in name only; almost a thousand Kunlun Sect disciples were trapped by the 'firecrackers', only little supreme leader Liu Zheng and the seventy-two esteemed sword seniors were left.

The first family of the rogue cultivators, Painting Town's Leyang Shoujin and Leyang Tian died, leaving the sole elite Leyang Wen supported his entire household.

These sects had all stood tall and proud despite a thousand years of challenges. They were the symbols of utmost power in the cultivation world. However, with the appearance of the peerless Sword Immortals and demon immortals, they crumbled loudly like tattered straw houses. They were flattened by others like a joke.

Compared to them, the true elite forces had shuffled their decks and started over.

Chang Li laid dormant for two thousand years and saw daylight again, Cone Nail appeared out of nowhere, Hanba mounted the stage in full regalia, San Wei had switched souls twice, Black and White Island's Sword Immortals returned to the mortal world… The happenings that followed were either the clearance of misunderstandings and formations of alliances or the brutal killings and plots out of revenge. Up until now, Cone Nail and Hanba were badly wounded and escaped from the world, they secluded themselves in some unknown place; nothing was left of San Wei's true body, only a dying spirit was left in the jade knife as it lingered on with its final breath; Chang Li prepared herself to look for enlightened person Tian Yin to find out Tuo Xie's whereabouts; the three Sword Immortals of Black and White Islands were martyred; at the same time, nine-headed Xiang Liu had another walker in the mortal world whose controlling abilities were not inferior to Chang Li's or that of the True Soul of Tian Yin's dharmakaya.

Everyone sighed with emotion. This storm was too cold and cruel. What made everybody's skins crawl was that all of this was but a beginning for nine-headed Xiang Liu!

They sighed. A white-robed youth poked out half a body from the upper parts of the ice wall. His expression was slightly anxious, "I don't see the shadows of my uncles, and there had been no word from my brothers who went out to fetch them."

Hua Xiaoyao had worry written all over his face. He moaned for a while and lifted his head to give the command, "Bring me Hua Xiaoba!"

His voice barely faded, Wen Leyang saw a white flash before his eyes. Another white-robed youth jumped out of the ice wall. He looked to be about eighteen years of age. He was slightly younger than most of Hua family youths. He had a cleanly shaven shiny head, long and fleshy ears. He simpered as he rubbed his palms and asked, "What's up?"

Hua Xiaoyao hesitated towards the densely packed outsiders in front of him. Finally, he picked Wen Leyang, "Hua Xiaoba is the one among us who's the most familiar with the bugs' temperament. I'll now lead some men to fetch the elders. I'll leave him here to keep you company. That bunch of firecrackers shouldn't break the spell, but in case anything happens, you only need to listen to his instructions and you won't be overwhelmed by the bugs." After he said this, he instructed the little fat boy Hua Xiaoba, "Look after Uncle Quan, look after the bugs!"

Hua Xiaoba glanced timidly at the malicious-looking seventy-two esteemed sword seniors, the giant pangolin the size of a small house, the fierce-looking head lama and he nodded with a bitter expression. His eyes lit up when he saw Tutatunte. He chuckled in a silly manner. He seemed to have felt that the African brother was pleasing to the eye.

Hua Xiaoyao whistled to his other disciples. He leaped and burrowed into the ice.

Wen Leyang grabbed his arm, "I'll go with you!" Then, he said to little supreme leader Liu Zheng, "You guys stay here and guard the Kunlun disciples and the bug tide. The Tibetans are after these bugs. We might still have a fierce battle here!"

Liu Zheng nodded, "Don't force yourself when you meet the enemy, just escape. Even if that bugger himself came, the Kunlun sword formation can still hold up for a while!"

The giant pangolin naturally did not want to leave Wen Leyang's side. Rangjung also took a step forward and wanted to follow them. Their situations were similar to Wen Leyang's after they clashed with the Tibetans of 'Great Xia's Nine Tripod Cauldrons', their joints were almost shaken loose but they were not badly injured. They recovered after half a day's rest.

White-robed Hua Xiaoyao was overjoyed. He instructed the three cultivators to not move their life vitalities rashly and to put away all their magic. Then, he grabbed Wen Leyang's wrist and leaped towards the ice wall.

Wen Leyang only felt a chill down his body as if he was amidst icy cold river water. Then, with Hua Xiaoyao's force, he plunged into the thick ice wall without restriction. He flew swiftly forward.

The five elements Art of Escape could bring people along. The giant pangolin had also brought the dwarf Taoist priest along as he shuttled back and forth. However, the 'passenger' cannot cast any magic during the process of Escaping, or else he would break his companion's Art of Escape. It was relatively fine if it was Water Escape or Earth Escape, at most they would only have to dig themselves out or swim out, but it would be more troublesome if it were Fire Escape or Metal Escape…

As the giant pangolin could not cast any magic, it could only use it demonic body. It was pushed and pulled by a bunch of white-robed disciples. They followed close behind with great effort.

Hua XIaoyao had already sent a few batched of disciples to fetch the elders of their family but he had not heard from any one of them until now. However, even if the family elders did not come, the living dead would be on their doorsteps by now. Guo Huan had killed a dozen last night, this morning a bunch of elites joined forces and destroyed eight of them, there were no more movements ever since.

Every white-robed disciple used their full force to cast the Art of Escape. They were like robust silverfish, they flew swiftly within the ice layers. Wen Leyang dared not exert even an ounce of force with his body. He merely followed Hua Xiaoyao as they speeded past. After an unknown period of time, Hua Xiaoyao turned sideways and gave Wen Leyang a hand sign. He signaled that they have reached the Hua family's campsite. Then, he waved behind him. Other than the Hua family disciples who towed Wen Leyang, Rangjung and the pangolin, the other white-robed youths scattered suddenly. They put a great distance between them. Everyone's expression was full of alertness.

Everyone hid among the ice cap. They silently probed the snow-covered peak above them with their telegnosis abilities. After they confirmed that there were no signs of the enemy, Hua Xiaoyao glanced incredulously at Wen Leyang. He spread his hands and made a hand sign that said there was nothing.

Wen Leyang felt incredulous. There was nobody nearby?

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Chapter 214: Perplexed

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

This was the Hua family's campsite, which was located on top of the snow-covered peak. Although Wen Leyang's telegnosis ability could not detect the embodiment of true water of the Hua family disciples, the white-robed youths naturally had their own way of finding their kin. However, within Hua Xiaoyao's current telegnosis ability, there was only emptiness around them. Not only were there no enemies, their own elders were also not there. Even the disciples who were dispatched earlier were not there…

Hua Xiaoyao could not find anybody. He waved at his clansmen behind him. A white-robed youth took a shallow breath. Then, he turned and flipped upwards out of the ice cap. The way the Hua family disciples moved and acted, including their sign language, was an obvious show of their well-organized training. They were not similar to ordinary obscure cultivators but more similar to special troops who hid in the snow-covered peak. Wen Leyang could not help but glance at Hua Xiaoyao in surprise. Unexpectedly, Hua Xiaoyao's body shook. His colors suddenly turned pale, whiter than snow.

The white-robed disciple, who Hua Xiaoyao sent, immediately vanished from Wen Leyang's telegnosis ability the moment the disciple broke through the surface!

Then, a light knock penetrated the thick ice layer and propagated into everyone's ears without a pause. The knocking sound shifted continuously. Wen Leyang was hit with a sudden realization after a while. Someone was moving about above them. The person would knock every time he stopped on top of a Hua family disciple's head! In no time, the few dozen Hua family disciples including Wen Leyang, the lama and the pangolin were 'roll-called' by the person.

The white-robed youths, who had the embodiment of true water, could not escape from the opponent's telegnosis ability!

The knocking sound paused for a brief moment. The person above them seemed to know that they were reluctant to come out and started a second round of knocking. However, the sounds this time were clearly much more impatient. It had a hint of urgency. The ice layer beside Wen Leyang was quickly tinted with cold killing intent with the knocking sounds. Countless bone-piercing coldness condensed into invisible knives and pressed on them mercilessly from every direction!

The force of the cold ice surged everywhere. Although the jade knife Guo Huan was deep in his shackles and could not move, nobody could compete with his experience. He suddenly squalled, "Get the f*ck out! You can forget about getting out at all if you dally any longer!"

Hua Xiaoyao made a split-second decision. He howled, "Break!"

Every white-robed youth responded in unison. They followed their leader and flipped onto the ice cap! Wen Leyang shuddered. The power of the Poison of Life and Death rolled with the Faulty Punch. He followed closely beside Hua Xiaoyao and rushed outside! Rangjung and the pangolin Po Tu also flexed their magic powers. They broke out of the ice amidst loud crackling sounds.

Not only could the person above them notice the Hua family youths who had the embodiment of true water, the person could also activate his magic without making a sound. Even a great demon, such as the giant pangolin, was forced out of the ancient ice by him.

They had nowhere to run. Even if it was Xiang Liu's true soul above them, they had no choice but to risk their lives.

In the blink of an eye, Wen Leyang only felt his head feeling light, he had already broken the surface. He was about to look for the enemy when his entire body tensed. An extremely thick and heavy force enveloped him in layers and firmly imprisoned him. Wen Leyang felt that he was like a big rooster, which was spreading its wings to leap but was suddenly cast with the Immobilization Spell. His swift and fierce aura stopped abruptly. He was suspended in mid-air and could not move a muscle.

The roar of the Hua family youths around him, the lama's mantra, the giant pangolin's squall also vanished abruptly the instant they broke the surface.

Wen Leyang was frustrated and angered. He did not have the time to think about what was going on. He desperately urged the Poison of Life and Death, which curled up within his limbs and bones. Just when he was about to break the spell with the Faulty Punch and break free of his shackles, a magnificently beautiful, yet strange sight suddenly projected into his eyes!

It was a forest of towering icicles, which pointed straight at the blue sky like graceful and sharp spears. Every icicle was a dozen of meters in height. Their base perimeters were the hugs of five people. There were not even any dents on them as if every cone was carefully crafted by the most outstanding craftsmen. Under the shine of the sun, they looked like lines of simple and sophisticated poems, which twinkled with flowing light, like live spirits, they giggled and winked at him. There was a person who bared his teeth within each icicle!

Some wore white robes with savage and angry expressions, some were in tatters and had cold, lifeless gaze. When Wen Leyang saw a bald head lama, he was hit with a sudden realization. They had just broken through the ice surface and they were frozen within the icicles.

The Tibetans, the Hua family elites who were sent up to the snow-covered peak, the white-robed youths who accompanied him just now, even the head lama, the pangolin and Wen Leyang were frozen into huge ice lamps!

It was acceptable for the Tibetans but even the Hua family members who knew the Art of Water Escape and spent their lives shuttling within the ice cap became frozen in an ice shell. The level of surprise was equal to a giant carp who wore a wetsuit and swam in the water with an oxygen mask.

The icicles seemed to also have the 'embodiment of true water'. They were clearly displayed before Wen Leyang's eyes. However, when he scanned the area with his telegnosis ability, there was only emptiness on the snow-covered peak.

At this moment, a clear scream like a nightingale's was heard. It brought with it a trace of genuine apology and a trace of cute playfulness. It came behind Wen Leyang. Then, a fair finger knocked lightly on his icicle.

With a 'pa', the icicle shattered into pieces. Wen Leyang only felt his body went light and dropped to the ground. Then, a mild fragrance that was quietly elegant wafted with a pitiable young lady who appeared before Wen Leyang. She seemed to want to caress Wen Leyang's face with her small hands as she asked in a heartbreaking tone, "I hope I didn't hurt you?"

Wen Leyang's heart almost jumped out of his mouth. He swayed and retreated backwards as fast as lightning. He could not help but exclaim in surprise, "Cone Nail!"

No wonder the embodiment of true water of the white-robed youths was exposed. No wonder even Hua Xiaoyao could not detect any movements when people were frozen into icicles. Compared to Cone Nail, the Hua family was nothing but a mud fish, she was the true dragon here. Whether it was magical powers or their selling price according to their weight, the Hua family could not even compare.

In Cone Nail's white dress, she appeared frail and weak amidst the biting cold wind of the snow-covered peak. When she saw Wen Leyang's look of hostility, her eyes reddened immediately, "Why… why're you like this, I won't hurt you…"

Since the day Wen Leyang met Cone Nail, she always had this pitiable look. Not long ago, Wen Leyang even fought Cone Nail with Grand Master Chang Li at the Miao stockade village. He dared not have an ounce of carelessness, "Why are you here?"

At the Miao stockade village, Cone Nail escaped with heavy wounds and went missing. Unexpectedly, she appeared on the snow-covered peak.

Cone Nail blinked. A sparkling tear rolled sadly down her cheek. It fell heavily and shattered into crystals.

Wen Leyang snorted, he shook his head resolutely as he vowed not to be moved. He hesitated. He worried that he had not made a strong point so he added superfluously, "It's useless even if you cry!"

Cone Nail stomped her feet in anger. She suddenly floated. Wen Leyang almost fell backwards with fright. His cultivation base was not bad but it was nothing in the face of Cone Nail. The exertion of force and a thunderous strike was only a show to make himself feel braver.

Luckily, Cone Nail did not pounce on him but lifted her leg and gave the thickest icicle near them a flying kick.

Amidst the clear shattering sounds, the giant pangolin squalled. It dropped to the ground and ran! Cone Nail's voice was as cold as cutting gold and breaking jade, "Hold it!"

Po Tu froze on the spot as if it was just cast with the Immobilization Spell. It dared not move as it said with a pleading face, "Grandaunt, please unfreeze me!" Po Tu was not the smartest one around but it clearly understood. Cone Nail wanted to use it as a punching bag. That was why she released it.

Cone Nail yelled again enraged, "Come back!"

Po Tu took step after careful step in front of Cone Nail. It glared at Wen Leyang with its big eyes and cursed in a muffled voice, "You should learn from me, do whatever the immortal tells you!" It even had the preparation to die. If it knew that Cone Nail was here, it would not have followed even if it were beaten to death.

Cone Nail was unaffected by that trick. When the giant pangolin stood in front of her, like a little girl who was just bullied, she mercilessly grabbed Po Tu's body. Po Tu was like a giant prawn that had its tail cut off. It wailed and leaped into the air as its body tensed up.

Cone Nail was also startled by it. She opened her jade-white palm, it was empty. Then, she looked at Wen Leyang as if she was wronged, her tears flowed with clicks, "I haven't removed its scales, it's… it's not a good thing!" Then, she pointed with a finger. A huge icicle abruptly appeared. It froze the giant pangolin, which was doing a summersault in mid-air in an instant.

Wen Leyang almost cried. He relaxed his body and shook his hands, "Don't… don't you trouble anyone else. What do you want?" Wen Leyang had understood the moment Cone Nail's body swayed. Even though she was heavily wounded, it would not be difficult for her to defeat him. The giant pangolin had been frozen twice in such a short span of time. It had no chance whether it fought or ran.

As Cone Nail saw that Wen Leyang no longer stored his energy for an attack, joy appeared on her face. After she heard Wen Leyang's words, her eyes bulged as if happiness came too suddenly to her and she could hardly believe it herself, "Are you serious? I can do whatever I want?"

Wen Leyang had not spoken when Cone Nail pouted, "I don't want anything. I just wanted to ask if I've hurt you by mistake just now!"

Wen Leyang said with a bitter smile, "You already knew that I was under the ice surface. You were the one who froze me and now you're asking if you've hurt me. You think this is funny?"

Cone Nail let out an 'eh'. She stopped her crying in shock. She changed into a smiling expression as if she had just swapped faces, "You've gotten smarter!"

Wen Leyang took a deep breath. The cold air on the snow-covered peak cleared his mind. He said with a straight face, "I have something to ask you!"

Cone Nail nodded strongly as she was overwhelmed by this unexpected favor. Her delicate face was full of the glow of excitement.

Although Wen Leyang was used to seeing her like this, he still felt strangely happy. He could not help but show a hint of a smile. However, his question did not even have a trace of happiness, "You know it well that I would return you to Black and White Island to restore the demon-subduing great formation even if it meant my own destruction. Why did you not kill me?"

in shock, "Why would you think that I'd want to kill you? If I had wanted to kill you, you would've died over ten times in the Gold-Consuming Lair and another ten times at City God Temple of Shanghai…"

Wen Leyang snorted and shook his head, "Please stop counting… I know that you didn't kill me, that's why I'm confused!"

There seemed to be a helplessness in Cone Nail's smile, "I wanted to kill Chang Li to get revenge for her breaking me two thousand years ago; I hunted Hanba because he almost killed Tian Shu; as for Leyang Shoujin… hehe, that geezer did not treat me as a human, why should I treat him as a human? But you saved me before and was willing to talk to me with a smile. Why would I want to kill you?"

As she said this, Cone Nail paused before she continued, "I didn't kill you before because you were a nice person with disappointing abilities but you saved me before. No matter what, I am a divine beast formed by the condensation of positive energy of the world by the embodiment of heavenly water. As long as I'm not provoked, I won't simply kill someone. As such, I won't kill you now. Let me ask you, if somebody wanted to kill me, of course you won't agree to it, am I right?"

Wen Leyang nodded. Of course he could not let Cone Nail die. Although the true soul had escaped now and the situation was more complicated than before, Cone Nail's importance was beyond a doubt. The great condition for re-subduing Xiang Liu was to protect her.

"The one who wants to kill me the most under the heavens is Xiang Liu." As she said this, Cone Nail pointed at the Tibetans, "These living dead were all Xiang Liu's subordinates. There might be more who will be willing to do Xiang Liu's bidding. You have helped me kill those who want to kill me. Besides, your cultivation base is disappointing, you won't trouble me but you can help me settle my troubles. I don't understand why you'd think that I would kill you."

Wen Leyang pondered for a while. He felt that he was more of a benefit to Cone Nail than harm. He smiled bitterly and nodded.

Cone Nail paused briefly. There was a hint of curiosity in her expression and tone as well as some confusion, "How could Xiang Liu… also have subordinates now?" She was originally the demon-subduing water element Heaven's cone nail. She could sense that the other eight Heaven's cone nail still existed and she could detect that there was Xiang Liu's aura on the living dead people's bodies. She did not understand, if the Heaven's cone nails still existed, it was impossible for Xiang Liu to escape Black and White Island and recruit subordinates. That was why she had that question.

She seemed to have thought of something fun as she asked carefully, "Could it be… Wicked Soul had taken control of Hanba? It's natural for these living dead to treat Hanba as their boss!" Although her voice was soft, she could not conceal the secret joy of seeing people's misfortune no matter what.

Wen Leyang understood that Cone Nail was still unaware of the happenings on Black and White Island. He shook his head and diverted the topic, "Why are you here?" Last time, when Tian Shu was badly injured in City God Temple of Shanghai, Cone Nail was mad with rage. Wen Leyang was worried that if he told her about the deaths of the three enlightened persons right now, Cone Nail would go berserk and kill everyone present. This woman had a violent streak all along. He dared not be careless.

Cone Nail frowned slightly. She seemed to notice that Wen Leyang was hiding something on purpose. She stared at him intently. In a flash, she started pouting and spoke as if she was wronged, "Chang Li and Hanba almost killed me when they set me up the last time! I have only managed to suppress my wounds after cultivating these few months …"

Wen Leyang smiled bitterly. Cone Nail was still wounded, she had only suppressed her injuries but she could easily freeze so many people including great cultivators like Rangjung and the giant pangolin. Among the cultivators, the difference between every level was as wide as the world. The difference in quality could never be substituted with quantity.

"Although that cat demon Chang Li is hateful, her cultivation base is indisputable. Even if my wounds have fully healed, I might not even get my revenge." When Cone Nail spoke about Chang Li, she did not use naming taboo in front of Wen Leyang, "That's why I came here to try my luck and see if I can find the heavenly water spirit."

Cone Nail was the embodiment of true water. If she could find the heavenly water spirit, not only would her wounds heal, her prowess and magical powers would improve tremendously. She and Chang Li were elites on the same level, but strictly speaking, she was slightly inferior to Chang Li. Other aspects aside, her experience in fights was greatly behind Chang Li's.

As for tricks like plotting and sneak attacks, she was even more inferior to Chang Li. Cone Nail had an easy time when she plotted against Wen Leyang but she was the one who fell to all plots at the Miao stockade village. She had not realized that she had fallen into Chang Li's trap long ago.

That was why, whether it was for healing or increasing her powers to get revenge, finding the heavenly water spirit was the easiest way to achieve it. Hence, she came to the highlands.

As she said this, a perplexed look suddenly appeared in Cone Nail's gaze, "There are heavenly water spirits in every river, stream and lake, but I had only thought of coming here when I was wounded…" As she said this, she shook her head. It was obvious that she, herself, did not understand why had she wanted to find the heavenly water spirit on Tanggula Mountains. Wen Leyang coughed. Cone Nail seemed to wake up from her dream. She smiled apologetically at Wen Leyang and explained softly, "It's always comfortable to be talking to you."

Wen Leyang was wary from his experience of being tricked by Cone Nail, his gaze was filled with suspicion, "You told me directly that you wanted to find the heavenly water spirit to fight Grand Master Chang Li…"

Cone Nail's expression was slightly exaggerated. These acts had turned into a cuteness of a young girl on her beautiful face, "It's only right that you'd help Chang Li, why should I lie to you about such things…" After she finished, she saw that Wen Leyang still did not understand. She added another truth, "Besides, you can't stop me, you can't foil my plans!"

Wen Leyang was extremely dispirited. He did not know whether he should cry or smile. He mumbled as he stated his determination, "If you want to fight Chang Li, I'll have to…"

Cone Nail smiled again without waiting for him to finish and there was an unprecedented pity on her face. This made Wen Leyang suddenly feel that the Cone Nail now was genuine and filled with truth, like a snow saussurea that bloomed happily under the sun. It wafted a fine fragrance which can be felt but could not be smelled, "It's precisely because you've said that that I like… like to talk with you! I'm not going to Black and White Island because I want to see what it feels like to be a person, be it a good person or a bad person. I'll laugh when I'm happy, cry when I'm sad, beat and curse when I'm angry. If I've done all those, then I'll be satisfied! Besides…"

Cone Nail smiled even more brilliantly, "I've finally understood one thing. The experience of being a person is sweet precisely because it didn't matter if you were right or wrong, all that matters is that if you're close or not! For those who are close to me, anything they do is right, even if he did crimes that were past forgiving, as long as he treats me well, then he's emperor! Chang Li treated you well, she's your empress. It's only natural for you to help your empress."

The crisp laugh ended abruptly. Cone Nail suddenly retracted her smile. She muttered with some quietness amidst the wind on the snow-covered peak that was colder than a blade, "But… who's my emperor?" Then, she blinked. Her eyes regained the pitiable feeling, "You're also here to find the heavenly water spirit?"

Wen Leyang had not spoken. Cone Nail stretched her fair palm and patted Wen Leyang's shoulder lightly, "Then you're in luck. If you come with me, you can at least have a glance of the heavenly water spirit!" As she said this, she stuck out her tongue playfully again, "But you can only see it, I won't share it with you!"

Wen Leyang exclaimed in surprise, "How did you know about the heavenly water spirit?"

Cone Nail nodded with pride. She stretched out a finger like a spring onion and counted the white-robed Hua family disciples who were frozen in icicles, "These obscure cultivators are fools! They were so close to the heavenly water spirit for a thousand years but all they cared about was foolishly looking after the bugs. However… at least they did one thing right, they managed to breed so many bugs. Actually, you can find the heavenly water spirit if you just follow the bugs!"

After she finished, Cone Nail hastily shook her head at Wen Leyang, "Don't ask me how I knew about this trick. I just know…" As she said this, she wore a perplexed and puzzled expression again, "I was dizzy after I was heavily wounded. I first thought of coming here then I thought of this way. I have never heard of these bugs before this!"

During this meeting, Cone Nail would expose her true natures every now and then.

Wen Leyang chuckled and said to Cone Nail, "Let me discuss with you about…"

He had not finished when Cone Nail puffed up her beautiful chest suddenly. Her face was full of excitement. She replied loudly, "Sure!"

Wen Leyang was startled by her. He could not help but laugh. If he could put their differences aside, he would admit that Cone Nail was cute. He pointed at Cone Nail who froze Rangjung, "Can you release master lama? He's a learned man, he knows a lot about reincarnations and past lives. He might just be able to decipher your situation."

Cone Nail cheered, "Alright! We'll beat him up if he can't!" Then, she tapped with her slender finger. The icicle shattered and the head lama Rangjung jumped to the ground.

Wen Leyang was terse and concise. He told the head lama about Cone Nail's situation.

Cone Nail was very anxious. She quickly opened her mouth after Wen Leyang finished, "Master, why did I want to find the heavenly water spirit? Why did I know the way to search for this treasure?"

Rangjung smiled and did not say anything. He folded his arms behind him and paced. Wen Leyang was slightly puzzled at first. The lama was clearly pondering about this matter, but normally, his brows were tightly knitted when he wracked his brain, yet he pondered with a smile this time. After a while Wen Leyang understood. Rangjung was worried that Cone Nail would not be confident in him and beat him up…

Rangjung then asked Cone Nail about the things that happened after her rebirth and retention of the memories of Black and White Island. He finally smiled happily. Wen Leyang also sighed deeply as he knew that the lama would not be beaten up.

Master Rangjung cleared his throat before he opened his mouth slowly, "The demon-subduing Heaven's cone nails cannot move but were called divine beasts and not divine instruments. The most important factor is that divine beasts have souls and are living whereas divine instruments, though they have primordial spirits, they did not have living souls. Hence, divine instruments can only be counted as non-living things. They would have instinctual reflexes when they meet their masters but they can never think for themselves, nor would they have a will or memory of their own!"

At the Gold-Consuming Lair, whether it was the Leyang disciples or Cone Nail herself, everybody referred to her as a divine beast. It even made Wen Leyang misunderstood for a while that they were talking about the giant pangolin Po Tu.

After Cone Nail was reborn, she retained all her memories of being a demon-subduing Heaven's cone nail on Black and White Island. It was precisely because of this that she did not want to return to the great formation. Nobody would have picked a life where one could only think and see but could not move.

Rangjung spoke very slowly. It was not that he could not decipher Cone Nail's strange memories but he had trouble picking the words, "There's only two factors that can make the demon-subduing Heaven's cone nail into a divine beast. One is form, the other is soul. One can only be counted as successful if one had the form and the soul. About these two things… the way I see it, the person who refined the Heaven's cone nail had first refined the Heaven's cone nail's soul before refining their form!"

As he said this, a sudden terror rose on Cone Nail's small face, "You're saying, that the things I remember, are… are… back then… are…"

Cone Nail 'are-d' for half a day and did not finish her sentence. Wen Leyang was anxious for her sake. Master Rangjung unexpectedly nodded and said confidently, "That's right, exactly!"

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Chapter 215: Past Life

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

After the head lama finished his sentence, he added, "When you were badly injured, you regained your memories of what happened before you were a Heaven's cone nail!"

Cone Nail appeared incredulous. She shook her head strongly, "No, demon-subduing Heaven's cone nails… absorbed spirit primordial energy of the world to invoke the force of the universe. They only had spiritual sense after absorbing the energy… we were cone nails even before we came to life, not the other way round!"

Rangjung also shook his head. His expression was more serious than Cone Nail's, "The lama could not estimate the profoundness of the Heaven's cone nails demon-subduing great formation. However, if it was like you have said and you were cone nails before you were given life, we cannot explain the matters which you could not understand as well!"

Wen Leyang saw that the two of them were glaring at each other and he was worried that the lama would be beaten. He immediately chuckled at stood in between them, "It's not so important whether the soul or the form came first…"

He had not finished his sentence when Cone Nail and the lama glared at him fiercely at said at the same time, "Of course it's important!"

Wen Leyang was startled. This was his first time seeing Cone Nail's expression of wanting to eat a person. He looked at her with shock and laughed drily in embarrassment.

The lama walked to Wen Leyang's side and told him in a low voice, "This matter is serious! It's easy to open up spiritual sense but it's hard to form souls. Even a god cannot create three spiritual and seven physical souls out of nothing… Do you know what I'm saying?"

Wen Leyang pondered about the lama's words and took a deep breath, "The soul might be born as a consequence of some coincidence, just like Ah Dan or Hanba Fifth Brother, but cannot be created from nothing? You're saying… that Cone Nail was a living person before she turned into a Heaven's cone nail!!"

A dispirited Cone Nail stood at the side. She ignored the whisperings between Rangjung and Wen Leyang.

The lama saw that Wen Leyang became more agitated as they spoke. He was worried that Cone Nail would be triggered and beat him up. He anxiously signaled Wen Leyang to speak softly, "There might be a possibility of spiritual sense being born out of the world's spirit primordial energy that was absorbed by the heaven's cone nails' formation, but if that were the case, we can't explain why Cone Nail strangely remembered Tanggula Mountains and also the way to find the heavenly water spirit through the bugs."

Wen Leyang snorted. He was frustrated to the point that he only wanted to stop his feet, "Then you tell me how're we going to explain this!"

The lama's face flushed. He had always unintentionally overestimated Wen Leyang's cultivation basics, "I reckon the things that she remembered should be the process of refining the Heaven's cone nail of the water element!"

Wen Leyang let out an 'oh no'!

The lama was startled. He quickly glanced at Cone Nail. He sighed in relief when he saw that she was still in shock, "If her past life was being a demon-subduing Heaven's cone nail on Black and White Island, her remembrance of Tanggula Mountains and finding the heavenly water spirit through the 'firecrackers' would have happened before she was a Heaven's cone nail. It was the past life of her past life!"

Logically speaking, Cone Nail's memories should have only started from the moment she subdued Xiang Liu on Black and White Island until now. However, when Cone Nail was heavily wounded, she roughly remembered some things that were completely unrelated to Black and White Island's demon-subduing activity.

The heavenly water spirit was undoubtedly a necessary ingredient to refine the water element in the Heaven's cone nail. That was why the lama made the bold guess. Although this inference was unimaginably queer, it was very logical. Other than that, he could not find any other explanation.

"If that's the case," Master Rangjung continued, "Cone Nail should be an expert in the water element magic art. Her souls and primordial spirit were extracted from her living person to refine the demon-subduing Heaven's cone nail of the water element. Her previous memories were sealed by another person's great magic. That's why she only remembers she was a Heaven's cone nail and everything after Black and White Island."

Cone Nail had been heavily wounded not long ago and her primordial spirit was affected and as a result, she recalled 'the things of her past life's past life'. It was indeed possible.

If what the lama had said was the truth… Wen Leyang felt his body and heart turn cold. One did not have to be smart to know that the action of extracting primordial souls was an extremely evil magic. If Cone Nail was an expert who would face death willingly for a noble cause and had volunteered to become a demon-subduing Heaven's cone nail, then the other party need not have sealed her memories.

If the lama's sayings were true, the person who refined the Heaven's cone nail must have pinned Cone Nail down first and extracted her primordial spirit to forge the Heaven's cone nail.

Refining Heaven's cone nails to subdue demons was indeed a noble act which blessed all peoples but this method was a bit too cruel for Cone Nail. Even mole crickets and ants would drag out their ignoble existence. In the face of a serious matter such as life and death, the world is only a person's world. Wen Leyang judged others by his standards, he would be willing to sacrifice himself to let his loved ones live; but if he should die to let every unrelated person under the heavens live, he would spit on the thought…

Wen Leyang was still slightly unsatisfied. The kindness within him naturally did not hope for such a thing to occur. He confirmed with Rangjung in a low voice, "What's the benefit of condensing the soul before refining the cone nail? Err… I think that…"

The lama understood what he had wanted to ask. He sighed, "A Heaven's cone nail with a soul would actively absorb the spirit primordial energy of the heavens and earth. A soul-less Heaven's cone nail can only passively wait for the spirit primordial energy to gather… There is a huge difference in power between this activeness and passiveness!" After he finished, the lama paused briefly and lowered his voice, "Can you look for a reason to refreeze me? I don't feel comfortable like this…"

Wen Leyang looked at Cone Nail's frail frame in the gale, he felt a gush of sadness. He went over and patted lightly on her shoulder.

Cone Nail was in a daze. She only turned her head absent-mindedly when Wen Leyang patted her shoulder lightly and looked at him.

Wen Leyang was flustered. He had never seen a look like this. The gaze of the pair of beautiful eyes were obviously directed at him, but it was as wispy as the enshrouding mist deep in the mountains, it looked like it enveloped everything but yet it also looked like it ignored everything. Cone Nail's gaze gradually strengthened after a long time. It was so complicated that other people could not guess. However, Wen Leyang could feel that the Cone Nail now had truly seen him.

Perplex? Shock? Sadness? Unwillingness to believe?

The emotions in her eyes could not be expressed with words but it eventually erupted in a heartfelt… grievance!

After a loud cry, Cone Nail was like a young snow phoenix. She grabbed Wen Leyang with domineeringly and violently with a tinge of recklessness and used her entire strength to wedge her head into his chest! Wen Leyang could not even distinguish whether it was a blazing charcoal or a ten-thousand-year ancient ice that stuck on his chest. It was extremely hot yet cold. It gave him a shocking familiarity. Cone Nail who was almost unparalleled in the world was truly aggrieved now! Like a little girl who lost everything, she hid within Wen Leyang's chest and cried loudly. She wiped her tears and snot on his chest without a care.

"You've Got Me' had the shock of its life. It squalled and hopped onto the head lama's bald head. It went around in circles with some lingering fear… Cone Nail was the embodiment of true water, it was inter-restricting with its nature.

Wen Leyang dared not even move a muscle, neither did he want to move. He reached out a hand and patted Cone Nail's back that was slightly frail. He wanted to console her but did not know where to start.

After a long while, Cone Nail finally restrained her cries. When she lifted her head again, she had regained her initial condition of a pitiable meekness. When she saw the wet mess Wen Leyang's chest was in, a blush flashed across her eyes but it was short-lived.

'You've Got Me' hastily escaped back to its old nest. It did not have the courage to face Cone Nail even for a second.

Wen Leyang laughed honestly. He pointed at the few hundred icicles in front of him and diverted the topic, "What… happened to them?"

Cone Nail's current expression was just as Wen Leyang had first seen her. The sadness and perplexed expression were gone. Her thin lips pressed in an innocent manner, "If you want to find the heavenly water spirit, you must first find the bugs. I followed the bugs' trail and found these white-robed men…" As she said this, she offered Wen Leyang a favor. She raised her hand and released the giant pangolin from the icicle again.

Wen Leyang knitted his brows slightly, "You can follow the bugs' trail?"

The giant pangolin immediately scolded in a loud voice, "Foolish boy! The immortal is the utmost element of heaven's water. How could the water element bugs escape from her?"

Cone Nail seemed shocked by Po Tu's sudden outburst. She hastily defended herself as if she had done something wrong, "It's not like he said, I could sense the bugs who recognized their master from afar. For those with no masters, I can't find them if they were far away. That's why I found this campsite after some searching."

Even if it was Cone Nail, she could not detect the movements of normal 'firecrackers'. The 'firecrackers' which had acknowledged a master would no longer have a pure water element body. Cone Nail had entered the mountain later than the Tibetans, Kunlun, Liu Zheng and the others, but she would never trouble herself with other matters. She only chased the bugs and eventually found the Hua family campsite on the snow-covered peak.

Cone Nail's smile towards Wen Leyang regained its shy composure. This made it hard to believe that she had genuinely cried loudly just a few moments ago, "I didn't know that you were also on the Tanggula Mountains before I came! These white-robed people had immediately activated their magic to kill me without even asking…" As she said this, an endless fear showed through her eyes.

The giant pangolin quickly chimed in, "Their dog eyes were blind! How dare they raise their hands against the immortal, they deserved to be flayed!"

Cone Nail glanced at him and smiled as if she made a reference, "Alas, these people did not have scales, they are no fun." The scales on the giant pangolin's body visibly rippled from his head to the tip of his tail in a cold shudder.

The Hua family elites had taken the visiting Cone Nail as an enemy. They risked their lives and attacked without hesitation. As a result, they were frozen into huge ice nails by Cone Nail effortlessly. Seeing that they were also of the water element, Cone Nail had spared their lives. She had only used some tricks to comprehend the relationship between the Hua family and the 'firecrackers'. The Hua family had also lost a bunch of 'firecrackers' and were looking for them frantically. Naturally, they did not know the whereabouts of the bugs.

At this moment, the first wave of white-robed youths was dispatched by Hua Xiaoyao to relay the message that the bugs were already under control. Cone Nail wanted to rush over the moment she heard about this. Almost at the same time, a large crowd of Tibetans barged in and attacked the Hua family campsite. Although the living dead were terrifying, they were not even worth mentioning in Cone Nail's eyes. What truly made Cone Nail terrified was that these Tibetans were mixed with Xiang Liu's aura!

Cone Nail was in no hurry to find the 'firecrackers'. She only wanted to see if there would be any skilled Xiang Liu disciples who would appear after the living dead were imprisoned by her. To her, Xiang Liu was her true fatal enemy. The one, who would not let her live the most under the heavens, was Xiang Liu.

That was why the Tibetans and Hua family disciples were frozen within icicles. However, no men of Xiang Liu appeared. On the other hand, the Hua family youths were dispatched by Hua Xiaoyao in batches until finally Wen Leyang himself came.

Cone Nail suddenly sighed in between her speech. She shook her head at Wen Leyang, "It's no use. That matter is like a needle now. If I can't get to the bottom of it, it would be meaningless for me to be a human. Don't you divert the topic again!" As she said this, she looked at the head lama Rangjung, "Master, how confident are you that my soul was extracted to refine the Heaven's cone nail?"

Even though Cone Nail was a smart and scheming person, she had lost her calm when faced with the mystery of her own life. After understanding her own situation, she eagerly continued the topic.

Rangjung snorted, "Ninety percent!"

Cone Nail smiled and said drily, "The master is too humble. You were already sure in your heart, make it a hundred percent!"

Rangjung smiled and said nothing. He did not know what to say.

Wen Leyang coughed softly. He earnestly soothed, "Let the past…"

Cone Nail did not let him finish as she shook her head. Her tone was so dry that it made other's chest stifle, "Have you ever thought, because of this 'past', maybe I… have sought revenge from the wrong person all along."

Wen Leyang was dumbstruck. He truly did not think of this. To him, Cone Nail was Chang Li's, Hanba's, and even the Tuo Xie line's great enemy. She was also their most important reliance to defeat Xiang Liu. His consolations and advice completely did away with these point of views. It was like a friend and also like a passerby who had no conflict of interests. He had only consoled her to make himself feel better, there was no 'why', nor were there any clear aims.

Cone Nail paused for a brief moment before she continued, "I had hated Chang Li the most before this. Now that I think about it, the first time she shattered me, she let me live again as a person; the second time she harmed me, she made me remember the things that happened before I was a Heaven's cone nail… Chang Li had become my benefactor instead?"

Wen Leyang's eyes lit up instantly. This was the first time in his life where he felt that Cone Nail's thoughts could be cute. If he could truly erase the thought of Cone Nail's revenge against Chang Li, it would be a feat greater than building a seven-story pagoda. He smiled and wanted to hit while the iron was hot and cheered her on but Cone Nail's attitude suddenly changed, "Not only did Chang Li became my benefactor, that nine-headed Xiang Liu had also become my friend! Although I had subdued it for millions of years, the root of things it was the fault of the vile person who refined Heaven's cone nail!"

Cone Nail had always thought that it was the primordial gods that refined the nine Heaven's cone nails. However, she now had a rough idea about the process of her turning into a Heaven's cone nail. Even if it really was the Buddhas and gods who did this, they had become despicable persons in her eyes. She wanted to kill them and feel happy.

Wen Leyang and Rangjung were dumbstruck. The current Cone Nail did not begrudge Chang Li so much but she started to begrudge the master of Black and White Island. Anyone could have guessed her most direct way of getting revenge, kill all the way to Black and White Island, shatter the other eight Heaven's cone nails and release nine-headed Xiang Liu!

The true soul that controlled Tian Yin's dharmakaya had already caused a headache among the peoples. If Cone Nail also swung the other way, by next year's dragon boat festival, Xiang Liu was bound to be able to eat some fresh glutinous rice dumplings.

Once Xiang Liu returned to the human realm, the unlucky one would be his family's Grand Master Chang Li. Wen Leyang anxiously waved his hands wildly and stammered, "If Xiang Liu breaks free…"

Cone Nail did not say anything. She merely looked at Wen Leyang with a happy smile, as if she admired his flustered expression. At this moment, Guo Huan snorted heavily and suddenly. He rigidly interrupted Wen Leyang, "Foolish lad, don't embarrass yourself!"

Cone Nail had known that there was a Guo Huan within the jade knife and was not startled now. She laughed loudly, "An old fairy is more thorough than a foolish lad!"

Guo Huan also chuckled. It was indistinguishable whether it was a bitter laugh or a sneer. He said to Wen Leyang rudely, "Tian Zhui knows it better than anyone what kind of thing Xiang Liu is. That utmost vile thing under the heavens is a natural killer and pays all its debts. How could it forgive the Heaven's cone nail of the water element that had subdued it for millions of years? When it breaks free, I think the first person on its list would be Cone Nail!"

Wen Leyang gave an 'ah'. He nodded in slight shock.

Cone Nail chuckled and nodded, "I won't release Xiang Liu. Of course, it's only a dream if you think I'd return to Black and White Island. You guys should be thinking of another way to defeat Xiang Liu, the sooner the better. Actually… there's a magic cast on my body. No matter how tyrannical I am, I can never harm a grass or a tree on Black and White Island. Even if I really did return, I could never harm the other Heaven's cone nail nor can I release Xiang Liu!"

Wen Leyang was more at ease but he was still worried. He questioned closely in earnest, "Then… what're you planning to do now?"

Cone Nail shook her head with helplessness, "I must first find the heavenly water spirit to heal my wounds, then I'll give Chang Li a good beating!"

Wen Leyang was startled. He said in fear and anger, "Why're you still saying that!?"

Cone Nail laughed, "Before the great enemy, I'm too lazy to even think about my quarrel with Chang Li. However, she must promise me one thing, she cannot force me to restore the demon-subduing great formation for eternity! Or else, I would rather die in glory than to live in dishonor!"

Wen Leyang's face darkened but he said nothing. His mind was a mess and he felt uncomfortable.

Cone Nail saw that Wen Leyang did not resolutely shake his head in rejection, a happy expression quickly rose on her face. She was extremely happy but she seemed to be afraid to believe, "You still care about me?"

Wen Leyang's impression of Cone Nail might not be that good but, in his eyes, she was a living person no matter what. If Cone Nail wanted to kill Chang Li, he would proceed without hesitation to bear this grudge but his heart will feel uncomfortable if he were to grab this living person and turn her back into a Heaven's cone nail which was like the living dead. Especially now when he vaguely suspected that Cone Nail was originally a cultivator whose soul was extracted to make the Heaven's cone nail. No matter how serious a matter subduing Xiang Liu was, to Cone Nail, it was an extreme injustice.

Cone Nail lifted her head again. She looked at Wen Leyang with bright eyes, "However, Hanba had injured Tian Shu, I must repay him in kind!"

The edge of Wen Leyang's eye twitched. He was slightly heartbroken, though he did not know for whom.

Cone Nail saw Wen Leyang's hesitation and seemed to be truly happy, "After we're done with all this, we'll go find Tian Shu and Tian Hua. We can ask them how much they know…" As she said this, Cone Nail suddenly shut her mouth. She stared at Wen Leyang, "Stop keeping me out of the loop, did something happen on Black and White Island!?"

Cone Nail's gaze was sharp. When she asked why did Xiang Liu have subordinates, Wen Leyang had diverted the topic with changes in his expression. When she mentioned Tian Shu for the second time, Wen Leyang's gaze was dull. These minute changes were all observed by Cone Nail.

The jade knife Guo Huan also interrupted drily, "Stop keeping her out of the loop! She had spent her days with the three enlightened persons of Black and White Island for a million years!"

Heaven's cone nails were alive but they could not move nor speak. In the long days on Black and White Island where there was no notion of time, their sole entertainment was seeing the three enlightened persons cultivate, chat and play around… This friendly sentiment which could only be described as loneliness was much deeper than vigorous gallantry, or else Cone Nail would not have gone mad with rage after she saw Hanba wounding Tian Shu.

Wen Leyang pointed at the white-robes in the icicles, "I've told you before, you can't harm the innocent!"

Cone Nail waved and a huge patch of icicles shattered. Every white-robed man was released. The icicles which froze the living dead Tibetans still stood tall and the raging cold wind on the snow-covered peak also vanished suddenly. The surroundings quieted down suddenly. Cone Nail did not even glance at the flustered Hua family people. She only stared at Wen Leyang and spat out one word forcefully, "Speak!"

In the boundless silence, Wen Leyang's voice was slow but firm. Every word resounded steadily among the earth. Everyone else held their breaths, nobody dared to interrupt simply….. Suddenly, a crisp 'pa' was heard, a savage crack erupted under Cone Nail's feet. Wen Leyang shut his mouth with shock. Cone Nail, however, opened her mouth again as cold as ancient ice, "Continue, talk!"

The three enlightened persons had died. The true soul of Xiang Liu possessed Tian Yin's dharmakaya. After the living dead butchered the evil cult followers they went up the mountain to chase away the ice bugs… Wen Leyang finally relayed everything.

Cone Nail's expression did not change. She did not even interrupt him. She only waited after Wen Leyang utterly quieted down, then she confirmed softly, "Are you done?"

Wen Leyang nodded and wanted to say something. Suddenly, a shrill scream that was sharper than a wolf's howl rose from Cone Nail's mouth into the sky. At the same time, a sharp eruption resounded in the heavens. The huge patch icicle forest of a hundred Tibetans shattered in unison!

The high wind at the snow-covered peak finally broke free of its shackles after being blocked. It howled and rolled wildly. It was more breathtaking than the Ninth Heaven Thunder Conjuration!

The sound of wind turned into a wail. Amidst the countless flying ice shards, the icicles and the living dead frozen within them were destroyed with the lift of Cone Nail's finger!

Cone Nail mercilessly killed all the frozen living dead people. Then, she looked at the Hua family disciples with a cold look, "I'll borrow your ice bugs, I'll return them right after!"

The Hua family disciples did not dare to shake their heads. Whether it was her magic powers or her cruelty, the beautiful white-dressed young lady terrified them. After all, she had clearly stated that she would only borrow their bugs.

Wen Leyang was worried that Cone Nail would trouble the Hua family disciples again. He carried on the conversation, "I'm not sure if that bugger had come here. Besides, there should be more living dead Tibetans lying in ambush. There was about hundred and seventy seven of them. Guo Huan had killed a few dozens, eight of them died this morning, there's about a hundred and ten here…"

After the Tibetans arrived at the snow-covered peak, the only thing they did was continuously releasing the 'firecrackers'. Finally, the truth was revealed. They wanted to use the 'firecrackers' to find the heavenly water spirit.

On the snow-covered peak, whether it was Wen Leyang or Kunlun Sect, they could treat Cone Nail as one of their own. As long as that true soul did not show itself, the abilities of the Tibetans were not worth mentioning.

However, the heavy grudge that wedged between Tuo Xie, Chang Li, Cone Nail, Black and White Island and Xiang Liu gave everyone an extreme headache.

Wen Leyang could not wrap his mind around this but he decided to use his 'clean cut' great magic. He did not care how complicated things would get, he would just help his relatives!

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Chapter 216: The Sword Formation

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Hua Xiaoyao was very intelligent, he folded his hands and saluted, "You can count on us to look for the living dead."

Cone Nail nodded lightly towards him and smiled in a courteous manner, "Thank you, please inform us when you have found the Tibetans."

The giant pangolin hastily shook its huge head, "There is no need for the fairy maiden to handle the living dead. Po Tu is here to assume personal command, I will never return as long as I am not done killing the evil Tibetans!" The living dead were skilled in the magic spell of 'Great Xia's Nine Tripod Cauldrons', it was rather troublesome to deal with once the magic spell was launched but any living dead that was more troubling would still be cuter than Cone Nail by a million times in Po Tu's heart.

As Rangjung, who usually stood firm for the cause of justice, had a clearer understanding of the situation, he puffed up his chest and spoke in a low muffled voice, "The living dead defiled the King, the lama would never forgive them easily!"

Cone Nail laughed as she nodded. She did not speak anymore but dragged Wen Leyang and walked away, "I am searching for the bug, you… shall accompany me for a walk!"

Wen Leyang was slightly suspicious that Cone Nail could be suffering from a psychotic break. At first, she found out about the enigma of her life. Then, she received the sad news of the death of that three sword immortals, who she regarded as her family. Yet, to Wen Leyang's surprise, she could still laugh at this point.

Cone Nail could see through Wen Leyang's thoughts, a sense of hesitation could be seen on the pucker of her lips, "The situation is very complicated… have you ever thought that perhaps the three sword immortals are my enemies! Hehe, my only family is the enemy's disciples…" As she was saying that, she did not launch the escape magic spell but pull Wen Leyang's hand. She spread her legs and dashed wildly into the boundless snow peak!

Cone Nail had since found out the location of the bugs from the Hua family disciples that returned to their home to deliver a message, there was no need for Wen Leyang to show the way. They dashed wildly all the way, Wen Leyang was still running a little in the beginning but later on he was just dragged by Cone Nail as he hurtled with his feet on the ground…

The dashing to her heart's content and the strong and vigorous wind seemed to become the potion that healed her injuries. Cone Nail ran for a while before her mood turned better, she lowered her head and spoke to Wen Leyang, "The three of them are dead, even if I were to return to the Black and White Island willingly, the great demon-executing formation would never be reformed anymore!"

Wen Leyang was hurtling, yet his body could not help but tremble at the sound of her words. He looked up to Cone Nail from a ghastly angle, "What do you mean?"

"Even if I were to return to my formation's position, someone would still need to chant the formation-conjuration spell before the great formation could be reformed to receive the essence of the universe. However, now that the three of them are dead, no one knows about the formation-conjuration spell anymore. If you want to protect that Grand Master Chang Li of yours, you ought to figure out another way as soon as possible!"

Wen Leyang did not try to conceal his intention anymore. He knew that he could not hide his thoughts from Cone Nail so he asked unwillingly, "How about Liu Zheng? Does he know the formation-conjuration spell?"

Cone Nail shook her head, "Liu Zheng is only considered Tian Shu's titular disciple, he is not even considered the Black and White Island's sect disciple. Whether it is his identity or the cultivation method he refined in, there is no way he can launch the formation-conjuration spell! At this point, Cone Nail paused for a moment, she became all smiles again, "If I could remember everything from the past, perhaps I can find some clues… it is best for you to hope that the b*stard who condensed and refined the heaven's cone nails is not some ancient great god and he has yet to ascend to become an immortal. However…"

Wen Leyang laughed in a manner that was uglier than crying. Cone Nail's memory would need to be restored, then he would need to seek the whereabouts of the person who condensed the Heaven's cone nails and hopes that this person was still a mortal… not that it was not possible but the process was truly too complicated. Wen Leyang heaved a sigh in his heart and responded, "However?"

Cone Nail smiled in a slightly cunning manner, her smile was reflected into Wen Leyang's eyes, such that he was feeling rather joyous as well, "However, in case we managed to find this person, I am going to seek revenge from him. What are you going to do?"

Wen Leyang pondered for a long while, he suddenly laughed, "I will ask him if there are any other ways that we can suppress Xiang Liu once again without the use of the Heaven's cone nails!"

Cone Nail gave out a surprised 'huh', "Of course there wasn't. If there was a way, why did he bother to condense the Heaven's cone nails in the beginning… even if it was possible that he knew of other ways, if the way existed then what are you going to do then?"

Wen Leyang laughed in an incomparably prideful manner, "Then we will request for him to suppress Xiang Liu first and then I will seek revenge from him on behalf of you!"

Cone Nail laughed, "Then, what if there is not one?"

Wen Leyang spoke with all apparent seriousness, even though he knew that he was purely indulging in a wild fantasy as well, "Then we will force him to pass down the formation-conjuration spell and then I will seek revenge on behalf of you! I will detain you so you will return to the Black and White Island for the great formation!"

Cone Nail seemed to find this topic rather interesting, "Then what if he can be found but the time is pressing and he does not manage to pass down the formation-conjuration spell? This great formation's formation-conjuration spell is an exceedingly complicated art. Even though Tian Shu and Tian Yin were the disciples of the orthodox sect, they had to cultivate for a few thousand years before they could launch the spell with great difficulties. Even so, the chance of success was perhaps eight out of ten…"

Wen Leyang heaved a sigh, "Then, there is no other way but to make him return you to the great formation first, and then…if worst comes to the worst I will help you to seek revenge from him!

Cone Nail raised her arm and lifted Wen Leyang in front of him. She stared at him with interest, "That person is albeit my mortal enemy, he is a living immortal who brings benefit to the world. Are you sure that you want to deal with him?"

Wen Leyang's current posture would even startle himself, "You are closer to me than that person… but Chang Li is closer to me than you. Do you understand?"

Cone Nail suddenly gave out a series of clear and melodious laughter but she did not speak.

Wen Leyang was hurtling up and down. He put on a long face as he discussed with her, "Can you please slow down, I can let go of you and run. I am not that slow, I will not be delaying…"

Cone Nail slowed down her steps as expected. She placed Wen Leyang on the ground and pulled him as she ran along his side.

Wen Leyang was more relaxed, he was also more confident. He ran as he looked for a topic with Cone Nail, "Why is it called 'follow the bugs and you will find the heavenly water spirit'? Those bugs were freed for quite a while but the bugs did not even look for the heavenly water spirit, they were only flying around everywhere on the snow peak.

Cone Nail always had a cruel heart under the cover of her sugar-coated words towards the others, she could be joking while she suddenly attacked someone, yet she was only rather patient when she was with Wen Leyang, "The bugs refuse to locate the heavenly water spirit because its force of water element is not enough!" She was aware that Wen Leyang did not know anything, so she continued to explain, "The force of water, in simpler words, is the rainstorm, the deluge and even the avalanche and tsunami. It is the natural force of water in between the heaven and the earth! The bugs are not attending performing its proper duty now, but once the rainstorm and snowstorm befall, the bugs will be on their way to look for the heavenly water spirit."

Upon saying that, she paused for a moment before she shook her head and laughed, "Do not ask me why. I just remember these things but I cannot remember the principle!"

Wen Leyang was not interested in the principles and reasons, he was more concerned about the practice, "So, what are you going to do after you find the bugs? Are you going to wait for the rain in the mountain? According to the lama Rangjung, the highland is already in the rainy season by now, it is possible for rain or snow to happen soon."

Cone Nail pursed her lips, "I am too lazy to wait, I will release the bugs in a while. It is not that difficult to cast a spell that causes rainfall!"

Wen Leyang was chatting and laughing with Cone Nail when he suddenly realized that he had already felt more relaxed now. The three enlightened immortals of the Tian generation name had deceased. Since there was already no way the great demon-executing formation could be reformed, the conflict of interest between Tuo Xie's disciples and Cone Nail was lost…

The two persons walked at an extremely fast pace, they were dashing on the snow peak so swiftly such that there was no way one could see their shadows. The both of them chatted and laughed and finally rushed to the location where the Hua family youths sealed the 'firecrackers'. The sound of a clear sword hummed all of a sudden, echoing sharply from the sky. The sharp sword's blades were aiming right at them from afar.

Wen Leyang gave out a 'hey', he bawled loudly at Liu Zheng to retract his sword formation.

Liu Zheng's laughter echoed from the ice fissure, he seemed to have opened his mouth in preparation to speak but before the words left his mouth. His voice turned into a perplexed scream!

The sky before Wen Leyang's eyes suddenly darkened. In the blink of an eye, thousands of streaks of cold radiance erupted in a loud bang.

Within the heaven-shocking hum that was accompanied by the force of violence capable of causing the apocalypse, the Kunlun sword formation that was nourished by the enlightened person Tian Hua with his remnant life vitality mercilessly poured onto Wen Leyang and Cone Nail! Wen Leyang did not even have the time to close his eyes. He watched helplessly as the great formation of the thousands of swords, which was as fast as lightning and was rolling like a dragon, was about to crash into his body.

It was difficult for the enlightened person Tian Shu, in his prime, to even resist the Kunlun sword formation. With Wen Leyang's cultivation base, being caught off guard and utterly unprepared to deal with the situation… suddenly a stretch of crystal clear color of white filled his pupils in a domineering manner.

Cone Nail waved her hands continuously. The sound of the wind that had recently been churned by the sword radiance into pieces started roaring wildly on the snow peak once. The divine swords that were surging at the front were extinguished by the rolling frost, which also shielded Wen Leyang from being drowned.

When seen from afar, the thousands of swords on the snow peak charged and shot and gradually condensed into over a hundred steel dragons.

Layers of snow and ice pieces kicked up boundless dust within Cone Nail's dancing sleeves. It was thick and heavy yet sharp!

Two gushes of bold and vigorous force entangled one another in surges, the forces fought in rage endlessly! Cone Nail temporarily shielded Wen Leyang against the Kunlun sword formation. Her usually crystal clear face was misted with a layer of blush soundlessly but in between her breaths, a streak of terrifying blood crept out from the corner of her mouth. Compared to the agitated sword formation and snowstorm, the blood dropped in a gentle yet weak manner.

Cone Nail's severe injuries from earlier had yet to fully recover and she was launching magic spells continuously on the snow peak. Following that, her emotions fluctuated on a few occasion. Hence, when she was bracing against the Kunlun sword formation, her state of injury had deteriorated! Wen Leyang rescued Cone Nail's life in great urgency. He could no longer care about being scared. He broke out in curses towards Liu Zheng and was about to urge the Faulty Punch and the Metal Poison Stream to help Cone Nail to break out of the encirclement when his body suddenly stiffened. He was frozen into the ice spike by Cone Nail again.

The Kunlun divine swords, which were surging and rolling, did not acknowledge Wen Leyang at all. The swords howled as they swept past the ice spikes, they had only one aim – Cone Nail, who was waving around her long sleeves akin to dancing!

Liu Zheng led the seventy-two esteemed sword seniors behind him as they dashed up to the snow peak. They turned pale in fear upon witnessing the scene before their eyes and started pinching their fingers into the sword-control gesture one after another in an attempt to summon the sword formation that had suddenly lost control. However, their effort did not cause any effect at all.

Old Gu, Fei Fei and Xiao Sha each hid behind the back of an esteemed sword senior. Something so serious was happening on the snow peak, they had to appear regardless of whether their presence was helping the situation or not.

Liu Zheng attempted for a few times but his effort was futile. He was jumping and cursing in exasperation, he immediately clenched his teeth and summoned his own flying sword and was about to dash forward to help Cone Nail in shielding against the sword formation. The seventy-two esteemed sword seniors were so furious that their eyes were almost widened to the point of cracking. They imitated their supreme leader and urged their personal treasured weapons as they dashed forward.

Wen Leyang could see the situation outside as clear as day. It was only then he realized that the Kunlun sword formation that was raiding Cone Nail was not launched by the Kunlun disciples. Even Liu Zheng did not understand how did the sword formation suddenly lose control.

The three enlightened persons of the Black and White Island were already dead, whether it was Cone Nail's status or her relationship, she was a senior in Liu Zheng's heart. How could he stay calm and watched helplessly as the corner of Cone Nail's mouth and her clothes were tainted with bloodstains. However, the moment every single Kunlun disciple had only pounce forward, crystal clear and glistening glare circulated underneath their feet abruptly, Liu Zheng was leading his seventy-two esteemed sword seniors, he was also bringing along Old Gu and the siblings. Similar to Wen Leyang, Cone Nail froze them into ice spikes.

The gaze that Cone Nail used to look at Liu Zheng and the rest was accompanied by a sense of unexplainable smile, "Why is there a necessity to sacrifice your petty little lives!" She resisted the sword formation's raid. While she turned around and looked towards Wen Leyang, she was still smiling gently as before, "Such is Tian Hua!"

When Cone Nail was speaking, the fresh blood that was seeping out of the corner of her mouth became even thicker, every word she spoke was tainted with the color of blood that penetrated through the rigid glacier and echoed clearly into Wen Leyang's ears.

Wen Leyang could not speak nor move, he was feeling very oppressed in his heart. The poisonous bones in his entire body erupted in a series of muffled popping sounds, the Poison of Life and Death flowed then surged out of the gaps in between the bones of his limbs, gradually converged into a poison tide and started surging wildly within his body, trying to struggle free from the ice spike's shackles strenuously.

Cone Nail did not realize that Wen Leyang was trying to break through the ice spike strenuously, she continued to laugh, "Tian Hua used his remnant spirit to nourish the swords, before he died, he still did not forget about trying to detain me back to the Black and White Island. The sword formation absorbed his primordial spirit and inherited his death wish as well, that was why the sword formation did not follow Liu Zheng's control upon seeing me. It did not care about anything else but attacked me."

Cone Nail's movements were already much slower than before. Her actual power was slightly inferior to Chang Li, but she was firmly positioned above the three sword immortals of the Tian generation. When she was in her prime, it was not difficult for her to brace or dodge the sword formation but with her old injuries flaring up, she was trapped both from the inside and the outside. In a short while, she had already turned from an unparalleled master cultivator that was calm and unhurried into a weak and fragile young woman!

Wen Leyang howled in rage from the bottom of his heart. He felt as if the strength in his entire body was about to explode. The ice spike that was frozen around him started to loosen gradually. A layer of fine fissures that could not be seen with the naked eyes was akin to being alive and started spreading in all directions rapidly.

"Are you trying to ask me that since there is already no one in the Black and White Island who is capable of launching the formation-conjuration spell and that since the great demon-executing formation cannot be reformed anymore, why is that fool Tian Hua still constantly thinking about detaining me back to the Black and White Island before he died?" Cone Nail was calling Tian Hua a fool in her mouth but her tone of speaking was filled with heart-wrenching pain, the kind of heartache that made everyone heartache!

Wen Leyang's body struggled gently. As long as he could move a little, he could immediately launch the Faulty Punch, which was rippling with the raging Poison of Life and Death, and break through the ice spike that was binding himself!

Cone Nail's gaze appeared a little distracted. She had not realized that Wen Leyang was about to break out from the ice but continued to speak to herself, "Actually it is not that difficult to guess the answer, it is because Tian Shu lied to Tian Hua! Tian Hua did not even know that at his death, Tian Shu was as severely injured as he was, they were both unsalvageable!" When she was pronouncing the last word, Cone Nail abruptly gave out a crisp laughter akin to the explosion of the silver vase!

The laughter was only heard once. A mouthful of fresh blood so crimson it could paint the entire heaven and earth red spurted out of her mouth. The divine swords that were covering the sky hummed in unison, the sharp sword radiance finally grinded the whirling snow into powder!

The wind and snow stopped momentarily. The thousand of swords halted their movements. At that moment, the time on the snow peak was akin to being dragged forcefully by the laughter and fresh blood!

'Crack', the magic ice spike that was frozen around Wen Leyang was finally broken by the Faulty Punch. At the sound of a loud bang, it was shattered into countless of ice shards, Wen Leyang exerted a long howl that was filled with rage and unwillingness from the depth of his body. At the same time, the thousand of swords broke out again and caught up to Wen Leyang in less than a moment. The Faulty Punch was capable of breaking a magic spell but it was incapable of breaking Tian Hua's gallant soul that was still attached to the swords! This poisonous bones and poisonous meridians were as tough as steel but he could not brace the impact of hundreds of sword dragon's surging and roaring!

It was as if every single sword was rippling with the tremendous force of ten thousand horses stampeding. As Wen Leyang was holding Cone Nail in his cradle, he could not move freely, he could only use his Faulty Punch to dissolve the batch of Kunlun divine swords that was blazing at the front and the bones in his limbs were already sore and weak. The Poison of Life and Death that had just converged into a mighty torrent was already crushed by the continuous impact. Wen Leyang could only feel his throat warming, the vision before his eyes was filled with golden sparks. A gush of countercurrent surged out from his chest uncontrollably. He bawled and spat out a mouthful of fresh blood as well!

Wen Leyang spat out a mouthful of blood, it was only then he realized that Cone Nail in his cradle was still conscious. Her pupils were no longer misted by the slight injustice and pity that were constantly there on usual days, instead it was replaced with a form of…interest? Just like a little girl that accidentally discovered a new way to play with the doll, that form of little satisfaction and little curiosity and also a little joy, little, but enough to send the adults into blushing in embarrassment!

Cone Nail looked at Wen Leyang with interest. From her view, Wen Leyang's stubbles on his chin and the two pitch black holes of his nostrils were obvious. A gush of fresh blood so hot that it made one felt anxious poured onto her lively face. It also enticed her eyes…

The first round of sword rain was forcefully resisted by Wen Leyang but the thousands of swords were still shuttling back and forth in the sky, surging and shooting like the shadow that followed its form! Just as Wen Leyang spat out the fresh blood and could no longer resist anymore, his chest suddenly felt warm. 'You've Got Me' stiffened the sharp stings on its entire body, like a hero, but even more like a drunken boor. In its almost bitter ululation, it suddenly bounced once and jumped onto Wen Leyang's shoulder. A gush of boiling air enshrouded onto the snow peak with a loud bang!

It was unknown since when the blue sky was already covered in majestic-looking fire clouds, the thundering fierce flames burned enchantingly. Streaks upon streaks of thick fiery snakes probed out its bodies swiftly and left behind a tinge of charred marks in the air. The fire snakes then returned into the clouds again. A red-colored giant sword that could only be described as blotting out the sky and covering the sun was surging within the raging fire. Under 'You've Got Me's' ululation, the swords appeared in a loud bang and floated in front of Wen Leyang's body firmly!

The giant sword gave out a Heaven's thunder and hellfire-like loud hum. On the red-colored giant sword, four enormous words 'Molten Metal Fire Bell' could be seen. Every single stroke was written with utmost disposition and arrogance!

The thousands of swords converged into hundreds of mighty sword dragons yet it did not manage to surge past the Molten Metal Fire Bell's obstruction. The Kunlun swords scattered over and over again and converged over and over again. The ice sheet on the ground started melting rapidly. The mushy ice sludge was filled with the shattered divine swords!

Wen Leyang was both surprised and joyous, just as he was about to raise his hand and poked at 'You've Got Me's' tiny head, he could not even exert an ounce of strength. He lied diagonally on the ground with Cone Nail, none of them could budge an inch.

A squall suddenly echoed from the ice fissure, a black head, a skinny head, a white head and a plump head stuck out from the ground surface. Ji Song carried the Hua family's Uncle Quan on his back, Tutatunte was holding the fat and plump Hua Xiaoba who was on garrison duty. They climbed onto the surface together.

The moment Hua Xiaoba arrived on the ice sheet, he immediately behaved like his buttocks were burnt by fire, he squalled and stuttered as he ran everywhere, "Firecrackers! Firecrackers! Firecrackers! Firecrackers…" Following that he realized the presence of flying swords shuttling through the entire sky, a group of Kunlun disciples that were frozen into ice blocks. His mouth was agape from astonishment, he stood on the same spot at a loss of what to do, he paused for two seconds then he pouted his lips and wailed loudly.

At this moment, a muffled thunder surged and shot through the sky abruptly. The vision before Wen Leyang's eyes blurred, cold rain penetrated through the fire clouds and poured onto the snow peak, it was raining…raining heavily.

As the Molten Metal Fire Bell that was summoned by 'You've Got Me' was blocking against the Kunlun sword formation, it was also enshrouding the area with the heated airstream. It was also rippling layers of fire clouds. The coldest sky on the snow peak was suddenly surged by the hot airstream, condensed into thick and heavy dark clouds and the heavy rain poured down like a tilted basin.

The Kunlun sword formation was not conducted by anyone. It raged for a long while and finally regained its calmness gradually and slowly retracted its offensive intent. It floated unwillingly in the midair for a moment before it gently hummed and disappeared into thin air.

The Molten Metal Fire Bell quieted down. Its thundering fire vanished as it stabbed onto the ground in a mighty yet overwhelmingly arrogant manner, soundlessly yet despising the heaven and earth! Just as the rainstorm started, the snow peak that was still in a chaos earlier and quieted down abruptly, there was only the swooshing sound of rain on the surroundings that carried along slightly uneasiness and knocked onto the slush ice sheet.

Cone Nail lied under the rain, her mouth cracked into an enjoyable smile. She raised her chin gently, yet her body convulsed occasionally. The mighty power of thousand swords earlier had already scattered her life vitality but she was smiling earnestly and sincerely as her charming head pillowed on Wen Leyang's shoulder. She was basking in her most fancied rainwater.

Enduring 'You've Got Me's' most hated rainwater, it cruised on Wen Leyang's chest, neck and face arrogantly. Its route was undetermined but it was only drawing circles. Nevertheless, in the midst of its movement, it dodged away from Cone Nail cautiously.

Wen Leyang was filled with puzzlement, 'You've Got Me' saved his life by summoning the Molten Metal Fire Bell but when they were dealing with the monkey Qian Ren, 'You've Got Me' was also ululating with excitement, yet it could not even light up a cigarette… Wen Leyang lied on the ground and was pondering when a pitch black-colored huge face leaped into his vision. Then, he saw a row of ghastly pale teeth. Tutatunte was giving him a joyous smile, yet in the eyes of Wen Leyang he appeared absolutely terrifying.

Tutatunte had yet to smile to his heart's content when he suddenly disappeared without a trace. Wen Leyang's vision was replaced with an anxious and plump face, Hua Xiaoba had pushed the African brother away. He put on a long face as he looked at Wen Leyang, "We're in trouble…the fire element gigantic treasured sword broke the magic spell that was freezing the firecrackers cast by Hua Xiaoyao, the bugs are struggling free now…"

Fortunately, when Cone Nail was fighting against the Kunlun sword formation earlier, the movement she created was rather humongous, the 'firecrackers' that had taken control of the Kunlun disciples, brought along its masters and escaped deeper into the ice layers, so those 'firecrackers' that had escaped were the 'master-less' ones.

Before Hua Xiaoba could finish talking, 'You've Got Me' abruptly stopped moving, it exerted its power and raised its tiny head strenuously. It whipped its head as if it was smelling the air on the surroundings when it suddenly squalled. It slammed its tail as it pried open Wen Leyang's mouth with great efforts and dove head first into his mouth and refused to come out anymore.

Tutatunte started screaming in surprise, he bent over his body in preparation pull Wen Leyang. Yet, the moment his pitch black-colored fingers came into contact with Wen Leyang, his body suddenly shook vigorously. He fell and sat on the ground, his mouth cracked into a ghastly smile, his body sank into the ice sheet inch by inch.

Ji Song who was carrying Uncle Quan on his body also squalled. He spread his legs and ran away!

The icy cold temperature that was piercing the bones abruptly surged out from underneath the ice sheet. Just like the cold water that was frozen for millenniums under the ice that drowned Wen Leyang soundlessly and in an uncourteous manner!

Hua Xiaoba widened his mouth and cried loudly, "We're in trouble!

Thousands of firecrackers melted into each other, in a shape that appeared formless to the eyes but the size was enough to fill a neighboring small-sized pond and swallowed Wen Leyang and Cone Nail into nothingness.

Perhaps it was because the great enemy 'You've Got Me' was in Wen Leyang's mouth, or perhaps it was because Cone Nail's Art of Ancient Ice was too miraculous, even the 'firecrackers' could not see through the people who were still frozen in the ice spikes, such as the Kunlun disciples and Old Gu. After the bugs swallowed Wen Leyang, the bugs shook ever so slightly and started swimming joyously in the rainwater!

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Chapter 217: Crystal

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From its appearance, the bug tide was like a mini swamp. It was a single entity that was purer than the waters of Namtso Lake and clearer than the ancient ice on Gelaindong Peak. However, Wen Leyang, who was deep in its midst, felt a chilling coldness emanated by the countless bugs, which were enveloping him in layers. The bugs used all their strength to burrow into his body, especially his mouth. He did not know whether it was because 'You've Got Me' was inside his mouth. Wen Leyang felt that his teeth were about to be pushed away by the bugs.

The 'firecrackers' were of an alien species on the snow mountain and were deeply related to the heavenly water spirit. Due to their nature, they preferred to cultivate with humans. These bugs practically did not let go of any holes. The head lama Rangjung had almost suffered a big loss because of this. Of course, for cultivators, if they suffered a loss like this from the beginning but managed to hold on until the end, it would be a great blessing instead.

Wen Leyang could clench his teeth but he could not shut his ears and mouth. Luckily, the force of the Poison of Life and Death could already flow freely within his body. When he was invaded by the bugs, the poison flowed out and sealed Wen Leyang's seven orifices and every single pore. It had temporarily blocked the bugs that wanted to surge into his body frantically.

Hua Xiaoba was flustered. He was only a little fat boy, who was about eight years old. When he was confronted with such an incident, even if he was familiar with the bug's temperament, he was still at a loss. He stood at the edge of the bug tide and shouted, "It's fine even if you let the bugs in. They do not harm people…" He had reared the bugs and they would not pounce on him.

Wen Leyang did not need his reminder. He already knew the firecrackers' habits from Hua Xiaoyao yesterday but 'You've Got Me', which was in his mouth, was irreconcilable with these water element 'firecrackers'. He would be fine even if he was controlled by the 'firecrackers', but his Buddha's Light Bug would not be so lucky.

'You've Got Me' was also dumbstruck. It curled up pitiably in Wen Leyang's mouth and dared not move. After the huge sword, Molten Metal Fire Bell flashed its powers, it had quieted down. It did not care about 'You've Got Me's' current predicament.

Wen Leyang loved 'You've Got Me' almost as much as his own life. 'You've Got Me' had saved his life many times. Besides, in Gelaindong, the living dead Tibetans, whose true soul could not be seen, might still ambush them. Wen Leyang could not let the 'firecrackers' control him no matter what. Even the men of Kunlun Sect, who were profound disciples and had been refining Qi since young, they still had to be modified by the bugs for some years. If Wen Leyang was controlled, he would be more than sixty years old when he leaves the ice surface.

Hua Xiaoba was frustrated. He suddenly knitted his brows and scratched the back of his bald head in confusion. He was flustered. He had just remembered that the bug's tide did not immediately dive into the depths of the ice layer after it captured its master like it normally would but it flowed slowly and happily on the ice cap with pleasure.

Cone Nail was heavily wounded and was on the brink of death, she could hardly move. She leaned on Wen Leyang's body and fell into the bug tide with him. Nevertheless, she was the embodiment of true water. The 'firecrackers' were not interested in her. Hence, no bugs pounced on her. They left her alone to sink along with Wen Leyang.

Amidst the stormy and ice-cold water element bug tide, Cone Nail seemed to have regained some vitality. She leaned on Wen Leyang's chest and opened her mouth softly, "Do you still remember, I told you that, with the force of water element, these bugs can bring us to the heavenly water spirit."

Wen Leyang gritted his teeth and shut his eyes, he looked unrelenting. He dared not answer Cone Nail. Even though the Poison of Life and Death had already sealed off his body, the range of his telegnosis ability was also pitiably small. He only knew that he was still floating on the ice cap.

Cone Nail suddenly smiled, "I have promised you before, that I would bring you to see the heavenly water spirit. The old heaven has eyes after all, I'm able to fulfill my promise…" Halfway through her speech, she seemed to suddenly think of something. She frowned and shut her mouth.

Cone Nail's life vitality was in a mess right now. She was heavily wounded and in a dangerous condition. Her self-protection magic art had already disappeared. Fortunately, Wen Leyang's drifting telegnosis ability could see her, or else Wen Leyang would think that she was dead if she had gone silent halfway through her speech.

As it rained heavily, it was dark on the snow-covered peak. The dark clouds seemed to press down on them from above. Occasionally, a muffled thunder could be heard as if a giant had fallen down from the sky… Wen Leyang suddenly grunted. His body clearly felt that the 'firecrackers' which swarmed around him wildly expanded in the pouring rain!

After a brief moment, Cone Nail spoke again. Her voice sounded tired, but compared to before, it was more hopeful, "Now, my life vitality is a scattered mess. If we followed the bug tide and manage to find the heavenly water spirit, hehe, maybe I won't have to die…" She was halfway through her speech when her little fingers tightened weakly. Wen Leyang used all his strength and could only manage to grab her finger lightly.

The bug tide would sway and move sooner or later. They would not abandon Wen Leyang but they might not tow Cone Nail around the world with them.

The 'firecrackers' expanded swiftly. Every bug doubled in size. The bug tide was like a stretching octopus as it visibly expanded. Hua Xiaoba cried and wailed, "This is absurd!"

The Hua family bred and reared 'firecrackers' but they had done it in a cave sealed by prohibition spells. They never release the bugs throughout these thousands of years. These bugs would escape as soon as they see snow. It was too difficult to capture them once they left the prohibition spell. Even Hua Xiaoba, who was most familiar with the bug's temperament, did not know that the bugs would grow bigger when they encountered meteoric water.

After the few thousands of firecrackers expanded to their maximum potential by absorbing the rainwater, a layer of silver wave rippled. The wave brought Wen Leyang and Cone Nail along as it plunged into the ice layer!

Hua Xiaoba leaped up hastily. Like a clumsy little bear, he wagged his buttocks and chased the bug tide closely and escaped into the ice cap…

The ice-cold bug tide towed Wen Leyang and Cone Nail and dove to the bottom of the ice layer. It only stopped when they bumped into the rigid mountain rock. Then, loud rubbing sounds were heard! Hua Xiaoba, who followed closely behind them, squalled noisily, "Their bodies have expanded, they want something to eat!"

Cone Nail's eyes lit up. She pressed her lips as if she thought of something…

Under the ice cap was hard mountain rock. Strips of crystal mineral veins were exposed. After the 'firecrackers' expanded, they started to nibble on the crystal mineral impatiently. In the blink of an eye, the crystal mineral, which was sparkling with a bluish hue, had lost its luster. The crystal components of the mineral vein had completely been eaten up by the bugs and turned into bald rocks.

The purity of the mineral vein was very poor, it could not satisfy the 'firecrackers' appetite. The bug tide was like a swarm of locusts, which went after wheat fields. They rolled along the mineral vein between the ice layer and frozen peak and moved towards the southern slope of the snow-covered peak.

Strangely, they seemed to lose their interest in the mineral vein after they tasted the previous crystal rocks. It was as if they felt that the crystal rocks tasted bad and went in search of a tastier meal as they raged along the mineral vein.

Wen Leyang clearly felt that the 'firecrackers' had grown stronger after they nibbled on the mineral vein. However, they were currently in a hurry to look for food, they did not have time to deal with Wen Leyang and 'You've Got Me'. They only pulled Wen Leyang and 'You've Got Me' snugly as they roared and flowed. They effortlessly shook little fat boy Hua Xiaoba off their tails.

Cone Nail leaned on Wen Leyang's body. She gracefully said in a soft voice, "I finally understand why we can find the heavenly water spirit by following the bugs!"

Although the Hua family disciples knew how to rear bugs, they were completely clueless about the causes and consequences.

If the heavenly water spirit could be divided into various levels, the heavenly water spirit of Jianggendiru Glacier must be the most exquisite amongst them to be able to give birth to great waters that nurtured the lands, such as the Yangtze River. The ice river crystal rocks, which were scattered on the snowline, were also born from this special treasure.

The 'firecrackers' liked to eat the crystal rocks to absorb the utmost water element force contained within them.

The rainwater on the snow-covered peak was a rootless meteoric water, it could hasten the growth of the firecrackers greatly. After the 'firecrackers' increased tremendously in size, their need towards the glacier crystal rocks also reached a higher level. The crystal minerals, which were not pure enough, could no longer satisfy them. That was why the bug tide stopped eating and sprinted along the mineral vein in search of purer crystals.

As she said this, Cone Nail paused for breath. Her face flushed redder. To others, it was a healthy color, but to her, it was a look of grave wounds, "The crystal mineral originated from the heavenly water spirit. The purest mineral must be near the heavenly water spirit!" Every word of hers was strained but she was worried that Wen Leyang did not understand. She patiently continued to explain, "There are tens of thousands of mineral veins here, they intertwine with each other and are extremely complicated. Even if outsiders know that they can find the treasure by following the mineral veins, they will have to search one by one. They may not be able to find it even when the world ends. These bugs are different. It is in their nature to search for the purest mineral rocks. Naturally, they can find the original mineral vein…"

Although the 'firecrackers' were intelligent, they were just bugs. Their greedy nature prompted them to search for the purest crystal mineral. The other mineral veins, which they overlooked along the way, were actually sufficient for them to fill their bellies.

That was why, whether it was a 'firecracker' or a patch of bug tide, as long as it was sprayed with the snow-covered peak's rainwater and grew in size, one could follow them to look for the purest ice mountain crystal rock. Naturally, one could find the heavenly water spirit.

Cone Nail had almost exhausted all of her energy after talking for such a long time. She finally closed her eyes with a smile and said no more.

The jade knife Guo Huan clicked his tongue in amusement after he heard Cone Nail's words. He was knowledgeable but this was his first time hearing such an unimaginable thing.

Wen Leyang felt as if he was tied to a speeding train. He was pulled along at lightning speed by the bugs over the snow-covered peak and raced towards Jianggendiru Glacier on the southeastern slope of Geladaindong.

He felt dizzy and sleepy along this trip. Savage ice columns and mottled, winding mineral veins swept across his telegnosis ability ceaselessly. He did not know how much time had passed, suddenly his body felt heavy and the entire bug tide scattered and shattered loudly. The 'firecrackers', which were larger than leopard cats, were not worried that they might escape. They detached themselves from the bug tide and sprawled on a perfect, flawless huge crystal ground surface and started to nibble wildly!

For some time, crunching sounds erupted loudly, making one's hairs stood on its end!

A few thousand firecrackers suddenly scattered. Nobody bothered about Wen Leyang. They fell over each other and fought for the glacier's crystal rocks. Although his telegnosis ability could see the surroundings, Wen Leyang still could not help but silently open a slit in his eyelids to take a detailed look at his surroundings.

Flowing ambient light quickly surged into Wen Leyang's eyes. He had never even dreamed that he could be in such an enchantingly beautiful world that could only be described as majestic and magnificent!

The crystal under his feet was as smooth and shiny as a mirror. It expanded outwards in all directions in one patch, appearing boundless. There was no mineral vein or crystal shrub, this was a world of crystal!

The sky was crystal, the earth was crystal, they were brilliant enough to serve as a mirror. Other than that, there was nothing else. Thousands of trickles flowed happily under the giant crystal wall. It was unknown where they came from and it was unknown where they went.

The giant empty space and the mysterious brilliance contrasted each other. They even made Wen Leyang feel that his body had turned unreal and blurred. Cone Nail was still leaning on his body, her bright red lips were slightly opened. She was also obviously stunned by the view before her eyes. Wen Leyang could not help but took a deep breath. Unexpectedly, he had just made one move and the few big 'firecrackers' nearby quickly turned their heads in his direction. They flew almost at the same time and pounced towards his recently opened eyes.

Wen Leyang quickly shut his eyes. The few bugs collided with his face with loud sounds. Wen Leyang felt that huge hammers that were swung by beef squads at full strength crashed heavily on his head. He was extremely frightened. After the bugs ate the crystal, their strength also increased tremendously. Even if he had steel tendons and iron bones, his head still buzzed from the impact…

The few bugs could not enter Wen Leyang's body and saw that there was no flaw for them to leverage on. They bothered him no more and returned to nibbling the crystal ground surface. Cone Nail was shaken awake by the commotion just now. She hummed, heartbroken. She wanted to wipe away the crystal shreds that were left on Wen Leyang's face but she could not lift her arm no matter what.

At this moment, Wen Leyang lightly pinched Cone Nail's wrist. Cone Nail was an intelligent girl. After a slight shock, she asked him softly with some surprise, "You've regained some strength?" As she said this, she paused and instructed him seriously, "Don't open your mouth to speak no matter what. If it's a yes then pinch me once, if it's a no then pinch me twice!" Then, she used all her strength to move her small hand into Wen Leyang's palm.

Wen Leyang pinched Cone Nail softly, once.

The bug tide brought the two of them and shuttled beneath the dark ice cap. He was unsure how long had gone by but Wen Leyang had regained some strength. Other than the Power of Poison, which blocked his crucial points, some Poison of Life and Death had slowly started to gather and flowed slowly.

Wen Leyang's method of practice had another perk other than bronze skin iron bones and the Faulty Punch, which could break the magic arts of cultivators. He could recuperate extremely fast!

"These 'firecrackers 'will increase greatly in strength after they finished eating the crystal, you might not be able to withstand them by then!" Although Cone Nail's tone was grim, excitement rippled within her eyes. She looked like a little girl, who tiptoed to the refrigerator and wanted to secretly take a sip of soda, "We must run while they're engrossed with their meal!"

Every pore on Wen Leyang's body shut tight. His telegnosis ability could not even be extended. He could only sense the situation around him but he could not see any faraway images. He could not help but knit his brows. Even if he wanted to run, he would need to have a direction. If they could not shake off the bugs' chase, they would not have a second chance.

Cone Nail had a plan all along, "Although these bugs are the embodiment of true water, they are slightly inferior. They cannot stand the fierce purity of the water element utmost treasure, that's why they could only eat the crystal here. So, the heavenly water spirit shouldn't be here but it shouldn't be too far away either. As long as you can bring me and run to where the heavenly water spirit is, it'll mean our victory! Water harmonizes with its own. If all goes well, I can fully heal myself once I obtain the heavenly water spirit and my powers would increase tremendously. We won't have to fear the bugs then!"

Wen Leyang jubilantly punched the cold little hand within his palm. He had wanted to move when he was stopped by Cone Nail's low voice, "My life vitality is now scattered, my primordial spirit is very murky. I don't know where the heavenly water spirit is, we'll have to find a direction first." After she finished, she paused briefly. She summoned softly, "Guo Huan, use your telegnosis ability to scout ahead!"

Guo Huan knew that the matter was important. He did not leave the others hanging as he normally would. He said directly, "I can't pick up any spiritual vitality of a treasure. However, we came to this crystal central region from the northwest, it shouldn't be wrong to continue in this direction. Go southeast, young lad, get ready…"

Cone Nail sniggered. She laughed at such an anxious moment. She asked Wen Leyang softly, "Do you know where southeast is?"

Wen Leyang pinched Cone Nail twice without hesitation… He had shut his pores tight and held his breath all this while. He was already dizzy and had no sense of north, south, east or west.

The jade knife was amused. He had been with Wen Leyang for quite some time, he was already used to Wen Leyang slipping at crucial moments. He pondered and directed, "The direction in which your brows are pointing is southeast!" Then, he saw Wen Leyang's brows moving in a wild manner. He added, "Left brow, outwards!"

Wen Leyang raised his left brow and pinched Cone Nail once to get her ready. 'You've Got Me' seemed to also know that its master was about to make some great move. It flipped inside his mouth. Its body curled up into a ball and wedged itself under his tongue. If it were not for the 'firecrackers' all around them, Wen Leyang would have liked to spit it out.

At this moment, Guo Huan and Cone Nail suddenly grunted in unison. From the direction in which they came, a group of people in tattered clothes and lifeless expressions were running towards them! It was unknown what trick the living dead used but they caught up with the bug tide and rushed all the way here!

Cone Nail cursed angrily, "Useless pangolin, I should've skinned him just now…" She had not yet finished when Wen Leyang suddenly exerted force in his hips and abdomen. He leaped with a straight back like a fake corpse. He cradled Cone Nail within his embrace and summoned his entire strength. He rushed towards the central region of the crystal world like a swift angry leopard! He wanted to shoot past the 'firecrackers' and also to find the heavenly water spirit before the living dead did! With his current strength, he had no hopes of withstanding the living dead's attacks.

The huge group of 'firecrackers' was indifferent to the living dead, who appeared suddenly but they burned with rage when Wen Leyang leaped suddenly. Almost all of them abandoned their meals and chase while their heads and tails shook! The largest bug ricocheted, its body rippled with the cold color of the water as it desperately wriggled its long tail and flew towards them.

Wen Leyang cursed silently in his heart. The arrow has been nocked and must be fired. He could only grit his teeth and accelerate with all his might. He had every intention of shooting past these few thousand of 'firecrackers'. Luckily, the bugs had disassembled the bug tide and went in their own directions, or else Wen Leyang would not have been able to leap out even if they did not move.

However, something made Wen Leyang feel surprised and happy. The 'firecrackers' that had just leaped up suddenly fell down with a thud. They all seemed to be drunk and started drawing clumsy circles on the crystal. They occasionally let out a chuckle, which sounded like a simper.

Cone Nail was quickly filled with joy, "These bugs swallowed the crystal too fast, they can't digest the power contained within it for now. Run run run…" Wen Leyang did not need her urgings. He used all his strength, like a chess piece, he skipped and hopped as he carefully avoided the 'firecrackers', which ran in circles on the ground and swiftly made his way through.

The living dead did not stop either. Occasionally, a savage color of blood flashed across their lifeless eyes. A group of almost a hundred people also rushed through the bug formation loudly but they were not as quick as Wen Leyang. They did not seem to think too much about fighting for the heavenly water spirit. In no time, Wen Leyang had shaken them off.

Wen Leyang ran for dozens of minutes before he finally understood. The 'firecrackers' had brought them to a giant crystal ore cave. The place where the bugs nibbled on the crystal must have been the entrance. The deeper they went, the narrower it became. Under their sprint, the boundless vast mouth of the cave gradually turned into the narrow cave body, which was no more than a dozen meters in diameter.

The entire cave was covered with a thin layer of crystal. Clear trickles surged outside the crystal!

Suspicion grew in Cone Nail's eyes.

Wen Leyang too could not help but lowered his head and looked at her. The jade knife snorted and said directly, "Someone… was here!"

The crystal walls around them would have an occasional sword mark of nicks left by axes. The deeper they went, the more obvious the manmade cut marks were. Even remnants of Immortal Art seal script symbols appeared.

Cone Nail bulged her eyes in astonishment, she seemed to be lost in thoughts as she spoke, "This ore cave… was excavated by someone else using Immortal Art!?"

It seemed that, under the thick ice cap of Jianggendiru Glacier, a giant cone-shaped crystal was wedged into the mountain. After that, someone followed the direction of the cone and excavated a cone-shaped ore cave.

Wen Leyang dared not slow down. He frowned and muttered, "That's impossible!" His voice sounded as if he had a hot tofu inside his mouth or that he had a short tongue.

The ore cave was enshrouded in the force of water element. 'You've Got Me' did not want to crawl out of Wen Leyang's mouth no matter what, it rolled and flipped around his tongue…

The entrance of the crystal ore cave was very wide, its diameter must have been dozens of kilometers. Wen Leyang could not detect its boundaries with his eyesight or his telegnosis ability. Whether it was the crystal ground surface or the crystal vault, it was as smooth as a mirror. Before the 'firecrackers' started nibbling on it, there was not even a grain-sized dent on it.

However, the terrain under his feet started to become uneven. The walls and ceiling of the cave were spotted with knife and ax marks. If this ore cave was truly excavated by humans, it was illogical for the wide spaces to be smooth whereas the cramped spaces were full of holes.

Cone Nail could guess at Wen Leyang's thoughts. She smiled bitterly and explained, "It's not what you think. This huge crystal was made by the brewing of the heavenly water spirit for millions upon millions of years. Its purity naturally decreased from the insides to the outsides. Although the exterior is large, its purity is a world apart compared to the interior… One did not have to use many resources to do away with huge chunks of crystal at the ore cave's entrance. It could even be done nicely with finely cut edges. But the deeper one went, the tougher it became. Can you understand?" As she said this, she gave another example, "The crystal rock near the heavenly water spirit is diamond whereas the crystal rock at the ore cave's entrance can only be considered as tofu! The effort that was spent excavating these two regions was not on the same level! That was why he could make nice cuts for the vast entrance, but he left so many knife and ax marks in this narrow space."

Although Wen Leyang was sprinting along, it did not hinder him from speaking. He was still slightly puzzled, "Then why did the person go through so much trouble? Shouldn't it be enough just to make a hole big enough for a person to enter? Why did he need to make such a big hole, even if its tofu…"

Cone Nail smiled. Before this, when Wen Leyang spouted silly talk, her smiles always brought some scorn with it, now it was a hint of… interested exuberance, "If I gave you a crystal cone with a base diameter of dozens of meters and asked you to go through it to find the end, what would you do? I'm afraid that if you tunneled a thousand times, you'd have a thousand times of coming out halfway or deviating from your course. If you had the strength, you would start by going inwards from the side and dig out as much of the cone's interior as you can. That way you can't go wrong!"

The streams outside the walls were the edges of the giant crystal. The person who excavated the crystal had followed Cone Nail's plan. He only left a layer of crystal wall, which was close to the streams, and dug his way in. Needless to say, it was to find the heavenly water spirit.

Wen Leyang was hit with a sudden realization. He could not help but said with a smile, "Luckily someone had dug this place out in the first place, or else, even if we followed the bug tide to the outside, we could only stare at this crystal rock larger than a mountain and stomp our feet!" As he said this, his expression changed suddenly. He seemed to have thought of something. He asked Cone Nail uneasily, "Someone had been here before, then could the heavenly water spirit be… taken away already? If he could excavate this ore cave, then the person's magical power must be…"

He had not finished when Guo Huan suddenly growled from within the jade knife!

At the same time, a refined, cultured and slightly friendly voice sounded beside Wen Leyang's ear, "There's water outside the crystal walls, the heavenly water spirit should still be here."

Then, a figure flashed and firmly blocked their advance!

Wen Leyang abruptly stopped in his tracks. Before the other person appeared, his telegnosis ability did not detect anyone else's presence.

A cultivator's body appeared in long robes. He looked to be in his thirties. His face was like a silver lake and had the looks of a soldier. Three strands of long beard swayed gently with the breeze. Wen Leyang's heart fell, he already knew who had appeared. On the snow-covered peak and under the skies, he could not find a second person like this.

Tian Yin's dharmakaya possessed by Xiang Liu's true soul.

They had gone through several dangerous situations. They had chased from the small town all the way to Tanggula Jianggendiru Glacier. Wen Leyang had always thought that they were lucky. They had faced the Tibetans several times but Tian Yin had not shown up. He thought that maybe Tian Yin was not in Jianggendiru Glacier after all.

Tian Yin seemed to have seen through Wen Leyang's thoughts. He unexpectedly flashed a smile at Wen Leyang, "Actually, I have only just arrived, or else I wouldn't have let you guys run rampant for that long." Tian Yin's voice was soft and pleasing to the ears but he seemed to only have a good voice without sufficient vital capacity. Every word of his took his entire strength and was rigidly squeezed out of his throat.

Although he clearly knew that the other person was the utmost evil in the sky, Wen Leyang still felt some warmth in his heart. He seemed to be affected by Tian Yin's smile. He could not restrain himself as he nodded strenuously.

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Chapter 218: Shall Not Pass

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Not only Xiang Liu's true soul had caused the death of the two enlightened persons Tian Shu and Tian Hua, he had also suffered their agonic counterattacks. In addition to that, Tian Yin's soul also made an agonic retaliation. Both his primordial soul and his body were shaken. Once he completely harmonized with Tian Yin's dharmakaya, he had immediately made his way here. When he reached the snow-covered peak, he made it just in time for the storm, which Wen Leyang and Cone Nail were brought away by the bug tide. He then gathered his subordinates and went in a hot pursuit. After he entered the ore cave, he did not use the 'firecrackers' to lead the way but ran off on his own to the depths.

Wen Leyang and Cone Nail were like fishes on a chopping board in his eyes, they could never escape the palms of his hands. When they entered the ore cave, all they thought about was to find the heavenly water spirit and had completely disregarded their badly wounded enemy. They had come to the end of the ore cave to look for the treasure. Not to mention Wen Leyang, Cone Nail was not far from death as her primordial spirit had been damaged and Guo Huan's soul was weak, hence, nobody noticed that Tian Yin had flown past them.

Tian Yin's smile grew thicker when he saw Wen Leyang nod. Genuine happiness showed in his eyes. However, he suddenly gave a flying kick and sent Cone Nail, who was in Wen Leyang's embrace, flying!

Cone Nail almost shattered her silver tooth. She managed to swallow her wail but could not stop the gushing fresh blood that spurted out of her wound. It drew a mottled and forlorn line of blood on the ground.

Wen Leyang howled in fury. His body had not managed to make any movement when the vision before his eyes went dark. A huge force, which he could not repel, hit him. He did a somersault and fell to the ground… Tian Yin's fanciless punch had landed on Wen Leyang's head. His strength was heavy but it had a perk, it did not inflict more harm upon him and scatter the Poison of Life and Death, which Wen Leyang had so strenuously gathered!

Cone Nail landed far away. Her whole body shivered as if she was in fear but her gaze was unrelenting as she stared at Tian Yin. Tian Yin looked at Cone Nail with a smile, "I'd hate to see you die." As he said this, he paused briefly before he continued, "I'd hate to see you die so soon. You had subdued me…"

Tian Yin frowned in pain as if he wanted to calculate the years he had spent in agony on the Black and White Island. Finally, he smiled bitterly and shook his head, he had given up, "Let's say five thousand years! It mustn't have been that short but let's go with it." As he said this, Tian Yin smiled again as if he was satisfied with his own leniency, "From this day on, you'll die a little every day, for five thousand years…"

Cone Nail snorted, "You haven't learned how to speak like a human!"

Tian Yin also smiled with Cone Nail, "That's why I don't like it when there are people in this world!"

Wen Leyang was still struggling to get up. Tian Yin's smile vanished. He kicked Wen Leyang's body, which had just arched itself down. He made a helpless expression, "You cannot go any further. I have saved Cone Nail's life by stopping you guys."

Wen Leyang spared no effort to gather the scattered Poison of Life and Death within his body. His gaze was full of extreme hatred as he glared at Tian Yin.

Tian Yin pointed at the walls of the ore cave. Wen Leyang had only noticed now that four big words were written with beautiful strokes on the cave's wall.

After a while, Tian Yin saw that Wen Leyang had no reaction. He was first astonished, then he found it slightly funny and annoying, "You don't know how to read?"

Wen Leyang ignored him… but silently, he felt helpless. He really did not recognize these ancient characters. Even the knowledgeable three-inch nail Wen Bushuo misread 'Cleansing Magic River' as 'Flowing Sand River'. Hence, his knowledge was not even worth mentioning.

Tian Yin pointed at the big words and pronounced them one by one, "Thirteen Shall Not Pass! Do you think that the old man would be so generous as to go through so much trouble to excavate such a passage and allow others to come and take the heavenly water spirit? The old man even left behind thirteen Prohibition Spells! If you guys barged in foolishly, she'll die forthrightly." As he said this, Tian Yin politely nodded towards Cone Nail.

Thirteen Shall Not Pass was the thirteen Prohibition Spells that would have to be faced by anyone to obtain the heavenly water spirit!

Although Wen Leyang did not know who 'the old man' was, his eyes darkened.

He mustered his strength, not to launch a surprise attack on Tian Yin. It would be a fool's dream to defeat Tian Yin with his strength. He wanted to find an opportunity to pick Cone Nail back up and rush inwards. Although this thought was also absurdly funny, it was slightly more practical than a sneak attack.

Let alone Wen Leyang who only had five percent of his powers left, even Tian Yin must stop before the Prohibition Spells of this old man, who could excavate such ore caves.

A flurry of clumsy and heavy footsteps echoed. It sounded messy and lifeless. Almost a hundred living dead had caught up. The ore cave that was not wide to start with became even more cramped. Every living dead stood beside Tian Yin, their stoic faces had shown an unprecedented respectfulness that could only be described as fanaticism.

Cone Nail sprawled on the ground and carefully thought through Tian Yin's words, ignoring the living dead's arrival. After a while, she lifted her head and looked at Tian Yin, "Who is that… that old man that you've mentioned?"

Unexpectedly, Tian Yin shook his head. He did not reply Cone Nail's question directly but he said strangely, "Heaven's cone nail, have you ever thought that even though you had subdued me for millions of years on the Black and White Island, the opposite was also true? You were also imprisoned by me for millions of years?"

Cone Nail let out an 'ah'. It was unknown whether it was due to Tian Yin's statement that was out of the blue or because it was too cold in the cave, her thin body shuddered…

Tian Yin paid no more attention to Cone Nail but he made a gesture to the Tibetans behind him. On one side, there was Xiang Liu's true soul, on the other side, there was the living dead who exited samsara and believed in the nine-headed snake. They did not need words to understand the intentions of the other. The huge group of living dead immediately stepped towards the deep ore cave. They left behind eight living dead, who were carrying a heavy luggage and were standing straight beside Tian Yin.

The huge group of living dead cramped into the deeper parts of the ore cave. Other than the sound of their footsteps, there was no other sound. There were no thunder or fire nor were there any arrows, poison or mercury. The prohibition spells' effects were not what Wen Leyang had expected to be.

Guo Huan grunted in surprise within the jade knife. He helped Wen Leyang to ask the question, "Where's the Prohibition Spell?"

Tian Yin smiled again, "You hadn't been talking, I thought you'd wanted to sneak an attack on me."

"What are you smiling about?" Tian Yin's voice was rude but his tone was dispiriting, "If I can still activate the Demon Body Breaking Spell, you'll be lying down by now!"

Tian Yin was amused to the point of laughter by this nondescript statement, "Of course the Prohibition Spell is there! The Prohibition Spells were extracted and refined from every component from the five elements and Bagua. They're known as Thirteen Shall Not Pass but…" Tian Yin's smile suddenly sharpened, "Try to think about this, that old geezer had excavated such an ore cave to find the heavenly water spirit, even if his cultivation base reached the heavens, how much energy was left after he obtained the treasure?"

Even if Guo Huan was experienced and knowledgeable, he was also befuddled by Tian Yin's words as he said in a rage, "Are you saying that these Prohibition Spells are powerless? They can't even harm that group of living dead?"

Tian Yin continued to smile. Even when faced with Guo Huan, he was still filled with the modesty of an elder, "Of course not! He had already expended a lot of energy, that's why even though there are thirteen Prohibition Spells, they only affect the spirit and not man! Whether you are the Great Luo gods or the arhat divine dragon, there's bound to be some element that restricts you among the five elements and Bagua. As long as you walk into the Prohibition Spells, I can guarantee you that your soul will be destroyed!" As he said this, he looked at Cone Nail again and smiled as if he were mentioned something, "He's a master in Soul Art!"

Even though Guo Huan was inside the jade knife and had nobody, Wen Leyang could still hear him shudder.

Guo Huan was shocked. After that, he ignored Tian Yin and explained to Wen Leyang of his own accord, "Soul Art is an ancient magic. It does not need life vitality to activate but it needs another type of magical power! The more profound a cultivator's cultivation base, the stronger his primordial spirit will be and the more he'll be afraid of this Soul Art." Wen Leyang nodded without fully understanding what Guo Huan had told him. After all, even Guo Huan did not have a complete understanding of this theory. He had given up all hope of understanding what kind of magic Soul Art was, it was sufficient for him to have a general idea of it.

Guo Huan pondered for a while. He shook his head in the jade knife and sighed, "This old man is truly meticulous!"

Tian Yin was in a good mood. Hence, he explained patiently, "Even if it's me, I wouldn't recklessly barge into this 'Thirteen Shall Not Pass' if I'm not merged with my true body but he couldn't even have dreamt that there would be a huge number of living dead who exited samsara and had no soul nor body!"

Wen Leyang let out a muffled grunt. He finally understood why Xiang Liu's true soul had gone through so much trouble to recruit these living dead. He suspected that the gathering of materials to execute the Art of Devilry was all a play. Tian Yin's main objective of recruiting them was to pass 'Thirteen Shall Not Pass' and obtain the utmost treasure of water element.

"If that's the case, the person knew that you would come and take the heavenly water spirit sooner or later. Is that why he sealed the ore cave?" Guo Huan understood the use of the Prohibition Spells but he did not understand the intention of the person who left them behind.

A disdainful expression appeared on Tian Yin's face, "Of course not! He's no god, how could he tell what would happen now. I have said it before, that old man was a narrow-minded fellow, he wouldn't let anybody else tread the shortcut he created!"

Tian Yin was speaking when his gaze shifted slightly and moved from the jade knife to Wen Leyang's face, "Now you understand why I have not killed you until now."

His voice barely faded when laughter sounded from Cone Nail's, Guo Huan's and even Wen Leyang's mouths. They were truly amused this time. Wen Leyang shook his head with all his might. He was befuddled by this sudden statement.

Tian Yin was astonished. He asked with a shock, "You truly did not know?"

Wen Leyang had an impatient look, "Would I be laughing if I knew? Stop talking nonsense, cut to the chase!" His voice was muffled, he still had the hot tofu of the 'You've Got Me' brand inside his mouth.

Whether it was Tian Shu, Tian Hua or Cone Nail, Guo Huan and even Tuo Xie, whom Tian Yin only met once, the people, who Tian Yin had associated with, were all intelligent people. He finally understood that he had truly met a stupid person. He smiled bitterly and replied, "Your method of practice originates from the outside and is unique, you also have a good foundation. I want to preserve your body and find a home for the third brother!" As he said this, he paused. He was worried that the group still did not understand and he added, "Third brother is the escaped wicked soul which you mentioned, he can't possibly be imprisoned for a lifetime!"

Wen Leyang could no longer smile. Tian Yin had not killed him because he had taken an interest in his body to save it for the wicked soul.

Tian Yin continued, "I'll wait till the bugs regain their senses and let them live with you. After a few years, they'll turn you into the embodiment of true water, then I'll throw you into Thirteen Shall Not Pass to destroy your body and soul. Then, my plan will have succeeded."

Wen Leyang still did not understand, although he had no intentions of discussing this topic, he could not restrain himself as he asked, "Why don't you throw me in now? Is it just to add the embodiment of true water? You might have to wait for decades."

Tian Yin was stunned again. He fiercely stomped his feet a moment later and cursed, "Why don't you understand anything?!"

The jade knife Guo Huan broke into laughter and interrupted Tian Yin, "You aren't the first one to say that!" He explained to Wen Leyang while he laughed, "You don't have any primordial spirit now. The Soul-refining Prohibition Spell will naturally have no effect on you! If you're the puppet of the bugs for a few years and turn into the body of water element, then you'll have a water element primordial soul. Only then, you can be destroyed by the Prohibition Spell!" Lastly, he concluded, "The point is this 'Thirteen Shall Not Pass' cannot affect you now! This set of Prohibition Spells deals with cultivators, an ordinary person won't be affected in the least if he walks in!"

Wen Leyang was stubborn in his non-comprehension, he asked Tian Yin rhetorically, "Then why did you have to recruit the living dead? Won't it be better to find a few normal persons to help you find the heavenly water spirit?"

He did not wait for Tian Yin's reply when Guo Huan scolded, "You wood head! How can normal people get past the bugs?!"

Wen Leyang had only understood right now why Guo Huan had exclaimed that this old man is meticulous!

Thirteen Shall Not Pass was only directed to cultivators but did not affect normal persons. However, normal persons would not be able to pass through the thick ice cap and enter the ore cave. Even if someone got into the cave by some coincidence, they would be snatched away by the 'firecrackers' that were hibernating to be their master. When the normal person obtained a water element body, they would have primordial spirit and could not pass through the Prohibition Spell.

However, that person had not thought that these 'firecrackers' would not stay wild and were surprisingly tamed by the Hua family. In the recent thousand years, if a great avalanche truly happened and someone got into the ore cave through sheer luck, they would have been able to find the heavenly water spirit. However, the probability of this situation happening is almost none.

Wen Leyang finally understood. Tian Yin had talked to them in good-naturedly to wait for the bugs to come and possess them. In the end, it was about taking his body. When he thought of this, he could not help but look at the hole not far before him. He calculated the odds of which he could leap and shoot past Tian Yin and rushed inwards, he wondered if it was more probable than a frog speaking.

Cone Nail had not died because Tian Yin wanted to torture her slowly. Wen Leyang had not died because Tian Yin wanted his body. Guo Huan grunted, "What about me?"

Tian Yin wore a surprised expression, "Why didn't I kill you? Why don't you ask me why should I kill you instead?" As he said this, he showed an excited smile, "Not only will I not kill you, I'll help you remold your demon body and quench your demonic primordial energy!"

Guo Huan was dumbstruck. At this moment, Cone Nail suddenly opened her mouth and said drily, "There aren't any pure and strong demonic primordial energy left under the heavens. He thought of his third brother, naturally, he can't bring himself to kill you!"

Xiang Liu's true soul possessed Tian Yin's body. Although he was not able to make any grand moves due to the restrictions of Tian Yin's body and soul, he had left the Black and White Island many times to familiarize himself with the great powers under the heavens. When he was forced to retreat by Taoist priest San Wei and he sneaked into Eyang Sect, he already knew that the Wicked Soul was no longer in Eyang Sect. If he had seen Tuo Xie before, naturally he would know that the Wicked Soul was controlled within Hanba's body and he must have thought of a way to break it.

Tian Yin chuckled and nodded towards Cone Nail, "I see you're smarter."

Cone Nail regained her pitiable expression. She knitted her brows and smiled weakly, "It's not that I'm smart, it's just that I know you better. You save people to eat their flesh, you plant trees to set them on fire, you smile to make others cry."

Guo Huan seemed to be more at ease ever since he knew that he was not going to die. His tone was much jollier, "Talk to me, what do you want to do to the heavenly water spirit?"

Wen Leyang also opened his mouth, "Where did my Grand Master go?"

Cone Nail desperately tried to sit up pitiably. She had been heavily attacked by Tian Yin just now but her body had strangely regained some strength. She knew in her heart that the other party did not wish for her to die so soon. She asked Tian Yin almost at the same time as well, "Who was the person who excavated this cave? Who was I before this?"

Every mystery converged on Tian Yin.

The three persons questioned him in unison. Tian Yin quickly laughed. He shook his head, full of joy, "Tuo Xie's whereabouts? The Heaven's cone nail's past life? You guys cannot die in peace if I did not tell you."

Wen Leyang growled. He just wanted to curse when his surroundings suddenly turned cold! The few thousand 'firecrackers' had digested the power of the crystal. They had formed a bug tide and had arrived without a trace and enveloped Wen Leyang again. The bugs did not pounce on dead people. Wen Leyang had known this all along but he did not know why the bugs seemed indifferent to Tian Yin and dealt with Wen Leyang with their entire strength.

These bugs were more than a hundred times greater than when they originally started! At the instant the bug tide rushed forth, Wen Leyang only felt as if a thousand and six hundred mountains collapsing and the debris crashed down him from all directions.

Wen Leyang shut his mouth tight. He gently pressed 'You've Got Me' with his tongue and sighed. He had struggled continuously on the snow-covered peak but he still arrived at the worst-case scenario. He knew that he would not last long among this current bug tide.

Tian Yin glanced at Wen Leyang with some excitement but his mouth did not stop. He replied Guo Huan's question, "My true body had nine heads, and every head had a soul. When you and the cat demon shattered the Heaven's cone nail, I have escaped together with the third brother. Nine head ten souls had become nine head eight souls." As he said this, he sighed in slight frustration, "I have miscalculated!"

Xiang Liu's true soul thought that he could control Tian Yin quickly but due to an accident, he had toiled with Tian Yin's soul for two thousand years. Tian Yin's body also could not harm the remaining Heaven's cone nails on the Black and White Island. The water element Heaven's cone nail had shattered and the demon-subduing great formation had been broken, but the eight wicked souls that remained had lost the leadership of the true soul and labored hard to little avail as they made their own decisions. That was why he could not return to the mortal realm until now.

"Actually, I had never thought of it last time that third brother would also seize the opportunity to escape! That's what foiled my grand scheme. The nine souls can understand the world completely if they stayed together. As long as the nine souls stayed in each of their heads, even if I'm not inside the true body, I can still direct them to join forces and break the cone nails!" As he said this, he scolded fiercely, "Curse that third brother! He's always this rash! The public had always thought that Xiang Liu was a water demon but in truth, it was the third brother who always jumped the gun during a fight."

When Tian Yin mentioned the escaped Wicked Soul, although his tone was heavy, a genuine kindness showed on his face.

When the nine souls were refined, even if the true soul was not within the true body, it could still direct the entire body. That was why the true soul had bravely escaped with his heart at ease. He had not thought that the Wicked Soul within that head had escaped without hesitation after the Heaven's cone nail was shattered as if it had been subdued for too long. The nine souls could not connect with each other, which meant that the true soul could not control them, leading to the current situation.

Even amidst the surges of the 'firecrackers', Wen Leyang could not help but exchange a surprised look with Cone Nail. Both of them did not know this side of the story. If that Wicked Soul had not escaped, Xiang Liu could have returned to the mortal realm a thousand years ago. If that were the case, the Wicked Soul, which was currently sealed within Hanba Fifth Brother's body, had helped them a great deal.

Tian Yin continued, "I'm the eldest among the nine of them, my soul power is connected to theirs. I had now obtained eight body parts of the staunch believers. After I obtained the heavenly water spirit and extract some of my own primordial soul, I can re-forge the water soul."

Tian Yin had deliberately planned his actions on the highlands. He intended to cast the Art of Devilry at the end, sacrifice some of his own soul power and re-forge the Wicked Soul, which was missing from the water element head. The souls in Xiang Liu's heads each represented an element. However, they were not completely pure and strong. There was some mixing of the other eight elements of the other wicked souls. This was the same for the escaped Wicked Soul. It had all nine elements but its water element was the most outstanding.

That was why Tian Yin needed the utmost water element treasure. The heavenly water spirit, with the eight materials of metal, wood, fire, earth, sun, moon, stars, and finally his own soul power would be required for him to create a new wicked soul. After he succeeded, he would replant it into that head. Then, the nine souls could be connected. Under the true soul's control, the success of breaking free from the remaining eight shaking Heaven's cone nails would be within his grasp.

Tian Yin's requirement of the evil cult followers was that they only needed to form eight teams. However, when he controlled the living dead, he also discovered an unnamed monster sealed under the Tibetan Buddhism Sect mandala. He only wanted to re-forge the new wicked soul and did not wish for any new problems to crop up unexpectedly. He was even more worried that this monster would cause him more trouble if it ever broke free. That was why he ordered the living dead Tibetans to select nine troops and left the strongest team behind to protect the seal, preventing anyone to break the seal and release the monster.

When the true soul made these arrangements, he had practically taken control of Tian Yin. Initially, he would have shown himself on the highlands during the elimination rounds in the small town, but when he saw that Tian Shu and Tian Hua were badly injured, he could not let this opportunity slip past. That was why he moved to harm them. However, in doing so, he suffered the desperate retaliation of Tian Yin. He had lost control of the body temporarily. As a result, he did not make it to the great showdown in the small town, or else Wen Leyang and his group would have been ground to dust by him.

Speaking of Tuer town alone, Wen Leyang had barely escaped. Nevertheless, he was almost dead now. He did not feel especially lucky but the jade knife Guo Huan was still happy. After Tian Yin finished reminiscing, Wen Leyang brought up a new question, "What about the wicked soul that was trapped inside the zombie's body? Wouldn't it be easier for you to think of some way to save it and replant it into the head?"

Tian Yin shook his head sadly. Undeniably, this body had been humanized after being controlled by Xiang Liu. The former Tian Yin did not have such rich expressions, "Third brother is nourished by the Corpse's energy inside the demon figurine. It is beyond hope. I can help it break the Prohibition Spell, but I cannot get rid of the Corpse's energy. It can never return to the head. I can help it procure some demonic primordial energy and give it a good body to keep it alive."

Guo Huan did not felt wronged or angered but laughed, "It had foiled the grand scheme, but you're quite kind towards it!"

A kindness that could only be described as seriousness appeared on Tian Yin's face again, "It had been bullied for these two thousand years, it had suffered a lot. I'm the big brother. I blame him and hate him, but I truly love him and dote on him…"

Every time the escaped Wicked Soul was mentioned, Tian Yin would be slightly overwhelmed with emotions. Even Wen Leyang could tell that these feelings came from the bottom of the heart. However, this time, nobody had thought that just when Tian Yin's state of mind was slightly shaken, suddenly, a yell filled with stern majesty erupted like thunder, "Gopaka!"

Everything inside the ore cave changed into something else entirely!

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Chapter 219: Shall Not Pass

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The shout was like a thunder! Gopaka!

Thousands of golden light beams suddenly erupted from the crystal ore cave. A glossy golden giant arhat statue dropped down from the sky and abruptly landed on Tian Yin's head! At the same time, a zen chant sounded from the jade knife with a flowing rhythm. The buddhaghosa of 'prajna paramit' drowned the entire ore cave like crashing waves from a raging sea!

Tian Yin had always been keeping his guard up against Guo Huan's self-destructing Demon Body Breaking Spell, but nobody would have thought that the one who activated his magical powers was the other primordial soul who was out cold within the jade knife. What surprised the others even more was that the primordial soul was Taoist priest San Wei, but the magical power he activated was the prized Buddhist magic art.

Gopaka (a name) was one of the nine hundred arhats who resided on Mount Kailash. He was one of the Sixteen Arhats who kept the peace. The Sixteen Arhats had been ordered by Buddha to not enter nirvana but stay in the mortal world for eternity!

The arhat's golden body arrived with a boom. It had already slammed Tian Yin under itself since its appearance. Tian Yin did not even have the chance to crush the jade knife. In his haste, he threw the jade knife away and pushed upwards with all his might. He wanted to push this arhat as heavy as Mount Tai away. Unexpectedly, when he had just activated his life vitality God's power, suddenly, a soft 'pop' was heard and the base of the arhat shattered. The entire arhat statue was like a jacket, envelopingTian Yin within itself.

Currently, the jade knife had not even touched the ground yet nor did Guo Huan had the time to laugh out loud. The golden-bodied arhat shook violently and cracks upon cracks appeared on its body in an instant. It cracked and healed. Then, the face of Gopaka's golden body strangely transformed into Tian Yin!

The zen chant of 'prajna paramit' did not stop but there was a touch of anxiety in the tone. Tian Yin's laughed villainously with a ferocious and furious face. His body which was still enveloped in the golden arhat shook clumsily. Then, he extended one arm and strenuously reached for the jade knife which was still flipping in mid-air.

The golden-bodied arhat seemed to be destroyed by Tian Yin. Lines of mottled cracks erupted and expanded. The speed of its recovery obviously could not keep up with the power of Tian Yin's struggle!

At this moment, Wen Leyang finally gave in to the firecrackers' invasion. He quickly opened his mouth and spat out You've Got Me fiercely. He saw 'You've Got Me' making a beautiful return arc in mid-air because it was unwilling to leave its master and he scolded, "Scram! Save yourself…" His voice barely faded when his mouth suddenly felt cold. A 'firecracker', which was the equivalent of at least shoe size fifty-four, curled itself and crawled into his mouth!

'You've Got Me' wailed and its little body leaped up. It did a somersault in mid-air, the bristles on its body stood up. Amidst the shrill howl that almost made itself cough blood, it mercilessly pounced on Tian Yin's face! 'You've Got Me' was mentally connected with Wen Leyang. It understood that its master would not die after being controlled by the bugs, but if Tian Yin did not die, Wen Leyang could never live.

A pure silver giant tide rose suddenly among the bug tide and chased after 'You've Got Me'! Water and fire inter-restricted each other, their nature was irreconcilable. The 'firecrackers' had chased after Wen Leyang relentlessly partly because 'You've Got Me' was hiding inside Wen Leyang's mouth.

Cone Nail also seized this opportunity to attack. Amidst the flapping of her sleeves, her thin frame was wrapped in an unprecedented air as she pounced towards Tian Yin almost in unison with 'You've Got Me'…

San Wei's primordial soul had suddenly attacked and Gopaka had appeared. Tian Yin was sealed by the arhat's golden body but managed to transformed its face as he broke out of the cocoon. 'You've Got Me' was spat out. Cone Nail suddenly attacked. The bug tide rolled. Everything happened in the blink of an eye. The jade knife only fell to the ground with a pleasing clank after the wave caused by the bug tide covered Tian Yin, who was inside the arhat's golden body, Cone Nail, 'You've Got Me' and the eight living dead. Almost at the same time, a muffled loud explosion shot towards the sky from Wen Leyang's mouth!

The size fifty-four firecracker had flattened its head and crawled into Wen Leyang's mouth. Wen Leyang did not have time to think about how gross it was as he reflexively shut his mouth with all his might. The scattered Poison of Life and Death managed to turn, although its power of poison was not much, it unexpectedly imploded the bug within his mouth.

The Poison of Life and Death was the Chaos within the five elements poison. It was the great ancestor of all toxins. Although the water element poison of the firecracker was thick, it did not have any grounds for retaliation under the Poison of Life and Death.

However, Wen Leyang had understood then, why these bugs were called 'firecrackers' and not bangers…

The explosion led to a series of explosions. In the bug tide where everyone was in harmony, the explosion of one bug affected the other bugs like firecrackers. In no time, the entire bug tide erupted!

Once the firecrackers exploded, not only was the sound terrifying, what made it worse was that they would release the utmost water element poison, which they had accumulated throughout their lives.

In the blink of an eye, all hell broke loose in the ore cave.

Other than the jade knife, the bug tide had enveloped everybody else. With the loud explosions, the bug tide had turned into a real poison tide. It was an utmost cold and pure poison tide of the water element.

Amidst the explosions, a clear and pleasant but wild and gallant laugh and a hysterical scream intertwined with each other. Suddenly, a monster, which was rotten beyond recognition, struggled to escape the poison tide. It squalled with a voice that was uncertain if it was a wail or a furious howl and stumbled as it escaped towards the exit of the ore cave!

A brief moment later, a weak young lady, who made one's heart shudder, stood up from the poison tide with a genuine happiness. She staggered as she walked before Wen Leyang and smiled with bright eyes.

Cone Nail was originally the embodiment of heavenly water. Even if the 'firecrackers' released more Poison of Water, they could not harm her.

However, this was not the case for Tian Yin. Before the firecrackers grew up, they did not need much effort to kill a cultivator with poison. Now, not only had they grown bigger, their toxicity had also increased greatly. In addition to that, several thousands of them had gathered together. Whether it was Tian Yin's body or peerless demon immortals like Hanba and Chang Li would not have been able to withstand a poison as pure and strong such as this!

Tian Yin's dharmakaya was heavily wounded. If it died, the true soul could exit the body and possess another one but there were only two others before him. One of them had poor cultivation base by Xiang Liu's standards, the other was gravely injured and on the brink of death. The jade knife could accommodate a soul but even a fool would not consider that abode. The true soul had pondered and felt that even the heavily wounded Tian Yin's dharmakaya was much better than these few people. That was why Tian Yin activated his life vitality to nullify the poison and escaped.

If one were to look upon the world, those who had a quality that contested Tian Yin's body, other than the near-dead Cone Nail and badly injured Guo Huan, there was only the cat demon Chang Li. It was only natural that the true soul would hate to part with such a rare body.

As for the eight living dead who bore the 'ingredients', they did not even have the chance to struggle before their bodies were destroyed by the utmost water element poison.

Weakness was written all over Cone Nail's face but her gaze was bright and joyful. She stood before Wen Leyang and carefully opened her fist…

'You've Got Me' was stunned. It coiled up within Cone Nail's fair and delicate palm and shivered…'You've Got Me' could not summon the erratic Molten Metal Fire Bell but it unintentionally led the bug tide towards Tian Yin, who struggled to break free of the arhat's golden body shackles. Then, Wen Leyang 'pulled the string' and the bug tide exploded.

The bug tide had turned into a crashing wave of Poison of Water in the blink of an eye. It sent Tian Yin running and killed eight living dead with poison. The initially scattered Poison of Life and Death within Wen Leyang's body was suddenly active. It was like a group of earthworms that was almost dehydrated to death but was finally blessed with pouring rain, it swam out as it waged its head and tail and started to greedily gobble up the Poison of Water which invaded his body.

The Poison of Water had substance but had no form. It flowed lightly and noiselessly after it erupted. It treated Wen Leyang like the toilet's funnel as it surged towards him with great momentum.

The extremely familiar heavy feeling which left a deep impression on Wen Leyang became clearer and clearer. An immense pressure flowed from the Poison of Water's envelope, making him hard to move. However, the Poison of Life and Death cheered and leaped as it flowed rapidly among his tendons and bones. It rushed out of every corner of his body and formed a great torrent in the blink of an eye. It absorbed and assimilated the Poison of Life and Death wildly.

A great calamity had turned into an unexpected happiness. The few thousand 'firecrackers' had expanded and ate the crystal. The Poison of Water in the bugs did not increase in purity and strength but the volume of the poison increased tremendously. This strange poison was more majestic than the Poison of Earth and Poison of Metal, which he had absorbed before. If his body was not remolded by the Poison of Life and Death and the force of Yin and Yang, his body would not have been able to withstand this monstrous Poison of Water.

The Poison of Life and Death howled and swirled. Wen Leyang's stamina was restored in the blink of an eye following the assimilation of the Poison of Water.

Only a fraction of the Poison of Water outside Wen Leyang's body had been assimilated. The other poison still surged and flowed in great force, firmly shackling him. He could hardly move his body but his mind was clear. His eyes lit up when he saw that 'You've Got Me' was also miraculously alive, curling into a ball out of fear within that fair and delicate palm. The red and white contrasted finely with each other.

Cone Nail's satisfaction was full of naivete. She was not afraid of the Poison of Water by nature. She stood beside Wen Leyang and smiled clearly, "I've saved your bug, how will you thank me…" She had not finished when the word 'me' turned into a muffled 'wah'. A mouthful of bright red fresh blood spurted out of her mouth without warning and sprayed onto Wen Leyang's face!

Cone Nail's body went askance and she fell limp beside Wen Leyang but her palm was still held high. She propped 'You've Got Me' up in mid-air and did not let it drop into the Poison of Water.

Even under the immense pressure of Poison of Water invading his body, Wen Leyang could not restrain himself but growled hoarsely, his gaze was anxious and helpless.

"Young lad, she's dying!" Guo Huan's voice was still so rigid, but it had a slightly anxious tone to it right now. "She's already an arrow at the end of its flight and she had taken a blow when she attacked Tian Yin just now! If you want to save her life, you must find the heavenly water spirit and return here!" His voice barely faded when a stifling long howl suddenly sounded from the thirty-six thousand pores on Wen Leyang's body.

Wen Leyang's eyes were bloodshot and his whole body shivered. He was like a hatchling that was desperately trying to break free of the shackles of the eggshell, he used all his energy and stood up but still looked powerless. Under the terrifying pressure of the Poison of Water, he slowly walked towards the depths of the ore cave.

He walked very slowly. He looked as if he would fall down at any moment. The angle at which his body slanted put his eyes a few feet from the ground! When he moved, the Poison of Water that had just calmed down a little would surge and roll again. The raging poison waves roared and beat on the surrounding crystal rock walls. One particularly huge wave surged and wiped the four big words 'Thirteen Shall Not Pass' from the wall with a loud muffled bang!

Every step he took seemed like the end of the world. Wen Leyang could not even say a word. He could only make muffled moans from his throat. He vanished at a turn in the ore cave from Cone Nail's tear-filled eyes.

The roar of the surging Poison of Water was further and further away. Finally, it vanished with Wen Leyang's departure. The ore cave was once again enveloped in silence. Cone Nail sighed as she shuddered. Her arm went limp, she could no longer prop 'You've Got Me' up as it fell softly beside her.

The Poison of Water had left. 'You've Got Me' tried to calm its frightened self, but it missed its master and took pity on but was afraid of Cone Nail who saved it. He went around in circles in frustration. Occasionally, it spiked up its barbs and poked the living dead's bodies to vent its anger.

At this moment, Guo Huan's voice sounded again, "Hey ugly, you won't die yet, right?"

San Wei's primordial soul's voice was tired and aged, his voice was so dry it made people suffocate, "Living or dead, it's all the same…" He had not finished when his voice went hoarse. It was obvious that it took a lot from him when he activated his magical powers.

If the primordial souls of San Wei and Guo Huan, which resided within the jade knife, had bodies of their own, their abilities should be on par with the peerless demon immortals such as Cone Nail, Chang Li and Hanba. Tian Yin had obtained Tian Shu's and Tian Hua's life vitality force by trickery, his cultivation base must have been a tad higher than Chang Li and the others. However, among these peerless people, if they did not have a proper fight, it would be hard to say which one of them was stronger.

San Wei did not have a body, he activated his magical powers using his primordial spirit. The power was slightly inferior, but even so, it had caused Tian Yin a great loss as he was caught off guard.

San Wei was continuously tortured by the body which the Wicked Soul had left behind for more than a thousand years. His life's biggest wish was to kill the Wicked Soul in order to cleanse his dharmakaya of the Foulness and evil energy. He was extremely familiar with Xiang Liu's aura. That was why he had woken up the moment Tian Yin showed up. He had been in a deep slumber all this while and his primordial soul had the chance to recover. Hence, he could directly activate his magical power without having to use 'Demon Body Breaking Spell'. Guo Huan and San Wei lived in the same dorm. Guo Huan knew that San Wei had already woken up. Hence, Guo Huan distracted Tian Yin to create an opportunity for San Wei to attack.

San Wei's primordial soul had just activated his magical powers. He was now exhausted and was adjusting his breath to cultivate himself. Guo Huan initially had a question, but he had to let it go for now.

Wen Leyang took step after step towards the depths of the ore cave. His feelings could only be described with one word. Mountain!

There was a huge mountain before him. He could not dig through it nor could he pass it. He could only push the mountain with his hands if he wanted to advance forward! There was a huge mountain on top of his head which made him unable to straighten his back and lift his head, he could only use the entire strength of his abdomen to not let himself fall down! There was also a huge mountain behind him. He could not shake it off nor could he escape. He could only tow the mountain along as he advanced with his feet!

The Poison of Life and Death absorbed the poison of the utmost five elements, then assimilated them to turn it into Wen Leyang's own strength. However, this process was not completed in one stroke, he had to take it slow if the power of poison was vast. When he first absorbed the Ground-Breaking Toad Xiu Er's Poison of Earth at the Miao stockade village, Wen Leyang could not move for almost a whole year. A few years went by with the flick of a finger, he also absorbed Poison of Metal, the force of Yin and Yang of the Yin Army and the Buddhist prayer bead and the Wen family's hundreds of poisons. Besides, his body was remolded after the poison veins, the force of Life and Death within his body could not be equated with what he had then.

When the water rose, the boat rose with it. The force of his Poison of Life and Death was great but the Poison of Water of the few thousand 'firecrackers' was stronger than Xiu Er's Poison of Earth by leaps and bounds.

The water element poison was absorbed by the Poison of Life and Death but it could not enter into his body all at once. Hence, they accumulated a scary force and pressed tightly on Wen Leyang from all sides. Judging by the situation, the current Wen Leyang was in a similar predicament as the time when he was inside the toad's stomach. However, the only difference was that he had a strong body and tough bones now, he could manage to walk as he gritted his teeth. His tendons and bones could still hold together but they were on the verge of breaking apart.

There was only the sound of raging waters in the ore cave. As expected, the thirteen powerful Prohibition Spells were not activated. Wen Leyang also could not tell the difference between this part of the cave and the outside, other than it was narrower in here. It truly was as what Guo Huan had said, the Prohibition Spell, which Guo Huan's true soul dared not challenge, had no effect whatsoever on normal people.

After he walked for a while, the living dead Tibetans, who had entered the cave beforehand, started appearing and wanted to kill him. The living dead were like maddened rhinoceroses and were rushing towards him fiercely. When every living dead appeared, they were wet. Countless drops of water trickled down their hair and clothes. If Wen Buzuo was here, he would certainly ask with a smile, "They must be Thais. Did they just go to Songkran (the water-sprinkling festival)?

The living dead all wailed and crashed onto the ground the moment they set foot on the silvery Poison of Water. They struggled briefly but stopped moving in a while.

Wen Leyang had not expected this to occur. It was a little amusement to this arduous journey. The Tibetans were not afraid of death. However, without Tian Yin's direction, every one of them had a one-track mind, they could not reach Wen Leyang.

Every step he took was like a thousand years, the next step was as endless as eternity. Wen Leyang walked along the path of corpses for an unknown length of time. When his gaze scanned the corpses, he faintly sensed that something was wrong somewhere, as if he had overlooked something but he could not put a finger on it. He was pondering when suddenly a loud thunder, which could have shattered the heavens, erupted beside his ear. Then, thousands of lightning bolts erupted and fiercely pierced his eyes!

In comparison, the boom released by the Thunder's Heart Sand was like a mosquito's buzz, and it was a soft mosquito… Wen Leyang felt as if two huge waterfalls crashed into his ears from the left and right. He was caught off guard and fell to the ground. He only calmed down after a brief moment. The huge sound just now was not a thunder, but… the sound of water! The strong light which had tried to blind him was not lightning, but it was the shining sharp glare of water.

It was only now when Wen Leyang gritted his teeth and sat up again did he notice that he had reached the end of the ore cave.

Before he took his final step, he could not sense even a bit of the light of water, nor had he heard the sound of water. With just one step, everything had turned into this situation. There was only an emptiness in front of his eyes, an extremely colorful emptiness. It even made Wen Leyang felt as if he had already vanished, there was only endless water!

Wen Leyang was suddenly unsure whether to laugh or cry. The end of the ore cave was not what he expected. A small table was placed at the end of the ore cave. There was a golden box on top of the small table. The golden box contained a water bead which color was still unknown. He wanted to take the water droplet out of the box to let Cone Nail drink…

The ore cave was truly an ore cave. It was excavated from the exterior of the Jianggendiru Glacier all the way into the empty mountainside. If it was not for Wen Leyang's slow pace, he might have just fallen over into the mountainside from the edge of the ore cave.

If he looked up from the depths of the mountainside, the ore cave was starkly a cliff that stuck up abruptly. Wen Leyang now stood on the edge of the cliff.

There was a huge waterfall that hung below the cliff. The waterfall was so majestic that it made one wanted to cry, laugh, and scream wildly. It roared and crashed fiercely onto the mountainside. The sound of water roared like the howl of a giant dragon.

Wen Leyang took a deep breath. He tried hard to calm his thoughts. The ore cave was connected to the empty mountainside. Along the way, there were only clean, flawless and pure crystals. There was also a waterfall which hung close to the end of the cave, but… where did the water come from?

Of course, the water came from above. At the end of the ore cave, a giant stalactite, which source could not be seen, was like a divine awl that pierced the sky. It hung silently. It was so transparent that it was easily missed by the casual observer.

The visible parts of the stalactite were rounded and smooth as if they were polished by countless master crafters. Their surface was smooth and level, it was suffocating in its perfection. Only the tip of the stalactite was slightly flawed as if a finger pad-sized chunk was chipped off, it was slightly strange.

The roof of the ice stalactite could not be seen but its tip hung just a few meters from where Wen Leyang stood. A drop of clear water hung on the tip of the ice stalactite, shiny and showed signs of dripping. The moment Wen Leyang noticed it, it broke free of the ice stalactite with a light laugh like a playful elf. It twinkled as it fell…

That drop of water crashed onto the edge of the ore cave…

Wen Leyang squalled and fell on his buttocks again!

This small drop of water fell and crashed onto the edge of the ore cave. It erupted into a thousand-meter dark-colored torrent!

A drop of water had been shattered, most of it scattered in all directions as if cast with some magic of the gods. They quickly turned into a thousand of surging and roused water dragons in mid-air. They flowed along the mountain's peak and converged into a waterfall as they flew straight down with a cold resolution. The remaining parts stayed on the crystals of the ore cave silently.

This water droplet that flowed down from the ice stalactite was impressively the legendary heavenly water spirit. After all, there would not have been another droplet in this world that could form a waterfall.

Wen Leyang was delighted but worried. He was definitely delighted to find the heavenly water spirit but god knows how many years this stalactite was needed to form this single drop of water, what were the odds that one drop of that water just dripped when he arrived…

Luckily, the heavenly water spirit did not seem too precious for this ice stalactite. After some time, another drop of water condensed slowly. Wen Leyang raised his eyebrows and stared in anger as he stretched out his shaking hand, at the same time he tried to lean back as much as he could. A drop of water was a waterfall, the heavenly water spirit must have some weight. It was highly probable that he would be smashed down the mountainside by this force as heavy as a mountain when he received the water in his palm…

After a while, another drop of heavenly water spirit appeared. Finally, within Wen Leyang's longing and anxious gaze, it shook ever so slightly and dripped lightly!

There was no terrifying weight as he had imagined. Wen Leyang only felt an indescribable coolness which penetrated his marrows spread quickly from his palm and emanated to his whole body in the blink of an eye. In an instant, even his hairs shivered in cold. Wen Leyang did not have the time to cheer when a huge wave rose amidst a loud boom. It crashed on him heavily and he fell to the ground. The heavenly water spirit immediately erupted into a monstrous wave of water once it was disturbed. It scattered with vigor in all directions and eventually flowed out of the ore cave's edge and formed the thousand-meter waterfall again!

The most extreme nature of water could not be affected by external forces! If there was even the slightest disturbance, it would erupt with a bang and turn into normal water.

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