"Long Yi! We have no grudge against each other, why do you have to kill me?" Gu Sheng shouted angrily.

The spiritual sword in Long Yi's hand once again condensed a dazzling golden light.

"No grudges or hatred? You have a bounty on your back from the Supreme Immortal Sect, and your head is worth 100,000 high-grade spirit stones! Not to mention those treasures."

"Hand over that body technique, and I can give you a quick death!"

"fart!"

Gu Sheng turned around abruptly, formed seals with his hands, and the Ancient Samsara Bell suddenly enlarged. The ancient runes on the bronze bell body lit up with dazzling light.

"You can't even tell if I'm Gu Sheng or not, so you kill for the bounty?"

"It is better to kill someone by mistake than to let him go!"

Long Yi turned the sword, and a golden sword energy tore through the sky.

"In this world of cultivation, weakness is the original sin!"

At the moment when the sword energy was approaching, Gu Sheng's figure suddenly blurred, and he moved sideways three feet at the critical moment.

The sword energy brushed past the corner of his clothes and cut the stone pillar behind him in half, leaving the cut as smooth as a mirror.

"Across the void?"

Long Yi's eyes lit up.

"It is indeed a Saint-level technique! You will definitely die today!"

Gu Sheng felt a chill in his heart.

Although Long Yi was afraid of the dangers of this place and did not dare to use his full strength, his cultivation in the Tribulation Realm was too terrifying.

If he had not cultivated the Taiqing Guiyi Gong to the second level close to perfection, that sword would have been enough to take his life.

"We must hold on until Ling Xiao reaches us."

The spiritual energy in Gu Sheng's body was running wildly, and his speed increased by another three points.

Long Yi snorted coldly, took out a blood-colored pill from his arms and swallowed it.

In an instant, the aura around him surged, and his speed was more than twice as fast as before!
"Blood Burning Pill?!"

Gu Sheng's pupils suddenly shrank. This was a forbidden drug that burned his blood and essence in exchange for a short burst of energy. Long Yi was determined to kill him!
The distance between the two people was rapidly closing. One hundred meters. Fifty meters. Twenty meters.
"Die!"

Wherever Long Yi pointed his sword, a sword energy even more terrifying than before whizzed out, and tiny cracks appeared in the void wherever it passed.

There is no way to avoid it!

Gu Sheng turned around abruptly, and the Ancient Samsara Bell suddenly expanded to three meters high, with the mouth of the bell facing downwards, covering his entire body.

"clang--!"

The deafening sound of the bell resounded throughout the basin, and visible sound wave ripples spread out, and cracks appeared on the surface of the stone pillars within a hundred feet radius at the same time.

The bell body vibrated violently, and the symbols on its surface were indestructible, blocking the fatal blow.

"It is indeed the Ancient Samsara Bell!"

Long Yi was not surprised but happy.

"It seems that you are undoubtedly Gu Sheng!"

Within a minute, Gu Sheng spat out a mouthful of blood and his face turned pale.

Although the precious bell blocked the sword energy, the impact of the Tribulation Realm still caused his internal organs to shift.

He endured the severe pain, urged the precious bell to fly up again, and continued to escape into the depths of the basin.

"Let's see how long you can last!"

Long Yi chased after him relentlessly, waving the magic sword in his hand repeatedly, and streams of sword energy poured down.

Although the Ancient Samsara Bell had amazing defense, every attack consumed a lot of his spiritual power. In just a dozen breaths, 70% of Gu Sheng's spiritual power had been lost, and his speed had obviously slowed down.

"No. You will definitely die if you continue like this."

Gu Sheng's eyes were filled with determination. He stopped defending and turned to face Long Yi.

"Finally you stopped running?"

Long Yi sneered, and pointed the tip of his sword directly at Gu Sheng’s brow.

Gu Sheng did not answer. He quickly formed seals with his hands, and the Ancient Samsara Bell suddenly shrank and flew back into his palm.

Just when Long Yi was confused, Gu Sheng suddenly threw the treasure bell out!

"court death!"

"clang--!"

Long Yi's spiritual sword hit the Ancient Samsara Bell heavily, but the expected bell-breaking and death did not occur.

On the contrary, the ancient runes on the surface of the bronze bell suddenly lit up with dazzling golden light, and lines containing the ultimate principles of heaven and earth intertwined in the void, forming a mysterious pattern.

Long Yi's pupils suddenly shrank, and the hand holding the sword trembled slightly.

The mysteries contained in those lines made his soul tremble, as if he was facing the origin of the great way.

The realization he gained at this moment was even more profound than what he had gained from a hundred years of hard practice!
"This is definitely something extraordinary!"

Long Yi's breathing was rapid, and the greed in his eyes almost became tangible.

"It can actually be compared with the sect master's 'Nine Heavens Ring Pendant'!"

He immediately changed his mind and stopped chasing after Gu Sheng who was fleeing. Instead, he cast a series of sealing spells on the ancient bronze bell.

"Seal the sky and lock the earth, Zhen!"

The Void Ring emitted a dazzling white light, and a powerful suction force enveloped the Ancient Samsara Bell.

The bell body trembled violently, as if it was unwilling to be subdued, but under Long Yi's full suppression, it turned into a green light and was absorbed into the ring.

"Hahaha! With this treasure, there's no need to worry about not being able to achieve the great path!"

Long Yi laughed loudly towards the sky, then he remembered Gu Sheng. He turned around and saw that the embarrassed figure had escaped hundreds of feet away and was stumbling towards the depths of the basin.

Long Yi sneered disdainfully.

"sucker Punch."

He was about to give chase when he suddenly groaned and blood came out from the corner of his mouth.

Forcibly suppressing the Ancient Samsara Bell consumed most of his spiritual power. Combined with the 30% that was previously absorbed by the Taotie Pillar, the spiritual power left in his body was less than 30%.

"It doesn't matter. It's enough to kill a seriously injured ant."

Long Yi wiped off the blood and chased after him in a flash.

Gu Sheng felt as if his lungs were burning, and every breath he took smelled of blood.

His vision began to blur, and he could only rely on instinct to crawl in the direction where Ling Xiao was in his memory.

"You can't fall down, if you fall down it's all over."

He bit the tip of his tongue and used the pain to stay awake.

The footsteps of Long Yi behind him were getting closer and closer, and the breath of death was following him like a shadow.

Just when his consciousness was about to fade, Gu Sheng finally saw the familiar figure.

Ling Xiao was standing next to a stone pillar and had been waiting for a long time.

"Ling Xiao"

Gu Sheng shouted in a hoarse voice, and then his eyes went dark and he fell heavily to the ground.

Ling Xiao quickly stepped forward, checked Gu Sheng's pulse, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Alive."

At this time, Long Yi also caught up with him.

He glanced around vigilantly, and finally his eyes fell on Ling Xiao.

"Who are you? What's your relationship with this Gu Sheng?"

Ling Xiao smiled calmly and spread out his hands.

"I was just passing by. I have nothing to do with this person."

Long Yi suddenly noticed that Ling Xiao was standing in the shadow of a Taotie stone pillar, and alarm bells rang in his heart.

In a place like Wangui Ridge, how could it be such a coincidence to "pass by"?
"No matter who you are, if you see something you shouldn't see, you will die!"

Long Yi raised his spirit sword with a grim smile. Even though he didn't have much spirit power left, it was more than enough to deal with a cultivator who was only at the Nascent Soul stage.

Ling Xiao sighed.

"Why bother"

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly turned around and ran at an astonishing speed, disappearing into the depths of the stone forest in the blink of an eye.

"Want to run?"

Long shouted angrily and chased after him without thinking.

"You all must die today!"

The two of them walked one after the other and quickly moved away from the place where Gu Sheng was unconscious.

The more Long Yi chased, the more frightened he became. The speed of the man in front of him was not inferior to himself in his prime. This was definitely not the strength that a Nascent Soul cultivator should have!

"Who are you anyway?"

Long Yi shouted, and at the same time, he took out a jade message from his arms and crushed it, notifying his fellow disciples to come and encircle and suppress the enemy.

Ling Xiao did not answer, but suddenly turned around a thick stone pillar and disappeared from Long Yi's sight.

Long Yi hurriedly caught up, but saw that there was no one in front of him, only a stone pillar engraved with Taotie patterns standing quietly.

"Pretend to be a ghost!"

Long Yi sneered and was about to continue searching when he suddenly froze.

He slowly lowered his head and saw a pale hand coming out of his chest, holding a still beating heart.

Long Yi turned his head with difficulty and saw Ling Xiao appeared behind him at some point with a half-smile on his face.

What horrified Long Yi the most was that Ling Xiao's eyes had turned pure black, without any whites, like two bottomless black holes.

"Thanks for the ring."

Ling Xiao leaned close to Long Yi's ear and whispered, then pulled his arm away.

Long Yi fell to the ground with a thud. His last consciousness saw the pattern on the Taotie stone pillar actually wriggling, greedily sucking the blood gushing out of his chest.
"Why hasn't Senior Brother Long come back yet?"

Gong Xuefeng rubbed his hands nervously. They had been waiting for half an hour.

"Why don't we go over and take a look?" suggested another monk.

After discussing for a moment, everyone decided to search in the direction Long Yi left.

They had not walked far when a sudden shrill scream broke the silence, making everyone's hair stand on end.

"It's Senior Brother Long's voice!"

The faces of the people in Luotian Sect changed drastically, and they hurried to the source of the sound.

When they pushed aside the last piece of stone forest, the scene before them made everyone feel like they were falling into an icy cave.

Long Yi's body fell on his back, with a bloody hole the size of a bowl on his chest, and his heart was missing.

What’s even more bizarre is that the pattern on the Taotie stone pillar next to it is glowing a strange red light, as if it had just had a full meal.

“It’s the Taotie beast soul!”

Gong Xuefeng's voice trembled.

"Senior Brother Long's soul has been devoured!"

Everyone took a few steps back at the same time, fearing that the pattern on the stone pillar would come alive and attack them.

"Go! Get out of here!"

Someone shouted, but everyone in Luotian Sect scattered like birds and beasts, desperately trying to escape from the basin.

They didn't notice that the Void Ring in Long Yi's hand had disappeared.

"A bunch of cowards."

In the cave, Ling Xiao was playing with an antique ring with a sarcastic smile on his face.

A black light flashed at his fingertips, easily breaking the restriction left by Long Yi and probing his spiritual consciousness into the ring space.

"The harvest is good."

He flipped his palm, and the Ancient Samsara Bell appeared in his hand.

The runes on the bronze bell sensed Ling Xiao's aura and actually glowed slightly.

"It's you." Ling Xiao murmured in a low voice.

The Ancient Samsara Bell slammed heavily onto the ground of the cave, raising a cloud of dust.

Ling Xiao waved his right hand lightly, and a breeze appeared out of nowhere, blowing all the dust out of the cave.

He squatted down, checked Gu Sheng's pulse, and his expression eased a little.

"Fortunately, I'm very lucky."

He took out a jade bottle from his bosom and poured out a red pill the size of a longan.

There are golden lines on the surface of the pill, which emits a faint light in the dim cave.

"Seventh Revolution Soul Restoration Pill, you are lucky."

Ling Xiao pinched Gu Sheng's mouth open and stuffed the pill in. Then he put his right hand on Gu Sheng's chest and transferred a stream of pure spiritual power to help refine the medicinal power.

As spiritual power was injected, Gu Sheng’s pale face gradually turned red.

The wounds deep enough to see the bone healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, with new granulation tissue wriggling and intertwining.

"This recovery ability is simply not human."

Ling Xiao was a little surprised and increased his spiritual power output.

Under the dual effects of the power of the elixir and spiritual power, the damaged meridians in Gu Sheng's body began to repair, and spiritual power gradually flowed into his dried-up dantian.

A quarter of an hour later, Ling Xiao stopped and stood up, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

"I finally saved my life."

He muttered to himself, walked to the entrance of the cave, sat cross-legged, and vigilantly observed the movements outside.

After an unknown amount of time, Gu Sheng's fingers suddenly moved.

I slowly opened my eyes, and what I saw was the rough stone wall of the cave.

Gradually regaining consciousness, memories before the coma came flooding back - Long Yi's pursuit, the resistance of the Ancient Samsara Bell, and finally trying his best to escape to Ling Xiao.
"woke up?"

A familiar voice came from the cave entrance.

Gu Sheng turned his head with difficulty and saw Ling Xiao sitting there with his back to him.

"This is where?"

Gu Sheng's voice was hoarse and his throat hurt as if it was burned by fire.

Ling Xiao turned around and threw a water bag.

"A cave outside Wangui Ridge. You have been unconscious for three days."

Gu Sheng took the water bag and gulped down a few mouthfuls. The cool liquid moistened his dry throat.

I tried to sit up. Although my muscles were still a little sore, I was able to move freely.

"Where's Long Yi?"

Gu Sheng looked around but did not see any enemy.

Ling Xiao raised the corner of his mouth slightly.

"died."

Just two simple words, but they made Gu Sheng's pupils shrink slightly.

I clearly remember that Long Yi was a powerful cultivator in the Tribulation Realm, while Ling Xiao only seemed to be at the Nascent Soul Stage.

"Did you kill him?"

Gu Sheng asked tentatively.

Ling Xiao did not answer directly, but threw something over.

Gu Sheng took it and found that it was the Ancient Samsara Bell. The ancient runes on the bronze bell were still there, but the luster was slightly dim.

"The property returns to its original owner."

Ling Xiao said lightly.

"I used you to divert Long Yi's attention and took the opportunity to give him a fatal blow."

Gu Sheng stroked the bell, feeling the familiar vibrations, and felt a little relieved.

Look up at Ling Xiao.

"Thank you. But how did you do it?"

The gap between the Tribulation Realm and the Nascent Soul Stage is like a chasm. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible to kill a higher-level person.

Ling Xiao was a little amused.

"Some things, the less you know, the safer you are."

He paused.

"You just have to understand that now we're even."

Gu Sheng tactfully did not ask any further questions.

After checking his own condition, he found that although his external injuries had healed, his internal spiritual power had only recovered less than 30%.

"I need to calm down."

Gu Sheng sat cross-legged and practiced the Taiqing Guiyi Gong.

In an instant, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the cave seemed to be summoned and rushed towards Gu Sheng frantically.

The concentration of spiritual energy was so high that a faint mist formed around Gu Sheng.

"stop!"

Ling Xiao suddenly shouted.

"Do you want to attract all the evil creatures from Wangui Ridge?"

Gu Sheng then realized his mistake and quickly stopped practicing his skills.

The spiritual energy vortex gradually dissipated, but wisps of spiritual mist still lingered.

"Sorry, forgot the situation."

Gu Sheng smiled awkwardly and took out a blood-red crystal from his arms.

The moment the crystal appeared, the temperature in the cave suddenly rose.

There seemed to be flames flowing inside the crystal, emitting astonishing energy fluctuations.

"Suzaku Tear Stone?"

Ling Xiao raised his eyebrows.

"You have quite a few good things."

Gu Sheng did not explain, but just held the crystal in his palm and began to slowly absorb the energy in it.

Compared to directly absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, this method is luxurious, but more concealed and safe. (End of this chapter)

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