After returning to the village, start chasing the mountain from binding Emei

Chapter 1040 Soul Possession, Exploding the Maze!
That's right, possession.

It's likely that another person has taken up residence inside that woman's body.

Xiao Ling!

The woman who was accidentally killed by Chen Yang outside Bei'e Mountain.

……

Chen Yang's eyes narrowed slightly; some things weren't so hard to understand after all.

Xiao Ling, after all, was Cang Gou's Daoist partner. She had also lived for nearly four hundred years and was a super powerful being in the late stage of the Dao True Realm.

Although Xiao Ling was definitely dead outside Bei'e Mountain that day, and her body was still lying in Chen Yang's system warehouse, it's not hard to understand that if Cang Gou could cultivate a second primordial spirit, this woman could also cultivate a second primordial spirit.

The one who died that day may have been Xiao Ling's true self, but it is highly likely that she still has a second primordial spirit alive.

And so, he found a body and his second soul possessed it to be reborn.

Although the idea of ​​possession and rebirth is incredibly incredible and extremely difficult, given that she is an existence who has lived for over three hundred years, and with the powerful Cang Gou by her side, it is not impossible for her second soul to regain a physical body.

If that's the case, then Chen Yang can understand why Cang Gou, as Xiao Ling's Daoist partner, didn't come to seek revenge immediately after Xiao Ling's death, but instead focused his energy on other matters.

Because of the existence of a second primordial spirit, Xiao Ling was not considered dead; she only lost her original physical body and cultivation.

Her physical body was over three hundred years old. Although she had the skill to preserve her youth, she was old after all and her time was coming to an end. She would have to be discarded sooner or later, so it was not a pity.

It's a pity about his cultivation level, but now that he's in a young body, he can recover his cultivation level sooner or later.

It really was a series of twists and turns.

Chen Yang felt a pang of regret. He had long felt that Xiao Ling's death was too hasty, and it turned out that this was what was waiting for him.

No wonder that woman looked at me like that.

……

The woman, stepping on the sword's light, swiftly disappeared into the forest. Immediately afterward, as if a switch had been flipped, thick white mist suddenly rose up from the forest.

"Master, be careful."

Chen Yang gave a warning, "This woman should be Cang Gou's Daoist partner, Xiao Ling. Cang Gou might really be here. Be careful not to be ambushed by them."

Juechen nodded slightly.

He was somewhat surprised that Chen Yang was able to see through the woman's identity.

Of course, Juechen had already figured it out, but it was because of his familiarity with Xiao Ling and the complex and conflicting aura he sensed about her.

At this moment, Juechen was not a reckless person.

When Xiao Ling entered the formation, she left behind provocative words, trying to provoke him into joining the battle.

Knowing this, why would he take the risk so easily?

Unable to discern directions or take advantage of the terrain while trapped in the maze, Xiao Ling was alright on her own, but if Cang Gou were to appear, the situation would be far from favorable to him.

But given the current situation, it seems that there's no better option than not joining the fray.

They need to deal with Cang Gou; how can they find Cang Gou if they don't go in?

Chen Yang wasn't afraid of the maze. With the water vein distribution map in hand, he could rely on the location guidance on the map to correctly navigate the maze.

However, he shared the same concern as Juechen: he feared being ambushed within the formation.

"Xiao Yang, you should step back a bit. I'll go in by myself," Jue Chen said.

Chen Yang shook his head and said, "Master, the situation and location inside are too risky. We might as well retreat for now and discuss this further."

Juechen said, "Don't worry, I've been fighting them for so many years. Even if I can't defeat them when they join forces, it would be as difficult as climbing to heaven for them to kill me."

These words were spoken with great confidence.

Once the Golden Body Mantra was activated, and the Golden Body Dharma Image appeared, he did not believe that Cang Gou and Xiao Ling could do anything to him.

"and many more."

Chen Yang stopped Juechen again, "Cang Gou has obtained the Black Lotus, and he might have some tricks up his sleeve. It's better to be cautious. Ancestor, please protect me while I try to break this illusionary formation..."

"Well?"

Juechen stared at Chen Yang in astonishment.

This maze is of a very high level; it might even have been left behind by a Celestial Realm expert. It involves the energy of laws, and even he would find it difficult to break. Let alone Chen Yang, who is so young, how much expertise could he possibly have in the art of formations?

They even have the audacity to try and break this maze; they're truly like a newborn calf unafraid of a tiger.

However, seeing Chen Yang's serious expression, Juechen felt somewhat dazed, instinctively sensing that Chen Yang was not joking with him.

Perhaps he really does have some special ability.

At that moment, Juechen nodded slightly.

Instead of following Xiao Ling's advice to enter the formation, the two retreated directly from the canyon and found a relatively flat and low-lying spot on the cliff opposite the river to settle down.

From here, the entire maze can be seen.

A forest, covering an area of ​​fifty or sixty acres, was shrouded in thick fog, which affected the detection capabilities of both the Yuan Shen (Primordial Spirit) and the radar.

At first glance, it was a vast expanse of white.

How do we break the formation?

To be honest, even Juechen, standing to the side, didn't know where to begin.

Without saying a word, Chen Yang found a rock and sat down cross-legged.

With my eyes closed, I recalled the "Distribution Map of the Bailong River's Water Veins" from my mind.

The energy flow of the Bailong River's water veins is clearly marked on the map, and it is displayed in real time.

Zoom in on the map to view a specific area.

The map naturally displays the water vein energy in the area where the maze is located.

Because it's right on the banks of the Bailong River, it's quite clearly visible.

Within this region, at each of the four cardinal directions, there is a vortex formed by the flowing and condensing energy of water veins.

Without a doubt, it's the base of the maze formation.

The formation needs to be kept running, which inevitably requires energy, and it will naturally absorb the energy of the Bailong River's water veins.

And this inhalation naturally creates energy vortexes.

The center of the vortex is where the array base is located.

If the base of the formation is destroyed, even just one part, the formation will be out of balance and will likely be destroyed immediately.

Having determined the location, Chen Yang no longer hesitated. He summoned a bone-eating beetle, took a divine and evil prayer bead, and flew directly towards the maze-like dense forest.

"Buzzing..."

The bone-eating beetle quickly flew into the forest, where thick fog obscured everything, making it difficult to discern directions.

Guided by the water vein map, they quickly flew towards the nearest water vein energy vortex.

In the maze.

Under a pine tree, a woman stood holding a sword, seemingly ready for battle.

She glanced playfully at the outside of the maze.

The thick fog obscured her view, preventing her from seeing what was happening outside, but she could sense the approximate location of Juechen and the others.

Two streams of primordial energy are probing this way.

"Heh, old monk, I thought you were so tough, hiding so far away, too scared to come in?" The woman seemed to be talking to herself, a mocking smile on her lips.

But when she sensed the primordial spirit energy belonging to Chen Yang, the smile on her face instantly froze. "You little beast, you destroyed my Dharma body, you deserve to die..."

His eyes flashed with intense resentment.

Just then, a mental fluctuation emanated from the depths of the maze.

A voice reached her ears.

Upon hearing this, the woman seemed to have received some instructions. Her expression turned solemn, and her powerful spiritual energy suddenly shone forth, quickly spotting an insect scurrying about in the mist.

He immediately took off and chased after them.

"Buzzing..."

It was just a bone-eating beetle that had just gained sentience. It was small in size and had a weak aura. In addition, its primordial spirit was greatly disturbed in the maze. If you weren't careful, it would be easy to overlook.

The woman quickly chased after her.

In just a few breaths, they were less than fifty meters away from the bone-eating beetle.

Just as the woman was about to make her move, the bone-eating beetle suddenly stopped.

"This place...is not good..."

The woman's breath hitched.

Ahead was a stone well several meters wide, and thick fog was gushing out from the well's opening.

Array base.

This is precisely where the foundation of the maze lies.

Ordinary cultivators entering the formation would find it impossible to reach the formation's base due to the formation's maze-like effect.

How could this insect have gotten so precisely here?

At this moment, the woman fully understood what the bone-eating beetle wanted to do.

His expression changed abruptly, and he immediately prepared to slash at the enemy with his sword.

However, the insect had already burrowed into the well opening.

"Do not……"

The woman's expression changed drastically, and she stopped in her tracks, not daring to take another step forward.

"boom!"

A deafening explosion suddenly erupted from the stone well.

With a deafening roar, the sound was deafening.

A huge mushroom cloud rose up, followed by a powerful shockwave that spread in all directions.

The woman was horrified and quickly retreated.

His body was swept hundreds of meters away by the shockwave and crashed heavily to the ground.

...Rumble...

On the distant mountaintop, Chen Yang and his companion could only see a mushroom cloud rising from the mist-shrouded dense forest.

Immediately, the ground shook violently, and the mist in the forest seemed to boil over. The explosion tore a hole in the maze, and the thick fog poured out rapidly through the hole.

It moved so fast that it instantly created a storm, which was extremely terrifying.

Chen Yang activated his Heavenly Eye and used the Qi Observation Technique to observe.

The explosion even affected the barrier above the canyon. The golden, thin film-like barrier was torn open by the mushroom cloud, and black, unidentified substances, like smoke, leaked out of the hole.

One of the four key points of the formation was destroyed.

The maze was out of balance and could no longer continue to operate. The water vein energy and the mysterious black substance in the maze entangled and collided with each other, destroying large areas of trees in the forest and quickly dispersing the thick fog.

Juechen was dumbfounded.

Having lived for nearly four hundred years, this is the first time I've seen such audacious breach of the formation.

Simple and straightforward, just start blowing it up.

This little guy really does have some skills.

At first, he thought Chen Yang was just joking, but now he realized that this little guy really had something.

The maze was indeed powerful, but by directly attacking its foundation and destroying the base, the formation could no longer be maintained.

"Okay, okay."

Juechen laughed heartily.

If it were him, to break this formation, he would probably have to enter the formation and try to find its patterns. After all, it is a formation containing laws, and it is not so easy to break.

Chen Yang's method was indeed simple, but Juechen was also aware of the technical complexity involved.

First, you need to find the location of the array base; second, you need to have the ability to destroy the array base.

And coincidentally, Chen Yang had both of these things.

That's it.

Even Juechen probably couldn't do it; just finding the location of the array base would be enough to stump him.

"Rumble..."

The explosion triggered a chain reaction, causing the water vein energy to surge back, followed by a series of explosions, which in turn affected the other three array bases.

"boom……"

The three array bases could not withstand the backflow and impact of the water vein energy and suddenly exploded.

Soon, three more mushroom clouds rose up.

It just wasn't as terrifying as the first explosion.

"Rumble..."

The ground trembled, the cliffs shook, and a large amount of mud and rocks collapsed into the Bailong River, almost forming a dam and blocking the river.

Time passed by minute by minute.

Chen Yang was somewhat alarmed by the commotion.

A single, malevolent prayer bead triggered a series of explosions, nearly plunging the sky into darkness.

The base of the array exploded and destroyed it, the maze collapsed, and the thick fog quickly dissipated, revealing a dilapidated forest.

The barrier above the canyon was also destroyed. It looked normal from a normal perspective, but from the perspective of the Heavenly Eye, the light blue water vein energy mixed with the ubiquitous black matter poured out like a fountain, creating a spectacular scene.

The massive energy surge even reached the location where Chen Yang and Jue Chen were, causing their clothes to flutter loudly.

“Master, there’s something strange about this black aura.”

The black substance mixed in with the water vein energy gave Chen Yang a strange sense of unease.

This scent is familiar.

Chen Yang was certain that the black energy and the aura emanating from the black lotus were exactly the same.

Juechen said, "The water veins here have been contaminated by evil energy. Do not attempt to absorb it. If it does invade your body, try to dissolve it using the [Original Mind Universal Benevolence Sutra]..."

"Ah."

Chen Yang didn't say much, but quietly activated the [Original Mind Universal Benevolence Sutra], which easily resisted the invasion of this black substance into his body.

Negative karma energy.

Just as unpleasant as calamity energy, getting tainted by it is nothing short of bad luck. It not only affects cultivation, but also, if it accumulates too much, affects one's mood.

……

Meanwhile, within the maze.

As the thick fog dissipated, the woman stood in the woods, looking quite disheveled from the continuous explosions.

Covered in fallen leaves and mud, his down jacket was torn to shreds, revealing only a hint of the less attractive spring scenery.

Xiao Ling's hair was disheveled, and her eyes were bloodshot.

Explosion, another explosion.

She hates explosions.

A few days ago, an explosion directly killed her original body, causing her heavy losses. She had no choice but to activate her second primordial spirit and find a female cultivator who was barely passable to possess her body.

A cultivator in the mid-stage of the Creation Realm was able to advance to the late-stage of the Creation Realm only after being possessed by her.

In the past, Xiao Ling would never have looked down on such a physical body.

Like Cang Gou, she has very high standards.

Although they have all condensed a second primordial spirit, they have not yet found a suitable host for the second primordial spirit.

It was because Chen Yang destroyed her original Dao body that she was forced to make a choice.

The only thing she can appreciate about this body now is its youth.

If I had to say what other advantages it has, I could only say that this body belongs to a woman.

She was of average appearance and figure, and her cultivation aptitude was barely acceptable in her eyes.

But she had no other choice; this body was the best solution for her now.

……

Xiao Ling dodged the explosion just now in time. Although the power of the chain explosion was considerable, it did not cause her much physical harm.

However, the psychological damage is considerable.

It could have been stopped.

If she had acted faster and more decisively, she might have already killed the insect, the explosion wouldn't have happened, and the formation wouldn't have been broken so easily.

It's all because of this body!
After expending so much effort and paying such a high price, the possession was finally successful, but the integration of consciousness and the new body was still not high, so the speed of the hands could not keep up with the speed of the mind, which led to this series of tragedies.

At this moment, Xiao Ling attributed her failure to her new body.

It seems like nothing is satisfactory.

But is it really just a physical problem? Her own internal issues are the biggest problem.

She did have a chance to stop it, but she failed not because of her physical condition, but because she was too scared when the moment came.

Yes, cowardice.

She was afraid.

The moment the main body was blown up, as the second primordial spirit, she sensed it, and the feeling was as if she had personally experienced it.

Therefore, she knew how terrifying the explosion was, and after realizing the bone-eating beetle's intentions, she was naturally afraid.

I'm afraid that if I'm not careful, I might end up in the same footsteps as the original.

And so, in that one moment of hesitation, a golden opportunity was missed.

Therefore, this explosion and this setback are no one's fault but her own.

"hateful!"

Xiao Ling gripped her sword tightly, her fierce expression undisguised.

At that moment, two figures swiftly approached from the distant cliff.

It was Juechen and Chen Yang.

The great formation had been broken, and most of the forest had been destroyed. Xiao Ling stood amidst the tangled branches and fallen leaves, with nothing left to rely on.

She was merely possessed by the second primordial spirit, and her physical strength was only at the late stage of the Creation Realm. Although her primordial spirit was powerful and she could easily fight against those in the Dao True Realm, she was no match for a powerhouse like Juechen.

Originally, relying on the advantage of the maze-like terrain, she was confident that she could outmaneuver Chen Yang and his group.

Who would have thought that a single mistake would lead to such a drastic turn of events?

Whether it was due to the influence of the surrounding negative energy or not, Xiao Ling's anger suddenly surged, and she felt an urge to rush up and fight the two of them to the death.

At that moment, another burst of spiritual energy came from behind.

Xiao Ling paused slightly, then turned and headed deeper into the desolate forest.

……

Chen Yang and his companion arrived in the woods.

The energy surge had subsided, but an explosion shattered the illusion and the seal, leaving the scene utterly devastated.

With the illusion gone, the two had no more reservations and chased after Xiao Ling directly.

After passing through the woods, a tall cliff appeared before the two of them, and at the foot of the cliff, a cave was quite conspicuous.

The cave entrance was wide open, and a stone tablet stood beside it.

The stone tablet is inscribed with the three large characters: "Refining Immortal Cave".

Under the observation of the Sky Eye, thick black substance surged out of the cave.

It doesn't look like a good place at all.

A powerful energy directly interfered with the probe of the primordial spirit.

"Cang Gou, come out."

Juechen slammed his staff into the ground, the sound carrying far and wide.

(End of this chapter)