I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 262 Guilty-Hearted Hong Li (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Jiang Yi silently placed a memory stone on the fence facing Hong Li, then retreated to a distance, and mentally possessed a little snow demon, transforming it into her own appearance.

"Hua Gu Hong Li, I'm back~"

Jiang Yi shouted, and Hua Gu immediately sent Xiao Hua Gu, who was watering the plants, to greet her. Jiang Yi carried Xiao Hua Gu back to the bamboo fence courtyard.

Hong Li was sitting in front of the green wooden cauldron with her back to her, diligently refining pills.

There were no tea sets on the table, the rocking chair hadn't been moved, and there were no dregs or rotten leaves in the yard; everything was in perfect order.

Jiang Yi chuckled inwardly. Hong Li, with your caution and cunning, what can't you accomplish? Why do you have to play mind games with her?

When Hongli heard Jiang Yi's noise, it even turned around and gave her a resentful look, snorting and swishing its tail, as if it was still angry.

Jiang Yi remained silent, taking out the recording stone hidden in the fence and playing it.

In the image captured by the photographic stone, Hongli lay sprawled on the rocking chair, her fluffy tail swaying idly like a fan.

"Hua Gu Hong Li, I'm back~"

Hong Li's ears twitched suddenly, her eyes widened instantly, and she even forgot to swallow the pill in her mouth.

It jolted up from the rocking chair, tripped over its own tail, and bumped its head on the stone table.

In its haste, it disregarded the pain, slapped the green wooden cauldron with its paw, and the tea set, medicine dregs, and surrounding rotten leaves were swept into the cauldron by its large tail as if swept by a tornado, before it closed the lid.

Just as she was about to catch her breath, she noticed that the rocking chair was still creaking and groaning due to inertia. Jiang Yi's footsteps were getting closer, and Hong Li was so anxious that her tail fur stood on end. The red ribbon around her neck suddenly lashed out and wrapped around the rocking chair leg like a nimble snake, pulling it sharply.

The rocking chair shook violently twice before finally coming to a screeching halt just before Jiang Yi's footsteps approached.

Red Glass haphazardly wiped the pill residue from the corner of its mouth with its claws, then plopped down in front of the Green Wood Cauldron, fanning the flames with its tail and pretending to control the fire to refine pills.

Its ears were taut into serious triangular shapes, but its cheeks were suspiciously puffed out, and its throat would occasionally bob, secretly swallowing the unchewed pill whole.

……

a bolt from the blue!

After seeing the image stone, Hong Li was completely stunned, as if struck by lightning. The expression on her fox-like face froze instantly, replaced by disbelief and terror. Her mouth even opened slightly, and a pill she hadn't swallowed fell out and rolled away.

The next instant, Hongli sprang up and rushed to Jiang Yi, grabbing her leg and pressing her ears to her head. She blinked her big, watery eyes and wagged her tail wildly, looking just like a little dog caught stealing food.

Oh!
Hongli barked and nuzzled Jiang Yi's clothes with its head. Seeing that Jiang Yi remained silent with a half-smile, Hongli's eyes darted around, and it immediately took out all the pills it had refined in the past few days from its storage pendant and placed them all at Jiang Yi's feet.

嘤~
Jiang Yi accepted the recording stone and didn't hold it against Hong Li. She simply said, "I'm in the Golden Zheng Plain Secret Realm now. From now on, you'll obediently help me explore the secret realm. After we finish things here, you'll have a fight with Hua Gu."

Hong Li looked puzzled.

Jiang Yi continued, "As long as you can defeat Hua Gu, you can do whatever you want from now on. Whether you cultivate or not is up to you. I'll take the Two Elements Fall first. Hua Gu, you can just cultivate normally in Youxian Ferry during this period."

Hongli was stunned. It thought it was going to get beaten up, but it turned out to be that simple.
Jiang Yi didn't say anything else. He used his divine sense to take Hong Li away from Youxian Ferry. Finally, he also told Zhenshan Duanjin to finish their work and go out to explore the secret realm.

The earth and fire elemental forces in the Jinzhengyuan Secret Realm are exceptionally strong, followed by the metal elemental force. Wood and water are the only elements lacking. This environment is very suitable for Hong Li and Zhenshan Duanjin's operation and has a suppressive effect on Hua Gu.

Back in the wind-eroded forest, before Jiang Yi could speak, Hong Li voluntarily grew larger and bent down to let Jiang Yi ride on her.

Jiang Yi, freed from his hindrance, placed the inert Phantom Escape Seed into the storage pendant around Hong Li's neck.

"Stop taking Spirit Feeding Pills for now. If you're hungry, eat these demonic creatures. First, raise your Shadow Escape skill to the Proficiency level."

Hong Li's current Phantom Escape level is proficient. When escaping, she can release three phantoms to interfere with the enemy, but this consumes a lot of true energy. She has never used it when borrowing magic, since these three phantoms are illusory and not as useful as the three fire shadows that Hong Li's Hundred Beast Spirit Fire splits out.

However, once the Phantom Escape technique reaches the mastery level, these three phantoms become real, moving in sync with the main body like mirror images. They surround and kill enemies, and the spells cast by the main body are also cast by the phantoms, reaching 30% of their power. At the minor mastery level, the phantom spells can reach 50% of their power.

Once it reaches the advanced level, the power of the Phantom spell is the same as that of the original body, and the Phantom can be freely controlled using the method of splitting the mind, as if there are two clones.

The number of demon seeds that Hua Luosha gave her was sufficient, so it was only a matter of time before Hong Li could forcefully push the Phantom Escape technique to its peak level.

Hongli was truly bewildered. It had made such a big mistake, yet Jiang Yi not only didn't say a word to it, but also gave it a chance to fight for its freedom and even fed it demon seeds.

Isn't this the life it's always wanted?
But why are its legs trembling and its heart a little uneasy?
After waiting a while, Zhenshan Duanjin finished his work and Jiang Yi released them from Youxian Ferry.

Zhenshan was dressed in dark red armor, with a tall and burly build, and his hands were wrapped in blazing chains, making him look imposing.

Duan Jin was dressed in light and sleek clothes, holding a heavy blade, with his mane tied into a small topknot, looking neat and dashing.

Jiang Yi gave the Cloud-Stepping Boots, which her master had previously crafted, to Zhenshan, as they could enhance her movement speed.

There are also arm-shaped gold bone bracelets for Duan Jin, which can enhance her defensive capabilities.

After getting ready, Jiang Yi pulled up his hood and rode on Hong Li's back, with Zhen Shan and Duan Jin following behind, their momentum soaring to the sky.

Before Jiang Yi could say "let's go," Zhen Shan suddenly looked in one direction toward the wind-eroded forest.

"Wife, can you sense something over there that we can absorb for cultivation?"

Duan Jin nodded, "I also felt it, my lord. After we cultivated the Xuanhuang Huasheng Scripture, it seems that our ability to sense the earth's veins has been enhanced. When we step on the ground, we can sense the distribution and density of mineral materials within a radius of a hundred miles. There are many minerals in that direction."

Jiang Yi smiled and said, "Lead the way, we'll head that way."

The terrain in the wind-eroded forest is complex, and the wind and sand interfere with divine sense. Since we don't know which way to get out for the time being, we'll just wander around and collect ores and look for treasures left behind by various immortal sects in the secret realm.

Perhaps as she walks, she will arrive at a place she is familiar with, and then she will naturally find her way out.

……

At that time, outside the wind-eroded forest of the secret realm.

Fenxin lowered her hood, letting down a head of dazzling red hair. The Burning Heaven Fire Wheel, which she had erased her spiritual consciousness from and reforged, spun around her, burning with gray-white flames, ready to defend herself at any time.

Behind her, the girl standing on red lotuses also lowered her hood, removed the mask covering her entire face, and took a deep breath of the air in the secret realm.

"I can smell it, a scent that makes my heart yearn for it."

Burning Heart glanced at the girl out of the corner of his eye and said coldly, "You'd better not take off your mask in front of me, or I'll lose control and kill you."

The girl smiled upon hearing this and obediently put on her mask. "We were able to get in smoothly this time thanks to the Ancestor."

Burning Heart chuckled, "The foundation stone of the great array at the entrance of the secret realm was personally crafted by me and placed there to suppress the rampaging demonic beasts within. That beast Xia Changying merely reinforced it slightly and claimed it as his achievement; he really knows how to pat himself on the back."

The girl smiled and said nothing.

Fenxin glared at the girl fiercely, "You'd better actually have a way to get into the Kun Emperor's Palace."

"Ancestor, you can rest assured. As long as you lead me to the location of the Kun Emperor Palace, I will definitely take you inside."

Burning Heart said nothing more, scanned the surroundings to determine the direction, and then led the way.

The girl glanced back at the wind-eroded forest behind her, a meaningful smile playing on her lips, and quickly followed.

　Chuan (钏): an ancient name for arm bracelets.

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