I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 271 One After Another (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
Jiang Yineng was able to dig the Zhenshan Duanjin out of the temple, and he had to thank the masked girl.

The underground passageway was vast and complex. After she and Luo Qingsi collected everything from the anthill, they hadn't gone far before they found themselves trapped in a maze, unable to explore much further even with their divine sense.

Fortunately, after they found their way to the bottom of the ruined city, the Yaoling Sword sensed the girl's location once again and guided her through the sword-nurturing gourd.

Jiang Yi abandoned the normal path in the tunnel and had Zhenshan and Duanjin take turns digging, forcibly carving out a path to this place.

As soon as they came out, Jiang Yi sensed the fluctuations of demonic energy, as did Luo Qingsi.

Before Jiang Yi could speak, Luo Qingsi moved like lightning and rushed to the bottom of the pit, with Hua Gu and the others following closely behind.

Jiang Yi surveyed the area around the temple where they were, her gaze settling on the fallen female statue in the center of the temple.

Although the statue is dilapidated and half-buried in the sand, it still exudes an inviolable majesty. Its face is calm and profound, as if it might rise from the yellow sand at any moment and regain the power over the earth.

The statue's robes draped down, with the folds carved with the veins of mountains and rivers. It sat cross-legged on the back of a ferocious beast resembling a wild boar. The beast's tusks were like curved knives, its back was covered with scales resembling rock armor, and its four short hooves resembled eagle claws, as if it had the power to dig open the earth and tear apart mountains.

"Is this the statue of Emperor Kun Fangyi?" Jiang Yi murmured.

The statue holds a dark gold ruler in its right hand, pointing diagonally to the ground, on which are written the three ancient characters '丈天尺' (Zhang Tian Chi). Its left palm is placed on its knee, with seemingly flowing sand between its knuckles, giving Jiang Yi a sense of power that can turn a palm into a mountain or a hand into an abyss.

But what truly caught Jiang Yi's eye was the accessory hanging from the statue's waist, which turned out to be a complete tortoise shell the size of a palm.

Jiang Yi took the sword-nurturing gourd from his waist and examined the tortoise shell hanging on it. It looked exactly the same.

"Could the original owner of this tortoise shell be Empress Fang Yi, who is friends with Emperor Xiao Tianyin? Giving the tortoise shell to Xiao Tianyin is like a best friend giving a spare key to her house?"

"Senior Sister, come quick!"

Luo Qingsi called from below. Jiang Yi withdrew her gaze, hung up the sword-nurturing gourd, and jumped down through the crack.

Whoosh!

Hua Gu rushed into her arms, and Wu Zhi pointed to the spot where Zhen Shan Duan Jin stood, where Luo Qing Si was squatting and watching.

"Senior Sister, squat down. You can't see it if you're standing. There's a character here that's different from the other characters around it."

Jiang Yi squatted down and immediately saw a hastily written character between the two stone slabs, in a place that was not easily noticed. The strokes were incomplete, but Jiang Yi recognized it at a glance.

That was left by Hong Li, a character 'Kun'. Hong Li always missed strokes when she wrote, just like when she was lazy and wrote cursive characters.

"It seems the entrance to Kundao Palace is right here. The demonic energy we sensed earlier was likely caused by Ancestor Tianxin and that mysterious girl getting in first."

So that girl really was a demon? Jiang Yi couldn't help but recall the demonic tide outside the Xuan Ying Sword Sect's mountain gate back then.

Upon hearing this, Luo Qingsi's almond-shaped eyes widened immediately. "Then aren't they going to snatch all the treasures?"

Jiang Yi looked at Luo Qingsi's greedy and greedy appearance, and smiled slightly, adding fuel to the fire.

"That's right, especially that Old Ancestor Tianxin, who's a real opportunist. If she were to go in first, she'd probably even pry up the floor tiles."

"no!"

Luo Qingsi bristled, raising her voice eight octaves, enunciating clearly and quickly, showing no sign of being stunned.

"Senior Sister, open the door quickly! I'll go in and beat them all out!"

Luo Qingsi was impatient, her fingers constantly stroking the sword hilt, as if she could already see countless treasures being taken into the possession of the Heavenly Heart Ancestor.

Those usually innocent eyes were now gleaming with shrewdness, making him look exactly like a miser who had just discovered his treasury had been robbed.

Jiang Yi chuckled to himself, thinking that this silly girl's obsession with treasures had remained unchanged for ten years. When she faced Ancestor Tianxin later, Luo Qingsi would definitely give Ancestor Tianxin a good beating.

"Hua Gu, you all step back first."

Since Hong Li left a message confirming that this is the place, we should try it no matter what. If the tortoise shell on the sword-nurturing gourd is not the key to Emperor Kun Fangyi's house, then we should go back to find Zhao Cangyun. Perhaps the tortoise shell in his hand can also open the door.

Jiang Yi removed the tortoise shell from the sword-nurturing gourd. This tortoise shell was different from the one Zhao Cangyun had shown her. Zhao Cangyun's shell was a small piece pried off from a whole large tortoise shell, while hers was a complete tortoise shell the size of a palm.

Jiang Yi tried using her divine sense, her true essence, and even her blood, but the tortoise shell did not react at all.

"Does it require a password? Like 'Open Sesame'?"

Luo Qingsi was sweating profusely with anxiety. She was crouching with her fists clenched and her body on the ground, looking as if she would rush in and kill someone the moment the door opened.

Jiang Yi cleared her throat and boldly called out, "Fang Yi, open the door!"

The atmosphere was a little awkward, and there was still no reaction.

Jiang Yi calmed down and thought carefully. The Kun Emperor was called Fang Yi, and this name came from...

"Heaven is round and earth is square; the earth element carries all things?"

It was just a casual guess, but as soon as Jiang Yi said that, the patterns on the tortoise shell suddenly burst forth with dark golden light, and the same dark golden light also overflowed from the carvings on the stone slab beneath Jiang Yi's feet, illuminating the entire altar and growing brighter and brighter. "Hua Gu, you all come back, Qing Si, you come here too!"

Jiang Yi reached out and took Hua Gu and Zhen Shan Duan Jin into Youxian Ferry, while Luo Qing Si swept to her side.

The moment their arms touched, the resonance between the tortoise shell and the ground patterns reached its peak.

A blinding light exploded, and Jiang Yi felt a tremendous force pulling her soul and body downwards. She and Luo Qingsi vanished from their spot in an instant. The light between the stone slabs dissipated like the receding tide, and the underground altar was silent and empty, as if no one had ever been there.

then,

Someone is coming!
"The senior sister's scent has disappeared again!"

Zhao Cangyun leaped down from above, tilting his head back and sniffing hard; he could clearly smell the scent of the true senior sister.

Liu Taozhi followed Zhao Cangyun down to explore the underground area.

Xin Wushuang accompanied Shen Puning to rest in the upper temple. Shen Puning's condition was relatively stable. As long as she did not use her true essence, Liu Taozhi's Frosty Sword Qi could temporarily suppress the demonic energy and prevent her from losing control and becoming demonic.

hum!

The shrunken pearl saw the fallen statue and spoke up to remind Shen Puning, because the pearl noticed that the woman carved on the statue was riding a wild boar, and it looked just like it.

Baozhu lifted her pig's hoof, looked at the statue again, and thought, "The paw is really ugly."

"It is the ancient ferocious beast Tanli. Legend has it that it was formed from the evil energy of the earth's veins. It can devour mountains and rivers, and has the ability to move mountains and dig up peaks. It can also burrow underground as easily as a fish entering water."

A look of surprise appeared on Shen Puning's pale face as she stood up and walked towards the statue with Xin Wushuang's help.

“Baozhu, this is the final form I want you to revert to your ancestral form. It is the best among earth-type ferocious beasts.”

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Baozhu glanced at Lili's four chicken feet, then looked down at her own beautiful pig trotters.

The sky is falling!
"I've opened the entrance, come down quickly."

Zhao Cangyun's voice came from below. As soon as Shen Puning and Xin Wushuang went down, they saw a black vortex filled with demonic energy appear in the center of the altar.

Liu Taozhi activated her icy sword aura to its limit to resist the scattered demonic energy.

Zhao Cangyun was surrounded by golden flames that were unafraid of demonic energy. "Senior Sister has definitely gone in. I am determined to go in as well. Do you want to follow me? It's up to you."

The three looked at each other and nodded.

Zhao Cangyun said, "Alright, I have this kind of golden strange fire given to me by my master, which can separate the demonic energy. It will hurt when the golden fire burns you, so please bear with it."

Zhao Cangyun's thinking was very simple at this moment. No matter how precious the Xuanwu Heart Flame was, there were other things that could be used to replace it. There was only one senior sister, and the more people who entered, the better they could help her.

Zhao Cangyun already knew of Shen Puning and Xin Wushuang's reliability in the Qingdi Palace and trusted them 90%.

Liu Taozhi once ambushed him, and he held a grudge and disliked her. However, Liu Taozhi was quite powerful and would never harm his senior sister, so he tolerated it this time.

As the four approached, Zhao Cangyun's Qilin Golden Flame spread out and enveloped them, causing them to leap into the vortex together.

Before long, the vortex of demonic energy disappeared, and the underground altar returned to calm once again.

……

As Jiang Yi expected, Dan Xi did not sense anything when she used the Soul-Burning Jade Talisman in the secret realm.

However, the incident at the Golden Zhengyuan Secret Realm was eventually exposed by Shen Biling through another Golden Core cultivator from Zhu Mingzong. After investigation, it was found that the damaged foundation stone of the secret realm's grand array caused the teleportation array to malfunction, and the malfunction was very subtle.

Xia Yangming, the sect leader of Zhu Mingzong, severely reprimanded Xia Huzheng. Xia Huzheng even tried to argue that he thought it was just a small matter and that he was trying to share the sect leader's burden by repairing the foundation stone of the great formation before the end of the treasure-hunting tournament.

Danxi said nothing, only sneered twice. When she wasn't cursing, Xia Yangming found her even more terrifying, so he hurriedly joined Danxi in personally repairing the foundation of the great formation.

At the same time, Jiang Yurong suddenly received an urgent message from the Immortal Alliance, and Danxi also received a message from True Monarch Longri. Both messages said the same thing.

The Golden Core Peak Elder who defected from the Insect Valley and is suspected of joining the Dream Immortal Sect has set up a Blood Demon Sacrifice Array near Tianya City, west of Bai Zang Valley, in an attempt to help him achieve Nascent Soul formation by sacrificing the lives of the entire city's inhabitants.

Now that the demonic energy has dissipated, the cultivators and demonic beasts in the surrounding markets have all been corrupted by demons, and the situation continues to deteriorate. True Lord Longri, the people stationed at the Immortal Alliance, and the Nascent Soul cultivators of Baizang Valley have all gone to provide assistance.

Danxi and Jiang Yurong knew without exchanging words that it was a feint, a diversionary tactic, but righteous people are most easily influenced by such situations, knowing there's a problem yet unable to ignore it.

The two best friends exchanged a glance and made a tacit decision.

Jiang Yurong led Tian Shou Zhenjun of Bai Cang Valley and Yu Hu Zhenjun of Yu Qing Sect to Tianya City to provide support, leaving this matter to Dan Xi and Zhu Mingzong and the others.

Danxi remained silent, focusing on repairing the secret realm's grand formation. It was precisely in times like these that she became even more composed.

(End of this chapter)