The abandoned cannon fodder girl's path to immortality

Chapter 252 Seizing the Jade
The next moment, Chen Jinshu's gaze swept across the stone chamber, which was permeated with evil formations and death, and finally landed on the ghost-headed demonic sword that had fallen to the ground.

"Although this knife is insidious, it is a rare third-tier magic weapon."

The blade was as black as ink, and even without the infusion of its owner's spiritual power, it still exuded a chilling and malevolent aura that made one's heart tremble.

The skull on the hilt of the knife had two faint phosphorescent lights flickering in its eye sockets, as if unwilling to remain silent.

"It's a pity they followed the wrong master."

Chen Jinshu raised an eyebrow slightly, but did not touch it directly with his hand.

She pointed her fingers like a sword, and a condensed blue light shot out, precisely lifting the demonic blade and throwing it into a specially made, heavy lead box. She then densely pasted seven or eight suppressing talismans on the outside of the box.

Then, she found an undamaged storage bag in the ashes of Lin Xiao's body.

She lifted it from a distance, wiped away the faint trace of divine consciousness remaining at the bag's opening, and probed inside.

The bag was not very spacious and the contents were piled up in a messy manner.

Several bottles of common elixirs for strengthening the body's foundation, a small pile of low-grade spirit stones, and a few pieces of women's ornaments tainted with the scent of cosmetics—clearly belonging to the victim—were all disdainfully pushed aside by her.

What truly caught her attention was an ancient jade slip and a scroll drawn on an unknown animal hide.

She took out the jade slip and immersed her consciousness into it.

The opening lines are four large characters that exude a scorching and fierce aura: "The Art of Transforming from Fire".

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the jade slip contained a variety of contents, recording many evil methods for forcibly enhancing the power of fire, including how to use the resentment of living souls to refine flames. It had long deviated from the righteous path of fire-based secret arts and had become sinister and treacherous.

"He who went astray died a just death."

Chen Jinshu shook her head slightly, sneering inwardly. With a flick of her fingertips, the jade slip containing the twisted and evil technique shattered in her palm with a "crack," turning into dust that scattered in the air.

The other animal skin scroll contained a complex array drawn with blood.

The core of the array is not gathering spirits or defense, but rather a ferocious, roaring ghost head surrounded by twisted runes.

It was none other than the evil array diagram that Lin Xiao used to devour the life force of cultivators.

Chen Jinshu's eyes grew even colder, and without hesitation, he ignited a blue-white flame at his fingertips, burning the array diagram as well.

……

After a while.

She sensed an even purer and colder death aura in a narrow crevice not far from the cave entrance.

Clearly, this is where the Yin Marrow Jade is hidden.

A chilling, biting wind poured out from the depths of the crevice, carrying a strong aura of decay and stagnation. When it blew against my body, even my protective spiritual energy stagnated slightly.

The route here is exactly the same as the one engraved on the stone slab by Blade & Soul, with only some deviations.

Chen Jinshu instantly composed himself, and with a swift movement, he vanished into the void.

The Yinshan Sparrow followed closely behind, transforming into a dim streak of blue and red light.

The path inside the crevice is not straight, but rather meanders downwards, winding like a snake.

The deeper you go, the thinner the light becomes, eventually being swallowed by pure darkness.

The air was filled with an unpredictable, extremely pure death aura.

If it weren't for her already formed Golden Core and the powerful life force contained in the "Azure Wood Transformation Technique" to counteract it, a Foundation Establishment cultivator here would probably not last even half a cup of tea before their consciousness was corrupted by the death energy, turning them into a murderous beast.

She circulated her cultivation technique to its fullest extent, and a faint blue halo emanated from her body, keeping the corrosive death energy at bay.

The blue lotus mark on her forehead was slightly warm, protecting her sea of ​​consciousness from being eroded by this boundless deathly silence.

The mountain sparrow also concealed all its brilliance, clinging tightly to her shoulder, its small body conveying a warm sense of security.

I don't know how long I walked in the darkness, but the slope under my feet gradually became gentler.

Suddenly, the view opened up, revealing a natural cave that was even larger than the previous stone cave.

The ground was covered with a thick layer of pale white bone powder, accumulated over countless millennia.

Scattered throughout the bone powder were some oddly shaped black crystals.

If she guessed correctly, these black crystals should be unformed Yin Marrow Jade Crystal Powder.

The next instant, her gaze was drawn to the faint light at the very front. It was only the size of an infant's fist, irregularly shaped, and its entire body was a deep, dark jade-like color.

"This item should be Yin Marrow Jade."

A hint of joy flashed in Chen Jinshu's eyes. This Yin Marrow Jade was even better than she had expected, and its age should be around three thousand years.

As the core marrow jade for refining a substitute, it couldn't be more suitable.

However, obtaining it is by no means easy.

Of course, it wasn't too difficult for Chen Jinshu.

Just avoid being harmed by that deathly aura.

Then she made a lightning-fast hand seal in front of her chest, her ten fingers flying, instantly outlining a complex and profound magic seal.

Within the dantian, the vibrant green golden core spun wildly at an unprecedented speed, with vast amounts of green wood spiritual energy surging and converging towards the ancestral aperture between the eyebrows.

"The mysterious female principle creates and establishes the order of heaven and earth!"

A clear shout, carrying an unquestionable authority.

hum!
A point of condensed blue light, seemingly containing the very essence of the birth and death of a world, suddenly shot out from between her brows.

The blue light leaves the body and grows as it is exposed to the wind.

In an instant, a colossal furnace, ancient and vast, exuding an aura that suppressed the heavens and forged all things, appeared out of thin air above the location of the Yin Marrow Jade.

The furnace is three zhang tall, with three legs and two handles. Its walls are covered with indescribable ancient Dao patterns, which are now shimmering with a hazy, primordial glow.

An unimaginable, terrifying suppressive force suddenly descended.

boom!
The entire cave suddenly shook.

The stalactites on the dome trembled and shed dust.

The churning, hissing, gray-black death energy that had been raging and churning seemed to be forcibly paused by an irresistible force.

With a 'whoosh' sound.

She moved with lightning speed, rushing towards the dark, jade-like light without hesitation.

While suspended in mid-air, the fingertips swirled with condensed, almost tangible, azure spiritual energy, instantly grasping the Yin Marrow Jade in their hands.

Suddenly, a terrifying chill, a hundred times purer and richer than before, seemingly capable of freezing the very essence of the soul, surged into her fingertips.

"Uh!"

Chen Jinshu let out a muffled groan, his face instantly turning deathly pale.

Wherever the cold air passed, the meridians felt as if they were being pierced by needles of ancient ice, and the flow of spiritual energy became sluggish and difficult. Even half of his arm was covered with a thin layer of white frost, and he almost lost all feeling in it.

However, with three layers of protection, it was still difficult to harm her.

Despite the excruciating pain of being frozen, she quickly put the Yin Marrow Jade into the jade box she had prepared beforehand.

The moment she got her hands on the jade, she didn't hesitate and immediately withdrew.

At the same time, we will do our best to retrieve the Mysterious Female Treasure Furnace.

Then, the treasure furnace at the front rapidly shrank, finally transforming into a beam of blue light that entered her brow.

The suppressed death energy, now freed from its restraints, roared and raged wildly in all directions, even more violently than before.

Chen Jinshu dared not linger and quickly retreated to the edge of the cave.

The shady tit on her shoulder chirped anxiously, nuzzling her cheek with its little head, conveying its worry.

"It doesn't matter."

Chen Jinshu shook his head slightly, his voice tinged with fatigue, but his eyes shone with an astonishing brightness.

"Ahhh! Yin Marrow Jade!"

It truly is a thousand-year-old Yin Marrow Jade! So pure! So fragrant!

"Human! Good man! Give me a lick! Just one lick!"

Chen Jinshu was still shaken when the sword spirit, sensing the aura of the Yin Marrow Jade, rushed to her side and begged her without any regard for her image.