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Chapter 112 A Nest of Snakes and Rats

The rat demon's eyes flickered and he hesitated, obviously unwilling to tell the truth.

Yun Yi asked again: "Where are the beads?"

The rat demon looked puzzled: "What beads?"

Judging from its expression, this statement does not seem to be false.

The rat demon said flatteringly, "Why don't you tell me what the beads look like so I can see if I have any impression of them."

According to his memories from his previous life, Bai Yujun never obtained the Nine-Transformation Soul-Fixing Pearl. However, Yun Yi didn't know if this would change in this life, so he tentatively said, "It's a three-inch pearl, all blue and purple."

The rat demon's eyes rolled. "This... I think I've actually seen it before. It's embedded on top of that stone statue."

Yun Yi looked up when he heard that. Bai Yujun smiled evilly, suddenly revealed his true form, and quickly retreated, flying over the cold pond and escaping.

However, she didn't expect that Yun Yi had already anticipated her plan. Although the rat demon broke free from the Fuyao sword intent between his eyebrows, the moment he turned around, he was pierced through the body by the emerald green sword.

The rat demon immediately let out a scream and fell directly into the cold pond. Then, at a speed visible to the naked eye, it turned into ice and gradually sank.

Yun Yi shook his head upon seeing this, thinking that dying early would be a relief. Anyway, even if he was given a few more years, he would not be able to crack the secret of this cold pond, let alone obtain the Nine Revolutions Soul-Fixing Pearl.

After making sure that the rat demon was dead, Yun Yi opened the coffin and released Ye Nianyi out first.

The girl smelled a foul odor and quickly closed her eyes. She asked, "Is the rat demon disgusting?"

"A little, but it's frozen into ice."

"Anything else scary here?"

"There are still a lot of dead bones. You have to be prepared."

Ye Nianyi clenched her fists and encouraged herself: "I will be a swordsman who slays demons in the future. How can I be so timid!"

After she finished speaking, she opened her eyes and saw corpses all over the ground. She was so scared that her pretty face turned pale.

Yun Yi comforted him, "Don't force yourself."

"Don't worry, Brother Yun. I can do it." Although Ye Nianyi was weak in the past, her character was not weak, but rather strong and resolute. Otherwise, she would not have run away from home and carried the tiger talisman with her.

Therefore, it only took her a moment to adapt to this place, and the stench seemed to have become unbearable to her because of habit.

Yun Yi warned: "Just stay here and don't move."

Ye Nianyi stood obediently, looking submissive.

It has to be said that if Nangong Zhuozhuo could be half as obedient as her, she wouldn't have angered Zhuque to the point of almost having her heart broken.

Yun Yi flew to the top of the stone chamber and began to look at the surrounding stone walls. He found a strange bulge, so he went over and pressed it hard.

As the secret mechanism activated, a flame suddenly spread rapidly from this place. In an instant, the flames burned upward along the gully of the wall, moving like a fire dragon, and finally stopped just above the Jiuluo statue.

It was divided into nine flames, which fell on the eyes of the nine bird heads in different orders.

Suddenly the entire stone chamber became bright, and the nine pairs of bird eyes also shone red, looking as if they were about to come alive at any time, which was very strange.

Strangely, while the nine Luo statues were reflected in the water, the nine pairs of bird eyes had no reflection.

After Yun Yi finished all this, he returned to Ye Nianyi and explained, "The Nine Revolutions Soul-Fixing Orb is nearby, but we still need to solve a puzzle to find it."

Although Ye Nianyi was curious about why Yun Yi knew all this, she did not ask because she knew that the question was too offensive and might not get a true response.

Yun Yi naturally saw through the girl's thoughts. What he was most satisfied with about Ye Nianyi was that she knew when to advance and when to retreat. She didn't ask questions that she shouldn't ask, and didn't say things that she shouldn't say. This kind of person was the most comfortable to get along with.

"Brother Yun, what should we do next?"

"Down in the cold pond."

"But that water looks so cold."

"Indeed, the water is icy cold. With your Qi Refining Realm physique, you can only hold out for half an incense stick. I'm a little better, so I estimate I can hold out for an incense stick. If it's longer, I'll be frozen into an ice cube and sink to the bottom of the water."

After hearing this, Ye Nianyi suddenly waved her pink fist excitedly, then opened the small bag and rummaged through it, and actually found a bottle of pills.

She said, "This contains the Water-Repellent Pill and the Fire-Repellent Pill. They were given to me by the master from the Righteousness Sect. He said that after taking them, I can be immune to water and fire."

Seeing this, Yun Yi smiled and said, "Put it away. We won't be using this."

"what?"

"Don't worry, I'll find a way out first. You can come down after I've determined the route."

Although Ye Nianyi felt a little scared of being alone, she still suppressed her fear and nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, Yun Yi used his spiritual energy to create a protective shield and then plunged into the water.

Yun Yi had solved the puzzle here in his previous life, so this time he was familiar with it and quickly found the key to the decryption.

As the place where the Nine Luos were sealed, the Nine-Transformation Soul-Fixing Orb was naturally of paramount importance, hidden deep within. This cold pond was the first obstacle to obtaining the treasure, a puzzle that Bai Yujun had spent years unsuccessfully trying to solve. The cold pond was exactly as he had imagined, extremely cold. The moment Yun Yi entered, he felt a flash of light as the water was thick with ice crystals.

If there is no protection, these ice crystals will instantly pierce the body, and then flow into the mouth and nose, crushing the internal organs.

In addition, half of the water in the pond is flowing and the other half is in the form of ice crystals. The mixture of the two actually forms a "kaleidoscope"-like visual effect.

If you look hard enough, you will instantly sink into it, no longer able to tell the directions, and thus lose the direction of the water surface and be trapped to death.

The rat demon Bai Yujun had actually dived into the pool countless times, but unfortunately he was dazzled by the scene in front of him every time and had to leave it at that.

But Yun Yi was different. He already knew the answer and came with a purpose.

In fact, the answer to the mystery of the cold pond is hidden in the Jiuluo stone statue in the stone chamber!
As the flame lit up the nine bird heads in sequence, at first glance, they appeared to be nothing above the cold pond. However, if anyone dived into the cold pond, they could see the shadows of the nine bird heads from the bottom of the water.

The answer to this riddle is to touch the reflections of the nine bird heads in the cold pond again in order.

Yun Yi only had one stick of incense, and it was difficult to move in the cold pond, so he could only use all his spiritual energy to solve the puzzle as soon as possible.

Ye Nianyi stood on the shore and looked at the scene in the water, feeling extremely anxious, fearing that Yun Yi might have an accident.

Fortunately, just when the time for an incense stick was about to pass, Yun Yi successfully lit up the reflection of the Jiu Luo statue in the pool. He jumped out of the water, with some pool water on his body, looking a little embarrassed.

"Brother Yun, are you okay?" Ye Nianyi hurriedly handed over a handkerchief.

Yun Yi smiled and refused, and directly activated his spiritual energy to evaporate the moisture from his body and clothes.

Then a rumbling sound was heard from the stone chamber, and the water level of the cold pond suddenly began to drop, and soon only a large bare pit was left.

There were a lot of corpses piled up at the bottom, including the corpse of a rat demon, which was disgusting.

Yun Yi pointed his hand under the Jiu Luo stone statue, and as the water in the pool disappeared, a stone door appeared there.

Ye Nianyi asked, "Should I stay here or go with you?"

"Come along, just stay alert."

As Yun Yi was speaking, he suddenly frowned and stared at Ye Nianyi's neck.

I saw a black snake appeared there at some point, and it was spitting out its tongue near the girl's neck.

The snake has a slender body and red eyes. At first glance, it is a monster similar to the rat demon.

Ye Nianyi realized it later and immediately her whole body stiffened and she didn't move.

Yun Yi said coldly: "Who are you?"

Black Snake said angrily: "You killed my wife, and you still have the nerve to ask who I am?!"

"Bai Yujun is your wife?!"

What’s going on? Besides the rat demon, there is also a snake demon here?
This is really a nest of snakes and rats.

Yun Yi was extremely shocked when he heard this, and thought that he had fallen into the trap of his previous life's experience.

There have actually always been two monsters practicing in Black Cloud Mountain, but the snake demon never shows up and only lets his wife Bai Yujun take charge, so Yun Yi missed this key information.

In the previous life, Song Xinci killed demons cleanly and efficiently, so after the rat demon was killed, the snake demon had no thought of resistance at all. It fled in a hurry and never dared to come back.

But this time it was different. Although Yun Yi also killed the rat demon, in the eyes of the snake demon, a person in the Spirit Transformation Realm was not to be feared, and it still had a chance to win by a sneak attack.

Black Snake was confident of victory and said, "I don't want to be your enemy either. As long as you take out the treasure and offer it to me with both hands, I will protect this girl."

Yun Yi said, "Do you know what treasures are here?"

"Of course I know. The treasure is a bead."

"You're wrong. There's nothing wrong at all. I lied to your wife on purpose."

"What?!" The black snake was furious when it heard this. It suddenly opened its mouth and aimed its two venomous fangs at Ye Nianyi's fair neck, ready to bite it, intending to intimidate Yun Yi.

However, just as it opened its bloody mouth, a sword intent suddenly flashed out from between Ye Nianyi's hair and went straight through the snake's mouth and penetrated its entire body!
This was actually the square and round sword intent that Yun Yi had not used when he fought the rat demon just now!
It turned out that when he put Ye Nianyi into the coffin, he had hidden the most powerful Fangyuan sword intent in the girl.

Ye Nianyi didn't know about this, but she had an inexplicable trust in Yun Yi and felt that she would never be in danger.

As soon as the snake demon died, she immediately ran to Yun Yi, patted her chest, and said with lingering fear: "I was really scared to death just now."

Yun Yi retracted his Fang Yuan sword intent and said, "This Black Cloud Mountain is even more sinister than I imagined. We must be more careful from now on."

"How about Brother Yun, please send me out first so that I don't get in the way."

"It's too late. The water in the pond has disappeared. If we leave now, I'm afraid other monsters will come."

Having said that, Yun Yi made up his mind to speed up his pace and immediately pulled Ye Nianyi to fly to the secret stone door under the Jiu Luo stone statue.

The stone door looked solid, but it was actually transparent, and the two of them passed through it effortlessly.

(End of this chapter)