Symbiotic panel, I am cultivating immortality in the world of immortality

Chapter 201 Calamity and Ashes

Staring at Ying Ying's burning gaze, even Li Ye found it hard to resist and quickly said, "I am devoted to cultivating the Dao and have never intended to become a Daoist partner with anyone."

It is so now and it will be so in the future.

Sister Yingying is my elder, please stop teasing my younger brother.

In his view, a refusal should be a clean and decisive one, so as to avoid ambiguity and leaving behind any troublesome issues.

As a result, Ying Ying seemed to be struck by lightning; her body trembled, and her lips turned pale.

"elder……"

Ying Ying swallowed hard, her smile more painful than tears.

"Haha...yes."

"Fellow Daoist Chen, you and I are now elders."

Chen Mo, who was standing to the side, almost burst out laughing. He knew that his fellow Daoist Ying Ying was actually very concerned about age.

Despite being a member of the Yinglong clan with a lifespan several times longer than that of ordinary cultivators, he is so concerned about his age.

No one dared to mention her age in front of her.

But Li Ye was telling the truth. A Golden Core cultivator in his twenties calling Yinglong, who was over a hundred years old, was obviously calling him "elder sister."

These sincere yet cutting words left Ying Ying with no way to express her suffering.

Li Ye felt strange and looked at his third senior brother with a questioning gaze, only to find that his third senior brother's face was red from holding back his laughter.

Looking into Li Ye's clear yet questioning gaze, Ying Ying could no longer hold back, fearing that he would bring up the issue of age again.

Quickly change the topic:

"I just went inside to investigate."

“There is death in there…”

Upon hearing these two words, Li Ye and his third senior brother were both taken aback.

Calamity.

The so-called "Yang Sha" or "Yang Sha" is said to be the last breath a person exhales when their soul leaves their body before death, which will cause a series of troubles if it comes into contact with the living.

Moreover, it is said that it may even form a calamity god.

Once that kind of resentment-formed entity appears in a certain place, it will kill all living beings in that place.

As for its strength, it depends on how much resentment it has gathered—Dongcang Town…this is really troublesome.

Is it possible that they're going to create a Nascent Soul?

"This place was polluted by the Hell Path, and it was cleaned up by our sect's Nascent Soul Ancestor with a supreme treasure. How could a being like the God of Calamity appear here?"

The third senior brother said with a serious expression: "I want to go and see for myself. Even if it is the God of Calamity, he should not have broken through to the Nascent Soul stage. I am sure I have the strength to fight him."

Without understanding its origins, the construction of this market town is impossible.

Li Ye then said, "I'll go too. I've never seen anything like this before. Since it's formed from resentment, resentment should be able to be used, right?"

I also brought with me the seeds of the Demon-Suppressing Tree.

Once Sister Yingying and Senior Brother have suppressed it, I'll plant it directly into the tree.

He took out a cloth bag, which was bulging with at least a thousand seeds of the Demon-Suppressing Tree, making the third senior brother and Ying Ying's eyelids twitch incessantly.

Although you can get an unlimited number of Demon-Suppressing Tree seeds, if you get a large quantity, such as a thousand seeds, you need at least eight hundred seeds to plant and suppress demons.

Wouldn't Li Ye's thousands of pills be enough to suppress eight hundred demons?
A strange thought suddenly arose in their minds: Could there really be eight hundred demons here?

Cultivators are always acutely aware of these fleeting moments of inspiration.

The two immediately became more alert.

If there really are eight hundred demons...

That would be great!

This is an achievement that came to us by chance.

……

The three of them soon arrived in Dongcang Town.

Although there are ruins everywhere, it is not hard to see that the materials used in the construction were of very high quality. Even the most ordinary houses were made of red bricks fired from spirit mud.

You can still see traces of the lives of those people in the past, such as cured meat hanging under the eaves, a wooden horse in the yard, and a broken swing on a dead tree.

Li Ye had seen Dongcang Town in the Hungry Ghost Realm before, but he didn't have the energy to notice so many details back then.

Looking at it now, my feelings are indeed very complicated. These ruins were once the homes of ordinary people!
Even cultivators value their families highly. If their families are destroyed and their loved ones die, they will suffer endless torment after death, which is truly a torment that lasts forever.

"Ugh."

The third senior brother's eyes were filled with pity: "Originally, the towns on the border were all inhabited by mortals who migrated from other places. The sect provided them with a lot of support in order to enable them to settle down and build a career here."

I also helped with the construction.

But I never expected to encounter something like this.

That hell realm is truly hateful; they dare not confront us directly, but instead seek out pitiful people to torment in secret!

Li Ye, who had been observing the surroundings, was about to agree with these words, but upon turning his gaze, he discovered that the panel had taken effect—

[Name]: Mica Scorpion

[Mood]: Nervous
[Status]: Surrounded by the aura of immortal cultivation, it is highly unlikely that those below the Nascent Soul stage will be able to detect its existence.

[Can be bound]: Spirit plants that possess a "mirror".

Mica scorpion?
That thing is said to be a very rare mythical beast.

Because mica itself is a special elixir in ancient legends, long-term consumption can make one as light as a swallow, and it is even said that one can ascend to heaven.

Of course, this may be an exaggeration, but mica is indeed extremely important in the art of alchemy.

The Mica Scorpion is a spirit beast born from mica. This spirit beast possesses a special aura of mica essence, which allows it to conceal itself in any environment.

Even the divine sense of a Golden Core level cultivator cannot detect them, but their own power is extremely weak; even a Foundation Establishment cultivator could be crushed with a cloth shoe.

Is this thing hiding here, secretly watching them?

Without saying a word, Li Ye took out a Jianmu branch, made a light stroke in front of him, and appeared next to the Mica Scorpion in the next instant, grabbing the extremely beautiful scorpion.

"Squeak!"

The mica scorpion immediately let out a terrified cry and struggled in Li Ye's hand, but it was completely unable to break free from the grasp of the Golden Core cultivator.

The moment the third senior brother and Ying Ying saw Li Ye suddenly unleash his supernatural power, they immediately followed and simultaneously set up an array around them.

"Mica Scorpion?" the third senior brother exclaimed in surprise. "There's such a spiritual creature here? Was it spying on us just now?"

"Ah."

Li Ye flicked the mica scorpion's head with his finger. With a crisp "bang," the scorpion immediately stopped struggling.

Then Li Ye casually picked up a leaf and gently blew on it. The branches formed by the melody connected to the mica scorpion, and immediately a child's voice pleading for mercy was heard:
"Immortal Master, spare my life!"

"The minor ones are being threatened."

"I have a two-hundred-year-old great-grandmother to care for and a three-year-old child to raise. Please, spare my life!" The three men were speechless.

These words of pleading for mercy sound quite familiar.

But is the intelligence of this mica scorpion really that high?

Even more bizarrely...

"What it said was actually true." Li Ye's face showed a puzzled expression: "The power of the Love Song can reach the soul directly, and it cannot lie in the face of this power."

This was the first time Ying Ying had ever seen a live Mica Scorpion. Although this kind of spirit beast didn't have much combat power, it was very convenient for doing other things.

Now that I heard that the other party actually has a whole family, I was just about to ask if I could take... oh no, take a few of them back to raise.

The third senior brother patted her on the shoulder: "Can't you be normal for once?"

In fact, none of the three of them really cared from beginning to end.

Their strength and background allow them to handle things at a leisurely pace.

However, the Mica Scorpion was so terrified that without waiting to be asked, it revealed its purpose, which shocked them once again—

"I was sent by the Yunji Sect to find a spirit."

"It is... Ashes of Calamity."

Ashes of war?

Legend has it that when the great calamity of heaven and earth begins, calamity fire will burn, and the ashes of the fire are calamity ash. This thing is actually an extremely terrifying source of spiritual power, and can be considered the origin of the burning of heaven and earth.

A single ounce of ash from a calamity can be equivalent to the spiritual power of ten thousand spirit stones, and it is extremely pure.

Cultivators above the Nascent Soul stage generally use natural spirit stones and calamity ash as currency for transactions.

There are even several ash mines within the sect.

As for the great tribulation, the tribulation itself is a very common occurrence for cultivators above the Golden Core stage, and they have never paid much attention to it.

"You said you were sent by the Yunji Sect?" The third senior brother suddenly realized something, and his smile grew even colder: "The Yunji Sect is just a small sect in the Northern Region, yet it dares to cross the border to search for treasures in the Eastern Region?"

"They're really tired of living."

You should know that the Four Seasons Sect has always been farming, and what they hate most is people who want to steal or rob their harvest—there have been such cases before, but they were all planted in the Demon Suppression Valley by the Four Seasons Sect.

Such a serious act of sneaking across borders to search for treasure will only lead to the destruction of the Yunji Sect if the news gets back to the sect. Even other sects of equal status would not dare to say a word.

Kindness and compassion are reserved for friends.

"I have already sent the news of this matter to the sect."

Li Ye chimed in, "Seriously, can't we just go and confront them? I've been cultivating for so long, and I've never done anything like this before."

"..."

You're only in your early twenties, how have you been practicing Taoism for so long?
And why do you seem so eager to confront me and demand an explanation?
The third senior brother was no longer angry after Li Ye's words. He considered it carefully and said, "It's not impossible. We can go and confront them personally after we've dealt with things here."

I will inform the fellow Daoists of the Spirit Forging Sect to keep a close watch on the Cloud Spirit Sect, otherwise they will not be allowed to enter this year's Dawn Rice auction.

"They're the most powerful in the Northern Region; if they can't manage their own subordinates, then whatever they do is wrong."

It has to be said that this is indeed a good idea. Li Ye nodded, then casually tossed the Mica Scorpion onto a white cloud, letting it float beside him: "Lead the way, where exactly is the Ashes of Calamity?"

Although the Calamity Killing is also quite important, if one can find the Calamity Ashes, even if it is just an extremely barren mineral vein, one can still make a great contribution and receive a large amount of merit and spirit stones.

"Here……"

The mica scorpion dared not resist at this moment and quickly led the way.

As the three continued walking forward, some strange little red flowers began to grow around them. It was a very peculiar red, like the afterglow of a sunset.

The increasing number of [something] also gives people a strange feeling of gradually entering the night.

"Didn't you find this kind of spiritual plant when you came to investigate before?" The third senior brother frowned and looked at Ying Ying.

At this moment, the surrounding area was covered with dozens of acres of flowers as red as the sunset. If one ignored divine sense and only looked at it with the naked eye, it would be as if one had entered an endless sunset night.

Ying Ying frowned and said, "No."

“I definitely haven’t seen this flower before when I was exploring. Can’t either of you recognize what kind of flower it is?”

Just as the third senior brother was about to shake his head, Li Ye spoke up: "This should be the Night-Blooming Flower. I have seen this kind of spiritual plant in the sect's records. It is said that our predecessors used it to create beautiful nighttime sunsets."

It doesn't have any special charm, it's just pretty.

However, it is said that the seeds of this spiritual flower are extremely difficult to propagate, so they have never been able to produce many. Only some cultivators who like to decorate their cave dwellings would take some to plant.

It's normal that my senior hasn't met me before.

The third senior brother was immediately embarrassed.

He really didn't know about this thing. He had only ever dealt with fighting spirit plants before, so he had no time to appreciate this kind of spirit plant that was only for decoration.
"Cough cough."

He quickly changed the subject:
"So, this place is a small space that appeared out of nowhere."

"Otherwise, with your abilities, Yingying, there's absolutely no way you wouldn't have discovered the trickery here."

"Is it possible that someone is trying to trap us somewhere?"

"possible."

"But now that we're already here, there's no point in talking about running away anymore."

His analysis was reasonable, but the three of them paid no attention and continued to walk deeper into the Night-Blooming Flower.

Ying Ying teased, "So what if it's a trap? You already invited other fellow cultivators from the Spirit Clan. If we get trapped, they will definitely come to our rescue."

“I also have a protective talisman given to me by the Ancestor Jianmu. If we are really trapped, he will open the Heavenly Ladder for us immediately,” Li Ye added.

All three were highly skilled and daring. This time, they were going to face the Hell Path head-on, so the sect was taking it very seriously and had given them a lot of protective treasures. They were even hoping that the people from the Hell Path would jump out.

And so, the three of them walked deeper into the sea of ​​flowers, releasing their divine senses to observe the movements of every blade of grass and every tree around them.

After walking for about half an hour, a huge pit suddenly appeared in front of them. The pit was estimated to be tens of thousands of meters deep, and at the bottom of the pit were some grayish objects that looked like ashes.

At the very center of the ashes, a humanoid figure clad in silver armor, though appearing somewhat thin, sat atop the ashes, drawing upon the hazy mist within.

His spiritual and malevolent energy was extremely scattered, indicating that he was seriously injured.

Li Ye narrowed his eyes.

【Name】：Calamity
[Mood]: Enraged, severely injured, near death.

[Status]: One of the monsters who barely escaped from the Hell Path, the son of the town's guardian, who was transformed into his current form by the Hell Path using secret techniques to infuse the resentment of all the dead people in Dongcang Town.

[Can be bound]: Flower-type spiritual plants of rank 4 or above that can purify resentment.

It was actually created by the Hell Realm?

While Li Ye was distracted, his third senior brother and Ying Ying had already launched their attack simultaneously. They did not know the true situation of this calamity, but they were very clear that it was best to strike first.

Countless beams of spiritual light and the roar of dragons suddenly surged forth like a celestial river, all attacking Yang Sha, who was healing.

"Don't!"

Li Ye certainly couldn't just stand by and watch Yang Sha be killed; he might be the only survivor in Dongcang Town...

Could this be another scheme by the Hell Realm?
It's really annoying.

(End of this chapter)