A mortal cultivating immortality can nurture spirit beasts.

Chapter 179 Taking the Cauldron

Before tackling the third challenge, Lin He made a point of familiarizing himself with the blood-red cloak and the golden mirror. He was quite satisfied with the speed of the blood-red cloak and the power of the mirror.

He soon arrived at the third test, where the white cranes transformed into a group of sixteen or seventeen-year-old girls. Lin He remained unmoved by this test; no matter how beautiful these transformed women were, they could never compare to Nangong Wan.

Then they arrived at a dark place, where a woman in white transformed into Nangong Wan.

"My husband, wouldn't it be better for you to stay here and live happily ever after with me?"

"Forehead----"

Without a second thought, Lin He unleashed a golden light that pierced through it. "No matter how good your illusion is, can it compare to the feel of a real person?"

In this way, Lin He easily passed the third test and arrived next to a tall tower.

At this moment, Wan Tianming and the other two came to greet them. Lin He smiled and then sat down with the three of them.

Seeing this, Ji Yin's face darkened, but he didn't do anything. He just glared at Lin He fiercely.

Besides these eight Nascent Soul stage cultivators, there was only one man in the late Core Formation stage here.

Seeing that the time for the inner hall to open had arrived, and that Jin Kui and Jia Chen had not yet appeared, Man Hu Zi, Wan Tianming, and the others all breathed a sigh of relief.

The bearded man glanced at the Core Formation cultivator and then suddenly emitted a golden light. The man was startled and tried to dodge, but he couldn't escape and was easily killed.

"Hmph! A mere late-stage Core Formation cultivator dares to try and enter the inner hall to retrieve treasures?"

The tyrannical behavior of the bearded man was obvious, which made Tian Wuzi of the righteous path very disapproving. After all, even if the righteous path wanted to plot and scheme, they still had to be legitimate, unlike the demonic path, which acted so directly.

Wan Tianming also disapproved of Manhuzi's behavior, but this was not a good time to fight against the demonic path, so he persuaded Tian Wuzi to stop.

The bearded man, however, persisted, taunting, "Wan Tianming, how about we have a spar? The loser can't enter the inner hall, what do you say?"

Wan Tianming shook his head and said, "We haven't even seen the treasure yet, so fighting with you here is pointless. Let's all rely on our own abilities to retrieve the cauldron."

After speaking, Wan Tianming called to Lin He and the others, and took the lead into the inner hall.

The bearded man frowned and asked, "What exactly is Wan Tianming planning?"

Ji Yin hurriedly said, "Brother Man, don't worry about that. Wan Tianming and the others have already entered the inner hall. We need to hurry and catch up with them."

The bearded man nodded, greeted the others, and then entered the inner hall.

After a long while, two figures appeared on the spot; they were Jin Kui and Jia Chen.

Shen Chen looked around to make sure no one else was there before saying, "These people probably didn't expect that our Star Palace broke the teleportation barrier here a thousand years ago, allowing us to enter this place at will."

Jin Kui looked towards the inner hall and said in a deep voice, "No matter what, we must not let them take the Void Heaven Cauldron. This time, both the righteous and demonic paths are obviously well-prepared, and with the help of those two Nascent Soul stage cultivators of unknown origin, they might actually have a chance to take the cauldron."

Jia Chen hurriedly said, "That's impossible! Even Nascent Soul cultivators wouldn't dare to touch the Azure Ice Flame. They simply cannot succeed in taking the cauldron."

Jin Kui shook his head and said, "That's hard to say. Some kinds of spirit beasts are not afraid of the Azure Ice Flame, so they might find it. In any case, we still need to go into the inner hall, but we should not expose ourselves unless absolutely necessary."

Jia Chen naturally had no objections.

As soon as Ji Yin and the others stepped into the inner hall, they could no longer see Wan Tianming and the other three. Somewhat puzzled, they asked. Man Hu Zi also frowned and quickened his pace.

They were now in a maze-like place, with crisscrossing blue stone passages. At each intersection, there was a stone door carved with mysterious runes, shimmering with white light, as if it were under some kind of restriction.

The bearded man ignored the stone gates and strode forward, soon eliciting sounds of fighting. The sounds quickly subsided, indicating that the bearded man had ended the battle in a very short time.

Nangong Wan followed behind Qing Yi and soon saw a wolf-headed puppet, but it had been dismantled into pieces and turned into a pile of scrap metal.

Lin He had instructed her to collect these damaged puppets, and Nangong Wan kept that in mind, so she put them away now.

The bearded man found it somewhat strange, but didn't say anything more. Ji Yin, however, asked curiously, "This Fellow Daoist Leng, may I ask where you cultivated before? I've never heard of you before?"

Nangong Wan said coldly, "I used to cultivate on a remote island, so Fellow Daoist Wu naturally has never heard of me."

Nangong Wan was taciturn and had an unapproachable attitude. Ji Yin, having met with a rebuff, was not angry at all, and seemed to have a deep scheming look, which made Nangong Wan feel disgusted.

Qingyi quickly changed the subject, saying, "Brother Wu, now is not the time for idle chatter. We don't know where Wan Tianming and the others have run off to. We should catch up with them as soon as possible."

"Wan Tianming and the others left so quickly? They weren't that far apart in time."

Ji Yin had no objection upon hearing this. After killing seven or eight wolf-shaped puppets in succession, Man Hu Zi and the others finally arrived at the second level and encountered a snake-guard puppet. The four of them worked together to easily kill it, and Nangong Wan put away the damaged puppets.

It took the four of them quite a while to break through the restrictions on the third floor. The golden-haired puppet on the fourth floor was even more powerful, and it took the four of them working together to completely defeat it.

And so, the four men with the barbarian beard fought their way up from the first floor to the fifth floor, arriving at a high platform a hundred feet wide.

Directly ahead, hundreds of stone steps lead to the top of the platform. The light curtain glows with a blue light, which becomes more and more dazzling as you get closer to the top of the platform.

At this moment, a golden light shone brightly within the light screen, causing the blue light to flicker incessantly. Clearly, Wan Tianming and the others had somehow managed to reach the platform ahead of time and were now retrieving the cauldron.

At this moment, Wan Tianming and his companions on the high platform dared not approach the center of the platform, where a chilling blue light emanated, and even Nascent Soul stage cultivators like themselves dared not be touched.

Only those seven or eight golden rays, unafraid of the blue light, were the golden silkworms that Wan Tianming had found in order to retrieve the cauldron.

These golden silkworms were only at the second level of cultivation, but Wan Tianming fed them the Azure Flower, forcibly raising their cultivation level. Although this would inevitably cause them considerable harm, Wan Tianming didn't seem to care.

At this moment, the seven or eight golden lights were all struggling to pull the Void Heaven Cauldron inside the cave. These golden silkworms looked like they were having a very hard time, and Wan Tianming frowned as he watched.

Just then, Lin He, who had been silent all along, suddenly said, "Sect Leader Wan, it's a bit difficult for your Golden Silkworms to take the cauldron. I can lend them a hand."

After saying that, Lin He took out a spirit beast bag, and two pure white spider spirit beasts suddenly appeared beside him.

"Blood Jade Spider!"

Wan Tianming and the others were overjoyed at the sight!