txolops Chapter 209 Treasure Acquired
Chapter 209 Treasure Acquired
Right under Li Ping's gaze.
The hundred-foot-tall fiery bird let out a mournful cry before suddenly disintegrating, revealing Xiao Yunzhi and the Blazing Sun Bird in the flames.
At this moment, both the man and the bird were exhausted and had no ability to fly. They plummeted straight down. After a free fall from a height of hundreds of feet, they would definitely turn into two piles of minced meat when they hit the ground.
Li Ping naturally couldn't just stand by and watch such a thing happen.
Jia Yi and Jia Er transformed into two streaks of light, heading towards the falling Xiao Yunzhi and the Blazing Sun Bird respectively.
As for Li Ping himself, he accelerated and snatched the storage bags from the waists of Kun Hu and the late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator with the triangular face.
Li Ping let their bodies fall to the ground.
To his regret, the storage bags of the four mid-Foundation Establishment cultivators were all destroyed in the fight, and most of the items inside the bags were also reduced to ashes.
Li Ping only found a few high-level spiritual materials that hadn't been destroyed.
Clutching two storage bags, Li Ping slowly landed on a high hill. At this moment, Jia Yi and Jia Er also landed in front of him, carrying Xiao Yunzhi and the Blazing Sun Bird respectively.
Upon seeing this, Li Ping did not rush to check the items in his storage bag, but instead looked up at Xiao Yunzhi.
Although Xiao Yunzhi was exhausted, she did not faint. She was held in Jia Yi's arms and could see Li Ping's actions very clearly.
While instructing the puppet to rescue her and the Blazing Sun Bird, Fellow Daoist Yan himself went directly to take the storage bags of the two demonic cultivators.
"It seems that in Fellow Daoist Yan's heart, the storage bag is much more important than me." A strange thought suddenly popped into Xiao Yunzhi's mind.
But she quickly shook her head to shake off this inexplicable emotion. If it weren't for Doctor Yan's intervention that killed Kun Hu and the others, she wouldn't have been able to escape today.
It was fate that Doctor Yan was here; she had no reason to be jealous.
When Li Ping looked over, she quickly struggled to her feet: "Fellow Daoist Yan, thank you for saving my life."
Although she didn't know how he appeared in this secret realm, Xiao Yunzhi was certain that the person in front of her was the "Doctor Yan" who had treated her before, based on the scent remembered by the Blazing Sun Bird.
Xiao Yunzhi didn't care about the other party's extremely ordinary appearance.
After all, based on Junior Sister Qiao's description...
She knew very well how handsome and refined Dr. Yan was.
She privately speculated that this ordinary appearance was probably just a disguise by Doctor Yan.
Just like the last time we met, he even disguised himself as a burly man with a full beard.
Li Ping did not deny Xiao Yunzhi's address, but simply smiled and nodded: "You are too kind, Fairy Xiao. I just happened to be there."
Waving his hand to stop Xiao Yunzhi from speaking, Li Ping said calmly, "There's no need for words of gratitude from you, Fairy. Actually, I'm quite interested in the treasure that you fought over with those six demonic cultivators. Would you be so kind as to show it to me?"
Although he was asking a question, his tone left no room for argument.
It seemed that if Xiao Yunzhi didn't take out that treasure, he would just snatch it away.
After all, in Li Ping's view, this treasure should have belonged to him: "I saved your life, is taking a treasure too much? I haven't asked for a single spirit stone from beginning to end! Hmm?"
Xiao Yunzhi gave a wry smile and shook her head, saying, "Doctor Yan, you must have misunderstood. What I just took from them was not a treasure, but an evil object."
"Oh? An evil object?" Li Ping's expression remained unchanged. "Then I'm even more interested."
Xiao Yunzhi sighed, "Very well, since you want it, Doctor Yan, I'll give you this evil object. But Doctor Yan, you must be careful not to be affected by it."
As she spoke, she waved her hand, and a jade box appeared in the air.
Moreover, the surface of the jade box was now covered with countless talismans, giving it an extremely solemn appearance.
Seeing Xiao Yunzhi's wary attitude towards the contents of the box, Li Ping's expression changed.
He caught the jade box with one hand, but instead of opening it immediately, he calmly asked, "Fairy, could you please explain to me the origin of the evil object inside this jade box?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yunzhi smiled and immediately began to introduce the ancient times to Li Ping: "In ancient times—"
But as soon as she opened her mouth, she felt the ground shake violently, causing her to swallow back what she was about to say and look around in surprise and uncertainty.
Li Ping's reaction wasn't much better than hers.
At this moment, he was no longer in a hurry to get information about the evil object from Xiao Yunzhi.
"Fairy Xiao, it seems there's something wrong with the secret realm itself. Why don't we leave the secret realm first?" Li Ping suggested.
Xiao Yunzhi nodded softly, "Okay."
At the same time, she also put the sleeping Blazing Sun Bird into her spirit beast pouch.
After staring at each other for a moment, Li Ping finally couldn't help but speak up: "Fairy Xiao, you can now help me leave the secret realm."
Xiao Yunzhi was taken aback: "Ah, me? Doctor Yan, don't you know how to leave the secret realm?"
Upon hearing this, Li Ping immediately felt a sense of foreboding; he seemed to have misunderstood something.
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Donghua Mountain.
As soon as the entrance to the secret realm was opened, figures flew out from it.
The inherent dangers of the Azure Cloud Secret Realm were actually nothing to Foundation Establishment cultivators; they could easily sweep through it. In just over ten days, all the spiritual materials in the secret realm were completely looted by the Foundation Establishment cultivators.
The remaining time will be spent in mutual slaughter between the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Defenders Alliance and the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Four Demonic Sects.
In the bloody battle, many Foundation Establishment cultivators perished. Apart from a few, the other cultivators were unwilling to stay in the Azure Cloud Secret Realm for even a moment longer.
Half an hour later, most of the cultivators in the secret realm chose to leave.
However, compared to the cultivators who entered the secret realm, only about half are still alive at this moment.
Whoosh!
Three figures flew out of the passage. They were Huang Yan, Xiong Pohai, and Ji Shuwen. It was unclear how Ji Shuwen had gotten together with the two of them, and she seemed to be quite close to Huang Yan.
After they left the secret realm, no other cultivators appeared.
This made Lu Laomo and Qiu Changfeng's hearts sink.
Needless to say, none of the six people he sent out showed up, and it seems that the most important thing he has been working on for hundreds of years has encountered a setback.
Qiu Changfeng noticed that Xiao Yunzhi had not come out for a long time.
Xiao Yunzhi is a cultivator with a Heavenly Spiritual Root and is the future pillar of the academy. Her importance in Qiu Changfeng's heart is self-evident.
In addition, she is a descendant of Xiao Changkong.
From any perspective, Qiu Changfeng hoped that she could return safely.
"Yunzhi's life tablet is still intact, she should be alright." Qiu Changfeng breathed a slight sigh of relief upon thinking of this.
"Their life tablets are all intact; they were just delayed," Old Demon Lu reassured himself.
Huang Yunzi glanced at the Foundation Establishment cultivators in the square and said calmly, "Since the juniors have all come out, let's close the entrance."
The other five all nodded in agreement.
Lu Laomo and Qiu Changfeng both exclaimed urgently at the same time, "No!"
The two exchanged a glance, and Qiu Changfeng quickly explained, "There are still cultivators in my academy, and her life tablet is still intact. Let's wait a little longer."
Old Demon Lu gave the same explanation.
Out of consideration for both parties, the other six could only continue to use their magic to maintain the stability of the secret realm's exit.
But involuntarily, as time passed, both Lu Laomo and Qiu Changfeng showed a hint of anxiety on their faces.
"Click~"
The crisp sound of the life tablet shattering came from Lu Laomo's storage bag, attracting the attention of eight late-stage Core Formation cultivators.
Old Demon Lu looked grim, but he still comforted himself, "Only one person has perished, it's not a big deal."
But when he looked up at the entrance to the secret realm—
"Click~" "Click~" "Click~"
Three more sounds of life tablets shattering came from his storage bag, and Old Demon Lu's heart sank to the bottom.
He forced himself to remain calm: "It's alright, it's alright... Kunhu and Jiaodu are still alive. They are in the late stage of Foundation Establishment and each has their own methods, so they will definitely be fine."
Hearing the continuous cracking sounds of life tablets shattering from Lu Laomo's storage bag, Qiu Changfeng felt extremely anxious.
Although Xiao Yunzhi's life tablet was intact, she had not come out. If it weren't for the fact that Core Formation cultivators couldn't enter the secret realm, he would have gone in to find Xiao Yunzhi himself.
In that short time, the tremors in the secret realm grew increasingly louder.
The square-faced, big-eared old man, Hua Wuji, swept his gaze across all the Foundation Establishment cultivators in the arena, finally glancing at Qiu Changfeng with apparent indifference.
He then slightly moved his lips and transmitted his voice to Old Demon Lu: "Fellow Daoist Lu, are there any cultivators still alive in your sect? If not, we should withdraw our magic power. I think that female cultivator with the Heavenly Spirit Root from the academy is still in the secret realm. Closing the secret realm now will also reduce a major enemy for us in the future."
Old Demon Lu was getting impatient and shook his head repeatedly: "Wait a little longer, I still have two more—"
His voice stopped abruptly, followed by two "click" sounds coming from the storage bag at his waist.
Before anyone knew it, all six Foundation Establishment cultivators that Old Demon Lu had sent into the secret realm had died.
His face was ashen, and he knew all too well the trouble he had caused.
Once the secret realm dissipates, the treasure will fall into the spatial storm, and even if it is not destroyed, it will never be able to return to this world.
He had completely messed up his master's orders.
"How could this be?" Old Demon Lu's face turned ashen, but he was completely baffled.
He bestowed treasures upon two late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators and four mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators before they entered the secret realm.
How could such a lineup be completely wiped out in the mere Qingyun Secret Realm?
It's impossible that a Core Formation cultivator could have secretly infiltrated them!
"There are still people who haven't come out."
Lu Laomo glanced at Qiu Changfeng, suspecting that Xiao Yunzhi had killed the subordinates he had sent into the secret realm, and that the treasure had also fallen into Xiao Yunzhi's hands.
Upon hearing the two crisp sounds from Lu Laomo's storage bag, Hua Wuji nodded inwardly, but said impolitely, "Having maintained the entrance to the secret realm for so long, the juniors who were supposed to come out have already done so. I'm about to withdraw my magic power."
Upon hearing the two crisp sounds from Lu Laomo's storage bag, Hua Wuji nodded inwardly, but said impolitely, "Having maintained the entrance to the secret realm for so long, the juniors who were supposed to come out have already done so. I'm about to withdraw my magic power."
"No!" Old Demon Lu and Qiu Changfeng exclaimed in unison again.
Upon hearing this, Hua Wuji looked at Lu Laomo with utter confusion, as if to say, "Hey buddy, all your men are dead, what's wrong with that?"