Chapter 110 Encounter

  The first watch!

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  The mighty river flows ceaselessly.

  Chen Shaofu had just walked out of the first trial ground of Tianfeng when he saw Ji Yu standing on the grassy riverbank in the distance, as if he had been waiting for him all along.

  "Not bad, quite good." Ji Yu's eyes swept over Chen Tai, as if he had already seen through his cultivation results for this period of time, and a hint of a smile appeared on his face.

  Chen Xiao smiled, calmly accepting the praise, but in his heart he was extremely calm and peaceful. After all, in this year and a half, the spiritual liquid in the storage ring had been consumed by tens of thousands of kilograms, and more than a hundred star marrow stones had been used up. If there wasn't even a bit of progress, that would be too unreasonable.

  "Geng Jin Jian Zhu, I've already helped you refine it. Take a look." Ji Yu said, flipping his palm over, and a three-foot-long sword appeared before their eyes, its entire body pitch black, with a dull, dark gleam, faintly emitting a thread of thunderous aura.

  "It seems there's nothing different?" Chen Ting was stunned for a moment, just about to take over the hand to examine it himself, when suddenly something strange happened.

  Whoosh!

  A majestic and terrifying aura burst forth from the Gengjin Sword, transforming into a three-inch-tall figure with flowing white robes, sword-like eyebrows, and starry eyes that shone brightly. The tiny figure floated in mid-air, surrounded by swirling spiritual lights and threads of lightning that crackled with energy. Its presence was awe-inspiring, sharp, and destructive, exuding an aura of annihilation that seemed to transcend life and death itself.

  "Little Spirit White?"

  Chen Xiao's eyes widened, and he instantly understood that after Ji Yu had used the Fusion Spirit Technique to refine it, the Gengjin Sword Bamboo was no longer just an inanimate object, but had merged with the sword spirit Ling Bai to become a living being!

  Moreover, the thunderous power that had been accumulating in Geng Jin's sword also completely merged with the annihilating intent on Ling Bai's body. It now possessed both the terrifying aura of thunder destroying all things and the undying and indestructible aura of annihilation, making it even more frightening and causing Chen Tai to feel a slight palpitation of his heart.

  "Chen Xiao, I can cultivate now! Haha!" Ling Bai jumped onto Chen Xiao's shoulders, his eyes curved into a crescent moon shape from laughing, clearly overjoyed.

  "Oh, how powerful are you now?" Chen Xiao asked curiously. This was the first time he had seen a treasure that could cultivate itself, and previously, he had never heard of any treasure being able to cultivate itself either. He couldn't help but feel extremely curious.

  Ling Bai was taken aback, her face turned pale and then flushed again, seemingly extremely angry yet also extremely disheartened, remaining silent for a long time.

  "Strength is different, it doesn't matter, you can cultivate, as long as you persist, one day you will become strong."

  "Really?" Ling Bai's spirit lifted, and immediately a flush of shame and embarrassment rose to her face, and she muttered: "It doesn't matter if I tell you, my current strength is indeed very poor, about the same as Huang Ting's."

  Huang Tingxiu!?!

  Chen Xiao was stunned, if such strength was considered poor, then wouldn't he be even worse than that?

  "Don't laugh at me, I used to be really fierce, huh? Your face has turned so stiff, don't you look down on me? Alas, I also feel very embarrassed!" Ling Bai saw Chen Yu not speaking, her small face became even more ashamed, and her voice was also getting lower.

  Chen Xiao's face completely froze, was this little guy mocking himself? Was he? Was he?

  "Don't worry, when I cast the Fusion Technique, I've already left a spiritual imprint on you. This little guy will only be your most loyal subordinate from now on and will never harm you." Ji Yu transmitted his voice, still thinking that Chen Yao's abnormal expression was due to worrying about Ling Bai losing control.

  "I... just want to know, in the cultivation world, is Huang Ting's strength really that poor?" Chen Tai sighed and transmitted his voice.

  "Hahaha!"

  Ji Yu burst out laughing loudly, and it was only then that he understood Chen Tang had been provoked by Ling Bai's words just now.

  "Are you mocking me, Senior Ji Yu?" Ling Bai's face looked terrible, and he secretly made a vow to cultivate diligently. The feeling of losing face was too depressing!

  Upon hearing this, Ji Yu laughed even louder, laughing so hard that he had to hold his stomach and couldn't straighten up.

  "Junior Ji Yu, I plan to leave, but I don't know how to get out of Jianzhang Jiemeng?" Chen Tai hastily changed the subject.

  "The power that sustains the silent tomb of Jianzhang is what the master of Lingbai left behind, a boundless and majestic silent power. As long as Lingbai does not die, this power will forever seal off that space, naturally for the purpose of protecting Lingbai's life. However, if Lingbai dies, that space will also be destroyed along with him." Ji Yu said slowly.

  Kill Ling Bai?

  Chen Xuan's heart skipped a beat, and he forcibly restrained himself from asking any questions. He knew that Ji Yu would never do such a thing; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to cast the Rong Shen technique and merge with the Geng Jin sword.

  Ji Yu continued, "Of course, it's different now. After Ling Bai cultivated the Fusion Technique, he has merged with the Geng Jin Sword Bamboo and become one entity. It's undoubtedly a transformation, rebirth. At this moment, the power that sustains the Jian Zhong Jie (Sword Tomb) is like a tree without roots, water without source. Letting Ling Bai absorb them will break that seal."

  "So that's how it is." Chen Xiao suddenly realized.

  "By the way, take Bai Kui with you when you leave," Ji Yu said. The white Kui who was lying in his arms had already flown to Chen Yao's left shoulder, stretched out its pink tongue and licked Chen Yao's neck, very enthusiastically.

  Chen Tai was licked a bit itchy, just about to stop it, but saw Ling Bai see White Kui, eyes lit up, swoosh, also jumped onto Chen Tai's left shoulder, then straddled his legs, ready to ride on White Kui's body, mouth still excitedly shouting: "Good spirit beast, just in time to be my mount, with me together we'll conquer the world, make a name for ourselves!"

  Ling Bai is three inches tall, wearing a white robe, and the white fungus is only the size of a fist. The fluffy snow-white fur makes the two little ones together quite interesting.

  However, Bai Kui was unwilling to ride on Ling Bai, and with a flash of its body, it jumped onto Chen Tang's right shoulder. Ling Bai saw this and became furious, thinking that a small spirit beast dared to defy him? He immediately chased after it closely.

  Like this, the two little guys chased each other on Chen Tang's shoulders, both of them as fast as lightning, playing happily.

  "After going out, find some useless magic treasures to feed it. After all, it's a top-notch auspicious beast in the world, and letting it go hungry isn't a good thing."

  Ji Yu smiled and said, "I've already helped it conceal its aura. In this world, unless someone is a great being who has participated in the creation of heaven and earth, no one will be able to recognize its true identity."

  "Uh, I'll take good care of it." Chen Xiao nodded, the Pixiu can gather aura and fortune, such a auspicious beast, even many powerful beings in the ancient times were extremely envious, he wouldn't do something that would waste its value.

  "Alright, you should first leave from the Sword Tomb's Silent Extinction Realm. This time when you leave the cave, when your physical and spiritual cultivation both reach the Yellow Court Realm, you can come back again."

  Ji Yu's large sleeve waved, and a mighty force surged out, Chen Tang only felt a blackness in front of his eyes, and the next moment he disappeared into the cave.

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  In the vast and magnificent hall, there were ancient and rotten marks everywhere, broken tables and chairs, stairs, stone pillars... and a forest of white bones all over the ground.

  "How is it that there are so many white bones in this place? Is it a forbidden land used for imprisoning guilty criminals?"

  Su's gaze swept around, looking at the rotten white bones on the ground, the rusty and mottled weapons, and the corroded and fragmented clothes, a sudden surge of unease rose in her heart.

  Rustle rustle...

  Su Ding and the six others, trampling over piles of white bones, excitedly searched the grand hall, as if wanting to find some treasures. Unbeknownst to them, this place didn't even have a single treasure, their faces suddenly turned extremely ugly.

  "Su Leng Shifu, this is obviously an abandoned palace. There's no treasure here and it seems like nobody has been here for a long time."

  "Yes, I originally thought Chen Tang was hiding here, but who would have known it's such a haunted place, how unlucky!"

  "Seriously, who knows who's got nothing better to do and created this closed space, did they have a brain spasm or something?"

  ……

  Su Dingyi and the six others were all complaining, originally thinking it was a secret realm of immortals, at the very least they could find some clues about Chen Tang's whereabouts, but who knew there wasn't even anything valuable, naturally they were somewhat disheartened.

  "Don't you feel that there's a kind of power surging here? It's as if it's eternal, unending, and indestructible, making people feel desperate, helpless, decadent, and uneasy..." Su's eyes gazed slowly around her surroundings.

  Reminded by this, everyone's heart skipped a beat. Indeed, as Su Leng said, the entire vast hall was indeed eerily quiet, unknowingly filling people's emotions with all sorts of negative feelings.

  "Let's go! This place is too eerie, let's leave quickly..." Su Leng didn't finish speaking when a sudden change occurred in the great hall.

  Wow!

  A black hole tore through the void and appeared in the center of the grand hall. Almost simultaneously, a thin youth flew out from it.

  This young man had a clear and handsome appearance, with an ethereal quality that seemed to transcend the mundane. As soon as he appeared, the void in front of him disappeared without a trace.

  "Chen Tai!"

  "I knew he was hiding here!"

  "Haha, after searching everywhere, I finally found it without any effort!"

  Seeing this young man, Su Dingyi and the other five people's faces all showed a hint of wild joy. They had originally thought they would return empty-handed, but unexpectedly, the 'treasure' had delivered itself to their doorstep!

  "Damn it! How did they get in?"

  Chen Xiao's gaze swept over Su Dingyi and the others, especially when he saw the black-clothed youth standing in the central position, his pupils involuntarily shrinking.

  This person stood casually, but his body emitted an extremely terrifying aura. On top of his head, the yin and yang energies were flowing subtly, sometimes transforming into dragons and tigers, and sometimes surging forth with strands of jumping black and white flames.

  Dragons and tigers give birth to each other, yin and yang blend together.

  Two Utensils Golden Elixir Realm Cultivator!

  After advancing to the Two Instruments Golden Elixir realm, a Master can condense the true yuan within their body into a single Two Instruments Original Life Golden Elixir. Yin and yang blend together, dragon and tiger give birth to each other, and on top of the head's Spiritual Platform, all sorts of strange phenomena will surge forth.

  Like Su Leng's head on the Lingtai, the faintly visible air flow pattern that emerges at this moment is a kind of aura formed by the strong operation of one's own qi.

  "The six Huang Ting cultivators were already enough to give me a headache, and now another Er Yi Jindan cultivator has arrived..." Chen Xiao's nerves tensed up to the extreme in an instant.

  "Is that Chen Tang?" Su Leng glanced at Chen Tang and said coldly, "My name is Su Leng, don't forget it when you die."

  Bang! Bang! Bang!...

  When he spoke, Su Leng's body surged with energy, like a drum beating out a series of explosive sounds. With a whoosh, a flying sword shot out and flew towards Chen Tai in the distance!

  Kill at will, without a word, extremely ruthless and merciless!

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  PS: Thanks to "How cool are you" brother for pointing out the bug, and also thanks to "Xingyao Tianyuan" brother for his valuable advice!