Before the duo could recover from their shock, they saw the saber in Zhang Xuan's hand slashing toward the corpse in the coffin without the slightest hesitation.
Huala!
As soon as the saber qi came into contact with the corpse, it immediately disintegrated into dust.
"A Transcendent Mortal 9-dan possesses a body as tough as diamond. How could it possibly be reduced to dust by a single saber qi?"
Upon reaching Transcendent Mortal 9-dan, not only would one's soul energy be enhanced, one's physical body would also become flawless, as though a diamond, impervious to corrosion.
Even if the corpse was dead, under the protection of the Crimson Metal Coffin, it should still be invulnerable. How could it be reduced to dust in an instant?
"Could it be that Zhang Shi's saber art is formidable?"
"No, that's not it. Even though Zhang Shi's saber art is formidable and his saber qi is powerful, it's still impossible for him to split open the Crimson Metal Coffin and reduce the body of a Transcendent Mortal 9-dan expert into dust!"
Jin Conghai walked over with a grim expression.
After consuming a pill, he had already recovered significantly from his injuries.
"What's going on then?"
"Let's wait and see first. Zhang Shi will surely explain it to us!"
Jin Conghai shook his head.
Everyone turned their gazes over.
Even after shattering the corpse of the tomb owner, Zhang Xuan didn't stop. Flicking his wrist, several silver needles appeared in his palm, and he pierced them downward.
"Ah... What are you doing?"
As soon as the silver needles fell, everyone heard a piercing scream.
It was the voice from before.
At this moment, that fellow was no longer as arrogant as before. Instead, his voice was filled with fear and disbelief.
"Nothing much, I just want to dig you out!"
Chuckling lightly, Zhang Xuan flicked his saber toward the ground beneath the coffin. Hu! A black lotus appeared before everyone's eyes.
This lotus was around the size of a palm, and it emanated a sinister aura. A black aura swirled around it, and every single leaf had a silver needle inserted into it.
The reason why Zhang Xuan had pierced his silver needles was to stab this lotus.
To think that such a bizarre lotus would be hidden beneath the indestructible Crimson Metal Coffin. Even though everyone was looking at it with their own eyes, they couldn't help but gasp in disbelief.
Hu!
Although it sounded complicated, from the moment the tomb master attacked Zhang Xuan until now, only a few breaths of time had passed. The halo of light from the Dragon Scale Amulet disappeared.
"Could it be …"
Seeing this sight, Luo Zhu fell into deep thought for a moment. Suddenly, he recalled something and his eyes narrowed. With a trembling voice, he said, "Seven Hearts Underworld Lotus?"
"Hell Seven Hearts Lotus? What is that? "This time, it was Master Sai's turn to be confused.
Although he was knowledgeable, he didn't know everything.
As such, there weren't many people who knew much about artifacts related to soul oracles.
"Legend has it that it is a treasure of the soul oracles. It can be used to reforge one's physical body, and the reforged body would possess an innate constitution!" Luo Zhu said.
"Innate constitution?" Master Sai's eyes widened.
As long as the innate special constitution was activated, one's cultivation speed would far surpass that of ordinary cultivators. It was truly admirable.
To be able to condense a physical body, and one with an innate constitution …
This was too terrifying!
"Yes, but... something is not right!" Luo Zhu said hesitantly.
"What's wrong?"
"The Seven Hearts Underworld Lotus survives by absorbing energy. If I'm not mistaken, the corpse of the tomb master should have been devoured as well. Otherwise, it wouldn't be possible for a Transcendent Mortal 9-dan corpse to be reduced to dust with just a light touch!"
Luo Zhu said.
"Un!" Master Sai nodded.
They were perplexed as to why a Transcendent Mortal 9-dan corpse, which was as tough as diamond, would be reduced to dust with just a touch of the saber qi. From the looks of it now, it was likely that the bizarre lotus had devoured all of its energy.
"Using a corpse to nurture a lotus, logically speaking, this lotus should soon become the physical body of the tomb's master and accompany him to roam the world. Why … is it still sleeping in the tomb, and even thinking of possessing us?"
Luo Zhu voiced out the doubts in his heart.
"This..."
Master Sai and the others were taken aback.
Indeed. Since there was a saint artifact like the Seven Hearts Underworld Lotus that could be used to reforge a physical body, why would it possess them? On top of that, it even made them go through so much trouble to cultivate the Soul Guiding Formula?
What else could it be other than having nothing better to do?
"I don't understand either. However, Zhang Shi must know the answer. Otherwise, he wouldn't have opened the coffin and dug out the lotus!" Luo Zhu said.
"Un!" Everyone turned their gazes over.
In front of them.
"You... let me go!"
As soon as the black lotus was dug out, a horrified voice sounded from within.
The tomb master, who had tried to kill them earlier, was hiding inside.
It was no wonder why they couldn't find the source of the voice. Since it was hidden in the lotus beneath the coffin, how could they find it?
"Let you go? So that you can continue killing us? "
Zhang Xuan rolled his eyes.
"Y-you... As long as you let me go, we can negotiate. As a soul oracle, I have collected quite a few treasures. I can give them all to you, including this Seven Hearts Underworld Lotus..."
The voice said anxiously.
"Give it to me? I don't want it... "
Zhang Xuan harrumphed. "Also, what treasures? If I'm not mistaken, your treasures have all been converted into spirit stones to feed this lotus!"
"How did you know?"
A horrified voice sounded from within the lotus.
"How would I know? The lotus is surrounded by dust formed from spirit stones. It's not like I can't recognize it!"
Zhang Xuan shook his head.
The lotus wasn't buried underground. Instead, it was surrounded by spirit stones, and the spiritual energy within them had been devoured dry. From afar, it looked like dust on the ground.
He used a Spirit Gathering Formation to extract spirit stones. Naturally, he was able to tell with a single glance that such trash had appeared.
Furthermore, this trash was completely different from the low-tier spirit stones that he used to cultivate. Judging from its white color, it was likely that it had reached middle-tier.
To be able to produce so much trash, there were probably more than ten thousand middle-tier spirit stones... Even a 6-star soul oracle would have to spend all of their wealth here.
How could he possibly be bewitched after seeing this?
"Y-you..."
The lotus trembled non-stop, as though it had seen a ghost.
It seemed like it had never won a fight with this fellow before.
The other party seemed to be omniscient, knowing everything that it had gone through.
"All of you, come over!"
Paying no heed to the trembling of the tomb owner in the lotus, Zhang Xuan waved his hand.
Only then did the crowd enter the passageway.
"Zhang Shi... What is going on?"
Zhao Feiwu couldn't help but ask.
Everyone else was bewildered by the situation as well.
Everything had happened too quickly. It was just a moment ago that the tomb owner was acting arrogantly, but in the blink of an eye, he was dug out from the ground...
It was too strange, and no one could make sense of it.
"What's going on? Why don't you explain it to me... "
Zhang Xuan patted the black lotus before him.
Huala!
The black lotus swayed a few times. The voice that had just spoken seemed to have become mute, and it shut its mouth.
It seemed like after being found out by a Transcendent Mortal 1-dan cultivator and given a good beating, Zhang Xuan felt so stifled that he couldn't speak at all.
"Do you think that it will be fine as long as you don't speak?"
Seeing that the other party wasn't cooperating, Zhang Xuan flicked his finger, and a silver needle appeared on his fingertip. Then, he pierced it toward the lotus.
"Ah..."
Following which, a cry of agony sounded from within the lotus, "You... I'll speak, I'll speak..."
The voice seemed to have weakened significantly. Clearly, the silver needle had struck its vitals, and even its cultivation had been affected.
"Hurry up and begin then!"
Pulling out the silver needle, Zhang Xuan infused zhenqi into it once more, and a cold glint flashed in the surroundings. It seemed like as long as the other party refused to speak, he would pierce it in once more.
"Yes..."
Sensing Zhang Xuan's threat, the lotus trembled, and it hurriedly said, "I am a 6-star soul oracle, and my cultivation has reached Transcendent Mortal 9-dan pinnacle. However... I failed to reach that final step. Even though my soul is still alive, my physical body has reached its end!"
Even though the lifespan of a Transcendent Mortal was doubled, it was only a matter of time before one reached three hundred years old.
As long as one didn't achieve a breakthrough, it was only a matter of time before their physical body died.
This was something that couldn't be helped.
Even though soul oracles could possess other people, in terms of compatibility, one's own body was still the most suitable.
"At that moment, I discovered this... Seven Hearts Underworld Lotus!"
The voice continued, "This is the greatest treasure of us soul oracles. As long as one assimilates it, one will be able to forge a physical body, and a Xiantian Body at that. With this, one might be able to overcome the final hurdle and reach higher realms! Thus, I began to make arrangements for my funeral and spent all of my fortune to build a tomb so that I could assimilate this lotus peacefully. "
"Un!" Everyone nodded.
Previously, they had been perplexed. Since soul oracles were able to possess corpses, why would they spend so much effort to build a tomb and hide it beneath the lake?
But from the looks of it now, it was to avoid detection. His motive was simple — to assimilate this lotus.
This lotus was extremely rare in the world, and if other soul oracles were to learn of it, they would be in deep trouble.
Thus, he faked his death.
Even though soul oracles could live forever, they would still have to undergo the Five Declines before they died. Thus, by building a tomb and burying it underground, the other soul oracles thought that he was dead. Who would have thought that he had obtained a Seven Hearts Underworld Lotus?
"Since you're trying to assimilate this lotus, why haven't you succeeded yet?" Zhang Xuan asked.
The soul oracles had already been extinct for several dozen millenniums, and this tomb was bound to be even more ancient. Given so much time, the lotus should have long been assimilated. Why hadn't he succeeded yet?
If he had succeeded, he would have already turned into a physical body. How could he still be trapped within?
"I..."
Hearing the question, the lotus hesitated for a moment and said, "After I faked my death, I began to refine this thing. I thought that with my strength and experience, I would be able to quickly succeed and resurrect. Who would have thought that … I would never have dreamed … that I would fail!"
"Fail?" Zhang Xuan was perplexed. "Since you faked your death, you should know how to assimilate this lotus. How could you fail?"
This fellow had prepared for so long, exchanging all of his treasures for spirit stones and burying it underground. He even went to the extent of hiring a celestial designer to design the tomb and a 6-star blacksmith to forge a coffin. How could he fail?
"Because... because..."
The owner of the tomb said with a quivering voice, as though recalling something frightening.
"This... This isn't a Seven Hearts Underworld Lotus but... a Nine Hearts Lotus!"
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