"Be careful!"
Along the way, Liu Ruyi and company were like birds startled by the mere twang of a bowstring. The monsters here were just too powerful. Any one of them could easily wipe out a large sect. The girl in front of them was clearly abnormal. She was probably not human.
"Retreat! Wait for an opportunity to strike! "
Liu Ruyi and the two children turned wary. And at that moment, Master Tianxiao was looking at the compass in his hand in a daze. Due to the girl's appearance, the compass was reacting strangely.
Could it be …
Master Tianxiao looked at Xie Ling'er again. At that moment, Ling Xie'er was deliberately releasing the divine fire aura within her, allowing Master Tianxiao, who was adept at divination, to sense it.
This made him overjoyed.
"Deputy Palatial Lord Liu, capture her!"
Master Tianxiao suddenly yelled.
He discovered a very strange thing. Ordinary people all had the fortune of heaven and earth, but this little girl had nothing. Although she looked like a living person, there was a fundamental difference between her and a normal person.
As such, Master Tianxiao was certain that the girl was not human, but a spirit body that had taken human form.
In such a place, a spirit that could take human form, together with the girl's fiery aura, made it very likely that she was a Yang spirit in human form.
"She's a Yang spirit! It's truly as though one can wear out iron shoes in fruitless searching only to find it by chance without any effort, "said Master Tianxiao excitedly.
"It's her?"
Liu Ruyi and company were somewhat surprised. But immediately, the two child-like deputy palatial lords reached out their hands to grab Ling Xie'er.
"It doesn't matter whether he is or not, let's capture him first!"
"Capture her and refine her before bringing her back to the palace. That will be a meritorious deed!"
Ling Xie'er's face turned slightly pale as she faced the two gigantic palms that were coming at her. Then, she instantly transformed into a flame and flew downwards.
Upon seeing this scene, a glint flashed in Liu Ruyi's eyes.
"It's really a Yang spirit! Chase! "
As the waterfall flowed downwards, a flame followed it.
Liu Ruyi and company followed closely behind. Ever since they came to Sun Burial Sandsea's underground world, they had never encountered anything good. Now, they were finally going to reap some rewards.
As for Ling Xie'er, she sensed the auras of the quartet pursuing her relentlessly as she looked ahead.
At that moment, although Ling Xie'er was only a spirit body, the massive array was one with her. As long as she was careful, she was confident she could trap them.
Sou!
Ling Xie'er entered the cave.
"There's a cave abode here." Liu Ruyi and company instantly arrived at the cave entrance.
"This Yang spirit seems to be deliberately luring us here," said Master Tianxiao after a moment of hesitation.
He was already frightened by the strangeness and danger of this underground world. Even if the Yang Spirit was inside the cave, he was still a little afraid.
"So what if I did it on purpose? This place had long been abandoned, and her former master was no longer here. Let's go in carefully, "the child-like Vice Palace Master said.
"Master Tianxiao, lead the way." Liu Ruyi said, "Don't try any tricks. Once we obtain the Yang spirit, we will naturally bring you out and reattach your limbs. In the future, your Heaven Secrets Chapter will be a vassal of our Seven Star Dao Palace."
Master Tianxiao's face turned pale as he cursed inwardly. The people from the Seven Star Dao Palace were truly vicious. They had actually sent a powerless person like him to scout ahead.
However, Master Tianxiao did not dare reject them. Now that the Yang spirit had been found, he was no longer of much use. The three deputy palatial lords of the Seven Star Dao Palace could abandon him at any time.
As Master Tianxiao held the disk array and divined, he led the way towards the stone hall.
"There doesn't seem to be any danger," said Master Tianxiao.
Master Tianxiao was divining the fate of life and death. If it was extremely dangerous inside, his luck would be extremely low and he would be on the brink of death.
Boom!
After they entered, they heard a loud bang behind them.
Liu Ruyi and company hurriedly turned around and saw the gigantic metal door close.
"This!"
The runes on the metal door shimmered. Liu Ruyi stabbed at it with her sword but was blocked by a beam of light.
And in front of them was another dead end.
"We are trapped," said the child-like Vice Palace Master angrily.
Liu Ruyi stared at the door for a while before turning to look into the cave.
"There's no need to fret. The Yang spirit is gone. There's probably something more to this cave. Let's search. We will definitely find a way out, "said Liu Ruyi.
There were no humanoid monsters or ancient creatures in the area. Compared to the danger, just being trapped was not a huge blow.
Furthermore, the Yang spirit was in sight. Their mission would soon be completed.
"Master Tianxiao, quickly divinate and find a way out," instructed Liu Ruyi.
"The array formation in this cave abode should be able to trap them. Unfortunately, I can't control the evil entities outside the array. If not, I could lure them into the cave abode …"
Ling Xie'er muttered to herself as she returned to the lake. She watched Yi Yun sit there studying the scroll.
Yi Yun sat cross-legged as though he had entered an extremely focused state. Runes constantly flashed around him as his fingers drew in midair.
In the beginning, Yi Yun only wanted to understand the array formation. But as he studied the scroll, Yi Yun gradually immersed himself in the array formation and alchemical arts recorded in the scroll.
The divine alchemist had reached the pinnacle of alchemy. To Yi Yun, the scroll was a treasure.
Time passed without him realizing it.
Day after day passed and soon, nearly a month had passed.
One day, Ling Xie'er was sitting by the flaming river's bank. Her fair feet were playing in the river, splashing red molten metal. It formed a stark contrast with her porcelain-like feet.
"This young man is really persistent!"
Ling Xie'er cocked her head and looked at Yi Yun. It had been a month and he had been studying the array motionlessly. It was unknown what he had been reading. He had already flipped through the black scroll left behind by the divine alchemist, but given the divine alchemist's realm, how could a junior understand the notes he had left behind?
As Ling Xie'er was pondering over the matter, she suddenly heard a 'peng' as though a barrier had shattered. Following that, a fluctuation of spatial teleportation powers transmitted over.
"Oh? They have cracked open the cave abode's restraints? " Ling Xie'er blinked her eyes. She was somewhat astonished but she immediately understood that the cave abode had existed for hundreds of millions of years. Even if the array formation was extremely stable back then, it was on the brink of destruction after such a long period of time. Yet, it had failed to trap Liu Ruyi and company.
Ling Xie'er glanced at the motionless Yi Yun. Her spirit body vanished from the lake and she appeared in front of the stone temple.
At that moment, Liu Ruyi and company had just come out of the teleportation array and arrived at the stone temple.
They were in an extremely pathetic state. Having been trapped in the cave abode for such a long period of time had greatly drained their strength.
They immediately saw the young girl's figure standing in front of the gigantic stone temple.
"Yang spirit!"
A glint flashed in the child-like deputy palatial lord's eyes when he saw the Yang spirit again after a month!
Upon seeing the quartet appear, Ling Xie'er turned around and ran into the hall.
"Again?"
Liu Ruyi's eyes suffused greed, hatred, and venomous hatred.
Upon entering the stone hall, they saw Ling Xie'er standing beside a statue.
"Yang spirit!" Liu Ruyi's eyes flashed as she extended her hand to grab it.
At that moment, Ling Xie'er suddenly leaped backwards. Dazzling flames emitted from her body. Immediately, countless profound runic patterns appeared on the stone hall's ground.
These runic patterns had been carved by the divine alchemist. They were also naturally formed after the array fused with the Heaven and Earth forces.
As the array's core, Ling Xie'er was one with the array. Although she posed no threat herself, she could activate the array.
Upon seeing the flame-red runic patterns appear beneath her feet, Liu Ruyi immediately retracted her hand and retreated.
However, the runic patterns instantly lit up. Following that, the entire hall was engulfed in a raging inferno.
The hall immediately turned into a gigantic alchemical cauldron, trapping Liu Ruyi and company in the flames.
Boom!
The two child-like deputy palatial lords attacked together but they were unable to break through the barrier and escape the inferno.
"Ah! Ah! " Master Tianxiao constantly cried out tragically. He suffered the most in the inferno. His weak protective Yuan Qi was unable to protect him at all. Now, not only his beard, even his hair had been burned off. If this continued, he felt like he would be roasted alive.
As for Liu Ruyi and company, they were still able to withstand the inferno. However, being trapped there and unable to see the Yang spirit was infuriating.
"Yea, that's good. Once Yi Yun realizes that he can't crack the array, he will leave. "Ling Xie'er clapped her hands as she thought in satisfaction.
She was a part of the array, so she was naturally unharmed in the array. She could come and go as she pleased.
But at that moment, a sinister glint flashed in Liu Ruyi's eyes. She swiped her interspatial ring and immediately, a long whip appeared. It shimmered with runes as it swept towards Ling Xie'er.
Ling Xie'er's expression changed drastically. Just as she was about to transform into flames to leave, the whip suddenly vanished from its spot. In a blink of an eye, it had appeared beside her, locking her down.
"Indeed! You are only a sentient entity. All you have is sentience, but not Origins. This whip of mine happens to be able to lock onto sentience and spirit bodies, "said Liu Ruyi coldly.
Although they appeared to be in a sorry state after being trapped for a month, they had been constantly searching for Ling Xie'er's weakness.
Ling Xie'er was, after all, a naive girl. Even if she was well-versed in everything here, she was completely incomparable to Liu Ruyi and company when it came to scheming.
Ling Xie'er struggled with all her might, but without her true body, she was no match for Liu Ruyi.
"This Soul Locking Whip of mine is specially used to torture souls. It will force a person's soul out of their body before slowly dispersing it. You are a mere Yang spirit. Instead of obediently allowing yourself to be captured, you ended up trapping us. As long as your spirit body is destroyed, you will lose your sentience and the trapping array will naturally lose its effect. "
"Your spirit body is here, so naturally, your true body is here. When the time comes, we will obtain your true body and refine it for our Seven Star Dao Palace. "As Liu Ruyi spoke, the corners of her mouth curled into a sinister smile.
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