HanCi's movements were very slow. Often, it would take a long time for her to take another step. Wherever she went, the hazy fog would disappear.
Lu Ye was increasingly certain that the fog was the source that could help cultivators refine their spiritual power.
He raised his head and looked at the strange stone cauldron at the top of the stairs.
The fog was the source that helped cultivators refine their spiritual power, and the source of the fog was the stone cauldron. In other words, the stone cauldron was a treasure.
If he could take the stone cauldron with him, wouldn't he be able to refine his spiritual power at any time? In the future, if any of his friends or family wanted to advance to the Yue Yao realm, they wouldn't have to bother buying those precious spirit pills.
However, Lu Ye only thought about it. HanCi had known about this place for a long time, but the stone cauldron had always been there. This was undoubtedly a problem.
This stone cauldron … wouldn't be so easy to take.
A day later, HanCi was already halfway up the stairs. At this speed, she should be able to reach the end in another two or three days. At that time, her spiritual power would change, and she would meet the conditions for advancing to the Yue Yao realm.
Although this trip took a lot of time, it was just running. The reward was a piece of Heavenly Phoenix Blue Crystal, which wasn't bad.
Another day later, HanCi had already reached the eightieth step, which was about the same as Lu Ye's calculation.
But at this point, the pressure on HanCi clearly increased. She often had to rest for a long time before she could take another step.
At a certain moment, Lu Ye suddenly discovered that HanCi's body was trembling slightly. He realized that the situation wasn't good. HanCi seemed to have reached her limit.
Upon closer inspection, her clothes were soaked in sweat and clung to her body. Lu Ye already knew that she had a good figure, but he didn't know it was this good.
For a moment, he couldn't help but take a few more glances. His heart was burning, and even his gaze became aggressive.
As if sensing his gaze, HanCi's body trembled even more violently.
No!
Lu Ye's expression suddenly became vigilant.
Although he would usually take a few more glances if he encountered a beautiful female cultivator or a good figure, it was only a glance. Everyone had their own aesthetic preferences. If he encountered someone or something that suited his taste, it was normal to take a few more glances. It was an instinct.
But Lu Ye never had any evil thoughts because of this.
But just now, he actually had some thoughts that he shouldn't have.
The reason for that? Lu Ye faintly felt that this was not the case. He wanted to withdraw his gaze, but there was a voice in the depths of his heart that stopped him. It made his gaze even more aggressive, like a leech that was biting on HanCi's curvaceous body, and his mind was filled with thoughts.
Lu Ye quickly calmed his mind and observed his body.
There were no abnormalities!
It was as if everything that happened just now was just following the actions of his heart.
However, this was obviously not right. Something must have affected him.
However, he had the Talent Tree. If any strange external force invaded his body, the Talent Tree would react.
So far, he had only heard Bai Lu's singing in the merfolk territory, which had affected his rationality a little. But that was the mystery of the merfolk's singing, which was not something the ability of the Talent Tree could resolve. In the end, he had relied on his strong willpower to get rid of the influence of Bai Lu's singing.
But the situation this time was completely different from that time. He knew that the thoughts that emerged in his mind were wrong, but the more he wanted to restrain himself, the more difficult it was to extricate himself. He even had a kind of impatience to immerse himself in it and quickly put it into action.
It could be said that the power that affected him this time was even more terrifying than Bai Lu's singing.
This made one's hair stand on end.
There was no abnormality in his body, so the problem was not his body. Thinking of this, Lu Ye quickly checked his Spirit Sea.
When his Soul Avatar appeared, Lu Ye was slightly startled because he found that there was a pink mist floating in his Spirit Sea at some unknown time.
Moreover, the mist was still changing according to his thoughts, constantly expanding. The more he wanted to restrain those thoughts that he shouldn't have, the faster the pink mist expanded, as if it wanted to envelop his Spirit Sea.
And as the mist expanded, he found that his thoughts were becoming more and more crazy!
"Fellow Daoist Li!" HanCi's voice suddenly came from the stairs. Her voice was trembling, as if she was trying to endure something.
Lu Ye looked up and saw that HanCi had turned around to face him at some unknown time. Her face was frighteningly red and her fists were tightly clenched, her nails digging into her palms and bleeding.
Lu Ye could tell at a glance that she was facing the same problem as him, but her willpower was obviously as strong as his, otherwise she would have succumbed to the distracting thoughts that constantly emerged in her mind.
It wasn't HanCi's doing!
Lu Ye originally thought that HanCi had secretly done something, but seeing her like this, he knew he was wrong.
But if it wasn't HanCi, then what was the problem?
Before Lu Ye could ask, HanCi answered, "The Heaven Desire Demonic Spider!"
"What?" Lu Ye was surprised.
HanCi closed her eyes and her chest heaved violently, "We didn't kill all the Heaven Desire Demonic Spiders. There are even stronger Heaven Desire Demonic Spiders. They might have been hiding here all this time, or they might have secretly followed us here. Only by finding them and killing them can we be free, otherwise …"
She didn't say what would happen, but Lu Ye knew that the result would be bad.
But how could there be a Heaven Desire Demonic Spider here? He hadn't noticed anything strange at all.
As he looked around, Lu Ye was shocked to discover that there were strands of white spider silk all over the cave. They crisscrossed and weaved together, covering the entire cave. When he looked back, he saw that the entrance he and HanCi had come from was covered by a spider web.
This was unbelievable. Although he had been observing HanCi's situation for the past two days, he hadn't let his guard down. He had no idea when these spider silk and webs had appeared.
Lu Ye faintly realized that they were in big trouble this time. No matter whether the Heaven Desire Demonic Spider had been hiding here all along or had secretly followed them here, it was definitely extremely powerful. It was very likely that it was one of Yue Yao's Star Beasts. Otherwise, there was no way they could have gone undetected.
Forcefully suppressing the distracting thoughts in his mind, Lu Ye raised his Pan Shan Saber and slashed at the spider web behind him.
The saber slashed down, but to Lu Ye's surprise, the seemingly weak spider web didn't seem to be affected at all. The Pan Shan Saber enhanced with the Divine Edge Spirit Mark couldn't cut it at all. Instead, an extremely strong adhesive force came from the spider web and firmly stuck the Pan Shan Saber to it.
Lu Ye's spiritual energy surged and madly poured into the saber. In an instant, the Pan Shan Saber ignited with violent flames.
The spider web was still intact. This made Lu Ye even more certain that the Heaven Desire Demonic Spider hiding in the dark was a Yue Yao Star Beast. Just the spider web alone was so strong that it couldn't be compared to the Heaven Desire Demonic Spiders he had killed before.
As the sound of something breaking through the air rang out, a few strands of spider silk suddenly flew out from the spider web toward Lu Ye. Lu Ye's eyes twitched, and he hurriedly retreated.
However, the Pan Shan Saber landed on the spider web and was quickly covered by it. The saber couldn't be seen anymore.
This was the first time that a weapon cultivator had lost his weapon. However, in that situation, if he hadn't abandoned the saber, he would have been entangled by the spider silk.
The spider silk came from all directions, and Lu Ye had to dodge it in a very sorry state.
His current situation wasn't optimistic. On one hand, he had to fight with the various distracting thoughts in the depths of his heart. The more he fought, the more violent they became. On the other hand, he had to dodge the spider silk and search for the Heaven Desire Demonic Spider.
In just a few moments, Lu Ye felt a little weak.
With the support of the Insight Spirit Tattoo, Lu Ye couldn't even see a shadow, let alone the Heaven Desire Demonic Spider.
In this situation, if he wanted to escape, he could use the Imperial Equipment he had left outside the cave to activate the Void Spirit Tattoo. However, if he left like this, the Pan Shan Saber would be gone. Moreover, if he left BanCi here alone, she would definitely die.
BanCi's situation was even worse. Although she was also dodging the spider silk, the various desires in her heart were obviously affecting her greatly. Thus, it didn't take long for one of her hands to be entangled by the spider silk. This time, the situation was even worse. A few more strands of spider silk came, and BanCi couldn't dodge them anymore. Her hands and legs were tightly bound.
When Lu Ye saw this, he knew that she was finished. He was afraid that BanCi would die in the next moment.
However, what puzzled Lu Ye was that after binding BanCi, the Heaven Desire Demonic Spider didn't have any intention of killing her.
And judging from BanCi's expression, she didn't seem to be very flustered.
Her eyes had already become extremely blurred, like spring water, but the expression on her face was one of extreme shame and indignation. The moment her entire body was bound, the shame and indignation disappeared and was replaced by a resolute determination, as if she had made up her mind.
"Li Taibai, do you know why it didn't kill us?" BanCi suddenly asked.
"I don't know!" Lu Ye was dodging the spider silk attacks from all directions. He was also puzzled by BanCi's question. At this moment, if the Heaven Desire Demonic Spider wanted to kill BanCi, it could do so easily. Moreover, Lu Ye could feel that the spider silk attacking him only wanted to trap him and didn't have any intention of hurting or killing him.
The Heaven Desire Demonic Spider hiding in the dark didn't have any intention of killing him.
"Because it wants to suck our blood essence!" BanCi explained.
"Even if it kills us, it can still suck our blood!" Lu Ye said.
"It's not the same!" BanCi shook her head, "This is a Moon Jade Stage Heaven Desire Demonic Spider. Ordinary blood essence doesn't have much of an attraction to it. What it wants is blood essence that has reached the peak of passion. That's what it desires, especially since we're both late Constellation Stage cultivators, is undoubtedly very attractive to it. Now that it's hiding in the dark, you and I won't be able to find it. And before it succeeds, it won't easily show itself!"
(End of Chapter)
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