txolops Chapter 30 Sect Plaque
Chapter 30 Sect Plaque
"There's actually a formation!"
"Fellow Daoist Li, hurry and go!"
Huang Jing was so startled that he trembled all over and immediately threw his magic weapon to block the Xuan Dao.
Chu Qinghe also made a move at the same time, throwing out a magical artifact to buy time for Ji Yun.
Click!
The two magical artifacts shattered instantly.
The Xuan Blade was completely unaffected and slashed straight at Ji Yun's head!
"Fellow Daoist Li!"
Huang Jing shouted, momentarily at a loss, unsure how to rescue him.
Of course, he could see that too.
The speed and power of this strike were terrifying; it was probably a strike that could only be unleashed at the late stage of Qi Refining!
It seems insignificant.
But it was already earth-shattering!
Even just watching from the sidelines, the chilling intent emanating from the blade was enough to send shivers down his spine, as if he would be killed by it at any moment.
At the bottom of the night sea.
No one can stop this strike!
Ji Yun stood frozen in place, as if terrified by the blade, staring blankly at the blade slashing towards him, and actually raised his hand to block it.
That posture resembled that of a child being scolded by an elder, instinctively covering their head to protect themselves.
But it's just one arm.
It can block the vines of elders, but it can't block the slashes of late-stage Qi Refining cultivators!
"It's over!"
"Li Yun is finished..."
Huang Jing's heart trembled.
At this moment, all I feel is bewilderment and regret.
Ji Yun is only eighteen years old. He has just broken through to the second level of Qi Refining. Why did I bring him to this Wanshi Sea and let him die for nothing?
Wow.
A flash of sword light appeared.
They headed straight for the black blade.
Chu Qinghe bit her lower lip hard, knowing she couldn't stop the attack, but she still made a move, trying to buy Ji Yun a little more time.
But it was too late.
The Xuan Blade landed on Ji Yun's head almost instantly, slicing into his flesh!
In that instant.
The two of them could almost see Ji Yun being killed with a single blow!
Wow.
A sudden change occurred.
The Xuan Blade disintegrated without warning.
The blade disintegrated above Ji Yun's head, turning into a wisp of spiritual energy.
"this……"
"The spiritual energy has been exhausted?"
Huang Jing found this scene hard to understand.
Ji Yun stumbled back two steps, his legs gave way, and he collapsed onto the rubble, panting heavily as if he had survived a disaster.
"Hurry up!"
"Don't just stand there!"
Chu Qinghe immediately stepped forward, grabbed Ji Yun's clothes around the neck, and retreated quickly.
Huang Jing caught up a step too late.
After running a kilometer in one breath, Chu Qinghe finally placed Ji Yun on a piece of gravel.
"Hey, Fellow Daoist Li!"
"I'm so sorry, I almost got you killed here!"
Huang Jing stepped forward to help Ji Yun up, and two lines of clear tears actually rolled down his cheeks.
Only now did he realize that his heart was about to leap out of his throat.
Fortunately, Ji Yun was unharmed.
Otherwise, he would regret this for the rest of his life.
"what?"
Ji Yun looked bewildered.
His face was deathly pale and his pupils were dilated; he looked completely terrified.
Both of them were in a rather disheveled state.
One was wiping away tears, the other was slumped over.
"..."
Chu Qinghe stared intently at Ji Yun, arms crossed, without uttering a word.
She sensed something was wrong.
What a coincidence!
If the Xuan Blade had gone down an inch further, Ji Yun would have died, but it dissipated right at the top of his head.
And what about Ji Yun's sword?
After his flying sword pierced the rubble, the Xuan Blade immediately shot out from the rubble.
As a Qi Refining Level 2 cultivator who travels by sword every day, shouldn't his instinctive reaction be to block him with his sword?
But he blocked it with his hand?
His performance was so poor that it seemed like he was acting.
Combined with Ji Yun's sudden suggestion earlier, she was also advised to keep her and Huang Jing away from each other.
There must be something wrong with this.
Ji Yun may have known about this calamity beforehand, deliberately letting the two of them leave, then luring them out alone, and then resolving it through some means...
But she had no evidence.
Moreover, even if there were any evidence, she was unwilling to investigate the matter further. In any case, it saved their lives.
……
Much later.
My emotions calmed down.
The three of them went to the cave again to break the rocks, and after some careful probing, they confirmed that the spiritual energy in the cave's formation had been exhausted.
Continue breaking up the rubble.
Until the cave was revealed.
This is a cave dwelling embedded in a stone body, possibly built underground on a large floating island.
It is a very old era.
Most of the items break easily when touched.
However, the three also found quite a few items that were still in good condition.
Ji Yun scanned it with his divine sense.
It was of extremely high quality, but after hundreds of years of erosion, very little of its usefulness remained; only a few immortal materials could be extracted.
Similar to the outer shell of the rhizome.
It needs to be combined with other methods to replenish spiritual energy before it can be remade into a talisman or magic tool.
"Fellow Daoist Li, please take two items first."
"Then we will choose one by one."
Chu Qinghe spoke softly, making a direct decision and letting Ji Yun choose first.
After what just happened...
She reacted the fastest and remained calm in the face of danger, becoming the backbone of the three.
"That's how it should be."
Huang Jing smiled and patted Ji Yun.
Ji Yun went straight up and took an inconspicuous bronze incense burner and another strange, narrow plaque from a pile of miscellaneous items.
"Fellow Daoist Li, don't you want these two knives?" Huang Jing couldn't help but persuade him.
They both agreed that the two intact swords were the most valuable.
The owner of the cave was a swordsman.
These two swords were at least at the late stage of Qi Refining back then, and the fact that they have maintained their shape today indicates that their materials are of extremely high quality.
Moreover, in the entire cave, only these two knives are worth a look.
"I'm not a sword cultivator, so swords are useless to me. These two things are big, so I'll go back and cut them open to see if I can get some immortal materials."
Ji Yun smiled and shook her head.
In fact, the most precious things were the incense burner and the plaque in his hands.
However, Chu and Huang could not recognize these two items, and even if they obtained them, they would not be able to understand them, let alone repair or utilize them.
For example, this plaque.
This item appears to be a sect gate plaque, possibly originating from a sect's secret cultivation ground. It was likely a rare treasure picked up from elsewhere by the former owner of the cave dwelling.
This is a rough estimate at this moment.
When this plaque was intact, it should have been able to calm the mind, clear the spirit, open the senses and enhance wisdom, thus improving one's comprehension to a certain extent.
It's broken now.
No one can repair the lower layers of the night sea.
As for the bronze incense burner, the main attraction is the half-stick of incense remaining inside.
The incense sticks are about the thickness of a finger.
It's only half a palm's length left.
The material is unknown, it is ordinary, devoid of any spiritual energy, and resembles a mundane object.
But he had a gut feeling that this half-stick of incense was more precious than the entire cave combined.
He chose to trust his intuition.
We'll study it more later.
……
after a while.
The three of them finished dividing the items.
Chu Qinghe had also had a fortuitous encounter before; she possessed a storage bag.
But Huang Jing did not.
Therefore, Ji Yun and Chu Qinghe had no choice but to bring his share of the harvest as well.
This caused the storage bag to be too small to hold everything.
The three of them could only use cloth bags, and each of them carried a large bag on their backs.
The trip was very fruitful.
They decided to return to the Zhao family.
All three were from different families and came from the lower-class Zhao family market. Having experienced life and death together, they had more trust than others.
So the three of them made an agreement.
The matter of the cave dwelling was kept secret from the Zhao family.
The trip was indeed not very fruitful, but if word got out, probably no one would believe it.
A cave dwelling built on the upper side.
This will inevitably attract the covetous eyes of others.
So Ji Yun and Chu Qinghe returned to their respective caves and emptied their storage bags, while Huang Jing quietly waited near Zhao Family Market.
Ji Yun and the other person returned afterwards.
He then put the contents of the cloth bag into a storage bag and quietly took it back.
In this way, as long as they don't say anything, no one will know about it.