177: Chapter 167 177: Chapter 167 “Eryao, are you saying Huang Chen is already dead?
Turned into a ghost cultivator and came here?” Jiang Tang did not take pleasure in his enemy’s misfortune, thinking that rivals must certainly die.
In this world without rule of law for cultivators, dying and then being able to continue cultivating, like these ghosts creating mischief in the space, killing not humans but demonic beasts, also gave the impression that they were plotting something sinister.
Jiang Tang believed that the brash Huang Chen, who pressured others into high cultivation but lacked the ability himself, wouldn’t stoop to creating a plague.
If the person who created the plague that killed his family and villagers was someone behind Huang Chen, then why did Huang Chen die as well?
It was a complete mystery, one that Jiang Tang couldn’t understand.
His enemy had died, yet was now before him, and previously he couldn’t wait to seek revenge.
Now knowing that Huang Chen was dead, yet he was not turned into a pile of yellow earth and might still confront him, Jiang Tang was quite confident that, if it were only Huang Chen, he certainly had means to deal with him.
He needed to find out what Magical Treasure was in Huang Chen’s possession that allowed him to detect toxins and remnants of flames that harmed living beings.
However, there was one thing he knew about Huang Chen, he was quite afraid of his Xuanming Spiritual Fire and Qianji Fire.
Jiang Tang suspected that the one Huang Chen had saved could be his master, possibly the devil they were seeking.
Thinking this, he couldn’t sit still any longer, and summoned his Xuanming Spiritual Fire to pursue the Taoist whom Huang Chen had saved.
“Daddy, powerful…” Eryao felt his father was changing, no longer the easygoing face, learning to fight back was a good thing.
“Such a devil, even if heaven does not take him, Daddy will take care of him.
How can we let him go out and harm living beings?”
Jiang Tang said these words through gritted teeth, seeing the relatives and villagers in the space who had undergone Spirit Awakening, he couldn’t help but feel angry in his heart.
If this vengeance was not exacted, it would be a disgrace to his filial duty.
Even though he came from a society governed by law in his past life, his soul had been in this place for three years, and after being bullied so many times, his character had become much stronger.
The Golden Core Taoist, who had been saved by Huang Chen, was covered in blood.
He immediately stuffed Pills into his mouth, Healing Medicine, pills to replenish Spiritual Energy, and took a breath before saying:
“Disciple, fortunately, you have this powerful Magical Treasure, otherwise your master would have also disappeared in this space today.”
The Golden Core Elder had not expected that the Demonic Beasts in the Hell Palace, after millions of years, would be so fierce.
As the one who controlled the Hell Palace, he wasn’t the one who created the Magical Treasure of the Hell Palace.
When he entered the treasure, his advantages turned into weaknesses, and he could be attacked by powerful beasts.
Yet he dared not leave this space, as he could feel that if he left, he would be captured.
The Golden Core Elder could feel that the space of the Hell Palace was bound by another’s Magical Treasure, and if he left this treasure, he would be caught.
Even if he had to die inside the treasure, he couldn’t allow himself to be captured.
The Golden Core Elder could feel that the righteousness emanating from the person who would capture him was his nemesis.
“Master, let’s escape quickly!” Huang Chen suddenly felt a sensation of flames, a feeling very familiar, having experienced it just a few days ago.
The Golden Core Elder, still unaware of the danger, was pulled by Huang Chen controlling the Magical Treasure, tugging at his collar and flying at high speed below the grounds of the Hell Palace.
This metal Magnet Magic Treasure tunneled through the gray earth as fast as if flying in the sky.
While their Magical Treasure was fast, the Xuanming Spiritual Fire was also very fast, not only tracking them but also spouting flames.
The skin of the Golden Core Elder, who had begun to heal after taking Healing Medicine, was once again scorched red by the Xuanming Spiritual Fire and started peeling slightly.
“Ahh!” The Golden Core Elder felt as if his skin were roasting.
“Ah…” Huang Chen in the magical treasure was suffering just as much as his master.
While the master’s body was being roasted by flames, his soul was being grilled.
In the end, he had no choice but to repeat the old trick and dived into the river, hiding in the silt at the bottom.
If the Xuanming Spiritual Fire encountered ordinary water, it wouldn’t be stopped since it had already developed Fire Spirit.
However, the water in the river inside the Hell Palace was something that the Xuanming Spiritual Fire couldn’t penetrate.
Feeling that the water in the river was its nemesis, the Xuanming Spiritual Fire flew swiftly above the river, attempting to use this method to drain the water below.
The actions of the Xuanming Spiritual Fire were futile.
The Hell Palace was a magic treasure created by an Immortal over ten thousand years ago.
Although it had become damaged and fought over, retaining only 1% of its power, the Golden Core Elder had nourished it with spiritual energy over the years, and it had recovered to 50% of its power.
The Xuanming Spiritual Fire was only one of the best and rarest treasures in the cultivation world, and even with a Fire Spirit, it couldn’t compare to the water function within the magic treasure that was the Hell Palace, created by an Immortal.
The water in the river was from an unknown source and flowed towards an unknown destination.
The Xuanming Spiritual Fire was unable to do anything to the water in the spatial confines of the Hell Palace, and the Fire Spirit was furiously spinning in irritation.
“Sizzling”
This was the sound of a Magnet Magic Treasure encountering water, and another sound was that of the Golden Core Elder’s skin meeting water.
Water met the fiery items and emitted a sizzling sound, thick smoke rising from above the water.
The Golden Core Elder, drenched, gasped for air and took some pills from his storage bag to consume, angrily looking at the fire above the river.
“Dammit… what sort of fire is this?”
“Master, this is the Xuanming Spiritual Fire I mentioned to you before.
I wanted to seize the treasure, but I didn’t expect Jiang Tang to not only be alive but for the Xuanming Spiritual Fire to be even more formidable,” said Huang Chen bitterly.
“What?
Is it the person you wanted to murder for treasure who came back to this place?
How did he enter then?”
The Golden Core Elder couldn’t believe that someone thought to be dead could emerge so powerfully, possibly with a formidable pet at his side.
“Master, who am I supposed to ask if you don’t know?
Wasn’t it you who picked up the magical treasure?
You even said it had no flaws, so there can only be one explanation—Jiang Tang has a more powerful magical treasure on him than we do.”
“No, we must get rid of Jiang Tang and seize the formidable magical treasure on him; otherwise, our plans will be ruined,” thought the Golden Core Elder, recalling the plans he had intended to carry out, foiled time and again, not expecting such an inferior cultivator to cause them so much distress with just magical treasures.
“Hmm, I too want to finish him off, but Master, we’re not as capable as they are right now.
Haven’t you noticed we’re hiding here?”
“Alas, there will always be a way,” the Golden Core Elder created a ring of light that enveloped him.
He cast a spell on himself, removed the clothes that had been burned by the fire, and replaced them with ones from his storage bag.
The Golden Core Elder sat down to meditate and restore his spiritual energy within the light circle.
Seeing his master healing, Huang Chen also tended to his own injuries.
The Demonic Beasts, realizing their enemy had been snatched away, were searching when they suddenly felt the heat from the flames.
They hung around water sources, sensing that the water in the river could dissipate the heat.
Discovering the fire spinning above the river, the Demonic Beasts were alert and on guard, yet they couldn’t sense anything from the flames that would endanger them.