Episode 124

  And then, the insufficient one was struck by lightning and flew towards the stone gate. His heart was greatly shocked. Because of the electric light flashing on the gate, he felt a great unease in his heart. For a moment, shock and anger filled him, and in his great fear, he hastily operated to communicate with the original source power to protect his body. The six senses were indistinguishable, only the insufficient one was vaguely perceptible. It seemed thin like smoke or dust, without shape, color, or sound. Suddenly, a loud rumbling sound came, it was the lightning striking and killing. The insufficient one unconsciously let out a miserable cry, but after the cry, his body had no pain or unusual symptoms. He only fell heavily to the ground in the lightning area, landing on his back facing the sky, his body without pain, but on the ground above, there was a deep human-shaped imprint. The insufficient one got up, saw that all around him was flashing with silver light, and the thunder was continuous, its momentum was shocking, but there was nothing else. His heart tightened, and he secretly said:

  "This place is no good!"

  He then rushed inward at high speed. After dozens of miles, the ground passed by and only then did he realize that the thunder and lightning were gradually becoming less frequent. After passing through tens of meters more, he finally escaped from the sea of thunder and emerged out. Turning his head back to look, he suddenly realized that this thunder field was actually a grand forbidden array, probably guarding the entrance to the Ten Thousand Calamity Abyss!

  "Alas! The primal energy of a certain family is unknown what kind of thing, and it can withstand lightning without being destroyed!"

  At this time, he was slightly calm in his heart, and looked around in all directions to examine the new place where he was imprisoned. In the dim sky and earth, it was impossible to see clearly thousands of feet away. The sky and earth were a single color, all scattered with a faint blue light. The deeper inside, the darker it became, and he didn't know what it was! Insufficiently, he was frightened and lost his spirit.

  "Good heavens! This place is so gloomy and frightening, I don't know what great danger is waiting for me! Never mind! Never mind! I don't know how many days I'll be detained here, let's move forward and take a look, if there's anything unusual, we'll turn back!"

  Insufficient to lift one's feet, about to move forward, with one foot still not having touched the ground, suddenly seeing in front of a dim and dark sky, dark shadows flickering, large ones like small mountains, small ones no bigger than a mouse. Either dense or sparse, three or two together, some rising from the clouds, others standing on the yellow earth, either floating or drifting. The shapes of all things are different, like mountains, like rocks, like grass, like trees, with some resembling birds and beasts, and some resembling humans. All things in the world exist here, and every aspect of the material world is included. The most unusual thing is that all objects in this place have seven orifices wide open, their eyes shining with light, their noses spraying mist, their mouths making sounds, and their ears trembling as if hearing a sound.

  "What is this thing? How did it come into existence?"

  When all the objects saw a strange object entering, they flew in and rushed forward, their momentum was very frightening. Not daring to be too surprised, he activated the Golden Body Technique to protect his body with a spell shield, and summoned the Taiyi Mysterious Spirit Technique to recognize the spirit, forming a sword mark on top of his body to prevent sudden attacks by foreign objects. After that, he quickly looked around in all directions, wanting to find a way to escape. Only then did he realize that there were strange objects rushing from all eight directions, and even the empty space above his head was pressed down like dark clouds.

  "Good heavens! Am I going to die here?"

  Insufficient to shout out loud. On the one hand, he used his divine power with all his might, and launched a killing technique, punching out. However, the evil spirits were not affected by the force, and when the punch was gone, it dispersed like fog, and when the fist returned, it came back as before. But unfortunately, the condensed divine sword in his hand was invaded by the evil spirits, disappearing bit by bit. Every time there was an attack by a strange object, Insufficient would shout out loud. The evil spirit could actually attack the main body of the divine soul! And yet, Insufficient's divine power couldn't hurt its body!

  "Ah! Ah! Ah!......"

  Insufficient to withstand the impact, the pain is unbearable, and in fear, it continuously wails. On one side, it hastily recalls its divine spirit back to the sea of consciousness, not daring to come out again! However, during this time, strange objects appear as if they are delicious, and with reckless abandon, they all rush forward, some striking with their hands, others biting with their mouths, or kicking with their feet, or colliding with their bodies. As the strange objects accumulate more and more, from all directions, layer upon layer, they press in and finally form a thousand-meter giant mountain, covering the insufficient body, unable to move even slightly. At first, it didn't think about it, only fearing that its massive power would crush it, shattering bones and pulverizing flesh, causing death and annihilation of the soul! But as the strange objects gather like a mountain, its body surprisingly can withstand it! And in its heart, there is great peace.

  "I thought this thing was fierce, but it's not too heavy. My life might be spared!"

  Although so, the weight of the giant mountain still presses it down, unable to escape from the mountainside or enter into the ground below, with no place to hide. The oppression of the spirit is still heavy, and the depression in my heart cannot be released. I am anxious all day, unable to find a way out. Moreover, after three to five days, an evil feeling has gradually arisen in my mind, constantly eroding my consciousness, making me extremely frightened, and hastily thinking of a good solution.

  Taiyi's true person, Jin Chan'er, sat in a small room below the residence of the disciples, with the door tightly closed. In front of her was a wooden box on a low table, simple yet elegant. Her eyebrows were furrowed, her expression solemn, and her hands moved swiftly as she formed seal after seal, which then disappeared into the box. Chan'er had been in seclusion here for several days already.

  Nine days ago, the Jiuling Shen Box suddenly made a big move. Chang'er took it out and placed it on the table to communicate with Bai Jiao Jiao through a spell. Only then did she learn that her mother's soul was insufficient, her soul power had increased greatly, and she urgently needed to refine her spirit and return. Otherwise, her soul would collapse and perish due to lack of energy!

  "Jiao Jiao, it's not that your soul power is insufficient to surpass Brother's mother's, but rather it's because of your own efforts! However, your soul is too strong, and the condensation requires too much soul power. You dividing it for me is not beneficial for you, and in the future, you must not do this again without permission."

  "Alright, every word is not enough to describe my brother's inadequacy, how disgusting! As for that Shi family being inadequate, I'm afraid it's only a matter of marrying into the wrong family! If I don't put in some effort earlier, will I still have a place in the future? Hehehe......"

  "You little brat, how detestable!"

  "Sister, is your brother-in-law treating you well?"

  "Oh dear! How embarrassing! Such words can actually be spoken!"

  "Sister did it, but can't say anything about younger sister?"

  "Oh dear! Jiao Jiao, I was just saying you're not good enough."

  "Sister, it seems that Mother's spirit has a bit of understanding. If the soul refining is successful, perhaps she can understand some things more clearly!"

  "Just condensing one's spirit requires seizing the spiritual energy of a hundred herbs and ten thousand trees, which goes against the heavenly way. However, if I don't do it, one of Shī Mǔ's souls will disappear, and it's hard to be reborn!"

  "Sister, it goes against the heavenly way, let it disperse naturally."

  "Sister, you clearly know what I mean, yet you still tease me like this, how annoying!"

  "Hahahaha...... It's precisely because of sisters like you that after a million years of cultivation, there are still those with soft hearts and weak wills!"

  "Sister, take care! I'm going to practice the law of refining my spirit, you should carefully cultivate and absorb the vital energy that I've captured, in order to increase the strength of your soul!"

  "Sister be careful, extracting the vital energy of all living things and forming a soul with the power of Wanmu may harm the harmony of heaven, I'm afraid it might even attract thunderbolts!"

  "Hmm, this shouldn't be a problem. It's just a trivial matter, it won't be too difficult!"

  She was Chang'er, and she began to practice her magic here. The vitality of the grasses and trees within a hundred miles followed the power of her magical incantations, thread by thread, drifting and floating back into this room, gathering between Chang'er's fingers, taking nine days to complete. Between Chang'er's jade hands, a faint green glow gradually emerged, like a dream or an illusion, soft and weak, as if a ghostly spirit was fluttering about, yet full of vitality. Chang'er let out a long breath and said:

  "Jiao Jiao, I have condensed into a spirit, this will be imprinted on the soul of Jiuxing Shenhe's mother, and the remaining vitality should not be allowed to disperse, it is better to absorb it all."

  "Got it, sister."

  Chang'er once again used her magic to refine the soul, causing Shi Mu's soul to merge with this one. This kind of practice was extremely exhausting, and after finishing, Chang'er's entire body was exhausted. It had been a long time since she had felt this way!

  When Chang'e left the pass, she walked out of her boudoir and only then did she discover that within a hundred miles, the grass and trees were withering and dying.

  "Alas, it's indeed my fault."

  "Ah! You're like a younger sister, you've finally come out of seclusion. The master has issued an order to carefully investigate the matter of someone forcibly extracting the vital energy from all living things within tens of miles."

  "Oh! I understand. Then I'll go with all of you senior sisters."

  Chang'e followed them as they went, but her heart had long since flown away with the clear breeze to the Cavern of the Captured Immortal.

  "This month has passed, I don't know how my brother is doing at home?"

  Shi Shen entered the prison of the Xian Lao, went straight through the hall and corridor, and left the insufficient prisoners.

  "Ah! My family is lacking an older brother!"

  Chang'e was shocked and lost her voice.

  "What's that noise?"

  "Go and investigate!"

  "Yes! Head!"

  Before long, the jailer reported back:

  "Head, I'm afraid we two misheard, there is no one inside."

  "Isn't it great that everything is calm and peaceful? Are you still waiting for something to happen?"

  Chang'e recognizes the divine and comes out again, not daring to stay for long, like flying back.

  "Oh dear! You're like a younger sister to me, your elder sister has called you several times, why aren't you responding?"

  "Sister Master, I've made a mistake in my cultivation this time and have lost my concentration for a moment. Please don't blame me!"

  "Look at yourself! Your own sister, how can you say such things?"

  That slightly older senior sister said so, but a hint of hatred flashed across her eyebrows. Although Chang'er had long been aware of it, she didn't care at this time and was only worried about being insufficient, feeling anxious and unable to calm down all day. After searching for a good half-day, she returned to the Xiuren Temple after reporting back to the Female True Person. She tidied up her things, turned around and went straight to the door of the Cangxian Prison. Chang'er had already harbored evil intentions, if there was nothing wrong with this place, then it would be easy to repair the gate, she must make it extinct!