Chapter Seventy-two: Sword Slave

  Zi Hong's green silk sword scattered, and in an instant, hundreds of sword auras surrounded the cultivator.

  The cultivator waved the flag, and a black wind rolled in. A fierce tiger pounced out of the black wind, opening its mouth to bite towards Zi Hong. Zi Hong pointed with one finger, and a burst of lightning exploded from his fingertip, blasting the tiger into a cloud of smoke and dust. The black wind did not disperse, but instead grew larger, enveloping the cultivator and rolling towards Bai Qi.

  Bai Qi's reversed scale spear suddenly opened its scales, and the spear pierced into the black wind. The black wind instantly dissipated, and the refining air soldier holding the command flag had a look of shock on his face as he stared at his own chest that was pierced through. Hundreds of green silk threads chopped down, immediately dismembering the refining air soldier.

  The yin spirit of the cultivator was sucked in by the Inverse Scale Spear.

  Bai Qi put away his spear and switched to the Lianquan divine spear, going to pursue and kill those demon soldiers. These hundreds of demon soldiers had strong bodies, and even when cut by Qing Si's sword, they did not immediately die.

  Zi Hong swiftly rolled up the command flag and put it away in her hand. This command flag could command the demon soldiers, which was of great help to her. The Qing Si sword was not powerful enough when scattered, but with the demon soldiers protecting her, she had many more moves when fighting against humans.

  Bai Qi would never compete with his senior sister for this thing. Along the way, Chu Jiang Wang's divine power was all cheap for him.

  Bai Qi had the Inverse Scale Spear in hand, and didn't put much stock in any equipment. To say nothing of Nascent Soul stage cultivators, even if it were a Void Return stage cultivator who wasn't careful and got stabbed by him, they would definitely die on the spot. It's just that those who cultivated Golden Cores had keen senses, so it was impossible for him to get close enough for close combat.

  Hundreds of demon soldiers lost their command, all were small demons in the gasification period, and were quickly killed by Bai Qi and Zi Hong. Later, Bai Qi simply released the demon gourd to collect the remaining demon soldiers. He found that the demon soldiers in the gasification period did not help much with his combat skills, so he didn't waste time on these demon soldiers either.

  "Junior brother, quickly take back this cave mansion. The Night Emperor's people have been appearing frequently, and I'm afraid we've already been targeted." Zi Hong urged Bai Qi. Her power, wanting to take back the Chu Jiang Wang cave mansion, would probably take several years of effort. With Bai Qi having the Chu Jiang Wang jade seal in hand, it was relatively much easier.

  Bai nodded and began to refine the jade seal of Chu Jiang Wang.

  The heavenly power of the jade seal had long been dissolved and absorbed by the Inverse Scale Spear, and Bai Qi simply used his divine thought to enter it, finding the seed of the jade seal's talisman. He imprinted his divine thought onto it, but as soon as he did, a powerful force bounced him out.

  Bai Qi was delighted, which meant that the power of Yu Xie was strong enough. Without the master and the protection of the immortal force, he couldn't refine it easily. He had underestimated it before, not thinking it was a good thing. If Chu Jiang Wang's Yu Xie wasn't refined, Chu Jiang Wang's cave mansion would be out of reach. Bai Qi opened his mouth wide and swallowed the Yu Xie into his belly.

  In the mysterious space, the petals of the fire-green lotus flower opened and wrapped the jade seal inside. The jade seal had no owner, and was at the mercy of the white-started demon fire's refining. Bai Qi was very decisive, and he continuously swallowed thirty-six Purple Sun Spirit Pills, sending them into the fire-green lotus.

  Bai Qi's fire suddenly surged with a burst of energy from the green lotus, and the flames instantly became more intense. Bai Qi even heard the sound of crackling.

  The six paths of the demon fire penetrated into the jade seal, and the talisman seed was extracted, unfolding in an instant. It turned out to be a seed composed of 128,000 talisman characters. These talismans burned in the demon fire, changing colors constantly. In Bai Qi's heart, the meaning of these talismans flowed past, almost instantly grasping the usage of the jade seal.

  It seems that this demon fire can not only be used for attacks, but also for refining treasures. Bai Qi had never heard of any Taoist method that could refine equipment so quickly. He opened his eyes and spat out the jade seal.

  "Older sister."

  Zi Hong sat beside him, protecting the law for him. Seeing Bai Qi open his eyes, Zi Hong smiled and said, "Not bad, it only took six hours to succeed!"

  "Six periods of time!" Bai Qi was shocked, just now he only felt that a few breaths had passed, but it had already been six periods of time. However, to have cultivated 128,000 talismans in six periods of time was indeed extremely fast. After all, his realm was very low, if it were Zi Hong, he wouldn't be able to achieve such speed.

  This Chu Jiang Wang Yu Xi is the central hub of the cave, after Bai Qi's sacrifice and refinement of the jade seal, the secrets within the cave have been completely opened to him. Bai Qi threw the jade seal into the air, and it found its own position in an instant. Space shifted, and Bai Qi and Zi Hong were brought to a grand hall, which was the palace where Chu Jiang Wang handled government affairs.

  Chu Jiang Wang took all his demon soldiers away, and the palace was empty. Bai Qi destroyed the divine power on the jade seal, and this cave dwelling, which was refined according to the requirements of the Heavenly Court, had some places that had collapsed, looking desolate and ruined.

  Eighty-one grand halls, nine thousand nine hundred and ninety rooms, with the Yin River water blocking the space in front, and the Xian Garden planting spiritual medicine behind. Chu Jiang Wang, a demon god, didn't know how to manage it. After receiving the heavenly court's appointment, he still spent most of his time on managing his own demon soldiers and generals, and a good cave mansion was wasted.

  "Sister, wait for me." Bai Qi's divine sense swept through every corner of the cave mansion, feeling that this place was no longer usable. Those demonic soldiers and generals had left behind a lot of filthy things in each room, which were all troublesome to clean up.

  Zi Hong didn't ask for the reason, and Bai Qi took back the jade seal. With a loud "收" (收 means "to collect" or "to put away"), the entire cave mansion instantly turned into a black dot, about to be sucked into the jade seal. Just in time, Bai Qi raised the Youling Hulu (a magical gourd) and sent the entire cave mansion into it first.

  Zi Hong's eyes flashed with a white light, and he had already returned to the river valley. However, on top of Bai Qi's head, the demonic gourd was emitting a dense aura that slowly rotated in mid-air.

  Zi Hong helplessly raised his Qing Si sword, shielding Bai Qi and preventing his vital energy from leaking out.

  Bai Qi's eyes narrowed as he caught a glimpse of a figure flashing outside the valley. He whispered to Zi Hong, "Sister, trouble you to guard the law, I still need some time."

  Zi Hong nodded and took out a talisman, ready to respond to the enemy at any time.

  Bai Qi manipulated the jade seal, causing the cave mansion to disintegrate within the demon spirit gourd. The cyan and gold-colored aura inside the gourd surged forward. Pi Luo Tongzi was shocked to see that the surrounding space was collapsing, shrinking, and then expanding. The Demon Spirit Gourd's center, where the Zhan Seal Altar was located, had its illusory shadow continuously rising and expanding, transforming into a nine-layered high platform in an instant.

  Each floor of the high platform is thirty-six zhang high, and above the ninth floor, a long red banner appeared, waving in the wind.

  White rose and shattered, the cave mansion was gone. The demon spirit gourd absorbed it, restoring the original appearance of the beheading platform, but unfortunately, not even a single layer of its physical form remained.

  Bailu Tongzi saw that the space around the beheading seal god platform had expanded by an unknown number of times. A river of water gushed out from under the ground, flowing endlessly around the beheading seal god platform. The land beneath his feet also thickened countless times and showed signs of life, no longer like before when it relied on that cyan-golden aura to nourish it for its body to survive.

  It's not just that the General's Seal God Platform was elevated, but after the Seal God Platform, a large medicinal field appeared, which is over ten miles in size. The main body of Bì Luó Tóng Zǐ is located there, and a giant tree grows there, with a canopy of several miles in size. However, it is Bì Luó Tóng Zǐ who has absorbed the spiritual energy inside the gourd, and his main body already shows signs of advancing to the next level.

  That giant tree has bloomed, with lush flowers and leaves, thick branches hanging down, piercing the ground, and growing roots again. This one tree is like a forest.

  Baili Tongzi was overjoyed, having lost his original life's demon fire. He had thought that becoming an immortal was hopeless for this lifetime and could only rely on Bai Qi to live forever. However, Bai Qi hadn't completely severed the connection between him and his true body. Now that his true body had been nourished again, he might be able to form a Golden Elixir after all.

  Bailu Tongzi knelt on the ground, knocked his head towards the empty space and said "Thank you, old master".

  Bai Qi's voice came: "Pilu Tongzi, from now on you will be in charge of managing the medicine garden for me. If there are any spiritual medicines, you will be responsible for planting them, can you do a good job?"

  "Old master, little demon is good at this, it's just planting spiritual medicine, but fertilizer is needed..."

  "Don't worry, I'll give you a lot of fertilizer." Bai Qi's voice stopped abruptly, and something flew into the gourd. It was the Chu Jiang Wang Yu Xiang. The palace, Yin River, and all were absorbed by the Fengshen Tower, leaving only the medicine garden behind. This Chu Jiang Wang Yu Xiang was useless to him, so he left it for Bi Luo Tong Zi as a means of self-defense. In case something in the medicine garden became a spirit, Bi Luo Tong Zi could easily suppress it.

  Bai Qi was also lazy, he had left the task of planting herbs entirely to Beiluo Tongzi. When Beiluo Tongzi's boundary improved in the future, this medicine garden would be expanded by him, Bai Qi didn't want to do everything personally.

  Zhan will seal off the nine layers of the Divine Sealing Platform and create illusions. In the future, as long as he condenses them into reality, Bai Qi can replace Tian to seal the gods.

  The gourd has now completely turned into a green color, and the inner wall of the gourd has begun to appear with talisman seeds. This time, nine talismans were condensed at once, consuming the nine inverted scale crystals that had been condensed in Bai Qi's dantian. Until then, Bai Qi was considered to have truly mastered the Youling Gourd.

  Moreover, this demon gourd was originally a heavenly spiritual root, with a rather high grade. After being tempered by the blue and gold aura for so long, its vessel body finally appeared perfect. On the outside of the gourd, there were illusory shadows of mountains, rivers, and streams flowing. The gourd itself had also become an existence similar to a cave mansion.

  He swallowed the gourd into the strange space, Bai Qi stood up and took out the Li Quan Divine Gun.

  He had been fighting for more than two hours, and Zi Hong was already engaged in a fierce battle with someone. The sky was filled with flying swords, and Zi Hong protected Bai Qi while also dueling another person.

  This man is eight feet tall, with a white face and long whiskers, looking elegant and refined. He wears a light blue Taoist robe and wields a purple sword glow, standing tall with an air of elegance. The countless green threads are unable to get close under the pressure of his purple sword glow.

  Zi Hong was already going all out, but Dao Ren was still in control.

  Bai Qi glanced out and saw a dozen or so people standing outside the valley, knowing that this person was playing with Zi Hong, not using his full strength. This person's swordsmanship was even more brilliant than Zi Hong's, but the flying sword in his hand was not as good as Zi Hong's, relying solely on skill to fight.

  Bai Qi shouted: "That Taoist priest, relying on his strength to bully the weak, isn't that a loss of dignity!"

  The Taoist laughed and said, "We are just sword slaves under the Sword King, what identity can we talk about? You two children are not bad, I don't want to kill you, why not cleanse your body and follow me to serve the Sword King, and teach you the supreme swordsmanship."