novelhk Chapter 826 The Yellow-Robed Taoist! The Underground Ice Palace! The Radiant Moon Cold Iron!
Chapter 826 The Yellow-Robed Taoist! The Underground Ice Palace! The Radiant Moon Cold Iron!
As soon as the Golden-Winged Roc King spoke, the Black Emperor and Qin Yao breathed a sigh of relief.
Compared to the eeriness of the Primordial Ancient Mine, the peerless demon was not so terrifying.
Chu Yang withdrew his gaze and led the group forward. After walking through the passage and turning a corner, their steps suddenly stopped.
Apart from Chu Yang and Hei Huang, the other four people held their breath, their pupils contracted rapidly, and they stared intently at the darkness ahead.
Under the starlight, a figure could be seen ahead, dressed in a yellow Taoist robe, standing motionless with his back to the group.
Black Emperor's eyes suddenly lit up, and he pounced with a roar, but before he could get close to the yellow-robed figure, he was sent flying straight back.
Liu Kou turned pale with fright, grabbed Hei Huang by the neck, and refused to let go. "Stupid dog! You want to get us killed?"
I just saw a coffin, and before I'd gone far, I ran into the yellow-robed Taoist in front of me. He looked like he'd come out of the coffin.
This is a no-man's land!
Especially considering how strangely Chu Yang and the Black Emperor described the Five Fiends Burial Site, the yellow-robed Taoist was clearly someone with a terrifying background.
As a result, the big black dog ignored everything and charged straight up. Wasn't that courting death?
Black King, neck stiff, bit Liu Kou's arm while grumbling, "What's there to be afraid of? That's a dead man!"
Hearing this, the group was stunned for a moment, and then breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Chu Yang slowly stepped forward, and stopped abruptly when he was within three zhang of the yellow-robed Taoist.
He gently raised his hand, as if touching an invisible barrier; it was this force that had just sent the Black Emperor flying.
After a moment's thought, a flash of light appeared in his hand, and a black catfish appeared. The catfish had scarlet eyes and was filled with a bloodthirsty aura.
The next moment, two beams of blood-red light shot out from the catfish's two scarlet eyes, containing compressed sword energy, and landed on the invisible barrier.
"squeak--"
A sharp, teeth-grinding sound rang out, but the crimson light failed to penetrate the barrier.
A hint of surprise flashed in Chu Yang's eyes. It seemed that this yellow-robed Taoist was more powerful than he had imagined.
"Master! I'll do it!" The Golden-Winged Roc King stepped forward, and the Great Wilderness Halberd appeared in his hand.
A terrifying demonic aura filled the air. He made a hand seal with one hand, seemingly operating some kind of magic, and then the seal on the Great Wilderness Halberd slowly came undone.
Five streams of Great Wilderness Power surged forth, and the Golden-Winged Roc King raised his eyebrows, sweeping his halberd horizontally and slamming it hard against the invisible barrier.
"boom!!!"
The walls of the passageway trembled as if they might collapse at any moment, but no stones or soil fell.
This ghostly vein is extraordinary. After the Great Desolate Halberd was fully unsealed, its power reached the level of a great being, yet it failed to damage the passageway in the slightest.
However, an opening was smashed in the invisible barrier in front of him, and then the barrier manifested, shimmering with a faint blue light, enveloping the yellow-robed Taoist like a bubble.
The bubble quickly shrank and eventually turned into a bead with a notch on it.
A dark shadow flashed by, and the Black Emperor put the bead in his mouth in one gulp, then looked around as if nothing had happened.
"That big black dog is utterly despicable!" Li Heishui condemned. "It was Little Peng King who broke the seal, but you're keeping the treasure for yourself!"
The Golden-Winged Roc King also gave a somewhat unfriendly look, but Chu Yang waved his hand and said, "Don't get hung up on these petty gains..."
As he spoke, he walked towards the Taoist in the yellow robe, circled around to the opposite side, and got a clear look at the other man's appearance.
The four people and the dog quickly followed, and then they were all stunned.
Because this isn't a single person at all, or rather...
It doesn't even qualify as a corpse!
Beneath the yellow robe, there was only a bulging human skin.
The Black Emperor stepped forward, patted the area with its paw, and said, "There's not a trace of flesh or blood; this must be a corpse!"
Its tone was solemn. Apart from some special life forms, only some extremely powerful beings can break free from their old bodies, be reborn in the stillborn, and leave behind their remains!
However, its slap caused the remains beneath the yellow robe to suddenly move, the human skin rippling like water, and a terrifying aura emanated from it.
Black King was so frightened that he couldn't jump more than three zhang away, and his hair stood on end.
Li Heishui's already dark face turned as black as the bottom of a pot. He gritted his teeth and cursed, "You damn dog! You dare touch me like that!"
A blue light surged in Chu Yang's eyes, his brows furrowed slightly, and he lightly struck out with his palm, landing on the lower dantian of the remains.
"Bang!"
The remains suddenly shrunken, and Chu Yang raised his hand, drawing out a bead from the remains's mouth.
"Awooo!!"
The Black Emperor's eyes glowed green, and it pounced with its blood-red maw wide open.
Before Chu Yang could make a move, Li Heishui and Liu Kou used their left and right hands to hold him down firmly.
"That thieving dog is trying to steal!" Liu Kou gritted his teeth.
Not only the Black Emperor, but also the Golden-Winged Roc King's eyes became incredibly fervent. If Chu Yang hadn't been there, he probably would have already tried to snatch it.
Demon Core!
That was a demon core!
The ultimate demon's essence is here!
For some unknown reason, the great demon who left behind his remains left behind his demon core, which is priceless to any demon!
The big black dog drooled on the ground, and although it was struggling, its eyes remained fixed on Chu Yang.
If it really wanted to steal it, Li Heishui and Liu Kou alone wouldn't be able to stop it.
But Black Emperor knew very well that with Chu Yang here, it had no chance of snatching anything.
While tearing at the two, it yelled, "Chu Yang! Give me your demon core! I'll exchange it for the complete Scripture of the Primordial Emperor!"
Since entering the tunnel, it has found that its flattery and ingratiation have had absolutely no effect, and Chu Yang remains unmoved.
So the Black Emperor stopped pretending and started calling him by his name directly.
Chu Yang shook his head and laughed, "Leaving aside whether your conditions can be fulfilled, the Scripture of the Beginningless Emperor alone doesn't hold much appeal for me..."
After saying that, he tossed the demon core to the Golden-Winged Roc King, then pointed to the remains and said, "They're all yours now."
The Golden-Winged Roc King was overjoyed. He first swallowed the demon core and stored it in his Sea of Bitterness. Then, he knelt on one knee and said with fervor, "Thank you for your grace, Master!"
Chu Yang waved his hand. If it weren't for the Golden-Winged Roc King's firm stance during the incident in the Holy City Palace, he wouldn't have brought him to the Primordial Ancient Mine.
Now that he has encountered a suitable opportunity, Chu Yang will naturally not be stingy with it.
As for how far the Golden-Winged Roc King can go in the future, that depends entirely on himself.
What Chu Yang wanted were companions who could fight alongside him, not "giant babies" who needed him to pave every step of the way and painstakingly cultivate them before they could achieve anything.
Just as the Golden-Winged Roc King was like this, so too was the monkey.
However, compared to the Golden-Winged Roc King, the Golden-Winged Roc King has greater potential, so Chu Yang provides him with more "starting-up assistance".
Seeing that the Golden-Winged Roc King had also put away the remains, the Black Emperor's head drooped down, as if he had lost all his strength.
The demon core that was almost within its grasp was about to be taken by someone else, which nearly drove it mad.
But it was helpless. If Chu Yang wasn't here, it could still compete, but with Chu Yang here, it could only obey his distribution of any treasures and opportunities it encountered.
The group continued on their journey, with the big black dog looking listless the whole time, occasionally glancing at the Golden-Winged Roc King with its cunning and bright eyes.
This guy was clearly up to no good, planning to find an opportunity to speak ill of Chu Yang after they parted ways.
For the rest of the journey, no one noticed anything unusual. After traveling several thousand miles, Chu Yang, who was at the front, finally stopped.
At this moment, everyone's nerves were on edge, because the calmer the journey was, the more uneasy they felt.
In the Primordial Ancient Mine, in the infamous Burial Ground of Demons, it seems impossible that I have never encountered any danger.
There must be a demon in the abnormal situation!
Considering what Chu Yang had said earlier—that the Burial Ground of Demons had been transformed into a Burial Ground of Immortals—it made people even more uneasy.
The blue light in Chu Yang's eyes became incredibly bright, like two sapphires, and his vision seemed to penetrate layers of rock walls.
He saw an underground ice palace, entirely formed of blood-red ice crystals. In the center of the ice palace was a black jade bed, on which sat a woman.
The woman was extremely beautiful, with skin as smooth as jade, long blue hair like ice crystals, and an aura of extreme cold.
Five people stood around the jade bed, some old, some young, some men, and some women.
Chu Yang spotted one of the figures in yellow robes; that was probably the owner of the remains.
However, without exception, neither the woman nor the five people had any life force.
"They're all dead?" Chu Yang mused, the blue light in his eyes gradually fading.
That woman must be the owner of the Ice Palace, the one who started the transformation of the Burial Ground of Demons into the Burial Ground of Immortals!
Judging from the remains and the demon core, the Yellow-Robed Taoist was at least a saint in his lifetime, and perhaps even stronger.
Yet he only dared to open caves in the Ghost Vein and imprison himself in a coffin, which shows how terrifying the master of the Ice Palace was.
Saint King? Great Sage?
Or... a quasi-emperor?
Putting his thoughts aside, Chu Yang stopped dwelling on this point. Since he was already here, he had to find out the truth eventually.
Besides, let alone a quasi-emperor, what difference would it make if he were a living supreme being of a forbidden zone?
With the power of true spirit unleashed, even the Great Emperor must bow down!
However, Chu Yang found the latter half of the Ghost Vein journey too troublesome, so he simply raised his hand and the God-Slaying Sword flew out, forcefully carving a passage through the rock wall.
This scene left the four people and one dog behind them dumbfounded.
It should be noted that even the Great Wilderness Halberd, which had previously been unsealed, failed to cause the slightest damage.
But the small sword sliced through the path as easily as cutting tofu, creating a fork in the road in no time.
Doesn't this mean...?
A powerful being is nothing more than a single sword strike to Chu Yang.
They suddenly remembered the rumors that Chu Yang's first battle in Yuan City was when he used a mysterious small sword, which was suspected to be an imperial weapon, to suppress the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron and kill the supreme expert who wielded the imperial weapon.
"Brother Chu... is this the imperial weapon you forged in your previous life?" Li Heishui finally couldn't help but ask.
Chu Yang gripped the hilt of the God-Slaying Sword and smiled, saying, "I suppose so!"
After saying that, he took the lead and stepped into the newly opened side road.
The fork in the road led directly to the Ice Palace. After traveling only a few miles, the group felt a chill and saw the majestic Ice Palace standing deep underground.
The blood-red ice crystals were dazzling and shimmering, like a celestial phenomenon.
Through the ice crystals, the group could see five figures inside, as well as the woman on the jade bed.
When their gazes were fixed on the yellow-robed Taoist, all four people and the dog trembled.
Qin Yao gripped Chu Yang's hand tighter.
"They're all dead..." Chu Yang said lightly, and then the God-Slaying Sword in his hand flew out again, forcefully slicing through the blood-red crystal.
The ice palace was empty. The group went straight to the Xuan Yu bed and found that the five people standing by the bed had dried up and were devoid of any life.
These are five dried corpses, whose life essence has been drained by someone unknown!
On the contrary, the woman on the jade bed looked like a sleeping beauty, with a flawless body.
"This body is a treasure!" The Black Emperor drooled again, much to his chagrin.
Chu Yang's gaze fell on the jade bed. His Great Luo Divine Eye pierced through the jade bed and saw a lump of iron hidden inside.
The iron lump was silvery-white, and in the perspective of the Great Luo Divine Eye, it emitted endless radiance, like a bright moon.
Hua Yue Han Tie!
Supreme Immortal Gold!
Chu Yang's eyes lit up immediately. He had thought that it would take a lot of effort for him to find the Supreme Immortal Gold on this trip to the Primordial Ancient Mine.
But they had only just entered the Primordial Ancient Mine when they discovered their target in this very place, the Burial Ground of Demons!
Unfortunately, the Huayue Cold Iron and the Seven-Colored Sun are not compatible, so it won't be of any use to me for the time being.
Regardless, this is a piece of supreme immortal gold, and it's about the size of a human head, with considerable weight.
This huge lump of Supreme Immortal Gold, if used sparingly, is probably enough to forge a slightly inferior Imperial Weapon!
Who exactly is this woman?
Chu Yang narrowed his eyes and once again used his Great Luo Divine Eye to examine the woman.
It wasn't that he was lustful, but rather that he wanted to see through the woman's true nature.
Ignoring the breathtaking view beneath the skirt, Chu Yang's gaze pierced through flesh and blood, reaching the divine treasure within the woman's body.
Sendai crumbled, the dragon's spine broke, the five internal organs shattered, and the sea of suffering dried up...
It was not a natural death, but rather more like a fatal blow from the inside out.
"From the inside out?"
Chu Yang's eyes narrowed slightly. Could this woman be trying to emulate the Supreme Being of the Forbidden Zone by severing her own life forcefully?
However, the Supreme Being's self-severing was to separate the Heavenly Heart Mark from himself, falling into the ultimate realm of the Imperial Path, in order to seal himself into the Immortal Source.
Anyone below the emperor who tries to emulate this is tantamount to courting death!
Judging from the woman's perfect and energetic appearance, she was probably only one step away from success back then!
This is an ancient powerhouse with strength, talent, and great courage!
Unfortunately, the path to immortality is fraught with tragedy; without eternal life, one cannot ultimately withstand the passage of time.
Chu Yang pressed the God-Slaying Sword against the woman's brow, and the five souls of the horse surged out through the sword. Then, his eyes lit up slightly.
He had intended to see if the woman had any lingering remnants of her soul, and perhaps he could use the Dual-Hand Technique to stabilize them and then distort her perception.
In this way, if he could restore a woman's physical body, she could be used by him.
However, there was no remnant soul within the shattered platform; instead, there was a thought.
That thought contained a piece of information—an ancient scripture!
Meanwhile, the others and the Black Emperor had already started touching the five dried corpses and actually found some treasures, but because so much time had passed, most of them had lost their essence.
Chu Yang withdrew his hand, and then took the Xuan Yu bed along with the woman's corpse directly into the star.
After thinking for a moment, he also collected the other five dried corpses. The physical bodies of these former powerful figures were extremely robust and might be able to be refined into puppets... (End of this chapter)