The depths of the Sacred Book Talented Lady’s pair of starry eyes flashed with a touch of murderous aura, and then she said, “Regarding the Qi family’s affairs, you should not get involved in them any further, the imperial court and the Two Element Sect will clean them up. With that little cultivation you have now, for the Qi family to kill you would be as easy as crushing an ant.”
Xiao Hei was a little disdainful and muttered, “You really think you’re so great, what’s the big tail you’re pretending to be? If he hadn’t stepped in to save you, you would have been crushed to death by Qi Hong like an ant. Perhaps, it was a bit more tragic than crushed to death.”
Black lines rose on the forehead of the Sacred Book Talented Lady, if she hadn’t lost all of her cultivation, she definitely would have taught this one cat a hard lesson.
“Shut up.”
Zhang Ruochen rebuked, then, looking over towards the Sacred Book Talented Lady, he smiled and said, “Forgive me, Lord Saint, this one cat just has a bad mouth and is often a jerk, so don’t get into its head.”
Right now, the Sacred Book Talented Lady had lost all her cultivation and had to borrow Zhang Ruochen’s protection in order to escape, so naturally, she didn’t pursue the matter much.
The Sacred Book Talented Lady said, “If we go back to the Two Eyes Sect now, I’m afraid that we’ll be intercepted halfway, which is tantamount to seeking our own death.”
Zhang Ruochen’s expression was grave as he said, “Could it be that Lord Sacred One really believes, what Qi Hong said before he died?”
He added, “This Medieval Ruin is quite bizarre, capable of blocking all auras, and even the Transmission Light Talisman cannot be transmitted. I think it’s unlikely that Qi Hong, who transmitted the message back to the Two Eyes Sect.”
The Sacred Book Talented Lady stared at Zhang Ruochen and said, “You haven’t reached the realm of a Half-Saint, so of course you can’t understand some of the means of a Half-Saint. What the Transmission Light Talisman can’t do, a Half-Saint’s Holy Thought can do.”
“Right now, the only way for us to survive is to hide inside this medieval relic and wait for the rescue of the imperial court and the Two Element Sect.”
“You’re right, this relic, indeed, is quite bizarre, capable of blocking all scents, so it can be said that it’s very unfavourable to us.”
“However, to put it in another way, it is because of the environment here that even if the Qi Clan’s Saint breaks in, it won’t be an easy task to find us.”
Zhang Ruochen nodded and also felt that the Holy Book Talented Lady’s analysis had some truth to it.
Subsequently, Zhang Ruochen stripped off the Meteor Invisibility Clothes from Qi Hong’s body and put it back on his body, other than that, there was nothing else of value searched out.
The Sacred Book Talent Maiden stood right by the side, with an elegant demeanour and holy aura, and saw Zhang Ruochen finish his search before she faintly said, “You really are poor and crazy! The things of a dead man, and you actually want them too.”
Zhang Ruochen glanced towards her and said, “Why don’t you want it? Do you think that every cultivator is like you, not lacking in cultivation resources since childhood?”
“For example, I collected Qi Hong’s Half-Saint’s Light and refined it, which would at least allow me to break through a realm in a short period of time. If I didn’t have the Half-Saint’s Light, I don’t know how much longer I would have to cultivate if I wanted to break through a realm.”
“But for you, if you want to get a ball of Half-Saint’s Light, all you need to do is say a word, and naturally, someone will go to the auction house and buy it back for you.”
“What you don’t want to die for, throughout the Kunlun Realm, I don’t know how many people are queuing up wanting to fight for it.”
The Sacred Book Talented Lady put away her smile, suddenly understanding somewhat that she had indeed been a little too pampered in the past, and perhaps it was precisely because of this that she had suffered this calamity.
“You’re right, I’ve been taught! If we are able to escape, I will definitely gift you a great opportunity, as a way to repay the favour owed to you.”
The strength that Lin Yue had shown had already been recognised by the Sacred Book Talented Lady.
In her heart, she had already secretly made the decision to set Lin Yue as one of the nine Sect Sons.
Zhang Ruochen just shook his head and smiled, not really interested in the Sacred Book Talented Lady’s so-called chance. Anyway, now that the existence of the Heaven and Earth Altar had been basically confirmed, it could be said that there was no longer a need for him to remain in the Two Element Sect.
Whether or not there would still be a Lin Yue in the future was also a matter of opinion.
Of course, if his identity was not exposed, Zhang Ruochen was planning to wait until after the Sword Discussion Conference was over before leaving. After all, he had gained a lot of benefits and learnt a lot in the Two Element Sect, so he should at least know how to return the favour.
Suddenly, Zhang Ruochen detected a strange movement coming from the ground and stopped in his tracks, immediately grabbing the Sacred Book Talented Maiden’s wrist and dragging her behind him.
“What are you …… going to do?”
The Sacred Book Talented Maiden glared at Zhang Ruochen, trying hard to shake off his hand.
Zhang Ruochen, however, grabbed her hand, tighter, and with a guarded look on his face, he said, “Don’t move, there’s something odd.”
Seeing that Zhang Ruochen didn’t look like he was intentionally slighting her, the Sacred Book Talent Maiden didn’t struggle any further and also began to observe her surroundings, wanting to know what exactly Zhang Ruochen had discovered.
Although, she had lost all of her cultivation, and her perception ability became comparable to that of an ordinary person, she still had a notable eye, and soon noticed a hint of something wrong.
“Could it be the undead?”
The Holy Book Talented Lady’s face, turned a little pale as she said, “Lin Yue, quickly open your Heavenly Eyes, you might see something interesting.”
In the centre of Zhang Ruochen’s eyebrow, a white point of light emerged, transforming into a vertical eye, and looking around, he immediately saw a horrifying image that he had never seen before.
Only to see that a humanoid silhouette rushed out from the surrounding graves, all standing in front of the tombstones, with hideous faces, emitting an eerie aura.
The nearest Yin Spirit to Zhang Ruochen stood ten feet away on the left side, an old crone with a head full of white hair, hunched over and stooped, looking rather bizarre.
He had heard that the Heavenly Eyes could see ghosts, and Zhang Ruochen was somewhat mentally prepared, but actually seeing it still made one’s scalp feel numb.
There was a clear difference between a martial soul and a ghost.
Martial souls were “living souls” that could help cultivators mobilise heaven and earth’s aura and transform it into attack power.
Ghosts were “undead souls” that did not have the ability to mobilise heaven and earth’s aura, but were able to devour other ghosts, and even devour the souls and martial spirits of the living, to continually enhance their own power.
If the ghost grew to a certain level, it could not only devour martial spirits, but also exert substantial attacks.
If one encountered an ordinary ghost, the true qi of a Xuanji realm martial artist would be able to beat it to death.
If they encountered a Yin soldier or ghost, they would be in big trouble.
Obviously, the ones that flew out from the graves were definitely not ordinary ghosts, each of them exuded a very powerful Yin Qi, making one feel like they were in the Shura Hell.
“How did so many undead suddenly appear?”Xiao Hei could also see the undead and his eyes kept turning.
The white-haired crone who was closest to Zhang Ruochen suddenly raised her head, and the underside of her white hair was surprisingly pitch-black, completely devoid of a face, and only two green-coloured ghostly flames could be seen at the location of her eyes.
“Shasha!”
The white-haired crone cackled and turned into a black residual shadow, pouncing towards Zhang Ruochen.
Cultivators who did not have Heavenly Eyes, if they stood aside, but they could not see the white-haired crone at all, they could only see a strong Yin wind, surging towards Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen mobilised his true qi, condensed his palm and slapped it forward.
The vortex underneath his belly turned rapidly, releasing a masculine qi that surged out from his palm, forming a crimson fire cloud.
The white-haired crone suffered from the impact of the palm force, and a piercing scream came out of her mouth as her ghostly body rapidly disintegrated, turning into a strand of black ghostly Qi.
Yang Gang Qi did have an extremely strong suppressive power over ghosts, however, the white-haired crone was not an ordinary ghost, and withstanding Zhang Ruochen’s palm, surprisingly, her soul did not fly away.
The black ghost qi pierced through the palm force, and in front of Zhang Ruochen, the ghost body condensed again.
Although the ghost body became a bit dimmer, it was still very fierce.
“It actually didn’t die.”Zhang Ruochen’s heart was slightly shocked.
In a flash of lightning, Zhang Ruochen immediately made a strategy to deal with it and injected his Holy Qi into the Meteor Invisibility Clothes. Immediately, a white glow emanated from above the Meteor Invisibility Vest.
“Puff!”
The white-haired crone struck Zhang Ruochen’s chest with a claw, and a circle of tiny energy ripples immediately appeared when it came into contact with the light splendour of the Meteor Invisibility Vest.
At the same time, Zhang Ruochen struck out with both of his palms at the same time, his arms closing together and pinning the white-haired crone in the middle of the two palm imprints.
With a bang, the white-haired crone’s ghostly body, once again, burst.
This time, even the ghostly aura was completely dispersed by the power of the palms, literally scattering the soul.
A muffled sound came out of Zhang Ruochen’s mouth as he took a step backward, his chest somewhat hidden in pain. The white-haired crone’s claw just now had caused him to suffer some light injuries as well.
“Is everything alright?”Sacred Book Talented Lady asked.
“No harm done.”
Zhang Ruochen shook his head and said, “Just now, it was because I was too careless and didn’t think that the undead was so powerful that when it was knocked apart from its ghostly body, its ghostly aura would still be able to reassemble itself, thus, I was a bit caught off guard.”
How intelligent was the Sacred Book Talented Lady, although Lin Yue didn’t say it, she actually knew that in that situation just now, if Lin Yue had to dodge, he could have completely avoided that undead’s attack.
The reason why Lin Yue didn’t avoid it was because, she was standing right behind him.
From this, it could be seen that this guy, was still quite good, at least his spine was still quite hard, and he wasn’t a person who was greedy and afraid of death.
The Sacred Book Talented Lady analysed, “The undead that fought with you just now should be a Ghost General.”
“Ghost generals are divided into three levels, Yin Fiend, Fierce Fiend, and Uncanny.”
“Among them, the strength of the Yin Fiend is comparable to a cultivator from the first to the seventh change of the Fish Dragon.”
“The strength of a Fierce Fury, the weakest is the Fish Dragon Seventh Transformation, and the strongest Fierce Fury can even contend with a First Order Half-Saint.”
“As for the Uncanny, not only does it have the strength of a half-saint level, but also, it can condense a substantial body, so even if it blends in with the crowd, it’s hard to be detected.”
“That undead just now, I reckon that it should be at the level of a Fierce Fiend.”
Zhang Ruochen’s gaze, coldly looked towards the ghosts coming from all around and said, “So it seems that they should all be Fierce Fiends, I hope that an Uncanny doesn’t pop up for good.”
“If my cultivation can be restored by 10%, a mouthful of Vast Qi would be enough to make them all go up in smoke.”The Sacred Book Talented Lady said.
Zhang Ruochen lifted the Void Sword in his hand, and the aura on his body, gradually became sharp as he said, “Let’s go! Xiao Hei, you are responsible for protecting the Sage Lord, I will open the way, no matter what, we have to kill our way out.”
Zhang Ruochen still had to borrow the power of the Sacred Book Talented Lady to deal with the Qi Family. If she died here, Zhang Ruochen would not have a good time in the future even if he escaped this Medieval Ruin.
Thus, even if it was dangerous, he could not leave her behind now.
Zhang Ruochen took a big step forward, releasing that masculine Qi in his body, completely releasing it and merging it with his own Sacred Qi. Instantly, a crimson fire cloud appeared around his body.
After cultivating into the seventh palm of the Dragon Image Prajna Palm, the Yang Gang Qi in Zhang Ruochen’s body reached ten times that of a normal person.
When the masculine Qi was combined with the holy Qi, it had a relatively powerful killing power against ghosts.
