Elder Longbrow intended to use the heavenly tribulation to blast the Nine Nether Underworld Python to death, but after his loud cry, the sky showed no response.
What’s going on?
Elder Longbrow was stunned.
At that moment, the Nine Nether Underworld Python’s massive body swept towards him.
This time, Elder Longbrow reacted quickly, leaping into the air and shouting to the sky again, “Tribulation, come quickly!”
To his surprise, the sky remained silent.
Elder Longbrow couldn’t understand why, with his strength sufficient to trigger a tribulation, the heavenly tribulation didn’t appear.
Then, Fairy Hundred Flowers said, “The sage’s grand formation outside is blocking the aura of heaven and earth. The tribulation cannot descend.”
Damn it!
Elder Longbrow was furious. Looking back, he saw the Nine Nether Underworld Python closing in.
“Little rascal, save me quick!”
Elder Longbrow hurriedly called to Ye Qiu for help. Unable to summon the tribulation, his current cultivation was no match for the python.
However, Ye Qiu not only stayed put but smiled and said, “Old man, didn’t you say you had a plan?”
If I had a plan, would I need to beg you?
Elder Longbrow, fleeing, said, “Little rascal, if you don’t save me, I’m done for.”
“What about the ginseng king?” Ye Qiu asked.
In such a dire situation, Elder Longbrow couldn’t care less about the ginseng king and said, “The ginseng king is yours.”
“That’s more like it.” Ye Qiu leapt forward, striking the Nine Nether Underworld Python with a whip.
Crack!
The python fell from the air, crashing to the ground. With an angry roar, it swiftly slithered into the forest and fled.
“Little rascal, don’t let it escape. Kill it!” Elder Longbrow shouted.
Ye Qiu didn’t pursue. Instead, he darted forward, quickly storing the ginseng king in his Qiankun Bag. Turning back, he saw Elder Longbrow glaring at him angrily.
“I worked so hard to dig that ginseng king out, and in the end, it’s you who benefits. I’m furious.”
The more Elder Longbrow thought about it, the angrier he got. He said, “Little rascal, I don’t care. I dug out the ginseng king. Even if I get no credit, I deserve some reward. You owe me.”
Ye Qiu said, “If we find any treasures next, I won’t compete with you.”
Elder Longbrow replied, “You said it. If you fight me for treasures again, we’re done.”
“But little rascal, are you really letting that beast go?”
“It froze me twice. I really want to slaughter it.”
Ye Qiu smiled, “We’ve got the ginseng king. No need to kill it.”
“When did you become so kind?” Elder Longbrow asked. “Tell me, are you plotting something?”
Ye Qiu said, “What plot? I just want to keep it alive so that when others come in, they can face the Nine Nether Underworld Python too.”
Elder Longbrow laughed heartily, “I knew it. You’re up to no good.”
Ye Qiu said, “Enough. Let’s hurry and find the sage’s inheritance!”
The group continued forward.
The forest was vast, and it took them three hours to emerge from it.
Before them appeared a sheer cliff.
The cliff, about a thousand zhang high, was barren, like a massive mountain range blocking their path, riddled with countless caves.
Elder Longbrow silently counted, finding exactly seven hundred twenty caves, all roughly the same size.
Each cave radiated a strong killing intent, sending chills through Ye Qiu and the others.
“Little rascal, are we going into the caves?” Elder Longbrow asked.
Ye Qiu said, “Nonsense. How else will we get the inheritance if we don’t go in?”
Elder Longbrow asked, “With so many caves, which one do we enter?”
Ye Qiu said, “Shouldn’t I be asking you that?”
“Why ask me?” Elder Longbrow said. “It’s not like I know which cave to enter.”
Ye Qiu said, “Don’t you know divination?”
“Right, why didn’t you say earlier? I almost forgot I can divine.”
Elder Longbrow quickly pulled three copper coins from his sleeve, clutching them while muttering incantations.
After a moment, he opened his hand, and the three coins flew toward the caves, circling all seven hundred twenty before suddenly turning to dust.
“What’s going on?” Ye Qiu asked.
“No worries, just a minor hiccup. I’ll try again,” Elder Longbrow said, pulling out three more coins.
To his surprise, the result was the same. The coins flew out, circled the caves, and turned to dust.
“How can this be?” Elder Longbrow frowned, his expression grim.
“Old man, don’t tell me you can’t figure it out?” Ye Qiu asked.
“Nonsense. How could such a small matter stump me?”
Elder Longbrow formed hand seals, and purple light surged from the crown of his head, forming a compass above him.
At that moment, Elder Longbrow’s aura changed, his white brows fluttering, like an ancient immortal.
Ye Qiu glanced at him, thinking, The old man’s got quite a few secret techniques!
The compass spun above Elder Longbrow’s head, emitting dazzling light, mysterious and profound.
“Ziwei Secret Art, Immortal’s Guidance!”
Elder Longbrow shouted, and the compass turned into a purple light, flying toward the cliff.
“This time it should work…” Before Elder Longbrow could finish, the purple light shattered, as if struck by an invisible force.
Elder Longbrow was dumbfounded.
He hadn’t expected even the Ziwei Divination to fail, leaving him discouraged.
Ye Qiu activated his Heavenly Eye, trying to see which cave was safe.
But as he looked, he found the cave entrances shrouded in a hazy aura, making it impossible to see inside.
Every cave was the same.
What now?
Ye Qiu thought for a moment, deciding to take a gamble on luck.
“Old man, do you trust me?” Ye Qiu asked.
Elder Longbrow said, “If I didn’t trust you, would I have followed you to the cultivation world?”
Ye Qiu smiled, picked up a branch from the ground, and tossed it.
The branch spun in the air before landing in front of a cave.
“Let’s go!” Ye Qiu said, summoning a Qiankun Cauldron and leading the group into the cave.
Elder Longbrow followed, curiously asking, “Little rascal, what method did you just use?”
Ye Qiu replied, “Leaving it to fate.”
Elder Longbrow was stunned. “What?”
Ye Qiu added, “I didn’t know which cave was safe, so I threw a branch to decide for me. It’s like flipping a coin.”
“You’re going to get us killed! No way, I’m getting out,” Elder Longbrow said, turning to run out of the cave.
“Wait.”
Ye Qiu stopped him, saying, “Don’t you want the sage’s inheritance? I’ve already seen it.”
“Who are you fooling?” Elder Longbrow didn’t believe him.
Ye Qiu said, “If you don’t believe me, look for yourself.”
Elder Longbrow turned, following Ye Qiu’s pointing finger, and his pupils widened in shock.
