Mortal's Purple Sky Cave Heaven

Chapter 265 Magic Marrow Drill

"Fellow Daoist Zhiyang, please wait here for a while. I believe there won't be any problem for the two of us to go ahead." Nie Zhaonan said in a calm but very confident tone.

"Oh, it seems that I have worried too much. With Brother Daoist Nie's magical powers being no less than ours, there will naturally be no problem." Master Zhiyang suddenly slapped his forehead and said with a look of sudden realization.

Immediately, Nie Zhaonan nodded to Master Zhiyang and Wei Wuya, then he took Xin Ruyin and transformed into two blue and white rainbows and escaped into the whirlpool. Then, he was pulled by an invisible force from below and disappeared into it.

Suddenly, only Wei Wuya and Master Zhiyang were left on the sea. The two of them looked silently at the center of the vortex without saying anything for a while.

"Brother Wei, what do you think of Fellow Daoist Nie from the Huangfeng Valley?" After an unknown amount of time, Master Zhiyang tilted his head and said lightly.

"How do we see each other? What do you mean, fellow Daoist?" Wei Wuya chuckled and said slowly.

"Brother Wei, don't you have any fear of Fellow Daoist Nie?" Master Zhiyang asked patiently without any sign of anger.

"Hehe, I am the oldest among the three great cultivators. I will pass away in a hundred years at most. Even if Fellow Daoist Nie unifies Tiannan in the future, what does it have to do with me? Besides, I think Fellow Daoist Nie probably doesn't think highly of Tiannan. I'm sure he will go on a long journey again soon." Wei Wuya said nonchalantly, his tone calm.

Master Zhiyang thought about it and felt that with Nie Zhaonan's current power, the Huangfeng Valley should have expanded outward long ago, occupied more sacred mountains and veins, and occupied more resources. Even controlling the entire Yue Kingdom would not be a problem. However, no such action has been taken until now, which is exactly what Wei Wuya said.

After a long while, Zhi Yang Shangren sighed and said, "I hope it's as Brother Wei said."

At this time, Nie Zhaonan and Xin Ruyin had already gone deep into the whirlpool. The spiritual energy whirlpools they encountered on the way were discovered one by one in advance by Nie Zhaonan using his spiritual eyes and he avoided them.

Under the heavy pressure of spiritual energy, it should be impossible for the two of them to fly to such a depth so quickly, and they could only descend slowly.

But the figures of the two were now tightly shrouded by a layer of light shield, and the surface of the light shield was constantly flowing with blue, white and black light, which looked very mysterious.

Under the protection of this light shield, the two were not affected by the heavy pressure at all.

At this time, Nie Zhaonan and the other person were staying on a milky white light curtain, but this light curtain seemed unusually thick, like a solid barrier.

Behind the light curtain, there were countless demonic auras wriggling constantly, and it looked so dark that one couldn't see the end at a glance.

"This is the suppressed demonic energy. It's indeed a big trouble." Xin Ruyin stared at the light curtain and said in surprise.

"Is it difficult to repair the seal?" Nie Zhaonan asked solemnly as he looked at the astonishing scene in front of him.

A demonic abyss has formed here, and it is unknown how wide and broad it is.

Moreover, under the gaze of his piercing and bright eyes, he discovered even more things. These demonic auras could be said to be full of demonic nature. Even a demon cultivator who practiced ancient magic skills would not be able to hold on for long if he entered them. He would be brainwashed by the demonic nature and lose his mind. This was far beyond the reach of ordinary demonic auras.

"Don't worry, my husband. It's just repairing the magic circle, not setting one up out of thin air. It won't be difficult for me." Xin Ruyin's voice was clear and pleasant, but full of confidence.

"Let's go in." Nie Zhaonan nodded and put his arm around Xin Ruyin's slender waist.

At the same time, he raised one hand and waved it casually at the light curtain in front of him. A golden streak about a foot long shot out, instantly penetrated the light curtain and shot into the demonic energy, and disappeared in an instant, leaving only a gap on the light curtain.

The next moment, Nie Zhaonan escaped with a flash of light and took Xin Ruyin through the gap into the evil spirit.

At the same time, the gap in the light curtain expanded and shrank, and then reconnected and returned to its original state.

As soon as he entered, the dark evil energy rushed towards him like a hungry wolf.

Nie Zhaonan did not take action immediately. He just stood there, watching the clusters of demonic energy rushing towards him, but without exception, they were blocked by the light shield released by the Divine Wood Treasure Robe. No one escaped. After verifying that the Divine Wood Treasure Robe could indeed isolate the demonic energy, he went towards the depths of the demonic energy below.

Although this abyss of demonic energy is as dark as ink, the naked eye can only see a few feet away and cannot see anything clearly.

Fortunately, Nie Zhaonan had cultivated the supernatural power of spiritual eyes. With just a few flashes of blue light in his eyes, he was able to take in the scenes farther away. The dark evil energy did not have any effect on their progress.

Under the protection of the three-color light shield, Nie Zhaonan and the other person continued to slide silently into the depths of the abyss.

In the Demon Abyss, which is more than three thousand feet deep, a light shield is flashing with three-colored light, floating in the air without moving.

In the light shield, Nie Zhaonan was looking intently downwards.

Because Xin Ruyin did not have the ability of spiritual vision, she naturally did not know what he had discovered. All she saw was a dark patch, so she gently asked with her red lips parted:
"Did my husband discover anything?"

Hearing this, Nie Zhaonan retracted his gaze and said calmly, "We are already at the bottom of the abyss. The center of the formation should be below us."

As he spoke, Nie Zhaonan clasped his hands together, rubbed them together, and then separated them again. A light golden arc of electricity as thick as a baby's arm appeared in his hands. It was the divine thunder that could ward off evil.

Xin Ruyin was secretly surprised as she watched from the side. It was true that her life-saving magic weapon, the Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword, was also made from golden thunder bamboo, but the power of the evil-repelling divine thunder it wielded was not even half of what was seen before her eyes.

She naturally knew the reason why there was such a huge gap between the two, it was simply that her magical power level was not as good as her husband's.

Under her gaze, the electric arc in Nie Zhaonan's hand suddenly turned into a golden electric dragon. After circling around with its head and tail wagging, it rushed out in all directions.

Within a radius of several hundred feet, all the evil spirits were completely stirred up after the golden dragon passed by.

The real scene below was also revealed under the illumination of the golden light.

Xin Ruyin took a closer look and her face froze.

Unlike the formation inscriptions she had imagined, this place was actually a huge platform that looked like an altar. It was completely natural and was carved entirely from a huge stone.

It looks quite large, and the area covered by the golden light is not even the whole picture.

"This should be the center of the formation. I just don't know why the ancient monks built the formation like an altar." Xin Ruyin looked at the patterns engraved on the stone walls around the altar and said with a look of realization.

"There are a few points of white light over there, let's go and take a look." Nie Zhaonan pointed to the center of the altar.

Xin Ruyin nodded in agreement.

The two of them immediately headed towards the center of the platform. After a while, they arrived at the center of the platform.

What came into view was a stone tablet that had been broken into several pieces, lying there quietly, with only a small part of the foundation still standing.

"The seal was broken because this stone tablet was destroyed." Xin Ruyin came to the conclusion after looking at the broken runes on the stone tablet.

Looking at the milky white light flickering on it, Xin Ruyin had no idea what material it was made of.

As if seeing the confusion in her eyes, Nie Zhaonan explained, "This stone tablet was made by an ancient cultivator using divine mud. This material is extremely rare. Even I have never seen it before."

As he spoke, Nie Zhaonan's five fingers flashed with light and he grabbed the stone in his hand. With a force of his five fingers, the stone flashed white light a few times and suddenly became extremely soft, causing his five fingers to sink deeply into the stone.

"It is indeed this thing. If it were an ordinary thing, it would not be able to serve as the center of such a large formation." Xin Ruyin saw this scene and listened to Nie Zhaonan's previous explanation, and she showed a look of understanding.

At this moment, a silver light shot out from Nie Zhaonan's sleeves, and with a sweep, it collected all the remaining fragments of the stone tablet.

Nie Zhaonan naturally put such rare refining materials into his pocket.

"Just stay here and study the magic circle. I'll go underground to see if there's anything else." Nie Zhaonan said to Xin Ruyin.

There is no other danger here except the evil spirit, so Nie Zhaonan is not too worried about Xin Ruyin's safety.

Xin Ruyin's mind was mostly on the formation in front of her at this moment, so she didn't ask any further questions. She just nodded slightly to show that she understood.

Then, Nie Zhaonan slapped the storage bag on his waist with one hand, and a misty yellow wolf-head jade ruyi appeared in his hand.

This is exactly the ancient treasure that Yin Yue originally possessed. Although its power has decreased a lot after Yin Yue left, it can still perform simple earth escape techniques, but it's just not as superb as Yin Yue's.

Nie Zhaonan waved the jade ruyi in his hand without hesitation, and a layer of faint yellow light suddenly appeared on the three-color light shield.

Then there was a flash of yellow light, and the man and the protective shield disappeared under the platform silently.

For a moment, Xin Ruyin, who was concentrating on studying the formation, was the only one left on the huge platform.

Time passed little by little. There was no other movement except the electric dragon transformed by the evil-repelling divine thunder that kept dispersing evil spirits and making crackling sounds.

If you look closely, you can find that as time goes by, the size of the electric dragon is slowly shrinking at a speed invisible to the naked eye.

Nie Zhaonan, who was deep underground, was stunned when he saw the sight. His vision could only reach a distance of about ten feet away, and it was pitch black further away.

It turned out that the surroundings were not the yellowish color of the soil, but were all pitch-black mud, as if the underground here had been completely demonized by evil spirits.

However, Nie Zhaonan's expression soon returned to normal, and he immediately activated his spiritual power, with blue light flashing in his eyes, and began to search around.

After a while, he finally found what he was looking for in an inconspicuous place.

Nie Zhaonan looked at the thing lying quietly in his palm and smiled.

This is a black and translucent crystal stone, only the size of a thumb, and looks small and exquisite.

Such a small crystal stone blends in with the surrounding darkness. If the demonic energy contained in it was not extremely pure, even Nie Zhaonan would not be sure of finding it.

This thing is exactly the 'Demon Marrow Drill', and only here, where the demonic energy is the densest, at the center of the formation, can this excellent magic material be formed.

For magic practitioners, whether it is used to refine weapons, added to their own natal magic weapons to enhance the power, or absorbed the pure magic energy within it to improve magic power and break through the realm, it is the best choice.

Although Nie Zhaonan did not practice magic, and this magic marrow diamond had no practical use for him, this precious treasure, which even ancient magic cultivators could not find, was definitely something that few magic cultivators could refuse if used for trading.

Of course, he also planned to give this item to Wang Ning. As his Taoist partner, Nie Zhaonan would not be stingy with such a treasure.

Thinking of this, Nie Zhaonan put away the Demonic Marrow Drill and continued to search other places.

The vortex of spiritual energy on the sea was still spinning, but Master Zhiyang's expression became more solemn.

"More than an hour has passed. Could they have had an accident when they went deep into the demonic energy? Even though I, an old Taoist, am confident that my skills and supernatural powers have extremely strong effects in warding off evil spirits and exorcising demons, I dare not stay in the demonic abyss for long, let alone go deeper." Master Zhiyang stared at the vortex of spiritual energy with flickering eyes and said in a worried tone.

Although he was somewhat wary of Nie Zhaonan, but right now was the time when he needed Nie Zhaonan and the other man. He wanted them to get into trouble, but also wanted them to be safe and sound. It was indeed a complicated situation.

"It shouldn't happen. Brother Nie is not a reckless person." Wei Wuya said calmly, but his tone was not so certain.

"It's hard to say. Let's go together to take a look in case something unexpected happens to the two Taoist friends from Huangfeng Valley." Master Zhiyang shook his head, not knowing what he was thinking, and suggested this.

"That's fine." Wei Wuya had no intention of refusing.

Then the two of them escaped together and headed towards the huge vortex of spiritual energy. The distance of several hundred feet was reached in the blink of an eye.

Just as they were about to escape into it, something strange happened. Two shocking rainbows, one blue and one silver, shot out from it, whistling like the sound of breaking waves.

Wei Wuya and the other man who were about to escape were stunned. Then the spiritual light around them dissipated and they stood still in mid-air.

After the two shocking rainbows circled for a moment, they changed direction and landed in front of the two people. After the light faded, the figures of Nie Zhaonan and Xin Ruyin were revealed.

"How is it? With Brother Daoist Nie's magical powers, he should be fine in the ten thousand feet of spiritual energy!" Seeing that Nie Zhaonan and the other two did not seem to have consumed much of their magic power, Wei Wuya naturally believed that they had just been staying in the spiritual energy and had not gone deep into the abyss of demonic energy.

"Of course." Nie Zhaonan answered vaguely, without any intention of explaining further. It was impossible for him to just tell others about their journey deep into the demonic abyss.

"Although we have not gone deep into the demonic energy, Master Xin must have seen the thick light curtain that prevents the demonic energy from leaking out. I just wonder what he has gained from this trip?" Master Zhiyang asked at this time.

"I have roughly figured out the method to repair this magic array, but some details still need to be improved." A thoughtful look flashed across Xin Ruyin's jade-like face, and then she spoke softly.

(End of this chapter)