Mortal's Purple Sky Cave Heaven

Chapter 337: Heaven-shaking Bell

Just when Nie Zhaonan was feeling a little embarrassed, Yuan Yao, who had been silent, spoke up:

"If you don't mind, fellow Daoist Kuzhu, how about sparring with me? If you beat me, it won't be too late to spar with my husband."

"Well, fairy, as Fellow Daoist Nie's companion, you are willing to help. I would also like to learn a thing or two." Old Man Kuzhu saw that Yuan Yao's cultivation was only slightly inferior to his, but he also wanted her identity, so he nodded and agreed.

In his opinion, as Fellow Daoist Nie's companion, this fairy should be quite powerful. Instead of fighting with her, he could also take a look at some of Fellow Daoist Nie's methods from the side.

Nie Zhaonan also showed an expression of interest. After all, Yuan Yao had never taken action since she became a Nascent Soul cultivator. Nie Zhaonan was somewhat curious about the strength of his well-behaved Taoist partner.

A moment later, Nie Zhaonan held Yin Yue's waist and appeared more than a hundred feet above the mountain, floating motionlessly with a calm expression, while Yin Yue was still holding the jade slip, looking as if she was silently comprehending.

Just a few hundred feet away from the two of them, Yuan Yao and Old Man Kuzhu were standing far away, dozens of feet apart.

In other places nearby, there were also seven or eight Jindan cultivators who had rushed over after hearing the news, staring at the situation in the sky with wide eyes.

Although they didn't understand why their island master was fighting with a female cultivator whose cultivation level was lower than his, fighting between Nascent Soul cultivators was rare anyway, and it didn't affect their interest at all.

"Fellow Daoist Nie, swords have no eyes. If I can't stop my hand later, please take action in time." Afraid of hurting the beautiful fairy opposite, Old Man Kuzhu turned his head and said to Nie Zhaonan.

There was no need to think too much. This fairy was so beautiful and looked extremely well-behaved. One could tell at a glance that she was extremely favored by Fellow Daoist Nie. He did not want to upset Fellow Daoist Nie because of a momentary mistake.

Although Yuan Yao understood the implication of old man Kuzhu's words, she remained calm and did not show any strange expression.

"Fellow Daoist Kuzhu, just go for it with all your strength. Injuries are inevitable during a sparring match. Even if you hurt my fellow Daoist, I, Nie, will not cause trouble for you." Nie Zhaonan smiled and said casually, not caring at all.

Although Yuan Yao's cultivation and magic power are a little lower, Nie Zhaonan still has great confidence in her, so it is still uncertain who will hurt whom.

Old Kuzhu nodded and said in a low voice:
"go with!"

As the sound fell, he clasped his hands together, and suddenly, cold light flashed all over his body. At the same time, more than a hundred green rays shot out. As soon as these green rays appeared, they grew wildly in the wind. In a flash, hundreds of light green flying swords appeared with astonishing momentum.

After a flash of sword light, all the flying swords automatically arranged into a strange formation, circling above old man Kuzhu's head, hiding a cold and murderous intent.

"Sword formation." Yuan Yao's originally indifferent expression changed slightly, and he became somewhat interested.

Nie Ying, Chen Qiaoqian and Xin Ruyin have all cultivated the magical power of sword formations, and Xin Ruyin is a master of formations. Yuan Yao naturally knows that the power of sword formations is generally extremely great, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are the strongest among the cultivators of the same level.

However, even though this old man Kuzhu had some abilities, they were not enough to make her afraid.

Yuan Yao opened her mouth and a ball of gray black light shot out from her mouth. In a flash, it turned into a huge black and white bell, more than ten feet high, blocking her body.

Afterwards, Yuan Yao pinched her fingers with a magic gesture, and an infinite amount of yin energy suddenly emerged from the surface of the giant bell, covering the bell tightly. The huge figure of the bell could no longer be seen.

Feeling the enormous spiritual pressure coming from the giant bell and its huge size, old man Kuzhu was stunned. It was conceivable how much precious materials were consumed in refining this bell-shaped magic weapon. It was definitely not something that an ordinary cultivator could afford.

"The fairy's life magic weapon is really strange. I have never heard of it before." Old Man Kuzhu no longer dared to underestimate it.

"Heavenly Bell." Yuan Yao slightly opened her red lips and spoke in a light voice.

"Oh?" A strange look flashed in old man Kuzhu's eyes. Bell-shaped magic weapons often have some strange powers, and the name of this bell is also not small.

However, when he saw Yuan Yao took a defensive posture and then stopped making any moves, as if he had no intention of attacking at all, Old Man Kuzhu couldn't help but feel angry and had a vague feeling of being looked down upon. His name, Old Man Kuzhu, was not undeserved.

His face immediately darkened and he uttered a few low curses.

The flying swords above head made buzzing sounds in response, and then all the flying swords shook at the same time. Hundreds of sword qi over ten feet long spurted out from the sword formation, turning into a dense array of sword shadows that shot towards the opposite side.

These sword energies suddenly connected together in the middle, transforming into a cold light that was dazzling and blinding.

When Yuan Yao saw the sword light coming, she did not make any other move. She just pointed her green jade finger at the Zhentian Bell in front of her. Immediately, the negative energy on the surface of the giant bell suddenly rolled up like waves, one after another.

As the Yin Qi swept in, a whistling sound was heard, and an extremely Yin force dissipated from the Yin Qi.

As a result, under the gaze of old man Kuzhu, the sword light mercilessly slashed at the Yin Qi and penetrated into it without any hindrance, but then it was like mud flowing into the sea, without any movement or even any sound.

And the negative energy was still swirling, and its power showed no sign of weakening.

Old man Kuzhu's face changed. He didn't expect that his attack couldn't even break the Yin energy on the surface of the Zhentian Bell.

Immediately, he made up his mind and frantically urged the sword formation above his head, emitting dazzling sword lights, again and again, without any sign of stopping.

As the sword lights sank into the Yin Qi, the Yin Qi became thinner little by little, and the body of the Zhentian Bell inside it was faintly visible.

Yuan Yao did not make any excessive movements. When she saw that the Yin Qi was a little exhausted, she injected magic power into the Zhentian Bell and released Yin Qi again, with a relaxed and easy attitude.

Nie Zhaonan watched and nodded secretly. The martial art that Yuan Yao practiced - Tianyin Jue, was also a rare top-level martial art, and it was extremely compatible with Yuan Yao's Tianyin body.

The Zhentian Bell is also the supporting magic weapon of the Tianyin Jue. Therefore, most of Yuan Yao's magical powers and strength depend on the Zhentian Bell to be exerted, and its power is quite strong.

At this time, Yin Yue also came back to her senses from comprehending the Ten Thousand Trees Formation, and casually handed the jade slip back to Nie Zhaonan beside her, while secretly transmitting the message:

"My husband got a great deal in this transaction. This Ten Thousand Trees Formation was passed down from the Spirit World many years ago. It is somewhat similar to the Wood Clan's formation. It must have been created by a formation master based on the Wood Clan's formation."

"The Wood Clan?" Nie Zhaonan's heart moved. He also guessed that the Ten Thousand Wood Array came from the spiritual world, but he did not expect it to be related to the Wood Clan.

Yin Yue thought Nie Zhaonan didn't know the information about the Mu Clan, so she explained softly:
"The two races of spirit world humans and demons live in a corner of Fengyun Continent. The Wood Clan is a neighboring tribe of ours, and there are also Mahayana cultivators in charge." Nie Zhaonan nodded calmly and asked:

"What do you think of the power of this Ten Thousand Trees Formation? To what extent can it reach?"

Seeing that the master was not very interested in the Wood Clan, Yin Yue did not explain further. After hearing Nie Zhaonan's question, she thought for a moment and replied:
"The power of the formation depends on what kind of treasure is used to set up the formation. With the Spirit Eye Tree in the cave as one of the three sacred trees in the world of immortal cultivation, the Ten Thousand Trees Formation that is set up must be extremely powerful, but how powerful it is, even the person who created this formation may not be able to estimate it."

"After all, there are tens of thousands of Spirit Eye Trees. Even if we search the entire Spirit World or even the nearby interfaces, it is unlikely that we can find them all."

Speaking of this, Yin Yue also showed curiosity on her face. She was very curious about how powerful the Ten Thousand Trees Array arranged by the Ten Thousand Spirit Eyes Tree was.

"So, the power of the Ten Thousand Trees Array arranged by the Spirit Eye Tree is even greater than the description of the power of the array in the jade slip?" Nie Zhaonan raised his eyebrows.

Yin Yue looked thoughtful, and after a while he said carefully:

"Although I don't know much about the art of formation, but according to the record of the Ten Thousand Trees Formation on the jade slip, it shouldn't be a big problem to kill a cultivator at the peak of the Refining Void Realm."

A cultivator of the Void Refinement Realm is not a low-level existence in the spiritual world. Even among the big clans, he is considered the backbone. Trapping and killing a cultivator of the Void Refinement Realm have completely different probabilities.

As far as Yin Yue knew, there were quite a few formations and restrictions that could trap Void-Refining cultivators.

However, being able to kill is rare in the spiritual world. Only those powerful forces with masters above the fusion level can set up a formation that can kill the Void Refinement cultivators.

"Yeah." Nie Zhaonan nodded, not too excited.

What he valued about the Ten Thousand Trees Array was not its offensive power, because even if the Ten Thousand Trees Array was set up in the cave heaven, if he encountered a powerful cultivator, he would not be able to move it smoothly to the Zixiao Cave Heaven.

The reason why Nie Zhaonan was able to easily send his fellow Taoists into the cave was because they did not put up any resistance or opposition.

Besides, he couldn't even take the motionless Seven Spirit Island into the cave, let alone the powerful enemies who would resist.

What he valued about the Ten Thousand Trees Array was its effect on spiritual energy.

Just like there are clearly no top-notch spiritual veins on Kuzhu Island, but the spiritual energy is extremely rich.

Nie Zhaonan also wanted to raise the spiritual energy of Zixiao Cave to a higher level by setting up the Ten Thousand Trees Array.

For cultivators, when the spiritual energy is rich, whether they are cultivating mana or breaking through bottlenecks, both tasks will be twice as effective with half the effort and much easier.

Yin Yue obviously thought of this as well, and said happily:
“If this formation is set up, it is possible that Zixiao Cave Heaven will become a holy place in a short period of time. The purity and richness of the spiritual energy will not be inferior to those caves of the combined and Mahayana beings in the spiritual world.”

Yin Yue made such a judgment not because the Ten Thousand Trees Array was powerful, but because she had enough confidence in the tens of thousands of Spirit Eye Trees in the cave.

After all, for those who have reached the level of fusion or great perfection, the formations and restrictions in the cave can block cultivators of the same level for a period of time, and none of them would be stronger than the Ten Thousand Trees Formation.

Nie Zhaonan sighed slightly:
"No matter how you look at it, this formation is at least a virtual-refining-level formation. It is not an easy task to set it up completely. The Ten Thousand Trees Formation that covers Kuzhu Island is just a simplified version. Even so, this formation can only be set up by ancient cultivators. You can imagine how difficult it is to set up this formation."

Even though Nie Zhaonan was very confident in Xin Ruyin's attainments in the art of formations, there was one thing he could not ignore. Xin Ruyin was just a Nascent Soul cultivator at the moment. It was not easy for her to set up a large formation that would threaten even Void Refinement cultivators.

Even when Xin Ruyin was in the Qi Refining Stage, she had already perfected the Inverted Five Elements Formation and was able to trap Jindan cultivators.

But as time goes on, the gap between realms becomes larger, and the mystery and complexity of the formations also increases sharply.

However, Nie Zhaonan still had some hope for Xin Ruyin. If he spent more time comprehending, he would be able to set up the Ten Thousand Woods Array.

"Don't worry, master. Ruyin is the most promising formation master I have ever seen. She will definitely not let your husband down." Yin Yue was full of confidence in Xin Ruyin and believed that Xin Ruyin would be able to set up the Wanmu Formation.

This time, Nie Zhaonan nodded and did not say anything to Yin Yue.

Because the old man Kuzhu who was not far away activated the sword light for a while, and when he saw that he was still helpless against the strange evil spirit, he finally activated the sword formation above his head and launched another magical attack.

He just pointed at the flying swords in the air, and a sound of swords rang out. All the flying swords seemed to be attracted and shot towards somewhere in the air.

As the sword light flashed, a sword wheel with a diameter of about ten feet appeared in the air.

After old man Kuzhu chanted several spells in succession, the sword wheel suddenly started to spin faster and faster. In a blink of an eye, the center was blindingly bright, and a green beam of light condensed and spurted out from the center, hitting the giant bell that was shrouded in strange and sinister energy.

With a low muffled sound, a ball of emerald green light exploded and took shape on the surface of the Yin Qi.

This ball was so huge that it immediately pressed the Yin Qi to disperse in all directions. Moreover, a lot of Yin Qi was turned into nothingness by its powerful force.

At this moment, a strange look flashed in Yuan Yao's eyes. She raised her hand and pointed at the Zhentian Bell. The negative energy instantly rushed towards the giant bell in the center, and all of a sudden, it sank into the Zhentian Bell and disappeared.

These Yin Qi may seem ordinary, but they are also a kind of great magical power that Yuan Yao has practiced hard. They are quite effective in defending against some attacks. However, under the crushing power of the light ball, they cannot be resisted for long. Therefore, Yuan Yao retracted the Yin Qi.

The light ball that was originally blocked suddenly pressed down with great momentum and directly hit the body of the Zhentian Bell.

With a loud "clang" sound, countless crystal runes appeared on the surface of the giant bell. These runes flowed unsteadily and consumed the light balls violently.

After a while, countless green lights splashed around, and the light ball instantly shrank by half.

Then, a cold light suddenly flashed at the mouth of the bell, and pieces of dazzling cold light shot out like an overwhelming force. It was the sword light that old man Kuzhu had used before and had not produced any substantial effect.

(End of this chapter)