After returning to the village, start chasing the mountain from binding Emei

Chapter 891 Absorbing Cultivation Power Like a Terrifying Shrimp!

"Ding, binding complete."

……

A few breaths later, the binding was successful.

The majestic mountain map in my mind reappeared, and in a corner of the map, the phantom of a mountain gradually solidified and appeared.

It is Jinjia Mountain.

After a short while, the map gradually disappeared.

At the same time, Chen Yang felt a subtle sense of affinity and connection with the mountain beneath his feet.

……

After walking a little further in, the cave passage began to twist and turn, and there were more and more branching passages around.

With Huanglong leading the way and the traces left by predecessors providing guidance, Chen Yang was spared a lot of trouble and could simply follow along.

The temperature inside the cave was getting colder and colder; the words spoken seemed to freeze into ice blocks and fall to the ground.

Ahead, a side cave was covered in ice.

The cave entrance was completely sealed by thick ice. Chen Yang came to the entrance to observe, and there was some kind of restriction in place. Neither his primordial spirit nor his spiritual power could penetrate it, let alone know what was inside.

Some of the ice surfaces have obvious traces of flames, blackened and dented, but the damage is not significant.

Considering what the monk Langse just said, among the three people who entered this place, there was a Persian master who was skilled in controlling fire. Perhaps these burn marks were made by this person?

The flames did indeed damage the ice, but the person clearly gave up in the end, though the reason is unknown.

There were still many obvious signs of fighting around, and the air still contained traces of true energy, indicating that a battle had just taken place here.

Was it an internal conflict among the three, or were they attacked by something?
Chen Yang thought of the corpse ape that Huang Long had mentioned.

They've been in the cave for so long, but they haven't encountered any corpse apes. Could they be after the three who entered the cave first?

Zhou Mingyuan and Huang Long clearly shared the same thoughts as Chen Yang.

Chen Yang used the radar to probe inside, but the signal was interfered with and the image was greatly distorted. The ice layer was about four or five meters thick, and the radar could only barely penetrate the ice layer. What was inside was completely unclear.

"Never mind this place, let's go straight to the core of the cave. We can deal with the sealing here later."

Huanglong Daoist said something.

He had already found the core of the cave last time he came, and he was also coming for the core this time. Of course, he wouldn't waste his time on these side caves and paths for the sake of small gains.

These branching paths and forks may contain treasures, but they may also be empty, or perhaps hiding powerful monsters, traps, or hidden weapons.

The creator of this cave dwelling certainly had a rather perverse sense of humor.

It's a perfectly good cave dwelling, why bother with all this?

Chen Yang withdrew his gaze and ignored the side passage in front of him, continuing to walk in with Huang Long.

Along the way, we encountered some more frozen side cave entrances.

The three ignored him and headed straight for the core of the cave.

"Kengkengkengkeng..."

The sounds of fighting could be faintly heard ahead, and the ice beneath our feet trembled slightly.

There is a fight.

The three exchanged a glance, immediately becoming more vigilant, and cautiously made their way towards the direction from which the fighting sounds were coming.

A hundred meters ahead, a cave appeared, with two stone doors at the entrance wide open. The cave was filled with a chilling atmosphere, and the sounds of fighting were coming from behind those doors.

Huang Long said, "The pool I mentioned before is inside this cave. Last time, it was here that I was injured by that shrimp..."

"Oh!"

Before he could finish speaking, a loud bang came from the cave.

A figure shot out from the stone gate like a cannonball.

The speed was beyond imagination.

Even with Chen Yang's eyesight, he could only barely make out that it was a person.

The figure approached with incredible speed, and Chen Yang dared not meet it head-on, instinctively dodging to the side.

Zhou Mingyuan and Huang Long dodged even faster than he did.

All three dodged to avoid it.

"Oh!"

The man crashed directly into the ice wall at a corner not far behind the three of them.

With a loud bang, the ground shook.

The ice wall was made of ice that had been frozen for countless years, and it was extremely solid. When that person fell, he fell hard.

He had countless broken bones all over his body, his clothes were all torn apart, and he slid down the ice wall, bleeding instantly from all seven orifices.

"help me……"

The man was still alive, and he had obviously seen Chen Yang and the others, but as soon as he opened his mouth, blood began to gush out uncontrollably.

"Zongba?"

Zhou Mingyuan was slightly taken aback when he saw this person.

Upon hearing this, Chen Yang was also surprised. That Zongba from the Lingshan Sect?

Was he raped?
Before the three could react, the man had already lowered his head and remained motionless, as if he were dead.

"It's that shrimp."

Huanglong Daoist looked confident. He had learned his lesson from that shrimp before. The way Zongba had just been blasted away was very similar to his experience that day.

He still remembers that day, right behind this door, when he was sent flying by a shrimp that suddenly emerged from the pond.

However, he wasn't as miserable as Zongba.

What?
Chen Yang gripped the Crimson Sky Sword tightly, his heart pounding in his throat.

This Zongba was a powerful expert in the mid-stage of the Dao Realm, yet he was directly knocked away and his fate is unknown. Just how strong must this shrimp be?

"Stay here and don't come any closer."

Zhou Mingyuan gave Chen Yang an instruction, then his gaze fell on Zongba, "Be careful of this person."

Immediately, he and Huang Long, one on the left and one on the right, crept towards the cave entrance ahead.

Given Chen Yang's strength, the two of them would definitely not allow him to get involved in such a battle.

Although Chen Yang displayed great combat power that night at Mount Si'e, they later heard from Xuan Jing that Chen Yang had taken an Emei elixir that day, which only temporarily granted him the cultivation level of the late stage of the Dao True Realm.

In essence, he is still only at the Creation Realm. Bringing him to Jinjia Mountain this time was already somewhat risky.

Chen Yang did not follow.

I believe the two of them can handle it; if they can't, then Chen Yang's efforts will be in vain.

Chen Yang glanced back at the Zongba, then walked over.

This person was quite large, his clothes were blown apart, and his skin was fairly fair, but he was a bit overweight.

His large, muscular face was covered in blood, which froze almost instantly, leaving his exposed skin a bluish-purple discoloration.

Chen Yang checked his condition.

Almost all of his ribs were broken, and his internal organs were severely injured. He managed to protect his heart meridian with only a breath of true qi, but even his primordial spirit was severely damaged and he lost consciousness.

This is too powerful! How much power does it take to destroy the half-immortal body of a mid-stage Dao Realm expert like this?

At this moment, perhaps sensing someone approaching, Zongba struggled to open his eyes, and his gaze met Chen Yang's.

"Young man, please help me..."

He opened his mouth, his breath coming in a faint gasp, as if grasping at a straw.

His primordial spirit was severely damaged, and he couldn't even maintain basic consciousness. No matter who was standing in front of him, surviving was the most important thing.

"Don't panic, you're badly injured. Close your eyes, don't think about anything, and you'll feel better after a good night's sleep."

Chen Yang hadn't expected him to wake up suddenly, and quickly offered a word of comfort.

When Zongba met Chen Yang's eyes, he felt as if those eyes possessed a magical power. Already severely injured and weak, he was overcome by an irresistible drowsiness and obediently closed his eyes.

"I'll heal your wounds right away."

Chen Yang said something, then took out silver needles and quickly sealed the acupoints on Zongba's body.

Zongba's tense body suddenly relaxed.

Chen Yang stretched out his right hand and placed it on Zongba's Baihui acupoint on the top of his head.

Taotie Gu.

A sudden suction force emanated from Chen Yang's palm, rapidly establishing a connection with the meridians within Zongba's body.

It was as if a series of water pipes were inserted directly into the Sanjiao Gate of Zongba.

Ok?
Zongba's eyes, which he had just closed, suddenly snapped open, and his relaxed body instantly tensed up.

"you……"

"what are you doing……"

Feeling the rapid loss of energy within his body, Zongba was terrified. "You call this healing me?"
You're taking advantage of my misfortune!

He immediately tried to struggle, but with most of his bones broken, he could barely move, let alone resist.

His vital acupoints were sealed, so he couldn't even use his primordial spirit energy to fight back.

Terrifying!

This kid is absorbing my cultivation!

"No, please, we have no grudge against each other, please...please let me go..."

Zongba's face was filled with terror and despair, and he spat out his pleading words through clenched teeth with almost all his might.

Why are you awake?
Waking up during surgery is considered a medical malpractice.

Chen Yang took out a silver needle and stuck it into the back of Zongba's neck. Zongba's vision went black and his consciousness was plunged into boundless darkness.

……

— Cave.

Inside the stone gate was a frozen world. The cave was quite large, covered with thick layers of ice. Long icicles hung from the ceiling, like inverted swords.

In the middle of the cave, there is a pool of water.

The pool is thirty or forty meters in diameter, and a chilling aura emanates from it from afar.

The temperature inside this cave is much lower than outside, but strangely, despite the sub-zero temperatures, the water in the pool doesn't freeze at all.

As Zhou Mingyuan and Huang Long entered the gate, they immediately saw two figures attacking a creature about fifty or sixty meters away from the pool...

A large shrimp.

The prawn was greenish-blue all over and looked a bit like a mantis shrimp, but there were some differences. It was very large and stood more than ten feet tall.

The two elderly men who fought him were dressed as esoteric Buddhist monks.

One of them had a full, red beard, as if a ball of fire surrounded his chin. He slashed out from the air, and a line of fire shot straight towards the prawn.

The other person was wearing a esoteric Buddhist robe, with dark, wrinkled skin and a rather tall stature. He held a vajra pestle, which he swung with great force, clearly indicating that he was a physical practitioner.

However, the prawn held its own against the two attackers, handling the situation with ease and even forcing them to retreat.

The two men's attacks struck the shrimp's carapace, seemingly causing no damage whatsoever.

It was very difficult to play.

……

Zhou Mingyuan and Huang Long stood at the door, neither of them seeming to intend to go up and help.

To stand by and watch the fire from across the river.

Huang Long said, "It's this shrimp that gave me a real hard time last time. This beast not only has a hard shell, but it also has a pair of hammers on its chest. If necessary, they can be sprang out with immense force, easily shattering the Immaculate Bone..."

"You call this shrimp?"

Zhou Mingyuan's face twitched slightly. A ferocious creature over three meters long, and you call it a shrimp?

If we could slaughter them, there would be more pork than we get for the New Year.

Huanglong stammered, "What else is it but a shrimp? No matter how big it grows, it's still just a shrimp."

“This beast is invulnerable to swords and spears. These two are probably no match for it and will be defeated sooner or later. Should we help them?” Huang Long asked.

Zhou Mingyuan shook his head, showing no intention of taking action. "Neither of them are good people. If anyone should be helped, it should be this shrimp."

Huang Long paused upon hearing this.

Zhou Mingyuan said, "Let them wear each other down for a while, then we'll act accordingly."

Huang Long nodded, said nothing more, and then he and Zhou Mingyuan took a few steps back to continue watching from the sidelines.

Let others do the work first, then seize the opportunity to reap the benefits. After all, it's not like you're the one getting beaten up, so it doesn't matter if you're beaten to death.

Ideally, both sides would suffer heavy losses.

……

Meanwhile, outside the cave, Chen Yang was pressing Zongba's head and sucking wildly.

The cultivation level of a Dao Realm expert can be described as vast.

The gluttonous Gu devoured everything, draining Zongba's inner core and causing his severely injured primordial spirit to collapse.

As soon as Chen Yang let go, Zongba's body collapsed and he died instantly.

Without the protection of true energy, how could he withstand such a low temperature? His body surface was immediately covered with frost, and in just a few breaths, he was frozen into an ice sculpture, lying on the ground, and even a shovel couldn't lift him up.

"Mercy, mercy!"

Chen Yang let out a sigh of relief, exhaling a puff of white smoke.

This Zongba, who could make the monk Langse risk his life to kill him, must not be a good person.

Even if Chen Yang didn't make a move, given his injuries, he probably wouldn't survive in such a harsh environment.

He was simply making use of waste materials, and he didn't feel any psychological burden about it.

It is our duty to eliminate evil and uphold justice.

On the contrary, I have accumulated more merit today.

The gluttonous gu inside the body seemed to burp, but soon sent a signal of hunger.

It wasn't full yet; it wanted more.

This thing is truly insatiable. The cultivation of a mid-stage Dao Realm expert is probably more potent than that of a Great Rejuvenation Pill, yet it still can't satisfy it.

This gluttonous Gu seems to have never been full since it came with Chen Yang.

No matter how much Chen Yang fed it, it always said, "I want more."

……

"Oh!"

Just then, another loud bang came from the direction of the cave entrance.

Immediately afterwards, another figure flew out of the cave.

Chen Yang quickly dodged.

With a thud, the figure also crashed into the ice wall; just looking at it was painful.

This scene felt so familiar; Chen Yang had a feeling that the scene from just moments ago was suddenly being replayed.

At the same time, an iron pestle flew out, nearly hitting Chen Yang, and stuck directly into the ice wall.

The man's clothes were torn apart by the powerful force, his entire chest cavity collapsed, and his skin cracked and bled, but the blood was quickly frozen by the extreme cold.

"puff!"

He spat out a mouthful of blood, mixed with fragments of internal organs. Before the blood even hit the ground, it had already frozen into ice shards.

"This……"

Chen Yang paused for a moment, then looked back towards the cave entrance. Was he refilling the Gluttonous Gu's potion?

The old man was burly and muscular, clearly a physical cultivator.

If nothing unexpected happens, it should be the Ling Shan Sect expert named Solang that Langse mentioned, right?

This body cultivator, who was at the early stage of the Dao True Realm, was also seriously injured. But a body cultivator is a body cultivator after all, and despite being so badly injured, he still tried to stand up.

Chen Yang suddenly took a step forward and punched the man directly in the forehead.

"boom!"

Solang was too badly injured to dodge, and before he could react, Chen Yang punched him in the temple.

He was sent flying again.

With a loud crash, it slammed into the ice wall to the side, then rolled down, already unconscious.

Like an old man collecting mineral water bottles, Chen Yang immediately chased after him, uttered a word of compassion, and placed his hand on the top of his head to continue recycling the waste.

……

Inside the cave.

Seeing Solang being blasted away by the giant shrimp, Zhou Mingyuan was also very surprised.

Even with his keen eyesight, he couldn't see how the shrimp had made its move.

The speed at which he attacked was so fast that it was impossible to see clearly before the person was blasted away.

Two of the three Dao Realm experts were killed in one fell swoop, leaving only Asaga to fight alone.

At this moment, Asaga was clearly terrified. He only released his fiery true energy from a distance to attack the shrimp, not daring to get close to it, for fear of suffering the same fate as the two before him.

"You two, aren't you going to make a move?"

Asaga had already seen the two people watching from the sidelines, and at this moment he could no longer hold back and shouted at Zhou Mingyuan and the others.

He had clearly realized the situation by now. The three of them together couldn't defeat this shrimp, and now that he was alone, he was even less likely to be a match for it.

If Zhou Mingyuan and his companion could lend a hand, there might still be some hope.

This shrimp is incredibly powerful, especially its sneak attack method. It suddenly leaps over with a hammer, and if it hits you, anyone with a weaker body would probably be smashed to pieces instantly.

Zhou Mingyuan and Huang Long heard his shouts.

Huang Long glanced at Zhou Mingyuan, only to see that Zhou Mingyuan remained unmoved and showed no intention of making a move.

Clearly, it's not the right time yet.

He could tell that this Asaga was not using his full strength, and the shrimp seemed to be completely unharmed.

"Humph……"

However, at that moment, Asaga struck the giant shrimp by the pool with a palm strike that missed its target. Flames slashed out like a bolt of lightning, forcing the shrimp back slightly. Without saying a word, Asaga turned and ran.

However, they ran towards the doorway where Zhou Mingyuan and the others were.

It's unclear whether he intended to escape or to draw the fighting to Zhou Mingyuan and his group.

"Whoosh!"

The prawn immediately chased after Asaga.

Zhou Mingyuan frowned slightly, a green flying sword flashed in his hand, and its target was not the shrimp, but Asaga.

Asaga was terrified, instinctively sensing danger, and immediately dodged to the side.

The sword light swept past him, but the next second it went straight for the shrimp.

"Keng!"

Fire is shining.

The prawn was struck on the carapace by the flying sword, and the immense force of the sword sent the prawn flying.

Plop!
The shrimp fell into the pond, and the calm water surface was suddenly rippled with large splashes.

The water in the pool cascaded down, then gradually returned to calm.

And then the prawn's figure disappeared.

They had obviously retreated to the pool.

(End of this chapter)