Immortal Cultivation and Life-Saving Guide

Chapter 436 Demon Tomb Shoucang
Wei Xi's keen ears picked up the phrase "Hundred Demon Tomb".

It sounds like this Hundred Demon Tomb is part of the warehouse. Not letting this child in might delay the warehouse's opening. If Tanxian, with his identity and personality, were to ask for help, even a fool would suspect that he's a fake.

Besides, this skinny, unlucky fellow in front of me is already dead.

The heartless Wei Xi pondered for a moment, then said impatiently, "What idiots! We're short of offerings right now, didn't you see my fourth brother has gone out to arrest people? Aren't you going to be more frugal!"

These words sent a chill down one's spine—especially the arrogant tone of the demon beast, which amplified the meaning of treating human life as worthless.

The one-eyed man bowed and scraped, but inwardly he cursed Tanxian for not committing more evil deeds, lest he have saved countless "sacrifices".

However, the absurdity of this excuse will certainly not affect the reputation of the beach moss; at least these people believe it.

Under the one-eyed man's arrangement, those who hadn't gone to catch fish picked up weapons and jumped into the whirlpool with the boy.

The three boys clearly hadn't expected there to be a glimmer of hope, and were so grateful they almost knelt down before the moss on the shore.

However, he still had some sense, and waited until the remaining people got closer before casting the fishing net.

The strange fish's first reaction upon gaining its freedom was not to run away, but to attack the boy in front of it.

The skinny boy was focused on surviving, so he grabbed a harpoon and stabbed hard.

Unlike the fishing nets before, these fish-piercing weapons are no different from the ones used by those ugly merfolk.

Even such sophisticated weapons couldn't pierce the scales on the strange fish, which shows how terrifying its defenses were.

The strange fish was completely enraged. It created a surge of water that crashed against the emaciated boy. Its jagged, toothy mouth bit the boy's arm, tearing off a bloody chunk of flesh, before being swallowed by the dark whirlpool in an instant.

At this moment, the other six people also arrived and took out various tools to attack the strange fish.

The strange fish fought seven opponents single-handedly, showing no signs of weakness. It charged and rampaged, using its scales as scrapers, and soon its scales were covered with shredded meat of varying lengths.

The more Wei Xi looked at Wei Xi, the more something seemed off—this fight was too strange.

In her opinion, even if all seven of them were stacked together, they couldn't defeat this strange fish. Although the strange fish was powerful, its fighting spirit was rather weak, as if it were waiting for something.

Wei Xi's gaze once again drifted to the crooked-eyed golden statue.

For some reason, the less this thing reacted, the more wary Wei Xi became of it.

Wei Xi's heart stirred slightly. After weighing the options for a moment, he decided to take a risky move. He crushed a spirit stone in his sleeve and guided the scattered spiritual energy to probe the strange golden statue.

Invisible spiritual energy gently entangled the golden statue, attempting to find any evidence that it was strange.

"Strange," Wei Xi thought to himself, "How can it be that there's nothing there? It can't really be a golden statue, can it?"

A spirit stone doesn't really have much spiritual energy, and besides, Lian Gouhan's skin doesn't have a Qi Palace or bone structure, so Wei Xi had no choice but to give up.

Wei Xi glanced at the golden statue with resentment—it was still crooked-mouthed and slanted-eyed, looking like nothing—before shifting his attention.

The instant Wei Xi turned his head, the golden statue's eyes, which had been arguing about splitting up, suddenly began to move stiffly in their sockets. After focusing, they slowly transformed into a pair of pupil-less eyes, staring intently at Wei Xi's back.

A moment later, the golden statue's eyes seemed unable to withstand the pressure, shattering into pieces before returning to their original shape.

Wei Xi didn't notice anything unusual about the golden statue; his attention was completely drawn to the intense battle within the vortex.

Despite their injuries, the seven dared not retreat in the slightest, as if even more dire consequences awaited them if they hesitated to fight. What was called a battle was more like the seven harassing the strange fish, albeit at a much heavier price.

However, Wei Xi noticed that as time went on, the strange fish became increasingly impatient. Finally, the strange fish couldn't take it anymore and swung its deformed tail covered in barbs, sending the old fisherman flying behind it.

The strange fish flipped over, revealing its relatively thin-scaled belly, and a beast-like face with its skin contorted into a creepy expression.

Suddenly, a large amount of yin and yang energy enveloped the fish's body, and a phantom image of a beast with eight wings under its wings and six feathers on its feet condensed, overturning the remaining six people who were attacking it.

Before Wei Xi could see it more clearly, the golden tokens held by those people seemed to come alive, swiftly and cleanly plunging into several vital acupoints on the monster fish's body. The once majestic monster instantly froze, crashing straight into the seawater.

The few people who could still get up quickly rushed over, ignoring their injuries, and hurriedly broke the monster's corpse into pieces, then threw it into the sea.

Switching to Wei Xi's perspective reveals that things are not so simple.

When that abrupt beast face appeared, Wei Xixin finally felt relieved—she knew this place wasn't so simple.

After the golden talisman was inserted into the monster fish's acupoint, the condensed phantom of the demonic beast was cut and devoured by the golden threads extending from the talisman. The phantom of the demonic beast tried to resist, but it was no match for the erosion of the golden talisman. In the blink of an eye, the yin and yang energies of the phantom returned to the golden statue.

Although Wei Xi didn't know what kind of evil magic this was, her instincts told her that it was definitely not a righteous method.

Before Wei Xi could think further, he saw those people tumbling and scrambling ashore, with the most seriously injured, skinny boy even being dragged over by others.

The whirlpool in the sea swallowed the flesh and skin of the strange fish. Suddenly, a staircase made of reefs appeared in the middle of the whirlpool. The skeleton of the strange fish was pieced together by the seawater into the shape of a lamp, and a pale green flame was lit.

"Lord Tanxian, who would you like to send down to deliver the goods?"

Wei Xi had excellent eyesight and could see the flames leaping in the downward-extending steps.

“The Tomb of a Hundred Demons,” Wei Xi repeated the phrase in his mind, “So this is what the Hundred Demons are.”

Once he understood one thing, he understood everything. Wei Xi realized what the strange fish was.

These are demonic beasts killed by the leader of the Eastern Yi tribe. It is unknown what method he used to imprison some of these demonic beasts here, serving as guards for the warehouse.

"More than that," Wei Xi thought to himself, "Perhaps that ritual just now was related to stripping these demonic beasts of their power... Big fish eat little fish, what a ruthless heart!"

According to Zuo Fei, the position of the Eastern Yi demon leader was won by the evil demon surnamed Yu. It might not be able to fully digest the power of these defeated warriors in a short time, so it resorted to this method.

At this moment, Wei Xi was glad that she had not followed Zuo Fei's plan, otherwise she would not have been able to get past the Hundred Demon Tomb.

"Send two people to come in with me," Wei Xi instructed as if he had just remembered something, "to get some materials out."

As expected, Wei Xi's words did not arouse any suspicion—the Eastern Yi demon chief was obsessed with metallurgy, and it was common for him to collect materials.

In the past, this monstrous moss would at least open its warehouse twice, but today it really escaped a disaster.

With everything ready, Wei Xi was about to lead his men down to the warehouse when he heard the voice of an old, familiar beast behind him.

"What a coincidence, my second brother is here too."

Sea Warrior, Deep Sea Gambler, Eastern Barbarian Demon Chief, and Yu-surname Evil Demon are all names for the same demon, so don't get confused.

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