I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 127 Jiang Yi's Peril (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

After harvesting the peaches, the group, who had originally planned to go directly to the Azure Emperor Palace, slowed down and carefully searched other courtyards of the Xuandu Temple, hoping to find more peaches.

With Jiang Yi's assistance, the group was no longer afraid of the Peach Blossom Miasma, and they were able to handle the Peach Wood Sword Puppet and the Talisman Demon Child with ease.

During the battle, the four of them gradually centered their efforts around Jiang Yi, protecting her first when danger arose and ensuring that she could always replenish their true energy, heal their wounds, and detoxify them.

Little did they know that when there was no danger, Jiang Yi was the greatest danger.

After half a day of exploring the western group of buildings without finding anything, the group decided to cross the peach grove path to the east of the Taoist temple.

This peach grove has long since died, devoid of leaves and flowers, filled with withered branches stretching out in eerie postures, their twisted trunks resembling people suffering in agony.

On the trunks of several particularly thick peach trees, the outlines of blurry human faces vaguely appeared, their mouths agape in pain, yet unable to utter a sound. The smell of decay mingled with the scent of sandalwood, creating an indescribably eerie atmosphere.

Qin Yunze handed a second-grade concealment talisman to Jiang Yi and specifically instructed, "There is a high possibility that a large number of peach wood sword puppets are hidden here. There is no need to confront them head-on. Let's pass through quickly."

Jiang Yi took the talisman and immediately stopped talking, patting his chest to reassure Qin Yunze.

Hongli buried its head on Jiang Yi's shoulder. Thinking about what it was going to do later, it didn't dare to lift its head, afraid that someone would see its suppressed laughter.

Qin Yunze and Qin Yunyan led the way, Jiang Yi followed in the middle, and the Zhang siblings brought up the rear.

The five of them moved silently and smoothly, without disturbing the surrounding peach trees in the slightest.

When they reached the middle of the peach grove, Hongli, who was perched on Jiang Yi's shoulder, wagged her tail with ulterior motives, turned her head and glanced at the ground behind her, a ghostly light flashing in her emerald eyes.

Just then, Zhang Jincheng's stone-armored beast, which had been lurking underground, suddenly emerged and appeared directly under a peach tree. It turned around, stuck out its rear end, and defecated.

This scene froze the four of them in place, instantly sending chills down their spines.

Then, as expected, something unexpected happened.

A sudden gust of wind arose, and the entire peach orchard emitted a teeth-grinding creaking sound. The twisted tree trunks convulsed violently, and large pieces of bark peeled off, revealing something dark red like flesh underneath.

The branches stretched out like limbs awakening, their joints cracking and popping, revealing bare white bones.

"They really are peach wood sword puppets!" Qin Yunyan's voice trembled slightly. "This entire forest is full of them!"

In the blink of an eye, hundreds of peach wood sword puppets burst forth from the tree trunk.

Their bodies were hunched over, their decaying Taoist robes were covered in amber, and eerie peach blossoms bloomed in their empty eye sockets. Peach wood swords grew directly from their arms.

"his!"

Zhang Jincheng roared and slammed down the Earth Soul Seal, causing three earthen walls to rise from the ground.

All the sword puppets stepped into the Heavenly Gang Step, forming a complex array. Wherever their swords pointed, sword light poured down like a silver river, breaking through the earthen wall in one fell swoop and forcing everyone to retreat.

"It's an authentic Xuanmen sword formation!"

Qin Yunze shouted in a deep voice, and the Surging Wave Ruler flew into his hand.

A barrage of swords rained down, and the four of them instinctively shielded Jiang Yi in the middle, splitting up to fight the enemy.

"Seniors, please fight with all your might! I will fight to the death to hold you off!"

Jiang Yi shouted his loyalty, his eyes gleaming as he stared intently at the sword puppets.

The Three Talents Returning to Origin Slash and the Zhou Tian Star Form from "The Heavenly Gang Subduing Demon Sword" are so cool! I'll write them down!

If this lost sword manual could be completed, its grade would be high enough to reach the Heavenly Rank. The Xuan Ying Sword Sect currently only has two Heavenly Rank sword manuals, which would be more valuable to Jiang Yi than those longevity peaches.

A great battle was about to break out. The four humans and four demons fought a bloody battle, giving their all against the vast number of peach wood sword puppets.

Half an hour later.

The sword puppets in the peach grove were finally wiped out.

Several people were panting heavily and collapsed to the ground. Although their blood and energy were full and they had no injuries, they were all listless and their clothes were tattered and stained with blood.

On their very first day in the secret realm, before they even figured out where the Azure Emperor Palace was, nearly half of the supplies they had brought had already been used up.

But if Jiang Yi hadn't been constantly healing and restoring their energy, they wouldn't have had even a 10% chance of winning against the entire forest of peach wood sword puppets. Zhang Jincheng turned to look at Jiang Yi, who had also collapsed to the ground, her face deathly pale. She picked up the bottle of the Rejuvenation Pill and poured it directly into her mouth. Within a few breaths, the spiritual energy of the Heart Stone in her palm was drained and turned to ashes.

Jiang Yi's magic can instantly replenish the true essence of all of them, but she herself can only recover from her own depletion through pills and spirit stones.

"Thank you!"

Seeing Jiang Yi's tired and weak appearance, Zhang Jincheng rarely spoke.

"It's okay, this is what I should do."

Jiang Yi smiled and said, "It's my duty to let your stone beast defecate in time."

Qin Yunze, supporting his exhausted body, tidied up the thousand-year-old peach wood cores and other materials that could be used for refining weapons scattered on the ground.

Jiang Yi released her divine sense and scanned the area. Suddenly, she noticed half a piece of green jade under a broken peach tree in the distance. She raised her hand to straighten the jade hairpin on her head, making sure the top of the hairpin was facing that direction.

After Qin Yunze finished packing his things, he was about to check the surroundings again when Jiang Yi stood up and said, "This place is too eerie. Let's leave quickly. I'm a little scared."

Qin Yunyan walked to Jiang Yi's side, "Don't be afraid, your sister will protect you."

Qin Yunze glanced at Zhang Jincheng's feet. "Junior Brother Zhang, keep a close eye on your stone-armored beast. If it causes trouble again, don't blame me for being impolite!"

Zhang Jincheng nodded silently, immediately picked up his stone-armored beast, scolded it severely, and stuffed it into his demon spirit bag.

Zhang Jinling whispered to her brother, "Brother, don't let your guard down. Be wary of that Jiang Heying."

Zhang Jincheng glanced at the girl in blue walking alongside Qin Yunyan, thought to himself, 'I understand,' and followed after her with Zhang Jinling.

Not long after the group of five left, faint footsteps echoed through the devastated peach grove.

click!
The broken bones on the ground cracked as they were stepped on.

"Sorry, it's me again!"

Zhao Cangyun took the initiative to apologize, and faced with the gazes of Shang Shixu, Shen Puning, and Xin Wushuang, he scratched his head and gave an awkward laugh.

The four of them possessed invisibility Gu cultivated by Shang Shixu, allowing them to see each other while remaining undetected by other people or demons.

They had entered this place through the Yi Wood restriction after Jiang Yi led the four Foundation Establishment cultivators into the Taoist temple.

Shang Shixu's Invisible Eye was still hidden in Jiang Yi's jade hairpin. They didn't need to do anything; they just needed to keep their distance and follow.

"That's not right!"

Xin Wushuang glanced at the wreckage on the ground, then suddenly spoke, his tone low and his face full of displeasure.

Shen Puning was watching Shang Shixu walk away when he suddenly walked away. "I think it's great! Four Foundation Establishment seniors helped us clear out the demons in Xuandu Temple. We won without lifting a finger. How easy is that!"

Xin Wushuang remained expressionless. "We have lost the opportunity to gain experience."

Shen Puning's lips twitched.

Zhao Cangyun actually nodded in agreement, "Yes, I shouldn't have just stayed behind my senior sister and gotten away with it. That would make me look useless!"

Shen Puning's eye twitched again. Luckily, she knew these two well, otherwise she would have thought they were being hypocritical after getting a good deal.

“How about…” Shen Puning frowned and thought, “we can ask Ayi not to go to such lengths to lead those Foundation Establishment cultivators in clearing out the demons, and let you guys practice on a few occasions?”

“Okay!” Xin Wushuang replied immediately.

Zhao Cangyun nodded frantically, his eyes shining.

"Come and look at this."

Shang Shixu called out from the broken peach tree in the distance. The three of them immediately went over and saw that Shang Shixu was holding half a piece of green jade with a pattern of half a cauldron on it.

"What is this?" Zhao Cangyun sniffed closer. "It smells a lot like the wood-type true essence on Senior Sister's body."

Shang Shixu said, "Then it must be related to the inheritance of the Azure Emperor."

(End of this chapter)