I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 278 Breath of Earth (Seeking monthly votes)

Time passed second by second, and everyone did their best. Jiang Yi's spring rain never stopped from beginning to end, and her true energy was quickly exhausted.

Liu Tao looked over nervously. Jiang Yi sat down on the ground to speed up the recovery of her true essence. It was a pity there were no plants here, otherwise she could absorb and use it at the same time to maintain her balance.

"It's okay, I can hold on for a while longer."

Click!

A heart-stopping cracking sound suddenly erupted, and the crack, which had been slowed down, suddenly widened.

Liu Taozhi's eyes were filled with panic. "No! The crack is too big. We can't do it by ourselves. We have to get Master and the others to come up with a solution, but there's no time to do it now."

The group's spiritual energy was nearly exhausted, and the tremors below the abyss, like a heartbeat, grew increasingly violent, as if some terrifying being was reviving.

The defeated army of stone figures regrouped once again. Xin Wushuang was panting heavily, and Shen Puning's brush had run out of spiritual ink.

Baozhu and Wanli were exhausted, but Zhenshan and Duanjin were still gritting their teeth and trying to break the rubble into tiny, irreparable fragments.

They have indeed reached their limit!

At this moment, Jiang Yi suddenly looked up.

The words of Burning Heart as it dissipated echoed in her ears, and she suddenly looked at the tumor floating below the Heavenly Ruler.

The tumor that Luo Qingsi had cleaved open with a single sword strike had now recovered most of its size, and the blood-red sand inside had not diminished at all; on the contrary, it was continuing to multiply.

In the entire underground palace, this was the only thing that was puzzling.

Could this be the most precious thing that Burning Heart spoke of?
"Red Glass! Use the pure fire of the candle moth to burn that tumor and the sand!"

Upon hearing this, the red fox raised its three tails, and pure white moths flew out from the tips of its tails, swarming towards the tumor.

Jiang Yi also squeezed out the last bit of true essence in her body and used the Lazy Version of Spring Rain. The Lazy Version is a weakened version of the innate source qi. It was able to activate the Creation Longevity Cauldron in the Azure Emperor Palace, and it might be effective here as well.

At the same time, Hua Gu flew over and sprinkled the sweet dew of the moon to dispel the evil spirits.

With the combined efforts of the human and the two demons, the tumor melted like wax, and the sand and gravel within it slowly lost their blood color, revealing its true form.

Like the soil of the earth, plain and unremarkable.

But this ordinary loess spontaneously flew towards the ten-foot-long crack, filling the fissure as if it were alive.

The Heavenly Ruler hummed and trembled, its dark golden light shining brightly, forcefully suppressing the remaining eerie blue flames back into the abyss.

The blue flames in the eye sockets of the constantly reassembling stone figures gradually weakened until they went out, and the weapon that was slashing at the pearl froze in mid-air.

Upon seeing this, the wounded pearl blinked, then angrily jumped up, overturned the stone figure in front of her, and stomped on it wildly.

Amidst the earth-shaking tremors, Jiang Yi, exhausted, staggered and knelt on the ground. Liu Taozhi rushed over to support her.

The loess, having lost its purifying power, was once again eroded by blood, halting the repair of the Heavenly Ruler.

But the most pressing crisis has been resolved.

Jiang Yi also roughly knew what that yellow soil was; she had seen it in ancient books.

Breathing Earth is a legendary type of soil that is said to be able to generate and expand endlessly, with each grain containing immense earth vein power.

The Kun Emperor's instrument must have deliberately left the Breath Soil under the Heavenly Ruler. If the Heavenly Ruler is damaged, the Breath Soil can repair itself. The Breath Soil is inexhaustible and can ensure the Heavenly Ruler's seal is completely intact.

However, even Emperor Kun Fangyi probably didn't expect that the Xuanwu Heart she sealed would release a mutated and corrosive power, rendering the Breath Soil ineffective.

"Ayi, did we succeed?"

Shen Puning's voice came from behind. Jiang Yi was too tired to speak, but Liu Taozhi turned around and said for her, "Yes, we succeeded!"

"Ah! I'm so tired!"

Shen Puning plopped down, utterly exhausted, and collapsed to the ground. Baozhu, whimpering and shrinking to the size of a piglet, lay sprawled at Shen Puning's feet, its belly heaving violently with each breath. Wanli swooped down from the sky, landing headfirst into Xin Wushuang's arms, barely able to stand. Xin Wushuang gently stroked Wanli's wings; though her face was weary, her back remained as straight as a pine tree.

Hua Gu snuggled into Jiang Yi's arms, resolving another crisis for her master.

*(ˊˋ*)* So happy.

Jiang Yi and Liu Taozhi exchanged a smile, their eyes filled with the relief of surviving a disaster.

Inside the Five Elements Array of Copper Coins, Hong Li and Zhao Cangyun, who had transformed into a small Qilin, were still consuming the remaining Xuanwu Heart Flame, and it would take some more time.

The thunder overhead gradually subsided, and Luo Qing thought he would be back soon.

Jiang Yi suddenly lost her strength, leaned back and fell to the ground, muttering with her eyes closed, "I can't take it anymore, I need to sleep for a while... just a few hours... even the most important things can wait..."

Before he finished speaking, his breathing had already become long and even.

Jiang Yi had no defenses against Liu Taozhi. The invisible energy did not block her. Liu Taozhi hurriedly squatted down, pinched her wrist to check her pulse. The senior sister's face was as pale as paper, and she was so thin that she seemed to be blown away by a gust of wind.

Liu Taozhi felt a lump in her throat, thinking to herself, "How did my senior sister, who was perfectly healthy, become so weak?"
So pitiful—

Hua Gu flew over and tried to push Liu Taozhi away by pressing against her shoulder.

Go away, don't disturb my master's sleep. Sleeping is an important thing, hurry up and go away!
……

Jiang Yi only slept for about four hours before being gently awakened by the Hua Gu brand alarm clock, which she had instructed Hua Gu via telepathy before falling into a deep sleep.

The Heavenly Ruler is only temporarily stable. The great formation of the Golden Zheng Plain Secret Realm outside is still in disarray, and they can't stay here indefinitely.

Jiang Yi raised her arm to stretch her muscles and yawn, but halfway through the yawn, she froze.

"Uh... I seem to remember sleeping in an underground palace, not in a bare cave."

Liu Taozhi, Shen Puning, and Xin Wushuang were all meditating and regulating their breathing nearby, and had not yet woken up.

Zhenshan and Duanjin transformed back into stone lions, guarding her side.

Zhao Cangyun and Hong Li are still trapped in the Five Elements Copper Coin Array, with no movement. They should have already finished absorbing the leaked Xuanwu Heart Fire and are digesting it.

Jiang Yi turned her head and looked around. Apart from a stone brick floor that was exactly the same size as the range of the invisible energy beneath her, there was no stone terracotta army or mechanical crossbow carts anywhere else, not even a floor tile.

Cleaner than a locust swarm!

The entire underground space now consists only of the Zhangtian Ruler and the Xitu Flesh Tumor, which are surrounded by the Five Elements Copper Coin Array.

Whoosh!

Hua Gu flew to Jiang Yi's side, her misty body transforming into the silhouette of a woman holding a sword with crackling electric arcs flashing across it.

Jiang Yi was both amused and exasperated. In fact, even without Hua Gu saying it, she knew that Luo Qingsi had done it.

They really didn't leave a single floor tile behind, they pried them all up?

No, the floor tiles where she sleeps are still there, which is very thoughtful of them; they didn't move her to another place just because of the floor tiles.

"Is she digging sand outside right now?" Jiang Yi asked Hua Gu.

Hua Gu moved her body forcefully, and Wu Zhi pointed to the hole in the top of the cave.

"Why do you seem a little aggrieved?" Jiang Yi keenly noticed Hua Gu's emotions, and after a moment's thought, she understood. "You lost to Qing Si in a fight, right? Did she yell at you?"

call!
Hua Gu, feeling wronged, threw herself into Jiang Yi's arms and started fiddling with her fingers.

"It's alright. Qing Si isn't one to keep everything to herself. When she comes back, she'll still divide everything equally among everyone. Help me up, let's go see what kind of cultivation technique is being passed down by those words on the Heavenly Ruler."

　"Xi Tu" is the same as "Xi Rang". This term is used in many books and anime, each with its own specific setting, so I'm writing it as "Xi Tu" here to differentiate them.

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