I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 683 Beneath the Abyss (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

The fall continued for a long time until they hit something hard. The metal ball shattered, and the huge impact threw everyone away, leaving them dizzy and disoriented.

"Cough cough...Senior Sister...Are you still alive?"

Zhao Cangyun was the first to get up, searching everywhere for Jiang Yi.

“Alive…but also dying soon…” Jiang Yi sat up from the pile of rubble, supporting her aching back.

"Help...I'm being pinned down!"

Shen Puning was trapped under a boulder, but Mo Ling and Yan Kongqing, who were nearby, worked together to rescue her.

Once they confirmed that everyone was unharmed, they began to scan their surroundings to see where they had landed.

This place is an unimaginably vast underground cavern, as high as a mountain, with black rock layers on the walls and floor, hard and cold.

There is no sunlight here. Clusters of dark blue crystals are scattered all around, embedded in the rock walls and growing on the ground, emitting a cold blue light.

High above, countless enormous, deep blue crystal pillars crisscross like the ribs of a dragon, hanging from the cave ceiling or extending from the rock walls, creating a fantastic and magnificent scene.

"Where...where is this?" Shen Puning rubbed her sore shoulder and looked around in shock. The air was filled with extremely pure Xuanling energy, and every breath invigorated her.

"Such pure and refined spiritual energy, more concentrated than anywhere else in the Nine Provinces!" Yan Kongqing took a deep breath and immediately began to regulate his breathing and recover.

“These crystals…” Zhao Cangyun walked to the nearest cluster of crystals, reached out and carefully touched it with his finger. He felt a strange sensation of coolness mixed with a faint heat on his fingertip. “Senior Sister, these are not ordinary crystals. They are formed from the Xuanwu Heart Fire. They feel much gentler and purer, and no longer have that violent power that burns away the soul!”

Jiang Yi also sensed it. She quickly scanned everyone and confirmed that apart from Mo Ling, who was seriously injured and weak, most of the others had only superficial injuries and were exhausted. Her heart finally settled down a little.

Jiang Yi didn't rush to ask Zhu Xin, but immediately went to Bai Shengjie, who was sitting cross-legged and meditating, and asked, "Junior Brother Bai, how long until your 'Death God Powder' takes effect?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire cave fell silent.

Everyone turned to look at Bai Shengjie, their eyes filled with tension and worry.

They had witnessed Bai Shengjie's horrific self-destruction by poisoning himself in the dream created by Jiang Yi. Now they were temporarily free, but there was no cure for Bai Shengjie's poison.

Facing the focused gaze of the crowd, Bai Shengjie's face flashed with an extremely rare hint of embarrassment. He touched his nose, coughed lightly, and his eyes darted around.

"Uh...well..."

He hesitated for a moment, and then, under the increasingly tense gazes of the crowd, he swiftly and rapidly pressed his fingers together, striking several major acupoints, including his chest and dantian.

Immediately afterwards, he placed his hands on his temples, his facial veins bulging slightly, and slowly forced an invisible force from his temples towards his brow.

A bluish-black bump appeared under the skin between his eyebrows, and with a low shout, a drop of viscous black blood was forced out from between his eyebrows.

laugh--

The drop of black blood fell onto the rock, making a piercing corrosive sound. The hard rock seemed to be corroded by strong acid, emitting a plume of black smoke and leaving a deep pit.

"puff!"

At the same time, Bai Shengjie also coughed up a mouthful of blood, his face turned even paler, and he swayed, but was quickly supported by Yan Kongqing beside him.

He raised his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, looked at the small, corroded pit on the ground, then at his stunned companions, and gave a weak yet sinister smile.

"never mind."

Jiang Yi: ...Are you fucking kidding me?

Shen Puning realized what was happening, stormed over angrily, pointed at Bai Shengjie and yelled, "You, Bai Shengjie! You...you...you deceived my feelings!"

Hua Luosha, who was standing nearby, watched this scene and slowly interjected with a teasing tone, "Junior Sister Shen, you can't just say things like that, or others will misunderstand and think that Junior Brother Bai is some kind of heartless man who starts a relationship and then abandons it."

Shen Puning's face flushed instantly. "No way! I... I meant he lied to us and made us think he was really going to..."

She didn't dare say what she was going to say, but the mix of shame and relief at surviving the ordeal was incredibly vivid.

Bai Shengjie solemnly bowed to everyone and apologized, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to deceive you, but given the circumstances at the time, someone had to... make the first move to buy everyone a chance to fight back. I just didn't want you to argue about this and waste your time, nor did I want you to feel guilty about it."

Jiang Yi didn't say anything, but raised her hand and patted Bai Shengjie on the shoulder.

Mo Ling, Yan Kongqing, Shang Shixu, and the others smiled knowingly as they watched this scene.

Although the road ahead remains unknown and the crisis has not yet ended, at least for now, they are all still alive.

Jiang Yi took out the Five Elements Copper Coin Array from the Sword Nurturing Gourd and set it up around everyone. "Take a moment to adjust your breathing and recover your condition. This place seems relatively safe for now, so there's no rush to explore."

After saying that, Jiang Yi released Xiao Yao out of Youxian Ferry.

"Medicine!"

Before Xiao Yao could rush over, Bai Shengjie excitedly came forward and picked her up.

Squeak!

Xiao Yao was both angry and anxious, and kept shouting.

Seeing this, Shen Puning also released the precious pearl that had been locked inside her body, and Zhao Cangyun also released the jade snake.

The Heart-Piercing Mirror hanging on Jiang Yi's waist was waiting for Jiang Yi to ask him so he could give Jiang Yi a good scolding, but Jiang Yi was busy for a long time and couldn't remember him.

At this moment, Jiang Yi walked up to Shang Shixu again, "Junior Brother Shang, how is the Formless Gu in your body?"

In the previous two instances, Shang Shixu relied on the Reverse Gu Secret Technique to sacrifice his own soul and true spirit to the Formless Gu in exchange for the power to temporarily control the Formless Gu in order to fight against the Gu Po and the Kun Emperor.

This time, before they even made a move against the Nine Emperors, they jumped into the abyss.

Shang Shixu nodded slightly, "Don't worry, Senior Sister Jiang, I'm fine. Although the Gu Po has been very wary of me for the past three hundred years, I haven't learned nothing from being by her side."

Having said all that, Jiang Yi understood that Shang Shixu already had a way to reverse the master-servant relationship between him and Wuxiang Gu.

"That's good. Just let me know if you need anything."

"Senior Sister, why don't you care about me at all?" Zhao Cangyun approached her, looking aggrieved.

Jiang Yi looked up and rubbed his head. "We owe you a lot this time. Otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to get down so smoothly. Come with me to explore the surroundings in a bit. Take some time to adjust your breathing first."

Zhao Cangyun became visibly excited and sat down directly next to Shang Shixu.

Jiang Yi nodded to Hua Luosha in the distance; those who understand each other don't need to say much.

Once the cave quieted down, Jiang Yi returned to Youxian Ferry with the Heart-Piercing Mirror. With the Sword-Nourishing Gourd back in her hands, she felt that the entire gourd had become somewhat different.

(End of this chapter)