Recruit demons to become heroes, hunt demons to become gods

Chapter 213 Good things fall apart

"He can come in, you just wait outside."

The two came to Lou Lansha Palace, and Yu Fengxian was captured by Qinghua Lan.

Yu Fengxian didn't want to cause any trouble, so she didn't care too much and let Dou Eqing enter Lou Lansha Palace alone.

When Dou Eqing walked in, he felt like he had come to another world, almost like entering the Ziwei Immortal Palace.

This place doesn't really look like a palace, but rather a paradise.

The touch of the remaining soles of his shoes on the cold jade steps was still numbing his feet, and Dou Eqing staggered half a step, holding on to the cold obsidian door frame.

The spiritual mist descending from the dome climbed up to his Adam's apple along his clothes. When he raised his head, his Adam's apple slid and he swallowed the trembling - the nine-layered caisson spiraled straight into the depths of the clouds. The silver bells hanging on the eaves of each floor had long been rusted and changed color, but they made hoarse buzzing sounds in the stirring spiritual energy.

The sky palace supported by thirty-two coiled dragon pillars glowed with a cold light, and the ground was not made of bricks and stones, but a whole piece of cold jade carved with cloud patterns.

As soon as the tip of Dou Eqing's boots touched the jade face, silver-blue runes spread out from the soles of his shoes like ripples. He saw that the morning dew that had lingered for thousands of years was condensed in those flowing spiritual patterns, reflecting the seven-story pavilion suspended in the dome.

Those sky-high towers were entangled in spiritual currents as thick as chains, and what dripped from the white jade tiles was not rainwater, but starlight condensed into substance.

The spiritual spring in the northwest corner was still gurgling, and above the spring hung a half-rolled jade slip, the ink slightly smudged by the water vapor.

As Dou Eqing staggered around the spring pool, the air currents caused by his sleeves startled the spiritual mist that lived on the coral tree. The milky white mist suddenly turned into the shape of a crane, holding a faded sword tassel and flying across his forehead where cold sweat was oozing out.

The incense ash remaining on the bronze tripod in the main hall suddenly swirled without wind. He held the tripod ears with weak knees and found that what was deposited in the tripod was not ashes, but spirit stone fragments as fine as dust.

As soon as his fingertips touched the cold, hard bronze, the walls on all four sides suddenly became transparent, revealing the Scripture Gallery that meandered for thirty miles behind him. A galaxy of jade slips flowed slowly between the sandalwood shelves, and the scriptures in the distance were already hidden in the fine snow formed by spiritual energy.

The crisp sound of jade clashing echoed from the dome. As the seven-treasure lamp trees lit up one after another, Dou Eqing could clearly see the screen wall behind the main seat. On a chaotic sea map carved from a single block of lightning-struck wood, countless struggling demonic beast spirits were frozen on the crests of the waves, their vertical pupils still flickering with the spiritual fire.

The moment his shadow was cast on the wall, the nearest dragon spirit suddenly broke through the ice, and its dragon whiskers swept across his throat reflected on the wall.

The bronze clepsydra in the southeast corner suddenly overturned, but it was not the sound of water, but the clanging sound of liquid spiritual energy splashing on the cold jade bricks.

Dou Eqing guessed that there must be a spiritual vein of level six or above underground, which could make the spiritual energy so rich.

He stumbled backwards into a pillar covered in talismans. When the back of his neck touched the embossed inscriptions, the entire pillar suddenly became covered with layers of palm prints. Spiritual energy of varying properties flowed through the varying depths of the indentations, and the five-finger print at the top bore the scorch marks of lightning.

He panted and looked towards the main seat. The green jade teacup on the rosewood table was still emitting steam, and a half piece of unmelted ice crystal was settled at the bottom of the cup.

When his gaze shifted to the faded painting of an immortal touching the head behind the seat, the sleeves of the person in the painting suddenly moved without wind, and the signature seal on the lower right corner of the scroll oozed cinnabar, which merged into four fading small seal characters in Dou Eqing's suddenly shrinking pupils: Tao returns to the ancestral veins.

A loud sound of chains breaking was heard from deep in the dome's caisson, and the suspended pavilion began to rotate clockwise. With every degree of rotation, the cloud pattern on the ground changed the direction of the tide.

Dou Eqing knelt in the flow of spiritual energy that flowed over his ankles, watching his reflection being cut and reassembled by countless runes. He finally realized that those flowing silver-blue lines were not decorations - the floor of the entire cave was actually the complete cultivation experience engraved by the predecessors using their own understanding of the Tao.

The rustling sound of jade slips flipping came from the direction of the Sutra Gallery, and a yellowed scroll automatically unfolded and stopped in front of him.

When Dou Eqing saw the opening words "God and man understand the Yuan", he suddenly felt enlightened about the cultivation of the Yuan Shen and wanted to stop and reflect on it carefully.

But Qinghua's urging interrupted his thoughts.

"Let's go. The sooner we finish, the sooner we can leave. I still have to prepare for the tribulation."

Not only did she speak to Dou Eqing through telepathy, but her snake tail also gently whipped Dou Eqing's butt.

Dou Eqing lost his balance and almost fell as he took a few steps forward.

Under Qinghua's guidance, he soon came to a huge snake's nest.

He was first attracted by the snake egg that Feng Qiniang had transformed into, because it was the center of the nest.

But what he saw was not a snake egg, but a beautiful figure, as if Feng Qinnan was smiling at him because of his arrival.

This seemed unreal to him, so he quickly turned his gaze away from the snake eggs and looked at the huge nest.

Damp moss wrapped in thousand-year-old snake skins meanders deep into the ground, and the phosphorescent fire splashed when the dry bones were crushed illuminates the dome of the cave.

These snake skins can be made into rare treasures and are of extraordinary value.

Countless inverted stalactites condensed with a faint blue spiritual fluid, which dripped onto the central white jade altar, creating a clear sound like a guqin. Green scale-like spots of light floated on the altar's surface, and in the center, a half-human-high snake egg exhaled a mist resembling moonlight.

Dark golden runes were moving on the surface of the eggshell, and each crack was slowly growing and healing. Feng Qinnan's face appeared and disappeared on it, as if smiling at Dou E.

The spiritual spring overflowed from the base of the altar, forming nine circulations along the grooves engraved with the Bashen totem. When the red crystal lotus floating on the water surface bloomed with the waves, the sparks bursting from the lotus heart condensed into the shadow of a small snake in mid-air.

There were fresh scratches on the cave wall, and dark purple bloodstains meandered into strange spells among the scaly crystal clusters. An ancient fishy and sweet taste penetrated into the nasal cavity with the spiritual mist.

The bronze chains wrapped around the altar moved silently, their clashes pulsing in unison with the earth's pulse. The curled shadow within the eggshell suddenly trembled violently, and the serpentine reliefs surrounding the altar simultaneously lit up with a green glow, their vertical pupils in the stone carvings turning in unison towards the intruder.

The humid air suddenly became tense, and silvery-white pulp oozed out of the moss-covered cracks in the rocks, forming countless snake rings connected end to end on the ground.

From beneath the earth came the muffled sound of scales scraping against the rock, and the base of the altar cracked with spiderweb-like golden patterns. A giant snake slough suspended in the dome suddenly fluttered without a breeze, and the demonic energy lingering within its skin transformed into the phantom form of a seven-headed demonic serpent, its fourteen vertical pupils reflecting the increasingly intense amber light from its eggshell.

The spiritual spring's circulation accelerated, and the reflection on the water surface actually showed a scene of a giant snake swallowing the moon in the ancient times.

A chalcedony-like liquid oozed out of the cracks in the eggshell, which instantly vaporized into colorful smoke upon contact with the air.

The tiny light snakes swimming in the mist suddenly turned collectively to the southeast, where a half-broken realgar sword was embedded in the rock wall - a weapon left by a snake slayer three thousand years ago. At this moment, it was resonating and vibrating with the demon fetus in Feng Qinniang's snake egg.

The spiritual energy of the entire nest began to collapse towards the altar, and the heartbeat coming from within the eggshell was like the roar of a war drum.

It turned out that Feng Qinniang's self-sacrifice last time inspired Lou Lansha to leave the inheritance in the palace.

This realgar sword was once snatched by Lou Lansha from a powerful snake-slaying warrior. It was originally an eighth-level sword.

But during the fight with Lou Lansha, the sword was broken. She felt that it would be useless for her to use it, but it would be a pity to throw it away.

Finally, it became the medium for her to leave part of her heritage here.

Feng Qinniang's selfless act for the tribe last time won her recognition from Lou Lansha, and thus she obtained this inheritance.

Not only did Feng Qinniang benefit from it, but Qinghua also benefited from the outbreak of Lou Lansha's inheritance, which made many training places in the palace very suitable for the Duqi Snake Clan to practice.

Taking into account the current situation of the tribe, Qinghua was afraid that such a precious land would bring disaster due to sudden changes, so he simply used the Thousand Snakes Formation to quickly absorb spiritual energy.

That's why she was able to break through to the sixth level so quickly.

If it is utilized slowly, the entire ethnic group can be greatly improved.

Of course, the inheritor Feng Qiniang absorbed the most opportunities for inheritance.

Qinghua wanted Dou Eqing to take Feng Qiniang away. Not only did she want to overcome her own tribulation and not bring trouble to Feng Qiniang, but she also wanted to take Feng Qiniang away to leave more opportunities for the clan. Because Feng Qiniang had not stopped for so long, she was still rapidly absorbing spiritual energy from the sixth-level spiritual vein to grow stronger.

The speed at which Feng Qinniang absorbs spiritual energy is not the normal training speed of a fifth-level peak monster. It is several points faster than the speed at which an ordinary sixth-level monster absorbs spiritual energy.

Qinghua was a little worried that when he broke through to the sixth level, the sixth-level spiritual veins on the island would not be enough to provide him with the spiritual energy he needed to break through and overcome the tribulation.

The outside world actually doesn't know that the Demonic Snake Beauty Island has a sixth-level spiritual vein.

This sixth-level spiritual vein was very well hidden by Lou Lansha's cave palace.

If this spiritual vein is not enough to help Qinghua break through the sixth level of tribulation, it will be difficult to find a suitable place to pass the tribulation in this Thousand Forest Swamp.

There are not many sixth-level spiritual veins in the Qianlin Swamp. Where there are sixth-level spiritual veins, there are at least two tribes of sixth-level monsters occupying them. The entire Qinghua tribe is currently unable to compete.

Therefore, the sixth-level spiritual vein of the Demonic Snake Beauty Island is not only the foundation of the entire clan, but also Qinghua’s current life-saving straw.

She tried to move Feng Qiniang, but failed.

If Qinghua had not sensed that Dou Eqing and his group were passing by the Demonic Snake Beauty Island, he would have had to leave it to fate.

In fact, she asked Dou Eqing to come over as a last resort, it was really a last resort.

If there is still no other way, she secretly plans to keep Dou Eqing and ask Yu Fengxian for help.

However, the previous episode made Qinghua hope that Feng Qinniang would follow Dou Eqing, and she didn't think she could ask Yu Fengxiang for help.

Dou Eqing observed carefully and figured out Feng Qinnan's current situation.

"She seems to have reached a critical point in her cultivation. How about I wait here for a while?"

He spoke to Qinghua in a tone of interrogation.

"But my thunder tribulation can't be suppressed for too long. Given Qi Niang's current condition, once my thunder tribulation strikes, it will definitely trigger her sixth-order thunder tribulation. By then, our entire tribe will be destroyed. You must take her away as soon as possible."

Qinghua said firmly.

"I see you're thinking about more than just her, right?"

Dou Eqing asked back.

No matter what, Feng Qinniang is still her demon slave. Her opportunity is generally considered Dou Eqing's opportunity. How can she give it to others? She must not give up what she can fight for.

"Hey, I won't beat around the bush with you, kid. I'm no match for you humans when it comes to trickery. To be honest, I was a little anxious when I broke through to the sixth level, which resulted in a lack of foundation. If I only rely on the sixth-level spiritual vein to arrange the tribulation, my chances of successfully passing it are less than 40%.

Only with the help of Lou Lansha Palace can I increase my chances of success in overcoming the tribulation. And Qi Niang's position is the core of Lou Lansha Palace, only here can I draw on its strength."

Qinghua had no choice but to tell the truth.

"Of course, if you can help me overcome the tribulation, I can do it outside and let Qi Niang fully accept this opportunity."

She then added that the head transformed into a human head looked outside the palace, indicating that the person who was helping was Yu Fengxian.

Her words reminded Dou Eqing of himself, Yu Fengxian, and the "Guarding Yin and Taking Yang Sutra" he had just practiced.

There is a secret method in the "Classic of Guarding Yin and Taking Yang" about the wonderful use of Dou'e's pure yang body: Danyangyuandan.

This Danyangyuan Dan is used to make up for the lack of Tao foundation.

The Danyangyuan Pill is a pill made by using the pure yang energy in his body to refine it in the Taoist body, and then given to Kun Xiu through a trick in the "Shou Yin Na Yang Jing" to replenish his Taoist foundation.

This secret method combines the wonders of Dan cultivation and dual cultivation, so the effect of Danyangyuan Dan is very unique in this regard.

"I do have a secret method that can help you with your hasty cultivation. Can you let Qi Niang stay here and accept this opportunity?"

Dou Eqing asked tentatively.

"What method? Actually, Qi Niang is just blindly absorbing spiritual energy right now. If you can quickly transfer her to an environment with abundant spiritual energy and give her this broken sword, it won't affect the inheritance she has obtained..."

Qinghua simply told the truth about Feng Qinniang.

The key to Feng Qinniang's opportunity this time is the very inconspicuous broken realgar sword.

Dou Eqing followed Qinghua's instructions and saw the broken realgar sword.

The realgar sword made Dou Eqing's eyes light up.

Although the sword was broken, it was still able to hide itself, so Dou Eqing had not noticed it before.

It is obviously not just a broken sword, it must be of extraordinary value.

Moreover, Dou Eqing had to look away after taking a few glances, as he saw an extremely powerful attack erupting from above, and looking at it for too long might cause damage to his eyes or consciousness.

"If the Qi Niang inheritance is completed, this sword must remain in our clan."

Qinghua immediately realized that Dou Eqing cared very much about the powerful sword and used it to threaten him.

She wanted compensation from Dou Eqing and also wanted Feng Qinniang to leave here as soon as possible.

Dou E looked at the Realgar Sword again and confirmed that Feng Qinniang's opportunity was indeed on the Realgar Sword.

He had been here for quite some time and had just received an urging from Yu Fengxian, asking him to take Feng Qiniang away quickly.

"Qiniang, come with me?"

When he confirmed that Feng Qinniang's chances all depended on the Realgar Sword, he first sent a telepathic message to the snake egg and asked Feng Qinniang tentatively.

"Um……"

An intermittent echo sounded in Dou Eqing's mind.

So, Dou Eqing practiced the "Guarding Yin and Taking Yang" secret method and sat cross-legged in meditation, refining a Dan Yang Yuan Dan from his body for Qinghua.

Qinghua is worthy of being a member of the Duqi snake clan with an ancient bloodline inheritance. She actually saw through Dou Eqing's secret method.

"Are you using your Daoist body to refine the elixir? Then I, the medicine guide, will be indispensable!"

Her head, which had transformed into a human, smiled strangely, and then her huge body shrank as much as possible, turning into a multi-headed monster snake less than three meters long and rushed towards Dou Eqing.

(End of this chapter)