The Fate of Eternal Life

Chapter 80 Interception!

A lotus flower disguised itself as a medicinal herb and devoured a living being!
This scene chilled the three to the bone, and they even suspected that the many corpses in this sacred lake were all killed by the lotus in life and became its henchmen after death.

"Let's go quickly, this is an ominous place."

The group, filled with worry, bypassed the lake and arrived at a burial mound.

This was a pitch-black burial mound, with dark red blood clots clinging to it, exuding a terrifying aura. A stone tablet, over a thousand feet tall, stood within it, half of its body covered in blood, the unknown characters stained crimson with blood radiating an eerie red light.

"No, we can't get around it."

No matter how Ning Qingyi calculated, he couldn't figure out how to get around the burial mound. It was as if he had reached a "knot" and couldn't move forward without untying it.

Himeko's expression was solemn as she said, "I'll give it a try."

He formed a series of profound and complex hand seals, causing the void to tremble and ripple like the surface of water.

"Great Void Technique." Ji Haoyue's expression changed.

This is a powerful secret technique recorded in the Void Scripture. When cultivated to its ultimate level, it allows one to traverse the void, possessing unfathomable abilities. However, in Himeko's hands, it clearly possesses the same function as the Divine Light Platform, capable of opening a spatial rift and carrying everyone directly across this burial mound.

The ripples in the void quickly opened up, forming an opening that emitted an otherworldly aura.

This made Ning Qingyi's expression change, realizing that it was similar to the secret technique of the Chaotic Ancient Emperor.

But in the next instant, a "buzz!" was heard.

The void trembled, and the entire spatial rift crumbled! Storms surged forth, causing the rocks to shake violently.

"The Immortal Tomb is too mysterious; even the most fundamental laws of the void are undergoing changes," Ji Zi said in a deep voice, clearly indicating that her attempt had failed.

"So, do you want to go and give it a try? Or should we turn back and look for another way?" Ning Qingyi asked.

Ji Zi looked at Ji Haoyue and Ji Biyue, clearly considering their opinions.

Ji Haoyue's expression was solemn as he said, "Little Ancestor, Brother Ning, if we retreat now, we might run into that group of Yin Corpses. If we encounter a few Saint-level beings, we might not be so lucky as to be able to destroy them. Let's give it a try!"

Ji Biyue's expression was filled with fear. She was originally a tall, extremely sexy woman, alluring and charming, with large, watery eyes and captivating beauty, but now she had lost her composure and looked somewhat pale.

Even so, she still said, "Haoyue is right. Little Ancestor doesn't need to worry about us. Go and explore!"

Upon hearing this, Ji Zi said, "I will protect you all, Fellow Daoist Ning, let's go!"

Ning Qing nodded and said, "I cultivate the Heavenly Secrets Technique, which makes me quite sensitive to good and bad fortune. You all must stay close to me and not wander off."

The three men, with serious expressions, agreed. Of course, this was also related to Ning Qingyi's willingness to take the lead.

He first led the three of them carefully around the burial mound, but after three attempts, they returned to the starting point each time. Clearly, his calculations were correct; the terrain had changed due to the interference of the burial mound, making it impossible to bypass.

Ning Qingyi, Ji Zi, Ji Haoyue, and Ji Biyue had no choice but to give up and obediently follow the path up.

The entire mound was over a thousand feet high and extremely majestic. It was covered with weeds but had few trees, so it looked completely bare. Apart from the huge stele planted on it, there were a few large stones scattered around. Occasionally, a black crow would stop and let out a cry or two.

After walking less than ten meters, Ning Qingyi noticed that the surrounding environment had changed; the sky and earth had become foggy, and visibility was only a few meters.

He stopped and turned around, and everyone followed his gaze, their expressions changing drastically. The path they had come from had vanished, leaving only a vast expanse of gray mist that completely obscured everything.

"This is!" Ji Biyue exclaimed, her face filled with fear.

"We're trapped in a maze. We've been tricked by a natural trap." Ning Qingyi recognized the situation.

"Being trapped in a maze" is a common saying among ordinary people. When walking at night or in the countryside, you may find yourself in a maze even though the object is right in front of you. You can't tell which way to go, so you just keep going around in circles.

Within the burial mound, yin energy gathers in formation, obscuring one's five senses.

He believed that at this moment, if someone were outside the burial mound, they would definitely be able to see the four people, who were more than ten meters apart.

"Brother Dao, do you have any ideas?" Ji Haoyue asked solemnly, while keeping a watchful eye on the fog, fearing that someone might rush out and attack them.

Ning Qingyi pondered carefully, then took out his divination tools and began to inscribe them. He carefully considered the matter and used the Eight Trigrams of Fuxi to deduce the meaning.

Soon, he was covered in sweat and felt a chill in his heart. The layout of this place was beyond his comprehension. It was a marvel of natural order, with every detail meticulously crafted, as if it had been arranged by the heavens themselves.

Fortunately, with the help of the Minor Destiny Technique, he was able to calculate a way out.

"Follow in my footsteps, and be careful not to go astray, or you might find yourself in two different worlds with just one step." Ning Qingyi said solemnly.

Upon hearing this, the three members of the Ji family became even more cautious, determined not to make a single wrong move.

Ning Qingyi, Ji Zi, Ji Haoyue, and Ji Biyue walked cautiously along the grave mound, with Ning Qingyi leading the way and the three Ji family members following closely behind.

The further you go, the greater the changes become.

The gray fog gradually deepened in color, becoming as thick as ink, so oppressive that it was hard to breathe.

"hey-hey……"

Suddenly, a low laugh came from within the black mist, startling the four people so much that they stopped in their tracks, frozen in place.

"I think I heard a burst of laughter. Did you hear it?" Ji Biyue said, her face pale.

Ji Haoyue replied in a deep voice, "I heard you..."

Clearly, this was an extremely ominous sign; unknown monsters lurked within the white mist, waiting for their chance to ambush them.

But then something even worse happened. Himeko said, "I sense something following me, like it's pressing down on me."

Ji Haoyue and Ji Biyue felt as if they had fallen into an ice cave and were extremely anxious. In order to protect them, Ji Zi volunteered to walk at the very back, one at the head and one at the tail with Ning Qingyi.

"Young Ancestor, you go first!" Ji Haoyue, who was third in line, said solemnly. If Ji Zi were to perish at the Immortal Mausoleum, the Ji family would truly go mad!
The Ji family would rather see their entire clan perish and their imperial weapons shattered than see their son die here, the son of the ancient emperor.

"Don't move! I can sense that we're almost out of the burial mound, which is why the ominous thing is trying to interfere with us," Ning Qing shouted. Then he asked, "Ji Zi, are you sure you're not mistaken?"

"No. Not only that, I feel the weight on my body getting heavier and heavier, and a cold, strange force is invading my body." Himeko said these shocking words calmly.

In fact, the situation was even worse than he described. If he hadn't been suppressing the situation, he would have already launched a counterattack.

"Use this." Ning Qingyi had barely finished speaking when...

A divine object flew out from his sea of ​​consciousness; it was none other than the Golden Heart Lamp of the Dao Tribulation.

The divine artifact swept through the black mist, with the crimson lotus karmic fire burning continuously within it, releasing power that even thinned the black mist somewhat.

"Hehe..." Another laugh rang out, and not only that, a pale hand reached out from the black mist and actually grabbed the Golden Heart Lamp of Tribulation.

This scene was so terrifying that it terrified one's soul.

Ning Qing sneered and said, "You're courting death..."

The moment the Golden Heart Lamp of the Dao Tribulation was grasped by the pale hand, it suddenly shone brightly, and streams of five-colored divine flames ignited from the lamp, like spring water overflowing from a fountain or lava flowing from a volcano, running down the lamp wall.

"Wow!"

A beastly roar, unlike any human voice, came from within the black mist. It was clearly furious, but unfortunately, this was the divine fire of the Fire Domain, which was extremely powerful and also effective against these evil creatures.

The flames ignited the pale hand, causing it to release its grip in pain. It then retreated into the black mist, and soon the fire, having lost its support, disappeared into the black mist.

“This is the divine fire of the Fire Domain!” Ji Zi recognized the origin of the Dao Tribulation Golden Heart Lamp flame at a glance and said, “It seems that you have also refined weapons in the Fire Domain.”

Ning Qingyi said, "Place the Golden Heart Lamp of the Dao Tribulation on your shoulder and see if it has any effect."

Ji Zi nodded, took the Golden Heart Lamp of Tribulation that was passed to her, and placed it on her shoulder. Sure enough, the chilling feeling on her body instantly dissipated, and she felt completely relaxed.

"What a wonderful lamp of the heart! It truly is a rare treasure," Himeko exclaimed.

"Let's go, fellow Daoist, use this to protect yourself for now."

After Ning Qing finished speaking, she led the three of them to continue walking forward.

"Waaaaah...waaaah...waaaah..."

Within the black mist, another strange change occurred, and one plaintive voice after another rang in their ears. No one knew what they heard; to Ning Qing, it was a story from his past.

However, Ning Qingyi sensed that Ji Haoyue had changed. His entire aura became muddled and confused, and he almost misstepped, causing a major disaster.

Fortunately, at the crucial moment, Ji Zi noticed that something was wrong with her junior and quickly reached out to press down on him. The warmth of the Golden Heart Lamp of Tribulation was transmitted to him, making Ji Haoyue shudder and come back to his senses.

"Haoyue, calm your mind and walk properly." Ji Zi said with a serious expression.

"I'm sorry to have worried you, Ancestor." Ji Haoyue looked ashamed.

Suddenly, Ning Qing's extraordinary treasure reappeared in his hand. With a gentle shake, the Divine Mark Purple Gold Immortal Bell emitted a series of chanting sounds.

"The accumulated yang becomes the spirit, and there is form within the spirit. The form is born from the sun, and the sun is born from the moon. The accumulated yin forms the form, and there is spirit within the form..."

The complete and intact Sutra of Salvation emanated from the bell. It must be said that it was incredibly effective. The sounds coming from the black mist instantly vanished, and the group was immediately freed from the demonic sounds.

A strange light flashed in Ji Biyue's eyes. She had sensed something amiss when the Dao Tribulation Golden Heart Lamp passed by, and the Divine Mark Purple Gold Immortal Bell swaying in front of her attracted even more attention.

With divine purple-gold, Dao tribulation gold, and eternal blue-gold, what incredible fortune this little celestial being possesses!

Ji Biyue sighed to herself, but still obediently followed along.

"The fog is thinning; it looks like we're about to make it out," Ning Qingyi said excitedly.

Ji Zi, Ji Haoyue, and Ji Biyue looked and saw that it was indeed so. The inky black mist gradually turned from black to gray, clearly becoming lighter, which cheered them up, realizing that they were indeed about to leave.

As the journey continued, the fog gradually thinned, and not only its color but also its density decreased, indicating that Ning Qingyi's calculations were correct.

Finally, the road ahead became clear, and looking back, even the burial mounds became clear.

But when they reached the last few dozen meters, Ning Qingyi suddenly stopped.

"Brother Ning, why aren't we leaving?" Ji Biyue's voice was somewhat hurried, and her expression changed from relaxed to tense, clearly afraid of hearing some bad news.

Ning Qingyi's expression was solemn. He held divination tools in his hands and kept calculating. The strange phenomena of the Eight Trigrams of Fuxi were about to burst out of his body in his eyes, and the voice of destiny echoed in his heart.

"We almost got scammed. It really is a dangerous place," Ning Qingyi said. "We need to take a detour to get out of here alive."

Upon hearing this, Ji Zi, Ji Haoyue, and Ji Biyue readily agreed and obediently listened to Ning Qingyi's arrangements.

The four of them eventually circled up the mountain again, experiencing once more the fog changing from white to black and from light to thick. However, this time, the ominous creatures in the burial mound seemed to realize that they really couldn't keep the four of them, and suddenly they erupted in a riot.

"boom!"

Ning Qingyi summoned the Primordial Azure Gold Pagoda, and the Quasi-Emperor artifact unleashed countless divine rays of light. The blue and green colors intertwined, forming supreme Dao traces that densely covered the four people.

In the end, the ominous presence in the fog retreated helplessly.

Another hour passed, and the fog in the four people's sight thinned again. Finally, they walked down the burial mound safely.

The group breathed a sigh of relief and turned around to see that the burial mound was still the same as before. It was hard to imagine where the enormous fog and ominous creature had come from.

"It's unbelievable that we actually made it out alive." Ji Biyue said excitedly.

"There must be very few people in the world who could survive the burial mound of the Immortal Mausoleum," Ji Haoyue said with a sigh.

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Ning, for saving our lives," Ji Zi said earnestly. "If you ever need anything from my Ji family in the future, just let me know."

“Okay.” Ning Qingyi did not refuse.

Upon seeing this, Ji Biyue happily took a step forward, then froze on the spot.

A fine ring of bloodstains appeared on her beautiful neck, from which countless tiny blood droplets seeped out, and then her beautiful head fell off.

Ji Biyue is dead.

At this moment, Ji Zi and Ning Qingyi's expressions changed drastically, only to see Ji Biyue's body burst into flames, and with a loud bang, everything disappeared.

"Who is it!" Himeko's face was filled with grief. He once again used the Great Void Technique to assess the surrounding enemies.

"The Assassin Dynasty..." Ning Qingyi's gaze turned cold. He used a minor destiny technique to determine the location of the murderer. He quickly obtained the result: "Is it here?"

Ning Qing unleashed a Primordial Boundary-Stabilizing Divine Light, the radiance of the Great Dao directly striking a specific spot on the burial mound.

"boom!"

Three old men emerged from within, each of them extremely old, appearing as if they were on the verge of death.

"So this is the trouble we have to deal with before we die..."

(End of this chapter)