Tumor Sword Immortal

Chapter 159 See the light of day again
fighting?

There was no fighting.

When the man in the red turban fastened his belt again, he was the only living person left in the woods.

He glanced down at He Yuan, whose eyes were vacant and who was trembling, and snapped his fingers.

A dark shadow rose up from beneath the girl's feet and enveloped her in an instant.

A piercing scream and a mournful cry escaped her throat, but were completely blocked by the shadow that clung to her body. Soon, the woodland returned to silence.

Scattered corpses lay on the grass. He Liang's head had been severed, and He Chen's eyes, wide open in anger, could no longer be closed. Chi Ze sat down next to He Yuan's clean body and played with his new toy by the fire that the He family had lit earlier.

"Two-life plate..."

This is a round piece of white jade about the size of a palm. If you try to touch it, you will feel a noticeable resistance from spiritual energy.

"It should be something that recognizes its owner. I wonder if it qualifies as a Xuanbao. I did see an old ghost looking to buy a protective magic item a few days ago. I should be able to exchange it for some money."

Chi Ze chuckled and untied four square jade pieces from his waist. In a flash of light, the two jade plates vanished.

Compared to the two-life plate that the He family treasured, the four jade pieces in Chi Ze's hands were what he truly cherished.

"If it weren't for the Jade Palace of Qiongxiao, I, Qiu Sheng, would have been destined to be a pill refiner and weapon forger for the rest of my life..." Thinking of this, no gratitude welled up in Chi Ze's slender eyes; instead, they grew even colder. "When I first arrived in Chang County, this thing was still hot, but now it's silent. Could it be that someone beat me to it?"

He held four jade pieces between his fingers, making them tinkle and jingle.

Two of them he obtained by chance, and the other two he stole by killing a junior disciple, Master Su.

Thanks to these four jade pendants, he rose rapidly in the Jade Palace. In just three years, he broke through to the fifth realm and mastered two extremely practical techniques, as well as the refining of more than ten kinds of pills.

Therefore, he remembered that feeling vividly, the scorching heat emanating from the jade pendant.

That's the feeling of being one of the same kind.

If I can kill another holder, I will have six jade pendants. At that time, more spells and techniques, more pills, magic weapons, and even the basics of formations will come to me.

Licking his lips, Qiu Sheng suppressed his burning desire and touched his four jade pieces, feeling a pang of regret.

Pity.

Well, since we're already here, we might as well go to Zhu County. I heard they were arresting Su Shi there recently, so I might as well go and join in the fun and see if there's anything to gain.

He got up, took the horse's reins, and was about to set off.

Suddenly, a familiar burning sensation came from his waist.

Qiu Sheng was taken aback for a moment, then his face lit up with joy.

Upon hearing that familiar burning sensation, he quickly took out his jade pendant, which indeed emanated from the jade.

More than a month later, although it is unknown what method the other party used to conceal the mutual connection between Yuqiong and Yuqiong, there is no doubt that this person has appeared again!

Moreover, judging from how hot it is—it's very close!
……

A river called Jinghe flows through the deep mountains of Changjun, forming a small lake at a bend in the mountain. The lake is surrounded by houses, making it a peaceful fishing village in the mountains.

At this moment, a ceremony to worship the river god is being held by the lake.

Men and women dressed in simple sacrificial attire had already danced, and the offerings had been thrown into the lake. On the platform that had been erected, an elderly woman with white hair and wrinkled skin sat upright, muttering incantations.

"River God, my dear River God, please don't be angry! It's been three months, and your river water still has a strange smell. Have some compassion! If you really want a different flavor, you could at least make it orange-flavored. Are you washing your stinky socks at the bottom of the river all day?"

The village's old shaman sat on the platform, while the others could only watch from afar. Seeing the old woman muttering incantations, several of the younger generation couldn't help but talk to each other.

"Is Granny Jiang really good at praying to the gods?" "It's hard to say, hasn't her family been doing this for generations?"

"I think that's a bit far-fetched. We've been to this lake before, and we've even dug up the bottom with those big nets. There's no river god out there..."

"Then why did you come to participate in the sacrificial ceremony?"

"They're delivering eggs!"

They whispered amongst themselves, and as the sun was approaching noon, the two village leaders exchanged a glance, wondering if they should go and invite Granny Jiang down.

According to the procedure, she should be invited to a banquet now, and then given a red envelope before leaving.

Suddenly, the earth trembled for no apparent reason.

Some people thought it was just an illusion because it only trembled slightly, but when they looked up at the lake, the ripples on the surface were real.

Then the tremors came again, and became more and more intense, and the ripples on the lake surface began to overlap and beat!
Is this... an earthquake?

Grandma Jiang sat on the platform, staring at the rippling lake, completely stunned: "Huh? Are you serious?"

They're serious.

Beneath the lake, the enormous stone disc, covered by layers of silt, began to tremble incessantly.

Then, a bright blue light flowed rapidly along the ancient disc.

On the turbid lakebed, amidst the churning mud, the shimmering blue light grew clearer and more dazzling.

Until it connected all the patterns together, and a new array pattern appeared in the corner that was originally empty.

A tremendous suction force began to emanate from the stone array, causing the water in the center of the lake to flow rapidly downwards, forming a massive vortex.

The great formation stirred up the lake water, which whipped up a fierce wind and the water flowed into a funnel-shaped whirlpool, gradually revealing the scene at the bottom of the lake.

At this moment, the silt had been completely washed away, and the villagers in the fishing village, braving the strong wind, clung tightly to sturdy objects beside them and peered inside.

Four people were standing on the stone array that emitted a shimmering blue light!
"The River God! It's the River God!"

"The river god has four heads... no, four... no, four!"

Under the watchful eyes of the villagers, Pei Xia and her three companions finally saw the light of day again.

In just over a month, Pei Xia and Ye Lu's appearances had essentially changed beyond recognition. Not only were their hair disheveled, but they also had long beards, and their faces were covered in a clump of hair.

Even the graceful Han Youzhi looked somewhat disheveled, mainly in her expression. A month of living underground had made her look like an eggplant that had been injected with ice water.

The pear was the worst off.

She's so young, yet there's a bald patch right in the middle of her head!
Bald Pear showed no excitement at seeing the light of day again. Her eyes were vacant, her expression stiff, and she was holding an egg the size of a watermelon in her left hand and a spider's leg in her right hand. Since no one knew where the teleportation array would take them, Pear had brought a leg along as a precaution.

Until the sunlight pierced through the vortex and shone on the faces of the four of them.

Only then did they belatedly realize that they had finally escaped that awful place!
"Ah..." Pei Xia couldn't help but open her arms wide, "The sun!"

Ye Lu and Han Youzhi, whose minds were somewhat rigid, instinctively followed suit and stretched out their hands: "Ah, the sun!"

Bald Pear paused for a moment, then instinctively reached out his hand as well.

As a result, when he raised his arm, the egg he was holding fell to the ground.

Pear: "Ah."

(End of this chapter)