Honghuang Taihuang

Chapter 11 The Transaction, The Black Lotus Lamp

It would take Qing Nu at least nine million years to completely refine the Great Snow Mountain. Although Qing Nu would not give up, she was constantly looking for a better method, and Tai Wei, the third cultivator to pass through the Great Snow Mountain, was her hope.

At Qingnu's invitation, Taiwei entered an ice crystal palace built at the foot of the Great Snow Mountain. After taking their seats according to rank, Taiwei looked at the crystal wine in his hand, which was crystal clear and floating with a little mist, and drank it down in one gulp.

A chilling wind surged through Taiwei's body, as if a storm from the far north were sweeping through his abdomen. However, this sensation did not make Taiwei feel uncomfortable; instead, all his distracting thoughts and worries vanished instantly along with the cold wind.

A breath of cold air escaped from Taiwei's mouth, and a look of delight appeared on his face: "This ice wine has extraordinary effects. With such a divine item, your cultivation path will surely be smooth sailing in the future."

Qing Nu revealed a subtle smile, but when she thought about how the person she had initially invited had attacked her after witnessing the effects of this ice wine, the smile on Qing Nu's face slowly faded.

Looking at Taiwei, Qingnu told him about her connection with the Great Snow Mountain and pleaded with him to help her break free from its restrictions.

After listening to Qingnu's story, Taiwei remained silent for a while, then looked at Qingnu, who seemed a little nervous, and suddenly let out a soft laugh: "Then you really are unlucky. The three people you finally met turned out to be no good people at all."

Upon hearing this, Qing Nu's expression froze for a moment, then her demeanor changed drastically as she looked at Tai Wei warily. Snowflakes swirled around her, causing the ice crystal palace to tremble.

The majestic snow-capped mountains behind them shone brightly at this moment, and the condensed and powerful energy of the snow-capped mountains surged down, slowly rotating around the ice crystal palace at the foot of the mountain, locking onto Taiwei, who was still tasting wine in the palace.

"There's no need to be so wary. Compared to killing you and seizing the essence of the Great Snow Mountain, I prefer an exchange of benefits. I'll help you once, and you'll help me once. This will not only strengthen our friendship, but also prevent any karmic entanglement between us."

Taiwei put down the crystal cup he had finished drinking from, smacked his lips, looked at Qingnu across from him who hadn't refilled her cup, and curled his lip. In an instant, the Longyuan Sword at his waist burst forth, and the white snow flying around Qingnu broke in two in a fraction of a second.

A blade colder than ice and snow had already landed on Qing Nu's fair neck. Looking at Qing Nu, who was stunned and pale, Tai Wei let out a soft laugh.

"Although your cultivation level is high, your control over supernatural powers and spells is too crude. If I wanted to kill you, you wouldn't even have time to react."

Taiwei waved his hand, sheathed the Dragon Abyss Sword, and looked at Qingnu, whose expression was changing, and said, "I am indeed not a good person, but I will not lay a hand on you who has not yet fully grasped the position of the Great Snow Mountain God."

"Even if I kill you, I will not obtain the divine position of the Great Snow Mountain. In fact, I will be instinctively rejected by this divine mountain. It would be a loss for me. If I want to kill you, I will only do so after I have obtained all the essence of the Great Snow Mountain, just like the demonic cultivator you met named Chi Lu did."

Upon hearing Taiwei's words, Qing Shen was startled. It seemed that the person who taught her how to refine the spiritual energy of the Great Snow Mountain's earth veins had ulterior motives.

This situation caused Qingnu to be somewhat shaken, and for a moment she couldn't tell whether Taiwei in front of her was a good person or a bad person.

"The method that Chi Lu gave you is not problematic. After you completely refine the origin of the Great Snow Mountain, that is, the earth vein spirit, you will be the master of the Great Snow Mountain. The so-called instinct of the Great Snow Mountain will naturally have no effect on you."

"But you must remember, no one will be kind to you for no reason. If someone is, they are either someone close to you or someone who wants to scheme against you."

Taiwei looked at Qingnu, who had a bewildered expression, and shook his head. She was inexperienced in the ways of the world and had been trapped in this snowy mountain. She couldn't understand how many strange and sinister methods existed in this vast world, nor could she understand how terrifying the beings and cultivators in this vast world were.

Even at the very beginning of creation, Taiwei, a top-tier existence in the primordial world, was schemed against several times. If Taiwei hadn't had its own strong foundation, it might have truly been defeated and never recovered.

Therefore, Taiwei has always believed that human nature is inherently evil. No one will be kind to you for no reason. If you want something, you can only strive for it yourself. Taiwei would never place his hopes on others.

Looking at Qingnu, Taiwei approached her, his index and middle fingers intertwined with yin and yang energies, and touched the wary Qingnu's brow.

As the black and white yin and yang energies rotated, a small tai chi diagram appeared between Qing Nu's eyebrows. The moment the tai chi diagram appeared, Qing Nu's blood and qi surged, and a dark demonic light rose from between her eyebrows, forcibly pushing open the tai chi diagram formed by the yin and yang energies.

A stream of demonic light condensed, and a pitch-black lotus lamp appeared between Qing Nu's brows. A scarlet flame burned, within which turbid yin energy surged. The flame was long and thin, like a lifeless and profound eye, staring at Taiwei, whose black and white yin and yang energies rotated around him.

"Chi Lu? This person's cultivation level is probably far superior to that Xuanmen Long Qiao. When did such a figure appear in the demonic path?"

With just this Black Lotus Demon Lamp, Taiwei was able to roughly deduce Chilu's approximate cultivation level. The demon lamp, which evolved from a wisp of demonic thought, was so powerful that Qingnu, who carried the origin of the Great Snow Mountain, could hardly detect it. Such cultivation was not far from the Taiyi realm.

The moment the black lotus lamp appeared, thousands of scarlet flames pierced through Taiwei in front of it. At the same time, the lamp fell, and the deep demonic light continued to fall, eroding Qingnu's spiritual altar and ancestral court.

Now that the plan had been exposed, Chi Lu's divine sense decided to directly extract a portion of the Great Snow Mountain's essence that had gathered within Qing Nu's body. Any gain was better than nothing.

However, just as the Black Lotus Lamp made a move, a pure yang energy shattered all the scarlet flames that were attacking Taiwei, and a faint yin energy rose up like a canopy above Qingnu's head, blocking all the myriad demonic lights hanging down from the Black Lotus Lamp.

The dark and tranquil canopy was like a void, swallowing all the yin and turbid demonic energy. Watching the black lotus lamp's clear light rapidly dim, Taiwei shook his head, flicked his finger, and the yin and yang energies evolved into a yin-yang clear demonic divine light, directly knocking the black lotus lamp down.

(End of this chapter)