Calabash Fairy

Chapter 124 The Source of Evil Qi

Fang Yan absorbed the myriad wondrous green lotuses in front of him into his chaotic internal space.

However, upon hearing Senior Orange's words, he frowned slightly and looked at the orange cat in front of him, saying, "Senior Orange said that Qilian's resurrection was orchestrated by this person? Is it possible that he also left a backup plan on Qilian?"

The orange cat pondered for a moment, then shook its head repeatedly.

"This black mist can be regarded as a weak fragment of that evil spirit hiding outside. Although it has the ability to possess another body, it has no possibility of splitting its soul again."

"He was afraid that my old sect leader had a backup plan, so for so many years he has been cautious and dared not show the slightest flaw. Instead, he watched me grow weaker and weaker and waited for the right opportunity."

"But it is also because of this that, after so many years, this black energy has not only not recovered at all, but has continued to weaken. However, this kind of thing is indeed very tenacious..."

As the orange cat spoke, it looked up at the blood-red sky and pointed at Fang Yan.

"Don't worry, after you leave here you will know why I am so sure that the black aura has been completely destroyed."

Seeing that this person was so certain, Fang Yan felt somewhat relieved and then said, "Senior Ju, could you please tell me the source of this black energy?"

"certainly."

The orange cat nodded gently, patting the black tower beneath it, which was covered in chains.

"These black energies are extremely malevolent energies born from a catastrophe in the Northern Region long ago. They regard all living things in the world as their own nourishment and once caused monstrous disasters in the Northern Region."

"In the end, it was the True Martial Emperor who led his generals to descend into the world in their true form and eliminated this disaster."

"However, as I said, these black energies are extremely tenacious. Some of them escaped and hibernated in the world. In particular, during the great war between many immortal sects and demons in the Southern Region, these black energies took advantage of the chaos to gain countless benefits and quickly nourish themselves."

As the orange cat spoke, its eyes sparkled with starlight, and the space around Fang Yan began to change, eventually transforming into the appearance of the battlefield from back then!

In an instant, a cacophony of beast roars and rumbling sounds filled Fang Yan's ears.

He looked around and saw that the sky had been dyed blood red, the earth and mountains were shattered, and spiritual energy storms were raging across the land. Giant beasts, each larger than a mountain, were fighting fiercely against the human cultivators who had condensed their Dharma forms...

At the very center of the battlefield, a colossal, amethyst whale, its length unknown, hidden within a vast, dark, poisonous sea, was glaring menacingly ahead.

Before the sea of ​​poison, a towering willow tree burst forth with boundless vitality, enveloping the surrounding area within a thousand miles in emerald light, protecting the numerous cultivators below and blocking the sea of ​​poison.

On the other side, a peerless swordsman with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes stood on the river of swords, fighting against a bear demon wielding a giant axe and wearing precious armor in the void, causing the void to tremble continuously.

This battle was so fierce that the sky darkened and the earth's veins were severed.

But what no one noticed was that an inconspicuous black mist had appeared on the battlefield at some point, engulfing and devouring both the dead demons and human cultivators.

Until the peerless swordsman, at the cost of severe injury, killed the bear demon, and the giant whale and the divine tree perished together, the black mist finally stopped hiding and pounced forward to devour the bear demon's corpse!

"Evil spirit! How dare you!"

The sword cultivator laughed in fury. Despite being at his limit, he still shattered the void with a single sword strike and commanded an endless river of swords to bombard the black mist.

The next moment, the black mist transformed into a ten-thousand-foot-tall demon god with four heads and eight arms, and clashed with the sword cultivator.

Not long after, a pitch-black tower descended from the sky, pressing down on the demon god.

"Sect Master Gu, I suffered a Dao injury from that savage bear's attack, severing my Dao path and leaving me with no hope for the future. The only path I can take is to re-enter the cycle of reincarnation and start anew! Today, I will use my body as a sword to cooperate with Sect Master Fang in slaying this fiend!"

As the sword immortal spoke, he laughed loudly, and his figure fell into the endless river of swords. In that instant, it seemed that only this wisp of sword light existed in the world.

In an instant, the towering demon god's body shattered into pieces, turning into a black tide that surged in all directions.

In the sky, the figure atop the pitch-black tower let out a soft sigh, and then an irresistible suction force erupted from the base of the tower, suppressing most of the black energy and all the fragments of the demon god within it.

Fang Yan was shocked by what he saw, even though the people around him were all illusions created by Senior Ju. It was the first time he had witnessed a great battle involving people from the fourth realm.

As the dark tower completely descended, he could clearly see the figure of the gray-haired Taoist priest with an otherworldly air, who was holding the orange cat on the tower.

Just then, Fang Yan suddenly noticed that the gray-haired Taoist priest was looking in their direction, his expression gentle as if he wanted to entrust something to him.

Fang Yan was startled, but the next moment, the layers of illusions around him quickly disappeared, and what he saw was still that desolate graveyard.

"That's roughly how things went. Although the old sect leader suppressed the black energy, this battlefield was still tainted by that ineradicable aura. The old sect leader had no choice but to banish this battlefield into the void to prevent it from harming other areas."

"And I, the spirit of this black tower, am also left here to guard this land, constantly using the breath of time to completely erode the source of the evil energy within, namely those fragments of demon gods."

The orange cat puffed out its chest as it spoke, looking extremely proud.

"As the long years pass, all the evil energy I have suppressed will probably be completely worn away in less than two hundred years, and those evil beasts outside will no longer be able to cause any trouble."

"At that time, the task that the old sect leader gave me will be completely completed."

Fang Yan nodded slowly upon hearing this, now understanding why the battlefield had become what it was.

Fang Yan suddenly spoke up: "If the source of the evil energy here is completely eroded and destroyed by the breath of time, I wonder what Senior Ju plans to do next?"

The orange cat was taken aback by what it heard, and for a moment it was also a little confused.

It has suppressed the source of evil energy in this place for countless years, spending most of that time in slumber. This was the task given to it by the old sect master, yet it never considered what would happen to it after the source of evil energy disappeared.

"...Actually, thinking about these things is useless. I have used all my strength to suppress the source of evil energy over the years. Perhaps in less than five hundred years, this tower will collapse, and then I will naturally disappear completely."

"However, as long as this source of evil energy can be completely eliminated, it will all be worth it."

"Moreover, the Shennong Sect no longer exists..."

Seeing the orange cat looking downcast, Fang Yan didn't know how to comfort it.

According to the Money Rat, the great war between demons and humans back then led to the extinction of many demon clans and the annihilation of immortal sects; perhaps the Shennong Sect suffered the same fate...

However, even if it was just for that reminder in the medicine garden, he would want to help this person if given the chance.