How did a demonic witch become the leader of the righteous path?

Chapter 76 The Eerie Desolate Tower, the Writhing Flesh (4,000 words)

After calming herself down, Yu Zhao suppressed her shock and didn't bother to investigate what was going on with Master Lingxiao.

She was still self-aware enough to know that such a thing was beyond her comprehension and was not something she could explore.

Therefore, Yu Zhao could only suppress his curiosity and scan his surroundings to divert his attention.

At this moment, of the cultivators who had entered together, only Yu Zhao was awake.

Everyone else, like Shen Yunshu, stood there with their eyes closed, stunned.

Contrary to what Qingxuan had previously predicted, they didn't start killing each other.

It's obvious that Qingxuan lied about this.

But what Yu Zhao didn't understand was why she told this lie?

Did something happen when Qingxuan and the others came in?

Yu Zhao couldn't understand it, but she stopped dwelling on it. Why Qingxuan lied and what he was hiding was none of her business. What mattered now was how to wake her sister up.

Little Green Tea is my sister's dearest friend and family, how can I let something happen to her here?

Yu Zhao began searching the area, trying to find some clues, and soon she discovered something unusual.

The space here is vast, and the cultivators who came in this batch only occupied a small portion of it.

As they ventured deeper, Yu Zhao came across a series of corpses.

The corpses died in all sorts of ways, but what Yu Zhao found strange was that, regardless of how they died, they all died by suicide.

Some drew their swords and slit their own throats, some pierced their own chests with a claw, and some even sliced ​​themselves into skeletons with each stroke.

Each of these corpses looked more bizarre than the last.

Yu Zhao was quite certain that they had all committed suicide. She couldn't help but frown, pondering why this would happen.

Just then, her gaze fell upon the corpse of the young monk Kongxiang. He had passed away peacefully in the spot, which could be considered the most peaceful death.

Although Yu Zhao hadn't seen the young monk Kongxiang and Qingxuan make a move together before, he already suspected that their chances of survival were slim.

But after actually seeing his body, Yu Zhao couldn't help but feel sad. The little monk was a good person with great talent, and Yu Zhao had always believed that he would become a great Buddhist master in the future.

But unexpectedly, the other party died silently here.

"The path of cultivation is truly cruel."

Yu Zhao sighed. On this path, no matter how talented you are, one wrong step can lead to utter ruin.

At this moment, Yu Zhao felt a sense of awe. She warned herself to be more careful and cautious, and not to perish like the young monk Kong Xiang.

"Since we've known each other, I'll collect your corpse."

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Muttering to himself, Yu Zhao took out a piece of white cloth from his storage bag, wrapped the body of the little monk Kongxiang in it, and threw it into the storage bag, intending to find a good feng shui spot to bury it after he left.

We've known each other for a while now.

After doing all this, just as Yu Zhao was about to turn and leave, she caught a glimpse of something on the ground where the little monk Kong Xiang's body had been. She bent down, picked it up, and saw that it was a storage ring.

"Oh! So you know how to return the favor. Well then, I won't stand on ceremony."

After accepting the storage ring, Yu Zhao left. As for the other people's storage treasures, she didn't touch them, not because she looked down on them, but because she felt that taking them would cause trouble.

Who knows what kind of connections the people who died here had? If we take their storage treasures, and someone senses it when we get out, it will definitely cause trouble.

Besides, there are a bunch of Golden Core cultivators and the Nascent Soul expert from the royal family on the second floor, and a bunch of Foundation Establishment cultivators on the third floor. With so many people around, it's not a good time to loot.

It's not too late to loot the loot boxes after everyone is dead.

Back beside Shen Yunshu, Yu Zhao stared at Shen Yunshu's face, pondering a solution while guarding against any extreme actions the little green tea might take.

The deaths of the young monk Kongxiang and others gave Yu Zhao a guess, but now it needed to be confirmed.

Soon, Yu Zhao's guess was confirmed.

Yu Zhao watched helplessly as a female cultivator opened her eyes, then, while shedding tears, used her sword to slit her own throat.

It's like being haunted; you can't control your body.

But the other party is a cultivator. Even if he is controlled by a ghost, he cannot be so powerless to resist.

Therefore, there is only one truth:

If you fail this third test, you will commit suicide!

This is a restriction similar to a rule.

At least for Foundation Establishment cultivators, it is an absolute rule that they cannot defy.

Instantly, Yu Zhao understood why Qingxuan's golden core had shattered. She must have used some secret technique to resist this power of the rules, and the shattering of her golden core was the price she had to pay.

While Yu Zhao was pondering, several cultivators committed suicide one after another. The death of that female cultivator seemed to have turned on a switch, and within a short period of time, five more people also committed suicide.

About the time it takes to drink a cup of tea later, Shen Yunshu woke up. Yu Zhao immediately became alert. She didn't care about the lives of others, but the little green tea couldn't die.

"Little sister, how are you feeling?" Yu Zhao asked.

Shen Yunshu blinked blankly for a moment, then, after sensing her physical condition, she grinned and said, "I feel great, better than ever before."

Seeing that the other person was conscious and did not make any suicidal moves, Yu Zhao was relieved and casually asked her, "Which ancient genius did you encounter in the illusion?"

"You probably won't believe it, but I met a senior with a big beard. He didn't fight me. After chatting with me for a few minutes, he suddenly shot into the sky and shattered the heavens with a single punch. That's how I got out."

Shen Yunshu spoke casually, but her heart was not at peace. She had never expected to encounter that bearded senior in the illusion, let alone that he was so powerful.

Like Yu Zhao, she easily guessed some things.

The bearded senior she saw in the illusion must be the afterimage left behind by that senior at some point in time.

Shen Yunshu had been somewhat skeptical of what the bearded man had said about the "afterimage" earlier, but today she had truly witnessed it for herself.

Originally, if you were powerful enough, you really could reverse the flow of time!

Is this what spiritual practice is? It's truly mysterious.

Shen Yunshu felt a surge of longing; she wanted to be that strong too, and she believed that she would definitely be that strong in the future!

"What about you, sis? Who's your opponent?"

Suppressing her excitement, Shen Yunshu asked Yu Zhao.

"It is the Celestial Master Lingxiao."

Yu Zhao's words were concise and to the point.

Upon hearing the name, Shen Yunshu's eyes lit up, and she pressed, "Is she really that strong? Does she really look just like you, sister? And did you ask her if you're her daughter?"

Shen Yunshu was extremely curious about this Celestial Master Lingxiao.

It wasn't just because the other party was a legend; more so because she wanted to figure out what the relationship was between her older sister and this Lingxiao Celestial Master.

"Yes, she is very strong. She looks a bit like me, but we are definitely not exactly the same. As for whether I am her daughter, I did not ask. She looked very young at first."

Suddenly, his aura became very profound, and then he pointed to the sky and cursed loudly, shattering the illusionary space. Immediately afterward, I regained consciousness.

I didn't have time to ask.

Yu Zhao was quite disappointed when this was mentioned. She herself was actually curious about what her relationship with Master Lingxiao was.

However, when she mentioned her, Yu Zhao remembered the spiritual light that the other party had injected into her body, so she asked Shen Yunshu to protect her while she sat cross-legged.

He began to use his divine sense to introspect and search for that spiritual light.

Soon, she found it. The moment her divine sense touched that spiritual light, a lot of information appeared in her mind.

After sorting through this information, Yu Zhao realized that it seemed to be a kind of magic. The reason for saying "seemed" was that Yu Zhao could not be sure at the moment.

The name and content do resemble magic, but this magic has no effect.

The technique is called "Health Preservation Exercise," and as its name suggests, it only nourishes the body; it is very simple and straightforward.

According to the description of this technique, this skill has nine levels. Each time a level is successfully cultivated, a layer of protective golden light will condense on the body. After all nine levels are completed, there will be nine layers of protective golden light.

But what exactly this golden light can do is not explained in the manual.

"Why does this look so much like the legendary Golden Light Mantra from the Celestial Master's Mansion in my past life?"

Yu Zhao muttered to herself, but soon she made up her mind: whatever it was, she would try practicing it first.

So she began to cultivate according to the manual, and almost instantly she mastered the first level. Soon she reached the ninth level of perfection.

This technique is so simple that it's like a common martial arts manual sold by a street vendor.

What puzzled Yu Zhao was that she felt the nine levels were not yet complete and could be further improved.

But the manual clearly states that the ninth level is the perfect level. Confused, Yu Zhao decided to play it safe for now. She ended her cultivation and opened her eyes.

The moment Yu Zhao opened her eyes, she saw Shen Yunshu staring at her. She asked, "What are you looking at? Is there something on my face?"

"Sis, I feel like something's different about you, but upon closer inspection, it doesn't seem like anything's wrong."

As she spoke, Shen Yunshu scratched her head in confusion. Just a moment ago, she clearly felt her older sister's aura suddenly become more expansive, but when she tried to sense it carefully, she didn't.

It was as if she were imagining things.

What was said in jest was taken seriously by Yu Zhao. She carefully examined herself and found that her body had not changed. So she activated the protective golden light, but there was still no change.

She didn't even see the protective golden light.

"Hey sis, can you see the golden light on my body?"

"No," Shen Yunshu shook her head, but her big eyes were bright as she pointed at Yu Zhao and said, "Sister, it's right now. Your aura has changed; it's become extremely unfathomable."

Yu Zhao: "???"

So this protective golden light only made my aura more unfathomable?

What's the use of this?

Xiao Yu was puzzled and confused.

Since I can't figure it out, I'll just stop thinking about it for now. Anyway, this health-preserving exercise is harmless to me. As for what's so miraculous about it, I'll find out someday.

She didn't think someone like the Celestial Master Lingxiao would give her a useless technique.

After the invisible protective golden light dissipated, the two women sat facing each other, waiting for the others to wake up.

But two hours passed, during which someone opened their eyes, but not to wake up; instead, they killed themselves.

"Sister, I feel like waiting like this is a waste of time. Why don't you try the refining we talked about before?"

Fortunately, only the two of them were awake at the moment, and no one was paying attention to this place.

Yu Zhao found Shen Yunshu's suggestion reasonable, and without hesitation, she got up and led the other person to the wall of an abandoned tower.

Then he took out a pen and a box of strangely colored ink from his storage bag.

She then dipped her brush in ink and began to draw runes on the wall.

This is a method of cultivating magical artifacts that a senior sister once taught her. First, special runes are drawn on the materials, and then a secret method is used to draw out something called spiritual fire to roast the materials.

The process is simple, but the intricacies involved are not.

Yu Zhao didn't even know the "how" of it, but she could only follow the steps.

In fact, using the blood of a demonic cultivator to inscribe this special rune would be more effective, but this desolate tower is too strange, and Yu Zhao dares not try it with his own blood.

So they had to settle for second best.

The moment the complex runes took shape, Yu Zhao suddenly felt a pang of fear. Without saying a word, she grabbed Shen Yunshu, who was staring at her with curiosity, and ran away.

At the same time, she summoned the bronze coffin and the Emperor's Banner. The Emperor's Banner was planted directly into the ground, while she and Shen Yunshu quickly hid inside the bronze coffin.

The two women hid inside the coffin. Yu Zhao quietly opened a crack in the coffin lid and cautiously peered outside.

Just then, she was shocked to see streaks of jet-black lightning appear from the void, lashing the places where Yu Zhaoming had previously inscribed runes.

This scene terrified Shen Yunshu, who was secretly watching from the side. When she looked at Yu Zhao, her eyes changed. "Sister, who did you learn this weapon-refining technique from? How could you attract the most dangerous Heavenly Tribulation, the Nine Heavens Thunder Tribulation?"

"Don't ask me, this is the first time I've ever seen anything like this either."

Although Yu Zhao knew that her senior sister's weapon-forging method was very evil, since it was a method that could imbue demonic magical artifacts with lightning magic, she did not expect it to be this evil.

She had never summoned a heavenly tribulation before; the Soul-Slaying Drum she reforged was enchanted by lightning using her own lightning magic.

She had never seen a rune automatically attract heavenly tribulation once it took shape.

The Nine Heavens Thunder Tribulation that Shen Yunshu mentioned lasted for a long time; Yu Zhao felt it would take at least half an hour.

Only after the lightning tribulation had completely dissipated did the two women dare to emerge from the bronze coffin.

Holding the Emperor's Banner and with a shrunken bronze coffin above his head, Yu Zhao led Shen Yunshu closer cautiously.

Seeing that there was no other danger, Yu Zhao was relieved and put away the two magical treasures.

Looking at the spot struck by the Nine Heavens Lightning Tribulation, the original walls of the desolate tower were a dark brown, but the part struck by lightning had turned red.

Shen Yunshu couldn't resist touching it, but was jolted by the residual lightning energy and quickly withdrew her hand.

Yu Zhao, watching from the side, rolled her eyes. This younger sister could be so silly sometimes.

"Sis, does this count as a success?"

Shen Yunshu asked.

"It's formed a piece." Yu Zhao's expression was quite interesting at this moment. Just as she said, she had succeeded in refining a piece. Now, this red area had been successfully refined by her.

But how many cultivators have ever successfully crafted a single magical artifact?

"You succeeded in one section? So that means you can control this section now, sister? Then hurry up and give it a try."

After Shen Yunshu's reminder, Yu Zhao realized that she wanted to go out, but she didn't really want to completely control the desolate tower. Now that she had successfully controlled a section of the tower, controlling it might be able to open a gap.

With that thought in mind, Yu Zhao began to pry open the bricks of the desolate tower wall, and she actually managed to do so.

Looking at the brick floating in their hands, the two women were speechless. Shen Yunshu immediately lost interest and turned her gaze to the wall that was missing a brick.

Upon seeing this, she broke out in a cold sweat.

All she could see was a wall missing a brick, with writhing flesh at the gap. From her perspective, it looked like a piece of flesh moving. In the blink of an eye, Jinping transformed back into a dark brown brick to fill the gap.

Yu Zhao also saw it and felt his hair stand on end. At this moment, Yu Zhao truly realized what the woman in white meant when she said that the desolate tower was alive.