Volume 1: Questioning the Past Chapter 73 Silence
Ping pong...
Clank, clank, clank…
Clank clank clank…
Amidst a series of sounds of iron hammering and gold splitting, five days had passed in a blink of an eye. During these five days, Gu Xiaoxing had transformed himself into a blacksmith and had never stopped for a moment. He looked down at his body and found that even though the black metal was so hard, he had still managed to carve out a passage through it.
But at this moment, Gu Xiaoxing was not excited at all, and continued to chop with his axe. In the beginning, he would put the chopped metals into the storage ring. These metals were so hard that even the top-grade magic weapons found it difficult to chop them. They were obviously good stuff at first glance.
But as he went deeper and deeper, when Gu Xiaoxing had penetrated a hundred feet, two hundred feet, and even now this metal passage was probably three or four hundred feet long, he became numb and no longer bothered to care about the fallen metals. No matter how precious they were, what was the use if he couldn't even take his life?
Then another two days passed. Gu Xiaoxing stood in the dark metal passage. He suddenly stopped and counted the days. Today was the day when the crack in the Foundation Building Mountain would close.
Before I knew it, a month has passed!
But he only paused for a short moment, and then Gu Xiaoxing began to chop the metal more frantically. He had to complete the foundation of his Taoism, otherwise he would only die even if he got out!
He could find another way out later if it was blocked, but before that he had to make sure he could survive!
Outside Zhuji Mountain...
"Friend Bai, please stay!"
At this moment, the three guardian elders from the Sword Controlling Sect, the Body Refining Sect, and the Cloud Sky Sect stood on three legs, surrounding the Soul Devouring Sect's group in the center. None of these people had a good look on their faces, especially the three major sects, as they had suffered heavy losses.
Seventeen people from the Yu Jian Sect entered the Foundation Building Mountain, but only three came out. The situation of the Lian Ti Sect was slightly better, with sixteen people entering and five coming out. But compared to them, the Yun Xiao Sect was much worse off. At least the young masters of these two major sects successfully built the Immortal Foundation and came out, but what about the Yun Xiao Sect?
Like the Body Refining Sect, they had sixteen people who went in, but only Miao Yunyun escaped alive, and she was at the Mortal Foundation stage. Even the Flower Girl, who was known as the number one fairy in Xiaohuang and had a charming smile, had a frosty look on her face at this moment.
The people who caused all this are all related to the Soul-Devouring Sect!
It's not just the three major sects, other forces besides them are also surrounding the periphery, because they have learned from the Body Refining Sect that the ghost-faced man who was robbing and doing all kinds of evil in the Foundation Establishment Mountain is Bai Xiangtian, the nephew of Bai Zhenren of the Soul Devouring Sect. Although this person did not come out of the Foundation Establishment Mountain in the end, this made them exclaim that God has eyes.
But this was not enough to offset the evil in their hearts. Every one of these people was a well-known sect in the small wasteland. After suffering such humiliation, they would naturally vent their anger on the Soul-Devouring Sect!
Master Bai's face was just as gloomy at this moment. Even he had not expected that the situation would develop to this extent during his trip to Foundation Building Mountain. In just one month, the Soul Devouring Sect had become the public enemy of the Small Wasteland. He looked in the direction of Foundation Building Mountain again. The crack had completely disappeared. It was impossible for anyone to get out from it...
"Hmph, why waste time talking to him? Let's capture him first!" The protector of the Body Refining Sect had the hottest temper. He attacked directly and slapped out with one palm. Suddenly, a giant palm a thousand feet high fell from the sky, as if to crush everything. This was the stage of forming a pill. One palm could have the power to destroy the heavens and the earth.
However, at this moment, hundreds of flowers blossomed and instantly spread over dozens of miles around. The thousand-foot giant palm was shattered before it fell. The protector of the Body Refining Sect suddenly turned his head and looked at a person with a look of horror. An attack containing 80% of his cultivation was actually resolved so easily?
The elder of the Yu Jian Sect also looked up at the woman and sighed, "What a Hundred Flowers girl! She is also in the late Jindan stage, but her combat power is probably far beyond us old guys..."
Facing the astonished gazes of the crowd, Qiao Yanran did not even look at them. She took a step forward, and strange flowers naturally bloomed under her bare feet, just like a flower fairy in a painting. However, at this moment, this flower fairy was not as gentle as the legend said. Instead, she stared at the people of the Soul Devouring Sect with a cold face and said, "I hope Master Bai will give Yanran an explanation."
Qiao Yanran's voice was clear and moving, but everyone knew that she was really angry. If it was just a fight between the younger generation, she could tolerate death and injury, but if she continued to tolerate such a ruthless behavior, then her Yunxiao Sect would not be worthy of being one of the three major sects in the Small Wasteland.
Master Bai sighed. He knew that it was useless to say anything at this point, but he still bowed and said, "Fairy, fellow Taoists, my Soul Devouring Sect is helpless to see this happen, but I can be sure that Zhou Bingding is not a member of my Soul Devouring Sect. I know you don't believe me, so I just ask you to give me some time. After my Soul Devouring Sect finds out the truth, I will definitely give you an explanation!"
However, these words had no effect at all. Qiao Yanran's face darkened and she said, "In that case, please come with me first. I will personally investigate the truth. We in the Yunxiao Sect don't even take the Soul Devouring Sect seriously."
Obviously, there are no fools among these people. They know a lot of inside information and can see the conspiracy here, but so what? Even if the Soul Devouring Sect was behind this, it was because of the Soul Devouring Sect. The Soul Devouring Sect deserves to die, but the Soul Devouring Sect will never let it go.
At this moment, the conspiracy turned into an open conspiracy!
After she finished speaking, Qiao Yanran raised her hand and pressed lightly. Immediately, the flowers that stretched for dozens of miles all shook. The petals fell off one after another and gathered towards the center. As the petals flew around, a huge cage was slowly formed that enveloped everyone in the Soul Devouring Sect.
Although it was just petals, everyone's faces were filled with horror at this moment, because each petal seemed to contain a blow to the Core Formation Stage. Even though it was only equivalent to a blow in the early stages of the Core Formation Stage, how terrifying would it be if thousands and thousands of petals were added together!
On the giant sword boat of the Yu Jian Sect, Xu Qianxing watched this scene quietly. The one she wanted to surpass was the number one fairy in Xiaohuang, the daughter of flowers, Qiao Yanran!
As for the disciples of the Soul-Devouring Sect, most of them were in shock at this moment, except for two people. Although Li Wenru was also shocked, she inexplicably glanced in the direction of the Foundation Establishment Mountain out of the corner of her eye.
Chen Zili was even more direct, like a puppet without any emotions. Facing such power, there seemed to be no fluctuation in his eyes. He just stared at the broken sword in his arms.
Just as the petals were about to form a cage, Master Bai sighed and suddenly took out a talisman. As soon as the talisman appeared, the entire space seemed to be unstable. The next moment, accompanied by a distortion of the light, the people from the Soul-Devouring Sect disappeared.
"Small teleportation talisman..." Qiao Yanran frowned slightly.
The small teleportation talisman could instantly teleport thousands of miles. Even Qiao Yanran couldn't catch up for a while . She snorted coldly and said to Miao Yunyun beside her: "Yun'er, follow me back to Yunxiao Sect and report this to the Sect Master. Soon, I will go to the Spirit Devouring Sect in person to seek justice for you!"
Miao Yunyun nodded timidly. She had never seen Sister Yanran angry before, and she was very scared at this moment.
Then, Qiao Yanran carried her away.
As for the rest of the people, some shook their heads and cried out in grief, but the majority cursed in anger, and some even agreed to form an immortal alliance after returning to the sect and attack the Soul Devouring Sect together...
Gu Xiaoxing naturally had no idea what was happening outside, and he was still hammering the iron. He did not dare to stop for even a moment, because although he did not know how thick the metal wall was, he knew that he did not have much time left. Thirty thousand drops of foundation-building spirit liquid could only keep him alive for a month.
If he fails to break through the metal wall and find the source of the foundation-building spiritual liquid within a month, then his death will be near.
While forging iron day and night, he kept swallowing various pills to replenish his energy consumption. No matter how numb, boring or tired he was, he could not stop as long as he wanted to survive.
Five days later, Gu Xiaoxing himself didn't know how long the tunnel he had dug was. He just kept digging. The only thing that kept him going was that the deeper he went, the stronger the scent of the foundation-building spirit liquid became...
At this moment, in the Soul-Devouring Sect, on the sect's mountain, Lu Linger came to the martial arts arena, holding a small pill bottle in her hand. She looked very happy, because her master told her that the group of people who went to the Foundation-Building Mountain would be returning today. Not only her, but also many inner disciples and even some sect elders were coming.
Even Bai Xiangtian was among them. His cultivation had not reached the perfection of Qi Condensation, so he not follow them to the Foundation Establishment Mountain. However, his cultivation had already reached the ninth level of Qi Condensation, and he was now also an inner sect disciple.
"Look, he's back...!" someone exclaimed.
A cloud of good fortune descended from the sky, and everyone was about to cheer. However, when they saw the figures on the mountain, they were all silent for a moment. There were more than 20 people when they left, but only 10 people when they came back...
Even Bai Xiangtian was stunned at this moment. If his father had not ordered him to come, he would not have wanted to come because he did not want to see that annoying person. But when he really did not see the other person in the crowd, he was stunned. He did not feel happy or excited as he had imagined, and he just fell into silence with everyone else.
However, what made Bai Xiangtian feel strange was why the returning brothers would occasionally look at him with strange eyes?
Master Bai ignored them completely and disappeared from the martial arts arena with a sullen face.
The remaining disciples who had successfully returned from the Foundation Building Mountain had complicated expressions. They had all experienced a lot on this trip. At this moment, some of them walked towards the crowd, while others left alone.
Li Wenru had a look of loss and disappointment on her face, with her head down, not knowing what she was thinking. She was just about to go back to her master to report, but suddenly she caught a glimpse of a figure. She hesitated for a moment, walked forward, and although she was reluctant, she still spoke in a trembling voice, and then left.
"He won't come back...!"
The short six words lingered in Lu Linger's mind for a long time. She was still staring blankly ahead, her hands pulling the pill bottle hard, trembling along with the sound. She said, "Master, what do you mean... not coming back?"
Lu was also silent, not knowing how to answer.
Surprisingly, although Lu Ling'er was trembling all over, she did not cry this time. She gradually lowered her head and looked at the small bottle in her hand, tightening it again and again, and suddenly said: "Master, you will not come back...right?"
On her head, the small Sanyang Spirit Refining Furnace trembled noticeably, but remained silent.
