nyslfriends Chapter 482 Treasure Hunt! The Opportunity Has Arrived!
Chapter 482 Treasure Hunt! The Opportunity Has Arrived!
The Green Lotus Daoist flicked his whisk, and Zhou Shan's palm emitted a green light. The old ancestor surnamed Li summoned a green vine staff, and three streams of pure wood-elemental life energy were simultaneously injected into the Zhen, Xun, and Li trigrams!
The yellowish-brown light shield trembled violently, and the illusory mountain shadows on its surface swayed, showing signs of separation.
Chen Fan unleashed his full divine sense, like the most precise tool, subtly adjusting the flow of spiritual energy within the formation, guiding the essence of the Wu Earth hidden deep underground to slowly separate from the Geng Metal spiritual core within the beams and pillars of the side hall.
"Open!" Chen Fan shouted.
"Boom!"
With a muffled thud, the thick, earthen-yellow light shield vanished as if its skeleton had been removed!
The side hall door creaked open a crack, releasing an aura that had been sealed for millennia, a mixture of the faint fragrance of books and spirit wood.
Everyone's attention was instantly drawn to the scene inside the hall.
Instead of rows of bookshelves as expected, the hall was filled with pale white spheres of light floating in mid-air. Inside each sphere was a jade slip, a scroll of silk, or a fragment of a bone for inheritance—there were hundreds of them!
Some of the orbs of light even contained various magical artifacts such as knives, swords, seals, and mirrors, all shimmering with spiritual light. Clearly, these were all treasured heirlooms that accompanied the cultivation techniques!
In the deepest part of the side hall, three spheres of light, noticeably larger and more dazzling, floated silently. One contained a purple-gold jade slip, another a small black cauldron the size of a palm, and the last one was an ancient bronze mirror with a broken edge but a still clear surface.
"Inheritance jade slip! Magic treasure! And... that mirror, could it be a replica of the famous 'Soul-Peeping Mirror' of the Soul Refining Sect?!" someone exclaimed in surprise.
Greed instantly overwhelmed reason.
It's unclear who made the first move, but a figure shot towards the nearest ball of light like lightning.
As if a powder keg had been ignited, the other Nascent Soul elders could no longer restrain themselves and transformed into streaks of light, rushing into the hall!
"mine!"
"Get out of here!"
"Dare to rob me? You're asking for death!"
Boom! Bang bang!
The sounds of spiritual energy colliding, roaring, and magical artifacts clashing erupted instantly! Of the fourteen Nascent Soul cultivators, only the two guest elders who had restrained Tianxiangzi and a few core members such as Young Master Wang, Daoist Qinglian, and Zhou Shan were able to maintain a semblance of composure. The rest of them were almost all bloodthirsty, fighting fiercely for the treasures inside the sphere of light!
The spiritual energy inside the side hall was in chaos. The light orbs were affected by the attack, some of them shattered, and treasures fell!
Some were directly grabbed, while others were fought over by several people at the same time, being pulled and tugged in the air.
The situation is completely out of control!
"You bastards! Stop it all!" Young Master Wang was both shocked and furious, shouting angrily, but with such a profit at stake, how many people would listen?
This is the moment Chen Fan has been waiting for!
Just as chaos erupted in the side hall and the attention of the two guest elders was drawn to the fight inside, Chen Fan made his move!
Although he has no spiritual power, his physical body has been tempered many times, making his strength and speed far exceed those of ordinary people, and his grasp of timing is also exquisite.
His figure moved like a ghost, suddenly lowering and leaping, slipping through the gap between the two guest elders' locked auras, and instantly getting close to Tianxiangzi!
"You!" The two retainers were shocked and reacted quickly, attacking from both sides with palm strikes as sharp as knives aimed at Chen Fan's back and neck!
They dared not kill him, fearing it would ruin Young Master Wang's plans, but their actions were enough to severely injure or even cripple someone whose cultivation had been sealed.
However, Chen Fan seemed to have eyes in the back of his head. He continued to charge forward, but his right hand swung backward at a strange angle!
That was a tiny Gui Water Ice Crystal that he had secretly collected with his divine sense and hidden in his sleeve when he broke the Water Array!
The ice crystals shot precisely at the face of the guest on the left. Although they were not powered by spiritual energy, the natural coldness they contained and the sudden attack still caused the guest to subconsciously turn his head to dodge, and his palm strike went astray.
The right-hand retainer's palm strike was already at Chen Fan's neck!
Chen Fan neither dodged nor avoided, but simply tilted his head slightly to the side, using the thick muscles at the junction of his shoulders and neck to withstand the attack!
"Bang!"
With a muffled thud, Chen Fan felt a sweet taste in his throat and swallowed the blood. Using the force of the palm strike, he accelerated forward by three times, grabbed the astonished Tian Xiangzi into his arms, and at the same time pushed off with his feet, rolling behind a huge, broken pillar on the side of the hall!
All of this happened in the blink of an eye. From the sudden attack, dodging, enduring the attack, to rescuing people and rolling into the cover, it was all over in just two breaths!
"You're courting death!" Young Master Wang's eyes were bloodshot as he shot forward, his short sword flashing like a cold light as it pierced straight into the pillar!
Qinglian Daoist and Zhou Shan also reacted, flanking Chen Fan from the left and right, blocking all his escape routes.
The fighting in the side hall subsided slightly because of this incident, and many people turned to look in this direction.
Holding Tianxiangzi, Chen Fan leaned against a pillar and urgently whispered, "Hold your breath! Close your acupoints!"
At the same time, his fingers pressed several acupoints on her back. This was a breath-holding technique from ordinary martial arts. Although it could not counter the restrictions of cultivators, it might be able to delay her progress...
However, it was too late.
A sinister and gleeful smile appeared on Young Master Wang's face. He made a strange hand seal with his right hand and whispered, "Soul-Devouring Gu, awaken!"
"Ah!" Tianxiangzi trembled violently, her eyes bulged out, and her face was instantly shrouded in a terrifying bluish-black aura!
She curled up in pain, and tiny black worms, as thin as hair, emerged from her seven orifices, wriggling and devouring her life force and soul power!
"Xiang'er!" Chen Fan's heart stopped. He frantically pressed down on her violently convulsing body, not knowing what to do.
Only then did he realize that Young Master Wang had not only sealed Tianxiangzi's cultivation, but also planted such a vicious and terrifying Gu worm in her body!
"Old eunuch, you think snatching her back will do you any good?" Young Master Wang stopped a few feet away, leisurely toying with his short sword, his smile cruel. "This 'Soul-Devouring Gu' is a secret technique of my Wang family. Planted deep within the soul, it lives and dies with its host. Without a unique antidote and cure, even if you snatch her back, she will only suffer the torment of ten thousand insects devouring her soul every day. After forty-nine days, her soul will be scattered, and her body will become a nest for the Gu worms, never to be reborn!"
He savored the unprecedented panic and despair on Chen Fan's face, and slowly said:
"Now, obediently send her back, then continue breaking the formation. If I'm in a good mood, perhaps I can reward her with some pain-relieving powder every few days. Otherwise..."
Tian Xiangzi was in Chen Fan's arms, her consciousness blurred by pain, her body convulsing, the bluish-black aura growing stronger, and the black Gu worm phantoms multiplying. Her originally beautiful face was now twisted like a ghost, and her aura was rapidly weakening!
Her body began to convulse violently in Chen Fan's arms, and more and more black Gu worm phantoms emerged from her seven orifices. The bluish-black aura had spread to her neck, and her originally fair skin was now covered with hideous patterns, as if it would shatter at any moment.
"Xiang'er... Xiang'er!" Chen Fan's voice was hoarse as he pressed his hands tightly against hers, feeling her life slipping away rapidly through his fingers. That feeling of helplessness was even more suffocating than having his cultivation sealed or being trapped in a deadly formation.