Daoist Competition

Chapter 1559: Chapter 166: The Seal God Mansion’s Remnant Shell

Han Wangke and the others traveled underground for a day and night, still unable to reach the bottom of the Spirit Cave, with the paths becoming more numerous the further they went.

After rounding a bend, Han Wangke made a gesture, signaling to stop, and the three landed on a strange stone.

His gaze fell into the seemingly bottomless deep ravine, and he said solemnly, "This Earth Acupoint is indeed hidden too deep. If we go further down, we might reach the Earth Lungs. If the Demon Cultivators occupy this place, they will definitely leave Prohibitions, yet we have encountered no resistance along the way. There must be something wrong here."

Cai Rongju seemed to realize something and suddenly raised his head, saying, "Senior Brother, are you saying that this place is not actually occupied by Demon Cultivators?"

The day before, he secretly followed that person here and during their confrontation, his Dharma Treasure accidentally struck the mountain rock, collapsing the mountain wall, thus discovering this hidden location. At that time, he thought the matter extremely crucial and hurried back without carefully checking.

Han Wangke said solemnly, "It’s not like that. They have gathered forces to besiege Linqing Temple, surely for this Spirit Cave. My meaning is, this spiritual mechanism here is not obvious; we must have strayed off the path. The Right Path should be elsewhere."

Peng Yuzhou said, "No matter, the Dull Yin Qi from the Demon Cave gathers below. If we just disperse it, sever the root, we need not worry about the rest."

Han Wangke shook his head and said, "We can’t go further down. Who knows how many more days it’ll take? Coming here was my oversight, unprepared. If the Demon Sect has arrangements above, we’re putting ourselves in danger. Let’s return."

Peng Yuzhou was very unwilling and said loudly, "Junior Master, you’re too cautious. We’ve already killed the invading Demon Sect Practitioners, not a single one escaped. What ambush could there be left?"

Han Wangke couldn’t help but laugh inwardly, thinking, "This Nephew Peng earlier advised us to leave the Spirit Cave here to lure Demon Sect Practitioners, yet now he’s eager to achieve merits, vacillating like this. No wonder Junior Master Shen rated him ’Aspires to greatness but cautious about danger, sees small benefits and forgets his life, hard to achieve greatness.’ Clearly, the Chen Clan capturing him back then wasn’t without reason."

He shook his head, speaking with deeper meaning, "Nephew Peng, this Earth Cave won’t run away from here. We should wait until we’re well-prepared before clearing it. Rest assured, you’ve made great contributions by eliminating the invaders. I will report this to Zhao You Mansion upon returning."

Saying this, he turned and returned upwards, Cai Rongju following without hesitation.

Peng Yuzhou initially intended to go down alone and solve the matter for great merit, but Han Wangke’s words pointedly indicated that his contributions needed him to verify, feeling as if caught by the weakness. Reluctantly glancing at the ground, he stomped his foot and transformed into tunneling light, flying up.

Above the surface, suddenly from the Void emerged a peculiar flying shuttle, carrying two people inside. One hunched back, barefoot, long hair scattered, thin as a skeleton, shrouded in swirling mist, only exposing two faintly glowing eyes. The other strange-faced, with a high forehead, no facial features, skin deathly pale, seeming almost like an empty entity.

The strange-faced cultivator’s face suddenly split, revealing a gap, and a fierce eye rolled inside for a moment before slowly closing, saying, "There’s no presence of any Spirit Sect Disciples here; all must have died."

The gaunt cultivator sneered, "The Mingcang Sect is powerful; we advised them against rashly provoking long ago. Now, they’ve suffered great loss, yet complain to the sect, forcing us to come deal with the aftermath."

The strange-faced cultivator said, "Though this Spirit Cave isn’t fully mature yet, it reaches the Earth Acupoint. If it accumulates for a few centuries, at the very least it would be a Small Spirit Cave, no wonder the sect values it highly."

As they spoke, they cautiously descended on the flying shuttle, when suddenly the strange-faced cultivator’s expression changed, saying, "Senior Brother, look there."

The gaunt cultivator’s eyes condensed, seeing a large opening on the mountain wall above, appearing broken open by Dharma Treasure, and said gravely, "Bad. We’re too late; this place has been discovered by the Xuanmen."

The strange-faced cultivator suddenly trembled, urgently saying, "Senior Brother, someone is coming up from below, far superior in cultivation to us, retreat quickly."

The gaunt cultivator was startled, knowing the Flying Book mentioned there was a Great Cultivator at the Nascent Soul Third Realm here. If caught by his Forbidden Locking Skill, escape would be difficult. Thus, he dared not hesitate, stirred the flying shuttle, prompting a shake, reaching hundreds of feet away, then darted into the clouds.

After traveling a thousand miles, feeling safe, they stopped the flying shuttle.

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