I Outworked the Entire Cultivation World-Chapter 87 - 76: Entering the Cave Abode (Revised)
Seeing these three people, Jiang Yuebai suddenly laughed, it was perfect timing!
"Lin Suwan, I’ll return those words to you, outside the sect, so what if I kill you?"
A murderous intent shone in Jiang Yuebai’s eyes, Lin Suwan felt a chill, swallowed and retreated.
"You two, kill her for me, my old ancestor will definitely reward you greatly!"
As soon as the words fell, two Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer cultivators attacked fiercely.
The sword light came at her face, Jiang Yuebai activated the Golden Light Talisman.
A shocking boom, sparks flying everywhere.
Jiang Yuebai tossed out the Flying Core Boat and leaped onto it, escaping at lightning speed, breaking through the obstruction of the two cultivators, rushing towards the misty sea below.
"Don’t let her escape!" Lin Suwan shouted.
The two cultivators, working for money, exchanged a glance and pursued with sword control.
The clouds and mist surged, sword shadows layered behind, murderous intent filled the air.
Jiang Yuebai activated the protection array on the Flying Core Boat, pressing forward despite the sword lights and spells crashing and exploding on the array.
Seeing Yazang Mountain marked on the jade scroll from her grandfather, Jiang Yuebai’s eyes lit up, the Flying Core Boat plunged into the misty sea, and instantly disappeared.
In the mist, one couldn’t see their own hand, Jiang Yuebai put away the Flying Core Boat and moved along the base of Yazang Mountain.
Swish, swish!
Sharp sword lights shot into the dense fog, Jiang Yuebai discerned the position by listening to the wind, spinning and dodging.
The sword light cut into the mountain wall, sending fragments flying.
"Lin Suwan, if you have the guts, come down here."
Just as the words finished, two sword auras came again, the mountain wall behind Jiang Yuebai suddenly collapsed, she fell straight down, crashing heavily into an underground cave.
The water shimmered, stalactites were everywhere, Jiang Yuebai was overjoyed, this was the place.
"There’s a cave here, the mist obscures it, the situation below is unclear."
"That wretched girl must be down there, and she came straight here, she might be looking for some treasure." Lin Suwan incited.
"Makes sense, let’s go down and see."
Footsteps came from above, Jiang Yuebai quickly stood up and fled.
She slashed her way, leaving marks, going against the flow of water deep into the cave, twisting and turning for a long while, she entered a dead end. There was nothing but an underground lake, no other way out.
The pursuers were approaching, Jiang Yuebai plunged into the lake.
The water was cold and desolate, the lake bottom was filled with crystal clusters, emitting a faint white light, without any fish.
Jiang Yuebai swam forward, sure enough, she saw a gap at the lake bottom only big enough for one person to pass through, she kicked her legs, heading straight for the gap.
Plop!
The sound of entering the water came from behind, Jiang Yuebai turned her head to check, just as she turned, a ghastly face with blood flowing from the seven orifices appeared right in front of her, shocking her whole body, a stream of bubbles burst from her mouth.
Five shaggy Chang Ghosts appeared from nowhere, looking terrifying, blocking around the gap, extending cyan claws towards Jiang Yuebai.
Jiang Yuebai was prepared, flicking a Water Escape Talisman with her fingers, and suddenly disappeared.
The Chang Ghosts missed, turning towards the approaching three people behind.
Jiang Yuebai emerged from the water, coughing a few times, took off the wet black robe and threw it on the shore, revealing the vestment robe underneath that remained dry, wringing the water from her hair as she stood up.
Roar!
A tiger’s roar, a giant figure lunged at her face, Jiang Yuebai used another Escape Talisman to flash elsewhere.
In the years at the mine, what she drew the most was the Five Elements Escape Talisman, and used the most was also the Five Elements Escape Talisman.
The gigantic black tiger demon, imposing and indeed the Eighth-Level Tiger Demon, glared angrily at Jiang Yuebai, behind it five Chang Ghosts floated in the air, blood weeping from their eyes.
Jiang Yuebai’s eyes swept around, bones piled up, corpses covered the ground, it was clear the tiger demon had occupied this place for a long time.
Five stone pillars stood tall, supporting the underground palace, each stone pillar had a flat side carved with small characters.
Before the tiger demon could act, Little Green suddenly rushed out from Jiang Yuebai’s Sea of Consciousness, straight to illuminate the small characters on the pillars, the lantern surrounded by phosphorescent fire.
[It’s her]
The stone wall had the inscription "Wood Element Skill", which was the Wood Chapter in the Qi Cultivation Five Chapters of the Five Elements Returning to Truth Skill.
And the handwriting matched the two lines of poetry on Little Green Lantern, left by Wuwei Mountain Man.
The cave wasn’t large, besides the five stone pillars, there was a flat section at the depths quite different from the other walls, too far for Jiang Yuebai to see clearly what was on it, but she faintly sensed some spiritual energy fluctuations.
Roar!
The tiger demon exploded into action, Jiang Yuebai threw out a sword aura, then used Earth Escape to maneuver, secretly approaching that mountain wall while shouting.
"You audacious tiger demon, daring to wantonly slaughter living creatures, today my senior and junior brothers and I are under the sect’s order, specifically to slay you!!"
Just as the words were spoken, two figures emerged from the lake, exactly those two Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer cultivators.
Jiang Yuebai waved his hand and shouted, "Senior brother, I am here, quickly slay the tiger demon to rid the people of harm!"
The two suddenly saw the eighth-level tiger demon, were startled and stared, their momentum suddenly tense and confrontational.
Jiang Yuebai fanned the flames, using his Divine Sense to trigger the hidden talismans in the black clothes he had just removed, causing an explosion that scattered firelight shooting towards the tiger demon and the two cultivators.
Roar!!
The taut tension snapped, the tiger demon angrily lunged, and the two cultivators simultaneously launched a fierce defense, the two against one tiger engaged in battle.
Yet the tiger demon did not forget Jiang Yuebai, five Chang Ghosts launched a face-on attack, Jiang Yuebai calmly retreated, flicking out five pre-drawn array flags that spread in a line before him.
The Sparks of Fire Array instantly activated, forming a wall of fire to block the Chang Ghosts outside.
Fire subdues evil, the Chang Ghosts screamed miserably, but continued to assault the fire array with a resounding bang.
Jiang Yuebai dared not linger, quickly joined Little Green to check the mountain wall.
The tiger demon and the two blocked the exit, and in the fierce fight, she risked injury; regardless of who eventually won, she would face a brutal battle. Thus, it was better to immediately search the abode for a concealed chamber to hide for a while.
The mountain wall was covered with claw marks, making the original traces too disordered for Jiang Yuebai to discern; evidently, the tiger demon had often attacked the wall.
Even an eighth-level tiger demon couldn’t break the wall, there must be formidable mechanisms or array defenses.
"Little Green, try it."
Little Green bumped into the wall attempting to pass through, triggering a flash of faint light that quickly swept across the mountain wall, leaving behind some familiar patterns to Jiang Yuebai.
Jiang Yuebai turned to scan the five stone pillars, suddenly comprehending.
"The ’Five Elements Returning to Truth Skill’ is the key, but it needs complete mastery to be effective."
The array on the mountain wall combined with the ’Five Elements Returning to Truth Skill’, those traces being the full route of internal energy circulation, meaning locate the starting point corresponding to the dantian, infuse five element spiritual energy along the route, and the wall will surely open.
Bang! Bang bang!
"Jiang Yuebai, how dare you use a knife to indirectly harm us, I will not let you die easily!!"
Roar!!
Chang Ghosts hit the array, Lin Suwan enraged beyond measure, outside the battle tense, the two seasoned cultivators of the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer adeptly attacked and defended orderly, leaving the tiger demon gradually disadvantaged.
Jiang Yuebai decisively pressed his hand against the mountain wall, stimulating his full spiritual energy into it, lighting up the acupoints on the wall one after another, emitting a captivating glow.
The tiger demon repelled the two cultivators, noticing the mountain wall’s movements, furiously directed all five Chang Ghosts to break the Sparks of Fire Array with all their might.
The two male cultivators exchanged glances, each harboring ulterior motives, wanting to quickly slay the tiger demon, immediately summoning their trump card magic treasures.
The tiger demon likewise growing anxious, roared in rage, its black fur solidified into hard spikes, shooting like rain.
The battle grew ever more intense!
The gloomy wind whirled wildly, fire blazed fiercely, the ten Chang Ghosts wailed bitterly, madly smashing into the fire array despite their injuries.
The array flags violently trembled and cracked, the firelight gradually dimming.
Jiang Yuebai’s dantian’s Five Elements Qi Vortex neared exhaustion, only a third of the acupoints on the wall lit up, seeing this she directly took out a mid-grade Spirit Stone and absorbed its spiritual energy frantically to speed up the infusion.
The constant booming echoes filled the air, stones shattered, the earth trembled.
As time ticked away, Jiang Yuebai’s face grew increasingly pale, with Little Green hovering beside, phosphorescent flames constantly flickering.
Bang!
The fire array suddenly shattered, the tiger demon ignoring the magic artifacts, pounded the ground with its claws, unleashing its strongest talent magical technique!
Hard spikes erupted fiercely from the ground centered around the tiger demon, rising outward, like an angry sea tempest, unstoppable.
Sparks flew, metallic clangs resounded.
The two cultivators hurriedly retreated, their shield-shaped magic artifacts shattered, their magic swords slicing iron like mud, yet unable to affect the spikes at all.
Two sharp cracks, the magic swords broke, the tiger demon thunderously attacked, its claws frenziedly waved creating silver light as bright as the moon.
The claws tore open the protective vestments on the two male cultivators, who spat blood flying back, breaking several stalagmites before plunging into the lake.
The tiger demon, flesh ripped open, roared at Lin Suwan in intimidation, before turning to rush at Jiang Yuebai.
Roar!!
A chilly wind struck the back of her head, Jiang Yuebai frowned without looking back, one hand pressed against the mountain wall, the other discarded the shattered Spirit Stone, raising a two-fingered hand sign.
Cold Ice Thorns pierced the sky, serpents wildly danced, thoroughly bundling the airborne tiger demon.
The Chang Ghosts penetrated the thorns to attack, Little Green’s phosphorus flames surged, igniting a green sea of fire on them.
The last point on the wall lit up, spiritual energy circled back into Jiang Yuebai’s palm.
"Little Green!"
Little Green dashed back to her brow, the space under Jiang Yuebai’s palm vacated, entering the mountain.
Roar!!
Breaking free from the thorns, the tiger demon furiously charged, earth and stone splintered, yet the mountain wall remained unmoved.
