Crafting an Immortal Race with Daily Hexagrams

Chapter 545 - 232: Revisiting the Dragon Tamer’s Mansion

"Damn..."

Upon seeing this, Ye Minghuang murmured to himself, and when he turned, he found that Zhou Ji, who was at the Fetal Breathing Perfection Realm, had been cornered by another monster.

The spiritual power shield on his body flickered under the blows, and the hastily cast Techniques failed to harm the opponent.

Immediately, Ye Minghuang swung horizontally, knocking back the two monsters that rushed up, and dashed to Zhou Ji’s side to rescue him.

"Are you okay, senior brother?"

The two supported each other and retreated continuously.

Until they retreated to the front of the damaged statue, they suddenly found that the three terrifying monsters actually stopped.

Zhou Ji stuffed a handful of elixir into his mouth, then turned back to look at the damaged statue.

"They fear these statues..."

Hearing this, Ye Minghuang frowned lightly, then raised the long halberd in his hand and unleashed a trail of golden light.

Boom!

The golden light struck one of the monsters on the forehead, shattering the hard scale armor at the spot, and blood oozed out.

But the opponent only roared angrily a few times, not daring to approach.

"Heh, it’s true..."

Seeing this, the armor on his body slowly dissipated, and the long halberd in his hand also turned into specks of starlight.

Returning to his normal appearance, Ye Minghuang had a good mindset, sitting directly against the statue, unhurriedly taking out an elixir to recover his consumed spiritual power.

Outside the valley, Shen Li in a white robe stood quietly on a boulder, with the Snow Wolf King sitting beside her.

As for the Golden Toad and Silver Thread Centipede, they were both hiding not far away.

The mountain breeze blew, gently swaying the plain gauze long dress on Shen Li’s body, and the silver fur on the Snow Wolf King also quivered slightly, creating a harmonious beauty with one person and one beast on the boulder.

"Miss, the commotion has stopped, should we go over and have a look?" the Snow Wolf King asked in a deep voice.

"Do not act rashly yet."

"The auras of the parties involved in the confrontation have not dissipated."

Shen Li said slowly, her palm slightly moved under her sleeve, directly finding a black centipede about an inch long from the grass beside the boulder.

"Let me perform a technique to investigate."

Binding the centipede with spiritual power, Shen Li casually drew a simple talisman in the air and then infused it into the centipede, after which she closed her eyes.

The centipede, under her control, quickly crawled towards the valley.

After a long time, a pitch-black centipede followed the half-collapsed cave entrance and entered the grand hall.

The specific situation inside was transmitted to Shen Li’s mind through the centipede’s eyes.

Inside the grand hall, neither the three monsters nor Ye Minghuang and Zhou Ji noticed anyone observing their every move via an ordinary insect.

The two sides were in a stalemate like this.

After carefully observing for a while, Shen Li slowly opened her eyes.

"Miss, how is the situation?"

The White Wolf King inquired.

Shen Li replied in a deep voice, "Two cultivators, and three monsters tainted by that soaring resentment earlier."

"Both sides are at a standstill."

The White Wolf King considered these words with a flash of thought in its eyes, "Judging by the noise from the fight just now, both sides have reached the Fetal Breathing Perfection Realm."

"Given the current stalemate, it wouldn’t be wise to rashly proceed."

Shen Li nodded approvingly, her gaze sweeping towards the valley below.

With her cultivation in the Path of the Divine Soul, she could clearly sense the abundant resentment lingering in this valley.

This lingering resentment suggested that they must have suffered great humiliation in life.

"Let’s go, let’s check over there."

With the black centipede keeping watch in the grand hall, any disturbance would quickly reach her.

Since they were here, she intended to thoroughly investigate what was unique about this relic.

With a light tap of her toes, Shen Li’s figure gracefully floated to the other side of the huge valley.

Following swiftly behind her were the three demons of the Snow Wolf King.

Once at the other side of the valley, Shen Li’s gaze suddenly tightened.

"What a peculiar aura..."

Her gaze landed on a few collapsed houses at the edge of the valley, she pondered for a moment before speaking, "Xiao Jin, go check those houses. Make sure not to create too much commotion."

Hearing this, the Golden Toad transformed into a stream of light and flew towards the direction Shen Li indicated.

The collapsed houses had clearly been thoroughly searched; all sorts of items were scattered and rummaged through.

The Golden Toad rummaged through the ruins for a long time without finding anything useful.

However, he knew his master’s character well enough to understand that since she sent him here, there was bound to be something unusual.

The Golden Toad refused to give up and continued searching through some collapsed walls.

Though his body wasn’t large, some gaps were still difficult for him to squeeze through.

As expected, with his head just through a large stone slab gap, he found his belly stuck.

"Hmm?"

"Hey..."

Pushing with both fore and hind legs, the Golden Toad struggled through the gap, muttering, "Could it be that the blood meal I had last time was too..."

Boom!

Before he could finish, the stone slab above crashed down!

Simultaneously, numerous stones and pillars supported by the slab also suddenly collapsed, creating a huge commotion!

Seeing this, Shen Li couldn’t help but shake her head.

"Let’s go, let’s head down and take a look."

Along with the Snow Wolf King, she descended into the valley, waving her hand to move the stones and pillars aside.

The dusty Golden Toad quickly emerged from below.

"Messed up, messed up..."

Seeing the helpless look on Shen Li’s face, the Golden Toad spoke awkwardly.

"Did you find anything?"

Shen Li asked softly.

The Golden Toad shook his head repeatedly, "Just some ordinary pottery and jars, nothing special."

Shen Li squinted her beautiful eyes, carefully sensing the area once more, the puzzlement on her face deepened.

She was certain she hadn’t sensed wrongly; this location indeed had a peculiar aura earlier.

But upon closer inspection, the aura had vanished!

After pondering for a while, Shen Li bent down to pick up a dark pottery jar from the ground, inspecting it carefully, her pupils suddenly contracted.

"This is a Poisonous Jar!?"

Hearing her whisper in surprise, the Golden Toad curiously pulled over a large pottery jar resembling a wine vat, scrutinizing it for any peculiarities.

His big eyes spun around, and he directly jumped into the pottery jar, wanting to check if there was anything strange inside.

"Hmm?"

"The aura disappeared!"

At the moment the Golden Toad leapt into the large pottery jar, the Snow Wolf King suddenly noticed his aura disappeared, and even the Divine Sense couldn’t detect his presence anymore!

"Miss, is this pottery jar really that miraculous?"

The Golden Toad poked his head out of the jar.

"What’s miraculous about it?"

Neither Shen Li nor the Snow Wolf King paid attention to him.

"As recorded in books, the Poisonous Jar is a container used in ancient times by Witch Cultivators to raise Gu insects. The method of crafting it has been lost, supposedly requiring the blood of some demon beasts mixed with spiritual soil and fired."

"With so many Poisonous Jars here, there are certainly some ancient exotic Gu insects."

"Be careful when checking, don’t use Divine Sense, use your eyes to look."

"Once you find the Gu insects, don’t act rashly. These insects, not having been summoned for a long time, should all be in a dormant state."

Having said that, Shen Li picked up a few more pottery jars, inspecting them carefully.

Nearby, the Snow Wolf King and the three demons, seeing this, didn’t idle either, moving a large number of scattered pottery jars to their front.

"Squeak, squeak!"

As everyone was busy searching for pottery jars, the Silver Thread Centipede suddenly screeched strangely, carrying a still-capped Poisonous Jar excitement to Shen Li.

At this moment, Shen Li once again felt that fleeting strange aura!