Returning Immortal

Chapter 38

Thus, a thousand li chasing after the spiritual being.

At first, she also did not know that this place was an absolute forbidden zone.

So she had recklessly dug in and had experienced several life-and-death crises.

A few days of crossing the line between life and death like that.

Finally, she had found out that this place was the absolute forbidden zone designated as a forbidden area by the Luminous Cult.

The Blood Scorpion Demoness, who had found out that fact, cleanly gave up on the spiritual being.

And the moment she was about to turn back without any lingering attachment.

As if by a lie, Gwi Seongjin's group had appeared before her.

The Blood Scorpion Demoness, who had secretly followed them, had found out that their purpose was not the Land Divine Horse.

It was because they had left the forbidden zone where the Land Divine Horse was and had set their direction towards the poison pool.

Even so, she had boldly decided to kill all of Gwi Seongjin's group.

At first, it was because of the anxiety that they might discover the Land Divine Horse before her...

Later, it was because of the fact that they were members of the Luminous Cult.

However, what was regrettable was that she had not been able to pack extra poison as she had been in a hurry to chase after the Land Divine Horse.

The reason the Blood Scorpion Demoness, who had failed to kill Ne Jinja a little while ago, had kidnapped Gwi Seongjin was because she had judged that the Land Divine Horse was hiding in a formation.

So she had kidnapped Gwi Seongjin, who seemed to be skilled in formations, but to hear that he had witnessed the Land Divine Horse himself was news that would make her eyes flash open.

"I also saw it briefly, but it was a small horse that didn't even seem to be a chi in size. Its body was shining gold with a golden mane, and it appeared like the wind, cried out long, and then disappeared in the blink of an eye."

Gwi Seongjin described the image of the Land Divine Horse projected in his mind with his voice.

It was a small demonic creature that had appeared with the Thousand Fragrance Snow Deer.

"Wh-where did you see it?"

"Here, in this forbidden zone. If you leave the cave, I will guide you to that place right away."

"Good. I will definitely... ugh! Ugh."

Before she could even finish her words, the Blood Scorpion Demoness's body trembled. It was because the effect of the medicine had worn off.

The Blood Scorpion Demoness, who had staggered and walked to the place where the yellow pouch was, took out the white jade bottle from within it again.

And after opening the lid with difficulty with one hand, she took out three red pills and threw them into her mouth.

Ugh!

The Blood Scorpion Demoness, who had clutched her chest, rummaged through the yellow pouch again.

Then she took out blue flags and placed them in all directions with difficulty.

Barrier Banners.

A light flashed in Gwi Seongjin's eyes as he looked at the flags.

The flags the Blood Scorpion Demoness was holding now were not the ordinary barrier tools used by formation masters.

Seeing the spirit energy wave rising from the flags, it was clearly a legal tool.

A barrier banner that operated with spirit energy could originally only be operated by a cultivator.

But he had heard that specially made legal tools could also be used by ordinary people.

The same went for the legal tool the Blood Scorpion Demoness was holding now.

By adding special incantation characters to the original barrier banner, it was made so that even ordinary people could install and dismantle it.

The number of barrier banners the Blood Scorpion Demoness had stuck in the ground was a total of eight.

And the last one was still in her hand.

"I will be resting inside for a while, so you stay here."

Although the Blood Scorpion Demoness had said it with a smiling face, Gwi Seongjin's body trembled with an unknown premonition.

It was because there was a high probability that when she woke up, he would be treated like a slave and then killed.

Puff!

The Blood Scorpion Demoness, who had shown a kind smile to Gwi Seongjin, plunged the last remaining flag at her feet.

When the Blood Scorpion Demoness had planted the last flag, the flags all emitted a blue radiance at once.

The radiance gradually condensed and changed into a mist, and the mist grew thicker as time passed.

Now, the Blood Scorpion Demoness inside was faintly visible.

Even so, it continued to thicken, and at some point, small flames in the shape of peach blossoms bloomed from the mist.

One blossom. Two blossoms.

The flames that had shyly bloomed in the air gathered in the shape of a cloud and emitted a thick radiance.

It was so bright that he couldn't look straight at it.

Zap.

A flame that seemed to cut the eyes eerily bloomed from the cloud, then scattered its petals in the air and crawled like a snake.

Then it suddenly disappeared, and the cloud that had been as thick as a mist was not visible, and only the momentum remained.

The Blood Scorpion Demoness, who had been inside the barrier formation, had also disappeared without a trace, and now not even a trace was visible.

Gwi Seongjin, who was about to examine the inside with his spiritual sense, showed a look of difficulty.

It was because the barrier was pushing away his spiritual sense.

Still, when he forcibly added his legal power, a faint form was visible.

Thanks to confirming the patterns and designs drawn on the flags with his spiritual sense, Gwi Seongjin already knew the identity of the barrier formation.

Nine Palaces Peach Blossom Formation.

It was a famous barrier formation of the immortal family, a barrier known to be very difficult to break because it had its own restoration ability.

Even so, Gwi Seongjin had a calm expression.

It was because among the books stored in the Ghost Valley Sect, there was a booklet that explained the Nine Palaces Peach Blossom Formation.

Gwi Seongjin, who had recalled the breaking method in his head, carefully moved towards the barrier.

Meanwhile, the Blood Scorpion Demoness, who was circulating her qi and treating her wounds inside the barrier formation, was not wary of Gwi Seongjin at all.

It was not just once that she had pressed Gwi Seongjin's acupoints.

Once while kidnapping Gwi Seongjin.

And she had performed the acupoint pressing again after entering the cave.

Especially the acupoint she had pressed in the cave was something that a master of the mid-stage of the first-rate could not break through even after struggling for a month.

Moreover, the barrier she had installed at the end was something that even a master of the extreme demonic realm could not easily break.

So Gwi Seongjin was not even in her consideration.

So she had performed the qi circulation and treatment with a sense of relief, but...

Not even half a shichen after the Blood Scorpion Demoness had started her qi circulation and treatment, Gwi Seongjin finally began to act.

He had struck and broken the flag that was the central pivot of the barrier with his palm full of spirit energy.

When the flag broke, flower-shaped flames shot out from both sides of the flagpole.

And it burst its pistils and enveloped the barrier like a net.

The pistils were replacing the flag and helping the barrier to be maintained.

The barrier did not only have a defensive function.

Flash!

A few strands of flame shot out from inside the barrier formation and randomly struck the vicinity where the flag had been destroyed.

But Gwi Seongjin had already disappeared from that spot.

He had dodged by performing the Shifting Form Steps.

Gwi Seongjin, who had grasped every detail of the barrier formation's truth and falsehood, bent his body and suddenly put one hand into the barrier.

Then he swept the floor and pulled out two flags at the same time.

When three flags disappeared, the barrier formation began to shake.

A thick mist flowed out, and it chaotically spewed out petal-shaped radiances and flames into the air.

At that, the weakened barrier was reinforced again.

But in Gwi Seongjin's eyes, not a few weak points were visible.

As the flags decreased, new weaknesses that had not been there before had been created.

Gwi Seongjin, who had approached that very place, this time kicked a flag with his foot and sent it flying into the air.

Rumble.

At that, the sturdy barrier formation collapsed powerlessly.

The moment the Blood Scorpion Demoness was about to open her eyes at the strange sign.

Thwack!

Gwi Seongjin, who had approached close to the Blood Scorpion Demoness, put spirit energy into his palm and struck her chest.

At the sudden surprise attack, the Blood Scorpion Demoness's waist was bent in half and she flew back.

In response, Gwi Seongjin followed her and struck the demoness's back violently with his two hands clasped.

Although the Blood Scorpion Demoness had twisted her body like a snake, she could not completely avoid Gwi Seongjin's assassination.

Crack.

In the end, the Blood Scorpion Demoness's spine was bent and broken, and the ribs on her side were also largely shattered.

Now, she could not move even if she wanted to.

The Blood Scorpion Demoness, whose internal organs were pierced by her broken ribs as she fell to the ground, vomited blood like a waterfall.

In the vomited blood, a large amount of crushed internal organ fragments were contained.

"I definitely pressed the acupoints... By the way, how did you break the barrier...?"

The Blood Scorpion Demoness, who had moved her body as if crawling and leaned her back against the cave wall, muttered with a look of disbelief.

"Although you can't believe it, what can you do since it's a fact that the barrier has collapsed? What's certain is that now, even if the Great Luo Immortal comes, they won't be able to save you."

Gwi Seongjin said, picking up the Blood Scorpion Demoness's yellow pouch.

Inside the pouch were quite a few things.

A smile formed on Gwi Seongjin's lips as he confirmed that the Five Elements Divine Pearl was among them.

'What is this?'

Gwi Seongjin, who had discovered a thick piece of parchment in the pouch, hastily withdrew his hand as he was about to take it out.

A chilling ghost qi had flowed from the parchment and had shaken off his hand.

Looking closely, it was not just one strand of ghost qi.

Several strands of ghost qi were floating on the surface of the parchment, and some of them were chilling just to look at.

But Gwi Seongjin was not one to give up.

Gwi Seongjin, who had wrapped his hand with the spirit energy of his upper dantian, carefully picked up the parchment.

The ghost qi that flowed from the parchment came up his wrist, but when Gwi Seongjin added his spirit energy, it was startled and crawled back into the parchment.

On the upper part of the parchment, five characters, which seemed to be the title, were written, but they were ancient characters that Gwi Seongjin had never seen before.

However, he could only confirm with his spiritual sense that a spirit energy wave was sparkling from the characters.

But other than the title, there was no content.

The five pictures drawn below were all there was.

The hideously and bizarrely shaped ghosts were spewing a ominous light from their eyes, and they looked as if they were alive.

And they were irreverent.

They all had a look as if they were anxious to eat him.

When Gwi Seongjin took out the parchment and examined it without any trouble, the Blood Scorpion Demoness's eyes shot open in surprise.

It was because that was not a parchment that just anyone could touch and look at.

"Wh-what on earth is your identity?"

"Gwi Seongjin."

"N-not your name."

"What else is important?"

Gwi Seongjin, who had put the parchment into the pouch, this time took out a black dagger and looked at it.

Looking at the green light on the blade, it was a dagger coated with a deadly poison.

Gwi Seongjin, who had looked at the dagger for a moment, strode towards the Blood Scorpion Demoness with the yellow pouch in his hand.

And he pushed the cold dagger against her neck.

"How the tables have turned. Although it's a dirty feeling, answer my questions honestly."

"Do you want to die?"

The Blood Scorpion Demoness threatened with a look full of killing intent.

At that, the dagger in Gwi Seongjin's hand drew a round line along her white neckline.

Gush.

Swish.

Dark red blood flowed down along the long bloodline.

One streak. Two streaks.

When the third line was drawn, fear began to appear in the Blood Scorpion Demoness's eyes, which had been only ruthless.

"Look at my eyes."

A sinister radiance flowed from Gwi Seongjin's eyes.

"Wh-what are you doing?"

A flustered voice.

But it was not a voice whose soul had been suppressed.

"..."

When the Soul Capturing Art didn't work, Gwi Seongjin intimidated the opponent's soul with a consciousness wave.

At that, the Blood Scorpion Demoness's gaze suddenly wavered.

Then it suddenly became hazy, and this was because Gwi Seongjin had doubled his consciousness.

"Repeat after me! I am your servant."

The Blood Scorpion Demoness, who had resisted for a moment, immediately opened her mouth when the radiance from Gwi Seongjin's eyes deepened.

"I am your servant."

When his Soul Capturing Art worked, a thrill filled Gwi Seongjin's mind.

The Blood Scorpion Demoness was a master close to the extreme demonic realm, and her consciousness was as firm as could be.

So he had been anxious that the Soul Capturing Art might not work, but he had succeeded with difficulty.

"Good. What is your name?"

"H-Hwa Seojin."

"Are you the master of the Hundred Poisons Sect?"

"Yes."

When the Blood Scorpion Demoness admitted it, Gwi Seongjin continued to ask.

"What is the purpose of you coming here? Is it to catch the Land Divine Horse?"

"Yes."

"Where did you get this?"

Gwi Seongjin, who had confirmed that the Blood Scorpion Demoness was completely subdued, took out the parchment from the yellow pouch and asked.

The reason Gwi Seongjin had performed the Soul Capturing Art on the Blood Scorpion Demoness was actually because of the parchment.

Although there were only strange ghost pictures and unknown characters written on it, it was because the spirit energy wave flowing from the characters was unusual.

For a spirit energy wave to be transmitted from the characters...

This meant that a strange power was hidden inside the parchment.

"I obtained that parchment from an old cave on Mt. Guryeong when I was young."

"Where is Mt. Guryeong located? And tell me the details of how you obtained it."

Ugh.

Perhaps because she didn't want to talk, the Blood Scorpion Demoness hesitated to answer for a moment.

At that, Gwi Seongjin strengthened his consciousness, and the Blood Scorpion Demoness obediently opened her mouth.

"Mt. Guryeong is a spiritual mountain located not far from the Hundred Poisons Sect. At that time, I had gone deep into the mountain to dig for medicinal herbs, and I happened to discover it when a cliff collapsed due to a heavy rain."

"I see. But was this the only thing you obtained from the cave?"

Gwi Seongjin asked, holding up the parchment.

At Gwi Seongjin's question, the Blood Scorpion Demoness shook her head and answered no.

"The five-colored shining pearl and the yellow jade box in the pouch were also discovered at that time."

At the Blood Scorpion Demoness's words, Gwi Seongjin rummaged through the pouch.

Besides the Five Elements Divine Pearl, there was indeed an antique-looking yellow jade box in a corner.

(End of Chapter)