Free Web NovelChapter 377: Chapter 242: The Holy Sect’s Inside Man
"Where am I?"
Qin Xuan slowly awoke to find himself in a Secret Realm.
"No, this isn’t a Secret Realm, it’s a Golden Core Blessed Land!"
His gaze fell upon a cyan-colored wooden pavilion. Vines intertwined across the surrounding walls, and the power of an invisible Imprisonment Array filled the air.
Sensing the change in his surroundings, Qin Xuan’s heart skipped a beat. The Six-winged Cyan Cicada in his robes slid into his palm. His bone-deep caution had him reflexively preparing to activate [Cyan Cicada Shell].
Until he saw Ye Qingxuan beside him.
"Miss Xuan’Er, you’re finally awake."
Ye Qingxuan’s face was full of joy. She excitedly grabbed Qin Xuan’s arm. A soft, cold sensation made Qin Xuan frown subconsciously.
Ye Qingxuan lowered her head, blaming herself. "Miss Xuan’Er, I’ve dragged you into trouble again."
After Ye Qingxuan’s explanation, Qin Xuan more or less understood what had happened.
It turned out that Ye Qingxuan had mistaken the karmic backlash from the Golden-Breaking Blood Talisman for a Demon Sect Restriction.
In her attempt to save him, she had brought him to the Profound Cliff Du Family, only to be ambushed by the Du Family Patriarch, Du Haixian, and trapped in this Profound Cliff Cyan Wood Blessed Land.
’Is this girl really that foolish, or is she just pretending? How could she not see such an obvious trap?’
Qin Xuan’s face instantly darkened, and he felt like he was sitting on pins and needles.
This was Daqian, and the home of the Profound Cliff Du Family, no less.
And the Du Family Patriarch was a Golden Core Peak True Monarch!
He was only at the Purple Mansion Eighth Level, still suffering the karmic effects of the Golden-Breaking Blood Talisman. Was this damned woman trying to get him killed?!
’Damn it. I’m in deep trouble now.’
Qin Xuan gritted his teeth and pushed himself up. The backlash from the Golden-Breaking Blood Talisman inside him was still a dull, throbbing ache.
The next moment, however, his expression suddenly turned joyful.
He had discovered a faint feedback of Spiritual Power from the Blessed Land!
A continuous stream of Earth Vein Spiritual Power surged into his body.
This Earth Vein Spiritual Power was invisible and intangible, yet it was undeniably real.
Qin Xuan immediately closed his eyes and looked inward.
In the center of his boundless, oceanic Sea of Consciousness, a three-foot-square patch of dark brown earth had appeared out of nowhere.
"It’s a Five Elements Spiritual Object, the Dirt and Filth!"
Inside the Profound Cliff Blessed Land, the pure and dense Wood Attribute Spiritual Qi far surpassed that of the outside world.
The formless Earth Vein Spiritual Qi poured into his Sea of Consciousness, quickly transforming from colorless and invisible to a cyan-green hue before settling on the dark brown earth formed by the Dirt and Filth.
"This Earth Vein Spiritual Qi can help me refine the Dirt and Filth!"
Qin Xuan was overjoyed.
Ever since obtaining the Dirt and Filth, he had wanted to refine it but had never found a way.
Today, he had finally found the method!
"The Artifact Spirit of the Eight Desolates Forging Fire Furnace once said that Shen Xiyue achieved her Perfect Golden Core by relying on four great Five Elements Spiritual Objects: [Dirt and Filth], [Void Wind], [Great Sun True Flame], and [Extremely Cold Profound Ice]."
’I have three of the four great Spiritual Objects now. Maybe I can try it too!’
Qin Xuan rubbed his hands together, eager to give it a try.
He couldn’t help but feel that Ye Qingxuan, standing before him, was actually rather endearing.
This girl was his lucky star!
He had stumbled into the right place by accident.
If not for her, Qin Xuan really wouldn’t have had the chance to enter this Profound Cliff Cyan Wood Blessed Land.
"Miss Xuan’Er, why do you keep staring at me... Is there something on my face?"
Ye Qingxuan’s face turned slightly red. She turned her head away, her cheeks burning.
Qin Xuan smiled without a word, deciding to forgive her for the time being.
He activated his Divine Sense, enveloping the Dirt and Filth and merging it with the Blessed Land’s Spirit Vein beneath his feet.
HUMMM!
A soft tremor ran through his Sea of Consciousness. Like parched earth receiving sweet rain, the Dirt and Filth was instantly activated. Aided by the spiritual essence it absorbed from the Profound Cliff Blessed Land, it began to evolve on its own!
Within his Sea of Consciousness, a stretch of chaos was parted.
Turbid qi sank to form a thick, heavy earth, while wisps of cyan wood vitality coiled and rose to become the sky.
The prototype of a small Blessed Land, only a few dozen feet in area but brimming with vitality and spiritual energy, had taken shape.
Although it was tiny, it was intimately connected to Qin Xuan’s Divine Soul.
’With the help of the Golden-Breaking Blood Talisman, I can actually absorb the origin source of this Blessed Land! Even if Du Haixian came in person, he couldn’t dream of taking it away!’
Flecks of shattered gold flew about like motes of golden light, falling into the Blessed Land prototype in his Sea of Consciousness.
The Golden-Breaking Blood Talisman.
It could shatter weapons and break armor, sever the circulation of Spiritual Qi, and even tear apart Divine Soul Contracts!
Qin Xuan was completely surprised. He laughed inwardly, his joy growing. As for the dangers that lay ahead, he would worry about them later.
He had his Golden Finger, after all. If worst came to worst, he could just draw a lot and run for it!
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The instant the Blessed Land prototype took shape in Qin Xuan’s Sea of Consciousness, Du Haixian, who was in the middle of his cultivation, experienced a sudden change in expression. His aura imperceptibly weakened by one ten-thousandth.
"What’s going on? Why is my Cultivation dropping?"
Du Haixian shot to his feet, his eyes wide with anger. The might of a Golden Core Peak cultivator erupted from him!
BOOM!
His aura was majestic, like an abyss or a looming mountain.
His sleeves billowed and his hair and beard stood on end. He could feel his True Essence flowing in reverse, rampaging uncontrollably through his meridians.
Soon, Du Haixian discovered the source of the anomaly, and the corner of his mouth twitched.
"What a fine Daoist of the Cyan Cloud Sect. You dare to erode the origin source of my Blessed Land?"
If the Profound Cliff Blessed Land was a colossal cyan tree, thousands of feet tall, then Qin Xuan was like a termite the size of a grain of rice, slowly gnawing away at it.
With Du Haixian’s current power, he could restore the dissipated origin source and strip it from Qin Xuan with but a single thought.
On second thought, however, Du Haixian suppressed his displeasure.
He waved a hand. The void before him shimmered, revealing an image of Qin Xuan and Ye Qingxuan within the Profound Cliff Blessed Land.
"Hmph. On account of you being a Daoist of the Cyan Cloud Sect, I’ll consider this bit of origin source a gift. If you fail to provide me with some benefit later, it won’t be too late for me to take it back!"
Du Haixian’s expression flickered between cloudy and clear. He stared intently at Qin Xuan for a moment, then gave a cold snort and left with a flick of his sleeve.
