Chapter 233

Chapter 233: The Doorway is No Longer the Same

Waiting is the hardest to endure.

The Yin-Yang Nine Heads broke through the stone wall, opening their large mouths to spew out many boulders.

Within the rocks, Li Hui saw medium-grade Miao Jade and high-grade Miao Jade embedded inside. Eight hundred purple crystals emitted a layer of purple light. Li Hui was momentarily stunned, his expression filled with doubt.

The eight hundred purple crystals buzzed loudly, their surfaces vibrating and resonating.

In an instant, as if reaching some kind of limit, the eight hundred purple crystals split into two, then four, transforming into three thousand two hundred!

As the purple crystals flowed like a torrent, they easily smashed through the boulders brought back by the Yin-Yang Nine Heads and penetrated the mines they had just excavated.

With the passage of time, when the purple crystals returned in a rush, their numbers doubled, increasing from three thousand two hundred to six thousand four hundred, quickly gathering together to evolve into the Treasure Cabinet Array.

This was not the previous minimal array but a true grand talisman formation for gathering spirits, operating naturally according to the timing and location, faintly breaking through the spatial pattern, and at the moment of formation, summoning spiritual energy from remote places.

“Finally succeeded! Senior Chen Mengde must be watching this from above, proving that your efforts on the Nine-Mystic Continent were not in vain. Constructing talisman formations to replace spiritual seeds is indeed feasible. Once there is one success, there will be a second. It’s a pity…” Li Hui glanced at the peach tree and sighed, “It’s a pity whether this can be passed down to future generations is a question!”

A mysterious connection developed between the purple crystals, and they all unleashed their powers to summon spiritual energy.

Although spiritual energy was scarce within the earth veins, there were many undeveloped mines. These mines inexplicably lost ten percent of their spiritual energy, causing a spiritual pressure to instantaneously form in the cave, and Li Hui’s eyes brightened.

“Wood spiritual energy?”

“Good, Treasure Cabinet, hear my call and send all Wood spiritual energy to the vicinity of the peach tree.”

The array hummed, and two hundred purple crystals moved towards the peach tree, creating a vortex of green energy swirling around it.

The peach tree shook, its leaves becoming vibrant.

Though the leaves were green before, they didn’t have the enchanting brightness they had now, as if they were about to drip with lush greenery. Tears filled Li Hui’s eyes; finally, hope had arrived, a hope that was hard-earned.

After enduring so many hardships, how much had he given?

He was never a cold-hearted person. He could not bear to be harsh on himself and would undoubtedly cry when the time came. Why would anyone want to die if they could live? His grievances were not too great; he believed that after death, he would not morph into a ghost or a furious spirit, unable to become a ghost cultivator.

Moreover, he enjoyed fine clothes, gourmet food, and the thrill of looking good. What if he were reborn ugly in his next life? What if he wrongly turned into a pig or a dog? No need to think further; it would all be tears.

Seeing a green peach forming on the tree, the branches began to sway, and the leaves flapped as if a mischievous child was shaking the tree.

“Yao’er!” Li Hui gently called, feeling a strange sensation in his heart, trickling thoughts through his mind.

This was the peach tree demon he had cared for for more than nine months, the child in whom he placed his hopes, desperately grasping onto the Bamboo Box during life-threatening situations, not just for himself but fearing for the little one’s survival.

Surprisingly, a sweet, childish voice came from the peach tree: “Daddy wants to eat a peach to live, Yao’er has no objections, but it’s still green and not quite ripe yet.”

Li Hui was greatly astonished. The lack of calamity to become a demon was indeed the merit of the Fortune Ascending Talismans, but the ability to speak after gathering demonic energy was against the heavens. Despite the words being unclear, communication was not a problem. He hurriedly asked, “Guang Jin, did you speak when you became a demon?”

“Ahem, I managed to speak three days after becoming a demon. This little girl received the jade comb’s life source demonic energy, so it’s normal for her to understand,” Guang Jin admitted. He didn’t dare to say that his three days of speaking was due to the stimulation of Buddhist light and that he only managed a few syllables; otherwise, it would take years to accumulate. The Golden Jade Peach tree indeed was different.

“Alright, let’s wait and see when this peach ripens.” Li Hui smiled faintly. Seeing the peach tree rejuvenated and becoming a demon without calamities, his heart opened up, feeling tolerant, indulgent, and calm as they waited together for the peach to turn red.

Approximately two hours passed, during which Yao’er did not speak. The green light pulsed on the peach tree; Guang Jin said she was digesting the demonic energy gifted by the jade comb, and perhaps there were some instructions involved. After all, Li Hui was not a demon; there were many things demons needed to pay attention to, needing to be reminded earnestly.

At that moment, the Treasure Cabinet Array began to contract, with the purple crystals gathering beneath Li Hui to lift him up gently.

Then, after half an hour, a powerful suction emerged between the purple crystals, sometimes building into a sharply defined purple crystal cabinet and at other times emitting a buzzing sound as it opened and then collected back into a massive purple egg.

“Young master, you!” Guang Jin was alarmed.

“It’s fine, I can still hold on.” Li Hui closed his eyes, nearing the brink of fading away, his breath barely a whisper, vitality like a flickering candle, with only the last spark remaining, ready to extinguish at any moment.

“Daddy, Daddy!” Yao’er called out.

No response; on the brink of passing, he lost his five senses.

Suddenly, branches stretched out towards him, the tip adorned with a fist-sized, flat, slightly indented green peach.

Demonic energy continuously sprayed towards the green peach, finally causing a faint blush to appear at the top. Guang Jin appeared and nodded toward the branches, saying, “Don’t waste your origin anymore! Hurry back to recover; leave this to me!”

The branches trembled heavily, and the peach dropped.

Guang Jin caught the peach and quickly smashed it, turning it into green juice, prying open Li Hui’s jaws to feed him.

His stomach rumbled several times as the fading vitality slowly returned.

Unbeknownst to when, a small grass phantom appeared above Li Hui’s head, as if exhaling starlight, reversing the Morning Light Dusk Grass, making time begin to reverse.

In an instant, the small grass touched his head, transforming into shards of light that cascaded down.

Guang Jin marveled, “Indeed, it’s the Morning Light Dusk Grass! It’s activating the medicinal power of the demonic peach. I wonder how many years of lifespan it can restore?”

“Boom…” The purple crystals surged, enveloping Li Hui completely.

After constant adjustments, adaptations, and matching, the Treasure Cabinet finally smoothed out its edges, transforming into a giant egg over ten feet tall.

In the depths of fate, a rumbling sound resonated. If observed with a fortune-seeing treasure, one would find a heavenly gate slowly opening in the air, and boundless fortune falling down. The Heavenly and Earthly Arrays trembled, and the Four Fortune Ascending Talismans rapidly regained their luster, quickly filling with golden light. Li Hui’s appearance transformed into something extraordinary, radiating the demeanor of a master.

Suddenly, a dark crack appeared above his head, beginning to consume fortune and emitting fragmented ripples that fiercely suppressed all extraordinary phenomena.

The already sparse spiritual energy within the earth veins was instantly drained; the suction seemed to extend far and wide, as the Treasure Cabinet displayed its vast might for the first time on the Wutu Continent.

This was truly when the mountains and waters seemed to have reached their dead ends, yet amidst the dark willows, a bright village appeared!

His lifespan restored, vitality surged!!!

The sword’s edge is tempered to shine, and the plum blossom fragrance comes from bitter cold; all efforts have accumulated to this day, resulting in rapid growth! From this moment, the doorway is no longer the same; he soared straight up!

“Roar!”

The sound of a dragon’s roar emerged from within the purple crystal egg, soon replaced by a jubilant howl. Li Hui awoke as his vitality and potential soared together, and his promotion came naturally, with a comprehensive increase in strength.