Chapter 522

Chapter 522: Prime Minister Turtle

Tan Tiandi was incredibly calculating, knowing that Li Hui wouldn’t be easy to deal with. He let the Yin-like man stealthily retreat to make arrangements while the five of them entered, leaving one person outside.

“Alright, we’ll go first,” Li Hui strode forward, suddenly grabbing Yang Jiuzhen’s hand. His form traced a mysterious arc, seeming to cross some boundary, as he vanished from sight.

“Jinquan, how’s it going?” Tan Tiandi asked, but even he couldn’t figure out where the Yin-like man was.

“It’s fine. This Li Yingjun is very cautious, making it inconvenient to manipulate him, but he just happens to carry a deadweight with him. I’ve already laid a thread, so just follow their path.”

Dai Qingtian suddenly spoke, “I also made arrangements concerning that little girl.”

“Follow him,” Tan Tiandi nodded, bringing four others into the barrier.

They accelerated through the Thirteenth Layer of barriers, and immediately, the scenery opened up. It was still dark outside, but inside, it was brightly lit. It felt like they had abruptly moved from mountainous terrain to a vast plain, with various buildings visible in the distance.

“What pure primordial Yimu spiritual energy!” Jian Wujie greedily breathed in, feeling as if each breath was empowering him. The wounds he had suffered from battling the possessed Li Hui were rapidly healing.

Tan Tiandi scanned the area and slightly frowned, “We might be underestimating the Female Cultivator beside Li Yingjun. This girl is quite young and has two kinds of Dao bodies. She seemed unremarkable at first, but something has evidently changed recently.”

“Dao bodies?” Dai Qingtian sneered, “Only second-rate sects care about that. It sounds impressive, but in reality, it’s just a shackle set by the heavens. The higher one goes in cultivation, the more difficult it becomes. Her Senior Sister, Ren Jiufeng, has a bit of a reputation on the Ren Water Continent, especially known for her water-bending escape techniques in the sea, a remarkable feat. But this fledgling chick doesn’t seem to possess anything extraordinary.”

Practitioners from the Ren Water and Guishui Continents had often tested each other, so they were quite familiar with each other’s powerful cultivators. Ren Jiufeng barely made it onto the list of renowned figures, while Yang Jiuzhen had always kept a low profile and had never shown any fame.

However, it was this nameless Female Cultivator who blocked Li Hui’s path, quickly advancing forward.

To the east of Zi Xu, there was a small path where Yang Jiuzhen moved with a clattering sound, dropping many wooden spikes to the ground, without a scratch on her.

The route Li Hui chose allowed them to bypass the mechanism hawks and confront the wooden bees directly, but the number of wooden bees was overwhelming, each as large as a human and resembling giant hornets. In reality, they were a type of unusual spiritual plant.

Spiritual plants could be good or bad; the sole purpose of the wooden bees was to guard. Currently, the ball flower was bringing in the ancient heavenly vessel configured by the Mysterious Pearl, so they couldn’t use the formations outside the Xuancha Cave Heaven against them. This was just the right opportunity to test the boundary Dao body’s foundation.

Centered around Yang Jiuzhen, two layers of crescent-shaped light membranes quickly surrounded her. The bee stingers halted a yard away from her, and no matter how powerful the momentum they carried, they inexplicably fell to the ground.

With water and earth among the five elements combining, this force was neither soft nor hard, blocking the strong winds and burying the incoming waters without needing any spirit treasures to exert such impressive force.

“Ha ha, I’m as capable as my Senior Sister!” Yang Jiuzhen was quite delighted. She utilized the Xuanhuang Certainty Stones, merging her learned skills to comprehend a miraculous Dao technique. Once it took shape, it transformed into Dao methods that aligned with the Dao, melding laws, forming a powerful synergy!

Looking at the scene before her, how could any words even describe her “powerful” defense? If she found a suitable spirit treasure to pressure the same level, the outcome could be unpredictable because of Li Hui’s presence, but her ability to protect herself was certainly assured.

“Speed up and see how far your Dao technique can go!”

“Alright, watch me!” Yang Jiuzhen pushed forward, but when the terrifying swarm of bees arrived, she felt slightly overwhelmed. Nevertheless, before her true energy was exhausted, the wooden spikes still couldn’t break through the light membrane barrier.

“Try using a spirit treasure!”

Next, Yang Jiuzhen summoned the Spirit treasure Round Mirror, which hovered above her head. Even though she hadn’t fully bonded with it, its protection was incredibly formidable, generating nuances in the waves around her, and all attacks seemed to strike empty space.

Li Hui stared in disbelief, thinking, “This girl’s understanding of the Dao techniques almost seems to be against the Heavens! Using it with the spirit treasure allows her to evade attacks altogether as the wooden spikes disappear from the front and pierce out from the back, consuming very little energy. How many checkpoints can this help her speed through?”

“Ah? Let me also try my celestial garments!” Yang Jiuzhen was also startled by her strength, feeling that her Senior Sister would surely not have it this easy to fend off those wooden bees. However, she had a second spirit treasure, which was the light yellow celestial garment she wore.

With a flash of radiance, Yang Jiuzhen had already brought Li Hui through the swarm of bees. Just then, she heard sounds behind her, realizing that many wooden bees had shattered, not because they passed through, but due to hard impacts.

“This celestial garment doesn’t seem like battle attire!” Li Hui felt a wave of dizziness. A perfectly good celestial garment seemed to have been worn by this girl in a way that made it feel like battle armor, and calling it armor wouldn’t be an exaggeration!

“Um… Jiuzhen might be a bit too forceful!” Yang Jiuzhen flushed.

“Junior Sister, I have high hopes for you! You still have another celestial garment spare, so let’s continue this way!” Li Hui tirelessly guided her, though the direction had completely veered from the teachings of the Heavenly Hero Sect.

“Bang, bang, bang…” Yang Jiuzhen charged forward recklessly, with Li Hui following closely behind, clarifying the direction. The two of them worked together, continuously accelerating until they arrived in front of a moon archway after spending three incense sticks’ worth of time.

This archway was no small structure; it stood about ten zhang high and was made of wooden planks. There were no nails or mortise and tenon joints between the planks, creating a feeling that it could collapse at any moment. Standing beneath it always gave them a sense of crisis.

Li Hui halted and said, “Be careful; things are about to get serious below.”

Yang Jiuzhen quickly nodded. Within the Golden Luan Great Thousand Cave, she had encountered some dangerous places that could annihilate everything in an instant. Thus, traveling outside, especially entering relics, required extreme caution.

Sounds came from behind as Tan Tiandi and the others advanced along the breakthrough path of Li Hui and Yang Jiuzhen, making fast progress with little effort, also arriving in front of the archway.

“Now is the time, let’s go!” Li Hui’s eyes gleamed as he pulled Yang Jiuzhen through the door.

Tan Tiandi’s five members reacted rapidly, employing unique skills to tightly follow their figures. After pausing five times in succession, they suddenly heard a whistling sound beside them.

“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…” Five tornadoes surged, each occupying a corner. In the center of these five tornadoes stood a massive wooden turtle, carrying a strange compass on its back. Seeing figures enter from afar, it suddenly spoke human words, saying, “I am the Dragon Philosopher of the Eastern Sea’s Xuantian Wooden Classics, overseeing the Crystal Palace underwater. People call me Prime Minister Turtle. Release me, and generous rewards await you!”

Yang Jiuzhen quietly asked, “Senior Brother, is this a demon?”

“I don’t know. I don’t sense any demonic energy; I’m just observing from afar. I can’t tell if this thing has intelligence and can speak.” Li Hui looked at the wooden turtle in amazement. Was this the “opportunity” that had nearly taken down Tan Tiandi?