ragginovel Chapter 2393 The Shaman
Chapter 2393 The Shaman
Chapter 2393 The Shaman
Chi Lian and Qin Sang traveled day and night, speeding through the vast marshes, and finally arrived above a lake.
'Shuh! '
A crimson ribbon descended from the sky, and Qin Sang followed closely behind, sensing a faint demonic aura emanating from the water.
"come out!"
Chi Lian appeared, gave a soft shout, and then the lake water beneath her feet parted, revealing an old woman.
The old woman was trembling with fear, followed by a group of beautiful women, each one stunningly beautiful.
Faced with Chi Lian, these women all showed fear, but could not hide the allure in their eyes.
The women appeared, and a strange fragrance filled the air. The old woman led them to kneel down, saying, "Qianhong greets the Immortal!"
Qin Sang discovered that these women were all fox demons, but the oldest woman with the highest cultivation was only at the Nascent Soul stage. Just as she was wondering what Chi Lian wanted to do with them, she heard Chi Lian ask, "Are they all here?"
"Your Excellency, my entire clan is here. What are your orders, Your Excellency? I will obey..."
Before she finished speaking, the old woman suddenly trembled, her eyes went blank, and she was unable to move. The group of fox demons behind her also lost their ability to move.
Chi Lian took out a yellow cloth bag, opened it wide, and put all the fox demons inside.
"Are they?"
Qin Sang was unsure of Chi Lian's true intentions, but they were likely one of a few things: these fox demons would probably not have a good ending.
"A scapegoat prepared for her by that vixen!" Chi Lian said calmly, without offering any further explanation.
Knowing that the Lotus Crossing Swamp was dangerous, Chi Lian and Gu Mei must have prepared an escape route, and Gu Mei's escape route was these fox demons.
They continued their journey, flying over lakes and marshes, when suddenly the red-clad creature ahead whispered, "Be careful!"
In fact, Qin Sang had already sensed that the atmosphere in front of them was different.
At this moment, the lake and mountain shadows in front of them merged into one, and a light blue mist filled the air.
An unusual aura was hidden within the fog.
"Looks like that vixen isn't dead yet," Chi Lian said with a hint of regret.
"The White Dragon King hasn't reacted yet?"
Qin Sang recalled the geomantic map, and this area could already be considered the White Dragon King's Daoist temple. The plague god chased after them here, but it did not cause a violent reaction.
In fact, it would have been a wise move for them to lure the White Dragon King over and rescue people amidst the chaos. Chi Lian couldn't possibly have been unaware of this, yet she didn't do so, which clearly indicates there's another reason behind it.
"Let's go in!"
Chi Lian and Qin Sang flashed into the green mist and discovered that the area surrounded by the miasma and plague was actually extremely vast. They wondered how Gu Mei had managed to do it.
However, it seems that Gu Mei is trapped inside. Qin Sang noticed that Chi Lian tried several different ways to contact her, but received no response.
“If we go any further, even if we manage to reunite with Gu Mei, it will be difficult to escape. We will both be in danger,” Qin Sang said seriously, reminding Chi Lian that she was not a direct descendant of the Five Immortals Sect.
"I would never die for her, come with me..."
Chi Lian quietly changed direction and landed on a mountain with Qin Sang. This mountain was located in the center of the lake, a solitary peak with a towering shape, like an isolated island in the middle of a lake.
Looking around, Chi Lian disappeared into a hidden mountain path.
The mountain path leads to a cave, which is not large and is filled with rocks, withered grass, and dried dung, and was once used as a den by wild animals.
Chi Lian swept to the stone wall inside the cave, groped around on it for a while, and then, after doing something, the stone wall flashed with a gray light and then silently melted away, revealing a pitch-black stone path leading straight to the bottom of the mountain.
Disguised at the entrance, Chi Lian and Qin Sang entered the stone passage. At the end of the passage, a huge underground cave was discovered.
The underground cave was hundreds of feet high and had a spacious interior. In the very center was a stone platform, which was empty. Around the platform were several piles of black stones of different sizes.
Qin Sang noticed the stones and looked at them a few more times, discovering that they were not ordinary stones, but contained some unknown power.
This place was clearly not recently opened; could it be a stronghold of the Five Immortals' Abode?
Qin Sang looked at Chi Lian and saw her take out a bag and shake it. The group of fox demons were thrown out and rolled around like gourds, revealing their true forms. They were all white foxes with clean, soft white fur and petite, lovely appearances.
The group of fox demons huddled together, trembling.
Immediately afterwards, Chi Lian climbed onto the stone platform, raised her hand, and the surrounding stones flew over. After a flurry of activity, Chi Lian actually built a lifelike fox statue on the stone platform.
'Shuh! '
Chi Lian took out a stack of white paper and turned to look at the group of fox demons.
Upon meeting Chi Lian's gaze, the fox demons' eyes immediately lost all their luster.
"come over!"
At Chi Lian's command, the fox demons stood up and lined up to walk towards her.
These fox demons seemed to have had their minds erased, turning into walking corpses. The old fox that the old woman had transformed into walked at the front, when suddenly its throat ruptured, and blood gushed out.
Chi Lian flung out the white paper, and the paper, stained red with fox blood, would automatically drift towards the statue.
When the old fox's blood ran dry, the old fox was on its last breath and collapsed at the feet of the statue.
Then the second one, the third one...
When red paper covered the fox statues and the ground was piled high with foxes, they had not yet breathed their last, but what awaited them was probably an even more tragic fate.
“The Five Immortals’ Fasting method… doesn’t seem like a proper path,” Qin Sang stared at the fox statue.
The fox statue covered in red paper was extremely eerie and appeared very sinister.
Chi Lian suddenly turned her head and looked over, instructing, "No matter what happens below, fellow Daoist, remember not to let the fluctuations leak out."
There are the demonic soldiers of the Plague God outside. If we are exposed, the consequences will be unimaginable.
Qin Sang nodded, and with a flick of his sleeve, feathers flew out. These feathers varied in size and did not belong to the same type of demonic beast. They were feathers from various thunder-attribute bird demons that Qin Sang had collected over the years, which he had then carefully refined into a form similar to an array artifact.
Lightning feathers danced and clung to the mountain wall, then shot out lightning, connecting with the surrounding feathers to form a lightning net that sealed the cave.
Chi Lian sat cross-legged in front of the fox statue, muttering incantations, and thick smoke rose from her body.
The cave was filled with smoke, but it didn't obstruct Qin Sang's vision. He stared at Chi Lian, sensing a subtle fluctuation emanating from her as she drifted towards the fox statue.
As it absorbed this power, the fox statue's blood-red eyes became even more sinister. Gradually, the surrounding smoke was affected and began to swirl around the fox statue, forming a white vortex.
The speed of the swirling smoke sometimes increased and sometimes decreased, and the force between the red snake and the fox statue fluctuated accordingly.
For a long time, Chi Lian remained motionless.
Qin Sang stared intently, pondering the technique Chi Lian was using. He found it increasingly mysterious, as the Five Immortals' Sect's techniques were quite different from the demonic arts he had seen before.
Suddenly, Chi Lian's eyelids twitched, and she whispered, "It's me."
'Crunch, crunch...'
The fox statue trembled slightly, making a grinding sound, and seemed about to collapse.
The next moment, a bizarre scene unfolded.
Chi Lian rolled her eyes, revealing pale white pupils, and made two hoarse sounds, uttering a sound that was not her own, "You've finally arrived. If you had been any later, it would have been too late."
The voice sounded forced out, strange and hoarse, but you could tell it was alluring.
Then Chi Lian returned to normal, her eyes flickering slightly, "I'll come to save you now, just in case, give me the things first."
Then it transformed into a monstrous creature, letting out a strange laugh, "No caterpillars, you think you can trick me? If you don't rescue me, you'll make them all die with me. You'll be waiting to receive your punishment from above!"
"Humph!"
Seeing that she had failed to intimidate Gu Mei, Chi Lian's face darkened, and she said coldly, "Let's begin."
As she spoke, Chi Lian flicked her finger, and a fox demon wobbled to its feet, thick smoke filling its mouth and nose.
The fox demon stood blankly in front of the fox statue, staring directly at it.
Chi Lian chanted incantations and cast a series of hand seals at the fox statue, causing the swirling smoke to accelerate rapidly.
Thick smoke kept pouring into the fox demon's body, and the fox demon's skin began to swell up, as if insects were crawling inside its body. Although it had lost its mind, it still couldn't help but let out painful howls.
Soon, the fox demon swelled into a round, fat fox and then exploded.
'Boom! '
Minced meat and limbs exploded and covered the entire fox statue, as if some kind of sacrificial ritual was being performed.
Undeterred by the first failed attempt, Chi Lian summoned another fox demon and continued casting the spell.
One after another, fox demons perished in this bizarre ritual.
"Can this ritual help Gu Mei break through the encirclement and teleport directly here?"
Qin Sang observed intently and saw that as the number of offerings increased, the fox demon persisted for longer and longer, seemingly not far from success.
At the same time, Qin Sang also discovered that the fluctuations created by the ritual were becoming increasingly intense, but they were all blocked inside the cave by his lightning feathers.
However, he could only isolate the fluctuations in this area. This area had been sealed off by the Plague God. Could he really not detect it?
The moment the thought crossed Qin Sang's mind, she saw the fox demon in front of the fox statue widen its eyes, shake its head violently, and spew out bursts of colorful smoke from its seven orifices.
"poisonous!"
Qin Sang's expression changed slightly, and she spoke up to remind him.
Chi Lian's incantation suddenly became more rapid, and the fox demon struggled frantically, but in the end, it could not escape the fate of exploding and dying.
'boom! '
The fox demon self-destructed, letting out a shrill roar before dying, "Get out!"
The poisonous fog surged toward Chi Lian, but Chi Lian remained unmoved, waving her hand to disperse the fog, but did not immediately summon the next fox demon.
"Is it the Plague God of Miasma?" Qin Sang asked.
“It’s him,” Chi Lian said calmly. “Don’t worry, he won’t find us.”
"Give him some time, he'll come knocking eventually. Fellow Daoist, you should cast your spell as soon as possible," Qin Sang urged, activating the Thunder Feather. Lightning filled the cave, clearing away the remaining poison, and urged Chi Lian to hurry up.
Chi Lian nodded and continued casting her spell. The Plague God, using some unknown supernatural power, kept interfering.
However, as long as the Plague Lord is unaware of their and Bone Demon's locations, he cannot disrupt the ritual.
In the end, only a few fox spirits remained, and the ritual finally drew to a close.
The fox demon in front of the fox statue was on the verge of self-destruction. Suddenly, a beam of red light shot out from the fox statue's eyes, and the fox demon slowly rose up. Its swollen body began to shrink gradually, and finally, a phantom appeared in the red light. The phantom flashed and disappeared into the fox demon's body.
‘Click! ’
The fox demon landed and slowly opened its eyes. Its gaze was clearly different from before; it was a gaze that both Qin Sang and Chi Lian were familiar with.
"what!"
The fox demon stretched, its body swelled up, and it transformed into a giant fox comparable in size to a fox statue. Then, it gagged and spat out countless black stones.
Stones rained down, hitting the ground.
These were the stones used to build the sculpture. Sometime during the process, they entered the fox demon's body. Now, they are being spat out of its mouth, having lost all their divine power and turned into ordinary stones.
The fox statue then lost its luster, and its stone body turned into dust and fell away.
Immediately, the fox demon's body shrank, a flash of white light, and it transformed into human form, none other than Gu Mei!
Gu Mei smiled radiantly, "Thank you both..."
Before the words were finished, the fox statue exploded with a 'bang,' instantly filling the entire cave with dust, and the furious voice of the Plague God could be heard.
"court death!"
"not good!"
The two women paled, and at the same time, the lightning net on the stone wall flickered violently, unable to withstand the pressure, and suddenly tore apart.
'Rumble...'
The mountain instantly split into four pieces.
Three figures rushed out of the ruins, which not only alerted the nearby demon soldiers, but also the Plague Lord had already locked onto them.
Demonic energy converged from all directions.
At the same time, they saw a familiar, multicolored cloud appear on the distant horizon, and the poisonous fog was spreading in at an alarming speed.
"Come on!"
Gu Mei cried out and immediately rushed outside.
Qin Sang followed the two women at a leisurely pace, glancing back at the poisonous fog, and finally looking at Gu Mei's back with a glint in his eyes.
Suddenly, Qin Sang's heart stirred, and her gaze narrowed slightly.
The next moment, a yellow cloud appeared out of nowhere and blocked the path of the poisonous fog, emitting a foul stench that was no less intense than the fog itself.
The yellow clouds on the horizon collided with the poisonous fog, creating towering waves that roared and shook the heavens and the earth.
The poisonous fog was actually blocked by the yellow clouds.
At the same moment, something strange happened beneath them. The water in the swamp violently shook and became turbid. It turned out that the soil and rocks underneath were rising, and in the blink of an eye, the earth protruded above the water.
A mountain rose up at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Only when the soil and rocks on the mountain surface slid off could one see that it was actually a giant gray rat.
The two women were overjoyed, "It's the Black and Yellow Protectors!"
At this moment, the rat demon opened its huge mouth, aimed at them, and a suction force burst forth.
Chi Lian quickly reminded Qin Sang, "The Black and Yellow Protectors are here to save us, don't struggle!"
Qin Sang did as instructed, then withdrew her escape light and, together with the two women, allowed the rat demon to swallow them whole.
Upon entering the rat demon's body, what one sees is not flesh and blood, but rough stone walls and a winding tunnel.
The passageway was deep and mysterious, its destination unknown.
They entered the passageway, as if walking inside a cave. The stone walls were real. They walked for an unknown distance in the darkness until they finally saw the light at the end.
Leaving the tunnel, they were transported to an unknown lakeside. The surroundings were peaceful and serene, and the poisonous fog and demon soldiers had vanished, indicating that they were far from the battlefield.
Two people stood by the lake, smiling at them; one tall and one short, one fat and one thin.
The taller one wore a yellow robe, while the shorter one wore a gray shirt, stroking his mustache with a shifty look.
These two are actually late-stage Void Refinement Realm experts!
Qin Sang felt a chill run down his spine, thinking to himself that the Lotus Crossing Great Swamp was now truly teeming with experts; he had only ever seen so many in the Holy Land of the Alien Race.