PNB Chapter 1725 Could it be them?
Chapter 1725 Could it be them?
On the Cliff of Enlightenment.
While Lin Yi appeared to be cultivating, he was actually paying close attention to the surrounding activity.
After Jinman left, one of the three hidden auras also disappeared.
The remaining two remained hidden, but their attention seemed to be focused more on the direction of the Demon Abyss.
"Mingchuan and that Ye Yan... left?"
Lin Yi deduced in his mind, "Judging from the direction, they're heading straight for the Black Wind Mountains. They really are going to deal with the Demon Abyss."
His mind started working.
With the departure of the two core members of the Wanchuan Sect, the sect will inevitably be left empty.
Although vigilance has been heightened, people's hearts are uneasy, making it a good time to fish in troubled waters.
He needed more information, especially about the core nodes of the Wanchuan Sect's protective array, the entrance to the Void Secret Realm, and the specific location where Mingchuan's mysterious spatial inheritance was stored.
"Perhaps... I could create a little chaos to distract them, and then take the opportunity to investigate?" Lin Yi secretly pondered.
But he quickly rejected the idea.
Too risky.
Although Mingchuan has left, Jinman is in charge of the Suspended Palace, and Ah Xiong and Jizhou are not easy opponents.
Zhao Hu, that simpleton, seemed to be paying attention to him as well.
Making any rash moves at this time could very well lead to being caught in a trap.
and so on.
He told himself to wait until the Demon Abyss escalated further, until the Myriad Rivers Sect was completely restrained, and until a more natural opportunity presented itself.
Now he only needs to play the role of an ordinary disciple of the Wanchuan Sect.
He calmed himself down again and began to circulate the "Ten Thousand Rivers Qi Guiding Technique".
The spiritual energy flows smoothly and efficiently through the newly expanded meridians.
This technique is indeed profound. In just a few days, he felt that his foundation had become much more solid and his spiritual power had become more refined.
"What a pity..." he sighed inwardly.
If he wasn't a shadow guard of the Qingcheng Imperial Law Sect, and if he really was Lin Yi, the rogue cultivator from the Liuyin Mountains, what an incredible opportunity it would be to join such a sect and receive such a legacy.
But there are no "what ifs" in this world.
He is Shadow Seven, and from the day he was chosen, his life no longer belonged to himself.
He closed his eyes, suppressing all distracting thoughts.
The task is of utmost importance.
……
Blackwind Valley, the entrance to the Demon Abyss.
Mingchuan and Yeyan hovered in mid-air, looking down below.
It was a huge crater with a diameter of over a hundred feet and a bottomless depth, like a hideous wound on the earth.
At the edge of the pit, ancient sealing runes shimmered with a dim golden light, but now they were covered with spiderweb-like cracks.
Dense, inky demonic energy surged from the crack, transforming into black columns that shot into the sky, darkening the sky for dozens of miles around.
Wherever the demonic energy passed, vegetation withered, rocks weathered, and all life was extinguished.
The air was thick with the stench of sulfur and decay, making one want to vomit!
Even more terrifying, deep roars and howls echoed from the depths of the Demon Abyss, as if countless imprisoned demons were frantically attacking the seal.
"The situation is even more serious than what we saw in the Mirror of Heaven." Ye Yan's expression was grave. "More than 30% of the seal is damaged, and the rate of demonic energy leakage is accelerating. At this rate, the seal will completely collapse in three days at most!"
"But why so quickly? I clearly remember that people from the Holy Domain came to deepen the seal before. It's understandable that people from the Spirit Domain don't have the power to control the Abyss, but the Holy Domain shouldn't be like this."
"Also... I went deep into the Demon Abyss before, and I brought out Lingxu Zhenren, Qingmianhu, and Shiwen Xiong, all of whom were suffering from demonic energy. I also stirred up the interior of the Demon Abyss. Logically speaking, the evil core left behind by the Demon God should not be able to stir up trouble again in the short term!"
Seeing Mingchuan's anxiety, Ye Yan quickly raised his hand and gently pressed down on his shoulder.
"Don't be too hasty. You've already done a lot. Perhaps Su Hongzhen... injected some random things into it for his own selfish reasons, giving that evil core renewed power?"
Mingchuan suddenly looked up at Ye Yan.
"As expected, Master had the same idea."
Mingchuan stared at the churning demonic energy below, his brows furrowed. "That old bastard Su Hongzhen, just to get revenge on me, really dares to touch the Demon Abyss Seal? Isn't he afraid of playing with fire and getting burned, dragging the entire Qingcheng Yufa Sect down with him?"
Ye Yan stroked his beard, giving him a look that said, "You're still too young." He said, "Silly disciple, when a dog is cornered, it doesn't care about the fate of the world."
"That old bastard is probably thinking about how to make your Wan Chuan Sect suffer and let him vent his anger. As for the consequences? What does he care? If the demonic energy really explodes, the first ones to suffer will be us."
He paused, then stroked his chin and muttered, "But then again, with the limited resources of the Qingcheng Imperial Law Sect, it wouldn't be easy to shake the seal. Unless... they find some shortcut, or the seal itself is already so fragile that they just gave it a push."
Upon hearing this, Mingchuan seemed to be deep in thought.
Indeed, that evil core has now become strangely strong, especially since it had shown signs of weakening before.
Mingchuan then carefully examined the entrance to the Demon Abyss before him.
Could it be that he intends to use the power of spatial laws to compress the entire Demon Abyss into an empty void, just as he had planned, and let it explode?
After all, simply sealing it away isn't enough now.
After thinking for a long time, Mingchuan took a deep breath.
"Let me check the surrounding area for any traces left by the Qingcheng Yufa Sect."
Above the Demon Abyss, Mingchuan and Yeyan concealed their escape light and hovered at the edge of the surging demonic energy.
A chilling wind howled, and the pungent smell of sulfur and the distinctive putrid stench of demonic energy assaulted the senses.
Mingchuan took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and used his divine sense in conjunction with his spatial perception to slowly spread outwards from the Demon Abyss like an invisible net.
He observed very carefully.
Every crack on the sealing runes, the abnormal flow of spiritual energy in the earth's veins, the residual fluctuations of spiritual energy in the air... no clue was overlooked.
Spatial perception scans every inch of land, rock, and even dust suspended in the air within a radius of several miles with meticulous detail.
Ye Yan wasn't idle either.
He took out the Stabilizing Compass, and the pointer slowly rotated, sensing the degree and direction of the disorder in the earth's veins; at the same time, his nostrils twitched slightly, as if he was trying to distinguish the various scents mixed in the air.
Time passed by minute by minute.
Suppressed roars echoed from the depths of the Demon Abyss, and the cracks in the seal seemed to be slowly widening.
The situation is urgent.
Suddenly, Mingchuan opened his eyes, a flash of silver light in them, and his figure suddenly rushed towards a pile of rocks about three hundred feet away on the east side of the Demon Abyss.
Ye Yan followed closely behind.
Mingchuan landed in front of a black rock about half a person's height, squatted down, and gently ran his fingers over a charred mark on the rock's surface.
"Master, look at this!"
Ye Yan leaned closer to take a look.
The scorch mark was about the size of a palm, radiating irregularly, with obvious signs of burning and carbonization at the edges, completely different from the surrounding grayish marks eroded by demonic energy!