Chapter 3424

"Xin Tanyue, be careful!"

Ci Hui didn't quite understand and only instructed. Xin Xin opened her mouth and spat out a mouthful of True Qi onto the incense. The tip of the incense flashed brilliantly and ignited. A faint wisp of smoke shot straight into the air.

"Grandmaster Gu Zhen, please protect this little girl!"

Xin Xin's cherry lips parted slightly. She immediately sat down in the air and formed a spell that Xiao Hua was unfamiliar with. Her eyes were tightly shut.

Hearing this, Gu Zhen waved his hand and placed the huge demon subduing pestle in front of his chest. His eyes widened and he vigilantly patrolled the surroundings.

Xiao Hua didn't open his transcendence vision so he couldn't see anything. He only saw that the incense suddenly split into three and rushed straight into the three forks. Then, the entire passage was filled with a faint smell of meat.

"Oh?

Xin Xin actually split into three primordial spirits? "

Xiao Hua's eyes brightened. "This guy is from a scholarly family. How does he know so many daoist secret techniques?

Even this young master doesn't know this secret technique! "

Just as Xiao Hua was filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred, a beastly roar came from the left side of the tunnel. Soon after, the entire frozen tunnel shook. Looking at Xin Xin, who was sitting cross-legged, a strand of golden true energy rushed out from the top of her head. In an instant, it completely protected her. The part of her face that was not covered by the true energy turned dark red.

"Not good …" Gu Zhen hurriedly said, "I'm afraid Xin Tanyue's primordial spirit is in danger!"

Just as he was speaking, the fragrance of the incense grew stronger. A gust of wind blew out from the other two passages and rushed in front of Xin Xin, extinguishing the incense in an instant.

"Let's go …" At the same time the incense was extinguished, Xin Xin opened her eyes. Her eyes were filled with fear. Without waiting for her to stand up, auspicious clouds immediately appeared below her and carried her towards the passage that Xiao Hua just explored. "There's an essence devouring demonic beast in that passage!"

Hearing the name of an essence devouring demonic beast, Gu Zhen's expression changed. He waved the demon subduing pestle in his hand and flew with Xin Xin. Xiao Hua accompanied Ci Hui and followed behind.

At this time, Xin Xinruo was also familiar with the path in front. Encountering a fork, she didn't hesitate. The four of them quickly flew for another incense stick's worth of time.

"Senior Brother Ci Hui, what is this Essence Devouring Demonic Beast?" Xiao Hua asked in a low voice when he saw that Xin Xin had already slowed down.

"Alas, this Essence Devouring Demonic Beast is an extinct Demonic Beast from ancient times. It feeds on the Essence Qi of both humans and Demonic Beasts. Neither Buddhism nor Confucianism have any effective means to resist this Demonic Beast. Only Demonic Beasts that are more powerful can resist it.

Fortunately, there were very few of these demonic beasts in the world. Later on, for some unknown reason, they disappeared without a trace.

This little monk has also heard about it from Confucian cultivators. Who would have thought that we would meet here? "Ci Hui replied in a low voice.

Xiao Hua was deep in thought. Looking at Xin Xin's back view in front, he said, "Looks like that trace of Xin Tanyue's primordial spirit is like throwing a meat bun at a dog. It's gone with no return!"

"You're the meat bun!!" Just as Xiao Hua's voice fell, Xin Xin immediately stopped, turned her head and scolded.

Xiao Hua smiled bitterly. He opened his mouth to explain, but when he saw Xin Xin's flushed face, he knew that her primordial spirit was damaged. He didn't dare to say anything and hastily shut his mouth.

"Hmph …" Seeing that Xiao Hua didn't say anything, Xin Xin, who was in a bad mood, coldly snorted. She looked around and said, "Great Master Gu Zhen, this one's primordial spirit is damaged. I need to take medicine to heal. I'll have to trouble Great Master Shen to protect me!"

"Alas, Xin Tanyue has worked hard!

This old monk is duty-bound. "Gu Zhen flew past Xiao Hua and Ci Hui with the Demon Subduing Pestle in his hand. He landed at the back, facing the entrance of the passage.

"This little monk will go to the front!"

Xiao Hua was very tactful. Without waiting for Ci Hui to speak, he flew past Xin Xin and arrived about ten zhang in front of her.

Xin Xin took out a thumb-sized jade bottle and crushed the top of the bottle. She opened her mouth and poured a strand of golden medicinal liquid into it. Immediately, her body's True Qi surged and protected her. Several strands of True Qi lingered around her seven apertures and the top of her head like small snakes.

After the time it took to drink a cup of tea, Xin Xin opened her mouth and all the golden True Qi entered her mouth.

She then stood up and said, "Alright, Great Master Gu Zhen, let's continue!"

"Xin Tanyue!"

Ci Hui, who had been standing not far from Xin Xin, hurriedly asked, "Your primordial spirit is damaged. Why don't you rest for a while?"

"Alas, many thanks for Fellow Immortal's concern!"

Xin Xin sighed slightly, "This one's primordial spirit was swallowed by the Spirit Devouring Demonic Beast. If I want to recover, I'll need three years of hard work. Now that I've taken the Soul Condensing Golden Liquid, my primordial spirit is temporarily protected. There won't be any big problems.

There's no difference between resting more and resting less. "

"Alright …" Ci Hui nodded helplessly, "However, Fellow Immortal can't lead the way from now on!"

"That's right. This old monk will lead the way from now on!" Gu Zhen flew over, his voice very loud.

Xin Xin nodded, "Then I'll have to trouble Great Master!"

"No matter, no matter …" Gu Zhen smiled, "I can't accept a reward without any effort. If this old monk doesn't put in effort, wouldn't I be ashamed to face Tanyue?

How can this old monk reach out and take the Ancient Buddha Blessing? "

"Hehe …" Xin Xin smiled faintly, "This one's preparations can be considered adequate. However, I didn't expect that before we even went deeper, I would feel a little defeated. This Primordial spell formation is really powerful.

If it weren't for Great Master, a fifth-grade Primordial Qi senior, this one definitely wouldn't dare to go any deeper! "

"Mm, let's go!"

Gu Zhen waved the Demon Subduing Pestle in his hand and flew up first. Xin Xin naturally followed behind, and Xiao Hua brought up the rear again.

Under Xin Xin's guidance, the four of them flew for a while more. They saw that the frozen ice walls were gradually decreasing, and the forks in the path were also decreasing in number. After flying through a long passage where ice and water intersected, a water wall appeared in front of them. This water wall was azure in color and didn't show any signs of being frozen. It seemed like they had reached the end of the spell formation.

"Lady Tanyue …" Gu Zhen stopped in front of the water wall and used his Buddhist awareness to scan the water wall that was more than a hundred feet in size. He turned back and said, "How should we go next? Tanyue, please cast your spell."

Xin Xin also stopped and didn't rush to answer. Instead, she flew close to the water wall and looked up and down. She even stretched out her hand and extended her soft sword, gently piercing it into the water wall.

The water wall really looked like river water, and the soft sword sank into it.

However, when Xin Xin pulled out the soft sword, there was no river water on it.

Strangely, Xin Xin didn't rush to put the soft sword away after pulling it out. Instead, she put it in front of her nose and sniffed it gently.

Xiao Hua and Ci Hui also flew over at this time. Ci Hui stood beside Gu Zhen while Xiao Hua flew to the water wall and asked, "Benefactor Xin, is this water wall no longer the spell formation's restriction?"

"Mm, there are records of this water passage in the Ink Cloud Pupil. Although the water here isn't the river water of the Sage River, there are no restrictions inside. The spell formation's restriction is the same as the maze we're in, on the outer layer!"

Xin Xin sniffed the aura on the soft sword and carefully put it away. As if she was sure, she nodded and said, "However, this river water is mixed with a highly toxic poison. No matter if it's Confucian, Buddhist, Daoist, or demon, as long as the skin touches it, it will immediately split open. No protective spells will work."

"Highly toxic??

Then … "Xiao Hua frowned." How should we go over? "

"Hehe, this is where we should borrow the power of the great master!"

Xin Xin turned to Gu Zhen and said with a smile, "My original plan was to use Master Fantian's magic tool to freeze the poisonous water in this water passage or expel it to prevent our skin from touching it. Now, with the great master's Buddhist alms bowl, we can also collect it. Naturally, this water passage can be emptied."

"It's that simple?" Xiao Hua asked in disbelief. He didn't think that the ancient spell formation only relied on poisonous water to block people.

"Mm, it's that simple!"

Xin Xin nodded. "This water passage relies on highly toxic poison. There's no antidote for the ancient poison now. If we touch it, we'll definitely die without a burial place.

Of course, this passage is extremely long. Ordinary Confucian cultivators' magic tools have limited capacity, so it's difficult to collect all the poisonous water in the passage.

Only Taoist magic tools and Buddhist magic tools can do it.

Also, if we can't collect or freeze all the poisonous water in the passage in one go, the uncollected poisonous water in front of us will immediately trigger the restriction of the spell formation. New poisonous water will pour in again, and we'll have no choice but to return here. "

"I see!

This old monk understands! "

Gu Zhen nodded slightly, put away the demon-subduing pestle in his hand, and took out the alms bowl. He said with a smile, "Of course, this old monk's alms bowl only collected less than half of the water in the Four Extremes Mountain. Since Xin Tanyue thinks it's possible, this old monk's Buddhist magic tool will definitely work."

"That …" Xiao Hua said "worriedly", "There's already a lot of water in the great master's alms bowl. Can't you collect less water now?"

"Hahaha, little monk, this old monk has already sprinkled the water in the alms bowl on the dry land on the way here!

Now, this alms bowl is empty! "

Gu Zhen laughed and tossed the alms bowl in his hand. The Buddhist light around him shone brightly, and his previously shrunken body expanded again until he was about ten feet tall.

Then, he formed a seal with both hands, and the Buddhist seal hit the alms bowl. The alms bowl spun and gradually expanded, flying in front of Gu Zhen.

Gu Zhen flew in front of the water wall. The alms bowl spat out Buddhist light and covered the water wall. Under the Buddhist light, the water in the water wall swayed and rippled.

Gu Zhen didn't look back and laughed. "Are you all ready?"

"We're ready. Great master, please cast the spell in front of us. Once the poisonous water in the passage is collected, there will be a gap immediately. Great master, please go ahead!" Xin Xin took a deep breath, and his previously flushed face had somewhat calmed down now.

"Amitabha …" Gu Zhen chanted the name of Buddha and formed a seal with both hands. The Buddhist light above the alms bowl buzzed and rushed into the water wall like a whirlpool on the surface of the river. Everyone's eyes fell on it expectantly.

"Woo woo …" As far as everyone's eyes could see, ripples appeared on the water wall inside the Buddhist light. The ripples spread wider and deeper, forming a whirlpool. However, it was an inverted whirlpool, protruding above the water wall. Under the Buddhist light, it was gradually sucked into the alms bowl …