Aspiring to the Immortal Path-Chapter 436: Bait
Two pairs of eyes met.
As Tang Jie pressed his hand against Shen Qingdan's lips, he found that her lips were soft and gentle. 24062
Shen Qingdan's starry eyes stared at Tang Jie. The words he had said made her stop resisting, and they also made time freeze for a moment.
And then the two of them came back to their senses.
Tang Jie put a finger in front of his lips, slowly released Shen Qingdan, and backed off.
Shen Qingdan quickly sat up, tidied up her disordered clothes, and also made a gesture.
Tang Jie understood and gestured with his hands, telling her that there were quite a few visitors, and then he stepped outside.
Shen Qingdan quickly retreated from the jade house with Tang Jie. She saw Tang Jie take out a golden knife and cut at a thick tree trunk, cutting out two pieces of wood about the same height as them.
As Shen Qingdan gawked, Tang Jie used some sort of spell art and pointed at the two pieces of wood. The pieces of wood turned into Tang Jie and Shen Qingdan, and walked into the house.
Shen Qingdan was still flabbergasted as Tang Jie pulled her under the water.
The ocean waters drowned out her shock, turning all the words she wanted to say into air bubbles. As she descended into the water, her hair and clothes floated up around her, making her seem like a beautiful mermaid.
Tang Jie used his golden knife to cut off several more chunks of wood from a tree trunk, and Shen Qingdan watched as these pieces of wood became sharks that swam above them, obstructing the vision of those above.
Shen Qingdan had seen many illusion spells before, but this was the first time she was seeing the wondrous and realistic illusions of the Duplication spell.
She looked at Tang Jie in shock. In response, Tang Jie smiled and pointed above.
Through an opening between the sharks, Shen Qingdan could see three people approaching the jade house.
They stopped outside the jade house, looked at each other, and then released refined beasts. Clearly, they were people from the Beast Refining Gate.
As their refined beasts appeared, the three of them began to cast spell arts. Their leader made a grab at the air, and lightning descended onto the jade house.
At the same time, the two other Beast Refining Gate disciples attacked with their weapons, releasing dazzling waves of energy.
Taking advantage of their sneak attack, the three of them used their strongest spells, and with a boom, the jade house exploded.
Shen Qingdan almost exploded in anger, thinking that these Beast Refining Gate people were truly ruthless. She clearly had nothing to do with all this, but they had still moved to kill without hesitation, caring not for her innocence.
In her rage, she swam up along the giant underwater tree and silently appeared on the surface.
Standing behind the three with a vicious look on her face, she thrust out her palm.
The Jade Pearl Hand.
A hand made of jade shot toward one of the Beast Refining Gate disciples. As it made impact, the Beast Refining Gate disciple threw his head back and threw up a large mouthful of blood. A moment later, the jade hand unleashed a powerful torrent of energy that blasted apart the disciple so that he died without even realizing what had happened.
The other two Beast Refining Gate disciples immediately realized that something was wrong and took to the skies, at the same time commanding their fiend beasts to attack.
As they flew up, Shen Qingdan waved her left hand, and a long sleeve made of water moved to envelop them.
The Water Cloud Sleeve.
When that Titan of the Wandering Palace wandered the myriad domains, they were known for having sleeves that could envelop the universe and a palm that could shatter the firmament. These referred precisely to the Wandering Palace's Water Cloud Sleeve and Jade Pearl Hand.
Shen Qingdan naturally didn't have the divine abilities of her ancestor, but even a part of this power was not something an ordinary cultivator could defend against.
The sleeve of water shrouded the sky, engulfing the entire area. The two Beast Refining Gate disciples and their beasts were caught up in the sleeve before they could do anything.
She thrust out her right palm, unleashing another Jade Pearl Hand.
But this time, the two Beast Refining Gate disciples were ready, the disciple being attacked taking a talisman and slapping it onto his body.
A yellow barrier appeared around him, and the Jade Pearl Hand slammed into it. The barrier rippled, but there was no sign of it shattering. The Jade Pearl Hand was just as powerful as the Jade Shattering Finger, yet it was unable to break this yellow barrier! This could only mean that it possessed terrifying defensive power.
"The Black Yellow Divine Armor Talisman?" Shen Qingdan called out in surprise.
The Black Yellow Divine Armor Talisman possessed such astonishing defensive power that it ranked in the top ten of the Rosecloud Domain's most used defensive talismans. But it was a product of Godhead Palace, so every year, the Beast Refining Gate would buy a batch of these talismans and offer them to its disciples in exchange for contribution points.
Shen Qingdan hadn't expected this Beast Refining Gate disciple to have traded for such a talisman, allowing him to block her attack.
Shen Qingdan had planned to kill two so that she had only one to deal with, but now, she was dealing with a two-versus-one situation.
As one disciple blocked the attack, the other disciple threw out an umbrella.
The umbrella spun in the air, shedding ice and snow. The temperature plunged, and ice began to form on the sea.
In this extreme cold, Shen Qingdan's movements slowed down. The disciple who had used the Black Yellow Divine Armor Talisman chuckled and made a fierce punch at the air. "Break!"
The Water Cloud Sleeve shuddered, ripples appearing all over it.
The punch of that Beast Refining Gate disciple was not enough to burst open the Water Cloud Sleeve, but there were also six refined beasts in that sleeve. Not even Shen Qingdan could endure their combined attacks, so as the punch came down, she took out a bronze lantern.
That bronze lantern lit up without the need for a spark, and the ice and snow immediately began to thaw, a spring breeze blowing away the chill winds.
A moment later, Shen Qingdan blew on the flame, and a fireball shot toward the two disciples.
That Beast Refining Gate disciple using the Black Yellow Divine Armor took out another talisman and slapped it onto the water's surface. A giant water dragon emerged to meet Shen Qingdan's flame, and the two of them melded together in a fantastical burst of colors.
At the same time, the disciple with the snow umbrella pointed at the sky, and a bone-piercing nail flew upward.
The nail was made of some black material that made it very inconspicuous, but when it struck the Water Cloud Sleeve, it managed to punch a small hole through it.
In a flash of spiritual light, those six refined beasts that Shen Qingdan had swept up jumped out, and Shen Qingdan couldn't help but take a step back in surprise.
The two disciples heartily laughed, "Shen Qingdan, so it was you, you scoundrel! Hand over Tang Jie and we'll spare your life!"
These two were Shi Cangxuan and Gu Qiulai, one wielding talismans and the other art relics. They were a rather famous pair in the Beast Refining Gate.
Shi Cangxuan waved his hand, and another three talismans flew out toward his three Flamecloud Ravens. From the look of it, they were three more Black Yellow Divine Armor Talismans.
Flamecloud Ravens were a famous fire-type fiend. Though they had fierce attacks, they were very fragile—a fatal flaw. But these three Black Yellow Divine Armor Talismans covered up this weakness, and a moment later, a flood of flames fiercer than Shen Qingdan's offensive swept toward her.
Gu Qiulai took out a fan and fanned the flames, making them burn even more fiercely. His three refined beasts also lunged at Shen Qingdan.
The two of them working together with their refined beasts, art relics, and talismans had Shen Qingdan in a panic.
She was ultimately a single person against two, and she was facing the Beast Refining Gate, which was best at exploiting an advantage in numbers. Thus, she was immediately put in a tough spot.
But Tang Jie refused to appear. In the middle of this tough battle, Shen Qingdan couldn't help but feel that Tang Jie was heartless. She felt bitter and angry, her eyes reddening.
The two disciples laughed when they saw the state Shen Qingdan was in, and their words became more jeering.
Shen Qingdan's complexion gradually began to change.
Anger gradually won out over bitterness, and her small face became covered in cold ice.
Gritting her teeth, she said, "Do you really think you can handle me with just this?"
Gu Qiulai laughed. "If you have anything else, go ahead and use it."
"I'm afraid that you won't be able to withstand it." Shen Qingdan let out a sharp cry and threw the bronze lantern.
She took out a lamp wick and threw it into the lantern.
The bronze lantern had been able to light up without a wick, but now that it did have one, the flame intensified, and a vigorous wave of flame rushed out. Flame met flame, and it was surprisingly the attack of the Flamecloud Ravens that was pushed back.
Shen Qingdan took out another item in the meantime: a handkerchief embroidered with countless flowers.
She threw the handkerchief into the water, where it instantly unfolded and began to expand, as did the flowers woven into it. They floated on the water and then broke free of the handkerchief, and it wasn't long before the flowers began to reach up beyond the surface.
"This is…" The two disciples watched in shock as those flowers opened up their petals, revealing rows of sharp teeth, and then began to bite at their refined beasts.
One Flamecloud Raven was unable to escape in time, and a flower bit down on it. The Black Yellow Divine Armor Talisman meant that the man-eating flower couldn't chew it up, but the petals closed, preventing it from fleeing. The sharp teeth crazily gnawed away at the barrier, which flared with yellow light. The other flowers lunged over and started taking bites, and it seemed like they wouldn't rest until they had ripped that bird apart.
The two disciples trembled in shock, but then Shen Qingdan took out another item. It was a silver chain this time, and the moment it appeared, it moved to coil around the two.
In terms of cultivation level, Shen Qingdan was on par with the pair, both sides at Nine Revolutions. When it came to legacy, she was a young palace lord, while the pair on the other side were elites from a major sect, so while there was a difference, it wasn't a great one. But when it came to family, things were completely different.
In a one-on-one, Shen Qingdan might have come out only slightly ahead, but when it came to family art relics, Shen Qingdan had the two of them eating her dust.
Now that she was furious, she stopped showing mercy. After the bronze lantern, silk handkerchief, and binding chain were a lance that could fly through the air and attack on its own, and a golden ring that floated in the air and sought to bind man or beast.
Finally, Shen Qingdan took out a stack of talismans that she began to cast out as if they were free. She had so many and of such variety and power that it made one's blood run cold.
The two of them had never expected this, and they backed away in fear.
Gu Qiulai shouted, "Go!"
The two of them flew off into the distance.
"Trying to run?" Shen Qingdan raised her eyebrows, but just as she was about to give chase, someone emerged from the water and embraced her.
Shen Qingdan hadn't expected Tang Jie to come out and stop her. She roared, "What are you doing?"
"Run! They're bait! The boss is waiting in the back!" He pulled Shen Qingdan and flew off.
At the same time, a figure flew out of the distance.
It was none other than Chang Baimei.
