The Lord of Void and Real-Chapter 1603 - 1599: No Trace (New Year’s Blast, Asking for Votes)
Chapter 1603: Chapter 1599: No Trace (New Year’s Blast, Asking for Votes)
"Right, Young Master Shen, this thing has been repaired already, but unfortunately, it’s still missing a few yin attribute materials, so it hasn’t fully recovered. We can talk more once we leave this place." After a long pause, Fire Spirit Child suddenly remembered something, waving his hand to bring out a big banner, which was the Ten Thousand Demons Banner.
"Thank you for your trouble, Fire Daoist friend, but is the matter you cautioned about earlier still in order?" Shen Luo thanked him and asked.
The Ten Thousand Demons Banner had previously been destroyed by Wu Luo. After leaving the Yi Lingqin, he had handed it over to Fire Spirit Child for repair, not expecting it to be fixed so quickly.
"You, young one, always bring me tough challenges. However, everything went smoothly, and I did not disturb the Ghost General while repairing the Ten Thousand Demons Banner." Fire Spirit Child gave Shen Luo a glance and said.
"The Ghost General is at a critical moment of breakthrough and must not be disturbed. I did not intend to trouble Fire Daoist friend," Shen Luo said apologetically.
"Alright, alright, I know," Fire Spirit Child waved his hand and closed his eyes, continuing to ponder the Gu Xuan star disk.
Although he had fully refined this treasure, he was still not very familiar with the many arrays inside the Gu Xuan star disk and needed to master them quickly.
Shen Luo sat down cross-legged on the ground, sensing the condition of the Ten Thousand Demons Banner. The sixty-four layers of prohibition inside the banner had been fully restored, but the surface of the banner still had minor flaws due to the lack of some materials.
However, this was not a big concern; he could find suitable materials once they left the place.
His Divine Sense probed into the internal space of the Ten Thousand Demons Banner, where, aside from ten thousand ghosts, a mass of black light was suspended, emitting strong waves of yin Qi.
Within the depths of the black light, Zhao Feiji’s figure appeared faintly, surrounded by purple-black Punishing Evil Divine Light, forming a purple-black vortex.
In the center of the vortex, a nine-headed serpent shadow was imprisoned, which was the Nine Infant Demon Soul.
As the purple-black vortex rotated, strands of Yin Soul essence steadily peeled off from the demon soul, integrating into Zhao Feiji’s body.
During the great battle in the Yi Lingqin, amidst the chaos, Shen Luo took the opportunity to throw Zhao Feiji into the white cocoon that imprisoned the Nine Infant Demon Soul, and then brought the cocoon into the space inside the Ten Thousand Demons Banner.
Zhao Feiji’s Punishing Evil Divine Light, which suppresses all yin soul ghosts, despite the Nine Infant being an ancient demon soul, was also restrained by this divine power. However, this demon, truly being from ancient times, had an incomparably resilient Divine Soul and hadn’t been completely refined yet, but there was not much left.
Zhao Feiji’s body was now surging with yin Qi, in the midst of breaking through the bottleneck of the True Immortal Middle Stage.
"It seems it will still take some time." Shen Luo retracted his Divine Sense, did not disturb Zhao Feiji, and put away the Ten Thousand Demons Banner, then continued sitting in meditation with closed eyes.
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Several days later, Nie Caizhu finally came out of seclusion.
"Cousin." Seeing Shen Luo guarding outside, Nie Caizhu’s heart warmed.
The newlyweds were about to embrace each other when Nie Caizhu, catching sight of Fire Spirit Child’s teasing smile, blushingly withdrew back into the secret chamber.
"Since you both are out of seclusion, there’s no need for me to guard here anymore. Young Master Shen, let me return to the Carefree Mirror," Fire Spirit Child chuckled and said.
"Thank you for your hard work, Fire Daoist friend." Shen Luo took Fire Spirit Child back into the Carefree Mirror before entering Nie Caizhu’s secret chamber.
A moment later, the two emerged together, Nie Caizhu’s cheeks still flushed, but her expression had returned to normal.
Her aura had also grown significantly stronger than before. According to her, the dual cultivation had greatly benefited her, awakening much of her Witch Tribe bloodline.
"Cousin, what will be our next move? Shall we head to Tianyan Palace?" Nie Caizhu asked.
"Now that our strength has greatly improved, it’s time to settle accounts with Che Qingtian," Shen Luo’s eyes flashed with a cold glint.
The two swiftly took off, escaping in the direction of Tianyan Palace.
With Shen Luo’s cultivation level having greatly improved, his Escape Technique was also substantially stronger. It only took him four or five days to reach the location of Tianyan Palace.
The palace still quietly hovered in mid air, surrounded by shimmering golden light, resembling a heavenly palace.
Now with his strength significantly enhanced, Shen Luo felt confident to confront Che Qingtian. Yet, he was not arrogantly overconfident; instead, he acted more cautiously. From a far distance from Tianyan Palace, he took Nie Caizhu into the Free and Easy Mirror and then used the Soft Smoke Luo Brocade Clothing to stealthily approach, concealing his tracks.
At this time, the area around Tianyan Palace was empty, without a single figure or the slightest lingering aura, and Che Qingtian was nowhere to be found.
"Fire Daoist friend, is the trace you left inside Che Qingtian’s magical treasure still there? I remember that sword was already shattered," Shen Luo communicated telepathically with Fire Spirit Child.
"My Purple Heart Earthfire is a divine fire for Artifacts Refining. Even if Che Qingtian melted down the shattered treasures and recast them, they wouldn’t be refined away. However, that mark is indeed not nearby," Fire Spirit Child said.
"Oh, where is that mark then?" Shen Luo pursued further.
"Since just now, I’ve been using magic to sense it but haven’t found it. It’s likely that the remnant of the magical treasure is placed inside another magical treasure with sealing effects, or possibly within an Array Method Space, blocking my perception," Fire Spirit Child contemplated for a moment before speaking.
"Array Method Space? Could it be that he has entered Tianyan Palace again?" Shen Luo suddenly looked towards the grand majestic palace ahead, the more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed.
It seemed possible that Che Qingtian, familiar with Tianyan Palace, figured out a way to enter the palace again during Shen Luo’s absence.
Thinking of this, he approached the palace slightly closer and began to observe meticulously.
Tianyan Palace seemed to have undergone some changes; a thick and massive white light curtain had appeared around it, enveloping the entire palace within it, looking extremely stable, impervious to any attack.
Shen Luo mobilized his Divine Sense to probe the white light curtain, but immediately there was a strong force that blocked him on the outside, preventing him from penetrating through.
He was not surprised by this. With a thought, his Divine Sense immediately spread out, probing the situation of the entire white light curtain.
A moment later, his eyebrows suddenly raised, and he swiftly flew towards the side, stopping at the other side of the white light curtain.
He saw a door-sized pattern on the light curtain, approximately ten feet in size, covered with complex Yan Patterns, shimmering with a faint crystalline light.
"Could this be the entrance?" Shen Luo looked at the pattern and said.
"Regardless of what it is, let’s try it and see," Fire Spirit Child said.
Thinking the same, Shen Luo waved his sleeve and shot a ray of golden light at it.
The door pattern suddenly burst forth with a massive Silver Light Door, enveloping a radius of several dozen feet.
Shen Luo’s body was also enveloped by the Silver Light Door, his expression changed immediately, and he swiftly retreated backward, but it was a step too late.
A huge suction force suddenly emanated from inside the silver light, wrapping around Shen Luo’s body, giving him no time to resist, and "whoosh" swallowed him entirely.
Shen Luo only felt his vision flooded with flashing silver light as if he had plunged into a massive vortex. An invisible force was wrapping around his body, swiftly pulling him in a certain direction, making it impossible to stabilize himself.
After a brief contemplation, realizing that aside from his Divine Sense being unable to leave his body, there were not many other discomforts, he simply calmed down and let his body drift with the enormous tearing force surrounding him.
